Chapter 13: What It's Like to Be Me (Sirius and James' "Fight")

Don't you get it twisted boy
I want you too
But you got my heart to win
Before I let you in
If this deceives you baby
I'm not the average lady
I need someone to love

"Dom's a good guy," James tried to reason with Britney, at how absurd this was.

"Maybe so, but I'm not that easy," Britney said smiling. "I mean going out with him would go against my morals!"

"What are those?" James asked. Britney thought for a bit.

"I had only two conversations with him, and I kissed him," Britney said.

"So?" James asked, seeing no point in this conversation.

"I've always been taught to win," Britney stated simply.

"Win what?" James asked.

"In the battle of Love," Britney said.

"Huh?" James asked.

"You're so stupid," Britney said. "My mom told me that I should always win in love, like, er," Britney thought. "She said to wait for my Prince Charming, which I know is really lame, but I always heard those muggle stories, which I liked."

James nodded slowly not understanding.

"Are you really this thick?" Britney asked.

James nodded slowly again. Britney sighed.

"Ok, so, you want to win?" James questioned her 'theory'.

"Sort of," Britney said.

"I think I understand. You have strange morals that I don't understand," James said smiling.

"No -," Britney started. "Actually, I guess that is right, in a way," Britney finished.

"Ha! And Sirius said I don't understand women," James said happily.

"Sirius thinks he understands women?" Britney asked in disbelief.

"Well, see, that's where you're right, 'thinks'," James said wisely. Britney nodded in understanding.

It had been three days since Britney and James had been 'together'. When Britney told Lily, Alice, Daisy and Tess her idea, they were in fits of giggles for hours. Britney sighed. She couldn't wait till this whole situation was over.

"Can I go now?" asked James. "I haven't been with Sirius in three days!" James told Britney.

"Come on James, please, once this is over I won't bug you for a week," Britney said smiling.

"Why only one week?" James asked.

"Because I never know when I might need something," Britney said.

James groaned deeply. They were sitting in the common room on a Saturday afternoon. James wanted to go outside and have a snowball fight with Sirius, Remus and Peter.

James perked up. "Hey Britney, I just remembered something," James said with an evil glint in his eye.

"What?"

"Did you ever ask you sister how her holiday was?" James asked grinning.

"No," Britney said slowly. "Why do you wonder?" Britney asked.

"She was very busy," James said.

"Doing what?" Britney asked clueless.

"She was busy with my brother," James said smiling.

"What does that mean?" Britney asked.

James rolled his eyes.

"My brother and your sister were intimate during vacation," James said clearly.

Britney stared; she was trying to work that all out. "What do you mean by intimate? Like, they were fighting?"

James looked at her incredulously. "Sort of, but no! They were close to sex! They were making out and all that, and I had the displeasure of seeing it!" James almost shouted.

Britney looked like she was about to barf. "EW! You're kidding, right? That is so gross!"

Then they heard giggling out outside the common room. James and Britney looked. Michael and Haylie came in holding hands.

"AH! What the hell is going on?" Britney shouted. They jumped and quickly pulled away. "You have that boyfriend!" Britney reminded her sister.

"Nothing is going on, and yes I still have my boyfriend, Michael is just helping me with my homework," Haylie said.

"Oh and by the way, she knows," James said smiling. Michael and Haylie's eyes widened.

"JAMES!" Michael and Haylie shouted.

"She has a right to know, you're sisters," said James directing that at Haylie.

Haylie glared. "What are you two doing alone inside?" Michael asked.

"James is my boyfriend," Britney said. Haylie and Michael raised their eyebrows smiling.

"You're accusing us?" Haylie asked.

"Oh no, I'm just using him," Britney said smiling. James was giving the same smile as Britney.

"You two are weird," Michael said.

"Bye cheater!" Britney said, as Michael and Haylie left, glaring at the two of them. "Let's go outside," Britney said smiling. James grinned and ran up the stairs and got his cloak, he waited for Britney to come down.

"Let's go," James was jumping up and down, anxious to go outside. They exited the common room to the outside. James smiled and ran out in the snow.

"James, wait!" Britney yelled and she ran after him. They someone stood in front of her and she fell on top of them. "Damn it," Britney whispered.

"Hey Brit," said a voice. Britney yelped and quickly got up.

"Hey," she said nervously. Britney looked behind Dom, and saw Sirius laughing hard with Lily. Britney rolled her eyes. James looked over and gave her the thumbs up sign.

It was snowing lightly, and everyone was having fun playing in the snow. Dom was smiling goofily at her. Britney smiled weakly.

"I was wondering," he started with his hands in his pocket, looking slightly nervous. "Would you like to, er..." but Dom never got to finish, as James walked over.

"Hey!" James said brightly. Lily and Sirius were now standing not far away.

