Sweatpants, Ice Cream, and Runaways
Chapter 11

In no way do most of these characters belong to me, they belong to the oh-so-wonderful JK Rowling. 6th Harry Potter book comes out in 89 days!

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"Oh, hey Sirius," Lily said, answering her door. "I haven't seen you in awhile."

"It's been about a week," Sirius said with a shrug. "Is Kyra here?"

"Yup, she's up in her bedroom," Lily said.

Sirius gave a grin. "Perfect."

"How about I go get her?" Lily suggested.

"Because that will totally ruin my fun," Sirius teased.

Lily shut the door as Sirius entered. Sirius started up the stairs but stopped when he heard Lily speak up. "Sirius? How-"

"He's going to be fine," Sirius answered, knowing exactly what she was going to say.

Lily nodded. She turned towards the kitchen, but stopped and turned back to Sirius. "Sirius? Do-"

"Give him time Lily," Sirius said, knowing once again what she was going to say. "He doesn't completely hate you."

Lily smiled and nodded. Sirius looked at her, waiting for other questions but she went into the kitchen.

Sirius knocked on Kyra's bedroom door and pushed it open. She looked up and smiled. "Hey Si."

"Hey there," Sirius said, walking over to her bed where paper was spread out all over them. "Whatcha doing?"

"Trying to put together an article," Kyra said. "A very boring article."

"Well…I can make the article more interesting," Sirius said mischievously.

"Thanks, but I don't need an article on your great looks."

"I wasn't going to write about that," Sirius pouted. "I was going to write about my great personality."

"The article needs to be true," Kyra teased.

Sirius laughed and kissed her. She looped her arms around his neck and brought him closer to her. Sirius slowly lowered her so her back was against the bed and he was kissing her more passionately. Kyra inched her hands into Sirius's hair to ruffle it. Kyra gasped for air as Sirius broke apart from Kyra's lips. Sirius started kissing Kyra neck, tracing down to her stomach. He looked at Kyra sincerely, as if to say 'is it okay if I go further.'

Kyra smiled weakly. "The article is already more interesting," she whispered into Sirius's ear, slipping her shirt off.

James sighed as he threw his stuff into his briefcase after a long day at work. He grabbed his briefcase and looked up to leave, but froze when he saw Lily standing there. "What are you doing here?"

"It's been two weeks since you've talked to me," Lily said. "I felt it was time for me to come talk to you."

"Did it ever cross your mind that the reason it's been so long since I've talked to you is because I don't want to talk to you?" James asked.

"Yes," Lily said. "But I'm stubborn. Look Ja-"

"No, you look Lily," James insisted. "I don't want to talk to you. Period. End of story."

"You're not even going to let me explain?" Lily asked.

"I've heard the explanation," James said tiredly. "I've heard it from Robbie, I've heard it from Kyra, I've heard it from Sirius. Do you know that after hearing it three times it gets tiring? And did you know that after hearing it three times, it doesn't make me feel better? And did you also know that the third time is not a charm?"

"Okay but-"

"And hearing it a fourth times won't change anything," James exclaimed.

"I don't want you to hate me!" Lily cried out.

"Too late!" James shouted.

"I'll give anything to take that night back an-"

"What night?" James snapped. "The night you lied to me about Robbie? The night where kissing me was a lie? The night Robbie showed up? The night yo-"

"The night I said no to your proposal!" Lily cried out. "God James, you won't even let me talk."

"I know!" James exclaimed. "I thought I made it clear that I didn't want to talk to you!"

"Well that's not fair," Lily whined.

"Fair? You want to talk about fair?" James exclaimed, throwing down his briefcase. "Try having the girl you're in love with reject you! Try finally getting the chance to be with this girl and it's all a lie! Try being told that this girl has a fiancée! Do not talk to me about fair Lily Evans!"

"This hasn't been easy for me either James Potter!" Lily shouted.

"What part hasn't been easy?" James demanded to know. "The part where you completely disregarded my feelings, the part where you completely lied to me, or the part where you saw your fiancée with me standing there?"

"He's not my fiancée!" Lily shouted.

James sighed angrily. "You know, I really could have gotten past the fact that you rejected my proposal. And I could even understand that you lied to me about Robbie. In fact, I could even get past that you had a boyfriend for awhile after we broke up."

"Okay so-" Lily started.

