Author's Note: Hey everyone, hope you like the chapter! Here are some responses to your comments:

Mrs.Drew Malfoy: Sorry the first passage confused you. The first passage was the present time and then it goes 3 months into the past to show the events that caused the first passage to happen. So in other words, when Harry and Hermione both go back in time, the first passage has not happened yet. It will happen it 3 months. I hope that makes sense. :o)

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Chapter 4: Breaking Up

"Haven't you wondered how they know their way around so well? I mean, most 3rd or 4th years still get lost, and these new kids come and they just know where everything is?" Sirius asked.

"Padfoot has a point. They asked a little for directions when they first came, but they don't really anymore," Peter commented.

"Woah guys, hold on, you're jumping to conclusions. So they knew about the Room of Requirement, so what? There are about a million ways they could have found out about it," Remus said. "I really don't know where you guys are going with this anyway. I mean, do you think they're secretly 25 and they went here 8 years ago? Or do you think they're death eaters and Voldemort told them where everything in the school is?" he said sarcastically. No one said anything. "You see, every idea is as ridiculous as the next. There's no way they could know where everything is. It's your imagination."

"Moony, you are the smartest guy I know. And I never thought I would say this to you, but I think you're wrong. There's something weird about Harry Parsons and Hermione Granger and I'm going to figure it out," Sirius said.

"Fine. You can play detective all you want Padfoot, but I'm not going to help. I'm not going to try to solve a mystery that doesn't exist," Remus said standing up. He went back to the common room.

"Padfoot, does this mean you're still gonna date her?" James wondered.

"Yeah, I still really like her. She's different," Sirius said.

"This is all so weird. I'm still trying to comprehend. Padfoot actually wants something more from a girl than to just get in her pants?" James asked grinning.

"I think I might," Sirius said smiling.

"I'm amazed, really I am," James said. "That's how I feel about Lily. Well, that's how I used to feel about Lily."

"What do you mean?" Peter asked.

"I'm breaking up with her," James said casually.

"What?!?" Sirius exclaimed. "Are you mad? What do you mean you're breaking up with her? You spent two years trying to get her to go out with you! You're crazy about her."

"Well I'm not breaking up with her just yet," James said. "First I have to talk to her about something. Maybe we won't break up."

"James, what are you talking about?" Sirius asked.

"I think she likes someone else," James replied.

"Oh Merlin James, you're not still on about that whole Parsons kid liking her are you?" Sirius asked exasperated.

"No I'm not. That's what I used to think. Now I think that she likes him too," James explained.

"They're just friends Prongs," Sirius told him. "What are you going to say to her when you talk to her?"

"I'm going to tell her that I don't want her to be friends with him anymore. And then if she says no, then we breakup," James said.

"You can't be serious Prongs..." Sirius said softly. "You're not really gonna throw away this great thing you have with Evans because she friends with someone you don't really like?"

"It's more than that Padfoot," James said standing up. "In fact, I'm going to talk to her now. I'll see you guys later." James left the boy's dormitory and then it was just Sirius and Peter.

"Wow, he's a fucking idiot sometimes," Sirius said. Peter nodded in agreement. "But he is my best friend not to mention my shelter so I guess I shouldn't insult him, huh?" he joked. Peter chuckled. "Anyway, Wormtail, are you gonna help me?"

"'Course I am," Peter replied.

"Great, I want you to go to the library and look up the last name Parsons, see if you can find anything," Sirius ordered him.

"What about Granger?" Peter asked.

"Nah, she's a muggleborn," Sirius replied. "There won't be anything on her, but there might be something on Parsons. Anything you can find okay?" Peter nodded and ran off.

In the Library

Lily sat in the library doing her homework. She tried to work on it as fast as she could though, because she wanted to see James. She still couldn't believe it... her and James. Two years ago she wouldn't have given him the time of day and now she was in love with him. And she was pretty sure he loved her to. Lily smiled at her own thoughts. She decided she could finish her homework in the common room so she got her stuff together. She left the library and saw James heading in her direction.

"Lily, I was just coming to see you," James said.

"Me too," Lily said happily. She approached him and was about to kiss him when he held a hand out to stop her. "What's wrong?"

