Forever Young

Hello Everyone! I'm SophieElizabeth and this is my first Harry Potter fanfiction! I do have to previous stories though, a Percy Jackson one and a Grey's Anatomy one. If either of those suit your fancy go to my profile and check it out! Also I have a pinterest page for those who might want to take a sneak peak at the clothes of my female lead character. I'd love to hear feed back from you all so please review! Enjoy the chapter! :)

Chapter 1: Mothers, Brothers, and Boyfriends? Oh My!

Cassidy's POV:

My mother once told me life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

And she was right. Because life gave her cancer, and she didn't know until she was on her death bed. She was taken from me when I was 5 years old. Leaving me and my older brother Spencer -who was 6 at the time- with our estranged father.

My mother didn't deserve to die. She had the perfect life. For one she was gorgeous with honey blonde curls and fierce blue eyes. She was in tip-top shape from quidditch from when she was young. She had a handsome husband and adorable kids (Of which included me!) She was perfect, and perfect people didn't deserve to die. No one does.

But we do anyways. We aren't going to make it out of this alive. My mother's death taught me this. Which is why I live in constant fear that I was next. I mean I still have a full life ahead of me. Oh! I completely forgot. Let me introduce myself!

I'm Cassidy Clark! I'm 16 years old and will be 17 in December. I'm a 6th year Gryffindor at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. I look almost exactly like my mother. The only difference is my unruly mess of hair is a chestnut color like my fathers while hers was honey blonde. Although my curls are bit harder to tame than hers. I'm short and athletic but not in the same way as my mum was. I don't play quidditch due to the fact that I'm afraid of heights and wouldn't be caught dead on a broom. Instead I run. In September I start running around the Hogwarts ground to get my exercise. I feel free when I run, I feel like… Me.

My dad is Kent Clark the retired quidditch player who became a sports writer for the Daily Prophet. He has short chestnut hair and intimidating green eyes. He retired from quidditch when my mom died so he'd be able to take care of me and Spencer. He soon got a job writing for the Prophet in the sports section.

As for my brother, he looks as much like my father as I do my mother. He's 17 and will be 18 in October. He's a 7th year Gryffindor at Hogwarts and is the Gryffindor quidditch captain. He's always looking out for me and keeping me away from "bad boys that will seduce me and then break my heart". His words not mine. He's constantly threatening the "bad boys" of Hogwarts. But that never stopped the notorious Sirius Black.

How do I begin to describe Sirius Black…?

He's what I like to call a "Gryffindor Poster Boy". Gorgeous, athletic, and highly intelligent. He along with his band of merry men -AKA the Marauders- ruled the school. Every girl wanted to bang them and every guy wanted to be them. James of course was after Lily Evans who just so happened to be my best friend. Remus was happily dating a Ravenclaw girl last time I checked. And Peter will date anyone who shows the least bit of interest in him.

So where does that leave Sirius?

Sirius is not only a "Gryffindor Poster Boy" but he's also a prankster, daredevil, and he loves living in the now. He takes whatever gets thrown at him and doesn't even bat an eyelash. And when it comes to girls he gets what he wants. Except for me.

He's tried long and hard to get me to go out with him. But every single time I turned his sorry arse down. He eventually gave up but that only formed an enemy line between us. We fight constantly over the dumbest things. We always have, we always will. No matter how handsome he is.

Ok I'll give him that he's gorgeously handsome. But him and me? Together? I don't think so. Like I said he lives in the now. Me? I live everywhere but the now. I'm constantly worried about my future. And I'm always remembering the past. My mother always told me to forget about the past and wait for the future. But I never listened. Not until I had formed a friendship with my worst enemy… Sirius Black.

"Cassidy Clark!"

I turned toward the voice and saw my best mate Lily Evans. She was running at me with her red hair flowing behind her like a flame of fire. When she got to me she hugged me and I hugged back and laughed.

"Lily Evans!" I shout back "Did you get more freckles from when I saw you last week?" She blushed a deep red and slapped my arm.

