(A/N: Well, here's Chapter Two! This chapter is fairly shorter than the last one, but I still hope you enjoy it. As always, R&R! By the way, I changed my penname to misunderstood-slytherin-gal, just to let you know.)

Chapter Two: My Unnamed Protector

"I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times,
in life after life, in age after age forever."

Rabindranath Tagore

I spent the next three days locked up in Lily's room confused about my feelings.

There was a part of me that still had a strong dislike for him and thought Sirius was still a conceited prat, but after learning what he had gone through this summer, maybe he wasn't as stuck-up as he seemed to be. I contemplated on these thoughts all weekend, until Lily decided I had been cooped up for too long and made me go out to dinner with her parents, Petunia and her odious boyfriend, Vernon Dursely, and her.

She made me put on a pale pink chiffon cocktail dress and pulled my blond hair into a French twist. She then applied some soft blue eye shadow, black mascara, pink blush, and bright red lipstick. I was amazed at how beautiful I looked.

It was my turn, then, to give Lil a makeover. I arranged her copper red hair into a fancy updo and made her wear a flirty, lilac cocktail dress. I applied a peach eye shadow, black mascara, angel pink blush, and a raisin red lipstick. Lily was breathtaking; I guess that's what you get for having a famous make-up artist for an aunt.

As soon as we entered the restaurant, I understood why we had come here. James and his parents were here too, along with Sirius, sitting in a corner booth. I glared at Lily as she waved at James, who had his mouth open in amazement. Her and James better not be playing matchmaker!

"How many?" the hostess asked as we stood at the podium.

"Six," David Evans said causally, casting a glance behind him to make sure.

"This way." I hooked arms with Lily and uncomfortingly followed the hostess to a table directly in front of James's booth. How convenient!

"Are you and James up to something?" I hissed at her as we sat down at the end of the table, facing James' booth.

"No, why would you think that?" she asked with mock innocence, taking two menus from the hostess and handing one to me.

"Maybe, because you got me all dressed up and that we came to a restaurant that James and Sirius just happened to be at, too," I replied, taking the menu from her. She started to answer but was caught off by an extremely cute waiter that came to take our orders.

"And what would you two lovely young ladies like?" he asked flirtatiously, flashing a pair of pearly whites at us. I turned pink while Lily took no notice of his cuteness. I glanced in James' direction and could tell he was jealous of the waiter. I giggled and looked back at my menu.

"I'll have the chicken alfredo with a dinner salad and a Coke to drink," Lily said, smiling politely. I felt like flirting with the waiter, unlike Lily.

"I can't decide," I said, pouting cutely at the menu. "What do you suggest?" I asked, flashing my teeth flirtatiously.

"I think a beautiful girl, like you, would like the spaghetti dish with a dinner salad for a side and a Coke to drink," he said, replying to my flirting. I pretended to ponder the thought.

"I think that sounds absolutely delicious. Put me down for one," I replied, smiling coyly. He wrote it down and smiled once at me before he headed back towards the kitchen. I stared after him with in a dreamlike stance.

"Have fun?"

"What?" I asked, thrown out of my reverie.

"Did you have fun flirting with cutie there?" Lily asked, nodding her head after the waiter.

"And what if I did?"

"I'd just say you made someone extremely jealous," she replied, nodding towards Sirius. I looked in his direction and saw he was glaring at the kitchen door with contempt shining in his grey eyes, clenching his fork tightly in his hand. I sighed and turned my head away, not wanting to bring up my confused emotions again.

"James was jealous, too, you know," I pointed out.

"Sirius was more jealous, though," she said, a mocking twinkling in her emerald eyes. I opened my mouth to protest but quickly shut my mouth, knowing it was a hopeless cause.

I watched the kitchen door anxiously, hoping the cute waiter would come back, but alas, he did not. I looked at the floor disappointed when another waiter came to our table and delivered our drinks and food. Lily noticed my brooding and rolled her eyes.

"Grow up, Kels! There are plenty of other guys in the world," she exclaimed, exasperated.

"Not as handsome as he was," I muttered sadly, tentatively sliding my spaghetti on and off of my fork. Sirius must have overheard me, for he threw his napkin and fork down on his half-eaten plate and stormed out of the restaurant. I stared in shock after him, thinking this was similar to the scene at Diagon Alley that had happened on Wednesday.

Lily and I looked over at James, who shrugged his shoulders and went back to eating his food.

"Why is he acting like this? I've flirted with more boys than that waiter at Hogwarts and he's never acted this jealous before!" I hissed angrily to Lily, now glaring at the front doors of the small Italian café we were at.

