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And now I bring you 'Chapter Five'. Enjoy…

Chapter Five

"I BLOODY HATE HIM!" Lily fumed to Rose, a good six hours after the incident in the hospital wing, meaning that it was eight pm. Rose watched as Lily paced the girls dormitory. She had only ever seen her this angry after an encounter with Potter. Her eyes were huge and shocked, her hair was a mess, her cheeks were red with anger and heat.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE HIM! I JUST WANT TO…" it was right then that she let off a scream of anger and collapsed onto her bed. She turned her body around and buried her head into her pillow "I wish he'd just leave me alone…" Tears slipped out of her tired eyes. She didn't want anyone to see her like this because of Potter.

She felt weight on the bed as Rose sat down, which reminded her of the hospital wing incident. She buried her head further into her pillow and bit her lip hard. She couldn't hold it in anymore. Her body began shaking with sobs. Rose placed her hand on Lily's head, and began stroking her red hair as a mother would her child.

"It's ok Lily." whispered Rose. Lily shook her head. "Yes it is. Don't let Potter work you up like this. He's a wanker. What is he Lily? That's right. A wanker. Good girl." Lily lifted her head off the pillow and turned her thin frame to face Rose. Despite the tears running down her face and the redness of her eyes and cheeks, she wore a smile.

"I l-like that. J-James Potter - the w-wanker." Her smile widened." Has a r-ring to it." She heaved a long sigh, and laid her head in Rose's lap.

"I know you don't like being told this… no one does, but remember, you're very tired, and you just came back from the hospital wing after collapsing. You're obviously feeling a bit under the weather, and hungry, I'll bet." said Rose, winking at Lily, who nodded her head vigorously, as a few more tears slipped from her eyes.

"Your absolutely r-right." said Lily, sitting up straight and wiping her eyes.

"Yes, I always am… it's a gift, really. Anyway, how about I pop down to the kitchens and pick up some food. We'll eat it in here if you like."

"Sounds great. N-Need any help?"

"No, you have a shower and get changed. I'll be back in a jiffy." Rose picked herself up and walked to the door. Right now she was wearing her pyjamas, a copper satin nighty, that came to just above her knees. It matched her hair perfectly. She had her hair out of its usual pony-tail, and it looked amazing. It was like a curtain. It was so long and straight. People everywhere would kill for her hair. Including Lily.

"Should you wear a d-d-dressing gown or something o-over that?" asked Lily with her eyebrows raised.

Rose was just about to step though the door, before she turned to Lily with a sheepish grin on her face.

"Oh, of course. I completely forgot!" she said with a smirk upon her face. She went rummaging through her trunk, until she found the Gryffindor House dressing gown. It was completely red, with the Gryffindor Lion embroidered on the back. "Thanks mum! See you soon. Have a shower, you stink!" joked Rose, walking out the room.

As she reached the bottom of the stairs, she saw the Marauders…

"What are you up to? Hey, what's under that dressing gown, Rose?" came the sly voice of Sirius Black as Rose entered the common room. He was seated smugly in 'his' armchair with all his mates, including Potter, who laughed at Sirius' rude question. Rose faced Sirius with a huge grin on her face.

"YOU PERVERT!" screamed Rose at the top of her voice. The common room was silenced almost immediately, everyone's focus on Sirius.

"I don't believe this! She could have been speaking about anyone and you all just turn to look me!" asked Sirius, who was obviously outraged.

Rose giggled. "Bye bye…" she said in a silky voice, waving to Sirius. As she walked out the Portrait Hole, she made sure to pick her dressing gown up a little to show off some leg to Sirius. He just stared, mouth wide open.

Sirius jumped over the back of his armchair and made his way to the portrait hole. "Au'revoir, my friends!" he said, and walked out.

Rose was on her way to the kitchens. She was starting to wish that she had worn some shoes, as her feet were frozen! She was only a few portraits away from the kitchens, before something stopped her in her tracks.

"I didn't know we were allowed to wander around Hogwarts barefoot and without a school uniform on." came the voice of Sirius Black from behind her. Rose spun around on the spot, her hair a few seconds behind.

"God you're annoying! What do you want now, Sirius?"

