Don't Let Your Guard Down
chapter 23
i'm done with classes! and exams! and professors! and homework! and i'm home for the summer and able to relax (til work)
disclaimer: i'm not JK Rowling. PLEASE tell me you kno that by now
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"Where's Sirius?" James asked the next day. "I haven't seen him all day."
Remus looked up from his book. "Come to think of it…I didn't see him much last night either."
"Maybe he's doing homework," Peter suggested. The three of them looked at each other and burst out laughing.
"Maybe he's still pissed off at us," James proposed.
"If he's pissed at anyone, it's Gigi," Remus said.
"She did slap him," Peter noted. "And didn't seem to care that Sirius could end up on the Dark Side."
"Hey, do me a favor," Lily said, walking into the boys room. "The next time your best friend wants to snog his girlfriend, tell him to do it somewhere other than an open hallway."
James, Remus, and Peter all exchanged looks. "What best friend?"
Lily gave them a blank look. "The only one of you not here."
They all looked at each other with confused glances, clearly trying to think about it.
"Remus," James muttered pointing at Remus. He turned to Peter. "Peter." He paused and then pointed at himself. "And I'm here." He turned to Lily and shrugged. "No, the only guys within the Marauders committed enough to have girlfriends are in this room."
Lily gave him a look. "Well turns out you've got another committed friend."
James paused. "Oh my god! Kacie has a girlfriend?"
"She and Gigi are awfully close…" Peter noted.
"Kacie is not gay!" Lily cried out and then paused. "And Gigi has a boyfriend."
"Oh that's probably just a cover story," James noted.
"They are not going out!" Lily exclaimed.
They all paused again, while the wheels turned in their minds. "Well, we're sorta friends with the Prewett twins…" Remus said slowly. "Maybe one of them got a girl-"
"Oh my God, do I have to explain everything around here?" Lily cried out.
They all exchanged looks and then turned back to Lily and said simultaneously, "Yes."
Lily sighed and rolled her eyes. "I'm talking about Sirius."
The boys stared at Lily until James asked, "Sirius who?"
"Oh my god, I do have to explain everything around here," Lily said. "Sirius Black."
The boys exchanged glances and burst out laughing. "Sirius has never used the word girlfriend in his entire life."
"Sirius has a girlfriend," Lily confirmed.
The boys stopped laughing. "Sirius has a girlfriend!" they all shrieked.
"Wow, you guys are really dense," Lily said. They just all stared at her in disbelief. "Some Lucie girl from sixth year."
"I didn't think the word 'girlfriend' was in Sirius's vocabulary," James said.
"Wait…Lucie Smudgehousen?" Remus asked. Lily nodded. "Damn, she's pretty hot."
Lily rolled her eyes at Remus. "You're starting to sound like Sirius more and more each day."
"He'd be proud to know that," Remus said with a grin.
"C'mon guys," James said. "This is Sirius we're talking about. It's probably just a hook up buddy."
"That could be it," Lily said. "Except when I ran into them, Sirius told me to leave him and his girlfriend alone."
"He actually used the word girlfriend?" Peter asked.
"That doesn't sound like Sirius," Remus pointed out
"Yes, but making out in an open hallway does," James snickered.
"Hey guys," Sirius said, walking into the room. "What's up?" James, Remus, and Peter just stared blankly at Sirius. Sirius turned to Lily. "Okay, I know I'm hot, but must they stare at me like that?"
"Nice shade of lipstick you're wearing," Remus noted. Sirius quickly wiped off his mouth.
"So what's new buddy? Do any homework recently? Go to any classes lately? Snog your girlfriend recently?" James asked smugly.
"Actually, I have not done any homework recently," Sirius responded.
James threw a pillow at Sirius. "You have a girlfriend!"
"Yes."
"You've never had a girlfriend!" Remus cried out.
"Right."
"You don't even like using the word girlfriend in a sentence!" Peter exclaimed.
"No."
"Feel free to give them more than one word answers," Lily said.
Sirius turned back to Peter to once again respond to his statement. "No…I do not."
"Lucie Smudgehousen, huh? That's a much funnier last name than Gigglez," Remus said.
