Us saying something here won't do us or you any good.

"Y-you what?" Rose asked again, looking at Sirius, eyes wide.

"I saw Meghan kissing Gideon."

"Why should I believe you?" Rose asked him, trying to see if he was lying or not.

"I wouldn't lie about something like this."

"I know. I'm just trying to…excuse me," she said, quickly sweeping past Lily and Sirius, and out of the common room. Moments later Lily and Sirius were joined by Meghan, James, Remus and Peter.

"I feel so bad," Meghan said, biting her lip. "Y'know, Sirius, you could have waited to see what I did before you ran off to tell Rose."

"You slapped him, and then kicked him in the nuts?" Sirius guessed, and Meghan stared at him.

"Woah you are good," Meghan said, and Sirius laughed.

"I know you better than you think I do. But why'd you kiss him back?"

"It's instinct! If someone kissed you right now, wouldn't you kiss them back?"

"No! Well, not if I didn't like them like that." Meghan grinned maliciously and kissed Sirius hard on the mouth. "Gahh! Incest!" he cried after pulling away.

"You kissed back," Lily, James, Remus and Peter said in unison, and Meghan smirked.

"Geez Sirius, we're not even related," she laughed.

"You're close enough to being my little sister," Sirius shrugged.

"Aww thanks, Sirius," Meghan grinned. "But I'm only 2 days younger than you. Which reminds me, why were you complaining about not being able to do magic over the summer?"

"I had a bet going on with James," Sirius frowned. "I lost."

"That sucks," Lily grimaced.

"I let him apparate sometimes, I bent the rules a bit," James said.

"How kind," Remus said sarcastically. "Hey is anyone else hot or is it just me?"

"I'm always hot," Sirius grinned, and the rest of the group rolled their eyes. "No, I am too. Hey Moony, wanna go outside?"

"Nah, I want to get to bed early. Full moon is on Monday," he said, whispering the last bit to the Marauders.

"Okay, your loss," Sirius shrugged. "Anyone wanna come with me?"

"No way it's like 10 degrees out there!" (A/N: Celsius, not Fahrenheit.) Lily and Peter said together.

"I was just out there," Meghan grimaced.

"I'll come," James shrugged. "I've got nothing better to do. Maybe we could find a few…"

"If you say Slytherins to hex, I will make you plan this Halloween thing on your own," Lily warned.

"Er…flowers to smell?" James improvised.

"You are such a woman," Meghan sighed, shaking her head. "C'mon, Lily. I need to talk to you. Details, and such."

"I'm right behind you," Lily said, and followed Meghan up the rest of the girl's staircase.

"Well we're off," Sirius said to Remus and Peter.

"Don't wait up," James added.

"We're not married," Remus pointed out, and James and Sirius shrugged.

"Did you know that's illegal in the States…oh," Sirius said, biting his lip. "Sorry, Pete."

"It's okay," Peter shrugged. "It's a hard fact to get used to. Oh, just so you know, I really haven't…come out yet to my parents."

"We'll be sure not to let anything slip," James promised. "C'mon, Padfoot, let's go." They left Remus and Peter, and went on their way to the grounds.

"So wanna practice some Quidditch?" Sirius asked as they neared the main doors.

"Nah, I don't have my broom, and it's after 10:00. I don't think the teachers would be too pleased if we were flying this late."

"True enough. Hey, who's that?" Sirius asked, squinting to try and see who the figure about 30 yards away was.

"Dunno. They're yelling something," James frowned. "Maybe we should go check it out." The two got closer and heard the distinct voice of Gideon Prewett yelling at someone.

"Why won't you just do it with me?" They heard him yell, and then they heard Rose answer him, to their surprise, quite calmly.

"Because you're a jackass, that's why."

"Well you're a fat, ugly, dumb bitch and I'm willing to shag you!"

"And why is that? You just said you only went for tall, skinny, hot, sexy girls with nice asses."

"You have a nice rack," Gideon said simply, and tightened his grip on Rose's arm. "Why do you think I went out with you?"

"To try and get to Meghan."

"Well that and I had a nice pair of…"

"Finish that sentence, I will kick your ass," Rose threatened.

