Chapter 20

She Strikes Again...

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Last Chapter...

"Can you tell me what's wrong?" He tried again.

"Fine! I don't like being made a fool of! Now get out of my way."

"Who made a fool out of you? I'll teach them to mess with my girlfriend." He said, in an attempt to cheer her up.

Julia frowned, "Sirius, we're over." She chocked out before recoiling and looking past him.

The breath caught in Sirius's throat and his heart sank, "I must have heard you wrong, I thought you said we're over."

"That's what I said." Julia said, looking into his eyes. "And let me tell you something." She continued. She could feel her heart beating faster and her hands shaking in rage. "You are the foulest excuse for a boyfriend ever!" She snapped, before leaving a stunned, heart broken Gryffindor in the door way to the Great Hall.


"I swear to God if Sirius did something to you I will bury him alive." Lily hissed but Julia shook her head.

"Well he did something." Julia said, burying her face in her pillow. James frowned before sitting down at the bottom of her bed.

"I was talking to him and whatever he did, he doesn't know he did." James said.

"Pst." Julia said. "He probably just doesn't know that I know."

Lily and James exchanged a worried glance. Whatever happened had to be serious enough for an easygoing girl like Julia to break up with Sirius.


Lily's mouth dropped. This must be a joke. She thought. James seemed to be thinking the same thing when he asked, "You're kidding right?"

"I wish I were." Answered Julia as she pulled her pillow closer to her.

"That son of a-." Lily mumbled before leaving for the dorm.

Lily stormed down the steps until she was in front of the black haired Gryffindor. "Did you get her to tell you? Why is she mad at me?" Sirius asked, standing up from his seat on the couch.

"You are the lowliest piece of crap that ever walked this earth." Lily said before swiftly slapping him across the face, leaving his face a dark pink.

"What the hell Evans?" Sirius asked. He put his hand up to his face much in the dark about what was going on.

"You filthy bastard." Lily hissed, laying her hand across his other cheek.

"Damnit Evans! What are you on about!" Lily raised her hand to hit him again but James hand locked over her wrist.

"Lily." He said in a soft tone.

"Let go of me!" Lily yelled before wrenching her arm from him. Her green eyes could be very intimidating, especially now as she bore them into Sirius's hazel ones.

James obeyed her order but immediately regretted it as she drove her fist into Sirius's stomach.

Sirius doubled over and wheezed angrily, "Damn Evans do it again and I'll do it back."

"I'd like to see you try that actually." Lily said before swinging her leg out to kick him in the groin but fortunately for Sirius, James pulled Lily back away from him.

"Let go of me James!" She said as she wriggled in his arms.

"Calm down." James whispered to her as he felt eyes of onlookers starring at them.

"Just let go of me!" Lily said, straining against James's grip on her with as much force as she could muster.

"Uh Remus, a little help here..." James said to the curiously watching Gryffindor.

Remus's arms held on to one of Lily's. Both boys managed to keep Lily from lunging at Sirius again.

"Now do you want to tell me what that was about?" Sirius asked Lily, his temper already at it's peak. "Cause there has to be a better way of letting me know I did something wrong then attacking me."

"You have got to know what you did wrong! Stop acting like a six year old!" Lily shouted back at him.

"I'm the one acting immature? Would you look at yourself?" Sirius snapped.

"Oh you lousy-" Lily muttered as she again tried to pull herself away from the boys holding her but both of them kept a tight grip on her.

"Yeah like that's not immature!" Sirius took a cautionary step back away from the fiery red head.

"Maybe you and Julia should talk things over." James suggested. "You know, alone..." He said, figuring a distraction like Lily would get them no where.

"That's what I've been saying all day but she won't talk to me." Sirius said.

"Oh don't act like you're the hurt one. All wounded because your ex won't talk to you." Lily sneered.

"Would you shut your mouth!" Sirius snapped at her.

"Let go of me!" Lily demanded to James and Remus. "Now!"

"Sorry Lils, but we don't need any wars erupting in here." Remus said.

"Oh come on! I won't hurt him I promise." Lily said. James glanced over at Remus who merely shrugged. "I think he's already been embarrassed enough by a girl half his size." She sneered.

Sirius glared at her and Remus and James let go over of Lily. "Thank you." She said indignantly as she smoothed her skirt and blouse.

"Let's see if we can get Julia to talk to you. Maybe you can work his out." Remus suggested.

"Oh no. Julia's not changing her mind. She will never go out with this scum again and I certainly wouldn't let her is she wanted to." Lily interrupted.

"You're much more attractive when you keep your mouth shut!" Snapped Sirius. Lily's eyes narrowed at her as she pulled out her 10 ΒΌ inch wand.

"Hey come on." James said to Sirius before he saw that Lily had her wand raised.

