Emily sat with Angelina, helping her with her homework.
"Ugh! I hate this," Angelina fumed, glaring at the potions paper. Emily smiled at her little sister.
"It's not so hard, just...keep trying," Emily encouraged. Sirius sat down next to Emily with a heavy thud.
"Bloody hell I swear that if Snape tries to hex me or James one more time I will give him a broken rib or two," Sirius grumbled. Emily's smile vanished.
"You let him get to you too easily. You're careless," Emily told him.
"What?" Sirius demanded, mouth slightly agape. No girl had ever been one to point out his flaws before. Angelina walked out.
"He knows that about you. It's a flaw, not a major one but still...and it does make me wonder what your true weak point is," Emily smiled in delight of his stunned reaction. She brushed her black hair behind her ear.
"You...you just...what? What was that?" Sirius demanded.
"It was pure genius," Emily stuck her tongue out at him.
"Damn, you've got wit and a silver tongue. That's quite a combo, Miss Della Valle," Sirius shook his head.
"Man up, you take it from your friends. I'm a friend, and not like any of the girls in the school. I won't kiss you but I just might kill you," she retorted.
"You give as good as you get. I'm impressed," Sirius mused.
"Don't go soft on me Black," Emily said a little too quickly, trying to keep those goddamn butterflies out of her stomach.
"Go soft? I'd rather go soft in the head than in my defenses," Sirius assured her, and stole her homework just to prove his point. Tiberius came into the room.
"Hello, Emily," he said and smiled charmingly.
"Hey Tiberius," Emily smiled back, flattered that he greeted her before anyone else. Tiberius grabbed Emily's homework form Sirius and tossed it back to her.
"See, he's a gentlemen," Emily told Sirius flatly. Tiberius shrugged innocently, which was so adorable Emily almost forgot all about the butterflies Sirius had given her earlier. Almost.
"You're too kind," Tiberius murmured.
"Yes, she is," Sirius frowned.
"Ignore him, Tiberius. He's being a jackass," Emily rolled her eyes. Tiberius laughed.
"Isn't he always? I'll see you around Emily," Tiberius said and left.
"What was that?" Sirius asked. Emily looked at him incredulously.
"Why do you care? You've only known me like a month!" She exclaimed.
"It's just weird seeing you all...flirty," Sirius shuddered. Emily swatted his head with her book.
"I have to see you all flirty!" She rolled her eyes again and walked up to the girl's dormitory.
Sirius Black was a true jackass. An annoying, teasing, charming, gorgeous jackass
