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Chapter twelve: Consequences

Different groups of students were whispering to each other, obviously about us, but I didn't care. The only thing that was important to me, was the reaction of Sirius. The awkward silence was clearly there, but for some reason I couldn't say anything to try and make it less awkward. The only thing I could do was staring into his eyes.

"Your voice," he said suddenly. "It's different."

There was a forced tone in his voice. Really, of all the things he could have said, this was the lasting I would have expected. I didn't know what to say yet and I grabbed his hand. To my surprise he pulled it back with a look of hurt in his eyes.

"Sirius, we have to talk," I said softly and changed my voice back to normal. He gave me a challenging look and I glared.

"In privet," I hissed.

He started to get on my nerves with his strange behaviour. Of course I was the one who did a horrible thing, but arguing in front of the whole school would only make it worse. James walked to Sirius and whispered something in his ear. Sirius gave a short nod and James squeezed his shoulder. Sirius sent a death glare in my direction and walked out of the Hall. Tears started to form in my eyes. What had I done? Why had I risked my friendship. We had just solved our first argument ever and now we had a new one. Why was I so stubborn sometimes?

Lily gave me hug and I dropped my head on her shoulder. "Lily, what have I done? He's going to hate me forever and he will never talk to me or even look at me. I can't lose him again. I don't think I can handle-"

"Sssshhhhh," Lily shushed me and I stopped. "You have to talk to him now. Not later, now."

I nodded and followed Sirius's way out of the Great Hall, ignoring the whispers and stares I got. I didn't need to search for him. He was leaning against a statue, examining his nails.

"Let's take a walk. You may walk away if you want to, but just listen to my side of the story."

He started to walk and I quickly followed him.

"Well," I started and I looked at him. He didn't look back at me and kept walking.

"I really looked different tonight, because you said I couldn't be girlie and suddenly everyone was interested in me. And then you started to dance with me and Hayley looked so jealous and that brought the stupid idea of me kissing you in my mind. It was supposed a short kiss, but I got carried away and…" I didn't know what else to say.

"You used me," he said.

His voice didn't sound harsh; he wasn't angry anymore, he was disappointed. To me this was much worse. I'd rather had he would yell at me, but to hear this disappointment, it broke my heart.

"I know and it was wrong. But I can't take it back, no matter how much I want to."

The tears were streaming down my face, spreading the make-up on my cheeks. Now my face was as ruined as this evening.

"I wished that I wanted you take it back, but I don't. That kiss was perfect. I just feel like I can't trust you anymore."

My heart sunk at those words. Trust was and had always been the most important factor in our friendship.

"I understand," I said, feeling numb. My voice trembled, but the tears had stopped.

He grabbed my arms and shook me violently. "No, don't say that. Tell me that I can trust you. That you are willing to fight for my trust. That the friendship we share must not be broken by something like this."

His sudden outburst shocked me.

"I…I," I started and then found my voice again. "I want; no I need you to trust me after everything we've been through. We can't just throw it away. It's more than six years of friendship, Sirius, and now you say that you can't trust me after one, stupid mistake? I'm not letting you go that easily. You said you wanted me to fight for it and I will. You're one of the most important persons in my life and I wouldn't be able to cope with the thought that I lost you," I ended in a whisper.

Sirius looked at me and for a moment I thought he would walk away. Tears started to form in my eyes again and suddenly he hugged me. I buried my nose in his neck and softly inhaled his scent. It made me feel safe to be in his arms like this, because I had been in his arms so many times when I was sad. But the thought that this could have been the last time made me nauseous. He gently stroke my back when I started to sob.

"I thought I'd lost you," I whispered.

"Of course you didn't. We're all friends for life, no matter what happens. We've been through so much more."

I smiled in agreement even though my face was still in his shoulder.

"I have always seen you as one of the guys, one of the few girls who saw more in me than my looks. Who would spend time with me for who I was, not who I pretended to be. It's just that I never expected this from you."

