Disclaimer: I do believe you know the drill. So I'm not going to say it, MWA HA HA!!! Um... sure. But it does aply, so you don't have to kick me off or anything..., cuz i don't own Harry Potter in any way shape or form... CRAP! I just said it! Oh, c'mon, you knew I was gonna... I don't know who sings the song "Lida Rose," but I don't own it. It was in the musical "The Music Man," that's all I know.
A Few Friends Less
Chapter Ten: Lida Rose
"Ah!" Jamie woke up screaming, covered in a cold sweat, and breathing heavily, as though she had been running.
"Are you all right?" Sirius asked, sitting up and looking at Jamie.
"Yeah," Jamie gasped, trying to catch her breath. "I'm fine."
"Nightmare?" Sirius asked, wiping Jamie's forehead.
"Yeah," Jamie said, sighing. "It was horrible."
"What happened?" Sirius asked tenderly, running his fingers through Jamie's hair.
"It was about you and that's all I wanna say," Jamie said, burrying her face into her pillow.
"Aha," said Sirius grimacing slightly.
"Aha?" Jamie asked, muffled through her pillow. "What are you, a shrink?"
"Sure," Sirius said, rubbing Jamie's back. "It's just a dream though, all right? So, don't worry."
"Yeah, yeah," Jamie said, deciding to get up.
"What are you doing?" Sirius asked. "It's to early to be awake."
"Oh no, how dare I get up at seven o'clock," Jamie said sarcastically.
"Oh, true that," Sirius said, leaning back into bed.
"After all, I'm supposed to be decorating the freaking Great Hall with McGonagall and all them today for that damn Masquerade and I really wanted to sleep," Jamie whined, slumping next to Sirius and laying her head on his shoulder.
"I think you swore more in that sentance that you have in a long time," Sirius said, wraping an arm around her.
"And I have to correct thousands of papers, millions of tests, Alayna has been avoiding me at all costs, and my back hurts," Jamie complained.
"Waah," Sirius said mockingly, but putting his hands on Jamie's shoulders and giving her a massage all the same.
"Remember how we used to tease James mercilessly?" Jamie asked Sirius all the sudden.
"Mh hm," Sirius said.
"We were really close when we were younger, him and I," Jamie said. "I don't know why. It was kind of wierd."
"Yeah," Sirius said, "you're really tense. I think you're stressed."
Jamie sighed and said, "How can't I? I worry about my family, Voldemort coming and getting you or Alayna, and on top of it I have Snape being an over-all ass and papers to correct. Can life get anymore stressful?"
Sirius remained slient as Jamie ranted. "Well, I'm sure it'll get better."
"Yeah, I know," Jamie said, leaning back into Sirius's chest, pushing his hands away. "But I want it all better now."
There was suddenly a knock on the door and Jamie rose from the bed and pulled a bathrobe on. "Who is it?"
"Your daughter," Alayna's voice announced.
Sirius gave Jamie a thumbs up sign and Jamie gave him the 'What-the-Hell?' look. (A/N: In case you didn't notice, I love saying the 'what the hell' look and all that. It's like my trademark...) Sirius shrugged and pulled on a shirt.
"What is it, sweetheart?" Jamie asked, opening the door.
"Is dad- oh, hi," Alayna said, biting her lip. "Um, Mum, this is kind of embarrasing, but..."
"Go ahead, honey," Jamie said, sitting down.
Alayna was wringing her hands as her eyes darted around the room. "Uh, Harry, he, um, asked me to go with him to the, er, Ball thing, and I dunno if I should go."
Jamie smiled and said, "Well, why wouldn't you?"
"Because Ginny likes Harry and she'll get mad or something, I just know it," Alayna said, sitting on the bed. "I don't know what to do."
"Wow," Jamie said, nodding. "Alayna, if Ginny gets mad at you for something as small as a boy-"
"Hey!" Sirius said.
"Ignore him," Jamie said, and Alayna grinned. "As I was saying, if she gets mad over a boy, maybe she isn't really a good friend."
Alayna sighed and said, "I hate being fourteen."
