Previously:
Sirius stepped out reluctantly and James saw who was snogging and said, "Lindsy."
"Yes," Lindsy answered.
Now:
James looked aghast as she watched his sister step out of the closet and stand beside Sirius and hold his hand. Getting over the initial shock of the situation he angrily said, "What the bloody hell is going on? Would some one tell me why my sister just stepped out of a broom closet with my best mate and is now holding his hand?"
Lindsy let out a
breath and gripped Sirius' hand tighter to reassure him that she
was right there. "Well James, promise not to over react."
"Just
tell me," James growled.
Lindsy took a deep breath and said very quickly, "James,Siriusismyboyfriend."
James couldn't make
out what she said so he said, "Repeat that and this time more
slowly."
"James, Sirius is my boyfriend," Lindsy said.
If looks could kill Sirius would be 12 feet under by now, "How long?"
"Prongs…"
"How
long?" James asked through clenched teeth.
Lindsy knew she couldn't postpone the inevitable so she said, "Since the end of fifth year."
"WHAT? Padfoot, you're supposed to be my best mate but you betrayed me. She's my sister. "
"James, I love her and I wouldn't hurt her," Sirius said.
"I've known you since first year and you have never loved any girl."
"Your wrong Prongs, I love Lindsy."
"You don't know how to love," James growled
"Your wrong James, he does love me and I love him," Lindsy said sternly.
Lily stepped forward and said, "Calm down James. They love each other."
James turned to Lily and said, "You knew?"
"Not the whole time," Lily said choosing her words carefully.
"How long have you
known?"
"Since Lindsy and I talked on the train."
"You've known since then and you didn't tell me? I thought you were my girlfriend."
"I am your girlfriend, James but…"
"And aren't you the one who said we shouldn't keep secrets from each other?"
"Yes, but…"
"No
you were upset that I didn't tell you my father was the minister,
which was a small secret. Come to find out you are keeping the fact
that my sister and best mate are dating, a huge secret I might add,
from me."
Lily put her hands on James' arm and started to say, "James…"
James interrupted her
by yanking his arm away from Lily and saying, "Don't, you lied to
me. On the train you told me she wasn't dating anyone. How could
you, your just as guilty as they are."
Lily was on the verge of
tear and she yelled, "IT WASN'T MY SECRET TO TELL," and she
took off towards the common room.
Lindsy turned to James and slapped him before saying, "James you arsehole, do you have any idea what you have just done? You may very well have ruined your relationship with Lily. She's right it wasn't her secret to tell. She promised me she wouldn't tell anyone about Sirius and me. We didn't tell you because I was afraid of how you would react and guess what. You acting just how I thought you would. You are an immature prat, Potter and you make me so mad." Lindsy then stormed off to find Lily.
Sirius turned to James; it was time for him to speak his peace. "This wasn't Lily's fault. She was just doing what her best friend asked. I know it's hard for you to believe, but I really do love your sister."
"Lily said she found you snogging other girls last year though," James said trying to fathom all that had just happened.
"She was covering for us. I would never hurt Lindsy."
Then something dawned on James, "But you two have been acting like you dislike each other and on the train you said you snogged some seventh year."
"That was just an act to help us keep our secret and I did snog a seventh year. Think about it James. Lindsy went to the loo, and I left shortly after; Lindsy came back first and I came back almost as soon as she did."
"You're telling me
that she was the one you snogged that day?"
"Yes, and
speaking of that day and keeping secrets, who snogged you?"
"Lily,"
James said feeling really guilty for what he had said to her.
"James look I know it may take sometime to get used to the idea of Lindsy and I dating, but I do love her, just like you do Lily."
James was ashamed and said, "I guess I screwed up big time didn't I?"
"Yes, you did now
you need to swallow all your pride and get on your knees and beg for
forgiveness," Sirius said and then added, "Prongs?"
James
turned towards Sirius who punched him hard in the shoulder. Sirius
said, "That was for hurting Lily."
"Damn it Padfoot, I'm going to have a bruise."
"Good, now what say we go get our women?" Sirius asked.
"You hurt her I won't hesitate to kill you. Oh and you have to tell dad by yourself."
"No problem, Jack already knows," Sirius said.
James stopped in his tracks and asked, "Who all knows?"
"You mean who doesn't know? Well you are the only one that doesn't know."
"If I didn't need to find Lily, I would kick your arse right now," James said as they stepped through the portrait.
When they got close to Lily's room they heard:
"I should have known he hasn't changed, he's still an immature prat," Lily managed to say between sobs.
"I don't know why I'm going to stand up for that arrogant git, but Lily listen to me when I say, he really does love you. He was just upset."
"That doesn't mean he can treat me like that. I think I'm going to end it."
"Lily you can't, it will kill him as well as you."
"I don't care, he should have thought of that before he yelled at me. And it won't kill me anymore than it is now."
James had heard enough
he burst through the door and dropped to his knees in front of Lily
and begged, "Please Lily, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to yell
at you."
Lindsy got up to let James and Lily talk but she
started to feel dizzy and started to loose her balance. Sirius ran
to her and caught her as he quietly asked, "Are you okay?"
"I'll be fine; can
you take me to the hospital wing?"
"Sure Linds, what ever you
want," Sirius said as he carried a weak Lindsy out of the Heads
Common Room and towards the Hospital Wing.
"James…"
"Please don't leave me Lily. I love you," James begged.
"James before I decide on anything you have to hear me out," Lily said trying not to cry.
"Anything," James said.
"James you have to
understand that when I found out you and I were barely friends;
Lindsy and I have been best friends since first year. I had a high
sense of loyalty to her than to you. Then we became a couple, but I
still had to keep her secret, because it wasn't my secret to tell.
