Chapter One

Josefine

Sirius' POV

"Padfoot! Will you please shut your oversized trap?" Remus snapped at me. I glared at him.

Stupid git. I thought, just because it's the full moon in a few days, doesn't mean the rest of us have to be quiet.

I rested my head against the window of the Hogwarts Express and watched the rain beat down outside. It was a miserable September the first. The sky was a stormy grey and there was a fierce wind. I hated rain. It was so… wet. I needed sun and heat. Even though I was born in February, I still hated the whole winter season. Too gloomy for my liking.

Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Sirius. Sirius Black. I was sixteen and on my way to my sixth year at Hogwarts. I was and always will be, Padfoot of the infamous Marauders and I was a ladies man. I had a different girlfriend every week. So what? It wasn't as if I was going to fall in love with anyone. I mean, Sirius Black doesn't believe in love.

I ran away from home that summer. My family hated me and I hated my family. Simple. I got bored of trying to play happy families, so I left. I went to James'. Mr. and Mrs. Potter welcomed me with open arms. As did James of course. I was better off without my so-called parents. I was free. I could do what I like. Say what I like. Think what I like.

"Hey, Pete, do you want to play Exploding Snap?" I asked. He nodded.

As I dealt, the cards, I listened to Remus give James a lecture about Lily Evans. I rolled my eyes. James said he was in love with her. Personally, I thought that was bull. No offence to James or anything. Maybe it's just because I hadn't ever been in love.

"Mate, just grab her and snog her senseless," I said, "That always works."

James sighed, tiredly. "You wouldn't understand, Sirius. Just you wait until you fall in love. Then you can give me advice about Lily."

I raised an eyebrow. Remus and even Peter were nodding. Scowling, I stopped dealing the cards and sat back, grumbling. Stupid people didn't understand my needs. Love this, love that. It was so annoying. I didn't want to fall in love! Why couldn't people understand that?

Josefine's POV

I cursed under my breath as I stubbed my toe on the side of my trunk. My name: Josefine Gomez. My mother was English but my father, South-American. Hence, my surname. I had just moved to England from California, so it was my first year at Hogwarts. I was looking for my friend, Lily Evans. We met the summer before when she was on holiday in California. We hit it off from the start and we'd been writing to each other on a regular basis.

"Josefine!" I heard someone call. As I turned around, all I could see is red hair covering my eyes. I'd found Lily.

"Hey, Lily," I said, "It's so good to see you."

"It's good to see you to, Josefine!" Lily cried, happily. I grinned at her and together we headed down the Hogwarts Express to find a compartment.

"So, have you seen James Potter yet?" I asked, curiously. Lily had told me all about this guy. Apparently, he was obsessed with her and she hated him and his gang. The Marauders, I think Lily said they called themselves.

"No, thank God," Lily answered with a groan. I smiled. We chatted happily, still looking for a compartment.

It seemed that they were all completely full. At last, we came to one right at the end of the train that still had room for us. I nudged Lily and nodded towards the door of the compartment. Lily took one glance and shook her head, violently.

"No. Way," She said, firmly.

"Why?" I asked.

"That's Potter and his friends," Lily said.

"Oh, Lils," I sighed, "Come on, there's no where else."

Without waiting for an answer I opened the door. The three boys looked up. They were all fairly good looking. Two of them had sandy hair and one of them, James Potter obviously, had messy black hair. Then, a fourth head appeared. My eyes widened, slightly. Also black, messy hair, dark blue eyes, perfect full lips. Absolutely gorgeous.

"Uh… hi?" I squeaked. I winced, inwardly.

Lily cleared her throat.

"Can we sit here? There's no where else."

"Of course you can Lily, darling," The boy I guessed to be Potter, leapt up and took both our trunks.

Lily sighed and pushed past me and sat down opposite the Potter fellow. I realised I was the only one standing now and Lily was watching me expectantly. I closed the door behind me and sat down in the only seat available. Next to James Potter and Mr. Gorgeous, himself.

Sirius' POV

I had seen Lily outside the compartment talking to a girl who had her back to us. As the girl turned around, I could've sworn time had stopped. My jaw dropped and it felt like fireworks had been set off in the pit of my stomach. The unknown girl was so unbelievably gorgeous, I was sure it was illegal. She had layered dark brown hair and beautiful green-grey eyes. She was fairly tall, but at least a head shorter than me and slim. She had a pale complexion that made her eyes stand out and lips that were just begging to be kissed.

"Uh… hi?" She squeaked. My heart skipped a few beats. Her eyes met mine and I felt my face heat up. This had never happened to me before. I had never blushed. Ever.

I saw Lily sit down opposite James and the girl closed the door and sat down on the empty seat next to me. There was a bit of an awkward silence.

"So…" Remus started, "I've never seen you before. Are you new?"

The girl beside me spoke again. "Yeah. I used to go to Merlin's Academy in California. I just moved to England."

"Oh, cool," Peter said, holding his hand out. "Peter Pettigrew."

The girl grinned, taking his hand. "I'm Josefine. Josefine Gomez. You can call me Jojo or Jo or Fine or… actually you know what? Just call me Josefine." She laughed.

Josefine…I decided then and there that Josefine was my favourite name. James and Remus introduced themselves and Josefine shook both their hands, smiling widely. She turned to look at me.

Breathe, Black. I told myself. Don't forget to breathe. Oh, and you might want to speak as well.

"I'm Sirius Black," I said, sounding way more confident than I felt.

Her eyes lit up. "Ah, the ladies man."

"Uh… yeah." I said, puzzled.

Josefine stuck her dainty hand out and shot me a dazzling smile. I took it. "Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Black."

I grinned. "Please. The pleasure's all mine, Miss Gomez." I winked and was pleased to note that a faint blush tainted her pale cheeks.

I think you just fell in love, Padfoot. I thought to myself.