Sorry it took so long to come out but here it is hope you like it... bit of an advance with Sirius and Olivia's relationship;)
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Chapter 4-
"Padfoot? You alright mate?" James asked looking over at his best friend who was lying on his back, arms behind his head and staring at the ceiling.
It had been a six weeks since Liam had attacked Olivia and five since the boys had gotten even. James as well as most of their group had seen the significant difference to Sirius behaviour around Olivia. The group hadn't thought it possible but Sirius had become even more protective of Olivia especially when she was around her many admirers.
Sirius looked over at James who was leaning on his bed frame, arms crossed. Sirius sighed deeply and stretched.
"I'm fine prongs like the first 100 times you asked me." Sirius teased but James noticed that it wasn't full force.
"Yeah I'm sure... Is it Olivia?" James asked cautiously and Sirius head whipped round from where he had been going to the bathroom.
"What? What's wrong with her?" Sirius started going into panic mode. James shook his head realising what Sirius' weird behaviour was about.
"Sirius... I think you like her?" Sirius eyes widened.
"No I- I, that's not it...I" he trailed off rubbing the back of his neck and looked around the room.
"Padfoot mate just admit it!" James smirked knowing he was right.
"No. We have a meeting now, let's go... do that." Sirius said walking briskly out of the room leaving a frustrated James in the dormitory. How the hell was he supposed to get to stubborn hot heads together without them admitting they liked each other? Yeah like I know!
Remus sat down in his usual seat in the room of requirement readying himself for tonight's meeting. Remus looked around the room his landing on two out of the five marauders. Frank and Olivia. Frank was sitting on the couch fiddling with a tassel strand that had come loose off a cushion, nothing out of the ordinary. Whereas when he looked at Olivia he could tell something was up. Call it his sixth sense but she had been different since we had all been in a fight with Liam, the odd thing was that she was fine around all of us but seemed different mostly around Sirius.
Remus studied her more closely. She sat legs crossed in front of the fire place, the flames licking her skin giving her olive skin even more of a golden hint. She was fiddling with a lock of her curly black hair like she usually did when she was bored or deep in thought. Remus' inspection was cut short when he heard the door swing open and then click shut, announcing the arrival of the last marauders.
"Sorry we're late guys" James said and sat down next to Frank who had now sat up straighter waiting for tonight's conversation to take place. Olivia had also changed her posture. She was now facing the rest of the group but her eyes kept diverting to one person in particular. Sirius.
"Right so this is obviously going to be our last meeting before we break up so we need the end of term prank, whose had idea's" James spoke up taking control.
"I've had a few actually" Remus admitted. The Marauders had been in a blind panic when they remembered that they had not planned an end of term prank, due to how busy the whole term had been with the whole Liam and Olivia situation they had not really had time to plan anything. This was unusual for them considering they normally planned these pranks weeks in advance.
"Okay Remus, lay your cards on the table" James said leaning back into the chair with an interested look on his handsome face. Remus began to explain.
"Moony that's bloody brilliant" Frank exclaimed after Remus had thoroughly explained his idea.
"I totally agree Stripes, dude you're freaking awesome" Olivia spoke her American accent still as strong as it had been when she first moved to England.
"This is going to be epic" Sirius added nodding smirking mischievously at his best guy and girl friends.
"Yes it is Padfoot. Yes it is." Remus said settling back into his chair acting all high and mighty, enjoying the praise he was getting from his friends.
"We all knew there was some reason that you were a Marauder" Olivia said cheekily before being hit in the stomach with a pillow in the stomach that Remus had chucked at her.
"Oh you want it that way do you?" Olivia raised her eyebrow at Remus and grabbed the pillow he had thrown before innocently walking over to him and repeatedly waking him over the head with a pillow.
Soon enough all the Marauders were hiding behind forts and running around in an all out pillow war. James had run up to Remus hands up in surrender that he wasn't there to attack him with the pillow he carried and whispered in his ear. Remus nodded glad that somebody else had been thinking along the same lines as him.
