I Fall, You Fall

Sirius sighed. After doing the same thing for a long time, he was tired of glaring at the table. He was quiet surprised he hadn't burnt a hole through it. He couldn't really help feeling miffed, after having had been working for two long days, he had expected some outcome yet here he was, exactly where he had started.

The thunder clapped in the skies above, illuminating the many buildings in the city but at the same time making the thin streets look darker. Rain pounded on the roofs, like the hooves of many racing horses.

Sirius at the moment was sitting in a small, crowded pub which seemed quiet trendy to the French. It was called bon'appetite. Honestly speaking, Sirius reckoned he had never seen a more boring pub. He had snorted as soon as he heard the name, who named a pub that!

All the research work he had done the past few days had been fruitless. He had asked everyone whom the French witch had conversed with about her. He had managed to draw only one conclusion; she was definitely using a glamour charm or polyjuice potion.

Everyone seemed to tell him that she had different hair color, from black to brunette to blond. A old fellow went as far as to say that her hair was neon green (though seeing his little niece, she couldn't out-rule that).

One thing that was same was the eyes. All had told her to have rather exquisite, sapphire blue eyes.

While he was pondering this, a woman who seemed to just have entered adult hood watched him with a curious expression. After a moment's thought, Katherine seemed to reach a decision and moved towards him.

"Hey!" said a jolly voice, so unlike how Sirius' would have sounded breaking him out of his musing. He averted his gaze to see who it was. It was a girl, who seemed to be his own age. She was wearing a rain coat and a hood so he couldn't see who it was but there was a lock of blond hair sticking out from under her hood.

"You mind if I sit down" she asked him, and without waiting for a answer she sat down on the chair in front of him.

He was about to say I didn't even say yes but stopped himself, the one think his mother's grooming had taught him was to not be cheeky with strangers.

"You new here" she asked him. Surprisingly, her speech wasn't thick with a French accent like the others' was.

"Yeah" he said "how do you know?" he asked her curiously.

"Oh just your expressions" she shrugged.

Sirius arched a eyebrow "my expressions?"

"Well most of the bachelor blocks here are always hitting on other girls. And I have never seen anyone this miserable while sitting here"

"And how exactly did you I was miserable?"

Sirius was sure that if she had her hood off, he would have seen her blush "I was spying on you"

"Thought I was charming huh?" he said in a teasing tone.

"Oh shut up!" she cried throwing off her hood. It revealed a mass of blond curls which extended all the way till her waist. She had round, blue eyes and a round face complete with a small nose. She seemed quiet plain, but the effect changed when she smiled, she was quiet beautiful.

"So you know any place better then the dumpster you guys call a pub"

"It is not a dumpster!"She cried "but I guess we could find someplace else".

They both got up and moved towards the door. As they neared it, the girl tried to pull her hood up and Sirius snatched her hand.

"What?" she asked him.

Sirius simply smirked. Taking out his wand, he pointed it at her rain coat and said "evanesco!" the coat immediately disappeared, revealing a parrot green jumper over skinny jeans.

"I will drench!"

"I fall, you fall"

That One!:

Sirius let his gaze wander around the box of chocolates, preparing for revenge. He chose a off-white one and placed his index finger on it, indicating her to eat it.

Katherine gulped; she had been eating these chocolates ever since she was a child and would, even when half asleep avoid the white ones. She reluctantly lifted in off the box, and forced it into her mouth. She immediately felt the bitter taste touch her lips and swallowed it quickly. "mm…delicious!" she lied, not wanting to give Sirius the satisfaction that he had gotten her.

Sirius pouted, how come he always got the bitter ones and she got the good ones (she had been pretending for a long time). He took the brown one, with white stripes that Katie had offered and nibbled it; it seemed okay so he ate it. "woho! My first good one. How come I keep on getting the bitter ones?"

Katie laughed "because I have been doing this since I was like nine years old"

"Hey! No fair. I am not into this anymore"

Katie frowned, trying to think of something else to kill time with. "well…..my friend dared me to do something. You want to try it?"

"What is life without a little risk, bring it on….what's your name again?"

Katherine laughed, realizing they did not even know each other's names "Katherine White, you can call me Katie"

"Sirius Black at you service ma'am"

A Damp Splendor:

"I drive!" Sirius cried excitedly, taking in the shiny Muggle car they had rented.

Katie turned to him looking surprised "you know how to drive?"

"Yeah! I used to be a driver to the Muggle prime minister before I joined the order"

"Joined the what?" She asked, jumping slightly and turning around to look at him.

"Oh…..nothing" mumbled Sirius, realizing his slip.

"You said you joined the order" she insisted.

"it's a band, me and my mates made it" he invented, hoping she would buy it even though the excuse sounded lame even to him.

Katie smirked, clearly showing that she had not bought it "are you a member of the order of the phoenix"

The panic was immediate, Sirius plunged his hand into the pocket of his jacked and pulled out his wand. Holding it aloft, he pointed it directly at her chest "how do you know about the order" he growled.

Katie held out her hands as a sign of defeat "I am a friend, honestly" she said "I have been trying to find information about you guys for ages"

"Why?" he asked her cautiously, slowly joining the dots. Was she the French witch?

"I wanted to join" she said hastily, feeling uncomfortable under the wand point.

Sirius narrowed his eyes suspiciously, his wand had wavered a bit but he stood his stand "why?"

Katie gulped, her eyes filling with tears "they killed my family" she said in a thick voice.

Sirius was shocked. He slowly lowered his wand and stared sympathetically at the girl standing in front of him. She was his age, but he knew that her parents must have been important to her. His own had never really cared, so he had learned to live without them.

His eyes downcast, he mumbled "I am sorry"

She sniffled and continued "well can't blame you. You probably have those goons at your throat 24/7"

Sirius nodded. There was a stony silence between them. He slowly lifted his head and averted his gaze to the car. "So…..we have the car. What's the dare?"

She turned back to him looking surprised at the sudden change of topic. Carrying the lead to forget about what had just happened, she said "we have to drive it through the water"

'That is not freaking possible Kat!"

"Don't call me Kat!... and we have to find a way to do it"

"You are Kat to me. I don't think it can be done, unless we just cast a repelling charm on it….."

"That's it" she cried "a water repelling charm, oh that will look so magical"

Sirius blinked "wow! I am a genius"

Katie cast the water repelling charm and they both climbed into the car.

"You didn't really drive the Muggle prime minister's car did you?"

"Are you testing the truth of my statement" asked Sirius, looking horrified.

"No, only your sanity"

They plunged into the icy waters and the beautifying effect was immediate.

The water, which looked blue in the moon light scattered away from the car as giant, beautiful waves. Their vision was obscured by the jets of water shooting around them, as the water tried to avoid the car a flew all around them.

Sirius, smiling, turned to Katie to find her transfixed, looking at the splendor a simple charm had provided. Sirius' smile grew watching her lips form a "o" in amazement. Though he didn't realize it, Sirius Black was in love.

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