"I am going to kill Peter!"
"Sirius! Calm down!"
"No!"
Sirius was pacing back and forth across his bedroom, fuming. Aden was sitting on his bed, brushing out her long hair.
"I don't understand why it's so upsetting to you." Aden said nonchalantly.
"Did you not see how broken Lily is? She's an emotional wreck! All day, she's been crying. She hasn't even been eating! I'm surprised she's even taking a shower right now!" Sirius said angrily.
"This isn't your problem."
"I lost my best friend."
Aden finally looked up from her hair and saw tears in Sirius's grey eyes. "I lost him, and he's never coming back."
"Sirius-"
"I want revenge."
"Sirius! No!" Aden said as he turned away from her. She leapt up and grabbed his arm. "You know how your temper is. You go out looking for revenge, you find him, and everything will just blow up."
"I don't care."
"You could go to Azkaban!"
"If I get revenge…" Sirius turned towards her. There were a few tears running down his face, and his eyes gleamed brightly. "It will be worth it."
"Honey, you don't know what Peter is capable of at this moment! You never thought he would rat out Lily and James, but he did. He might be able to turn a situation like this around and pin it on you!"
Sirius sighed and sat down. "I have to."
"You can't." Aden said solemnly. "You're not going to win this argument."
Sirius knew she was right, but his anger still flared inside of him. He turned, and looked into Aden's blue eyes, and his anger turned to passion.
"And why won't I win it?" He asked flirtily, raising an eyebrow.
"Because I'm too smart to argue with?" Aden said, inching closer to him.
"Sure." Sirius smirked.
They inched closer to each other, until their lips locked. Sirius ran his hand through her hair, the other hand resting on her back. Aden wrapped her arms around him, resting her hands on his shoulders. They kissed passionately, falling back onto the bed.
"Sirius?" Came a voice from down the hall. Sirius shot back from Aden so quickly he fell onto the floor. Aden let out a burst of laughter as he got up, rubbing his head.
"Yeah Lil?" He called back, glaring at Aden. She covered her mouth and reduced the laughter to giggling.
Lily burst into the room wearing the same clothes she had worn last night. She said, "Well, first off, I have no clothes."
Aden let out a peal of laughter, but silenced when Sirius narrowed his eyes at her.
"And I don't have a wand."
"You don't have a wand?" Sirius exclaimed. "But-how?"
"Well, I had left it in my room back home. I had no real use for it…before…you know." Lily closed her eyes, holding back more tears.
"Oh." Sirius said, rubbing his hair. "Well, we can get you a new one, right?"
"I don't know about that." Aden said. "I mean, I'm not positive, but I think You-Know-Who might just be after Lily."
Lily looked like she wanted to kill Aden, but Sirius looked as though he was holding back a laugh.
"Well, I'll try and floo Ollivander. We have to get you a wand."
Lily nodded, and then looked at Sirius strangely.
"What?" He asked.
"Are-are you wearing lipstick?" Lily laughed at him. Sirius's eyes widened and he glanced over at Aden, who was blushing furiously.
"N-no!" Sirius rubbed his lips with his hand.
"I better go." Aden said, getting up suddenly. "I'll…see you soon."
"Yeah." Sirius watched her go, looking like a puppy begging for a treat. When she left, Lily was standing in her place. Her arms were folded, and she was glaring at him.
"What?"
"Aden Smith?" She almost yelled. "How long has this been going on?"
Sirius backed away from her. He loved Lily, but she was scary as heck when she got angry. "Um…not too long. Maybe a month? A month and a half?"
"A month and a half?"
"I said maybe!"
Lily narrowed her eyes. "You know that she hates me! How could you-?"
"I fancied her for a long time Lily."
Lily stopped short, uncrossing her arms. "Really?"
"You never noticed?"
Lily thought back to her Hogwarts years, once again.
Lily sat at the end of the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall, next to her best friend Paige.
"Hey Evans!" Came a voice from the other side of the table. Lily groaned.
For the first two years at Hogwarts, James had left her alone. But now, in third year, James seemed to notice her. With her long red hair and bright green eyes so clear it was like looking into green grass, she had had plenty of guys after her before. But James was the persistent one, and now she couldn't get rid of him.
James walked over to her, ruffling his black hair so it stood on end. Sirius was by his side, rolling his eyes.
"What do you want James?" Lily asked, ready to get rid of him.
"Well, the first Hogsmeade visit is this weekend. So what do you say-you, me, Sweet Shop?" He winked at her, grinning.
Before Lily had a chance to reply, someone came up behind them and sat down at the table.
"Hey boys." Aden said, smiling at James. James smiled uncertainly back and looked over at Lily.
"So Evans, yes or-"
"So Lily," Aden started, cutting off James. He rolled his eyes and tipped his head back, looking at the cloudy grey ceiling. "Did you do the homework for Slughorn's class?"
"Yeah, I actually did." Lily said, smiling at her with death in her eyes.
"Well that's good."
Lily, remembering this, focused on Sirius.
Aden tried to engage James in conversation, while Lily just turned back to Paige, hoping for them all to leave. But as Aden talked to James, Sirius's eyes traveled over her body, from her long hair to her short black boots. Her robes grazed the tips of her boots as she got up to leave.
"Come on James, let's go to the library." She ordered, linking her arm through his. James looked back at Lily as she led him out, and Sirius chased after them like a lost puppy.
Lily looked up at Sirius. "Yeah, I guess I noticed a little."
"Yeah. I was so desperate. So when we met up in Diagon Alley a month ago, I took a chance and asked her out." Sirius's eyes clouded over a little, thinking of that day. "Don't be mad at me. I know what I'm doing."
Lily nodded at him, and finally smiled. "You sure you know what you're doing?" She asked, getting up to leave.
"Yeah." Sirius said, smiling.
"You still have lipstick on your face." Lily called, walking out of the room.
AN: I'm sorry about some of the random lovey-dovey scenes, but it's kind of an up and down emotional rollercoaster for everyone right now…and there's also the flashbacks. It's just to show how much Lily misses James, and sort of their progression towards romance. Anyways, things will become a lot stable for EVERYONE soon
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