A/N: This chapter is a lot shorter than the last couple of chapters but that's because I'm so tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiired. Haha, anyways, it could be jucier but I think its fine ;) Now read it!

Chapter 21

Everyone

Mary Macdonald

Marlene's summerhouse isn't exactly big but it isn't small either, it's rather cozy actually.

"Okay so, two of the bedrooms have one bed for two and then one single bed. The other one has two single beds. And then the couch takes two!" Says Marlene "Me, Lily and Mary take the first room. Sirius and James the room with the two singles and Remus and Peter the last room. Em and Alice get the couch!"

We'd played a game on the way over that both Em and Alice lost so they had ended up on the couch.

Marlene, Lily and I walk into the first room, happily.

Marlene and I both jump at the same time on the big bed, Lily laughs and puts her suitcase on the smaller one.

"Sooooo…"I drawl out. "Its New Years tomorrow!"

Lily nods smiling and then walks over to our bed and sits down, she pokes Marlene in the stomach. "Are you going to kiss Sirius 'happy-new-year'?"

Marlene rolls her eyes and sticks her tongue out at Lily "Are you going to kiss James?"

Lily blushes scarlet red. "I do not fancy kissing Jam-Potter."

Marlene scoffs "Sure you don't."

"I don't!" Lily says and sits up "I don't fancy Potter!"

Marlene and I both roll our eyes over her denial but she doesn't waver.

"I don't. I don't I don't!" she repeats as she stands up from the bed. She walks towards the bathroom door and with one last loud "I DON'T!" she closes the door with a bang.

Marlene and I both look at each other before we burst out laughing.

Lily and I both sit on the big bed, me reading a magazine and she reading some book.

Marlene comes out of the bathroom and starts getting ready. After a moment of silence she sighs. "You guys can't sleep here."

Lily and I both raise our eyebrows. "Why not?"

"One of you can sleep in Remus' and Peter's room, the other with James." She says casually.

And then I get it. "Seriously Marlene?"

"What?" she says half smirking.

"Gross." Lily remarks.

Marlene shrugs "Or you can stay here if you want, but just to warn you Sirius and I tend to be a bit lou-"

Lily and I both head for the door even before she can finish the sentence but we don't fail to hear her loud laughter.

"I CALL REMUS' ROOM!" I yell up and Lily's face fall.

"No!"

"Yes." I smirk "Sorry Lily dear, but you are hereby forced to sleep with James."

"Evans is shagging James?" Sirius asks amused as he appears behind us.

Lily's face reddens "I am not!" she points a finger at Sirius "Marlene is making us get out of the room so you guys can…" she cringes.

Sirius just laughs.

"Honeslty Black," I mock out "You and Lene are shagging again now, When are you guys going to make it official that you want to date her?"

Sirius's eyes darken abut he ignores the question and walks right past me.

"Dick." I sigh to myself and then turn to Lily and give her a final smile before I run towards Remus' room "HAVE FUN SHAGGING JAMES LILLS!"

Marlene McKinnon

The clock is five minutes to midnight and I can't stop from feeling … excited.

Suddenly my hair is pulled away from my neck and lips that I immediately recognize make contact with my skin.

I spin around to look at Sirius with eyebrows raised.

"I love you dress." He compliments me.

"Well thank you." I say and brush my hand down on the blue fabric.

"Marlene, I was thinking." He says and walks around me so he's standing right in front of me, he takes a step forward and I take one back, so my back ends up pressed against a wall.

"You always end up saying you're tired of this." He trails his hand over my cheek.

I raise my eyebrows. "And what's your point?"

"Do you want us to be something more?"

I freeze. Did he really just say that?

I start to say something but am cut off.

"TEN! NINE!"

I look at Sirius as he waits for an answer, but I can't believe him, I don't even know if he just said what I heard he did, and what does he mean by it?

"FIVE! FOUR!"

He's playing with me again, that BASTARD.

"TWO! ONE! HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

His lips press against mine and I can't stop myself from kissing him back.

We break apart sooner than I'd wish, and I stare at him and suddenly I realize I'm angry at him for what he said. For playing we with me again, Toying with my emotions. I look away from him and around the room. "Happy new year all!" I say with a fake happiness in my voice.

Then I turn towards Sirius with a provoking devious look on my face.

Lily Evans

I stand alone in the corner as the countdown starts, having no one to kiss at New Years is a bit… sad.

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!"

"HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

"Happy New year Evans." James smirks from behind me as he spins me around and for the shorts but also longest second I have ever lived trough, his lips touch mine. "I just had to steal my self a kiss." He says laughing before he walks away, leaving be completely breathless behind.

I shake my self from the shock and look around the room; I see where Marlene sends Sirius a provoking smirk before she walks towards Remus. "Did someone kiss you happy New Year?"

Remus laughs and shakes his head and suddenly Marlene has pecked his lips, its not a long kiss, it only lasts for few seconds but it still catches us all by surprise.

Marlene then walks over to Peter, she hesitates for a moment before she kisses him on the check ."Happy New Year." She winks at him.

She then walks towards James who laughs.

"Do I get a kiss too?"

"Of course." Smirks Marlene and pecks James' lips, I notice that his kiss is the longest and can't stop the unwanted jealousy from forming in my stomach.

I tear my eyes away from Marlene and James and look at Sirius; his face is livid.