"Oh, it gets better," Jamie said, patting Alayna's arm. "Don't worry, you're not going to find your future husband at fourteen."
"Hey!" Sirius said again.
"Regular fountain of words today, aren't we, Mr Black," Jamie said, rolling her eyes.
"You found me at fourteen," he pouted.
"No, I found you at eleven," Jamie said. "I liked James at fourteen."
"What?" Sirius said, his jaw dropping. "No way!"
Alayna, all the while, was laughing. "Mum, you liked James?"
Jamie smiled slightly and said, "Unfortunatly yes. Now, you, Miss Alayna, go get ready for the ball and tell Harry yes."
Alayna nodded, and left the room.
"You liked James?" Sirius demanded.
"God," Jamie said, smiling. "I was infatuated with him. But then, in the fifth, he was like this little devil and I didn't like him."
"Did you memorize your love life?" Sirius asked.
"Oh, yes," Jamie said.
"When did you start to like me?" Sirius asked Jamie innocently.
"Hmm," Jamie said, thinking. "Probably about borderline end of sixth and beginning of seventh year."
"I see," Sirius said.
"Yep," Jamie said, standing up and opening her dresser.
While Jamie was picking out some robes, Sirius wrapped his arms around Jamie's waist and blew on the back of her neck. "Why do you always do this when I'm at my dresser?" Jamie asked Sirius resting her hands on his.
"I dunno," Sirius said, resting his chin on her shoulder. Then, he noticed something in the dresser. "What's this?" He grabbed it to find a picture (A/N: I use that way to much) of Sirius laying on a couch with baby Harry on his stomach. "Aw, I look really good."
Jamie smiled, looking down at the picture. Harry was asleep and Sirius was tenderly patting the baby's head. He looked out of the picture at Jamie and the real Sirius and waved.
"Why is that in there?" Sirius asked.
"I couldn't find a frame," Jamie explained, taking the picture from Sirius.
"Oh," Sirius said, sighing. Jamie felt a chill go up and down her spine when she felt Sirius's warm breath on her own skin. She closed her eyes, and in suit, sighed as well.
"You're freezing," Sirius said suddenly.
"I know," Jamie said, rubbing her hands together. "I've been cold for a long time. It's kind of strange, but whatever, you know?"
"Yeah," Sirius said, straightening up, but not removing his arms from around Jamie.
"Sirius, I have to go and decorate the Hall," Jamie said, trying to untangle herself from Sirius's arms, which made him tighten his grip.
"Stop," Jamie said in her, 'Don't-Make-Me-Hurt-You' voice.
Sirius let her go and she huffed lightly, so he pulled her back to him and kissed her lightly on the lips. Jamie smiled and said, "Are you going to let me go now?"
"Heh heh," Sirius said, imitating her voice.
"Oh, yes, Sirius, I'd much rather go into the Great Hall and wave my wand around and make it all pretty and stuff than be in here with you, most likely snogging," Jamie said, rolling her eyes and pushing Sirius away.
Sirius grabbed Jamie's hand and, looking her square in the eyes said seriously (A/N: I'm revolting against that joke), "Live like your gonna die tomorrow!"
"Right," Jamie said, pulling her hand away. "And where did that come from?"
"Well, me, being the literate person I am, found that in a book," Sirius said, sighing. "Ghandi said that."
"Whatever," Jamie said, scoffing. "But, I have to go now, all right?"
Sirius gave her puppy dog eyes and Jamie smiled appreciativly. "I have to go. I'm sorry, Si."
"Waaah!" Sirius said, faking sobs.
"Ok, that's unattractive," Jamie said, kissing Sirius on the cheek, then leaving.
~*~
"How do I look?" Alayna asked her friends, twirling around in the dress she was wearing. It was royal purple in color and was definently qualified under the princess catagory. It fitted her well on top and then flared out on the bottom. Her black curls were up in a bun with the curls falling every which way. She had decided to accept Harry's invitation, much to Ginny's dismay. Ginny was stuck going with Colin Creevey and Martha was with Mark Turner, another fourth year.
