Sirius felt confused, why couldn't Rose just tell him there and then what the potion was? He hoped beyond hope she wasn't turning into a Maraudette and that this was a horribly seductive plan to be alone with him. Sirius shuddered at this thought, he didn't really want to picture James' little sister like that, ever, he stayed in the dorm room all evening till James and Remus came up.

An awkward silence followed James' and Remus' arrival, Sirius nodded in acknowledgement of James' presence and smiled weakly.

'I have to say something,' James began quickly, Sirius made a move to sit up and leave; he didn't need to hear any more insults or defence speeches on the behalf of Evans.

'Hear me out, I'm sorry,' James said quickly, Remus smiled at Sirius and nodded happily, hoping beyond hope that this would get his two friends talking again.

'What happens if sorry isn't enough?' Sirius demanded coldly. James' well-known temper then began to flare up again.

'Well I'm sorry, but what the hell am I supposed to say when you insult my girlfriend?' James spluttered angrily.

'You could at least,' Sirius said, his own temper firing up 'spend a bit more time with your friends and less time with some bird,'

'At least I have a bird,' James said angrily 'I don't see you with a girlfriend that often, or is it to damn often for you?'

'Hey,' Remus said, now trying to close the gap between his two friends 'cool it,'

'You know what Prongs, you are just like your father, every bit as arrogant, every bit as mistaken in that you think you're in love, well WAKE UP! YOU'RE NOT!'

James glared at Sirius; Remus stepped between the two and said in a voice of determined calm.

'Lets not do anything rash,'

'Rash! Ha!' Sirius barked

'Your as bad as your mother, Black, against anyone whose that little bit different or slightly threatening to your position in life,' James yelled

'Take that back!' Sirius threatened

'I can't stand this any more, I'll be in the girls dorm, Remus, Lily has set up a camp bed for me,' James explained to Remus and turned away from Sirius.

'I bet she has,' Sirius spat nastily

James didn't reply and continued to walk down the stairs.

After he had completely vanished from sight Sirius started to clean up his side of the dorm and Remus continued to stare at him, Sirius looked at him, frustrated and said

'What?'

'That was very harsh,' Remus said quietly

'Yeah well,' Sirius began angrily 'he shouldn't have insulted me!'

'You really should be civil with him, he loves Lily, can't you see that?' Remus implored, Sirius sighed.

'I can't,' Sirius said heavily 'I just can't, I'll see you in the morning Remus, I need my sleep,' With that Sirius pulled his curtains around his four poster bed and soon fell asleep.

The next morning Sirius felt miserable, then the icident with James last night came flooding back inot his memory, he pulled the curtains back to see the dorm empty, and all of the beds made. He glanced at his watch and realising it was Saturday and ten to twelve he thought he might as well go back to sleep. As he rested his eyes he realised he to meet Rose and was soon racing down the corridor at top speed, pulling on his robes as he went.

'Your late,' she said from her position on the floor, Rose was sat with a cauldron bubbling a brownish colour and she was stirring it every few seconds whilst examining a book sat open at her lap.

'Sorry,' Sirius admitted 'overslept,'

'Right, now I need some fo your hair,' Rose told him, Sirius was taken a back and looked at her sceptically.

'What kind of hair and where from?' he asked sceptically

'From your head, silly,' she laughed, 'you didn't think I meant from…'

'No,' Sirius said quickly, then added hastily 'not at all,'

For the next two hours Sirius and Rose poured over the potion and its ingredients, at around two o'clock Rose announced that it was ready.

'What will this potion do exactly?' Sirius asked as Rose handed him a goblet of the steaming potion.

'You'll see,' she giggled, Sirius reluctantly drank the potion and he felt and odd sensation riding in his throat, as though the potion was coming back up to his mouth.

'Its working,' Rose exclaimed, Sirius' vision went cloudy and the next thing he knew was that he was slumped forward on a desk in a transfiguration lesson.

'Mr Potter, please refrain from sleeping in my lesson,' Sirius looked up to see Professor McGonagall staring down at him. 'You're as bad as Mr Black!'