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Ive always wanted to write a story like this! I'm terribly sorry if my writing doesnt flow or if it seems rushed- i had a bout of inspiration at night time so what you are reading is the result of my coffee filled self. Regardless, i hope you enjoy :)

"You know Lia, it is generally frowned upon to read other peoples mail." Said Sirius Black, gesturing to the open envelope I had presented him with.

"It's Aurelia. And it is generally frowned upon to be disowned too. But that didn't seem to deter you." I snapped.

Call it harsh to say something like that to a boy who hadn't had what people would call the most exceptional childhood. But I don't think it was too harsh. I knew him well enough to know that he would laugh it off. His mate didn't seem to catch on to the joke though.

But I guess that's Griffindors for you.

"Excuse me?" Spat Potter, rising to his feet, "What was that Leighton?" He held a burning look in his eyes and it almost made me laugh at his protectiveness over his best friend. Ironic, really. Did he not think Sirius could stand up for himself if he had desired to?

In any other case, I would've probably given Potter what he would probably call an ' Evil Slytherin Smirk' and started a war of words- or maybe even a nice duel if he decided that now was the appropriate time to show his Gryffindor courage. But that would be stupidity on my part, as we were in the Great Hall at breakfast time and the teachers were sat on their table. A fight would end up in nothing more than a trip to the Hospital Wing for Potter and a detention for me.

"I'm not here to start a fight Potter." I shrugged, giving him a charming smile that made him scowl harder, "I am merely here to deliver a letter and I'll be on my way." I handed the letter to Sirius, who opened it and scanned the contents, like i had done a few hours ago. His small, amused smile instantly changed into something darker and i decided it would be best to let him deal with it on his own.

I had barely taken a step back when he reached forward and grabbed the edge of my sleeve.

"Now I'll have to burn this shirt." I sighed, shaking my head. He didn't reply at first and seemed uncomfortable for a moment but after I tried to tug myself away, he looked up and cleared his throat.

"I'll need to speak to you later. It's... important." He murmured. His hand moved from my sleeve and he picked up his fork to twirl it in between his fingers with a grace that could only be mastered by someone who had received harsh etiquette lessons. I took this as a sign that whatever he had to discuss was important- Sirius usually stayed away from any of his mother's past teachings.

"I'm free after two." I offered.

"See you at three then Lia." He nodded, mouth turning up. I decided to ignore the last part and instead chose to begin my walk to the classroom in which my next lesson would take place.

Although I would never say it to his face, I hated to see him look upset and if calling me by a shorter version of my name seemed to cheer him up, I guess I could overlook it a few times.

My relationship to Sirius was complicated. He was a year older than me but we had been brought up in the same kind of environment. From a young age, we had been taught how to carry on our family name and how to keep our social standing high. This is why it had baffled so many people with how different the two of us were. He had rebelled against his family and the entire pureblood ideology whilst I had remained neutral. In a way, I understood him. There were definitely things wrong with way some people thought. But doing what he had done was stupid. If you wanted to change the way people thought, you would need power and influence. Getting kicked off the family tree was not the ideal way to gain respect among people who could provide you with these things. The different ways we saw the world had divided us ever so slightly but Sirius and I had known each other for too long to be able to separated by something as small as that. I considered him a friend and he was a refreshing breath of air compared to the small minded people who made up most of the group that was socially acceptable for me to mingle with. He was different and I liked that.

"What did you want to talk to me about?" I had said once we had reached our usual talking place. As a Slytherin, I understood that it was being friends was risky and so we tried to keep speaking in public to a minimum lest we cause an uprising.

"I need to tell you something."

"I gathered."

Sirius was smiling so brightly, you would think that's Merlin himself had descended to tell him the correct number for the weekly galleon draw. A nervous pang rippled through me at his excitement. My idea of joy and Sirius's idea of joy were very different.

However, I wasn't prepared for what he said next.

"I know someone who likes you." He had beamed.

I stared at his face, a sudden urge to slap the smile off it, forcing me to take a deep breath to calm myself down.

