A Parental Guide

By xXxFluffy-Pink-Socks

a.k.a Miss Willow

A/N: This is the second to last chapter. God, I feel like I'm saying goodbye to a close friend. So to make me feel better (lol) make sure EVERYONE who reads this story reviews this chapter. ) There are 86 of you who have this on story alert and only 10 or so of you review each chapter! So do me a favour and everyone review this chapter.

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"Rosa, what the hell are you playing at?" Sirius burst out, glaring at me.

"What are you talking about?" I asked in confusion.

"I'm talking about you feeling Larry up!" Sirius retorted angrily and suddenly everything made sense. I started laughing. "What the hell is so funny?"

"I wasn't feeling Larry up," I spluttered in between laughs.

"I'm not dumb. I know when a girl is feeling a guy up-"

"I was stroking his octopus!" I exclaimed. Sirius took one look at my earnest expression and burst out laughing.

"Oh, that's what they call them now is it?"

"I'm telling the truth! His octopus is called Katrina and I prodded it and then he shouted and I fell and he told me to stroke it!" I protested my innocence.

"And I s'pose he wanted you to 'play with his octopus' in his dormitory as well, right?" Sirius said, raising an eyebrow at me.

"Well... yes..." I admitted. Sirius scoffed at this. "Honestly, I swear! He asked me to go to his dormitory to play with his octopus then you appeared and looked really angry and I didn't know why!"

"If that's true then why did you say you were busy with Larry?" Sirius said.

"Maybe I was!" I told him.

"Rosa, you just admitted to him showing you an octopus! You're not telling me there's something going on between you two!" Sirius replied and he rolled his eyes.

"What is it to you if there is?" I said carefully.

"It's not," Sirius said quickly. Too quickly.

"Oh well, then you might as well go back to that slut then!" I exclaimed loudly, opening the door to the classroom. Sirius looked at me. I sighed impatiently, "You've been ignoring me for the past week AND you told me that we weren't friends because your girlfriend attacked me!"

"So, she hit you, did she?" Sirius scoffed at me.

"No... but she was winding me up! She said I'd slept with you! Then said that I had practically raped you or something and I was just completely confused as to what she was on about! Then she got started on my mum and saying how being a whore obviously ran in the family a-a-and I just flipped, ok?! I FLIPPED!" I shouted at Sirius, my whole body shaking with fury. I took a few deep breaths and tried to calm myself down.

"Jesus, Rosa," Sirius said and I was glad to see that he had the decency to look guilty, "I thought you just punched her because-"

"Because what? Because I was jealous? Sirius, I don't punch people for the sake of punching people or for the sake of you!" I replied bitterly, shooting Sirius a dark look.

"Ah ha. You were jealous! James said you were!" Sirius said, smirking at me with a look of satisfaction.

"What? Well... James doesn't know what the hell he's on about!" I stammered.

"Rosa, the whole of Gryffindor know you fancy me," Sirius responded, grinning.

"Oh and you weren't jealous of Larry and me?" I shot back. Sirius ran his fingers through his hair and didn't say anything.

"Look, just apologise to Bambi," Sirius eventually said. I let out a cry of frustration and glared at Sirius.

"You haven't been listening to a single word I've been saying!" I exclaimed angrily and I pushed past him and stormed back into the entrance hall.

"Why do you always have to storm off?" Sirius asked, forced to jog to keep up with me.

"Hmmm, I wonder," I said and I stopped walking. I faked a look of thoughtfulness, "Maybe it's because each time we talk, we end up arguing and you call me a liar and a slut!"

"You're so immature sometimes-" Sirius trailed off. There was a look of fury on his face. I followed the gaze of his grey eyes and groaned. There was Larry, sitting with Mary, and as both of them were peering into his trousers, I could only assume that Mary had just met Katrina.

"OK. That bastard has gone too far. He can not do this to you." Sirius exclaimed and he began to stroll towards Larry. I panicked and grabbed onto his arm.

"Sirius, no! Larry's only showing Mary his octopus!" I pleaded anxiously.

"He won't HAVE an octopus when I'm through with him!" Sirius shook me off and reached Larry within a matter of seconds.

"Oh, hey Sirius!" Larry said brightly, grinning at him, "Mary and I were just having a little cha-" Larry didn't have a chance to finish his sentence however, as Sirius' fist collided with his face. I groaned and covered my eyes.

"SIRIUS!" I heard Lily shriek and I opened my eyes to see that she was standing next to Larry's shrieking form, gaping down at him, two drinks clutched in her hands.
"Rosa..." I looked over at Sirius, who was looking at me, horrified, "He was actually showing her his octopus!" He said, pointing at the purple octopus now lying on the floor.

"Of course he was, you idiot!" I exclaimed, rolling my eyes, "What did you think he was showing her?"

And for the first time in I had known Sirius, I saw the colour rise in his cheeks. I laughed. Larry was shooting daggers at Sirius and he suddenly rolled over on the floor, grabbing Katrina, "OCTOPI POWER!" He shrieked hysterically and threw Katrina through the air. Katrina hissed again and, because of Larry's abysmal aim, landed on Lily's head. Lily screamed and clutched at her hair, trying to throw the hissing octopus off her.

"LILY FLOWER!" James shrieked, "I WILL SAVE YOU!" I was in tears by this point, laughing so hard that my stomach hurt. James, who had managed to get drunk again (which was strange as the drinks were all non-alcoholic), came running over and threw the bowl of fruit punch over Lily's head.

"JAMES!" Lily screamed again.

"LARRY!" Mary shouted.

"ROSA!" Sirius screamed.

"SIRIUS!" Bambi appeared suddenly, glaring at me, "I TOLD YOU TO STAY AWAY BITCH!"

"HA! SEE, SEE! SEE WHAT SHE'S LIKE!" I shouted triumphantly at Sirius and didn't care how immature I must have seemed. Sirius looked at Bambi, who quickly tried to look innocent. Sirius looked over at me and I quickly looked at the floor. When I looked back up, he had already disappeared through the Great Hall doors. I stood there for a few seconds, everyone's yells resounding in my ears and made a decision, which I realised I would probably later regret.

I checked to make sure that Brendan was still too occupied arguing with Mary about why she was looking down Larry's trousers (he'd walked in half way through the fight), before hurrying out of the great hall and out through the entrance hall into the grounds.

I spotted Sirius almost instantly. He was lying sprawled on the grass by the lake, staring passively into the deep waters. I made my way down the grassy slope and stopped just behind him. "You can sit, you know, I won't bite," Sirius said suddenly, and I jumped, as I had thought that he hadn't noticed me. I gave him an uncertain glance, before lowering myself carefully onto the grass beside him.

"Why did you attack Larry?" I asked and I turned onto my side, so that I could watch Sirius' expressions as he answered. His remained impassive.

"You know why," Sirius said, rolling his eyes slightly and twiddling a few blades of grass between his fingers.

"No, well, I know why you punched him because you thought he was showing me... his... well, we both know what you thought he was showing me. Sweet Rowena, I thought he was going to show me that at first-" I broke off to let out a small laugh and I was pleased to see that Sirius was struggling not to grin at this comment, "- but I don't understand why you defended me."

"You're my friend..."

"I thought I wasn't your friend. Or so you said."

"You are..."

"And what happened after the baby shower often happens between friends does it?"

Sirius didn't answer but I was defiant. Things had been bad between us for so long and I refused to let the night end without sorting out the problems that Sirius and I had been having ever since the kiss.

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