Author's Note: Sorry for the late update. Just got done with finals so i have four weeks of free time! Please tell me your thoughts.


"I'm in like with you"


"Are you ever going to cut your hair?" was the first words out of James' mouth when Sirius walked into their compartment. Remus glanced up from his book and smirked when he saw what James was talking about. Usually, Sirius would have his hair cut when he comes back from break but ever since March of their second year, he hasn't cut it. His hair was brushing slightly against his shoulders.

"Jealous?" Sirius joked as he acts like he swung his hair over his shoulder.

"Actually, no. I actually like looking like a bloke," James shot back.

Sirius rolled his eyes and sat next to Remus. "So, Remus, how was your summer?"

Remus grimaced a bit. Painful and boring. Yeah, he written to his housemates/best mates every week (pretty much every day) but that didn't stop it from being painfully boring. And the fact that he had to deal with transformations three times tied down instead of roaming free in the woods. He missed being with them and joking around with them.

"Boring," he finally answered. "Read some boo—

"—boo," Sirius cuts him off making an appalled expression as if the idea of reading over summer break was the most repulsive idea ever to be made.

"Then please, do tell me what you did over break?" Remus asked.

"I thought you would never ask," Sirius said as he jokingly flipped his hair. "How 'bout going through the torture of my sister just gushing about the 'Handsome Fabian Prewitt."

Remus' eyes widened at the information. He remembered the redhead showing his interest more with Adhara but he didn't think much of it. Remus thought if she didn't confide with Sirius about it then it must not be going anywhere.

"She fancies him?" he asked feinting surprise. Remus was not sure if Sirius knew that Adhara fancied him. Though, it is obvious that she did, didn't mean that she confided in her twin brother about it like she did with him months ago in the library that one time.

"Yeah," Sirius grumbled. "They've been writing each other for the whole summer. Merlin, he writes the cheesiest things to her and she falls for it. But knowing her, she won't do anything about it with him. She could not be seen fancying a blood-traitor so it's not going anywhere."

"Maybe he could be the one to pull her out of her parents' clutches," Remus shrugged.

Sirius scoffed. "Hell, I don't want him to have the satisfactory of doing that."

"Why do you even hate the bloke?" Peter asked. "You was chummy with him your first year."

"Yeah, before he caught sight of my cute twin sister," he retorted.

"Stop calling your sister cute. It sounds weird when you say it," James said with his nose scrunched.

"She is! We're both pretty cute," Sirius had no qualms about calling his sister cute especially since he thinks calling her cute also meant calling himself cute, too (how vain can he get?). Sirius may think that he looks identical to Adhara but Remus doesn't see it. Yeah, he can see the resemblance that showed that they are siblings. Dark hair, gray eyes, and fair skin but Adhara's distinct feature of freckles differs her from the boy.

"That may be why Fabian is after her," Peter, of course, said the wrong thing.

Sirius' expression darkened. "Of course, but can't he go with someone in his own year."

For about thirty more seconds, Sirius called the redhead every bad thing in the book before James used a Silencio spell on him to shut him up.


Much to Remus' pleasure, Gryffindor has more classes with Hufflepuff. He had Defense Against Dark Arts, Care of Magical Creatures, and Potions. He thought that year would be the same as their second year.

That thought went downhill when he saw the syllabus from DADAs.

By winter, they'll be learning about werewolves. Werewolves. Remus tried to calm himself when he read it. It's not like his friends pay attention that much in class if it's not about a good spell to use against Slytherins. It is pretty rare to run into a werewolf so they would not see the point to pay attention to learn it. Remus hoped that would be the case when it got to that point.

Hogsmeade became more of a distraction to the thirteen-year-old werewolf. Going to Hondeyduke's and buying all the chocolate he wants with his friends. His friends have always been a distraction to him over the last two years when they are in Hogwarts but now outside of it? It was pretty wicked to be hanging out with all three of them outside of school. He could see Peter or James outside of school during break but hanging out with Sirius made things more complete with the four of them.

And if Adhara decides to join them sometimes, then Remus doesn't mind. He revels in it. James and Sirius would hog her attention but Remus didn't mind. Remus was glad to see that she was not avoiding them as much as she did a few months ago. He starts to realize long ago that she must have made a deal with Regulus since he didn't report back to her family. Remus knew that as long as Sirius was with them then it was her excuse to hang out with the three of them.