"Retriscorp-" She started angrily.

"Proterimus!" Sirius was quick. He had fast reflexes and could think even faster, which made him a very good dueler.

The spell hit Lily in the stomach and threw her against the back of the couch. Lily winced, her wand still raised at him. "You might get away with attacking your boyfriends but don't think you can do the same to me Lily."

"And why the hell not?" She asked as Sirius advanced on her, his wand raised.

"Because I'm smarter than I look." Sirius ignored Lily's sour laughter and continued, "I made that spell up right there. It's a combination of the Shielding spell and the Disarming spell."

"Well you might want to work out the kinks in it genius because guess who still has their wand in her hand." Lily barked back waving her wand at him.

Sirius frowned, "It's better than you could do Evans."

Lily's eyes narrowed at him, he was pushing her farther than she had patience for. "Come on Evans, let's see you do something impressive." Sirius egged.

"Ah Sirius," James tried to warn his friend but Sirius just ignored him.

"Go on." Sirius continued, "Let's see what you got." Sirius took a step back from Lily keeping his wand raised at her.

An evil grin crossed Lily's face. "Alright, but I'm warning you Black, you're not going to like this."

"The spell isn't even going to hit me." Sirius said, confident in his ability to block spells.

"Whatever you say." Lily slowly stood up and as she did she concentrated on the same spell over and over. Acsentio! Acsentio!

"Are you going-" Sirius started but a blue light flew out of Lily's wand as she was standing up.

Lily's grin only got wider as the spell hit Sirius in the lower stomach. "And that Mr. Black," Lily began. "Is what we call a non verbal spell."

The spell hit Sirius but nothing appeared to happen. "You obviously didn't do it right though cause I feel nothing."

Lily smirked. "Just give it a chance to set in."

Sirius frowned and James let out a soft groan. "Lily please tell me that wasn't the spell you used on Andrew at Slughorn's party."

Lily innocently shrugged, "He'll have to see in a few minutes."

"What did she do?" Sirius asked James.

"Oh, Sirius, if I were you, I'd get a head start to the hospital wing because chances are you won't be able to walk in a few minutes." Lily cooed.

"Bloody hell Evans, what did I do!" Sirius asked angrily.

Lily shook her head as she slid her wand back into her pocket, knowing Sirius was no longer a threat. She had scared him enough, especially with the thought that something was going to happen but not knowing exactly what. "Just shut up and stop trying to act all innocent because you know." Lily hissed before climbing the stairs to see Julia standing on the balcony.

And Lily didn't miss the small smile that crossed Julia's face as Sirius keeled over,wheezing. "Oh God," He hissed.

"Come on let's get him to the hospital wing." Remus said, helping Sirius up. He knew what Lily was capable of, he had seen it first hand just like pretty much everyone else in the school, so he had no doubt that whatever hex she had just preformed on Sirius was far from minor.

James looked at the balcony and watched the two girls disappear into their dorms with a sigh. "Alright." James said, also helping Sirius up. Sirius winced in pain as the three of them left the common room.


Lily slammed the door behind her as she walked into McGonagall's office. She plopped down at the empty chair next to James, not even mumbling a greeting.

"Alright now that you're both here, I'll just go over what I want you two to do and then leave you to do it." Their transfiguration teacher said, sensing the tension in the air, she decided it would be best to get them working as soon as possible.

She quickly went over that they had to make a log of all the books in her private library and fill out a form for each of them. Lily sighed as she watched McGonagall leave the room but she didn't say anything to James.

James looked over at her, still not having picked up a book or quill. "It's kind of funny how we ended up with a detention in the very place we made out. We might as well not done a day's worth of homework and gotten a detention. Then we kind of would have won twice." He said, with a small smile as he attempted to lighten the mood.

"James," Lily said, setting the book she had in her hand back on the shelf. "You know how before we got together I was afraid we would break up and not be friends anymore." She quietly spoke.

James nodded, having a vague sense of where this was going. "But after we got together I didn't fell like that because I knew that we would...Well-" She paused, realizing if she said what was really on her mind that might be too much for the pair of them to handle. "What I mean to say is that now that what I feared happened to my best friend and my...ex best friend, I'm afraid again." She said, avoiding his gaze. She knew she shouldn't say this; that she didn't have confidence in them as a couple.

James looked down at his hands and thought a moment before saying, "You know I was just thinking the same thing." He said. "Even though I know we'll never break up, I still worry."

Lily looked over at him and tilted her head a little, "But James, how could you possible know that we'll never break up?"

James shook his head, still avoiding her eyes. "I just..." He paused and sighed, "I just know."

