(A/N): Hey Guys! So, this chapter is really confusing, and badly put together, and repetitive, but I hope you enjoy it anyway.

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Lily

After Elaine, Remus and Leo had disappeared, Sirius and Potter dragged me out of the Common room by my elbows.

"What the devil do you think you're doing?" I asked in a low growl, severely pissed off, struggling to try and get away. If these boys were involved, it probably wasn't good. Peter was with them, but walking behind us, trailing a few feet back.

"We have a plan, but we can't tell you here." Sirius told me, and Potter turned his head slightly to face me.

"It's a secret." He explained conspiratorially in a low whisper, glancing around to see if anyone was within earshot, which they weren't.

"Oh, that's great. Now will you let me go?!" I yelled, kicking him in the shin, hard enough to make him crumple slightly before continuing to walk.

"Sorry Evans, but we've got to keep this plan secret." I huffed, and was tempted to cross my arms, but the boys had one each.

"Where are you taking me, anyway?" I asked Sirius, who shrugged.

"Someplace secret." I rolled my eyes. Why did they have to be so damn stubborn about this?

"Just freaking tell me, or when I can reach my wand I'll blow up something valuable, on your person." I raised an eyebrow as I said the last part, making sure he understood my threat.

"One, gross. Two, ow!" Sirius replied, wincing slightly at the thought. "We're going to an empty corridor on the other side of the castle. It's far from the Room of Requirement, so none of them should be able to overhear us if they leave." I marvelled, for a second, at how smart they were to think ahead, before realising exactly who I was thinking such thoughts about.

"Yeah, well, a monkey could have figured that out." I muttered, too stubborn to admit that maybe, just maybe, this part of their plan had been solid. Potter looked like he wanted to say something, but shook his head instead, and stayed quiet.

"We're almost there." Sirius announced, his hand loose around my elbow, just as Potter's was, now that I wasn't struggling to escape.

As we turned the corner, I saw a large bay window, but nothing else other than empty corridor.

"You sit here." James told me, as Sirius let go of my arm, and guided me onto the bay seat.

"I can do it myself!" I snapped lightly, slapping his hand away futilely, and sat down lightly on the edge of the seat. I glanced around at them, Sirius leaning against a wall, Peter sitting cross-legged on the floor, and James standing to my right, silently wondering what this was about. "So?" Peter fidgeted lightly, getting comfortable.

"Well, we've decided, and Elaine agrees," I raised my eyebrows. Elaine was involved? So, why didn't they want her to overhear? "That we should come up with a plan to eventually get her and Leo to date." I stared at them, still curious as to what they were getting at.

"So? What's the plan?" I asked impatiently, my gaze flicking between them as I waited for an answer.

"We want your help." James uttered, as if it were rather obvious, and I raised an eyebrow at him, slightly surprised.

"Why?" Sirius rolled his eyes, rubbing the back of his neck as if exasperated.

"You're his best friend, that's why!" I glanced at my hands, curled together in my lap, before looking back up.

"Of course I'll help." I told them, and they started to grin. "Besides, it won't be too hard, their pretty damn perfect for each other." The other nodded in agreement before Peter's eyebrows crumpled.

"But Remus said that Leo didn't admit to liking Elaine, what if he doesn't?" So Remus was in on this too? Who the hell else knows?

"Pete, it's pretty damn obvious he likes her." James told him bluntly, and I smiled slightly before wiping it off my face completely. He was so annoying, yet sometimes, he could be charming. Of course, that just made him more aggravating to me.

"And that she likes him." I added, and Sirius glanced between the two of us before shaking his head lightly.

"Besides, Leo isn't exactly the type of person to just outright admit to liking someone." Sirius intoned, and Peter nodded, understanding.

"There must be a reason he's so secretive. Do you know anything about what he did before Hogwarts?" Peter asked me, and I shrugged, thinking back.

"Not really. Only the stuff you guys know. As you said, Leo's not exactly the type to over share." I thought harder. "When we were wand shopping, Ollivander said something about Leo being heir, and that weird middle names run in his family." I told them with a shrug, and Sirius's eyes widened.

"My mother!" We stared at him, puzzled by his seemingly random outburst. "She recognised the Joannis name, seeing as it's pureblood, but when we got home, she said that the only heir of the line was a girl." I raised an eyebrow, wondering how this could help.

"Well, that would be Leo's sister Mia, wouldn't it? And technically, he's not part of the Joannis line, seeing as his parents never married?" Sirius held a finger up.

"Yes, but even if Leo was only the stepson of a Joannis, but the birth child of their spouse, he'd still be entitled. If he's not entitled then...he must have been disowned." The impact of this dawned on us, and we stared at each other eyes wide.

"But...why? Why would they disown him? I mean, we knew they kicked him out, but why?" I asked, curious and infuriated at the same time.

"He said it was because he wouldn't behave." James reminded us, but by now we were almost sure this was a lie.

"What else isn't he telling us?" Sirius asked, and we speculated it for a minute.

"If his mother disowned him, why bother making it impossible to take the family ring off?" Another thing to ponder.

"Remus and Elaine know though." Sirius stated, and I winced lightly, hurt a little bit that they knew and I, Leo's supposed best friend, didn't. "Why would he tell them over Lily?" James lifted his head.

"Because maybe it's something they all have similarly in common." We stared at him, curious as to what he was getting at. "I mean, Remus is a werewolf, Leo was disowned and thrown out a young age, along with a whole host of other things he won't tell us about. So, what happened to Elaine in the past that made them trust her enough to tell her?"

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