"You're bloody rubbish at this," James yelled at Adhara during DADA class. He was on the sidelines watching Adhara and Alice duel. It was nothing but simple stunning and disarming spells so that she can take the wand from her hand. Remus never seen Adhara perform offensive spells and now he knows why.

She's horrid at it. Or like James said, she's rubbish.

Remus watched with concern of the two third years. If he was not worried about her being harmed, then this could have been entertaining to watch.

Adhara's hands shook every time she would cast a spell. Eyes clenched shut every time Alice counters back. Her shield charm was strong but she was not quick enough to cast it every time. It didn't help her situation when James and Sirius kept hounding her and not encouraging her.

"Open your eyes, Addie," Sirius groaned. He kept waving his arms around, yelling orders at his twin. Which was not helping but actually distracting the Hufflepuff. She kept glancing over at the two causing her shield charm to break every time. Luckily for her, this was a practice and she's actually better at charms than casting offensive spells.

"How did you pass this class in the last two years?" Sirius was the first one to hound her as soon as she lost her wand to the Gryffindor female. Remus noticed how Sirius was taking this more seriously than James was. As James would tease her playfully, her brother acted as if she was actually dueling someone for her life. And Adhara must have thought the same as Remus since she voiced her concerns about Sirius' attitude.

"You know what this means?" he asked her but not really wanting a reply. "This means you cannot protect yourself. You kept flinching and closing your eyes. Hands were shaking."

Another trait he noticed about Adhara is that she loathes it when her brother yells her flaws two inches from her face. Anyone would, to be honest. Instead of retorting back, she pursed her lips and turned her head, ignoring him.

"Watch and learn, Addie," James said, as he dragged Sirius with him to the middle of the classroom.

"Don't worry, Adhara," Peter tried to console her. Peter didn't do much better but he did duel Remus. And not to be a cocky wanker, Remus is one of the best in the class so it was pretty unfair toward Peter. "We're only thirteen. We'll get better."

That didn't help calm the Pureblood down. She bit her lower lip as she eyed the two Gryffindors preparing to duel. "So how do we explain those two?"

Remus chuckled at her. "Their outliers."

Her stormy gray eyes peered up at him as she cocked an eyebrow. "And you? Just another gifted outlier?"

Remus shrugged. "I think it helps when we actually enjoy the class, too." Others may think he's gifted but he actually enjoys this class. This was the only class besides Care of Magical Creatures. But everyone had to have a weakness. Adhara's was DADA but her strength was Potions and Charms. Remus loathed Potions.

"It's that obvious?" Remus could tell she hated throwing spells at her opponent.

"Yeah. You could tell how unwilling you are when you cast a spell to them," he admits.


Sirius thought it was his brotherly duty to tutor his little sister. He felt that he was protecting her by teaching Adhara how to defend herself. It only lasted for one day. Apparently having her brother yell at her as he cast jinx at her was not effective. If anything, it made things far worse.

"You need to be faster," James yelled, which was not helping. Adhara lost her wand to Sirius at a grand total of eleven times. Remus knew that Sirius' frustration was not only fueled by his sister's lack of defending herself but also that she was not a challenge. Remus knew that Adhara is quite powerful. Her shields are strong. The strongest he's ever seen but she's not as quick at casting it after attempting to stupefy her brother. It was as if she was thinking one step behind instead of what her next step should be.

"And you need to sod off," that caught Sirius by surprise since Adhara was able to finally get his wand. "I'm done. You're the worst at this. I can't do it when you're yelling at me and insulting me—

"—I was not insulting you," he cuts her off.

"Yes, you were, y-y-you arse," she seethes. There was another trait that was similar among the two. Their temper. It may be easy to rile up Sirius but it took a lot for Adhara.

"I was just helping you."

"Well, you did an awful job of it," she shoved past her brother and was getting ready to leave but stopped when the door of the practice chamber opened.

"What are you guys doing here?" It just had to be Fabian. Remus knew that it was Fabian instead of Gideon because of how Adhara reacted to him and how he smiled at her. And of course, the way Sirius growled at the fourteen-year-old.

"Practicing," she replied softly. Her anger already disappeared.

"You guys are trying out for the dueling team?" Fabian asked them. He took a few more steps in so that the others on his team could enter. One of the major things Remus loved about the duel teams was that they were not separated by Houses. On Fabian's team, there was a few Ravenclaws but mostly Gryffindors.

"Yep," James said proudly. They've been waiting for this moment since first year. "We were helping Addie here with her offense skills. She's horrid at it."

If looks could kill, James would be dead because of Addie.

