Alright, alright… just to ease your guys minds finally the chapter where Alex tells her story, and why the tension between her and Sirius. Also at the end of this chapter I shall place Alex's character profile because a lot of people were asking about her and stuff.

Onward to the big chapter, I actually think this is the longest so far .

~Chapter 4~

Alex quickly walked down the hallway hoping to make as much space between her and the blonde following her.

"Stop walking so fast," as said blonde came up beside her.

"I would, but unfortunately I have someone following me," she retorted. Lucius sighed and sprinted ahead so he was now in front of Alex, "Out of my way, I need to get to Charms." She sighed, as she tried to get around him.

"What a coincidence, I'm headed there as well," Lucius blocked her every time she tried to get past him, "How about I escort you?" he gave her the trademark Malfoy smirk.

"I'll have to decline that offer, I know how to get there by myself," Alex swiftly got past him, "Run along, little snake, slither away," she said as she disappeared down the hall.

Lunch came around slowly, "Finally!" Alex sighed as she sat down heavily at the Gryffindor table, Hermione and Ginny looked to their friend whose head was down on the table. Laughing they took their seats by her.

"What's got you bothered?" Ginny asked as she dished food on to her plate.

"You try ignoring a persistent blonde snake all day," Alex groaned as Lily joined them, "Ignore that damned smirk and the holes burning into you by those stormy gray eyes. In which the owner is in fact a pompous ass." Alex shuddered slightly as she felt said eyes burn, as their owner watched from across the hall.

"Having fun with Lucius Malfoy, huh?" Lily sarcastically said, "Loads" Alex grumbled as she glared at the red head. She sighed softly and grabbed a roll and buttered it.

"He's looking over here," Ginny said casually, Alex groaned as her three friends looked over to see that the blonde was indeed looking.

"Don't look," Alex said sharply, lightly hitting Hermione's shoulder telling her to turn back around. The three girls laughed quietly at Alex's frustration, who once again groaned and put her head back onto the table.

"Hey Lily, did you notice Sirius following after Alex and Malfoy all morning?" Hermione said casually to. Lily let out a small giggle, "Oh yeah, you better watch out for him, he's such a playboy," Lily told Alex, who didn't look up.

"Now, now, Evans," a silky voice said from behind Alex, "Its rude to go around calling men playboys," Sirius slipped in next to Alex and smiled. Alex finally lifted her head up with a sigh and took a bite of her roll.

"I only call them like I see them, Black," Lily replied waving her hand at him, as if shooing a pest away.

"She has a point, Padfoot," Remus joined the group; Lily sighed annoyed, knowing what was coming. She held her hand up and counted down, three, two, and one. James appeared as her last finger went down.

"Hey Evans, wanna go out with me?" He asked hoping she changed her mind in the few minutes since he last asked in Charms class.

"No, Potter," Lily replied quickly. James sighed dejectedly and sat down next to the red head to eat.

"Hey Alex," James said after a few minutes of quiet, "I don't know if you've noticed, but Malfoy keeps looking at you," he shuddered slightly, "It's kind of creepy" Alex glared at the messy haired boy, making him shift in his seat uncomfortably.

"Of course I've noticed," Alex snapped at him, her mahogany eyes flashed, "How the bloody hell could I not!" James looked quite frightened of the black haired girl in front of him.

"Calm down, love," Sirius said softly to Alex, "He didn't mean anything by it." He wrapped his arm around Alex's waist, and rubbed her back calmly.

"Keep your paws to yourself, mutt." Alex hissed at Sirius and quickly grabbed her bag and stormed out of the Great Hall.

"Don't take it to heart, Black," Hermione said calmly, "She's not in a very good mood, and usually snaps when she doesn't mean to," Sirius sighed softly, shaking his head. Lily noticed Lucius stand and leave the hall, glaring at him she stood up also.

"I have something to do," the red head said, not taking her eyes off the entrance to the hall, "Meet you guys in Transfiguration, kay?" she left without an answer, after grabbing her bag.

After checking the library, Lily sighed softly. She dodged Lucius on her way outside; there were only a few students out and about.

Looking for awhile she almost gave up, but then she noticed a person sitting underneath a tree, looking towards the Black Lake. Walking up to the person she recognized the short black hair, "Alex," Lily said softly, the person turned to look at her. Mahogany eyes met green, "Are you alright?" Lily asked as she came and joined Alex on the ground.

