….

Taryn sighed, tapping her fingers on the table. "Sirius, do you love me?" She asked quietly.

Sirius hugged her, then kissed her lips. "Of course, Summers. I've told you that dozens of times before."

"I know…." Taryn sighed again, eating a spoonful of her vanilla pudding that Sirius had brought her from the kitchens.

"Something wrong?" Sirius asked her gently.

"No." She said quietly, looking down at the floor. "I'm just in a bad mood."

"Any reason for that bad mood?"

"Not really…" Taryn left her sitting position and lay down on his lap.

"Mind if I try to guess?" He asked.

"No."

"Okay… Does it have anything to do with you?"

"Duh." She rolled her eyes.

"Does it have anything to do with a guy?"

"Er… yeah."

"An extremely good looking guy with the best hair in the whole school and the best…"

Taryn interrupted. "No, but it is about a guy with an inflated ego."

"You really think my ego's inflated?"

"No, not really. You just have a huge ego. If it was inflated, it would be thousands of square meters big."

"Very funny."

"I know." She smiled slightly.

"So will you just tell me?" Sirius asked before kissing her lips for a few seconds.

"Well…" Taryn sighed before telling him about the conversation with Lily that she had had.

Lily was the one who succeeded in waking up Taryn. She came down into the common room 10 minutes later and asked her why she was suddenly hanging out with Black so often.

Without opening her eyes, Taryn said, "Because I love him."

"Why?"

"Because he treats me better than any other girl he's dated. Because he says I'm beautiful whenever I'm uglier than usual. Because even though I've drilled the idea of hating him into my mind, I can say I love him and I don't have any doubt in my body."

"Well… Don't you ever worry that he might be acting?"

Taryn smiled, her eyes still closed. "You make it sound like I've loved him for years."

"Just answer my question. Yes or no?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because I know he cares." Taryn rolled over so Lily was facing the back of her head

"Oh." Said Sirius. "So you were so sure yesterday, but now you're wondering whether or not Evans is, right?"

Taryn nodded. "Don't hate me."

"I'd never hate you." Sirius hugged her tightly, not letting go. "You know how Evans is. She's paranoid."

"No she's not." Taryn said.

"Yeah she is. She worries about everything."

"Well, I guess…"

"Taryn!" Taryn turned around and saw Lily. "Oh, hi Lily."

"I do not worry about everything!"

"No, but Sirius does have a point-"

"Taryn, can I talk to you, alone?" Lily asked, glancing at Sirius, who was watching the two with interest.

"Okay." Taryn uttered reluctantly and followed her up to the girls' dormitory.

As Taryn sat down on her bed, Lily started talking again. "Ever since you met Sirius, you've hated him, Taryn and now you suddenly love him. You've always hated every thing about him, but now all those things that used to annoy you, you actually like and you're okay with. You used to be so tough and you used to be independent, but now look at you! Your life revolves around one person: Sirius Black! You've forgotten about everybody else but him! And may I remind you that Sirius's best friend is James Potter."

"So? I'm with Sirius, not James." Taryn said, standing up.

"And like Black is any better than Potter? I bet that in about a week, he'll dump you."

"You used to think that Sirius and I make a good couple."

"So? I was wrong. He's gonna dump you."

"Oh yeah?" Her fists clenched.

"Yeah."

"Why I outta-"

Lily ducked Taryn's fist. "Calm down, Summers!"

"Calm down? I love Sirius and he loves me, and you're trying to ruin that just because you don't him. Listen to yourself!"

"No, you listen to yourself."

"I am listening, and I believe what I hear. So would you leave me alone for once? Sirius was right! You do worry about everything." Taryn said before running out of the dormitory

….

"Lily's mad at me." Taryn said to him as she sat in his dorm, staring at her homework.

"Because of me?"

"Yeah…" She said quietly.

"I'm sorry babe." He kissed her lips softly.

"It's okay. It's not your fault that I like you."

"Yes it is, because if I had never been in love with you, then you would still hate me right now."

"True… But you mustn't blame yourself." Taryn said in a rather depressed voice.

His attempt to cheer her up wasn't working. "And you mustn't blame yourself either."

"But it's my fault! Everything she said was true!"

"Even that I'm a rat?"

"Yes, you are a rat." She smiled slightly. "You are my beloved rat."

He sighed. Now she was making him sad! "I can't stand to see you all sad like this, Taryn."

"I can't either, but I have to do my homework. It's due tomorrow." Taryn stared at the book. The words seemed all blurry. She didn't want to read them, and she actually couldn't now. She knew she would get in trouble if she missed another homework but… she squinted her eyes and read the first sentence. 'The Ehz Rune is the most complex out of all of the many…' It was so wrong. Doing homework seemed so pointless and she felt sick just thinking about the long essay that she had to write. 500 words… Impossible. How could she write 500 words about a chapter that's only 300 words long? She stared at the words. They made her head hurt. They made her dizzy. Why did she ever decide to take Ancient Runes? "Sirius…" She looked up at him. He looked all blurry; everything looked all blurry. "Oh Merlin." She fainted.

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A/N:
To reply to a review by Pixi55: They do terrible things to each other? I never realized that. Are you talking about the green skin thing? Oh, Sirius likes to prank everyone and Taryn is no difference. Or maybe you're talking about him turning into a dog and letting himself hear all her secrets. Well, believe it or not, he never really did it just to hear her secrets, but since she was talking about him, he decided not to walk away all those times. And the reason they never say sorry is because they never had a chance to, but through his actions, Taryn can pretty much tell that Sirius is sorry. And about the matter of it being 'unrealistic', I have no idea what you're talking about. The way they act is pretty much how my friends and me act towards each other. One day, I insult my friend so much that we decide not to talk anymore, but then the next day we act as if it never happened. Bad example, but I'm too tired right now to think of a better example.

To the rest of the readers: I rewrote most of that chapter because I didn't like what I wrote at first. I like it much better this way. I hope you like it too! And I'll end this with 2 messages: "Reviewing takes half a minute, maybe more if it's long!" and "I do not own all this Harry Potter stuff. JK Rowling does."