Marlene takes a step back and looks at Sirius, with a challenging smirk that says nothing else than: I won.

I sigh and walk out of the living room and into the kitchen, I'm not in the mood for a showdown between Sirius and Marlene at the moment.

I here a noise behind me "Hey Evans." James greets me as he also enters the kitchen. "Escaping from the madness?"

I nod. "I'm sure Sirius is out there right now either kissing her or killing her."

"Or both." James laughs.

I chuckle silently.

He sighs again and then suddenly pulls something up from his pocket. "Lily, I know I've been annoying to you this past years with all the admitting my love to you and asking you out so…" he hands me a black box. "Look at this as a Christmas gift, don't tell the others I got you something more, they'll strangle me. It's a … Christmas-apology-present.. I hope ypu like it." He winks at me "And I'm sorry for kissing you.. it was.. New years, I know I have no right to do it, and I'm sorry." He laughs before he walks over to me and gives me a swift hug, I have no idea what to do; I just stand there like an idiot with the gift in hand and watch him walk away.

Once he's gone I open the box, inside I find beautiful blue diamond earrings.

I let a sigh escape out, I have no idea what this means. I try my best to ignore the butterflies that swarm in my stomach as I run out of the kitchen and into the bedroom.

But as I enter the bedroom I realize; I'm sleeping with James tonight.

Oh Bloody Hell, this is going to be a long night.

Sirius Black

Life sucks, and that is a very true fact.

My new year did not start up with a happy bang. It started with rejection.

I mentally kick my self for still being pissed with Marlene for kissing my best friends, even though they were all just short kisses it made me … livid inside. And I'm not supposed to feel like that. I'm no supposed to fucking care. I'm supposed to be dead inside. I want to be dead inside again.

This is all her fucking fault. Fuck her.

Marlene had scoffed at me when I had sent her glares after her little "kissing scenes" but that didn't stpp us from shagging later. Nothing stops us from doing that.

She ignored what I said and hasn't brought it up yet, a part of me isn't sure if I want her to bring it up. I'm not even sure if she heard it, whether she did it or not; She's angry at me, and I have no fucking idea why.

I look down and notice that she's almost lying on top of me. Her naked chest pressed against mine, the comforter just barely covering the lower part of her body.

I sigh. We're different when out of school, more.. normal. Less sneaking around and less shagging other people. Its easier - sometimes I wish we could always be like this, but then we'd have to make everything more complicating that it already is, and I'm not going to be able to handle that.

What we have now is all I want.

I really hope it's all I want

It better be what I want.

Maybe I just want her.

Fucking Hell.

I'm screwed.

Remus Lupin.

I agree to go with Alice to shop for dinner, Marlene's summerhouse is only minutes away from a little village, I really just agree to escape the madness in the house, maybe us all spending so much time together was a bad idea.

Alice pokes my shoulder as we walk around the store. "Remus, you've been rather deep in though for the last days, is something up?"

I shrug "I don't know. I'm just so confused."

She raises her eyebrows "Confused about what?"

"Blaire." I mutter out.

"Blaire Vandever?" She smiles.

"Yes," I sigh.

"Why is she confusing you?"

"I kissed her." I confess.

"Yay!" Alice squeals and then looks at me. "It is good right?"

I shrug. "I don't know… Yes..? I mean… I really just don't know."

"Why do you not know?"

I sigh once again. "I don't know what it means. I don't know if she likes me… Sirius and James told me to just ignore –"

"NO!" Alice shouts "Remus John Lupin! Do not dare ignore her! Its obvious that she likes you if she kissed you, Remus."

"Really?"

"Really!" Alice laughs and walks towards the counter.

I sigh "I really hope she does-"

"Hopes who does wjat?" a voice says behind me that makes my whole body freeze up.

I turn around almost terrified to face her. The one and only Blaire Vandever.

"Nice to see you too Remus." She rolls her eyes. "Hi Alice," she greets Alice.

"Hey Blaire" Alice smiles "You know what? I think I need some milk." Alice smirks and then she's disappears further into the store.

"Hey Blaire…" I choke out after a long minute of silence.

"Hey Remus…" she mocks me with a smile. "Happy New Year." She adds with another smile.

"Happy New Year." I say back.

She sighs. "You are really making me impatient Lupin."

I raise my eyebrows "How am I making you impatient Vandever?"

She laughs. "You kissed me back," she then smirks out and I find myself blushing a bit.

"I did indeed."

"So you are now totally in love with me aren't you?" she smirks out and I choke.

She laughs again and suddenly her arms wrap around my neck. "Remus Lupin, kiss me again."

So I do the only thing I can in this position; I do what I'm told and crash my lips down on hers.

A/N: IM SO TIRED I'M GONNA DIE!

Its 1 a.m and I'm sick and should REALLY be sleeping but I decided to update this (its rather short, sorry) for my friend Blaire, that would probably kill me if I didn't! I'm not 100 % sure I'm that happy with this chapter but oh well… Soon enough I'll get to write a chapter I actually look forward to write, but more on the later :D

So I realize many scenes were missing and if you want to read them (Like Lily and James in their bedroom) just let me know, because I'll totally write them and add them as flashbacks in next chapters ;)

Anyways, there must've been something about this chapter you like, so please tell me in a review! Hehe.

P.s. I want to add that I wrote another Marlene/Sirius one shot, called Guilt, you should TOTALLY check it out.. hehe.