Sirius Black yawned as he awoke the morning after the Quidditch cup final. Gryffindor won – obviously, and there had been a legendary party in the common room last night. Sirius rolled over, and froze as he hit another body in the bed. He glanced over, and saw an immensely pretty girl lying next to him, with a perfect body and long, wavy dark hair – and he had no idea who she was. He slowly started to sit up, hardly daring to move in an attempt not to wake her, but failed. She moaned quietly and opened her eyes.
"Sirius? Is that you?" She murmured softly, squinting slightly at the light pouring through the window.
"Alright?" He asked, only slightly sheepishly, as he plastered a sloppy grin on his face.
"I've been better.." She looked up at him, a guilty smile creeping onto her lips. "Last night was..fun."
"I get told that a lot." Sirius shot her a cheeky smirk, then took the opportunity to look around the room. They were occupying the only bed in the room – obviously he had pulled the Head Girl. She was a Ravenclaw, Sirius knew that, but as he had paid no interest whatsoever to the prefects or Head students, he had no idea what her name was.
"So..I should probably get going.." Sirius said slightly awkwardly, standing up and starting to pick up his clothes from a crumpled heap on her floor.
"Wait, you're leaving?" She blinked at him, sitting up, pulling up the bed sheet up to cover her chest.
"Well, I can't exactly stay here forever," He said dryly, looking at her curiously.
"I know, but..everyone will be getting up now, the Common Room will be really busy! You may as well wait up here to let the rush of people die down." She said nervously, eyeing his body obviously then stared at him, her bright blue eyes seeming to see right through him.
Sirius failed to see the logic in this – as it was a Sunday, the Common Room would most likely be full all day, but he shrugged and sat back down on the bed. "As you wish."
There was an awkward pause, before she asked "So, what do you want to talk about?"
Sirius groaned inwardly. Not talking. If they talked, it would only be more likely that at some point in the conversation he would be expected to know who she was. "Um..Quidditch?" He suggested lamely.
She laughed loudly, then lightly rested a hand on his shoulder flirtatiously. "Is that all you can ever talk about? You and James bloody Potter, Quidditch this, Quidditch that!"
He grinned. "Well, that's what makes us such the two most popular, good looking and down-right amazing boys in Hogwarts."
She laughed again, leaning closer to him. "Well, I know better than to argue with that," She said softly, staring at his lips and running her hand down to rest on his muscular chest.
Sirius watched her with amusement, and quickly decided it was much easier to go along with whatever she wanted, and not to mention more enjoyable for him. After all, no one could argue that she wasn't fit, and James would be ridiculously jealous once he told him that he had slept with the Head Girl. She was immensely pretty, a year older than him, and she was definitely interested in him. If he wanted, this could be more than a one night stand. But Sirius was not thinking of that happening.
He leant forward in a passionate kiss, and she responded to him almost instantly, pushing her hands against his chest and moaning softly. They made out for a good few minutes, but then Sirius pulled away and she looked up at him questioningly.
"I..I really should get going.."
But she leant forward and kissed him again, pushing him backwards with her body, and he obliged as any reasonable thoughts left his mind.
An hour later, Sirius left her room with a grin plastered onto his face. He descended the stairs into the common room, with his usual strut, and casually walked amongst the comfy chairs dotted around the common room with his head held high, whistling as he went. As soon as they caught sight of him, the whispers started.
"Sirius Black?"
"Who was he with last night?"
"He's so dreamy.."
"I heard he had a thing with Amy Richards.."
Well, this can only do my reputation good, he thought as he left the room full of gossiping Ravenclaw's.
"Oi, Padfoot!"
Sirius whipped around at the sound of his best mate's voice echoing through the entrance hall. He grinned and waited for James Potter to catch up, who was closely followed by their roommates Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew – together known as the Marauders. It was well past noon now, and the last of the late risers were heading into the Great Hall to get food.
"Where the hell did you end up last night?" He exclaimed, clapping his friend around the back as they continued into the Great Hall. "One minute you were snogging Amy Richards - who had just come downstairs with Adam Kirke by the way, God knows where her mouth had just been - and the next thing I know you were running off with possibly the fittest bird Hogwarts has ever seen. Did 'ya get lucky?"
"Yup! Pulled the Head Girl." Sirius said, acting as laid back as he possibly could. "She was all over me."
"What?!" Peter exclaimed, looking at his friend with an expression of almost awe. "The Head Girl?"
"Stacey Taylor? You pulled Stacey Taylor?" Asked James in disbelief, staring at his friend, gobsmacked.
"Well, I have no clue what her name is, but yes, if Stacey Taylor is the Head Girl, then I pulled her." Sirius said smugly.
"Stacey Taylor is the Head Girl alright." said Remus, looking at his friend in a half stern, but half impressed manner, although trying to hide it. "She always leads the prefect meetings, Callum Diggory can't take his eyes off her the whole-"
"No way!" James interrupted, shaking his head at Sirius. "There's no way you pulled Stacey Taylor."
"I did too! Just because she turned you down last year doesn't mean she's not interested in a more experienced, and better looking man." Sirius retorted, as he threw himself down onto the Gryffindor table next to Peter, immediately helping himself to his usual large plate of food.