"So are you saying that you think we'll..." Lily stopped and seemed to chicken out of what she was going to say. "Anyway, I sure hope so. I mean that we won't break up not that I don't want us to get..." Her voice trailed off but seemed to find itself soon enough. "Not that that would be bad but I mean, it's...we've only been..." She sighed and James looked up at her with that same cheeky smile on his face. "I should just stop now." She returned the smile and leaned back against the book shelf.

James nodded, "It's okay, I know what you meant." He said as his eyes again returned to his hands.

"Some thing's still bothering you." Lily said as a statement, not a question.

James shook his head, "Just this whole thing is bothering me. To think that one wrong step ruined them, for awhile I mean."

"So you think there is a chance of them getting back together?" Lily questioned.

James shrugged, "Maybe. Sirius probably won't give up on her and well Julia's just so forgiving."

"I don't want them to get back together." Lily said before she could stop herself. James looked up at her with an eyebrow raised. "I mean not that I don't want them to be happy. I just think Julia deserves better." She explained.

"Come on Lils, Sirius is my best mate and he was yours too. You know he's not that bad." James said.

"Did you not hear what Julia saw?" Lily asked, her anger rising just thinking about it.

James shrugged, "He just screwed up."

Lily frowned, deciding that arguing wasn't going to get them any where. "Maybe." She decided to answer.

"But let's not think about that now." James said, standing up and advancing on Lily.

The old feeling of the weak knees swept over Lily as James got closer to her. "I've been looking forward to ending what we started in here. I mean if you're up from it." James said. He didn't wait for her to answer before gently placing his lips over hers.


Julia peered around the door of the hospital wing in search of Madame Pomprey. She knew that chances were that the nurse wouldn't let her see Sirius so she figured it would be best if she just let herself in.

She quickly spotted Sirius laying in the bed three down from the door. She walked over to him and sat down silently on the stool next to him. Sirius watched her before saying, "If you see Lily, could you tell her that she is the cruelest, grossest, most evil person I know." He said, a small smile crossing his face.

Julia forced herself not to smile back at him, but she said, "Was it really that bad?"

"I'll say. It was like being repetitively kicked in the...well you know." He said. "What sucks more is that Pomprey didn't know how to stop it. Apparently that rat of a red head made the spell herself." Sirius shook her head. "Disgusting..." He muttered.

Julia nodded, she knew he was talking but she wasn't listening. She couldn't get past the picture cemented in her brain. Over and over, like a broken record, it played over and over again. And no matter how hard she tried to push it away, it kept coming back.

"Huh?" Sirius repeated. Julia looked over at him, not having heard what he said.

"What sorry?" She asked.

"Why are you here?" He repeated.

Julia thought the question over in her head. She didn't know exactly why her legs carried her down to the hospital wing but she had a vague idea. "I guess because I'm sorry I yelled at you before. I would have been down here sooner but Lily wouldn't let me."

A flicker of hope flashed through Sirius face that Julia immediately recognized so she added, "Not sorry for breaking up. Just sorry for yelling at you."

Sirius let out a frustrated sigh, "Are you here to finally tell me what I did wrong or are you just going to bet around the bush? Because if you are you might as well leave."

"Sirius you know." Julia said calmly.

Sirius frowned, "You saw me kissing Jacky Anderson?" He said slowly.

Julia nodded, the knot in her throat choking anything she tried to say. "But Juls did you see the whole thing? Do you know why I kissed her?" He asked.

"It-" Julia began but the knot made her stop. She shook her head and looked down at the floor. "It doesn't matter. You still kissed her."

"But Juls, it didn't mean anything. I love you more than anything and I never would do anything to hurt you."

"Too late." Julia spat. She stood up and looked out the window next to his bed, her arms crossed over her chest.

"Please let me explain exactly what happened." Sirius pleaded.

"Sirius there is no excuse for what you did. So explaining isn't going to do a thing." Julia said just above a whisper.

"Please?" He said, confident that what he had to say would change the way Julia thought of him.

"Fine."

"Okay, so I was waiting to talk to Slughorn in the hallway..." Sirius began.

----Flashback----

Sirius was leaning against the wall of the cold corridor. He looked up at the grandfather clock across the hall and let out a sigh. Slughorn was late as usual, no doubt talking to some student whose parents were very influential.

A crowd of students came down the hall, they had been let out of a class early. A couple of them stopped in front of Slughorn's office, like Sirius had been.

"Is he in there?" A boy Sirius recognized as Tom Carr.

Sirius shook his head, "Course not." He said, wondering why Tom hadn't snapped him for dating his little sister yet. But he was expecting a comment like that to come, so he took a deep breath to ready himself.

"Hey Sirius," A high pitched voice cooed from beside him. He inwardly groaned as he realized the girl was Jacky Anderson, one of the most annoying girls he had ever met. She was very demanding and rather spoiled seeing as she was determined to get what she wanted.

"Hello Jacky." Sirius said in a less than enthusiastic voice.