"Oh please, why should I be scared of you? Well, besides of you stepping on me and breaking all my bones."

"What a bastard!" Sirius said to James.

"We should do something," James frowned. "This is terrible, she's none of those things!"

"I want to too, but we should wait."

"Why?" James asked curiously.

"See what she does," Sirius said. "I love watching her get all riled up. It's so cute!"

"Cute?" James gaped. "You've never said the word cute in your life! I thought you hated her!"

"Of course I don't hate her, she just hates me."

"Oh. Well I'm glad we got all that straightened around. But he is lowering her self esteem with every sent-he just hit her."

"That bastard is going down," Sirius growled, and he and James sprinted toward the scene before him.

"Get away from her!" James shouted, and Gideon turned around. "Woah what happened to you?"

"The bitch punched me," he growled.

"Nice one," Sirius grinned at Rose, who looked at him, amused.

"Thank you," said Rose.

"Don't you dare call her a bitch!" Sirius yelled, getting back to the situation at hand.

"You did," Gideon pointed out.

"I didn't mean it," Sirius snarled.

"I did," Gideon said stupidly, and Sirius punched him hard in the face, while James elbowed him in the stomach.

"Step aside, boys. I've got this down," Rose smirked, walked up to Gideon and kneed him hard in the balls.

"That's the second time today," Gideon grimaced, and limped away, defeated.

"You didn't believe anything he said, did you?" Sirius asked worriedly.

"Why shouldn't I? It's all true," Rose shrugged. "I'm fine with that."

"Well you shouldn't be, because it's not true!" James and Sirius said together.

"Oh please, you're only saying that to make me feel better," Rose scoffed. "You don't have to lie to me."

"We're not lying!" James said indignantly.

"Yeah, how much do you weigh exactly?"

"115 lbs," Rose lied.

"Tell the truth," James sighed.

"95 lbs," she said, biting her lip.

"How!"

"Er…so who else kicked Gideon in the balls?"

"Meghan," James grinned, easily fooled by the subject change.

"I figured. Wait…did she kiss him back?"

"Yes, but it was instinct," Sirius said.

"Instinct?"

"Yeah, if someone kissed you right now, wouldn't you kiss them back?" James asked.

"No!" James grinned maliciously and kissed her hard on the mouth. "Gahh! Incest!"

"You kissed back!" Sirius teased, then paused. "Woah, déjà vu."

"Geez Rose, we're not even related."

"You're close enough to another brother," Rose shrugged. "I got to know you really well over the summer."

"Why do you hate me, and not him? We're like the same person!" Sirius asked suddenly, and Rose looked at him.

"I don't hate you," she said.

"You said you did when we were arguing over baby names…4 months before we even have the baby."

"I didn't really mean it, I was just pissed off."

"Why?"

"The same reason I've been yelling at you all summer and this first week of school…because of Gideon. He was just making me so angry, and since you were there and I didn't know you, I just let my anger out on you. I'm sorry."

"Don't worry about it, I was the one being a jerk and getting you all riled up. So…we're good?"

"Yeah. I should have gotten to know you before I started shouting at you 24/7. I've been a real bitch."

"Well it wasn't your fault, it was Gideon's. What did he do anyway?"

"He was just being a jerk. Always putting me down, lowering my self esteem into like the Earth core."

"Why didn't you just break it off?" James asked.

"Why would I have? He's the only chance I had. It's not like anyone else that isn't 50 years older than me is gonna ask me out or kiss me or something."

"That's not true!" James and Sirius said together.

"Yes it is!" Rose sighed exasperatedly. "I knew he was only going out with me for Meghan, but it was nice actually not being alone. Even though he was a complete jerk to me the whole time. Oh, rain!"

"Rain?" James and Sirius asked, confused. Thunder booming overhead and getting dumped on with water answered their question.

"What are you doing?" Sirius yelled at Rose over the noise.

"Running!" Rose yelled back. "I love the rain!"

"But you get wet!" James cried.

"Get over it, you sissy! It's fun!" Rose laughed, and collapsed onto the ground, letting the rain pound against her face.

"God you're weird," Sirius grinned, and picked up a pile of mud to throw at her.

"Oh know you don't," Rose laughed, and threw a clump of her own mud at Sirius before he got his chance.

