Integration
AlwaysPadfoot
Potter reckoned her name was Marlene. Apparently, she was in Lily's chemistry class or something like that. She'd arrived in the middle of January - about a week into term - which immediately piqued Sirius' interest, since hardly anyone changed colleges right in the middle of their A2s.
He watched her from the back of the classroom. Marlene was the only girl in his further maths class so she must be pretty smart. She'd taken the spare desk on the left side of the classroom, away from everyone else. He was definitely intrigued by her; for one, she actually seemed engrossed in the differentiation they were being taught by Stan. Her glasses were nestled in a mess of blonde hair whilst she scribbled down notes in a blue fountain pen.
At the end of the class, Sirius hurried up behind her and tapped her shoulder. She jumped and turned around.
"Marlene, right?" he asked. "You're in B block chemistry?"
"Umm yes, I don't think I've seen you though," she replied.
"No, I'm in C block chem, but my friend's girlfriend, Lily, is in your block," Sirius said. "Loads of ginger hair and a constantly irritated look?"
Marlene half-smiled and then looked away. "Yeah, I think I know who you mean."
He internally high-fived himself for making her smile. "I'm Sirius. Are you going for lunch or do you have another class now?"
"Actually, I've got form," she replied.
"Ah, that sucks," Sirius said. "You don't by any chance take Physics in A block do you?"
Marlene paused as though mentally recalling her timetable. "Is that the last block?"
"Yup."
"Yeah, I think I do," she answered.
Sirius jumped at the chance of offering to show her to the classroom, since he now knew they shared another block. She seemed apprehensive, but she nodded anyway. He agreed to meet her back in the maths corridor at quarter to two.
Sirius watched her walk away.
"Are you looking at that girls arse?"
Sirius near jumped a mile and turned around to see Remus stood behind him. "Jesus, you wanker. You scared the shit out of me."
Remus smirked, shifting his oversized bag across to the other shoulder. "You were staring at her. You couldn't have been more obvious. Let's go to lunch before I have to sit through two hours of literature."
Sirius rolled his eyes and reluctantly followed him, but not before he had one quick look down the corridor that Marlene had just disappeared down.
She was gone.