"One thing really bothers me though," James sighed. "When you kissed me in front of your house, I really thought that we had a chance this time. But then I hear you ran from Robbie's proposal. So, not only did you run from me, you ran from him. I can't fall in love with you again Lily because you'll just run, and I can't deal with that." James picked his briefcase up and left.

Lily caught up with him outside. "You can't just walk away James."

James looked at her. "No…that's your job."

Lily tried to act as if she wasn't hurt by that comment. "I'm not letting you go this easily. I'm staying put this time. I don't care what you say, I don't run when things get hard and-"

"Oh really? Because running from two proposals sure as hell contradicts that last statement," James said, crossing his arms.

"You listen to me James Potter!" Lily exclaimed, wiping away a few stray tears. "I'm in love with you and I am going nowhere because I do not want to lose you."

"You cannot do that," James exclaimed. "You expect me to fall at your feet because you say you love me? It's happened before and look where that got me."

"James-"

"Lily," James said calmly and then sighed. "Do us both a favor and go back to Australia…it's where you belong now and frankly, I'm tired of seeing you around London." And with that, James turned the corner and Lily lost sight of him.

"Whoa? Bad day at work?" Remus asked as James dragged himself inside.

James gave him a tired look. "I don't want to talk about it."

"I didn't realize work could get that bad," Remus said.

James glared at him.

"Right. No talking about it," Remus confirmed.

Sirius exited his room and saw the look on James's face. "Whoa, bad day at work?"

"Ugh!" James exclaimed.

Sirius looked over at Remus who answered, "We're not allowed to talk about it."

"Oh…right, duh, how could I be so stupid," Sirius said sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

Remus laughed but stopped when James glared at him

It was quiet for a moment until Sirius spoke up, "So really, dude what happened at work?"

Remus burst out laughing as James looked like he was about to kill Sirius.

Sirius shrugged and grabbed his coat. "Hey, where ya going?" Remus asked him.

"Kyra's," Sirius said and then he glanced over at James. "So if anyone wants to come with me, I'd-"

"Do not finish that sentence," James urged. "I don't wantto see her, I don't wantto talk about her, I don't even want to have her mentioned okay?"

Sirius turned to Remus. "I'm taking a guess here, but I don't think our friend James here wants anything to do with a certain redhead."

"Pippi Longstocking?" Remus teased.

"I also don't think it was work that was bad today, I'm thinking James got a visit from Pippi Longstocking."

Remus and Sirius looked up at James for answers. James just shrugged it off and walked to his room.

Sirius sighed. "Alright, I'm off to meet Kyra."

James came back into the room. "She told me she loved me and doesn't want to lose me."

Sirius shut the door. "Kyra can wait."

Remus spoke up next, "And what did you say to her?"

James opened his mouth to respond but immediately closed it. "It's not important."

Remus and Sirius stared at him like he was crazy. "She tells you she loves you and what you say afterwards isn't important?"

"Yes," James insisted.

"Oh…" Sirius said. "As long as that's cleared up."

James got up from the couch and went to the kitchen.

"Where are you going?" Remus called out.James opened the freezer and Remus groaned. "We really need to stop buying ice cream." James glared at Remus but didn't say anything and went into his room,

Sirius was about to open his mouth when there was a knock on their door. He walked over and opened it and Kyra was standing there. "Were we meeting here? I thought I was supposed to meet you at your place."

"You were...but I came to ask you if we can reschedule the date," Kyra said. She looked around to see if James was in sight. "Lily came back and she's kind of upset from something. I don't know what, but I'll figure it out."

Sirius and Remus exchanged looks and Sirius nodded. "We'll just hang out tomorrow."

Kyra kissed Sirius and started to leave. "Wait Kyra," Sirius said. Kyra turned around and Sirius walked to the freezer. "I think you should bring some ice cream to Lily."

Kyra looked at him and bit her lip. "That bad huh?"

"Let's just say you should take more than one carton," Sirius said. Kyra sighed and took the ice cream.

"Hey Kyra?" Lily called out from her room a week later.

"Yeah?"

"Do you know how to place an ad in the Daily Prophet?" Lily asked.

"Yeah…" Kyra said.

"Good, because you're going to have to find a new roommate," Lily said.

Kyra paused. "Uh…what?"

Lily walked out of her room. "I'm going back to Australia."

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