Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequenses.

Sunday November 18th, 1973

Great Hall, Hogwarts

Remus tried holding back laughter when he saw one particular black patch of long hair slowly strolling into the Great Hall. He could tell by the small hunched back that his girlfriend was not having the most exciting morning of her life. The red head who seemed in a better mood marched right next to her, followed by a blonde head, who looked even worse than the two combined.

"Goodmorning, Remus. Goodmorning, Peter." Lily spoke, smiling softly at the two boys and sitting down right next to Ellie.

"Morning." The werewolf replied, noticing how uncomfortable his girlfriend was shifting in her seat right next to him. "Are you alright?"

"Just… Just the scent of these bacon and eggs." Ellie mumbled quietly, not realizing Remus and Peter's amused smiles.

"I can't even deal with this." Christina quickly spoke, standing up right away when she noticed all the different aromas coming from the table. "I'm going to be sick again." As slowly as she sat down next to Peter two minutes ago, as rapidly she stood back up to run out of the Great Hall.

"Tina drank a little too much last night." Lily piped up, not wanting to tell the boys that the blonde actually woke up on a toilet seat. She wanted to spare her friend's dignity just a little bit.

"We can tell." Peter spoke, grabbing some pumpkin juice and pouring it in his cup.

"She's obviously not the only one." Remus' eyes shifted towards his girlfriend who lifelessly stared at her empty plate. "I think you should eat some toast or at least drink some tea, it'll make you feel better."

Ellie shook her head, "I'm not sure anything will make me feel better today."

"I wouldn't be sure of that." Lily mumbled to her friend, her eyes turning towards the two remaining Marauders entering the Great Hall.

Ellie's green eyes took in both their faces and even though she felt like absolute shit, she couldn't help but throw her hands in front of her face, trying not to burst out laughing. When the two of them finally placed themselves on the opposite seats of the group, they blankly stared at their classmates for approximately ten seconds before James Potter shortly spoke, "Not a word."

"We… We wouldn't dare." Remus spoke, trying not to grin. Of course he knew that the scribbles on both their heads were his own girlfriend's undoing but he was not getting involved in anything. As far as he knew, the boys didn't have a clue of the real source of their discomfort, apart from alcoholic beverages.

"I just wanted to say, Black…" Ellie spoke, ignoring her own boyfriend's words two seconds ago, "You truly are, a very pretty little girl." She seriously spoke reading the words she had wrote herself on his forehead. "And James, your mom does think you're very sassy."

"Shut up, Darensbourg." Sirius Black grunted, pushing his long hair in front of his forehead, hoping no one would be able to tell the words on his head. The heart drawn on his cheek though, wasn't so easy to hide. At least everyone in school already knew that Sirius loved James. "Apparently, James here had the master idea of using sharpies to make some art on our face."

"Hey! I told you before I was sorry! I can't even remember a thing! I didn't even know I owned one of those." James spoke, shaking his head in disbelieve.

"At least your drunk ass should have checked if it was water based or not." Sirius mumbled, not really angry but a tad annoyed. He preferred not waking up next to Marlene Mckinnon with idiotic words written on his forehead.

"It wasn't water based?" Ellie quickly spoke up, raising her eyebrows in surprise. She heard Remus letting out a small cough right next to her and her elbow subtly pushed itself in his ribs, making him yelp just a tiny tad. She felt just a little sad so tried to remember the correct charm to clean up their faces. "You know, I can try to-"

Black interrupted her speaking, "You think we'd march right into the Great Hall if we would have been able to wash these damn things off?"

Eleonore's eyebrows raised at his sudden attack, biting back her own witty words. She innocently smiled angelically, "Of course not. You guys are not that stupid. I'm sure it'll get off in time. No one will notice a thing."

That was a big fat lie. Of course the whole school noticed the words written on the boys their foreheads and for the rest of the remaining Sunday, they tried to stay inside of the Gryffindor common room so no one would see. Eleonore knew they were acting tougher than they actually felt. Telling everyone what a rad party it had been last night, but inside trying to figure out the charms to clean up their faces.

