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Chapter 6: Lots of Drama
Rosaline's POV:
Rosaline sighed and folded the letter she was reading. It was another letter from her brother, Jacob. He was asking about school, but mostly hinting towards his dislike for Sirius. She sighed. She missed him. She felt so alone since the break up and she was having a hard time from some of the girls in Ravenclaw. They were making fun of her and saying nasty things like the reason Sirius broke up with her was because she was undeserving. Especially Cloe Alworth. She was worst of all.
So far, Sirius hasn't been talking to her. She might make it seem like she did not care, but she did. She did not know how he is doing after their break up. She hoped he missed her as much as she does.
She got up from her place on the Ravenclaw common room couch and decided o take a walk. She needed some fresh air. And she needed to clear her head.
The halls were busy with students, some going to classes, and some doing whatever. And since Rosaline had a free period at the moment, she wanted to spend it on something other than reading and studying for a change. The moment she was out on the grounds, she made her way to a tree and sat beneath it. She closed her eyes and let the gentle breeze blow her blond hair away from her face. It was very relaxing.
A timid clearing of a throat made her open her eyes. A few feet away from her, stood none other than Peter Pettigrew. He was always trying to talk to her a lot these days. She thought it was sweet since he was a very nice person and seemed to like her. Maybe because of that time in the ball when she danced with him.
She gave him a kind smile. "What is it, Peter? Is something wrong?" She asked.
"No no, nothing is wrong. Just…c-can I sit with you? I have a free period too." He said. It was cute how he tried to act brave.
She nodded. "Of course." She made space for him and he sat down, although a bit hesitant.
There was silence and it looked like Peter was gathering his courage, by the way he was frowning and looking determinedly at the ground
"Peter?"
He looked at her and took a deep breath. She had a feeling she knew what was going to happen, but before she could think more on it, he started talking.
"Rosaline, I…I know that we don't know each other so well, and that you might not think much of me, but…I really l-like you! I really do and…I've liked you for a long time. Since you were dating Sirius."
Rosaline stared at him.
"What is the meaning of this?" She asked calmly.
"It means that I…would really like to ask you out."
"Peter," she said very quietly, "You said you liked me while I was dating Sirius. Your supposed friend. You do realize that this is betrayal?"
"But you guys broke up! You don't like him anymore, right?" Peter asked her, almost desperately. She couldn't bring herself to feel bad for him.
"Peter, I think you know full well the reason we broke up in the first place. He told you guys, didn't he?"
Peter nodded, biting his lips.
"Then you know that we broke up not because we stopped loving each other. At least…I never stopped loving him. I don't know about him but I'm sure he'll come back to his senses soon, and realize that he was being an idiot." She said confidently. She felt sure that Sirius didn't hate her. And she could prove it by the way he kept looking at her when he thought she wasn't looking.
Peter was quiet. Then said, "How do you know he still loves you? How can you be sure he's not with another girl right now?" He demanded.
She gasped. "How dare you! Are you trying to convince me that Sirius is in a relationship, when I know full well he is not?! Peter how can you do this!"
Peter looked down. She saw him clench his fists and that's when she knew. He was trying to make her date him. He was trying to jeopardize her relationship with Sirius. She knew it wasn't too late for them to get together, because she found a letter in one of her books when she went back to the dorm after a defense class with the Gryffindors. It was from him and he said he wanted to talk to her.
She pushed him away angrily. "Peter don't you ever talk to me again, don't even come near me, or even speak about me! I am very disappointed in you! This is not how I imagined you will be!" She stood up. "I'm going back inside. I am not even sure if I should tell Sirius about thi-" She didn't get too finish her sentence. Peter quickly stood up.
"No!" He interrupted her. "Please d-don't tell him! I beg you! I'm sorry, this will never happen again, I swear! Just…Just don't tell any of them!" He begged, desperately.