They both came out from behind the make shift mattress fort and ran over to where Olivia and Sirius were talking obviously about their next battle moves. Yes the group really was that immature. Remus nodded at James and as they sided up to Olivia they both knocked her forward into Sirius who then fell flat on the floor with Olivia sprawled on top of him. They high fived each other before going back to separate forts enemies once more.
Sirius looked up into sapphire blue eyes and couldn't help but lose himself in them. His hands were still plastered on her hips from where they had connected as they had fallen and Sirius couldn't help but think about how good her body felt pressed to his. What the hell shut up Sirius she's your best friend you can't say that. Besides when do you get all possessive over a girl? You don't! Well obviously I do. No shut up!
All the while Sirius had been arguing with his subconscious Olivia had yet to remove herself from his grasp and Sirius had no idea that the exact same argument was occurring in Olivia's head too. Olivia's hands were placed on his chest and even if he was her best friend she couldn't deny they guy was hot with a capital H! She could feel his hard muscled chest beneath her fingers and his defined stomach muscles that most definitely had to be a six pack pressed against her stomach.
"I um- I should probably get off you now" Olivia said with a slight blush on her cheeks. Blush! Sirius Black had been friends with Olivianna Collins for nearly 9 years and had never seen her blush. She was confident, even with all the male attention she got, she could flirt with the best of them and yet here she was laid out on her best friend's body blushing like no tomorrow.
"Yeah we should move" Sirius responded back but neither made any movement.
It wasn't until Remus had shouted over at them calling them love birds and told them that they were packing up for the night that they were brought back to reality.
The boys finished putting all the pillows back in the right place while Olivia sat down in front of the fire back into her deep thoughts this time everyone could sense that it wasn't just about what had happened with Sirius.
Olivia stayed sitting in front of the fire lost in a trance with the dancing flames as she heard the muttered conversations of the boys behind her, overhearing a quiet "I'll talk to her" Olivia of course recognised Sirius' voice immediately.
Olivia felt something brush her shoulder and looked up at Sirius' handsome face well side of his face since he had taking over Olivia's earlier habit of looking at the flames.
"You okay Livvy?" Sirius spoke to her without removing his gaze.
"Yeah I'm good." Olivia replied and Sirius turned to face her with an Are-You-Kidding-Me kind of look.
"Liv what's going on?" Sirius asked turning his whole body to face her. The awkwardness from earlier falling away and the serious tone slipping in its place.
"I just-"Olivia sighed knowing that she wouldn't get away with lying to him, he knew her far better than that.
"I'm worried about going home this year, you know with Orion and everything" Olivia shrugged and Sirius felt a sudden burst of protection inside of him that he always seemed to have when it came to Olivia.
Orion had become a deatheater the year before when he had turned 17 just as Emma had told Olivia back in third year. However when Olivia had been home for the holidays he had been gone the whole time with his new training. This year however he was home and it didn't take much to scare Olivia but her dad and brother could accomplish that even just breathing in Olivia's direction.
"Liv come and stay with us, I'm sure Mr and Mrs. P won't mind they love you. We all do." Sirius said wrapping his arms around her shoulders.
"Sirius my parents will never let me leave you know that." Olivia said looking up at him with nothing more than what could be described as defeat in her eyes.
"Then do what I did and just run" Sirius said reminding Olivia of the fact that Sirius had finally broken free of his hell hole and now lived with James. Of course he still visited Olivia when she was allowed out.
Olivia shrugged again and turned back to fire place and Sirius felt something ache in his chest at the sadness he saw flittering across her eyes.
"Liv I promise you I'll do all I can to get you out of there" Sirius said reaching out and holding her hand tightly reassuring her that he would always be there for her.
"I know you will" Olivia smiled and laid her head on Sirius' shoulder and together they watched the flames burn down to embers.
"GET OUT OF MY WAY POTTER" Lily screamed from outside the compartment door interrupting the smack talk that had been going on between Sirius and Olivia as they played there annual train ride exploding snap tournament.
