Well, sorry this took so long to get up, but I was kind of waiting to see if I would get any reviews if I didn't update for a while. Thanks to the few who did. (Smiley0531,FariesandDragons911) Please review me, it means a lot, and the more reviews I get, the faster Chapter 11 will come.

The Rescue

December 13th, Overview P.O.V.

"You really poisoned him, didn't you?" Regulus questioned. He smacked her. Hard. She tried to grab her cheek, but she remembered she couldn't move. And then, Regulus got even closer, and he put his lips against hers. "My dear brother will love this," he said with a smirk. He threw her onto the ground and kicked her in the face. She felt the blood pouring out of her nose, and then felt Regulus taking off her clothes. Somebody help me! Stop! Leave me alone!

She felt him taking off every last bit of clothing until it was just her bra and her knickers. Don't do this. Don't! Regulus was going to keep hitting her and soon enough rape her, and there was nothing she could do. History was repeating itself, and Ashley couldn't let it happen.

She felt him touching her, hitting her, kissing her, kicking her, and she couldn't take it. But then she heard a voice. She wasn't fully conscious but she heard voices, dueling, and then heard the sounds of fighting. Fist fighting. Someone was carrying her away. Someone just saved her life.

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Sirius' P.O.V.

That was it. He had gone too far. I left my brother bleeding and unconscious in the corridor. I took off my cloak, and put it on her. Then, I carried her up to my dormitory. I know I should have taken her to the hospital wing, but she would have been too embarassed to go there in her present state. I'd ask Lily to clear her face up so she didn't have to go to the hospital wing.

I set her down on my bed, and watched as she slept. At 9:00, I heard Lily and James downstairs. Lily sounded very upset. "I don't know where she is, James! What could have happened to her?"

"It's okay, Lily. I'm sure she's all right. Maybe she just needed to clear her head," James said soothingly.

"But I've looked everywhere for her! Outside, the Great Hall, the dormitory, all the corridors, empty classrooms, the Astronomy Tower, everywhere. She's vanished!" Lily said, looking determined to not cry.

"She's up here, guys," I said, and they looked up at me strangely. Without a word, they both ran up the steps and into the dormitory.

"Oh no. What the hell happened to her?" Lily asked, looking down at her friend.

"Regulus."

"Why is she wearing your cloak?" James questioned.

"He took her clothes off," I explained quietly.

The three of us gazed down at Ashley as she slept. Lily did all she could to hide the bruises, and stop whatever pain Ashley may be feeling. "This has got to stop. I need to do something about Regulus," I said to James as Lily worked on Ashley.

"Like what?" James asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I don't know. He's pure evil, James. Messing with Ashley was deffinitely crossing the line. I can't let him get away with it," I said viciously.

"But I thought you beat him up? I don't really call that letting him getting away with it," James pointed out.

"I let him off easy. I should have killed the sorry git right then and there," I replied quietly.

"You can't kill him, Sirius," James said, looking a bit alarmed.

"I'm not going to kill him. He's not worth that kind of effort. But I will teach him his lesson somehow."

"Like how?"

"I'll think of something."

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December 14th, Overview P.O.V.

The next morning Ashley was fine. Her memory of the night before was clearly fuzzy, and Sirius intended to keep it that way. It was a pretty nice day, so James, Sirius, Ashley, and Lily went outside to enjoy the day. Dawn was in the dormitory comforting Lori, who was upset about being dumped by Remus. Remus was now trying to talk to Nicole about the whole mess. Good luck.

"Sirius? Can I talk to you alone for a second?" Ashley questioned. Sirius looked at her curiously, but nodded and followed her to the lake.

"What's up?" Sirius asked.

"It was you who saved me last night, wasn't it?" she asked quietly.

"Er-Well...Wait, you know what happened last night?" Sirius asked her.

She nodded. "Well, kind of..." she trailed off and looked up at him. She then gave him a big hug, and whispered "thank you" into his ear.

"Anytime," he responded. They were both standing there, staring at each other, a million thoughts racing through their heads. And then, Sirius leaned in and kissed her. He wrapped his arms around her waist, and she threw hers around his neck. But as soon as his hands started to wander, she broke the kiss, and stepped backward. "I-I can't. I'm sorry."

And she ran away.

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Sirius' P.O.V.

I walked aimlessly down the corridors trying to think of a way to get out of the mess I got myself into. I can't believe I did something so stupid. When she was finally becoming my friend, I had to act like an idiot and start snogging her. I managed to ruin our relationship before it even started. That had to be a record.

I came to the conclusion that there was only one way to fix this, and that was just talking to her. I have to explain why I did it, and then apologize as many times as it took for her to forgive me. I was a little scared of that though, because I of all people knew of Ashley's temper. I just hoped that we could at least be friends again by the time I finished talking to her.

I sighed, and prepared to face whatever she had to say.

Ashley's P.O.V.

Did Sirius Black really just kiss me? Did I imagine that or something? Damn Sirius Black. When we were finally becoming friends, he kissed me and ruined everything. Why do guys always have to push their luck? I guess it wasn't really his fault though. If he hadn't done it, I might have. Wait, does that mean I like Sirius? No way. It's just that he's my friend, and he did something really nice, and just looked so bloody-Okay stop. Talking about how adorable the bloke is is deffinitely not the way to convince yourself you don't have feelings for him.

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Overview

Remus looked down at the sleeping form of Nicole. He was half hoping she'd wake up, and half hoping she'd remain asleep. She was much more peaceful asleep. But he needed to explain that whole thing with Lori. Remus couldn't make up his mind about which he'd perfer, because just then, her eyes opened, and narrowed as soon as she saw him.

"Lupin...What are you doing here?"

