.:Tenerme ama:.
By Shadow willow
Chapter Twelve
The class went well, as well as could be expected. Sirius basically ran them through some practice with a rather strange charm, then set them into pairs. He would walk across the class room, checking their work, he paused next to Mione and Emily. Emily dropped her wand and laughed nervously.
" Oh! Professor Black." She bent down and picked it up hastily, a pink blush spreading across her cheeks. Mione rolled her eyes at the silly girl, why did all women have to find him so damn attractive? Especially seeing as he was taken? At that though Mione felt herself blush to, and cursed her traitorous face.
Sirius just laughed at Emily's clumsiness.
" Ha, don't worry about it Miss Grant, and call me Sirius, all my students do." He patted Mione on the shoulder and smiled at her before he walked away. Mione was biting her bottom lip, a little smile on her face, she sighed and turned back to her partner to find her smiling slyly. Mione flinched inwardly, not liking that look at all.
" So Hermione, have you always gone to Hogwarts?" Mione nodded lowering her wand for a little break from practicing.
" Always, and I've always loved it here, I'm sure you'll like it to." Emily smiled that half smile again, Mione was starting to dislike this girl….a lot.
" Well, I don't know if I'll fit in, not knowing any one…hey say, can I hang out with you at lunch?" Mione nodded.
" Yes, I always sit with my best mates, Harry and Ron. I'm sure they wouldn't mind you joining us." Once again that half smile. She took a glance up at the teachers desk, Sirius had just sat down, putting his feet up and stretching out his shoulders. She cocked her head to one side and looked at Mione.
" So…is the sexy teacher single?" Mione coughed and frowned. This girl was asking her if her boyfriend was single?! Sure no one knew about Mione and him, but still! Mione tried to hide her dislike but probely failed.
" NO, he is not." Emily's grin slipped, perhaps a few mille inches.
" Sorry for asking, why so touchy Mione? How do you know him?"
" Well if you must know! He's Harry's Godfather, and he's a vary close friend to me, I spent the summer at his home." After she said this she realized what it must sound like, and quickly added.
" Along with Professor Lupin and my friends."
Emily left it at that, and soon the class was dismissed.
Hermione was on her way to the great hall when she felt a hand on her shoulder, with out even looking she knew it was him and she turned smiling to find Sirius looking back at her.
" How's my favorite lady in the world?" He pulled her back into the shadow of the near by statue, bending down to kiss her. She stifled a kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck.
" I'm okay I guess Sirius." He frowned at her softly before slyly grinning.
" So your getting used to this? Being her in Hogwarts with me?" She shrugged and smiled.
" Yeah its okay I, I'm a little worried about……people finding out……" He cut her off and shook his head.
" Don't even go there again Mione." He bent down to kiss her again but stopped. He looked away, pulling her into a hug. She looked up at him, his mood had changed and she wounded why.
" What are you thinking of?" He looked down at her after she spoke and he studied her face.
" I'm thinking, I'm completely hopeless now Mione, I cant help what I feel." She blushed and looked down towards their feet, she loved him but she felt weird when he spoke like this. This dint stop him from continuing though.
" And I know its….not logical Mione, but I don't want you to feel like this is wrong…..like we're wrong, because its not." He held her by the shoulders and looked down at her seriously. She sighed and smiled up at him, she didn't think there was any way in the world any one could love him more then she did in that moment.
" I'll never doubt us Sirius, I'll never doubt you."
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A strange thing happened at dinner, Emily joined them, and they all said hi to her…..but what bothered Hermione…..was the way Harry kept shrugging off Ginny, and Emily openly fawned at Harry, it seemed she had found a new boy toy to drool over. And worse, Harry was actually paying attention to her! Hermione threw Harry a nasty look, she couldn't believe he was being a pig like this! And poor Ginny was fuming, Hermione stood up and took Ginny out of there, leaving a oddly calm Harry and a dumbfounded Ron there by themselves. As Mione took Ginny by the shoulders she felt her heart wrench as the poor girl wiped a silent tear from her cheek.