"Looks like our golden couple are back." Frank exclaimed from where he was lounging across a whole bench smirking from behind his book. Olivia and Sirius mimicked his smirked and turned to where the door had now slammed open revealing a red faced Lily followed by James who was holding himself between the legs where Lily had obviously kicked him.
"Olivia please can you come with me so if Potter here decides to take a visit you can be the one to kick him in the balls!" Lily said folding her arms and glaring at James. Olivia just laughed and laid down her cards demanding Sirius for a re match when she got back.
"Shadow wouldn't kick me in balls would you?" James said as he stood up and wrapped Olivia in a hug.
"Yeah you're right James" Lily said hanging her head in defeat. Every ones head snapped round to Lily's shocked that she had called him his name and she had admitted she was wrong. Then they saw her shoulders shaking and she lifted her head in a grin.
"She'd do much worse." Lily said smirking triumphantly at James and Olivia laughed.
"It's true, sorry prongs but I gotta be looking after my girls!" Olivia hollered from the compartment door that had just shut forcefully thanks to Lily's eagerness to get as far from the marauders as possible.
Moments later the door re opened and Remus walked in smiling.
"So moony, where has one been to put a smile such as that on ones face?" Sirius joked raising his eyebrows.
"Well Padfoot I think one is smiling due to a certain Amy Taylor being in ones company?" Frank teased playing along with Sirius.
Remus blushed a deep red and glared at his best friends who were now all laughing at his discomfort.
"Yeah well I believe you have the same smile after seeing Alice!" Remus shot back at Frank who stopped laughing and returned Remus' glare.
"In fact all of us are wrapped around those girls we permanently wear goofy smiles. There are we even?" Remus finished and raised his eyebrows to see if anyone would continue.
"Well I'm glad I'm not wrapped around a girl as you so strangely put it moony!" Sirius said stretching out over the seat kicking James to floor in the process.
James looked up at his brother and glared before smirking.
"What?" Sirius asked innocently not liking the gleam in James' eyes.
"Come off it Sirius, we all know you like Shadow!" James said. Sirius looked completely shocked for a moment until what James had said sunk in.
"Oh god." Sirius breathed and stood abruptly,
"I like Olivia. My best friend, the one and only maraudette I can't like her" Sirius mumbled to himself while his friends sat around him swapping money that they owed from bets they had placed on how long it would take Sirius to realise his feelings. Frank was clearly winning based on the big grin on his face.
"No I don't like her" Sirius said looking up at his friends.
They all looked at him as if he had grown a second head, he might as well have. Sirius felt like two people one who wanted Olivia and the other was more reserved and thinking about their friendship.
"Okay we'll put it down to you having a crush then" Remus teased and Sirius turned in a flash.
"Remus I'm sixteen years old, hell I didn't even have crushes when I was eight years old. Sirius Black does not get crushes!" Sirius explained mortified at even the thought.
This of course left the marauders in hysterics and Sirius Black confused while his friends knew exactly what he felt, he had no idea.
Olivia sat next to the window laughing with her girls about something she wasn't even sure about, all she knew was that whatever it was, it was about James and it was hella funny!
"So Miss. Collins have you made any progress on the Sirius situation?" Alice's question dragged Olivia from the world of blurry trees passing by the window and back into reality.
"What situation?" Olivia asked confused
"Please Olivia we're your best friends surely by now you know that we pick up on what the others are thinking and right now Watson I'm thinking that somebody's in like" Lily said waggling her eyebrows at Olivia who's eyes had widened a considerable amount.
"What the hell kind of drugs have you been taking Sherlock either that or you've begun to learn the language of bull shit!" Olivia said hoping to hide her true emotions by the looks on the girl's faces she hadn't delivered.
"I think you're the one talking out of your ass Olivianna Collins!" Lily fired back,
"I know you like him it's obvious the last five weeks he's barely let you out of his site, you're both touchy feely and the looks on your faces every time you see each other is a whole other level!" Lily continued.
