Sam
It's been almost a month since we got back to Hogwarts. Classes are the same as usual though McGonagall keeps shooting smirks at Sirius and I. The entire school knows about us after Kaelin decided t scream it at the top of her lungs at breakfast one morning.
While I sit in charms, my mind drifts away to thoughts of Sirius and I. He's kept his promise of going slow, but I know he doesn't like it. I'm pretty sure he tried to kiss me the other day, but I turned away before he could. I can't help but feel something's going to go wrong. That's why I keep things how they are. In case things don't work out.
Amazingly, James and Lily sit together in almost every class. This gets a lot of attention, but they don't seem to care. I was astounded when Lily came bouncing into our first class late and actually smiled at James. I have a feeling things are going to turn around drastically for them soon.
Kaelin and Remus are as happy as ever. Honestly, those two were made for each other. She's hyper and crazy, and he's smart enough to keep her calm. For the most part. They pass notes in class, but somehow still manage to get good grades.
Sirius pretends to read his textbook beside me, but I can tell he's half asleep. I doubt he's read a word of it. He smiles at me, and my heart speeds up just a bit. Even a month later, I still feel my heart speed up around him. If Professor Flitwick wasn't keeping an extremely close watch on us, I write Sirius a note.
It's not until after dinner anything actually happens. It's a normal boring day for us. We couldn't pull any pranks because we were stuck in classes all day, and all of the Slytherins are still in the hospital from our last prank (don't ask) so we couldn't even make fun of them.
Kaelin and I sit by the fireplace after dinner with our homework spread out across the table. I have no idea where the boys are, and Kaelin won't tell me. Probably off getting into trouble.
"I can't believe Slughorn wants us to write a seventeen inch essay on Bezoars. There's no way I can come up with all that information! I'm pretty sure it's impossible!" Kaelin huffs.
"Did you do your transfiguration homework yet? I don't get it." I say. She shakes her head. "Never mind, I'll ask Padfoot." I say.
"What about Divination? Did you get number seven?" she asks.
"Nope. We're never going to get this done," I say.
A sudden cry from our dormitory splits the air, and Kaelin's eyes widen. We both drop our quills and rush upstairs to see what happened. The door is open when we get there, and we can see a small figure on the floor.
"Lily!" I cry rushing to her side. Sobs rack her body and she clutches a small piece of paper. I take it from her and silently read it.
Dear Miss Evans,
We are sorry to inform you that your parents were found dead in their home early this morning. It appears to be the work of You-Know-Who.
Ministry Of Magic
That's it. Just a very formal unsympathetic letter. I want to rip it up. How could they be so mean? Lily's parents were Muggles. They didn't even know who Voldemort is. How could this have happened?
Sirius
"I can't believe you were so careless!" James says angrily. I groan. He's been going on about this for an hour now.
"Sam's going to kill you when she finds out," Remus warns.
"I'm sorry okay! I didn't know he'd take it!" I say defensively.
"I know you didn't. Just don't expect our help when your girlfriend murders you," James says. I know he's mad about me losing the Marauder's Map, but would he really leave me at Sam's mercy? He wouldn't. Would he?
"You think Kaelin's going to tell her?" I say slightly worried.
"Nah, Kaelin doesn't want you to get killed. Only slightly injured. It's better if you tell her yourself," Remus says. Sam would be very angry about the map. She is the one who came up with the idea in the first place. I don't think she'd really hurt me. I hope.
"We can get it back!" I say. "Sam will never have to know." I hope this works.
"How?" Remus says unconvinced.
"I saw him take it into his office! If we sneak in there with James' invisibility cloak, it should be easy!" I say now sure my plan will work. Until James has to open his big mouth.
"One problem. Mrs. Norris is sitting by the door," he says pointing at the scrawny tabby cat. It hisses angrily. Uh oh. If she calls Filtch, we're dead.
"Don't worry! We have the cloak!" I say reassuringly. We turn the corner and throw the cloak over ourselves. James and Remus may be mad at me, but they would never leave me to go into Filtch's office alone.