"Oh you're going to pay for that," Sirius said, and launched his pile of mud at her. It hit her in the side, and she shrieked.

"It's cold!" she laughed.

"It's called magic!" Sirius answered. "Hey, James looks too clean, what do you think?"

"I was thinking the same thing. Let's get him!" Rose grinned, and the two started launching mud at James, who turned around stupidly.

"Since when have you two worked together by free well?" James shouted.

"Since we decided you look to clean!" Sirius answered.

"So you really did forgive each other?" James asked, amazed.

"Yes!" the two yelled together.

"How did you do it so quickly? You're acting like you've been best friends all your lives!" James said, confused.

"I dunno!" Rose yelled.

"It just kinda happened!" Sirius added.

"That's just unnatural and scary. Wait, so how did you guys forgive each other so easily?" James asked.

"I dunno, it just seems stupid to be so unreasonable now," Rose shrugged. "It's like I'm just looking for someone to take my anger out on! My temper gets bottled up inside, you know. But you and Lily forgave each other like that!"

"So no more screaming matches in the halls?" James asked, choosing to ignore Rose's last statement.

"Nope!"

"No more slapping Sirius?"

"Nope!"

"No more getting Rose worked up on purpose?"

"Nope!"

"The world has come to an end!" James cried dramatically, and fell to the ground.

"No! Prongs don't leave me!" Sirius cried, throwing himself onto the ground next to him.

"I-I'm sorry, Padfoot. When I'm dead-

"Don't say that!" Sirius fake sobbed. "You're gonna get through this!"

"No, I don't think I will," James said breathlessly.

"Nooo-HEY!" Sirius shouted. "Rose, did you just get mud in my hair?"

"No!" Rose said innocently from behind him, the mud still visible on her hands.

"Oh you're gonna pay for that! Let's get her, Prongs!"

"Ahhhh!" Rose shrieked, and tore off down the grounds, James and Sirius at her heels. They bumped into each other, and the three of them collapsed onto the ground, laughing hysterically.

"What the bloody hell is going on here?" Someone shouted from the doorway of the castle.

"Meghan? Lily? What are you doing out here?" James asked, still laughing.

"Coming to find you!" Meghan answered. "What on earth happened to you guys?"

"Mud war," Rose grinned.

"Does someone need a hug?" Sirius asked, running toward Lily and Meghan.

"Eeeeek!" Lily cried, and ran past him out into the rain.

"Awww c'mon Lily!" Sirius grinned, and finally caught up to her, covering her in mud.

"Sirius!" Lily shouted, but started laughing when Meghan stuffed a handful in his face.

"You are going down!" Sirius laughed, and chased Meghan down to get her back while Lily and Rose were busy pelting James.

"Oh, look what Meghan just did to Sirius," James said, and Lily and Rose spun around. "Ha! You are too gullable for your own good," he grinned, and began launching mud back at them.

"Ohhhh she just stuck a mud cake in his mouth," Lily grimaced.

"Take that!" Meghan yelled, and ground some more into Sirius' hair.

"Okay, okay, I surrender!" Sirius relented, and Meghan grinned triumphantly.

"Ha! So you do lose to me!"

"I told you I would."

"Oh…right. Well, I think we're muddy enough to rival the little kids on our street, James. We should go get cleaned up," Meghan said. "We call the Prefect Bathroom on the 2nd floor!"

"Dammit!" James cursed. "You always get that one!"

"I know," Meghan grinned, as they walked through the doors into the warmth of the castle.

"Hmph," Sirius pouted.

"And there he goes again," said Lily, shaking her head at Sirius who just pouted more. "See you later, boys."

"No fair," James pouted, and he and Sirius headed up to the 5th floor for the other prefect bathroom.

"So you're not mad at me are you?" Meghan asked Rose, biting her lip.

"Of course not! Well, I was at first, but that was just because of the situation. It's not like you wanted it to happen."

"Of course I didn't, you're my best friend!"

"Damn, we've only been at Hogwarts for 6 days and it's already completely drama filled," Lily sighed.

"Yeah first there was you and James stopping the arguing," Meghan said.

"And then Sirius and I were at each other's throats like there was no tomorrow," Rose added. "Well…that was summer, too, but whatever."