Rosaline stared at him. She didn't grace him with a reply and simply turned around and headed back inside. She had a lot to think about. Besides, she needed to calm down before her meeting with Sirius.
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Sirius's POV:
Sirius wiped his sweaty palms on his robes and took another deep breath to calm himself. It wasn't helping. He was officially freaking out about meeting Rosy again. He rehearsed what he was going to say in his head for the third time. He was determined to do this right. He walked determinedly to their meeting place: in front of the Ravenclaw house. Because as the gentleman that he was, he decided to not make it hard for her and meet her just outside her house.
He was surprised, however, when he found her coming from the opposite way to her common room.
"Rosaline!" He exclaimed. "I thought you would be in the common room."
She didn't react. She just continued walking until she stood in front of him. "Do you want to talk here or somewhere with less people?" She asked.
Sirius stared for a second, then quickly said, "Whatever makes you comfortable."
"Then let's go somewhere with less people." Without waiting for him, she turned around and led him to a quiet corridor. She then turned around. "You said you wanted to talk to me." She said.
He nodded and took a deep breath. The first thing that came out of his mouth was. "I still love you."
There was a moment of shocked silence. Sirius swallowed back his panic when Rosaline said nothing and just stared with what seemed like surprise.
"You see, when I was at James's house that time and we…fought, I didn't mean anything I said. I never wanted to break up with you. I still want to be with you because you are a kind, sweet person and anyone would wish to be with you. I am really sorry for what I did. It was just that…I didn't want to cause trouble between you and your brother and I know he hates me and now I'm sure YOU hate me and-" He was stopped by Rosy's finger on his lips. He looked at her and found her smiling sadly.
"Sirius, why are you apologizing?" She asked, her tone sad. "You shouldn't apologize because it's not your fault. If anything, it's mine. And it's more Jacob's fault than any of ours'. It's none of his business who I date and my parents and Marlene approve. Why should we ruin our relationship just because he doesn't like it? Do you think I care? With or without us being together, I'm still not talking to him. It's my choice, not his. And that was what I was trying to tell you that day. I'm sorry I slapped you by the way."
"Oh, I wasn't mad about that." Sirius said, grinning slightly.
"Really? Why?" Rosy asked, confused. Sirius just shrugged.
"I love you too, by the way." Rosaline said quietly. Sirius couldn't fight the huge smile that appeared on his face.
"Can I hug you?" He said. She laughed and nodded. He hugged her tightly and even carried her off the ground, turning around twice with her in his arms. She was laughing and he never felt happier.
"So, does that mean we're together now?" Sirius asked, putting her back on the floor.
Rosy hit his chest gently. "Yes, you dummy." There was a pause. "If you want to, that is."
"Of course, I want to! I just didn't want problems with your family, but then you said you didn't mind so…" Sirius rubbed the back of his neck.
She kissed him on the cheek. "How about we take a walk?"
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James's POV:
James sighed. He continued to stare at the back of Lily's head, the professor's voice droning on and on in the background. But he didn't care. All he did care about at the moment was Lily. Her hair was so beautiful today. It was raised elegantly into a high ponytail, two strands framing her face, and she looked brilliant. She usually doesn't raise her hair in a ponytail, but when she does, James couldn't help but stare.
He was still lost in his musings when suddenly, instead of a red ponytail, a pretty, slightly freckled face with a raised red eyebrow was what he was looking at instead.
He smiled sheepishly and waved. Lily's eyebrow, rose higher and she gave him a questioning glance.
He just smiled back.
She sighed and mouthed to him, 'Focus.'
"I can't." He whispered. She shushed him and quickly turned to look at the professor to see if he noticed. He didn't. James smirked when she looked back at him with a slight glare.
To James's surprise, Lily took out an empty parchment from her bag. She dipped her quill in her inkwell and started scribbling on the parchment. She then quickly slipped it on his desk without turning around. James read it and it said:
'Why are you staring at me?'
Smiling, he dipped his own quill in ink and wrote back: 'I'm not!'
