Chapter Three:

Chapter Three: Lily goes running

The clock struck 11 and Maeve woke up. Lily was sleeping peacefully next to her; Maeve had gotten the blankets again. She silently got out of bed and put on her trousers and a t-shirt. She stole down the stairs and went out the portrait hole and walked to the 'marauder tree' She found Sirius sitting on the floor, nodding off.

"Hey." Maeve gave him a peck on the lips. Sirius opened his eyes and smiled. He leaned in a kissed her. He was being more aggressive and Maeve found herself on the grassy floor. They were kissing for a while until they heard a howl. Maeve tore away from Sirius.

"Was that…." She whispered. They were both panting heavily.

"Remus, yeah." Sirius left a trail of kisses down her throat.

"Sirius?" Maeve was feeling a bit uncomfortable.

"Sorry, I'll stop." Sirius sat straight up.

"No, it's not that. I feel bad about Remus." Sirius looked at her.

"I feel sorry for him every single day. He has to accept that he'll never be normal, people won't accept him for who he is if they find out, and when he grows up he'll have a tough time finding a job." Maeve crawled into his lap and started playing with his fingers.

"When and how did you guys find out?"

"It was in our second year and James had noticed that Remus was missing again. We were sitting in the common room and just talking. He suddenly walked to the window and clicked his fingers. He ran to his room and brought his calendar down. He showed us the dates that Remus was 'sick' and there was the picture of the full moon on every day that he was missing. He's a smart kid"

"Yeah Lily told me."

"He really likes her you know. He's not arrogant when he's with us."

"So it's just for show?"

"Yeah, he thinks that that's the type Lily, and girls in general, go for."

"He's so sweet…" Sirius coughed suggestively. "Except for you, of course." Maeve grinned and leaned back into his chest. Sirius protectively put his arms around her and kissed her neck. Maeve sighed.

"Who would have thought that I would end up kissing the most beautiful girl on the planet." Maeve laughed.

"Flatter me enough Black?" For a minute they sat in silence until Maeve noticed the stars.

"I never really stared at the stars like this before." Sirius carefully scooped her out and dragged her in the middle of the area. He took her hand and pointed up.

"You see that big star there? It's the evening star. The star next to it is Venus, see how it sparkles? It's the shiniest of all. She was the God of beauty and when one of her lovers killed her to keep her all to himself, her father didn't want such beauty to go wasted so he preserved her as the most beautiful star of all time." Maeve looked at him.

"How do you know this?"

"It's one of the things my mum told me." Maeve smiled sadly.

"Tell me more." Sirius looked in the sky and pointed at another star.

()"You see that star there? It's the 'bad star'. It's always moving, never stays in one place. You can tell it's that star, or it's actual name is 'Kealn', because it shines brighter and then the light fades. See, it's doing it now." Maeve looked at the star. Sirius pointed at another star. "That's the star of destiny. It's the smallest star of all. That's the star that holds the destiny of the world. The one next to it, right there? That's the star for the lovers. It's between destiny and the star of Venus. It just shows how much destiny controls your life." Maeve gazed at the stars. Sirius skimmed the sky for another star and gave an exclamation of triumph when he found what he was looking for. "You see that star there?" He pointed at the dullest star. "Now that star is your star and therefore my favourite star." Maeve looked at him but Sirius continued looking at the star. "It's lost all it's sparkle because a girl stole it from him. She's the most beautiful girl on the planet." Maeve looked at the star again.

"I'm the reason a star lost its sparkle?" Sirius turned to her and smiled. His eyes twinkled merrily.

"You are the reason many things happen, namely this." He hugged her close to him and Maeve blushed. Sirius led her back under the tree and kissed her. The moon even waned a bit to give them the privacy they needed.

"You're gorgeous." Sirius said in between kisses. Maeve pulled him closer and ran her fingers through his hair.

"You like doing that don't you?" Sirius smiled against her lips.

"It's so nice." Sirius pulled away from Maeve and looked at her.

"You want to know my secret don't you? Well you see when I take a shower…" Maeve leaned in to shut him but he pulled back and continued talking. He was smiling because he knew he was aggravating her.

"Sirius?" Maeve warned. Sirius grinned even harder.

"Well dear, our relationship can't be all physical." Maeve gave a sly grin. She got up and dusted herself off. She looked at Sirius before turning her back to him and started walking to Hogwarts. He got up and followed her.

"You missed a spot" He said cheekily and slapped her bum.

"Sirius!" Maeve said in mock shock. Sirius grinned at her. He hugged and she shivered.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm cold again." Sirius tutted.

"Course! You only came out with a t-shirt on." He took off his jumper and helped her put it on.

"Ooo it's so soft!" Maeve snuggled in it. "It's still warm," she sniffed it "and it smells so good!" Sirius laughed.

"Then it's yours!" Maeve hugged him. "It's one o'clock, we have to go back."

"We've been out two hours?"

"Kissing takes a long time." Maeve laughed.

"Come on, hop on." Sirius bent over and Maeve jumped on his back.

"Piggy back ride!" And Sirius took her back to her dormitory.

Next Morning

"Morning Lils."

"Morning Maeve. You look tired."

"Yeah, I went with Sirius last night."

"You had fun?" Maeve smiled, remembering the night before.

"Yeah." Lily looked like she was about to be sick.

"I don't want to know." Maeve grinned.

"Oh you see we were rolling about on the…" Lily ran out of the room and left a laughing Maeve to follow her. She ran down the stairs and slammed straight into James.

"Hide me!" James looked at the girl trying to hide behind him.

"What's wrong?"

