IA/N: Thanks for all the reviews! All four of them./I
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Cassie, Laura, and Lily reached the Entrance Hall, arm in arm. They were by far the most respected girls in fifth year ever since Lily slapped Severus Snape hard across the face, Cassie punched Lucius Malfoy square in the mouth and broke his jaw. Reason being they insulted all muggleborns in the school.
They found their seats near the front of the table so that they could congratulate all of the new Gryffindors. They would exchange stories with the kids about their first years, and it made them feel very welcome.
"When I call your name." Professor McGonagall, a tall witch with black hair pulled into a bun called.
The sorting ended. "I wonder where Remus is." Cassie glared at her plate.
There was a loud bang as the Great Hall doors were pushed open.
"There he is." Lily said. Remus, Sirius, Peter, and (sigh) James walked in proudly. All eyes were on them.
"Excuse us, Professor McGonagall." James smiled and every girl in the hall swooned. He took a seat across from Cassie and the other Marauders joined him. However, Sirius sat next to Laura and put his arm around her.
"Oh no chance in Hell, Sirius." Laura said and removed his arm from around her.
Sirius did not give up though. "You know you want me."
Laura looked at him with disgust and inched over towards Cassie.
Lily giggled. "Sirius don't even try, she's a stubborn one."
"Oh, I'll get her sooner or later." Sirius winked.
"Sorry, I don't really date out of my species." Laura said, taking a bite of chicken. Remus snorted into his potato salad.
"Shut up." Cassie slapped him on the arm.
"I told you." Lily said.
Sirius stared at Laura in disbelief, as did many other people around them. No one had ever refused a Marauder before, well maybe Peter.
"She's tough." James commented.
"I think you are the only girl to ever turn down Sirius Black in the History of Hogwarts." Remus said.
Laura smiled at him. "That's what's different about us."
"Who?" James asked.
"Me, Cassie, and Lily of course." Laura explained.
"You let me hug you on the train!" Sirius protested. He was NOT going to back down. No one turns down Sirius Black. "And Cassie is in a relationship with Remus."
Lily held up her hand for him to stop. "Easy to explain." She said simply. "Laura was distressed, she would have let Snape hug her.well maybe not Snape, but losing a boyfriend sucks."
Sirius looked outraged.
"And." Cassie continued. "Remus and I have been together for longer than five weeks now."
"Remus!" James widened his eyes. "The limit is two weeks!"
"I'm out of that system now." Remus held his hands up.
It was Lily's turn to be outraged. "You guys have a SYSTEM?"
"Well.yeah." James said as if it had explained everything.
"That's horrible!" Lily glared at him. "Let me ask you something, James."
"What?" He asked.
"Have you ever been in love?" She folded her arms across her chest.
"Love?" James gulped.
"What's love?" Sirius asked. Laura scooted farther away from him as a reaction.
"Yeah, love." Lily said. Was this the real James Potter?
"Well," James said slowly. "Yes."
"With whom, may I ask?" Lily raised her eyebrows.
James mumbled something.
"Excuse me?" Lily flashed a smile.
"Okay, okay." James took a deep breath. "Arena MacFay."
"You were ten years old!" Sirius said loudly.
"I don't care!" James protested. "She was the best girlfriend I've ever had."
"Oh no, you've gone too." Sirius closed his eyes. "Am I the only sane one around here?"
"Feels good, doesn't it?" Remus patted his friend's back.
"I think I'm going to break up with Terry." James sighed.
"Terry Hunter?" Lily asked.
"Ms. I-cant-keep-my-legs-closed?" Cassie asked.
"I hate her." Laura said.
"And she's in Slytherin." Cassie added.
"I don't really like her anyway." James said. "Its getting close to our two week point."
"Have you learned nothing?" Lily asked, bewildered.
James smiled innocently.
"Arrrgh!!!" Lily rolled her eyes.
Dumbledore stood and made his usual yearly announcements, the last one being that a Yule Ball will be held for fourth years and above. The Hall erupted with cheering and Dumbledore raised his hand for silence.
