"What are we doing out here?" Rebecca asked as she walked through the snow with everyone.
"We are getting some fresh air, its good for the head." James said as he glanced back at her, his arm around Lily trying to keep her warm and he kissed her cheek.
"You guys are disgustingly mushy." Sirius moaned.
"Oh be quiet, you're just sad that no one loves you." Rebecca muttered and Sirius scoffed.
"Plenty of girls love me."
"Do you really think that?"
"I know that." He said cockily.
"Sirius, they don't love you, alright? They are crazy and obsessive and mentally retarded for even coming with in ten feet of you but they do not love you, sorry to burst your bubble." She said and kicked some snow his way.
"Hey watch it." He said as he glared at her.
"I was aiming for you stupid." She muttered.
"Well, don't." He snapped and walked ahead faster.
"Hey Remus." Rebecca said as she turned around to him walking with Peter.
"Hmm?"
"Think fast." She said and kicked some snow at him, covering him in a thin layer of white snow.
"Gee, thanks Becky."
"No need to thank me Remus, it's my gift to you." She said with a grin and turned back around and suddenly snow hit her from the back and she turned around and saw Remus smiling.
"No need to thank me Becky, my gift to you."
"Remus you are a dear and I adore you but I am going to have to kick your ass for that." She said with a laugh and gathered some snow and started to throw it at him.
"Hey guys, trying to walk here without getting covered in snow." Peter said trying to get out of the way.
"Oh Peter I'm sorry for leaving you out." She said and threw some snow at him and he groaned as he started to brush it off.
"Thanks a lot Becky." He said and hurried to catch up with everyone else.
Remus and Rebecca smiled at each other and started to laugh.
"That's one way to get rid of people." She said as she shoved her hands in her pockets as they all came around to the giant oak and James and Lily took their seats next to each other and Rebecca leaned against the tree and looked up at the snowy branches and smiled to herself as she looked at everyone talking with each other.
"What are you up to?" James asked her and she turned her attention to him.
"Nothing, why would you think such a thing?"
"You are smiling." Remus pointed out and she frowned.
"I can smile if I want."
"You don't smile, you usually have a frown. Like this." Sirius said and did a very bad imitation of a frown.
"Watch it Black, I might decide to freeze your face that way." She said with a smirk and he rolled his eyes and turned back to Remus.
Rebecca snuck her wand out and watched everyone with a smile and Remus looked up at her and she looked up at the tree.
"Becky don't even-." He said and she flicked her wand at the branches and ran out from under the tree and the snow came down on everyone who gave groans and yells of frustration and Rebecca laughed until she saw Sirius and James chasing after her and she took off as fast as she could away from them, her pace slowed by the snow.
Rebecca felt her feet trip from under her and she crashed in to the snow and soon James and Sirius started to pile snow on her until she was completely covered. She poked her head out and pushed the snow off.
"I can clearly see that this was a very poorly thought out plan, next time I will have to think of the escape plan as well." She said with a smile, brushing the snow off.
"Gimme my wand Sirius." Rebecca said as she saw Sirius bend over and pick up her wand.
"This right here?" he asked condescendingly.
"Yes that right there you idiot."
"This wand right here?"
"Yes that wand that I will soon shove up your ass if you don't give it back to me right now." She said mockingly sweetly.
"Go get it." He said and threw it and ran back to the tree.
"Sirius you're an ass." She yelled and went over to where he had thrown her wand.
Her attention was caught when she saw Claire walking over to her with a very angry expression written all over her face.
"You don't look happy." Rebecca said bluntly as Claire approached her and gave her a hard shove, pushing her to the ground.
"Claire! Baby come here." She heard Andrew say off in the distance.
"You just couldn't keep your little claws off of him could you, you whore." Claire shouted.
"What the hell are you-." Rebecca said as she got up and Claire pushed her down again.
"He is my boyfriend, I tried to be nice about you two being friends but apparently you guys can't just be that could you? I knew it, I knew it all along but I had hoped he would be smart about it." She said as she wiped some tears and Rebecca quickly got up.
"Push me again and i will rip your arms off. Listen I have no idea what the hell you're talking about-."
"You kissed Andrew." She yelled and Rebecca looked at Andrew rushing over.
"Claire it was just-."
"Just what? An accident, I see the way you guys look at each other, you are a fucking whore you know that?" She spat. "Bet you guys are sleeping with each other behind my back as well."
"There is nothing between Andy and I-."
"That's a bunch of bollocks and you know it." She screamed.
"Claire will you please let me-."
"Andrew you need to make your decision here and now because I am not taking this any longer." Claire said and took a breath.
