Wooing a Seer
Islay12:It's about how Sirius met and loved Christine Charles and how their daughter Cassiopeia came to be. Questions will be answered as Sirius peruses this seer of a Ravenclaw.
For Izabelle. This is my YEAR 2 story. So read and enjoy!
I don't own the Squid! Or Harry Potter.
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Trick and Treating a Seer
Sirius and Christine had walked back to the castle and were now sitting on the grand staircase with the chocolates spread all around.
Sirius had comforted Christine with a large bar of chocolate, once again meant for Remus. He had forgotten how sensitive she was. It was usually quiet library Christine or indignant, anti-flirting Christine. He didn't think to archive the side of her that was susceptible to harsh words like 'bitch' and 'slut'.
She had stopped sniffing back tears and was now chewing thoughtfully on a nougat snitch. "What was all that about?" Christine asked as Sirius 'helped' her with the large boxes and bars of chocolate.
"Oh just one of my not so good dates." Sirius said, he was just waiting for Christine to reprimand him but thankfully she hadn't registered Gwen's words. She had been unintentionally right; he had used her to make Christine jealous. It hadn't worked.
Christine stopped wiping her finger on a handkerchief (she happened to have a silk hankie in her pocket like a good little pureblood) and looked concerned. "Poor Sirius. I'm sorry."
Christine leaned over and hugged him comfortingly briefly before brushing a crumb away from her pink face.
"So what exactly is all this chocolate for?" Sirius asked, looking at the piece of fudge filled chocolate before devouring it. He leaned back on the staircase he sat on.
"It's for Halloween, have you forgotten?" Christine said bundling up the parcels.
"Shite!" Sirius exclaimed leaping up from his sitting position, spilling a few wrappers onto the ground. "I forgot. I've got to find James and the others! We don't have a Halloween prank for Wednesday. Thanks Christine, I'll see you later!"
Sirius launched himself up the stairs to the Gryffindor tower. Christine on the other hand looked at Sirius and her eyes softened. The roses in her cheeks bloomed as she made her way to the Ravenclaw Tower.
They didn't see each other except for Charms after that. Sirius had taken it upon himself to make the best Halloween prank ever but Sirius and James had gotten in a tiny spat about the prank on Monday morning.
"Come on James, not even one dungbomb in the great hall?" pleaded Sirius.
"No."
"The common room?"
"No!" James persisted.
"The dorms?" Sirius asked before he was hit over the head with a pillow.
James withdrew the pillow after whacking Sirius a few good times. "No Sirius, I am Head boy and I say not a single dung bomb. I have seen the light." Said James firmly.
Sirius gasped, "Take that back! That wasn't funny."
"I wasn't supposed to be." Said James.
"Forgive him Lord for he knows not what he says." Said Sirius in mock prayer.
"Quit it Sirius."
"Who are you and what have you done with James Potter?" said Sirius loudly.
James raised an eyebrow. "Nothing at all. I am James." When Lily entered the common room with Alice and Mary, James noticed and said slightly louder, "Pranking isn't really that fun anyway."
Remus rolled his eyes. "Just go propose to her, it would be easier than causing Sirius a heart attack." He said while idly flipping the pages of his book.
"Ah, in pursuit of love are we?" Sirius asked a cheeky grin on his face, "James my man take it from those much more experienced than you. She's just one girl. Don't risk taking credit for the best prank ever by chasing a girl."
"And yet here you are Sirius." Remus said from behind his book.
"Hey, she doesn't necessarily mind the pranks." Sirius retorted.
"You think." Remus shot back like a shuttlecock in badminton.
"Come on James you always have the best ideas." Peter pleaded.
James looked around at his three friends and relented. Pulling out a folder from his bag he looked about, as if sure Lily would appear over his shoulder and catch him in the act of planning a prank. Sirius mentally punched James for being so hung up over a girl.
Not that he could really speak. He didn't know what was going on with Christine but something had defiantly changed.
"So I wrote this up last year and I was waiting for this Halloween. Course that was before I was Head Boy. So I'm putting Sirius in charge." James said pulling out a sheet of parchment from the folder with large purple and orange schematics and charts and lists.
Sirius, Remus and Peter looked at the sheet. They split into identical grins.
"Excellent James." Remus said staring at the list of incantations.
"What's excellent?" James said acting dumb and walking away innocently.
"This is going to be brilliant." Sirius said rolling the parchment up and heading out to find a large amount of rubber spiders.