"However, please note that there will be Hogsmead trips every weekend starting on the fifth." He said. "Now, off to bed!"
Lily groaned as she got up. "I'm glad there isn't a Prefect meeting tonight."
"Me too." James said. Laura looked at him as if he had grown an extra head; (It was a specialty of hers).
"You made prefect?" Laura asked.
"What, like its hard?" James jogged ahead of them towards the other three Marauders. (A/N: Legally Blonde quote!)
The three girls stared at him in disbelief.
"Were going to have to sit through HIM during Prefect meetings?" Cassie asked.
They made their way up to the common room, chatting with some sixth years.
"Password?" The fat lady asked.
"Boggart Boogers." Lily said clearly, then muttered to Cassie, "James's choice, no doubt."
They entered the common room and walked up to their dormitories.
"I don't want to start classes tomorrow." Cassie whined as she shut the door.
"Why did they sit with us?" Laura asked, pulling her black hair into a ponytail.
"Who?" Lily asked as she got her pajamas out of the drawer.
"The Marauders." Laura said, leaning against a wall. "I mean I could understand Remus, he wanted to be with Cass."
"Maybe they all wanted to sit together." Lily shrugged as a knock came from the outside of their door.
"Come in." Cassie called. Peter opened the door timidly.
"Hey Peter, what's up?" Lily asked.
"James, Remus, and Sirius request your presence down in the common room." He said.
"Aww, but I'm tired!" Cassie groaned.
"Why?" Lily asked.
"Uh.well Remus said he wanted to see Cassie and then Sirius asked if you'd all come."
"He probably just wants to make a move on Laura." Cassie sighed.
"We'll be down in a couple of minutes." Lily said, despite Laura's protests.
Lily threw her pajamas on the bed and pulled her robe off as Peter left.
"Why, Lily? Why?" Laura grumbled.
"Oh, we all know why." Cassie smiled.
"Hey, you shut up." Lily reddened. "That's not why."
"Oh, really?" Laura put her hands on her hips.
"No." Lily said quickly. "Yes."
"Okay fine." Laura smiled, opening the door.
Cassie complained the whole time down the stairs. As soon as they had reached the bottom, she ran and jumped onto Remus's lap. Lily and Laura sat awkwardly on a sofa across from Peter, James, and Sirius. Sirius had his eyes fixed on Laura.
"What?" Laura asked. She was annoyed at the way he acted. "Do I have a zit or something?"
"No, you look beautiful." Sirius said dreamily.
Lily rolled her eyes. "Why did you call us down?"
"That's obvious isn't it?" James said.
"No.or I wouldn't have asked you." Lily said, crossing her legs.
He jerked his head toward Sirius.
"Okay, then can I go?" Lily asked, cautiously getting up.
"No!" Laura pulled her down.
"Come on, no one wants me here anyway." Lily said.
"Please?" Laura asked.
"I'll stay if I can go talk to Deedee." She said pointing at three girls standing together by the fireplace.
Laura grumbled something as she got up to leave. Sirius walked over and sat next to her.
"Oh man." She sighed, rubbing her temples as he inched closer and closer.
"Were you talking to the Marauders, Lily?" Deedee asked anxiously.
"Yeah, why?" Lily asked. She shared a dorm with Kathy and Deedee.
"Oh my gosh they are so hot." Kathy sighed.
"They're not much, really." Lily said.
"They are also only the most popular boys in school!" The other girl said in exasperation. Lily rolled her eyes.
"Looks like two of them are taken already." Deedee said.
Lily looked over at Remus and Cassie, who were talking and laughing, to Sirius who kept moving towards Laura, to Peter and James, sitting sourly on the couch.
"I think James is the hottest." Deedee's other friend commented. Lily felt a surge of jealousy shoot through her body.
"But he's so." Lily said, "He doesn't even stay with a girl for longer than two weeks, all he wants to do is snog!"
"That's fine with me." She said, keeping her brown eyes fixed on him.
"Why don't you ask him out, Gina?" Kathy asked.
"I can't do that!" Gina squealed.
"He's going out with Terry Hunter." Lily said quickly.