When at the end of the day, James Potter suddenly turned towards his childhood friend, Eleonore couldn't say she was surprised. "Hey James." Ellie quietly spoke, her stomach still not entirely right.

"Ellie, you wouldn't happen to know the spell to clean up our faces, would you?" James his eyes shifted towards Sirius, sitting at one of the main tables, trying to do his Charms homework last minute.

"Come here." The dark haired with mumbled, starting to feel a little bad about her prank. She could tell James was starting to get uncomfortable with it.

"You won't curse me, right?" James spoke a little worried when Ellie pointed her wand at his face.

"Do you trust me with my wand?" Ellie raised her eyebrow at the young man in front of her.

"I trust you with my life, Ellie, you know that." James mumbled, shifting his eyes away from hers.

A pang of regret filled her chest as she knew she was the source of this prank. He trusted her with his life, that's what he said and she couldn't even tell him she was the one writing all those silly words on top of his forehead. Swallowing a slight piece of regret, she tried to remember all the times James Potter and Sirius Black had teased her immensely themselves.

This was just an innocent prank, they'd never have to know it was her.

"Sit still." Eleonore instructed, getting close towards James Potter's face. "Tergeo." Ellie spoke with clear words, not really knowing what to answer at James his sudden compliment. She moved her wand just a few millimetres away from his skin over the words written on his forehead and cheek. Concentrating, they immediately vanished away in front of her own eyes. "There." She smiled, noticing his hazel eyes lightening up.

"It's gone?" He replied, staring in wonder at his friend.

"Yes, your face is clear Jamie." She tried not to laugh when he immediately ran towards the one small mirrors hanging in the common room.

"Why didn't you do this earlier?!" James piped up.

"I was trying to suggest it at breakfast but Sirius snipingly interrupted me." Eleonore shrugged, placing her copy of Hogwarts: a History back on top of her thighs to continue reading it.

"Can you get it off for Padfoot as well?" Ellie raised her eyebrows at James his suggestion. "Please, Ellie. Do it for me."

"Tell him to come over here then." The dark haired witch shrugged, her eyes never leaving her book in front of her. She noticed in the corner of her eyes how James Potter immediately ran towards his best friend sitting at the table.

"Be gentle, will you?" Remus mumbled, sitting on the floor with his back against the couch.

"I am always gentle." Ellie replied quietly, ignoring the way her boyfriend chuckled in disbelieve.

It didn't take long for Sirius Black to drag himself towards his Quidditch teammate. Her eyes were still glued upon her book when she heard a shrug right next to her ear. Deciding to ignore him just a little more, she held up her finger, telling him to quietly wait until she finished reading the paragraph. "You've read that book about a hundred times, Darensbourg."

"It has very essential information in it." She mumbled, finally snapping the heavy book shut and turning towards Sirius. She tried not to stare at the words on his forehead so she wouldn't laugh again. "What can I help you with?"

"You could have said that you can erase the words on our faces this morning, Ellie." Sirius said, using her first name. Even to her, it sounded weird coming out of his mouth. As if he really needed her at that moment, which he did. She made a point to try and listen to him whenever he would speak to her in her first name.

"I tried to tell you that but you interrupted me." She argued back, placing the book on the coffee table in front of her.

"So you just let us walk around with these words on our heads the entire day?" He stared at her in disbelieve.

"Do you want them off or not?" She snapped, standing up straight.

Sirius sighed, throwing his hand through his hair. Ellie tried to ignore the way her heart skipped a beat faster when his soft eyes turned towards her. What the hell was wrong with her?! This was Sirius fucking Black.

He was pretty. It was that. It couldn't be anything else. Every girl in school thought he was pretty. Everyone except Eleonore Darensbourg, she was absolutely smitten with her cute boyfriend sitting a few feet away from her. Maybe it was the way Sirius looked so real at her? Like he really needed her help this time. He always had this façade up with her. The tough one, the cold one. The one who always had to tease her but never really opened up.

He was the only one of their friend group who never actually genuinely asked for her help.

