Okay, big update today! Lol, bout 9 pages on Word. :-D
Thank you, mgirl, hpotterluver, Carm, and Hill3434 for reviewing!
A lot of people keep saying in their reviews 'I hope you post more' and stuff like that, I just wanted to let you know that I have no intention on stopping this story any time soon. (At least, quitting anytime soon). Also, Lily and James aren't even together yet, so there is still a bit to go. I'm trying not to make this extremely long where everyone gets bored of it (Let me know if that starts to happen ;-D ). But don't worry, there will be more updates until I let you know!!
Also I have a reply that I just must reply to. I was quite disappointed when I saw this review show up in my mail box. But then when I saw that I got the same review for another one of my stories, I realized this person has no life.
FrEgOrGeLuVeR225, The following review has been submitted to: 1800YouWantME LJ Chapter: 1 From: the counter There is 13 Romances on this page. What makes you think yours is any different?
I find it quite funny, 'Counter', that you have no life, nor do you even write a story (At least its not posted) so you cannot criticize mine. And what makes mine different? Me. I'm a totally different writer than everyone else on this site. Everyone is different. And you obviously have way to much time on your hands if all you do is count stories. Do me a favor, and get a life. Get outside and do something exciting. Let me know when you do. Also, obviously there is going to be a ton of romance stories and such. These are people IN LOVE.
[rolls eyes] Jeez. People like that just piss me off. Congratulations, Counter, you got your wish, you pissed me off. Now, please leave, and frankly, you don't deserve to have a nice day if all you do is go around and leave rude comments on peoples stories. People who actually try to think of interesting things for other people to read.
Jeez. Okay, now that's over with…chapter 31!
Disclaimer: I really did create the HP world…JKR just wrote it down first. ;-)
Chapter 31: New Love
"Lily!" Sirius whispered up the girl's staircase.
"Lily!!" He said a little louder.
"LILY!" he yelled.
"Black? What the hell are you doing yelling up the girl's staircase at," Bree looked down at her wrist watch, "At twelve in the morning?"
"Looking for Lily." He sighed, "Is she up there?"
"No," Bree said walking down a few steps, "Lily sleeps in the Head Dormitory these days. Since she [I]is[/I] Head Girl and all."
"Dammit!" Sirius yelled, pounding his fist on the railing, "I need to talk to a girl and Lily is the only one I know."
"Sirius?" Bree said looking at him oddly, "I'm a girl."
"You are, aren't you!" he said, his face lightening up.
"Yeah." Bree said rolling her eyes, "Why do you need to talk to a girl?"
"I need help." He replied, "From a girl."
Bree sighed and walked down the staircases, "What do you need, Sirius?"
"You mean," he smiled, "You're willing to help me?"
"Depends." She said crossing her hands over her black cami top, "What do you need my help for?"
"Okay, well I need to know what to do about Bethany." Sirius said looking at Bree.
"Sit down." Bree said leading the way to the couches, "Now, what's wrong with your girlfriend?"
"She's not my girlfriend!" Sirius nearly yelled, but quieted down.
"Fine," Bree rolled her eyes, "What's wrong with Bethany?"
"She won't leave me alone."
Bree smiled and laughed, "What's wrong with that?"
"She won't give me one minute of peace!" he cried, "She's nice and all, but I don't fancy dating an annoying fifth year."
"Why don't you give her a chance, Sirius?" Bree said, patting Sirius on the knee.
"Bree." He said sadly, "Please, help me."
Bree looked at Sirius and sighed, "Alright, fine, what do you need from me?"
"I don't know!" he replied, "That's why I needed to talk to a girl."
"Did you try telling Bethany that you don't want any sort of romantic relationship with her?" Bree suggested.
"Yes."
"Did you try telling Bethany you didn't want [I]any[/I] type of relationship with her?" Bree asked.
"Yes! Multiple times!" he replied, "She says she understands, but she still follows me around and stares at me all weird."
"I see." Bree nodded her head, "Maybe what you need is a girlfriend."
"I told you." He whined, "I don't want to date Bethany."
"I didn't say 'date Bethany'." Bree stated, "I said, get a girlfriend. Maybe if Bethany sees that you really don't want to date her then she will realize it and back off a bit."
"That doesn't sound half bad." Sirius said smiling, "But, where am I supposed to find a girlfriend? Most of the girls have already got dates to the dance!"
"That's your problem." Bree shrugged.
"Wait." Sirius said, lifting his head and smiling, "Wait one minute."
"What?"
"You don't have a boyfriend." He smiled.
"No! No, no, and NO!" she said standing up, "There is no way that I will date you."