Even though my head was still spinning thanks to all the emotions, I couldn't help myself. "That I'm such a good kisser or that I'm so damn good-looking."

Sirius laughed out loud and I grinned.

"I actually meant the nerve to kiss me, but yes that too."

I smiled when I heard the astonishment in his voice. "Sirius, why does Hayley make us fight so much? For some reason we both do things we normally wouldn't do."

He shrugged. "Probably because she's a manipulating bitch who, thanks to your weird little act, will now be humiliated as hell."

I grinned and sat down on the floor. Sirius sat down next to me, while he wrapped his arm around my shoulder.

"Are you staying like this forever?" His question brought a frown on my face.

"Like what? All dressed up like a girl. No way! These heels are killing me," I said and took them off.

There was no point in wearing them, since the ball was over.

"Although it was funny to see some guys who were actually interested in the girlie side of me." I looked at Sirius, who looked like he was thinking about something important.

"Good, because I prefer the old Rain. Not that you look bad," he said quickly when he saw my raised eyebrow. "I mean, you've made your point, you look hot as hell. It's just that this isn't really you for some reason. I like the tomboyish Rain who is my best friend."

That made me smile. It was nice to see he secretly appreciated all the things he would normally joke about. He stared in front of him, clearly thinking about something. The moon shined upon his face and he looked absolutely beautiful.

"Sirius," I said while I leaned towards him.

"Yes," he whispered while he came closer and our noses touched.

"You owe me five Galleons."

A broad grin appeared on his face and he hugged me. "I'm glad to have the old Rain back," he whispered.

"You see! He can't even get his hands off of her!" The shrieking voice of Hayley made Sirius tense. I let him go and turned around to see that Hayley was walking towards us with Professor McGonagall on her heels.

"Miss. Kessay and Mr. Black, to my office immediately."

With that she turned around and an evil grinning Hayley followed her. What was going on? We gave each other a confused look, before we followed them. Sirius grabbed my hand and squeezed it hard. As hard as I could I squeezed back. We've found out that this was one of the best ways to loose anger.

"I'd really like to punch her in the face," I whispered to Sirius and although I knew he was fuming, he grinned.

"I won't stop you."

After what seemed like an eternity we arrived at McGonagall's office. McGonagall sat down and three chairs appeared. I sat down next to Sirius, who was sitting next to Hayley who looked smug.

"Miss. Kessay, I think you know why you're here?"

I frowned. "Not really professor. Although I might have an idea, but that has nothing to do with Hayley in particular. I understand that causing an uproar during a ball can have some consequences."

She sighed and looked me straight in the eye. "Miss. Velt has told me a serious accusation."

I glared at Hayley, who started to speak.

"This evening during dinner, I saw Rain slip something into Sirius' cup. He didn't seem to notice it and Rain looked satisfied. I thought she spiked his pumpkin juice or that his hair would turn orange. You know, like on of their pranks."

Professor McGonagall nodded understandably and I suddenly got the urge to strangle Hayley. Did she seriously think someone would believe this?

"But nothing happened so I told myself that I had imagined it, but Sirius wasn't quite himself. He didn't talk that much and asked everyone where Rain was. He danced with me, but I noticed that he was staring at this particular girl, the mystery guest of the evening. With the last dance he abandoned me and danced with her. Suddenly she kissed him and he kissed her back, while we're a thing."

"We're not a thing! I hate you. You ruin everything Rain and I have," Sirius yelled in rage.

McGonagall looked shocked, but Hayley looked at me with a triumphant smile. "You see. He thinks that he's in a relationship with Rain and is defending her. He couldn't even get his hand off of her in the hallway. It's simple. She," Hayley said, while she pointed at me, "has given him a love potion."

I stared at her with my mouth open. "That's ridicules," I stammered.

I would never do something like that. Besides, my potion making skills weren't even good enough for that.