Kathy ignored her and said, "He's looking over here!"
Gina reddened and turned away. Lily folded her arms and turned towards James. He noticed her looking at him with a raised eyebrow and got up to talk to her.
"Ah, he's coming over Gina." Lily smiled.
"Hi." James said to Lily.
"What?" Lily asked. "Am I standing in your light or something?"
"Cant a guy talk to a friend?" James asked.
"A friend." Lily laughed.
James turned to Deedee and her friends. "Hi Deeds, Katie, and er.Tina?"
"Gina." Lily corrected him. "And Kathy."
"Right." He said.
"So, uh how is Tina?" Deedee asked. Lily thought she was the only sane girl of the three.
"I think were going to break up." James said as Gina and Kathy awwwwwed.
Lily rolled her eyes and walked over to Laura and Sirius.
"Where are you going?" James asked her.
"Bed." She threw over her shoulder.
"Lily!" Laura jumped up. "Thank god!"
"Come on." Lily pulled Cassie to her feet.
"Hey!"
"Lets go." Lily said.
"Please?" Laura said, nervously glancing at Sirius.
"Alright." She bent down and kissed Remus before she headed up the stairs with her best friends.
As soon as they were back in their dorms, Laura closed the door and locked it.
She walked over to her bed, picked up her pillow, and screamed into it.
"Remind me to never ever hang out with Kathy and Gina again." Lily dropped onto her bed.
"Why?" Cassie started pulling her yellow tank top over her head.
"They were talking about how hot James Potter is." Lily sighed. 'You know, I think I am giving up on this."
"Why?" Laura asked. "Don't you still like him?"
"Yes of course I do." Lily said, looking out the window. "But he'll never feel the same way."
"If you feel that way." Cassie said.
Knocks and angry shouts came from outside the door. Laura opened the door to see Deedee and Kathy standing there.
"Hi." She greeted them.
"Guess what guys!" Kathy squealed as Deedee rolled her eyes at Lily and then looked guiltily at her.
"Gina is going out with James." Kathy sighed and shut the door.
Lily widened her eyes. No one said a word. Kathy was the only girl in the dorm who did not know about Lily's crush.
"Aren't you guys happy for her?" Kathy asked angrily.
Cassie snorted, "No."
"What?" Kathy yelled.
"She isn't our friend, Kathy." Laura said. "Besides, he'll drop her after two weeks."
Kathy sighed audibly and then looked at Lily. "Are you alright?"
"I think I'm going to be sick." She said and wandered out of the room.
"She threw up on the train." Cassie lied as she and Laura rushed after her.
Meanwhile in the common room.
"What?!" Sirius shook James.
"I said I'm going out with Gina Myers." James repeated.
"But, why?" Sirius asked hysterically. "You don't even know her!"
"What is your problem?" James asked.
Sirius just could not say it though. No one knew that he knew that Lily loved James. He tried to think of another excuse, Lily was a nice person, and he did not want to betray her. Before he could say a word though, he saw Lily run down the staircase. She walked quickly until she reached the portrait hole and climbed out. Then he saw Cassie and Laura run after her. James however did not notice a thing because his back was to them.
"What is your problem?" James repeated.
"Never mind." Sirius said and followed the three girls out of the portrait hole. He saw them rushing down to his left and broke into a run after them. He followed them up a staircase, through a few halls, and into a girl's toilet. He stayed quiet as soon as he heard Cassie's voice.
"Lily, you know he'll just dump her after two weeks, anyway." She said nicely.
"Lily, sweetie, will you please come out to talk to us?" Laura asked.
Sirius heard her unlatch a lock and walk out. Cassie hugged her and stroked her hair.
"I can't go on like this." She sobbed. "He wont ever change.he never did."
"Forget about him." Laura said.
"I waited five years for him to turn into a normal human being.but-but-but- "
Laura shushed her. "Don't worry, it won't last."
"I don't care." Lily broke from Cassie and Laura. "I don't care because I don't like him, I am so STUPID for ever liking him in the first place."
"Lily." Sirius's voice came as he walked towards her.
