Hi guys, sorry I stopped writing the story, but i started a new one and totally forgot about this one, just for the record I own no one!

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"Ahh Mr Potter, Mr Lupin, so nice of you to join us at last" I looked around, Sirius sat there twiddling his thumbs and Peter was looking round incredulously still confuddled by what he was meant to have done.

"Sir before you start I just want to say-"

"Do sit down will you" Dumbledore said, gesturing to two chairs which he had just conjured.

"Sir I really-"

"Mr Potter there is no need to explain"

"There…isn't?"

"Nope"

"Oh, well then you know that I-"

"Personally I found the whole event quite amusing"

"You did?"

"Yes, I haven't had quite so many laughs since Horace fell off his pedestal at lunch the other week"

"But Sir I have something to say-"

"I just hope I don't get too many phone calls"

"Phone calls?" Sirius queried, not quite up to speed on the whole muggle telephone aspect.

"Yes Mr Black, are you not aware of what you actually wrote on that wall?"

"But Sir he didn't do it"

"Mr Potter, what do you mean?" He asked, eyes twinkling, a small smile playing on his lips.

"I did it alone Sir, the others didn't have anything to do with it"

"I know"

"You know?"

"Yes I know"

"How do you know?"

"Because I saw the whole escapade"

"Escapade?"

"Yes, I saw you talking to Billy Smith, I saw you sneaking through the corridors late at night, and I saw you writing the message"

"But Sir, how did you-"

"Mr Potter, some people say all teachers have eyes in the back of their heads, I for one have eyes in several other places, there is hardly anything that happens in this school without me knowing of it" My eyes widened, what exactly did this man know?

"Moving on, I will not punish all of you as I know not all of you had these intentions; however I expect Mr Potter here to scrub the walls until they sparkle."

"Sir-"

"Without the use of a wand" I slumped back in my chair. It was true that I had gotten off light, but I was very bummed that I had to spend my evening scrubbing down walls. We were dismissed shortly after and sent straight to our next lesson, Herbology.

"Padfoot" I called after Sirius retreating figure. "What bit him up the butt?"

"I guess he's still miffed off about the whole prank thing"

"But he got off scotch free; surely that's a good thing"

"Maybe he's madder at the fact that he did get off scotch free"

"I don't understand"

"James, you're his best friend, surely you know why he's upset" I looked down at my feet. He was right, Sirius was mad that I had disowned him, but it wasn't my fault, I needed to prove something, that I still had it in me. I was doing for his sake after all! I decided I had to do something so I caught up to him and grabbed his arm.

"Bog off Prongs"

"Look Sirius I'm sorry I was such a dog"

"Oh thanks, now being a dog is a bad thing"

"Sirius you know I didn't mean that"

"Of course I know, I just want to put you through hell for a while"

"Padfoot" I looked at him pleadingly. His stern expression altered slightly.

"I'm sorry too Prongs, I shouldn't have made fun of you that time after Snivellus"

"Hey, what are good friends for if they aren't for pointing out your weaknesses?"

"Good point" Sirius laughed. I was glad we were friends again. Then I saw something that reminded me why we would never be the same again.

"I hope you got hell for that one Potter, I can't believe they haven't expelled you yet" Lily sneered at me, showing the worst of her.

"Actually Lily, I barely got told off, it was all really pointless really"

"Pointless? Is this the James Potter speaking here? According to you no prank is pointless"

"Well this one was, the person I was supposed to prove something too didn't even take notice"

"Oh and that was me I suppose was it?"

"Actually Lily, it was Sirius" And with that I walked off, leaving her standing there gob smacked.

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Herbology was a slight bore; I wasn't really focussing at all. What I was focussing on was the upcoming Slytherin vs. Gryffindor Quidditch match the following month. We needed a lot of practise and the match was creeping up slowly on us. I would have to get out my clean sweep and practise a few laps on the Saturday.

"Hey James, can I ask you a question?" Sirius asked me casually on our way to lunch.

"Yeah sure, fire away mate"

"Do you still like Lily?" I stopped dead in my tracks and turned slowly towards him.

"What makes you ask?" I asked in a strained voice.

"Just wondering really" He shrugged.

"Well…I don't really know at the moment"

"Oh right" He said lightly.

"But I suppose I could try and date…other people for a while" I spat out 'other people' like it was some kinda of deadly disease. I didn't want to date other people, but Sirius wanted to date Lily, and maybe I should've just let him.

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"This is the way I scrub the walls, scrub the walls, scrub the walls, this is the way I scrub the walls, on a cold and frost evening" I was on my own at 6 in the evening scrubbing down walls, whilst everyone else was inside the Great Hall eating and laughing and chatting away.

"You look like you could use some help" Asked a voice, I turned around. Sirius, Remus and Peter were all standing there with sponges and buckets full of soapy water. I smiled at them and we continued cleaning the graffiti from the walls.

"All together now! This is the way we scrub the walls, scrub the walls, scrub the walls, this is the way we scrub the walls, on a cold and frosty evening"

I had the best friends ever, and no girl, not even Lily Evans was going to get in the way of that. Oh what was I talking about? It's Lily Evans!

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