Hello all of you lovely reader-people! This is chapter 10! Whoohoo! Double digits!
Okay, well, I have only gotten two reviews for chapter 9 as of yet, but I'm starting to write this chapter because I can't stay away from writing for too long, and besides, I figure I can hold on to this chapter as long as I like and not have to post it until I get more feedback.
Well, anyway, here's thanks to:
fork-tofu-pingpong-fish: hello – thanks so much, first of all for reviewing, and secondly for telling me your opinion on James! I'm so happy! Well, anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter and keep reviewing – it's motivation!
Claudia: Hey – thanks for your feedback on the story and on James! I really appreciate it! Your review made me want to write this chapter sooner – and look, here I am writing this! I hope you like this chapter!
Disclaimer: I own nothing so don't sue me. :-)
------------------------Chapter Ten: Sparks Will Fly-------------------------
"Hey, James! Wait up!" Scarlet called to a retreating back as she and Trinity sprinted down the corridor.
He looked up casually, quite surprised that Lily's friends were talking to him, "Umm, yeah?"
"Whew," Scarlet tried to catch her breath. "I – I – We – Decide – Decided – "
"You what…?" James looked puzzled.
"I think she means to say," Trinity spoke up after motioning for Scarlet to go and breathe for a while. "We've decided to give you a second chance."
"So you two think I've done something wrong to Lily?" James looked a bit hurt.
"Uh, yeah," Scarlet looked at him funny. "Where were you when you made out with Madeline?"
"So you think I want to hurt Lily?" James continued to ask.
"James, we're doing our best here – help us out, will you?" Trinity leaned against the stone wall. "As much as we're going out on a limb to give you a second chance, you don't seem thrilled. Come on – you know it, we know it – everyone needs a second chance now and again."
"Yeah, James, a second chance, take it or leave it," Scarlet added defensively. "Getting all touchy on the subject just isn't a choice."
"But – "
"Take it or leave it,"
"Wait, please just – "
"Don't be cute with us James – "
"Alright, alright!"
---------------------------Common Room----------------------------
"Hey, Sirius," Scarlet plopped down next to him on the plush, red couch.
"Hey," he replied, deep in thought, trying to read his potions book.
"Sirius…"
"Mmmhmm…?"
"You're reading the table of contents…"
"Oh…"
Sirius put down the book in his lap and sighed.
"Were you trying to keep from talking to me?" Scarlet asked cautiously.
"No…" Sirius flushed a bit pink around the ears.
"Sirius, tell me then, why were you so insistent on reading the table of contents?" Scarlet asked, beginning to grow more and more suspicious. "Are you hiding something from me, Sirius Black?"
"I… I just…"
"You just what, Black?"
Sirius pulled her towards him and kissed her firmly on the lips.
Scarlet breathed deeply, "Sirius…"
"Yeah?"
"Was that what you were hiding?"
"I wanted to ask you out on a real date for so long… I just wasn't sure if the timing was right between us."
"Well – "
"Scarlet, I wanted to do that for so long, so please don't say no," Sirius looked at her with puppy-dog eyes.
Scarlet hugged him tightly and kissed him lightly on the cheek. She whispered, "Yes, Sirius, yes."
Sirius breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and pulled her into a big bear hug, spinning around, and landed them both comfortably beside each other on the couch.
-------------------------Library-----------------------
"Animagi…" Trinity muttered to herself as she shuffled along the shelves of books, running a finger delicately down a spine every so often.
"Whatcha lookin' for?" Remus' eyes popped up into the space just above the books she was looking at.
"Remus, don't sneak up on me like that!" Trinity moved down a few more feet.
"Sorry," he grinned sheepishly, still looking through the space above the lined up books. "So, you didn't tell me – "
"I'm looking up animagi," she replied casually.
"Why would you do that?" Remus' face blanched.
"Uh, for transfiguration class," Trinity looked at him funny. "Oh, don't tell me, the all-knowing Remus Lupin wasn't paying attention in class last Tuesday!" Trinity ended with a dramatic finish, then laughed lightly.
Remus laughed along cautiously, "Six inches, was it?"
"Yeah, yeah," Trinity continued to scan the titles of books.
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A/N: Hey all – sorry, yes, I do realize that this was an abnormally short chapter, but I just really wanted to get this out to all of you who are reading my story. Mucho thanks, btw! I do hope all of you take just a small teeny second to say hello in a review and also, yes I know, I asked this before, IF YOU WERE ACTUALLY IN THIS STORY (PRETEND IT'S REAL FOR JUST A SEC), WOULD YOU HATE JAMES, OR WOULD YOU LIKE HIM? Thank you to all of you who reviewed for chapter nine, btw!
Claire Belle