Allyson's Journey
Chapter Ten: I Love You
"W-wh-what's going on?" Lily stutters, still stunned. Ally looks up at her, with sad eyes.
"Hey Lily, James." she sniffles. "How was your guys' date?"
"Fine, fine. But what's wrong?" Lily asks. James walks over and sits on the floor in front of Ally. She looks at him and smiles before turning to Lily.
"Nothing, I just miss my family." James nods knowingly and Lily looks suspicously at them all.
"Oh." she replies. "Are you going home for Christmas then?"
"I can't."
"Why not?"
"Because, I just can't."
"Oh." Lily nods, and turns to go back to her dorm.
"What happened?" James quietly asks.
"Sirius told me you guys were my family. My brother's name will be James..." she trails off, seeing he understood. Lily was listening on the stairs and mouthed to herself questioningly, 'Will be?'
The next few days were pretty normal. Classes to go to, new things to learn. But, the teachers didn't give out any homework, which the students were thankful for. Peter went home for Christmas, but James and Remus decided to stay. Sirius never went home, if he did, he went to James' or Remus' houses. He didn't really like his family.
The group was sitting in the Gryffindor common room on Christmas Eve, talking. Lily walked down the stairs to see the group sitting closely together. "Well, what's going on?" she asked.
"Nothing." they all replied, before turning back and talking some more. They were discussing how to help Ally practice to become an anamagi.
"What're you talking about?" Lily asks, sitting down next to the group. They all stopped talking and turned towards her. "Well?"
"How to rule the world." Ally replies, nonchalantly. The boys snigger.
"Really?" Lily asks, sarcastically.
"Really." Ally replies. She could sense Lily dislike of her and she wasn't sure why. "Lily? Why don't you like me?"
"What do you mean?"
"Why do you hate me?"
"I don't."
"You do though, I can feel it."
Lily stands up, outraged and storms out of the common room. "To get points in her book, I'd follow her." Ally says to James, who looks at her thankfully and races after her.
"She really doesn't like you?" Remus asks.
"I don't think so. I can feel the hate radiating off of her in waves. It's like I'm a threat or something, which makes no since. I'm not with James, and I never want to be. I have Sirius, and he's way better. Nothing against James or anything, but, oh you guys know what I mean." she says.
They both nod, Sirius smiling a little. He wraps his arms around her tighter and she leans against him. "I know what I want for Christmas." Sirius says.
"Hmm?" Ally replies.
"You can bi-" she cuts him off.
"No."
"But, why not?"
"I've already told you."
"And I've already countered it all. I want to be with you Ally, haven't I proven that yet?"
"Somewhat."
"What do I have to do to prove it?" he asks, kissing her cheek.
"Hmm, how about you stop telling me to risk your life."
"Never."
"Just shut up Sirius, she doesn't want to bite you now." Remus says, hiding a snicker at their conversation.
"Fine." he pouts and Ally bursts out laughing.
"Sirius, you're such a baby."
"Yeah, yeah. Hey!"
She laughs harder. Lily and James walk in, hand in hand. "Ally, I'm sorry." Lily apologizes.
"For what?" Ally asks.
"Well, I was jealous because you could hang out with them and I never could. I thought you were a threat to me for James," Ally raises an eyebrow and scoots closer to Sirius. "I was jealous you are so pretty and so smart. You just appear and become super close to the guy I've liked for, well forever." she says, looking down.
"Oh." Ally replies. She stands up and walks over to Lily, wrapping her in a hug. "It's okay, I understand."
"Thanks." Lily says, quietly.
"No problem." Lily smiles at Ally, who smiles back. "Anyway," Ally continues, "Sirius, you better think of a better Christmas present, because I'm not giving you that." she goes to sit by him again.
"What's he want?" Lily asks.
"Never mind." Remus says, looking quickly at James, who nods.
"Fine." Sirius says, "How about..." he leans in and whispers in her ear. "You think of something, cause I have no clue." she nods and the others all look at them funny, thinking of their own conclusions.
"Hmm, ooo I know!" she gets up, kisses Sirius quickly, says goodbye and disappears off to her dorm. Sirius shakes his head at her, but has an amused smile on.
"Sirius, is this the longest you've ever been with someone?" Lily asks.
"Yup, longest I've ever been with someone, and longest I'll ever be with someone." he says. The boys understand that he means he'll never be with another because he cares about her too much and doesn't want to ever break up with her. If that were to happen, he'd never date someone this long again. Plus, he, even if he hasn't said it, they all know, loves her. But, Lily thinks he means that he wants to break up with her because he's been with her too long. At least, that's how she intrepreted it.
"WHAT?" Lily asks, shocked.
"I'll never date anyone longer than her, because I'll never date again. If I don't end up with Ally, I'll die alone."
"Oh, I thought you wanted to break up with her." Lily says, relieved.
"NO! She's perfect."
"I see that Sirius, she's perfect for you." Lily says, happily.
They talk a little while longer before going to sleep. Ally rushed off to her dorm to make Sirius' present. She conjured up a small stuffed animal, a black furry dog, and a red and gold blanket that says 'Gryffindor' across the bottom. She hoped he'd like them.
The next morning, she got out of bed early and prepared for the day, bringing all her presents with her, she snuck into the 5th year Gryffindor boys' dorms. She set the presents down and went to wake them up. She jumped on James' bed, effectively waking him. Remus she tickled his feet, which also worked. And she kissed Sirius to wake him up, like he did to her however many days ago. "Morning Ally!" they say.
"Morning boys." she says back. She sits down, with her gifts from them, and lets them open their gifts first. Remus got a couple books, one from her, and some chocolate, along with the stuffed wolf Ally gave him. James got many joke products, some form her, and new robes. Also the stuffed stag from Ally, and sweater from Lily. Sirius opened his joke products and her gifts. Surprisingly, he loved them. She put Peter's stuffed rat on his bed before opening her gifts. Remus, too, gave her a book, which caused them to laugh. James gave her a photo album, for all her pictures she was aquiring. Peter gave her some chocolate, which she split between the boys. And Sirius gave her a silver charm bracelet. There was a bronze eagle, for Ravenclaw, with sapphire eyes, a black dog, a small silver book, a wand, a sliver dog (her assumed anamagus form), a Gemini symbol (her astrologic sign), a crescent moon and a set of diamond vampire fangs (even though she didn't have any).
"Oh, Sirius! Thank you, it's beautiful!" she exclaimed, basically tackling him. He laughed, along with the other boys. Lily walked in, just then. "Happy Christmas!" she exlaims to everyone.
"Happy Christmas!" the other reply. They go down to breakfast, after the boys get ready, and everyone eats heartily, except Ally.
"Aren't you hungry?" Lily asks her.
"No, I don't really like to eat breakfast."
"But didn't you..." she trails off at the warning look from James. "Okay." she says, shrugging and continuing eating.
"Ally, come on a walk with me." Sirius says. She stands up and takes his hand. They go out on the grounds. Remus, knowing what Sirius was about to do, because they had discussed it the night before, followed with a camera.
"Ally, I have to tell you something."
"Okay." she replies, stopping to look up at him.
"Ally, I've never felt this way about a girl. Ever. I mean I've dated a lot, but for like a week each, never more than 2 weeks. Then, you came along and I've been with you for about 3 months. I just want to tell you, Ally, I love you."
Her eyes got wide before breaking out into a broad smile.
"Sirius. You have no idea how much that means to hear. I can't believe you feel..." she trails off, standing on her tip toes to kiss him. Remus hold up his camera and snaps the picture of them kissing. "Sirius, I love you."