Realizations and Hostility
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Last chapter: Did Justin just ask Bria out? "Well…"
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"…All right then Justin." Bria said, with a small smile. "See you next weekend."
"Really?" Justin asked, shocked. "You'll really go out with me?"
"Yeah, sure, why not?" Bria asked, shrugging. Examining her nails, and paying the poor, shocked bloke absolutely no mind.
"Thank you!" Justin ran over to her, and started pumping her hand up and down.
He ran out of the great hall, and smack dab into Sirius.
"Sirius! Lovely day, isn't it? I can hardly wait for the weekend, can you? Has there been a lovelier day all this year? I really don't think there has. Well, I'd best be getting off to class. Wouldn't want to get detention. Especially not on such a lovely day!" And with that Justin skipped (Yes, Justin skipped) off to class.
"Hi Sirius." Bria said, stepping out into the corridor.
"What?" Sirius asked, looking rather incredulous.
"I said 'hi'."
"'Hi'?"
"Yes, hi. What's the matter with you? Was there something wrong with your bacon this morning? You're acting rather odd today."
"Bacon?
"Yes, Padbutt. Bacon. That's what I mean. You're just repeating things."
"Repeating things?"
"See? There you go again! You're just repeating everything I say, or at least some portion of it."
"Well, you're going out with Justin!"
"What's that got to do with repeating things?"
"Nothing! But you're going out with Justin! Which is just absurd!"
"Absurd?"
"Now you're repeating!"
"How is it absurd?" Bria asked, her voice beginning to rise. "Is it just because he's one of your friends?"
"No. Justin is not my friend!" Sirius said, vehemently.
"Then how is it absurd?"
"Because, Bria! You're not supposed to go out with anybody at all!" Sirius burst out.
"What? What is that supposed to mean Sirius?" Bria was beginning to get very annoyed. Who did Sirius think he was? "I mean, honestly! I have dated before! In case you haven't noticed!"
"Yeah, But why Justin? Of all the people in Hogwarts, why him?" Sirius asked, running his hand through his hair.
"Because, he asked me! Why does it matter to you who I date anyway?"
"It just does! You know what? You can't go out with him!" Sirius proclaimed.
"I can't go out with him?" Bria asked, indignantly.
"No! You can't! I forbid you!"
"You forbid me? Just who do you think you are? You're not my mother; you're not my father! You're not even my brother! You have no authority over me at all! You're just my best friend." Bria shouldered past him, on her way to class. "And I don't think you can even be called that anymore."
"You know what? Fuck you, you crazy wanker!" Sirius shouted at her back.
"What did you just say to me?" Bria asked, whirling around to face him again.
"You know what, Bria? Just fuck you, you psycho bitch! Just fucking leave, since that is so fucking obviously what you fucking want!"
"Who's the psycho one here? I don't even understand what I did!"
Sirius took another deep breath, undoubtedly to continue screaming at Bria, and promptly fainted.
"This is an incredibly weird morning. Even for Hogwarts." Bria said, looking at Sirius sprawled shape.
Sirius? Sirius, wake-up!" Bria said, slapping his face, none to lightly, (She was still pissed at him, after all) trying to make him regain consciousness.
Sirius's eyes shot open scaring Bria, and causing her to nearly topple over, and he grabbed Bria's arm. "Bria, you can't go out with Justin." He implored, with pleaded eyes.
"You know what, Sirius?" Bria said, standing back up, and dusting her robes off. "You can't tell me what to do. And even if you could, I wouldn't listen."
And with that, Bria turned, leaving Sirius lying on the floor, and went to class.
Sirius lay where Bria had left him for what seemed like an age after she left. Why was he so concerned with whom she went out? Why did he care if she went out with Justin? It wasn't as if he wanted to go out wit her, right? I mean he wasn't interested in Bria, was he?
He raised himself up on his arms, dark eyes widened and the boy moaned, letting his head fall back to the floor with a hollow 'thunk'.
"Oh, shit!"
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Later that night, in the common room, James was floating on a cloud of euphoria when Sirius came and plopped down beside him.
"Prongs mate, I have a problem!"
"I'm happy!" James replied, smiling idiotically
"That's lovely. I'm not. I have a very big problem."
"Lily's going to tutor me."
"That's nice, but I-"
"And give me dance lessons."
"Prongs! I have a-"
"Then we're going to get married."
"Ugh! There is just no talking to you after an encounter with Evans." Sirius picked his stuff up and walked over to where Remus was sitting reading a book.
"Moony, I have a problem."
"And have kids." James continued from across the room. "Lots and lots and lots of kids."
"And what might your problem be?" Remus asked, turning to his slightly saner friend.
"I think I may be in love with Bria!"
"Hmm, that is a problem."
"I am aware of this!" Sirius said, through gritted teeth. He had such useless friends. "That is why I said I had a problem. Now, help me solve it!"
"And grow old together!"
"James! Shut up!" Sirius said turning to his obnoxious friend. "No one is listening to you anymore, so you may as well, be quiet!" He grabbed Remus's shoulder. "You don't understand! This is really, really, really bad! I like Cheese!"
Remus detached himself from Sirius's grasp; put his hands on both of his friend's shoulders and looked him in the eye.
"Sirius, look at me. Nothing is going to be fixed by you giving me a bruise. I promise. Really, it just won't help anything. Let's just calm down and talk rationally about this-"
"I can't be calm, Moony! I'm anything but calm!"
"I can see that. Now, what makes you think you're in love with her?"
Sirius gawked at his mate. "You've never liked anyone before have you?"
Remus colored almost instantaneously. "That, Padfoot, is completely beside the point."