Sirius mustered up his 'handsome' face (he practises his faces in the mirror, you see) and advanced towards her. Rose placed her hands on her waist, drawing back her dressing gown. Sirius tried not to glance down.

"I just wanted to know what you were doing wandering around the castle…" he said nonchalantly. He stopped two inches away from her. Which was much too close for Rose, who turned and continued on her journey to the portrait that would grant her access to the kitchens. She took her hand from her waist and tickled the pear with her long fingernails. A doorknob appeared and she grabbed hold of it. She turned her head to face Sirius, just before she turned the knob.

"What does it look like I'm doing?" She opened the portrait and walked inside. Her dressing gown slipped of accidentally. She cringed. "Can you bring that up with you?" she called back to Sirius. She expected he'd pop through the door in a few seconds, so she continued walking until she met up with a house elf.

"What can I get for you miss?" asked the house elf obediently.

"Well… I wouldn't mind some chicken legs… do you have any spinach and feta rolls? Oh good. Hmm… two flasks of pumpkin juice and, uhh… some Jelly, please. It would be absolutely amazing if you could put all that into a basket for me. Thank you darling." The house elf scurried away. Rose turned and saw Sirius leaning against the wall.

"Did you get my dressing gown?"

"Why? Its not even cold." said Sirius, rolling his eyes.

"Yes it is."

"Well…" he walked towards her. "I'll keep you warm." he whispered in her ear.

"Oh yuck." said Rose. Holding her hands out in front of her, she pushed him away. If he thought she would give in that easily, he had another thing coming.

He looked a bit disappointed. 'She has a split personality or something…' he thought to himself

"Fine then… you don't know what you just turned down."

"What?" asked Rose giggling. "What did I just turn down, hmm?" she bit her lip and smiled cheekily.

"I love it here," he said, ignoring her last question.

"Mmm," she just stared at him.

"Come here," he said, snaking his hand around her waist and steering her towards a table near the end of the room, close to a fireplace. She quite liked the feel of his arm around her waist, but she'd never let it show.

"Sit," he said simply. Rose sat down delicately, crossing her legs. Sirius sat oppisite her. His leg rubbed against hers, though she pretended not to feel it.

"Erm, excuse me miss?" came the voice of the house elf who had helped Rose just before.

"Oh thank you! Your such a darling!" said Rose brightly, taking the basket out of the poor elf's clutches.

"Sammy, m'boy!" said Sirius laughing.

"Oh! Mr Sirius, sir. How are you, sir?"

"Jolly good, old man. Would you do us a favour and bring us two glasses and a bottle of fire whisky, please?"

"Oh, Mr Sirius… you should not be drinking…"

Sirius put his hand in his pocket and pulled out 5 galleons.

"Just for you, if you do this job for us. No telling, remember." The elf bowed his head and retreated.

"That sickens me."

"What? The alcohol?" asked Sirius stupidly.

"No. What you just did sickens me!" said Rose crossly, folding her arms across her chest.

"Will you drink it?" he asked curiously.

"I can't stay long…" she said quietly. "This is for Lily and I," she said, indicating the basket.

"You wouldn't let good alcohol go to waste, now would you?" he asked cheekily. "Come on…"

"Only one glass!" said Rose.

"Here you are Miss and Sir," said a disgruntled house elf, laying two glasses and a rather large bottle of Fire whisky on the table.

"Thanks." said Rose staring at Sirius as he poured them two glasses. He passed her a glass, and she took a sip. The stuff burnt her throat and her eyes watered.

"Ack! It burns!" she giggled. "Whoa…" she blinked a few times.

"Cheers!" said Sirius smiling. Their glasses clinked together, and Rose downed the whole lot with a giggle in her throat.

"Wow, Rose, are you ok?" asked Sirius, smiling slightly.

"Yeh…" she said staring intently at Sirius. She giggled again.

"Can I have summore?" asked Rose.

"No," said Sirius simply.

"You're absolutely right! What was I thinking?" She giggled a bit again. Sirius downed his glass in one gulp, but it didn't have the same affect it did on Rose. It just burned his throat.

"Hmm… I'm going to go now. Lily is waiting for me." Rose stood and stumbled a bit. Sirius got up with her.