"You don't really have to date me." Sirius said standing up and blocking her way to the stairway, "You just have to [I]pretend[/I] to date me."
"Pretend? How and I supposed to pretend?" she asked, "We don't even like each other!"
"I know." He sighed, "But hear me out, okay?"
"Fine." She sighed, "Hurry up though, because I'm tired and you woke me up."
"You just broke up with Andrew and you are really angry at him." Sirius started.
"Don't even bring Andrew into this." Bree glared.
"I'm annoyed with Bethany and I want her to get off my back." He continued, "Don't you see it? We both are trying to get people jealous!"
"So?" she sighed.
"Think about it," he continued again, "Bethany was angry at you the first day she met me because you were getting more attention from me. Andrew [I]hates[/I] me. If we date each other we will make Bethany and Andrew mad! Andrew will get mad, apologize and want to date you again! And Bethany will realize I don't want to date her! Either way, we both win!"
Bree sighed, letting the information process in her mind, "Andrew [I]does[/I] hate you."
"Yes!" Sirius said happily, "Trust me, this will work!"
Bree sighed again and looked at Sirius, "Fine."
"Wait, you'll do it?" he asked surprised.
"Yes, I'll date you to make Andrew jealous and you'll date me to make Bethany leave you alone." She explained.
"Great! When do we start?" he asked.
"Tomorrow." Bree said, "But let's set some rules right now. One, you don't tell anyone about our deal."
"Sounds good." He said nodding his head.
"Two, don't rub it in to anyone. Let them figure it out for themselves." She added.
"How will anyone know we're dating then?" he asked, "That will ruin the plan!"
"Fine, tell people." She rolled her eyes.
"Anyway, no touching me or kissing me." She warned.
"Oh, people are surely going to believe we're dating when we don't even go near each other." Sirius sighed, rolling his eyes, "We've got to make it [I]seem[/I] as if we like each other, or they wont get jealous."
"Fine." She replied, "Just…don't tell anyone that we aren't really dating."
"Alright, deal." He replied, holding his hand out, waiting for Bree to shake it.
Bree sighed, looked up to the sky and did the Sign of the Cross, and shook Sirius' hand.
"What am I doing?" she asked after they released hands.
"Making a very smart decision." Sirius smiled, "Don't worry, you wont regret this."
"I can't believe I trust you." Bree said.
"You have to." Sirius smirked, "You're my girlfriend."
Bree was about to respond when she saw Ashley and Remus sneak into the common room. They both jumped when they saw Sirius and Bree sitting down on the couch…together.
"Hey." Bree smiled at Ashley, "What are you two doing out this late?"
"Well," Remus started, "We were doing some homework and…" he looked over to Ashley who smiled and nodded.
"Remus and I are…" Ashley started, tearing her eyes away from Remus' and looking at Bree, "Dating."
"Dating?" Bree and Sirius said at once.
"Yeah." They replied smiling at each other.
"It's about time!" Bree smiled and jumped up to hug Ashley.
"Sorry we didn't tell you guys sooner." Remus said as Sirius patted him on the back, "We wanted to see if everything would work out first."
"How long have you two been together for?" Bree asked.
"Ever since Luna and I broke up." Ashley shrugged, "Not too long. But long enough that we both realize we want a relationship."
"Congratulations!" Bree smiled hugging Remus.
"Thanks." He said smiling, "So what are you two doing up?"
"Yeah," Ashley asked sitting down on the couch, "It's not every day that you see Bree Livingston and Sirius Black sitting in the common room late at night."
"We were…um…" Bree stuttered. Should they tell them?
"Well," Sirius started, "Bree and I have a bit of a confession to make."
"You do?" Ashley asked looking at the both of them.
Sirius looked at Bree and nodded.
"Yeah," she said taking a deep breath, "[I]Big[/I] confession."
"Well?" Remus asked, "What is it?"
"We are sort of…" Sirius started, "Dating."
"Dating?" They both asked, their jaws dropping.
"You two?" Ashley asked pointing to Bree and Sirius, "Dating?"
"Yeah." Bree said, feeling nervous, "Dating."
"Since when?" Remus asked staring at them oddly.
"Um," Bree started, staring at Sirius.
"You know…"
"Like..
"Umm…"
"Just a day or two." Bree shrugged, "Not for too long."
"And what made you two decide to date?" Ashley wondered out loud.
"Well," Sirius said sitting down next to Bree, "We realized we do have something in common and…that we should give it a shot."
"Right." Bree nodded.
"Well…" Remus blinked a few times, "That's surprising."
"Yet awesome!" Ashley cried jumping up and gave each Bree and Sirius a hug, "It's great you guys finally put aside your differences and realized that there might be something there!"