"Smudgehousen? Is that Lucie's last name?" Sirius asked. All four of his friends gaped at him. "Just kidding…" Sirius said in a voice that didn't sound like he was kidding at all.
"So why this sudden interest in getting a girlfriend?" James asked curiously.
"Why this sudden interest in my love life?"
"It's not sudden!" Remus cried out. "We've been interested in your love life since the first time you announced you had sex!"
Sirius grinned. "Ah, yes. That was a good day."
"Technically that's not a love life," Lily said. "It's a sex life."
"Technically he's never had a love life before," James noted.
Everyone looked over at Sirius who shrugged. "I'm not arguing."
"So do you know the meaning of commitment? Or do we have to explain it to you?" James asked. "And by we, I mean Lily."
"Guys, I can commit okay?" Sirius said, obviously aggravated. "I'm seventeen-"
"You're eighteen," James corrected.
Sirius paused. "When did I turn eighteen?"
"You were too drunk to remember," James noted.
"Oh." Sirius shrugged. "Well whatever. I'm eighteen and it's about time I grow up and stop using girls just for sex."
"Hold that thought," Lily said. "I need to go get a tape recorder."
Sirius rolled his eyes at Lily. "How about we stop talking about me?"
"But that's your favorite topic of conversation…" James said slowly.
"So how did you and Lucie meet? And get together?" Remus wondered.
"So this whole not talking about me thing isn't gonna happen huh?" Sirius asked. Sirius sighed. "We met in the library."
"Whoa…big day," James said. "You got a girlfriend and you discovered where the library is."
"Hey, I knew where the library was," Sirius said.
"The other day when I asked you where it was, you said it was next to the Great Hall," Remus said.
"So?"
"It's on the second floor not near the Great Hall," Remus said.
"Oh," Sirius said. "So what's right next to the Great Hall?"
"A broom closet."
"Oh," Sirius repeated. "Then forget what I said. I met Lucie in a broom closet."
"Hmm, and I bet I can guess what happened next," Remus muttered.
Sirius laughed. "I'm just kidding. We met in the library when I was doing homework."
"Okay, this day keeps getting weirder and weirder," Peter said. "First Sirius uses the word girlfriend, then library, and now homework."
"Well I'm glad you're changing. This is great…wonderful in fact! Just one question," Remus said, looking Sirius right in the eye. "Who are you and what have you done with the real Sirius?"
Sirius chuckled. "Okay, so maybe I wasn't doing homework. But I did meet her in the library. And we just got to talking and we have a lot in common."
"Like what?" James asked.
"We both like me," Sirius said with a grin. James gave him a look. "We both hate Divinations and Charms. We both know nothing about the Muggle world. We both like Transfiguration."
"You hate Transfiguration," Remus said.
"I do?" Sirius asked. "But it's so much fun learning about the dark arts."
"You learn that in Defense Against the Dark Arts," James said, shaking his head in shame.
Sirius paused. "Doesn't Professor Reeble teach Transfiguration?"
"No," Remus said, rolling his eyes. "McGonagall teachers Transfiguration."
"No," Sirius exclaimed. "I know for a fact that she teaches detention!"
"That's not a class Si," Peter noted.
"But I'm doing so well in it!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Anyway, the point is that you don't like Transfiguration," Remus said.
"Oh whatever. She thinks I like it," Sirius said with a shrug.
"So you lied to her to make her like you?" Remus asked.
Sirius jerked his head towards Peter. "Oh my gosh, is this what it's like to be you?"
"Not funny," Peter said, but he was smiling.
Sirius sighed and looked at his three guys friends. "Look, I'm tired of you guys either thinking I'm a loser for not being with anyone or for thinking that I'm in love with Giliba."
"We don't think either one of those things," Lily said politely.
"We do," James answered, pointing to the three guys.
"How are you guys all still friends?" Lily said, shaking her head in shame.
"So you're just dating her to prove something to us?" Remus asked.
"No. I like her," Sirius said. "I am tired of being the one night stand guy and she's different. I want to change for her."
"No girl is worth changing yourself over," James said.
"You changed when dating Lily," Sirius noted.
"I did not!" James protested.
Lily burst out laughing. "Oh puh-lease. You were the asshole, date 'em and drop 'em guy, have sex with them and then ignore them in the hallways, talk about how great in bed you were, and brag about how many girls you could get."
