Lisa: I'm baaaaaaaaaack.

Heather: Oh teh noes!

Lisa: That's right!

Because We Said So

They had been in the order of the Phoenix for a full week now, they were fitting in fairly well. They saw a few old friends from Hogwarts like Benjy Fenwick. He was a couple years older then them and they never talked too much but he was always amused by their various pranks. He was a very smart man, a Ravenclaw but he also held many Gryffindor characteristics. Another was Marlene McKinnen, she was a year older then them, thought their pranks were brutal and horrible, yet she laughed anyway. She was a Gryffindor and was a dorm neighbor to the girls.

The man, "Mad-Eye" Moody, was probably the least kind to them, everyone said being harsh like that was just his way of being nice but they doubted it. He was very suspicious of Remus, Andy and Sirius, the couple because of what they were, and Sirius because of his family roots. Once again everyone said that he would get over it and he's suspicious of everybody, but in their cases he can say something of why instead of being suspicious for no reason.

Andy and Sirius were recovering nicely, Madam Pomfery finally allowed them home the previous day, they thought they could have gone home days ago though. But, she required that Sirius wouldn't be living alone, he moved in with James and Lily since Remus already had his hands full with Andy and Peter was always at work he needed someone always there. And while James was in auror training (Sirius got a week of leave) Lily was home to care for Sirius much to her demise.

Remus wasn't having any more fun with Andy, she could be a real pain when she wanted to. At the moment she was on the couch reading a book, for now, that usually didn't last unless she was at a good part and by the looks of things she wasn't.

"Reeeeeemuuuuuuussssssss." She drawled out, she could almost hear Remus moan from the other room.

"What is it, love?" He called.

"Can I have a cookie?"

"We don't have any."

"Why?"

"Because... we don't." He said hesitantly not really having an answer.

"Can you make me a cookie?"

Confused, he walked into the living room and leaned over the back of the couch his elbows resting on it to look at her. "You want me," he started slowly. "To make you... one single cookie?"

"Yes." She confirmed.

"Not a whole batch?"

"No."

"One cookie?"

"One cookie."

"You're insane, what makes you think I would do that?"

"Because I said so and you love me." She answered smiling up at him.

"I never said such a thing." He answered and walked away up to the kitchen. "I can go make a stop and James and Lily's and see if they have any cookies for the Queen but that's as much as I can do." He said and started walking toward the door.

"Cooooookiiiiiiiiie!" Andy moaned as Remus closed the door on her.

Remus looked up and shook his head and said in a strained voice. "Why?" He then proceeded to make his way over to his neighbors, only half way their to find James walking out of his apartment.

"Ah, Remus, mate, there you are. You have any cookies?" James asked.

"No, that's why I'm going over to your place... The Queen wants a cookie."

"Ah well the King wants one as well... just one... not a whole batch... just one." James said. "he is driving us all insane and we can't do a thing because he's still healing."

"Same over there, hey, you think they plan this?"

"What do you think?" James asked as they began making their way over to Heather and Laura's flat to see if they had any cookies. Once they reached the door they knocked and Laura answered. "Hey guys," she said cheerfully. "What's up?"

"Do you have any cookies?" James asked up front.

"Uh... yeah... I think." She said and let them in. "Why?"

"They want cookies." Remus answered.

"They are milking this thing too much." Heather said walking in the room carrying an exotic looking plant that could even be bordering on animal. She was holding it at an arms length with her head pulled back away from it. "I mean come on, seriously it's been a week, and yeah sympathy going around and all but there's only so long they can get it."

"Heather what is that?" Remus asked pointing to the plant in her hands.

"Reeeeaaaalllllly long name I can't pronounce so I call it Bob." She said. "The peoples at work gave it to me to watch over for a few days, since I'm the new guy they said I get to get it." She said placing it on the table.

"Is it a carnivore?" He asked walking over to it and examining it.

"Yes. And it craves human blood." She smiled and walked away.

"Then I'm safe." He muttered standing up straight.

"Shut it you great prick now, Laura, about those cookies..." James said.

"Right," She said and walked over to the cookie jar above the refrigerator. "Hey, could someone reach these for me?" She asked realizing she couldn't reach the cookie jar even if she jumped.

"Don't look at me." Heather mumbled.

