Jane's grasp on her quill tightened, she just wished he would shut up. She shook her head, lifting her gaze to copy down the lines, instead her eyes caught a familiar pair of concerned dark green eyes. Jane bit her lip hard enough to draw blood, she hated lying to the first person she had befriended here. James had always been quicker to make friends. Gods, everything was reminding her of her damn brother. Yeah, a stupid part of her brain reminded her,the same brother that would be disgusted to be related to you. She was never going to get a break was she?

The hallways were bustling, but Jane had found solace in one of the many hideaways. This one was just a few twists and turns from the Quidditch Field, and large enough for quite a few people to sprawl comfortabley. And quite a few people there were.

Lily had been insistent that they have a bit of girls' time after the long summer apart and promptly gathered the others. Jane sat with her feet curled beneath her and her back pressed against the cold stone wall. Pandora had been otherwise occupied but the rest were there.
The stunning Marlene sat beside Jane, her legs stretched, and her tanned skin glowing, she had half the male population practically begging for a chance, but she always valued a good friendship before any relationship. Hestia Jones was at Jane's side, a sweet, sharp, loyal friend, who could have her pick of the boys, but would rather more feminine company; a fact that the blonde beauty that held her heart could attest to. Said blonde beauty had her arms wrapped around her girlfriend with her eyes closed, likely resting but possibly sleeping; Emmeline Vance was a force to be reckoned with.
Across the little hideaway both Alice Prewett and Dorcas Meadowes held books, though the former hadn't gotten to read hers yet and just held it, the latter hadn't taken her eyes off the pages for more than a quiet 'hello' since she entered the enclave. Alice was a small pixie of a girl, her hair was cut short, and she was likely the most adorable person Jane had ever met, a fact her boyfriend of four years, Frank Longbottom, would likely agree with. Dorcas was one of the quietest people Jane had met, she was respectful, gentle, and often struggled with being honest as she never wanted to upset someone.
Kennedy Grace Lewis sat with her knees up and her attention solely on the strange muggle device her older brother had acquired for her. Jane was actually a bit surprised by her attendance, it wasn't that she didn't like Kennedy, like most everyone else they were on respectful terms, but Kennedy often reminded them that she didn't always feel the need to be around people. It likely didn't help that she had a naturally intimidating appearance, she was tall, with sharp features, and maintained many peculiar muggle-like habits; her naturally black hair was often dyed red near the bottom, and her nails were black, of course many assumed these were just spells (Jane had eventually gotten tired of guessing and simply asked why, she found out Kennedy used a muggle 'nail-polish' that coloured them).
Last but never the least was the Golden Girl of Gryffindor, the currently absent Lily Evans. And as if on cue, she finally stormed in.

"I have absolutely had it with that arrogant toe-rag, I swear he spends all his free time just winding me up," Lily had to take a breath before she continued, and the rest shared a collective sigh, they all knew who she was talking about, "Do you know what I caught him doing now? Do you?"

"Obviously not or someone might've stopped him," Kennedy muttered, Jane gave a quiet chuckle.

"What has he done now, Dear?" Hestia questioned, leaning her head back. Someone had to ask, to at least provide movement in Lily's latest rant about Jane's brother.

"He was terrorizing the first years! Telling them about monsters lurking under their beds, and how Gargoyles were always watching and ready to pounce as soon as they stepped out of line—"

"Well if that were true it'd be a shock that none had gotten to him," Emmeline put in drowsily.

The interruption did nothing to deter Lily as she paced the small area, "—told the muggleborns that they had to prove themselves by fighting a dragon, said the purebloods were basically an addiction for the vampires so they'd better watch out, then said to the half-bloods that they were actually only half-there –don't you laugh Jane!—and the other half of their existence would eventually grab hold of them and pull them through to some mysterious 'other side'. He acted like they were all going to die at a moment's notice and not a damned one of them thought to ask how anyone made it to their second year!" She let out a huff and directed a pleading look to Jane who instantly put her hands up,

"I am not my brothers keeper," Jane stated with a shake of her head.

"But Jane, he was being a complete arse, such an arrogant, good for nothing idiot—"

"Friendly reminder that he is still my brother."

"and he was being completely hypocritical, he was practically wetting his pants on his first day. And what can I possibly do? You know he doesn't listen to me. He's in his domain now. As far as anyone else is concerned he and the others are practically kings in their castle."

"Lily, have you gone mental? He listens to you, he practically kisses the ground you walk on," Kennedy commented, her attention not leaving her music-device as she rolled her eyes.

"But he listens to Jane more," Lily insisted, leading to Hestia and Alice looking her way, their compassionate sides making them agree.

"We were complete wreaks our first year," Hestia pointed out.

Alice quickly adding, "Just imagine how those poor children are feeling."

"You're his sister, he listens to you more than anyone else."

"Unless you count Black," Jane snapped, quickly biting her lip. She hadn't meant for that to come out but… "Sure, once he listened to me, but the second Black is in around everyone else is just extra. If he was going to listen to anyone it would be Black, but knowing him the boy's probably just encouraging it."

"I didn't mean to…" Lily trailed off.

Jane sighed and gave her a reassuring smile, her friends knew she would go to the ends of the earth for her brother, but once he met Sirius Black… "I know you didn't, Lils. I'm sorry for snapping at you. Besides it all, as Hestia said, we were all terrible wreaks our first year, I'm sure once they're settled they'll be fine."