"I need to talk to you about something," James said. Lily looked a little worried.

"Sure James, what is it?" she asked.

"No, we need to be alone. Let's go outside," he replied walking outside. Lily followed him and watched as he stopped at a bench nearby. "Sit down," he offered. Lily sat down next to him. "Lily, I'm going to be straight forward about this," James began. "I don't want you to hang out with Harry anymore."

Lily seemed very surprised by him comment. "What?"

"You know, Harry Parsons. Looks kinda like me except for that weird scar on his forehead," James said.

"James, I knew who you meant, I just couldn't believe you would make such an insane request. Harry's my friend James. You can't tell me who to be friends with," Lily said, now seeming angry.

"Don't give me that crap. It's obvious you two are more than friends. Anybody who looks at you can tell. You two are always talking and laughing together," James said.

"Yeah, because he is my friend. Harry's actually a very fascinating person. And if you gave him a chance, you would see that!" Lily said loudly.

"Oh, so now he's fascinating, is he? Well, if he's so fascinating, why don't you date him?" James shot back.

"Because he's just my friend, I'm in love with you James!" Lily said as if it were obvious.

James sighed. "Lily, it's up to you. Either stop hanging around him, or we're over."

Lily looked at him seriously. "You really mean that?"

James thought for a moment. "Yes," he finally said.

"Fine," Lily said calmly. "I guess it's over then goodbye," she yelled storming off.

The Next Day

So the next day there was gossip and rumors flying all around the school. James and Lily had broken up. Some said that she broke up with him, others that he had broken up with her. Everyone had different opinions on the subject. Harry was the last to find out. When he went to breakfast, he saw the Marauders and Lily sitting at opposite sides of the table. Weird, he thought. He saw Hermione was sitting by Lily and given the fact that James and Sirius weren't too fond of him, he thought that it would be safer to sit by Lily and Hermione. He headed over there, and he saw Hermione stand up and run over towards him.

"Harry, we need to talk, this is serious," Hermione said.

"What's wrong? Why isn't Lily sitting with James?" he asked.

"That's just the thing. They broke up last night," Hermione replied.

"What?" Harry nearly yelled. "They broke up? Why?"

"Lily said that James was jealous," Hermione said.

"Jealous? Of who?"

"Of you Harry. He thought that you and Lily liked each other," Hermione explained.

"What? That's crazy. She's my mum!" Harry said appalled.

"I know that Harry, and lower your voice!" Hermione scolded. "The point is they broke up and it was your fault. Not that I'm blaming you, I'm just saying, you caused it. And I think this is bad. Harry, we have to get them back together."

"Yes, we do, definitely," Harry said.

"Don't worry because I'm going to come up with something," Hermione said confidently. "It's not gonna be easy though. I was up half the night with Lily, she was crying and everything. It was awful. I don't know what's gonna be harder, getting her to take him back after he was such an idiot or getting him to like you."

"Oh thanks a lot," Harry said sarcastically.

"Sorry I didn't mean it like that," Hermione said. "By the way Harry, you should know your mother really does care for you a great deal. James told her she either had to stop being friends with you or they were over, and she picked you. She wouldn't do that for someone she was just being friendly to, now would she?" Hermione asked.

Harry smiled. "You're right. I guess she does care about me. But I feel awful. It was my fault they broke up..."

"No Harry, it was James's fault. He's really being a jerk right now. Sorry, I don't mean to insult your dad, but he is. I guess it's just a phase though. I mean, him and Lily haven't even been going out for a year yet, so I guess it's normal for him to be jealous. Especially of you because you look just like him. And you act like him too. Anyways, try to mention James a lot when we go over and sit with Lily. The more she thinks about him the more she will miss him."

"That's kind of cruel Hermione," Harry said making a strange face.

"Oh, so sue me. Do you want to be born or not?" she asked.

"Okay you're right," Harry said giving in. "Let's go eat now, I'm starving."

Harry got some food and sat down across from Lily and next to Hermione. "Morning Lily," Harry greeted.

She smiled sweetly. "Morning Harry, did you sleep well?" she asked.