"Yeah," she responded quietly, "I can't deal with annoying and stupid guys right now," She ran a hand through her hair, sighing.

"Hermione and Ginny were saying something like that to Sirius," Lily said, not looking at Alex, but at the lake, "They were telling him not to flirt and hurt you," Alex laughed dryly, "They told him it was your story to tell when we asked about it."

"Such good friends," Alex sighed quietly, "Lily, have you ever fallen for the wrong guy?" she asked in a slightly ethereal way, that would have made Luna proud. Lily looked slightly confused at her new friend.

"Have you?" Lily asked answering with a question; Alex nodded, "Would you like to talk about it? I know we just met yesterday…" Alex stopped her.

"Its fine," Alex gave Lily a smile, "I already know he that he wasn't going to return my feelings," she sighed again as she began her story. "First, you have to know the only reason I don't like Sirius flirting with me is because he reminds me of him; same messily sexy long hair, same mischievous dark grey eyes, and same annoyingly flirtatious attitude." Lily laughed.

"What was the problem?" Lily asked, "Did he have a girlfriend?" Alex shook her head letting out a dry laugh.

"Not at first," she paused, "then he had many. Like I said he was one of those guys who could have any girl he wanted, and well sometimes he usually had a different girl each week." Lily shook her head in disapproval, "Also there is the fact that he is around twenty years older than me." She looked out at the lake. Lily moved closer to Alex and pulled the girl to her.

"Tell me about it," Lily said softly rubbing Alex's back soothing her. Alex laid her head on the red head's shoulder.

"The first time I met him was when I was thirteen, well I didn't really think about it before, but when I first saw him I felt like I met him before." Alex began; Lily continued to rub her back as she listened to her story.

"After meeting him then, I saw him again the summer before I turned fifteen; we all were staying at his house for awhile, me, Mione, Harry who was his godson, Ginny, and some of Ginny's family. It was lots of fun being there with everyone, I'm usually alone during the summer, I live with my aunt, she's a squib, but I love her anyway she's taken care of me for most of my life," Alex smiled at the thought of her aunt. "Well, when I saw him when I arrived at the house, I was shocked, you know normally I don't care how hot a guy is, but he was different. Mione was saying I was just being stupid for once in my life and buying into his fake crap. Even if I was being stupid or not, I had fun that summer also because of it I'm the Alex you see today." Alex gave a small laugh.

"We flirted a lot for fun, called each other names. He was very interesting to talk with, no one would think it but he was very intelligent. But good things never last, we had to go home, back to school. I really didn't want to go." Alex sighed softly, she shivered slightly.

"Seems like you got to know him really well, huh?" Lily asked softly. Alex nodded her head once.

"Yeah," she looked up with a genuine smile, "I was happy we were able to spend Christmas break with him too. It was bunches of fun, Ginny's mum made it in to a giant party and Mione kind of pushed me into him to dance." Alex blushed lightly at the memory, dancing to a slow Christmas love song, "He was an awesome dancer, I have to say I was literally swept me off my feet," Lily let out a small laugh, but stopped when she saw Alex's smile disappear. "A few months later, there was a fight, he was hit with some spell and he disappeared, he was gone. No one knew where he could have gone, we couldn't get him back. Harry was a complete wreck, losing his only family, so was I. I don't think I've cried harder in my life," Her shoulders shook slightly as the tears flowed down her cheeks. "Mione and Ginny did all they could to make me smile again, to cheer me up. Then, one day, I was in the library at his house, I don't know, I just realized crying isn't going to do a damned thing. That is when I started my search." She calmed slightly and gratefully took the handkerchief that Lily offered. "I began to search for a way to get him back, if I were possible. It wasn't just for me, but for Harry too. I searched all last year with Mione helping me. I just about had it, I was so close to figuring it out all I had to do was try and see if it would work," Alex sat up straighter, "I was able to finally try, only telling a few people, only Mione and some older wizards knew about it." Alex paused, staring into the distance.

"Did you do it?" Lily asked quietly, "did you get him back?" Alex looked to her, tears gently fell once more.

