Everybody Needs Somebody

By: Jess

Summary: Katie Potter, James's twin, has been in love with Sirius Black for as long as she could remember. But she's never had the courage to say anything to him. Sirius feels the same about Katie, but figuring this out for themselves will be harder than they both thought. SIRIUSOC.

Author's Note: I had an urge to write something for the Marauders. Now I need to write something for the twins.... don't expect it anytime soon though.

I heard the door to my compartment open and close. I looked over Go Ask Alice, the book I was reading, to come face to face with the stupid Ladies' Man of Hogwarts, who happened to be a very good friend of mine.

"Sirius, dammit!" I shouted. "Go away, I'm busy."

He gave me his kicked puppy look. "That hurts, Kat, it really does," he said, before putting on his infamous smirk. "But for your information, it was your idiot twin's idea." Sirius pointed to the geek with black hair who, sadly, was my brother.

"Jamessssss, what do you want?" I groaned as my brother sat next to me.

"Do you have any idea where your absolutely divine friend is?" he gave me his most innocent smile, which to tell the truth really isn't that innocent.

"I don't know where Lily is," I rolled my eyes. "I think she went to visit what's-her-name in Hufflepuff."

"Well, we'll wait here until she comes back then!" James smiled.

"Just keep your mouths shut, I'm trying to read," I put my nose back into my muggle book and continued to read.

Fortunately, "The Marauders" stayed quiet long enough for me to finish a page. Way. To. Go.

"Why do you read anyway?" Sirius asked me, snatching the book out of my hand.

"Because I, unlike you, actually have an attention span bigger than a rat's." I snatched my book back. "Besides, this year I'm a prefect. I'll get your ass in detention more times than you can count." I whacked him on the head with the book.

"Well you won't be doing your job as prefect then, Kat. It's a well known fact our dear Padfoot can't count past eight," Remus said from behind me.

I laughed at his joke while Sirius elbowed his friend in the ribs.

"Oi, I was only kidding!" Remus defended himself.

The compartment door opened and Lily stepped in. "What the hell is going on in here? We can hear you on the other side of the train!" As soon as she saw James, she got all stiff as if trying to make it seem like she was invisible.

"Hey, Lily!" James shouted.

"Hi, James," she groaned and slumped down in the seat on my right.

She was sitting next to the window, so James couldn't sit next to her, but instead he just picked me up and put me in a seat next to Sirius. "Hey, that's my seat!" But James wasn't listening, as usual. He took my seat next to Lily and continued his never ending task of getting Lily to talk to him.

"So, how was your summer?" he asked.

"Fine," she answered.

James, feeling a bit discouraged, still continued asking her questions where she gave either a yes, no, okay, good, or thanks as an answer. Poor brother of mine. I wish she'd give James a chance. He's not that bad. After all, I've lived with him for seventeen years and I haven't killed him yet.

"So, Katie," Sirius started, putting an arm around my shoulders. "James tells me your family went to Scotland for vacation."

I nodded and cuddled up to Sirius. I was tired, and he was volunteering to be my human pillow. Not passing this up. "Mm hmm. I met some cool people there. I think one of them is in our year at Durmstrang. What'd you do this summer?"

"We just stayed at home. Nothing too interesting," Sirius told me. "Besides, you remember me visiting for you and James's birthday?"

"Of course, I loved your present too," I smiled.

"What was it?" Remus asked.

"Matching earrings and a necklace," Sirius said. "My mum picked them out."

"I loved the cat you gave me, Remmie," I told Remus. "I named him Gandalf. He's so beautiful!"

"Gandalf?"

"It's a character from this book my mum read to me when I was little. The Lord of the Rings. It's an amazing book," I yawned and cuddled closer to Sirius.

"Tired, Kat?" he asked me.

I looked up at him and nodded. "I did all my packing last night."

He titled his head and "surprisingly" looked like the most adorable dog I could have ever seen.

I yawned and was about to close my eyes. "You know, Siri, you would make the sweetest puppy."

"Would I?" he asked, sounding extremely amused. I loved always hinting at his alter-ego. He told me he was an Animagus at the end of fourth year, and I would always say something about it without saying it.

"Mm hmm. I'd name you Scruffy if you were a dog..." And I was out like a light.

