Dear Diary 9th February 1977/ 24th October 2004

See I'm so confused here I don't even know what date to write in my diary. Still stuck here until a mirical comes and sends me back.

It's amazing to see all of the people here so happy. I wonder if James and Lilly stayed this happy till that night. Talking bout James and Lilly, how did they ever manage to get together? From what I see here, they hate each others guts. (Well Lilly hates James, but that's not the point). The point is how is Harry supposed to be born if his parents won't even talk to each other.

Sirius snapped the book shut again quickly. 'Woops' he thought 'I guess I should have stopped reading at the first entry. But James and Lilly get it together? That's great! And the Harry that she is always talking about, that's James's son. Wow. That's why she called, James, Harry when she first met him. They must look alike. But what happened on that night that she was talking about. Did they split up after having a kid? That really doesn't sound like either of them. Oh well. I guess that I shall just have to ask Hermione about it and hope that she doesn't blow my head off for reading more.'

Just as Sirius decided that he would go put Hermione's diary back where he found it the door to his door flew open.

"Padfoot! Where have you been? You have just missed the show of the century."

"What Moony?" asked Sirius? Trying, and failing, to look casual as he hid Hermione's diary under the pillow of the bed while he stood up to meet the other marauders that had just walked into the room.

"It was amazing Sirius! Lilly asked for some help for her potions homework from me and when I had helped her finished it she actually gave me a hug and went back to her dorm!"

"Wow mate that's really great! You and your dream woman have now progressed to physical contact!"

"You should have been there Sirius it was hilarious. As soon as she had given him the hug we just froze up and couldn't even talk for a whole minuet. Where were you anyway?"

"Well I was just up here trying to get in a few minuets P&Q before you two interrupted me."

"You and quite never mix Padfoot what's up."

"Nothing new mate. Well actually there is something new. A girl doesn't seem to think about me romantically and even went as far as to say I was revolting." Sirius said quickly. He now knew for a fact that Hermione might actually like him but this was a good enough excuse for his friends not to ask about what he was really doing.

"Wow. You mean that the Black charm doesn't work on all. I think I need to sit down."

"I know moony. Tragic isn't it."

"Don't worry mate. You'll get used to it sometime. I did."

"God I just realised I'm turning into prongs with the whole girl thing. Noooo. I refuse to remain celibate for that long." Everybody laughed apart from James who put on a hurt face but then joined in with the laughter

"Don't worry Padfoot. I doubt that you will remain single that long!"

"I won't Wormtail. Just as long as I have at least fifty more good looking girlfriends then you I won't fall behind on the crowd."

"Hey I was trying to be nice and you go and throw it back into my face."

"Your right. Sorry Worm. Anyway I'm going to the R of R."

"What do you want in the room of requirements?"

"Some quiet." Snapped Sirius quickly grabbing the book he had been hiding under his pillow and then rushed out of the room.

"What was that all about? I think he had more mood swings there than Mini McGonagall at the wrong time of the month." Asked James sounding worried for his friend

"I know but he's never been rejected before and is learning how to handle it. We should thank Hermione for giving him this learning curve."

All the boys nodded in agreement but soon settled down to a game of exploding snap.

Sirius had decided that he wanted to risk getting Hermione mad at him for the information and sent a third year girl up to her dorm to go and get her.

"What do you want Black. I was trying to get some beauty sleep and now you've gone and ruined it." Snapped an irritable Hermione from the top of the Girls stairs wearing a long silky blue dressing gown and small fluffy slippers.

"You m'dear would never need to have anymore beauty sleep as you are radiant as you are." Replied Sirius making a low mock bow that just seem to annoy her more and so decided to get to the point.

"Will you come walk with me so that we can talk? I feel that the conversation we had earlier has left me so confused."

"Since when did you speak like a proper old gentleman?"

"I always have. Now if you would be so kind as to come with me my lady. And we shall have a proper conversation."

"Fine fine, whatever. Just let me get dressed first. I don't want to go wandering around the school in my night clothes." Said Hermione with a big yawn as she turned around to go back up the rest of the stairs to dress.

Sirius however had a different plan. Smirking her put his foot down on the first of the girl's stairs and they automatically turned into a slid which made Hermione fall down and straight into Sirius' arms.

"Now where would be the fun if you got dressed? But you are going to have to be careful. Once you have fallen for Sirius Black like that, it never leaves." whispered Sirius with an underlying playfulness in his voice as he set the girl back on her feet.

Hermione started to mutter things under her breath that Sirius did not hear clearly but the tone told him everything he needed to know and he grinned pulling her out of the common room and up to the seventh floor.

When they finally got there Hermione slumped unceremoniously onto a nearby empty couch. "So what did you want so bad that you had to wake me up, Sirius?"

"Well it's kinda what I read in your diary."

"I thought we talked about that. Anyway I'm not allowed to tell you anything from the future."

