I'm baaaccck.

By the way, this chapter sorta sucks, because I think the dreaded writers block has an attachment to me these past few weeks. Humph.

Behold, crappy almighty fanfic, chapter two.



"So I recognised James, who're the others?" Alba asked. They were in the common room, doing their homework.

"Well, the one that had his head in a book is Remus, he's really nice," Lily said, and the smirked at Charlotte, who glared back and gave her the 'not in the same room!' look; Alba looked at Remus and smiled.

"Yeah, I sat next to him in Muggle Studies, didn't catch his name then though,"

"And the one with dark brown hair is Sirius, he and James are practically inseparable," Charlotte said as she dipped her quill into the ink pot and scrawled out a sentence.

"And then there's a small, short one called Peter Pettigrew," Lily informed her, looking around for him; he wasn't there, which was odd, as he clinged onto James and Sirius like stink on a warthog," Though I have no clue where he is… He's alright. It's just Potter and Black that piss me off."

"What's that about me Evans? Telling Alba here how much you love me?" James' voice sounded from behind them.

"Ugh," Lily groaned.

"Hi Charlotte!" Remus said brightly, smiling at her, causing her to blush a shade of red that put Lily's hair to shame. "And hi, Alba isn't it?" he added.

"Sure is," Alba replied, "Remus isn't it?"

"Yeah, the one and only," he grinned.

James and Sirius dumped themselves down next to Lily on the couch, "Whoa, who the hell said you could sit next to me?" she asked, raising a quizzical eyebrow.

"It's our common room as well, Evans, hence, our couch also," James said smugly.

"And besides, Remus and Charlotte get on," Sirius grinned at Remus, "And, we need to get to know Alba,"

Lily muttered something under her breath, and went back to reading her text book. Remus sat down, hesitantly, next to Charlotte, causing her to have to suppress a squeal.

"So Alba, you were home schooled?" Sirius asked, casually.

"Yes,"

"But you decided to come here?"

"Yes,"

"You don't talk much, do you?"
"On the contrary, I happen to talk a lot with people I know well enough,"

"Well, we should get to know each other then,"

"Stop harassing my friend, Black." Lily glared at him.

"No Lily, it's fine," Alba replied, giving Sirius that same look she gave him in the potions classroom. It freaked him out, and he felt shivers go down him spine; he shuddered a bit, but it managed to go unnoticed by the rest of them. Sirius looked away quickly; it felt strange, unnerving even, to make eye contact with her.

"Evans?" James started. Lily sighed; here we go again, "Please?"

"Potter, I've said it before, and I'll say it again; I will never, repeat never, go out with a toe rag such as you, got it?" Lily said firmly, punctuating each one with a poke in James' chest with her quill, leaving ink stains on his shirt.

"This is normal for them, Alba," Remus informed her, laughing a little at the disgruntled look on James' face as he glared at the ink stains, "You'll get used to it."

"It wouldn't be normal," Lily said, dipping her quill in the ink again, causing James to back away a little, but she rolled her eyes at him, and wrote out another sentence for her History of Magic homework, "if he got the hint and stopped asking."

James made a non committal grunt, and leaned back into the couch. Remus, who was somewhat a clean freak, pointed a wand at James' chest and muttered a spell that left his shirt spotless.

Sirius jumped out of his seat, "Come on," he said to Alba; he'd recovered slightly, and his confident self had returned.

"I thought I told you to stop harassing her? She doesn't have to go anywhere with you." Lily said, barely looking up from her work.

"Calm down, Evans, I'm not gonna abduct her or anything," Sirius assured her, and couldn't resist adding," And besides, did you see her in Defence against the Dark Arts? She knocked her duelling partner out for about an hour, so even if I did try anything, she'd be able to defend herself." He recalled the memory of the impressive lesson; though he had scared him a little that this girl could probably whip his ass if he pissed her off.

"Good point; if he tries anything, I think putting him in a coma is a good one," Lily said to Alba, in a serious tone. Though, she was joking; she wouldn't wish that on anyone, not even Sirius Big Ego Black.

Alba chucked a bit, and followed Sirius out of the common room.

"So," Sirius started, "How is the poor sod you knocked out?"

"He was let out of the hospital wing at dinner; after they were definite he didn't have concussion." Alba replied.

Sirius chucked a bit, "It's all round school, y'know. I think you've made an impression on all of them."

Alba shrugged, "You'd think people would have better things to talk about rather than the creepy new girl who hospitalized a kid on her first day." She said wryly.

"So, erm… how'd you get so good at Defence against the dark arts?" Sirius asked her.

"My father was very insistent that I learned how to defend myself from an early age," she replied.

"Was?" Sirius asked curiously at the use of the past tense.

"Yeah…" Alba said, turning around abruptly, "I'd better be getting back to the common room. Homework and… stuff."

Sirius watched as she walked back down the corridor, toward the Gryffindor common room, confused. Did his question strike a nerve? He watched her, till he was sure she was back in the common room, before kicking the wall in frustration. The abrupt end to the conversation made him want to know more, and Sirius Black didn't give in easily.


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