Love Potion Slip – A Sirius Black/OC Non Canon Fic.
Chapter 1 – The Slip and it's Repercussions.
Sirius sauntered into the Great Hall, heading down the path between the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff tables, his hands in his trouser pockets. He stopped at the Hufflepuff table in an attempt to talk to a rather popular looking girl who was holding court. His hand slipped out of his pocket and glided over a goblet just to the right of the girl's elbow before turning around and sitting down at his own House's table.
Moments later a mousey, bookish looking girl entered the Hall and took the seat at the popular girl's right.
"Is that your juice?" Jayne asked.
"No. Take it, it's yours," drawled Kitty Hartshorne, the popular girl, in a rather bored, put upon voice. Kitty had been the object of Sirius Black's affection for some weeks, but she paid him no attention. She loved playing hard to get.
Jayne Newman on the other hand was a plain Jane; a hard working Hufflepuff student who kept to herself and her books, but always had time to help others. She gladly took the goblet and drank about half of it before settling down to eat. She piled onto her plate all sorts of good food as she had missed lunch because she was too engrossed in a book in the Library. Suddenly she felt very warm and fuzzy. She became rather thirsty too, so she polished off what was left in her goblet.
Behind her, Sirius groaned internally.
'Great, now I'll have that sap of a bookworm trailing after me until the potion wears off,' he thought dejectedly, his elbows on the table as his hands cupped his head. He had lost his appetite and so decided to leave. Jayne noticed him move and she knew she had to follow after him.
"Sirius, wait!" she shouted after his retreating back, "wait!"
"What do you want?" Sirius snapped. Her watery blue eyes stared up at him in adoration. "Look, that juice was laced with a Love Potion and it was meant for Kitty, not you," he sighed, attempting to move away. He was prevented from doing so because Jayne had grabbed a hold of his arm tightly.
"Let….Go…," he growled, but still she hung on.
"Sirius, what's wrong? Don't you like me?"
"NO! Now leave me alone," roared the Gryffindor, yanking his arm free and stalking off. Jayne stood there, petrified to the spot. The next thing anyone saw was the blur of Jayne running in the direction of the Hufflepuff Common Room. Sirius on the other hand wandered the grounds and labyrinth of corridors until the moon had risen. Luckily it was only just passed a first quarter moon that night, but it would mean that Remus would start getting snappy.
Sure enough, as soon as he entered the Gryffindor Tower, Remus was at his throat, figuratively however.
"How could you do such a thing to Jayne?"
"Moony mate, I didn't mean for the potion to end up 'in' Jayne. The Love Potion was meant for Kitty. You know how she's been playing with me. I just couldn't handle it any more. It was a desperate attempt to get her to go out with me."
"Well, for your sake, I just hope that this episode won't affect Jayne too badly," Remus mused. All of his friends knew that he was a library partner to Jayne, ever since first year.
"I just don't want her grades to suffer because of your carelessness."
"I'm sure she'll be fine," Sirius shrugged off, as he slumped into a chair.
"We'll see," Remus said before heading to the dorm. He hated the first day of his cycle. He hated how mean-spirited he became, but that's what you get when you're a werewolf. Jayne had still accepted him as a friend, even after she had worked out why he disappeared for days on end every month. Even when it was close to a full moon, she somehow put up with his foul moods. If it wasn't for the fact Remus fancied someone else, everyone would have thought he had a crush on her. In fact, he saw her as the sister he had never had, much like James, Sirius and even Peter were the brothers he never had too.
'I'll see her tomorrow. Hopefully she's strong enough to deal with all of this.' And with that thought, Remus decided he was way too tired to study or read, so curled up in his bed and slept soundly.
But sleeping soundly wasn't how both Sirius and Jayne spent the night. Sirius lay awake, wracked with guilt, Jayne was overcome with pure emotion, the come down from the potion was intense.
What Kitty had to say didn't help either.
"What would someone like the devilishly handsome Sirius Black want with a dormouse like you? Compared to my 'brilliance', you're dull, life less." She sneered.
Unfortunately, Jayne had to share a dorm with Kitty and her groupies. The only thing she could do was to just close the curtains around her bed, blocking them from sight and she also performed a Silencing Spell to drown out their inane chatter. Eventually sleep took her but it was fitful; full of faces sneering at her stupidity of not being able to detect a Love Potion.
