A/N: Sorry I couldn't get this up last night; fanfiction wouldn't work. But here is the chapter, hope you like it. Just a warning- I am not to good with romancy time scene's as I get my sources from other fanfics seeing as I've always had rubbish relationships. (Their both extreme manwhores but don't say anything) One is called Batman :D Anyway enough of that. Enjoy :) xxx (Second long chapter for the win !)
School soon started again and Hogwarts was back to its normal state. OWLS and NEWTS students were being heavily laden with homework and lectures about their upcoming exams even though the exams were still six months away. The teachers had been working them students hard (too hard for some's liking) and had announced that it would all get harder as the months went past. Even people like Lily, Remus and Lizzie were struggling with the amount of work they had been given in the first week back. You knew you were in deep trouble when they said they didn't get what they were supposed to do.
Since the New Year's party, Lily had been extremely pissed off with everyone for letting her get kissed by James. Loads of people had teased her about it when she had first denied that it had happened but Lizzie, Beth, Zoe and James had soon sorted them out for her. Lily wasn't exactly on speaking terms with Lizzie at the moment however. The first day of the New Year Lily had been adamant that someone had spiked her drinks with Firewhiskey and after several incidences of Lizzie being unable to stop herself from laughing she had admitted she had done it. Lily had been furious with her and had stopped talking to her ever since. However she was starting to come round when Lizzie had explained to her whilst they were paired up in Transfiguration that she had only intended for her to dance with James and that she had no idea he was going to kiss her, which had been the truth. With that piece of information in mind, Lily had shared with Lizzie the fact that Remus was starting to get suspicious and so they should both be careful over the next few days.
Indeed after that helpful tip, Lizzie had noticed that her brother was keeping a closer eye on her. Whether he had figured she was seeing someone and that someone was Sirius or just the first one, she didn't know but what she did know what that their cover would surely be blown soon enough. Lizzie had warned Sirius about this too and so both had been extra careful around the attentive Werewolf. To keep Remus off their scent, Lizzie had started to talk about him and Beth getting together. Every time she had talked about this both participants would blush furiously which only made Lizzie press the matter more. It would be good for both of them to have each other; they were so alike it was unbelievable.
Beth had had her share of terrible boyfriends as well and so with a lot of persuasion from her friends had started to think about asking Remus out on a date. She of course had had her eye on him for a while now without anyone noticing. With Lizzie's sharp senses in the subject however she had been told to empty all of her feelings for Remus out to her three best friends. All three had told her to go after him and to not stop if he seemed to be shrinking away. What Beth didn't know was that Lizzie, Lily and Zoe had secretly sorted out for her to go on a date with Remus on Valentine's Day, which just happened to be a Hogsmeade weekend as well, but also the day before the full moon. Hopefully it would all work out but Lizzie was sure Remus would be temperamental, especially as the full moon was so close.
It was this in mind that Lizzie found out that both Lily and Beth knew about her brother's condition. She had been amazed at first that they had both kept it a secret from her for so long but was happy and relieved that they knew. It made everything a lot easier for her and helped with the fact that Beth's date was so close to that day. Neither were fazed by the fact that he turned extremely hairy once a month and knew this would help with her struggle with Remus about nobody wanting to date a Werewolf.
There was still the worry about Zoe not knowing. The blonde had been rather distant from the others since the news of Lizzie's relationship with Sirius. Lily had been making sure she didn't ruin it for Lizzie. Zoe was one of those people who were so unpredictable with their emotions. One minute she could be nice, kind and cheery the next she was haughty, rude and a complete bitch and Lily knew it had nothing to do with her time of the month. She was rather a stuck up cow Lily thought, but she would keep those views to herself. It seemed Lizzie hadn't noticed the ice between her and Zoe which Lily thought a good thing. She knew her best friend would be upset if she found out she was losing a friend (even if it was Zoe) over Sirius. Lily knew she would never be able to choose between her friends or her boyfriend and hoped that the situation would never come to that.