"Yeah," she smiled, "Yeah, I was able to get him back. I had him in my arms, he was holding on so tight, and his eyes were tightly closed, like he hadn't used them in a long time. He seemed so weak, I held on tighter. I called his name asking if he could hear me. I hear him hoarsely say my name; that made me so happy that he was alright." Lily smiled at Alex as her eyes sparkled slightly, "He had to stay in the hospital for a couple of weeks," Alex happiness disappeared once again, "When he was finally released, things changed. It seemed like he was avoiding me. I didn't really care that much mostly because he was alive and well. One day after dinner I was helping with the dishes and the guys were relaxing at the table in the kitchen, they were just joking around and stuff. One of them asked about his girlfriend, or as one of them joked his flavor of the week. At first I didn't think anything about it, until one day I came to the house…" Alex stopped, Lily watched worried as she stared blankly at the Black Lake.

"Alex?" Lily spoke softly, placing a hand onto Alex's shoulder, "What's the matter?"

"I came back to his house for a quick visit, hoping to catch him alone before the next day which we would be leaving. I brought him a black rose; it was a small thanks for letting us stay there. I got a rose because of my feelings, which he doesn't know, but still; and it was black because it reminded me of him. Anyway, it seemed like no one was home when I got there. So I decided to leave the rose and a small note where I was sure he'd find it, his room," Lily shook her head, knowing what was going to happen. Alex gave a dry laugh, "Yeah you can imagine what happened. I got up the stairs and to the door of his room. The door was slightly open and I could see that there were people in under the covers and could hear… them." Alex quieted, "I can't really remember what happened after that, but I did my best to avoid him, he didn't want some stupid kid when he could have any beautiful women he wanted. Well not much happened, we came to Hogwarts and now I see Sirius and well, they look so alike, and I you can tell they have so much similar qualities." Alex met Lily's eyes and smiled, "That's my story."

Lily hugged her friend tightly. They stayed like that for awhile, then Lily talked, "I may not like Sirius that much, but he does have a nice side. I can see why you had such a hard time with him, but don't let your past decided your future, Alex." Alex's mahogany eyes met Lily's emerald caring green ones, and a tear fell down Alex's cheek.

"You can never escape the past, Lily." Alex whispered barely loud enough for the red head to hear.

"But you can always try," Lily replied, wiping away the tears from Alex's face. "You'll never go forward if you stay too long in the past. Now come on, we are in our final year of schooling, you got to have lots of fun before we have to go out and face the world!" Alex laughed and smiled at her.

"I guess," Alex held her left hand out to Lily, "we'll make this a year to remember, okay?" Lily grabbed onto Alex's hand with her own, "Yeah, we will!" She agreed with a big smile, the bell rang somewhere inside of the castle signaling that class was now over.

"Um…" Lily said, "I have a feeling we skipped Transfiguration," both girls looked at each other and laughed.

"This is a first for me, I usually am at every single one of my lessons," Alex said trying to control her laughter.

"Same here," Lily replied between giggles. After each girl calmed down a bit, Lily sighed, "We should head to our next class, everyone is probably curious as to what happened to us.

"Yeah," Alex sighed as she stood up slowly. She turned to Lily and held her hand out to help the girl up, "Shall we?" she asked, Lily shook her head, giggling. The red head grabbed onto the offered hand and stood up. The two of them headed back to the castle, and their next class.

A.N. I would like to thank everyone for reading BitterSweet Time!! I love all of you! 3 Chapter 5 shall be up soon, as soon as I can transfer it from my journal to the computer ^^

So I promised someone that I would place Alex's character profile so here it is (if you have any questions please pm me or place it in the review section)

Alexandria Marcell

Hair: Short and Black

Eyes: a dark mahogany brown

House: Gryffindor

Personality: Book nerd mostly, but she has slowly been coming out of that shell and being more openish.

History: When she was one, Death Eaters attacked her parents, torturing them with the Cruciatus Curse, to get information about the Potters and the Longbottoms. They held Alex captive while questioning her parents, even used the curse on her once, hoping to loosen their lips. Seeing they were getting nothing they killed her parents, and left Alex. Alex had been move from family member to family member, but none wanted to keep her for too long. When she was nine years old she finally settled with an aunt who was a squib. She stayed until she was eleven when she got her letter to Hogwarts.