Chapter 7
It was lunch when Sirius and I suddenly remembered we had homework to submit in Potions. My eyes widened when Lily told me. "Sirius, shit! We need to copy from someone! I don't want Sluggie to get mad." I shouted to him in the Great Hall. Yes, I know I sound like a little nerd, but McGonagall already warned me several times about my grades. I guess she and Dumbledore didn't have the heart to expel me. Remus gave us his parchment to copy. "You're our savior!" I thanked him and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
He looked at me with his eyes wide open "You're welcome."
So anyway, we sat and copied. Sirius pulled out a black thin hair tie and grabbed half of his hair, creating a messy half ponytail. I noticed a hint of stubble on his face, and sniffed his yet again alluring cologne. His gray eyes were slightly slit, and focused on the assignment.
"Enjoying the view?" He smirked, not looking at me. I quickly snapped out of my stupid gazing.
"Shut up. Besides, I have a better view." I grinned, mentioning Duncan.
He looked at me disbelievingly, rolled his eyes and said "Oh please, you could do so much better than him."
My eyebrows rose in surprise. Why the hell would he say that?
"That's my concern, Sirius. I don't go around and judge people you date." I remarked.
"You could, if you wanted."
"Why would I do that?" I found this conversation awkward.
"We're friends and we want nothing but the best for each other. I think Winters is bad for you."
"You made that perfectly clear already." I said, resuming copying from Remus's essay.
"I know the type."
Oh you do, do you? Gee, I wonder how… I really wanted to say that, but decided against it. For Merlin's sake, I didn't want to fight with the guy again.
"Whatever." I muttered, ending this discussion. We finished copying from Remus just in time. We obviously changed a few sentences so Slug won't notice.
During the lesson, I got a note from Sirius.
Fancy a quick snog in the broom cupboard?
I wrote him back
You wish. I'm meeting Duncan there after Potions.
I passed the note back to him before Sluggie can notice. I saw the look on Sirius' face as he read it, and I held back my laughter; he was annoyed. I don't know why he's so against Duncan, but this had better stop.
"Why are you so upset about this?" Alice asked me at dinner.
"Well, he's a good friend, and Duncan is my boyfriend. I don't want them to kill each other."
"You obviously care about Sirius's opinion." Lily had this unbelievable ability to see what others couldn't, or what others try to hide.
"I don't give a shit about it. I'll date and fuck whoever I want." I said sternly.
"Who said something about fucking?" I heard James ask. Horny bastard.
I shook my head and muttered "Never mind."
"Pads told me about lunch. I have to say I agree with him." James interfered.
"What a surprise." I mumbled as Lily chuckled. James and Sirius were like goddamn Siamese twins.
I looked at the Ravenclaw table, but Duncan wasn't there. I looked at the entrance of the hall and saw him talking to a girl from Hufflepuff. I wasn't the jealous type, but I kept my gaze at them.
"Ohh, someone's jealous!" Sirius snickered.
"Shut up." I punched him on the arm, not removing my sight from Duncan.
He was about to go to his table, until the Hufflepuff chick pulled him into a kiss. On the LIPS.
That's when all hell broke loose.
I quickly stood up, and stomped my way to Duncan. I felt as if I felt a trail of blaze behind me. I was fucking furious.
"You pathetic excuse of a man!" I screamed at Duncan and was about to slap him before he grasped my hand.
"She kissed me, Viv." He said calmly and let go of my hand.
"I don't give a shit. You saw that she pulled you closer, you could've pulled away. I don't want anything to do with you." I spat at him and ignored his pleads as I walked back to the common room, leaving my friends at the hall and ignoring my tears.
Goddamn prick. I should've known he'd kiss another girl behind my back. I found myself sitting in the Astronomy tower, gazing at the moonlight. It was mesmerizing, to tell you the truth, and the darkness quite consumed me.
"Viv?"
I knew whose voice that was. Lily.
"Yeah?"
"May I sit with you?"
I shrugged, as she sat beside me. "Are you alright?"
"I don't know." I muttered.
"He didn't deserve you. And the nerve of that bitch!" Lily ranted.
I looked at her, surprised; I never heard her curse.
"The Lily Evans, cursing? That's new." I mocked a tone of surprise, as Lily chuckled.
"Sirius is worried about you." She shared.
"I bet. How did you know I was here?"
She smirked "I have my ways."
"This doesn't have to do with a certain map, does it?" I mirrored her smirk as hers faded.
"How did you- ?"
"Peter told me about it. He can't keep secrets at all, that rat." I said in disgust. I never liked him.
"So, are you ready to go to the common room? It's a bit chilly here."
We heard someone clear their throat and we turned around to see Sirius leaning on the doorframe, and James beside him.
"He didn't want me to go alone." She smiled at me. So they were behind the door, why am I not surprised?
"We'll leave you two alone." James said as Lily stood up, joined him, and they left us alone.
Sirius sat next to me. "Don't say 'I told you so'." I ordered.
"I wasn't going to say anything." He said. We sat there for a while without saying a word. Although I appreciated his company, I was still upset. I felt a tear falling on my cheek, and Sirius was quick enough to stop it with his thumb.
"I broke up with Juliana." He said, looking at me.
My eyebrows rose in shock "Why? I thought everything was going well."
He shrugged "Don't know, it didn't feel right. There's a whole commotion about the Halloween dance in the common room." I felt that he was implying something when he mentioned it.
"Do you want to go together? As friends, obviously." I asked anyway.
He flashed his famous grin at me. "Sure, I'd like that. We'd better get amazing costumes! What'd you reckon?"
I nodded. This idea of talking about the dance was his way to take me mind off Duncan, which was sweet. I guess Sirius was right – I was beginning to change my opinion about him.
"Shit, we should be on our way back, or McG is going to skin us alive." Sirius urged. I shuddered; I didn't want another detention with McG, a.k.a. McGonagall. We left the tower and ran as fast and quietly as we could, since we were outside after curfew.
