Disclaimer: I do not own any Harry Potter Characters, they belong to J.K. Rowling. I only own my plot and original characters.

I picked up my books from my desk in class. It was the end of my sixth year at Hogwarts. A boarding school for witches and wizards. I had just finished my last class of the day, Potions. Although Potions was easy for me it was my least favorite class because of all the Slytherins. I hated the Slytherins just like any other Gryffindor does. I was placing my last book in my bag when I felt the familiar arms of my boyfriend wrap around me.

"Hey Gorgeous." Sirius whispered in my ear. I got chills up my back when he whispered my name. He was such a good boyfriend. I mean yeah he had tons of girls after him but he had picked me out of all of them and we have been going out for about 2 months. Sirius was gorgeous himself; he had jet-black hair that hung around his face and sometimes fell into his deep blue eyes. But I barely got to look into his eyes. It seemed as if every time I tried he would joke or look away or try to kiss me. I knew that Sirius was the type of guy who just shagged and then moved on but part of me wanted to think it was different. I mean I was Sirius' longest relationship so far, I don't think that he has been someone as long as I have been with him so far.

"Hi." I said smiling and giving him a peck on the lips when I was sure no one was looking. He grabbed my hand and we started to walk away from that horrible class. I was glad that I wouldn't have to see the Professor for at least 3 months because we were leaving for our summer holiday tomorrow.

"Hey Ash!" Adam, my favorite twin brother in the entire world said coming closer to Sirius and I.

"Hey Bro." I said letting go of Sirius' hand immediately. I wasn't like every other girl that Sirius used to date; I didn't like to show affection in public. I would have been content just kissing him in private. That was what was so different between Sirius and I; he wanted to show off who he was dating while I wanted to keep between the two of us. I gave Adam a hug and we stood there for a few awkward moments.

"Well, I'll let you two love birds be alone but I need to talk to you later. Its about dad, he wants to meet us tonight in his office." Adam said before heading off. I should tell you that my dad works here at the school. He has been the DADA teacher since before I came here. It is a little weird to have my dad working here but I love it because Adam and I are so close to our dad. Don't get me wrong, we have a mom but she never really seemed to take an interest in us. My dad always took care of us while our mom was out working as an Auror for the Ministry.

"Ash, we need to…" Sirius started before we were interrupted by his cousin Bellatrix and his brother Regulus.

"Sirius, you could do so much better, I mean a TEACHERS daughter?" Bella had said. I looked away quickly because I wasn't and haven't been one for confrontation. I tried to shut my ears so I couldn't hear what was being said. All I ended up hearing was Sirius saying something and then they left. I looked at Sirius who looked pissed off. But when I caught him off guard and looked deep into his eyes I sad nothing but sadness and loneliness. My heart immediately ached when I saw how sad he was. I gave him a hug and kiss him on the cheek.

"I'm sorry." I said giving him a hug.

"Its ok." He whispered back and we stood there in each other's arms for a while before he pulled back. He knew that I had just seen the real him, and even though I was glad that I saw that there was more to him rather than him joking around a lot and not having a care in the world.

"What were you going to say?" I asked him. He shook his head and then he escorted me to my dad's office. Adam was already lounging on the couch in my dad's office. My dad was a very jolly laid back kind of man. He was always making his students work hard but he did it in a way that made the students WANT to work. He had a charm and a charisma around him that made people want to be near him. He even passed that charm down to us. Both Adam and I had his charms and some of his looks. Him and my dad looked almost identical, Adam and I were looking at old pictures of him when he was a kid and they could have been pictures of Adam. I had the same bone structure in my face as them but my hair was longer than theirs. Adam and I had black hair and bright green eyes. Our father says its because his mum was Irish but we know she wasn't. We don't really care where our eyes had come from because we loved the way they looked. It was perfect against our dark hair and cheekbones. It just completed our look. We were both pretty thin, Adam was on the Gryffindor Quidditch team as the Keeper and I used to be a chaser until I got so overwhelmed by my schoolwork that I quit.