"I came to talk to you," Remus replied nervously.

"Why aren't you off snogging Harrow somewhere?" Nicole asked crossing her arms, and propping herself up a bit.

"I'm not with Lori, Nicole," Remus told her quietly, "Not anymore."

"Aw, what happened?" Nicole asked with mock-concern. Then, she added, "Were you hanging around Sirius too long, and his womanizer ways rubbed off on you?"

"It's not like that, Nikki," Remus tried to explain.

"Don't call me that," Nicole hissed, "Only my friends call me Nikki."

"Nicole, I'm not with Lori because I love you," Remus said quietly and quickly. He then marched out of the room angrily, and stomped back to the common room.

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The next day everybody was quite pleased because Nicole was being released. Sirius had still not spoken to Ashley, and Remus hadn't gone back to the Hospital Wing. The only people who seemed generally happy these days were Lily, James, and Dawn. Dawn was now with a Hufflepuff named Nick Dwyer, so there was a permanent grin plastered on her face, as well as Lily and James, who went off to "patrol" every chance they got.

"Ashley? C-Can we talk?" Sirius questioned. Ashley looked up at him, nodded, and followed him outside. "I'm really really sorry about kissing you."

"It's all right, Sirius. You just couldn't resist. I'm very desirable, you know," Ashley said with a smirk.

"That you are," Sirius replied, relieved that she wasn't angry.

"Sirius? Can I ask you a question?" Ashley questioned, suddenly serious.

"Sure," Sirius replied.

"Well...You've liked me for a few years now, right?"

"Right."

"Well, then why did you spend all your time in broom cupboards?"

"I dunno...I guess I didn't want you to know how much I liked you, so maybe I just covered it up by snogging random girls," Sirius replied after a moment of thought.

"I'm sorry, Sirius. I just can't get into anything."

"I know. I know you can't yet."

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Sirius desperately needed to clear his head. He decided to take a walk around the school. As Sirius walked, bits and peices of memories he had with Ashley came to him. When they first met, and she didn't hate him yet. The day she began to hate him. All of the times she rejected his date proposals, and so much more came flooding back to him.

Sirius began to walk slower, feeling a bit depressed. He decided he needed to get out of the castle, so he snuck through the secret passageway that only James, Remus, Peter, Ashley, and himself knew about. He decided to go to the Three Broomsticks for a quick firewhisky. He ordered his drink, and took a seat. It's amazing how one simple drink can so easily turn into six.

"...And then I kissed her! She's got such pouty lips. But anyway, she didn't mad even seem! Wait - That's not right. Seem mad even? No, That's not right either. Ah, to hell with it! I gotta see her!" Sirius exclaimed, finishing off the sixth drink and sprinting from the Three Broomsticks.

He snuck into Honeydukes, and used the tunnel to get back to Hogwarts. Though, he did fall down a bit much, and it took him much longer than usual to arrive at the castle. He was walking down the corridors when he saw familiar long blonde hair turning the corner. "Ash-ee! Hey, Ash-ee!" he called.

Ashley spun around and started to walk toward him. "Ash-ee! Ah, You're so pretty, you know that? You have nice hair. May I touch it?" And Sirius stuck out his hand, and began petting Ashley like a dog. Ashley looked confused, and frankly, bewildered.

"Sirius, What's gotten into you?"

"Nuffing. Nuffing at all."

"Sirius?"

"Yes, Ash-ee?"

"Walk a straight line."

"Alrighty then. Whatever you say," Sirius said happily. He began walking, then curved to the left, and collapsed.

"Oh, bugger," Ashley stated, picking him up.

"What's wrong, Ash-ee?"

"You, Sirius Black, are drunk."

"AH! Never have I been so insulted," Sirius said, grabbing at the wall to steady himself.

"Ugh, come on," Ashley said, putting his arm around her, and walking toward the Gryffindor common room. Ashley set him on the couch, where he passed out. Ashley quickly ran up to his dormitory and started pounding on the door. "James! James!" she called, knocking on the door, trying hard not to wake all of Gryffindor house.

She heard footsteps from beyond the door, and James opened the door, wearing nothing but boxers. Ashley blushed and turned around. "Would you put a bloody robe on?"

"Oops. Hold on," James said, and went back inside. A few seconds later, he was back at the doorway. "Now what happened? Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Would you do me a favor though?" Ashley questioned.

"Yeah, sure. What is it?"

"Count the number of boys in your dormitory." He looked at her blankly for a moment, but then turned around, and counted. "One... Two... Three... Oh, no. Where's Sirius?"

"Sirius, the genius that he is, decided to go get falling down drunk, and I had to carry him onto the couch, where he passed out."

"Bloody moron," James mumbled, gently closing the door to the dormitory, and walking downstairs with Ashley. James levitated Sirius, and set him down on his bed.

The next morning, Sirius woke up with a horrible hangover. He was the only one still in bed, and he heard a knock at the door, that left an even worse throbbing pain in his head. "Come in." he called. Sirius tried to remember what happened last night, but couldn't really remember much. Ashley walked inside the dormitory, looking very cheerful, and handed him a potion's flask. "What is it?" he questioned.

"Hangover Solution. Drink up," Ashley replied, sitting at the edge of the bed.

"Er-What happened last night?"

"Hmm...Cliffnotes version, You got drunk. I found you drunk. Then, I took you back to the common room where you passed out. And then I woke up James to help me get you upstairs."

"Oh, no," Sirius muttered sheepishly.

"Oh, yes," Ashley said with a grin.

What'd you think? Please please review. I'm pretty sick, so this chapter may not be that good, but I wanted to put something else. Tell me what you think. --Ashley Jacqueline Haley