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Chapter Three;

"and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." - Henry David Thoreau

Have you ever had that feeling where your life just comes to a halt? Mind goes blank, your heart beats steadily but you can feel it beating slower and slower, your head aching. You may think me morbid, but it was strange to feel this. It was like my mind was miles away from my own body, like it knew that maybe these were the last moments I'd see.
Have you ever thought about that? Fearing, just being in so much fear that one day you'll take your last breath. You'll only see the green hills and feel that English breeze on your face just that one last time. That maybe you'll just become a memory?

Of course, it wasn't like Bellatrix Black and Themis Flint were going to kill us... right?

Lily backed away slowly towards the wall and I followed her steps. She was breathing heavily, grasping onto her wand through her robes. If Lily Evans, the princess of bravery, one who could have easily been Joan of Arc in her past life, was scared then that obviously spelt trouble.

"Don't look so scared, mudblood." Flint sneered at Lily, pushing his wand into her face so she was blinded by the light for a few seconds. "We're not gonna kill you... yet, anyways."

"Don't call her that!" I snapped before I could think. Anger and hate bubbled inside of me.

They dared to call her that? Call her something so vile and discriminating and so cowardly? People are always afraid of what they're not used to. Perhaps to them, the thought that someone had magical abilities and wasn't in a prestigious pure blood line was unheard of. Their families would have been going on for centuries after centuries; each grandfather holding a legacy that their ancestors would speak of day after day. They were afraid that blood didn't matter anymore. Afraid that they'd be deemed just 'normal' and ordinary.

"I'll call her whatever I damn well like!" Flint roared, I was surprised the portraits around us hadn't woken up at the commotion. But they just remained in their frames, snoring- so oblivious to the world outside of their safe frames. "So shut your face, filthy halfblood." Again with the blood insults? I snorted, how ridiculous.

"It's alright," Lily assured me.

"Themis!" Black screeched beside him, stomping her foot impatiently. "We don't have time for this."

"They could come in useful." Flint stepped back to Black and they assessed us both for a short while. It felt strange and uncomfortable as Bellatrix Black looked at me, scanned my face and body down to the last tee and then to my wand- which was held out firm in my hand. She had the same gray eyes as Sirius, the one feature of his that was my favourite, the thing that had me like him instantly. Whilst Sirius' eyes sparkled like stars, Bellatrix's were dark and fierce.

"Perhaps," She drawled out, checking her watch. "If so then we had better leave now, before that stupid head boy comes."

"What makes you think we'd go anywhere with you? And help you?" Lily laughed. If there was fear inside her then she didn't let it show. I admired her.

"Because," Flint spat, "even though you're safe here in Hogwarts, with all these stupid rules and the teachers on the look out. But who's going to protect you outside these walls? When you're on the school holidays or when you've graduated?" He moved close to Lily again and I wished that the fear inside of me wasn't holding me back. I wished I wasn't a coward so that I could protect my friends when they needed it. He tapped his wand on her cheek.

"There's no saying what can happen once you've graduated from this school, mudblood. Do you not know what's coming? Something big. And you would be wise to help us now, or you will suffer the consequences later."

"So... you're saying you won't kill us ... until later?" Again my mouth opened before I knew what was happening. Despite the violent thumping of my heart, I could feel my grip tighten and I knew that if I wanted to be something, to be remembered then I needed to act. What was the point of living a life in fear, a life so harboured that when faced with death you realised that you hadn't lived not even one minute of your life?

"I didn't say that." Flint snapped, now advancing to me. "Just that we might be kinder when it happens."

I snorted. Merlin what was happening to me? Maybe thinking depressing thoughts about death and harboured lives was doing me good. "Then the same goes to you. What's going to protect you when you leave the castle? Who's to say that in five years time, you're the one who is at the mercy of someone's bidding." I saw Black take a side step towards me, her wand ready as if to start cursing me.

"I'm not saying we won't help!" I added quickly, holding up my hands in defence. Lily glared at me. "Just that we come to some sort of agreement."

"What kind of agreement?" Black asked with a shrewd laugh that made my skin tingle with sickness.

"That if we help," Lily called out. "You help us. An eye for an eye. We're not saying that we become friends or even acquaintances; just that you take our help into consideration and you remember it."

Black rolled her eyes, yelling at Flint that they were running out of time. "Fine!" Flint said with a hiss. "Agreed."

