Chapter 20

"I can not believe you did that, Alaina!" Lily gasped as she and her two friends got ready for bed. Around five o'clock that afternoon, the headmaster had deemed it safe to go back to their dormitories. Of course the four

boys had checked on the girls several times already, and they had only been up in their dorm for an hour. Brittney had run downstairs to quickly grab her bag.

"Why not?" Alaina asked with her eyebrow raised as Brittney walked in. The door swung shut on its own accord behind her, and Brittney sat down on her bed, with her legs crossed. "What else was I supposed to do? Let James and Sirius take all the blame! You guys all know full and well that I helped, too!" Alyssa was smirking at Alaina, her eyes glowing. She was relaxing on her bed, her head resting against the headboard.

"Well, we helped, too," Brittney muttered as she opened her bag and dug around inside it. "But come on, Ally, how many times have the two of them had detention? I am quite sure that they would have been perfectly fine

not having company." Alaina rolled her eyes and changed into her pajamas, which consisted of black boxer shorts and a black tank top.

Brittney finally found the book she was looking for and settled on her bed to read it. Lily waited patiently for Alaina to finish so she could complete her interrogation. When Alaina finally sat on her bed, Lily pounced.

"Look, Alaina," Lily said, frustrated. She tucked a strand of her red hair behind her ear. "Whatever you are trying to do its not working." Alaina's eyebrows furrowed, and she picked up the brush on her bedside table and started brushing her hair. Alyssa and Brittney were now watching the unfolding scene with great anticipation.

"What are you talking about, Lils'?" Alaina asked with a grin, as she twirled her hair. Her three friends grinned. It was something Alaina always did when she was lying. "I am not trying to do anything! I have absolutely no idea -," Lily rolled her eyes and cut Alaina off.

"You are such a bad liar!" Lily said, and Alaina blushed. She had never been able to lie to her friends once they had figured out that bad habit of hers. Brittney set down her book, and grinned lazily at Alaina. Alyssa was also smirking at the unsuspecting victim.

"I am not!" Alaina said as she twirled her hair roughly around her index finger. The other three girls laughed, and Alaina blushed a dark pink.

"Oh come on, Lainy!" Alyssa said with a grin. She leaned forward until she was at the foot of her bed. "All of us noticed!" Alaina finally dropped her brush onto her bed and stood. She paced around the room, looking down at her feet.

"Well?" Brittney said with a slight grin towards Lily. "You still have not answered Lily's question, 'Laina." Alaina turned towards the three girls and shifted her head to the side.

"I am not trying anything," Alaina said, defensively. The other three girls just laughed at their friend.

"Oh, please!" Lily sighed, and stood next to Alaina. She was standing with her arms crossed and her curly hair kept falling into her face. Alaina swiped it away angrily. "Before we went to bed last night, you told us that you were going to break up with Jake. Then you and Sirius get into a fight, and you snog Jake in the Great Hall, even though you want to end your relationship. But, when Sirius gets in trouble, you jump to his aide! Alaina, what is going on?" Alaina groaned and collapsed next to Alyssa.

"Its nothing," Alaina muttered and Alyssa put her hand on her shoulder. "We just got angry at each other last night."

"Really?" Brittney asked with a lot of sarcasm. "I really did not notice. I think you and Sirius need to make that clearer." Alaina smiled softly and sighed deeply.

"All right," Alaina groaned and laid down on Alyssa's bed. "Sirius brought up Jake last night. He just asked me a bunch of questions about our relationship, and I got sick of all of them. So I asked Sirius about all of those relationships he had with all of his past girlfriends. We ended up arguing about why Sirius would never be a suitable boyfriend because he always treats girls terribly." Lily clapped her hand to her mouth.

"You didn't!" Alyssa exclaimed as she looked down at Alaina with worry.

"I thought you liked Sirius?" Brittney asked with her eyebrows raised. Alaina sat up and shook her head roughly.

"I do! Oh, I still do. Its just that he was being such a prat last night!" Alaina groaned. "After I told him that he would make a horrible boyfriend, he proceeded to accuse me of treason."

"Treason?" Lily asked, seriously puzzled. "He accused you of treason?" Alaina just laughed softly and nodded her head.

"He said I was betraying the Gryffindor Quidditch team by dating the Ravenclaw Captain." Alaina smirked slightly. "Its an understandable accusation, after all. But, not one that I need coming from someone I considered a close friend."

"That is Sirius Black for you," Brittney said with a grin. "Boys always think about Quidditch before anything else." Lily and Alaina laughed and nodded their heads violently.

"Remus does not," Alyssa muttered softly. A blush came to her cheeks as she realized what she said. Lily, Brittney, and Alaina rounded on her.

"What happened?" Alaina said as she jumped onto the bed next to Alyssa. She giggled and leaned onto her hands and glanced excitedly around the room.

"He's so sweet!" Alyssa cried with a large grin on her face. The girls laughed and knelt around Alyssa expectantly.

"Thats not answering Alaina's question, Lyssa!" Brittney said, smirking. "The question was what happened, not what Remus is like!" Alyssa blushed and turned her head away towards the corner of the room.

"I don't know if Remus wants me to tell you," Alyssa whispered, and Alaina nodded understandingly.

"Of course, Lyssa," Alaina whispered as she got up from the bed. "Its yours and Remus' descion whether you want to tell us about your intimate relationship," Alyssa blushed heavily.

After this conversation, the girls got prepared to go to bed. Everyone but Alaina were already laying down in bed, their wands drawn in case the voice decided to return. Alaina said the spell for the lights to go out and shook as she walked to bed. However, she never made it.

Something had blocked her path.