Chapter 54

"What do you mean you haven't read your mail all summer?" Loralei screeched. She had walked into her brother's room to make sure he was packing, and came upon a whole desk full of letters.

"What? I didn't feel like doing that much reading." He muttered, feeling like he was being reprimanded by a parent. "I read all the letters from Lily."

Loralei looked through the letters. "Some of these are from Hogwarts, James!"

He jumped up off his bed. "What?"

Loralei ripped the letter open, and read it for him, tossing him the golden badge. "You're head boy, dumbass. You're with Lily in the Head Students rooms." She was furious, usually Sirius would have come into the room by now, but not this time.

"I didn't know I'd be up for it...Moony..." He muttered.

"Well great job, James. You're supposed to be an adult now. Take care of your own business, you don't know how long I'll be around here." She snapped.

"You're moving out?" He asked.

"Well it depends where I get a job next year, doesn't it?" She told him. "Unlike you, I want to have a career, and I'm smart enough to go for it. You're going to be the one sitting on your ass because you're too scared to grow up." She smacked the letter to his chest. "Read your mail." She stormed out of the room.

"What are we doing for the first Guardian meeting this year?" James asked as they all climbed the stairs to the Head Dormitories.

"Patronuses?" Remus asked. "I've been reading about them."

"You mean the get rid of dementor kind of spell?" Lily asked. "Do any of us know how to do it?"

Loralei smiled a bit. "I think I know someone who can..."

"Fabian Prewett." Everyone said together.

"Sorry! I'm the only one here who knows an Auror as more than a body guard!" Loralei raised her hands defensively. "I have connections, kids, sorry you don't."

"You're the youngest here, Lore." James told her.

"And Sirius' the oldest!" Loralei replied. "Big deal."

"You're still pissed at me, aren't you?" James asked.

"Why's she pissed?" Lily asked.

"The mail thing." James told her. "She even threatened to move out."

"No, it's not the mail thing." Loralei replied. "It's the fact that you say you have all these big dreams but you never really go for any of them. It's ridiculous, and a miracle that Lily decided to go out with you, it will be amazing if you make it through Auror training, let alone become an Auror."

"Wow, Lore, holding that in too long?" Remus asked, hanging an arm around her shoulders.

"You have no idea." She leaned her head against him. "I'm done with him complaining and then not doing anything to change what's going on."

"Tell me about it, you never even have to sleep in the same room as him, he can go on forever." Remus told her.

"I've lived with him fourteen years, you bet I know that!" Loralei stated. "Pissed me off every moment of my life."

"And now you've finally come out with your feelings, yay!" Remus cheered. "I'm so happy for you. Anything else you wish to share?"

"I don't want to be a teacher. I want to be an Auror like Sirius and James. Lily and Remus can be our healers." She told them.

"I was waiting for you to announce that." Sirius told her. "I've been seeing it in your eyes recently."

"Yes, because my eyes often spell out words in them." Loralei teased.

"Yeah, little white letters in your pupils." Sirius replied. "It said, 'I'm going to be a badass Auror, don't mess with me, bitches!'"

"Now I remember why I love you." She grinned.

"Well, I'd hate to have you forgetting." Sirius replied, smirking. "If only a few hours is all it takes, I'm a little disappointed."

"Well you know, I do have a short memory span." She teased.

"What did you and Sirius break up over last year?" James asked.

Everyone looked at him, with a little annoyance on their faces. Especially Sirius and Loralei.

He raised his hands in surrender. "Just wondering how short her memory span was! Don't hurt me!"

"Trust me, it's not us you need to worry about." Sirius told him. "Your sister has one hell of a memory for her grudges. Once you cross her you learn not to do it again. She remembers when people cross her. I know both of us have been on the wrong end of that."

James bit the inside of his cheek. "That's very true."

"Plus, she's somehow always right, it's like she sees the future or something." Remus teased. Peter and Lily were the only ones there who didn't know about Loralei's little insight now. Remus planned on spelling it out for them; laying it out in plain sight for them to just look over. Cruel, cruel boy, making Loralei's heart race whenever he brought it up.

"Maybe it's the fact that she's so good at Divination." Lily joked as they reached the Head's dorm.

"What's the password?" Loralei asked.

"Griffin." Lily told her. "But we get to change it to whatever we want whenever we want?"

"Are you going to tell us, or are we going to have to knock on the painting?" Sirius asked.

"No knocking please." Replied the painting of young black-haired ebony skinned girl. "It would chip my paint."

"Yes, no chipping the paint, ladies and gentlemen." James told them.

"It is frightfully rude, you know." The girl piped up again. "Knocking on someone's portrait. Merlin, it would be a terrible thing to do."

"You are very right." Sirius said, pressing a hand to his chest. "I am so very sorry for even suggesting it. You have my apologies."

The little girl in the painting blushed. "Well since you all have already said the password, I might as well let you in. Enjoy the dorm. I've heard they are very beautiful." The portrait swung open, letting them inside the common room.

It was beautiful. It was like a miniature version of the Gryffindor common room. A fireplace with a large couch, and two armchairs. The rug in front of it was a deep, beautiful red with golden designs on it. The rest of the floor was hard wood. Two desks were facing each other in the far corner. There were two staircases leading up to somewhere, but you couldn't see where.

"So, Lily, mind sharing your room with me?" Loralei asked.

"I have trouble sleeping without you in the room anyway." Lily laughed. "As long as you don't mind sharing a bed.

"Never have before."

"Good, I already had your trunk moved here." She laughed.

James turned to the boys. "Sorry, lads. One bed, four guys, I'm afraid I'm not willing to share. I just guess that we'll have to transfigure a few more beds."

"Yes! We get private rooms this year!" Sirius high-fived Remus and Peter.

"Longbottom gets his own room, I bet he'll be pretty happy about that."

"Probably." Loralei agreed. "You should hear him complain to Alice about all of us. We're always in your rooms since you can't come into ours, you know."

"Yeah, I've noticed. You've fallen asleep there at least twice a week last year." Remus told her.

"I fall asleep everywhere." Loralei replied. "You should've just woken me up."

"We tried, but once you're out, you're really out." Sirius told her.

"It's true," Lily agreed. "You should see me trying to wake her up every year for the first day of classes."

"Yeah, yeah, pick on the youngest one." Loralei told them, slipping out from under Remus' arm, and going up one of the stairs, that if she was in the Gryffindor common room would be the girls. "I'm going to explore."

"Right behind you!" Lily agreed, skipping off behind her best friend.

"Well then, who's the best here with Transfiguration?" Remus asked, as all three boys looked at James. Peter, who had been previously silent, piped up.

"Well, isn't James the one who became an animagus first?"

"Merlin, head boy and still having to do all the work. Tsk, tsk." James rolled his eyes, before going up the other staircase.

A/N: So...Loralei's getting annoyed with James... It's her turn to be mad at him! Fabian will be making an appearance next chapter to teach everyone about Patronuses!

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