Chapter Three

Dear Miss Abigail,

I, Sirius Black, am delighted to be escorting you, the most beautiful girl in the castle to the carnival,

I promise to always treat you right and to be your guardian angel if you only say yes to this next question,

Please write your answer on the parchment with the quill I left with your note, I will immediately know. You question:

Will you be the only girl I care about, love, and brag about, will you be my girlfriend?

When I finished reading the note that was left on my pillow next to my head while I was sleeping, I realized I was crying, and let out a small squeal, May jumped awake from the sound and asked me what was wrong, I held out the note and she smiled and said, "We need to talk. Meet me here after supper; there is something you should know."

"I can't, Sirius said he had a surprise for me and I needed to follow him after supper, sorry." I said excited and wondering what my surprise was.

"Abby, I-"

"I know I'm probably rushing this, but we really like each other and he is just so sweet and kind and perfect." I said cutting her off, I didn't want her to ruin the moment.

"Okay, just let me know when you are ready to listen." she said looking a little concerned.

"Now if you'll excuse me I have to go get ready for the day, my curls never stay in and I need to put a holding charm on them." I said as I walked into our bathroom to fix my hair.

My classes went by slowly rest of the day, it's like they knew I had something I was looking forward to. Sirius and I sat next to each other during lunch and I could see the words "yes and forever" written on his hand in ink, the exact words I wrote on the parchment that morning. He told me to keep the quill and that whenever I wanted to tell him something I could write it on a piece of parchment and it would show up on his hand.

My curl holding charm worked when, during potions, my liquid sleep potion blew up on Sirius and I and my curls didn't move an inch.

"You are so cute when you get frustrated." Sirius said as he took his finger and smeared soot in my nose. I was practically in tears because I couldn't understand potions.

"Sirius Black, I'm going to fail potions, I think I might need a tutor." I said smiling, he knew this meant more time together, and alone.

"Well, Moony would probably be happy to take up the offer," he said, "but I think that I should do it, I wouldn't want him to make a move on you, I would only tutor you and the things we were studding, now study breaks, those are a whole new story." he said as he brushed a curl behind my ear.

"That they are." then the bell for supper sounded and I was so excited I grabbed his hand and sprinted to the Great Hall. I didn't eat anything but it seemed like he would never stop. I took out our quill and a spare piece of parchment and quickly scribbled over and over "are you done yet, can we go now, what's my surprise?" by the time he finally gave in he had words halfway up to his elbow.

"Alright, alright, we can go now." he said taking a blindfold out of his bag and taking my hand as we walked out of the room.

We only got to the front steps before he turned me around and tied the cloth around my eyes, it smelled like him and I asked, "Why do I need this?"

"Do you trust me?" he whispered into my ear, sending chills down my back.

"With my life, my guardian angel." I said as I took a step forward knowing that I was about to fall down the front steps. As I knew he would, he caught me and picked me up bridal style.

"Was that quite necessary?" he asked pulling me close to his chest, it was my first day all over again.

"Quite." I replied smiling and breathing in his scent. He smelled like the woods and burnt potions, oops.

The walk was long but he carried me the whole way. When he finally set me down he took off the blindfold and I blinked so my eyes could adjust to the light.

"It's the best place to watch the sun set," he said, we were on the Quidditch Pitch, "I love it, it's my own place, I can be myself and fly and be free." I just looked at him.

"I can't fly, I've never tried." I said, the truth was that I had never been near a broom because I was so scared. I heard Sirius yell duck and before I could there was a tug on the back of my robes and I was hoisted up into the air and onto a broom behind a stranger in green lined robes. There were two other people on either side of us, and all three of them were laughing and yelling at Sirius to save me, like I was some kind of toy. Instinctively I grabbed hold of the person in front of me as they made a sharp dive down and he laughed with pleasure. I screamed and that made them laugh even harder so they dived again. My grip slipped and I slid off the end of the broom and went hurtling through the air. I was yards away from the ground when someone swooped down and caught me in their arms. I didn't even look. I buried my face in them and smelled my Sirius. I felt us touch down and he set me down on a blanket that I had noticed right before I was taken. He pulled out his wand and starting to the three boys who were landing and dismounting their brooms.

"Come on now brother, you're not going to hex your own flesh and blood are you?" the one in the middle said.

"You are no brother of mine. I don't want to be associated to any death eaters, Regulus. Take you little friends and walk away before I hex you so bad I'll be expelled." Sirius said taking another step forward.

"Sirius no, don't-" I started to say.

The one on the right cut me off, "Oh look Sirius, she wants to protect you, and I'd take her advice if you knew what was good for you."

"And I'd watch your mouth Snape, it won't be able to open here pretty soon."

"Come on," Regulus said, "Snape and Lucius, we have better things to do than mess with my little brother. And Sirius, I would check her loyalty, she seemed to cozy up to me up in the air. My sides still hurt from how hard she was holding me."

"That's not the only thing that's going to hurt." Sirius said flicking his wand, "Mobilicorpus!" Regulus shot up into the air by his ankles and the other two drew their wands.

"Protego!" I shouted making a shield between them, Sirius dropped Regulus and they all went running to the castle.

"Abby I'm so sorry, I should have caught you sooner, we need to get you to Madam Pomphrey's so she can make sure you are all right." he said starting to pick up the blanket.

"Sirius," he looked up, "I love you." I said, and I pulled him into a kiss. I put everything I had into it. He picked me up, lips still connected, and wrapping my legs around his waist. It felt like we were kissing forever until we broke apart.

"Wow," he said, "shall we watch the sunset?"

"Oh I think that's a brilliant idea." we both laughed at the fact that I pick up on saying brilliant, we did more kissing than watching, oh well.