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One evening Lily and Remus were out patrolling the corridors on their duty. Everything seemed quiet and they both hoped it would be a peaceful night as both prefects were tired from all the homework they had been doing. They walked in silence for a while, feeling comfortable in each other's presence. They were nearing the corridor in which they would split up in. They had devised a plan where they would do half the duty together, split for a while and then join each other towards the end. That way she could catch people sneaking around the castle a lot faster.
''Do you know if Lizzie has a boyfriend?'' Remus asked out of the blue. Lily was shocked by his question but didn't show it in her expression. She didn't want to give anything away for her best friend knowing Lizzie wouldn't be happy if she found out she had told him. It was always hard for her to lie to Remus though. She didn't have a problem with anyone else apart from him. Maybe it was his Werewolf senses she thought. She kept a straight face as they walked down the corridor lined with portraits of all different sizes, holding a whole different array of people and animals.
''I don't know Remus. If she has she's keeping it extremely quiet.'' She said thinking that Lizzie really had done a good job in keeping her relationship with Sirius a secret. ''Would you care if she did?'' Lily asked hoping she didn't sound too suspicious.
Remus' tone and facial expression was hard to read and so Lily didn't know if he was telling the truth or not. ''I would care yes but only because she's my sister and I don't want her to get hurt. Blimey with the amount of rubbish relationship's she's had I just hope if she is in one that he's treating her properly. Why she would keep a relationship from me if a different matter all together. Maybe she doesn't trust me enough...''Remus trailed off not showing that he felt hurt by the fact that if his sister was hiding something from his that she felt that she couldn't tell him about it.
Lily sighed as they reached their fork in the corridor. She stopped and turned to face the taller boy. ''Look Remus, Lizzie trusts you with everything, it's just sometimes I think she feels that you look out for her so much that she can't do anything without you worrying about her.'' Lily voiced something that had been troubling her friend for a few days now. Whether Lizzie would be pleased Lily had told him was another matter.
Remus looked down at the floor for a moment or two and sighed. ''Yeah you're probably right, it's just I stop worrying about her. After everything she's been through because of me...well...let's just say I'm surprised she still talks to me sometimes...anyway we should get going. See you in a while.'' He said giving her a small smile before heading off into his usual direction.
Lily watched him go feeling sorry for him. Both twins seemed to have gone through a lot; most of what she didn't know but it was up to them to tell her anything she had to remind herself. So setting off down the opposite path to Remus, Lily hoped he would find out about Lizzie and Sirius in a better way them in a broom cupboard together...
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It was dangerous, sneaking out on a night when Remus had his duty, but Sirius had pleaded her, using his puppy dog eyes he knew she couldn't resist. Lizzie was making her way silently down the corridor hoping not to bump into anyone. Sirius should be around here somewhere and so she kept an eye out for him. They couldn't have left together, Remus would have known something was up and would have most probably followed them. So they had decided to leave the common room quite a while after each other. Now all she had to do was to locate her boyfriend. Finally she heard a whispered 'psst' coming from the slightly opened door of a broom cupboard. Lizzie opened the door to find Sirius grinning at her.
''You could have chosen an empty classroom. Broom cupboards are so crowded and you know you have bad experiences of always falling over in them.'' Lizzie hissed at him before being pulled into the cupboard by him, the door being shut behind her. The space was tiny and full of buckets and mops that Sirius had tried to stack neatly together. It was true that he always kept falling over something in the darn cupboards but he had wanted a change from the empty classroom they had used once or twice before.
Sirius pulled her towards him his hands on her waist. Next their lips met, Sirius' tongue trying to get past the boundaries but before he could enter Lizzie broke away. ''And besides we've got to be careful just in case Remus comes along.'' She said pushing him up against the wall making their lips bond together again. Her hands slowly made their way up to around his neck, her fingers sliding through his ebony hair.