"Oh my god." She smacked her forehead.
"Don't worry Lily." He said reassuringly. "I've already known."
"H-how?" She walked towards him slowly.
"I heard you say it on the train."
"I knew it." Lily said to herself. "Oh please don't tell him, Sirius, I don't know what I'd do."
"Your secret's safe with me." He said, she smiled weakly at him and hugged him.
"Thank you." She sniffed.
"Why haven't you told him all these years?" Sirius looked down at her when she stepped back.
"Because, he is James Potter." She said weakly. "He'd never go for me. Even if he would, I knew he'd get rid of me before his two weeks were up."
Sirius felt a surge of guilt.
"You're right. That would have been worse." He said.
Lily rubbed her eyes. "I don't even know why I'm crying anyway." She laughed softly. "I don't like him anymore."
"That's the spirit." Laura said.
"Do you think you could come back to the Common Room?" Sirius asked.
"One second." She pulled out her wand, pointed it at her face, and muttered something.
"What did you do?" Cassie asked curiously.
"I took the redness from my eyes." She explained shortly.
"Wow, it looks like you'd never been crying." Sirius was impressed. He held out his arm to Laura. She eyed him suspiciously, but when she found that he was harmless, linked it with hers as they walked out of the bathroom.
"I think." Sirius started.
"You do?" Laura asked in mock surprise.
Sirius frowned at her. "I was GOING to say that I think that I am going to erase the two week rule from the Marauders List."
"Really?" Laura asked him eagerly.
"Yeah." He said. "Boggart Boogers."
The portrait swung open and there James was. He stood in the deserted common room in front of the opening.
"Hey Potter." Sirius said.
"Why did you rush away like that?" James asked.
"My contact scratched my eye." Laura explained. "So I ran away to the bathroom, and Sirius thought I was crying."
Sirius, Lily, and Cassie gave her the You-are-so-brilliant look.
"Oh." James said. "Let's get to bed."
"Goodnight, fair ladies." Sirius bowed and ran up the stairs with James.
"You are so brilliant, Laura." Lily said.
"I know." Laura smiled.
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Cassie, Laura, and Lily reached the Entrance Hall, arm in arm. They were by far the most respected girls in fifth year ever since Lily slapped Severus Snape hard across the face, Cassie punched Lucius Malfoy square in the mouth and broke his jaw. Reason being they insulted all muggleborns in the school.
They found their seats near the front of the table so that they could congratulate all of the new Gryffindors. They would exchange stories with the kids about their first years, and it made them feel very welcome.
"When I call your name." Professor McGonagall, a tall witch with black hair pulled into a bun called.
The sorting ended. "I wonder where Remus is." Cassie glared at her plate.
There was a loud bang as the Great Hall doors were pushed open.
"There he is." Lily said. Remus, Sirius, Peter, and (sigh) James walked in proudly. All eyes were on them.
"Excuse us, Professor McGonagall." James smiled and every girl in the hall swooned. He took a seat across from Cassie and the other Marauders joined him. However, Sirius sat next to Laura and put his arm around her.
"Oh no chance in Hell, Sirius." Laura said and removed his arm from around her.
Sirius did not give up though. "You know you want me."
Laura looked at him with disgust and inched over towards Cassie.
Lily giggled. "Sirius don't even try, she's a stubborn one."
"Oh, I'll get her sooner or later." Sirius winked.
"Sorry, I don't really date out of my species." Laura said, taking a bite of chicken. Remus snorted into his potato salad.
"Shut up." Cassie slapped him on the arm.
"I told you." Lily said.
Sirius stared at Laura in disbelief, as did many other people around them. No one had ever refused a Marauder before, well maybe Peter.
"She's tough." James commented.
"I think you are the only girl to ever turn down Sirius Black in the History of Hogwarts." Remus said.
Laura smiled at him. "That's what's different about us."
"Who?" James asked.
"Me, Cassie, and Lily of course." Laura explained.
"You let me hug you on the train!" Sirius protested. He was NOT going to back down. No one turns down Sirius Black. "And Cassie is in a relationship with Remus."
