And behold, another chapter! I own nothing besides the OC's

My summer was spent mostly at my cousin's since my parents were busy as always. I was not the only one visiting and staying, some times Sirius would be there. But here is a shock, I took Regulus's offer, I visited him at his parents' house.

I don't think I could ever forget that house. It was dark, so very dark. I found instruments of dark objects all over the house, the house was dimly lit, and even more disturbing were the heads of the former house elves. How they could do that, I have no idea. According to Regulus it was an honor for the elves to be put there after they died. I about gagged.

His family was defiantly different, but they all loved pure-bloods, except Sirius of course. I remember during the dinner, Sirius was there, he mentioned something about half-bloods not being so bad, his mother about killed him in that very spot. It was really frightening to be honest. I must say, that was the first and last time I had dinner with the Blacks'.

Now it was time again for school, and I was excited. I had found Darcy on the platform, and we quickly got a compartment together. "So, how was your summer," Darcy asked.

"Well, my parents were once again traveling and too busy for me, so I stayed with James."

"What about Regulus?"

"I had dinner with his family."

"And how was that? Was Sirius there?"

"Yes, he was there. But the dinner was a disaster! I love Regulus, I do, he is one of my closets friends, but his family is mental! I honestly thought their mum was gonna kill him after he said one good thing about a half-blood!"

"That sounds a little extreme."

"It was, and I wish for that to never happen ever again. So how was your summer?"

"Same old, nothing new, I was at home all summer. My grandparents visited from Italy."

"That sounds like fun."

"I guess, but my little brother is starting Hogwarts this year, his name is Nolan. He's so nervous though."

"You didn't bring him here?"

"No, he went with our neighbor Leon, he's a fifth year."

The door to our compartment opened, and there stood Regulus. "There you are," he said finding me. He sat to my right, "I've been looking for you."

"I've been right here with Darcy," I told him.

He looked at Darcy and said coolly, "hello."

She blushed, "hi."

Regulus turned back towards me, "How was the rest of your summer?"

"It was alright, your brother was at the house a lot with James." A look of disgust came across his face. I rolled my eyes, "How about your summer?"

"Great, except for when my brother was actually home."

I rolled my eyes and stood up. "That reminds me, I need to go find Lily."

"Why?"

"Because she is my friend, and I want to go see how she is. Also if my idiotic, yet lovable, cousin is bothering her. Plus where Lily is, means James will be there, which means Remus won't be far probably."

"And my brother will be there as well."

"Well, that won't be new. I've seen him a lot this summer, I'm sure it won't kill me to be in the same room as him for a few minutes. I'll see you both later," I said leaving my two friends behind. It didn't take long to find the others, I just followed the slightly raised voices arguing. I noticed Peter standing awkwardly outside a compartment. "Hello Peter," I called to him.

He looked towards me, "H-hello Rosemary."

I glanced at the window to the small compartment to see James, Sirius, Lily, and a boy I learned was Severus Snape. "They're at it again?"

"Y-yes."

I sighed, "Where's Remus?" He shrugged, that was helpful. I opened the door, making everyone pause and look towards me, "Hello everyone."

"Rosemary, finally another person with some sense," Lily said happily while glaring at James.

"Umm," I said looking around at everyone. "What exactly are you all fighting about now?"

"Your cousin here won't leave Severus and I alone!"

"You're too good for Snivellus, Lily. He's a Slytherin, you're a Gryffindor. So why not come with us? I promise you won't regret it," James said wiggling his eyebrows.

"Don't call him that Potter," Lily snapped. "Why don't you just leave us alone?"

I rolled my eyes, and just as James was about to reply, I grabbed him by his ear and dragged him away. "Hey, Rosemary that hurts," James whined as I found Remus in a compartment. I let go and pushed him to sit down. He rubbed his soar ear, "That really hurt."

Sirius and Peter walked in, "What's your problem," Sirius asked.

"My problem, really, what's yours?"

"Snivellus is my problem, he's in Slytherin and he's with my Lily!"

"She isn't yours James!"

"She will be!"

"Why don't you just grow up? Let her be her own person, so what if she is friends with Severus?"

"He is still in Slytherin, he's our enemy because we're in Gryffindor!"

"Who says we have to be enemies? When Hogwarts first started Gryffindor and Slytherin were friends, best friends once! So tell me, why is it so terrible? I mean, I'm friends with Regulus!"

"Which you shouldn't be," Sirius snapped.

I glared at him, "Stay out of this." And I stormed out of the room and made my way back to Darcy and Regulus. As soon as I arrived back I sat down by the window staring out at the passing scenery. I was angry, why couldn't they just be more open minded? Just a little, that was all that I was asking for.

"Rosemary, are you alright?" I heard Darcy ask.

I took a deep breath, "I'll be fine, just James and Sirius being pricks."

Suddenly the door opened, there stood Lily. "Rosemary, are you alright, I saw you storm past earlier."

"Just a little quarrel with James, it'll be fine though."

She sat down across from me, Regulus stood up and quickly left, Darcy decided to follow I guess. "Was it over something I said?"

"Well, I guess, but it wasn't your fault. But I made sure that he knew his place, he can't just tell you what to do, and disrespect your friend like that, I don't care what house they're in."

She smiled, "Thank you Rosemary I honestly don't know how you can be related to James in any way."

I laughed, "I guess it's one of those big mysteries of life!"

James apologized to me later that night for yelling, and I apologized to him as well. As for Sirius though, we didn't as much as glance at each other. But the year went on, I attended classes, did my homework, and managed to make new friends and keep my old ones. Next thing I knew it was time for Christmas Break. And not to my surprise, Sirius was invited to join us.

It was Christmas morning when I walked down stairs, still tired. As I walked into the den I saw Sirius and James already by the tree. "Happy Christmas Rosemary," James cheered.

"Merry Christmas James, Sirius." I walked towards the couch and sat down on the couch across from the boys. "Where are mum and dad?"

"They're coming, they just woke up." I nodded, and James stood up. "I'll go check to make sure they didn't get side tracked."

My dear cousin left the room, leaving Sirius and I alone. It started awkward, neither of us wanting to talk. Suddenly he cleared his throat, gaining my attention. "So uhh….how have you been Rosie?"

"How many times have I asked you not to use your little nickname Black?"

"Oh come on, it's cute."

"For a five year old," I paused. "What do you want?"

"Are you really that mad at me?"

"For some reason you always make me angry."

"How do I always make me angry?"

"You always say the wrong thing, always. And if you don't you do something wrong, some sort of action. You realize how irritating that is?"

He smirked, "Don't worry love, I know exactly how you feel." He winked at me, that was it.

I stood up from my place on the couch, glaring at him. "You think you've got it all figured out, huh? Newsflash, you don't! So come off it, seriously."

A look of frustration came upon his features, but when he was about to speak James and his parents walked into the room all smiles until they felt the tension between Sirius and I. "Are we interrupting something?"

I took a deep sigh, then put on the best smile I could muster. "No, nothing out of the ordinary here, promise." What I told him wasn't a complete lie; it wasn't unusual for Sirius and I to fight. James only looked at us skeptically before letting it go, he just wanted to open up his presents, and I couldn't blame him.

We went from present to present, but nothing from my parents, not even a single letter. James and Sirius were off in the other room, checking out all their new toys, such as their Quidditch gear. My Aunt rubbed my back for comfort. "Are you alright dear?"

"I'm fine," I lied. In reality I sort of wanted to cry.

So, ARE YOU GUYS READY FOR THE FINAL HARRY POTTER? I'm not...