He followed it up with his eyes and saw that it wasn't Snape's hand, unless he had gone as far as to paint his nails black and green. Sirius smiled as he saw the face of the posseser of the wand. "Hey," he smiled again. "Long time no see."
"Sirius!" the girl smiled. "Sorry, I thought you were someone else!" She laughed putting her wand away and standing up again by the help of his hand. "Thanks, what have you been up to?"
"I was just...going to the library..." he shrugged.
Branwen laughed and help a hand to his forehead moving his shaggy hair.
"What are you doing?" he asked looking at her hand awkwardly.
She smiled, "Checking for a temperature...you must not be feeling well..." she laughed.
"What are you talking about? I go to the library..."
"Since when?"
"Everytime I want to be alone."
"Oh...well...can that wait a few minutes?" she asked with a smile.
"For you," he smiled. Sirius's eyes looked her over, and lingered on her badge showing proudly what house she was in. Slytherin.
Branwen looked down at herself and found that he was looking at her badge again. "Sirius..." she shook her head, "It shouldn't mean anything..."
"What?" he asked looking up to her again. "Oh, yeah...it doesn't." But it did. Sirius saw too many aweful things happen by the hands of Slytherins, his family, people he was supposed to love but loathed.
"What are you going to do for Christmas?" she asked trying to change the subject to something a bit more cheerful. "Are you going with James?"
"I'm not sure yet...it seems like I'm intruding a bit going there every break. Maybe I'll just stay here...or go somewhere else..."
"You can come with me...but I have to warn you, not to get your hopes up, I may not be going home for the holidays this year. A bit busy there, you know I don't like to be busy." she smiled
"Yeah...I'll think about it," he gave a ghoat of a smile. "I should go now, I'll talk to you later, Bran."
"See ya'" she echoed back as he walked passed her. Something was eating him, and it wasn't pleasing to her. Was it her? And why should it bother him so much that she was in Slytherin and not in Gryffindore like the rest of his friends?
Branwen walked back to the Slytherin Common Room where she found Serverus and smiled. "Hey, how goes it?" she asked with a smirk, sitting beside him. He was reading a book with such interest that his nose was nearly touching the pages.
"Fine," he muttered barely giving her a sideways glance. "Why, going to curse me?"
She snorted, "Now right now," she shrugged. "We're still sort of friends, it's a 'inside friendship' fight. We're all in it." She smiled meaning the two of them and the Maruarders.
"Not so friendly," he muttered again.
"On all parts, mind you," she shot back. "What are you reading? A text book?" she asked trying to look at the cover.
Snape blushed a little, "Not really..." he answered making sure that she couldn't see what he was reading.
"Whatever," she laughed and stood up. "I'm going to go change and go for a walk...would you like to come?" she asked as a sort of apology.
"No," was all he answered back before he flipped the page of his book and continued reading.
"Fine!" she answered back before running up the stairs towards her room.