Sirius Black stood inplatform nine and three quarters, watching the steam billowing out ofthe scarlet train ashe waited patiently for Remus, who was late. He was standing next to James, who was talking about Lily again. Sirius wasn't
Really

listening. He usually took this time right at the start of the year to appreciate how much the girlsfrom hogwarts had changed over thesummer.

Shallow? Yes. But he needed to have an ideaofhow his 'distractions' were going to look this year.

After noting how much curvier Mary McDonalds was,he turned his attention to James again. Really, he didn't know why he liked lily so much. Sure, she was cute, but there were so many other hotter girls who would be more than willing to go out with him.
/Well, his loss.

"Hey, Padfoot!" He turned to see Remus, walking towards them with Peter at his heels. "How was summer with James?"

"Great" Sirius grinned, revealing his straight, white teeth. " Shame you couldnt come, in the last week we-"

"Guys" said James urgently "Lily's here!"

"So what?" Frowned Remus

"Should I go talk to her?"

The obvious answer was no, but Sirius chose not tosaw anything.

He looked behindRemus, where, sure enough, was Lily Evans,chatting to Keira Mcain, her best friend. Shit, Keira was hot. Sleek dark brown hair that reached her waist, golden-green eyes and with a tall slim figure. She was a quiet girl with an unusually
/calm demeanor. She was good friends with Remus and James, but Keira and Sirius rarely talked. Easily the best lookinggirl in their year, but they'd never hooked up. Sure, he'd tried inthe fourth year but she made it clear it wasn'tgoingto

happen. She then went on to hook up with plenty of other guys, though, from what he'd heard. He wasn't going to ask her ego was far too big to tryand get rejectedagain.

Looking at her now though he could see why people could like her, not only being hot as hell butalso being different from the other girls. He'd gotten over it though. The only time he really acknowledged her was in the many detentions they had together
/- for a girl so quiet it was surprising how many detentions she received- and the nights in the common room.

For whatever reason, him and Keira were always the last ones in the common room. They hardly ever talked, but they always seemed to be doing last minute homework, she probably procrastinated as much as him. He usually ended up falling asleep and laterwould
/be waken up by Keira before she went up to her was the only type of contact they had; him falling asleep and her producing a mild stinging hex to wake him up as she walked upstairs.

He appreciated her for that, of course. Wait. Why was he thinking about her suddenly? He shook his head as if to clear his thoughts and followed his friends into the train; James being dragged by Remus so as to stop him from going over to Lily and embarrassing
himself.

"Lily! Keira!" Yelled Marlene McKinnon, running towards them. " I missed you guys!" The girls exchanged hugs.

"Let's go in" said Keira quickly, before Marlene started talking. She didn't want to stay out here for too long, all the seats would be taken up, and Marlene was known for talking way too much.

They managed to find an empty compartment- and, sure enough,before they'd even sat down Marlene was already telling them about one of her flings over the summer. Keira smiled to herself, looking at her two friends. She'd missed this.

"-and then, would you believe it? He told me that-" Marlene was cut short by James, Sirius, Remus and Peter entering their compartment.

"Can we stay here? Everywhere else is full" Asked James, trying to catch Lily's eyes, who determinedly looked away as shegot up to hug Remus. Lily and Remus got on really well, considering he was a marauder.

"Yeah, stay, stay!" Exclaimed Marlene,smiling. She was an extremely social person; the more people around, the better. Kiera could not relate. It's not like she was shy or anything, she just preferred to be around less people.

She wished the marauders weren't sitting here. She wouldnt have minded if it was Remus, or even James and Peter; it was Sirius Black that was the problem. Yes, he was charming and good looking,but forwhatever reason he made her nervous. Kiera hated that.
/She liked to stay calm and in control. Anyone who disrupted that she would stay away from. Sirius was the only guy that intimidated her, so she kept her distance, although he had tried to get with her two years back, and she had declined,ignoringthe
/voice in the back of her head telling her to go along with it.

"Oh, fuck, I've just remembered!" Keira was snapped out of her thoughts as she heard lily swearing. "We've got to go to our prefect compartment" she said, pulling Remus with her out of their compartment; they were both prefects.

"Holy shit. I forgot Remus was a prefect" said Sirius carelessly, leaning back. Keira found herself looking at him. As much as she avoided him, she couldnt help staring at him every once in a while. She tried to stop her eyes from flitting to his

handsome face...to watch him flickhis elegant black hair out of his deep grey eyes...stop, she thought to herself, don't be ridiculous. And with that she moved her eyes to her window.

The rest of the train ride consisted of her talking to James and Marlene, but mostly just watching from her corner as they all talked animatedly. Again, it wasn't that she was shy, she just preferred to observe the conversation as she didn't have

anything importantenough to put in. It was only a few times where she felt Sirius was looking at her, but she just told herself she was imagining it and focused on slowing her heart rate down. See? This is what annoyed her. With guys, she

was always in control,nevernervous. She was known for being a placid person. But with Black, it was a different story. Feeling more and more irritated, she leant against the cool window and watched fields upon fields blur past.

ok. So this is the first ever fanfiction I've ever written, so forgive me if its bad, if anyone even reads this. I also apologize for the definite typos. For some reason although I write it correctly, when I post it my phone fucks up and joins up words. Sorry for that. If you did enjoy this,however, make sure to review or put your thoughts in, and expect more chapters. Xxx