"Just a bit longer?" he asked, holding her hand.

"Nope. Absolutely no way! Lily is waiting for you. I mean. She's waiting for me. Haha. Silly me."

"Please?" asked Sirius, his grey eyes boring into her blue ones. She shook her head and Sirius dropped her hand.

"Promise you'll meet me back here tomorrow night, then? Same time?" asked Sirius anxiously.

"Umm…" Rose tilted her head to the side, examining his handsome face. Sirius grabbed hold of her hand again and rubbed it against his face, making Rose giggle. "Umm…" she repeated.

"Please?" he said while pressing a kiss to her knuckles. Which sent Rose into a fit of giggles once more.

"If you don't say you'll come I'm going to have to attack you!" he said sneakily, wrapping his other hand around her waist and pulling her closer. She laughed out loud.

"Sirius," she pouted. His hand squeezed her side and she laughed at the tickling sensation.

"Sirius, I-"

"Rose…" he whined.

"I can't! I'm sorry!" she said. The alcohol had just about worn off, and she wasn't in such a merry state.

He removed his hand from her waist. With his other hand, he dropped her hand. He stared at her intently.

"Is that your final answer?" he asked.

Rose nodded her head solemnly. He smiled and as quick as lightening, his hands found her sides and he squeezed them. She let our a shriek of laughter. He tickled her under her arms and her belly between Rose's shrieks of laughter and protest, until finally, he stopped. Rose was still laughing, and so was Sirius.

"I'll ask you again… is that your final answer?" said Sirius as their laughter died down.

Rose looked thoughtful for a moment. "Why do you want me to come back so bad?" she asked thoughtfully.

Sirius shrugged. "Need someone to keep me company." his hands found her hands once more. "Please Rose…" he looked into her eyes and he knew that this time she would say yes.

"Oh fine!" she sighed. He grinned. "But you have to carry me, my basket, and my dressing gown back to the common room!" she giggled.

"Your wish is my command!"

It was half past nine when Rose finally came back into the dorm. Some of the girls who slept in their dorms were there.

"Hi Claudia! Hi Haylee! Hi Tillese!" said Rose waving at her fellow roommates. They all looked at each other, unsure of how to react. Rose never said hi to them. "Hi Lily!" Lily was in her pyjamas (a very large blue shirt that covered her up to her mid thigh), lying on her bed, reading some magazine. Rose sighed and plopped herself down on Lily's bed, closing the curtains around them and casting a silencing spell.

"Well, here's the food!" said Rose putting the basket on her bed.

"What took you so long?" asked Lily curiously. It wasn't unusual to find Rose in a happy mood, but there was something suspicious about her right now…

"Oh you know…"

"No, I don't."

"Tuck in!"

"Where's your dressing gown?" Asked Lily.

"Oh…" she was in trouble here. Sirius must have kept her dressing gown by mistake. "I wasn't wearing a dressing gown when I left," Rose lied, hoping Lily wouldn't remember.

"Yes you were. I made you. Remember?"

"Oh. That's right. I must've… left it in the kitchens. I'll go back tomorrow and get it." Thank god! thought Rose. Lily grabbed a chicken leg and tore at it.

"Watch yourself there!" said Rose, laughing. Lily smiled through a mouthful of food.

"I fuhnggry!"

"Is that so!" said Rose puzzled.

"I said, 'I'm hungry!'" translated Lily. Rose shook her head and laughed.

"Wait a second… what's that smell?" asked Lily suddenly. If there was one thing Rose hated, it was the smell alcohol left lingering on your breath.

"Oh my gosh. Rose, have you been drinking?" asked Lily, eyes wide open, all thought of food left far behind.

"Oh! Lily! How could you think that? It must be those girls… you know… always, erm, drinking! Ha-ha…" said Rose nervously.

"Right. Spill!"

"Spill? Your absolutely right! They spilt the alcohol! My gosh, you are a smart one now, aren't you?" Before Lily could speak, Rose yawned a long, fake yawn. "Oh dear. I am rather tired. I think I'll call it a night." but Lily's hand closed around Rose's, and Rose knew there was no escape.

"What happened when you were gone?" asked Lily with a smile upon her face. Rose cracked her up sometimes.

