Sirius' POV
I couldn't help but shout out the shy girl's name as she slowly walked towards us. I tried to get her to retaliate, but no such avail. She completely ignored me. Ignored me! Sirius Black. It was something I was definitely not used to, and I didn't like it. Not at all. Sure, she wasn't one of them pure-blood Slytherin prats like Regulus, or Malfoy. But she just aggravated me, like Snivelly. Every time I saw that pathetic face I just wanted to hit her, just to see if there was emotion behind that blank face. James made a regular joke of me liking Clark. Ha, as if. Not only was she cowardly and pathetic. She looked so depressed, all the time. Why should she be depressed? She had nice friends, got good marks, never got detention. She never seemed upset going home during the holidays. In the evening I heard her annoyingly prattle on to Evans about seeing her lovely family. Eugh, family. If anyone should be depressed it was me. I was the one with the family full of assholes. Who tortured and murdered people on a regular basis. I was the one hated by my mother, and father, and brother, and cousins, etc. The list could go on forever. I didn't understand this girl. Violet Clark. I didn't understand her one bit.
And I didn't want to.
Me being deeply lost in my thoughts had caused James to make the entire potion. He's just as bad as I am. "Um…is it meant to go that colour?" he asked, staring at the potion cluelessly, which was thick and bubbling unpleasantly, a sewage-green colour. I wrinkled my nose "don't think so mate." I chuckled, flicking my hair out of my eyes. In front of us, I noticed that Redhead and Clark had finished their perfect potion, which was a delicate lavender colour. They were on the other side of the class…helping Lizzie Chris and Alice Hunter with their potion, which looked as equally disastrous as ours. I grinned at Prongs, his eyes lit up in excitement, clearly understanding my idea. Slughorn's back was turned, examining Rosier's mess of a cauldron. Quickly, without thought I swapped our cauldrons over. James chuckled with me, imagining Red's hilarious reaction. Clark would probably just go and cry about it. Slughorn came over and his grin spread as wide as possible as he saw the perfect potion. "Well," he said still grinning, (did his cheeks ever hurt?) "This is amazing!" James and I exchanged inconspicuous smirks. "A perfect potion from Mr Potter and Mr Black!" The class turned to look at us. Snivelly sneered at us, his eyes narrowing. I raised an eyebrow at him and smirked. Red's reaction was just as I had imagined, it was a comical sight, her staring at us, eyes wide and mouth agape, rather like a fish. Clark on the other hand stared at our cauldron, with a knowing look in her eyes. She wasn't stupid, it was obvious she knew, but she'd never have the guts to tell old Sluggy. After the class had settled down, Red and Clark returned to their seats. For a split second I was a little scared. Not that I'd ever admit it, but Red can be pretty rough when she wants to be. She took one look at her cauldron and spun around at us, red hair flying and her face twisted in rage. "You…you…."she spluttered angrily. I chuckled at her, leaning back on the desk casually. She had most attention on James, who was looking down at his shoes. Don't give it away! I mentally shouted at him. Clark narrowed her eyes at me, and jumped a little when I suddenly turned to look at her. "Got something to say?" I sneered at the girl, who was slowly edging away from me. As per usual she didn't say anything. Not one-bloody-word! She just looked at Lily, as if she was begging her t stand up to me. I scoffed at her, which made Red angrier. Then, like the geeky, teacher's pet she was Red went to tell Sluggy. Leaving Clark with us. She turned away from us, and allowed a waterfall of silky blonde hair to hide her face. I rolled my eyes. Slughorn walked towards us. He did not look happy. I was too engrossed with watching Clark to listen to the lecture I had heard so many times. My brain only processed the word 'detention'. Red put her hands on her hips triumphantly. Clark sat there. Not smiling, not doing anything. She sighed to herself and stared down at her lap.
This girl was not human.
She seemed to be deep in thought, and when class was over, she fled out of the class, her blue eyes glossy with tears. I sighed in annoyance. What the hell was her deal? Wait. I stopped myself. Why do I care? Her mum could be rotting in Azkaban and I wouldn't give a flying shit. Red looked worried as she quickly walked after her.
Transfiguration was boring-ass as usual. Minnie decided that we would 'work better' if we were split off from our friends. We all stood at the back of the classroom, waiting to hear our fate. No one wanted to be paired with a Slytherin. No one. James was paired with Lizzie Chris, which wasn't so bad. She was kind of hot, not hot enough to be with me of course, but…not bad. James seemed a little disappointed as he had been praying that he'd be paired with Lily, lovesick sod. I was paired with worm tail. He was probably the most annoying person you could have sitting next to you. Especially if you're one of us. He's never going to stop talking to me. I forced myself from rolling my eyes. Remus was paired with Clark. I watched as they sat next to each other. Remus being the good gentleman he was smiled kindly at Clark. I laughed inwardly, as if he'd get a response from that blank piece of paper. I didn't expect her to smile back and blush like she 'liked' him. But that's exactly what she did. Remus worked with her, and actually talked and laughed with her! He was fraternizing with the enemy! I decided I was going to have to talk some sense into Moony's head. Or…I could 'talk' to Clark. Oh yeah, I would definitely get a kick out of that. She's no where near good enough to be in the presence of a Marauder, and it's about time she was told.
A/N this may sound really stupid but do I have to do a disclaimer? I'm kinda confused :S anyways thanks to those who alerted this story J and to Applejax for reviewing :D I'm really unsure about my writing skills, so constructive criticism is totally welcomed J xxx thanks