A/N: I would like to seriously apologise for the delay. I have been trying and trying to get a reply done, but my depressive moods have not been letting me reply. So I've stayed up extra late to give you the next chapter. It's pass midnight here now so you should be very thankfull that I have done this for you at such a late time. I haven't really checked over it to see if everything is alright as I am seriously tired and want sleep now haha. I hope you enjoy it as I quite enjoyed writing it. Please reveiw if possible. I get really happy when I get a reveiw or when I get added to favourites so keep them coming :) I promise the next chapter will be up more quickly. Again sorry for the delay. Night everyone and happy reading :) x

A week went by nothing out of the ordinary happened. Sirius and James continued to bug Lizzie and Lily. The Marauders had started off their yearly pranks with a bang (literally) and Lizzie had already shouted at Sirius; a new record for her. The only thing that was slightly out of the ordinary was that the three friends minus Remus had gone to the library twice that week. Nobody knew why. It was odd to see James and Sirius in the library as they only went in there to either find Remus or to look up spells for their pranks, however now they could be seen actually working and pouring over several books at a time. It was most bizarre.

It was Thursday afternoon and the Gryffindors had double potions with the Slytherins. No one seemed to like this pairing apart from maybe one or two who weren't too bothered in the houses rivalries. The students waited outside the classroom in the dungeons, chatting and laughing loudly. Lizzie was talking to Beth, twirling her curly dark brown hair in-between her fingers; a trait she had picked up when she was either stressed or worried about something. This something always turned out to be Remus though. She never seemed to stop worrying about him. Not that she wanted to. His Lycanthropy seemed to affect Lizzie a lot, as well as Remus although she would never tell him that. She knew her brother hated the idea of his own problems affecting her life as well.

The dungeon door opened and the students filed into the classroom. They took their seats and waited for Slughorn to start talking. Lizzie looked at the blackboard which informed them that they would be working in pairs. Somehow she knew who she was going to be paired with. It was the same nearly every time he paired the class up. Slughorn managed to quieten down the class before he started talking.

''Okay class, now before we begin as some of you have seen, we are working in pairs today.'' He said. Some students groaned softly. Others looked hopefully at their friends hoping they would be together. ''Now I will sort you out into your pairs and you will begin making a truth potion. Now can anyone tell me what the strongest truth potion is?'' He asked, his eyes darting around the class to see who had their hands up. Lily put her hand up almost instantly.

''Veritaserum.'' Lily said matter-of-factly. Slughorn nodded, smiled and awarded Gryffindor 10 points.

''That's correct Miss Evans. Now today's potion isn't nearly as strong as Veritaserum, but is still strong in its own way. Now I'll write the instructions on the board then I will put you into pairs.''

With his wand, Slughorn turned around to clean the blackboard and then with a wave of it, he made writing start to appear; the instructions of how they would be making the potion. He turned back around to the class and thought for a moment. ''Okay. Mr Lupin and Miss Richards...Mr Potter and Miss Evans (everyone heard Lily groan at this)...Miss Lupin and Mr Black (Lizzie groaned even louder then Lily had done)... Mr Pettigrew and Miss Green.''

Lizzie caught Beth's eye and they both smirked at this. They all liked Zoe to some extent, but she did piss them off a lot. She liked to boss them about and she thought the world revolved around her. She was always making sure her creamy blonde hair was perfect and that she had enough make-up on. She thought she could get any guy she wanted and that was mostly true. The only guys she had never been able to woo were Sirius, James and Remus. Lizzie was glad about this. She would never be able to cope if Zoe went out with her brother, James or even Sirius! This wasn't because she disliked Sirius; it was because she would most likely start to feel sorry for him. Zoe liked to control people and Lizzie knew if any of the boys went out with her they would never be able to escape.

Lizzie sulkily went to sit next to Sirius who seemed over the moon at the pairings. It seemed that James was equally happy. She placed her books down on the table with a heavy thud, expressing that she was not happy for having to spend two hours with Sirius as her partner. She set up the cauldron, ignoring him as she did so. She looked up as she heard a thud to see Severus and Avery had joined their table. Lizzie smiled sweetly at Sev who returned the smile. She glared at Avery who didn't seem happy that his partner had picked this table. Both Lizzie and Lily didn't like that Severus had become friends with people like Avery and Mulciber. They seemed extremely interested in the Dark Arts and both girls didn't want their friend to be mixed up in that. The thing was, Lizzie already suspected that Severus had started to get involved and that was something she didn't like at all.

