Dark Beauty /Sirius Black/ [2]

Dark Beauty - 31.

Chapter 31

"Remus told us what happened," Lily frowned. She was leaning into James who had moved to intertwine their fingers, his head resting on hers. Mila was lying on Lily's stomach, completely sound asleep with James' other hand running through her curls to soothe her. He had been doing it for the full time she lay there, and as much as it soothed her - it was relaxing him, too.

Adria groaned, throwing her head back. Jude was sitting in her lap and she was waiting for her cup of tea that Sirius was making her, "I completely blew up on him. I feel terrible!"

"Well so does he," James snorted, "Merlin you two arguing is the worst."

"What makes you say that?" asked Adria, head tilted. Of course, she thought it was the absolute worst, she had debated more than once going to his flat, but she was too scared of what he'd say.

"Well," Lily trailed off, "you are completely guilty, and he is completely guilty - so I think you two need to talk but of course you're both too fucking stubborn for that."

"He was just trying to make me feel better for being annoyed because he knows me far too well and he knows that I'm sad and hurt and he wanted to make sure I knew that was okay and I just...exploded," she shook her head, "course Sirius said it was justified because of my hormones, but I can't blame it on that anymore because I'm not fucking pregnant!"

"Addy," James sighed, "I know that it's hard. Course I don't have a clue how you feel but I know you're going through too much shit that you don't deserve, but you need to talk to Remus. You can't be mad at the ones you love right now; this war is tearing people apart and the last thing you need is a strained relationship with your first friend."

"Excuse me," Lily piped in, "My relationship with Adria is not strained. You know what I'm actually very sick of Remus also getting the title of first friend - excuse me, I was your first friend, and technically, you were mine...so I'm just making that clear!"

Adria laughed softly. Jude had fallen asleep resting against her chest and she tried not to be too loud or move too much. She didn't know what was going on with the boy, but he was finding it very hard to fall asleep. The boy would wait until Mila was asleep before climbing out of his bed and try his best to make it downstairs to Adria every night...and would only sleep if he was between her and Sirius in bed.

"Of course, you're my first friend, Lils," Adria smiled, leaning her head on the back of the couch, "but Remus was my second friend and you're right, James...I can't lose him - not now, anyway."

"So, will you talk to him?" asked Lily, eyebrow raised and Adria finally sighed, slowly nodding.

"Okay good, because he'll be here in about five minutes," James grinned, watching from his place Adria's eyes widen.

"What?!"

"What is it?" Sirius asked as he entered the living room, soon handing Adria's tea to her who took it with a thank you and a pat on the seat beside her for him to sit.

"Our friends had a plan, it seems," Adria grumbled, "they invited Remus over later than they would arrive so that they could persuade me to talk to him."

"Oh, that wasn't them," Sirius shrugged, "I invited him."

"Sirius!"

"Sorry, baby, but you can't ignore him for the rest of your life." He leaned in to kiss her and her eyes narrowed, shuffling away from him with a frown and sitting her tea on the table beside the couch.

"I can't believe I've been betrayed by my friends," she huffed, patting Jude's head, "you know what we need to do...phone Peter. He's the only one I can trust!"