"Yeah." Bree sighed, "Super."
"Well, Remus," Ashley said turning to Remus. Her expression went soft and loving, "I'm going to go to bed. Night."
"Good night." Remus smiled and kissed her.
"You coming, Bree?" Ashley asked.
"I'll be there in a minute." Bree smiled.
"Okay."
Bree let out the breath she was holding in as soon as she heard two doors close.
"Well, I think that went…" Sirius started, "well."
"Me too." Bree replied, "It's a bit awkward, but if we keep putting on an act, then we might be able to pull it off."
"Yeah." Sirius agreed, "Well, we should get to bed. We have a lot to do tomorrow."
"Yeah, right." Bree said standing up, "Night."
"Night." Sirius smiled.
They both stared at each other for a second, a little uncomfortable, before they both headed up to their dorms and went to bed still feeling a bit…odder.
"Good morning, children!" Riley called happily threw the dormitory, "I guess since I seem to be the only one awake, I shall use the shower first."
"You do that." Ashley mumbled from behind her curtains.
"Fabulous!" Riley smiled happily, "I'll see you two in awhile."
"If you take more than twenty minutes in that shower, I'm shutting the water off." Bree said sleepily.
"Can you do that?" Riley asked, talking to Bree's curtain.
"I can now." Bree mumbled back as a ringing sound echoed in the room.
"What's that?" Ashley asked, sitting up in her bed, "Who dares to wake us up this early?"
Riley shrugged as she walked over to her bag and pulled out her communicator, "It's Lily."
"Hi Lily." Bree and Ashley both grumbled before lying back down and burying their heads into their pillows.
"Hey, hun," Riley smiled into the communicator, "What's happening?"
"Riley I'm having a serious bad hair day." Lily said pointing to her frizzing hair, "And what if Matt asks me to the dance today!?"
Riley yawned and replied, "Don't worry, I'll be over later."
"Thanks, you're a lifesaver!" Lily squealed.
"See you soon." Riley said before waving to Lily and shutting off the communicator, "Well, I guess I do need the shower first so I can fix Lily's hair."
No answer was heard; obviously Ashley and Bree had fallen asleep. Riley shrugged and continued to gather her things before heading into the bathroom and closing the door.
….
"Ugh! 'Wake up earlier, Bree!' You're going to be late, Bree!' 'Stop being so lazy and get up, Bree!' 'You haven't been doing well in classes. [I]Bree[/I]'" Bree mumbled to herself as she turned the water off. She stepped out of the shower and wrapped a fluffy white towel around her self, "Stupid brothers."
Bree waved her wand and the steam in the mirror disappeared. Bree opened her drawer and began to rummage threw it.
"Riley!" she yelled, "Where's my eyeliner?"
Bree sat there for a minute before getting up and walking into the dorm.
"Rye?" she called into the empty room, "Ash?"
Bree noticed all of the beds empty and made and realized that Riley must've already left and Ashley was who knows where. Bree looked at the clock, realized breakfast was ending in less than and hour, and rushed back into the bathroom to finish getting ready.
[I]Oh, well. I'm not that hungry anyway. [/I] Bree shrugged to herself as her stomach let out a grumble. [I]Okay, maybe I should hurry so I can eat something.[/I]
Once Bree was fully dressed and ready for the day she grabbed her back and rushed down the stairs to catch the end of breakfast.
Bree hurried down the stairs and didn't even bother to notice the people around her…that was until she bumped into someone unexpected and they both landed on the floor.
"Oh sorry-" Bree looked up and saw Andrew, "Oh, it's you."
"Yeah, well," he mumbled, "I was just going to-"
"Bree!" Bree spun around and saw Sirius heading towards them.
"What do you want?" Andrew spat.
"I just wanted to see if Bree was ready to go to breakfast." Sirius said, putting his arm around Bree' shoulder and gave her an encouraging look.
"Right," Bree looked at Sirius oddly, but then remembered their deal, "I'd love to."
"Is something going on between you two?" Andrew asked confused.
"Well-"
"As a matter of fact," Sirius butted in and smirked, "It's a good thing you cheated on Bree or else we never would've gotten together."
"You two," Andrew asked amazed and obviously extremely jealous, "are together?"
"Definitely." Sirius grinned.
Andrew nodded his head, lost for words, "Well then, I guess I should go." Andrew turned around and headed down to the Great Hall.
"That went well," Sirius said once Andrew was gone, "Did you see how jealous he was!?"
"Yeah, I did." Bree replied, pushing Sirius' arm off her shoulder and continued towards the Great Hall.