"Beautiful!" Martha said, grinning for her friend. Martha was wearing a gypsy type costume.
"Nice," Ginny said coldly. Ginny was wearing a make-shift kimono she had seen in a Muggle Studies book.
"Ginny, he asked me, I said yes, just chill, all right?" Alayna said, rolling her eyes.
Ginny just sniffed and said, "I'm going down."
When she had left, Alayna turned to Martha and said, "Couldn't she just be happy for me at one point in her life?"
"You know Ginny," Martha said, sighing. "She always gets pissy when someone gets something she wants. She wouldn't talk to me for a few days after she came to my house, just because it's bigger than hers!"
"She did that with me too," Alayna said, sitting down. "Sorry for being asked to the ball with someone I might actually liked, you know. At least I have my mum."
"What was that?" Martha said, pretending to be shocked. "Did Miss Alayna Williams say she was glad her mother was teaching?"
"Shut up," Alayna said, throwing a pillow at Martha.
After a bit of silence, Martha said, "It must have been hard growing up and never knowing who your father was, hm? I mean, wow. At least I see my dad every summer."
Alayna bit her lip and just nodded. Her mother had already warned Alayna about the importance that no one knows about her dad. She knew that Ginny's brother and Hermione knew, but that's where it was supposed to stop. "Well, let's go down..."
"All right!" Martha said happily, skipping out of the door.
When they reached down to the common room, Alayna spotted Harry and smiled. He had gone as a knight type character when he found out that Alayna was going as a princess.
"Ready?" Harry asked Alayna.
"Yep!" Alayna said and they started down to the Great Hall.
Meanwhile, down in the Great Hall, Jamie was already there, sitting at the teacher's table, her chin rested ever so lightly on her hands and her eyes entranced up at the starry sky that was the ceiling. She had her blond curly hair down and it reached a few inches past her shoulders and she was wearing a long white dress with sleeves. She didn't know what she was, but Sirius said she looked like an angel when she left the room, so she opted to that one. Jamie sighed and broke her trance.
"Hi, Jamie!" she heard a male voice say, and she knew it was Alec. "Mind if I sit by you?"
"Ahem," said another voice. Jamie looked up to see Snape. He sat in the open chair next to Jamie and said, "This is the teacher's table."
Alec made a face, then backed away. "Thank you," Jamie said quietly to Snape.
"I decided that although I hated you in Hogwarts, you were one of the few of those Gryffindors that showed me some respect," Severus said, looking at Jamie out of the corner of his eyes. "So, I thought I'd be nice."
"Thanks, I guess," Jamie said, restraining from smiling. "So, what are you?"
"An ornery teacher that has no creativity," Severus said. Jamie laughed, surprised to see this humor coming from the Severus Snape she had grown up disliking greatly. But, like he said, she had no reason to be mean to him like Sirius and James, so she had stayed out of their little pranks on him.
While Severus and Jamie continued to talk, Alayna and Harry entered, and they both stopped and gaped at the two of them. "I thought your mum was a female member of the Marauders..."
"So did I," Alayna said, shaking her head. "C'mon, let's sit down."
"Good, Lord," Harry said. "I hope Snuffles doesn't hear about this..."
"Ditto that," Alayna said.
Before long, Dumbledore started the ball. Jamie had decided there was no chance in hell she was going to dance with Alec, so she had tried to make herself terribly busy and as far away as possible from Alec as possible. While she had been chatting with Catalina, Catalina muttered, "There he is....Make a run for the punch."
Jamie nodded and did as Catalina had suggested. She went over by the punch and poured herself a glass. Not soon later being intercepted by her daughter.
"Why were you talking to Snape?"
"Because I wanted to..." Jamie said, looking at Alayna oddly.
"But, you're supposed to hate him!" Alayna said wildly. "You weren't friends with all of them for nothing, were you? You're breaking the number one rule of Gryffindor, Mum."
"I'm sure," Jamie said, leaving her daughter.
"Fine then!" Alayna said after her mother.
"Care to dance, Miss Williams?" came a voice from behind her.