"Fuck off - like Hell you did. You probably spent the night with some fat Slytherin, and are just too ashamed to admit it." James replied, sitting down opposite him with Remus.
Just at that moment, Sirius saw Stacey enter the Great Hall with the other Ravenclaw Seventh year girls. She was giggling and obviously telling them something that interested them greatly – they were hanging onto her every word. As they sat down on the Ravenclaw table behind James, Sirius caught her eye, and she waved over at him, blushing hugely. Sirius waved back, a smirk on his face.
Seeing his friend waving, James immediately spun around and followed his line of sight. Seeing the Head Girl giggling and waving at Sirius, he turned back to face his friend, shaking his head in almost comical disbelief.
"You're just jealous Prongs mate – because I have so much more success with the ladies than you ever will," Sirius said, feeling rather pleased with himself.
James scowled almost playfully, but carried on eating his food. Just then, Lily Evans walked into the Great Hall with her fellow Gryffindor sixth year Amy Richards. The two of them were best friends, but the expression 'opposites attract' would definitely apply to them. Lily was a dainty, pretty girl with vibrant red hair and large green eyes, and was hard working and had many-a-time been called a goody-two-shoes, although after it had been said they were often met with a snarky retort and a scowl. Amy, on the other hand, was a tall, slender but curvy girl with wavy brown hair and chocolatey eyes. She wasn't overly concerned with her academics, and had many-a-time been call a slut, although after it had been said they were often met with a slap in the face and a scowl. Let's put it this way – Lily was a definite Taylor Swift fan, whereas Amy was more of a Britney girl. However, the two of them had instantly liked each other in First year, and had been best friends ever since.
"Right on cue." Sirius gestured up at the two girls with his fork with a smirk.
"Evans. Aim." James nodded at the girls as they sat down beside them, ignoring his best friend. "How's the head?" He asked Amy, grinning.
"Awful." She groaned, taking a sip of pumpkin juice and resting her forehead in her hand. "I can't remember a single thing from last night after we got in to the Common Room."
"That may be a good thing," said Remus dryly.
"That bad?" she asked, exasperated.
"Well, not quite as bad as the time you shagged that Slytherin who looked like a troll.." Sirius remarked.
"Or that Hufflepuff in fifth year, when you forgot to lock the door of the dormitory and I walked in on you" Lily shuddered at the memory.
"We'd only just got there! It's not like we were naked or anything.." Amy protested.
"But it was pretty bad," James said, faking seriousness, looking at Peter for support. He nodded, "You may not want to know.."
"Just spit it out." She grumbled, helping herself to some sausages.
"You were upstairs with Adam Kirke for about an hour" Sirius said with mock sincerity.
"Eesh" She shuddered, nibbling at her sausage.
"But that's not the worst." James shook his head.
"Oh no." Remus agreed.
"We happened to witness a shocking event." Peter added, sneaking a look over at James.
Lily giggled and rolled her eyes, grabbing a few pieces of toast, knowing exactly what was coming.
James leaned forward to talk Amy. "I hate to break this to you, but as decent citizens, we really have no choice. We saw you, having a cheeky snog with our dear friend Sirius here in the Common Room last night."
Amy rolled her eyes, being well used to the ways of the Marauders by now. "Hilarious."
Sirius kicked James under the table. "Sod off. Probably the best snog she's had in a while."
"She can't remember it Padfoot. If it wasn't memorable, it obviously wasn't good."
" 'She' is right here!" Amy exclaimed.
"If you two can't decide on whether you're good at snogging or not, then maybe you should snog each other." Lily chipped in dryly, highly amused by the whole exchange.
"Or maybe Evans, you could give us a quick snog and tell us what you think..No need to snog Sirius, you already know he's an idiot."
"You wish Potter." Lily stood up. "Come on, Aim. I've gotta go finish my Charms essay."
"Charms? What Charms essay? It's too early for homework Lily.." Amy moaned but stood up anyway.
Lily rolled her eyes and grabbed her hand, pulling her after her. "See you boys."
"See you around, Evans," James said as the others all murmured goodbye's.
"Subtle, Prongs," Remus said sarcastically, rolling his eyes at his friend.
"What?" James asked obnoxiously, ripping into his food with a passion.
"No matter how many times you ask her out mate, the answers still the same." Remus pointed out, slightly warily, taking out his potions text book and flipping through it nonchalantly.
James scowled at him, but said fairly lightly, "I didn't ask her out, mate. Obviously we all know its only a matter of time before she realises how utterly dashing I am, and she comes running to me begging."
"Whatever you say.." Sirius muttered, picking up his bag and standing up. "You coming?"
James nodded, and the three stood up to follow Sirius out of the Great Hall.
A/N Well, that was fun! That was my first ever story, so I would really appreciate a review or something letting me know what you think, I've never had the confidence to start writing before now.
This was just a little something I started writing randomly. I didn't plan to write it, it just sort of came out. Truth be told, I think I was just getting so infuriated by the lack of an update by Jewels5 for TLAT (If you haven't read it, go read it. Now.) that I just needed to get some more of the Marauders! I obviously can never hope to live up to what she's achieved.
I really have no idea what to do with this next, I mean, do you think this should be left alone as it is? Or continued? Please let me know!
I love you all,
Poppy x