Dodging

I jumped. Literally. Even though it took me less than a second to recognize that voice, I will never get used to it's owner's yelling.

"Could you try to calm down for five minutes? You almost gave me a heart attack".

"Stop being such a baby. Besides, you should be used to it".

"Well, I'm not used to it. And stop grinning!"

"I'm happy my best friend is back. The Marauders are complete once again and just in time for the last year".

He started doing his 'Victory Dance'. He always did that after every successful prank.

"Sirius, calm down" said Remus, always the voice of reason.

"Fine" said Sirius, finally stopping jumping around and turning to look at me "Listen. We, being the bestest friends we are; already got you school supplies when we went to Diagon alley last week. And" he went to the desk and picked up an envelope "here is your Hogwarts letter".

"I'll look at it later. I have to unpack first" I said, finally putting my case on the floor.

"No, I mean it. You should read it," said Sirius, looking anxious. I stared at him, suspicious.

"Sirius, what do you know that I don't".

"A good number of things, but that's beyond the point. Open it".

I took the envelope from his hands, hesitantly and opened it, my eyes widening more with every word I read.

"What is this?" I asked when I put down the letter.

"It's your Hogwarts letter," said Peter, lips twitching.

"But, it says…"

"Yah?" said Sirius, smirking.

"I am… But I can't be. I've been gone for three years, how is that possible?"

"It's possible, so stop being so disbelieving" said Sirius, impatient as always "Come on, we're going to Hogsmeade".

"That was random," commented Peter.

"Hogsmeade?" I asked.

"Yah, to celebrate" said Sirius like it was obvious.

"You like the fact that I'm Head Boy?" I asked astonished.

"No, of course not. It's to celebrate you're back. About you being Head Boy… We'll talk to Dumbledore when we get to Hogwarts. There has to be some mistake".

"We're not going to Hogsmeade," said Remus suddenly, looking serious.

"What do you mean we're not going?" asked Sirius frowning.

"Sirius. We're not going," said Remus, raising his eyebrows at Sirius significantly.

I looked at the two of them, not understanding what the hell was going on. Sirius's eyes widened slightly.

"We're not going," said Sirius, staring alarmed at Remus.

"What are you talking about?" said Peter, looking at them confused. Remus turned to look at him.

"Peter, let's talk for a second" he said, dragging Peter to the next room.

I stared after them bewildered. After a moment I noticed Sirius walking to the kitchen and I turned to look at him, eyes narrowed.

"Sirius" I said, following him to the kitchen.

"How about a drink?" I had to give him credit; he was acting really cool and calm. But I knew him for three years and he hadn't changed since, I could tell when he was trying to avoid a subject.

"Sirius, cut it out and give me a real answer," I snapped. He finally turned to look at me.

"Really, I mean it. It's nothing, just let it go" he didn't exactly look at me in the eyes when he said that "here have… have a Butterbeer".

I let it go, for the time being. If they didn't tell me by now, it meant something serious was going on and I was going to find out what.

AN: I'm sooooooo sorry! Most of you got it right, I DID post the wrong chapter and I almost died of embarrassment when I realized it. That chapter was for one of my other story, In Fear Of A Life. Again, I'm so sorry. I hope you liked this chapter.