"So you are not admitting that you've done this?" McGonagall asked.

"No I'm not. I'm not going to admit something I haven't done just so we're done with it."

"I'm sorry Miss. Kessay, but the evidence Miss. Velt is giving us shows quite the opposite."

My mouth dropped open. That was evidence? Just Hayley's stupid word? Alright the way Sirius told her off might have indicated there was more than friendship, but that was just a poor choice of words.

"Has it ever occurred to you, professor, that she might be lying because she's jealous that I kissed my best friend, with whom I'm not in a relationship?" I asked, shaking with anger. Hayley's confident grin flickered for a second and Sirius smirked at her. "Isn't there a way that we can sort out who's telling the truth?"

McGonagall sighed. "There is, but I hoped we could sort it out without this. But these are serious accusations. Follow me to professor Dumbledore's office."

With a nervous feeling I got up and Sirius wrapped his arms around me.

"I trust you," he whispered, before he let me go.

I hadn't even thought about that. We took a detour with a stop at professor Slughorn's office, who gave a tiny bottle to McGonagall, before we went to the Headmasters office.

McGonagall quickly explained everything to Dumbledore and he gave me a warm smile. "This is Veriteserum. It reveals the truth, also those you don't want to know."

I nodded and with a determent feeling took a sip. Sirius and Hayley followed my example and we stared at each other.

"Miss Kessay, are you attracted to Mr. Black?"

"Yes," I answered immediately and surprised myself.

Well, he was quite attractive. I mean, there was a reason half of the school girls were in love with him. I wasn't blind. Dumbledore nodded and Sirius winked at me. Oh god, he would never let me forget this.

"Did you put a love potion in his drink?"

Hayley's smile was now completely gone and I looked at her. "No I did not. I wouldn't ruin my friendship like that. Besides, I don't think you can force love onto someone. Love is a vulnerable thing, but at the same time very powerful."

I smiled at Dumbledore and his eyes twinkled. "Well said Miss Kessay. Now Mr. Black, if no one slipped you a love potion, why were you looking for Miss. Kessay?"

Sirius grinned. "We had a bet, Rain told me that she would be all girlie and feminine and I didn't believe her so we made a bet for five Galleons. I thought that with the help from the others it would be much easier. Unfortunately I never found her."

McGonagall frowned. "Of course you found her. You kissed her and she is sitting right next to you on this very moment."

"When I kissed her, I didn't know who she was. Like I said, Hayley and I are not together so I can do what I want. So if I see a hot girl, I'm going for it and that's exactly what happened."

Professor McGonagall turned her attention to Hayley, who was pale. I'd never seen her so frightened. Her whole plan was crumbling down before her eyes.

"You said you saw a potion."

"That was a lie. Sirius and I belong together, but he doesn't see it. And when she kissed him I got so jealous."

A furious McGonagall dismissed us and Hayley had to stay. I almost felt sorry for her. Sirius and I didn't talk on our way back, but the silence was enough. We were still close friends and maybe even closer than before. I yawned when we reached the portrait hole. Sirius mumbled the password and we entered the common room.

"Where were you two?"

"What the hell was that?"

"What happened?"

Lily, James, Remus and Peter were sitting on the couch, but jumped up when they saw us.

"I'm too tired to explain it right now. Sirius will tell you guys the story tomorrow and I'll tell Lily. But to answer your questions, we were with McGonagall at Dumbledore's office. When two people push their lips against each others it's called a kiss and yes we're fine, nothing happened."

And with that I skipped up the stairs to my soft and warm bed.


A/N: Well that went quite well, didn't it? I'd like to think that Sirius would have done the same thing in her position. That's why I believe he would understand it in the end. A special thanks to Beautiful dreaming warrior, AyleanaMami, GoldenGyrfalcon and TWsos12345 for the lovely reviews. You guys made my day! Now we just have to wait and see if the kiss is going to stirr up some thoughts and feelings. Please review what you thought of it :)