That wasn't the only odd thing to happen that night. Sirius caught Harry throwing glances towards Mione through out dinner, up until she left with Ginny. Sirius made a point to ask and make sure everything was okay when he saw her tomorrow, and to talk to Harry tomorrow as well.
Hermione had just left Ginny in the common room as she made one last dash to the Library, to pick up her advanced Transfiguration on Inanimate objects book. But before she even got there she heard a sickly sweet voice behind her.
" So Hermione, I know we just met and all, but how long have you two been together?" She said it in a low whisper so that only Mione could hear, even though no one was there, except for a few students down the hall making there way to there own common room. None the less Mione paled greatly and frowned slightly.
" Its not like that at all Emily, I just….we just…." She lost her voice, watching the look on the pretty blond girls face change from a sly grin to a down right nasty smirk, rivaling Malfoy's!
" Oh come of it! He is so tapping you!" Mione looked appalled at the older girl and took a step back.
" That's a snotty thing to say Emily! Even if I was with him, and I'm not saying I am, it would never be just for sex! And that's not what I want to talk about with you!" Mione hissed back at the girl, severely wishing she had never met the young woman. She pointed her finger at the blond, who did nothing but raise her eyebrow.
" How could you flirt with Harry like that at dinner, when he's with Ginny!?" Emily shrugged and rolled her eyes, but a grin slipped by.
" I cant help it if I find him cute…and besides if he WAS really with that Ginny girl, he wouldn't have been egging me on." Nether girl saw it coming, as Mione stepped back as a loud slap was heard echoing in the hall, and Emily's face slowly reddened at her cheek. Mione gasped and looked shocked, she hadn't intended to, but it had happened none the less. Emily stumbled back away from her.
" I …I cant believe you slapped me bitch." She said it in a breathless voice, as she watched Mione's back disappear, the bushy haired girl was to ashamed to stay behind. That was only the second time she had done any thing like that to a fellow student! The first being her punch to Malfoy's face….but she had always spoken for rational talking over violence of any kind to settle a dispute! What had come into her?!
Hermione burst into the common room only to find herself face to face with Harry.
" Mione? Why are you flushed like that?" He was in the middle of wiping his glasses of on his shirt, but put them back on as she burst into the room. Mione side stepped him and made her way to the girls stair case.
" Don't talk to me right now Harry, I'm disappointed in your behavior tonight." She was about to leave when she heard him chuckle and turned and faced him.
" WHATS SO FUNNY?" His grin disappeared slowly and he looked toward the fire.
" Its just…..you sound like Mrs. Weasley." Hermione gave him a dark look which he returned after a few moments.
" Don't look at me like that Mione!"
" Don't call me Mione any more Harry, and I'll look at you any damn way I please, when you do something like that to Ginny!" The common room went silent save for the padding of Ron's feet as he came down to meet them in the room, but he hung back in the shadows. It seemed this was an argument he didn't want to be part of, truth be told, he was flabbergasted as to why Harry would do such a thing.
Harry flinched and looked away. He looked…..what was that? Guilt? Shame? A mixture of anger.
" I had my reasons."
" Then tell me Harry!" She made her way over to him and sighed.
" Don't leave me like this, wondering what's wrong with you…you wouldn't do something like that to Ginny, I know you wouldn't." Harry turned away and made his way to the stairs.
" I guess its none of your business HERMIONE, at least not yet."
He left her there, in shock, and Ron looked disturbed as he whispered an apology to her and took after his best mate.
Mione felt a tear in her eye, he seemed upset with her? But why what had she done?
Her mind pointed out what she had done, but that was out of the question, as Harry would have no clue about that.
She made her way up to her bed, wishing desperately she could curl up against Sirius right now, and escape this for even a few moments.
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Hmmmm, I'm not sure what happened with flitwik now that you mention it thinks Its just i wanted them both to be teachers S&R and charms came to mind lol