They started making their potions, Lizzie doing all of the work as Sirius hadn't even bothered to give her a hand. Potions was one of, if not her best subject at Hogwarts. She always seemed to get the knack of mixing stuff together to make something else (sometimes it was a lot harder then it looked), which was an advantage, especially at home when Remus went through his transformations. It meant that Lizzie could brew him a quick healing potion before morning came again and it would take her mind off the pain he was going through. Lizzie had even been asked by Slughorn to join the Slug Club. She had refused however even though Lily was in the club. This was all because she was sure that Slughorn didn't like her brother. All the teachers knew about Remus' condition and Slughorn seemed to have been very judgemental on Remus over the years. Lizzie didn't like the way how he treated her brother at all.

She was so busy with her thoughts and in making sure the potion was right that she didn't seem to notice Severus staring at her quite frequently or the fact that Sirius kept glaring daggers at him every time he did so. Finally she heard Sirius speak and was pulled back down to Earth and out of the shimmering vapours of the potion.

''Oi Sniveluss, stop staring at Lizzie Bee. I'm sure she doesn't want to see you every time she looks up.'' He snarled. Why did Snape keep staring at her? It was starting to play on his nerves. He heard Lizzie sigh and looked up into her midnight blue eyes. Again he got lost in them like he had done many times before. They were beautiful eyes, they really were. They reminded him of Remus, yet they had their own quality and personality to them. He had noticed a grey tint mixed in with the blue and every time she got angry the pale grey would show more. Sirius finally came out of his trance and looked away from her.

''Sirius stop being horrible to Severus.'' Lizzie said, her voice seeming exhausted like she had said the same thing too many times.

''Well I'm sure she really wants a cocky, arrogant, idiotic git sat next to her.'' Severus spat. He wished Black would just leave Lizzie alone. Did he understand that she just wanted him to leave her alone? Didn't he understand that most of her high stress levels were caused by him? Didn't he realise that if he kept being a git that she would never say yes to him asking her out. Not that Severus wanted her to ever say yes to Black asking her out. He didn't think Lizzie deserved someone like that. Someone who could break her heart in ten seconds flat. She deserved someone who would love her and take care of her and to show her that she was loved. Severus knew he probably would never be able to provide that for her, but if he ever had the chance then he would try his hardest.

Because Severus did love Lizzie. He loved her like he loved Lily. His two best friends who had always been there for him. He was never sure which one filled his heart with more happiness. He was never sure which one he loved the most. But sitting here now he could hear his conscience saying that he loved Lizzie more and maybe that was true. He wanted Lizzie to be his and never Blacks, but somehow he knew that she would never choose either of them and that made his heart break a little. Why couldn't he just have Lizzie? Or Lily? He looked over at his friend and saw that the red head was totally ignoring Potter. The aforementioned was gazing at the back of Lily's head in longing. Severus felt silent anger build up inside of him. Why did Potter and Black have the attention of the two girls he loved and cared for the most? Because they did have their attention. Even though it was mainly to shout at the two boys they still gave more attention to them then himself. And to be quite honest Severus hated that!

He looked over at Lizzie who was giving him a disapproving look at his comment. He looked down at the wooden table, not wanting to see the disappointed look in her eyes at the way he had retorted back to Black.

''Sev please. You're not helping matters. You know what he's like and you know not to answer back.'' She said looking at her friend and seeing Sirius' face light up in the corner of her eye as she told Severus off. ''Right I'm going to get some more ingredients. I don't want a word out of both of you, understood?'' She said knowing that as soon as she was out of ear shot they would start on each other again. They both nodded, Sirius adding. ''Anything for you my Lizzie Bee.''

Lizzie just ignored his comment and walked off to the store cupboard on the other side of the room. Making sure she couldn't hear them Sirius turned to Snape glowering at him. ''Listen to me Sniveluss. Lizzie is mine and she always will be. She'll never be yours no matter how much you think you love her. I don't care how long it will take me or what I'm going to do, but I will show her how much she means to me. And just for good measure, James will always have Lily's heart. I repeat, always. You're never going to get either of them because I love Lizzie and James loves Lily and we will do anything we can to protect them from you, you greasy haired git.''

