Disclaimer: I don't own Harry or any of the other characters except Riley and I don't own any of J.K. Rowling's books, but this is my plot.

A/N: Yay! Thanks for all the reviews, they make my day! Wow, this is the first story I've ever been so quick to update on, lol. I hope you guys like this chapter; it took lots of thought, lol. Please keep reviewing! --Brï--



Yet again everything began to dim around them, Ron gave Harry a look, "I think I'm starting to get use to this." He said sarcastically. Harry smiled and waited as everything started coming back up. Hospital wing, he thought as their surroundings began clear. He glanced around and saw the many rows of bed and spotted a younger version of Madam Pomfrey bustling about. Sirius, he thought as he discovered him, sitting in a chair next to a bed with the ailing, picturesque Riley wrapped up in its cotton white sheets. Her hair of deep chestnut contrasted against the crisp white pillow and she remained in her Quidditch robes.

Madam Pomfrey came up beside Sirius and placed a hand on his shoulder, "You need to get some sleep, dear. Two days without sleep isn't good on the body." Sirius nodded, but the look of worry in his dark eyes did not disappear. Madam Pomfrey shook her head, "Dear, she'll probably wake tomorrow, she only suffered a minor concussion and four broken ribs. Lucky, nothing else happened! Those ribs will be mended in less than two days because of the bone-mending potion. The pain will remain but it will only last for a couple days."

Just then the hospital wing door creaked open and Madam Pomfrey scuttled over to see who it was, Sirius didn't even glance up. Sirius looked at Riley with an expression of admiration planted upon his face and stroked her cheek with his index finger, her skin soft beneath his finger. James popped up beside Sirius, causing Sirius to pull back his finger from her face.

Concern plastered itself on James' face, "You need to get some sleep, Sirius, and you've got bags under your eyes." Sirius didn't seem to care, as long as he was beside her.

"I can't leave her, James. What if she wakes up and no one's here?"

James let a smile breakout upon his face, "You care for her so much."Sirius smiled gently, an understatement for James. James peered at Riley then back at Sirius.

"Go get a couple of hours of sleep, than you can come back, she'll probably be awake by then. I'll stay here for you." Sirius gave James a puzzled look.

"Are you sure?"

James nodded with a smile, putting a hand on Sirius's right shoulder. Harry looked on with fondness, his father was so loyal and kind hearted to his friends, his eyes grew misty.

Sirius smiled at James, "Thank you, James. I owe you for this." James waved him away, just before Sirius took one last longing look at Riley. James sighed when Sirius left and sat himself down in the chair that Sirius had sat in.

"Sirius cares so much for you, and you care for him too, I can feel it." James told Riley, though she could not hear him.

Harry and Ron's legs tired as the hours passed by her bedside. They gently sat themselves down on the bed next to Riley's and the coils creaked.

"Oops." Ron whispered.

James sleepily looked around with suspicion creeping on his face, when he saw nothing he faced front again and slouched in the chair, trying not to fall asleep. Ron and Harry whispered amongst themselves as soon as James fell asleep to discuss what went on so far.

The first morning light broke through the sky and shone through the glass paned window. Harry and Ron shut their mouths closed with a clamp when a thump of the door was heard. Sirius trailed in, no more bags under his eyes and a fresh appearance with being showered and changed. He walked over to James and woke him up by shaking his shoulder gently.

"I'll take over now." Sirius told James as soon as the boy had awakened.

James nodded sleepily and padded down and out the hall. Sirius sat in the chair and smiled sweetly at her, it was then that she woke with a blink of her butterfly eyelashes.

"Hello." Sirius said when she looked directly at him.

She smiled sleepily, "Hey."

"Feeling better?" He asked, gazing own at her.

"Very. Except it still aches." She responded.

Sirius smiled, "Madam Pomfrey said it would. Take it easy." he told her, when she tried to sit up in bed.

Her pixie cut hair, which fit her adorably with a kind of edge, swept several strand of hair across her forehead, matted in the back. Sirius fixed it behind her ear and she looked at him with a curiosity. She tried sitting up all the way, but cried out softly with an, "Ow, ow, ow.." He helped her lay back down in bed with concern in his dark eyes.

"Hey, you don't have to be so tough now. Rest for a while."

Riley grimaced angrily, biting her lip, making it rosier in color. He looked at Riley still in her dirty Quidditch robes and it was then she noticed her appearance too. Riley pulled the covers over her head to hide her aspect and Sirius laughed at her actions.

"Silly girl." He declared, pulling her covers back down. "I'll get Madam Pomfrey to get you a painkiller potion and then I'll get you some new clothes." Riley nodded at this and Sirius got up, but then turned to her, "Anything clothing in particular?"

Riley thought and nodded, "Anything with my jeans."

Sirius looked puzzled, no robes? He thought, but this was Riley, the free spirit. He went off and talked to Madam Pomfrey and left the wing. Five minutes later, after Madam Pomfrey had given her some potion that seemed to kill only ¾ the pain, to this thought she sneered angrily.

James came through the door and Riley looked up, "Sirius?" he called.

Riley looked at him, "Sirius left for a minute."

"Oh, I'll tell him later." James mumbled, which left Riley curious. James walked quickly over to the chair beside her and whispered to her, "I wanted you to know", he said in secretive tone, "Sirius has been here for the past two days all day and all night watching over you, no sleep, he missed a lot of classes."

Riley's eyes went wide with surprise. "Really?" she asked, her eyes doe eyes full of awe.

James nodded, "But I didn't say anything." He told her, placing a finger across his lips with a smile. Riley nodded in acknowledgement. Riley sighed, her head swarming with thoughts as she tried to sort things out.



A/N: So what did you think? LoL, good? Maybe? The next chapter will be out in a day or two!