Disclaimer: Bah humbug. Unfortunately, JK Rowling is like, everything I'm not (i.e., English, rich, a mom, a wife… English, rich… the list goes on… old…. No no, kidding… lol). She wrote HP, not me, so whatever. I can live with that. Just don't sue me and I'll be okay with all the "living-ness" of it all. (Or… whatever… I can't speak properly…)
::AN:: I've decided to respond like some people do to every single person… I'm not sure if I'll do this all the time, though… (I'm not doing everyone who ever updated, I'm only starting at chapter 10…)
randomblinx- You're crazy and retarded (ish) but I luff you and you seriously need to stop going around telling people that you know what happens at the end! I could've lied to you! (But no, lol, I didn't.) Next thing you know someone's gonna kidnap you and torture you 'till you spit it out or something! (or.. not, but shut up just the same) And when you're done reading this, go make me some food. I'm starving and you're asleep right now.
Note to everyone! Randomblinx is my sister, therefore I am not being mean to a kind reviewer and all that blahness. I am being a sister to my sister. That's just the way the world is…
Jubily-Lollypops- don't worry, he will. Eventually. (lol lol lol)
Evil Cheese of Doom- I actually kind of like the fights! Call me morbid but I do. (Maybe that's cuz they're easy to write? lol)
Tintalu- wow that's so nice of you! I know, there was a lot of like, info stuff in that chapter… I am a bit disappointed that no one got all my hints about her wings before, though (I made a mention in the FIRST chapter! lol) And yes, I kind of like how I write Remus, too. I figure he can be just as troublesome as the rest of them (he was, after all, a marauder, too).
Joy- Thanks, I think Sirius is easy to describe sometimes, but sometimes I start wishing he was… lol Never mind. Thanks for the review.
Gryffindors-Phoenix- Hah Yeah, I noticed that when I read over it the first time. It was all happy at the beginning and then it slowly got all depressing… (Don't know how that happened… Oh wait, yes I do…)
Thanks for all the reviews everybody and I hope you like this chappie!
And sorry about my stupid idiot-ness in the last chapter. Evil Cheese of Doom is a great reviewer and has a few fics, but The Brilliant Fool is who I meant about that Pride and Prejudice story (I have no idea how that got mixed up in my head, I am so sorry). So this chapter goes out to both of THEM, because I'm stupid and all that jazz (and I keep using that phrase…)
::P.S.:: This chappie is slightly… PG-13. (lol) You'll see, but it's nothing bad.
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Faylinn opened her eyes slowly to find a pair of hazel ones staring back at her, a mere inches from her face.
"AAHHH!" She shrieked, sitting up abruptly and backing away into the wall behind her.
James laughed heartily, slapping his knee. "You're a weird one, Faylinn." He chuckled and patted her head, to which Faylinn only scowled. "Hurry up and get dressed. We're going to eat with out you if you don't hurry."
Faylinn looked around the room as James exited it, shutting the door behind him. She sighed and flopped back down onto her stomach, letting out a long scream into her pillow.
I'm going to die at a young age. And I am going to blame James.
Blah, call security, for my breath should be illegal. Did I brush my teeth last night? Sheesh.
Okay, so I'm brushing my teeth right now…
I'm a bit disoriented this morning and-
Dear pixie knickers… What in Merlin's name is wrong with my face?
Oh shit shit shit shit shit.
Okay, last night. Think, Faylinn.
I was, um, what? Okay, Sirius was talking… Then he was talking, um, really loud?
Oh yes, and I was crying.
Ah, no! I couldn't have been crying! No! He didn't see that, though, I'm sure of it.
No, he did, I know he did.
Stupid Faylinn.
What happened, though? I mean, okay… I was, um, crying… And then…
James was all up in my face.
Shouldn't there be something in between there like-
Me falling asleep.
I cried myself to sleep?
When the heck did that happen?!
I'm going to go crazy.
How am I going to face Sirius?
How am I going to face James? Does he know?
What's happening to me?! I'm spazzing over nothing!
It's nothing. It's nothing.
It's-
I need to take a shower.
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"Your turn."