Remus, Peter, and Sirius exchanged glances. "And when did all that change?" Sirius teased.
Lily threw a pillow at Sirius as she smirked up at James. James gave Lily a playful look and then turned his attention back to Sirius. "Okay, maybe I changed a little."
Sirius burst out laughing. "Changing a little is back when you suddenly decided you liked chocolate pudding better than vanilla pudding."
"I don't know why I always liked vanilla! It's so bland!" James exclaimed.
"The point is, you're happy," Sirius said to James.
Remus paused. "Was that the point of this conversation? I thought the point was that you have a girlfriend, which is strange."
"No, the point is that vanilla pudding sucks," James offered.
Sirius turned back to James. "You're happy. And I'm tired of being miserable. It's time to change and Lucie makes me want to change, okay?"
"Well good for Lucie," Remus said. "I only wished you listened to us all these years and made yourself change."
"I was happy with how I lived my life all these years til recently," Sirius said with a shrug.
"So you're really not going to miss the one night stands? Sex almost every weekend? Girls after girls after girls piling themselves on you?" Peter asked.
Sirius paused. "What have I done?" Sirius buried his head in his hands jokingly as everyone around him laughed.
"Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!"
Sirius looked around. "Yes! I win!"
Peter pouted. "Fine, but you only get six minutes!"
"And I'm timing you," Remus exclaimed as Sirius rushed into the bathroom and turned on the shower.
Sirius's voice boomed over the loud whooshing of the water coming from the shower. "Is this what every night is going to be like?"
"Us playing games to fight over the shower?" Peter asked.
"The outcome will be different though," Remus teased. "I'll win next time."
"No!" Sirius called out, jumping into the shower. "All four of us hanging out with our girlfriends. Out nights spent with girls, not playing pranks or getting drunk or convincing James to let me copy his homework."
Remus, Peter, and James stopped to think about it. "I will miss the convincing me to let you copy my homework days," James yelled over the water running.
"This isn't that different from usual days," Remus said, not bothering to speak loud enough for Sirius to hear. "Instead of having to stay out of the bedroom for Sirius to have his one night stands, being kicked out of James's common room so he can make out with some random girl, and getting fat by eating alone in the kitchens…we will all be with girls we care about."
James paused. "Or at least we three will be hanging out with girls we care about. I'm still a little iffy about Sirius."
"Yeah," Remus noted. "I didn't realize he could change. Like girlfriend, 'change' is a word I didn't think he had in his dictionary."
"But look at him," Peter said, pointing to the bathroom. "He's showering, shaving, and putting gel in his hair to make him look good. He never cared before."
"That's true," James said. "Sirius could go days without a shower and he could care less. He still knew all the girls loved him."
"And he does talk about Lucie a lot…surprisingly enough," Remus said.
"Maybe she's paying him," Peter suggested. "You know how excited he gets about money."
"I think he's just finally learned that committing to one person isn't a bad thing," Remus said with a shrug.
"I hope he doesn't use her or hurt her," James added. "I really hope he has changed…at least a little."
"Well, they've been going out for a week and a half and they haven't had sex," Peter said with a shrug.
"How do you know that?" Remus questioned.
"Because today at lunch he said they've been going out for a week and a half and they haven't had sex," Peter said.
"Yup, that's a clue," Remus said jokingly. "Well, then that's something. Sirius usually sleeps with them and drops them all within 24 hours."
Peter glanced at James. "So, how'd you do it?"
"Do what?" James asked.
"Change your ways," Peter said with a shrug. "Change to someone you weren't used to being. Change to being in a committed relationship."
James put his feet up on Sirius's desk and leaned back in his chair. "Lily made me want to change."
Remus paused and looked up from his Divinations homework. "I hope Sirius was right when he said Lucie makes him want to change."
"What do you think Lucie is like?" James asked.
"You haven't met her?" Remus asked.
"No," James said "Have you guys?"
Remus and Peter shook their heads. "Maybe he made her up," Peter joked.
"He doesn't have imaginary friends," Remus said.
"What are you talking about?" James asked. "Remember his imaginary duck, Lionel? Or his imaginary rhino, Bert? Or his imaginary peacock, Gertrude?"