Halloween arrived and Sirius and the Marauders (except for James) were up and about in the Great Hall setting up the all-day prank for that morning. Hopefully there would be a enough of a backlash that classes for the day would be cancelled. Not to mention bring a prolonged Halloween party in the Gryffindor Common Room.
"Throw me that purple string would you Wormtail?" Sirius asked sitting on his broomstick, draping a large wreath of violet fur around all the floating candles.
"The dark purple or the regular purple?" Peter asked from the ground, placing Popping Lights under every seat in the Great Hall.
"Dark!" Sirius called down. Peter nodded and got the string and threw it up to Sirius who began tying the spiders to the candles.
"How many spells does this take?" Remus asked waving his wand over each furry purple rubber spider he was charming and sending up to Sirius via Levitation Charms. "I can't believe this has taken all morning! We're never going to be finished."
"Oh come on. Where they're a will they're a way my darling Moony Kins." Sirius said cheerfully.
"Would you not call me that?" Moony said sternly.
"It's endearing actually." A voice from the doorway said.
The three boys turned and saw Christine and her friend Izabelle at the doorway. Erica Samson was also there. The three of them were in costumes.
Christine was dressed up in a bright blue gown and a silver tiara. She had a little stuffed eagle sitting on her wrist, like the picture of Rowena Ravenclaw in Hogwarts: A History.
Izabelle was in a black shirt and shorts, with a headband with cat ears on it. A tail which twitched realistically and paw shoes completed her kitten costume.
Erica was hardly seen before she went over to Peter and hugged him. But the boys got a glimpse of a gold tiara and bright pink sparkly skirt and white sequined shirt. Her gold high heels suggested Princess.
"Quick! HIDE!" Sirius said flying his broom under a table. The girls stared giggling madly.
"What are you doing up?" Remus asked hiding the large furry spiders.
"Oh, we were just curious to what you boys were planning for this year." Christine said walking over to the table in which Sirius was hiding under. She peered underneath and smiled.
Izabelle said, "So what's with all the spiders?"
"That is Classified Information my dear Ravenclaw." Sirius said in a James Bond impression that could be done from beneath a table. He had been forced to watch the movies by Remus. That Bond fellow was quiet good for a muggle; not to mention his female co-stars were quite sexy.
"Please Petie?" Erica said looking into Peter's eye pleadingly.
Peter gulped while Remus and Sirius roared with laughter (the latter of them bumping his head on the bottom of the table).
"You're one poor bugger Pete. You're a slave to your girl." Sirius barked through laughing.
"Please Petie?" Erica said pouting.
"I guess we could tell you." Peter said. Remus rolled his eyes.
"No! If we tell them the prank will be ruined." Sirius protested.
"You know I could just see what the prank is." Christine said holding the furry spider from the table and started to shift her eyes to the mother-of-pearl pink.
"Come on!" Sirius said knocking against the bench and making Christine lose her conversation. "How about you girls stay here and help us finish it?"
"It all starts in half an hour. We need to finish hanging the finish up otherwise there will be no prank." Remus said to Peter.
Peter on the other hand was little occupied. Sirius continued to laugh. Erica had proceeded to hugging him so hard Peter's eyes sort of bugged out.
"Oh thank you for letting us help Petie!" Erica said happily.
"It was Sirius- oof!- who said you could stay." Peter choked out.
"Oh you're such nice guy!" Erica squealed planting a kiss on his cheek. Sirius snickered as Peter's cheeks turned a bright red.
It was then that Izabelle came to Peter's rescue. "You're squishing him Erica! Come on; let's get to work."
"What can I do Sirius?" Christine asked placing her little eagle on the table and pulling out her wand.
Sirius clambered out from beneath the table and sat floating on his broom. "Well you girls can levitate the spiders up here. Moony can charm them and if any of you ladies would like to join me up between the candles, I need to tie them to the candles and join them together. You know like a fuse?"
Izabelle's face brightened with good humour and she volunteered. "Windgardium Leviosa". She said waving her wand over herself and she floated up into the air with an armful of spiders and string.
Remus charmed the spiders and Christine sent them up to the two in the air. Peter and Erica set the Popping Lights under the chairs. Soon the work was done and Christine, Izabelle and Erica were admiring the hundreds of floating insects.
"So do they change colours or something?" Erica asked. "That would be so neat!"
"Not quite, more like they fly about the Great Hall in a mad rage." Remus said.