We open the door and to our relief, the office is empty. Mrs. Norris follows us in. I think she can see through the cloak. She doesn't make a sound until I go to open one of the drawers. She meows loudly, and I know we only have seconds until Filtch shows up. He can't see us under the cloak, but he has a habit of locking his door when he leaves, and I really don't want to be locked in his office over night.
"We have to go!" James says. I close the door disappointed we didn't find the map, and we hurry out the door. Filtch shows up just like I thought, and he's clutching the map in his hand. I go to grab it, but James pulls my hand back. Too risky.
Mrs. Norrise meows at us again, and we run back to the common room. We're out of breath by the time we get there and decide to stay under the cloak to avoid questions. When we enter the room, Sam and Kaelin are rushing up the stairs.
I frown. What made them run up there like that? A few seconds later, my question is answered by Sam's frightened cry. "Lily!" her vice sounds panicked.
In about three seconds, James tore off the invisibility cloak surprising the entire room, rushed up the stairs after the girls, and came sliding back down on his butt looking furious.
I look at James and then at Remus. We're both trying hard not to laugh at our friend, but it's just too funny. Don't get me wrong, we're worried about Lily too, but seeing James like that is just hilarious.
James face is red from anger and embarrassment. The entire common room just witnessed their head boy and quidditch captain fall down the girls' staircase. The whole room is trying not to laugh.
"Prongs?" a soft voice calls down. Sam's voice. I find myself smiling just hearing it. "Prongs, can you get everyone out of the room please? Our head girl needs some space at the moment."
I'd like to say James acts like a mature and responsible head boy and calmly asked everyone to leave in an orderly fashion. I'd be lying. When it concerns his "Lily Flower" James can never be calm and mature.
"Everyone out right now or I'll hex you all!" he cries at the top of his lungs. A few first years look frightened and scurry out of the room. The rest of the room grumbles and moves slowly towards the door.
"That's right now! Move along, hurry up!" James says pushing some guy out the portrait. I shake my head. Seeing my best friend make a complete fool of himself for the girl he's been in love with since first year never gets boring.
As soon as everyone's gone, Sam and Kaelin lead a sobbing Lily down the steps. Her face is blotchy and red, and tears stream down her face. She doesn't protest like I thought she would. Lily's the kind of girl who hates to look weak in front of people.
"What happened?" I mouth to Sam. She shakes her head, and I assume she'll tell me later.
"She asked for you James," Kaelin says softly as they sit Lily down on the couch. I half expect James to pass out right there (it's been known to happen), but he doesn't. He nods calmly and sits down on the couch next to Lily looking hesitant.
Amazingly, Lily pulls her knees up to her chest and leans against James clinging to him like her life depends on it. James whispers something to her, and puts his arms around her lightly.
Sam motions for us to leave, and I take her hand. As we walk out of the portrait, I look back. James is having one of the happiest and saddest moments of his life right now.
We end up outside. It's dark now, and we shouldn't be outside this late, but we are anyways. It's chilly, but not unbearable. We sit by the lake on a big rock. Kaelin has tears in her eyes.
"Her parents died," Sam says softly. Remus looks shocked, but I expected it. Nothing makes Lily cry like that. I knew it was something really bad.
We don't say anything more on the subject, but Kaelin and Remus keep sending me pointed glances. They want me to tell Sam about the map. I know I should, but I really don't want her to get upset. I know she will once she hears the reason I lost it. Only Kaelin knows the real reason. I hadn't planned on telling anyone, but Kaelin wormed it out of me. I have to tell Sam.
When we've been sitting by the lake in silence for a while, I make my decision. "Sam. I have something to tell you," I say.
I am sooooooo sorry it took so long to update. I got really busy with school and homecoming. I'll have the next chapter out a lot sooner I promise. This chapter was kind of hard to write for some reason. The next one should be a lot better.
Ok, so I know I said I'd have the next one out soon, but it's going to be a least a few days. I'm really sorry, but I need to straighten some things out first.