"So, why is Sirius acting so weird around you?" Lily asked.
"What do you mean?" I ask laughing. Lily and I hanging out by the lake.
"I mean that every time you guys are in public he kind of gets nervous and weird." Lily said.
"I haven't noticed it." I said running my hand across the water. But the truth was that I was notching it, he seemed to get really nervous and that wasn't like him. I should be talking to him about it but I didn't want to create any drama between us, we haven't had much lately and I love it like that. We had an end of the year ball coming up; it was a month before school was getting out. We only had a little over a month and then we would be training. I was a little nervous, I had heard that Mad Eye Moody was very strict and he didn't stand for any bullshit.
We left the lake and went back to the common room; I had decided to talk to Sirius about his behavior since I didn't want to be the one who got hurt. Because if he was getting bored of me and he wanted to break it off then I was going to do it first. Then I would be able to walk away with pride. But what's pride when I would be losing the love of my life?
"Sirius, can we talk?" I asked.
"Oh God, that's the death sentence." James said joking. I glared at him and he shut up going back to his game with Remus.
"What's wrong?" He asked me.
"I was going to ask you the same thing."
"What?" He asked looking confused.
"Is something wrong? You seem to be acting weird lately." I said.
"No everything is fine." He said and he kissed me. It felt like the same kiss, full of love and electricity. Of course everything was fine I was just over reacting. I pulled him closer and we kissed deeper, I loved the feel of his hands on me and the feel of his lips touching mine. When we had pulled apart we were both breathless.
"I love you." He said kissing me again and again and again. All over my face and neck and on top of my clothes while tickling me, making me laugh. I loved him too.
"Say it." He said and he kept tickling me. I shook my head trying not to laugh too hard. He started to tickle harder and harder making me squirm and I was becoming quite loud.
"SAY IT!" He said touching my sides, where I was the most ticklish.
"Ok! OK! I love you.' I said and he kissed me.
"Man, if Voldermort resorts to tickling you instead of hurting you, we're all in trouble." He said joking. I hit him and walked away from him back to Lily. He lifted me off the seat and sat me on his lap.
"Don't be mad." He said in a kiddy voice.
"Why?" I said stubbornly.
"You know I was joking. You're the strongest person I know. You don't need a knight in shining armor." He said mocking me with that last bit.
"But I got one!" I said giving him a small kiss on the lips. I loved his lips; they were so soft and warm.
"Take it to a room." James said and Sirius pretended to try to kiss him.
"Come on, Prongs we should take this to a room!" He said pulling at James' shirt. The whole common room was watching at Sirius tried to kiss James.
"I knew they were gay." I voice said but I didn't know whose. Sirius straightened up after his failed attempt to kiss James and he sat next to me.
"I thought I was the only apple of your eye." I said pretending to be mad.
"You know I prefer you over James. He doesn't even like me so you're stuck with me."
"No! James can have you!" I said.
"I feel unloved." He said pouting. I kissed his bottom lip. We played around like that for a while before we had decided to go to bed. We had a Hogsmeade weekend and Lily and I were going to look for dresses for the dance that we were going to that night. Sirius, the incredible dancer would be my date. I couldn't wait.
"Lily! You need to wear that one!" I said pointing to the green dress that she had tried on earlier. It was a cute dress, it had straps around the neck and it was covered in light sparkly diamonds. It made her eyes stand out and James would be knocked off his feet. We had already decided on a dress that was similar to last years dress for me. It was an aquamarine blue that looked great with my complexion and it had a kind of cut up bottom that went just above my knees, it looked cute on me.
"Fine, only because it makes me look good." She said sighing.
