James's POV

"James! James! Mr. Potter!"

"Wha- Ow!" I gathered myself off of the floor and looked around. Okay, Hospital Wing, tipped-over chair that I must have been sleeping on, Madame Pomfrey glaring, Sirius and Lily, looking at me from their beds. Okay, every thing's good.

"Mr. Potter," Madame Pomfrey glared some more, "Professor Dumbledore would like me to inform you that you and your party, will be departing tonight after dinner." And with that she left. I wonder what got her panties in a bunch...

As if reading my mind, Lily just grumbled, "Sirius was complaining."

He shot her a glare, "I needed my pillow fluffed!"

"She's here to heal you! Not to act as your maid!"

"Well, maybe she should be here to do both, then people would like her a little more."

Lily started to retaliate, but I quickly cut in, "How bout we just skip our classes for today and pack or something?"

Sirius nodded vigorously, and, to my surprise, Lily agreed as well.

"A day off would be nice. Besides, I wouldn't be able to concentrate, with Samantha, lying in Saint Mungos...dy-"

"Don't say that, Lily!" Sirius growled.

Lily looked at him through teary eyes, "You know it's a possibility Sirius! You can't avoid it!"

"No, it isn't a possibility! She's going to be fine," he practically shouted.

Madame Pomfrey came running into the room, "Mr. Black! Keep your voice down! We have other members in this wing besides yourself!"

He just stared angrily at the wall and, with a shock, I realized he was holding back tears.

I looked away from him and instead tried to concentrate on a bird fluttering outside the window. After a moment of silence, Lily spoke: "I'm sorry Sirius, I know you're scared. I am too, and now is not the-"

He stood up quickly and wiped his eyes, "I'm not scared. I'm perfectly fine." And he stormed out of the Hospital Wing still in his pajamas.

For the rest of the day, Sirius was locked up in our dormitory and wouldn't even let me in to start packing until about 6:50, ten minutes away from our departure time. And when I did go in, he walked right out, trying to cover his face. Though I was able to register his red, puffy eyes.

This was such a strange sight. Sirius Black, player and womaniser of Hogwarts, crying, over a girl who acted as though he completely disgusted her half the time. Why did he care so much, when she treated him so badly? Though of course, why do I care about Lily so much, when she treats me like the scum of the earth? Love can make a guy do some crazy things I suppose.

I stuffed my last pair of underwear into my trunk and started hauling it down the stairs, "Lily, is Sirius still down there?"

"Yeah, I am, Lily's upstairs," Sirius called back, in what I registered as a somewhat choked voice.

I stepped off of the last stair and scanned the Common Room. My eyes found Sirius sitting in the far corner, staring out at the night sky, sniffling.

I gently walked over to him, leaving my trunk at the foot of the steps, "Sirius, is-is there anything you want to talk about? Now that, it's just us?"

He continued to look out the window, but after a moment, spoke, "I don't understand why her. She's...rough on the edges, but, it's a tough kinda rough. She's strong, emotionaly and mentally. She's sweet and charming and..and just amazing. Why did this happen to her? Why didn't it happen while I was with her at least? I might have been able to stop it. She could be okay if I hadn't left her. It's-it's all my fault Prongs. It's my fault." And he dipped his head into his hands and started crying.

I was alarmed and scared. Sirius never cried. He never broke down. Not when he had broken three ribs in Quidditch, not when Moony had clawed his face one full moon, not even when he had come to my house last summer, bloody with multiple open wounds that his parents had given him. Not once did he cry, not once did he yell out in pain. But now, standing here, watching him break down because he believes what happened to Samantha was his fault, it's strange. And it scares me. Sirius is the strongest in our group and now, he's broken, and I don't know what to do.

"Are you ready to go?" Lily's voice called from the girl's stairs.

Sirius immediately straightened up and wiped away the tears from him eyes.

I looked away and directed my voice towards Lily, "Now, we're ready."

Sirius cleared his throat, as to show me that he was okay, "How are we getting there?"

Lily appeared, "Portkey. Dumbledore is bringing it here."

Just then, Dumbledore crawled through the portraite hole, holding what looked like a rolled up newspaper in his hand. "Hello Mr. Black, Mr. Potter, Miss Evans. Are you ready to depart?"

We all nodded in unison and he clapped his hands together, "Good! Now if you would all please, it's due to leave in about thirty seconds."

I scrambled over to the stairs and grabbed hold of my trunk as Lily and Sirius walked over to Dumbledore with their's. I went to join them and within a few seconds of grabbing the newspaper, the room was spinning and Dumbledore was yelling a good-bye to us all.

Heyy!

I have a new storyy, I know what you're thinkingg, "Another one? She hasn't even finished the two had going!"

And I'm deeply sorryy about that =P

But I get an idea and I MUST DO IT!

And I alreadyy have another storyy brewingg in my mind, which I am going to take some time on, cause I want it to be amazing!

Anywayss, so I haven't updated this one in a little bit cause of my new storyy and I started readingg this other FanFictions, You Leave Me Breathless by Lily Orange

I'm serious, if you haven't read that one yet, READ IT!

It's absolutely amazing!

Anyways, Reviews?

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