Opening the Door

Disclaimer: See chapter 1

Chapter 14 – Weight of the World

"Lily! Eve! Come sit with us!"

Evangeline blinked and glanced to Lily, who was next to her, before going to sit with the Marauders.

Lily took a seat next to James, opposite Remus, while Evangeline was between James and Sirius. Evangeline kept her head down, cringing as the boys pushed away their fan girls, who looked just about ready to strangle Evangeline and Lily – Evangeline especially.

Feels like the weight of the world,
Like God in heaven gave me a turn.
Don't cling to me, I swear I can't fix you.
Still in the dark, can you fix me?

"You don't need to do this, you know…" Evangeline murmured, as she shifted uncomfortably.

James, Sirius and Remus smiled at her.

"Yeah, but we want to. Besides," Remus told her, shooting a glare at one girl, "they deserve it after what they did to you."

A couple of girls began to mutter and glare at Evangeline as they heard this.

Evangeline groaned quietly, and made to get up.

Sirius and James caught one of her arms each, using them to pull her back down into her seat.

"C'mon, we'll make sure they shut up." James assured his sister, grinning.

Evangeline gave him a suspicious look, but sat down anyway, continuing her breakfast.

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"Lily!"

Lily looked round, smiling, as James called out for her.

"Hey James, what's up?" she asked, as they walked out of the Entrance Hall together, headed towards the lake.

Freefall, freefall, all through life.

It was a beautiful sunny day, due to the fact that the summer holidays started the next day, with all the students going home.

James took her hands in his, making Lily blush prettily.

"Lily, thank you for helping me save Eve from herself. And now for the question I'm sure you hate…will you go out with me?" James asked, smiling secretively.

Lily laughed and threw her arms round James's neck.

"Of course!" she cried, hugging the surprised boy.

James grinned and took his chances, bringing Lily out of the hug and bending down slightly to kiss her softly.

Lily's eyes fluttered close in contentment.

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"Hey, Eve, can I ask you something?" Sirius asked as he ran to catch Evangeline up.

Headed towards the astronomy tower, the two laughed as they recognised James and Lily kissing by the lake.

If you love me, then let go of me.
I won't be held down by who I used to be.
She's nothing to me.

"Sure, what?" Evangeline asked, gazing out over the grounds, not looking at Sirius.

She jumped slightly as his arms snaked round her waist from behind.

"Go out with me?"

Evangeline turned round in his grip to blink up at him, amazed and overjoyed.

"…You-You mean it?" she whispered, barely able to believe it.

Sirius smiled and nodded, brushing his lips against her's.

"So?" he asked, chiding her for an answer.

Evangeline grinned back.

Sirius smiled wider, seeing her grin at last.

"Yes." She whispered, hugging him tight.

Her eyes widened as a thought struck her.

"What about James?" she asked, backing from his embrace. Sirius smiled.

"He's fine with it. I asked him if it was okay for me to ask you out this morning." He told her. Evangeline smiled, hugging him again.

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"Hi Remus! Are you okay?"

"I'm fine Cherie. Umm, can I talk to you in private, please?" Remus shifted nervously as he took Cherie into a deserted corridor.

"Doyouwannagooutwithmesometime?"

"…What?" asked Cherie, laughing. Remus sighed, his face growing redder and redder by the second.

"Do you want to go out with me sometime?" he repeated. Cherie blinked at him, and nodded.

Feels like the weight of the world,
Like all my screaming has gone unheard.
And oh, I know you don't believe in me.
Safe in the dark, how can you see?

"Sure thing!" she replied, after a pause.

Remus sighed again. "Cherie, if you're gonna date me, you should know…I'm a werewolf." He said, rushing it out.

Cherie gaped at him.

"You-You're a what…?!" she gasped.

Remus winced. "A werewolf. Please don't tell anyone!" he pleaded. Cherie shook her head.

"It's not that, Remus!" she laughed. "I-I'm a werewolf too…" she added quietly, glancing round nervously.

Remus gaped at her, then grinned.

Cherie's eyes widened as Remus sealed her lips with his.

The next day, the six sat in a compartment, talking happily.

Evangeline was sat on the windowsill like always, with Sirius next to her, holding her hand; Lily and James were sat together; and Cherie and Remus were side-by-side as well.

Sirius's eyes widened as he drew the tattered notebook from Evangeline's pocket, flicking to the latest entry.

"…You wrote another song?" he asked, breaking into the conversation.

Evangeline blushed and snatched back the notebook, nodding.

Freefall, freefall, all through life.

Lily grinned. "Oh yeah, c'mon Eve, you know our deal!" she teased. Evangeline's blush darkened, as she cast her mind back to the last few moments in the Girls' Dorm.

-FLASHBACK-

Lily, being already packed, laughed as she came into the Girls' Dorm, to find Evangeline putting the lock on her trunk; Leiko jumping up and down on her trunk; and several other girls desperately trying to open their trunks so they could add something else to the contents.

Lily frowned as she saw Evangeline's tattered notebook lying open on top of her bedside cabinet, showing her latest song.

"Eve? You wrote another song?" Lily asked. Evangeline blinked at her and blushed.

"Yeah…b-but please don't tell the Marauders!" she begged, pouting pleadingly.

Lily frowned. "Hmm, okay. But if they find it, you have to sing it!" she added.

Evangeline gaped at her, and sighed.

"Oh, okay." She agreed reluctantly.

Lily grinned.

"But you can't give them any hints!"

-END FLASHBACK-

Evangeline groaned and held her head in her hands.

"Eve…!" Lily sang teasingly.

Evangeline groaned and held up her hands in defeat.

"Alright, alright!" she relented. "I'll do it! Sheesh…!"

As Evangeline began to sing, the others slowly joined in, until there was a small chorus under Evangeline's voice.

"If you love me, then let go of me."

Evangeline smiled as she finished, only to be tugged from the windowsill by Sirius.

She shrieked as she fell, landing in his lap, with her legs still on the windowsill. She blinked up at him in surprise.

Sirius grinned down at her, and then kissed her.

James pulled a face, but grinned anyway.

"Get a room!" he called.

Evangeline blushed.

"Like you can talk, James!" Remus added, grinning knowingly at Lily, who blushed furiously.

Cherie laughed and gave Remus a kiss on the cheek.

"I'm hungry." She announced.

I won't be held down by who I used to be.

Evangeline smiled, and looked round at those who she could successfully call her friends.

-END-

Okay, I just wanna say a HUGE thankyou to everyone who has read and reviewed this fanfiction. despite the dark content, i really enjoyed writing this, and by the looks of the reviews you enjoyed reading it - a sequel MAY be on it's way but to behinest i'm not too sure...hopefully. i want to continue it, but only if i get good inspiration for a sequel.

well, that's all for me! over and out hehe! thanks again, naioak1992 - xoxo