Ah, Christmas, how I love thee. I woke up, early this time, completely refreshed and happy. I'm not usually a morning person, but on a holiday (where I get presents), I was willing to make an exception. I threw off my blankets and sat up, my presents right below my swinging feet. Let's see, Zonko's stuff, candy, chocolate, more candy, new quills, a portable DVD player (from a Muggle cousin of mine, complete with a few DVD's), and...that's it. I looked around at my sleeping roomates, took my new portable DVD player, and a random movie, and walked down to the Common Room to watch it. It was empty. Perfect.
I was just getting to a really good part when Sirius Black comes down from his dormitory, sleepy-eyed, and still in pj's. He notices me and stops abruptly. I pause the movie. He makes his way over. I drum my fingers on the arm of the couch and lean my head back. He sits down next to me and rests his chin on my shoulder, trying to look at my present. I didn't mind, and pressed 'play' again.
"But, James," the actress said.
"James is the name of my best mate," said Sirius, conversationally. I blinked, and looked up at him.
"What?" he asked. I shrugged and turned my attention back to the movie.
"I thought we were-" the actress was cut off abruptly by 'James'.
"No, Eilene, we were never anything." 'Eilene' broke down into tears.
Sirius looked angry. "You, James, are not a nice person. Hmph." I ignored him.
James walked out of thye scene. "Hey! This James person ignored me! Hey you! Come back here!"
I laughed a little. "Sirius, this is a portable DVD player." When he didn't seem to understand, I said, "The people aren't supposed to be able to talk to you." Sirius frowned. "What kind of idiot came up with that?"
"A Muggle idiot."
"Oh." He quirked his eyebrow in that very cute-...Okay. You know what, never mind that last part. Just, just forget that I ever said anything. Ever.
I didn't feel like watching the movie anymore, and pressed 'stop'. We sat on the couch for a while, uncomfortably awkward.
"Uh...So...I'm going to head back up now..."
"Er...sure." I walked over to the staircase, and Sirius was right behind me. I looked at him. He just grinned. I ignored it and climbed the stairs. Seven steps from the ground, and then the steps just disappeared. The staircase turned into one of those Muggle playground slides. I fell over and slid down, bumping my head against Sirius' bare feet which were touching the-slide-formerly-known-as-the-girls'-dorms-staircase. He looked down at me.
"Ha, ha, very funny," I said. He just grinned and offered me his hand. He pulled me up, and we stood there, completely awkward, waiting for the staircase to change back. When it did, I shuffled up and disappeared back into my dormitory and scurried back to my bed.
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I was running to class. Another tardy and Slughorn would kill me. I pushed myself faster. Stupid staircase changed and I ended up stranded on the seventh floor. You'd think a sixth would know her way around. Ah, a fork in the road (or corridor). Hm...right or left. Which way is faster? I looked around, and turned left. Big mistake. I slammed right into one Sirius Black. I almost fell backward, but he grabbed me by the shoulders.
"Er, thanks." Sirius was staring at something on the ceiling. What was it? I looked up, and almost died. Mistletoe. WHO WOULD MISTLETOE RIGHT THERE?! WHAT KIND OF AN IDIOT RUNS THIS SCHOOL?! Oh, right, Dumbledore. Well, Dumbledore, you sir, are a crackpot. Sirius looked hesitantly at me, like I would explode from anger or something. But I was too late for class to do that. I gave him a peck on the cheek and ran off.
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Sirius sat next to me at dinner today, and smiled a me, all the time. Whenever I looked at him, his stupid grin would ge wider. Like the Chesire Cat or something. At first, I couldn't figure out why he was smiling like that. And then, I still couldn't figure it out. He grinned. I frowned. He grinned wider. I frowned harder. His grin stretched so that all his front teeth were exposed. I crossed my arms, annoyed. Still, with that stupid grin on his face, he leaned closer to me, because he knew it would annoy me. His extremely wide smile was now a centimeter from my cheek. I ignored him and continued eating. Looks like Dumbledore isn't the only crackpot in this school. I took a sip of pumpkin juice. And then he pecked me on the cheek, exactly how I'd done it. I gasped, taken by surprise. He wrapped his arms around my waist and squeezed. Then he got up calmly and walked out of the Great Hall like nothing happened. I was still completely dumbstruck.
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Oh, the gossip that spread. Even though not a lot of students stayed during the holidays, there were enough giggly girls to drive me mad.
Sirius and Remus were walking around in the corridors about a day after Sirius' little stunt. I walked up to them, blocking their way. I pursed my lips. Sirius seemed amused. I rolled my eyes and grabbed onto his tie, pulling him into an empty classroom as he waved Remus on, as if it were no big deal.
"So, Minns, what's up?" He smiled that smile. No, I mean, he smiled that smile. Chesire Cat one. I said nothing, still fingering his tie. He came closer, but maybe that was because I might've accidently tugged on his tie. He took my hand and very slowly, plucked my fingers off of it (the tie, I mean), that smile gone now.
I sighed, letting my arm drop to my side, and said, "Sirius, I need you to set everyone straight."
He gave me a blank look, clearly confused. I rolled my eyes and tried to clarify. "Tell everyone we are in no way involved with each other."
"Involved?" he asked, smirk completely noticable.
"Oh, shut up. You've heard the rumors." Not to mention the constant secretive smirks from Mary and Marlene.
"Yes," he said. "Actually, I heard one about you, me and a pink thestral."
I gave him a look. "Seriously."
"I'm serious, in both ways. I heard it from a fourth year Ravenclaw."
"You'd think a Ravenclaw would know better than that." He laughed. And I laughed too.
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"Ahem." Sirius was standing on the table...where we eat. And no one was objecting to that. Seriously, what happened to hygiene and all that? With one clearing of his throat, Sirius had gotten the whole Great Hall to pay attention to him.
"Well, I would just like to inform you all that the rumors circulating about Minnie and I are untrue. Thank you," and he jumped off the table and resumed eating. I smiled and mouthed a 'Thanks' at him. He smiled back.
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A/N: I swear this looked so much longer on WordPad. Anyways, review! ...please?