"Good? It makes you look like a Goddess!" I said and we started to giggle. We bought the dresses and we headed back to Hogwarts, not letting the guys see us. While we did each other's hair and make up we talked and we got to know more of our roommates. I hadn't known that Dorcas was planning on becoming a Auror like us. We couldn't tell her about the Order though; we would just have to wait for Dumbledore to speak to her. We were all dressed and ready to have a great night. In the common room, James, Sirius, Drew and Remus were waiting for us. I couldn't hold back the big smile that was on my face when I saw Sirius standing there looking so handsome. How did I get so lucky?
"My lady." He said extending his arm and I accepted it. He had that sexy grin on his face that made my legs turn to jello. We entered the Great hall and the decorations looked incredible. Immediately Sirius wanted to dance and I didn't mind dancing with him at all.
"Hold on, stay here. I will be right back." He said running toward the band. He was whispering with them and then he came back acting all cool.
"What was that about?" I asked laughing at him.
"Nothing." He said pulling me closer to him. A song that I recognized immediately began to play. It was the song that I had loved since I first heard it. It was a soft slow song.
"Aww." I said and I kissed him. He was such an incredible boyfriend.
"I saw your sky fall down today
Suddenly turned from blue to gray
Till one by one the raindrops
Turned to tears upon your face…" He started to sing the song to me and I closed my eyes as we danced so gracefully across the dance floor. Was this why he was acting so weird? He wanted to sing to me.
"If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I will be waiting where I've always been….
Right by your side.
God, Ash I love you so much and I never will leave you. I don't know what it is about you but you have me hooked. The only thing I am addicted to… is you." He said. I felt myself blush as we danced. He was such a total sweetheart.
"Is this why you have been acting so weird?" I asked him.
"Yes, I was just a little nervous to be doing it in public and I had to memorize the song." He said. I kissed him when the song ended and we sat down with the rest of the gang.
"You are such a romantic." I said sitting on his lap. He held me close to him and I didn't want to leave this moment. This was the moment where I felt the safest, in his arms. We danced more and more and more. We danced the night away and I was so tired, I was glad that tomorrow was Sunday so I could sleep in. Sirius carried me all the way to the common room as I kissed his neck. I loved him so much, which would never change.
"Come on babe, you have to go to your own room." He said setting me down.
"Fine, if I have to… goodnight." I said and I kissed him one last time and went to bed. This was one of the greatest nights of my life, I thought as I drifted to sleep.
"HARRY!" I heard Mrs. Potter scream. I turned around to see her on the ground her face was twisted in pain. I looked around for Mr. Potter but I couldn't find him. Where was he? Three death eaters came into the room carrying Mr. Potter.
"Tell us who else is in the Order." I heard one speak. The lifted the curse off of her.
"Never." She spat at them.
"Then Die…. Avada Kadavra!" And flashes of green light me and then she was dead. She had the same horrid look my mother had on her face.
"LISA!" I finally heard Mr. Potter scream as he woke up. The death eaters turned to him next and killed him without a second to spare. The colors around me whirled and I saw Sirius in an Alley fighting against a death eater, it was Joe. His mask had come off and I could see his face clearly.
"NOOO!" I tried to scream but Joe got the better of Sirius when he was being too cocky. Sirius fell to the ground and he wasn't moving.
I woke up and I knew that I had to see Dumbledore. I had to save the Potter's or James would be like Drew and I. I pulled on my robes and slipped into some shoes. I needed to get to him right away; it was night in the dream. Please don't let it be tonight, I prayed.
"Ash?" I heard Drew falling down the steps from his dorm.
"I know, lets go." I said. And I saw James coming out right behind him. He looked just a panicked as me. He ran to the portrait hole and I gave Drew a questioning look.
"I talked in my sleep." He whispered and we raced after James. He ran into McGonagall's office and he took her floo powder.
"No, James! We have to talk to Dumbledore!" I said but James wasn't listening. He jumped into the fire and yelled his household.
"We have to…" Drew started going toward the door.
"…Follow him." I said jumping into the fire too. I knew that Drew would follow me because he couldn't let me get hurt. When I stepped out of the fire I didn't see James at all. Drew came right behind me.
