Disclaimer: What part of 'Don't own' do you not understand? I don't even own Suzie, Caroline and Sarah, they belong to Larka. As does, to some extent, the plot, however little of it there is at the moment.

Here is another Jelly Is Good! offshoot from me, Hepsa (and not a one-shot, either). You're probably wondering why I spend my time writing offshoots of my friend's fic, and it is for three reasons:

1. Boredom

2. I actually enjoy it

3. For procrastination. See, I should be doing homework now, but I'm not.

I know the fact it's not only about an OC, but about an OC and Peter Pettigrew is off putting, but please read it! Remember, Peter was once just a normal guy like the others before he went evil!

And this chapter is mainly about the OCs, so don't be put off by that either!

Suzie Gibson was sitting by the fire in the Gryffindor Common Room. She loved watching the flames dancing; the flickers of reds and oranges entranced her. She knew she was meant to be doing her Charms homework, but she had a mental block at the moment and what with her friends - Caroline Hawling and Sarah Davies - arguing she wouldn't have been able to concentrate anyway.

'Caroline –'

'Sarah, listen to me; my point is that –'

'Let me finish! Don't interrupt!'

'You interrupted me!'

'Only because you interrupted me!'

'Both of you shut up! I'm trying to work!' snapped Lily Evans, another friend of Suzie's. Caroline and Sarah sat down, seething. When Lily wasn't looking, Caroline, to Suzie's amusement, stuck her tongue out, and Sarah responded with a nose thumb. Caroline responded to that with a double nose thumb, at which point Lily looked up and Caroline's hands were instantly by her quill and parchment. Suzie couldn't help letting out a giggle at their antics.

'Suzie!' cried Lily. Her eyes narrowed, and she stood up, and continued, 'I'm going to the dorms; I can't concentrate with all this noise.'

She packed her bag quickly, slung it over her shoulder, and left. Lily had been extra-snappy since her birthday, when James Potter had thrown an impromptu party for her in celebration, and showered her with gifts. This would all sound well and good to anyone who didn't know them, but Lily hated rule-breaking in any form, so the party was a bad idea, and when James had showered her with gifts? It had been literally, during breakfast the morning after the party. SureFine, he had put a Cushioning Charm on her, but that didn't remove the embarrassment of finding necklaces in your cereal, and said cereal in your hair from the splash when they landed there.

'I wish we could cheer Lily up,' said Suzie, once her friend was safely up the stairs.

'Yes, but how?' said Caroline, leaning back into the depths of her armchair and reading over her completed essay.

'I don't know,' said Suzie truthfully, who, even if she had ideas, was always shy about offering them in case her friends laughed at her. 'What makes Lily happy?'

'Let me see,' said Sarah, who had abandoned all hope of coming up with the extra foot needed for her Potions essay and was packing away her ink, 'Her cat, but we can't do anything on that front... She likes doing well; again, we can't do anything about that… Books, now that we could do something about!'

'She's already read all the books we own, including any textbooks, and she's also read any fiction from the Library that she thought looked good,' said Suzie, who remembered that sort of thing.

'Oh,' said Sarah, disappointed, 'We could… We could…'

'We could get her a boyfriend,' said Caroline. Suzie and Sarah both turned to look at her. Suzie wasn't sure about the idea; Lily hadn't exactly had great experiences with her previous boyfriends. Sarah, however, looked thoughtful.

'You know, Caroline, you actually have a good idea there.'

'You sound surprised.'

'I am surprised.'

'Yes, but…' mumbled Suzie, 'you know she had a bad experience with Longbottom last year; I don't want this guy to dump her and her to be even more unhappy! And anyway, who would it be?'

'Uh,' said Caroline, who had not thought this part of the idea out, 'How about… Black?' Seeing her friends' raised eyebrows, she added, 'He… owes me, and he's fun. That's what Lily needs right now.'

'What does he owe you for?' asked Sarah.

'Never you mind, girlies, never you mind.'

'But… Caroline, it's Sirius Black,' said Suzie.

'Who else do you suggest?'

'Potter?' said Sarah.

'Would Lily even consider going out with Potter?'

'Would Lily even consider going out with Black?'

'Point taken,' Caroline sighed, and then said, 'Now that you should be surprised at.'

'What?'

'Me being wrong. You should record it, in fact, as it is such a rarity.'

'If I recorded it every time you were wrong, I would be recording for all eternity.'

As Caroline and Sarah bickered, Suzie was thinking. She really did want Lily to be happy. They couldn't ask anyone in the other houses as they didn't really know them well enough to know if they were a good match for Lily, so they were out. The seventh-years? No, they all had girlfriends already. Fifth-years? No, they were all horrible little gits; that left the sixth-years. Pettigrew? No, she'd already gone out with him, in third year. Potter? That would be cute, but Lily would never go for it. Black? That most certainly would not work. Lupin?

'How about Lupin?' she suggested.

'Lupin…' exclaimed Caroline, 'Great idea, Suze!'

