Being Sirius' Sister

The Fallout

"Remus it's not fair!" My fist clutches at his as Remus holds me against his chest. The sunny day mocking me. I glare at the spring air breeze. "And James and Sirius shouldn't have been so cruel! I don't want to see them for what they were doing to Severus. It was too far and they know it. Pranking is one thing but to bully someone so harshly. He didn't deserve it and Lily didn't deserve it. I feel like they ruined everything and don't understand what they just did."

"I know, love." Remus runs his hand through my hair and I rub at my cried out eyes. "You need to calm down there was nothing that you could do. There was nothing anyone could do. I'm sure when we are all older we will look back and just shake our heads and hope our kids don't make the same mistakes." My heart beats a bit faster at the thought of children. Even though we had only been dating a few months and I'm only thirteen years. Maybe it is just my teenage mind. Blanking out a bit I think about what happened earlier in the day.

~Flashback~

Lily and I had been walking around. We had been looking for Severus for a while. "Hey why do you think all those people are gathered around like that?" We stop for a second to figure out if we try to make it through the large crowd. "We might as well see what its all about then we can go back to hunting Severus down."

"Okay just a glance." We start making our way and I almost tumble down the slight hill. Luckily Lily caught my arm and helped me gain my balance.

Hearing the familiar voice of my brother and his best friend caused me to tilt my head. "Sounds like Sirius and James. Now I'm really curious about what's going on."

"Oh my goodness." I smile at Lily's strange outburst. But let out a loud gasp when I notice what she saw. I sprint after Lily when she takes off and through the crowd.

"Lily wait up!" She gets there a second before me and withdrew her wand holding it up in defense of Severus. I am glad that I was able to stop myself from slamming into her.

"James put him down!" They don't seem to even take to her threat.

"Come on guys this is unnecessary. Just let him go. Please." Finally they let him go but Severus' glare towards us makes me take a step back.

"I didn't ask for help by a-a mudblood or a ungrateful blood traitor."

"Severus?" My voice trembles as tears quickly flow. Severus continues to glare but I feel like there is some regret in his eyes. There just has to be. This can not be the Severus that had grown to be one of my best friends. I grab Lily's hand and clutch it in shock if this was really happening. Why couldn't it just be one of my worst nightmares?  

"Come on, little Rose." She mumbles so only I can hear her. I nod silently with tears still flowing down my cheeks. We were in the common room just silently sitting when Remus came and asked me if I would go for a walk with him. For the first bit of our walk I was worried that this day would get even worse by Remus ending things. My fears ended when we sat down at a tree in front of the lake. He quickly held me close and let me quietly sob into his chest for a while. His comfort couldn't have come from anyone else. Remus is like my rock and I couldn't imagine what it would be like without him. I hope he will always be here with me.   

I sit up and hit the ground with a closed fist. "No. They had been friends for so long! How could something like that just end? I really am a loss here. Lily is a good person. What could she have done to deserve that type of treatment. And Severus. Its just a wonder what could've caused that to happen. He was always so nice to Lily and I. Severus treated me like a little sister just as Lily does and the way he looked at Lily." Pouting I fall back against Remus. Huffing I cross my arms. "Its just not fair."

"Life isn't always fair, love."

I softly slap his chest. "I know that and don't be so cliché."

"Sure thing, love." Remus gently takes ahold of my chin so I was looking up to him. I continue to frown but when Remus kisses my nose I cant help but giggle. "That's better." Then he kisses me swiftly on the lips. After he leans back and I lay on him. We hug each other closely just relaxing under the setting sun.