Rawr! Lol! Anyways, sorry for the very long period between these updates. I just... I didn't know how to do it! I rewrote and rewrote and idk. This is a crappy chapter but it's got things done and over with so I can get on with making better chapters.
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Jasmine sighed and sat down at a desk next Missy. Missy was too occupied doodling hearts next to Remus' name on her note parchment to notice Jazz had returned from her use of the loo. Almost every class Jazz was in this year was shared with Gryffindors. Sirius and Robin had been in each one so far. Remus was in her first and third period classes, Transfiguration and History of Magic. James was in her second, Divination. And now it was Robin, Sirius and Remus who sat in front of them. Remus glanced behind him and smiled at Missy making her blush.
That's not obvious at all. Jasmine thought bitterly, glaring at the brunette next to him.
A piece of parchment was shoved overtop her notes, which consisted of only four bullets and few words. The one with Remus' name and a bunch of hearts and notes on the history of the Goblin Wars, as if Professor Binns ever taught anything different, presented itself instead.
'What's wrong?' she read Missy's -very- neat writing quickly. Jasmine dipped her quill in the ink well and wrote one, single word, better yet; name, on the parchment: 'Robin.' She slid the paper back towards Missy and continued to glare at the back of Robin's head. Her hair was a very pretty brown, it had a small curl to it, and it was shiny. Today it was a little darker than usual and she had grown it to the middle of her back over the summer.
Missy nudged her, almost knocking her off her chair, and pointed to her paper. Jazz had to tilt her head some to read the angle it was at. 'Sirius woke up it looked like he was lookin' for ya.'
'I care why?' Jasmine wrote on her own note paper, she could just copy of Sev later anyways. Missy shrugged. She snorted and crossed her arms with a cruel smirk while in reality Jasmine was leaping with glee on the inside. Why though? She spotted Robin grab Sirius' hand and smile at him. -That's- why. They were dating now… but she was cheating on him with his brother! Jazz's boyfriend! She wanted to scream every insult, -any- insult, she could possibly think of at Robin but instead she bit the inside of her cheek.
The bell signaling the class end rang about the Castle grounds and Professor Binns was cut off by the eager scraping of chairs on stone. The class rushed out the room and Jazz, the first one out like usual, hung around the door way, watching everyone that passed her. Missy paused, blocking the doorway some and receiving complaints from a student or two from behind.
"Whatcha waitin' for?" She questioned curiously, moving out the way with a glare at the complainers.
"I forgot my notebook. Go on without me, I'll catch up." Jasmine lied with a warm smile. Missy laughed and nodded, choosing to walk along side Arabella, a fellow Slytherin who was a metamorphmagus. Remus passed her first and then Robin. She resisted the, very strong, urge to trip her and instead grabbed Sirius' wrist and pulled him to the side. He stumbled, almost falling onto Jazz. His gaze was somewhat cocky before he soaked in who it was. He yanked his wrist away with a cold glare.
"Don't you touch me you filthy snake." He growled out. Jasmine ignored the stab of pain she felt and grabbed onto his wrist again. To her surprise he didn't resist when she began dragging him along the corridor, where less and less students were seen. She turned into a deserted corridor and glanced around making sure no one else was there.
"What do you want, Bielec?" He sneered her last name as he yanked his wrist away, again, and backed away from her some. She tried to ignore the faint, and sudden, tingling in her stomach as she met his grey eyes. He was still handsome as ever, and he still held something behind his eyes his similar looking younger brother had always lacked.
Jazz licked her lips, they were starting to feel extremely dry, and froze. Why exactly did she bring him here?
Sirius huffed and started to turn away. Jazz started feeling light headed, her eyes began burning and cold tears started running slowly down her rose tinted cheeks. A lump rose in her throat and she let out a small, quiet, hiccough. Sirius turned right back around as soon as he heard her and his eyes filled with sadness and some pity.
She swallowed, now feeling like she was choking on her tongue, "I believe your brother's been unfaithful with me." She finally blurted out, trying to remain proper. Sirius stared at her in shock, confused on what he should do.
"And…" Sirius trailed, wondering why she was telling him this. She laughed at her daftness, and whimp-like actions as of now. How could she, a respectable pureblooded Slytherin, cry in front of a womanizer Gryffindor blood-traitor. Because he used to be your best friend. A small voice murmured in the back of her mind.
"And…" She paused, "And um…" Feeling foolish and weak she hung her head low. And what? "I don't know, never mind. I just… forget it." She said slowly, mainly to herself than Sirius. Sirius put his fingers under her chin and made her look up into his eyes.
"Do you love him Jazz?" Sirius asked quietly. Her heart fluttered a little when he said Jazz instead of his usually sneered 'Bielec'. She put the feeling aside quickly, shrugging it off. Focusing on his most recent question she began feeling a little sick.
"I-I I don't know, Sirius, I thought I loved him, I truly did, but I just can't believe he would do that to me. I mean I know you could but Reg was always my best friend after you left me and-"
"After I left you? You left me! For my cousins, my brother! All those Slytherin gits, you left me for all of them!" Sirius shouted making Jasmine flinch.