"Those are imaginary pets," Remus said with a laugh.
"Nah, Lucie's a real person," Peter said. "I see her in the library all the time."
"So she's a real person, just not the person for Sirius," James said with a grin. "Anyone who reads isn't the one for him."
"Anyone with half a brain isn't the one for him," Peter said.
Remus looked up at the bathroom door. "Ugh, he's been in there for longer than six minutes. What could he be doing?"
"Well, we can rule out reading," Remus said, placing his homework on his bed.
"Done," Sirius said, coming out with just a towel around his waist.
"Is that what you're wearing on your date?" Remus joked.
"No, I'll be wearing less clothing than this," Sirius said with a wink.
"You've only got one layer on. You wear less clothing and you'd be nak-" Remus started. "Oh never mind."
Sirius grinned. "Peter, your turn for the shower."
"Hey boys," Kacie said, walking into the room. "Whoa, nice look Si."
Sirius gave a sheepish grin. "Wanna see what's under the towel?" Sirius teased.
"Stop hitting on me," Kacie said, plopping on Remus's bed and opening up a magazine. "You have a girlfriend."
"But there's always room for one more," Sirius joked, grabbing clothes off his bed and putting on jeans.
"Whoa, this girl's pretty," Kacie said, flipping through the magazine.
Remus leaned over to get a look. "That's the picture Sirius kisses every night before going to bed."
Sirius threw his wet towel at Remus. "Not true." Sirius paused. "But that girl is hott."
"Lemme guess, you named her and everything," Kacie said, rolling her eyes.
Sirius and Remus exchanged looks. "Genevieve."
Kacie laughed and noticed James sitting on the floor. "Don't you have your own room?"
"Don't you?" James teased.
"Well my room doesn't have a gorgeous girl waiting for me in it," Kacie said.
James checked his watch. "Crap! I was supposed to meet her twenty minutes ago." James quickly got off the floor and flew out of the room.
"Someone's whipped," Sirius noted.
"Why are you putting on that purple shirt? You hate purple," Remus said.
Sirius grinned shamefully. "Lucie's favorite color is purple."
"Speaking of being whipped," Kacie muttered and Remus laughed along with her.
Remus glanced up at the bathroom door. "When will it be my time to shower?" Remus groaned.
"Oh, you know Peter," Sirius said, putting gel into his hair. "He takes hour showers."
Remus quickly turned his attention back to the bathroom door. "SIX MINUTES!" he shouted.
"You throw that whipped cream at me and I will dump this entire piece of chocolate cake on your head," Sirius warned.
Lucie grinned and flicked a little bit of whipped cream at him, while licking the rest of it off her hands. Sirius gave her an evil look and chased her around the kitchens with chocolate cake in his hands. Lucie shrieked and grabbed a thing of brownie batter to defend herself with. "This batter will match the whipped cream in your hair perfectly," Lucie said.
"Not as much as this cake will match your outfit," Sirius said, grinning ear to ear.
"You throw that at me and I'm never speaking to you-" Lucie was stopped as cake flew into her mouth and down her neck. "-again." She wiped the cake off her face and slapped it onto Sirius's cheeks.
"Get away from me!" Lucie shrieked as she saw Sirius pick up some chocolate sauce and run after her with it. Just then, she grabbed the leftover brownie batter and turned around to throw it at him.
At the same time, they threw their foods at each other and ended up tripping on the food that landed on the floor. Lucie fell on top of Sirius who was laughing. He grabbed her hand and pulled her close to him, kissing her right there on the kitchens floor.
"Ever hear of an apple? Or some sort of vegetable?" a voice said from the entrance.
"Or a shower?" another voice chimed in, looking at how dirty they were.
Sirius and Lucie looked up to see James and Lily grinning down at them. Sirius laughed and helped Lucie up from the floor. "Lucie, this is my best friend James and his girlfriend Lily."
"I know who they are," Lucie said, licking the cake off her fingers. "They are Head Boy and Head Girl."
"Oh yeah," Sirius said sheepishly.
Lucie looked up at James and Lily. "Hope you guys didn't want any cake, whipped cream, or brownies."
Sirius held up the empty container he had in his hands. "Or chocolate sauce."