They started walking immediately and we had no choice but to follow them. I doubt it wouldn't have been very clever to run away after we had just saved our necks for the future. Lily caught my eye, she must have been thinking the same thing.

One, two, three, four, five stairs we climbed. Then it was six. We stopped at the seventh.

"Where are they taking us?" Lily whispered to me as we all turned a corner. "Maybe they lied and are taking us to the furthest part of the castle to kill us and chop us up into little pieces and leave us there for knargles and all sorts to eat us."

"I... I don't know, Lils." I murmured, making sure that neither Black or Flint could hear us. The last thing I wanted was those Slytherins getting ideas.

"Look," Lily grabbed hold of my hand, stopping me for a second. "Just run now, run back to the common room and... and call for James. Get James to come and help us."

What would be the point in that? How would James be able to save us? We weren't in the 1900's anymore... women hadn't died for our rights so that we could remain damsels in distress. It wasn't even just the muggle women, it had been witches too, wanting their rights too for jobs in the ministry and other areas.

"I'm not leaving you." Was all I said.

I wouldn't have been able to anyways; even if the thought of running had crossed my mind, we suddenly all stopped outside a bare bit of wall. It looked like any other slab of concrete, but to Flint and Black there was obviously something hidden there. Black watched as Flint walked up and down beside the wall, muttering something every time he did. He stopped after a while and watched as two doors magically appeared. It seemed that this was meant to happen, as himself and Black showed no signs of surprise.

Lily and I, however, stood there with our mouths open wide. It was like magic, as ironic as that was. The doors legit had appeared by magic.

Through the doors there was a large room, full to the brink with random objects of all sorts. Chairs, a piano, an old muggle radio; anything and everything. Some things were collecting dust, others had obviously been used quite recently. Lily and I watched as the two older students made their way towards something large, covered in a long black sheet. After pulling down the sheet I realised it was a mirror of some sort.

Flint beckoned us forward, the two of them squabbling over something quietly. It seemed that Flint had lost the argument, he cleared his throat and asked if we spoke any languages.

"French." Lily said. "And a bit of Latin, I suppose."

"None." I said, feeling a bit stupid and helpless.

Black pushed us both forward again, so that we were standing right in front of the mirror. It was a beast of a mirror, as tall as it was wide with beautiful and strange markings going up along the side of it and stopping at the top. The strangest thing was that it wasn't showing our reflection, it was like it was bare; empty.

"Do you know what the words at the top mean?" Flint asked, his cheeks reddening. He obviously found it humiliating that he had to stoop low and get the help of Gryffindor students, a muggle born and a half blood witch at that.

My eyes drifted to the top of the mirror. Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi. My skin tingled just looking at it. Like the first day I had arrived at Hogwarts, feeling all that magic had caused me to falter for a second and I was feeling the same right now.

"It's not Latin." Lily said with a shrug of her shoulders. "It's not any language at all... it seems to be just gibberish."

"I told you." Black hissed, poking her wand into Flint's side.

If it wasn't in a language, it had to be in some sort of code? What was the point of having something written that didn't make sense? Everything had a reason behind it, didn't it? My eyes glanced up at the words again, taking in every letter and space mark, reading it back and forwards.

"Hang on," I muttered, stepping forward again. "It's backwards."

For a second it didn't feel like we were students from rivalry houses, just mere students sharing a moment of awe. Our voices joining in together as we all stated what was inscribed backwards: "I show not your face but your heart's desire."

"You can go first then." Black pulled Lily back so that I was alone in front of it.

My reflection came into view, but it wasn't the Evelyn Acres I was. This Evelyn was happy, happy with herself and her life. Next to her was a smiling Sirius and they were both holding hands. My cheeks blushed. Gabriel came into view too, a shiny red badge placed on his robes that stated 'QUIDDITCH CAPTAIN'.

"What can you see?" Lily asked eagerly.

"Uuh," I coughed. "It's me... but me older. With my brother... h-he's Quidditch Captain." Somehow I doubted that Bellatrix Black would be impressed or happy if she knew that I could see Sirius in my heart's desire.

"And now the mudblood." I was pulled back by Black roughly and it was Lily's turn to go forward. She stumbled slightly but regained her balance. I watched as her eyes widened at whatever she could see.

"I'm... I'm head girl." Her cheeks were red.

Flint sneered, muttering something that was probably offensive. "That was all you were needed for. Now scram before I'm tempted to go back on my word and curse you both so you're slithering on your backs."

Lily fled instantly and I was hot on her tail, we didn't stop running until we made it to the common room, all ice cream cravings now out of the window.