''Stop worrying so much, we'll be fine love. And plus...''He said between fleeting kisses...''I like being closer to you. Classrooms are too big for my liking.'' Finally his tongue entered her mouth, exploring it's way around. He managed to flip her around so he was pressing her against the wall and started moving down to her neck, kissing every space possible. His left hand was slowly travelling down her waist until it crossed it's boundary and got a slap from Lizzie and so he tried the other way letting it gently and slowly ride up her blouse. He could feel her body press closer to his as she tried to moved forwards. Taking a step backwards he suddenly found his foot caught in a bucket. Trying to get it out without actually moving from his position, Sirius somehow managed to fall over, causing one hell of a racket as the bucket knocked into everything whilst pulling Lizzie down with him. He looked up at her as she had fallen on him and they both burst out laughing. They were used to this happening by now and were about to resume where they were before when the door opened and candle light flooded onto the unsuspecting couple.
There stood Remus, complete and utter shock on his face.
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Remus couldn't believe what he had just seen as he slammed the door shut again. What the hell was going on? From inside he heard Sirius (yes it was defiantly Sirius' voice unfortunately) say 'now would be the best time to learn to apperate' next he heard Lizzie answer him (why did it have to be his sister?) 'You can't apperate inside Hogwarts Sirius.' 'Yes I know but it would be nice for Dumbledore to let down the wards right this second.'
Opening the door with such force he was sure he could have ripped it off its hinges, Remus stood over the two on the ground looking murderous. A growl escaped from his chest as he looked at his best friend and sister who had thankfully got off each other. ''You have twenty seconds to tell me what the fuck you're doing.'' His voice was low and dangerous. He never normally swore but now was the perfect time to use that kind of language.
Sirius really wanted to break the ice that he 'was doing' Lizzie but didn't think the wisest thing with Moony like this. So standing up and looking his friend straight in his now amber eyes, Sirius went and told him the truth. ''Remus...I was...I'm afraid I was snogging your sister senseless.'' He heard a snort from Lizzie who was trying not to laugh. He then heard her mutter 'we weren't at senseless yet. We would have been if you hadn't have fallen over that stupid bucket.' Before he could reply however, he felt a hand clenched around his arm as he got yanked out of the cupboard by Moony nearly falling over in the process.
''Remus mate...listen...'' But Sirius knew it was no good in trying to reason with the Werewolf. He was too far raging. His amber eyes were proof of that.
Remus was seething. What the fuck was Sirius? More to the point what the fuck was his sister doing? He saw her emerge from the cupboard and standing next to Sirius and looking straight towards him. He didn't know what kind of emotion was in her eyes but it was defiantly one he hadn't seen before. ''You both had better explain yourself quickly before I dock an extreme amount of points from both of you.'' He said his hands clenched into fists.
''Rem just...just calm down okay.'' Lizzie said her voice quiet and timid.
''CALM DOWN? YOU WANT ME TO FUCKING CALM DOWN LIZZIE? WHY DON'T YOU JUST FUCKING ANSWER MY BLOODY QUESTION? WHAT YOU HELL WERE YOU DOING IN A FUCKING BROOM CUPBOARD WITH HIM? I THOUGHT YOU'D HAVE BETTER SENSE THAN TO FOLLOW HIM INTO A FUCKING CUPBOARD.'' Remus yelled pointing a finger at Sirius. He was so angry he hadn't noticed his sister shrink back from his rage.
Sirius felt Lizzie's hand cling onto his and knew she was scared by Moony at the moment. He squeezed her hand in reassurance hoping he wouldn't get her too worked up. ''Don't speak to her like that Remus. Get Moony under control for Merlin's sake.'' Sirius sounded angry but was trying to keep his temper. ''Did it ever occur to you that maybe she wanted to kiss me? Did it ever occur to you that maybe...just maybe we were in a relationship? But no of course that would never enter your small mind would it because you don't know anything about her relationships.'' Sirius growled.
''THAT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE SHE NEVER FUCKING TELLS ME ANYTHING.''