"Maeve! Trying to tell me about her night with Sirius." James laughed and turned to face her.

"Come on let's go to breakfast."

"Yeah sure. Lily checked behind her one more time and walked down with James to breakfast.

"Have you read the article in the Daily Prophet about the new potion that they're trying to invent?" James asked Lily.

"The one where it can cure the muggle illness, the flu?"

"Yeah, that one. I mean we also get them, but there's no cure."

"I think it's complete bullocks. I mean they're experimenting where? On poor patients who are too ill to say anything. One day it will go horribly wrong and they will pay."

"That's what I said! I'm glad I don't have the flu."

"In the muggle world they have antibiotics, something that helps cure the illness, but it's not strong and takes days so that it can work."

"So cool! And there was this other one, a potion for dragon pox."

"They'll never find a cure for that. For you to get dragon pox it has to really get into your immune system. And when it does get into your immune system, it crashes, no potion can revive that." And the two talked about potions and analysed the daily prophet articles until they were interrupted by Sirius and Maeve.

"Morning." Sirius said smiling at everyone.

"You had a good time last night." James noticed. Sirius nodded while Maeve looked at Lily and grinned.

"We had a WONDERFUL time." Lily glared at her. This time they were joined by Remus.

"Hey Remus. How was it?" Maeve asked. Remus looked at her weirdly.

"She knows mate." Sirius said through a mouthful of crackers.

"Oh, it was great, like always." He was sarcastic.

"Well Maeve and I are going out, Lily and James are friends and you… you don't look very happy." Remus didn't look happy.

"I'm not feeling well, it's usually like this the day after."

"Poor you. Here, have a buttered toast." Sirius held out a piece of toast. Remus declined it.

"Can't eat." Maeve looked at Remus.

"You can't eat. Damn I wish I could stop eating." Now it was Sirius' turn to look at her.

"You're normal weight." He commented.

"Yeah that's cause she wakes up at five every day and goes running." Lily said eating her toast.

"And how do you stay in good shape?" Maeve spat her milk out, all over James.

"Sorry James." She said and resumed her laughing.

"What did I say?" He asked.

"Lily? Good shape?" Lily glared at her, again.

"Shut up Maeve." James looked at Maeve looking for an explanation for Lily's rudeness.

"Lily is not fit! She can't run thirty metres without getting out of breath." Maeve commented. Sirius got a devilish look on his face.

"It's Saturday, let's teach Lily how to run." Remus looked up at him.

"I think I'll stay of it."

"No! You can be time keeper!" James said. Lily looked at all of them, glaring at them.

"I'm not going to run. I don't want to run."

"Tough, you are running." Lily groaned.

They all made their way down to the Quidditch pitch.

"Ok, when you run, keep your breathing even." James advised.

"Look Maeve and I will have a race and see who can run the fastest, cause I'm dying to know, then we'll give you a shot." James and Maeve took their positions, Sirius blew the whistle and they were off.

"We didn't give a place!" Maeve yelled to James who was next to her.

"Three laps around the lake" James yelled back. Maeve nodded and sped up. James' eyes bulged. He had some serious competition.

When they had completed the three rounds Maeve and James were red in the face.

"Beat you!" Maeve sang.

"By eleven seconds!" James exclaimed.

"Still!" Sirius whooped and twirled Maeve around.

"You guys I don't run!" Lily said stamping her foot.

"One lap Lily, one lap." Lily took her position and Sirius blew the whistle. Lily only ran about fourty metres before she was really out of breath. Maeve run up to her with ease.

"Look I'll jog with you." They both jogged. "Keep your pace even. Don't try to overrun me, and don't fall back. Keep your breathing even." Lily was panting, struggling to breathe. James soon joined her.

"Come on Lily." Maeve nearly stopped. This was the first time she heard him call her Lily. Maeve picked up her pace and ran a bit more.

"Maeve!" Lily yelled.

"Keep up with me!" Maeve yelled back. Lily ran a bit and caught up with Maeve.

"Do-pant-I-pant-have-pant-to do-pant-this?" Maeve looked sideways and grinned at Lily.

"Yeah, you do. Just one lap. Think about it, I run three laps in the morning and two at night."

"Why-pant-are-pant-you-pant-too-pant-tired-pant-at night?" Lily tried to be sarcastic but trying to be sarcastic while panting was not effective, as she found out.

"Yo Lils, shut your mouth and run or else you'll get a stitch!" James yelled at her.

"I think I already do!" Lily yelled back and stopped. Maeve jogged in one spot waiting for her to catch her breath.

"Come on Lils, half a lap." Lily clutched her side. James went next to her and asked after her health.

"I'm fine." She snapped at both of them.

"You just lost your privilege for a piggy back ride." Maeve said and ran the remaining lap.

"Hop on?" James offered. Lily looked at him curiously. "No tags attached, I promise." Lily half heartedly hopped on his back and James carried her to Sirius, Remus and Maeve who were already in deep discussion. Sirius looked up as James and Lily approached.

"Tut tut, Lily, you can't even run a lap?" Lily glared at him.

"It took you," Remus looked at his floating stopwatch "ten minutes"

"Shut up Black." Sirius laughed. Then she looked at Remus. "It was a 5 kilometre bloody run!" She growled.

"S'ok Lils, we love you just the way you are." Sirius said

"Thanks." She hopped down and nearly lost her balance. James held her steady until she could walk normally.

"Thanks."

"No problem." And they all walked towards the castle.

()Now these aren't real star names/interpretations. I made them up.

A/N You guys aren't reviewing and less people are reading the next chapter so um, review and please tell me what I'm doing wrong! Thanks!