"What the hell was all that about?!" She muttered, obviously too alarmed to sit down. She looked freaked out. "They could have freaking killed us and instead made us look into a mirror that showed our desires? How twisted is that? Since when did Slytherins care about their 'heart's desires'?!"

"Maybe they were checking the mirror wasn't cursed or something? So they used us as bait... they'd know it wasn't safe if you and I started melting or something."

"And that room too." Lily was talking to herself as we walked to the dorms. "I'm sure I've seen James and Sirius lurking up in that corridor before."

"A room that only appears when you walk up and down past it like a loony." I remarked.

Neither of us mentioned what happened the next day. We caught eyes in the morning, but it was like we had silently agreed not to mention it to anyone. Not yet anyways.

"Merlin," Vicky yawned as she dressed into her school robes. "Thank goodness that tomorrow's the weekend. Hogsmeade!"

I felt a lump in my tummy at the last word. Memories of the try-outs washed over me, Eddie asking if I could go with him. Maybe he'd been messing with me and hadn't really meant it? He was a fit bloke, puberty had obviously served him well. Thanks to Quidditch he had a tall and strong physique, his hair was a honey brown and his eyes were a beautiful brown. He had obviously been messing with me.

It wasn't until breakfast that I was proved wrong. Alice had been talking about her weird dream, it involved weird jelly rabbits and Frank, when all of sudden she had stopped and was staring at something behind me, her mouth open in shock.

"Hullo girls." A think northern accent stated and instantly Lily moved so that someone could sit next to me. Eddie flashed me a smile. "So, shall I meet you in here at say... noon? Then we can make our way to Hogsmeade together and go look around?"

I found myself unable to speak, the girls staring at me wide eyed as I nodded. The marauders had just entered the hall, Sirius walking hand-in-hand with Maggie.

"You guys look like you've seen a ghost." James stated humourously as they sat down.

"Eddie just asked Evelyn out to Hogsmeade." Alice gaped. The four marauders and Maggie's jaws dropped too.

"Really?!" Sirius asked, glancing at Eddie who nodded slowly.

"So I'll see you then," Eddie nodded again, obviously not liking the attention of everyone staring at him like he had three heads. "By Evelyn. Bye guys." He stood up and made his way to his friends who were sat a few seats down the table.

Remus whistled. "Wow Evelyn. Way to go."

"You guys are acting like it's a shock that someone asked me out." If I had a quid for how much I had blushed these past few days then I'd be a millionaire.

"Well," Vicky coughed. "You're not the... most sociable of people." She was going to say more but Lily glared at her to shut up.

Our first class was Potions with the Slytherin lot. It would have been unbearable but the Potions Master, Professor Slughorn, was actually a jolly and happy man who judged not by what house you were in but by how well you could brew a potion. Lily, being the best student in the class, was the obvious favourite.

"Miss Evans and friends!" He beamed, smiling down at us all. "Hope you all had a fantastic week. Now, to work."

Slughorn started talking about the Draught of Peace, writing something on the blackboard that was obviously important but I took no notice, staring hard at my desk. Why? Sirius Black was my potions partner. Sirius freaking Black was sitting next to me. I could smell his musky cologne that just tickled my senses.

We had all gotten to the class room at the same time, Remus paired with James and Vicky and Alice sat down at once. I had already sat down at an empty table and it looked like Lily was about to join me when Sirius sat down next to me, saying good morning as he did so. I had stuttered back a reply, ignoring Lily's curious glance as she instead took her seat next to Frank. Peter was already talking animatedly to someone else in our year, a girl with rosy cheeks who I hadn't really talked to very much.

"Now, begin!" Slughorn said gleefully, turning the sand timer on his desk.

"Crap." How had I missed everything he had said? Sirius chuckled next to me and leaned in, his face so very close to mine. So close that I could count his every eyelash.

"Don't worry, I took notes and I also have my book out on the correct page." He tapped his finger (what a beautiful and glorious finger he had) on the page 394. I was about to take my book out of my bag when he stopped me, placing his hand over mine. It was warm and he removed it instantly. "We can share." He shrugged and stood up. "I'll get the ingredients, you get the cauldron then."

I'd never sat next to Sirius in a lesson before, it was usually Lily and occasionally Remus. We seemed to work together quite well, we took turns reading aloud and then added the ingredients after the other crushed it. It seemed, however, neither of us were incredibly skilled in the art that was and is potion brewing.