Sirius had turned into protective mode. He would never let Snape take Lizzie away from him. He would never let Snape take Lily away from James. He knew that he loved Lizzie and he knew that James loved Lily and he knew underneath all of that hatred and anger that Lizzie loved him and that Lily loved James, even if it was just a tiny bit.

Severus was finding it hard to keep his temper. He tightened his fists into a ball to stop himself at shouting at Black. In all honesty he knew Black was right. He would never get either of them, but he wouldn't let Black have the satisfaction of him being right. ''Lizzie can't stand you Black when will you understand? She hates you, she always will. She doesn't care about you and she will never love you. And do you know why this is? It's because you hurt her. Do you remember back in first year? You said all those things to her?'' He could see Black's face turn into rage, but Severus didn't stop. He wanted him to feel pain. ''Can you remember what you said to her? She cried for hours you know...''

''Shut up.'' Sirius said through gritted teeth. He didn't want to be reminded of that particular memory. Everyone it seemed, including Lizzie had thought he had forgotten what he had said that day, but he hadn't. He just chose never to speak of it hoping it would disappear altogether. But it never had done. Ever. It still haunted him now, what he had said and Sirius hated it. Every single bit of it.

Severus smirked. He knew he had hit a weak spot and decided to push further. ''She'll never be with you because she doesn't trust you. And she'll never trust you because she's scared you'll break her again. Because you do that to a lot of girls don't you. You break them in two and then just leave them on their own. But I'm not going to let that happen to my Lizzie again, not ever. Do you understand? You'll never get her because I won't let you!''

Suddenly there was a loud bang and a clatter. Sirius had his wand out and had sprung across the table at Snape, knocking over both cauldrons that were on the table. They both spilled their contents that instantly went everywhere. Sirius was on top of Snape trying to punch him with one hand and hex him with his wand in the other. Sirius hadn't meant for his temper to snap, it was just Snape had gone too far. He had pushed at one of his weakest points. Sirius felt two people try and pull him off Snape and at first struggled against him. He wanted to punch the life out of the Slytherin for saying that, but finally he let whoever it was pull him away.

His breathing was heavy and his body was shaking slightly. The whole room was quiet apart from his breathing. He looked over to see who had pulled him off. It was James and Remus. The look on Remus' face clearly read 'we'll talk about this later'. Sirius knew he was in trouble, but he didn't really care. He looked over to Lizzie, but she wouldn't look at him. All he wanted was for her to love him the way he loved her. Was it really that hard?

''Really boys what was all that about? You should know better than to fight! 5 points off each house and a detention for you both.'' Slughorn said disapprovingly, his face stern. He cleaned up the potion from the floor and the table and scowled at both Sirius and Severus who had picked himself up. Thankfully the bell went not long after and everyone hurried out of the classroom.

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Lizzie stormed out of the room and up the stairs; Lily, Beth and Zoe following in her wake. They all knew what would happen now. Lizzie would get to the common room (as lessons had now ended), she would wait in there until Sirius arrived and then she would shout at him. It happened every time he did something wrong, so all three girls were surprised when their friend informed them that she was going to the library and could they please just leave her alone for a while. Lizzie would never tell anyone, but she had heard the latter of the boys' conversation. She needed sometimes to think.

Lily knew that the best thing to do was to just leave her best friend. There was obviously something on her mind, but she wouldn't press any further on the matter if Lizzie didn't want to talk about it. When the girls arrived in the common room, Remus, James, Peter and Sirius were already there. They three friends seemed to trying to calm down Sirius who seemed worked up. Lily didn't want them to think that they were eavesdropping and so she led Beth and Zoe up to the girls' dormitory.

Remus knew the best way to help Sirius was to let him tell them everything. He knew the best way to react was to not shout at him for being stupid. There was clearly something on his mind that was bothering him. So finally when they had managed to calm him down enough to get him sat in a chair (Sirius had been pacing before), Remus spoke softly and calmly. ''Ok Sirius, tell us what happened...

There will be more Remus in the next chapter. Promise :) I hope you like this story. Tell me you do, it will make me feel better :D