He looked genuine now, standing in front of her. She realized now that was all it took. Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment if she wanted him to. If he needed her to.

"Yes, please." He mumbled, trying to advert his eyes from her piercing green stare.

She was about to ask him 'yes, please, who?' but decided against it when she realised she was the reason they were stuck in this place overall. "Sit." She requested gently, patting the place next to her. She felt the sofa sink at the weight of his body right next to her. "Come closer, I can't do it if you're this far. My wand needs to be close." She spoke in a clear voice, ignoring the moving couch as his body shifted towards her.

Her pokerface never moved one inch when she noticed his eyes searching her face, just a few inches away from hers. Shrugging, she took out her wand and held it towards his face. "You know what you're doing right?" He softly spoke, his eyes adverting towards her wand so he wouldn't be staring at her cheekbones.

"I'd like to think that I do." She professionally answered, trying to ignore Remus staring at the two of them with raised eyebrows. "Tergeo." She spoke with a clear voice, intensely staring at the words she had scribbled herself upon his forehead.

"It stings, why is it stinging?" Sirius quickly spoke, closing his eyes and biting his lip.

"It shouldn't sting. It didn't sting with Jamie." Ellie spoke, not understanding her wand at all. "Am I hurting you?" She questioned in concern, stopping the spell.

"I'll be fine." He mumbled, "Is it coming off?"

"It'll need more time than it did with Jamie, I don't understand." Ellie shook her head in disbelieve. "Maybe you should ask Lils to do it, I don't want to hurt you anymore."

"No, you do it. I want this to be over with, go on then." His hand wrapped itself around her wrist, pointing it back towards his forehead so the wand nearly contacted with his skin once again. "Keep on going."

She tried to ignore the warmth of his fingers wrapped around her hand. What the hell was wrong with her? She needed sleep. Yes, that's all she needed. Ellie looked a little concerned before taking a deep breath, "Tergeo."

The only problem was that she wasn't quite sure if she was concerned about the way she felt when he genuinely touched her or if she was concerned about his pain. She begged to difference and decided to choose the latter.

She knew she felt a little bad about the prank.

Sunday November 18th, 1973

Black Lake, Hogwarts

Even though it was cold and really cloudy outside, it did not rain. Remus and Eleonore had decided to spend the rest of the afternoon outside, sitting by the Black Lake. After last night, Ellie could use a breath of fresh air. Tucked inside her winter coat, she leaned her head against his shoulder, searching for more warmth.

"Plans for Christmas?" She questioned, staring at the misty lake in front of her.

"The usual, we'll spend it with just the three of us." Remus spoke, enjoying the weight of her on his shoulders. He wrapped his one arm around her neck, trying to duffle her in as much as possible.

"You excited?" She asked, leaning her head back a little and turning her eyes towards his.

"'s Just Christmas." Remus replied, not questioning anything back.

"Okay then." Ellie looked a little odd. "I always liked Christmas. My mother and I have this tradition of decorating the tree and in the end, it's my father's job to put the gnome on top. I like the vibe. Makes me feel like a kid again, the lightening and the presents." There was a two second silence in which both of them stayed quiet. "Anyways." Eleonore sighed, "Don't you think it's weird that the spell didn't work as well on Sirius as it did on Jamie?"

Remus his eyebrows frowned, "Yeah, I guess it's a little weird."

"Do you think it has anything to do with the fact that I threatened Sirius on our first day at Hogwarts?" She remembered the speech professor McGonagall had told her during her first detention. The way her wand would always remember threatening Sirius Black. Maybe her wand didn't like her helping him… She had never heard of such a thing before.

"Since when do you call Sirius, Sirius?" Her boyfriend interrogated, ignoring her original question in the first place.

Ellie turned her head towards Remus, raising her eyebrows. "Are you jealous?"

"What?! No." Remus fervently shook his head at her. Was he jealous? Okay, maybe a little but he knew it was absolutely ridiculous. They were just sitting together, quite close, but still she was trying to help his friend. Help they wouldn't have needed if his girlfriend hadn't been such a prankster, but that was the reason he liked her in the first place. He couldn't be mad.