"Trust me Moony, when you like someone, you can just tell."
"Very well, then. So what exactly is the problem? Don't gape at me, honestly! I only mean that you have known Bria for years, I'm sure that If you told her how you feel she would understand."
"Um, after what I said to her earlier I doubt she's ever going to speak to me again."
Before Remus could respond, Rose came and just sat down right on Sirius's lap.
"Where'd you go earlier? You were walkin' me to class one minute, and the next you were gone." Rose said playing with the hair curling right in the front of Sirius's forehead.
Sirius looked to Remus for help, but he was just having a good laugh, at Sirius's expense, behind his book.
"Cheese! Save me!" Sirius pleaded, more out of habit than anything else.
Bria looked at him with an emotion he couldn't quite identify in her eyes, and then looked away again.
"Save yourself. It's absolutely none of my business who you're going with. Rose can have you."
"Bria." Sirius whispered too softly for anyone, even Remus, to hear. "But, Bria, I need you."
Emma, who had been sitting nearby for the whole scene, took pity on Sirius and, with some difficulty, pulled Rose up by the arm. "Come on Rose, let's go."
Remus, no longer laughing, looked at his friend long and hard.
"What exactly did you say to her?"
"Er, I don't remember my exact words, but it was something to the extent of for bidding her to go out with Justin, calling her a crazy wanker, I think." Sirius colored deeply.
"Are you sure you love her?"
"If I said yes, and then told you I swore at her for a bit, would I be in any more trouble than I already am?"
"Yes. Probably."
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In the girls' dorm…
Bria walked into the dorm looking at her feet. Why is Sirius treating me like this? What has happened? Bria crashed into her bed. "Ow."
"Okay Bria, what happened between you and Sirius?" Emma asked, from the edge of her own bed.
Bria looked up. "What do you mean?"
"C'mon Bria, stop pretending that nothing happened. Everyone's noticed you're acting strangely. I mean, you just walked into a bed, and you only said 'ow'."
"Nothing happened between me and Sirius. Everything is fine between us." She said, flopping on to her already occupied bed.
"Omigod! You're squishing my hair!" Came the muffled drawl from beneath Bria. She struggled back up to a sitting position.
"I just did my hair!" Rose complained following suit. "Now what am I supposed to do?"
"Oh. Sorry Rose."
"Okay. Now I am positive something is wrong!" Emma said, looking at the disheveled pair. "Not only is someone on your bed, but that someone is ROSE! You hate her."
"No one hates me, Em." Rose said, trying in vain to smooth her hair.
"Do NOT call me 'Em'. Only Bria ever calls me that."
"You guys, why are you arguing? And can you please get off my bed? I want to go to sleep now."
"Bria, it is hardly 10:00 PM. You never go to bed before 2 or 3 AM. Won't you please tell me what's wrong?"
"Really, Em, nothing is wrong. I swear. I am FINE!" Bria said, snapping a little.
"See? This is normal. The hacked off Bria I know and love most of the time is half gone tonight though. Where did she go, and why?"
"You love her? Why? She is evil."
"I am fine, Emma. Really, I am just a bit tired."
"Well, all right. But whenever you feel like talking, know that I am here for you."
"Okay." Emma hugged Bria, and dragged Rose away, letting Bria go to sleep.
She lay there for hours, just trying to figure out why Sirius had freaked out like that. It makes no sense. I have been dating since I was 12. Why is he being so weird about it now?
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The next night…………………………………………………………
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Lily walked into library, at 7:52 exactly, and found James already there and studying his potions book. Okay. Why is James already here? Has all of Hogwarts gone crazy? First Bria acting nice to even Rose, and now James is studying. Next thing you know, Remus Lupin is going to be a mass murderer.
James looked up from his book. "Lily! You're here! I've been trying to read my textbook, but it's hard to understand. Do I really need to know what it says?"
"Of course not James." Lily said exasperatedly.
James's face lit up. "Really?"
"No James. Not really. But I will make it easier for you to get through. Every time you get done with a chapter, I will give you something." James's face lit up again. "But not a kiss." And fell.
"No kiss?"
"No. But how about a candy, or bonbon?"
"Oh, all right. That would be yummy at least. But for now, we should study. I don't want to fail this next exam."
"You honestly want to learn, don't you?" Lily asked, dumbfounded.
"Yes. I really do, learning with you just makes things more enjoyable for me." James said with a roguish grin.
Okay. This is a bit more like James. He is flirting, which doesn't freak me out as much as him…not.
"Okay James. Let's get going. What two ingredients do you need to mix together before you can begin the Definius potion?"
"Um…The blue ones?" James guessed.
"What sort of guess is that? It didn't even make sense. Not even a little. It is dragon's blood, and werdle weed."
"I knew that. Really." James claimed, flushing a dark pink.
"And when is the best time to brew this potion?"
"The full moon?"
"5:00 AM. It doesn't matter what time of month."
"That doesn't make sense to me." James complained, scratching his head.
"It has to do with the position of the sun in the sky, not the position of anything else, so it doesn't really matter what day it Is at all. Do you understand that at all?"
"I think so. Since the sun is always in the same place in the sky at 5, it doesn't matter where it is near other planets?"
"Not quite, but that doesn't really matter."
And so it went for several hours.
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Several hours later
"Lily?"
"Yes James?"
"As much as I am enjoying this study session, I think we should head up to the dorms, as it is two AM, and we do have class tomorrow."
"All right. I never thought I would see the day where you would study until 2 AM though. I am quite shocked."
And so they got up, and went up to the common room together. James was in complete bliss.
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