Lily held up her hand for him to stop. "Easy to explain." She said simply. "Laura was distressed, she would have let Snape hug her.well maybe not Snape, but losing a boyfriend sucks."
Sirius looked outraged.
"And." Cassie continued. "Remus and I have been together for longer than five weeks now."
"Remus!" James widened his eyes. "The limit is two weeks!"
"I'm out of that system now." Remus held his hands up.
It was Lily's turn to be outraged. "You guys have a SYSTEM?"
"Well.yeah." James said as if it had explained everything.
"That's horrible!" Lily glared at him. "Let me ask you something, James."
"What?" He asked.
"Have you ever been in love?" She folded her arms across her chest.
"Love?" James gulped.
"What's love?" Sirius asked. Laura scooted farther away from him as a reaction.
"Yeah, love." Lily said. Was this the real James Potter?
"Well," James said slowly. "Yes."
"With whom, may I ask?" Lily raised her eyebrows.
James mumbled something.
"Excuse me?" Lily flashed a smile.
"Okay, okay." James took a deep breath. "Arena MacFay."
"You were ten years old!" Sirius said loudly.
"I don't care!" James protested. "She was the best girlfriend I've ever had."
"Oh no, you've gone too." Sirius closed his eyes. "Am I the only sane one around here?"
"Feels good, doesn't it?" Remus patted his friend's back.
"I think I'm going to break up with Terry." James sighed.
"Terry Hunter?" Lily asked.
"Ms. I-cant-keep-my-legs-closed?" Cassie asked.
"I hate her." Laura said.
"And she's in Slytherin." Cassie added.
"I don't really like her anyway." James said. "Its getting close to our two week point."
"Have you learned nothing?" Lily asked, bewildered.
James smiled innocently.
"Arrrgh!!!" Lily rolled her eyes.
Dumbledore stood and made his usual yearly announcements, the last one being that a Yule Ball will be held for fourth years and above. The Hall erupted with cheering and Dumbledore raised his hand for silence.
"However, please note that there will be Hogsmead trips every weekend starting on the fifth." He said. "Now, off to bed!"
Lily groaned as she got up. "I'm glad there isn't a Prefect meeting tonight."
"Me too." James said. Laura looked at him as if he had grown an extra head; (It was a specialty of hers).
"You made prefect?" Laura asked.
"What, like its hard?" James jogged ahead of them towards the other three Marauders. (A/N: Legally Blonde quote!)
The three girls stared at him in disbelief.
"Were going to have to sit through HIM during Prefect meetings?" Cassie asked.
They made their way up to the common room, chatting with some sixth years.
"Password?" The fat lady asked.
"Boggart Boogers." Lily said clearly, then muttered to Cassie, "James's choice, no doubt."
They entered the common room and walked up to their dormitories.
"I don't want to start classes tomorrow." Cassie whined as she shut the door.
"Why did they sit with us?" Laura asked, pulling her black hair into a ponytail.
"Who?" Lily asked as she got her pajamas out of the drawer.
"The Marauders." Laura said, leaning against a wall. "I mean I could understand Remus, he wanted to be with Cass."
"Maybe they all wanted to sit together." Lily shrugged as a knock came from the outside of their door.
"Come in." Cassie called. Peter opened the door timidly.
"Hey Peter, what's up?" Lily asked.
"James, Remus, and Sirius request your presence down in the common room." He said.
"Aww, but I'm tired!" Cassie groaned.
"Why?" Lily asked.
"Uh.well Remus said he wanted to see Cassie and then Sirius asked if you'd all come."
"He probably just wants to make a move on Laura." Cassie sighed.
"We'll be down in a couple of minutes." Lily said, despite Laura's protests.
Lily threw her pajamas on the bed and pulled her robe off as Peter left.
"Why, Lily? Why?" Laura grumbled.
"Oh, we all know why." Cassie smiled.
"Hey, you shut up." Lily reddened. "That's not why."
"Oh, really?" Laura put her hands on her hips.
"No." Lily said quickly. "Yes."
"Okay fine." Laura smiled, opening the door.
