You're Who?
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter.
A/N: This story is a mixture of two stories that began as thoughts and never really made it to paper. I hope you like it.
I'd only had one butterbeer, but I was already getting woozy. The common room spun dangerously and the music felt too loud.
Graduation parties were supposed to be fun, right? Well this one was until I started to get sick. I rushed over to an armchair and sat down, willing myself to not puke. I shut my eyes and rubbed my temples to get the sick feeling to go away.
When I opened my eyes again, they were met by a pair that was inches away. I gasped.
Sirius chuckled.
"Don't scare me like that!" I cried, trying to hide a smile.
He flashed me a "you love me anyway" grin. I returned it with a weak one; I was starting to get sick again. Sensing something was wrong, Sirius grabbed my hands.
"Do you want to go somewhere quieter?" he asked. I nodded and tried to stand. He chuckled and then sighed as he gathered me in his arms. "What am I going to do with you, Jules? Well, at least one of us is sober."
I tried to give him a dirty look but my facial features wouldn't respond. I laid my head on his shoulder as he carried me out of the common room. I felt tired and I decided that I wanted to fall asleep right there in his arms.
Sirius walked us out the front doors and to the lake. We didn't get stopped even though it was well after curfew. I guess that after the gazillion years of graduating classes, the professors gave up on supervising the parties.
Sirius sat me down under our favorite tree. He leaned against the trunk and I laid my head on his lap. He stroked my hair while I concentrated on my breathing.
"Can you really believe that we're graduating?" Sirius asked after a few minutes.
I rolled over so that I could look up at him. He was staring straight ahead; he dark hair partially in his equally dark eyes. He looked very handsome. I reached my hand up to stroke his cheek.
"It sort of feels weird. I still think of all of us as silly little kids nervously riding in those boats on the lake up to the castle. I think I'll still feel that way five years from now." I cracked a small smile. "To me, you'll always be the mischievous boy who could suck up to teachers and who hexed people in the corridors."
He smiled against my hand. Then he took it in his own and looked down at me. Slowly I sat up next to him and laid my head on his shoulder and he wrapped his arms around me.
We sat there for a while before we were joined by another completely wasted couple. They were Ravenclaws and they were practically shouting at each other because they were so drunk. They were locked in a disturbing embrace and totally oblivious that Sirius and I were there; lucky for us, however, they made their way to a clump of bushes on the other side of the lake.
"You'd think that Ravenclaws would have the decency to be above all that," Sirius said seriously. I chuckled.
More minutes passed and I was beginning to feel better; our breathing was synchronized and that soothed me.
"Julie?"
"Hmm?"
"I love you."
I smiled and sat up to look at Sirius. "I love you too."
"Good," he grinned as he pulled me closer. Our lips were centimeters apart. "I don't know what I'd do if you didn't."
After we kissed for a moment, I pulled away slightly and whispered, "Oh, I'm sure you'd manage."
Sirius laughed softly and he kissed me again.