It had been about three days since my fortune telling and every since I had spent most of my time with Sirius and the rest of The Marauders, but mostly Sirius. Scary thought.

It was after dinner and James, Remus, Peter and Lily were in the library (I know, James in the library! Actually it was only because Lily was there, they were actually really cute together!) I had been in my dorm before I had got bored of homework and decided to go down to the Common Room and see if Lily had got back yet. She hadn't, the Common Room was empty, apart from Sirius sat lounging on the sofa.

'Hey Sirius' Smiling, Sirius turned to see who it was and replied:

'Hiya Rusty!' I smirked at the pet name I had been given, and for once, I had started to like the name.

'How are you?'

'Not bad thanks, you?'

'Better now you're here' He winked at me and I smirked at his flirty ness, for once I found it hilarious.

'Keep dreaming' Muttering, I sat on the floor, leaning against the sofa and lounging my legs out in front of me. Sirius was sideways on the sofa, his head near mine and as I lolled my head back and closed my eyes, breathing a sigh of relief. Turning round, I saw Sirius was also resting his head on the arm of the sofa and had his eyes closed, looking like he was sleeping. Grinning, I flicked him on the head and he shot up with a start, grumbling about being woken.

'It is rude to fall asleep when you're talking to someone you know!' I grinned and Sirius grumbled some more.

'And you should know its rude to wake someone up' Sirius grumbled at me and I smiled some more.

'Your such a boy'

'I hope so, unless im really bad at the whole biology thing'

'I'd say your hair was like a girls' Sirius pouted and looked offended while I fiddled with his now even longer hair between my fingers. 'Joking, your too easy to joke with!' Grinning, I stuck my tongue out at him and he smiled, pushing my hand away from his hair and entwining his large hand in mine. I smiled at him, and he winked while I snorted at his contorted face.

'You wink really weird'

'Show me how then' Rolling my eyes, I winked at he smirked.

'Great, now I can tell Prongs that you winked at me!' He exclaimed, while I frowned, remembering the nicknames The Marauders had had since I could remember.

'Why do you call him Prongs?' Sirius looked up at me and smiled.

'Ah, that is a top secret' I pouted and he continued 'But don't worry your pretty little head, I'll ask Prongs if we can tell you, since you are like a Marauder now, as well as Lily'

'Yeah, but James would love to tell Lily, they're going out, meanwhile im not going out with a Marauder' Sirius smirked and muttered so quietly I could barely hear him:

'Soon, Rusty, soon' I rolled my eyes at him and he traced my fingers with his hand before exclaiming:

'Oh yeah that reminds me! I need to show you something!' He untangled our hands and reached for something in his pocket.

'I don't want to see anything for down there thank you very much' Sirius winked at me, which I laughed at cause it still looked dodgy.

'You know you'd love to' He said winked and I laughed hysterically at his horrible acting. 'No but being serious' I raised my eyebrows and he rolled his eyes at the old joke 'Check this out' He pulled a blank piece of parchment out of his pocket and I raised my eyebrows again, expecting it to be a prank or something.

'I solemnly swear that im up to no good' He muttered and I watched in astonishment as ink starting spreading across the page, spelling out: Messrs, Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs, Purveyors of Aids to Magical Mischief-Makers are proud to present: The Marauders Map.

Sirius opened the parchment, to reveal a detailed map of Hogwarts and each room and I then saw that in the Gryffindor Common Room were two dots labelled Sirius Black and Avalon Rustley. A map of Hogwarts. This was just utterly mind-blowing.

'Merlin's beard Sirius, how, what, when?' I stuttered, to a laughing Sirius who seemed to find my reaction completely and utterly hilarious.

'The Marauders made a map, to show where everyone is; it helps us with our pranks you see. And when the time comes for us to leave, we'll leave the map behind, for the second generation of pranksters to find.' He smirked, and I still wondered how on earth they made this phenomenon.

'Sirius it's incredible!'

'Why thank you, im glad you like it, it took a year to make but it was totally worth it'

'Its… im speechless!'

'Wow, must take a miracle to shut you up!' I frowned at him and yelled:

'Sirius!' Before hitting him over the head with a pillow, which started a full on pillow war.

After a while, we decided to call it a draw (he was too proud to admit defeat) and we lounged on the sofa a bit more, waiting for the rest of the guys to return from the library.

'Hey! There on their way back!' Grumbling, I sat up and looked around blearily, god I must have bad bed hair. Sirius was right, they came through the Common Room doors a few moments later, all cheery and surprised to see us both downstairs. Lolling on the couch, the guys had to pick me up, and move me to Sirius' lap, where I fell asleep immediately.

My eyes flickered open and I saw everyone was still lounging on the sofas in the Common Room, and I was sat sideways, sat on Sirius' lap with my head resting on his chest, and to my awkwardness, I found that Sirius was fiddling with my hair between his fingers.

'Merlin's beard Padfoot! Just ask her out already!' This was James, and I was so startled by his outburst and nearly fell off the sofa.

