I would like to apologise at how late this is. I had writers block and a lot had happened since I posted the last chapter. I didn't exactly like the last chapter much either but it'll do. This one isn't very long but I pushed myself to do it. Happy Birthday for yesterday Remus :D Someone asked me for some Beth/Remus stuff and I promise I will do some next chapter, I just couldn't think of anything for this one. Enjoy :) xx

More birthday's had come and gone, this time Lizzie and Remus'. It had taken a lot of time for the others to wake the two siblings up and after fifteen minutes with no success, Lily had practically shoved Lizzie out of been with very loud protests and in the other dorm, Sirius had turned into Padfoot and jumped on Remus until he had woken up. Both twins were incredibly grumpy all morning and what didn't help was that it was raining and windy outside. They both seemed to have cheered up at lunch and everyone was thankful for it. They were both notorious for being grumpy when they were woken up too early.

Sirius had asked Lizzie about twenty times that day if his present was the best. Although Lizzie had tried to say nothing to this she finally gave up on him and said yes to shut him up. Sirius had seemed satisfied with her answer, something Lizzie could easily roll her eyes at. She had spent a lot of time, not only with her boyfriend, but with her best friends as well. Lizzie had over-heard them talking about the fact that she spent too much time with Sirius. At first she would have been ready to argue, but as she thought about it she knew they were right. So spending more time with her friends had been mandatory from that point onwards. Secretly, Lizzie had been scared that Sirius would say something but in contrast he was completely fine with the idea. She would never be able to choose between her friends and her boyfriend and was thankful that she didn't have to in this circumstance.

Her boyfriend had been a lot sweeter to her over the last few weeks and Lizzie mentally thanked him for being there for her whenever she needed him. She knew it was all because of what she had told him about Riley but thankfully her ex hadn't talked to her since Valentine's Day. Sirius had become even more protective, if that was even possible. Maybe a little too protective is some circumstances but Lizzie didn't mind, not really.

The day after her's and Remus' birthday, she and Sirius were walking down the corridor coming back from dinner, hand in hand just talking about completely random things. Sirius, not looking where he was going bumped into someone who hurried past him. Turning around to see who it was, he saw the haughty expression of his brother.

''Watch where you're going idiot.'' Regulas spat glaring at his older brother.

''That's rich coming from you Reg.'' Sirius said returning the glare but sounded as though he was just having a normal conversation.

''Shut up you prat. Just because you seemed to bag yourself every girl in this school and think your better than the rest of us doesn't mean you are.'' It seemed the youngest Black brother was in a bad mood today. Well that would surely start Sirius off as it nearly always.

Sure enough Sirius reached for his wand and pointed it at his brother. He saw Regulas flinch slightly, something that sent alarm bells ringing in the depths of his mind. Sirius however let the hatred for his brother come out on top. ''Are you scared? Why don't you go running back to mummy and daddy and they'll protect you. They'll show you the right way to live in their opinion.''

''Shut up!'' Regulas said through gritted teeth. Lizzie knew this wasn't going to end well and so held tight to her wand in her pocket. Her eyes swept from one brother to the other trying to calculate the first to make their move. Having a guess that it would be Sirius, she was surprised when Regulas made first attack and sent a silent spell towards his brother. A fourth year using non-verable spells also surprised her but then, she had to remind herself, both were from the Black Family, one that was very advanced in magic.

Sirius had dodged his brother's spell but only just. He sent another back but missed by inches. A small growl escaped from his lips as he tried his hardest to get his little brother to back down. He didn't want to hurt him, not really but knew he would do anything to stop him from hurting someone else. ''Is that the best you can do?'' He asked, eyes glinting in the sun that flooded through the window beside him. 'No, no don't say that you idiot.' He heard Lizzie mutter and Sirius couldn't help but chuckle.

Caught off guard for a moment as he looked over at his girlfriend, he didn't see the spell coming straight towards him and hitting him square in the chest. Sirius rose a few feet in the air and landed on the hard stone floor, hitting his head against a wall. ''Ow, bloody hell.'' He muttered to himself as he picked himself up from the floor quickly. This didn't do him any good however and before long his head had started spinning.

