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CHAPTER 66

From that night onward, Lily and I refused to speak to Sirius or James. Marlene joined us after she had seen Lily's injuries, Sarah decided to stay neutral and be the interpreter.

October was a very quiet month, for the tension was still there. Sirius and I hadn't broken up – but it sure felt like it. Did it hurt? Does a bee sting hurt? We were both furious with each other, but I believe that I hung onto my fury longer than he did. I was booking a lot of engagements, traveling all over the United Kingdom, Europe, and going out to Australia often to see Blake. When I wasn't traveling, I was learning Paganini's 24th Caprice with Edgar, attending ECO rehearsals, and spending hours in the studio. It wasn't enough of a distraction, my heart ached, and I generally tried to hide it by occupying myself. Which worked…only to an extent.

November was a cold month, a month of terrible news, news of disappearances began to seep into the cracks of the façade that most of us had been trying to keep up. I cannot speak for everyone, some chose to remain blissfully unaware. Several disappearances started in St. Petersburg…the faces I saw in the papers, I knew them well. I had seen them around the square; I had dined with them at the Café in the square. It chilled me to the bone. What had happened to these people? What was happening in St. Petersburg?

In December, Lily began to speak to James again. He still apologized every single day. Lily told me that she felt bad, but secretly relished it. For she had never thought James Potter was capable of feeling any guilt. Sirius and I still weren't talking, we were both rather stubborn in our stances. However, in the middle of the month, just before the holidays, Sirius caved, and began writing letters to me. He wrote every day, sometimes more than once a day…

Audrey was downstairs with Remus, studying Charms.

"Audrey!" Lily called from their dormitory. "You've gotten another owl from that git!"

"Another?" She yelled up from the common room.

"Yup!" called Lily.

"I'll be right back, Remus." said Audrey, heading upstairs to their dorm.

"You might as well go to bed, Audrey." Said Remus, checking his watch. "It's rather late."

Audrey nodded, and bid the werewolf good night.

"That's the fifth today! What the bloody hell does he want?" She yelled, making her way up the staircase to the 6th floor.

"You've got me." Lily shrugged, going back to reading her book. "I bet he knows you're burning his letters."

"I guess so…" Audrey replied, pacing. "But how…"

Lily shrugged again. "Might as well open it."

Audrey nodded, listening to her friend's advice and unrolling the parchment and clearing her throat getting ready to read. She had always read some of the ridiculous letters Sirius sent to her over the last few years to her dorm mates, they all got a good laugh out of them after all. She mimicked his voice perfectly.

"Audrey,

Humor me. Come to the Three Broomsticks at three tomorrow.

- Sirius

P.S. Stop burning my bloody letters. It's not going to stop me from writing."

The girls burst out laughing at the post scriptum, chatted some more, and went to bed, all were excited they wouldn't have to wake up early the next morning.

Audrey woke the next morning around noon, and skipped down to the great hall for lunch. The tables were relatively empty, as most of the older students were either in Hogsmeade or somewhere around the castle. She met with Lily and Marlene at the table, both of them still in their pajamas. A few moments later they were joined by Remus and Peter.

"You lads going into Hogsmeade today?" Marlene asked, chewing a bit of bread.

"Yes, we're going to the Three Broomsticks." Remus replied, shooting Audrey a look. Audrey read his expression easily.

"Yes, I got the bloody owl, Remus. What the hell is Sirius doing this time?" Audrey asked, crossing her arms and raising her eyebrow.

"It's a surprise apparently." He replied, sipping some juice.

"I bet he's going to propose." Marlene snorted.

"He wouldn't dare." Audrey said simply.

"He's that cocky, he would." Lily replied.

After lunch, the girls went to the library to finish up some of their work before break. Before they knew it was almost three and they rushed to get ready and then left for the small village, Sarah joined them. The sign outside of the Three Broomsticks said "Open Mic today, 3-6 p.m."

"Oh no, you don't think…?" Lily said.

Marlene and Sarah burst out laughing, and Audrey shook her head as the three entered the bar.

"Well, would you look at that!" Marlene whistled, pointing at Sirius. Who was on stage tuning a guitar.

"Just kill me." Audrey said. "Just point your wand at me right now. Just do it." She hit her head with her palm.

"I bet the song is going to sound like 'Oooooh Audrey…your green eyes sparkle in the moonlight!'" Sarah crooned, Lily was cracking up.

Sirius sat down on a stool in the middle of the small stage and gave a small intro. "Hi, I'm Sirius. This song is about a girl, I think the song itself is pretty self explanatory."

Lily elbowed Audrey in the stomach and giggled. Audrey groaned in annoyance, as Sirius started to play smirking.

"In a little while…Surely you'll be mine…In a little while I'll be there. In a little while This hurt will hurt no more…I'll be home, love!" He was getting really into it, not taking his eyes off of her. "When the night takes a deep breath…and the daylight has no air. If I crawl, if I come crawling home. Will you be there?"

"Ah ooooooooooooooooooooooooooh, ah , ah oooooooooooooooh."

"Why is he howling like that? He sounds like a dog!" Lily whispered, James Potter and Remus burst out laughing at this from the table behind them.

"In a little while. I won't be blown by every breeze…Friday night running, to Sunday on my knees" He held out the last note, still not taking his eyes away from her.

"That girl, that girl! She's mine. And I've know her since…Since she was a little girl with Spanish eyes…" Sirius made a suggestive movement with his eyebrows. Lily and Marlene laughed, few people noticed that Audrey's mentor had forced her to change her eye color to that of her mother's.

"Oh, when I saw her…in a pram they pushed her by. Whoo hoo…My, how you've grown Well it's been, yeah…It's been a little while."

"Ah oooooooooh, ah ooooooooooooooooooooh, ah oooooooooooooooooh... Slow down my beating heart…man dreams one day to fly. A man takes a rocketship into the skies. He lives on a star that's dying in the night and follows in the trail the scatter of light."

"Turn it ooooooon, Turn it on, You turn me on. Oooh." Another suggestive movement of the eyebrows, Sirius had a bit of a ravenous expression on his face. Audrey blushed, hiding behind her hands. James started laughing again.

"Ah oooooooooooh, ah oooooooooooooooooh, ah oooooooooooooooooh...Slow down my beating heart….Slowly, slowly love…Slow down my beating heart. Slowly, slowly love…Slow down my beating heart. Slowly, slowly love."

Got her.