Chapter 8

Olivia smiled and sighed softly in her sleep as her vivid dream began to fade. She knew it was almost morning, but she didn't have the energy to open her eyes yet. Her body was aching with the vivid images her imagination had left her with. She felt hot…unusually hot.

Olivia frowned, her eyes still closed. She felt something in her hair, a pulsing of a sort. She moved her arm and realized exactly what it was.

Olivia opened her eyes and saw Sirius, snuggled up contentedly in human form. Somehow in the middle of the night he had transformed and snuck under the covers with her. She was facing him; his head nestled into her hair.

The reality hit her hard.

Olivia screamed and flung herself backwards so forcefully she landed on the floor, wrapped in her blankets.

"What in bloody hell is the matter with you?" Mary yelled angrily. She and the other two girls instantly drew back their curtains and ran to her.

Lily stared at Olivia with concern. "Are you alright? What happened?"

Olivia stared at her bed angrily as a small, wet black nose popped through the curtains.

"I forgot that mutt was still here." She said, gritting her teeth together.

"I thought you liked him?" Hannah pouted as the dog jumped down off of the bed to be petted lovingly by her.

"Not when he's in my face in the bright, early mornings." Olivia growled. She looked at the dog. "Dog breath." She narrowed her eyes when the dog barked at her.

Lily frowned. "Are you sure you're alright?"

Olivia sighed. "Fine. I'm fine. My ankle hurts; I think I landed on it all over again when I fell out of bed."

Lily helped her get to her feet. "So what are we going to do with the dog?"

"I say we tie him up by the forbidden forest and leave him." Olivia said menacingly.

Hannah's eyes grew wide in shock. "OH NO! We couldn't possibly do that!" The dog whined on cue, making Hannah pet him more lovingly.

Olivia rolled her eyes. "I'll just let him outside; he'll find his way back." She looked at the dog and smiled an obviously fake smile. "Won't you boy?"

The dog growled at her.

Lily grabbed her lightly by the arm as Olivia went to her trunk to pull out clothes.

"What has gotten into you?" She asked.

"Really Lily, surely by now my cold, and blunt honesty of how I view the world can't possibly still be shocking to you." Olivia said pointedly.

"Not really, you just seemed more annoyed today than usual."

"The dog has overstayed his welcome. I'm sure he has somewhere to be, just like we all do." Olivia went about her business getting dressed; knowing that it was Sunday and there was really absolutely nothing else to do. Unless she really wanted to study, which she didn't.

She put on a fresh pair of jeans and a simple ivory colored long sleeved shirt. It made her violet eyes sparkle even more than usual. She patted her leg to signal for her four legged companion to follow, and she limped out of her dorm.

Olivia walked, as quickly as her ankle would allow, straight across the hall into the boys' dorms. Annoyed, she banged on the dorm she knew belonged to Sirius and his friends.

"What do you want?" James asked with a yawn as he opened the door.

Olivia shoved the dog into the room with her good foot. "I believe this belongs to you."

James backed out of the doorway as the dog ran into the room, tail between his legs.

"Might I suggest a leash, next time?" Olivia said, crossing her arms.

"If he'd been on a leash, you'd be dead Olivia." James said angrily, slamming the door in her face.

She opened her mouth in shock. Her eyes widened when she caught on to the situation. She banged on the door again.

James threw it opened, clearly annoyed. "What-?"

"It's Remus isn't it?" She asked. James pulled her inside quickly and shut the door.

"What do you know?" He asked, crossing his arms. She noticed he wasn't wearing a shirt, and had to stop a moment to admire. James wasn't all that bad looking himself. Sirius came up behind him, also shirtless.

"Do you two ever keep clothes on?" She asked.

James sighed impatiently.

"Don't get your knickers in a twist; I'm only assuming I'm right about Remus because you damn near shut my hair in the door dragging me in here so fast." Olivia raised her eyebrows as the two boys exchanged glances.

"You can't tell anyone about Remus. We take him to the Shrieking Shack for safety, so no one gets hurt." Sirius said quietly.

"Which is WHY we told you not to go in the first place!" James snapped at her. "You realize that he could have bitten you right? You could have either been what he is, or dead. If Sirius hadn't-"

Olivia put her hand up and backed toward the door. "I get it; you don't have to chastise me like a child, Potter. I understand that I got lucky and that I should have listened to you. I didn't, and it happened and-"She took a deep breath. "Thank you Sirius for saving me."

Sirius' eyebrows rose dramatically. "You're thanking me?"

Olivia glared at him. "Don't be an ass." She turned on her heels and left the room in a hurry.

James turned to him angrily. "Where did you go after I took off? I thought you were going to follow?"

Sirius frowned. "You looked like you had it, and I saw Peter running after you so I followed them back to make sure they didn't do anything else completely mental."

James shook his head and walked off toward his bed. Sirius sighed dramatically looking after his friend.

"Don't be sore mate, it's not like anything happened." Sirius frowned again. "Nothing at all." He muttered.

"You should get your ankle looked at." Lily said as she put another helping of eggs onto her plate.

Olivia shook her head. "Absolutely not. I'm not letting any crack pot, self-proclaimed doctor of magical medicine near my limbs."

"It's not really self-proclaimed if they study to become a doctor Olivia." Lily said earnestly. "What if it's broken?"

"I have another one." Olivia shot back.

Lily sighed and stood up. "You're impossible this morning." She walked off leaving Olivia to stew over whatever was bothering her.

She wanted to check in on Remus anyways. As she walked toward the staircase she heard a distinct set of voices coming down them. Ducking to the side and out of site she heard James and Sirius talking quietly together.

"It doesn't count if you only slept with her." James said, annoyed.

"So it was only sleeping, didn't the agreement say I had to sleep with her? I slept with her!" Sirius protested.

"From the way Olivia looked this morning, I highly doubt she wanted you anywhere near her. The terms said it had to be consensual." James argued.

"She kissed me; that was consensual." Sirius said brightly.

The two walked off and Lily took a deep breath.

So, they had a bet that Sirius could sleep with Olivia did they? Lily pressed her lips together. She frowned, Olivia had kissed Sirius? Lily wrinkled her nose and stuck out her tongue.

She was in quite the situation. If she kept the knowledge of the bet to herself, what if Olivia actually fell for Sirius? Then she'd be just another mindless notch in his bed post. But if she told Olivia, she'd most likely stab him death in his sleep.

Lily frowned. When had they even slept together? She bit her lip nervously and thought about what the two girls had talked about at the beginning of the year.

Maybe it was time to bring the Marauders down after all.