'Stupid Jayne,' she told herself, 'how can you not have known there was a Love Potion in that goblet? You know what they smell like and even what the liquid looks like when put in. Dumb, stupid Jayne, head too in the clouds full of daydreams and books. When will you learn?'
Sure enough, the next day during a free period, Jayne was joined in the Library by Remus.
"How are you?" he asked, taking in her pale look. Her eyes were rimmed with black shadows and looked as if they were quite red from crying too.
"Ok, I think," she replied timidly, with a small smile.
"Look, if you need me to do anything….."
"Remus, truthfully, I'll be fine. I may look like I might fall into a heap and start weeping but I'm strong inside. I'll get over it, just one day at a time," she said with another smile and a shrug. That was all Remus needed to know.
Later that day, the sun shone brightly for an early spring day, so the students made the most of it by heading outdoors. As usual the Marauders took their place under the tree, joined by Lily Evans who was playing tonsil tennis with James. Unable to sit and watch the display of affection in front of him, Sirius set off to walk around to the other side of the lake, just for some peace and quiet.
He had to pass Kitty and her hoards of groupies, who all cat-called at him, saying loudly that Kitty could do much better. Sirius was lost in his thoughts as he walked, not really looking where he was going, so much so that he tripped over someone who was sitting on the grass. As he picked himself up, he saw how he had fallen over. It was Jayne.
"Oh, sorry," he stuttered.
"It's fine," she replied and quickly went back to reading the book in her hands, which was now up-side down. Sirius started to walk away but stopped and turned back around.
"Look, about yesterday; I'm really sorry. I never meant to cause you or anyone any harm."
"No harm was done. I'd rather just forget about it," she sighed, again attempting to go back to reading her now righted book.
"Jayne, I'm really sorry and I want to make it up to you somehow." He was almost begging and Sirius Black never begged. Jayne had to stifle the laughter that was brewing. She took a deep, cleansing breath.
"Hogsmeade is coming up. Treat me to a Butterbeer and some of Honeyduke's Finest – and I just might forgive you."
"That's all?"
"Yes. Oh hell, is that the time? I've got to tutor in 10 minutes," Jayne realised and started to pack her stuff up. Sirius stooped to help, only for their hands to brush against each other as they both went for the book.
"Sorry," Sirius said, yet again.
"I'll never forgive you if you keep apologising," Jayne beamed. Sirius was startled. Why had he never noticed her smile before? It lit up her entire face, made her once watery eyes glisten with a magic no one could ever replicate.
"Here, let me take those." Sirius offered, holding out his ands to relieve Jayne of the burden of carrying her things.
"Why, thank you kind sir, " she giggled and curtsied. Again, Sirius was stunned. Her laugh was like music to his ears. Nothing like the monstrous bark Kitty Hartshorne called a laugh. No, Jayne's was light and airy but it also had depth and meaning behind it. When she laughed, it was for real, not fake or forced.
"May I escort you to your next appointment my lady?" Sirius grinned, bowing slightly before holding out his elbow and inwardly sighing as Jayne accepted it.
They walked back, talking amicably, almost as if the whole Love Potion slip had never happened. Kitty watched them through slanted eyes as they came in to her sights, not liking how close the pair now appeared to be. She would have to watch them closely from now on.
"You didn't have to do this you know," Jayne told Sirius as they reached the Main Doors. Jayne's student was waiting nearby.
"Yes, I did. If only to show everyone that things are ok between us."
"If you want. Thanks again Sirius. Catch you later," she said over her shoulder as she joined the third year Slytherin. Sirius then turned around and headed back to his friends. He flumped down with a contented sigh, which turned into a groan when Kitty decided to walk over.
"Hi Sirius. Are you going to Hogsmeade next month?" she hinted as she stood in front of him, twirling a piece of hair between her fingers.
"I am. Why do you want to know?"
"Oh, I was just hoping to either go downand meet up with you. But if you have other plans, no biggy," she shrugged, silently praying he had no other plans.
"As a matter of fact, I do have other plans. And I'm certainly not going to share them with you."
"Fine," huffed Kitty," I'll probably see you there then. In the Three Broomsticks? Maybe you could, perhaps, buy me a drink?" she hinted at, adding a cheeky wink and smile.
"Sorry Kitty. That privilege has already been taken," Sirius said, not taking any notice of her. Kitty hmphed and stomped back over to the 'friends'. Rejection did not sit well on her shoulders. She would just have to find out who it was that had now captured Sirius' thoughts.