"Did you get more tan? Soon enough you'll be burnt to a crisp!" she shot back with a giggle. We both laugh and hug each other one more time before going to say good bye to our families. My father and brother are just up ahead saying good bye to each other. I pop up behind my brother and push him away.

"My turn!" I say as I wrap my arms around my father's neck. He has to bend down because he's like 6'2" and I'm 5'5".

"Behave yourself Sassy." He says tweaking my nose as he releases me from the hug. I wrinkle my face at the nickname. I had a bit of an attitude as a child and the name 'Sassy Cassi" kinda stuck around.

"You got it stretch." I said using my nickname for him. He smiles and kisses my cheek. I hug him one more time before I'm off running to catch the train. I try to find an empty compartment but I'm having no luck.

"Cassi!"

The next compartment I open holds Alice Prewett and Frank Longbottom. I smile and run into the compartment to hug them both.

"I missed you guys! How was your summer?" I squeal sitting down across from them.

"It was great Cass! Guess whose head boy and girl?" Alice said sitting back down next to Frank.

"Oh my gosh! Congrats you guys! Don't you guys share your own dorm this year?" I ask wagging my eyebrows at them.

"Cassidy Clark!" Alice hisses blushing a deep red.

"Get away from me Potter!" I hear Lily yell from down the corridor.

"Just go out with me Evans!" James yells from the same direction. I say good bye to Frank and Alice and exit the compartment. I see Lily and James along with his cronies.

"In your dreams!" Lily yelled back over her shoulder. He opened his mouth but Lily flicked her wand over her shoulder and hit James with a curse. He opened his mouth but no words would come out.

"And that is why you should just give up Potter. Plus she still hasn't forgiven you for what happened last year." I said as Lily approached me. James sent glares our way and then shoved past us to go find a compartment. His friends moved to follow. First Peter who scurried by, then Remus who gave an apologetic smile, and finally Sirius who lingered for a moment.

"You know Evans, he isn't that bad." He said leaning against the wall. Lily rolled her eyes and stomped off in the other direction. Sirius looked at me and winked before heading after his friends. I rolled my eyes and tried to hide my blush as I sauntered off after Lily. I found her sitting in a compartment with our other good friend Marlene McKinnon both reading.

"Hey Marl," I said hugging her then sitting down across from her and Lily.

"Hey," she said looking up from her magazine "So I heard you and Sirius had a bit of a run in over the holidays. Wanna tell us about that?" I stare at her blankly for a few moments and then laugh.

"Is that what your heard?" I asked leaning back in my seat. She nods at me eagerly.

"Well, is it true?" she exclaims. I look her in the eye and start to recount our holiday encounter.

Flashback

"Clark? Is that you?"

I whip my head around upon hearing my name and roll my eyes as I watch Sirius walk towards me in the book shop.

"What do you want Black?" I asked going back to browsing through the books. He leaned against the shelf next to the one I was looking at and stared at me.

"Can't a guy just say hello to his favorite Gryffindor girl?" He asks me innocently.

"Not without having ulterior motives he can't." I shoot back at him my focus barely leaving the shelves.

"You wound me Clark." He jokes placing his hand to his chest faking pain. I raise my eyebrow and he breaks 'character'. "Ok you got me." He said shoving his hands in his pockets.

"I was kinda wondering if you wanted to go on a date with me?" he casually asked. I drop the book I'm holding and stare at him as though he's gone crazy.

"What?" I hiss at him.

"Not a real one a fake one." He reassured me "James doesn't think I could get you to go out on a date with me and I really need to prove him wrong. So please will you go on a fake date with me?"

I continued to stare at him like he's gone mental. We've been fighting since the moment we met so going on any kinda date would probably end with both of us in St. Mungos. Although I continue to think. If I do this he'll have to do something for me in return.

But is it worth it?

After a good 10 minutes of silence and careful consideration I turn back towards the book shelves and give him my answer.