"You want to join the dueling team?" he asked her.

"No," she said softly. "They're helping me for DADA class."

"And she's rubbish at it," James cackled. Remus noted that Sirius was not quick to out his sister's flaws in the school subject like James is. He hasn't even said anything yet. He just stood there with clenched fists and a deadly glare directed at the redhead. Either Fabian is oblivious to it or just he decided to ignore it since he knows Sirius would never be friendly with him.

"And that's why I revoked them from being my tutors," Adhara announced. Sirius gaped at her. Did he not think she was serious? "All they do is yell at me. So good riddance," she pulls her bag over her shoulder, readying herself to leave.

"How 'bout I walk you back to your door?" Fabian grins at her.

Sirius scoffs at the older boy's flirting. "What do you think is going to attack her in the halls of a bloody school?"

"I'm just being the perfect gentleman, Black."

"Maybe I should walk her back. Being her big brother and all," Sirius retorts with a smug smirk. He really loves stating that he's a big brother even if he's only a few minutes older than Adhara.

Adhara knew that she couldn't miss this chance. She couldn't let Sirius ruin this for her. "Well, I don't want you walking me back. I don't even want to see you or talk to you." And before he could even fathom up an apology or reply, she left the room with Fabian following close behind. Sirius was so not going to leave them alone. Not even over his dead body.

"How bout we give you guys some tips?" one of them asked. Remus recognized him as a sixth year of Gryffindor. He was pretty sure that he was the captain of the team.

"Of course," James looped his arm through Sirius' not letting him run away. He knew that his opportunity cannot be missed just because Sirius was being too overprotective.


This is the moment.

And she's not doing anything about it.

Adhara didn't dare look at Fabian.

Three months of writing to each other and she could not think of a single thing to say to him.

"So," he begins. She glances at him to see him giving her a wide grin. "It's good to see you."

"Same to you," Adhara agrees.

"I'm kind of glad to be back," Fabian confessed. "Don't tell anyone that. I'm just happy to see my mates again."

Adhara didn't know if she can agree to that. She's happy to be back and away from her mother's watchful eye. It's not like she can hang out with her friends without starting a controversy over it. She can only speak with Severus without anyone questioning her beliefs. She can also hang out James as long as Sirius is present.

"Yeah…I'm kind of glad to be away from my…" Adhara stopped herself. She didn't know how it would sound if she states how glad she is to be away from her mother.

"Your parents?" he guessed.

"Just my mum," she quickly corrects him. "She can be…intense."

"How does she feel about you hanging out with blood-traitors and half-bloods?" he asked her. "I figure your younger brother would be reporting back to her about you and Sirius."

"Well…she doesn't know," she admits. "Well, Regulus doesn't say anything anymore." She kind of guilt-tripped Regulus into it.

"And what about Higgs?"

"He's my friend and he helps me out," she shrugs.

"So is the idea of us going to Hogsmeade together barmy?" he asked her. They were now in front of the Hufflepuff entrance. Adhara nearly tripped over her own feet. Lucky enough he caught her on time.

"Um…"

Fabian sighed. "I figured. Well, I just want you to know that I fancy you."

"I…" Adhara's mind went blank as her mouth went dry. She didn't understand why it was taking so long to tell him the same thing. She knew that she shouldn't have anything to worry about. He fancies her so she has no fear of rejection to be concerned with. Then a memory from last year popped into her thoughts. She was with Remus in the library.

"Sometimes love is worth it. Worth it enough to leave everything behind for that person."

If she was to deny her feelings for Fabian, then how would she know that he's the one? He could be her 'Teddy' like with Andromeda. Ugh, when did I become such a sap?

Fabian's hopeful expression faded away the more Adhara had him waiting in anticipation.

"Yes!" she shouts randomly. Her face reddens with embarrassment. Her eyes trained on her fingers that were fidgeting with her robes. "I mean, yes, I fancy you, too."

Fabian's worried expression quickly altered into a joyful one. "Well, then we'll figure out the rest later. All that matters is that we fancy each other."


Sirius knew that something was up. As soon as Adhara stepped into their Potions class that something must have happened with Prewitt to make her glow like she caught the Snitch in quidditch. She was just about to go sit next to her Hufflepuff classmate but paused when she noticed that Sirius was observing her.

"I got a new tutor to help me. So you are relieved of your duties," she professes proudly.

"Who?" James and Sirius asked.

"Fabian," she gleams. And before Sirius could even shut that down, she swiftly walks over to her table.