"Sure, why not, Mr Lupin," Jamie said, whirling around.
Remus took Jamie's hand and they twirled and whirled, laughing like mad. "What'll Marcy think?" Jamie asked, Remus twirling him close to her.
"What she doesn't know can't hurt her," Remus laughed, spinning Jamie around. "Besides, it's either me or that Alec guy."
"Don't make me puke," Jamie said, laughing again.
"Can I cut in, Remus?" said Professor Dumbledore.
"All yours," Remus said with a smile.
"How are you and Sirius getting along here?" Dumbledore asked Jamie.
"Pretty good, I suppose," Jamie sighed. "We're adjusting."
"That's good," Dumbledore said as the song changed.
"Oh, I love this song," Jamie said with a small smile. It was 'Lida Rose.'
As Dumbledore slowly turned Jamie, he said, "Why don't you dance to this song with someone else than."
Jamie looked in the direction she was facing to see none other than Sirius standing at the side, looking uncomfortable to say the least. He caught Jamie's eye and his face split into that grin Jamie had admired. "Thank you," Jamie said to Dumbledore and then walked over to Sirius.
Jamie put her hand in Sirius's and he put a hand on her waist. "Hey, there," Sirius said quietly.
"Hi," Jamie replied.
They danced in silence for awhile, until Sirius sang into Jamie's ear, "Oh, won't you be mine..."
"Yes," Jamie answered, smiling up at Sirius, who, in turn, kissed the top of Jamie's head.
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Author's Note: Well, I love fluff, can't you tell? This chapter is for lily potter, as I said I would when I got to the life of Alayna. The next chapter will be up soon, maybe by Monday, if I'm lucky. Depends on if I get kicked off the computer tonight or not. Anywho, please review, because that means tons to me, as all writers on here know! :)
~Jamie
A Few Friends Less
Chapter Ten: Lida Rose
"Ah!" Jamie woke up screaming, covered in a cold sweat, and breathing heavily, as though she had been running.
"Are you all right?" Sirius asked, sitting up and looking at Jamie.
"Yeah," Jamie gasped, trying to catch her breath. "I'm fine."
"Nightmare?" Sirius asked, wiping Jamie's forehead.
"Yeah," Jamie said, sighing. "It was horrible."
"What happened?" Sirius asked tenderly, running his fingers through Jamie's hair.
"It was about you and that's all I wanna say," Jamie said, burrying her face into her pillow.
"Aha," said Sirius grimacing slightly.
"Aha?" Jamie asked, muffled through her pillow. "What are you, a shrink?"
"Sure," Sirius said, rubbing Jamie's back. "It's just a dream though, all right? So, don't worry."
"Yeah, yeah," Jamie said, deciding to get up.
"What are you doing?" Sirius asked. "It's to early to be awake."
"Oh no, how dare I get up at seven o'clock," Jamie said sarcastically.
"Oh, true that," Sirius said, leaning back into bed.
"After all, I'm supposed to be decorating the freaking Great Hall with McGonagall and all them today for that damn Masquerade and I really wanted to sleep," Jamie whined, slumping next to Sirius and laying her head on his shoulder.
"I think you swore more in that sentance that you have in a long time," Sirius said, wraping an arm around her.
"And I have to correct thousands of papers, millions of tests, Alayna has been avoiding me at all costs, and my back hurts," Jamie complained.
"Waah," Sirius said mockingly, but putting his hands on Jamie's shoulders and giving her a massage all the same.
"Remember how we used to tease James mercilessly?" Jamie asked Sirius all the sudden.
"Mh hm," Sirius said.
"We were really close when we were younger, him and I," Jamie said. "I don't know why. It was kind of wierd."
"Yeah," Sirius said, "you're really tense. I think you're stressed."
Jamie sighed and said, "How can't I? I worry about my family, Voldemort coming and getting you or Alayna, and on top of it I have Snape being an over-all ass and papers to correct. Can life get anymore stressful?"
Sirius remained slient as Jamie ranted. "Well, I'm sure it'll get better."