"You wanted nothing to do with me! I tried going up to you, when I "got lost" on the first day," She used her fingers to do air quotes, "But you shoved me away and looked at me as if I were some rotten trash! And then when you went up to get sorted, you stared at us each individually with the most disgusted look. I was cheering you on Sirius! Merlin's sake mate, you're so bloody daft!" She shouted back at him, her face turning a little red. She huffed hard and stormed past him, making sure to bump him hard with her shoulder.
"Jazzy!" He tried calling out for her, following right behind her. She ignored him and held her head up, picking up her pace a little. "Jazz just wait," Sirius pleaded from next to her, "I'm-" She stopped short and whipped her head in his direction, her long blonde hair flowed with the movement, some strands tickling across his face.
"Do not think for one second that I'm every other woman, that I'm Robin" She sneered her name with as much cruelty as she could muster, "and will just fall to the floor if you say sorry. It's been five years Sirius. Five years! I don't even know why I wanted to talk to you! I don't know what I expected. Just run along with Potter and all your other Gryffindor scum." She snapped. Sirius stood there in shock. Jasmine took that as an 'Okay let's go now' time and stormed off, again.
As soon as Jasmine wooshed into the class, the bells rang again, she was literally two seconds from being late. She spotted Missy in the back left corner who was looking at her suspiciously. The rest of the class was eyeing her with little murmurs here and there as she made her way to Missy. Severus sat in the desk beside them, next to Arabella, and gave Jazz a questioning glance. She shrugged sheepishly and looked around her Potions classroom.
She was in a class with Gryffindors, again. She spotted Lily, James and Remus. Jazz grinned and swung her right leg over her left and relaxed, No Robin she thought peacefully.
"Care to explain why you're late Mr. Black?" Slughorn questioned the late arrival who stood, annoyed, in the doorway. Jasmine groaned and tilted her head back to stare at the ceiling. Missy snickered beside her and Jazz glared at her out the corner of her eye. She looked back up to the front of the room and felt a, sudden, burning attraction for Sirius. Was she not just chewing his head off only a minute ago? Her body needed to get on the same page as her mind, like now. He looked her way and caught her eye for a brief second before shrugging at the professor. Jazz shivered and tapped her fingers nervously. She looked over and smiled at Severus who had been staring at her. He grinned awkwardly back.
"I grabbed the wrong book and had to run back to my room but there was a mass of first years that got in my way. I'm sorry professor." Sirius lied smoothly. Slughorn smiled and patted him on the back.
"It's quite alright boy, just find a seat." He excused Sirius. Missy scoffed and went to adjust her tie. Sirius look to his best mate, who had chosen to sit with Evans instead, and then looked to his other friend whose shared desk had no other occupant. Sirius glanced Jazz's way one last time before taking the spot next to Remus.
"Now today we're going to discuss Love Potions." Professor Slughorn announced smiling cheesily. Jasmine and Missy sniggered at some of the other girls, who sat stick straight in their seats at the mere mention of 'Love Potions'.
"20 Galleons says Marlene McKinnon's going to try and use that potion on your cousin." Jazz whispered to Missy who in turn laughed. Slughorn glanced at them making Missy turn her laugh into a badly faked cough. Jazz smiled at her, the smile reaching her eyes.
"Who knows anything about love potions?" Slughorn question, clapping his hands together. Severus, Lily and some others raised their hands. Slughorn looked around the room and pointed to Lily with a smile. "Yes Ms. Evans?" He called.
"In the 1800's Laverne De Montmorency invented several different Love Potions, however the most powerful Love Potion is Amortentia. Which causes powerful infatuation or obsession with the potion maker." Lily said in her know-it-all voice. Jazz made fun of her the whole time, twirling her hair and making stupid faces while mimicking her silently. This act earned sniggers from Slytherins and a glare from Severus.
"Very correct my dear." Slughorn praised making Evans beam and scoot a little bit further to the edge of her seat. "And how can one tell that the potion before them is Amortentia?" Slughorn asked. He was met with the same raise of hands, except Jazz raised her hand this time. She has been determined to make a fool of Lily Evans ever since third year.
"Yes Jasmine?" The fact he had said her first name, instead of Ms. Bielec, made her put on a cocky smirk as she glanced at a slightly irritated Lily.
"Amortentia has a different aroma for each individual who smells it. The aromas, one would find, would be to their liking. It has a distinct mother-of-pearl sheen with steam that rises in spirals. A drinker, after drinking, will find themselves obsessed with the potion maker and to others; they would appear quite ill looking." She informed with her wonderful Slytherin smile. Missy rolled her eyes and started to pick at the peeling binding on her potions book.
"Very good, very good. Today, we're going to attempt to make this potion. Now I only saw fit that we had boy girl partners for this potion." Slughorn chuckled nervously at the looks he received. "So erm… pair up and get to work. You'll find the instructions on page 142 in your books." And with that he turned around to go and sit at his desk.
Jazz panicked for a moment before grabbing Severus' hand and grinning. "Come, we'll make the best potion." She said with a joking smile. He returned her smile and nodded.
