Chapter 3 I Would Have Joined You

"Quidditch practice is at seven tomorrow, Kat." James told me when I sat down next to Alice in the Great Hall for lunch.

"Okay," I said as I grabbed an apple. "Can't wait."

"Can't wait for what?" Lily asked, sitting down next to me, with a big book open in her hands.

"Quidditch practice what else." James said.

"That's all you guys ever think about." Lily rolled her eyes.

"No all the time." Sirius said. "Theres loads of things we think about."

"Yeah, and what are those things?" Lily asked. I could tell see what getting even more annoyed.

"Sirius don't say anything please," Remus said right as Sirius had his mouth open to speak. "We don't need to know what kind of things your mind thinks about."

"But she asked."

"Please don't." Lily said, her cheeks going a slight shade of pink.

"Sirius whip the smirk off your face." I said as Sirius had this grin of satisfaction on his face.

The rest of the school day went by slowly, which it always does. I sat in the library, working on my History of Magic essay that was due this Friday until someone sat down next to me.

"I'm surprised to see you in the library," I said, not looking up from my essay. "What, is this your first time being in here since you've been at Hogwarts?"

"Oh, shut up," I could hear the smile in his voice. "I was just take a stroll and thought I should look around see what this place is like." I rolled my eyes, but I didn't say anything. I wanted to get this god damn essay down.

"What are you working on?"

"The History of Magic essay that you should be doing." I told him.

"I'll just copy off of Moony." He said acting like it was nothing.

"Like he'd let you do that."

"I've got my ways." He told me. "I could just get one of those girls that drool over me to do it for me."

"I'm surprised that you even made it out of our first year." I put down my quill, my hand was starting to cramp up now.

"Moony says that every year." He leaned on the back of the two legs of the chair.

"Doesn't surprised me." I looked at him, for the first time. He had his arms above his head as his eyes were closed. For a second I thought he was asleep, but then his eyes popped open again and looked at me with a weird smile on his face.

"What's with the grin?" I asked him, confused.

"Your just so pretty." He told me and I rolled my eyes, going back to my essay. It was the only way to hide the blush I was sporting on my cheeks now.

"Shove off," I told him, making him laugh.

It was quiet for a while between us, but I didn't try to change that. I wanted this stupid essay done and it felt like I'd be in my fiftys by the time I would have this thing done. I later heare Sirius get up, but I didn't stop him.

"Remember, Kat," he said, turning around to look at me as I looked over my shoulder at him. "I'm going to marry you someday." He chuckled as I rolled my eyes at what he used to say when we were younger.

Sirius always joked how we'd get married when we were older. That felt like a long time ago. I frowned thinking about all the times he would say that, but then he got interested in all the other girls here at Hogwarts and he stopped saying it much. I kind of missed it.

"Where have you been?" Alice asked me when I sat down in the Great Hall for dinner. I was late finishing up my essay.

"Library." I said as I put some mash potatoes on to my plate. I looked around the table. Sirius wasn't here. "Where's Sirius?"

"He's with Malerie." Remus told me. I looked around for Malerie. It didn't take long for me to find her with her big head and all. Remus was right. There sat Sirius right next to the twat.

I guess he's going out with her again. Malerie and Sirius have this on again off again relationship. It's been that that for the past year or so now and it's really annoying. Malerie is one of those girls who gets everything they want when she wants and if she doesn't get it she'll complain and hold a grudge against you for weeks until you finally agree with whatever she wants. She's not even Sirius' type whatsoever. Everyone agrees with me on that.

"I think he's blind sometimes." I heard James say from across the table.

"Well, maybe she's not that bad." Remus shrugged. I wanted to wack him in the face, but I didn't.

"No she's not," Peter said. "Remember all those times he said how much of a prat she was?" Thank you, Peter.

I went to bed early when we all went up to the Gryffindor Tower after dinner. I was tired and I felt like getting away from everyone else for a while. I just wasn't in the mood to talk. I guess I'm in this mood because of Malerie and Sirius being together for the millionth time. I felt pretty stupid for feeling this way, but I just couldn't exactly help it. I guess I was done holding everything in that I've always pushed down, but there was no way in hell I was going to let it all out. At least not now.

As I laid in my bed, I couldn't fall asleep. I'm tired, but I'm just to tired to actually fall asleep. If that really makes sense. I just laid there, looking up at the cieling in the darkness. My friends were still in the Common Room downstairs so I was alone and bored. I wasn't up for getting out of bed and walking downstairs. I didn't feel like moving really. Later on, the door opened and in came my friends. They didn't say anything. They probably thought I was asleep so they got changed silently before getting into their own beds.

The following morning at breakfast, Sirius didn't sit with us. He sat with Malerie. I ignored looking at the both of them. I find that I get aggravated more and more when she does her weird fake laugh every five seconds when Sirius says something "funny".

Transfigurations. I actually couldn't wait to get to this class. Why? Because then I get my best friend and not the guy who always has some kind of girl drooling at his feet. When Sirius wasn't with those obbsessing control freak girls, he was himself. Most of the time when he's with those girls, he tends to act like a huge arse and I'm sure James has told him that, but it doesn't seem to go into the little brain that he has.

"Missed you last night." Sirius said when I sat down next to him in the back of the room.

"Sorry, I was tired." I told him as he played with my hair, making me laugh that earned me weird looks for the whole class and a wink from Sherry.

"Why didn't you say something about that?" he pouted as I gave him a confused look. "I would have joined you." He gave me a devilish smile and I rolled my eyes.

I went back to paying attention to McGonnagal, "Don't you have a girlfriend?" I started to write down notes that McGonnagall had written on the board.

"What Mal doesn't know won't hurt her," he said.I didn't look at Sirius to know he had the hugest cocky smile on his face.

I knew he was joking around, but for some reason it felt like he wasn't. I tried to ignore the thought in my mind that formed.

"So what were you and Sirius talking about in Transfigurations?" Angie eyed me when we walked up the stairs to the Gryffindor Tower to get our books for our next class.

"Nothing really," I said. "Just Sirius fooling around like usually."

"I'll agree with that part, but I know your not telling me all of it." She smirked.

"Oh, shut up," I rolled my eyes. "Lemon drop." And the Fat Lady swung open and we walked through.

"So I hear Joey Campbell has the hots for you." She said wiggling her eyebrows.

"It's probably just one of those rumors." I told her as I shoved my books into my messanger.

Joey Campbell was the captian of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team. He was probably the third hottest guy in th school (Sirius was first, James seond). I find this unlikely to be true that he'd like me because one he's a seventh year (I being a fifth year) and two he has never talked to me off the pitch. And on the field he isn't to pleasant especially when his team is losing.

I am sorry for this mess of a chapter. I started this a few days ago and haven't finished it since the past half hour so it's short and probably rushed. I just wanted to get another chapter up. I'll try to make the next one more interesting! Sorry if there's a lot of spelling errors. I didn't proof read it.

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