"Sirius! Remus!" Christine said dismayed. "If I knew it was something potentially harmful I wouldn't have helped. You're going to get me in trouble."
"They're not to going hurt anyone Christine." Sirius said putting an arm around her shoulder.
"Black." Christine said dangerously ducking out from beneath his arm, wand twitching.
"Calm down!" Sirius said. "Now get to your seats, I just need to charm the guys into their costumes. I can hear the crowds coming."
Christine walked hastily over to the Ravenclaw table, dragging Izabelle behind her. Erica kissed Peter on the cheek and bounced over to the Hufflepuff table in her high heeled gold shoes.
"Costume?" Remus asked questioningly.
"Yep. I'm going to give us rather 'accurate' costumes." Sirius said pointing his wand at Peter and letting a red light hit the boy.
"Hey!" Peter said as a pair of dark brown rat ears appeared on top of his head and his nose morphed into a pink triangle. He was now dressed in dark brown and had a long rat tail.
Sirius then pointed his wand at himself and black dog ears appeared on his head, he was dressed in a dark black jacket and trousers and had a flurry tail that was wagging. He on the other hand didn't have a dog nose.
"What are you thinking Sirius? People will see him and you and make the connection between 'Padfoot' and 'Wormtail'! What are you thinking, it's supposed to be a secret." Remus hissed.
"Oh it's Halloween Moony, live a little. Want wolf ears?" Sirius said waving his wand.
"No." Remus said offended. "Merlin, are you trying to risk my secret?"
"Fine." Sirius said relenting. "You're such a wet blanket Moony. How about just the scariest thing I know." Sirius said pointing his wand at Remus.
"No!" But Sirius had already put him in a Slytherin tie, ill-fitting clothes and a Snape mask.
"This is just rude." Remus said tugging at the mask.
"It's not coming off until after Halloween." Sirius said gleefully, his tail wagging.
"They're coming!" Peter said alerting the two to the start of breakfast. Sirius and Remus pulled Peter over to the Gryffindor table to get ready.
"So remember, we set off the lights when everyone is sitting down. Got it?" Remus said to his friends, in the Snape mask.
Peter stared. "This is weird."
Sirius hit him over the head. "Come on Pete, it's a great costume."
James came in his regular clothes and stared at his friends. After a second he burst out laughing.
"Brilliant Sirius!" James said shaking his head. "Great costumes!"
"Want to join us oh revered Head Boy?" Sirius asked in his actor's prose, holding his wand ready to give James antlers.
"I want to see what Lily's dressed as before I get into costume." James said.
"But you two aren't going out, why match costumes?" Peter asked.
"Cause we're the Head Boy and Girl so there." James said, as if wishing in his head they were going out.
"Sure…" Sirius said sarcastically and watching the doorway for the last of the people to come in. People were already commenting on the large floating purple spiders adorning the Great Hall. Smirking Sirius watched as Lily and her friends trickled into the Great Hall and came walking towards the Gryffindor Table.
"What are the chances?" Remus asked aloud as he saw Lily in fawn brown and the tiny nubs of antlers that a doe had.
"Yes!" James said ducking beneath the table and letting Sirius 'stagify' him.
"That boy is an enigma." Remus said as James went to approach Lily.
"Well it looks like lift-off is in 10 seconds and counting." Sirius said seeing the teachers sit down.
"Kill the lights?" Peter asked ready to shut off all lights except from the floating candles.
"Go." Sirius said as Peter pointed his wand at the ceiling.
"Nox Maxis." Peter said shutting off the lights.
Cheers came around from the hall as people realized what was happening. The teachers made to get up but that was when Sirius set off the Popping Lights.
Bright bangs of colour, sparks and gunpowder came from under everyone's seats as the Popping Lights went off. The bright greens and neon pinks flew into the air in large displays of sparks along with large orange and glittering black fireballs. The sparks flew upwards and hit the fuses on the spiders.
"What the heck?" Mary MacDonald yelled as the spiders started to fly off their strings and bounce about the Great Hall. One hit a pile of scrambled eggs and soaked a Ravenclaw girl in a unicorn costume. Some Slytherins got covered in kippers while the purple spiders flew around the Great Hall.
Then the spiders started to stick together and grow into large bouncing spiders. The girls who where scared of spiders started to squeal as the spiders landed on the floor between the tables. They were about the size of rhinoceros and started to walk up the aisles towards the staff table.