"Maybe, he really does, I don't know, l-love you, perhaps?" Lily suggested hesitantly.

"Then why was he going out with Liza last year, if he's so much in love with me, hmm?" I challenged, my fingers starting to clutch the fork in my palm.

"Probably knowing he had no chance with you, he moved on to someone else, did you not notice that Liza was, in a way, similar to you?" she asked, surveying me with scrutiny. I shook my head no and shifted my gaze away from her. "That's why he acted like he did," Lily concluded after I didn't remark on the similarities between Liza and myself, taking a bite of her chicken alfredo.

I didn't feel convinced so I abruptly stood up, and with a look of determination in my blue eyes, announced, "I'm going to find out why he really is acting this way." And before Lily could stop me, I headed hastily towards the front doors and stepped out into the frigid, night air.

I silently cursed myself for going outside without my jacket and gazed around the empty street looking for Sirius. I walked a bit farther down the sidewalk and glanced into an alley on my left. I thought I saw a dark figure standing by one of the dumpsters so I hurried towards it, but upon arriving at the spot, saw that no one was there. I groaned in despair and looked around the alley again.

"Sirius Black, stop being a baby!" I yelled angrily, glancing around the alley to make sure I hadn't missed anything. I sighed in frustration and blindly hurried back towards the street, not noticing the figure that loomed ahead of me. I gasped when I ran into it.

"Looking for someone?" the deep voice asked, catching me before I stumbled backwards. I tensed up, but relaxed upon recognizing the cute waiter from before.

"Yeah, but he's being a bit of an ass, at the moment," I replied, rolling my eyes exaggeratingly.

"Is he your boyfriend?" he asked too eagerly in my opinion, not letting go of his grip on my wrists.

"Uh, no, actually he's not," I said, getting kind of nervous of his tone of voice.

"Well, I think it's extremely rude that he is keeping you out in this cold air. Why are you at here looking for him, anyway?" He started to back me up against the brick wall.

"I assume he got jealous of my flirting with you, like he usually does, and I wanted to know why he stormed out of the restaurant," I answered, now fully backed up against the wall, with no chance of escape. "And know if you will excuse me, I think I will be going back into the café." I tried to slip out of his grip, but he tightened it and pushed me fiercely back up against the wall.

"Going so soon?" he asked huskily, pushing his body against mine in a perverted way.

"Let GO of me!" I cried, struggling against him fiercely.

"Stop, bitch! If you stop struggling, we can do this the easy way," he hissed angrily, pushing even harder against me. I let out a cry of pain and went to the only way I could defend myself, kneeing him where the sun doesn't shine. He howled in pain and anger and toppled over, releasing me from his grip.

I took the chance and tried to get away, but he grabbed onto my ankle and pulled me down with him. I knocked my head on the pavement and rubbed it gingerly, not realizing he was now on top of me. I opened my eyes and saw him grinning maliciously down at me.

"You'll get what you deserve now, bitch!" He pinned my wrists above my head and put his lips fiercely on mine. I wrestled against him, as he trailed kisses down my neck, but stopped soon out of tiredness, having no hope of getting out of here unscathed.

Suddenly, I heard an angry growl, and, out of nowhere, a huge, shaggy black dog jumped out its hiding place and tackled the waiter off of me. I sat up sharply and scooted away from the scene enveloping in front of me.

The shaggy black dog stood in front of me protectively, its teeth bared threatingly at the horrid man. The man stood up and glared at the dog.

"Get out of here, mangy mutt!" he yelled, pathetically waving his hands to shoo the dog away. It just barked angrily and lunged at the man's throat.

The man was, once again, tackled to the ground and whimpered as the dog glared down at him menacingly. The dog, after almost seeming to ponder the thought of killing him, got off of him and backed away slowly. The man opened his eyes, shocked, and after throwing the dog another glance, scampered up and hurriedly ran away.

I stared in shock at the dog, a look of amazement on my face. After making sure the waiter was gone, the dog turned to face me and the hatred seemed to leave its familiar grey eyes. I, just, sat there like an idiot and stared back.

I came back to this world and tentatively stood up, tensing up with pain as I did so. A look of questioning concern came into the dog's grey eyes and took a couple of steps nearer to me. I watched with confusion. How could an animal show such emotions?

I responded, though, with a reassuring smile to the dog, anyway. The dog, seeming to accept my answer and started to head towards the street. I took after it slowly and saw it had headed towards the park.

It looked back at me once and saw me mouth a "thank-you". And with that, my unnamed protector was enveloped by the night.