"I will." Remus said and walked over to the refrigerator reaching up he grabbed the cookie jar and brought it down but in the process lost his grip and it fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

"Remus... you die now." James said and lunged at his friend knocking him to the ground.

James pinned Remus to the ground and used his knees to prevent Remus from moving his legs. Remus squirmed in James's grasp; James was defiantly stronger and bigger then Remus. But James may have been bigger and stronger but Remus could still be very scary. He closed his eyes and stopped struggling under James's weight and sat still for a moment, James knew what was going to happen next, they gotten in plenty of fights like this to make him know what was coming so he jumped off him.

Remus sat up opened his eyes and with horrid yellow eyes he opened his mouth and gave a loud growl but when he blinked again his eyes were back to their trademark blue and it was over. Since the full moon was past and the next one wasn't for another three weeks his werewolf energy was long gone and that was all he could do.

"Mate, that was pitiful." James said and Remus shrugged before James attacked him again. "How could you break the bloody jar and ruin the cookies!?" He cried.

"It slipped! S'not my fault people don't care to wash it!" Remus yelled back.

Laura turned to heather with her hands on her hips. "Heather, you were supposed to clean that the other day with the rest of the dishes before we put the new cookies in it. Did you not clean it?"

"I did... I washed it out with more cookies." She supported a lame grin.

"That is not washing it out!" Laura said. "Did you wash anything you were suppose too?"

"I did the dusting." She pointed to the tables.

"Did you use the pledge or just dry dust it?"

"... Um... is there a difference?" Heather asked and Laura huffed in frustration.

"Oh Merlin, Heather! That means the dust is still in this flat! That you just blew it around in the air for us to breathe into our lungs and get them filthy! Did you wash the counters too or just look at them and cleanse them with your mind?"

"Didn't ya hear? My mind is the cleanest spot in all of London! No! In all the world!" She shot back.

"Not in this lifetime! It's dirtier then a sewer!" Laura screamed.

"Now where am I supposed to get cookies from?"

"Ever try the store, genius!"

"It's the floor we walk on it! It's gonna get dirty!"

"It wouldn't be if you cleaned it every now and then!"

The entire time this shouting match and fight went on the door to the apartment opened and two people stood their watching very amused, Andy and Sirius. Both looking on with cocked heads and raised eyebrows.

"I imagined this would be amusing but not to this extent." Andy said smirking.

"I know, it was one bloody cookie." Sirius said laughing.

"And a little bit of baking grease." She giggled.

"Who knew?"

"I think you kinda did." Andy said looking over to Sirius.

"You're the one who convinced Heather not to clean it was all you my almighty Queen." Sirius said bowing down to Andy.

"Oh no dear King it was all you, you're idea your genius." Andy said and mocked bowed back to Sirius.

"Yes, my genius." Sirius said looking up. "I need a purple robe."

"Don't get cocky King." She said and slapped him on the arm.

Sirius grinned. "I could respond with something so dirty right now."

"You sick fu –"

"Oi! Andy, language!" Sirius said and they looked back to the people in the room who haven't even acknowledged their presence. "Hm... this is losing it touch isn't it?" He asked.

"Yeah... kinda..." Andy said and they watched them all fight for several more moments. "What if they saw us? What'd'ya think would happen?"

"Nothing, after what happened we're still safe for a little longer."

"I hope." Andy said.

"Why?"

"They just spotted us." Andy said still looking straight ahead. Sirius looked up and saw that all four of them were glaring at both of them.

"Oh fu –"

"Language, mate." Remus said and the four began walking toward them.

"We're still not fully healed." Sirius said as they began backing up into the hallway.

"Don't give us that crap." Heather said. "You're up and walking around."

"Yeah, and I have a limp." Sirius said.

"After them." James said and they bolted after the two.

Sirius and Andy split up, Andy taking the path to James and Lily's place and Sirius over to Peter's. Andy ran through the door and locked it when she reached the other side.

"Andy!" Lily exclaimed turned around sharply from her duties at the kitchen counter. "What on earth are you doing!?"

"Hiding, James doesn't have his key right?"

"Um, no." She answered. "What happened?"

"Okay, listen." Andy said walking over to Lily. "Do. Not. Let. James. In. Or anyone for that matter as long as I'm here."

"Why?" She stopped her thought immediately and stood there with her arms folded across her chest. "What did you and Sirius do to them? Does it have anything to do with that forsaken cookie?"

