'Best friends, ex friends til the end,

Better off as lovers and not the other way around.'

Misused Spells

The next day, Riley watched as Claudia entered the Great Hall for lunch, smiling and laughing with her friends. She then looked at Sirius who was doing the same with his own friends. Neither of them had so much shared a glance.

Tuesday's were a relatively good day for Riley with the fact that she had Defence Against the Dark Arts and Charms last. Charms was her absolute favorite subject. It was just the fact that there were so many spells out there for practically anything that amused Riley. It was same for Defense Against the Dark Arts. There were so many ways to defend yourself and things that you need to defend yourself for too. It was just fascinating.

When it was time to go to Defense, Riley gulped down the remainder of her pumpkin juice and left the Great Hall. She entered the classroom and sat down in her usual seat. Lily and Mary walked in, having what looked like a hushed argument. The Marauders soon followed, Remus taking his seat next to Riley, Peter behind them and at the back left hand side of them.

"Remus?" Riley heard Peter ask. Remus turned around to his friend.

"Yes?"

"Did we have homework?" he asked, sounding scared.

"No, Pete. We didn't."

Riley smiled at Remus who rolled his eyes but smiled at the same time as he turned back round to the front of the class.

Professor Edwards then entered the classroom. There was not one girl at Hogwarts, including Riley, that wasn't helplessly in love with the Defense teacher. He had bright blue eyes and his hair was a dirty blonde colour.

So maybe there were two reasons as to why Defense was a favourite class of Riley's.

"Remember, only send the stunning spell once your partner has already protected themselves!" Professor Edwards shouted over the noise of chairs being scraped back and people moving around.

Riley followed Remus to where they usually stood when they done practical work.

"What is it we've to do? Sorry, I wasn't really listening." she told him, biting her lip.

"We've to see how well our protective charms are. Before we send our stunning spells-'Stupefy'-we've to make sure our partner has their protective spell-'Protego'-up." Remus replied. "You can do the stunning first…So when I nod, you can go, alright?"

Riley nodded and watched as Remus moved further away from her and cast Protego. He then nodded.

"Stupefy!" Riley said and watched as her spell fell into his charm and simply disappeared.

"You go now," she heard Remus tell her.

Just as she was about to, she heard James and Sirius' practically yelling their conversation behind them.

"-didn't even finish my sentence and she had agreed!" she heard Sirius say.

"Good luck, then," James said, sounding quite un-interested.

Riley shook her head and carried on with Remus. She could no longer hear the other two boy's conversation.

Just as she had sent the spell towards Remus, she felt herself being thrown forward. She fell just at Remus' feet who was down by her side immediately.

"Riley, are you ok?" he asked her, helping her to stand up.

"Yeah," she nodded, "I'm fine." She looked around and saw that most people had stopped to watch her. Professor Edwards came hurrying towards her.

"What happened? Are you ok?"

"I'm fine, sir," she blushed and then noticed the amount of glares she was receiving. "I'm not sure what happened."

Professor Edwards nodded and look around the room.

"Did anyone see whose spell hit Riley?" he asked the class, looking around.

The majority of the class shook their head and suddenly Riley felt rather stupid. Everyone probably thought she done it on purpose.

"It was Black, sir," Lily said, standing two down from Sirius. "He threw the spell at Riley."

If looks could kill, Riley was sure Lily would be dead from the look Sirius had given her. His grin had been wiped off his face as Professor Edwards walked towards him.

"Outside. Now."

Sirius nodded and left, closely followed by Edwards who momentarily turned to the class.

"I don't want you using any magic until I return or it's detention. Is that clear?" he told them sternly.

The class nodded and the moment the door closed, every girl in the room-except Riley- rounded on Lily. Riley looked at Remus who shrugged and walked over to her.

"I'm guessing that they're angry she sold him out," he told her.

Riley then nodded and watched shocked as Lily argued back, but what shocked her the most was that Mary, Lily's 'best friend' was merely standing watching. Not even defending her friend. Lily seemed to be fighting a good argument, because most girls had now turned their backs to her and went back to their original place. But one girl, Kirsty Letham, who had an on/off relationship with Sirius, didn't seem to be backing down.

Riley saw that Lily was oblivious to Kirsty's hand reaching into her robes and before she even had time to think, she automatically raised her own wand.

"Expelliarmus!"

Linda's wand fell out of her hand.

"Riley!"

Cursing under her breath, Riley slowly turned around to face Professor Edwards.

"Yes, Professor?" she asked. Behind him she saw Sirius smirking. Oh how she wanted to slap him.

"What did I say before leaving the class?"

Riley sighed and mumbled. "We weren't to use magic while you weren't in…"

"Or?"

"Detention…"

"Correct," he said. "Looks like you'll be joining Mr. Black tonight."

Riley nodded and moved out of the way so he could go back to his desk.

"Just pack up for today," he told the class and quietly everyone made their way back to their seats. When the bell rang, Riley was the very first person to leave the classroom, speed walking to Charms.

"Riley! Riley-wait!"

Riley stopped and turned around to face Lily who was running through the crowd of pupils. When she reached her, she started to walk again.

"Thanks for doing that back there-disarming Kirsty- I mean, I'm sorry you ended up getting detention, but thanks anyway."

Lily smiled shyly.

"It was no problem," Riley replied, "It didn't look as if Mary was in any rush to help you so someone had to do it."

Lily shook her laughed half-heartedly which Riley only smiled at. As they entered Flitwick's class, the both looked at each other.

"Well, thanks again," Lily said before smiling and going off to her seat.

Riley only nodded this time and sat at her desk and then it dawned on her. She had gotten a detention and when you get detention, a letter is sent home. Her father was going to murder her. Not once had she received a detention. It was always praise for her work and now, because she had done the right thing, she had a detention.

On the other hand, she thought half-heartedly, she had probably made a new friend that day. She looked over at Lily who caught her eye and smiled while rolling her eyes as Mary walked in and sat next to her. Riley bit her lip and turned back to face the front where she nearly jumped off her seat.

She held her hand to her heart and glared at Sirius.

"What do you want?" she snapped.

Sirius grinned at her.

"Make sure you're in the common room at eight, alright? Then we'll go meet Filch"

"What? No, I won't. Why should I?" she asked sounding outraged.

"Great, you'll be there! See you tonight!"

Riley watched as he walked back next to James and then put her head in her hands. Out of all of the people who she could of served detention with, it had to be Sirius. Why did the world hate her?

Fourth chapter. And maybe the last for two weeks because I go on holiday on Sunday. But if I'm in a good mood, I might write one before I leave. We shall see. Anyway, not much really happening in this one…The next one will be more eventful, I promise!

Abbey xoxo