(A/N): Hey Guys! So, another Sirius PoV, and it isn't angst-y until it gets to Elaine's PoV! It's a miracle! I wrote this chapter in under an hour.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but Leo, Elaine, Nicholai, Shari and Mia.
Sirius
So, while Remus and Peter were with Lily, effectively distracting her even if they didn't know it, we dragged Elaine away.
Why, you ask? Because. Because, it's what we do.
"So, Elaine. How far along is your crush on Leo?" James asked, and she turned bright red, spluttering.
"Ah, so quite far then." I commented, and she shook her head frantically.
"I- I don't know- I don't know what you're talking about!" She exclaimed, but her cheeks were still cherry red, obviously she was lying, and very embarrassed.
"Relax, everyone wants you two together." James told her, and she glared at him.
"That's random, and creepy!" James and I glanced at each other over her head, nodding.
"That's almost exactly what Leo said when Remus told him that. See, you're perfect for each other!" I explained, rather cheerily. Now if only we could get them to see.
"We're best friends, of course we're perfect for each other!" She screamed, and I rubbed my ear lightly, my other arm wrapped tightly around her shoulders so she couldn't escape, James's around her waist.
"Ha! She admitted it!" I grinned, and James shook his head lightly in amusement.
"Point is Elaine, everyone knows you have a crush on him," Her face flushed brighter than I had ever seen any face flush before. "And they want you together. It's the one thing they can agree on, whatever house they may be in. Well, except for those girls fawning over him." James told her, biting his lip as if thinking about it, and the plan worked, she got pissed.
"What girls?!" Elaine growled, started to thrash, and I tightened my grip on her.
"A few girls may or may not fancy him." I admitted, and Elaine turned her head to glare at me, right in the eyes.
"But trust us," We said in unison, and Elaine glanced between us, waiting for our next line. "He only has eyes for you." She looked to the ground, a small smile growing on her lips, as if she couldn't stop herself.
"See! You're smiling! Obviously you like him, because you wouldn't be smiling at that otherwise." I announced, and she glared at me again, though weakly, as she blushed lightly.
"Of course I like him! How could I not?" She sighed quietly, and I glanced at James before we both hugged her close between us, surprising her, I think.
"Don't worry Laney, he likes you too." I whispered to her, and I could almost see her grinning.
"Yeah, he's completely infatuated." James told her, a goofy yet comforting grin on his face as well.
"The only problem, is getting him to admit it." She stared up at me, a little confused, but also understanding.
"How?" I shrugged, thinking it over for a second.
"Well, he doesn't exactly seem like the type to admit this easily, so...we may have to make a long-term plan." Elaine glanced between us as we both stared at her, waiting for an answer.
"You guys are crazy..." We sunk lightly. "But I'm in." We grinned at her before hugging her tightly from both sides, no longer trying to stop her from escaping.
"So, what's the first part of the plan?" She asked, and James and I froze, staring at each other, before turning to her and shrugging. "Perfect..." She muttered, glancing at the ceiling as if praying for the patience to deal with us, or this whole situation.
Elaine
Later, in the Room of Requirement, Remus and I sat facing each other at the table that held the five remaining books on the animagi transformation, talking.
"Can you believe that? They didn't even have a plan!" Remus shook his head lightly, looking both amused and annoyed.
"You guys shouldn't be trying this." I stared at him from across the table, confused. "I mean, when Leo and I were working with Professor McGonagall, he said something." I waited for him to continue. "He said...He said that he never wanted to have kids, because he didn't want them to have to go through the same things he did." I stared at him for a minute before rubbing my eyes with my hand.
"Well...that changes things slightly." I told him, and Remus nodded.
"Yeah-" He was cut off as the door to the Room of Requirement swung open, and Leo himself entered.
"Hey guys." He greeted, plonking himself down in the seat next to mine.
"Hey." I said quietly, and he stared at me for a second before turning away, probably hearing the tone in my voice.
"So, what were you doing before I so rudely barged in?" He asked, his grin wide, and he stared us down while making it sound good-natured. He knew we were hiding something.
"Nothing, just researching." Remus said, and Leo raised an eyebrow.
"I can tell if you're lying, you know." Remus and I stared at him. Oh, we were screwed then.
"How?" I asked, half-curious, half pissed off. Invasion of privacy much?
"If I told you that, you'd find a way to stop it, and I'd never know if you were lying." He teased, exactly what I had said after he had told me he was half-vampire.
"Oh ha ha, using my own words against me, very funny. So, how did you know, really?" He glanced down at the ground, shrugging lightly, avoiding our gazes.
"You don't want to know." He looked at us as we started to protest. "No, you really don't." I glared at him, and his eyes widened slightly before he started avoiding my gaze again.
"Leo!" I snapped, trying to fill my voice with as much authority as I could.
"Alright, alright!" He relented, glancing at me before staring down at the table. "I can sense it, through your blood." We stared at him for a minute before attempting to shrug it off.
"That's not-" He cut us off with an intense stare.
"Yes, it is very creepy, don't try to tell me it's not. I can tell things about people, I shouldn't be able to." He inhaled deeply, rubbing his face as if suddenly very tired. "For instance, Peter had a severe heart condition as a baby, and that's why he twitches all the time. I can tell, because of the way the blood flows through his heart." We stared at him blankly.
"I never knew that." Remus whispered, probably feeling bad about the assumptions he had made about his friends.
"I can tell which people are related, within a few generations. For instance, I know that Elaine and James are second or third cousins by blood relation." Remus stared at me, and I shrugged. While I had known that, it wasn't exactly common knowledge, especially at Hogwarts.
"And, even with my eyes closed, I can see you perfectly, because I can sense you moving by the way your blood moves through you." He stared at us now, and I have to admit, I was more than slightly creeped out. It was, however, our duty and honor to reassure him, after all the times he had done so for us.
"Leo, even though that is...weirdly intrusive," I said lamely, trying to think of something to say other than 'severely creepy'. "You are one of the nicest guys I have ever met," I looked to Remus, and smiled slightly, letting him know he was also among them. "And you can't help this. You are what you are, there's no changing that, but it could be a lot worse." He looked up at me, and I saw the tears threatening to fill his eyes.
"How? How could I be anyone worse of a person?" He asked, almost desperately, and I rested a hand on his shoulder.
"You could be like my father." At this point, he wrapped his arms around my midriff, warmth spreading through my limbs as I returned the hug, my arms around his neck.
"He didn't deserve to have such a wonderful, loving daughter. He wasted everything he had, and he deserves to rot in hell, if it exists." I smiled into his neck lightly, tears threatening to take me over as he whispered thus into my ear.
"We may not be able to change what's happened to us," Remus started, and we drew back from each slightly to look at him. "But we might be able to change what is to come." He told us, before wrapping his lanky arms around the both of us.
"Thanks." Leo whispered, to the both of us, and we smiled.
"Glad we could help." And we most definitely meant it.
(A/N): So, what did you think?
I have this head-canon, sort of, where the reason Peter Pettigrew twitches, or looks nervous all the time, is because of a heart defect he had as a baby. The doctors did something to stop him from dying, but his heart is still slightly different from everyone else, and Leo can tell that by the way the blood pumps through it.
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This chapter has had minor edits made to it on 29/12/22