Sirius grinned and tore a corner off of his slice of bread, rolling it into a ball in his hands and breathing on it so that it became moist. "Count me off, Prongs!" He told James.
James grinned from across the table. "Right, Padfoot! And a one! A two! A threefourfivesixsevenGO!"
Sirius rolled his eyes and threw the rolled piece of bread into his hand so that it splattered on the wall next to the table.
"That's a fifty for delay!" James said with a smirk.
Sirius scoffed. "That's not fair! Who in their right mind counts as fast as you just did?!"
James shrugged. "You just have to keep up, young grasshopper. The ways of the fast-counter aren't meant to be understood by the ones who… cannot count quite so fas-"
He was interrupted by a piece of sticky, wet bread hitting his face. "Sirius!" He exclaimed.
Sirius laughed loudly, slapping the table. "You should've seen your face! You were all 'aahh!' and 'whoa!' and all that all at the same time!" He grinned.
James scowled, wiping a clump of sticky bread off of his nose. "Yes, well, it's nothing like Faylinn's face."
Sirius paused. "What in Merlin's name are you going on about now?"
"Faylinn." James said, picking up an end of the tablecloth to wipe his face clean of the wet bread. "You should've seen her face when I woke her up. She screamed and everything! It was just great, you should've-"
"What did you do?" Sirius asked slowly.
James looked skeptically at his friend. "Oh come off it, Padfoot. I didn't do anything to your precious Faylinn." He smirked. "It was great fun, though. I got all close to her face, right? And then she opens her eyes real slowly and then she lets out this really loud scream, right? And then-"
"So she's awake?" Sirius asked, sitting up straight in his chair.
James nodded. "Yes, and if you interrupt me one more time, I-"
"I'll be right back." Sirius said, standing up quickly and leaving the room.
James rolled his eyes. "It's pointless." He mumbled to himself, grinning. "Absolutely pointless."
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"Fay? You up?" Sirius called, peeking his head around the door and glancing around before his eyes settled on Faylinn.
She was standing in front of the small mirror above the bureau, brushing her wet hair with a comb- Sirius's comb. She jumped and turned around to stare at her intruder.
She was in a towel.
"Sirius GET OUT!" She screeched, covering her chest with her arms, even though the white towel that ended mid-thigh already covered them.
Sirius rolled his eyes and shut the door behind him as he stepped further into the room. "Have a fit." He chuckled. "Oh come on, Faylinn. You're not the first girl I've ever seen in a towel before." He grinned. "Besides, this hardly counts as 'even' for what happened at Remus's."
"I am not taking off my towel." She said dryly, clenching her fists and turning back to the mirror, combing her hair hastily.
"I didn't say you had to." Sirius laughed, still grinning. "But it would make us 'even.'"
"Get out!" She hissed, still not looking at him.
"My room, too!" Sirius protested, lounging lazily on the bed.
Faylinn turned to face him, staring blankly. She blinked. "You… invited your friend?"
Sirius frowned, then looked down. "Whoa, shit!"
He heard Faylinn laughing and looked up to see her disappearing into the bathroom. "Shit." He mumbled, running out of the room.
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Diary,
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha and a bit of Ohmygiddygodstrousers.
Speaking of, ahem, trousers.
This is my fab life:
In, ahem, one word:
Erection.
Teeheeheeheehee.
Wow, I'm immature but I DO NOT care.
I think I handled it all pretty well, though. A bit of a nervous laugh, though. (Not that Sirius noticed I don't think… He was a bit… preoccupied?)
Holy Merlin, I am going to die laughing.
Just heard the door close, he probably left.
To go… take a cold shower?
Hahahahahahahahaha.
Ah, bugger. This makes things much worse, though, doesn't it?
No matter how, ahem, funny.
Awkward it will be.
I can handle awkward!
Well, ish.
Okay, no, but I can try.
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Faylinn crept silently down the hall and peered around each corner as though she was James Bond in one of those 'muggle movies.' With one foot in front of the other, she tiptoed to the dining room, where she could hear James mumbling. Her brow wrinkled as she struggled to figure out if he was talking to himself or if Sirius was in the room as well.