Andy forced a laugh. "I have no idea what you're talking about, Lils."

Lily rolled her eyes. "You know I don't care anymore I just don't care." She said and turned back to the kitchen to finish up what she was doing.

Sirius ran down the opposite side of the hallway and to a door he knew well. Testing the knob he found that it thankfully was not locked and he threw his body through the open door and locked it behind him. He kept his back to the door for a few moments until he heard banging on it and then stepped away and walked into the flat.

"Pete? You there, mate?" He waited a second. "Or are you at that bloody job of yours?"

"No, I'm home." A voice said from the other room and peter came walking in the room holding his wand. "I was just fixing something, not successfully mind you, but what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be resting?"

"Okay, whoever knocks on the door do not open it no matter what they say." Sirius said walking over to Peter.

"What? Why?" Peter asked not completely confused.

"No reason."

Peter thought about it for a second. "Did you pull something on everybody and now need a safe house or hide until they either cool down or you think of another one of your little schemes."

"Uh... yeah pretty much." Sirius nodded.

He shrugged. "Okay then, while you're here maybe you could help me fix this bloody table."

"'Course, mate." Sirius said and hobbled into the bedroom to fix the table. After muttering a spell he saw a window and once again a plan began hatching in this twisted head.

"That window open all the way?"

"Of course it does." Peter said and followed Sirius over to it. "Why?"

Sirius opened it and stuck his head out. Exactly three windows over was James and Lily's apartment. "Hey, Wormtail, listen through the front door are they still out there?"

"Hold on." He said and left the room for a few seconds. "Yup." He said waking back in."

"Perfect," he muttered and then yelled, "hey! ANDY!"

A small scream was heard and then a head stuck out the window he was directing too. It was Andy; she pushed her glasses up and shifted her position getting a more comfortable position on the counter top she was sitting on. "What's up Sirius!?" She yelled back.

"Wanna bolt it? We both got a window." He said and then Andy looked down at the drop, they weren't on the first floor after all.

"You're insane." She said.

"Andy, we can apparate."

"Not here and you know that, muggles remember?" Since they were the first people to move in the building they didn't know that the landlord was going to make it a muggle/wizard building. First two floors were muggle, third and fourth wizard and they were the third.

"Oh yeah... hey listen to this, when I was a kid I was always sneaking out away from my father. We had a trellis along the side of my grandparent's house when I wanted to get away, it was a muggle community so I couldn't fly and I always climbed down that at night to get away."

"Well now, Sirius, that's just... dandy!" She said leaning her elbows on the windowsill. "It's just there is no trellis here."

"Not now." He grinned. His head ducked back in the flat for a second before he came back out with Peter's wand. "Just a little charm, I see no muggles do you? Besides we're adults now, the ministry won't murder us for making one little vine."

"Sometimes I forget just how smart your stupidity really is." She answered and watched Sirius cast the spell, and in an instant vines began to creep down the wall and to the ground.

"Alright, let's do this." She said and climbed out the window.

Sirius climbed out as well and they slowly crawled down the vines Not losing their footing because since they were magic made they were incredibly strong and thick. They focused all their energy on climbing down the vines they failed to notice the front door to the building open and six people stand at the bottom and watch them.

Sirius got down first helping Andy down and when they were done they were laughing and smiling to one another thinking that their brilliant thinking worked but when they turned their smiles faded instantly.

"Hello," Heather said with her arms folded.

"Going somewhere?" James asked and the two exchanged glances looking doubtful and nervous.

"When the going gets tough – "Andy started.

" – The tough go clubbing." Sirius finished both of them looking hopeful.

They all exchanged looked and then nodded. "Why not." Remus said and using their wands they magically locked their doors and then proceeded to go to the club down the road, the very same spot where all their troubles began.

Lisa: That's a nice filler, I was worried it was be too shit but then the situation just kinda came out.

Heather: Yay!

Lisa: Yay indeed and I must give the show NCIS credit for the line "When the going gets tough the tough get clubbing". Hehe Tony DiNozzo said that. I quotes him because h is not only funny but very hot to. C'mon do I have any NCIS fans reading this?

Heather: Uhhh

Lisa: Yeah, I'll stop now thank you for reviewing and reading and I'll see ya next time.