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Confronting Ms. Evans

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Sirius' plan to corner and confront Lily wasn't working out as well as he hoped. After the failure last night, when Lily refused to come down the girl's staircase where he was waiting, Sirius decided that he would wake up early and talk to her in the Great Hall before everyone came down for breakfast. He over-slept. He over-slept so much that he was late for his first class and therefore didn't get to talk to Lily before class at all. Then when class ended Prof. Slughorn wanted to talk to Sirius. He ended up having to run to Charms without getting a chance to give Lily a piece of his mind. The whole day had just been one missed opportunity after another. By the end of the day Sirius was so fed up with all of the following and close-encounters that he resumed his spot in front of the girls' stairway but Prof. McGonagall put an end to that quickly. Apparently someone had complained to her so she had come up to the common room and told him to stop making a nuisance of himself, as if he was just playing around and not in the midst of a serious assignment. Now Sirius sat on the couch in the common room pretending to read his Charm's spell book. Remus was supposed to patrol with Lily tonight, but Sirius had worked it out so that he would be taking Remus' place. Remus would forgive him … eventually.

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Remus came up behind Sirius and put a hand on his shoulder. "You ok, padfoot?" Sirius flinched in surprise. "You seem a little tense."

"I'm fine," Sirius snarled never taking his eyes off of the girl's staircase.

Remus followed Sirius' gaze to the stairs and plopped down on the couch next to him. "You're not doing this again are you?"

"It's none of your business."

Remus rolled his eyes. "Listen, I have patrol with Lily tonight whatever you need to say to her I can pass along while we are on patrol together."

Sirius looked at Remus as a wicked smile crept onto his face. Remus looked back at him warily. "Really?" Sirius paused and Remus could see the wheels of his brain turning a mile a minute. "That's helpful."

"What-" Remus never got to finish his question because the next moment he was paralyzed on the floor.

Sirius gently floated Remus up the boys' stairs and put him in his bed. "I'm really sorry about this, Moony, but I promise that I'll take off the jinx as soon as I'm done talking to Lily." Remus glared at Sirius. "Don't look at me like that. This is a matter of life or death," Sirius smirked at that, "well sort of. It's all for a good cause, I promise."

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Sirius jumped up from the couch as soon as Lily entered the common room. He was by her side in three strides. "You all ready to go on patrol, Evans?"

"Yeah, but where's Remus?"

Sirius draped his arm around her shoulders and herded her towards the portrait hole as she tried to locate Remus in the common room. "He wasn't feeling to well so he decided to go to bed early. I'm taking his place."

Lily stopped just short of the exit causing Sirius to curse under his breathe. He had been so close. "I can go by myself." She gingerly picked up his hand and removed it from her shoulder. "Thanks."

Sirius smiled politely at Lily, "Its ok. I want to go." Sirius practically shoved Lily out the door. "Really."

They had been walking in silence for a good fifteen minutes when Sirius decided to bring up James, "You are one hard girl to get alone Evans. Trust me I know, I've been trying." Lily took a step away from Sirius. "Not in a creepy, I want to get you alone so I can attack you way," Sirius quickly added seeing Lily's discomfort. Small talk wasn't working very well so Sirius decided to switch tactics and be blunt instead. Sirius put his hand on Lily's arm to get her to stop walking. "Stop fucking around with James."

Lily turned to Sirius in surprise and defensive anger. "Excuse me?"

Sirius matched her steely gaze. "You heard me. Stop treating him like shit. He doesn't deserve it." Sirius started walking away from Lily. "If you gave him even half a chance you would see how great he is."

Lily half stomped half ran to catch up with Sirius. "Great? You've got to be kidding me. He is worse than most of Slytherin. He acts just as entitled and bigoted as any other pure-blood family."

Sirius stopped enraged. His voice was icy as he spoke, "You don't know what you're talking about, Evans. You can't even begin to grasp what it is like to be in a dark arts centric family. The Potters are the farthest thing from entitled or bigoted I know. I would watch what I said about them if I were you."

Lily faced him. She spoke clearly and slowly so that Sirius would hear every word. "Potter is just as bad as Malfoy."

Sirius slowly closed the distance between them. He hid his smirk as he saw Lily take a half step back. "I meant what I said Evans. If you're not going to give James a chance then you better stop giving him shit." Sirius leaned slightly forward so that he was completely crowding Lily's space. "I come from one of those really dark families, Evans, and I'm not afraid to hurt someone who deserves it no matter what gender they are."

Lily's voice hitched a little as she spoke. "What are you trying to say?"

Sirius smiled at Lily. "That James would make for a fun date. I think were done here, see you around, Evans."

Sirius walked off leaving a rattled Lily to finish patrolling by herself.

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Sirius strode happily back towards his room from the kitchens. His talk with Lily had made him a little peckish. He hoped that he had gotten his message across. No one messed with his best friends. Lily would either open her eyes and realize that James was one of the best guys around or she would stop stomping all over him. Either outcome was better than the current situation.

Sirius entered the boys' dorm whistling. Just as he revived Remus James burst into the room, "What did you say to Lily, Sirius?"

Sirius' eyes widened. He hadn't counted on the third outcome of his encounter: Lily telling James what happened. Remus rubbed his sore limbs. "Yeah and while you're sharing why don't you explain to me why I just spent an hour and a half under a full body bind."

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A/N: Here is the second chapter and it is really early. I didn't think I would have a chance to write it until after my birthday on Sunday, but I did. I'm turning 20, how old! As always R&R. Tell me what you think of my Sirius. Oh, just FYI, James/Lily interactionin the next chapter. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.