From his face earlier I had assumed it was something that I should be worried about. But i should've known it would be something idiotic like this. He had been pestering me for weeks about how young girls my age should want to get out more. And don't get me wrong- I do love to go out to places like Hogsmede with my girls.

But when Sirius says 'get out more' he means it in a more mature way.

"You called me here just to tell me that someone likes me? Are you serious?"

"Well yes. And I've been Sirius since I was bor-"

In hindsight I should've seen that joke coming. But with the need to slap him already planted in my body, there had been nothing to stop me from smacking his cheek as hard as I possibly could.

"OW! The hell was that for? Woman, I just revealed that some guy is romantically interested in you and you slap me?" He whined, clutching his red cheek.

"I thought it was going to be something important! I thought maybe you were upset over the letter!" I shot back.

Seeing him pathetically clutch his face made me feel slightly bad and in a moment of pity, I pressed the tip of my wand to his cheek and preformed a charm to stop it stinging.

"I thought you'd be excited." He pouted, "You've never been on a date before, right?"

Well he wasn't wrong. But getting a boyfriend to obsess over wasn't on the top of my to do list anyway. It way nearing the end of my fourth year of Hogwarts and in a few weeks, we would be going home for the summer holidays. I had decided that my OWLS would get my undivided attention once I was in my fifth year and I was going to stick to that. Once exams were over, I would have all the time I wanted to focus on things like boyfriends and relationships.

"Believe it or not Sirius." I said, "I've been asked out before. If I wanted to say yes to them I would've but I simply don't have time for such things."

Sirius surprised me by wrapping his arms around me and squeezing me tightly in a comforting way. Although his sudden action had confused me, I rested my head on his shoulder and hugged him back just as tightly.

"What was that for then?" I asked once he had let go.

"You don't have to lie to me Aurelia." He smiled, shaking his head.

"Huh?"

"Let's be real here. You've never had a boy ask you out right?"

And for the second time that day, Sirius Black found himself rubbing his red cheek.

"So... Long time no see huh?"

"It's been an hour."

"Exactly."

Sirius pulled up a chair and sat next to me. I was surprised to say the least. Not with the fact that his perception of time was off, but with the fact that he was in the Library. It was not somewhere he was usually seen hanging out.

"So listen about earlier..." He trailed off.

"You've come to apologise?"

"I've come to tell you more about the guy who has a crush on you."

I sighed and marked my page in the book I was reading so that I could put it down and faced him.

"Fine. What's his name so I can tell him to bugger off?" I sighed. A wicked gleam swept past Sirius's eyes and he let out a bark off laughter.

"Can't tell you." He said. I stared at him in disbelief before frowning to think.

Usually him not telling me something would mean that he had promised to not to tell and Sirius didn't make promises- that he actually kept- that often. The only person who he would keep a secret for was a friend. And it would have to be a close one.

"Are you making this up Sirius?" I shot at him. I didn't want to make an guess of who it was if I didn't know for sure that he was telling to the truth.

"I swear it to you."

"Is it one of your friends?"

As soon as I spoke my question I watched his facial expression very carefully. Sirius knew how to mask emotion very well. But I watched as, for a millisecond, his casual mask had slipped .

"Maybe. Maybe not."" He shrugged. I hadn't been able to tell much from that flash of panic. It could've been from the fact that I was trying to guess that had worried him. But it also could've been that I was right. I didn't have any more time to ask him anything else because he had chosen to get up from his seat start walking away. I glared at his retreating back and tried to focus again on my studies. But annoyingly, his words had filled up my thoughts and the curiosity was starting to gnaw on me.

"Someone has a crush on me." I said softly to myself. And even when I tried to not think about it, I found myself smiling and a having a quite nice feeling in my stomach. After all, I may have promised myself that studying came first, but there was nothing to say that I would be completely uninterested in anyone.

Thank you for reading my first chapter xx

I would love to hear what you think so far! Please leave me a comment and I promise I'll try to update as soon as possible. I know this is a Remus x OC story so your probably wondering 'Where on earth is he then?' But i really wanted you to get to know my OC a little first. I swear- Remus will be making an apperance in the next chapter!