"Do we crush the porcupine quills or just leave them whole?"

Sirius hummed as he stared at the quills in front of him. He bit his lip and shrugged. "The stupid book doesn't specify."

"Remember back in first year when the potions were so simple and all you had to do was just follow the book and it told you everything you needed to do?"

"Yeah," Sirius sighed, crushing a little of the quill and adding it to the potion, checking to see what happened. "Those were the days. And to think we were actually supposed to remember how to handle all the ingredients and what to do if one potion was more watery or thicker than the other."

We both hummed in agreement again. James and Remus were quarreling about what colour the potion was supposed to be, James was obviously a bit flushed as his hair, that was usually already a bit ruffled and messy, was almost sticking up in the air. Their potions was a light red.

"What colour is it supposed to be after the quills?" He asked.

"Uuuh..." I checked the book. "Red." Our potion was still a violent purple colour. Time was running out.

"I think," Sirius said. "to save time we should just add the quills as they are. God knows why Frank is shaking his like a lunatic but he looks daft doing it, so."

Whenever I was with Sirius time passed too quickly, the class was over as soon as it had begun. It turned out Frank had been right in shaking the quills and so Sirius and I both received a 'Poor', Slughorn telling us not to worry and that we were welcome to come by to his 'slug club' next year (only sixth years and above were allowed to go, alcohol was served).

"Why the hell would you shake something with that much force? Especially a stupid potion that's supposed to bring the brewer peace. How ironic is that." Sirius muttered to me as we all left the dungeons.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Sure." Sirius stopped.

"What's on the seventh floor?"

Sirius stared at me, surprised. He opened his mouth to speak when-

"Siriuuuuus~." Maggie was waving him over.

"Uh, I'll get back to you on that," Sirius called over to me, waving at me briefly before he walked away with Maggie.

"For the last time, Lily. You don't need to wait with me, you're not my mum."

"I know," Lily bit her lip, patting me on the shoulder. "I just don't want to leave you on your own."

I rolled my eyes and threw a cherry tomato at her. "I'm not alone. Remus is here."

"Aye, that I am." Remus said, lifting up his goblet of orange juice up at us before taking a sip.

"But I feel bad if I'm not here with you when Eddie doesn't..." She stopped herself, realising the mistake she'd just made. "Uhh... when he does come, I mean."

"If you want, Lily," Remus said, "I'll be on the lookout and make sure that Evelyn goes to Hogsmeade with Eddie. I shall be her protector whilst she eats her sandwiches."

Lily looked unconvinced but James pulled her out of the hall, complaining that if they didn't hurry then the queue for Honeydukes and Zonkos would be massive.

"Why aren't you coming to Hogsmeade, Remus?" I asked, shifting in my seat.

He shrugged. "I don't feel that well and I've got a bit of studying to catch up on since I missed last nights..."

"Why did you miss last nights?"

"Oh," He blushed, waving his hand nonchalantly, "Uh, no reason really."

We chatted for a few minutes before he nodded his head towards the doors, Eddie had just entered.

"Hey," He smiled as he walked over. "Sorry I'm late, shall we go then?"

"Yeah." I said, getting up. I waved Remus goodbye and followed Eddie out of the hall.

Eddie was charming. He was funny and somehow made me laugh at the silliest of things. He was quite the comedian, something that I- being an introvert- was not all that used to. Needless to say, just the walk alone to Hogsmeade was fun and I found myself liking Eddie more and more as he made our way towards Honeydukes.

He bought me a chocolate lollipop, telling me that I was sweet. I giggled and thanked him.

"Do you want to go to Zonkos?" He asked, obviously eager to go and browse at the merchandise. I nodded, not really minding and allowed him to grab my hand and pull me towards the shop.

"Put your hand on this." He said, passing me a strange jelly like square. As soon as my hand touched it the square turned into a hand and started intimidating anything and everything that I did.

I giggled. "That's impressive."

Eddie was just trying out a cockroach cluster when there was suddenly a flash of lightning and thunder, followed by heavy rain. Everyone in the shop jumped at the sound, watching the rain through the window.

"Luckily, I brought this." Eddie rummaged through his pockets and took out a small plastic bag. After a few seconds of searching for something he sang out an 'a-ha!' and wallah, out came a large black umbrella. From the small plastic bag.

"How the heck did you do that?!" I gasped, walking over and peeking into the bag, it was bigger on the inside! Books, a coat, some sandwiches and his broomstick were stored in this tiniest of tiny plastic bags.