A loud cackling was heard from the largest spider. Sirius, Remus and Peter watched as their five large purple spiders morphed into pumpkins.
Laughter emanated from the members of the Great Hall who loved the Marauders and their pranks: which were more than half the students and at least half the staff.
Then the pumpkins started to sing, in Sirius' voice.
"We wish you all Happy Halloween,
Full of mischief and good fun,
Although our time is nearing short,
The prank is far from done,"
Remus' voice chimed in:
"We have a plan to cancel class
To make this day our own.
So eat up the chocolate and sweets fast,
And don't forget to make sound this tone,"
Peter's voice started to sing:
"You alert your mother and your fathers
Of Hogwarts own mischief makers:
This is courtesy of the Marauders!'
At the end of the song the pumpkins burst into bright purple flames and from their insides large amounts of chocolate and candy littered the Great Hall. The first and second years pounced and the elder students laughed and cheered.
People were till concentrating on the out pouring of sweets and they didn't notice until the last second, the remains of the pumpkins changing form. They took the shape of fifteen foot tall skeletons (which were admittedly marzipan but still quite frightening).
They skeletons proceeded to take Dumbledore and the rest of the staff up into their hands and carry them out the Great Hall and into the Quittich Field to be held until the end of the day.
Sirius stood up on the tables and yelled out. "And that is how to cancel classes!"
Cheers and hooting came from the students as Peter, Remus and Sirius were lifted off their feet and carried out of the Great Hall. James on the other hand, stayed under a table because as soon as the lights had gone out Lily started yelling at him.
Sirius spotted Christine and her blue gown through the throng of cheering students. She was laughing and going off with her friends back to Ravenclaw tower. She saw Sirius and waved as the people around her gave them a standing ovation.
The crowds had finally let Sirius, Remus and Peter down. The three of them had been commissioned by Remus to go get the houses for the party James was obviously planning for the day in the Gryffindor Common Room. With all the teachers on the Quittich Pitch there would be a perfect excuse to make large amounts of noise. Of course Sirius was going to smuggle in Firewhiskey so James would be removing the first years.
While Remus went down to the kitchens to get the food Peter and Sirius spilt up: Peter going to fetch the Hufflepuffs and Sirius to the Ravenclaws.
Arriving at the Ravenclaw door the Eagle Door knocker came to life and asked in its dreary voice.
"What is the meaning of life?"
Sirius rolled his eyes. "Life is its own meaning to each which experiences it. Its definite meaning has yet to be agreed on."
"Quite good for a Gryffindor." The knocker said opening up.
Sirius leaned on the doorway as he saw a group of third years sitting in the common room.
"Oi! You there." Sirius called. The boys looked up and saw Sirius.
"What?" One asked.
"Could you get Christine Charles for me?" Sirius asked.
"Sure." The boy said. He disappeared up into the dormitories and Sirius then saw Christine and her friends come down.
"Hey it's Black!" The girl from the Ravenclaw Quittich team (whose name he had yet to remember) said in little feathered wings and halo.
"Trick or Treat." Sirius said sticking his hands in his pockets.
"What is it Sirius?" Christine asked.
"I was wondering if you all would like to come to a party in the Gryffindor common room. We've got people from all houses except Slytherin coming." Sirius said, a floppy dog ear flopping into his eye.
"Aww! Look at the little doggie begging!" Izabelle said smiling.
"Maybe we should keep him." An auburn haired girl to Izabelle's left said.
"Oh come on girls we can't keep him. He'd probably leave a 'surprise' on the rug." Izabelle's boyfriend said. The group of Ravenclaws laughed.
"If that's what you think of me." Sirius said turning to go. Christine rushed forward and caught him by the shoulder.
"Oh come on, this might be fun. Let's go." Christine said to her friends. She turned to Sirius. "Thank you."
"No problem." Sirius said smiling widely at her.
Christine and her group of a set of cats, an angel and an Egyptian followed Sirius to the Gryffindor Common room. The portrait of the Fat Lady was open and the sounds of yelling and pounding rock music came from inside the Common Room.
They entered and when people spotted Sirius they cheered and he was pulled away from Christine. She smiled sheepishly and let him go.
"Nice one Sirius!"
"Great job, those spiders were so cool!"
"Man that was some awesome prank this morning eh?"
Sirius pulled away from all the complements and the admiring girls to stand face to face with the Giant Squid poking through the window.
"What the Hell?" Sirius exclaimed falling backwards into a fairy and a rabbit.
