Chapter 9

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Remus left the Hospital wing and a sheepish Sirius and Marlene behind. Marlene sighed.

Sirius looked at her, "What's wrong?" He asked.

Marlene had a tired look on her face, "When this all started, I didn't think it all through."

Sirius was slightly taken back, "Marls you wanna stop this or something?" He couldn't help but blurt out.

Marlene shook her head straight away, "No! No, I really like this." She said with a small blush causing Sirius to kiss her cheek not being able to keep a smile off his expression. "But, where is this going? What if you want to date someone or I want to date someone?"

Sirius was slightly taken back and if he had to admit it, the thought of Marlene dating and kissing anyone else but himself made a part of him boil, "Do you want to date someone?"

"Well obviously not right now Sirius." Marlene said with an eye roll.

"Ok and I don't want to date anyone either." Sirius said, "But if either of us do we can just end this."

Marlene nodded but it was obvious she wasn't satisfied and was slightly confused as to what she even wanted anymore.

Sirius kissed the side of her head in an attempt to comfort her and Marlene smiled back and kissed him on the lips.

"None of that in my Hospital Wing!" Madam Pomfrey's booming voice sounded throughout the room as she entered. Marlene sheepishly moved away from Sirius whilst he guffawed loudly.

"This is the pain relief potion. Take it twice a day for a week. Come back in three days and let me check that arm boy." She said with authority. Marlene and Sirius nodded waiting for her to continue. She looked at them in puzzlement "Well go on! Aren't you Gryffindor's dying to get to your winning party?"

Sirius' eyes widened, "You know about that?"

Madam Pomfrey rolled her eyes, "Your professors know much more than they let on. Like how that Potter boy likes the redhead."

"Yeah but everyone knows that."

"Sirius!" James yelled as he and Marlene entered the common room. "You're alive bud!"

"It was a hard bludger to my arm for goodness sake." He replied with a grin.

James turned to see Marlene, "Thanks for nursing him back to help Marls but you should have a rest before the party." He turned to Sirius, "You too. I've got Remus, Pete and some of the other sixth and seventh years helping me.

"OI Potter you go rest too." Peter called, "We've got it sorted."

"And to think he went from responsible Quidditch Captain to notorious party thrower in such a time." One of the fifth years muttered in amusement.

Marlene laughed as she walked up to her dorm whilst James made a groaning sound. She didn't want to admit it out loud (or to herself) but she was glad she could go up to her room and just be away from everyone whilst she slept. I guess it was time to finally admit to herself that she liked Sirius Black. She liked Sirius Black and Sirius Black didn't do relationships. So then why was he acting so lovely? He didn't have to spend the amount of time he did with Marlene that he did. Marlene sighed. She just wanted to forget about everything she was feeling. Maybe the sleep would make her forget.

"Good game today Marls. Can't believe you had to help Black!" Lily called in a laugh. Marlene shut her eyes tight and willed herself to go to sleep.

Marlene had slept for hours before someone was shaking her awake, "Marley? Hey it's Mar you might want to get up." Marlene groaned to which Mary laughed, "It's seven and the party starts at seven thirty, I know you rather sleep so we all left you to sleep. Everyone's already sort of in party mode."

Marlene sat up and looked at Mary who was already all dolled up and ready to party. "I'll start getting ready. Mary nodded with a smile and left to go down to the common room. Marlene promptly brought her covers back over her head and went back to sleep.

Sirius was shrugging on a leather jacket. He was purposely wearing this one because Marlene said it looked really nice on him.

Marlene.

He couldn't believe the little blonde held him up whilst still whacking bludgers away. Even with a throbbing arm he couldn't help but notice how adorably fierce she looked with her blonde hair flying in the wind. He knew she'd hate if he ever referred to her as adorable though.

"Sirius you ready mate?" James asked.

"Yeah yeah let's go!" Sirius said, "Can't go to a party late can we? We're the guests of honour."

"Hell yeah!" James said giving his best mate a high-five. "You gonna find a bird tonight?"

Sirius tried to hide his uneasy look, "Nah mate not tonight. All about the team you know?"

"Look at you!" James said in amusement, "You're a reformed man!"

Sirius laughed uneasily.

By the time Marlene actually bothered to leave her dormitory it was already eight. The party was in full swing. She never knew how James did it. But she had a feeling he bribed the younger years to stay in their dormitories in exchange for a lot of sweets and some Jonko's products. The Gryffindor common room had been transformed into a giant nightclub. All of the furniture was moved to the edges of the room, there was a long table filled with butterbeer, firewhisky and lots of food courtesy of the house elves. There were Gryffindor banners everywhere and somehow, someone (Marlene suspected Peter) had charmed red and gold confetti to continuously rain down. Hopefully he had also charmed them to recycle off the floor. Everyone was looking a little too happy for their own good which Marlene took as a sign of the start of the drinking.

