Fist Fights & Mates

By lunch that day everyone heard Sirius and I had broken up. Most girls couldn't be happier and it sickened me to see them all wearing big grins as I walked by and than whispering behind my back.

Alice and Lily flanked my sides the whole day and Alice had already gotten into several verbal arguments with several different girls. Even Lily had exchanged a few words with some girls.

"Guys don't worry about it" I told them later that night as we sat in the library writing out essays for several classes due to the fast approaching N.E.W.T's.

Alice snorted. "No. It's disgusting how they're acting and it's all over that prat Sirius!"

"It also disgusts me the way James is sticking by Sirius. He had no right to dump you but according to him he did the right thing" Lily sneered as she flipped through her book aggressively.

"Frank thinks the same thing!"

"I guess the boys are sticking together" Lily snorted.

"Well we can play this game too! Frank assumes we're going to Hogsmeade together and he even made reservations for Madam Puddifoot's. But boy does he have another thing coming if he thinks that Sirius was right in dumping you!" Alice laughed.

"James is under the same impression. And he has even bestowed me with the honor of wearing his last year's quidditch robes to cheer him on at the quidditch match. But I will refuse to until he sees the error of Sirius' ways"

I was trying to concentrate on the paragraph about Anti Muggle charms for Charms. At this latest development I had to step in.

"You guys are not going to start a problem between you and your boyfriends. They're just doing what they think is right. I'm sure they had no intention of making this into an even bigger argument" I tried to reason with them.

"They are acting childish! We had no intentions of making a mountain out of a mole hill but when they started saying that Sirius was right, well that was the last straw" Lily said.

"So do not fret. All this will be over with in a couple of days" Alice grinned and she and Lily pulled me across the table into a group hug.

Actually it wasn't appearing like everything would be over in a couple of days. It got worse.

The next morning at breakfast Lily and Alice informed the boys that they were not going to Hogsmeade with them.

"What? Why not" James called.

"Because, Sirius had no right dumping Abby!" Lily called back.

I groaned and clenched my jaw. "Actually-"

-"Of course he did. It's not like they signed a contract stating that he couldn't break up with her" James cut her off.

"But I really"- I tried again.

-"That's beside the point! Why did he have to break up with her now? Especially after Aaron's death" Lily cut me off.

I was beginning to lose my patience.

"Maybe you girls should mind your own business" Frank stated.

"Well how dare you Frank Maurice Longbottom!" Alice quipped.

"What? You're the ones making a big deal bout this"

"And you boys are making it worse. What Sirius did was wrong, if anything Abby should have dumped him for being such a git in the past".

"So it was wrong for Sirius to break up with Abby but it would have been justified if she broke up with him?" James cried.

"Exactly!" Lily and Alice said in unison.

"That's bloody bollucks!" Frank and James sneered.

"We're just doing what you boys are doing" Lily replied nastily.

"Which is?" Frank asked.

"Sticking by your mates!" Lily and Alice said together and they grabbed me and dragged me out of the Great Hall with them.

For 2 whole days Lily and Alice refused to talk to the boys and vice versa. We even sat at the very end of the table!

I was seriously losing it. And it didn't help that I caught Sirius snogging some snotty little fifth year Ravenclaw on the 5th floor as I was hurrying to Charms.

The world was falling apart around me.

On Saturday morning I was woken by loud cheering in the common room. I shot up, Lily and Alice following.

"Wassamatter?" Alice groaned.

"They're yelling" Lily growled.

"Yelling about what?" I asked.

"WE'RE GOING TO KICK THE SLYTHERINS ASSES!" we heard James call.

"AND SNOG EVERY GIRL WE SEE AT HOGSMEADE!" Sirius called after that.

"They're trying to get us riled up!" Lily called.

"Oh yeah. Will show them! Let's cheer on the Slytherins" Alice cried jumping onto her feet.

"Oh that would be too mean" Lily replied.

"GOOD IDEA PADFOOT! I'M SURE THEY'LL TREAT US BETTER THEN CERTAIN GIRLS WE KNOW!" James' voice echoed and Lily's face turned a bright red.

"Oh they are so going to pay for that".

I smashed my face into my pillow and groaned. They were all taking this too far.

But having nothing better to do and supporting my friends' who were supporting me, we cheered on the Slytherins at the quidditch game.