James came up and sat on the Squid's head, perched between the eyes. "Hello Sirius Old Chap!" James said impersonating his grandfather. "Meet our special guest for the day: Squidy!"
"How did the Giant Squid get in here?" Sirius asked bewildered.
"Just a bit of levitation and a few stunning spells; I thought the party could use a little peppering up. Peter's providing all the spice." James let Sirius follow his gesturing hand to Peter and Erica snogging furiously in a corner.
Sirius blinked once or twice. "My eyes." He muttered weakly.
"Well I see Lily, I must be off!" James said hopping off the head of the Giant Squid and making his way over to the redhead.
Sirius rubbed his eyes a few times, still partially blinded by Peter and his new girlfriend.
"Well it looks like Peter is enjoying himself." Christine said commenting on Peter's current status in the corner.
"Very." Sirius said disturbed. Even though it was him who had set them up.
"Finally the maker of this insanity!" Remus said coming up to them in his Snape mask. "Get this thing off of me! I was nearly kicked out because the guys at the door thought I was a real Slytherin."
"Fine." Sirius said relenting and removing the mask with a flick of his wand. "But you're going to be sorry because that was the scariest costume ever!"
Remus stormed off in search of chocolate to calm his nerves while Christine looked at him confused.
"What was-"
"Don't ask." Sirius said slightly exhausted. It was only lunchtime and he was already feeling the after effects of a great prank sneaking up on him.
"Come on, let's get something to perk you up." Christine said summoning some of Butterbeer and a few sweets from the large table weighed down with food.
"Thanks." Sirius said as Christine sipped her Butterbeer, careful not to spill any on her blue gown.
"So why is the Squid here?" Christine asked looking at the large aquatic creature behind them, poking half-in and half-out of the window.
"James decided that Peter was boring entertainment after a while." Sirius said taking a gulp of his Butterbeer.
"What do you think of the Squid?"
"I think it was unneeded, Gryffindor parties always last until midnight regardless of amount of tentacles in attendance or kissing couples." Sirius said staring at the orange monstrosity.
"Do they? I was never invited to a party like this before. The only parties I have been to are the pureblood balls we have my relatives house at Christmas and Easter." Christine said unwrapping the thin layer off a Sugar Quill and nibbling at the end of it.
"What was your favourite party?" Sirius asked.
'So far? This one." Christine smiled. Someone bumped into her and her Quill dropped to the ground.
"Why is that?"
"It's exciting. I've never been to a party that hasn't been planned out, although I do miss the dancing from my Grandfather's midsummer ball two years ago. That was beautifully choreography, even if I had to study for months to get the dips right." Christine said. "Remus was invited but was cut from the guest list for some odd reason. It's a shame because I would rather watch the full moon rise with him than my cousin Bartimus."
Sirius froze for a second; he knew exactly why Remus had not attended but Christine kept on talking.
"He's a right prick, we're first cousins and yet he tried holding my hand and doing those really long dips with me on the dance floor. He's not even very good."
"What's your family like?" Sirius asked.
"Oh my mother is kind and very graceful, I don't know anyone with a gentler nature. My father is wise and perhaps a bit withered but he's very fair. I dn't have any brothers or sisters but I have cousins galore." Christine said ending on a sour note, obviously not liking the recent memory of her first cousin.
"My family's pigs but my friends are much better. You should spend some time with us, James is a funnier bloke than Remus to hang around and when you add it Peter we're a laugh riot." Sirius said brightly.
"I feel that way about Izabelle and Cassandra." Christine said. "They're always telling the funniest stories. Like the other day Izabelle hadn't returned her library book on time and the librarian just told her it was fine. Then she got a fine!" Christine giggled softly. Sirius raised an eyebrow.
"How is that funny?"
"It's a pun!" Christine said indignantly.
"Well it wasn't very funny."
"And what would you call funny?" Christine asked.
"Snape in a dress." Sirius said remising to one time he had actually transfigured Snape's clothes into a dress.
"Oh lovely." Christine said shuddering dramatically.
Sirius smiled. "See I knew there was a little thespian in you, waiting to get out." Sirius said lifting Christine's chin. Christine blushed and turned away.
"You flatter me." She said quietly.
"Oh come on. There is actually a lot I don't know about you." Sirius said truthfully.
"Alright what would you like to know?" Christine asked.
"What's your favourite colour? Animal? Caramel or fudge?" Sirius rattled off a whole long list.