Lily laughed as she took a cookie and propped herself up on the counter. "So Si brought you to his sacred spot huh? He must really like you," Lily said, biting into her cookie.
"So he doesn't take his other girlfriends here?" Lucie asked.
"What other girlfriends?" James muttered.
"Huh?" Lucie questioned.
"I said no," James responded as Lily hit him in the back.
"I can't believe I've been here for six years and never knew how to sneak into the kitchens," Lucie said, smiling up at Sirius.
"It was the first thing James and Sirius discovered during their first year," Lily said. "That and how to play pranks on the Slytherins without getting caught."
"Without getting caught?" James asked, raising his eyebrows.
"How long have you two been friends?" Lucie asked, referring to James and Sirius.
"Fourteen years too long," Sirius joked, tossing an orange to James.
"We met in a sandbox," James said, tossing the orange back. "He stole my shovel."
"To give it to the pretty blonde who lost hers!" Sirius exclaimed.
"So you were chasing after girls even at the age of four?" Lily asked.
"No," Sirius corrected. "Girls were chasing after me."
Lucie rolled her eyes and placed her hand in his. "If I recall, you came up to me in the library. I didn't chase you," Lucie said.
"I came up to you to ask how to get out of the library," Sirius teased. "And if I recall, you did chase after me."
"Because you left your Transfiguration book on my table!" Lucie exclaimed.
"Speaking up Transfiguration, we hear it's your favorite subject," James said with an evil grin.
"It's Sirius's favorite also," Lucie noted.
"Oh yes, we know that," Lily said with a matching evil grin. "He also loves long walks on the beach and cuddling." Lily and James smirked at her comment.
"Okay, who invited you guys?" Sirius teased.
"Nobody," James said. "We find it more fun to crash the party."
Sirius grinned down at Lucie and threw some whipped cream at James. James wiped it off his face and put it on Lily's face. Lily looked at him and said, "I wanna break up."
James laughed and argued, "Sirius started it!"
Lily turned to Sirius. "I wanna break up."
"We were never going out," Sirius noted and then gave an evil grin. "But that can be changed."
Lucie slapped him. "Hello…girlfriend sitting here."
Sirius turned to her. "Hi?"
Lucie rolled her eyes. "I wanna break up."
Lily smiled at her. "Well I'm available," she joked.
Sirius grinned. "I have no objection to that."
"I'm all up for a little girl on girl action," James said.
"Why are guys such pigs?" Lily asked, taking another cookie.
"Hey! Stop eating the cookies that took me an hour to bake because I couldn't get them just right," Sirius exclaimed.
"You mean the cookies the house elves made?" James asked.
"Same thing," Sirius said with a shrug, throwing a spoonful of brownie batter at him.
Lily looked around at everyone. "I'm so glad today is about getting as dirty as possible."
"Oh Lils," Sirius said, "You will always be dirty in my mind." Lily squeezed whipped cream so it would hit Sirius square in the mouth so he couldn't talk.
"I'm not the one who spent the whole night taking a shower," James said, looking at Sirius.
"Looks like I'll have to take another one," Sirius said, putting his arms around Lucie and looking down at her. "Wanna join me?" Lucie laughed and gave Sirius a kiss.
"And before you make me throw up, it's time for us to leave," Lily said, hopping off the counter and linking arms with James. "See you guys around."
"It was nice meeting you Lucie," James said, exiting the kitchens with Lily.
Lily looked up at James as they walked through the hallways. "I liked her, she was nice, perfect for Si."
"Yeah, he seems to really like her," James noted. "I've never seen him like this."
"Covered in brownie batter and whipped cream?" Lily joked.
"No," James said, rolling his eyes. "All happy and smiley because of a girl."
"Smiley?" Lily questioned, raising her eyebrows.
"Oh, you know what I mean," James said, giving Lily a kiss.
"Yeah," Lily said, wrapping her arm around James's waist. "He's definitely all smiley."
"Finally, it's just us girls," Gigi said, leaning back on the couch, putting pink nail polish on her fingers.
Kacie looked up from her magazine. "Well I'm not the one always spending time with my boyfriend."
Lily and Gigi grinned sheepishly. "Well, let's appreciate our non-testosterone night," Lily suggested.