Lizzie had been ready for action as soon as she had seen Regulas send that spell. She stood to face him, eyes blazing and she saw Regulas take a few steps back. It seemed he had not forgotten the last time he had seen her duel the other Slytherins. ''Go now, and you won't get hurt.'' She said simply. Lizzie wasn't one to send hexes just for the sake of it and so she gave him fare warning. She heard Sirius come up behind her and place a hand on her shoulder to steady himself.

''You're lucky to have someone to stand up for you, even if it is a filthy half blood.'' Regulas said, his eyes darting to Lizzie briefly, before he dashed off. Sirius was about to run after him, but Lizzie stopped him wish a gentle hand on his arm.

''Leave it.'' She said simply knowing how worked up Sirius got when he heard someone say that.

''But he called you a –''

''And I don't care. Now come on and let me see how your head is. You know you really shouldn't have retaliated back, it only made things worse.'' She said leading him to a nearby bench and sitting him down on it, before she checked how his head was. Everything looked fine from what she saw (healing Remus at home after the full moon and having a mum who worked at a hospital helped her know all the signs of injuries) and she sat down beside her boyfriend. ''Don't retaliate next time okay?'' She said giving him a small smile and a kiss.

''Yeah yeah alright. He still shouldn't have called you that though.'' Sirius muttered.

Lizzie sighed. It seemed he wasn't going to drop this anytime soon. ''Like I said, I don't care. Maybe a couple of years ago I would have but I don't know. Their only words and if they don't hurt the person they were intended for then it's alright. I mean come on, do you really think I'd be offended by a fourth year telling me something like that? You've got to be kidding me.'' Lizzie said grinning and was happy to see Sirius grin back at her.

''Okay Miss I-Don't-Care-What-Anyone-Says-To-Me, stop being so...so...you!'' Sirius said chuckling at her. He had a headache but felt much better with Lizzie by his side. ''Come on let's go back to the common room. I'm bored.''

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Lizzie didn't correct Sirius about his comment that she 'didn't care what anyone said to her'. He seemed in a happy mood even after the confrontation with his brother and she wouldn't deflate his mood by saying that she did care what people said to her. To her Regulas Black was one of those people that you couldn't help but pity. Sirius did talk negative about him a lot but Lizzie knew there was something of a close bond behind all the hatred. Regulas couldn't stand up for himself that easily and always took the easier route. He always made sure he had someone with him to defend him if things got rough; that was what Lizzie and sussed anyway. It was practically the same way with most of the Slytherins it was just Regulas seemed weaker.

Something the Slytherin had said had made her think. Well it wasn't what he had said; it was how he had said it. ''You're lucky to have someone to stand up for you, even if it is a filthy half blood.'' To Lizzie this sounded like he was jealous of his brother which was possible. Even though Regulas had his family behind him, Sirius had a very tight group of amazing friends who stuck by him in everything. Regulas wanted someone to stand up for him that actually cared about him; he wanted Sirius to care about him. If this was actually true or just her mind thinking at one-hundred miles per hour about completely odd things Lizzie didn't know but she'd take a stab and say the first option. Her opinion about people was hardly ever wrong...unless you counted Severus, James and Sirius. Especially Sirius.

As they clambered through the portrait hole, Sirius stopped Lizzie from walking any further. The look on his face showed that like her, he had been thinking hard about something. The emotion in his eyes was hard to read however. ''Listen Lele. I know you said you didn't care what he said to you, but I do. It's not right for any of them to talk to you like that as though you don't mean anything. It's not right for anyone to do that, not Riley or Snape and defiantly not my brother. You mean something, don't you ever forget that.'' He said.

Lizzie looked at him wondering where that little speech had come from. ''Well with you about how can I forget that. You seem to tell me every two minutes.'' She said giving him a gentle smile.

''I failed at telling Reg that and protecting him; I don't want to do the same to you.'' He said before kissing her and heading towards where his friends were sat playing Exploding Snap.

