Still don't own Harry Potter...
Sirius
The girls went to their room the moment we reached the common room. They looked exhausted from the day's events. The common room was empty when I flopped onto the couch by the fire. It was only midnight. No reason to go to bed. James seemed to have the same thoughts as I did, and he sat down beside me. Peter went to bed. No surprise there, leaving Remus with the big plushy chair.
"Our last year at Hogwarts," I said, still not fully believing it. Hogwarts was my home. I never really thought of the house of Black as my home. Until I came to Hogwarts, I didn't know what home meant. Now, I was my last year here.
"Hard to believe isn't it?" James said looking slightly downcast. Hogwarts was where we met. Where we became best friends. We had so many memories here.
"Guess we'll have to make it count," Remus said. I let his words sink in for a moment before smiling at him.
"You're going to finally ask Kaelin out then Moony?" I said grinning. He turned bright red and wouldn't look at me.
"I don't know what you're talking about," he mumbled. I didn't believe him, and from the look on James' face, neither did he. We'd both known for a while now that Remus liked Kaelin as more than just a friend, but he wouldn't admit it.
"You can't lie to us, Moony!" James teased. Remus tried to ignore us, but I threw a pillow at his head. He glared at me, and I smiled innocently.
"Come on! Just admit it!" James said. Remus shook his head unconvincingly. I looked at James who was grinning. We had one last chance.
"Moony, how would you like to be on the receiving end of one of our pranks?" I asked menacingly. It didn't faze him at first.
"You couldn't do it without me. You're not smart enough!" he countered. I raised my eyebrows. Oh really?
"You know. Sam and Kaelin are pretty smart. I bet if they helped, we could pull it off," James said. Now Remus looked scared. He hesitated before replying.
"You wouldn't," he said.
"Oh. We would. Hey Prongs. We should take his chocolate!" I said. Remus paled. If it was one thing he never let anyone anywhere near, it was his chocolate. I knew we'd gotten him now.
"Fine! I like Kaelin! Just don't take my chocolate!" he cried. I smiled.
"Moony, Moony, Moony. Did you honestly think we really would? We definitely don't want your wrath!" I said laughing. We would never dream of taking his chocolate. Not since the time I tried and ended up in the hospital wing for a week. That was second year. Never again will I come between my friend and his chocolate.
"But thank you for finally admitting your love for Kaelin!" James piped up. Remus looked very unhappy.
"If you tell her-" he warned.
"Wouldn't dream of it Moony!" James chimed.
"Padfoot?" Remus turned his death glare onto me.
"My lips are sealed!" I said smiling. Remus relaxed a little. Soon afterwards, we too went to bed, and Remus made a point of not talking to us. He did seem a little happier having told us his big "secret", which wasn't really a secret anyways.
Sam The next morning, I woke Kaelin up early much to her distaste. Lily was still asleep, so I tried to be quiet as I took a shower and got ready. Kaelin, however, accidently dropped her entire trunk off her bed succeeding in waking up the entire castle. I shook my head laughing as Kaelin hid using me as protection from Lily. The boys were already downstairs by the time we finally got downstairs. Kaelin had to be the slowest person in the entire world.
Sirius had fallen asleep on the couch waiting for us. No doubt he'd been up late last night. I put a finger to my lips warning the others not to wake him up as I crept over. I waited to make sure he really was asleep, and when I heard his soft snores, I pounced. He jumped up falling to the floor, and letting out a few choice words, then seeing me he stopped. He knew how much I hated cussing and made an effort to stop around me.
"Sam!" he cried. I laughed.
"Yes, Padfoot?" I asked innocently. He tried to pretend to be mad, but failed miserably. A smile played on his lips as he scolded me.
"Don't do that!" he said.
"You're the one who fell asleep!" I said laughing. He frowned.
"You were taking too long!" he whined. I sighed.
"Blame Kaelin!" I said laughing when Kaelin hit me.
"What?" I asked innocently. She just laughed. I helped Sirius up off the ground rolling my eyes. James and Remus just watched the whole ideal in amusement.
We got down to breakfast later than we had hoped. We had planned to get there early so as to avoid Severus. He wasn't too happy with Sirius and James after their little fight on the train.
We ate in record time only having to wait about ten minutes for Kaelin to finish. We were the first ones in transfiguration for what must have been the first time in all our years at Hogwarts. Most people would expect Mcgonegall to be shocked, but she just pursed her lips and went back to whatever it was she was doing. She probably assumed we were up to something.
I remembered my late night conversation with Kaelin and devised a plan. I grabbed Sirius before he could sit with James and instructed James to sit with Peter. He didn't seem too happy, but Peter and I didn't exactly get along. Remus was left with no choice but to sit with Kaelin.
Kaelin knew exactly what I was doing and shot a glare at me, but looking pleased all the same. Remus was glaring at Sirius who just smiled innocently pointing to me. I grinned waving dramatically. Remus turned his glare on me, but I could see the enjoyment in his eyes.
The rest of the class began filing in each looking shocked to see us here before them. Lily came in last looking slightly disheveled. She flopped down beside a Ravenclaw boy I didn't know and looked at Mcgonagall expectantly. Mcgonnagal didn't seem fazed by Lily's obvious unhappiness, or the fact that Remus and Kaelin could hardly keep from staring at each other. She went on teaching as if nothing had changed.
On this particular day, we would be changing animals into water goblets. I pretended to take notes while silently daydreaming about nothing in particular. It was when Mcgonnagal asked us to try it for ourselves that my head snapped up and she had my full attention. Transfiguration was my absolute worst subject. I was worse than Peter and always had to get help from James or Sirius on my homework.
There was no way I could do a spell this complicated. I stood up determined to get it right, holding my wand tightly. The lizard in front of me lashed its tongue. I waved my wand slowly saying the spell exactly right. Nothing happened. I didn't really expect it to, but I was still disappointed.
I tried countless times each attempt futile. I could not figure out what I as doing wrong! After probably my tenth try, Sirius laughed watching me as I jabbed my wand angrily at the lizard.
"Need some help?" he asked giving that world famous grin of his. After knowing him for over seven years, I'd grown immune to it and merely nodded glaring at the lizard. My gaze was met with a look of defiance. It seemed like the lizard was giving me a staring contest! I shook my head. I was going mental. Sirius took my wand and pointed at the lizard.
"Watch me," he said flourishing his wand slowly so as I could see what he was doing. He succeeded in changing the lizard to a water goblet and back in about ten seconds.
"Now you try." I took my wand and did exactly what he did. At least I thought I did. I managed to shoot red sparks out of the end, but the lizard was still a lizard. I sighed.
"What am I doing wrong?" I said exasperated. Sirius just calmly put his hand over mine moving my wand slowly. For some reason, this sent butterflies doing summersaults in my stomach. I ignored the feeling concentrating on getting the spell right. I tried again, and to my amazement, a water goblet took the place of the evil lizard!
I was so excited I jumped on Sirius hugging him. When I let go, he was grinning, and I noticed the whole room staring at us. I blushed ducking my head. Kaelin was shooting glances at me, but I ignored her. Soon, the lesson was over to my relief and I ignored Kaelin's smirks as I packed my stuff up. She'd never let this go.
I didn't understand all the butterflies. It wasn't the first time Sirius had helped me in transfiguration. What was so different about this time? Could Kaelin be right? Could I really be falling for Sirius? I quickly pushed the thought out of my mind as I followed my friends to Potions. Sirius was my best friend. I want any of that to change.