"Sirius, won't you let it go?" Annie asked, resting her curly head on his
knee. "It's been three weeks."
"I know how long it's been, Annie." Sirius replied, toying with her blonde hair.
"Then forgive him!" She pleaded. "They really like each other and neither will do anything until you give them leave."
"How do you know they aren't sneaking around behind my back?" he asked.
"Because Rhia would've told me and Remus is too much of a gentleman." Annie replied, sitting up and taking his face in her hands. "Won't you let it go? I know you want to."
"Annie, you don't know what the Wolf is like." Sirius took her hands away, standing up and walking to the window, staring out absent-mindedly. "He hurts people. He doesn't mean to, but I don't want him to hurt Rhia."
"He can't hurt Rhia!" Annie insisted, then lowered her voice as some Gryffindor second years came in. "They're both wolves, there's a bond there and you know it. Something in their souls is aching to be together. And you're the only one standing in the way, Sirius. You. Don't you want to let them be?"
"I do, I just..." his voice trailed off as Annie's words struck reason in him. "If he hurts her, I...I don't know what I'll do, but it'll be bad."
"You mean you'll let them?" Annie asked happily.
"I suppose." He gave in. She laughed and threw her arms around his neck, kissing his cheek.
"I knew you would!" She cried, shouting, "I have to go tell Lily!" as she ran out the door. Sirius walked up the stairs, stopping in front of the fifth-year girls' door. He stood and thought to himself for a moment before knocking sharply.
~*~
"Lily! Lily!" Annie ran into the library and was promptly shushed by Madam Pince. She whispered her apologies and hurried over to Lily's corner table. "Lily! she breathed excitedly.
"What is it Annie?" she responded.
"I was just with Sirius, and we were talking about Remus and Rhia, and-"
"Oh Annie, did you interfere?" Lily reprimanded, however smiling.
"Only a little," Annie pretended to pout. It quickly disappeared. "I think Sirius is giving Rhia his blessing now!"
"Annie, that's wonderful, but we mustn't get our hopes up. We don't know anything about those two for sure, and Sirius certainly is temperamental; he could change his mind in an instant." Lily closed her books, her eyes sparkling. "But I think we should go collect Rhia; this nonetheless calls for a celebration!"
~*~
"Rhia?" Sirius poked his head into the room where Rhia sat on the bed, pouring over her Transfiguration book.
"What is it, Sirius?" Rhia said, not looking up for her book.
"Can I talk to you?" Sirius asked timidly. Rhia looked up, shocked. Sirius? Timid?
"Alright." She moved over to give him some more room on the bed. He sat down and immediately began playing with the tips of his hair as he often did when he was nervous.
"You see," he began, "I've been thinking for a while about you.and Remus. And I thought for the longest time that it would be bad and he'd hurt you. But Annie, bless her soul, pointed out that your...wolfness connected you. And that makes me think that you'd be together no matter what I said so.so I want to apologize and let you go."
"Go?" she repeated.
"I want you to be with Remus." He sat back and watched her face transform from confused and morose to ecstatic and hopeful.
"Let's go then!" She cried, jumping off the bed and grabbing his hand.
"Where?" Sirius asked.
"To find Remus!" she replied jovially, tugging him outside, down the stairs, and past a bewildered Annie and Lily as they left the common room, finally finding Remus playing (and winning) a game of Wizard's Chess with Peter.
"Hey Sirius, hey Rhia," Peter called glumly as Remus took another of his pieces. "What's up with you?"
Rhia, flushed and giddy, stopped right in front of their table and pulled Sirius with her. "Speak!" she commanded. Sirius laughed.
"Remus..." he started. Remus took note of Sirius' unease and stood up, leading him to a far corner. Peter looked at Rhia.
"I'm lost."
"Its okay Peter. All will be revealed in time..."
In a few minutes time, after Rhia successfully finished beating Peter at chess, Remus and Sirius joined them again. "Peter, why don't we go back up to the common room? I want to show you something." Sirius dragged Peter out of the room, and they could here him calling "What?" over the dull roar of the rest of the Great Hall. Remus turned to Rhia, who was still flushed and giddy.
"Hi..."
"Hi."
"So..." Remus tried. Rhia almost laughed. He was so tongue-tied! She just wanted to pounce on him, right there... but that was the Wolf talking. The full moon was in 6 days, after all.
"Remus... what do you think? Sirius is finally okay with.. whatever. And I certainly am... its all up to you." Rhia offered. She hoped beyond hope he would agree.
"All up to me?" he repeated. She nodded slowly, her heart beating faster and faster each second. "Well, then...I don't suppose you'd like to go to Hogsmede with me tomorrow?"
"Well, Lily and I were going to..." her voice trailed off as the reality of what Remus had said sunk in. Rhia's eyes grew as big as dinner plates and he laughed.
