October turned and decided to head back towards the common room. It was a Saturday after all, and she knew nothing would be accomplished if she sat in the great hall all day.
'But if I go up there, I might run into him.' She thought to herself, but decided it was better than walking around the school all day.
October came across the portrait of the fat lady and whispered the password.
As she walked into the common room, she saw Sirius over in a corner with Remus playing chess. She walked up the stairs to the girl's dormitories. As she entered the room she went over to her trunk and pulled out a book. She turned and walked back out of the room and down the stairs where she took a comfortable seat on the couch. Opening the book she began to read.
"Why don't you just talk to her and be nice for once?" Remus whispered to Sirius, who had been taking small glances over at October as she read her book.
"I cant. For me to do that I would have to actually want to be friends with her." Sirius said as he looked down at the bored, contemplating what his next move should be.
"Why don't you want to be friends with her?" Remus asked as he also turned his gaze to the bored.
"She just annoys me. And she's rude." Sirius said, quickly.
"Do you have a crush on her mate?" Remus asked as he looked at his friend with questioning eyes.
"No." Sirius said, his voice void of all emotion.
"Are you sure? The way you tend to fight with her and avoid her tells me something different." Remus said and Sirius didn't say anything.
As the days passed by slow, Sirius kept his distance from October. She couldn't say that she wasn't happy about this, she was in fact. Not having to deal with his bickering kept her quite content. But there was a hole in her day that wasn't filled. She sometimes missed the fact that he would even just acknowledge her, even if it was rude.
"October what are you thinking about?" Lily asked as she waved her hand in front of her friends face.
"Nothing in particular." She said as she turned her gaze from Lily's hand back to the lake.
"Sure. What did Sirius do this time?" Lily asked and October quickly turned her gaze to her best friend.
"How did you know it had to do with him?" October asked as she looked at Lily with eyes wide.
"I'm just psychic I guess. So what did he do?" Lily asked again as she let her gaze flicker towards the group of boys.
"Nothing that's the problem. He usually doesn't ignore me." October said, her voice a little sad.
"I thought you would be happy about this." Lily said as she kept her eyes on the boys, waiting for one of them to look towards her.
"I thought I would be too, but it just feels as if my day isn't complete if he doesn't talk to me. It's strange Lily." October said as her own gaze returned to the lake and she waited for Lily's response.
"Well talk to him then." Lily said as she smiled slightly when Remus caught her gaze. She motioned for him to meet her halfway.
He nodded slightly.
"I'll be right back." Lily said as she jumped up and started to walk towards Remus.
As the two kids approached each other, they gave each other small smiles.
"We need to get October and Sirius to become friends. The fact that he doesn't even acknowledge her throws her whole day off. At least when they were fighting all the time she was herself." Lily said and watched as Remus nodded.
"Sirius is the same way." Remus added as he looked back towards his friends.
"So what's the plan?" Lily asked and turned her gaze to October quickly before looking back at Remus.