'Prongs, im not asking her out' Surprisingly, my heart sank at this news and I closed my eyes, sighing. Feeling me move, Sirius wrapped his arms around me, and my heart leapt. Stupid hormones.

'Why not? You two are perfect for each other, just like me and Lily!' I stifled a laugh and squinted so I could see James, who had his arm round the red head, who was rolling her eyes and laughing at James protectiveness.

'Because, last time I tried to get her to go out with me it ended up with that huge argument and Rusty stopped talking to us, I just wouldn't be able to cope with her doing that again' Looking up, I saw James snorting and Lily hitting him over the head. Sirius continued to stroke my hair and I felt my eyes change again.

'But she told me she liked you!' Lily exclaimed, and my heart stopped. In my mind I was killing Lily for saying that, but I didn't have to since I saw that Lily's eyes had widened and she'd covered her mouth with her hand, suddenly aware of what she had just revealed. 'I did not just say that!'

'Yes! You just did!'

'Rusty said that?' Sirius was smiling now and Lily looked incredibly guilty.

'Maybe…'

'Exactly what did she say?'

'Just that when we had that argument I said her eyes were purple and she said it wasn't what it seemed, but obviously I knew it was because her eyes were purple and I put two and two together and realised that she liked you, but she was denying it and saying it wasn't true, I don't think she's ever liked anyone to be honest and she always thought she hated you so me saying that she liked you was a bit daunting for her and she got freaked out and starting denying it and that's how the argument happened and to be honest I really should-' Lily was rambling now and was interrupted by Sirius who said:

'Lily, we get it, but what does purple mean?' Once again my heart sunk, and I thought, Lily please, do not forget who you're talking to and blurt it out like you usually do…

'Oh, purple, love' Oh no. Lily! I am going to kill you. Lily seemed to understand my messages I was sending her and her eyes bulged one again, realising what she had just said. Grinning, Sirius looked like Christmas had come and wrapped his arms even more tightly around my waist.

'Told you! You're perfect for each other!' Pausing, James seemed to look directly at me and said: 'But, you know, you could do much better, she's not exactly one of the hottest girls in the school' Furious, it looked like James almost winked at me, but I shook my head, thinking it was an illusion. Still furious, James carried on: 'and, did you know she is a complete and utter know it all?' That was the final straw, looking up, I yelled at James:

'I resent that comment!' Realising what I had said, I looked around guiltily, and as I saw Sirius' shocked face, I closed my eyes and got up from the sofa, only to find that my foot got caught on his knee and I fell, straight onto my face and the last thing I saw was The Marauder and Lily's shocked faces before everything went black.

Groggily, I woke up in the Hospital Wing, squinting and looking round to find six anxious faces staring down at me. Rubbing my eyes, I saw Lily muttering something to James who exclaimed:

'Hey the know it all's awake!' Winking, I growled at him and Madame Pomfrey bustled into the room, shooing everyone apart from Lily and Sirius away.

'So… How are you?' Sirius said awkwardly, a look of worry in his mystical grey eyes.

'Better now you're here' I grinned and Sirius cheered up at my remembrance of the night. Which reminded me of something and I said: 'Hey, how may days has it been?' Lily looked nervous and Sirius was smiling weakly.

'Its been four days Av' I gaped at her and she smiled, before Sirius said he should leave to see where the rest of The Marauders had got to. Smiling, I thanked him for coming to see me and he leaned down to give me a hug, which I winced at.

'See you later Rusty!' I smiled before seeing Lily's frowning face and I glared at her, while she remembered what she had said.

'I'm sorry for telling them' She muttered.

'Should be, that was so awkward!'

'I know, im so sorry! But you know what im like when I start babbling!'

'Its fine, stop worrying! What happened when I blacked out?' Lily bit her lip and looked awkwardly around before saying:

'Well, Sirius freaked out and he carried you to the Hospital Wing and stayed with you all night, holding your hand. And since then, he hasn't left you side, we've had to drag him to lessons you know'

'Don't you usually have to do that?' I wondered, Sirius' attendance record was awful, and he was always found skiving lessons to play pranks on the Slytherins or just generally hanging round with the rest of The Marauders, apart from Remus, who refused to leave lessons and only skipped when it was Divination or History Of Magic.

'Yeah, but he was really worried about you!' I smiled and Madame Pomfrey returned, saying she was pleased with my progress but I'd have to stay behind for another day. Groaning, I asked Lily if wrote notes for me and she pointed to a pile next to the bed, which towered high, and I sighed, realising I would now have to study for the day.

'Tell Sirius I said thanks okay Lilyflower?' She rolled her eyes as she left and yelled 'Just ask him out already!' Before exiting, leaving me alone, with only a pile of school notes to keep me company.

A/N Hey! I've gotta say, I absolutely loved writing this chapter!

Just a heads up, im coming to the end of this story, they'll probably only be about 11-13 chapters, and im still thinking about how to end it! Suggestions are very welcome!

As you've noticed, im updating a lot recently, because it's the holidays now! Yay! So when school opens again, ill be incredibly busy, with new classes and everything. So please don't be angry if I don't update in a while D:

- SiriuslySlytherin17 x