And nobody could ever remember seeing them apart from that day forward.
"I know how long it's been, Annie." Sirius replied, toying with her blonde hair.
"Then forgive him!" She pleaded. "They really like each other and neither will do anything until you give them leave."
"How do you know they aren't sneaking around behind my back?" he asked.
"Because Rhia would've told me and Remus is too much of a gentleman." Annie replied, sitting up and taking his face in her hands. "Won't you let it go? I know you want to."
"Annie, you don't know what the Wolf is like." Sirius took her hands away, standing up and walking to the window, staring out absent-mindedly. "He hurts people. He doesn't mean to, but I don't want him to hurt Rhia."
"He can't hurt Rhia!" Annie insisted, then lowered her voice as some Gryffindor second years came in. "They're both wolves, there's a bond there and you know it. Something in their souls is aching to be together. And you're the only one standing in the way, Sirius. You. Don't you want to let them be?"
"I do, I just..." his voice trailed off as Annie's words struck reason in him. "If he hurts her, I...I don't know what I'll do, but it'll be bad."
"You mean you'll let them?" Annie asked happily.
"I suppose." He gave in. She laughed and threw her arms around his neck, kissing his cheek.
"I knew you would!" She cried, shouting, "I have to go tell Lily!" as she ran out the door. Sirius walked up the stairs, stopping in front of the fifth-year girls' door. He stood and thought to himself for a moment before knocking sharply.
~*~
"Lily! Lily!" Annie ran into the library and was promptly shushed by Madam Pince. She whispered her apologies and hurried over to Lily's corner table. "Lily! she breathed excitedly.
"What is it Annie?" she responded.
"I was just with Sirius, and we were talking about Remus and Rhia, and-"
"Oh Annie, did you interfere?" Lily reprimanded, however smiling.
"Only a little," Annie pretended to pout. It quickly disappeared. "I think Sirius is giving Rhia his blessing now!"
"Annie, that's wonderful, but we mustn't get our hopes up. We don't know anything about those two for sure, and Sirius certainly is temperamental; he could change his mind in an instant." Lily closed her books, her eyes sparkling. "But I think we should go collect Rhia; this nonetheless calls for a celebration!"
~*~
"Rhia?" Sirius poked his head into the room where Rhia sat on the bed, pouring over her Transfiguration book.
"What is it, Sirius?" Rhia said, not looking up for her book.
"Can I talk to you?" Sirius asked timidly. Rhia looked up, shocked. Sirius? Timid?
"Alright." She moved over to give him some more room on the bed. He sat down and immediately began playing with the tips of his hair as he often did when he was nervous.
"You see," he began, "I've been thinking for a while about you.and Remus. And I thought for the longest time that it would be bad and he'd hurt you. But Annie, bless her soul, pointed out that your...wolfness connected you. And that makes me think that you'd be together no matter what I said so.so I want to apologize and let you go."
"Go?" she repeated.
"I want you to be with Remus." He sat back and watched her face transform from confused and morose to ecstatic and hopeful.
"Let's go then!" She cried, jumping off the bed and grabbing his hand.
"Where?" Sirius asked.
"To find Remus!" she replied jovially, tugging him outside, down the stairs, and past a bewildered Annie and Lily as they left the common room, finally finding Remus playing (and winning) a game of Wizard's Chess with Peter.
"Hey Sirius, hey Rhia," Peter called glumly as Remus took another of his pieces. "What's up with you?"
Rhia, flushed and giddy, stopped right in front of their table and pulled Sirius with her. "Speak!" she commanded. Sirius laughed.
"Remus..." he started. Remus took note of Sirius' unease and stood up, leading him to a far corner. Peter looked at Rhia.
"I'm lost."
"Its okay Peter. All will be revealed in time..."
In a few minutes time, after Rhia successfully finished beating Peter at chess, Remus and Sirius joined them again. "Peter, why don't we go back up to the common room? I want to show you something." Sirius dragged Peter out of the room, and they could here him calling "What?" over the dull roar of the rest of the Great Hall. Remus turned to Rhia, who was still flushed and giddy.
"Hi..."
"Hi."
"So..." Remus tried. Rhia almost laughed. He was so tongue-tied! She just wanted to pounce on him, right there... but that was the Wolf talking. The full moon was in 6 days, after all.
"Remus... what do you think? Sirius is finally okay with.. whatever. And I certainly am... its all up to you." Rhia offered. She hoped beyond hope he would agree.
"All up to me?" he repeated. She nodded slowly, her heart beating faster and faster each second. "Well, then...I don't suppose you'd like to go to Hogsmede with me tomorrow?"
"Well, Lily and I were going to..." her voice trailed off as the reality of what Remus had said sunk in. Rhia's eyes grew as big as dinner plates and he laughed.
And nobody could ever remember seeing them apart from that day forward.