''WELL MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE SHE'S TOO SCARED TO TELL BECAUSE SHE THINKS YOU'LL BLOODY JUDGE HER. MERLIN'S PANT'S MOONY SOMETIMES YOU CAN BE SO THICK.''
Both boys seemed to have forgotten that Lizzie was still there. She let go of Sirius' hand and walked backwards slowly until she was touching the wall. There she sank down to the floor hoping they would stop shouting at each other. Why did she have to mess everything up? Why couldn't she have just told Remus about their relationship in the first place? When she thought about it she knew it was Sirius' answer that had been right. She was scared that Remus would judge her. After all how can you go from hating someone to falling for them in a matter of four months? It was bizarre, even for her. She looked up at the boys just before she heard a loud THUD and a crack as Remus' fist connected with Sirius' nose. Springing to her feet she shoved her boyfriend away before he was able to retaliate.
''Will you two please just stop this? It's ridiculous. Why do I even bother with either of you?'' She asked, her voice rising towards the end. Glaring at her brother and Sirius who had a broken nose by the looks of it, look out her wand, muttered 'epiksy' before stalking off in anger. She didn't know where she was going and she didn't care as long as she got away from the pair of them. Okay she was happy that Sirius had defended her but call her brother thick had gone over the line. Hearing footsteps she looked up to see Lily walking towards her.
''What's up Lele?'' Lily asked noticing her friend's expression.
''I think Remus found out about me and Sirius.'' She said sighing and accepting Lily's hug. ''I'm alright Lils, I just need to leave them to calm down. Come back to the common room with me. I don't think it's wise for you to go down there.'' So the two girls headed to the common room in silence trying to hear any more shouting from the two boys. Thankfully it seemed like they had stopped now, unless one had knocked the other out which was also a strong possibility. Settling down on the sofa however, Lizzie didn't have to wait very long before Sirius came though the portrait hole not covered in blood anymore. He sat down next to her and pulled her into a hug.
''I'm sorry Lizzie I really am. I should have handled it better. Thank you for fixing my nose though.'' He said smiling. He let go of her and saw her give him a small rather fake smile. ''Moony will be here shortly he just needed a walk.'' He said answering her unasked question. ''I think it's more of the fact that just after you left he realised what he had just said to you. He's probably think up of the best apology now.'' He said trying to make her feel better. When she didn't say anything he continued. ''Don't blame yourself love. He doesn't hate you. If he should hate anyone it's me. I just think he was shocked and Moony took control. He didn't mean to shout at you.''
Lizzie just nodded finding that she couldn't say a single thing. She looked down at the fading red carpet and felt Sirius put his arms around her for a second time and kissing her on the top of the head. ''You mean so much to me. Don't you ever forget that.'' He said as he spotted Remus walk through the portrait hole. He seemed a lot calmer than before and he his blue eyes were back. ''I'll be back in a minute love, Moony wants to speak with me.'' He let go of her and silently followed Remus out of the common room again. They didn't walk far down the corridor before Remus stopped.
''Listen...Padfoot I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you...or punch you. I was just shocked that's all. I couldn't control Moony...you know how he gets. What I wanted to say was I can cope with you and Lizzie being together...just. But just bear in mind that if you ever hurt her, I will kill you. Understood?''
Sirius nodded and gave Remus a nock salute, who smiled at him. ''I won't ever hurt her Moony. You know why? Beca...because I think I'm in l...love with her.'' He said sincerely. It was true. Sirius had been thinking about it for a while now and he had come to the assumption that he was in love with her. When he'd actually tell her that to her face was a different matter but he knew he wouldn't be able to say it yet. It had been the first time he had ever held back from telling a girl that he had loved her because this was the first time he had ever truly meant it.
''Well you'd better not mess up then and go in there and show her that she means something to you even if you haven't the confidence to tell her yet.'' Remus said smiling. He saw Sirius grin and followed him back into the common room. He went straight over to his sister and sat down next to her before pulling her into a hug.