STAR

"Wake up, Kat, we're here."

I slowly opened my eyes and yawned. Sirius was still holding me. "I'm so hungry," I said. "I haven't eaten all day, I have a huge headache."

"Well, that's all fine and dandy, but we really should get off the train now," Lily said.

We all poured off the train and into a horseless carriage. "Oh, crap, I have to sing in the choir today," I groaned. "I'm too tired!"

"Your problem, sis, not ours," James laughed.

"Yeah, well it's too bad the quidditch season got canceled," I sighed.

James and Sirius's eyes got huge with fear and disbelief. "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?" James yelled.

"Yes," I laughed. "Gods, how thick can you two be?"

James glared at me while Sirius smirked. I stopped laughing instantly when I saw his big, blue eyes shimmering. That usually meant he had something up his sleeve.

"Sirius, I'm so so so sorry, I'll never ever ever do it again, I'll stop, I'll be a good girl, just don't hurt meeee," I begged.

He laughed. "Who said anything about hurting you?"

"I can see it in your lying eyes! Stay away, devil child!" I put my hands out like cat claws.

"You know, you would make a lovely cat, Katie," he told me. Of course, he already knew I was becoming an Animagus. So I hissed at Sirius, as my way of agreeing with him.

Soon the carriage stopped and we walked into the Hogwarts Castle, with me stayed as far away from Sirius as I could. I made Remus my human shield when we sat down in the Great Hall.

I sang with the choir, Professor Dumbledore made his speech, we had the Sorting, then we finally got to eat! I have to say, usually Peter ate the most at the feast, but I gave that boy a run for his money. I was hungry, what could I do?

"Wow, Kat, you sure can put it away," James said.

"I'm hungry," I told him through my fifth dinner roll. "Hey, Remmie, don't we have to go help the first years or something?"

Lily shook her head. "That's the fifth year prefect job," she said.

"Ugh, I can't wait for the first Hogsmeade trip," Remus sighed.

"Me too," Sirius agreed. "That means it's closer to Christmas, which means closer to spring, which is closer to summer, which means we're out of school and officially adults."

"I'll drink to that," James held up his goblet and toasted his friend's "amazing" logic.

After eating, we all went up to the common room. I sat on the couch and started a fire in the fireplace. Lily sat next to me, which meant James sat next to her.

"Oh, remember on the last day of school last year?" I laughed.

Lily nodded. "Yeah, when we played truth or dare for things we would have to do on the first day of school?"

"Don't you have to say yes to James to either Hogsmeade or the Yule Ball?" I smiled.

Lily stopped smiling and her eyes went wide. "Oh, Kat, you won't make me, will you?"

I winked at her and my smile widened. "Maybe."

"You do realize you're my favorite sister, Kat," James told me.

"Yes, and I'm your only sister."

"Well if you do, I'll make you do the dare you said you would do," she warned.

"I'd be willing to if I could see you and my brother together," I said. "You'd make him the happiest person in the world if you went to the Yule Ball with him!"

"What's your dare?" James asked me.

"I had to snog someone," I said.

"Who?"

"Not telling."

"Oh, why not?" Sirius asked.

"Tis a secret," I winked.

The Marauders, Lily, and I all chatted idly until everyone went upstairs, except for me.

I sat at the fireplace and thought of how much fun we've had here and Hogwarts, and that they'll be ending so soon. It really makes you wish you could rewind or freeze time, just to savor those last moments with your friends and family you took advantage of. I felt a tear fall down my face, and I quickly wiped it away. It was our seventh year. But what's one year? It's not a long time if you think about it. 365 days is not enough to show to everyone how much they mean to you.

"I thought you'd be upstairs by now."

I turned around and saw Sirius walking towards the couch. He looked amazing with his undershirt on. All those years of quidditch had really paid off for him. Wow.

"Oh, hey," I smiled. "Yeah, I was just thinking, that's all."

"About what?" he sat down next to me and put an arm around me.

"I know I'm going to sound stupid saying this, but I really don't want school to end," I said.

"You don't want to say goodbye?" he asked.

