A/N: I can finally sit down and write another chapter. I hope you all are still reading! This chapter is dedicated to my friend Star, who so kindly let me use her character.Just look up StarAlisse if you want to read some of her stuff. Sorry for the delay, even now it's the (date has been replaced five times, so I really don't even know the date now) instead of the third; I just had a minor problem with preparing for school.

Disclaimer: I don't own them! And now thanks to my support group, I finally believe that....or so they think....

CHAPTER TWELVE: NEW LOVE, SUMMER, AND BRAVERY

The foursome walked down to the common room. They were tired of their little chase and decided to call it quits. Sirius wasn't even that all interested in girls anyway. Not yet anyway.

"James, could I possibly ask you a favor?" Sirius said, plopping down in a scarlet armchair.

James cocked up an eyebrow. "And what would that be Sirius?"

"Could I possibly spend the summer at your house? I mean, I know we have only been friends for almost a year but-"

"Of course, my mum and dad would love to have you. And after all, we can't let you go back to Grimauld place." James said in a comforting voice.

Sirius sighed. "Thanks."

Sora walked into the common room sporting a bloody nose and muttering to herself. She stumped up to her dorm with the other girls (except Lily of course) giggling at her.

The four boys looked at each other and shrugged. James opened his mouth to speak, but he was stopped when to portrait hole swung open.

Professor McGonagall walked in, followed by an unfamiliar girl with long, straight blue-ish hair and emerald green eyes.

"Students, we started an exchange program with an American school, this is Star Allise and she will be joining our first years."

Sirius got up and went over to shake her hand.

"Hello there Star, my name is Sirius." Sirius said, holding out a hand.

"'Ello, pleasure meetin' you." Star said, shaking Sirius's hand. Sirius blushed and nodded. He than walked over to the stairs to his dorm and walked up.

Star walked over to the girls in her year.

"Hey, m'names Star, who'r y'all?" Star asked them politely.

Lily smiled. "I'm Lily Evans, this is-"

"Ugh, what does he see in her?" Clara sneered.

"'scuse me?" Star asked.

"If your friends with Sirius, your not friends with us." Clara said, eyeing Lily and the other girl (named Sam) to agree.

"And if you feel like that Clara, than don't expect me to be your friend." With that Lily took Star and led her up to the girl's dorm.

Sirius, James, Remus and Peter were sitting in their dorm, talking about random things.

"..Anyway, Sirius is coming to my house for the summer, anyone else care to join us?" Sirius turned pale as he thought about something.

"Oh no! Oh Prongs, I can't! I have to go home for the summer!" Sirius said, remembering his fathers' letter.

James frowned. "Okay, if you need help, you know where to find it, I am ten minutes away."

"Thanks Prongs." Sirius breathed, wanting to change the subject, "So.... You all saw that new girl?" Sirius grinned.

Remus smiled. "Looks like our ickle Sirius has found a crush to coincide with James's for Lily."

Sirius raised an eyebrow. "Coincide?"

Peter jumped up and covered Remus's mouth before he could answer.

"Good call Peter." Sirius and James chorused.

Up in the girl's dorm, Sora was treating herself for her nose when Star and Lily walked in.

"Thanks again fer wha' ya did fer me." Star said, sitting down on her new bed.

"Oh, your welcome, the girls will love you in about a week...its just they have it in for Sirius and James." Lily laughed.

Sora watched them quietly. 'Had it in for them?' she thought to herself. "Hey, Lily, who is your new friend?" Sora asked.

Lily turned around and noticed Sora for the first time. "Oh! I didn't know you were up here!"

Sora narrowed her eyes. "Oh...I guess I can't be in my own dorm than..." She said coolly.

Lily frowned. "No, it's just that you don't hang out with the girls and I and- oh, this is Star Allise, she transferred here from America."

Star held out her hand politely. "Hello." She said.

Sora smiled and took her hand to shake. "Hi, so, what did Lily say about killing Sirius and James?" Sora asked.

