This is going to be focused on Taryn and Sirius, because it takes place during their 6th year, and Lily doesn't start liking James until their 7th year. There is going to be a sequel, which will be called 'Lies' and it will still be focused on Taryn and Sirius, but on Lily and James as well.

The reason Sirius doesn't flirt with Taryn is because he 'hates' her.

….

There was a giant food fight during breakfast the next morning. Guess who started it… Taryn, and the Marauders. Guess who got detention… Taryn and the Marauders.

"This is all your fault." Taryn muttered, walking into Professor Kane's office that afternoon after dinner. Sirius was standing next to her.

"All your fault." She sat down.

"You've had some bacon in your hair all day." Black whispered.

Taryn sighed, taking out the bacon and throwing it at him. She and Sirius had detention with Kane while Peter, James and Remus had detention with Professor Dumbledore.

Kane came in and made them wash the floors.

….

Taryn walked right up to her dormitory and took a cold shower to get her mind off of things. Her mind? It felt like she had lost it when she found out Black was in her group… Or maybe she hadn't even had it?

She stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around herself as she walked out of the bathroom and back into her dormitory.

There was a big and black, yet cute dog sitting on her bed. Taryn sighed, trying to push it off, but it was stubborn and wouldn't get off the bed, so she sat down next to it and started to pet it with her left hand as she brushed her hair with her right hand. "Hey. Do you have an owner?" she asked the dog, which shook his head, in an almost human way.

"Oh… You're so lucky. There's no one in your life to judge you, and tell you who you are, and what you are, and who your friends should be. Sometimes I wish I could be a dog… Dogs don't have to listen to what people like Sirius Black have to say. Black has it sooo easy. He gets whatever he wants and he never even has to do anything. His life is so perfect. He has everything, and that is why he always acts so stupid and… Sometimes I wonder how it would feel like to be one of those girls who date him for a week or more. Sometimes I wish…If only Black wasn't so arrogant and idiotic, then… I mean, he's so hot…. I wonder how it would feel to be someone who doesn't care, like all those ex-girlfriends of Black, or someone who doesn't need to care, like Black." Taryn stood up and grabbed some pajamas. The dog ran out.

….

"I had no idea!" Sirius said, hitting his head against the pillow.

"How could you have had no idea about why Taryn hates you?" James asked.

Remus nodded. "It's actually pretty obvious."

"How was it obvious? I just thought that she hated me for no reason at all."

"Taryn's not stupid." James said. "If she was, she wouldn't be Evans' best friend."

Sirius sighed, "And she was about to start getting dressed, so I as a good boy and left."

Remus laughed. "Somehow I find that hard to believe…"

"You saying that I'm a p-" He started.

"Yes. Well… no, but you sometimes think like one." James laughed.

Sirius grinned. "Only sometimes, but I swear I left."

….

Taryn pushed Lily off of her bed, then pushed off all the other girls in the dormitory. It was her way of waking them up when she was in a good mood.

"Rise and shine!" she said, then ran down to the common room and sat down on the couch, waiting for someone she knew to come into the common room.

The dog from the night before walked into the common room and hopped onto Taryn's lap. "Back again?" Taryn smiled. "I suppose you want me to keep petting you and telling you about my life…"

She pet his back, and scratched behind his ears, making him bark. "Lily keeps telling me that she knows I like Black, but that's impossible, because if I hate him, how could I like him? Honestly, I hate him with all my heart, mind and soul, and I feel sort of good saying that. I hate Sirius Black. I hate Sirius Black…" She smiled and continued. "On the other hand, Lily can't even say the word Potter without tearing out all of her red hair, but if he just deflated his head a bit, he would actually have a chance with going out with her. If he actually stopped picking on poor Severus, Lily actually wouldn't hate him, you know? I could tell him that, but why would I want to?"

Taryn stopped talking because people started coming down into the common room.

….

Sirius tossed some bacon into James' mouth. James grinned, swallowing it.

"So Taryn really hates me." Sirius said.

"Haven't you known that your whole life?" James asked.

"Yeah, but now…"

"Now you care?" Remus asked.

"No!" Sirius said quickly. "Now I know why… And by the way, Prongs, Taryn says that if you deflate your head and stop bothering Snivellus, Evans might like you."

James nodded, letting the information soak in.

Peter looked at Remus with a look, as if he was telling him to say something by thoughts. "Don't you think you're abusing your ability to be a dog? And violating Taryn's privacy?"

"No." Sirius said, eating some bacon.

….

Lily poked Taryn. "You okay?" she asked. "You're pretty quiet today."

"Just in a bad mood." Taryn muttered, eating some toast. "That's all."

"Yeah, sure."

"I'm not lying. When have I ever lied to you?"

"Um…"

"Exactly." Taryn grabbed the toast and stood up. She walked down to the other end of the table, where the Marauders were sitting, but she didn't sit down next to them. She sat down next to two girls from her dormitory; Clara and Josie. They always sat near the Marauders, but never talked to them.

"Over the river and through the woods, to grandmothers house we goo…" Clara was singing quietly.

Taryn stood up. "See you later." She stood up and walked out of the Great Hall.

She sat down right outside and looked down at her green hands… green?!

Taryn ran down the corridor and into the girls' bathroom. She stared into the mirror. She had green skin….

"Black… Black!" Taryn ran out of the bathroom and into the Great Hall. She didn't care if people saw her. No she didn't.

Taryn grabbed Black's tie and pulled him out of the Great Hall. "You okay? You look a little green today." Sirius laughed.

Taryn punched him. "You…. You…"

Sirius smirked. "You can't hurt me, Summers."

She kicked him, and he stepped back a bit, but didn't look hurt. "Just turn me back to my normal color."

"I can't."

She punched him. Black squeaked. "Ouch… But I seriously can't. It wears off after a while."

"How long?"

"No idea."

Taryn kicked him one more time and then walked away.

….

"I can't believe he did that to me, Snuffles." Taryn said to the black dog later that day. She had named him Snuffles. "Honestly, if he weren't so… so immature then he would actually be… Nevermind. I'll always hate him. I know that. Duh."

The dog hopped off the ground and onto her lap. He laid his head on her hand.

Taryn smiled. "And hate is how I'll feel about him forever. Past, present, future…"

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