"Not a tremendous lot," began Rose.

"Hah! You know, I thought that having a sister trained you to be a good liar…" said Lily.

"Humph."

"Tell me…"

"I bumped into someone! That's all!" said Rose.

"Who is this 'Someone'? Sounds mysterious, sounds nice, sounds hot, ooh, I like the sound of this!" giggled Lily, provoking Rose.

"Hah. If only you knew who you were calling 'nice', 'mysterious' and 'hot'…"

"Tell me!"

"Oh alright. Just to see your face. Sirius Black."

Lily looked shocked. "Seriously?"

"Siriusly Sirius." joked Rose.

"That's not even funny… its sad!"

"Now Lily…"

"Ew, what did you get up to? Oh yuck. I don't want to know! Firewhisky, happiness… oh my…" Lily looked like she was about to faint.

"Lily! We just talked! Nothing more!"

"Sirius Black? Talking?"

"Keep your voice down. We're just friends. God! Not even!"

"Now, this is the part where I can tease you about Sirius, like you tease me about James!" she said suddenly.

"Lily, its not like that! I swear! Sirius doesn't like me like that. And I don't like him like that…" she paused. She didn't know what she felt for Sirius… she supposed he was alright… rather handsome, and rather nice when he was away from his friends. Very handsome. And funny. And handsome. Yes he was quite a striking young man. She snapped out of her thoughts and continued with her monologue, that was having no effect on Lily whatsoever. "Whereas with you and James, James likes you! No, he loves you. And you-"

"Oh please." snapped Lily. "I don't want to hear anymore. The fact is, that you and Sirius have a little thing going on." she said smugly.

"Lily!" Rose whined.

"What? I didn't do anything!" smiled Lily. "Oh my goodness. Hah! He has your dressing gown! Oh god. Rose, promise all you did was talk!"

"I promise." said Rose rolling her eyes.

"Rose, why are your pyjamas wrinkled?" asked Lily suddenly. "Oh LORD!"

"No! Ok! Here's what happened!" said Rose. She was beginning to laugh. "Sirius and I were talking, and I felt tired. So I asked if he could carry me, my basket, and my dressing gown back up to the Gryffindor Common room!"

"What is your definition of 'talking' exactly?"

"No, I'm saying that the reason my pyjamas are wrinkles is because he carried me all the way to Gryffindor Tower!"

"But why would you ask him to do that?"

Now this was where things got a bit sticky…

"Well I wasn't wearing any shoes, and the floor is freezing cold! I was cold! And I wanted him to suffer!" said Rose.

"Hmm… I still don't believe you. For one thing, you're not tired right now." smiled Lily.

"Lily! Your unfair!" said Rose, giggling some more.

"Rose and Sirius… My, my, my…"

"Lily… nothing happened. We're friends."

"Oh I see, the old 'We're only friends!' story now, is it?"

"I'm going to bed!" said Rose.

"I knew you'd give in."

"Oh ho, Lily. I'm not giving in. I'll never give in." And with that, Rose stepped out of the curtains surrounding Lily's bed, and lay down on her own. With her wand, she shut the curtains around her bed, lay there, and thought.

Four hours later and she still hadn't gotten a wink of sleep. All she could think about was Sirius. She was mad. Absolutely bonkers. Sirius Black! There was something wrong with her. She decided it might be a good idea to go and pay Sirius a visit… you know, go and pick up her dressing gown.

As quietly as possible, she slipped some socks on and climbed out of bed, making her way out of the girls dormitory. As she reached the bottom of the stairs, she noticed that no one was in the common room, where she thought he might have been. Which meant that he must be in the boys dormitory. Oh dear. Did she really want to go in there? She shivered as a breeze blew through the empty common room. Up the stairs to the boys dormitory it would have to be.

Slowly she made her way to their dorm. Her heart beat wildly in her chest as she turned the doorknob. She almost had a heart attack as she saw a candle on someone's side table. She was even more shaken when she saw that the person who's light was on was awake.

"Rose?" they whispered questioningly.

A/N - Bwahaha. I understand why writers like cliffhangers now. I pretty much wrote that all tonight. Sorry if there are ny mistakes. I tried proof-reading it. Anyway,review!

Ron Lover 2005