Remus wasn't jealous. He knew Ellie liked him. She was his best friend, they had so much in common. They liked books and they liked chocolate and sweets and she thought he was absolutely adorable. He had nothing to be worried about. She had always disliked Sirius. Always.

The wolf inside of him gnarled his teeth, what if she didn't dislike him anymore? Sirius was goodlooking, Sirius was her teammate, he protected her during matches. He protected her when Remus could not.

He was officially losing his mind.

"You're cute." Ellie smiled, her finger wiping away the hair in front of his eyes. "I kind of like it when you get protective. Then I know you still like me."

Remus scrunched his nose, "You know I do."

"Good, then you must know I like you very, very much too." Ellie grinned, turning around to push his back on the wet grass. Laying down beside him, she laughed. "You're silly."

"You're going to catch a cold. We're nearly Winter."

She rolled her eyes at him, trying to hold back a grin. "Live a little, will you?" She perched herself up on her right arm, looking down at him. "We won't catch a cold and if we do, we can skip classes together and drink hot cacao all through the day."

"Hmm, that does sound very enjoyable." Remus grinned, watching how her red nose came closer to his to give him a kiss.

"So let us just enjoy the cold for now." She mumbled, before placing her freezing lips upon his. Somehow, Remus wasn't as icy as he was before.

Sunday November 18th, 1973

Girl's Dorms, Hogwarts

Ellie sighed, throwing her skinny body on top of her bed. Even though it was a Sunday, it had been a long day after all. Her stomach still wasn't entirely correct and her head was all over the place. After finally being able to erase the words scribbled on top of Black's head, she had spent the rest of the afternoon with her boyfriend. She felt a little bad that she had ignored her friends today and was quite glad when she saw Lily entering the Girl's dorms.

"Well, hello, Lilykins." Ellie grinned, suddenly opening her bed curtains to startle the red head.

"MERLIN! ELLIE!" Lily yelped, clutching her heart over her robes. "You could have at least given me a warning."

"Sorry about that." The black haired witch chuckled, "What did you do today?"

"Nothing much actually, I read a little and played some Wizard Chess with Alice." Lily spoke a little secretively.

"You're hiding something." Ellie pointed at her friend, throwing her legs underneath her body in a comfortable position. "I feel like I've been missing up on the gossip parts."

"Okay, okay." Lily giggled, throwing herself upon Ellie's bed as well and closing the curtains. "But you have to promise not to tell anybody."

"That good?" Ellie's jaw widened to look at her best friend who nodded her head excitingly. "Okay I promise."

"Pinky promise it." Lily requested, holding out her pinky finger in front of Ellie's face.

"What?" Eleonore looked a little confused at the red head's hand in front of her.

"It's a promise you can't break. Wrap your pinky in mine." Lily's eyes glistered at the black haired witch's confusion. She watched how Ellie did so. "That's why it's called a pinky promise. It's a muggle thing."

Ellie laughed, "Okay then, pinky promise I won't tell a soul."

"Alice and Frank kissed." Lily blurted out, trying to hide her enthusiasm but failing immensely.

"WHAT?!" Ellie squealed, a big smile upon her face. "See! See! I told you my sneaky double date thing would work out! And you said it wouldn't! Oh! I'm so happy for Alice. She likes him so much. They'll get married one day and have lots of babies and they can name them all after me because I am cupid! Now we just need to find you a boyfriend! Who do you like?! Do you want me to put in a good word for you with Hamblin? I'm su-"

"What?! No! You kissed Hamblin, I don't want him anymore."

"I didn't kiss Hamblin! Where did you hear that?!" Ellie shockingly spoke.

"Maria Finkl-"

"Lily! You know I would have told you if I kissed David! Remus was my first kiss, you know that. One day, I'm going to stun that girl." Ellie grumbled, shaking her head. "So the whole school thinks I made out with David?"

"Well."

"Great. Well I did not." Ellie spoke shortly, "I love Remus."