Cassie complained the whole time down the stairs. As soon as they had reached the bottom, she ran and jumped onto Remus's lap. Lily and Laura sat awkwardly on a sofa across from Peter, James, and Sirius. Sirius had his eyes fixed on Laura.
"What?" Laura asked. She was annoyed at the way he acted. "Do I have a zit or something?"
"No, you look beautiful." Sirius said dreamily.
Lily rolled her eyes. "Why did you call us down?"
"That's obvious isn't it?" James said.
"No.or I wouldn't have asked you." Lily said, crossing her legs.
He jerked his head toward Sirius.
"Okay, then can I go?" Lily asked, cautiously getting up.
"No!" Laura pulled her down.
"Come on, no one wants me here anyway." Lily said.
"Please?" Laura asked.
"I'll stay if I can go talk to Deedee." She said pointing at three girls standing together by the fireplace.
Laura grumbled something as she got up to leave. Sirius walked over and sat next to her.
"Oh man." She sighed, rubbing her temples as he inched closer and closer.
"Were you talking to the Marauders, Lily?" Deedee asked anxiously.
"Yeah, why?" Lily asked. She shared a dorm with Kathy and Deedee.
"Oh my gosh they are so hot." Kathy sighed.
"They're not much, really." Lily said.
"They are also only the most popular boys in school!" The other girl said in exasperation. Lily rolled her eyes.
"Looks like two of them are taken already." Deedee said.
Lily looked over at Remus and Cassie, who were talking and laughing, to Sirius who kept moving towards Laura, to Peter and James, sitting sourly on the couch.
"I think James is the hottest." Deedee's other friend commented. Lily felt a surge of jealousy shoot through her body.
"But he's so." Lily said, "He doesn't even stay with a girl for longer than two weeks, all he wants to do is snog!"
"That's fine with me." She said, keeping her brown eyes fixed on him.
"Why don't you ask him out, Gina?" Kathy asked.
"I can't do that!" Gina squealed.
"He's going out with Terry Hunter." Lily said quickly.
Kathy ignored her and said, "He's looking over here!"
Gina reddened and turned away. Lily folded her arms and turned towards James. He noticed her looking at him with a raised eyebrow and got up to talk to her.
"Ah, he's coming over Gina." Lily smiled.
"Hi." James said to Lily.
"What?" Lily asked. "Am I standing in your light or something?"
"Cant a guy talk to a friend?" James asked.
"A friend." Lily laughed.
James turned to Deedee and her friends. "Hi Deeds, Katie, and er.Tina?"
"Gina." Lily corrected him. "And Kathy."
"Right." He said.
"So, uh how is Tina?" Deedee asked. Lily thought she was the only sane girl of the three.
"I think were going to break up." James said as Gina and Kathy awwwwwed.
Lily rolled her eyes and walked over to Laura and Sirius.
"Where are you going?" James asked her.
"Bed." She threw over her shoulder.
"Lily!" Laura jumped up. "Thank god!"
"Come on." Lily pulled Cassie to her feet.
"Hey!"
"Lets go." Lily said.
"Please?" Laura said, nervously glancing at Sirius.
"Alright." She bent down and kissed Remus before she headed up the stairs with her best friends.
As soon as they were back in their dorms, Laura closed the door and locked it.
She walked over to her bed, picked up her pillow, and screamed into it.
"Remind me to never ever hang out with Kathy and Gina again." Lily dropped onto her bed.
"Why?" Cassie started pulling her yellow tank top over her head.
"They were talking about how hot James Potter is." Lily sighed. 'You know, I think I am giving up on this."
"Why?" Laura asked. "Don't you still like him?"
"Yes of course I do." Lily said, looking out the window. "But he'll never feel the same way."
"If you feel that way." Cassie said.
Knocks and angry shouts came from outside the door. Laura opened the door to see Deedee and Kathy standing there.
"Hi." She greeted them.
"Guess what guys!" Kathy squealed as Deedee rolled her eyes at Lily and then looked guiltily at her.
"Gina is going out with James." Kathy sighed and shut the door.
