Unofficial Portkey Archive

Chapter 7- Why didn't you tell me?

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Sirius shook his hair out. He had just removed his helmet and placed it on the seat of his motorbike. He had gone back out for another fly after dinner. He had thought Marlene would love the ride, she liked broomstick flying. She had hated it. He had liked Marlene, too bad. He wouldn't be with any woman that couldn't enjoy flying on his bike. She had smelled like that girly smell in his Amortentia. Truthfully, he had noticed a lot of girls at school wore that perfume. Lily was the only one he knew that wore a different scent. Lily was different though. That's why James loved her. Sirius liked different. He had strived all of his life to be different.

Remus looked back over his potions homework. He found a few errors here and there, but fixed them with his wand in no time. Katherine sat down at the table across from him. He fixed his gaze upon his parchment.

"Katherine, I'm really sorry but…"

"You're breaking up with me," she finished calmly. He could tell that she had been expecting this. Remus said not a word, nor did he meet Katherine's steady even gaze. He rose, taking his parchment and wand, and went up to his room. Try as he might, the guilty feeling had been more than he could bear.

James and Lily made the last of their rounds through the dark and quiet castle. James had been trying to talk Lily into going for a late night snog in the Astronomy Tower.

"James, what if we get caught? We could get detention. Dumbledore could take our badges."

"Live a little Evans. Who's going to catch us? No one's supposed to be out but us, that's why we're making the rounds tonight."

The clock struck one.

"Or we could just go back to the common room, lights out was half an hour ago," she said.

"But Lily…" James started. "Yes you're right. We could go back to the common room, much nicer place for a snog than the Astronomy Tower."

Lily pulled away from James on the couch in front of the fire of Gryffindor common room. He face was flushed, her lips swollen from his kisses.

"Shh… James did you hear that?"

"No Lily, It's your imagination," he answered, pulling her close to him once more.

"James, listen, I heard something out side the portrait hole," she said, pushing him away slightly.

James sat in an agitated silence. He rumpled his hair. Then, he heard something as well. Someone was outside the entrance to the tower. He heard a suit of armor clank, as if being knocked over. James looked at Lily and pressed his finger to his lips, motioning for her to stay quiet.

Wand drawn, James went to the doorway, and slowly pushed the portrait open.

"Prongsy! Look Moony, its good ole James! You should have gone with us tonight mate," Sirius said loudly.

"Shh… Not so loud Sirius. We're supposed to be upstairs. You're going to get us caught," Remus said in what was meant to be a whisper.

James was holding back a laugh.

"Went to see Rosmerta, eh?"

"I had a whole bottle of firewhiskey, and so did Moony."

"What's the occasion?"

"Women, mate. You understand," answered Remus

"Yeah, it's just like those times we went drinking with you when Lily would shoot you down," Sirius said as he pushed past James into the common room. "Only Marlene didn' shoot me down. She just hates my bike, and Remus broke it off with Katherine b'cause of his…" Sirius had stopped mid sentence, because he had seen Lily. Remus slammed into Sirius.

"Padfoot, what's your prob… Lily."

"Lily, please don't give them detention, and don't make me do it either" James pleaded.

"I know that you two are not drunk."

"Oh but we are," Sirius said proudly.

"No you are not, because if you had snuck out and gotten drunk tonight I would have to give you both detention and turn you in to McGonagall. Now go to bed."

"Lily, you're won'erful," Sirius said, giving her a kiss before he and Remus tromped up the stairs.

She watched them climb safely up the steps before turning on James.

"How often does this happen?"

"Rarely? Almost never?"

"The truth James."

"The truth," he said sitting back down on the couch, "We've snuck out to drink each time that you turned me down."

"Why would you do something like that," she asked.

"Because I have been so in love with you from the moment I saw you step through the barrier onto Platform 9