He slid it over her shoulder. A few seconds later the paper was returned to him.
'Yes, you are and I can feel you staring.'
'Alright you caught me. I can't take my eyes off of your hair. It looks beautiful today by the way.'
'Oh really? Thank you, I guess.' James could see Lily blush slightly while slipping him the paper.
'I am sorry. Was that annoying for you?' James asked.
'No, it wasn't.'
'Oh, that's good. What's the professor talking about?'
'Well, if someone allowed me to focus, I would have known.'
James started writing a reply when suddenly he felt a shadow over him and he gulped.
"Mister Potter."
"Hey there, Professor." James said with his trademark smile.
"Will you and Miss Evans stop passing notes in my class? It's quite distracting." He saw Lily stiffening and he felt guilty for causing her embarrassment.
James rubbed the back of his head. "Err, of course sir. It was my fault, though, not Lily's."
"That's enough, mister Potter. I would like to continue my class. No disturbances."
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James ran after Lily when the class ended. She had gotten up immediately and left. He stopped right in front of the class and looked around. When he spotted her red hair just turning the corner, he called her name and quickly followed her.
When he rounded the corner, he bumped into Lily who apparently stopped and turned around when he called her name. She started to fall backwards and he quickly took her hand in his and pulled her, causing her to rest on his chest due to her imbalance.
"Hey there, Lily. You okay?" James asked, looking down at her. He smirked when he found her face hidden in his robes, the tips of her ears bright red. She cleared her throat and looked up. Her face was red from embarrassment and James was sure it wasn't because of what happened in class.
"Yes, James I'm fine." She said, then her eyes widened when she realized that when she looked up, their faces were only inches apart. She quickly jumped back and glared at James.
"Why are you looking at me like that? You should thank me not glare at me! You would have fallen on-" He was cut off by Lily's hand on his mouth.
"Don't finish this sentence." She said warningly. He gave her an innocent look with his eyes, since his mouth was still covered. "And don't give me that look! I know what you were going to say."
James mentally smirked then…he licked Lily's hand.
She gasped and snatched her hand away, wiping it frantically on her robes.
"Potter, that's disgusting!"
James doubled over laughing. Lily wasn't impressed.
James tried controlling his laughter. He wiped mirth tears and said, still smiling, "First, when did we revert to surnames? And second, it's your fault for putting your hand over my mouth in the first place." He crossed his arms over his chest.
"Humph! You are being an idiot!" Lily said.
"I am not! You're the one in a bad mood! Is it the girl thing?" He asked wagging his eyebrows. She smacked him on his arm.
"Alright! I'm sorry, jeez." James rubbed at his abused arm. "That hurts, Lily."
She rolled her eyes. "No, it doesn't. I can show you what really hurts if you didn't shut up."
James mimed zipping his mouth. Lily nodded in satisfaction.
Lily started walking and James hurried to walk next to her. After a moment of silence, James said,
"You know, I wasn't going to say anything inappropriate or whatever, I was just going to say that you would have fell on the ground if it wasn't for me."
He got another smack and he shut up.
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"Lily!" James whined. "I thought we were heading to the common room, not the Library!" He scrunched his face in disgust at the mention of the place they were in.
"You're the one who came with me. You don't like it, leave." Lily replied, getting a book and heading to a table.
Of course, James stayed. He also saw the smirk on Lily's face when he sat across from her. He sighed. She knew him too well.
James, in boredom, decided to do his homework if they're staying in the library. After what seemed like hours, a distraction in the form of Sirius Black came to his rescue.
"I can't believe this! James Potter, studying in the library!" Sirius said loudly before a shush from Madame Pince shut him up.
James looked up and sighed in relief. "Sirius, you won't believe how happy I am to see you right now. It was torture!"
Lily rolled her eyes. "It has been half an hour."
"No, it wasn't! It seemed like three hours!"
"You're such a drama queen, James."
