"Well you treat me just like, another stranger

Well it's nice to meet you, sir, I guess I'll go

I best be on my way out."

"I can't take it! It's so bad that I'd rather be sitting with Peter!"

Sirius, James, Remus and Peter were having breakfast on Monday morning. Peter looked up from his breakfast, confused.

"What did you say, sorry?" Peter asked the three boys.

"Nothing, Peter. It doesn't matter." Remus said, smiling reassuringly at him, then turning back to Sirius.

"Padfoot, it can't be that bad," James said to him.

"It is! They just sit there and work! Work! Not that I want to talk to Snivellus and Evans anyway, but even Martinez doesn't say a word to me!"

"It is a school though, Sirius. It's a place of learning, thus, having to work." said Remus.

Sirius mimicked him and watched as Riley entered the Great Hall and sat down.

"She's always herself, isn't she?" Sirius wondered aloud.

"Who? Riley?" Remus asked, following his gaze.

Sirius nodded in response.

"Yeah, she is."

"She never talks to anyone," James said. "I mean, she'll only talk to you if she has to. She doesn't even talk to her sister that much."

"Sister?" Sirius looked away from Riley and was now focusing his attention on James, "I didn't think she has a sister."

"Claudia Martinez. Seventh year Ravenclaw."

"Ah. Comprende." He replied with a wink.

James grinned at his friend and looked at Lily who was getting up to leave for class.

"Shall we go-?" he said, starting to stand up.

"Sit back down, Prongs. I'm still eating and there is no way I am leaving when Evans is. Merlin, James, McGonagall would probably have a heart attack if we were early." Sirius told him, glaring.

James slowly sat back down and sighed. "Fine," he mumbled, frowning.

"Now, listen. I have a way to get Martinez to talk to me…"

X

Riley was the last one in her dorm to leave for breakfast, as usual. As she walked down the stairs to the Common Room, a girl in her third year walked up to Riley.

"Are you Riley Martinez?" she asked.

"Yes," Riley said, "Why?"

The girl handed her a letter, "Your owl flew through the window and dropped it on to the table I was sitting at."

"Oh," she took the letter from the girl, "Thanks."

She sat down on the armchair in front of the fire and opened the letter.

Riley,

Mum here. I just wanted to let you know that your Father and I are back in Spain. Your Grandmother has fallen ill so we had to leave London ASAP. We visited her in the hospital and she is doing fine now.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Lots of Love x

Riley re-read the letter and then threw it into the bin. Her Grandmother was just like her Father. Heartless. And only loved Claudia, of course.

As she walked into the Great Hall, Claudia was no where in sight.

She's probably bawling her eyes out, Riley thought, rolling her eyes.

As she sat down, she could feel a pair of eyes on her, but she did not look. All she was focused on was eating before what had to be her worst day of the week. Why? All her classes included Sirius Black.

X

Transfiguration that morning dragged in for Riley. It was the one subject she had a very hard time understanding. She sat at the front of the classroom next to Mary who usually turned around to talk to Pauline. Not that it bothered Riley, of course. The only thing that annoyed her was the fact that every time Mary got the right answer or was able to transfigure something before Riley, she would smirk at Riley.

Sometimes Riley wanted to slap the smirk of Mary's face, but decided that might not go down well with McGonagall.

The rest of the day went by swimmingly. Sirius and the rest of the Marauders acted as though she never existed and never disrupted any classes(except for History of Magic, but that class is an exception)

Riley walked into the class and got her books out and sat down, giving Lily a small smile after she said 'hello'. Snape then walked in and started a animated conversation with Lily about what they were likely to be doing today.

And then he walked in.

The Marauders never used to bother Riley. Yes, some of their pranks in class would annoy her, but she would just sit there quietly and ignore it, unlike Lily who blew a gasket. Now, after the run in at the library, every little thing they done got on her nerves!

The never even use to talk to her but now Sirius would try and talk to her all through potions. Were the glares and threats not enough?

"Good afternoon, Riley!" Sirius said brightly, causing Snape and Lily to stop their conversation and look at the pair.

"Black," Riley replied not even bothering to look at him.

"Oh, someone's not very friendy."

Riley didn't even bother replying. She just stared at the board and read what Slughorn had put up, telling them what they were doing today.

"I was talking to your sister last night," Sirius said, watching her open up her jotter and start to write instructions that were on the board. "Claudia, right?"

He watched as she seemed to pause for a second and glance up at him.

"Yep."

That was it? 'Yep.'? She didn't even seem concerned or annoyed. Well this plan was going great…not.

"Yeah, we were speaking for a while."

She only nodded, still writing.

Was this not bothering her at all? James had told him that when they past each other, they some times glared at each other and when they were seen talking together, it always seemed like an argument. How could this not be getting to her?

Sirius decided to keep quiet for most of the period, only talking to her when asking to see what she had wrote. He could never read Slughorn's writing.

"Oh, by the way," Sirius said as they packed away their things after the bell went, "I also asked her out on the next Hogsmeade trip."

Riley smirked as she put her final book into her bag and slung it round her shoulder.

"Really? And all of this happened last night, yes?" she asked him. Sirius nodded. "That's funny because if I recall right, you, James, Remus and Peter were testing pranks out on younger students all night. "

Riley then winked and left the classroom, leaving Sirius open mouthed.

X

"I think I'll need to do it," Sirius said as they sat down in the Common Room. "I'll need to ask her sister out for real."

"And why would that be?" Remus asked. "You just wanted to get her to talk to you in Potions."

"Yeah, I did, but it didn't seem to bother her so it was just like any other old lesson! Plus, it's…like a little solo project, you know? Like a prank I' do all by myself."

"I'd love to see how this goes." Remus muttered.

"It'll be fine. Martinez needs a bit of drama. She lives such a boring life."

In reply, Remus only shook his head.

"Wouldn't it make more sense if you ask Riley herself out?" Peter said. He then slapped a hand over his mouth as if he didn't mean to say it aloud. "I-I m-mean…It means you would be…I just think it makes more sense."

"Peter don't be so bloody stupid. Why on earth would I want to go out with that?"

X

Riley had been standing outside the Hospital Wing for almost two hours before she got let in. She had asked one of Claudia's friends where she was and they told her that she had been taken to Madam Pomfrey because she was in hysterics about their Grandmother.

She had stood outside hearing nothing but silence, waiting for Madam Pomfrey to tell her she had woken up from the sleeping draught.

"Why are you here?" Claudia spat.

Riley raised her eyebrow at her sisters tone and sat down on the chair beside her bed.

"Just thought I'd be a half-decent sister and come and see if you were alright. That's all."

"Well I'm fine. You can leave now."

Riley stayed where she was, not even blinking.

"Why did you get so upset? Mum said abuelita would be fine."

"Does it matter? She was still ill, Riley! She could of died and we wouldn't of been there!" Claudia hissed, throwing her arms into the air. "¿Por qué es usted tan estúpido?"

Riley abruptly stood up and walked out of the Hospital Wing. On her way out, she passed Sirius who grinned and waved at her making his way into hospital. This will not be good, Riley thought to herself, shaking her head.

Third chapter! I'm quite happy with this one too. I don't even know why, haha.

Translations:

Abuelita

Grandma

¿Por qué es usted tan estúpido?

Why do you have to be so stupid?

Ok, yet again, if any of these are wrong, please do tell me. Much appreciated.

Please review!

Abbey xoxo