"Yeah, I know," Jamie said, leaning back into Sirius's chest, pushing his hands away. "But I want it all better now."
There was suddenly a knock on the door and Jamie rose from the bed and pulled a bathrobe on. "Who is it?"
"Your daughter," Alayna's voice announced.
Sirius gave Jamie a thumbs up sign and Jamie gave him the 'What-the-Hell?' look. (A/N: In case you didn't notice, I love saying the 'what the hell' look and all that. It's like my trademark...) Sirius shrugged and pulled on a shirt.
"What is it, sweetheart?" Jamie asked, opening the door.
"Is dad- oh, hi," Alayna said, biting her lip. "Um, Mum, this is kind of embarrasing, but..."
"Go ahead, honey," Jamie said, sitting down.
Alayna was wringing her hands as her eyes darted around the room. "Uh, Harry, he, um, asked me to go with him to the, er, Ball thing, and I dunno if I should go."
Jamie smiled and said, "Well, why wouldn't you?"
"Because Ginny likes Harry and she'll get mad or something, I just know it," Alayna said, sitting on the bed. "I don't know what to do."
"Wow," Jamie said, nodding. "Alayna, if Ginny gets mad at you for something as small as a boy-"
"Hey!" Sirius said.
"Ignore him," Jamie said, and Alayna grinned. "As I was saying, if she gets mad over a boy, maybe she isn't really a good friend."
Alayna sighed and said, "I hate being fourteen."
"Oh, it gets better," Jamie said, patting Alayna's arm. "Don't worry, you're not going to find your future husband at fourteen."
"Hey!" Sirius said again.
"Regular fountain of words today, aren't we, Mr Black," Jamie said, rolling her eyes.
"You found me at fourteen," he pouted.
"No, I found you at eleven," Jamie said. "I liked James at fourteen."
"What?" Sirius said, his jaw dropping. "No way!"
Alayna, all the while, was laughing. "Mum, you liked James?"
Jamie smiled slightly and said, "Unfortunatly yes. Now, you, Miss Alayna, go get ready for the ball and tell Harry yes."
Alayna nodded, and left the room.
"You liked James?" Sirius demanded.
"God," Jamie said, smiling. "I was infatuated with him. But then, in the fifth, he was like this little devil and I didn't like him."
"Did you memorize your love life?" Sirius asked.
"Oh, yes," Jamie said.
"When did you start to like me?" Sirius asked Jamie innocently.
"Hmm," Jamie said, thinking. "Probably about borderline end of sixth and beginning of seventh year."
"I see," Sirius said.
"Yep," Jamie said, standing up and opening her dresser.
While Jamie was picking out some robes, Sirius wrapped his arms around Jamie's waist and blew on the back of her neck. "Why do you always do this when I'm at my dresser?" Jamie asked Sirius resting her hands on his.
"I dunno," Sirius said, resting his chin on her shoulder. Then, he noticed something in the dresser. "What's this?" He grabbed it to find a picture (A/N: I use that way to much) of Sirius laying on a couch with baby Harry on his stomach. "Aw, I look really good."
Jamie smiled, looking down at the picture. Harry was asleep and Sirius was tenderly patting the baby's head. He looked out of the picture at Jamie and the real Sirius and waved.
"Why is that in there?" Sirius asked.
"I couldn't find a frame," Jamie explained, taking the picture from Sirius.
"Oh," Sirius said, sighing. Jamie felt a chill go up and down her spine when she felt Sirius's warm breath on her own skin. She closed her eyes, and in suit, sighed as well.
"You're freezing," Sirius said suddenly.
"I know," Jamie said, rubbing her hands together. "I've been cold for a long time. It's kind of strange, but whatever, you know?"
"Yeah," Sirius said, straightening up, but not removing his arms from around Jamie.
"Sirius, I have to go and decorate the Hall," Jamie said, trying to untangle herself from Sirius's arms, which made him tighten his grip.
"Stop," Jamie said in her, 'Don't-Make-Me-Hurt-You' voice.
