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Hello people of earth who own computers/laptops!
Here is chapter two of Awkward Flirting! How will Marlene screw up this time?
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Disclaimer- I own nothing. No Harry Potter for me :( *sigh*
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Listening to- Why Should I Worry? From the Oliver and Company Soundtrack
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YEAR 2
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Yet again Marlene McKinnon was staring at Sirius Black.
'I really need a hobby' she thought to herself as she stared at him from across the Common Room.
He had certainly changed during the summer.
For one he had grown. He was still pretty small, he was still smaller than Marlene but he was taller than Peter Pettigrew now at any rate.
His hair was also a bit longer but his fringe had been cut so he didn't keep brushing it out of his eyes. (A habit Marlene missed)
His eyes were exactly the same though. They were still big and bright. They were the same gray, almost silver when the light hit them.
So all in all Sirius Black was still drop dead gorgeous!
The only bad thing was he didn't show any interest in Marlene! None! None whatsoever! It was so annoying!
Sirius got up off the sofa and stretched like a cat and walked up the stairs to the Boy's Dormitory.
Marlene noticed that his hips moved slightly from side to side as he walked (she doubted he even realised he did this) and he swung his arms too. (Again she doubted he noticed.)
There was no other word for it- he was sexy.
"Damn I'm spending too much time with Lisa if I'm thinking that" Marlene muttered.
"Thinking like what?" Alice asked as she sat next to her.
"I'm thinking that Sirius is sexy" Marlene said.
Alice giggled at her. "Yeah you're spending too much time with Lisa" she said. "And anyway I don't think he's interested Marly."
"I know" Marlene sighed. "But I can't help it! He's so cute!"
"That's taking a step backwards" said Alice "Just a moment ago he was 'sexy'." She used air quotes on 'sexy.'
"Well he is!" said Marlene. "He's cute, he's sexy, he's adorable! Merlin damn it he's going to have a lot more girls after him in a few years!"
"Well I did hear Anne say that she thinks he's cute" said Alice.
Marlene froze. "Anne said what?" she hissed.
"She said she thinks he's cute" Alice repeated. "Lighten up Marlene it's not like he's dating you! You've hardly spoken to him!"
Sirius came back down stairs with James, Remus and Peter and they sat near the window, muttering about something.
"Maybe I should ask him if he wants to go to Hogsmeade next year" said Marlene tapping her chin thoughtfully.
"It's a year away you nutter!" groaned Alice in annoyance. "You're worse than James is around Lily lately!"
"I'm not like him!" Marlene snapped.
"You're basically stalking Sirius" said Alice rolling her eyes at Marlene. "James is basically stalking Lily. So, yeah, you're pretty alike in my opinion."
"That's only your opinion!"
"Ask anybody" said Alice. "I guarantee you'll get the same answer."
"Fine I will!" said Marlene and she walked over to Mary MacDonald.
"Hey Mary" said Marlene. "Do you think I act like James?"
"That depends" said Mary. "Do you mean you act arrogant or you stalk someone?"
"Stalk someone" said Marlene.
"Then yeah" said Mary. "After all you're stalking Sirius, James is stalking Lily. You're alike."
"You know what Mary screw you!"
"Love you too Marls."
Marlene then proceeded to ask Frank and Benjy what they thought. They gave the same answer as Mary.
Marlene asked the Sixth Years Fabian and Gideon. They also said yes.
That was just depressing.
Marlene walked back over to Alice and slouched in her chair. "Fine you win" she muttered grumpily. "I'm like James Bloody Potter."
"Told you so" said Alice grinning. "Lily owes me three Sickles!"
Marlene ignored that comment and went back to staring at Sirius.
In the words of her cousin Janice- Damn that ass was fine!
...She was twelve years old and was acting like her eighteen year old cousin...That could not be good!
Aw well, who cared?
Back to the staring!
Sirius was now talking to James, Peter was chewing bubble gum (Merlin only knew how he got his hands on that) and Remus was reading Hogwarts: A History.
Seriously that thing must have been a thousand pages long how did he deal with that?
And again back to the staring!
Sirius was leaning casually against the wall, looking up and James who was talking about something rapidly but it seemed important. Probably another prank.
Without even thinking Marlene got up and walked over to Sirius.
"Hi Sirius" she said.
"Huh? Oh, hi Marlene" Sirius replied.
"So um...nice weather we're having isn't it?" Marlene asked and mentally smacked herself. Stupid, stupid, I am so stupid!
"Um, Marlene it's raining" said Sirius.
"Oh" said Marlene glancing out the window to see that it was raining heavily. "Yeah look at that, you're right. So um...how's it going?"
"How's what going?"
Damn he really was naive! "I mean how are you?" Marlene asked.
"Fine" said Sirius.
"Is there something you needed McKinnon?" James interrupted.
"Git" Marlene muttered and turned back to Sirius. "So um, we're going to be allowed to go to Hogsmeade next year" she said.
"Yeah" said Sirius.
"Would you, er, like to go to Hogsmeade with me next year?"
"It's a year away" said Sirius.
"I know but um, just before someone else asks you I thought I might as well ask..."
"I don't think anyone else is going to ask" said Sirius who didn't seem to know if Marlene was being serious or not.
"You know what Sirius you're really stupid sometimes!"
STUPID! IF ANYONE WAS STUPID AROUND HERE IT WAS HER! WHAT DID SHE JUST SAY?
"Gee thanks" said Sirius flatly.
Peter was staring at her as though to say 'Even I'm not that stupid!'
Remus had buried his face further in his book.
James was glaring at her.
He grabbed Sirius by the wrist and said "Come on mate let's go finish those prank plans." And then he dragged Sirius upstairs.
Remus and Peter followed them.
Marlene sat back down next to Alice dejectedly.
"Well I feel like an idiot" she said.
"You should" said Alice. "Here's a little tip Marly- if you want a boy to like you don't call him stupid!"
"Screw you Ally."
"Love you too Marly."
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A/N: And lo Marlene did mourn. She screwed up even worse than last time. Oh dear. Please review!