''I am really sorry sis. I didn't mean to shout at you. Forgive me?'' He asked. He felt her nod and pulled her into an even tighter hug. ''You and Sirius will do fine together. You're perfect for each other. Don't listen to anything I say.'' He said hearing a quiet 'ok' from his sister. He saw Sirius sit down on the other side of her and develop her into a hug as well so she was in the middle of a 'sandwich'. ''There will obviously be rules though.'' He said chuckling.
Lizzie struggled out of the hug and mock glared at her brother. ''Sod off Remus.'' She said not being able to hide her grin. A cushion was thrown in his direction.
Sirius then asked if they could make their relationship public and after a quick yes from Lizzie the couple had kissed again. Remus and James who had joined them had started to retch whilst Lily had told them to stop being idiots because it was cute.
''The first thing in the rulebook will be that no public affection can be made in mine, James or Peter's presence. Two more cushions were thrown in his direction. Then another three and after being bombarded by cushions, Remus knew it was time to shut up.
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The following morning Sirius was extremely excited. He would get to tell the whole of Hogwarts that he was dating the girl of his dreams. He however would be doing it in a way that he was sure would make her embarrassed. As he bounded down to the Great Hall he went rushed down the corridor to where Lizzie was walking with her friends and slipped his hand into hers. She seemed pretty comfortable with the whole 'public' thing at the moment and he was happy about that.
It wasn't until they had reached the busy Great Hall did people start to whisper to their neighbours. Sirius ignored them and sat down in his normal place, making sure Lizzie sat next to him and started to pile his plate with food.
''I don't like all the attention.'' He heard Lizzie mutter and as he swallowed a piece of sausage he grinned at her.
''Oh this is nothing...hardly anybody knows. I can change that though.'' He said before getting up and standing on the table. He heard Lizzie hiss 'you'd better not be doing what I think you are.' Grinning down at her, he winked before putting two fingers in his mouth and whistling loud catching evryones attention. ''Everybody I would like to make an announcement.'' 'Please don't' he heard Lizzie whisper.
''I, Sirius Black am extremely head over heels for Lizzie Lupin. By that I mean...I am in love with her. Anyone who has an objection to that sees me after breakfast. I want to spend time with my girlfriend. Thank you all for listening.'' He said before bowing and sitting back down again. There was a round of applause, mainly from the Gryffindor table and Sirius grinned to himself before looking over at Lizzie. ''See it wasn't that embarrassing was it.''
Lizzie just looked at him, completely amazed why what he had just said. Had he meant it? 'Of course he meant it. He wouldn't have told the whole school if he hadn't.' 'I know but what if...' 'Just be quiet dear and just come to terms with what he's just said.' A smile crept onto her face. ''No not at all. I mean for me it wasn't. It might be for all those crying girls at the Hufflepuff table though.'' She said trying not to laugh as she drank from her goblet. Her eyes flickered over to the Slytherin table and over to Snape. He was giving her and Sirius a Death Glare and so she smiled kindly at him. Inside however she was worrying. He was going to do something. She was sure of it. Her gaze was back on the Hufflepuff table when her eyes, met those of a person she hadn't talked to in over eight months. Sam Riley was staring in her direction with a rather odd expression on his face. Looking over to Sirius she could see he had spotted Riley's look as well. She felt him grab her hand and give it a squeeze.
''Don't worry love, we'll get through it all together.'' He said to her softly. If she had thought keeping the relationship a secret had been difficult, nothing would prepare her for what they would both be up against soon. If that had been hard then this would be hell.
Ooo dear I have a feeling shit's going to go down :P Reviews would be lovely but I'm not one of those people who say if you don't review I wont post another chapter. If you don't review I will indeed post another chapter because seeing as I do get favoruties and alerts then it's all good. See I apologise for the rubbish romance scene. But I hope Sirius amused you like he did me. :D Next chapter will be up soon. Maybe today but I'm ill so I don't know. I'm on half term so I can post alot. Yay xx