Chapter Ten
'HIS LOVE FOR HER BURNS LIKE A DYING PHOENIX'
The next couple of months flew past like soaring firebolts, and Emily soon got used to Sirius and his flamboyantly flirty ways. She'd found out that during the day, Sirius would prowl about the Gryffindor Common Room as Snuffles, so he could stretch his legs – but she knew what he was so foolishly doing. He wanted to introduce himself to Harry Potter again.
On a cold, wintery morning of December 19th Emily awoke to something wet across her face. "Wuzgoinon?" She muttered, opening her eyes. To her horror –and some-what amusement – Sirius had changed to 'Snuffles' and had awoken her with a slobbery wet dog kiss to make her alert about Fred and George's entry to her dorm. "Emiwee! Get up, get up!" They chorused.
"Fred, George, come back when I'm awake," Emily muttered, closing her eyes and pulling the duvet over her head. "Emiwee c'mon, Harry said he wants to give you something," Fred wailed, jumping on her bed, causing Snuffles to bark loudly at him, "Snuffles shush! What does he want to give me?" Emily asked, opening her eyes and shoving Fred off of her bed.
"We duno, but we're all leaving later so he wants to give it you now," George moaned, pulling at her hand, "Okay, okay! Jesus Christ I'm up," Emily groaned and she walked down the stairs and into the Gryffindor Common Room in her short-shorts and knee length shirt.
*
Many pairs of eyes almost popped out of their skulls the moment Emily entered the Common Room, and many of her immature male friends wolf-whistled, "Shut up you lot," She mumbled, "Unless you want me to hex you, I will do i– oh, I don't have my wand,"
George burst out laughing, and Emily just shook her head, "Where's Harry? I want to go back to bed," Fred nodded in Harry's and Ron's direction, "Oi, Harry!" He called over to him, and Harry turned, only to flush in embarrassment at Emily's nightwear.
Emily shuffled over to him and sat down on the floor, "Fred said that you had something you wanted to give me?" She yawned, rubbing her eyes, "Fred, George, did you wake her up?" Ron demanded, "Yes, yes we did," The twins laughed, "Bet y'all are glad we did, aren't yah?" George beamed, "Shut up," Emily muttered sleepily, "Yeah, I did actually. Here," And Harry handed her a parcel.
"There's a letter in there. Read it before Christmas, you'll understand what I mean when you read the letter," Harry mumbled in a hushed tone, "Urm…Right," Emily nodded groggily, and she stood up and went back to bed.
*
By lunch, everyone who was going home for Christmas had left, and Emily was the only one left in the Common Room (along with Sirius).
Sirius lounged on one of the armchairs nearest the roaring flames of the fire, "Ahh, it feels so good to sit here again," He mused, and Emily just nodded. She had the letter that Harry had told her to read 'before Christmas.'
It said:
Emily,
I know about Sirius – he appeared to me in the Common Room a couple of weeks ago. I was surprised to see him, and when he told me that he was living in your dorm I was more than surprised, I was astounded.
In the box are some clothes for him, I'm pretty sure that he doesn't want to spend Christmas in his clothes from his prison break-out. Send him my love, and give him these clothes as a gift from you, I've already brought him something else for Christmas.
He's spoken to me a fair bit through these looking glass things that we have. A great way of communication I must say. He likes you a fair bit, more than you think actually. I can tell by the way he talks about you. Have a fun Christmas, I can promise you being as you'll be at Hogwarts with him now and for the remainder of the Christmas break, you'll never get bored.
Merry Christmas
Harry
P.S Don't tell him my presumption! I could be wrong
Emily grinned, chuckling to herself, "What?" Sirius questioned, looking at Emily strangely – well, she was sat on the other side of the Common Room than him (but that was only so she could read Harry's letter in peace).
"Harry sends his love," Emily laughed, and she shoved the letter in her pocket, "Harry? He wrote you a letter? Why, what for?" Sirius demanded, feeling a bit edgy, "To tell me that he knew you were living in my dorm." Emily shrugged, smiling to herself.
*
"Hey Emmy," Sirius called to her on Christmas Eve, "Hmm?" She replied, looking up from the bit of Homework that she was trying to finish so she wouldn't have to do it on Christmas day itself, "What're you doing tomorrow?" He asked her, "Well, being as I'm here with you, absolutely nothing," Emily answered, grinning at him. Sirius laughed and he lifted up a pocket mirror thing and looked into it.
Emily frowned, what was he doing?
"Right, okay," Sirius mumbled, "Emmy, I'll be back in a minute,"
"Where're you going?"
"The school kitchens,"
"But you could get caught!"
"I won't, I have young mister Potters' invisibility cloak, to which he so very kindly let me borrow," Sirius laughed, and he disappeared.
*
"I'm back!" Sirius called out to Emily childishly, "Whoop-Dee-Doo," Emily grumbled jokily, "Sirius, what have you brought back with you?" she demanded, and Sirius grinned, "You'll have to wait and see until tomorrow, dearest Emmy,"
"Dearest?" Emily questioned, raising an eyebrow. Sirius just shrugged and dumped the stuff in a box that he kept all his stuff in. "Emmy?" Sirius mumbled, and she looked up at him from her bed, "Yeah?"
"Actually, it doesn't matter," He waved, sitting down next to her, "No tell me. What's on your mind?" Emily asked, her tone showed that she was more than curious.
Sirius turned to look at her, and he edged closer, their faces barely an inch apart, "My love for you burns like a dying phoenix," He whispered, and his lips met hers, kissing her passionately.
Oh. My. Gosh. HE KISSED HER! Well, always knew it would happen. How else do you thank a girl like her for looking after him and stuff? By falling in love. Yayy!! I'm not sure if they're falling in love too fast. :'/
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Disclaimer: i don't own Sirius ... Or Harry Potter. DX Shameeeeeee.
imafeckingstarr xx