"What's your problem? Why are you so jumpy?"
"It's nothing, I'm fine. Hurry and eat so we can go."
Faylinn tensed. She shook her shoulders gently, stretching her arms and standing up straight, preparing herself for the worst. She took one step into the dining room.
"Faylinn! You're up! Finally! Will there be any screaming for the rest of the day? I don't think my poor, young ears can take it, you know. What with all that screaming in my face and-"
"I'm hungry." Faylinn interrupted James, looking around at the room, her eyes barely flickering over a hunched-over Sirius on the other end of the table. "Is that bread?" She said to the wall.
James shrugged. "It's a game. You tear off a piece of bread and then-"
"You already ate? Can I make something?" Faylinn asked, interrupting him again.
James smirked. "Yeah, we already ate. Um, don't you want the house elves to make you something?"
Faylinn shook her head. "No, I'm okay. Where's the kitchen?" She wandered to a door across from the one she entered. "This way?" She glanced inside. "Yeah, okay, I'm good. I'll come find you guys when I'm done eating or whatever, okay? Toodle pip." She disappeared into the kitchens.
James blinked, furrowing his brow. "Is it me," he said slowly, turning to Sirius, "or do I keep getting interrupted every time I try to-"
"It's you." Sirius filled in.
James scoffed at his best friend. "What is it with you two? This is my house, you know!"
Sirius raised an eyebrow. "Righto, Prongs. Let's go find something to do." He said, standing up and leaving the dining room.
James stood in his place, looking back and forth from the kitchen and the door where Sirius exited. "I'm going to get to the bottom of this!" He said to no one in particular.
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"I meant to apologize." Sirius said lowly, walking up beside Faylinn.
Faylinn continued down the dirt path, gazing at the rosebushes nearby. "What for?" She asked, leaning over to sniff a nearby flower that she had never seen before. She giggled. "Pretty…"
Sirius rubbed the back of his head nervously. "For, um, last night. This morning. I meant to apologize this morning."
"Great job." She mumbled, hoping he hadn't heard her.
"What was that?"
She stood up straight, turning around to face Sirius. "Nothing. I said nothing."
He blinked at her. "So, yeah. I meant to apologize and…"
Faylinn nodded. "Okay."
"So, it's okay?" He asked hopefully.
She shrugged. "I don't know, you know? It's hard to say what with you meaning to apologize and all… And then not really-"
"Alright then." He interrupted. "I'm sorry for yelling at you last night. I lost my temper. I didn't mean to. I'm apologizing. Forgive me."
Faylinn blinked at him. "Did you just tell me to forgive you?"
He nodded, then paused mid-nod and shook his head. "I'm bad at this, Faylinn. Come on, give me a break."
"Okay." She shrugged.
"Okay? Just okay? Come on Faylinn, it's your turn."
She frowned. "My turn for what?"
"To apologize."
"What the hell do I have to apologize for?!"
"For… something."
Faylinn rolled her eyes and continued down the path, walking fast. "You're crazy." She said when she noticed that he was still walking next to her. "I don't have anything to apologize for. Not for last night, not for Remus's house, and especially not for this morning, because- Unhand me!"
Sirius paused, his hand gripping her elbow so that she stopped walking. "Did you just say 'unhand' you?"
"Shut up and let go of my arm." She grumbled.
He shook his head. "No. I want to talk to you. You're being fairly unreasonable, though, you know."
"Let go of my arm."
"Okay, first, there's Remus's house. No, actually there was stuff before that. Wait, what was it? Ah, yes, school."
"Sirius. Hand. Arm. Off."
"School doesn't have many details, though, unless you count Remus and you, 'cause Merlin knows what you two've been up to."
"My arm, Sirius."
"So I'll just skip to Remus's house."
"Sirius, let go of my arm."
"Am I the only one aware that I kissed you? No, wait, I should rephrase that. We kissed. You kissed me back, you know."
"I swear to Merlin and every great freaking wizard out there that if you do not let go of my arm-"
"And then, well, let's just not mention that whole bathroom incident. Honest mistake, surly, even though the curtain was closed and the shower was running and-"
"My arm, Sirius!"