"I know you do, Ellie." Lily sweetly smiled at her friend. "But please, I don't need you to search me someone to kiss. I'm – I'm not even sure if I'm ready for that."

"When you find the right person, you'll be ready." Ellie smiled, covering the red head's hand. "It's just- It's like you've never done anything else in your life." She thought about her kisses with Remus.

"Is it… You know… Does it do things with you?" Lily curiously asked.

"Of course. Remus, he's sweet. His kissed are-" Ellie sighed, dreamingly staring at her best friend.

"He seems like a sweet kisser."

"Sometimes, sometimes I just wish he'd…" She bawled her fist and bit her lip. "Just… fearless kissing, you know. He's always a little reserved."

"Oh Merlin, Ellie. Who knew you'd have it in you?" Lily giggled, placing her hand in front of her mouth. "Maybe you can teach him to be a little more… You know." She raised her eyebrow.

"Remus is always the gentleman."

"Which is a good thing…" Lily crooked her head at her friend, squinting her eyes at her.

"Of course it is." Ellie waved her hand in the air. "Remus is sweet, kind and loving. We have a lot of things in common. Apart from you, he's my best friend. Did I tell you he got a little jealous about Black and I when I removed the scribbles on his head?"

"Well…" Lily adverted her eyes quickly.

"What?"

"Ellie, come on, I know you like the back of my hand. When you get nervous you start shrugging and twitching your nose. I was in the common room as well." Lily explained.

"I was nervous because I was scared of hurting him!" She argued.

"That was even before you did the charm."

"Look, I never properly sat so close to Black, alright?" Ellie tried to defend herself.

"And you thought he was pretty." Lily tried to answer for her friend.

"Please, don't make me say it." Eleonore pleaded, looking innocently at the red head. "Fine, he wasn't bad to look at, okay? He was just sitting really close and I noticed well… His features. I also thought it was sweet of him to call me Ellie instead of Darensbourg and I just wanted to help him."

"Because we're the reason they had those scribbles on their faces in the first place." Lily wondered looking at her friend with a raised eyebrow.

"That too. I should have checked if it was waterbased."

"Come on, it was funny!" Lily spoke, trying to convince Ellie that it wasn't the first time the guys had teased her as well. "Remember all the things they've done to Sev?"

Eleonore couldn't tell Lily that she disliked Severus now. Lily and him were still talking, even though Ellie did notice his unkind behaviour towards her best friend and it irritated her immensely. Eleonore knew she would push Lily further away from herself if she tried to convince the red head of the Slytherin's attitude.

She noticed that since the Slughorn party last year, Severus didn't really communicate with her anymore. Eleonore also knew that had something to do with her pierced, non-impressive stares she threw at the Slytherins every time they were gossiping about her friends.

She wasn't as stupid as Potter and Black. She was not the kind to taunt or tease him so openly in the hallways. She was a little more professional and used the Defence Against The Dark Arts-class to her advantage.

"Yeah, of course." Ellie shook her head, answering Lily's question about the Slytherin. "Anyways, Black's an annoying prat most of the time. He just needed something from me, that's the reason he was so kind."

"If it helps, the whole school seems the think Sirius is starting to look really good. All the girls are developing crushes. I mean, even I think Sirius is… Well…" Lily suggested, shifting her eyes a little bit.

"He's not bad for the eyes no but he'll never be as cute as Remus." Ellie smiled sweetly, imagining the dimples on her boyfriend's cheeks.

"He'll never be as cute as Remus." Lily willingly agreed. "We're hormonal females, we have eyes and that's alright. As long as we have each other, we'll be fine."

"…If James Potter would hear you now, he'd have a blast."

Author's note: This is a short one. Well shorter than usual anyways. I kind of needed to do this chapter because I do want you guys to shift a little towards team Sirius as well, since this is an Sirius / OC story. We all love Remus and don't worry, they'll be together for still a while but I'm hoping you'll see the potential in Sirius and why Remus and Ellie don't match that much, even though they seem to think so. Leave me a review. Xo