"Magic, my dear." He joked, speaking in a mysterious voice. "Nah, you'll learn it next year in Flitwick's class. Bloody useful spell and all, not like the general rubbish that you have to learn."

"That is very handy." I said with a smile.

A couple of students were braving the rain and running outside with their fleeces and jackets, protecting them, poorly, from the mighty rain. Eddie and I still hadn't finished looking around, so we walked around slowly, pointing at funny things and trying out some of the stuff that made us both erupt into childish giggles.

"So, my dear Evelyn," Eddie said with a sigh once we had purchased some sugar quills. "We have two choices." He said in a dramatic voice as we looked out at the still impending rainstorm. "We either run outside and try to find shelter somewhere... or we run and find shelter."

"I quite like the sound of the latter, to be honest. Very good plan."

"Why thank you." He said with a smirk. "Ready?" I grabbed hold of his hand and he put up his umbrella immediately, our bodies close as we stepped out into the storm.

"Wow!" He shouted over the rain, it sounding like hail rather than rain. "This is dangerous!" He laughed.

We both made our way downhill, treading carefully as the gravel had become slippy.

"Watch out," He said and he grabbed hold of my hand tighter, "It's really slippy."

I walked first, leaving the shelter of his umbrella. I trod carefully and made it safely across, just next to the Three Broomsticks. It was then Eddie's turn, he took two steps and slipped suddenly. He yelped out a scream and skidded onto his bottom. Trying not to laugh, I ran quickly to him, stuttering out an 'are you okay, oh my god' with shaky laughs.

"Well," He stumbled slightly to his feet, brushing off some of the gravel from his butt. "That was embarrassing."

"Are you sure you're okay?"

He blushed, not meeting my eyes. "I'm fine, just more worried about my umbrella." He stroked the object carefully and made sure it wasn't broken. By the time he was sure it hadn't been injured we were both soaking from the rain and decided to run (without falling) to The Three Broomsticks.

Madam Rosmerta fussed over us, tutting at our soaked clothes- we probably looked like drowned rats.

"The first butterbeer is on me," She said, cleaning up the bar. "Don't want upset and wet customers!" Eddie carried over our drinks and we found Lily and James sat at a table already.

"Having fun were we in the rain?" James said with a suggestive smile, waggling his eyebrows. Lily pushed him softly.

"Yeah, and then I fell on my arse and looked like a right git. I'm supposed to impress a girl, not make her laugh at my stupidity." Eddie said and sent me a crazy face- eyes crossed and his tongue lolled out to the side of his mouth. 'Charming.' James commented with a snort as he drank the last drags of his butterbeer.

"Did you see anyone else?" Lily asked me, to which I shook my head.

"We've been in here since the rain started." James sighed. "I know Peter's on some date with Betty at Puddifoot's and Sirius and Maggie are supposed to be at Zonkos."

"We went to Zonkos, didn't see them."

Oh God. Sirius and Maggie? The two names together just inflated me somehow. I hated the fact I was acting so stupid. I wanted to be over Sirius Black, I didn't want that insane feeling in my stomach, the butterflies, when I heard his name. And yet I didn't want him to be with Maggie, she just didn't seem right with him. But who was I to judge, right?

Peter came running into the pub, only stopping for a breath when he reached our table. "They're by the fountain, snogging." He said in an excited voice. He shared a look with James, who nodded.

"I'm so coming to see this. Come on, let's go spy on them and embarrass them."

He pulled Lily and I out of our seats. "Is this really necessary?" Lily asked with a frown. "What about their privacy?"

James and Peter snorted. "Sirius doesn't know that word."

Peter nodded. "Just like that time he saw me and that bird in third year and he made our conversation be heard throughout the entire castle..."

"Or him taking pictures of me sleeping in my birthday suit and sticking them everywhere, including and ESPECIALLY the dungeons. I think Slughorn's got one saved in his office." James added, shuddering.

"Sounds fun," Eddie said with a smile and stood up, holding out his hand for me. "You gonna come?"

"Alright."

James suggested we snuck out of the door and hid behind one of the bushes that was just opposite the fountain, giving us a perfect view of the couple (much to my despair). The rain hadn't stopped but was much lighter now, a slight drizzle. The street was still mostly empty, most students still staying indoors and trying to dry themselves as much as they can. There was someone lurking just on the other side of the street and that was it.

"Could they be any more disgusting?" Peter sniggered.