"Yeah. I mean, we've all been friends since we were eleven, and when we all get jobs and go off on our own, having jobs, getting married, raising kids... I mean, where will we have time to keep in touch?" I rested my head on Sirius's shoulder and he pulled me close. "I just don't want to have to face my days without you guys. You're like a second family."

Sirius nodded. "Katie, if we're a family,like you said, we'll always be together. Families don't split up and fall apart. I'd die before I'd see us stop being friends." He pulled me into his lap and ran his hand down my back.

I felt a small shock of electricity running down my spine as he held me. Sirius had this special touch, it's been happening since third year whenever he'd hug me or something. I still couldn't figure out what it meant. Well, I knew what it was, but I still wasn't sure. I mean, I couldn't like him, could I? That'd be so weird, dating my brother's best friend. I never told Lily how I felt about Sirius, she'd tell him. It's odd, because I can usually tell Siri everything. He was the first person I told about Professor McGonagall allowing me to become an Animagus. And now I can't tell him what's wrong because the secret's about him. He's been one of my closest friends ever since first year. We've had this great relationship since first year. I'd hate having our friendship ruined if we started dating.

"I'd hate not seeing you, Siri," I put my face in the crook of his neck and inhaled his scent. It was cologne, a forest-like scent, and just his plain, sweet self. "You've always been there for me. I don't think I'd be going through my transformation well without you to help me."

"Well then, what's to worry about if we'll always be friends?" he asked.

"It's not that," I sighed.

He kissed the top of my head. "Then what, Kat?"

I wanted to tell him. I wanted to tell Siri so horribly how I felt about him. How much he meant to me, not just a friend, but much more. I wanted to tell Sirius Black that I loved him. I couldn't care less if he wasn't as amazing fit and handsome he was now. (Well, maybe just a little bit...) I loved him! I really wondered how I even got into Gryffindor, with my shyness. If I was a true Gryffindor, I would have told him in third year. WHY COULDN'T I TELL HIM?!?

"I don't know," I lied. I forced a laugh. "I don't know what I was so worried about!" I got off Sirius's lap and gave him a small kiss on the cheek. "Thanks, Scruffy."

"No problem."

We both said our good nights and went up to our dorms. I barely slept that night.

Sirius's POV

I made my way up to my dorm, where Wormtail was snoring loudly and Prongs was mumbling something about Lily in his sleep. I laughed quietly and sat on my bed, trying to sleep. But I couldn't. What Kat said really stood in my mind. She was right. After we graduated, anything was possible. We would eventually drift apart, no matter how hard we tried. She would usually tell us that the people we spent our last years of school with were the ones that mattered the most, but who knew what would happen after we finished school?

I felt bad not telling Katie what I really thought, but I didn't want to make her feel worse than she already was. She was in such a sad mood, I wanted to make her smile. I'm good at that. Katie and I hit it off right after she and James were sorted into Gryffindor with me. Sure, she and Lily could talk about their "girly things", but when Kat had a problem, like she was fighting with someone, she'd come to me. And I could talk to Kat about anything too. She'd listen to me about my family problems, and she really made me feel loved. I told her I was an Animagus at the same time I told the Marauders. I was pretty excited when she told me she was becoming one too. I had hopes she'd become a dog like me, but she never seemed like a dog person. Except with me of course. She was the one that gave me my dog name, Scruffy.

Katie Potter was more than just my best friend's twin, or even my best friend. I have had a crush on her in fourth year. I just never did anything about it. The summer between third and fourth year, she really started to blossom. She got taller, curvier, and got a very full, erm, chest. I still don't know why I never asked her out, or told her how I felt. She was so beautiful and untouchable, I felt unworthy to even look at her. So instead of asking Katie out, I became the player and ladies' man everyone knew me for. I dated more girls than I could count. And it was just to get my mind off Katie. But it didn't work.

Getting to hold her like the way I did tonight brought back all my feelings for her. The longing, the wishing and hoping that I could have her. I want her more than ever now. Not for a quick shag or anything. I just want her for my own. I wanted to be with Kathryn Potter. Call me crazy for saying this, but I love her.

A/N: HAHAHA! Done. I was gonna write a RemusOC, but this just sort of flowed outta my fingers, so this is how it goes. SORRY, REMMIE! You guys like-y? REVIEW! Happy New Year!

Love, Jess