"It's either me or her." She said and Andrew looked at Rebecca and then to Claire.
"Claire-."
"No Andrew, I am not going to keep going on like this, you have to choose, either me or her." She said and crossed her arms over her chest and Andrew looked between Rebecca and Claire and he ran his hands through his hair.
"Please Claire it didn't mean anything-." He said and Claire held up a hand.
"Me or her." Claire said and Andrew looked at the floor and Rebecca stared at him and took a deep breath. She couldn't believe this, was it really a choice for him? He had known Claire for what? 5 months and it was not a debate of who he was going to choose?
"Here I will make it easy for you Andy." Rebecca snapped and turned around and walked away.
"Becca wait-."
"Are you choosing her?" Claire snapped.
"No- I mean- I didn't- can we please talk Claire?" He pleaded and Rebecca walked back towards the castle, not wanting to feel the stares of everyone outside.
"Becky?" Lily said as she walked in to the dorm and Rebecca stared out the window and Lily walked up to her.
"Is everything alright?" She asked and Rebecca looked up at her and shrugged.
"Yeah I'm fine, I'm always fine." Rebecca said forcing a smile and sighed.
"Andy and I used to date, for about a year, we were like 15. I mean it was a lot of fun." She said and twisted her shirt in her hands. "We were so young and had no idea what the hell we were doing. We started to experiment and all and then we started to have sex, one time we got a pregnancy scare, and I think it finally hit me, what the hell were we doing? I mean we were 15 for god's sake! I mean a baby? We couldn't handle that, 15 years old. So we broke that off and agreed to just be friends. God we were so young." She said with a sigh and looked at Lily. "Before everyone came back from the break, Andy came back to see me and I don't know we were just messing around and we just kissed, it was just a spur of the moment type of thing, it didn't mean anything. I'm not like that, going after unavailable guys you know? Andy and I are just friends." She said and folded her hands on her lap.
"Becky I know you're not like that, I know you're a good person." She said and took Rebecca's hands and smiled.
"Well I don't know about being a good person, I wouldn't say I am a good person-."
"Becky you are, you are a wonderful friend. You listen and your honest, you don't let people push you around and you stand for what you believe. Becky you are a good person." Lily said and Rebecca smiled.
"Thanks Lily." She said and pulled Lily in to a hug.
"No problem, that's what friends are for." Lily said as they pulled away from each other.
"How about we go get some lunch? How does that sound?"
"Sounds pretty good, I am starving." Rebecca said with a smile and they got up and headed out of the dorm and down to the Great Hall.
"Becca." Andrew called from down the hall and Rebecca glanced back at him and continued to walk.
"Becca please?" He said as he continued down the hall and she stopped and looked at Lily.
"I'll uh meet you in the hall." She said and Lily looked at Andrew before continuing down the hall.
"What do you want Andy?" She snapped.
"Becca I'm sorry-."
"Oh you have nothing to be sorry about Andy, I completely understand." She said sarcastically. "You would rather be with some girl you met 5 months who is by the way a very psychotic bitch, over your best friend, I get it Andy, she must be a very good fuck." She snapped and turned to leave.
"Her and I are over." He said but she continued to walk and he ran after her.
"Becca did you not-."
"I heard you Andy." She said stopping and crossing her arms over her chest.
"Becca I messed up, I mean she had every right to be mad but I couldn't imagine not being friends with you.' He said and placed his hands on her shoulders.
"Did she make you happy?"
"Sometimes, we fought a lot about little things and all, she didn't like us hanging out, I can't roll with that." He said with a small smile. "Are we good?" He asked and she pursed her lips as he gave her a pouty face. How could she ever stay mad at him?
"Yes we're fine." She said with a sigh and he grabbed her and spun her around.
"Thank you, I'm sorry." He said and kissed her cheek and set her down.
"Well I am going to go eat." She said motioning towards the Great Hall.
"I have to go finish some homework before tomorrow, I'll see you later yeah?"
"Yeah sure, bye." She said and turned and continued down the hall.
"Becca." He said and she turned and looked at him.
"I'm sorry." He said and she nodded and continued.
She could feel eyes on her as she walked to the center of the Gryffindor table. Since James and Lily had started going out, their groups had merged together and started sitting with each other, the only problem with that was Rebecca had to see Sirius during all the meals, something that was rather annoying at times.
"So you are a man stealer huh?" He asked casually from across the table and James kicked him.
"Mate what the bloody hell was that for?" Sirius snapped as he rubbed his shin.
"Come on mate." James muttered and went back to his food and talking with Lily.
Rebecca chose to ignore him and got herself some food and listened to the chatter in the hall, little of it coming from her friends that sat around her. She glanced up and saw a few side ways glances from them and she sighed.