"Yeah great. But there is something I want to tell you. I feel really bad about you and James breaking up over me and---"

"Harry, it's not your fault if that's what you're worried about," Lily said reading his mind. "James has no right to tell me who not to be friends with."

"Yeah I guess, but give him a break, he was just being a little overprotective because he loves you and wants you all to himself," Harry said.

"Are you defending him?" Lily asked.

"No, I just... I just thought you two were the real thing," Harry explained.

Lily smiled. "I thought so too. I guess not though."

"Harry's right, maybe you should try talking to him," Hermione said.

"Why do you guys want me to get back together with James so badly?" Lily questioned.

"We just want you to be happy," Hermione responded quickly.

"Well I think I'll be happier without him," Lily said. "And besides I'm not going to be the one crawling back begging him for forgiveness when it was his idiocy that caused us to break up. Let's change the subject. Hermione, what's going on with you and Sirius?"

Hermione seemed surprised by the question. "What do you mean? Nothing is going on with me and Sirius. We're just friends," Hermione replied quickly. She could feel Harry's eyes on her but she didn't dare make eye contact with him.

"James told me you're going to Hogsmeade with him this weekend," Lily said.

"Yeah, but he's just showing me around. We're not dating," Hermione replied.

Lily laughed. "Hermione, you obviously don't know Sirius Black very well. He can't just be friends with a girl."

"See, what did I say? That's exactly what I told you!" Harry said. Hermione shot a glance at him telling him to shut up.

"How would you know? You haven't even known Sirius that long," Lily said confused.

"Yeah... but I've heard," Harry lied quickly.

"Ah," Lily said. "I'm not surprised. Anyway Hermione, let me warn you. Sirius isn't interested in a serious relationship. All he wants out of it is a good shag."

Hermione looked a little hurt. "You think I mean that little to him?"

"No Hermione! That's not what I meant... it's not you, it's Sirius. He isn't capable of committing," Lily explained.

Harry shot Hermione an I-told-you-so look. She glared at him in return.

"I'm just telling you to be careful, that's all," Lily said genuinely.

"Thanks Lily, I know you mean well," Hermione said. "Anyway, I know you don't want to talk about James, but can't I just ask you one question?" Hermione continued without waiting for Lily's response. "Do you really think you can go on without him?" she asked.

Lily frowned. "You make it sound like we're married or something. I mean, we do have history. I've known him since first year. And all those times he asked me out and I turned him down... I still remember the first time we kissed." Harry made an unpleasant face. Hermione saw Harry's face and contained a smile. He obviously did not want to hear about his parent's physical relationship. Harry looked down at his food trying to forget about it and stuffed a large bite of eggs in his mouth. Lily continued. "I mean, I almost thought we were ready to... you know."

Harry spit out the eggs he has just stuffed in his mouth in shock. It took every bit of energy inside Hermione not to burst out into laugher.

"Harry, what's wrong?" Lily asked.

"Nothing," Harry said coughing. "Can we please change the subject?" Harry asked shooting Hermione a desperate glance while trying to breathe.

"I'm gonna go," Hermione said looking at her watch. "I have some things to do in the library before class starts."

"See ya later," Lily said. Hermione was walking towards the library when she heard her name being called.

"Hermione," a voice said from behind her. And it was exactly who she expected... Sirius. "Listen, why did you run away yesterday?"

"Sirius... I don't know why. I'm sorry. It's just... I got scared," Hermione said truthfully.

"Why?" he asked gently.

"I don't know," she lied. "I have to go."

"Yeah, you tend to do that a lot," Sirius said frustrated.

"What's that supposed to mean?" she asked.

"The point is you never want to talk about things. You always run away from your problems," Sirius said accusingly.

"That's not true!" Hermione said defensively. "You don't even know me!"

"Well maybe you should let me get to know you!"

"Why do you want to get to know me?" Hermione asked.

"What?"

"Why me? Sirius, you could have any girl in this school."

"I know," he paused, searching for the right words. "But I've never met another girl in this school that I've reacted this way to," Sirius said earnestly.

"You mean it?" she asked.

"Yeah."