Lily widened her eyes. No one said a word. Kathy was the only girl in the dorm who did not know about Lily's crush.
"Aren't you guys happy for her?" Kathy asked angrily.
Cassie snorted, "No."
"What?" Kathy yelled.
"She isn't our friend, Kathy." Laura said. "Besides, he'll drop her after two weeks."
Kathy sighed audibly and then looked at Lily. "Are you alright?"
"I think I'm going to be sick." She said and wandered out of the room.
"She threw up on the train." Cassie lied as she and Laura rushed after her.
Meanwhile in the common room.
"What?!" Sirius shook James.
"I said I'm going out with Gina Myers." James repeated.
"But, why?" Sirius asked hysterically. "You don't even know her!"
"What is your problem?" James asked.
Sirius just could not say it though. No one knew that he knew that Lily loved James. He tried to think of another excuse, Lily was a nice person, and he did not want to betray her. Before he could say a word though, he saw Lily run down the staircase. She walked quickly until she reached the portrait hole and climbed out. Then he saw Cassie and Laura run after her. James however did not notice a thing because his back was to them.
"What is your problem?" James repeated.
"Never mind." Sirius said and followed the three girls out of the portrait hole. He saw them rushing down to his left and broke into a run after them. He followed them up a staircase, through a few halls, and into a girl's toilet. He stayed quiet as soon as he heard Cassie's voice.
"Lily, you know he'll just dump her after two weeks, anyway." She said nicely.
"Lily, sweetie, will you please come out to talk to us?" Laura asked.
Sirius heard her unlatch a lock and walk out. Cassie hugged her and stroked her hair.
"I can't go on like this." She sobbed. "He wont ever change.he never did."
"Forget about him." Laura said.
"I waited five years for him to turn into a normal human being.but-but-but- "
Laura shushed her. "Don't worry, it won't last."
"I don't care." Lily broke from Cassie and Laura. "I don't care because I don't like him, I am so STUPID for ever liking him in the first place."
"Lily." Sirius's voice came as he walked towards her.
"Oh my god." She smacked her forehead.
"Don't worry Lily." He said reassuringly. "I've already known."
"H-how?" She walked towards him slowly.
"I heard you say it on the train."
"I knew it." Lily said to herself. "Oh please don't tell him, Sirius, I don't know what I'd do."
"Your secret's safe with me." He said, she smiled weakly at him and hugged him.
"Thank you." She sniffed.
"Why haven't you told him all these years?" Sirius looked down at her when she stepped back.
"Because, he is James Potter." She said weakly. "He'd never go for me. Even if he would, I knew he'd get rid of me before his two weeks were up."
Sirius felt a surge of guilt.
"You're right. That would have been worse." He said.
Lily rubbed her eyes. "I don't even know why I'm crying anyway." She laughed softly. "I don't like him anymore."
"That's the spirit." Laura said.
"Do you think you could come back to the Common Room?" Sirius asked.
"One second." She pulled out her wand, pointed it at her face, and muttered something.
"What did you do?" Cassie asked curiously.
"I took the redness from my eyes." She explained shortly.
"Wow, it looks like you'd never been crying." Sirius was impressed. He held out his arm to Laura. She eyed him suspiciously, but when she found that he was harmless, linked it with hers as they walked out of the bathroom.
"I think." Sirius started.
"You do?" Laura asked in mock surprise.
Sirius frowned at her. "I was GOING to say that I think that I am going to erase the two week rule from the Marauders List."
"Really?" Laura asked him eagerly.
"Yeah." He said. "Boggart Boogers."
The portrait swung open and there James was. He stood in the deserted common room in front of the opening.
"Hey Potter." Sirius said.
"Why did you rush away like that?" James asked.
"My contact scratched my eye." Laura explained. "So I ran away to the bathroom, and Sirius thought I was crying."
Sirius, Lily, and Cassie gave her the You-are-so-brilliant look.
"Oh." James said. "Let's get to bed."
"Goodnight, fair ladies." Sirius bowed and ran up the stairs with James.
"You are so brilliant, Laura." Lily said.
"I know." Laura smiled.