Now, shall we continue on? Thanks for your review, chocykitty. And in answer to your suggestion, my real name is nowhere near my pen name, but my official name for myself here will now be Jazz. It probably won't show up much, though.

Having the Marauders around made me realize how much time I'd been spending with Draco, and how little time I'd spent with my friends. I'd hardly noticed them since Draco came out of my head. And speaking of that, Draco didn't mention going to his world at all, and it seemed like he'd completely forgotten. It was also nice to have some guy friends around, because I didn't really get on with many of the guys back when I was in school, and most of the friends I'd made in university were girls, although I got on well with the few guys that were in my Youthline training group.

I watched the Marauders interacting with each other, too. Peter really did just tag along, and the boys didn't seem to have that much respect for him, although they did treat him with genuine friendliness. I'd expected James and Sirius to be closest to each other, and they didn't disappoint on that front. Remus was still the sensible one, but he was still great friends with all of them.

Speaking of which, I should explain what they did all day. For the first week, they joined me at uni (although I offered them the Invisibility Cloak if they wanted – it DID once belong to James, right), but after that, they weren't anywhere near as closely tied to me and didn't have to. All of them got jobs, although most of the time, they were short hours. I also had to explain a bunch of Muggle stuff to the purebloods all over again, although I was happy to find that Sirius knew more than I expected – he'd probably learnt about that kind of thing to annoy his family.

Even though I was the only girl in the house, it felt so easy to hang around with them that after a week, I felt like I could have been the fifth Marauder since they met in first year. Sirius had pretty much stopped flirting with me after a week, except occasionally. I personally thought he was just doing it to embarrass me, since he'd discovered that I blushed every time he did that, and I guessed that he got a lot of pleasure out of seeing that. But the frequency became much lower, and instead of doing it several times a day, he'd just occasionally do it once or twice a week. But apart from that, being friends with him was a lot of fun. He and James were the unofficial leaders, coming up with most of the ideas and kidding around all the time. I also discovered that even when Sirius wasn't flirting with a girl, he still had disrespect for my personal space, being what would've been too close for comfort if I hadn't already known him. But he was also loyal, and, when he wanted to be, nice.

James was similar. He wasn't quite as full-on, like a toned-down version, but he was just as friendly and funny. He teased me a lot, too, and whenever Sirius did throw me one of his flirtatious looks, James would draw attention to my red cheeks. He also started playing a bunch of pranks on me – well, he claimed all the ones I was the victim of as being his ideas. He was sort of like an older brother in that way. He WAS a bit too arrogant, but I didn't mind that much. But again, he was a great friend to have.

Remus was probably the one I liked the most, although I liked the others a lot. James and Sirius together made enough noise for the four of them, and they sometimes got annoying. I did still have to study, and Remus seemed to be the only one who understood how important it was. Also, when the others did get annoying, he'd usually catch my eye, and we'd exchange understanding glances. Apart from that, he was still a lot of fun to hang out with. If James and Sirius were the ones who came up with the ideas, it was up to Remus to make them work.

Peter was just shy. I continued to talk to him and try to make him feel a bit more included, but it didn't seem like it was working out for the most part. I still liked him the least, but he would have been sweet if he wasn't so annoying...or if I didn't know his future. I was just glad that Voldemort wasn't around, and I knew that even if Draco could work out how to contact the canon world, Peter couldn't – he was probably the only Marauder that wouldn't be able to. Besides, if Lily wasn't here, than Harry would never fit into the prophecy...but then, Neville...well, the canon world wasn't working alongside the real world. They were still on the page in that world, so I believed. Draco had explained that if he brought me to the canon world, he would simply slot himself into the character on the page. The one in my head that came out was simply a part of the original character, and I thought the Marauders would be exactly the same.

The boys also had to use different names. James looked far too much like Harry, so if he told people his real name, they would be a little freaked. Peter was okay, as long as he didn't use his surname, though. For Sirius, it was the opposite, and he had to use a different first name that had nothing to do with a constellation, since Black was a regular surname, but people would instantly recognize his first name. Remus had to use a completely different name, since every fan would recognize his surname (after all, for one whole book, he was "Professor Lupin" rather than having his first name used), and most would know his first name, too. But still, while at home, they were just the Marauders, and I was getting used to knowing them as real people.

As for Draco...well, he didn't talk to them, really. He was moody and dark during the day, and at night, he was impossibly possessive. Even when Sirius had dropped the flirty act, Draco still acted like he had a personal vendetta against him – probably it was because of what I'd said about him before they showed up. When we got to bed, Draco gently pushed me a little further every night. He started off with just touching my virginal area, but then he started using his fingers more skilfully after a few nights, and pretended not to hear me when I said I wasn't ready. That was okay, and I soon got a bit more comfortable with it. Apart from not listening to me, Draco did everything with as much care as possible, never hurting me if he could help it. And he never asked me to do anything, which I counted as generous.

Then he started trying tongue, and that was a lot harder to deal with. It felt uncomfortable and I just wasn't ready. After a week of it, I was still asking him to stop it, trying not to lose my temper unless I had to. He acted like he hadn't heard me talking that whole week, and I finally just snapped.

I got out of bed and snapped "Leave me alone and stop tongue-raping me! I kept telling you to leave me alone and you still haven't taken the hint!"

Draco's face darkened. "You didn't seem to mind last month."

I scowled. "Last month you didn't force me to be your sex slave every night."

"Look, I don't make you do anything."

"Yeah, you make me do nothing. Just be a little bitch and take it, like the slut you seem to think I am."

"Watch your words." Draco hissed. "If you want to fight me, you'd want to be a bit more skilled. When it comes to magic, we both know who is the best duellist in this house."

"Yeah, most of the boys out there are better than you." I shot back. "In fact, if you don't leave me alone, I'm going to go sleep in the other room."

Draco sneered. "Ya think? I am not above the Imperius Curse if it comes to that, and believe me, I know how to cast it. I've been treating you like a princess since I started dating you, and now I'm simply asking you to give some back."

I stopped and thought. This was completely true. But the way he was doing it was by giving himself all the control in the relationship by making me feel wonderful and lucky. Then, by his reasoning, I could return his favours by letting him claim my body.

But I decided not to make him get out of my bed, in case he went and got his wand. "Well, looks like I'm not going to be sleeping in this room tonight." I walked off, grabbed myself a duvet, and decided to find a spare piece of mattress among the Marauders.

I looked down at their sleeping forms. They all looked so cute and innocent. The only spare piece of duvet was next to Remus, who had started to go a bit pale and sickly-looking since the morning. The full moon was the next evening, and I'd told the boys about the place I'd found that would be the best to keep them away from human contact. But now, things were okay, and I curled up next to the quartet and drifted off to sleep, missing the warmth I was used to, but also feeling freer.

So what do you think Draco will do? Please review!