"Took your time didn't you Marl!"

Marlene looked astonished when she saw Lily, "Oh my sweet Merlin. Are you drunk Lily?"

Lily pulled a face of bewilderment, "Bloody hell McKinnon no!"

Marlene grinned, "Never thought I'd see the day Lily Evans approved of a Gryffindor party."

Lily smiled sheepishly, "You played well, I guess you deserved it." Marlene nodded as if to say she didn't believe her but left her to her thoughts.

"Marlene!" James said walking over a butterbeer in hand. "You've not had a drink yet!" He said and then thrust the butterbeer in her hands. Marlene quickly gripped it trying to ensure that she didn't spill it all over herself.

"Thanks James. Great playing today."

"Thank you," He smiled.

Some members of other houses were in the common room partaking in partying activities. It was a whirl of people dancing, laughing, chugging drinks and snogging. Some of the players from the Ravenclaw team were there having as much fun as everyone else despite their loss earlier in the day.

Lily and Marlene spotted Dorcas by the food table and began to make their way over there. "Good playing McKinnon!" Sloane called.

Marlene grinned and saluted her as she walked over to Dorcas. "Hey Doe, how's it going?"

"I'm starving!" Dorcas exclaimed picking up some bits of food and throwing it in her mouth.

"Hey where's Mare?" Marlene asked.

Dorcas motioned over to a part of the dance floor, "Making out with Elaine O'Connor." She said simply.

"Oh damn I thought she wanted Samuel Newton." Marlene said in confusion.

"Oh she got Samuel Newton." Lily replied, "She's done now with Samuel Newton."

Marlene's face morphed into one of an impressed expression, "Rock on Mary, rock on." She said laughing at her friend.

"Hey Marls." Sirius called as he walked to her, "How's the best beater in all of Hogwarts going?" He said grabbing her waist. Marlene nearly moved to push him away but thought that everyone would just disregard it as him being slightly tipsy and in the midst of celebrating rather than anything else.

"Best beater?" She said in slight awe, "You mean you're not going to take that achievement for yourself?"

"Now why would I want to risk you giving me a kiss later?" He said with a wink and Marlene whacked his shoulder. Sirius laughed and pulled her towards the dance floor. "Come dance with me." He said

Marlene shrieked as he spun her around and around until she was slightly dizzy. Sirius quickly put on hand on her waist and threaded his other hand in with hers. He moved with her to the loud, booming music as she followed whatever he was doing.

"You're looking very beautiful." He whispered.

Marlene blushed, "You look quite dapper yourself. I love this jacket." Sirius grinned to himself and then proceeded to spin her around again.

Marlene closed her eyes for a moment and enjoyed the atmosphere. Sirius' arms on her waist made her feel steady, the music was pumping and the cheers and chatter of excitement enveloped Marlene like a blanket.

"What're you thinking about love?" Sirius asked

Marlene opened her eyes and smiled at him, "Nothing."

Sirius thought he was going to die when she smiled her smile. He spun her around and around again until she started laughing hysterically and he caught her once again. They both continued dancing until the song ended and Marlene begrudgingly let go of him as she desperately needed a drink. "I'm just going to get some water." She said. He nodded and pushed her slightly to the drinks table.

She had barely taken a gulp of water before a voice interrupted her. "Hey Marlene." Said Jordan Davies

"Sirius mate you're not half as drunk as you should be!" James called. Him and Peter were sat on the couch and were looking exceptionally out of it. More than they usually were. Lily was sat on the floor by James' legs and was looking the most sober out of them all.

"Come on Sirius!" Peter called, swinging two cups of firewhisky so enthusiastically he nearly spilled it. "Have a drink."

Sirius laughed, "I think you've both drunk enough for me." But nonetheless took a full glass of firewhisky that Peter held and sculled it down.

The two boys cheered whilst Lily rolled her eyes yet smiled. Sirius had consumed the most amount of drinks in the night but he and Remus handled their alcohol content much better than Peter and James who were already looking rather too happy for their own good. "Where is Remus?"

Lily smirked, "He's over there…with Dorcas."

Sirius turned to look and saw Remus with Dorcas. He had his hands on her cheek and was kissing her rather fiercely. Both looked rather involved in the other and their bodies were moving passionately together while the kissed. Sirius grinned at his friends, "Taking it slow my ass."

"I hate to say it, but I called it." Lily said with triumph.

Peter stood up, "Where you going then Wormtail?" James asked.

Peter smirked, "Well Eileen O'Connor is looking rather gorgeous in that turquoise halter neck. And who am I to let her go without a snog for the night?"

James and Sirius high-fived him whilst Lily chuckled, "You and Mary both scoring the O'Connor twins tonight."

Peter's eyes lit up, "Mary's making out with Elaine?! I have got to see that!" He said and then scurried off into the crowd.

