The following day, Sirius found that he could do nothing more than stare at the clock waiting for his charms class to end. Finally, Professor Flitwick ended his lesson and assigned them homework before dismissing them for the day. Sirius wasted no time before rushing to the hospital wing.
As he pushed past the old wooden door, he saw to his surprise, Dumbledore and Remus already at the girl's bedside. Amelia was sitting upright with a blue blanket and stuffed Ravenclaw eagle on her lap. Flowers and get-well cards littering her bedside table.
As Sirius neared awkwardly, Remus turned and waved as Dumbledore welcomed.
"Good afternoon, Sirius."
"Hello, Professor." He returned.
"Sirius Black?" Amelia asked with a musically Irish accent. She beamed as she reached her hand out for his. He accepted immediately and quickly examined her eyes. She was the image of health. Her eyes placid and bright blue and her cheeks warm with color.
"Thank you so much for rescuing me." She began. "I shudder when I think about what may have happened if you and your friends hadn't showed up."
"It's not a problem..." he said feeling out of place next to Remus and his headmaster overseeing their exchange as she clasped his hand tighter.
"And I still have yet to meet...James, right?" she asked Sirius.
He nodded as her soft warm hand still grasped his.
"When will you be released?" Remus asked.
"Hopefully today, I feel fine but Madam Pomfrey's insisting I stay a day longer."
"Yes, well certainty is in her character. I'll have a talk with Poppy and see what I can do...which in all honesty, won't be very much I'm sure."Dumbledore smiled. "But, none the less, I will leave you to the company of your friends, Ms. Ronan. Get better soon."
He smiled as he bade them all warm goodbyes and left the was confused as to why the headmaster was there at all. He'd have Remus fill him in later.
"I'll take my leave as well. I'll be sure to bring those books you asked for." Remus states as he stood to leave.
Amelia smiled as he walked off and offered the vacant chair to Sirius, letting go of his hand as he sat down.
They both sat in silence before Sirius' looked over at her casually, question in his eyes.
"That was some accident." He offered, nodding his head slowly.
She held back a short laugh and settled into her propped pillow and nodded, the eagle now nestled under her arm.
"Oh yes, quite the ordeal."
"I've been thinking about it and just thought I'd ask if stuff like this had ever happened before? Particularly on the night of a full moon?" He stated bluntly.
Her sweet laughter filled the room before she looked over at her visitor, still beaming.
"Are you asking me if I'm a werewolf?"
"You could tell me; I assure you your secret would be safe." He whispered sincerely.
"I believe you." She smiled. "but no, sorry, I'm not a werewolf."
"But your eyes...they looked like fire. And it was a full moon..."
"Both observations are correct, but your conclusion is not." She pointed amusedly with a raised brow.
"Animagus?" He probed.
She shook her head.
"What kind of Animagus would I have been? Fire-eyed pigeon?" She mused.
Sirius looked at her and paused for a moment. She had such a beautiful face, and her smiling eyes were warm and friendly. They're bright blue color and almond shape, comforting. He now leaned his chest and arms on the side of her bed, setting his head in his hand as he continued to analyze her in fascination.
"Well then what happened out there? Are you part dragon or something?!" He grasped with a laugh.
Her face smirked slightly as she pushed a lock of hair behind her ear and leaned closer to him.
"Well, what about you?" She quickly turned. Folding her hands on her lap. "Are you a werewolf? You seem to be very educated on the species. Why were you out by the black lake past curfew? Howling at the moon perhaps?"
He laughed and ran a hand through his hair confidently "I'm no werewolf, just adventurous."
"Is adventurous what they call 'rule breaker' these days?" She jeered.
He smirked mischievously. "No, but while we're on the subject, I'm definitely that as well."
She laughed at his honesty and looked at her hands through long dark lashes. Biting his lip in attraction he nodded his head to grab her attention once more.
"Where are you from? I haven't seen you until this year."
Her smile faded as looked out her window.
"I was...homeschooled. My father is a university professor in Ireland, quite a notable teacher of magical ancient ruins and artifacts. . .my mom was a muggle, she died when I was young."
She muttered, obviously sensitive about the subject.
"I'm sorry . . .You have to tell me more about-"
He stopped as Madam Pomfrey's demanding feet turned the corner and stopped in front of Amelia's bed.
"Visiting hours are over. Ms. Ronan needs to eat dinner." She stated quickly before walking away to heap food off of the trolley nearby.
Sirius stood up and leaned in close to Amelia's face, her sky-blue eyes fixed onto his gray ones.
"I'm not done getting to know you." He flirted.
"Good." She chimed back with a quick raise of her brow.
As he walked out of the hospital wing he saw Professor Dumbledore just outside talking to Professor McGonagall and Remus.
Sirius paused at the curious sight. Remus noticed him first and waved before saying good bye to the two teachers.
"Moony, are you in trouble?" Sirius asked when Remus came to his side.
Remus shook his head and waved his hand. "No, it's nothing. Just talking about Transfiguration." He blurted.
Sirius' eyes squinted in suspicion. Remus was great at many things but lying was never one of them. He was too genuine.
"You're a terrible liar." Sirius stated.
Remus sighed heavily in defeat, looking pleadingly onto Sirius, begging him not to push him to admit the truth. Sirius put his arm over his friend's shoulder and smiled.
"Alright, fiiiine, keep quiet. All the more opportunity for me to tell you how hot Amelia is for me!" Sirius exclaimed.
Remus shook his head and scoffed. "You're a dog."
"Well, Yes, but she hasn't discovered that yet." Sirius laughed as he led his friend through the corridor for dinner.