"Merlin I had it bad" I thought to myself after catching myself glancing his way for the 6th time alone in this class. "Get it together McKinnon. You're better than this!"

He smirked to himself noticing Marlene looking at him yet again. There were times that his own cleverness could surprise even him. "Who would have thought you'd have turned the tables huh Black? Now she's gonna be all over you before too long." He propped his feet up on the desk in front of him smirking all the while. Who would have thought a night of pretty decent flirting with McKinnon then the next day going after the pretty little Ravenclaw would irritate the Gryffindor princess so much. Now she knew what he felt like watching her flirt with other guys in front of him.

She bolted as soon as class let out and disappeared until after dinner. She refrained from showing her face in the Gryffindor common room until well after curfew. The time alone helped clear her head but as soon as she walked back in and saw him lounging across her favorite couch all of her resolve vanished."Black do you think it could be at all possible to move your enormous arse over so someone else might be able to sit there?"

"Nope."
"Ugh." She sighed exasperated. He knew just how to irk her. Good thing she knew how to get under his skin as well. "Don't you have some raven claw to be shagging?" she snipped.

"Nope. I'm a free man."

Marlene was taken aback. She could have sworn she had seen him earlier that morning pulling a Ravanclaw towards his favorite broom closet.

"What? What does that mean?"

"It's just me. No girls. No nothing. I'm turning over a new leaf."

She looked at him skeptically. She had known Sirius for 6 years and had recently become pretty decent friends with the charmer.

"Why's that?"

"Oh… just… no reason."

"Sirius. I know when you're not telling me something. And if you don't tell me I'll just go to Jamesie and you know he can't resist telling me whatever I want to know." Having a marauder that was practically family did have some perks.

"Fine. It's a girl."

"Ok? But I thought you said you were done with girls?"

"Girls yes. But not one in particular. And I thought I had her figured out. Wrapped around my finger you know?"

"A girl resist your charms? Aww is this a first for the great Padfoot?"He seemed to blush slightly at both the use of his nickname and the taunt.

"Shut up! I'm in a new situation." He ran his fingers through his hair. "Merlin why am I even talking to you about this?"

"Because you can't resist my feminine charms" Marlene quipped coyly batting her eyelashes.

Watching this Sirius realized just how bad he had it, and Marlene could read it on his face just like a book. She smirked and began to plot her next move.

"Feminine charms? Ok um…. yeah let's go with that. Why would I want those anyways?" Sirius retorted trying to maintain his composure.

Leaning in so they were practically cheek to cheek she cheekily replied "Curiosity. You're going to want them" before sauntering to the girls stairs and disappearing into the darkness.

And just like that Marlene McKinnon had turned the tables on the hogwarts playboy and made him putty in her hand yet again.