Ever As Before

By HoMeSlIcE4LiFe

Summary: It always starts with a girl and a boy. Her name is Melissa. His name is Sirius. They're the best of friends. What else is there to it?

A/N Hey everyone! I was sitting in my room, thinking of Mary Sues and that led to me thinking of all the Mary Sues that Sirius falls in love with. They either hate him, are the female version of him, are a nerdy type, or they're the ones that "change" him. Well, I do enjoy those stories, but I thought I'd try something different. Also, the POVs change in this, and whose it is will be indicated by italics and underlining. So, I would love some feedback on this story, because I'm trying to change it up a bit. I hope you all enjoy and end up refreshed by the end of this fic. Thank you!

Disclaimer for whole story: I don't own anything except the plot and some O.C.s!

Chapter One: Just Them Two

Sirius Black was hiding in the spare closet from the house elf, Kreacher. At six years old, the wrinkly, short-tempered house elf was rather frightening, not that Sirius would admit that to anyone. He could hear Kreacher mumbling to himself as he passed the closet. Once the mumbling was hardly hearable, Sirius slowly opened the door and peaked out.

He was a skinny child, with hardly any fat on him. His hair was knotted, and his hands and face were dirty. His silver eyes danced in the excitement that he was feeling, and his lips were in a wide smile. He silently left the closet, and used his long legs to run as fast as he could out of the Grimmauld Place to the first place he thought of, the park.

The park was his sanctuary. His parents never cared where he went anymore. They had gained a strong dislike for the boy. His parents let him come here whenever since it was not too far from home, and he loved it here, so both parties were happy. At the park, there was a merry go round that was Sirius's favorite. He would grab onto the bar and run around as fast as he could around it, then, when he had run his hardest, he would jump onto the merry go round until it came to a complete stop. He would then start all over, again.

But today was different. Today, somebody else was on his merry go round. He stomped up to the merry go round and looked the other child in the eyes. "You're on my merry go round," he said stubbornly.

The child was a chubby little girl. She had a round face, cute smile, blue eyes, and bright blond hair. Her short, pudgy legs stuck out of shorts, and her Beatles t-shirt was so big that it covered most of her shorts. She frowned at Sirius, "I'm sorry. I didn't know. I've never been to this park before."

Sirius decided that he liked the girl better when she smiled. "S' okay," he said. "Where's your Mum and Dad?"



She shrugged. "D' know. I live with my Auntie. She's back home. She's baking cookies," she finished with a toothless smile.

Sirius grinned. "I love cookies."

"So," said the girl, swinging her legs from the merry go round, "What's your name?"

"Sirius Black," he said with a grin. "You?"

"Melissa Turk," she said. "Are you a wizard?" Sirius nodded. "My Auntie says that I'm going to be a witch. She is, but my mum and dad weren't. I really hope I will.

Sirius smiled. "Me too." He looked at the merry go round. "Do you want me to push you?"

Melissa gave a happy nod. Sirius grabbed the bar in front of him and began to run as fast as he could. The wind rushed through his hair, and his feet kicked up sand. He ran as fast as he could (trying to show off), and finally jumped on with her. They smiled at each other, and began laughing like maniacs. They were two happy kids.

Once the merry go round came to a complete stop, the two children stared at each other for a moment. "Do you want to come to my house for cookies?" asked Melissa.

Sirius didn't need to think. "Yes!"

Ten Years Later…

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"For Merlin's sake, Siri, STOP!" yelled Melissa angrily as she sat down on her bed. Melissa had grown over the years. She was only five foot, two inches. Her bright hair had become a rather brownish-blonde (much to her disappointment). She was big-boned, and actually had very little fat on her. She was mostly muscle due to her obsession with her health. She developed curves, including rather large breasts (also to her extreme disappointment), and her face was still round, although her high cheekbones slimmed down her cheeks a bit. She now had all of her teeth and rectangular brown glasses that framed her eyes nicely. Her clear complexion kept her cheeks a rosy red, especially when she was angry like this.

"Oh, come on Melly, what's with you? You normally love to throw parties!" he cried, placing his hands on his hips.

"Yeah? Well, I don't want to this weekend, okay?" she huffed.



Sirius looked at her a moment. He had gotten much taller and was now almost six feet tall. His hair was still curly, but less knotty. His face and body were still thin, but had begun to fill him out. He was also rather muscular, because he joined in with the work out Melissa did. His smile was almost always on his face and his eyes looked exactly the same as they did ten years ago. "Is it that time of the month? You know that you're supposed to give me a head's up! But, then again, that was only two weeks ago…"

She threw a pillow at Sirius head. "No! How come you always assume that?"

"How else can you be angry with me?" he asked innocently, exaggeratedly batting his eyelashes.

She looked at him grumpily. "This weekend was supposed to be relaxing. It's right before school starts and…"

"You don't think that a party is relaxing?" he asked.

"No, it's hectic planning the thing. Then, it's loud, and you have to play host, and provide food, and…"

"Okay, okay. We don't need a party," he conceded.

She smiled. "Thank you. Now, how about instead, you and I have a sleepover, watch childish Disney movies, and eat junk food? What do you think?" she asked.

Sirius pounced on her with a huge hug. "I knew there was a reason that you were my best friend," he laughed.

"Right back at you, Siri," she said with a grin.

Sirius pulled away and looked at Melissa's Muggle clock. "Okay, best bud, but I got to go on over to Jamie's. Boys night out tonight," he said with a grin.

Melissa stuck out her bottom lip. "I practically count, right?"

Sirius snorted. "Well," he said, "last time I checked you have boobs and girly thing. If you didn't have boobs, we might've let you slide, but seeing as you very clearly do… No, you do not count. Sorry, Melly, but you'll just have to see me on Saturday morning."

She rolled her eyes and sighed, leaning back on the bed. "Fine. Tell the boys I say hi."

"Will do, mate," he said and disappeared with pop.

A/N 2 So, what did you all think? Please let me know! I love constructive criticism and if you have any ideas, feel free to share them with me! I can't wait to see how this story turns out and I am so happy that you all are enjoying this!

Love,



Alex