"Hi daddy." I said giving him a huge hug. He was wearing some muggle clothing and he relaxing in his over sized chair behind his desk. I sat on top of Adam and he made a sound before he pushed me onto the floor. I gave out a half cry half laugh before I got up and started to rub my butt.

"Stop it you two… I have something important that I have to tell the two of you." He said but then he was quiet. Adam and I glanced at each other he got up and let me sit next to him. When my dad said important he meant it. He meant everything he said so you knew to take him seriously.

"I have to do something before we leave Hogwarts, and I wont be able to escort you guys home from the station. I wont be back until next week." He said. Why? I thought. He was a teacher; it wasn't like he was doing the same job as mom.

"But…" I started.

"No. You guys are old enough to make the trip home without me. The Potters' have agreed to drive you home so you will be safe." He said. Adam opened his mouth to protest this time but dad just held up his hand to silence him. We both sank back against the back of the couch at the same time. A few minutes later our dad dismissed us and we left walking slowly to dinner.

"Where do you think…" I started.

"I don't know. Maybe he is going to do some research for his next book." Adam said shrugging it off.

"Liar." I said under my breath.

"Ash, I don't know just like you don't know so you can't call me a liar." Adam snapped. We were never usually like this, sure we had some sibling rivalry but that was only normal every now and then. But lately it has seemed as if we have had more fighting then normal. I knew that Adam hated that I was seeing Sirius but I really truly liked Sirius. Not because of his looks but just him. I loved the way he smiled and laughed when he thought something was funny. Even when he laughed just to break the tension. I loved that he had a troubled life and he was loyal to his friends. Sirius hasn't once tried to do anything more than kiss me since we started to go out and I loved that. He was being a gentleman and it made me feel special. He even respected that I didn't like to show affection in public, which made me like him even more. Some could argue that I was in love with him and in a sense I was. I loved everything about him but I wasn't ready to be in love with him. Not at all.

"I'm sorry. I just feel weird as if something horrible is going to happen you know." I said fully aware that he did know because he could feel the same thing as me. I remember when we were little I was be sitting on the floor in the playpen that my father had built for us because we were at the age where we got into everything in sight. Every time I would cry because I wanted something Adam was always the one who knew exactly what I wanted without me even saying anything. He would get up go to the toy chest and give me the exact thing that I wanted. My dad used to call it twin intuition, he said we always knew what each other wanted no matter the circumstances.

"I don't see why you like him, he's a complete git." Adam said out of nowhere but I knew whom he was talking about. It was the same fight over and over again for the last two months.

"Oh my god, not this again. Adam you really need to get over this. Sirius and I were together and that's it." I said hoping he would drop it.

"But you can do some much better. And what do you mean not again? I'm only looking out for you." Adam said.

"Are you a seer?" I asked him. He gave me a weird look until he knew where I was going g with this. Then he sighed and shook his head.

"That's right, no. So drop this, you don't know that this is going to turn out badly." I said as we reached the Great hall.

"I know because it's Sirius." He muttered as I sat in between Sirius and Adam. I was never the type who had many female friends. I was always hanging out with the guys because there were nothing but guys in our neighborhood growing up and it was just easier to be myself around them. When I came to school Adam and I were inseparable, he had been friends with a few guys from our year and we ended up hanging out with them. He was also friends with James and Remus, he never liked Sirius much because he was always after girls like they were pieces of meat.

"Everything ok?" Remus asked noticing the tension between us. I always loved Remus, he was my favorite out of all of Adam's friends. He was intelligent and sensible and I could talk to him about things other than Quidditch.

"Perfectly fine." I said cheering up and eating my dinner. I could put on my charm that I had gotten from my father at any time. I just chose not to do it in front of people I hated such as Bella and her friends and certain strangers.

"What are your plans for the summer?" James asked me. He was sitting across from Sirius and I. I felt Sirius tense up so I glanced at him but he was avoiding eye contact.

"Not sure yet, how about you?" I asked him. He shrugged and we all continued to eat.

"You know where we should go!" I said getting all excited because I loved to travel.

"Where?" Adam asked even though he had an idea in his head.

