Sometimes I think, maybe if Sirius had stuck to the rules, everything would be okay. Sirius would never have been disowned. Remus would never have had his secret betrayed to our worst enemy. With his brother to guide him maybe Regulus would still be alive. Sirius would never have gone to Azkaban. Peter would never have been that left out. I would never have chosen Sirius as my secret keeper and he in turn would never have suggested Peter. Peter would never have betrayed us and Lily and I would still be alive. Harry would have parents and maybe even a brother or sister. Remus would still have his closest friends. Sirius would still be alive maybe.
Maybe.
But then at the same time, I would never have made the greatest friends I'd ever had. If Lily and I had eventually died Harry wouldn't have had his Godfather and Remus would again have no-one. Peter's alliance with Voldemort wouldn't have been revealed. Harry would never have stopped Voldemort that night and then maybe we'd all be dead anyway. More of us maybe. Without Sirius, I may never have become an animagus and Remus would have suffered alone. We'd never have had as much fun without him – the marauders would never have existed. Fred and George would have no-one to guide them and the Order wouldn't have had such a good hide-out the second time around. I would have spent my summers as an only child rather than with a boy who was a brother in every way to me.
Sirius never could stick to rules anyway. If he hadn't done it then he'd do it later. I wouldn't give up our friendship for anything. If Sirius had stuck to the rules then maybe everything would be okay. But I don't give a damn. That bubblegum was worth it.