It was the end of the school day, to which all three girls were happy. Lily had most of her lessons with James today, and probably would continue, but she also had most of them with Millie and Becky too so it wasn't all that bad.
Currently the three girls were sitting round a table in the Gryffindor common room, doing their homework. Well Lily was attempting it and Becky and Millie were copying off of each other.
"Lily…" Becky moaned crumpling up a bit of parchment.
"No, I'm not doing your homework for you." Lily snapped back.
"Fine then, forget me helping you out on charms." Becky replied.
"It's okay Lils, I'll help you out with Charms if you help me with Potions." Millie piped up, offering Lily and handshake, Lily shook Millie's hand and said confidently "Deal."
Becky made a frustrated noise and lobbed the bit of screwed up parchment across the room near the fire.
"Hey!" Someone's shrill voice shouted and she popped her head up from the couch facing the fire, "Who chucked this at me?"
Becky dipped her head again and Millie snorted. Jenny stood up and made her way over to Becky.
"What the hell was that for?"
Becky stood up too, to try and close the height gap. She was still smaller when she was upright but held a more menacing posture that Jenny actually stepped back.
"It was an accident."
"Yeah, totally, and it hit me by a fluke?" She replied sarcastically and Becky laughed.
"Yes, actually."
"Well I don't believe it."
"Believe what you want, but I really couldn't give a shit," Becky sneered and sat down again, facing Lily who was raising her eyebrows slightly. Jenny peered from Becky to Lily and smiled slowly.
"Well, you interrupted James and I," She said, drawing out his name and making eye contact with Lily, "So don't do it again."
She waltzed off back to James on the sofa and Millie broke the silence by saying, "Think I could still curse her from here?"
She waltzed off back to James on the sofa and Millie broke the silence by saying, "Think I could still curse her from here?"
"Millie-!" Lily said, horrified.
Millie raised her wand, and then paused, "Actually, better idea. James!" She shouted.
Lily could feel the heat rising in her cheeks as both Millie and Becky stood up and James flipped himself round on the sofa and glanced Lily but locked eyes with Millie and Becky.
"One," Millie started, "Keep your girlfriend on leash-"
"-Two" Becky continued, "Can you not share that much salvia in public? It makes us want to puke."
James face didn't change at all, however he looked at Lily as if he was expecting her to saying number three but of course she didn't. James stood up pulling a appalled-looking Jenny up. Slowly both of them made their way up to the boys dormitory to go do God knows what and this didn't make Lily feel any better. Lily's stomach curdled as a few people high-fived Millie and Becky.
After another ten minutes of trying to do homework and the girls gave up and found themselves sat round the fire on the floor. "So I asked Remus why he was ignoring me - us" Millie said after awhile.
Lily raised her eyebrows, curious, "and?"
Millie rolled her eyes, "he said he wasn't! It's obvious now, they're all doing, even Sirius right?"
Becky shrugged, "sort of," both Lily and Millie looked at her, "I mean I think he's trying to ignore me but he cant stand not annoying me so he's finding it difficult. What about James?"
It was now Lily's turned to be stared at, "nope, he's not talking to me at all… Whenever he does maybe say something he seems angry." Lily could tell her voice sounded sad, she was glad that Millie and Becky didn't say anything about it.
There was a short silence that followed, "it's my fault."
Millie shrugged, "it doesn't matter."
"It's not really like we care-"
"I think you do care actually," Sirius said from behind the girls. They all turned to look at him and Becky did so fast that she got a crick in her neck.
"What are you doing?" Millie asked, watching him sit in a chair as Becky rubbed her neck.
Sirius paused, "Well James is upstairs doing something with Jenny I'd rather not listen to, probably arguing and Remus is studying, the nerd."
"So... you're joining us?" Lily asked and Sirius nodded, grinning.
Millie looked to Becky who turned to him, "So, is it true?"
"What?"
"That you're ignoring us?"
"Does it look like I'm ignoring you?" Sirius said grinning at Becky.
"Well, no?" Becky replied, getting a butterfly feeling in her stomach and se began to fidget. After a second or two, Sirius looked away.
"So, what exactly are you doing?" Millie asked confused, ignoring Becky.
Sirius shrugged, "Well, why are you talking to us?" Lily asked.
"I told you, Jenny-" Sirius started and Lily's features crumpled slightly, "Yeah, Jenny. Okay..."
Sirius frowned at Lily's reaction, but didn't say anything. After an awkward pause, Becky muttered, "Sirius, go away." and turned back round to face Lily. Sirius looked shocked for a second but then pulled puppy dog eyes
"Becky…" He whined, "You're not still bitter about what happened over summer are you?"
Millie looked between the two, puzzled and she raised an eyebrow in Lily's direction but Lily didn't know what he was on about either. She looked at Becky who'd gone a bit red but still hadn't turned round to Sirius yet. Lily looked up to Sirius whose eyes were now sparkling with something she couldn't put a name on.
"What?" He asked, not too shocked, both Millie and Lily noticed. "You mean she didn't tell you?" Sirius rocked back and forth loving every minute of it.
"Wait what? Becky what happened over summer?"
Becky didn't say anything; she was just staring intently at the fire.
"Oh yes Becky what did happen over Summer?"
Becky turned to Millie, "Nothing. Nothing happened over summer. Let's all just go up to the dorms, yeah?"
"No, I want to know what happened over summer!" Millie said, curiosity getting the better of her.
"Me too," Lily added. Becky just stared at them both as if trying to burn a hole in their heads.
"I guess I'll tell them," Sirius said happily after a moment, "See, our dear Becky here-"
"Sirius!" Becky said hysterically but he ignored her, "So where was I? Right, Becky and summer, well, basically- mhhpfft!" his voice muffled as Becky's hand flung over his mouth.
Millie moved closer to Lily, "What do you think happened?"
Lily shrugged, she hadn't seen much of Becky over the summer, "You were with her for most of it, did anything happen?"
Millie paused, "Nope, nothing that Sirius would know and I wouldn't anyway."
"Guys-!" Becky said from next to Sirius who was turning slightly red, "-Stop discussing me while I'm right here!"
"Uh, Becky?" Millie asked, "You might want to let go of..."
Sirius grabbed Becky's hand and finally prised her off, looking a bit breathless, "Thanks for suffocating me, Rebekah!" He muttered and Becky narrowed her eyes.
"Whatever, star brain."
"Wow," Sirius said as Millie giggled, "Great insult!"
"Well it's the best thing I could think of quickly!" Becky defended but started laughing at the look on Sirius' face. She covered her mouth, hiding it. Sirius reached out and poked her in the ribs, making her squeal.
"What was that for?"
"Nothing, really," He laughed and got up, "I'm gonna go find Rem..."
"Oh," Becky's face dropped a little, "Okay. See you-"
"Bye," He said and winked.
Becky watched him walk out and then pushed her fringe back, flopping back onto the chair. Millie and Lily swapped a look which she didn't miss.
"What?" Becky asked, "What?"
"Nothing," Lily smirked and picked up her book, "I'm going to go upstairs for a while..."
Lily left Millie sending knowing looks to Becky who was sat on the sofa, a little red.