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Chapter 3: Worst

The next two months were literally the most boring of my life. I was still convinced that there was no way in hell that Sirius could ever stay faithful for two months, let alone be with me for two months.

Elvora, on the other hand, was convinced that he would realize that he wanted to be with her forever and then they'd ride off into the sunset together.

Too bad she hadn't yet realized that he wanted nothing to do with her.

Oddly enough, although he was his usual flirting, charming self, I hadn't seen him snogging anyone. He didn't even seem to be expressing any real interest in anyone.

When I pointed this out to Nellie, she said, "Okay, I'm stating the obvious here, Dae, but that makes it easier for you."

"No, it just makes me more confused."

She rolled her eyes, and Lily decided to join the conversation. "You're always confused, Dae."

I glared at her for a moment, and was just about to respond when I heard a deep voice behind me say, "Not when it comes to muffins, she's not. She clearly knows that she loves them. And that they're fun to throw at people."

Stupid irritating Sirius Black. "Okay. Once in first year. And. . . Again in third year. And twice in fourth year. And. . ." I sighed and turned around on the couch to face him. "I have done that a lot, haven't I? It's quite enjoyable."

He smirked. "Well maybe if you stopped throwing muffins at me, I'd stop calling you Muffin."

My eyes narrowed. "Making me chose between my passion of throwing muffins at your face and that stupid nickname is just cruel, Sirius."

He barked out a laugh. Which is ironic because, you know, he's a dog. But I'll explain that later. "Passion? I didn't know throwing things in my face was so special to you."

I shrugged. "Well, you know. It's a nice pastime."

He was about to respond when James, who was across the common room, called out to him. He smiled at me and said, "Duty calls."

"Yes, duty to torture a few Slytherins."

His smile widened. "You almost sound approving."

I ginned mischievously. "Maybe I am."

He shook his head a little and walked over to James, who was with Remus and Peter. I turned around so that I was facing Lily and Nellie again, who were both looking at me with their eyebrows raised.

"What?" I asked hesitantly.

Lily looked at me incredulously. "You're not very bright when it comes to him, are you, Dae?"

I scowled. "I have many responses to that, none of which are nice. Almost all of which involve James. So instead of me shouting them out to the whole common room, why don't you explain?"

She sighed. "Daelia, you don't need to even try to get Sirius. I mean, seriously, he takes away is James time just to talk to you. You're the only one he's bothered to come up with a nickname for, he actually seeks you out so he can talk to you. And. . . You don't see the way he looks at you."

I snorted and shook my head. "He loves to bother me, almost as much as he loves planning pranks. He gave me a nickname because I throw muffins in his face, and he continues to use that nickname because it bothers me. He seeks me out so he can bother me. Sensing a pattern here?"

"I notice that you ignored that last part."

I rolled my eyes. "He stares at me so he can BOTHER me. Merlin, you people are insane."

Nellie raised her eyebrows at me while Lily just stared. "Merlin, why are you so damn stubborn! Dae, shouldn't you be happy about this? It makes it that much easier for you to win the bet. You can get him to date you, easy."

"Yeah, but that doesn't mean I can get him to not go off and snog someone else. And you seem to be forgetting the fact that I don't want to date him! I don't even like him."

Lily snorted. "Sure you don't." She said sarcastically.

"Look, even if you don't want to date him, it'll be easy." Nellie said.

"And I'm pretty sure you'll be fine with the whole exclusive thing." Lily added. I sent her an angry but questioning stare, but she chose to ignore me.

"And the sooner you get him, the sooner you get this all over with."

I sighed. For once in my life, I had no argument.

And I've always got an argument. Really, hardly anyone can ever beat me in a verbal fight. I've always got some comeback or way to disprove the other person. It's kind of a. . . specialty of mine, I guess.

But they were right. I had to man-up (figuratively) and get it over with. Then I could put it all behind me and pretend I never even knew a Sirius Black.

But something both Nellie and Lily said has always stuck with me.

I've always tried to tell myself that I don't like Sirius Black. Yes, in first, second, and third years, I really did hate him. And then everything happened, and I couldn't bring myself to hate him anymore, although that didn't mean that I liked him.

But I had to admit, that by the time I made that bet, I didn't mind him too much.

I'm not sure when that happened, when I actually decided that he could be worth my time.

Of course, there was no way I would ever want to be friends with him. The Marauders awarded themselves too much attention, and I've always tried to hide from the spotlight.

But somehow, it always manages to find me.

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When I woke up the next day, I knew something was going to happen. I don't know how I knew, or what it was, but I knew that something was going to happen. And that it wasn't going to be good.

It happened when we were at lunch. I was sitting between James and Alice, while Lily, Sirius, and Nellie sat across from us. Mary and Remus were in the library, apparently trying to help Peter with his Potions essay. The one that was due in about two hours.

"So, Peter really needs both of them to help?" I asked, an eyebrow raised and an amused tone in my voice.

"Well, you'd be surprised at how much help Peter needs." James said pleasantly.

I thought for a moment, then said, "You know, I think we should make bets on those two, too. Remus and Mary, I mean."

"Well, I say that since they're both so shy, it'll take about. . . three months." Sirius said. Everyone started placing their bets, and I was just about to say that I honestly thought that Remus would end up with Nellie when the whole Great Hall went silent.

I followed everyone else's gaze to the doors, and my stomach dropped.

Evangeline. And Marcus. They were here.

McGonagall and Dumbledore were right behind them, and Professor McGonagall started walking straight towards me.

"I'm sorry, Daelia. But your sister and her husband have requested that you be taken of Hogwarts, and they're your legal guardians. . . There's nothing we can do." She looked more distraught then I'd ever seen, and I knew that she had tried her best.

I sat, staring blankly for a few moments.

The truth was, I'd known this was coming. Of course, I'd known something was going to happen today, but I'd had no idea that it would be this.

Marcus and Evangeline hated me, and didn't want me to be happy. Hogwarts was about the only thing that made me happy, so they had to take it away. It was that simple.

I finally stood up, knowing that all eyes were on me, and tried to smile at my friends, although I'm sure it came out as a grimace.

And then, I turned my back and walked out.

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