"No 'Good job, Sirius'?" he asked, walking next to her, "You know, your [I]boyfriend.[/I]"
"Not technically," Bree glared, stopping in front of the entrance to the Great Hall, "You know, Andrew probably told the whole Great Hall about us."
"Good." Sirius slipped his hand into Bree's and intertwined their fingers. He gave her hand a squeeze before saying, "Just relax. Stop worrying what everyone else will think."
Bree sighed and silently prayed to God for extra blessings and let Sirius open the oak doors and proceed through the tables and towards their friends.
Bree blushed slightly as she saw people staring and them and whispering. Although, she understood why they'd be staring…they were fighting just the day before and today they walk in holding hands. Sirius' hand squeezing hers gave her confidence somehow and she ignored the stares and sat down next to Sirius at the Gryfinndor table.
Lily, Riley, James and Peter all stared at Bree and Sirius with their mouths hanging open as they piled food onto their plates.
"Were you two just-" Lily started.
"Holding hands?" James interrupted.
"Like a couple?" Riley added.
Their six friends stared at them.
Bree leaned over and pushed James' jaw up so his mouth closed, "So what if we are?"
"You mean," Lily asked amazed, "You're dating?"
Sirius looked at his friends and shrugged as he took a sip from his goblet, "Sure."
"Shut up!" Riley squealed, "Since when?"
"Recently." Bree said holding her cup in front of her face to hide her flushed cheeks, thinking how it was harder to tell her friends then it was to tell the whole school.
"Congratulations." James smiled, "Finally."
Bree slammed her goblet down, "Finally?"
James shrugged, "Everyone's been saying how you two should be doing less arguing and more snogging."
"Who's everyone?" Bree asked glaring at Riley.
"You know how those rumors are." Riley blushed, "Well, I think I finally see a light at the end of this dark tunnel."
"What?" they all asked confused.
"If these two can get together then [I]anyone[/I] can," Riley replying, eyeing Lily and James.
"Would you look at the time?" Lily said looking at her watch and grabbing her bag, "We better get to class."
"I'll meet you guys there." Bree said taking a sip of her juice, "I'm going to finish eating."
"Yeah, me too." Sirius said looking down at his empty plate.
"Alright," Riley wiggled her eyebrows, "Should I save you two some seats?"
"That would be great." Bree replied sternly.
"Bye." Bree and Sirius waved good bye before having a quiet conversation.
"Okay, that went well." Bree started.
Sirius nodded his head in agreement, "But there's room for improvement."
"Improvement?" Bree asked.
"Stop acting like you hate me." Sirius explained.
"I wasn't acting like-"
"You were acting so distant." Sirius continued.
"Distant?" Bree asked annoyed, "My knee was touching your for Merlin's sake, how much closer do you want to be?"
Sirius rolled his eyes, "You know what?"
"This is insane?"
"No." Sirius said, "We could even help other people with our relationship."
"What the hell are you talking about, Black?" Bree asked.
"Lily and James." He stated, "Lily is as stubborn as a mule but, like Riley said, 'if they can get together anyone can'."
"But we're [I]not together![/I]" Bree exclaimed.
"Just play it up as if we are." Sirius replied, "Keep telling Lily how much I've changed and how happy you are."
"I'm beginning to think this is just to enlarge your ego." Bree glared.
"Don't you want Lily and James to get together?" Sirius asked.
Bree sighed, "Yes. I guess I can try to convince her."
"Great." Sirius smiled.
"We're going to be late," Bree said standing up, "You better know some secret passages or something because we're going to be late."
Sirius smirked, "You'll find that dating a Marauder can be adventures and unexpected…not to mention beneficial."
"Oh, I can't wait." Bree said sarcastically, "Let's go!"
Bree rushed out of the Great Hall with Sirius tailing closely behind her.
"Just in time." Riley smirked as Sirius and Bree ran into the classroom just as the bell rang.
"Wonder what made them so late?" Ashley whispered to Riley.
"Enough chattering." Professor McGonagall called, "Please take your seats."
Chairs scraped against the floors as the students moved to their appropriate desks and sat down.
"Today we will begin a project that I discussed earlier their year." She started, her eyes scanning the crowd of students, "In case you forgot, I will refresh your memory. You will be working in pairs on one essay on something we have learned or we will be learning this year. I will let you pick your partners but they must be boy/girl. Chose your partners wisely, for yo7u will be working on this project together for the rest of the year. By tomorrow, at the beginning of class I expect you to have a partner. If there are any problems, I will choose the partners. Oh, and Mr. Potter and Miss Evans, I need to see you after class."
Lily and James nodded this heads as Professor McGonagall continued, "The subjects available are listed on the board behind me. Pick a few topics that interest you and suggest it to your soon-to-be partner after class."
