30 April, 1977

Eleana had been given a harsh lecture by Professor McGonagall, mostly words, and then forty points was being taken from Slytherin. Although, to Eleana's surprise she was not given more than one detention. The following evening she endured that detention, and after that she was free to go. McGonagall knew that Eleana was not the student who usually skipped class, that could be the reason for her being rather indulgent to the situation.

It had been three days since she had the conversation about 'motorcycles' with Sirius Black. Three days since she had realised that he was quite pleasant, when you spoke to him where no ears could hear. Before, he had been purely rude, now whenever she caught sight of him in the corridor or anywhere else he met her gaze with softness in his eyes. She found that she liked him more and more for every look he gave her. Although, they both had to be utmost discreet about their feelings, no one could know about what might be turning into some sort of friendship.

Eleana did not know if she could consider him a friend yet, he was merely a casual acquaintance, she supposed. Even so, she knew a great deal about him. She knew his interests: motorcycles. She knew one of the biggest secrets she believed he had: he was an animagus.

If she was beginning to look at him as more than an acquaintance, that did not necessarily mean that he saw her as anything else than what she ought to be to him, just another student, or even an enemy. But if he saw her as that, would he not try to avoid her rather than trying to communicate with her?

Eleana sat in the green grass with Camilla and Caren next to her. Caren was sitting by a tree while leaning her back against it, and Camilla was lying on her back amidst some white anemones. Eleana was leaning on one of her arms as she gazed out over the Black Lake. It was still, and dark, 'It must be quite deep' she thought to herself while the grass tickled her uncovered knees and ankles.

"That cloud looks just like Alexandre." Camilla said dreamily and pointed to the sky. Eleana looked up, and put her hand above her eyes to block out some of the sun in order to see the cloud properly.

"In that case, he has three legs." Caren said, sounding very amused.

"He does not!" Camilla exclaimed. "He's perfect." She said with voice that once again sounded very dreamy.

"Then, I guess I mistook that leg for something else." Caren mumbled with raised brows, she grinned widely when Eleana caught her eye. Camilla did not seem to have heard it, and Eleana just shook her head slightly while grinning about Caren's dirty mind, and humour.

Camilla touched some of the white anemones close to her in the grass, the scent from them reached her nose. Her hand then went inside her pocket and she took out a letter. Then she hugged it, pressing it close to her heart. She gazed up towards the sky. It was one of the many letters she had received from Alexandre. Right before Christmas she had been quite distressed due to the lack of letters, and short sentences from him. She had thought that he had been mad with her, or simply tired of her. However, it was revealed that he had been, exactly as he wrote, busy with a hectic schedule. A letter came on Christmas day, when he explained his absence and apologised. She could not do anything other than forgive him, and now she was more in love than ever.

This letter she held was the latest one out of the ones he had sent her every week after Christmas. Her stomach was filled with pleasant butterflies as she had read it, and now as she hugged it those butterflies multiplied as she repeated every word inside her head.

All of a sudden, the still and calm atmosphere was broken by four boys walking down the slope as they laughed and discussed very loudly with one another. Camilla looked away from her darling clouds and eyed the boys with a distasteful look in her otherwise warm brown eyes. Caren was not looking too pleased either with their thunderous presence. Eleana on the other hand, had only eyes for one of the boys. She did not dare to look at him for more than a second or two before returning her gaze to the sea.

"Haha! You'll never get me!" Sirius yelled as James took out his wand.

"Ugh, so immature." Caren said, and closed her eyes as she leaned the back of her head against the tree.

Shortly after she had pointed that out, Sirius was hit by a spell and flew backwards through the air. Eleana flinched as Sirius nearly landed in her lap, he had landed on the grass right in front of her. Camilla squeaked and immediately sat up.

Sirius groaned vaguely and gazed up. What he saw was Eleana's face, and instantly felt better for some reason. Her golden hair was hanging down and almost tickled his face. He blinked and noticed that she seemed a bit concerned. She was worried about him; that thought went straight to his ego.

"Are you alright?" she asked, his assumptions had been right, she sounded very concerned, indeed.

Sirius looked into her eyes for a moment before he spoke. "I'm fine." He then said casually, trying to be modest as he sat up. Eleana still looked concerned as he caressed the back of his head while making a face.

"I'm sure he's fine. Now, Eleana get away from him." Caren said, as if he was a fire crab ready to blast her at any moment.

"Are you hurt?" Eleana said to Sirius, not paying attention to Caren.

"Oh, he's fine!" James said when he reached them.

"It wasn't you who was sent flying through the air several meters, so I don't think your word counts." Sirius said heatedly.

James started to laugh.

"Oh! I'll show you how it feels." Sirius said and stood up.

Caren grabbed Eleana by the arm and Eleana was forced to stand. "Come on, we're leaving." Caren said bitterly.

Sirius heard it and turned to them. "You don't have to leave..."

Caren showed him a fake smile. "Yes, we do. I can't enjoy my spare time with you makin' all that noise"

Sirius looked at Eleana who looked down once their eyes met. "I'm sorry... you can stay, we'll leave." He said.

"Well aren't you a gentleman." Caren said sarcastically. "But it's too late, we're leaving."

Eleana saw Sirius shrug at Caren. "Suit yourselves." He said with a smirk. Then Eleana was dragged away by Caren, she did however find the time to give Sirius a soft smile before she was. He noticed that she seemed to be amused, and it made him happy. He smiled in return, before he turned to take out his revenge on James by sending a hex his way.

Author's note: I hope you enjoyed this little chapter, I'll keep posting. Also, feel free to give me feedback, and thank you for what I've already received. ;)

-Fondofreading