"Yeah well you see I kinda read more of you're diary." Mumbled Sirius tensing up as if he was afraid of getting hit.

Hermione sat blot upright. "What. Did. You. Read?" She asked in a cold voice. Not her own.

"Umm there was something in there about James and Lilly actually getting together and having a kid and then splitting up or something. I don't know. But is Harry, the kid that you keep on going on about, is that their son?"

"You are way to nosey for your own good black. Why o why did you have to read my diary. Well in a word yes. My best friend is your best friends son and you godson. Happy now!"

"MY GODSON! Cool. They choose me as Godfather."

"Idiots aren't they!"

"Hey I resent that. But this Harry guy. He sounds cool. I bet that me and James, and Remus of course, taught him everything he knows and he is the heart break of the whole school." Beamed Sirius proudly.

"Try of the whole country!" Hermione muttered under her breath but luckily Sirius didn't hear her as he was imagining all of the things that he could have taught Harry and how cool he sounded from all of Hermione's past praise. He soon snapped out of it though

"I have another question though. What happened to his parents on "That night""

"I really can't tell you Sirius. Sorry"

"You know that you can. Please!"

"NO! Ok I said no!"

"Ok Ok take a chill pill. I didn't want a volcano to erupt. Just an answer."

"I'm sorry. But you have to know how difficult it is for me to know all this stuff and not be able to change it. You wouldn't want to know most of it. Believe me."

"But I can help you get it all off your chest and you will feel better for it. Instead of bottling it all up inside which really isn't healthy!"

"Don't make it any harder than it already is please. You don't want to know. Just trust me on this one."

"I always trust you. But why won't you trust me this once. What have I done to make you not trust me?"

"If I didn't trust you I would have erased your memory right now. But I won't tell you anymore than I have to!"

"Why the bloody hell not. It's mine and my friend's life here that you're messing with I think I have a right to know what is going on!"

"You want to know! Fine then I will tell you but don't come crying to me when you can't handle to knowledge!" screamed Hermione at the top of her lungs "James and Lilly get married have a kid but then have to go into hiding from Voldemort! Their secret keeper betrays them and they are murdered on Halloween. They get blown to bits! Then Voldemort tried to kill Harry but he couldn't and the spell backfired to him. Harry was only one at the time! A baby! He never got to meet his parents properly… and … and" Hermione couldn't finish what she was saying as she fell to the floor in sobs. Sirius stood frozen to the spot. Trying to comprehend what Hermione had just told him.

After about a minuet of Hermione's sobs and Sirius's shocked silence he found his voice again.

"It was me wasn't it? I was their secret keeper. I betrayed them didn't I?" Sirius asked in a shaky voice but Hermione only looked at him with sad eyes that made Sirius' blood run cold.

He ran over to her and shook her roughly by the shoulders making her dressing gown fall of to leave her in nothing but a strap top and a pair of very short shorts.

"It was me! I betrayed them! They always said that I would go bad but I never believed them. Why does this have to happen?"

"Sirius. Please I didn't mean to upset you like that. Just know that you were not the secret keeper that betrayed James and Lilly. You would have died before you gave away their hiding place." Hermione stated in a quiet and shaky voice.

"But who then? Who would have done that!"

"I can't tell you."

"Damn you woman. You can't just tell me that and then not tell me who it was that did it. Tell me know!" he shook her hard by the shoulders again and she choked on another sob before she let out one quiet word.

"Peter." For the second time that evening Sirius was frozen to where he was. Not about to move from where he was. His hands still tightly clamped on Hermione's shoulders except this time it was for support and not information.

"Peter? No! He wouldn't. He couldn't." Whispered Sirius to no one in particular while punching the floor hard enough to make his hand start to bleed.

Remus had had enough of exploding snap and so had gone in search of Sirius. He knew that Sirius would need to have a friend after getting his first rejection. "I just hope he doesn't do anything stupid!" muttered Remus as he turned a corner. Secretly Remus was extremely proud of standing up to Sirius' charms and he knew he shouldn't but he also felt relief that she had.

Even though Remus was a self admitted gay he couldn't help but feel drawn to Hermione. There was something about her. "Oh God. Please don't tell me I'm falling for a girl!" moaned Remus to the space in front of him.

As Remus came to a stop in front of the room of requirements after having walked past it three times he stopped outside as he heard muffled raised voices. He heard Sirius yell something that sounded a bit like "Damn you woman!" and then something after that that he couldn't understand. He heard a woman crying and then making a small answer then Sirius shouted something again and there was a punching noise.

If Remus wasn't worried by the screaming before he was by the noise of the punch. Taking out his wand just in case he threw the door open. Only to step back at the scene before him.

There was Sirius on the floor restraining a weeping Hermione with blood on his right hand knuckles. Hermione had had her dressing gown pulled off and was weeping uncontrollable half falling on the floor half being held up by Sirius. Sirius's face was contorted with anger and he looked ready to murder someone. Neither of them had noticed Remus' rather loud entrance.