A/N: Disclaimer and Summary etc. in other chapters…

5th Chapter!!!!!!!!!! Sibling Rivalry!

Over the next couple of days the tension within the Black-Lupin Manor grew.

Andy wasn't talking to Kim… or anyone else for that matter and no one had any clue why! Also the fact that she cried only recently downright shocked them all! Andromeda Melissa Black-Lupin hadn't cried since she was six years old!

Every time anyone tried to talk to Andy, especially Kim, they were only met with a cold exterior mask.

And the fact that Christmas was drawing steadily nearer was worrying everyone; what if she was still angry during Christmas time… She'd probably make sure no-one enjoyed Christmas!

A week before Christmas, the whole Black-Lupin family and friends had the rare opportunity to sit down together for a meal.

Dinner went quite smoothly with the light chatter that filled the room until dessert time. Doda had just made a delicious pudding and had gotten up to get it when the fight began;

"So… Andy… what's up?" asked Kim casually.

"Mind your own business you cow!" was all she got in reply.

As both twins had an excessively bad temper, this was clearly the wrong thing to say.

"Now look here! Ever since we got back from the carnival you've been nothing but snippy to everyone! What is wrong with you! If you can't even tell us what you feel we've done wrong then keep your smartass comments to yourself!"

"Don't you tell me what to do or not do!"

"Why you little b..." but Kim was cut off as Andy shot up, knocking her chair over in the process.

And so the fight began; after a mere few seconds, no one could tell which blur was which twin (literally, they were rolling about on the floor yelling, kicking, screaming and trying to knock the living daylights out of each other!)

"Girls! GIRLS!!!!!" yelled Sirius and Remus though to no avail; they kept fighting.

Finally, the girls' three friends decided to take it into their own hands;

Jase grabbed one twin and Mike grabbed the other while Jake was trying to pacify them in the middle.

Both girls in question were currently glaring daggers at each other and struggling to get out of their captor's arms.

While Jake was trying his hardest to pacify the girls, the two in questions seemed to only want to yell obscenities at each other.

"THAT'S IT!!!!" yelled Jake finally, startling both girls who quickly went quiet.

"You both are going to spend the rest of your holidays stuck together unless you get along again! We're sick and tired of all this fighting!"

And muttering a quick incantation, both girls were bound together by their wrists; Kim by her left and Andy by her right… their wand arms…

"This is all your fault" muttered Andy sullenly to her sister as they had both been stuck in their room for a good few hours, bound by their wand arms.

"My fault?" said Kim incredulously; "it was your fault for having a hissy-fit at all of us anyway!"

"Gee! I wonder why?" muttered Andy sarcastically.

"So do I!" snapped Kim.

"Don't play dumb; you know perfectly well why!" yelled Andy, her voice steadily rising.

"No I bloody well don't so when you feel like pulling your head out of your arse and telling me.." but once again Kim was cut off as Andy made a launch for her.

For a couple of seconds the sound of more yelling and scrambling around resounded throughout the house, efficiently waking up Jake, Jase and Mike, who were on sleeping on the same floor as the twins' bedroom.

Unbeknownst to the girls, the boys were listening outside their bedroom door in case they needed to break up another more serious fight.

Finally though, they stopped crashing about and yelling and all that could be heard was their slightly heavier breathing.

A bit unnerved at the sudden stillness within the room, Mike muttered a charm and a slightly transparent panel appeared on the door.

Looking through, the boys were shocked at what they found;

It looked as though a tornado had gone through the place!

Their normally relatively tidy room was in shambles; books thrown over the place, teddies scattered everywhere, broken mirrors and windows and numerous dents in the walls and furniture.

That however, was almost nothing compared to the stated the two girls were in; Both girls' normally tidy hair was all over the place, they were each sporting either a cut lip or a bleeding nose and it looked even from far as though both had broken at least one of the other's bones!

Just as the boys were about to go in, they stopped at hearing one of them speak up.

"Andy… why are you angry with me… us…I honestly don't know" they recognised that quiet voice as Kim's.

They then heard Andy mutter something inaudibly.

"Come again?" asked Kim patiently, a complete change from the screaming, angry girl she was only a couple of seconds ago.

"I said it doesn't matter alright!" snapped Andy a bit louder.

"Bu.." began Kim but, yet again, was not allowed to finish.

"Look! If you wanna go snog him senseless then by all means! Go ahead! Why should I care! After all, you never felt the need to tell me about it before! Don't sisters usually do that?!?"

As Andy was expecting some yelled reply, all she got was silence.

"Who?" asked Kim quietly.

"Are you mad?" asked Andy incredulously.

"Most people say so… yeah" grinned Kim, her smile widening as she saw Andy's lips twitch upwards before quickly being replaced with the look she had worn before.

"But what are you talking about though An?" said Kim, going serious again, "I'm not going out with anyone! I swear!"

"You're not?' asked Andy with slight suspicion in her eyes.

"Then what was Mike talking about the other day at the carnival? I heard the two of you!"

"Mike!" laughed Kim incredulously, "That's what this is all about? Mike and I were talking and we somehow got onto the subject of dreams… He was telling me about a dream he had of…" but Kim suddenly trailed off looking nervously at Andy.

"Who?" asked Andy, narrowing her eyes in suspicion.

"Well… Er… You're not really supposed to know…" said Kim quietly but hurried on at the look on her sister's face, "I mean, it wo…"

"Wait a Sec!" exclaimed Andy, "You're not saying he dreamt of… well… me… are you?"

At this, Kim decided she wanted to look anywhere but her sister.

"Kimberleigh" whispered Andy dangerously, "Spill it!"

"Fine! Yes he was telling me about a dream he had of you and him and well… He… well he likes you!"

At this the only sound that could be heard within the room was their soft breathing.

"Andy…?" whispered Kim tentatively, waving her hand over her sister's face, "An… You in there?"

"You're kidding?" whispered Andy finally.

Kim only shook her head. "No An… I'm not… he really likes you…"

"Well tell him to shove it!" snapped Andy.

"No way! I am NOT getting between you two… You two can very well work out your differences (or lack thereof) on your own!"

Suddenly though, both girls looked towards their bedroom door as a sudden crash could be heard followed by one pair of loud footsteps running to the other side of the landing; it appeared Mike had heard them…

A/N: Yay! I finally finished Chapter five!!!! They're almost finished with their christmas holidays and the next say one or two chapters should sum that up and then it's back to Hogwarts for their fifth year!!!

Also, thanx to my wonderful beta: White Raven!!!

Please R/R!!!