'I hate this town, it's so washed up,

And all my friends don't give a fuck.

They'll tell me that it's just bad luck,

When will I find where I fit in?'

Coming to Terms

"Riley, this is your last warning. Get up now."

For almost half an hour this morning, Lily had been trying to get Riley out of her bed but Riley had been ignoring her and took to staring at the top of her four poster bed. She had too much to take in. She hated her sister and Father. She hated what they believed in. She hated the world she lived in.

"RILEY! I swear to Merlin, if you don't get ready-"

"Ok, ok! I'm up!" Riley said and got out of her bed and went straight into the bathroom. Se heard Lily leave the dormitory so she could get ready.

She stared at her reflection in the mirror. She looked awful. Her eyes and nose were red due to her crying and her wavy brown her was tangled with her bauble . She quickly splashed water on her face, brushed her teeth and went back to the dorm and put her robes on.

"Well, we've missed breakfast," Lily entered. "Sirius is looking for you by the way, he seems a tad angry."

"Ok," Riley answered and continued to look down as if searching for something. "Lily, just go to class. I won't be long."

"Are you alright, Riley?" Lily asked and moved closer to her.

"I'm fine," she replied, her voice starting to shake.

"Riley…"

She lost it. Riley fell to the ground and let the tears pour. Lily was at her side immediately and hugged her. How long they sat there Riley didn't know. All she knew was that everything was so wrong. She was meant to be part of a pure blood family that didn't care about anyone else's blood status. She was meant to love her Father and sister because they were her family. She cried for her Grandfather and how he knew between right and wrong and he was shot down because of it. Se cried for her mother because she was imprisoned just like Riley was.

Riley could feel Lily stroking her hair and she looked up at her. She was such a wonderful person. She helped anyone in need of it. She cared for everyone, including Potter. She knew what was right and wrong too. She was so perfect yet people would find her flaws.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Lily asked her.

"I'm s-so s-s-sorry," Riley said, wiping away tears, only for new ones to form. "I went t-to s-see Claudia l-last night. It was a-awful."

Through the stutters and tears, Riley told Lily every little piece of detail that had happened the previous night. Lily would only nod and make sure she was ok to go on.

"What did you say to me last night, Riley?" Lily said to her once she was done. "You are nothing like Claudia. You will never be like Claudia or your Father. That's what you need to remember. You're the better person. You're fighting for the right thing."

"Thank you," Riley whispered and slowly stood up and looked into the mirror. "Can you fix me, please?" She laughed. "I'm a complete mess."

Lily smiled and pulled out her wand.

X

Sirius had gotten no sleep. He had stayed awake, listening for some sort of evidence of Riley returning to give everything back. But she never came. He was sure she was alright. This was the girl that hexed him for tapping her on the shoulder for heaven's sake. So why was he worried she was hurt?

Now, he was livid with her. He had went down to breakfast this morning he was met by Claudia supporting a red swollen cheek. She had told him Riley had just stormed into the Ravenclaw common room and slapped her. Yes, Claudia drove him round the bend sometimes but he had came to care for her.

He was now waiting impatiently in the Gryffindor common room for Riley to make an appearance. Lily was up here to so he knew it must've been serious if Lily Evans was missing class time. Just as he was about to give up on waiting, Riley and Lily walked down the stairs.

Riley saw him and the small smile on her lips vanished. She walked over to him and handed him the cloak and map.

"Why'd you do it?" Sirius asked her.

"She deserved it."

"What? What did Claudia do that made you go raging into the Ravenclaw common room?"

"I think it's up for her to tell you the truth, Sirius," Riley replied. "And then you'll understand why I done it.."

X

Unfortunately for Riley, Lily and Sirius, they had Transfiguration first thing that morning.

"I've never had detention before," Lily kept muttering over and over.

Riley was trying to reassure her, but it only made her worse. Lily was convinced that because of one detention, she would never get a job anywhere. She'd be a failure. Riley and Lily stood in front of the door leading into the Transfiguration classroom, Sirius was still making his way there.

Riley pushed the door open and that little spark of hope that perhaps McGonagall was unable to teach for some reason, fizzed out when she saw McGonagall sitting at her desk, staring right at the two girls.

"Miss Evans. Miss Martinez. Nice of you to join us."

"Sorry, Professor. We slept in," Riley replied. Well, it was true on her behalf.

"Stay behind after class, please." She replied. "You too Mr. Black."

Riley looked behind her and saw Sirius already making his way to his seat, at the back with James. Riley sighed and moved to her seat right at the front with Mary and Lily left to sit with Remus. The rest of the class went smoothly as all they were doing was theory of everything they had done in the past five years.

Mary had gotten better in this class. No longer would she throw it in Riley's face that she was better at Transfiguration than she was. Riley knew it was only because she was friends with Lily too.

The bell rang and Riley packed up and went up to McGonagall's desk.

"I'm sure you know what you're punishment for being late is, then? Detention for all three of you. Report to the Trophy room tonight at nine o'clock."

All three of them nodded and Riley and Sirius turned to leave, but Lily stayed in place.

"I've just got to ask her a few things. I'll catch up," Lily said and turned back to McGonagall.

Riley nodded and left the classroom, Sirius walking a few steps ahead. She contemplated on telling him everything that had happened the night before. How Claudia believed in what he loathed. But she couldn't. It was better if he heard it from Claudia…she hoped.

Just a small chapter. Not the best…really boring in fact but I'll try and get you another eventful chapter asap!

Abbey xoxo