Gigi grinned from ear to ear and went into Lily's room and took out some wine. "Let's have some fun."
Lily looked up and groaned. "The last time 'we had some fun,' you ended up throwing up all night, and I ended up not remembering half the night."
"Oh c'mon," Gigi whined. "It's just three bottles."
"Hey…that's a bottle for each of us," Lily said.
Gigi tilted her head and smiled. "Aw, and they say you're the smart one."
"Hey girls, what's going on?" Remus asked, walking in with James.
All three girls groaned as they walked in. James looked at them. "Well, that's an interesting way to say hello."
"This is supposed to be a girl's night," Gigi said.
"Does that mean you'll get naked, play Twister, and have pillow fights?" a voice said, entering after Remus and James.
Gigi growled when she saw Sirius walk in and lean against the wall with Peter close behind him. "Is that what you do on a guy's night in?" Gigi asked.
Sirius grinned. "No we drink alcohol and talk about how much we hate you."
"Well good, because that's what we were going to do," Gigi said.
James looked at them. "You're drinking?"
"If you leave us alone," Gigi said.
"The last time you drank, you threw up all night, woke up with a major hangover, and snogged-" Remus started.
"Don't say it," Gigi warned, cutting him off with anger in her eyes. Gigi didn't dare look at Sirius who was staring intently at the ground.
"So…bye!" Kacie said enthusiastically.
"I really have the feeling they don't want us here," James said.
"Go hang out with your girlfriends," Gigi suggested.
"That's what I came to do," James noted. Lily just gave him a sheepish grin and blew him a kiss.
"Okay, so have a guy's night," Kacie said with a shrug.
"But that means we have to find a bunch of pillows and get out our Twister game," Peter joked.
The boys laughed as they exited the room. Sirius slyly glanced over his shoulder at Gigi who was blowing on her fingernails and looking at Sirius out of the corner of her eye.
"Wine is gooood," Lily slurred with a laugh.
"I can't believe we drank two bottles of wine," Kacie said, lying on the table and looking up at the ceiling, arms hanging over the side.
Gigi raised the last bottle. "Wanna start on the last one?"
"Are you trying to make us throw up?" Lily asked.
"Hey, I have an idea…" Kacie said slowly, sitting up. "Wanna play Twister?"
"If only the boys were here to hear you say that," Gigi said.
"No, I'm serious," Kacie said.
"And are we supposed to have a pillow fight later?" Gigi asked.
"Just so we get this straight, I am not getting naked," Lily said, getting up and going to her room.
"Where are you going?" Gigi cried out.
"To get Twister!" Lily yelled over her shoulder.
"Damn, the boys are really missing out," Gigi said under her breath.
Lily came back and started spreadingthe Twister matout. "Move back the couch so we have more room." Lily started pushing back the couch, taking the cushions off. "OH MY GOSH!" Lily screamed.
Gigi and Kacie jumped up. "What? What?"
Lily showed them something in the air. "I found this bra in the couch."
Gigi and Kacie exchanged glances. "So…wash it," Kacie suggested, obviously not getting it.
"It's not mine!" Lily cried out.
"Uh oh,"Kacie muttered.
"Okay, well let's not jump to conclusions…"Gigi said slowly.
"That asshole had sex with someone else on my couch!" Lily cried out, throwing the bra on the ground angrily.
"That would be jumping to conclusions," Gigi said.
"And technically it's not your couch, you share the couch with James," Kacie said. Lily put her hands on her hips and glared at Kacie. "But to hell with technicalities!"
"I am so gonna kill him!" Lily cried out, stomping out of the room.
Gigi bit her lip and Kacie gulped. "This can't be good," Kacie said to Gigi.
"Not at all," Gigi said and then paused. "Wanna go watch?"
"Hell yeah."
"JAMES HAROLD POTTER!" Lily screeched, shoving the door open and storming in.
Remus, Sirius, Peter, and James all immediately stopped what they were doing and looked up at Lily. "Hi honey," James said nervously.
"Now would probably be a good time to say nothing," Remus whispered.
"Hmm…do you think she's mad?" Sirius asked, taking a drink of firewhiskey. Remus, Peter, and James all gave him a 'duh' look. "Yeah, you're right…she's probably just pretending."
