From now on the chapters are going to be in POV's rather than changing and being weird the way they have been. Admittedly, I'm to lazy to go back and change it now, so I'm just going to change it next chapter. Finally Valentina meets the Marauders in this chapter, enjoy!
PS, In case you've forgotten I don't own Harry Potter, Hogwarts, or any of the Marauders, places, etc. I don't own anything.
(Valentina's POV)
Right then, I knocked at the door to the compartment. There were three boys there; one of them was the cute, shaggy haired one who'd almost caught me spying. Also there was his friend with the glasses, and a blonde boy. They all looked up at me, shifting uncomfortably. The blonde one jerked away from Shaggy, and Shaggy just stared at me. He had those eyes, those wonderful, soul-penetrating eyes. "Hello." I said, giving an awkward smile. Glasses gave me a half hearted wave while Blondie did nothing but duck his head and turn away. I went to look, and Shaggy still just kept staring at me. This was already a disaster, could it get any worse?
I attempted an explanation and more conversation. In my head I sounded great, in reality? It came out as, "Um…everywhere else is full. I…I don't mean to interrupt, it's just…" See? Word failure. Before I could pull another word failure and then attempt to apologize, then maybe find somewhere else, anywhere else to sit, Shaggy said "You're the one who's been following me all day. When I saw that shadow…it was your hair…"
(Sirius's POV)
Sirius was thrilled, he wasn't crazy! He was completely sane…okay, maybe a little crazy, but that was besides the point. He looked at the little spy, wary of why she might have been spying. The girl was simple in a very memorable way. She had a pale complexion, smattered with a few freckles, and dark, long hair, reaching down to her back. Not to mention the curvy body a lot of girls would kill for. Sirius hadn't used the world beautiful in a long while but he might dust it off and use it to describe this girl. Even as the blush spread along her cheeks he couldn't help but think …simply beautiful.
But along with that, Sirius had to wonder, why was she spying earlier?
(Valentina's POV)
I turned cherry red, the flush spreading all over my face and then extending down my neck. What in the name of Hell had I gotten myself into? Isabel was right, I needed the old me back. The old me wouldn't have blushed, or paused, or well, done anything that actually made sense. I would've walked into the compartment like I owned it, sat down and struck up a flirty conversation.
As it was, the new broken me strung some words together and stammered out a mangled sentence, "Yeah, it was-I just…" Eloquent, that's exactly what I wasn't. Really though, what could I say to that?
(Sirius's POV)
It was cute the way she stammered, but it really wasn't fair to leave her there. Sirius just smiled triumphantly, "I knew I wasn't going crazy! Ha!" The girl's eyes widended, but it looked like she exhaled for the first time since entering the compartment.
(Valentina's POV)
I was confused, but gave another awkward smile, deciding speaking was not a good idea. "Sit with us, it's fine." Shaggy said, motioning to the seat next to him. Blondie moved over to sit by Glasses, and at that Glasses gave me a smirk that seemed…kind, and as Blondie transferred seats he finally made eye contact, and gave me a tremulous head nod containing a thin smile.