Ok ok I know Erin I haven't up dated in forever!! But I'm telling ya finals really blow and I haven't had time to do like ANYTHING. So here you go the long awaited chapter and I don't know exactly how you all are going to react to the outcome of it…you will have to post and let me know!

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The Towel

"Cassie will you hold on for one second." Bella said hurrying to catch up with her but Cassie just kept on walking. Bella then caught her hand and brought her to a stop.

"WHAT!" Cassie snapped at her. She then tugged her hand back and glared at Bella. Bella's eyes then started to glaze over and she looked away from Cassie's and asked in a soft voice, "Could we talk for a minute? Please."

Cassie then sighed knowing that she did sound a little mean a minute before and now felt like a complete jerk because she was about to make her friend cry. She didn't really want to talk to Bella though at all. Bella was connected to Sirius and it hurt her heart a little too much when she thought about him. Not to mention this new girl that was coming in and trying to take over her team…AN AMERICAN FOR CHRISTSAKE! "Sure. Can we walk and talk at least I reek." Cassie said trying to add a little bit of humor into their conversation and continued to walk towards the girl's locker room with Bella by her side. She had missed Bella she had to admit. She was one of her best friends…just everything seemed so much more complicated these days…

"Cassie, I need to talk to you about Sirius." Cassie just shook her head and said,

"Oh god do you need advice with dealing with his overbearing ways." She said with a sad laugh. "Or did he cheat on you like he has done with every girlfriend?" she said bitterly that time. She then pushed the door open to the locker room, grabbed a towel, and headed off to the showers with Bella closely at her heels. "Ahhhh sweetie we might be friends but we aren't that good of friends." She said when Bella tried to get into the shower with her.

"Oh sorry." Bella said with a laugh, "I'm just a little worried about how you will take this." She then sat on the bench out side of the shower. Cassie turned on the shower and just stood under it for a bit then said, "Take what." She then grabbed her shampoo and started to lather some into her hair.

"Cass…Sirius and I were never going out." Bella said to the shower curtain. Cassie's head then emerged from the curtain with her head covered in soap suds.

"Excuse me?" Cassie asked exasperated "What do you mean you were never going out. That is absurd…people just don't fake going out." She then ducked back into the shower to rinse out her hair.

"Well we did. But for very good reasons Cassie I swear it. You see I wanted to get Remus back and he wanted to get you back and…"

"WHAT! This whole stunt was to get me back!" Cassie yelled and turned off the shower and wrapped her towel around herself then came out to stand in front of Bella. "Answer me Bell. You guys faked to go out to get back at both me and Remus."

Bella then stood up and said to her, "Not to get back at you and Remus...to get you back. There is a big difference" Cassie just shook her head and started to head out of the locker room.

"Cassie what are you doing!?! You are still in your towel! Where are you going!?!" Bella yelled following after her. Cassie then swung around and by doing so flung water into her friend's eyes from her wet hair. Bella whipped her face. "I'm going to go give Sirius Black a piece of my mind. He put me through hell. Absolute HELL making me thinks that you guys are together and he is not getting away with that." Cassie said to Bella.

"Cass you are missing the whole point he did it to be with you again because he loves you."

"Oh piss on love Bella. This is a typical Black move and he is not getting away with it." She then promptly turned around and headed for the Gryffindor dormitory…in just her towel.

Nobody was in the Boys dormitory when Sirius got back from class that afternoon and just as well too. He wasn't in that great a mood. He just did awful on his transfiguration exam and he was in a brooding mood about it. He then plopped down on his bed and decided to take a nap until dinner time when all of a sudden the door to the dormitory banged open. And what stood in the door way was quite a sight. He propped himself up on his elbow to better appreciate the view he was receiving. She was in only her towel…looked like the day was going to look up for him after all…her hair was still wet…she must have just taken a shower but what the hell was she doing in here?...and her eyes were on fire it seemed. They were now not their usual chocolate brown…but looked almost amber…funny thing about Cass…most times when people got mad their eyes darkened…when she did her eyes lightened…and this was the lightest he had seen them in awhile. "Is there a reason I am receiving the pleasure of your company Ms. McAllister?" Sirius said and shot her a killer grin. Cassie then started to walk towards him and when she got to him smiled at him then slapped him. Sirius literally had know idea what had just hit him.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!" he roared at her and stood up right in front of her. Cassie refused to be intimidated by his height though and yelled back just as loud as he did,

"THAT IS FOR MAKING MY LIFE HELL FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS!"

"What do you mean; 'made your life hell' I have barely even talked to you. You won't even give me the time of day!"

"You lied to me Sirius. I know all about yours and Bella's secret." She said still screaming at him and Sirius' face just fell. She started to tear up then and said, "God! You are the only man on earth that can make me cry." She said wiping at her tears.

"What did Bella say to you? When she explained all of this to you?" Sirius said in a quite voice.

"HA! What was there to tell? You and she were going to pretend to go out so that she could get Remus back and you could get me back. Do you honestly think that I am a prize to be won?" She asked to him.

"No. No not at all. I mean I'm not going to lie to you at one time I might have but it is totally different now." He said trying to explain to her.

"Just shut up. I'm done." She then turned to walk out the door. However, the door slammed shut and the lock fell home on it. She then turned around to glare at him knowing that he just did it.

"That isn't fair. You can't just come in here and slap me, yell at me, and then tell me to shut up and that you are done without giving me a chance to explain." Sirius said exasperated

"But see Sirius that is what you don't understand I don't care anymore and I would appreciate it if you would just let me leave." Cassie said to him.

"Well I would appreciate it if you would let me explain." He said staring at her intently. She knew she wouldn't be able to win this fight and then walked back and sat on his bed.

"You have five minutes Black…then I'm leaving." She said in an angry voice and straightened her towel on herself.

"Fine," He said and moved to stand in front of her. "Yes, you are right I did agree to Bella's idea of trying to get her back with Remus and me back with you (Cassie tries to say something)…Ahhh don't say a word I see you wanting to say something just let me finish…(she then closes her mouth)…thank you." He then sat down next to her on the bed. After I agreed to do it I realized it was wrong. But what outweighed me not doing it was knowing for a fact that Remus still loved Bella and Bella loved him. Cassie," he then moved his fingers to her chin to turn her face towards him so that she would look at him, "you had made it clear that we were done…but Bella and Remus still had a chance and they deserved it…the deserved to have what we lost."

"Why didn't you tell me about it then? You could have told me?" Cassie said getting angry again about the situation.

"I did try to tell you remember. That day outside of the locker room. I wanted to tell you but Bella showed up and stopped me." Cassie just shook her head and looked away from him.

"So that is it. That is what has been going on?" Cassie asked in a soft voice.

"Yes. That has been what has been going on." Sirius replied. Cassie then stood up and started to walk for the door but before she could get in a step Sirius grabbed her hand.

"I never ever wanted to hurt you Cass." Sirius said with such intensity in his voice and eyes, "I promised myself I would never ever hurt you again, but I also promised myself that I would never let love get away from me or any one of my friends again. I will never regret helping Remus and Bella get back together." Cassie's eyes then started to water up again and tears started to fall. Sirius did the only thing then that he knew would make it better he framed her face with his hands and kissed her. Then kissed all her tears away, "I love you Cassie. I love you enough to let you go and never bother you again. Please forgive me for doing what I did." He said resting his forehead on hers. "I love you so much that I think I need you to forgive me. You have changed me you made me see things so much differently…please forgive me?" Cassie then looked him straight in the eyes wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him and by doing so let her towel fall. They both then fell on to his bed and she not only forgave him but gave herself to him…

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