"Come on, Lily," Hestia added, "It'll be alright, just sit down. You are the one that wanted 'girl time'."

With a sigh Lily nodded, smiling as she finally sat with her friends.

"Right, now let's talk about something important," Marlene stated, having ended her uncharacteristically long silence, a sly smirk settling on her features, "I heard, from a very reliable source, that our darling Dorcus was rather close with some tall, dark, male, this summer."

The flutter of slowly turning pages ceased and Marlene's pale features were quick to rival the red of a tomato. "It wasn't—" she started, "I didn't—um, there wasn't, he—oh dear…"

"Oh leave her alone, Marley," Emmeline scoffed, "She deserves to have some fun."

"And it's quite obvious who you're having fun with, Emmy," Marlene replied, giving a suggestive look to the couple, "Did you two really go—"

"Let's not talk about that!" Hestia suggested, rather abruptly, "And everyone knows Alice is in love with Frank, so moving on. Jane?"

"Oh, yeah," Marlene turned her matchmaking attention onto the girl who had been abroad, "How were the boys at this Mariland?"

"Or the girls," Emmeline added.

Jane rolled her eyes and failed to hide the blush that crept up her cheeks, "Simply put it's likely I had more fun than Marlene around Valentine's Day." A little voice in the back of her mind hissed at her, liar, liar, it wasn't all fun. She promptly told that voice to sod off.

A deep whistle overpowered even Marlene's cheers and the attention of the girls was snagged by a much taller, much more muscular, and much more attractive version of the Sirius Black that Jane remembered, and she would deny it if anyone mentioned that her eyes may have stayed on said muscles a tad bit longer than necessary. "Well don't let Prongs hear that," Sirius commented raising an eyebrow at Jane before winking, she rolled her eyes.

"What do you want, Black?"

"Three years and that's all you have to say to your brother's best mate?"

"Well it was that or something that Dorcus would likely smack me for."

"Ouch," Sirius replied, feigning hurt, before letting his smirk return, "And for the reason I'm here, your brother wanted to find his darling, Lily-Petal , and I assumed she would be here with the rest of you." He seemed to consider his words for a second before continuing, "Of course, now I'm faced with going to tell him I found her with the knowledge you'll likely all leave, or staying here until he comes around."

"Well," Jane began, standing up and grabbing her bag, "As much fun as this all seems to be, I'm going to get going. There's a Slytherin I have to find."

"Tutoring again?" Lily asked, grinning cheekily, something Marlene quickly caught.

"Why Jane," Marlene started, "You could have told us you were going to tutor someone today."

"Oh," Emmeline exclaimed, understanding the underlying meaning in Marley's words, "So you didn't leave all the action in Mariland—"

"That's enough out of you three," Hestia interrupted, shaking her head and offering Jane a smile, "Just get out of here before the innuendos get worse."

Jane nodded her thanks and stepped out of the hideaway.

Sirius left shortly after Jane, figuring it would be more fun to bother his mate's sister. He had to admit she had changed a lot in three years, in fact if she wasn't Prongs' sister she would likely be his next target. She had grown, and not just taller, when they were younger Jane and James could've been mistaken for each other, but James did not have curves like that. She was keeping her hair in a braid now, when they were younger she couldn't care how messy it was. But it wasn't just her looks that had changed, he used to have to work to get a rise out of her, but now her temper was quick. Before she had always been, well not quiet but, not as outspoken as she seemed to be now, she was respectful, and always there to get James out of trouble, even if she got herself in trouble in the process. He knew she had kept in contact with her brother over the years, and gone home for holidays, but Sirius had never seen her while he was at the Potter's house.

Sirius didn't even notice he had been following Jane until he turned a corner to see Jane with her arms crossed and her foot tapping.

She didn't say anything, but her eyebrows lifted behind her glasses (her glasses hadn't changed, still the same bottle-cap circles she and James had always had). "Fancy meeting you here," Sirius greeted.

"Fancy," Jane repeated with a scoff and an eyeroll, "You're not exactly sneaky, Black. What do you want?"

"What makes you think I wasn't just headed in the same direction?"

"This hallway's a dead-end."

Sirius looked over her head in confusion but sure enough the hallway ended with a stone wall, not even a window. "Huh, that's new."

"Honestly, Sirius—"

"Padfoot!"

Sirius grinned and turned to see Prongs, Moony, and Wormtail heading towards them, but his eyes flickered back to Jane in confusion, he could've sworn he saw her flinch.

"We've been lookin' for you, gonna get a headstart on pranking the professors," James greeted before turning to see who Sirius had been talking to, "Hey, Jane. Sirius are you coming?"

Sirius nodded, sending another confused look over his shoulder to where Jane stood, once James turned away she closed her eyes and clenched her jaw.

well that was quick, the updates will probably be slow but i usually write faster while i'm starting a story so i can't tell you when the updates are going to slow down or how long they'll take.
Dante is Demonfox25's oc
Kai is from Yamibakura098
And Kennedy is from scrapmetalandflannels
The rest are actually canon characters that I'm just interperting
Yamibakura098: I meant to include the Kai/James confrontation in this chapter but got distracted, hopefully next chapter, just means i get to write them flirting more