Sirius let her go and she huffed lightly, so he pulled her back to him and kissed her lightly on the lips. Jamie smiled and said, "Are you going to let me go now?"
"Heh heh," Sirius said, imitating her voice.
"Oh, yes, Sirius, I'd much rather go into the Great Hall and wave my wand around and make it all pretty and stuff than be in here with you, most likely snogging," Jamie said, rolling her eyes and pushing Sirius away.
Sirius grabbed Jamie's hand and, looking her square in the eyes said seriously (A/N: I'm revolting against that joke), "Live like your gonna die tomorrow!"
"Right," Jamie said, pulling her hand away. "And where did that come from?"
"Well, me, being the literate person I am, found that in a book," Sirius said, sighing. "Ghandi said that."
"Whatever," Jamie said, scoffing. "But, I have to go now, all right?"
Sirius gave her puppy dog eyes and Jamie smiled appreciativly. "I have to go. I'm sorry, Si."
"Waaah!" Sirius said, faking sobs.
"Ok, that's unattractive," Jamie said, kissing Sirius on the cheek, then leaving.
~*~
"How do I look?" Alayna asked her friends, twirling around in the dress she was wearing. It was royal purple in color and was definently qualified under the princess catagory. It fitted her well on top and then flared out on the bottom. Her black curls were up in a bun with the curls falling every which way. She had decided to accept Harry's invitation, much to Ginny's dismay. Ginny was stuck going with Colin Creevey and Martha was with Mark Turner, another fourth year.
"Beautiful!" Martha said, grinning for her friend. Martha was wearing a gypsy type costume.
"Nice," Ginny said coldly. Ginny was wearing a make-shift kimono she had seen in a Muggle Studies book.
"Ginny, he asked me, I said yes, just chill, all right?" Alayna said, rolling her eyes.
Ginny just sniffed and said, "I'm going down."
When she had left, Alayna turned to Martha and said, "Couldn't she just be happy for me at one point in her life?"
"You know Ginny," Martha said, sighing. "She always gets pissy when someone gets something she wants. She wouldn't talk to me for a few days after she came to my house, just because it's bigger than hers!"
"She did that with me too," Alayna said, sitting down. "Sorry for being asked to the ball with someone I might actually liked, you know. At least I have my mum."
"What was that?" Martha said, pretending to be shocked. "Did Miss Alayna Williams say she was glad her mother was teaching?"
"Shut up," Alayna said, throwing a pillow at Martha.
After a bit of silence, Martha said, "It must have been hard growing up and never knowing who your father was, hm? I mean, wow. At least I see my dad every summer."
Alayna bit her lip and just nodded. Her mother had already warned Alayna about the importance that no one knows about her dad. She knew that Ginny's brother and Hermione knew, but that's where it was supposed to stop. "Well, let's go down..."
"All right!" Martha said happily, skipping out of the door.
When they reached down to the common room, Alayna spotted Harry and smiled. He had gone as a knight type character when he found out that Alayna was going as a princess.
"Ready?" Harry asked Alayna.
"Yep!" Alayna said and they started down to the Great Hall.
Meanwhile, down in the Great Hall, Jamie was already there, sitting at the teacher's table, her chin rested ever so lightly on her hands and her eyes entranced up at the starry sky that was the ceiling. She had her blond curly hair down and it reached a few inches past her shoulders and she was wearing a long white dress with sleeves. She didn't know what she was, but Sirius said she looked like an angel when she left the room, so she opted to that one. Jamie sighed and broke her trance.
"Hi, Jamie!" she heard a male voice say, and she knew it was Alec. "Mind if I sit by you?"
"Ahem," said another voice. Jamie looked up to see Snape. He sat in the open chair next to Jamie and said, "This is the teacher's table."
Alec made a face, then backed away. "Thank you," Jamie said quietly to Snape.
"I decided that although I hated you in Hogwarts, you were one of the few of those Gryffindors that showed me some respect," Severus said, looking at Jamie out of the corner of his eyes. "So, I thought I'd be nice."
"Thanks, I guess," Jamie said, restraining from smiling. "So, what are you?"