Star laughed. "Not tha' way. Its jus' tha' Sirius shook my 'and an all..." She blushed slightly.

Sora smiled rather fakeley (A/N: It's not a word, but it is now!!!) this time. "My my, it seems that Sirius has found himself a girl, and a Texan at that." Sora got up, excused herself and walked out.


Summer had come to quickly for Hogwarts and almost everyone was happy to go home to loving families. The ones who weren't were the ones who didn't have loving families to go home to.

The boys and the girls all parted ways when they got off the train, each group promising to keep in touch with one another.

Once Sirius walked through the doors of his house, he knew his father and mother would be waiting for him.

"Hello Sirius." Mr. Black said, a deadly grin showing on his face.

"Hello dearest father, so lovely to see you." Sirius sneered, storming upstairs to his room and locking the door.

He lay on his bed quietly for a moment, and decided one thing; he wouldn't let them near him. He would stay up in his room till three in the morning and run for a few hours, than, being exhausted he would sleep till it was time to run again. The idea of course, not his own, but it would save him a lot of grief.

Sirius sat, staring into space for hours. Once three o'clock in the morning came around, he rose from his seat and crept down the staircase. Slipping on his sneakers and praying that he didn't wake anyone, he quietly opened the door of his house and slipped out.

Sirius had never been outside at this hour, and felt as if he could never wake up later again. The sky was a beautiful pale blue with yellow and pink swirls. The air was cool and comforting, the birds were barely making a sound, and the silence of no one around seemed in a way comforting.

The walking pace Sirius had set didn't seem enough. He began to jog and than broke into a fast sprint. For some strange reason, after a block or two, he still didn't feel at all tired. After all, the air it was so...so easy to breathe.

Sirius passed James's house, staring longingly at the door. It was just four steps, than a knock and he would be accepted with open arms. Yet... no, he couldn't. He couldn't put James and his family in danger.

He ran another five miles, in what was only a half hour. Sirius started to feel tired now and stopped to lean against a mailbox.

"Sirius?" came a voice from the steps of the house.

Sirius spun around. Star was getting up from the steps and walking over to him.

"Oh, hey Star." Sirius said, getting off of the mailbox.

Star smiled. "An' what are ya doin' out at four thirty in the mornin'?" Star asked, raising an eyebrow.

Sirius crossed his arms. "I could ask the same of you."

"Jetlag." Star answered as if it was the easiest thing in the world.

Sirius opened his mouth to say something, but closed it again. It was four thirty? His father left for work at five, which meant he was up now, and than at five fifteen his mum woke up. How was he going to get out of that one? He had to leave now and somehow have fifteen minutes to sneak into the house and to his room, which took longer than that if he wanted to be quiet.

Star stared at him for a moment. "Do ya know wha' the third o' July is gona be?" she asked quietly.

Sirius was just about to jolt off and barely heard what she said, however, the date seemed slightly familiar. He could have sworn a muggle-born had mentioned it.

"No, but hurry up, because I needed to get home twelve minutes ago." Sirius grunted.

Star sighed. "It will be tha one year aniver'sry o' Jim Morrison's death. He joined tha twenty-seven club. I don' wanna see ya join the twelve club." Star whispered.

Sirius looked at her closely. "Who told you that was going to happen?" He asked.

Star shrugged. "Well, I jus' figured tha since Sora told me she ran in tha mornin' ta get away from murder, tha yall was doin' tha same thing."

Sirius ran from her, back to his house, praying that he would make it back.

He ran, he ran fast.

Sirius ran faster than he ever did before, even though his body wouldn't let him. He didn't want to die, and he didn't want to die now.

Sirius made it home before his father left for work and managed to get to his room unharmed. He didn't make it to the bed though. He collapsed on the floor and blacked out.

He didn't wake up for the next three days. And when he did, he was hungry, and it was three in the afternoon.

A/N: Sorry for the delay again, I was just absorbed in 'No one here gets out alive', the biography of Jim Morrison. So of course I had to include him.