"Sirius, please don't tell anyone!"
"Aria-"
"No! Don't say anything! Just promise me you won't tell anyone."

"Aria,I-"
I grab him by the shoulders and shove him against the tree. "Promise me!"
"I promise! Now let me go so I can talk to you!"
Reluctantly, I let him go. He straightens his jacket and leans against the tree.

"I'm an animagi, too."
What? That is not possible.
"You're joking. You, Sirius Black, are animagi?"
He nods. Then, a thought strikes me. Well, not a thought. A memory.
The day I first arrived at Hogwarts, and what Dumbledore said to me.

Just know, that you may have something in common with other students here. Things you never would have guessed you had in common

He knew all along. He knew what I was, and what Sirius was.
"He knew.." I whisper.
"Who knew?"
"Dumbledore..he knew. He knew that I was animagi, and you, too."

It's quiet, and I can't keep the question building inside of me anymore. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"We all have secrets, Aria. All of us. Even your boyfriend."
"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Ask him."
"So, if everyone has secrets, what are they then?"
He grins. "If I told you, they wouldn't be secrets, would they?"
I throw my hands up in exasperation.
"Ok, I'll tell you! James and Peter are animagi, too."

"Anyone else? Lily, Marlene? That Ravenclaw in potions class?"
"Just us, as far as I know."

My head is spinning. Meetings with The Order, Leah joining the Death Eaters and the revealation about Sirius, James and Peter have taken its toll. I stumble, and almost topple over but Sirius catches me just in time.

"Are you ok?"
I nod, unable to form words. Instead, all of my attention is on Sirius and his arms holding me up.
"Can you stand?" I nod again, and I attempt to stand straight. Sirius keeps an arm around me, and I lean onto the tree trunk.
"Can you manage walking back?"
"I think so."

-x-

"What happened?"
I sit down on the common room couch, Sirius hovering beside me.
"Nothing," I look around at my friends, before settling my gaze on Remus. "I need to talk to Remus. Alone."

They see that this is not up for discussion, and they leave without an argument.
"Look, there's no easy way to say this but..things aren't working."
Remus' face falls, and I almost want to take what I said back. Almost.
"I thought you were happy."

"I was..for a while. It's just that..this isn't what I want anymore. I'm sorry."
"It's Sirius, isn't it?"
When I don't answer, he laughs. "Of course it's Sirius! It always is! When theres a girl I like, she always likes him more."

"It has nothing to do with Sirius!" Much.
"We've hardly seen each other with everything going on! There's always Order meetings and with everything with Leah, we don't see each other. And when we do see each other, it's always with other people!"

"So, you don't want to be in this relationship anymore? You'd rather be with Sirius?"
I nod slowly.
"Fine. Just don't flaunt your 'relationship' in front of me."
He leaves, and I'm left with the sound of the fire crackling.

-x-

"And that's it? He just left?"
"Pretty much."
Marlene, Lily and Alice sit on the edge of my bed. "Don't worry about it. He'll be fine. He just needs time to get over it."

"Remus said that the girl he likes, always likes Sirius more. Is that true?"
They all glance at each other, before nodding. "So..Sirius has dated alot of girls?"
Marlene snorts. "Abit more than 'alot'."

"Marlene!" Lily scowls at her.
"She has a right to know! She needs to know what she's getting into."
"And what exactly am I getting into?"

"Surely you've noticed all the girls staring at him in lessons and practically everywhere else? You do realise that they'll all probably hate you?"
I hadn't thought of that. But then, I don't really care what they think. They aren't my friends and I'm not theirs.

-x-

"Gryffindor! Gryffindor! Gryffindor!"
The crowd shouts and cheers as the game draws to a close. James throws the quaffle through the small hoops and the crowd roars. Across the field, the Slytherins boo and hiss, living up to their repuations as snakes.

I can only make out certain words that are being spoken through the speakers. "..has caught..Gryffindor wins!"
The crowd cheers, and I cheer with them. We all make our way down the stands, and return to the common room. When James enters last, everyone claps and offers him congratulations.

Lily jumps up from the couch and hugs him. He looks surprised, but hugs her back. When she sees everyone watching her, she turns a glourious red.
"Um, congratulations." Lily mumbles.
"Yeah, um.." James clears his throat. "Thanks."

I smile as I watch them. The moment was so awkward, but so perfect. It's like they're made for each other. Lily sees me smiling, and I raise my eyebrows.
She gives a small shake of her head and mouths 'later'.

I nod, and I see Remus watching me. He looks away when he sees I've spotted him, and my heart aches. I don't want it to be like this. I know it's my fault, and I'm the one who caused this, but if I carried on dating Remus, I would just be living a lie.

I decide to head out to the forrest and stretch my wings. I'm so focused on heading to the forrest that I don't realise someone is following me until they grab my arm.
I spin round to come face to face with Sirius.

"I heard you broke up with Remus."
"Yeah, I did." I say softly.
He looks at me a moment, before saying, "Was it because of me?"
I want to tell him that it wasn't. That it was all my decsion. But I can't.
Because the fact is that I did do it for him. That I do want to be with him.

He leans his head forward, so our foreheads are touching. "It was for me, wasn't it?"
I breathe out, and nod. "So, are you finally admitting that you like me?"
"Yes, I am."
And then he kisses me. Nothing like before. Before, it was quick and sweet. But this is slow and filled with passion. We break apart and, grinning, he says, "Want to be my girlfriend?"

I smile back at him and nod. "But not right away. I just broke up with Remus yesterday; give him time to get over it."

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