"An ornery teacher that has no creativity," Severus said. Jamie laughed, surprised to see this humor coming from the Severus Snape she had grown up disliking greatly. But, like he said, she had no reason to be mean to him like Sirius and James, so she had stayed out of their little pranks on him.
While Severus and Jamie continued to talk, Alayna and Harry entered, and they both stopped and gaped at the two of them. "I thought your mum was a female member of the Marauders..."
"So did I," Alayna said, shaking her head. "C'mon, let's sit down."
"Good, Lord," Harry said. "I hope Snuffles doesn't hear about this..."
"Ditto that," Alayna said.
Before long, Dumbledore started the ball. Jamie had decided there was no chance in hell she was going to dance with Alec, so she had tried to make herself terribly busy and as far away as possible from Alec as possible. While she had been chatting with Catalina, Catalina muttered, "There he is....Make a run for the punch."
Jamie nodded and did as Catalina had suggested. She went over by the punch and poured herself a glass. Not soon later being intercepted by her daughter.
"Why were you talking to Snape?"
"Because I wanted to..." Jamie said, looking at Alayna oddly.
"But, you're supposed to hate him!" Alayna said wildly. "You weren't friends with all of them for nothing, were you? You're breaking the number one rule of Gryffindor, Mum."
"I'm sure," Jamie said, leaving her daughter.
"Fine then!" Alayna said after her mother.
"Care to dance, Miss Williams?" came a voice from behind her.
"Sure, why not, Mr Lupin," Jamie said, whirling around.
Remus took Jamie's hand and they twirled and whirled, laughing like mad. "What'll Marcy think?" Jamie asked, Remus twirling him close to her.
"What she doesn't know can't hurt her," Remus laughed, spinning Jamie around. "Besides, it's either me or that Alec guy."
"Don't make me puke," Jamie said, laughing again.
"Can I cut in, Remus?" said Professor Dumbledore.
"All yours," Remus said with a smile.
"How are you and Sirius getting along here?" Dumbledore asked Jamie.
"Pretty good, I suppose," Jamie sighed. "We're adjusting."
"That's good," Dumbledore said as the song changed.
"Oh, I love this song," Jamie said with a small smile. It was 'Lida Rose.'
As Dumbledore slowly turned Jamie, he said, "Why don't you dance to this song with someone else than."
Jamie looked in the direction she was facing to see none other than Sirius standing at the side, looking uncomfortable to say the least. He caught Jamie's eye and his face split into that grin Jamie had admired. "Thank you," Jamie said to Dumbledore and then walked over to Sirius.
Jamie put her hand in Sirius's and he put a hand on her waist. "Hey, there," Sirius said quietly.
"Hi," Jamie replied.
They danced in silence for awhile, until Sirius sang into Jamie's ear, "Oh, won't you be mine..."
"Yes," Jamie answered, smiling up at Sirius, who, in turn, kissed the top of Jamie's head.
~Review Thank-You's~
Blondie in Disguise: Well, it wasn't now, but was it fast enough? :) I'm glad that you like this story!
Xen Master: Fluff rocks, and don't worry, Mike... I'll have something happen to Alec, just for you. Sound good to you? Thanks for reviewing!
Gia Black: I think you should stop thinking, because it's a scary experience. At least I think. Ha-ha! Well, fluff for Gia!
Taty-Chelle: You shall see! That's all I can say! Only Gia knows what my plans are for this story, well, besides me... Thanks for your long reviews!
Sophie: lol, I'm finding myself fall in love with my own character's personality... Well, maybe not mine, but you know! I wish guys were as sweet as I make this one out to be too! Keep reviewing for me!
Catalina Rain: Ha, you read it today and I put up the new chapter today! Talk about speedy service! Thanks for the review!
Author's Note: Well, I love fluff, can't you tell? This chapter is for lily potter, as I said I would when I got to the life of Alayna. The next chapter will be up soon, maybe by Monday, if I'm lucky. Depends on if I get kicked off the computer tonight or not. Anywho, please review, because that means tons to me, as all writers on here know! :)
~Jamie