Title: Can't Escape

Pairing: Sirius and Marlene

Song: Haunted (Acoustic), Taylor Swift

Words:

"Don't you dare touch me!" Marlene shouted, jumping away from Sirius. "Who the hell do you think you are?"

"Marlene, I-"

"Save it, Black. I don't have time for this. I should have known," she spat at him, turning away and storming off. He stood his ground.

"You're just the same, McKinnon," he snarled. She stopped walking.

"McKinnon?"

"You always call me Black, why should I treat you any differently?" She stared at him. "And you've known all along that I snog girls in broom closets on a regular basis. You have no right to act all offended now." Marlene ran at him, punching his shoulder.

"Shut your mouth, Black," she whispered harshly. "This is our secret, remember?"

"And you're the one who said that it didn't mean anything," he finished, his eyes black and challenging as ever.

"You're right, Black, that's exactly what I said. Prank is on you this time. I don't care who you snog at all," she said, making her way out of the corridor.

Marlene barely made it to the bathroom before the tears began to fall. Why in the name of Merlin had she thought he would be any different with her? He was Sirius Black, for heaven's sake. He was, using Lily's favorite term, an arrogant toe-rag. And still she saw him all the time. His presence, which was downright unbearable while real, haunted her every move. She went to the library, she saw him in the scruffy looking first year. She went to Potions class, she saw his younger brother Regulus lurking by the Slytherin Common Room. She went to the bathroom, she overheard some dumb fifth year giggling over his charming looks. She couldn't escape Sirius Black.

And a small part of her didn't want to.