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…As for that guy, well yeah, he was worth it…but we broke it off almost a month ago... Things were complicated. :/ I've been working on regaining my momentum, I had a bit of writers block and just being really bummed out with the whole break up. I had a break through yesterday, so hopefully, I can finally get this off the ground and moving forward. Apologies for the rustiness.

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CHAPTER 57

The months began to fly by in what seemed like seconds, I found myself being so happy with life that I wasn't honestly keeping track of the days. Between entertaining Blake and various patrons in the United Kingdom, school, and Sirius the year went by in a blur. I found myself staring out the window in Gryffindor tower and came to the realization that it was June.

…And that someone had been pelting pieces of parchment at me.

Audrey broke from her trance, her eyes turned yellow as she caught a balled up piece of parchment that nearly hit her face. Her head snapped in the direction where the parchment came from.

Sirius Black stood in the doorway of the empty fifth floor girl's dormitory, looking at her with his head cocked.

Audrey raised an eyebrow, her eyes still yellow.

He smirked.

Oh, I melted when he did that.

"Yes?" She asked, the color leaving her eyes. He was about to speak when she spoke again.

"…And how the bloody hell did you get up here?"

"Magic!" Sirius said, wiggling his fingers. "We need to get going soon, the train leaves in an hour." Sirius said, looking around the empty dormitory. He always felt a tiny twinge of sadness seeing the emptiness at the end of term, but they would be back soon.

"Oh, right." Audrey said, popping up and walking towards her bed. "Where's…"

"The elves already took the baggage down and everything." Sirius cut in, amused that his girlfriend was so distracted that she hadn't noticed everything was gone. Then again, he was also amused that he had gotten way with throwing parchment at her for five minutes.

"Wow…alright then." Audrey said, noticing that the elves had even taken her cello down as well. She gracefully jumped from the windowsill and circled Sirius for a moment. He wore a wolfish grin, knowing what to expect.

He grabbed her arm to stop her and pulled her closer, she gave him a small smile. Sirius leaned in…

Smack.

Audrey giggled and sprinted from the room. Sirius let out a tiny growl and followed her, a grin plastered on his face. She ran down the stairs and through the common room, past James and Remus and through the portrait hole. Sirius followed, James laughed.

"I don't think that will ever change." Remus shook his head, taking one final look at the common room before the two exited for the summer.

"Can you believe our fifth year is over?" Lily asked, as they made their way into the compartment. It was rather crowded for the Marauders had decided to squeeze in with the girls.

Audrey groaned as Sirius squeezed himself between her and Marlene.

"What?" Sirius was incredulous; he gave her a cute puppy face. "I'm your boyfriend, can't I sit next to you?"

"No." Audrey and Marlene said together in a flat voice.

Sirius frowned for a moment, then grinned, wrapping his arms tightly around his girlfriend. "Well, too bad then."

Audrey let out a fake sigh of annoyance and shoved Sirius' head away from her as he tried to kiss her.

"Oh will you two quit it!" Lily laughed.

"Yeah, mate. Audrey obviously doesn't want to taste your dog breath." James chimed in.

Sirius shot James a look of annoyance, and then the two burst out laughing.

"There are so many things I could say right now, Prongs." Sirius narrowed his eyes and smirked at his best friend. They both glanced at Lily for a moment.

"And you won't. Because you're a good best friend, aren't you, Pads?" James raised an eyebrow.

"I suppose…" Sirius replied, looking out the window for a moment. His head snapped in Lily's direction and he was about to open his mouth when Audrey covered it, saving James.

Lily noticed nothing. James silently mouthed a 'Thank you' to Audrey. She nodded.

As the ride went on, the group discussed their usual plans. In that time, Audrey had found herself on Sirius' lap without realizing it. She looked down at him.

He rested his chin on her shoulder and whispered in her ear, barely audible.

"I'm quite smooth, you know."

This sent a small shiver through Audrey; he let out a breathy chuckle. She elbowed him.

"Oh Russia, always so rebellious." Sirius cooed in her ear, stroking her arm. She shook her head.

He was getting to me, and I had always sworn to myself that I would never let Sirius Black get to me.

I honestly don't see why that's such a bad thing, I mean, I'd let me get to me.

James was the only one who noticed the little moment before the two of them and cleared his throat.

"I've got an announcement!"

"Are you proposing to Lily?" Sarah asked, sticking her head up from her book.

Fortunately, Lily hadn't heard that either…

James shot her a grin, and shook his head. "No, my parents are going away for a week and I'm going to have the house all to myself…"

James had expected everyone to pick up on his little cue, but only Sirius seemed to get it. He wore a wolfish grin, pulling Audrey closer to his chest in excitement.

"So, you two, are you coming to the party?" James wore a smirk that said 'I saw everything.'

"Of course I'll be there, mate! I'll be so close to you, I don't see why not." Sirius grinned.

"Oh, right. You'll be next door." James laughed and the two high fived.

"And you're sure you're not gay for each other?" Marlene raised an eyebrow.

The boys' expressions flattened and before either could speak, Audrey said.

"Why, of course they're gay for each other, Marly. We've only know that since our first day at Hogwarts." Audrey smirked. Sirius let out a low growl, tightened his grip around her waist and she laughed.

"Oh, look, Audrey. We've threatened his manhood!" Marlene sneered. Audrey laughed.

"Enough of your shenanigans!" James called. "So are you lot in, or not?"

"It depends when it is, I'm going to be doing some work over the summer…" Audrey said thoughtfully.

Hisoka was allowing me a lengthy break over the summer holidays, for she would entertaining some of her clients and wouldn't have time to mentor me. I wasn't too upset, it had been a busy year and I wanted the time to just relax.

"The first week in July." James answered, grinning gleefully.

"So, we go to our homes for about a week and a half, then we show up at your place?" Sarah asked.

"That's the plan, Puffer." James grinned.

"WHEE!" Sarah squealed. Audrey laughed, loving how exciting she was.

"I'm in." Sirius grinned.
"I knew that already, mate." James grinned, high fiving his best friend.

"I'm in as well." Remus looked up from his Daily Prophet, smiling.
"If he's in, I'm in." Marlene pointed at Remus, the two exchanged a grin.

"I'm in." Peter squeaked.

"I'll go!" Sarah smiled.

Everyone now looked at Lily and Audrey, Sirius and James stood up, looking at them. The four of them locked eyes, and no one blinked.

"We could be here all night…" Marlene whispered to Remus, he nodded.

Audrey broke first, Sirius was boring into her and she couldn't resist.

"Okay, okay. I'll go. I just need to make sure of my studio schedule for the summer, I'm sure I could get a week off." Audrey said, holding her hands up in surrender. Sirius scooped her up off the seat and kissed her repeatedly.

Marlene looked at Remus and snorted. "Love birds."

"Who needs them?" Remus asked, wrapping an arm around her shoulders and going back to reading.