"Fine," I reply causally. His eyes nearly pop out of his head.

"Excuse me?" he choked.

I turn and glare at him, "Did I stutter? I said fine. I'll be over at James house at 7pm. You're still living with him right?" He nodded his head still trying to process what just happened.

"Good, I'll see you at seven then." I replied grabbing my last book and heading towards the register.

Flashback

As I finish my recount of the encounter Lily and Marlene sit there with their mouths opened wide. I roll my eyes and lay back on the seat.

"Close your mouths you'll catch flies." I snap as I close my eyes and doze off into a deep sleep.

I wake up sometime later with a crick in my neck and my stomach growling. Lucky enough for me the trolley lady was standing in the doorway.

"Anything off the trolley dears?" she asked.

"Two chocolate frogs and two pumpkin pasties." A deep voice said across from me. I turn my head and see Sirius rooting through his pockets. She hands him the food and takes the money then heads on her way.

"Here" He said tossing me a frog and a pasty as he unwraps his own and starts to eat them. I look at him still in a sleepy haze.

"Where are my friends Black?" I croaked as I sat up straight "And why are you here?" I added once I realize what was actually happening.

"Lily and Remus are at a prefects meeting, James and Peter are back in our compartment sleeping, and Marlene is off with her boyfriend. Probably snogging or shagging. Who knows, now eat up your stomach has been growling for the past 20 minutes." He said as he continued to eat.

"But I was sleeping as well." I pointed out unwrapping my chocolate frog.

"Yeah but your way cuter in your sleep than James or Peter." He said with a wink. I roll my eyes trying to cover up a blush heading towards my cheeks but sadly Sirius takes notice.

"No reason to be embarrassed love." He teased "You weren't like this on our date last month." I glare at him at the mention of our "Date". I stand up and place my hands on either side of his shoulders and lean over. I see his eyes zero in on my chest and a pinkish color graze his cheeks.

'Bingo' I thought to myself with a smirk. I grabbed his chin in my hand and moved his face to look at mine.

"Move your eyes six inches up Black" I say with a smirk. He gulps and does as I say. "Never ever mention this summer again to anyone. Understand?" He nods his head frantically. I smile and stand up and straighten out my grey tank top and shorts. I grab my bag and head towards the bathroom to change. On my way back to the compartment I'm stopped by my brother.

"What's this I hear about you and Black going on a date this summer?" he asks as he corners me. I try to escape but he refuses to get out of my way.

"Calm down Spence, it's no big deal." I say calmly pushing past him to head back to my compartment. He ran to keep up with me.

"No big deal? You hate guys like him!" He hissed at me. I stopped suddenly causing him to nearly run into me from behind.

"How do you even know what I like and don't like?" I exclaim trying to size him up but failing miserably due to my small frame. We stand for a moment just glaring at each other in silence. Eventually the compartment door slides open and Sirius pops his head out.

"Hey Clark your friends are… Oh hey captain." He said taking notice of my brother. Spencer just glared at him and then at me again. He finally let out an exasperated sigh and stomped down the corridor. I glare at his retreating figure and saunter into the compartment. Lily and Marlene are both back to reading and are already changed into their uniforms. James, Remus, and Peter are also in the compartment in their uniforms as well.

"What are they doing here?" I ask in an annoyed tone. Lily answers without looking up from her book.

"James wants me to remove the silencing charm and won't leave until I do." Lily said in an equally annoyed tone. I stand for a moment but then let out a shriek and grab Peter and James by the ear and push them out the door along with Sirius who is still in the doorway. I turn back to Remus who is already up and making his way out as well. I slide the door shut and fall onto the seat exhausted.

"Tough day?" Marlene asked without looking up from Witches Weekly.

"You have no idea." I sigh.

Is it even worth it to post a second chapter? It better be because I already have the next 9 chapter's written and I am currently working on number 10! I hope you enjoy and I will probably post on either Friday or Saturday so come back and read chapter 2! Thanks a bunch! Please Review!

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