"Then, well, there was when I talked to you on the stairs… I still haven't told anyone, you know. I thought you'd at least be grateful for that. They don't believe anything about that whole 'joke' deal, mind you, but I still didn't tell them."
"If I have to tell you one more time!"
"And, what else? Ah, last night!"
"Arm! Arm arm arm! My arm! Attached to MY shoulder! On MY body!"
"Well, last night. It was all well until you started going on and on about family, to which I won't get into again, 'cause, let's face it, I've already apologized."
"My arm!"
"But then, well, you started crying. I'm usually good with teary people, you know. All you have to do is leave the room, let them be by themselves. But no, I had to go and hug you and comfort you and-"
"Am I the only one that's noticed that you're still holding onto my ARM?!"
"AND then! And then you fell asleep and well, you're very cute when you're sleeping, if I do say so myself."
"Really? I mean, uh, LET GO OF MY ARM!"
"Yes, really."
"Oh, ok. Um, my arm."
"Not done. Okay, as I was saying-"
"Sirius!"
"Then there's this morning, which, well…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"I didn't mean to, um."
"…"
"It's just, well. Okay, I AM a guy, you know."
"Yeh…"
"And well, see? You're a girl, and so… In a towel…"
"Er…"
"It's not like it was exactly my fault. Exactly."
"Right, no, of course not."
"And so, and then, and…"
"Right. I know what you're saying."
"Good. 'Cause I have no idea what I'm saying."
Faylinn smirked. "That's okay." She mumbled. Her brow furrowed suddenly. "Sirius, my arm."
"I'm not finished."
"Dear Merlin… Let go of my arm, Sirius."
"As I was saying!"
"Sirius!"
"I've lost my train of thought!"
"Good, now we can deal with this arm problem! You see, I find that your hand is attached to my arm, and that just won't do, so-" He placed his lips firmly on top of hers.
Faylinn pulled away a few moments later, shoving him away from her. "What are you doing?!"
Sirius blinked. "I—Well, I—I just…"
"Do you not get that I am MAD at you?!" Faylinn spat, eyeing him angrily.
"You can't be that mad." He whispered with a smirk as he stepped closer to her. "Besides, it's not like you didn't want to kiss me."
"Did I SAY, 'Sirius, snog me'?!" She hissed.
"Well, no, but you know how some things don't actually have to be said-"
"I was in the middle of a SENTENCE! I was TALKING! I highly doubt that that thought even crossed my mind for a millimeter of a second!"
"Millimeter of a second, huh? You're sure about that one? A millimeter of a sec-" He was cut off by Faylinn pulling him towards her by the collar of his shirt and pressing her lips harshly over his.
After what seemed like hours later, she pushed him away angrily. "Why'd you do that?"
He grinned. "Me? Oh no no no, Faylinn. That was you. Believe me, and might I add, you're a really good-"
"GAH!" She exclaimed, throwing her hands in the air and then bringing them down to pound on his chest roughly. "You're an egotistical, big-headed, snobby, little bugger!"
His grin widened. "Aw, you like me, you really like me!" He said in a mocking voice.
"You're an arse-" She began, but was silenced by his lips on hers once again.
Faylinn pulled away a few moments later, realizing that Sirius's hands were roaming around her back and through her hair. "Uh-uh." She said breathlessly.
"Hmm?" He mumbled, his eyes still closed.
"I'm going now." She said, pulling away from him and stepping away down the path.
"Sorry 'bout that." Sirius said, stepping up beside her. "Got a little… carried away with myself. Well, with you, really, but let's not get all detailed now shall we?"
Faylinn blushed. "Shush up." She mumbled.
"Right then." He grinned. "Shushing up now." He raised his hand behind her back slowly, then shook his head and dropped his hand back to his side, looking at her out of the corner of his eye to see if she had noticed. She hadn't.
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James rolled out of the rosebush, pulling a thorn out of the sleeve of his shirt and grinning. "I knew it." He whispered gleefully to himself. "I knew it, I knew it, I knew it."
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