"Lils the only reason he's been like that the past weeks is because of the whole Liam situation, we're touchy feely as you put because... well I don't know why we're just comfortable with each other I guess and when I look at him I feel complete and safe like nothing can get to me" Olivia said the last bit to herself and covered her mouth when she realised she had said it out loud.
"Shit!" Olivia cursed at her carelessness.
"I knew it!" All three girls shouted at the same time, they all looked at each other and started laughing.
"Guy's no this is seriously bad he's my best friend!" Olivia said ducking her head and playing with her fingers.
"It's 'Siriusly' something, but I don't think bad is the right word" Alice chipped in and all the girls looked at her before falling about laughing once again.
"Okay Alice I'll give that to you, it was pretty good. Smart ass!" Olivia smiled at her giggling friend.
When they had all calmed down they began to address the issue at hand.
"Okay Olivia all you need to do is tell him how you feel" Amy prompted and Olivia shook her head.
"No Amy absolutely not there will be no telling him anything I will not ruin our friendship over this little... this little- um." Olivia struggled for the right word to fit the situation.
"Crush?"Alice supplied.
"NO!" Olivia shouted "I do not ever get crushes!" Olivia finished making the girls snicker at her outburst.
"This thing." Olivia said finally thinking of a word.
"Moving on so did you guys see McGonagall's face when we did our prank!" Olivia laughed effectively ending the conversation about her and Sirius.
The group of fifteen and sixteen year olds got off the train and began to say their goodbyes to each other promising to meet up during the six weeks they had off before returning back as sixth years.
"Goodbye my beautiful Lily flower." James said and grabbed Lily into a fierce hug.
"James I would get off right now before I am called in to kill you" Olivia teased as she walked past him just as Lily punched him in the ribs. Oh the romance.
Everyone's eyes soon landed on the wannabe couple.
"I'll write to you everyday okay and tell me all the day's you can get out and I'll come meet you okay?" Sirius said looking into Olivia's eyes desperately trying not to lose himself in them.
"Okay." Olivia nodded and opened her arms to wrap them around his neck as he drew her into a hug.
"Love you Livvy." Sirius said into her hair and felt her smile against his shoulder.
"I love you too Sirius" She replied her voice slightly muffle by his t-shirt, even then Sirius heard loud and clear and it went straight to his heart. Her words meaning more to him then she probably realised.
They released each other and walked over to where James parents Emma and Richard stood beaming at them.
"Look at all of you!" Emma said walking out of her husband's embrace to hug each of them in turn.
"My two handsome boys and beautiful girl." Emma said ecstatic that her in her opinion and mind three children were here.
"OLIVIA!" A low loud voice shouted from somewhere on the platform and Olivia stiffened at the sound and Sirius grabbed her hand.
"Shit!" Olivia cursed under her breath. Emma and Richard looked at the young girl before them who had just had all traces of confidence wiped from her.
"Sweetheart you're always welcome at our house you know that." Richards spoke softly to Olivia, who smiled up at him like a daughter would to a father.
"Thank you, but I have to go otherwise he's going to be mad" Olivia said turning her head as if to see how close her dad was to her. Olivia gave hugs to those around her spending longer with Sirius who was whispering words of comfort and encouragement into her ear.
"Olivia we have to go now, he's not in a good mood!" Trixie said as she walked over with a scared look on her face Leander followed her with the same sort of face. Olivia gulped and walked over to them waving goodbye.
"Olivia maybe we should-"Richard started fearing for the safety of the three young people in front of him.
"Don't worry about it, it's fine we can deal!" Olivia shouted back before she disappeared out of view.
"She'll be fine mate" James said in a voice that hopefully portrayed the words he had just said, but he was feeling anything but what he had just said.
Sirius turned to walk off and prayed to god that Olivia would be okay.
"Stupid blood traitor!" Orion screamed at Olivia as he tortured her once again and Olivia screamed out as her father joined in with the curse.
