Seventeen Forever

It's the end of the Marauder era and the boys are back with a vengeance. They'll be damned if they don't go out with the loudest bang Hogwarts has ever seen. This is much more than your standard MWPP fic, though; we discover the strength of real friendship in the face of unforeseen challenges, how true love can be right underneath your nose, and that everything never is exactly as it seems. Set from the seventh year and beyond. Significantly AU, obnoxiously romantic at times and even a little hormonally controlled angsty, but always in done in the true Marauder fashion.

i'll give one quote from each chapter at the beginning to, you know, give you a little taste, teaser-like. you dig? “All right,” Sirius replied, taking on the role of interrogator. “Truth…or Dare?”

She grimaced and explained. “Today has just been really screwed up. From the train, to the pumpkin juice thing, to having weird rooming arrangements, to this,” she said, gesturing towards Sirius and Maguire. “I’m losing it.” beeteedubs, guys. in no way or form or all that jazz do i support or condone cutting or self-harm. i just felt that this would, i dunno. it's a writer thing, i guess. i felt it would help later on with the story. in no way did i mean to offend anyone either. enjoy!

"I--I don’t know, either. But I do know that…” she whispered and then stopped, suddenly scared of what she was going to say. His eyes looked at her pleadingly. “I want you, too.”

“This is me saying thank you,” she informed him, before she ducked her head close to his and tasted candy once more.

“I don’t know. I’m just happy. You love me. Never expected that to happen.” “Oh please, it was inevitable.” “Well, not to me. I mean, you’re you. And I’m me. I just never thought you’d love someone like me.”

"MOONY," Sirius roared over the sobbing girls, "I BLAME YOU!"

Sirius sighed contentedly. “No, my friend, I am just that damned cultured naturally. I can do bad all by myself.”

“Well…” Lily said, letting out a deep sigh. “We better go tell Sirius.”

How could she do this, she thought; she was about to ruin his life in one sentence. Nothing would ever be the same now, she realized as tears sparked in her eyes painfully.