James' eyes searched the crowd briefly before his eyes lit with a certain brightness. He pulled Lily up on to the sofa, "Why are you sitting on the floor for Lils?" Lily blushed and let James pull her up to sit next to him on the sofa. "Come look at this." James pointed to a certain direction. Sirius didn't really think much of it, sipping at a butterbeer. Lily peered her eyes and then her mouth slowly formed into a grin.

"Well if it isn't Jordan Davies chatting up our little Marley." She said.

Sirius nearly spat out his drink but stopped himself causing him to start choking vigorously. "What?" He managed to splutter out.

Lily raised an amused eyebrow at him but said nothing. James eyed Sirius carefully but he too said nothing. Sirius turned to see where they were looking and saw Jordan was indeed talking to Marlene who had a smile on her face as she spoke to him. Sirius clutched the glass very tightly and had to firmly grit his teeth together to stop himself from saying anything. James peered at Sirius carefully.

Despite the fact that he was slightly drunk, James began to notice Sirius' glaring looks at Jordan. "Mate what's your problem with Jordan Davies?" Jordan went to put his hand on Marlene's waist affectionately whilst laughing at something she was saying.

Sirius put his glass down loudly on the coffee table, "Nothing." He said curtly before storming off towards Marlene and Jordan.

"I can't stand the taste of butterbeer." Jordan said.

Marlene's mouth formed an 'o' shape, "How could you not? It's so deliciously sweet."

"It's sickeningly sweet." He retorted putting a hand on her waist, whilst Marlene laughed rather awkwardly at how the conversation was progressing.

"You played really nice today Marlene." Jordan said as a light blush graced his cheeks. "You looked really pretty in your beaters uniform."

Marlene gave him a small smile, "You won't be saying that when we kick Hufflepuff's ass." She said taking a sip of her butterbeer.

Sirius quickly emerged from the crowd, "Hey Marlene. Davies. What's going on here?"

Jordan was relatively unbeknownst to Sirius' cold exterior, "Nothing. Just telling Marlene how she played great today."

"Yeah we get it she's a good player." Sirius said in angst. "We get it."

"Sirius." Marlene hissed under her breath.

"What?" he snapped.

"Man what's your problem?" Jordan asked slightly taken back.

Sirius leant in close to his face, "Stop flirting with her, got it?"

"Sirius!" Marlene exclaimed, whilst Jordan had a look of anger on his face "What the hell!" she continued

Sirius didn't wait for him to reply but instead grabbed a fuming Marlene McKinnon and pulled her towards his dormitory room.

"Sirius what the fuck!" Sirius pushed her gently into his room and shut the door loudly. "What it going on with you?"

Sirius didn't say anything but rather fiercely grabbed her face in his hands and kissed her hard causing her to stumble against the post of his bed. Although it was hard for her not to fall into the pattern of the kiss, Marlene inhaled a breath of air and pushed him away from her. "What is wrong with you?" She shrieked

"What is wrong with me?" He screamed back, "What is wrong with you? You don't think I could see you and Davies flirting?"

"Flirting?" Marlene said incredulously. "What the hell THAT'S what you're angry about?"

"I've not even LOOKED in another girl's direction since we started," He paused to make a flamboyant motion with his hands, "THIS! And you're flirting with freakin Davies?"

Marlene's expression softened, "Sirius we weren't flirting. Or I wasn't flirting okay? Just because I'm laughing with some guy doesn't mean I'm flirting with him. It's Jordan for goodness sake! He's like a small puppy how did you expect me to let him down?"

"Anything short of pushing him off the astronomy tower would've been acceptable!" Sirius yelled, still fuming.

"Sirius calm down!" Marlene said. "Susie Garrods flirts with you every time you finish divination! And I see you give her that smirk and do you see me freaking out about it?" She pointed out to which Sirius stayed quiet.

"Okay I may have overreacted."

Marlene sat down next to him, "A little bit."

"I just…" Sirius started but didn't even know what he was thinking in his own head. Everything he was thinking about Marlene from the last couple of months was swirling around in his head as well as the generous amount of firewhisky he had consumed. "I don't know." He finished.

Marlene leant up and captured his lips in a kiss. She threw her arms against his chest and moved so there wasn't an inch that separated them. Sirius kissed her back deeply, holding her tight. Their tender kiss quickly turned frantic as their lips started to move roughly together. Marlene had begun to let her hands trail under Sirius' shirt. Sirius sighed deeply as they continued to kiss. His hands pinched at her hip bones and Marlene shuddered with a soft gasp. Sirius took the opportunity to glide his tongue along her lips. She all but shoved him down on the bed, already having yanked his shirt off.

For the second time that day, the door opened during a non-ideal situation for Sirius and Marlene.

"WHAT THE FUCK!"

Just guess who that is? MWAHAHAHAH