Time Heals Everything: Chapter 13

Disclaimer: J.K owns it all. 'Cept for Sara and Meg, and various other characters, that belong to me.

Here we are! The oh-so lucky Chapter 13! I'm very very happy! Oh my gosh! 191 reviews! I love you guys! Haha here is the chapter, sorry to keep you waiting for so long. If you think there is a too-long gap in between my updates, let me know and we'll work on that. 225 reviews, and I'll have Chapter 14 for you in less than a week. By the way, review xMischiefManagedx.

What happened last:

The boys were reasonably quiet, and watched Meg amiably. It was well known, that Nicky Richardson and Sirius Black had been enemies forever.

"Yes, he asked me out, and I told him I'd think about it. And I have."

"Well," asked Sara impatiently, "what are u going to say?"

"I'm saying yes."

Sirius laughed. This wasn't happening. Right? Soon enough the joke would be over.

Meg shot him a look. "What's so funny? Is something wrong with my judgement?", she demanded, looking at Lily.

James looked at Remus, who looked at Sara, who looked at Lily. There was no need to set Meg off right now, so Lily decided to speak. She glanced around nervously, and silently cursed Sirius for putting her in this position. Well, the truth was always good. Or in any case, part of it. So, Lily replied with a hasty response.

"He's just laughing because…"

"Because?", Meg snapped.

Uh oh…"Because it's weird for you to go out with Nicky when you usually don't throw yourself over poser guys. Usually." Lily finished quickly, and then dodged into the boys' bathroom, to avoid Meg's next blow. Since there was only 1 bathroom, Remus became oddly interested in his current book, Sara with her fingernail, and James with his arm hair.

Sirius looked around confused, but as he saw the rage in Meg's eyes, his big toe became newly discovered and he quickly ducked his head.

She clenched her fist. As it opened, it left little visible half-moons on her palm. Everyone winced as she felt around for her wand. They were surprised, however, when Meg conjured up a muggle foot spa. (A/N: I know muggle things don't work at Hogwarts, but lets just say that they do, for now.) She sighed deeply, and buried her head in her arms, as if to say, what have I gotten myself into?

When Lily heard nothing, she slowly came out of the washroom. As she sat down, a startled Sara comforted Meg as she burst into tears. Nobody knew what to do next, until Meg stopped as suddenly as she had begun. She sniffled, and then apologized.

"I'm sorry."

And that was it. Nothing else was said, till Meg brought it up herself later on.

"I know you guys are questioning my judgement, but I'm sure he's changed since…"

Since?

Sara coughed quickly. But Sirius didn't know when to stop, so he asked her. A dark look came over Meg's blue eyes, and they were suddenly murky.

"Since.." she sighed. "I need to sleep on this. I promise I'll tell you in the morning." So, the conversation drifted away from Nicky, once again.

After they had gotten James to sneak down to the kitchens and bring up some popcorn, and brownies (which were both long gone), the 6 teens decided to get some sleep.

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Sirius rolled around on the floor, as the girls had gotten the beds. He couldn't sleep…but why? Something at the back of his mind kept hammering at his brain, but what?

He closed his eyes, forcing them shut. Before Sirius drifted off to sleep that night, he heard crying, from where Meg was sleeping. Once again, the question of what had happened "since" was brought back into his head. Only briefly, as soon enough Sirius was fast asleep, and Meg was the only one up, silently crying, and cursing her fate.

That's it. I'm sorry it's so short and pointless, but this had to be a linking chapter for 12 and 14. I'm thinking of ending this story soon, as its getting quite long for me. And next chapter, we will find out what Meg meant by "since", and then our favourite couple will head back to the Leaky Cauldron to brew up some more trouble!