There was something different in the air from that moment onwards. Lizzie stopped there for a few minutes trying her hardest to realise what it was. Not being able to work out that particular emotion of hers however, she made her way to where the girls sat finishing off homework. As she sat down in an empty chair she took out her half finished Transfiguration essay and started scribbling away at it.

It was around twenty minutes later that she looked up from her now almost completed essay and concentrated her gaze over to Sirius who had James in a headlock. Shaking her head and smiling to herself, Lizzie continued with her essay until she had finished the last word. Placing her quill on top of her piece of parchment, she looked up again as the two boys were now wrestling each other. Would they ever grow up? She asked herself. The answer was clearly no. They may mature slightly but they would never grow up. She saw Sirius look over and give her a wink.

'I failed at protecting Reg; I don't want to do the same to you'...

This got her thinking. He hated that he had failed his brother, that was obvious and now he was scared of doing the same thing to her. Lizzie knew he would never fail her, not even if he was the biggest idiot on the planet because she loved him more than anything. That's right she loved him and finally wasn't too scared to say it. She had finally figured out that feeling that had been inside her for quite some time. Maybe it had been there from the start and was only now starting to bloom.

''What are you so happy about?'' Lily asked as she saw the happy smile on her best friends face.

Lizzie turned towards Lily and grinned at her. ''I think I'm in love.'' She said simply.

''Well it's about bloody time you figured that out.'' Beth said loudly an exasperated look on her face. It wasn't long before her mouth spread into a grin. ''What I meant to say was, I'm happy for you.'' The two girls just looked at each other before laughing.

''I think you were right with the first one.'' Lizzie said looking over at Sirius again who was tackaling James to the floor.

There was a sudden gasp from Beth. ''Wouldn't it be wonderful if you two got married?'' He exclaimed.

''Woah, woah woah, one think at a time Bethany...although if we did get married you wouldn't be my wedding planner.'' Lizzie saw the look on Beth's face and she rolled her eyes. ''Come on remember third year when you thought you'd re-design the dorm and you chose orange and purple. Or what about the time when you decided on styling Zoe's hair and you made it go extremely frizzy and blue?'' This brought all three girls into hysterics and five minutes passed before they calmed down again.

''So are you going to tell him that you love him or are you just going to sit there?''

''For the moment I'm just going to sit here, finish off Potions, and then tell him.''

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It was now around five to eleven and Lizzie felt her eyes dropping. Potions had taken her longer than she had expected. Well that's what she told herself, in reality it was because she was thinking of the right moment to tell Sirius. She didn't know why she found it so hard to say those three simple words but somehow every time she thought about them they got stuck in her throat. Beth had gone over to see Remus and so it was only her and Lily seated in the corner. Lizzie couldn't hold in the yawn that was desperate to escape.

''Sorry Lils but I think I might go to bed but first I must tell my boyfriend something.'' She said gathering all of her stuff together and putting it back in her bag. She stood up and made her way through the almost empty common room to where the boys were. She saw Beth snuggled up to Remus and that she had fallen asleep. It seemed that her brother was dozing off as well. The couple looked cute together and she smiled to herself.

''I'm going to bed now Siri.'' She said placing herself on his lap and putting her arms around his neck in the armchair he was sat in.

Sirius kissed her softly on the lips. ''Okay baby, have a good sleep and I will see you in the morning.''

Lizzie cuddled in closer to him catching some of his scent. He smelt more of wet dog this time but surprisingly it didn't smell that bad on him. She knew now was the best time to say it. There was nothing stopping her, there was no one here to ruin it. All she had to do was to say it. ''I love you.'' She said a smiling forming on her lips.

Sirius was taken aback for a moment before he processed the words. Had she really just said...? ''What?'' It wasn't the best answer but it was the only thing he could come out with at this moment.

''I said I love you.'' She repeated.

He had thought it would have taken her longer than this to say it; they weren't even three months into the relationship yet. He had thought she would have taken longer to come out with that, but evidently he had been wrong. ''Well guess what? I love you too.''

Isn't that cute? Yeah I thought so. Next chapter wont take as long hopefully :) x