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Chapter 5

The Start of Something

Meg smiled as she sat up. Apart from a slightly stiff neck from sleeping awkwardly on Sirius's arm, she felt completely fine, unlike Ellie and Remus, who she could hear comparing hangovers in the next room. Giggling a little, she wiggled around so she could brush the hair out of Sirius's eyes. His eyes flickered as he slowly returned from dreamland, and he moved his hand ever so slightly so that it was resting on hers.

Sirius awoke to Meg's cool hand gently stroking his face. He took her hand in his and slowly opened his eyes. The morning sun wasn't blinding, so that was a good sign. He sat up slowly, and shook his head experimentally. No headache. Good. Sirius had always had a talent for not getting hung-over, no matter how much he drank. It made Remus and Peter hate him, because they always woke up the morning after a party wishing they were dead. James was almost as good as Sirius with handling his alcohol, but he still got hangovers every now and then. Sirius had only ever had one hangover in his life, and that was after being drunk for the first time. Since then the worst he had experienced was a slight headache. Smiling, he stood up and helped Meg to her feet. "How's your head?" She asked, and he grinned and told her about his "super-power" as James called it. Meg nodded. "I have a friend like that."

"A guy friend?" asked Sirius slyly, elbowing Meg in the ribs.

"No!" she replied indignantly. "Well, yes he's a guy, but he's just a mate!"

Sirius grinned "Sure, sure"

Meg glared. "He IS!"

Sirius threw up his hands in surrender. "Okay, fine, I believe you. So is there someone?" the tone of his voice changed. He was still grinning mischievously, but he suddenly seemed a little nervous. Meg frowned slightly.

"No, I don't have a boyfriend, if that's what you meant. Actually, I have never had a boyfriend, to be honest. I know what you're thinking, how could a goooooorgeous girl like me still be single?" She fluttered her eyelashes, drawing out the word to make it more over-the-top. Sirius looked into her eyes.

"Actually," he said quietly "that is EXACTLY what I'm thinking."

Meg's joking smile faded, and she turned serious. "What do you mean?" she asked.

Sirius seemed to consider his next words for a few seconds then said "Would you like to, I don't know, grab lunch or something sometime? I mean I'd understand if you don't want to, because you don't know me very well or anything, but I thought maybe we could get to know each other. If you'd like?"

Meg giggled. "The infamous Sirius Black is nervous around a girl, and a Hufflepuff, no less! No one ever thought they'd see the day! Isn't it your usual policy just to wait for the girls to fall at your feet then just take whatever's offered?"

"Hey!" Sirius protested "You make me sound like a man-slut!"

"Well from what I've heard…" Meg shrugged and trailed off, the sly grin on her face finishing the sentence for her.

Sirius rolled his eyes. "So is that a yes or a no for a lunch date?"

"I guess, but I have to warn you, if you want anything from me you'll have to be patient."

"That type of girl, huh?" Sirius shrugged "Should have figured when all I got last night was a goodnight kiss. Not that I care, of course." He added quickly. "I still want to go out for lunch some time."

Meg smiled. "Well in that case, it is a definite yes. Now, let's go find the others."

Plonk.

The sun was too bright and it was in Peter's eyes, making his headache that much worse.

Plonk.

There was that noise again, the one that had woken him up. He put his hands over his ears and scrunched his eyes closed to try and block out the light and sound that was assaulting his sensitive, hung-over senses. There was peace for a moment, aside from the rhythmic throbbing of his dull headache, and then Peter felt his hands being pried away from his head, and heard James's voice singing cheerfully "Morning, Wormtail! Wakey, wakey! Time to get u-up!"

"Piss off, Potter." Peter mumbled angrily, curling tighter into a ball.

"Oh, Wormtail, looks like you win the award for Worst Hangover!" James chuckled.

"Ugh" was Peter's response. James just laughed and tugged at Peter's arm.

"Come on, lazy. It's already past nine o'clock. We have to get back up to the school."

"We're already dead meat as it is. A few extra minutes can't hurt." Peter whined as he forced himself into a sitting position, clutching the wall to stop the world spinning. His shoes lay on the ground beside him, where James had thrown them at him to wake him. Hence the thudding noise, realised Peter. He groaned. "I swear, I am NEVER going to drink again!"

"Like we haven't ever heard that one before" James laughed. "Says it every time, doesn't he Moony?"

"Yup," agreed Remus, walking into the room, his hand entwined with Ellie's. "Every time. Say, where's Lily?"

James stiffened, and his mouth pressed into a hard line. "She…doesn't wish to speak to me."

Remus nodded understandingly. He had seen this happen on many occasions, to both Sirius and to James. Remus was yet to experience pain caused by a girl, but judging by the crestfallen look on James's face, this was worse than most times. Lily was, after all, his one true love. Being rejected by her had to hurt. Remus decided that the safest option was to change the subject. "Has anyone seen Sirius yet?"

"Did I hear my name?" Sirius and Meg appeared in the doorway, and Meg did a quick head count. There was someone missing.

"Where's –" she began, but broke off when she saw Remus shaking his head and glancing pointedly at a very depressed-looking James. Meg understood and turned to Ellie. "Well, we should probably go back to the TARDIS, have a shower, get dressed, et cetera. We'll see you in a minute, boys."

The girls turned and left the room, Ellie giving Remus a peck on the cheek as she untangled her hand from his. They headed back to the room where they had first materialised, and were a little surprised to see Lily lying on the bed there. She appeared to be crying. Cautiously, Meg walked over and sat down on the edge of the bed. Lily started slightly, and turned a tear-streaked face to look at her. As soon as she saw who it was, Lily became angry. "You should never have brought me here!"

Meg attempted to calm her down by patting her back, but Lily pulled away. " I should never have trusted you." She shrilled. "You said nothing bad would happen, it would just be a bit of fun, but now I've gone and let James Potter treat me like every other girl in the school. One night, that's all he cares about! Sev will never talk to me again, and I will most likely lose my prefect's badge for all of this." She motioned around the room with her hands, and Meg noticed that Lily was only wearing her underwear.

"Come on, Lilz" she said, somewhat unsure of herself. She had never been the best at sympathy. "Come back to the TARDIS and we'll get you dressed and see if we can't sort things out. Ellie will even make you a hot chocolate." Meg glanced over at Ellie, who was hovering near them, awkwardly, wanting to help but not knowing how. She nodded and disappeared into the TARDIS, seemingly glad to have something to do. Lily thought for a second, decided that even though she hated Meg and Ellie and blamed them entirely for what had happened, she was cold, and hot chocolate did indeed sound good. She gave one last sniff and stood up, gathering the blanket round her like a dress. She followed Ellie into the TARDIS.

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