"Missy!" She called running to catch up with her. Her last class, Care Of Magical Creatures, was not shared with Missy, but instead with Cissy.
"Jazz." Missy returned with a smile, pausing and turning to wait for her. "I've got some stuff to do, I'll be late for lunch, sorry." Missy lied to her. Jazz simply put on her fake smile and nodded. She'll just walk alone, she was a big girl now, why couldn't she?
"It's quite alright. I'll see you later." Jazz returned, formally. Missy caught the hint that she either hurt her or made her mad and decided to just rush off.
A few minutes later she spotted Regulus walking to his next class with some friends. Usually she would smile and rush to him for a big hug but this time she just hung her head and slowed her pace.
"Jazzy, love!" Regulus called. Jazz didn't look up, she bit the inside of her cheek to fight back her tears. Somebody ran by and purposely knocked her book out of her hand and she looked up, fully ready to tear someone a new one.
"Oi watch where you're bloody goin'!" She started to shout, reach down to pick up her book. Only to find someone had beaten her to it. Please don't be Reg she mentally prayed. Instead though, she was met with someone taller. Someone more handsome. "Give me my book." She said with calm anger. He turned the book over in his hand and thought for a moment. He grinned his famous shit eating grin and offered it back. She reached for it but he pulled away before she could even touch it. "I'm not in any mood to play games."
"I think that's a lie." Sirius drawled, flipping through the book. He flipped to the last page and stopped for a minute. She always doodled on the blank pages in the back of books. Jazz felt her face get hot and she reached for the book again. This time he held it above his head with a smirk. He winked at her and turned around. "Oi! Bla-" He darted off down the halls. Jazz couldn't help but smile and feel like she was eleven again, watching just as she always had as Sirius would take off with an object of hers. She made pursuit, completely oblivious to Regulus as she passed him.
"Just give me my book back, Black!" She yelled after him as he turned, again, into a loo this time. She followed him and stopped when the door shut behind her. She spotted her book sitting on the sink just ahead of her. She laughed and started running for it, knowing he would pop out from somewhere, like he always had.
As soon as she was arms length from the sink she was tackled. Sirius laughed at her from his position above her. She giggled too, the happiness actually shining in her eyes. Sirius stared at her for a little bit before he started to lean closer to her face. Jasmine pushed him off as fast as she could and rushed up. She grabbed her book and ran for the door. She paused, hand on the handle and looked behind her, to Sirius who was still laying on the floor.
"Thank you… Sirius." She whispered his name and ran out the door.
Hugging her book close to her chest she walked into the Great Hall. She was greeted with fellow sixth years of all houses and some other kids in different years than her. She sat down at the Slytherin table, beside Severus. Severus looked at her through the corner of his eye and put down his sandwich.
"What's wrong?" He asked her. Jasmine shook her head and sighed.
"I'm starving!" She lied with a giggle. Severus laughed as well and stared at her for a second before continuing on with his own meal.
"Jazz?" He asked after a little bit of watching her play with her food. He had finished his lunch quite a bit ago but he didn't want to leave her by herself.
"Hmm?" She responded not looking up.
"Well I was just thinking that, erm…" Severus paused nervously, "That you should talk with Regulus tonight."
Jazz dropped her fork with a loud clatter. She ran a hand through her hair and looked at him with glassy eyes. "What would be the point?" She whispered, "Our families… I'm going to have to marry him. They've already talked to him about proposing at Bellatrix's wedding."
"There's others you could marry." She heard him swallow, "Other purebloods." He added slowly.
"Sirius!" She heard Robin shout. She looked up slowly at Sirius. He was looking her way as well while her strutted on his way to the Gryffindor table. She smiled a real smile at him and he just nodded with a little smile. She watched him walk and sit next to Robin and with his other friends. Robin went to grab his hand but he ran it through his hair right before she could. Jazz smirked at her hurt expression when she drew her hand back slowly.
"Yeah. I mean I've still got a long while before I've got to get married." Jazz said, now seemingly a bit more optimistic. She stood up and grabbed her book. "Thanks Sev." She smiled at him, "Good job in Potions today. I honestly don't know what I would have done without you." Severus started standing as well.
"I'll walk with you." He offered. Jazz glanced at the Gryffindor table and noticed Sirius was subtly watching her. "I have a free period next hour." Severus continued, oblivious to her glance.
She smiled and nodded a little. "Sure I was just going to stop by Black Lake and think, maybe dip my feet in. Merlin knows I've got a lot of stuff to think about." She said with a small sigh. He awkwardly patted her arm. She laughed and pulled him in for a hug.
"Come now Sev, we might as well be brother and sister, you can give me hugs." She joked into the cloth of his shirt. She felt him laugh too and hug back briefly before practically pushing her away. She shrugged it off as fear of Regulus or one of his friends and simply turned. Expecting him to immediately follow she started walking towards the doors of the Great Hall. Jazz glanced over her should to Sirius who was probably killing Severus in his mind, judging by the glare he had, and stuck her tongue out childishly at him. He turned his attention to her and raised a brow. She felt her smile fade a little, Lots of thinking.