"What the hell are you doing!?" James yelled at Lily as Mark Flint, a chaser on the Slytherin team had scored.

"Cheering" Lily prompted.

"Yeah for the wrong team!" Sirius flew up beside James, his gaze falling on me.

"Oh sod off boys! And by the way, have fun at Hogsmeade snogging all the girls" Alice yelled.

Frank flew up on his broom but didn't say anything. He regarded his girlfriend with a hurt look on his face.

I noticed Alice's facial expression seemed to soften. I knew they'd forget this whole stupid ordeal after the game.

"Forget this. We have a game to win" James called and turned his broom and flew back into the game.

Frank followed but Sirius gaze lingered on me for a second. He looked like he was struggling with something. I looked away and back toward the game. He took off.

After that we felt pretty lousy and were in somber moods. Gryffindor was losing 40 to 20. Until James started speeding toward the Slytherin post.

We were all on our feet watching and waiting.

James went into a nose dive and than the whistle blew. He caught the snitch. Gryffindor had won 180 to 40.

Gryffindor erupted into cheers and applauses and we leaked out onto the field as the boys landed.

With the feud momentarily forgotten Lily, Alice and I rushed out onto the field to congratulate them.

"Good job!" Alice cried launching herself at Frank. He grabbed her and spun her around. "It's all for you" he grinned.

James held out his hand for Lily to take. His eyes pleading with her. I felt her sag beside me and she stepped forward about to take it when the Slytherins started their jeering.

"Hey Potter does your mudblood whore realize she was cheering for us?" Flint yelled.

Everyone on the field gasped and James spun around.

Sirius was right by his side and before anyone had time to blink Flint fell to the ground with a busted nose.

Sirius and James than disappeared as the other Slytherin teammates jumped on top of them.

Frank put Alice down and rushed in as the fight got bigger as more Slytherins and Gryffindors joined in.

"Stop this!" Lily yelled.

"Ah shut it Evans!" a Slytherin girl by the name of Patricia Helstrum launched herself at Lily.

But I being the tougher one of the group had to get involved and maneuvered myself in front of Lily so Patricia was actually running at me. Her arms were out stretched and I just swung my fist and caught her in the cheek. She bellowed and stopped running.

"You little bitch!" she screamed.

"Oh no you didn't!" Alice snapped and began to walk over to her but I held her back.

"James!" Lily cried as the professors descended onto the field and began to pull everyone apart.

Professor Slughorn grabbed Sirius and James from the ruckus. They were both grinning, James sporting a black eye, Sirius a bloody lip and Frank a bloody nose. They were clearly the winners though because most of the Slytherin team was lying on the ground in a crumpled heap sporting a varitey of different injuries from black eyes, bloody nose and lips and I was sure that Flint had some broken fingers.

"DETENTION!" Professor McGonagall yelled

Not a lot of people were allowed to go to Hogsmeade that day because most of us had detention. We even had to sit in the Great Hall because there was so many of us.

James and Lily made up as well as Frank and Alice. The girls were making a big fuss over their little wounds.

I just stared down at the table as Sirius kept staring at me from across the table. I eventually gave up and looked.

He grinned at me and I couldn't help but smile. He looked so ridiculous. His lip was swollen and blood was still dripping from it.

"Your lip is bleeding" I muttered.

He reached up and caught a drip of blood on his hand. "So it is"

I rolled my eyes and grabbed a wet napkin which Alice was using to dab at Franks nose and slipped over to the side so I was sitting beside him. He swung his one leg over so we were facing eachother and he grinned. "Are we going to play Doctor?"

"You're such a dog" I said and began to dab at his lip wanting to feel useful and needed.

Although it was clear that Sirius didn't need me, a part of me still wanted him to.

My feelings seemed to shine through because he grabbed my arm forcing me to look him in the eyes.

"I still need you. I still need you in my life" he whispered.

My lip began to tremble I didn't dare say anything.

Luckily Sirius proceeded. "I still want to be your mate".

"I still want to be yours".

"Than mates?" he asked.

I nodded. "Mates" and began to dab at his lip again.

So this is chapter 8! I actually had a lot of fun writing this picturing James and Sirius kick some Slytherin ass! Remus wasn't in this chapter and it will be revealed why in the next chapter. Actually a lot of things will be revealed in the next chapter.

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