A/N: I own nothing related to Harry Potter.... Anything else not recognizable is mine... now without further ado...............

Chapter 2: Alone to Ponder

(Gryffindor common room)

"Wonder what that was all about?" asked a short plump boy sitting on the edge of the large plush couch. He was surrounded or rather surrounding two other boys his age. The two boys were rather good looking both with messy black hair and a golden complexion. The only difference between the two were one of the boys had longer hair and chocolate brown eyes, while the other had relatively short purposely messy hair and hazel eyes and of course he also wore glasses. They were the exact opposite of the short boy known as Peter Pettigrew. Peter was short, fat, beady eyed, and had dull blonde hair. He was noted to be the "Tag along" of the group.

"Oh, my. I wonder... do you think they're going to get married?" asked Sirius Black in reply. Sirius, the taller of the two, was known to be a cheeky, arrogant, braggart who deep down, under the good looks, intelligence, sarcasm, jerkiness, and charm, had a good heart. Only, he hid it all too well.

"Gee Padfoot, I dunno, I always hoped I would do that someday, you know." James Potter replied matching his best friends sarcasm. James possessed many of the same qualities as Sirius, but much unlike his friend, he was willing to compromise when he wanted something badly enough.

"Oh, come on you guys you know what I mean." Peter whined. "I mean, what do you think happened? Do you think something happened to Remus' parents? Or maybe he was sent to comfort Evans." He continued.

"I dunno, I hope nothing happened to his parents, I don't think he could take it, you know. What with his argument with his brother and all he doesn't have anyone to turn to." James said with a serious look.

"Hey Prongs, you're wrong you know." Sirius said looking up from his book.

"How do you figure, and why in the bloody hell are you reading at a time like this, and, wait, why are you reading?" James asked confused.

"Well lets see, first things first, moony has us, because it's a good book, and because there are pictures." Sirius replied in a slow drawl ending with a grin.

"Black, as much as we all love your smile, can the two of you be serious for one second?" Asked a pretty girl with shoulder length blonde hair, and dark blue eyes. She was extremely tall and athletic of build.

"Um....Crateward, do you think you could mind your own business once in a while?" Sirius said with all the charm he could muster.

"Well you see BLACK, when you're talking about one of my friends, it is my business.' The girl replied screaming his name.

"Ok, calm down Rowan, what do you think happened with those two?" James asked the girl trying to calm her down.

"Hey wait a minute, when did we become friends with them?" Sirius asked James.

"Since I want to find out what they think." Replied James with a look at Sirius.

"Ok, who is them and they last I checked I was one person?" Rowan asked confused.

"Um... Crateward, look behind you." Peter replied in a squeaky voice.

"What... oh" she said looking behind and seeing her other two friends.

"Well what I want to know is what is going on with Remus, and why in the world do you call each other those stupid names?" Asked one of the two girls behind Rowan.

"That my friend is none of your business." Replied Sirius.

"Why do you always have to be so difficult? Huh answer me that? Why you are always doing that." The girl yelled.

At that moment everyone in the common room turned their way. There was silence, then a rather good looking seventh year boy with dark brown hair stood up and said, "Cause that's just the way he is, and come on Benky, you know you wouldn't have him any other way, the lovable devil, I know you like him!"

"YOU SHUT UP!! DON'T CALL ME THAT YOU STUPID LITTLE...." The girl jumped at the boy and both fell to the ground punching.

"Tisk tisk, sibling rivalry is so dangerous, drawled James leaning back on the couch. Hey, Padfoot, she didn't deny that she liked you. You might have a chance, I mean come on she does look pretty good, and she can fly very good." James said looking at Sirius with an amused look on his face. "Yeah I was thinking bout that myself, what's her name again... maybe Amanda? Or what about Jesse? Oh hell, I don't know do you?" Sirius replied, it was a commonly known fact that Sirius Black would date, snog, and dump any girl that showed an interest, and yet he still had a fan club. It was like every female was oblivious to his games.

"Hmmm... let me see.... Olivia.... Maybe?" James said in reply.

"No that doesn't sound right... what about Christy?" Sirius asked.

"No, no.... Janine?"

"No... Tiffany.. that's it!"

"No it's not.... I think it's Carmen."

"No... she's in Ravenclaw.. I'm sticking with Jesse....but I'm.." He was cut off by a pillow hitting his head. "OWW... what was that for? Who threw that?" he asked standing up and looking around.

The fight was broken up by the boy's mates. The girl was sitting on the floor seething in anger, and the boy was sitting on one of the many chairs, trying to talk to her.

"Hey, Potter, how did you know they were brother and sister? I mean Beonca never tells anyone that they are even related, we didn't even know until second year." Asked the other girl that was behind Rowan.

"Hey did you hit me?" asked Sirius with a suspicious look.

"As a matter of fact I did. What are you going to do about?" the girl replied.

"Well you'll have to see. Now why did you hit me? Is it because you can't stand to have my attention any where else but on you?" Sirius replied with a toothy grin.

"No you idiot, I was asking Potter a question, so do shut up so he can answer it!" The girl yelled.

To be continued...

A/N: well sorry about not having the discussion on what's up with Remus and Lilly... but I was making it a long chapter as it is.... That will all come in the next chapter along with Sirius acting strange and the reason for that.... And much, much more.... So stay tuned and please, please, please review!!!!

Until next time... eat lots and lots of roasty toasty marshmallows!!! Trust me they are GOOD!! Thanks for reading!!!
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