Author's Note: The locker room scene is inspired by the movie A Cinderella Story.
Remus stood in the boys' locker room that Saturday, prepping for the game and trying to get his mind set on only the game. The Gryffindor team was composed of all boys except for Delilah, who was currently in a room all by herself. He had not done as Loraina requested; he was not giving up trying to get him to forgive her. In fact, he had taken to being almost like James had been with Lily, pestering Loraina non-stop.
"Girl alert!" a chaser named Charlie Duncan yelled. Remus was too busy talking to James and Sirius to notice, sitting on the bench. He was laughing at something Sirius had said when James suddenly hit him lightly on the shoulder and Remus looked up to find Loraina walking toward him with a certain kind of deliberance to her steps. Remus swallowed; she looked beautiful, with her hair straightened and just enough make up on, and managed to say one word.
"Loraina, listen..."
"No, Remus, you listen. It's time you listen to me! I want to tell you just how I've felt this past week. It was me who was hurt that night, Remus. I really, really liked you. I guess you were just pretending. But I never pretended to be anything other than myself. I'm done with you, Remus, and whatever could have been is going to stay could have been. It's not going to happen. So even though my life is completely crumbling around me right now, it's you that I feel sorry for," Loraina seethed. She then turned and began to walk out.
"Loraina, wait!"
Loraina just shook her head and kept walking, her head held high. Remus turned and punched the locker in one swift motion.
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Lily met Loraina outside of the locker room, giving her friend a tight hug.
"You okay? Delilah told me you were going to talk to him..."
"Yeah," Loraina said with a small, sad smile. "I'm fine. It definitely felt good, that's for sure."
"Are you sure you're up for going to the game? I'll stay up in the dorms with you, if you want," Lily said, but Loraina could tell how much she wanted to go. This was James's first game as captain, and Loraina saw how much her best friend wanted to be there for her boyfriend.
"I want to go. It's our last first game," Loraina laughed, linking arms with her friend. "Now let's go."
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The game was speedy and short, as Ravenclaw was simply no match for Gryffindor. Delilah had caught the snitch right out from Gary Davies's nose, as he had been too distracted by her hair flying about her face in gorgeous blonde waves. Sirius had then hit a bludger right at the charming Ravenclaw, who was definitely deterred from catching the snitch, and, more importantly, in the opinion of Sirius, from checking out Sirius's girlfriend.
Sirius officially loved quidditch even more than before, as Delilah certainly had a good way of congratulating him after a match. Loraina and Lily ran down from the stands to congratulate their friends, giving each of them hugs. For a moment, Loraina even hugged Remus before drawing back with a squeak and going to console Troy, who was the keeper for the Ravenclaw team.
"PARTY TIME!" Charlie shouted over the noise of everyone rejoicing. Delilah whooped in agreement as Sirius lifted her up in the air.
"To the common room!" Delilah shouted jovially. Quidditch was definitely a fun sport, and she was mentally kicking herself for not trying out earlier.
Lily and James were...celebrating, Sirius and Delilah were pumping people up for the party, Loraina had already dashed up to the dorms, and Remus was walking behind everyone with a forlorn look on his face.
"Where's Loraina?" Lily asked as she broke away from her boyfriend, who was loping off to the showers.
"She went up to the dorms," Remus mumbled.
"Remus?" Lily asked as he began to walk away. He turned around to look at her.
"Yeah?"
"She'll come around."
"I hope so."
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The party was in full swing. Music was pounding through the speakers, drunken students were hooking up with people they would never look at sober, and Lily was trying her hardest not to put a stop to it. The responsible, rule-abiding, wet blanket Lily was just dying to scream at everyone about the inappropriateness of it all, but the Lily who had fallen for James Potter just didn't have the heart to do it.
"Have you seen Delilah?" Sirius shouted over the music to James.
"She's dancing with Loraina and Lily somewhere," James yelled back.
"Right then. You think she'd kill me for dancing with someone else?" Sirius said back loudly.
"Mate, learn from my mistakes! Don't do it!"
