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Aggie blinked, "But…"

Madame Pomfrey gave her an expectant look.

"But… I'm so tall. I'm as tall as some of the boys… and I've already got long legs…"

"Yes dear, but…"

"And long arms…"

"Yes but…"

"And my feet and hands are gigantic!"

"Well, that's all the more reason to believe you should grow into them! What did you think was happening? That you were turning into a giraffe?" Madame Pomfrey asked, seeming amused.

Aggie blushed.

Madame Pomfrey smiled, "I'm sure everything will be just fine."

"But… but what if I become really, really tall? I mean… what if I have gigantism or something?" Aggie asked, a worried look in her eyes.

Madame Pomfrey chuckled, "I severely doubt that you have gigantism, you know Hagrid! You're still a dwarf in comparison to him, correct?"

Aggie shrugged, "I suppose so… although dwarfs have different sized…"

Madame Pomfrey held up her hand, "And if you end up unusually tall, then I suppose you'll meet some nice, unusually tall boy and have unusually tall children together."

Aggie frowned, "Why do adults always associate having a satisfying life with marriage and children?"

Madame Pomfrey laughed and patted her head, "I don't know, Miss Ainsworth; force of habit I suppose."

Aggie tilted her head and said, "No offense, Madame Pomfrey, because you're very nice and I like you a lot. But considering the fact that you aren't married with children, yet seem relatively contented, I would think that you would never have been in the habit of associating that sort of lifestyle with happiness in the first place."

Madame Pomfrey blinked and said, "I suppose…"

Aggie shrugged, and then gave her a big smile, "Anyway, thank you very much for the advice and comfort. I'll keep it in mind, though I still hope that I don't end up as big as Hagrid… although if I do I can only hope to be as kind and as patient as he is."

Madame Pomfrey smiled and patted her head again, "You're a good girl, Miss Ainsworth."

Aggie grinned, "Thank you!"

Madame Pomfrey nodded, "You should probably get to lunch now, you are a growing girl."

Aggie gave her a hurt look.

Madame Pomfrey chuckled, "Sorry."

Aggie shrugged, "It's ok. I'll see you later, Madame Pomfrey." She got up and began to make her way to the door.

"I'll see you later, Miss Ainsworth."

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Aggie was sitting in the library, reading up on transfiguration (extra credit didn't do itself, after all!) It was while reading up on the difference between transfiguration and a complete transformation when she heard an odd noise outside. She closed her book and walked outside to see what was going on.

"What's wrong Snivellus? Don't you…" Sirius looked up when he heard a noise in the hallway. When he saw Aggie, looking as if he'd just kicked her puppy, he knew he was in trouble. "Aggie…"

Aggie couldn't believe her eyes. She hadn't wanted to believe Lily, or anyone else, when they'd told her what a bully Sirius was. But there was Sirius, standing with James Potter, over the nice boy who answered questions in potions class. "What are you doing?"

Sirius paled.

James just smiled at her, "Hello Aggie."

Aggie gave James a hard look and then bent over by the boy, putting a hand on his shoulder, "Are you alright?"

He shrugged her off, "I'm fine…" He snarled at her, and then he stood up and went off.

Aggie just sat there, looking at the spot where the boy had been for a moment. Then she stood up and gave James a hard look, but when she looked at Sirius all he could see was… disappointment, "So it's true… you're not very nice boys."

Sirius shook his head, "No, we are. That guy, he doesn't…"

Aggie frowned, "Count? What a wonderful point of view to have."

James looked between them and then smiled, "Hey, there's no reason to get so serious! Right, mate?" He looked at Sirius.

Sirius gave her a small smile and said, "Yeah, yeah it's just old Snivellus. Nobody cares about him."

Aggie's face looked impassive, "Wonderful, absolutely fantastic. You make me proud to be in Gryffindor." Unfortunately, her lip began to quiver and her eyes began to water.

Sirius shook his head, "Aggie, don't be that way!" He walked up to her with his hand outstretched.

Aggie shook her head and said, "No! I don't want to talk to you, ever again! You're just… you're just… mean!" With that she turned and ran the other way.

"Aggie!" Sirius called after her.

James put an arm around his shoulder and smiled, "Don't worry, Sirius! I'm sure she won't stay angry, not at you. Even if she does, who cares? She's kind of a freak, anyway."

"Don't talk about her like that!" Sirius pulled away from him angrily. "She's nice!"

James threw his hands up and smiled, "Hey, no need for that! I won't insult your girlfriend, promise."

"Yeah, well… good!" Sirius said, frowning. He looked after Aggie, wondering if James was right about her forgiving him.

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Are you still mad at me?

- Sirius

Aggie looked at the note, frowning. She wasn't mad at Sirius, just disappointed. She liked him a lot and the fact that he was actually a bully hurt her a great deal. Honestly, she'd always thought that she was a good judge of character for… uhm… Merlin's sake? Was that what she was supposed to say now?

She looked over at Sirius and saw that he was looking at her hopefully. Stupid Sirius… why did he have to be so… enduring? Honestly, she really just wished that he would turn those big, beautiful eyes away from her.

So she blushed and wrote down:

No, but I still think you're a bully and I don't want to talk to you.

-Aggie

She passed the note to Sirius and didn't look at his face afterward.

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Two classes later Aggie got another note:

Are you talking to me now?

-Sirius

Aggie repressed a smile. She looked over her shoulder at Sirius and saw him smiling softly at her.

Not yet.

-Aggie

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At lunch Aggie was eating lunch with Lily and Mabel when Sirius sat down next to her and smiled, "Hello."

Aggie tried not to, but she smiled at him in return, "You may be a mean boy, but I have to admire your persistence."

He grinned, "You're talking to me!"

She giggled.

Lily narrowed her eyes at Sirius, "You're not honestly going to forgive him, are you?"

Aggie shrugged, "What can I say? I'm nice…"

Sirius grinned and put an arm around Aggie.

She looked at him and blushed, "Sirius…"

"Hmm?" He smiled at her.

"Why do you have your arm around me?"

"Oh," He took his arm back and blushed a little himself. "I just… just wanted to… give you a hug! For being so nice." He hugged her.

She blushed and hugged him back awkwardly, "You're still really mean, and I don't like you picking on people."

Sirius squeezed her a bit more tightly and said, "I'm sorry. I'll try to do better, I promise."

She smiled and hugged him a bit more comfortably, "See that you do."