"Yeah but it was worse at school," Lily said. "Then there was the whole Gideon thing, then the Sirius/Rose stopping the fights thing…"

"How exactly did that happen?" Meghan asked her curiously, handing each of them one of the bathing suits hung up on a rail in the bathroom. "If I know James and Sirius, they'll be back."

"Well I'm not really sure," Rose said, frowning. "One minute he was helping me beat up Gideon, the next he was trying to convince me I wasn't any of the things Gideon told me I was, then we were apologizing to each other and then we were acting like we had been best friends our whole lives."

"Strange," Lily nodded. "It almost seems unnatural."

"Yeah, I never thought you guys would stop fighting. Especially so early in the year."

"Oh I'm sure there will be more to come," Rose said wryly, sliding into the gigantic bath.

"Noooooooo!" Lily wailed.

"Well it's me and Sirius, we're like opposite people. Of course we're going to fight!" Rose pointed out, and Lily shrugged.

"Kinda like you and James," Meghan said.

"I guess so…well atleast now we know for sure Gideon isn't gay," Lily pointed out.

"Poor Peter," Meghan sighed, trying her hardest not to laugh but failed.

"You're so mean!" Rose said, trying not to laugh herself, but also failed miserably.

"You're one to talk," Meghan said, sticking out her tongue at Rose. "Well are you sad at all?"

"No," Rose shrugged. "I'm actually kind of glad to be rid of him."

"Then why were you so upset at first?" Lily asked curiously.

"Just cause I know Gideon was my first and last boyfriend," said Rose and before Meghan and Lily could protest, the door slid open.

"Told you," Meghan said. "What are you two doing back here?"

"Slytherins in the 5th corridor one," Sirius said shortly. "Are you guys…er…"

"Decent? Yes," Meghan said.

"Damn!" Sirius swore. "I mean, uh, good."

"Pervert," Lily frowned. "Why couldn't you just use regular showers?"

"Because the mud stays in the shower. It dissolves in the baths."

"Fine, but you'd better put swim trunks on," Rose warned.

"We were planning on it!" James defended.

"We were?" Sirius asked, and James covered his mouth. "I mean yes, we were."

"I repeat, pervert," Lily grimaced. "Well c'mon in, I guess. God I haven't taken a bath with a boy since I was two."

"And who was the lucky man?" James joked.

"My cousin Gerald."

"Haahhhahhaha, Gerald," Sirius laughed.

"I happen to like the name Gerald," Lily said indignantly.

"I never took a bath with my cousin," Meghan said.

"Yeah, you took them with me," James snorted, and everyone's eyes widened. "That stopped when we were like 3! Geez…"

"Well, not technically. I have been in one of these situations with you, Sirius and Remus before," Meghan pointed out. "But I didn't wear bathing suits when I was 2."

"You don't have to be wearing a bathing suit in a few minutes if you don't want to," Sirius said seductively, and Meghan looked at him.

"Yes! I can take off my bathing suit, and put on a turtle neck and waist high pants instead!" Meghan grinned.

"Yeah, er, stay in the suit," Sirius said quickly.

"Sirius, stop hitting on Meghan," James sighed.

"James, what have I told you about the brothering?" Meghan asked him.

"Not to do it. But it's my job! You don't have any brothers of your own so I count!"

"Yes, you do, but."

"But what?"

"Wow you guys really do sound like brother and sister," Rose said.

"Yeah I never realized you were so close," Lily agreed. "You're lucky to have each other."

"That's so cheesy," Meghan snorted. "But yet so true," she grinned, and James wrapped his arms around her shoulders.

"Awwwwwwwww," Lily, Sirius and Rose said together and James let go of her immediately.

"Sure, ruin our moment," James pouted.

"You'd think you were going out," Sirius snorted.

"Gahh! Incest!" they said together.

"That's the third time someone's said that tonight!" Sirius said exasperatedly. "Think up something new!"

"Sorry Sirius, we'll always do what you want from now on," Meghan said sarcastically.

"Okay! Ladies, off with your tops!"

"Just kidding!" Meghan said quickly.

"Aww you're no fun anymore," Sirius pouted.

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