"Can you leave Potter?" Dom asked annoyed.

"I just want to know what you're doing with my girlfriend," said James smoothly.

Dom looked stunned, and stared at Britney for an explanation. Britney just stood there, no expression on her face. "Your girlfriend?" Dom questioned, truly confused.

"Yeah, we've been together for a while," James sighed dreamily. Britney suddenly frowned.

"What are you talking about James?" came a voice. Sirius walked over to the conversation. Lily soon started bursting our laughing. "She's mine!" Britney's eyes widened. Lily just continued to laugh.

James then looked confused. "Er," James looked at Sirius. "No she isn't," James said slowly.

"No!" Sirius said, then he moved in and kissed Britney hard on the lips. "See!" Sirius said grinning. Lily was still laughing though.

Britney stood there extremely confused. James' eyes widened. "That's not supposed to happen," James whispered.

Sirius mouthed 'play along!'

James smiled. "What the hell was that for? She's my girlfriend!" exclaimed James pretending to be furious. Britney just stood there silent.

"Yeah, well she was cheating on you with me!" Sirius shot back, amusement in his eyes.

James yelped in surprise. "HOW DARE YOU! You're supposed to be my best friend!" A few people were now looking at the scene that was being made. Dom stood there with his mouth slightly open.

"Yeah well, I'm no longer your best friend!" Sirius shouted.

"Fine!" James shouted.

"Fine!" Sirius shouted back. He picked up Britney, and threw her over his shoulder and walked away. Lily was now sitting in the snow, unable to breathe. Dom just stood there, he turned to Lily.

"What was that?" he asked Lily. Lily tried to pull herself together.

But she burst out laughing. "I'm sorry," she managed to say; she put on a serious face. "Honestly, I don't know," then Lily cracked a grin.

"So, she doesn't like me?" Dom asked. "I mean she kissed back, but now I find she cheats?" Dom asked very confused.

Lily burst out laughing. "Just wait," Lily smiled.

"Wait for what?" Dom asked.

"Her, I don't think she's ready . . ." Lily answered thoughtfully, but then went into a fit of giggles.

"Not ready, she kissed me twice, she kissed back, she had a boyfriend and then she cheated on her boyfriend!" Dom nearly yelled.

Lily sat back down on the snow and laughed hard. Dom sighed and left.

Sirius and Britney

Sirius brought Britney around a corner and set her down against the wall. He leaned against it and slid down laughing hysterically.

Britney stood there still stunned.

"Sirius," Britney started, sitting down beside Sirius. "Was that too mean?" she asked.

"No," Sirius said, still laughing.

"Well, I think it was a bit harsh," Britney said slowly.

Sirius smiled, and steadied his laughing. "Did you like him?" Sirius asked seriously.

"I think so," Britney said. "Yeah, I did."

"Then why did you set that all up?" Sirius asked.

"I don't know, I panicked!" Britney said impatiently. "I wasn't thinking."

"Well, maybe he's not your type," Sirius said smiling. "There are plenty others, maybe he's not the one," Sirius said.

"I never thought he would be," Britney muttered.

"But maybe one day you'll end up with him, who knows," Sirius said. Sirius smiled at Britney, snowflakes in his hair, and on his clothes. Britney smiled.

"Maybe," Britney said. Sirius put his arm around Britney, she rested her head on his shoulder. They were silent for a few minutes.

Then Sirius spoke. "So how about that kiss?" Britney looked at him. "It was good," Sirius said shrugging.

Britney smiled, then hit him playfully.

"Let's go back to the castle, I think it's almost dinner," Sirius said standing up, and offering a hand to Britney. She took it and he pulled her up.

Sirius offered his arm, and they walked back to the castle.

Lily

Lily finally stopped laughing, got up and went inside the common room. There was still another 20 minutes till dinner, so she decided to go back to the common room to get changed.

She walked back humming a muggle tune. She took her time looking at the different paintings and such. She walked down one of the corridors that lead to the Gryffindor Common Room. She heard voices.

She turned around, but the voices stopped. She frowned, but continued to walk.

She heard the voices start up again. She looked behind her, but again, nothing.

She started to quicken her pace, slightly scared.

"Lily!" someone called out her name. Lily turned around slowly to see who the voice belong to, when she got hit by a curse.

A/N: ok i finally finished year 2! does happy dance i started writing year 5 today. I'm starting from the OotP's chapter "Snapes Worst Memory" and I'm recopying as you read. (I do no own it!) so yeah...it's takin a while, it will be a long chapter...i did 2 pages and i hav like 1,089 words. thats scary. The last chapter of year 2 was originally 889 words...but then anna refused it to be that short, so she made it longer...sigh this story has 17 chapters...only 4 left:D thanks for the reviews!

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