"Ash?" He whispered. I grabbed his hand and pulled him toward the stairs. We were stopped because a Death Eater apparated in front of us. Instinctively our force field went up and it pushed the Death Eater all the way toward the opposite side of the room. We let go of each other and we ran to the stairs. I saw James falling backwards down the stairs.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" I said stopping him from falling down the stairs. He was up right again and he raced back up the stairs. I stayed near the bottom of the stairs until I heard James cry out in pain.
"Leave him alone. He didn't do anything." Mr. Potter said. We raced into the Potters' room and we saw 4 death eaters and Voldermort standing around the Potters'… all three of them. He heard us and turned to see us.
"Oh, I get to see both of you in action together. This will be fun." He said and I grabbed Drew's hand jumping through the gap toward the Potters'. We landed on top of James and Mr. Potter and the force field went up around all 5 of us, knocking the death eaters out of the way.
"What the…" I heard Voldermort say. If only I could contact Dumbledore, I thought as we just sat there. Voldermort touched it and then he started to throw powerful hexes, charms, jinxes, everything at it. It wasn't working though. It was hurting us a little but we tried not to let him see that.
"Hold on Ash." Drew whispered to me. I clenched my jaw and nodded. I was holding on even though my insides were turning to mush. My heart was beating wildly and I felt sick to my stomach.
"This is strong." Voldermort said quietly and then we heard the door knock down and my first thought was Dumbledore.
"You guys need to get out of here." I heard a familiar voice say and when I looked at Mr. Potter I saw Joe sitting there. I froze as Drew let go of my hand and started to jump on Joe. He was going to kill him and get us killed in the process. I grabbed Drew's hand again but it was already too late. Voldermort had a hold of James and he was dangerously holding his wand too close to James' neck. Then I saw Sirius being escorted in by another death eater. This was a trap; the Potters' were already dead.
"Don't put that thing up again or we will kill them." Voldermort said and Drew stopped hitting Joe. Joe took this opportunity to hit Drew in the face. I saw blood but I couldn't help him right now. I shakily stood up and sighed. We were going to die.
"Thank you Joseph." Voldermort said excusing him. Joe nodded and left without another word. He was condemning us all to our deaths.
"Why do you want to fight us so badly?" I asked him.
"I told you once before, I want you to join me." Voldermort said.
"And I told you no! We are not evil." I said.
"I'm not evil. I am just doing what I think is right." Voldermort said. Voldermort let go of James and pushed him into the arms of a death eater. I moved a little and Voldermort held up his finger.
"Let them go and we will leave with you." I said.
"Or I can kill them and you will leave with me anyway." He said raising his wand.
"NO! I'm telling you, we'll leave with you if you let them go back to Hogwarts." I said trying to convince him. I couldn't let them die. Voldermort made sure that Drew and I were separated and they pushed James and Sirius ahead of us.
"Go back to Hogwarts… I'll get you another time." Voldermort said.
"I'll go with you to." Sirius said looking at me.
"No, you can talk to Joseph if you want to join me but right now you will go to Hogwarts." He said and Sirius looked at me but I just nodded. He went forward and then James and him disappeared.
"Lets go." Voldermort said pulling out two pieces of trash. He threw one to a death eater and he held the other one. He still wouldn't let Drew nor I to come close to each other. Voldermort held onto my arm tightly and forced me to touch the icky sock. Everything around me started to swirl and I felt a little uneasy on my legs. Drew appeared four feet away from me and I couldn't grab a hold of him at all. I can't believe that we were in this situation. We should have just gone to Dumbledore like I was going to do.
"Come here." H said pulling me along. He pushed me into a cell that had 3 cement walls and bars in the front. Drew was placed in the cell next to me.
"Goodnight." One of the Death eaters said cheerfully. I kicked the metal bars and my toe started to sting.
"Don't worry Ash, we'll find a way out." Drew said.