"I've missed you." She said, slipping her arm around Sirius's. Sirius tried to pull his arm away from her but she just held on tighter.

"What do you want?" Sirius rudely asked but Jacky didn't catch the rudeness in his tone.

"Just wanted to see you." She said, leaning her head on Sirius's shoulder and glancing quickly at Tom.

"You know I have a girlfriend." Sirius said, and even though he knew Tom wouldn't like it, he added, "That I love very much."

Tom grunted his disapproval but Jacky just turned herself so she was facing Sirius, nearly pinning him against the wall. "But not as much as you love me right?" She asked, running her hand though this hair.

"I don't love you." Sirius said, gently pushing her off of him. She pouted at him with her big blue eyes.

"Don't play games with me Sirius." She said, again taking a quick glance at Tom. "You know you want to snog me."

Sirius scrunched his face in disgust. "I rather snog Slughorn."

Jacky let out a shrill laughter. "That's adorable. You're such a kidder." She said, leaning in closer to him. Sirius could feel her breath on his face, he caught a whiff of her lavender perfume and pushed her off of him again.

"Stop it." Sirius said.

"Why are you falling for temptation?" Jacky continued, again pushing herself up against him. "I can tell when a guys into me Sirius." She said.

"If you don't leave me alone, I'm going to hex you." He said in a even tone as he tried not to lose his temper on her.

"I'd like to see you try." She whispered huskily in his ear. "Because I love it when you act like a bad boy."

"Oh please." Sirius said, shoving her off of him yet again, this time with a little more force than he attended.

"Kiss me Sirius." She said, clearly not getting the hint as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

Sirius shook his head, "Why the hell would I want to kiss you're ugly face." He snapped, frustrated by her determination. Jacky knew she wasn't ugly, so did Sirius, so his comment didn't affect her whatsoever.

"Come on Sirius, just like you did when we were going out." Sirius groaned at the mention of the two weeks he had put up with her as a girlfriend.

"But we're not going out anymore and I have a girlfriend." He repeated.

"It doesn't matter. She's not here right now. She won't know." She said, her lips moving closer to his.

"I don't care whether she's here or not. I don't want to kiss you." Sirius said. "I'm not going to do anything to cheat on Julia."

"But I'm so much better than her." Jacky whispered. "And you know it."

"No you're not." He said defiantly. "She's a million times smarter, funnier and more beautiful than you could ever be."

"I know you don't mean that." Jacky wrapped her arms around Sirius as he again shoved them off. "Just kiss me."

"I said no!" Sirius's temper was rising faster than he could control it.

"Just do it."

"Stop." Sirius spat at her and again took her arms off of him.

"I know you want to. I can see it in here eyes."

Sirius rolled his eyes and Tom spoke up, "God damn it just kiss her so she shuts up." He said, clearly annoyed by Sirius.

"I'm not doing that to Julia." Sirius said, surprised that Tom would suggest something like that.

"Please Sirius..." Jacky pouted as she twisted his tie around her hand.

Sirius looked over at Tom who looked completely annoyed by the pair of them. "I can't."

"Sirius she could already be gone by now if you just bloody kissed her." Tom said.

Sirius looked from Tom to Jacky and sighed, "Will you leave me alone then? Forever?" Sirius asked Jacky.

Jacky nodded and leaned closer towards Sirius but he spoke again. "And I mean that because if you don't I swear it's not going to be pretty."

"I promise..." Slipped Jacky's lips.

The kiss was not at all pleasant, at least for Sirius. Jacky's breath smelt and she was a horrid kisser. Sirius choose to imagine Jacky as Julia just so he wouldn't concentrate on how horrible the kiss really was and how bad he felt for doing it. Julia was so much better than this girl. So much better than any girl he dated in any and every way. He smiled a little at the thought. The thought that he had the best girlfriend in the world.


"So that's what happened." Sirius said, solemnly. "And you're right. There is no excuse for what I did. I shouldn't have done it. But please Julia, don't let my stupidity ruin us." He said, his hazel eyes taking in her figure. Her facial expression was unreadable as she thought through what she had just heard.


A/N Does she forgive him? What do you guys think? Do you think Sirius had reason to do what he did? I already know what's going to happen but I'd like to hear what you think.

I can't thank you enough for all of the reviews I got. I seriously couldn't believe it. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Times a million!

I've been working on this pretty much non-stop except for sleeping, eating and seeing Pirates of the Caribbean which I highly re command. It's brilliant! The ending kind of stinks though. I thought there would be more questions answered but nope. Oh and I take a break from writing every time Somebody Like You by Keith Urban is on the radio, at said time I dance. Ha ha...It's going to be hard going back to work after these past few days.

If you guys review like that again, I'll get this chapter out as quick as this one. So please review!

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