Chapter 7


"I'm dead." Katherine whispered as she stared at herself in the mirror that hung in the seventh year perfects bathroom, "I'm going to die."

Sirius shook his head at her as she ran her hands through her hair again, her blue eyes wide as she looked over her hair. After a few instructions from Katherine and a few questions of her own, Jane had went to work on the long soft curls of Katherine's hair. Within thirty minutes of work, a great deal of Katherine's hair was on the floor. Sirius looked over Katherine's new hair, before it fell to the middle of her back in soft waves that he found attractive, but now her light brown hair hung just above her shoulders, hanging straight and in many different layers.

Her bangs were also more layered and dramatic, but still hung to the side. Sure she had been attractive before, but now she was just down right sexy. Katherine turned around, "Sirius put it back." She started to panic.

Sirius pushed himself off the wall he had been leaning against and walked over to her. He rested his hands on her upper arms, squeezing them soothingly, "Relax." He looked down into her blue eyes, "You look fantastic."

Even after his words he could still see the fear behind her eyes as he tucked her bangs behind her ear so he could see her entire face, "It's just hair, it'll grow back."

Katherine searched his silver grey eyes and nodded, unsure of how she felt about her new haircut. Sure it felt good to rebel against her parents, but on the other hand she was scared to death of what was going to happen when she saw them next, "Do you like it?"

"I love it." Sirius answered as he tugged playfully on a strand of hair, "You look…wow."

Katherine blushed and Sirius chuckled but when he realized how close he was to her, he cleared his throat, "Dinner will be starting soon."

Katherine simply nodded but neither made any effort to move away from the other. Katherine had just opened her mouth when Sirius felt his male instincts kick in and he pressed his mouth to hers. At first, Katherine didn't respond but after a few minutes she kissed him back. Her arms slid around his neck while his hands moved to rest low on her hips, pulling her closer as their kiss turned even more passionate.

Sirius had kissed more than his fair share of girls, having his first kiss at the age of ten. He had been at Hogwarts exactly one week and a girl that was two years ahead of him kissed him. Granted, it was only a small kiss on the lips but it was still a kiss. Ever since then, Sirius found quite a bit of joy in the art of kissing. But as he kissed Katherine, he could tell she was a bit shy and innocent when it came to kissing, and he liked it.

He loosened his hold on her and carefully slid his arms around her waist, pulling her towards him. Gently he set the pace for their kiss, pulling back from the heat of the moment kiss he had given her. Usually he would rather have gone a bit faster but in Katherine's case he slowed it down and liked it just the same as he would if he had his tongue down her throat.

He felt her arms lift to wrap around his neck and he couldn't help but grin into her kiss before nipping softly at her bottom lip and running his tongue across it shortly afterwards. She seemed to understand what he wanted and granted him access by opening her mouth.

Sirius explored her mouth with his tongue, trying his best not to let his hands wander up the back of her shirt, he pulled back and let her slide her tongue into his mouth as she explored him as he had done to her. They stayed like that for a minute or two before the couple parted. Sirius pressed his forehead to hers, pulling her closer against him, holding her small frame against his larger one as if he were protecting her.

Neither one said anything for a while. Sirius lost track of how long they had stayed like that before he gave her body a soft squeeze and pulled back from her. "I'm sorry." Sirius finally managed to voice, hundreds of thoughts running through his head as he looked at her, "I shouldn't have done it."

She frowned at him and then he saw the hurt flicker in her blue eyes and he shook his head, moving back towards her, "I'm sorry for startling you. " He continued as he took her wrists in his hands and pulled her back towards him so they were closer, "Not for kissing you."

She watched him and he was sure she was trying to process everything that had just happened while trying to figure out what to do. That was the Slytherin in her that he had come to find out. She wasn't very spontaneous, she liked to think things through and then decide on how to do something after planning it out.

He on the other hand liked to act without a moments notice and then go back and think about what he had done. He slid his hands down so they were laced into hers and squeezed them softly before pulling them to his lips and kissing them, "I like you." She cracked a smile and he grinned playfully, kissing her hands again, "A lot."

This time she laughed and he pulled her closer against him, wrapping his arms around her, "I'm beginning to think you don't like me."

She shook her head at him, "Of course I like you." She answered, sliding one of her hands up the back of his neck and into his shaggy black hair while the other rested on his chest, "I wouldn't let just anyone kiss me like that."

Sirius dropped his head and gave her a soft peck on the lips, "I've never kissed a Slytherin before."

"Mmm." Katherine answered back, "I've never kissed a Gryffindor before."

Sirius laughed with Katherine but before he could answer her back his stomach let out a hungry growl, causing them to laugh harder. "We'd better get to dinner." Katherine giggled as she felt Sirius lace his fingers through hers and pull her with him towards the door.

Katherine felt like a first year again as she and Sirius ran through the corridors, laughing and teasing one another. She felt like she did before she knew of the horrors the world held and just briefly as Sirius Black pulled her into a dark corner and kissed her again, she forgot about the terror that was about to be unleashed.