It's Not Easy Falling For A Marauder

Just A Dream

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-Saraa

Stevie POV

Sirius and I sat in the Room of Requirement until morning. The room provided beds for us, but we didn't sleep. Well, at least I didn't. Sirius slept soundly next to me, but I didn't want to sleep. Not because I was scared of nightmares... No, I couldn't fall asleep because I was already in one. In my mind, I kept going over the scene I had witnessed in that damned classroom. My heart was broken, and it was all my fault. Sirius had warned me, and I was too bloody stubborn to see it. My heart was so susceptible to hurt, yet I always fell for a kind word or a flirty gaze. I always leave my heart vulnerable, and then, when the hurt that was inevitably coming arrives, I become so surprised. I've given up on romance, because, in my case, it's only just a dream. A sick, twisted, nightmarish fantasy. Though it scares me, and I'm going to wake up crying, I love to tempt fate. And the disappointment, pain, and rejection crashes over me like a tidal mind goes into a psychological blame-fest on, yep, you guessed it, me. I was getting ready to go into complete depression, self blame mode... But then I stopped myself.

This wasn't my fault. He cheated on me, not the other way around. I shouldn't be blaming myself. I looked around, wiping the unneeded tears from my eyes. There was an alarm clock on the table next to the couch Sirius and I were still on. It read, 7:40.

"Shit! Sirius, wake up!" I shook him awake.

"Morning, Stevie. What's up?" He answered groggily, sitting up and wiping his eyes from the remnants of sleep.

"Morning, sunshine. What's the problem is that it's bloody twenty to eight."

His eyes widened in shock. "Come on, we need to run."

We dashed out of the Room of Requirement, toward the common room. Thankfully, no one was there. Sirius and I dashed up to our respective common rooms, and got ready.

I was standing in front of the mirror, wearing my Gryffindor skirt that I had charmed to hit at my mid-thigh, and my white button down shirt, with my robes on top. My hair was tousled, just the way I liked it. All in all, I looked fine. Even my face, that had been tear-stained earlier, was clear. But my eyes. There was something different about them. I blinked, and the finally realized that they were green! No, not the whole eye, you dunderheads, but my iris. It had changed from chocolate brown to a blue, that wasn't quite blue, but a blue that morphed into a green. How did this happen. I decided to owl my old professor, Avira, and ask her. She always knew what to do.

I got downstairs and saw Sirius waiting for me.

"Wow! Stevie! What happened to your eyes?"

"I don't know."

His expression grew somber. "You ready?" he asked patiently.

"I'm readier than I thought I was. Let's go."

Sirius and I walked into the Great Hall, just as breakfast was almost finished. Must of the school was there, though.

We sat down and began to eat. Lily gave me a look, but I pretended to ignore it. I really hoped Ryan wouldn't come up to us, but I guess we can't have it all.

"Hey, babe," he snuck his arm around my waist and tried to place a kiss on my cheek. I could feel Sirius growl inaudibly on my other side, but I silenced him with a touch of my finger to his hand.

"I'm sorry, I think you're mistaken," I said coldly, twisting out of his grip.

"What's wrong, Eves?"

"Again, I think you're mistaken."

"Babe, what's wrong?" I rolled my eyes and got up, followed by Lily and Sirius. Ryan grabbed my hand, and i ripped it out of his grip.

"What the hell, McAllister?"

"What do you mean McAllister? What the hell is wrong with you? Let's take this away from here" Ryan hissed in my ear.

"Why would you want to get out of here? Don't you want to go sit with whatever slag you were shagging last night?"

He was becoming flustered. "Excuse me, but what was that I saw you coming in here with Black."

"Well, McAsshole - sorry, McAllister, I needed comfort, and I didn't bloody well get it from you, now did I?"

"I talked to your cousin, and she said you didn't come to the dorm last night. Were you off shagging Black?"

"And if I was? What would it even matter to you, you inconsiderate, insufferable arse? You were too busy banging that girl. Piss off, you tosser."

"What the hell? You know what, Nix, it doesn't matter. You could never get another guy like me."

I rolled my eyes. "Um, isn't that the point? Besides I'm, uh," I frantically looked around for my lifesaver. I spotted him. "I'm dating Sirius!"

"What?" Both Sirius, Ryan, and Lily said in synchronicity. I turned and gave Lily and Sirius a look, both of whom were behind me.

Sirius was the first to recover. "Oh, yeah, of course. When she caught you cheating, she came to me. I've been dying to ask her out for quite a while, and you gave me the perfect opportunity. Can't leave a minx like this single, now can we?" His hand wound around my waist, and somehow it felt different than how Ryan did. When Ryan's hand was there, it always felt, now that I thought of it, possessive. Maybe I was just feeling this around Sirius because I always had a small crush on him. He was always able to give me butterflies in my stomach.

Ryan's face first held an expression of incredulity, then morphed into one of vindictiveness. "Okay," he began. "If you ARE dating, kiss for us then. Come on, Black, give her a good proper snog."

Sirius and I looked at each other. I have a curt nod along with a shrug. He moved close to me, took my face in his palms, and, his eyes blazing into mine, softly place his lips onto mine. I moved my lips gently against his, enjoying this blissful, spectacular experience while it lasted.

As we pulled away, Ryan's eyes grew dark. "Fine. I can see you are dating. But for the record, Nerine was a better screw than you ever were."

Now, both Sirius and I growled. We both advanced toward him, but Lily beat us to him. Her hand hit his face, making a red handprint. His eyes registered disbelief, than switched to anger. Did I see a red glint flash through those formerly warm eyes I was so used to?

"You bitch!" He clutched at his face.

"Hey, McAsshole. Get out of here, before something really bad happens to you." James had stood partially in front of Lily, protecting her from Ryan's wrath.

He looked at our group in contempt, then gloomily stalked back to his table.

Lily sat next to me. "Stevie, are you all right?"

"Surprisingly, yes."

"Did you sleep with him?"

I looked down at my plate sadly, tears of despair welling up in my eyes. "No. At least not really."

"What do you mean?" Sirius had woven his fingers in mine. Oddly, this helped clear my mind, and made me feel better.

"We were going to. But I backed out at the last minute."

"That lying bastard..." Sirius growled. I squeezed his hand.

"I'm going to class early, okay?" I stood up, Sirius mimicked me.

"I'll come with you." He and I left the Great Hall, hand in hand.

Once we were out, we walked to Transfiguration. Sirius never once let go of my hand.

"Um, Sirius?"

"Hm?"

"My hand."

"Oh. Listen Stevie." We were now standing in front of McGonagall's class. "Do you want to actually do this? The dating thing? It'll keep up the pretense with Ryan, and will keep people like Miranda" here he shuddered. "away from me. It's a win win situation."

"I don't know..."

"Only in front of the school! Around people like Alice, Frank, Lily, Prongs, Moony and Wormtail, we don't have to act."

I bit my lip in consideration. I huffed. Why not? "Alright."

"Awesome, 'girlfriend." He grinned wolfishly.

"Shut up, 'boyfriend'."

"Sit next to me in class?"

"Wouldn't have it any other way."

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