"We should go to the States, my pen pal was telling me about this muggle amusement park that they have there and they have these awesome thrill seeking rides called Roasting Coolers… or something like that and we could check that out. I bet we can convince dad to do that for our family vacation this summer." I said getting really excited just telling them about it. Sirius and Remus laughed.

"What?" I asked innocently. I touched my face to make sure I hadn't spilt anything on my face or anything.

"No, nothing like that." Sirius said realizing what I was worrying about. "We just think it's funny and cute how innocent you looked when you were talking." Sirius said interlocking his fingers in mine under the table. I knew that I was blushing because I could feel my face getting hot.

"Oh, I love vacations. I remember this one time we went to Egypt with dad… do you remember Adam? And we had so much fun in all the pyramids and everything. It was great." I said forgetting all about my uneasy feeling about something going horribly wrong.

"I love that you are so care free. Its refreshing." Sirius said out of nowhere. I smiled and looked away because I didn't know what to say to that. When I looked away I could see Remus giving Sirius a bad look along with James who had recently been trying to talk to Lily Evans who was on his other side. HE had been trying to get Lily ever since they met. He told me it was love at first sight and that he would do anything to be with her. So I told him to stop dating around and he had, all year he hasn't looked at one girl other than Lily Evans. I was one of her roommates and I knew that she had noticed. He was ecstatic when I first told him about her noticing.

"What's wrong?" I asked them. They both dropped their looks and replaced it with a happy look. They shook their heads no and then went back to their dinner. I knew something was up but I couldn't quite place it. I made a mental note to talk to Remus and Adam about it later before my thoughts were interrupted by Professor Dumbledore standing to make an End of the Year speech.

"Another year gone by that has been great and I am happy to announce that Gryffindor wins the House cup." Dumbledore said. We all erupted in applause happy that we had beaten the Slytherins for the sixth year in a row. Dumbledore said a few more words before telling us all to go to bed and be ready to leave tomorrow morning. Everyone filed out of the Great hall, Sirius and his friends were a few yards ahead of Adam and I.

"Did you notice that Dad wasn't at the table?" Adam asked when there weren't many people around.

"Yeah, I'm sure he'll tell us where he went when he comes home." I said trying to keep the conversation light. Adam nodded and we entered the common room to find everyone partying with music, butterbeer and tons of laughing. Right in the middle of the crowd was Sirius and James making everyone laugh. We joined the party taking a butterbeer and laughing our worries away. After a while Sirius got away from the crowd and joined me. We went to a corner in the common room and I sat on his lap.

"Having fun?" I asked him. He nodded and gave me a kiss on the lips. I always got the chills up and down my back when he touched me and kissed me.

"You're an amazing girl, I have never known someone like you." He said barely a whisper.

"What do you mean by that? How am I different?" I asked him. He thought for a second before replying.

"You are so innocent and you're sweet and you just… you captivate me." He said.

"Whoa, Sirius using big words. What's going on with you?" I asked jokingly. He gave a nervous laugh. I could tell that he liked me a lot because he was looking into my eyes and I felt as if he wanted me to see his bare soul. As if he was offering me a glimpse into his life and a chance to uncover his secrets.

"I love you." I said all of sudden without thinking. I was so mesmerized that he was showing me a bit of his soul that I didn't control what came out of my mouth. Sirius froze and opened his mouth and then closed it.

"I didn't mean it like that. I meant I love your kisses." I said with a genuine smile on my face forcing myself to act carefree again so he wouldn't see through me. He sighed a relieved sigh and kissed me. And I let him do it in public because I just wanted him to forget what I had said. Even though he was kissing me in a way that would have made my insides turn to mush but I was too busy thinking about what I said. I never really said anything like that without meaning it. Did I love him? We had only been together for about 2 months but we have been friends for more than 6 years.

"I think it is time for all of you to go to bed now and stop making out!" I heard McGonagall's voice boom out over the music and then I pulled away from Sirius and I knew I was blushing. I hated getting caught doing something by the teachers because they always told her dad. She hated doing anything that made her dad look at her like she had disappointed her.

"Goodnight baby." I said giving him one last peck while the Professor wasn't looking. He nodded and we went to our dorms.