"STOP!" Leander shouted from the corner where him and Trixie were bound by magic to prevent them from helping their sister.
"Shut up!" Emma said in a cool voice as if she couldn't be bothered with him and with no thought cursed him.
Asterion leaned down and grabbed his youngest daughter by her hair and dragged her up until she was standing where he then proceeded to slap her face and she fell back to where she had been laying before.
The family knew that Olivia didn't cry and therefore made it a competetition to see who could be the first to make tears fall and so far no-one had succeeded.
"Father please just let me finish this we have been torturing her for 2 weeks non -stop and she won't cry I'm bored!" Orion moaned like a small toddler.
"I'm sorry son but this" he gestured towards Olivia who lay broken and bleeding in the middle of the floor. "Gets finished by me" Asterion leant down to face Olivia and spoke in a deathly calm voice,
"You've been a thorn in my side since you were born and when you're gone I will be the happiest man in the world" He sneered at Olivia.
Trixie and Leander watched shell shocked at how a parent could say such things to their child.
Olivia looked up at her father no this man that she happened to share a last name with in fear and terror. Orion yanked her back into a standing position and let go not wanting to touch the 'filth' for long as Olivia's mother had so called her.
What happened next would scar Olivia forever.
"Avada Kedavra!" Asterion shouted aiming his wand at his daughter who gasped and rolled out of the way just as the green light soared over her head. Leander and Trixie were screaming while the other family members were laughing gleefully. Pure evil.
Olivia called on her wand less magic and pushed it out so forcefully her mother, father, brother and Sister were all knocked unconscious. Olivia stumbled over to where Leander and Trixie were and released them and they helped support Olivia up the stairs after locking the basement door.
"Oh my god Olivia are you okay?" Trixie cried as she watched her sister stumble around the room packing clothes.
"I'm fine." Olivia spoke through gritted teeth only to prove how much pain she was in.
"Please pack some clothes and get out of here find somewhere to stay and don't come back here! Leander you're of age I need you to aparate me too the Potter mansion and then you both need to go please!" Olivia said even through her pain she could still have control over a situation.
The both agreed and packed a small case of things they wanted and in less than ten minutes they were holding onto Leander as he aparated them away from their hell.
Olivia held onto the Potters step rail as she climbed the stairs up to the door after telling Leander and Trixie to go and not wait around.
She knocked on the door and waited all the while losing more and more blood.
Sirius had been extremely worried over the past 2 weeks he had sent out so many letters he could no longer count yet had only received a handful back, they were short and clipped only giving him a quick 'how are you' and 'I love you'
Sirius walked downstairs to where his family was waiting to sit down together and have a music night like they did every week when there was a knock at the door. Sirius followed both his parents and James to the door everyone was curious yet anxious to see who would be knocking for them at this late hour.
Time seemed to slow to a standstill as Sirius saw Olivia covered in blood and bruises clutching her side as she struggled to breathe. Emma gasped and ran forward to get Olivia and as Olivia let go of the rail she fell forward into Emma's arms.
Sirius stepped forward his heart beating so loud he thought it would come out of his chest.
"Oh god Liv look at me, they did this to you didn't they?" Sirius said as he knelt next to her and stroked her face. Olivia just nodded and winced at the pain that movement brought.
"Let me take her mum." Sirius said in a panicked tone as he saw Olivia's eyes close and not re-open.
"No no, no Olivia open your eyes don't you dare close your eyes!" Sirius said and lifted her at the same time and began running through the house followed closely by his family. Sirius laid Olivia down on his bed and let Emma heal her wounds. James came up next to him wrapped an arm around him in a brotherly embrace, he looked equally distraught at the thought of his best girl friend in so much pain.
Sirius didn't even register that it would make him look weak as tears began to slowly fall down his face as he looked at the beautiful girl laying broken and weak in his bed.
It was only then he realised he was in love with his best friend. Sirius Black was in love with Olivianna Collins.