"No, Lily, dear, Sirius is the drama queen. I am the handsome prince. Or Knight in shining armor." James said. Lily shook her head at him.
"Hey!" Sirius complained. "I'm not a drama queen!"
"Yes, you are." Lily and James said in the same time.
"Anyway. James you do notice that you have been spending more time with Lily than with me, your best friend, right?" Sirius asked, seating himself next to James.
"Hmm. No? I spend time with you guys in equal measures." James said. "Oh! How did it go by the way? Did you and McKinnon make up?"
Sirius almost bounced on his seat in excitement. "Yes! We did! We took a walk and then we had to go to class. I think she still has a class, though." He was smiling widely.
James put a hand on his friend's shoulder. "I'm happy for you, mate."
A minute later, Lily's friends Mary and Alice came into the library as well.
"Well, it looks like the whole school is going to meet here today."
"Quiet, James." Mary said. "We came to see our friend."
"And do our homework." Alice added. Mary waved her hand in dismissal. They sat themselves next to Lily. The bench was just enough for three.
Sirius stood up. "Well, I'll go now. Leave you with all those girls, James!" And he left the library, humming quietly to himself. James shook his head. He looked back at the girls and found them all talking about some gossip or whatever. Even Lily was participating in the conversation.
Never thought Lily was the gossiping type, James thought smiling slightly.
"Why are you smiling?" Lily voice interrupted his thought. James looked at them and found them all staring at him.
"What? I smile a bit and you suddenly think its suspicious or something?" James said, rolling his eyes.
"Oooh, he's probably thinking of a certain someone." Mary said. Alice nodded smiling teasingly at Lily.
"A certain Lily, for example." She said. Lily rolled her eyes at her friends.
"Seriously, I'm sitting in front of him, why would he be thinking about me?"
"Oh, you're so naïve Lily."
"Guys, I'm sitting right here, you know that, right?" James said. He stood up. "Well, I'll just go grab a book for homework and come back. You better be done with your gossiping and on your way when I'm back." He said, looking at Mary and Alice pointedly.
"Oooh, he wants to spend alone time with Lily!"
James wanted to face palm. He walked between the shelves to look for the book he needed for his Potions essay.
It took him a long time of looking through books to find the right one, and when he finally did, he almost cried in relief. He started walking back to the table when he suddenly toppled backwards, all he could see before falling was red.
He groaned in pain. He felt a weight on top of him and he opened his eyes, which he closed on impact, and saw the face of a horrified Lily starting right back. He heard giggling and running footsteps and knew what just happened.
"Oh my God, James are you alright?!" Lily asked, scrambling to get up. He took hold of her arms to stop her from moving.
"Yes, I'm fine. I hit my head though." He said, wincing.
Lily looked at him expectantly and he realized that she was waiting for him to let go of her arms.
"Just move carefully. I don't want you hitting any important parts while getting up." He said, letting go of her arms. She blushed furiously and pushed at his chest to get up.
After she stood up, James did as well, rubbing at the back of his aching head. He picked the book that fell from him from the floor and dusted his robes.
"Well, not that I didn't enjoy the fact that you were on me or anything, but I would really prefer it if your friends never do this again. And I mean never."
Lily nodded. "I agree. It wasn't exactly my idea." She sighed in exasperation. "I don't know why these two act like crazy fangirls sometimes. I'm so mad at them right now. Actually, I'm going to kill them."
James laughed. "Calm down, Lils. It's ok. I don't mind."
"Of course, you don't mind." Lily huffed. She blew a dangling hair from her face and said, "Do you need help with that Potion homework or do I go back to the common room?"
"And leave me here all alone? I'm lucky I need help then." He smiled cheekily. She rolled her eyes and they both sat back on their table for the long process of Lily trying to make James understand.
There! Chapter 6 done! Hope you guys liked that bit of fluff from our two favorite ships! I personally loved the Jily part the most. Also, I hope this chapter was long enough. The next chapters are where the action begins!