She tried not to smile but she couldn't help it. "Thanks."

He smiled back. "Don't mention it. Just tell me that we're still on for Hogsmeade this weekend."

"Of course we are."

"Good." He paused. "Can I kiss you?"

Wow, he's asking, she thought. How can I say no? She nodded. He gave her a soft, innocent kiss. "I'll see you later," he said smiling and turning around. Hermione smiled too.

Later That Day

"Why are you smiling so much?" Lily asked Hermione.

"What do you mean? I'm not smiling," Hermione lied quickly putting on a straight face.

"Oh please, I'm not completely stupid, what happened?" Lily questioned.

"Okay, I'll tell you. It's nothing big, it's just, I kissed Sirius today," Hermione explained.

"No way!" Lily said starting to grin. "So how was it? Did he stick his tongue down your throat?"

Hermione laughed. "No Lily, it wasn't like that. It was..." she paused, trying to find the right words to describe it. "It was sweet," she finally said.

"Wow, I can't imagine Sirius being sweet," Lily joked. "Ya know, Sirius tried to kiss me once."

"Really, what happened?" Hermione asked curiously.

"I slammed his head against the wall," Lily replied. Hermione giggled.

Lily was actually really worried about Hermione, but Hermione seemed to be so happy about this thing between her and Sirius, so Lily didn't say anything. Maybe Sirius really does want a real relationship, Lily thought. That would be a miracle.

With Sirius and Peter

"I couldn't find anything on Parsons, he must be muggleborn, or at least his father was," Peter said sitting down.

"Damn," Sirius said disappointed. "What if they're lying about their names?"

"Why would they do that?" Peter asked.

"If they didn't want us to know who they really are, obviously," Sirius replied.

"Okay, say they are lying about their names. How on earth are we ever going to find out what their real names are?" Peter questioned.

"I'm thinking," Sirius said. "Well, if we were really desperate, we could just take the polyjuice potion. But that takes so long. I really wish there was another way."

"Don't worry, now that you're dating Hermione, I'm sure something will slip," Peter said.

"Yeah, you're right," Sirius said thinking. "But... that feels wrong. Like... I'm using her or something."

"What? It's nothing like that. You like her, don't you?" Peter asked.

"Yeah."

"Then you're not using her. It's that simple."

"Yeah, I guess you're right. I mean, if something slips that her fault right? Not mine," Sirius said.

"Exactly."

"Okay Wormtail, now here's your job. Since I'm going to be spending a lot of time with Hermione, you need to start spending a lot of time with Harry," Sirius said.

"But... James might get really pissed off," Peter said.

"True," Sirius said. He hadn't really thought about that before. But truth be told, he didn't really care if James got mad at Peter. After all, none of the Marauders had been themselves lately. "Well Wormtail, that's a risk you're just going to have to take. Now, just hang around Harry as much as you can. Ask him lots of questions and tell me if he says or does anything weird. Now go," Sirius said pushing Peter out the door of the boy's dormitory. Sirius waited a minute until Peter was downstairs. "Wow, what an idiot, I can't believe he's actually going to do it. I hope James doesn't hurt him... oh well," Sirius said to himself.

In the Common Room

Harry sat on the sofa, desperately trying to think of ways to get his father to like him. Partly because he wanted James and Lily to get back together, and partly because he just wanted his father to love him.

"Hey Harry," he heard a male voice say. It was Peter. Harry had to admit... it really took so much inner strength not to jump Peter when he saw him. Just the thought of what he did to his parents and Sirius...

Just as Harry was about to excuse himself, he thought of something. Maybe if he became friends with Peter, James opinion of him might change. It was worth a try. "Hi Peter."

"So Harry, are you a muggleborn?" Peter questioned.

"No, I'm a half blood," Harry replied. "My mother was muggleborn." Harry mentally slapped himself as soon as he said that.

"Oh," Peter said, obviously confused. "So Harry, tell me more about where you came from."

Author's Note: Just to clarify, Lily was not lying when she said she didn't like Harry like that. She has absolutely no romantic attachment to him and only thinks of him as a friend. Just wanted to clear that up. :o) -Emma-