Suzie smiled at the compliment, ignoring the nickname, and they turned to Sarah for her opinion. Sarah had a funny look on her face, and she said, in a strangely high voice,

'No… no, not Lupin!'

'Why not? He's the best choice so far,' said Caroline.

'Just… no! It… it wouldn't work out?'

'It might! They –' Caroline stopped mid-sentence as she cottoned on to Sarah's problem with trying Lupin. Fully knowing that Sarah liked Lupin, even if Sarah didn't know it herself, she added, letting the words slowly roll off her tongue, 'They're both sweet… kind… generous… perfect…'

'Shut up!' squeaked Sarah, before continuing, in a calm manner, 'Remus helps Potter and Black with their pranks, so he's probably like them deep down inside or something, and that would completely ruin the relationship, and make Lily sad again.'

'Remus, eh?' Caroline raised an eyebrow.

'What?'

'You called him Remus.'

'No,' said Sarah, slowly, 'I-I didn't call him Remus.'

'Don't deny it, Davies, I can tell when you're lying.'

'Guys!' interrupted Suzie, 'Back to Lily?' Caroline and Sarah looked at her, almost guiltily, and she continued, 'Well, we have to choose someone. I personally think Lupin is –'

'No,' moaned Sarah, 'Just… please.'

'Well then who?

'Black,' said Caroline, authoritatively, 'We need to speak to you.'

'We? I'd rather speak to you alone, Hawling,' replied Sirius Black.

'None of that, you naughty boy,' said Caroline, slapping his wrist, 'Just come with us and I'll buy you a sweetie.'

'Really?'

'No. I was being patronising. But come on!'

Caroline pulled Sirius out of his seat, and dragged him away. Suzie looked back at the other boys. James was fiddling forlornly with his parchment, while Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew played chess. There were only a few pieces left on the board; Peter moved his bishop and took out Remus' knight.

'Check,' said Peter, satisfied.

'I'm an idiot,' groaned Remus, burying his head in his hands.

'No, you're not! You're –' said Sarah, who was standing next to Suzie, also watching. Remus and Peter looked at her. She stammered slightly as she continued, 'I-I mean… Uh… Oh, Caroline wants us, come on, Suzie!'

She grabbed Suzie's arm and Suzie followed her over to the corner, where Caroline and Sirius were standing.

'Took you long enough,' drawled Caroline.

'Shut up. Get to the point,' replied Sarah.

'Fine,' said Caroline, 'So, Black, you may be wondering why we've cornered you here –'

'It's not blackmail or anything!' piped in Suzie excitedly. The other three stared at her, and she realised what she'd said. 'It… it sounded better in my head.'

Sirius raised an eyebrow, and turned back to Caroline.

'As I was saying, you're here because you're going to go out with Lily Evans.'

'What?'

'Lily needs cheering up, and you seem quite fun to be around, so you're going to do it. Simple as that,' said Caroline matter-of-factly. Sirius laughed loudly. Caroline added, 'It's not a joke, Black.'

He looked at her as if she was crazy. 'Me? And Evans?'

'Yes, genius, you and Evans.'

Sirius blinked at her.

'You actually mean it?'

'Just how many times will I need to say it, Black?' As he stared at her, she sighed, and added, 'If you don't, I am perfectly willing to tell people about a certain… something.'

'About what?'

Caroline leaned forward and whispered something to him. Sarah and Suzie watched, amused, as his face turned from sceptical to terrified, and his skin tone to white, except for his cheeks, which had gone bright red.

'How do you know about that?'

'It doesn't matter how, it matters that I do. Now, will you go out with Evans?'

'I'll try to the best of my ability to get her to go out with me.'

'Good boy,' said Caroline, smiling sweetly, 'Now scram, we have girl stuff to talk about.'

'What kind of girl stuff?'

'The menstrual cycle.'

'Which is?'

'Something I don't think you really want to know about.'

'Oh,' said Sirius, and he went off back to the boys. Caroline had a satisfied air as she turned to look at the other two.

'Well, that went well, didn't it?'

'What were you threatening him with, out of curiosity?' asked Sarah as they walked back towards the fire.

'If I told you, I'd be breaking my promise to him.'

'And you're known for keeping promises?'

'Yes, in fact, I am.'

Suzie sat down by her Charms homework and tuned out Sarah and Caroline's voices. She couldn't help thinking, as she stared into the flames, that Black would be a terrible boyfriend for Lily. Black was immature, loved pranks and parties, and had no shame whatsoever, while Lily was mature, sensible and responsible. They said that opposites attract, but Lily could never like Black.

It was interesting that Sarah liked Lupin. Suzie wasn't quite sure whether Sarah actually realised it or not, but at any rate she did. Once Lily had a boyfriend, even Black, maybe Sarah and Lupin would start going out, and that would be cute.

Suzie sighed. She was too shy to go out with anyone. She wouldn't be able to say anything on the date, let alone actually ask someone out. Mostly she just hung around with her friends, letting them do the talking, and they didn't seem to mind that much. She supposed she could get Sarah, or maybe even Lily, to help her ask someone out, but that would be embarrassing, and who could she go out with anyway?

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Hepsa