"Only if you answer the same questions as me." Christine said seriously.
"Okay." Sirius said. "Favourite colour?"
"Blue or Green." She replied. "You?"
"I like black." Sirius said, "But it could just be my name."
She laughed. "Favourite animal?" She asked.
Sirius pointed to the ears on his head. "Dog obviously."
"I like bluebirds." Christine said.
"Okay, what about your most embarrassing moment?" Sirius asked.
"Umm, perhaps the time I forgot the words to the poem I was reciting for my Godmother's birthday. Everyone booed, it was horrible." Christine said.
"Oh I'm sorry, maybe mine will make you feel better." Sirius said remembering this moment. "It was first year and I had just started pranking with James. One morning I woke up and he had stolen all my clothes and hung them in the Common Room. To get them back I had to go all around the common room in my underwear in front of Professor Kindleton." He said naming the previous head of Gryffindor, a strict old lady with a high disregard for indecency.
"Oh dear that must have been horrible. She was not a very nice Herbology teacher." Christine said and proceeded to the next question without much ado.
Questions passed and the party still raged. The guests were totally unaware of the two sitting in the shadow of the Giant Squid quizzing each other on everything about one another. Sirius didn't know why he was sitting there with Christine just talking. With any other girl he would be subtly chatting her up. Even the hard to get ones loved nothing more than a touch of flirt after a few days of being left alone. But with Christine it seemed his 'needs' went away and he just listened with genuine curiosity.
Mischief sparkled in his eyes as he asked another question. "Haw many boys have you kissed?"
"Hey!" She said indignantly. "That's not fair, if I asked you that you'd have no problem answering with none."
"Not true. I got very drunk one time in the dorm on time and ended up kissing James. Thank goodness he knew I was drunk otherwise I would not be here right now." Sirius said leaning against the Squid.
Christine picked at fluff on her gown. Her skirts were spread around her like in a painting. "I suppose I should answer after that outburst of honesty." Christine said as she looked at Sirius caught between disgust and amusement.
"So?"
"Two." Christine admitted.
"Two? Are you kidding?" Sirius asked.
"No." She stood up. "If you remember I have never been an attractive girl. You used to pull my braid because of it Black." She said sternly.
Sirius pulled her back down. "I'm just surprised is all. I never knew people were that shallow.'
"You only noticed me because I was pretty." Christine said accusingly. "That's why you hit on me that day on the way to the Headmaster's office. Not because I was kind or smart but because I'm pretty. You're just as shallow as the rest of them."
"Hey, I'm your friend aren't I? Doesn't this prove I'm not such a git after all?" Sirius said defending himself.
She weighed it in her mind. "I suppose being my friend is a redeeming factor."
A great noise was then heard from the centre of the common room. Christine and Sirius snapped their heads over to see what the noise was.
A hallow in the crowd had formed to leave James and Lily standing in the centre. Lily was angry and yelling while James looked content.
"HOW DARE YOU!" Lily screamed as James smiled.
"It was just one simple-"
"Don't you dare say it!"
"What? Kiss?" James said swooping on Lily and kissing her.
Lily's cheeks flamed red and expression worsened. "I hate you James Potter." She hissed before running up to her dormitory.
"You know you love me Lily." James called after her.
"I think this is the cue to leave." Christine said looking at the wary people all about, milling about because of the outburst.
"I think you should." Sirius said looking at his best friend.
"Thank you for the invitation." Christine said smiling and looking up at Sirius, who had perching himself on the Squid to get a better view.
He hopped down. "No problem."
"See you tomorrow." Christine said. For a second she paused and Sirius didn't know what she was doing before she pecked him on the cheek with a quick kiss. "Bye." She said waving and hurrying off to her friends.
Sirius stood stunned for a second as the common room emptied. Remus was packing up the table of food, unknowing of the third Marauder with a kiss that day. If Remus knew what had happened he would be having second thoughts about the bet he made with Sirius.
There was something about the way she said 'bye' that made Sirius want to go after and kiss her all over. Not that he already didn't want to do that, but it had usually been initiated by a heated comment, not something casual. Remembering that kiss on his cheek, how it had burned, made something inside Sirius shiver: in a good way. Sirius stared curiously at Christine's retreating form and decided to let fate work its magic.
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No actual Squid were stunned in the making of this chapter.
Don't forget to tell me what you think of my James/Lily subplot, or Peter/Erica!