Do you understand?"
"Yes I understand, and I'm sorry for
reverting to my immature prat phase. I really have changed. Do you
forgive me?"
Lily looked straight into James' eyes and saw several emotions. She saw love, worry, determination, fear, and nervousness. Lily smiled and said, "Make me a promise, promise me that you won't yell at me ever again, especially over something that wasn't my place."
"I promise Lily, I will never yell at you again," James said smiling.
"Good and I promise not to keep anymore secrets from you," Lily said and then she leaned forward and hugged James.
"Ouch," James winced as she hugged him.
"Sorry what did I do?" Lily asked full of concern.
James took off his shirt to reveal a huge black and blue mark on his shoulder. "James what happened?"
"Sirius punched me for yelling at you," Lily started to laugh at this and James said, "What's so funny?"
"Just a conversation Sirius and I had when we were dancing," Lily said.
"Oh yeah and what was that?"
"I told him I was afraid you were going to hurt me and he said he promised that if you ever did he would hurt you himself. So I told him he was like the brother I never had and he said he wouldn't be a prat about you and I being together like you were going to be about him and Lindsy."
"I wasn't…"
"You were," Lily said as she looked at the bruise.
"Okay so I was," James said pulling Lily on his lap.
"You need to apologize to both of them," Lily said as she snuggled into his lap.
"I will, speaking of them where did they go?
"I don't know I was to busy watching you beg me for forgiveness," Lily said.
"They probably went back to Gryffindor Tower," James said and the kissed Lily who kissed back. James ran his tongue alone Lily's bottom lip begging for entrance, which she obliged. His tongue was massaging her's and tasting every inch of her mouth. He was running his hands up and down her back in a soothing way while her hands were tangled in his hair.
Meanwhile
"Mr. Black what in the name of Merlin happened?" Madam Pomphry asked rushing towards Lindsy and Sirius.
"In the Heads Common Room she stood up and started to collapsed," Sirius said as he laid Lindsy down on a bed.
"I see, Mr. Black go get Professor Dumbledore, please. The password is Gum Drops."
"Okay, is she going to be alright?" Sirius asked his voice full of concern.
"She'll be fine, now go," Madam Pomphry said.
"Can I have a shot of my potion?" Lindsy asked.
"Yeah, let me go get it," she said as got a vial out of the cupboard.
"Thanks, looks like I don't have it as under control as I thought I did."
"There's got to be a reason it happening now, we'll wait until Professor Dumbledore gets here and then you can tell us exactly what happened."
"What about Sirius? He's not going to want to leave and it's too dangerous for anyone to know about this yet."
"I know we'll just have to force him to wait outside and charm the room to be sound proof."
"I hate keeping this from my friends," Lindsy said.
"I know but it's for your safety as well as theirs."
"Well Lindsy what seems to be the trouble?" Professor Dumbledore asked.
"Nothing really," Lindsy said.
Dumbledore turned to
Sirius and said, "Mr. Black would you mind waiting outside while we
talk to Lindsy?"
"Why can't I stay here?"
Lindsy looked at Sirius and said the first thing that came to mind, "Do you want to hear about periods and things like that?"
Sirius looked grossed out and said, "I'll just wait outside," and he walked outside.
"Now Lindsy tell me exactly what happened," Dumbledore said after he cast a silencing charm on the room.
Sirius waited outside for 20 minutes while Dumbledore and Pomphry talked to Lindsy. Finally she emerged smiling and back to normal.
Sirius hugged her and
asked, "Are you going to be okay?"
"I'm going to be fine
Sirius, I just have a touch of the flu, and I have to take this
potion anytime I feel myself getting icky," Lindsy said taking
Sirius' hand and then adding, "Now would you be so kind as to
escort me to bed, because I'm tired."
"I'd love to, let's go," Sirius said as he and Lindsy walked hand in hand towards Gryffindor Tower. "I wonder if James and Lily are okay. I hope she didn't break up with him. That would kill him."
"They will be fine. She may have said she wanted to end it but she didn't, she's loves him too much."
"How do you know how
much she loves him?"
"I just do. Don't ask questions
please, I can't answer them."
"Gryffindors are the Greatest," Sirius said and the portrait swung opened. Before stepping in he picked Lindsy up and carried her in bridal style and said, "Okay I won't ask."
"Put me down I can walk," Lindsy said.
"But I wanted to carry," Sirius said as he put Lindsy down in front of the girls stairs. "Good night Lindsy. I love you and I will see you in the morning."
"I love you too;
you're walking me to breakfast in the morning right? You know
holding hands and everything?"
"Why of course, we have no
reason to hide anything now that James knows."
"Good. I love you Sirius. Good night," Lindsy said as she kissed him good night and walked up to her dorm.
Sirius smiled as he walked up to his room and crawled in bed thinking of Lindsy.
In the Heads Common Room
Lily broke the kiss her and James had been engaged in and said, "James, as much as I'd to do this all night, we have classes tomorrow and I'm tired."
"Your right, crawl in bed and I'll tuck you in," James said standing up and helping Lily up. She walked over to the bed and climbed in.
James leaned down and kissed Lily on the forehead and said, "Goodnight."
Just as James was about to leave Lily said, "James, want to sleep here again tonight?"
James turned around smiled and said, "If you want me to."
"Do you want to?"
"Only if you want me to."
"James answer the question, do you want to?"
"I'd love to. In fact I wouldn't mind moving into one room together," James said as he crawled into bed beside Lily and wrapped his arms around her.
"We'll see about that," Lily said smile as she snuggled into James' chest and arms. "Good night James, I love you."
"I love you too, Lils, I love you too," James said before he drifted of to sleep with Lily joining him.
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