"Who the hell do you think you are?" Lily screamed.
Kacie and Gigi poured through the door. "Did we miss anything?"
"Nothing really," Sirius whispered. "Lily's just about to beat James up."
"Got any popcorn?" Kacie asked, sitting down on Sirius's bed.
"You had sex with some other girl!" Lily screamed.
"Last year? Yes, you're right, I did," James said.
"Do not get smart with me," Lily snapped. "I know you had sex with a girl on our common room couch!"
"You are the man!" Sirius cried out. Both James and Lily turned their heads slowly to glare are Sirius. "And I'm gonna shut up now."
"How could you!" Lily cried out.
"Well, you see Lily. When a girl and a guy-" Sirius was cut off by Lily's death stare. "Oh c'mon, you and I both knew I wasn't gonna shut up."
"I didn't do anything!" James cried out, standing up and facing Lily.
Lily glared at him and then turned to her friends. "Can you guys leave us alone?"
"Whatever you say to James, you can say to us," Peter said.
"Yeah, he'll just tell us anyway," Sirius said with a shrug.
"Get out guys," James said, not taking his eyes off Lily.
"Well how rude," Sirius said. "All we ask is that you guys let us watch you two yell and scream at each other during a personal fight."
"Come on Si," Remus said, practically pulling him out of the room.
"Fine, we'll leave," Sirius said. "But you should know that we will be listening right outside that door."
"SIRIUS!" Remus exclaimed, pulling him.
"Fine, fine," Sirius said, but then turned to James. "Could you do one thing for the people who love you most?"
James sighed. "What?"
"Talk loud and annunciate!" Sirius exclaimed.
"OUT!" James cried out, shutting the door behind them.
"I hate you!" Lily cried out the moment the door was fully closed.
James put out his hand to stop her and went to the door. He opened it to find his five friends with their ears up close to it. "We're not doing what you think we're doing," Gigi said guiltily.
"Looks like you're trying to listen to our conversation," James said.
"Oh…then yeah, it's exactly what you think we're doing," Gigi said as they all walked down the stairs and out of sight.
James shut the door and looked up at Lily. "I cannot believe you think I'd cheat on you," James said.
"Why not?" Lily asked, crossing her arms across her chest. "You cheated on Nancie with me."
"That is totally not the same thing!" James cried out. "Nancie and I were never officially dating! And I didn't care for her half as much as I cared for you!"
"Who else would have sex on our common room couch!" Lily shouted.
"Oh I don't know...perhaps YOU!" James cried out.
"I haven't had sex with anyone besides you…I'm not a fucking player like you!" Lily screamed.
"Don't throw that in my face! I haven't been a player since sixth year!" James cried out. "It was Nancie and then you!"
"Don't you mean Nancie and me at the same time!" Lily exclaimed.
"Oooh, I like that mental image," James said slowly.
"OH MY GOSH!" Lily cried out, putting her hands on her head and shaking it. "You are unbelievable."
"Why thank you," James said with a grin.
"Not in bed!" Lily shouted. "James, I found a bra in our couch!"
"It's not mine!" James cried out. "Well…duh."
Lily glared at him.
"I swear it doesn't belong to any girl I had sex with!" James cried out
"I knew I shouldn't have let my guard down! I knew I shouldn't have had sex with you! I knew I shouldn't have let myself like you, and I can't believe I got in a relationship with you! You will never change!"
"I didn't have sex with anyone else!" James cried out. "Why can't you trust me!"
Lily just shook her head and wiped her eyes, hoping James wouldn't see her crying. Lily started walking towards the door. "I hope you have a nice life James."
"That's it?" James asked, taking a step closer towards her. "You're not even going to try and believe me?"
"The first time I trusted you James, you kissed me and then went back to Nancie. The second time I trusted you, you had sex with me and then left the school. And the third time I trusted you, you caused a stupid fight with me over my hanging out with Sirius and then lied about Nancie being in your room," Lily said, not even caring that the tears were falling.
"Lily, I-" James started.
Lily put her hand up to stop him from talking. "Don't," Lily said tiredly. "Just don't." And with that, Lily exited the room.
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GASP! lily and james broke up? sirius has a girlfriend? what has the world come to?
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