Sirius had his arm around Maggie's shoulders and they were both snogging at such speed, the sloppy wet kissing sounds going right through me and making me shake slightly.

"Should we jump out and scare them?" James said.

"I think we give it another minute and then jump out and start embarrassing Sirius so much; he has been crushing on Maggie for months now." Eddie chipped in. James started counting down from sixty seconds, Peter chanting along beside him.

They'd only just got down to thirty four seconds when someone shouted out Maggie's name.

"Who is it?" James hissed, the face of the stranger was hidden behind the fountain. There were raised and angry voices.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"Leb!" Maggie seemed nervous, laughing awkwardly as she removed Sirius' arm from her quite forcefully. "It's not what it looks like. We were just messing around, nothing serious..."

She was running towards the other guy, but he didn't seem interested. She pushed herself onto him, lunging her arms around his neck but he stopped her. Sirius barged towards them.

"You what?" He asked, half surprised and half amused. "Nothing serious? You didn't tell me that just five minutes ago when you were happily about to come back to my room."

"What are you, like fourteen?" The boy scoffed. The stranger was wearing very posh looking business shoes, followed by some work trousers. He must have been an office worker of some sorts.

"I'm fifteen actually," Sirius said. "Not that that matters."

"Crap, should we do something?" Lily asked with worry. Maggie was yelling at them both to stop, like she was enjoying having two guys both argue over her.

"Nah," James said with a wave of his hand.

"Yeah, this is far too amusing." I shook my head at James and Peter's childishness, although I did have to admit that I was getting slightly amused by Maggie's high pitched shrieks.

"Caleb! Sirius! Stop it now!"

"Sirius?" The stranger stopped and suddenly his face came into view.

"No," I gasped, alarm bells ringing incessantly in my head. I felt dizzy.

"By Jove! Caleb!" Sirius let out a gasp. "Caleb Acres!"

"Your freaking brother is the one that Maggie is seeing?!" James gasped, not believing his eyes.

"He's not my brother anymore," I whispered, watching as the two boys laughed and hugged each other- forgetting that Maggie was there crying crocodile tears. "'Specially not if after this he continues seeing that hag."

"You two know each other?" Maggie asked, surprised.

Sirius' smile vanished, a frown appearing as he and my brother turned to her.

"How many more guys have you been seeing behind my back?" Caleb asked angrily. Maggie was silent.

"Answer him!" Sirius shouted and Maggie opened her mouth. We waited, anticipating, what kind of excuse she was going to give, but it never came. The doors to Three Broomsticks opened with a bang and out ran my nincompoop of a brother with Vicky. They were holding hands and he was singing opera, he stopped in shock when he saw Caleb and Sirius and the tear stricken Maggie, as well as our faces that were now uncovered from the bush.

Caleb followed Gabe's gaze, his eyes meeting mine. "Evie!" Caleb said, throwing out his arms.

Remus couldn't stop laughing. "Merlin's beard." He cackled, patting his chest in the hopes of stopping his chuckles. "Man, I wish I had gone, just to see that happen."

"It wasn't that hilarious." Sirius drawled with a roll of his eyes. He'd been moody ever since we got back to Hogwarts. He and Maggie were now over, although I was unsure if they had ever even began, Caleb had also stopped his ties with her too. "Gosh, how stupid was I. Tell your brother I'm really sorry again." He called out to me and then left the common room, all the while muttering to himself.

"He's a right moody cow sometimes."

"Aw come on Pete. The poor sod's just had his heart broken."

Remus snorted at James' words. "He needed a taste of his own medicine. Maybe now he'll actually take my advice and focus on his studies more."

"Maybe I will!" Came Sirius' snooty reply, he was now wearing some marvelous grey pajama bottoms. He snatched up his book that he had forgotten. James rolled his eyes.

"Sure, course you will."

"Nah, I mean it this time. I'm not going to anymore." Sirius said seriously, his voice a threatening tone.

"I don't understand what's quite going on..." I said, eyeing the four boys.

"Evelyn can be my witness!" Sirius placed his hand on my shoulder. "From this moment on, Sirius Black is staying single until he graduates from Hogwarts with flying colours."

PANG. Oh, don't mind that... just my heart breaking into a million of tiny, little pieces.

Authour's note:

Howdy, howdy! Hope y'all enjoyed this, leave a review if you have time and I'll see you when the next chapter has been posted. Sorry for any mistakes, I'll re-read it tomorrow and correct anything if there are mistakes. Until then~