Sirius chuckled and walked off into the crowd, trying to look for the shimmery hair of his girlfriend. He hadn't seen her since the end of the game, so he had no idea what she had chosen to wear to the party. He finally spotted her, wearing a red camisole with lace accents and a pair of extremely tight jeans. He smirked at her outfit and went to approach her before he noticed her flirting it up with some Hufflepuff. The Hufflepuffs had been let it in for the party, and he ground his teeth with anger before turning and finding the first girl he could.
Her name was Missy, and they had dated the year before for quite a while, at least by Sirius Black standards. She had long brown hair, a pretty smile, and almost no inhibitions or conscience. Sirius smirked at her and asked her to dance, which she eagerlly accepted, not noticing Delilah rejecting the guy she had been harmlessly flirting with.
Delilah watched Sirius dance with the other girl and took it in stride. She couldn't expect him to change in one swoop, could she? She continued dancing with Lily and Loraina, grinning as Lily broke out the karaoke.
Everytime they turn the lights down,
Just wanna go that extra mile,
For you,
Public display of affection,
There's like no one else in the room.
We can get down like there's no one around,
We keep on rockin',
We keep on rockin',
Cameras are flashin',
While we're dirty dancin',
They keep watchin',
Keep watchin',
Feels like the crowd is saying.
Delilah wasn't entirely positive how she ended up on a table, singing this provacative pop song, but she had, and she searched the crowd for Sirius, looking for someone to sing the song to. When he was nowhere to be found, she kept going.
The center of attention,
Even when you're up against the wall,
You've got me in a crazy position,
If you're on a mission,
You've got my permission.
She giggled as she got off the table when the song was over and then went off in pursuit of her boyfriend, who was still no where to be found. James and Remus didn't know where he was, either, but dragged her onto the dance floor. She laughed it up and jokingly danced with her guy friends, Sirius still in the back of her mind as she scanned the crowds.
When the party was over and Delilah was the only person left, sitting on the couch and waiting for Sirius to come back from wherever he was, she sighed, closing her eyes and giving into sleep.
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Sirius entered the common room when it was nearly two in the morning, a heavy feeling of guilt in his stomach that only intensified when he found Delilah, asleep on the couch in the messed up common room. He didn't have the heart to wake her as he watched her for a moment and then went up to his dorm.
Remus sat up in bed, lighting his wand and staring at his friend.
"Where were you? Delilah spent almost the entire night looking for you. And you missed her little show."
"I was...out."
"I can tell," Remus mumbled sleepily. "More importantly, who was she?"
"What?"
"Who did you fool around with, Padfoot?"
"Missy."
"Again? Mate, Delilah's the best thing that's ever happened to you!"
"I know, but...she made me so mad, flirting with that Todd guy from Hufflepuff, and it just kind of happened. And you know Missy, she's a bitch but she really knows how to get to me..."
"And Delilah loves you."
"She doesn't love me. She's never once told me that."
"Everyone else can see it," Remus grunted. "I'm going back to sleep."
Remus left Sirius to toss and turn all night, thinking about what he had done.
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Three weeks wore on, and Sirius continued to meet with Missy in secret, despite the horrendous feelings that began to take their toll on him. He really, truly cared about Delilah, but he just couldn't stop with Missy. Missy listened to his stupid ideas, and, doggish as he felt, she put out.
Remus and James promised not to tell Delilah, but could not have been less happy about it. They both looked at Delilah as a younger sister who needed protecting. They were part of the few people who saw past Delilah's confident mask and into the insecure, vulnerable girl who was underneath it.
Sirius knew that what he was doing was wrong. He felt it every time he looked at Delilah, every time she kissed him and hugged him, every time she reassured him or looked over his homework. What made him feel the worst was the fact that she defended him. Jealous girls would often pretend to be looking out for her, telling her that Sirius would cheat and she should just end it. But Delilah would stand up for him, yell at people, tell them that they had no idea what they were talking about.
For once in his life, Sirius felt truly guilty for his guilty pleasures.
Author's Note: I cannot believe that I made Sirius cheat on Delilah. But trust me, this is all going to come into play later, I promise. And I thought it would be good to give them a not-so-perfect relationship. Let's face it, a playboy wouldn't just change overnight. Also, I loved having Loraina stick up for herself. It was nice to have her stick up for herself instead of other people for once. The next chapter should be up soon enough, so stay tuned!