"Guys I am fine, Andy and I made up, as for Claire, she can say whatever the hell she wants, to hell with her." She said and bit in to her sandwich.
By the next week rumors had spread around the castle like wild fires, courtesy of Claire and her friends. Rebecca had heard everything from she had been kicked out of her old school because she had slept with a teacher to she was some sort of criminal and came here to hide out for a while. Rebecca had no idea where these things had come from but she was happily amused by them, she heard the oddest things when she pretended she wasn't listening.
With the break up of Andrew and Claire, meant that Andrew no longer hung out with the normal group he was with and started to spend more time with Rebecca's group or one of his dorm mates Blake Johnson who often tagged along with Andrew. Within a week Blake and Tessa were going out and by the next week Rebecca saw signs of flirtation with Jenny and Andrew.
"Does the sun ever return?" Rebecca asked gloomily as she stared out the window of the common room.
"It will." Lily said from James' lap on the couch.
"I miss the sun." She said and got up from the window and flopped on the couch.
"Oi watch it." Sirius said as she stretched out her legs, almost knocking over his ink well that was balanced on a pile of books on the couch next to him as he finished up some homework, yes, shocking.
"You watch it." She muttered glancing at him and he moved the pile over away from her feet.
"I need to go pick up a book, I'll be back." Lily said and gave James a kiss and went to get up but he wouldn't let her go.
"I'll be right back, I promise." She said with a laugh and gave him another kiss and slipped away from him and he grinned like an idiot as she walked out and sighed as he leaned back in the chair. Rebecca grabbed a pillow and threw it at him and he frowned at her.
"What was that for?"
"You looked much too happy, thought I would bring you down a notch." She said and he tossed the pillow back to her and got up.
"Nothing could bring me down." He said and stretched up and she threw the pillow at his face, knocking him off balance.
"Oh you want to do it that way?' he said as he got up with the pillow and started to hit Rebecca and she screamed as she laughed and tried to get away from him but he pounded her with the pillow. She grabbed the pillow next to her and started to hit him back and then ran around the couch and he followed her and kept trying to hit her.
"Remus." Rebecca gasped as she saw him coming down the stairs.
"Help." She said as she hit behind him and James smiled at Remus. "Sorry Moony.' James said and tried to hit Rebecca but she backed away and James ended up hitting Remus in the face. Remus laughed and got up and grabbed another pillow and started to beat up on James as Rebecca beat up on him as well.
"Sirius, help me. HELP!" James yelled and Sirius grabbed a pillow and started to hit Rebecca. Jenny and Tessa came down the stairs to see what all the commotion was about as well as many other students, the students in the common room watched in amusement as the 4 Gyrffindors beat each other with pillows.
"Michael help.' Rebecca said when she saw sight of Michael coming down the stairs and he started to laugh and grabbed a pillow and started to hit Rebecca.
"Not me you idiot, James and Sirius." She said but he continued to hit her.
Sirius chased her around the common room with the pillow and she screamed and tripped over her own feet and tumbled to the ground and Sirius didn't stop in time and tripped over her and nearly landed on her with a laugh and she started to hit him with the pillow and he rolled away from her until he could get on his feet and fought back.
By the time they finished the pillow fight they got Tim, Mason, Lex and Leo involved in the fight as well and it ended with feathers all over the place and a yell from McGonagall and they all stopped and looked at her while feathers rained down and they all looked at each other.
"What is the meaning of this?" McGonagall said sharply as everyone pointed at James and Rebecca.
"Just a little pillow fight." Rebecca said casually with feathers in her hair.
"They started it." Everyone said pointing to James and Rebecca.
"Gee thanks guys, it's nice to see where your loyalty lies." Rebecca said sarcastically.
"All of you have detention tonight at 8; now get this mess cleaned up immediately. Mr. Potter I am very disappointed in your lack of authority.' She said and left the common room and everyone burst out laughing.
"Well worth a detention." Sirius said with a chuckle and nudged Rebecca next to him.
"I'll say! Any chance to beat you with an object." She said with a smile and Lily walked into the common room and stared at the mess of feathers.
"What on earth happened here?" Lily asked horrified.
"You just missed the most epic pillow fight ever!" Rebecca said with a grin as she went around cleaning up the mess.
"Becky hold still." Remus said as he walked up to her and she stopped moving and he started to pick out feathers from her hair.
"You had just a little something in your hair." He said with a small smile at her.
"You have something right here." She said pointing to his chest and when he looked down she flicked his nose with a laugh.
"Sorry, I had to do that." She said and continued to pick up the room.