Potions was horrible. With Remus out and Camerane at the infirmery from a fall caused by Peeves, Sirius had been partnered with Tala. She looked about as upset about it as he did, though she was too drained to care. James and Peter were concerned, and Lily too.
"So, do want to tell me where you were last night or would you rather I guess?" Sirius hissed in her ear.
"Are you sure you were supposed to be in Gryffindor and not Slytherin?" Tala countered, cubing her dandilion roots. "Why don't you get off my case, Black. I haven't done anything to you."
"So why weren't you in the common room?" Sirius demanded, not letting up.
"I was at the infirmery," Tala lied. "I wasn't feeling good after dinner."
"Oh?" Sirius demanded suspisciously. "Sure you were."
"Look, Sirius Black," Tala yelled, rounding on him, the knife still in hand. "If you have a problem wit me you better just say so right now, because I have other things to worry about than the brainless theories that are being worked up in that cob-webbed filled mind of yours!"
"Ms. Nighte!" the teacher yelled. "Detention, young lady, and twenty points from Gryffindor!"
"He's the one who started it!"
"Do you have a problem with my ruling, Ms. Nighte? Because if you do then you can gather your books and leave."
"I will," Tala growled, tossing the knife down on the table. Gathering her books, Tala stormed out of the room, slamming the door.
"She has such an attitude problem," Sirius mumbled.
"What is your problem?" Lily demanded. Sirius looked stunned. "She;s new here and all you can do is give her grief! Then something big happens last night and still all you can do is make trouble for her and be rude! You are the most inconsiderate person I know, and I never thought I would have to say that to you!" She gathered her own books and asked to be excused to go to Madame Pomfrey, claiming she had a headache.
"What, are you going to yell at me now?" Sirius demanded from James and Peter.
"I'm staying out of this," Peter replied.
"All I'm going to say is that Lily has a point, and you should have stopped while you were ahead," James said. "On the other hand, Tala has been acting weird...maybe we can get Remus to talk to her when he comes back. He should be back by lunch."
* * *
Tala was wandering through the halls when she caught sight of Remus, who was coming her way. He looked extremely tired, and pretty ragged. 'Don't I know that feeling,' she thought. "You look tired," she said as they crossed paths.
"I am," he replied. 'Why aren't you in class?"
"Got told to leave," Tala explained. "Sirius wouldn't let up on me and I yelled at him. Of course I had a knife in my hand at the time, so I have detention now."
"Your lucky it wasn't worse," Remus sighed. 'So why was Sirius nagging you?"
'Hey, why aren't you in class?" Tala suddenly asked, changing the subject.
"Er...I was running errands for a teacher," Remus lied.
"All night?" Tala asked skeptically.
"W-what do you mean?"
"Everyone was apparently restricted to their common rooms last night."
"What, you mean you don't know for sure?" Remus countered. He'd caught her...in fact, they'd both cornered each other. There were a few awkward moments of silence before either look at each other. "You keep your secerets and I'll keep mine."
"Deal," Tala agreed. "I'll uh...catch ya later, okay?"
"Sure," Remus agreed. 'See you around Tala."
She nodded and walked away. 'Phew!' she though, breathing a sigh of relief. 'Any longer and I would have had to tell him...but...he's always with those other three, and he had no clue about the restrictions...if he wasn't in his common rooms, then where was he?"
"So, do want to tell me where you were last night or would you rather I guess?" Sirius hissed in her ear.
"Are you sure you were supposed to be in Gryffindor and not Slytherin?" Tala countered, cubing her dandilion roots. "Why don't you get off my case, Black. I haven't done anything to you."
"So why weren't you in the common room?" Sirius demanded, not letting up.
"I was at the infirmery," Tala lied. "I wasn't feeling good after dinner."
"Oh?" Sirius demanded suspisciously. "Sure you were."
"Look, Sirius Black," Tala yelled, rounding on him, the knife still in hand. "If you have a problem wit me you better just say so right now, because I have other things to worry about than the brainless theories that are being worked up in that cob-webbed filled mind of yours!"
"Ms. Nighte!" the teacher yelled. "Detention, young lady, and twenty points from Gryffindor!"
"He's the one who started it!"
"Do you have a problem with my ruling, Ms. Nighte? Because if you do then you can gather your books and leave."
"I will," Tala growled, tossing the knife down on the table. Gathering her books, Tala stormed out of the room, slamming the door.
"She has such an attitude problem," Sirius mumbled.
"What is your problem?" Lily demanded. Sirius looked stunned. "She;s new here and all you can do is give her grief! Then something big happens last night and still all you can do is make trouble for her and be rude! You are the most inconsiderate person I know, and I never thought I would have to say that to you!" She gathered her own books and asked to be excused to go to Madame Pomfrey, claiming she had a headache.
"What, are you going to yell at me now?" Sirius demanded from James and Peter.
"I'm staying out of this," Peter replied.
"All I'm going to say is that Lily has a point, and you should have stopped while you were ahead," James said. "On the other hand, Tala has been acting weird...maybe we can get Remus to talk to her when he comes back. He should be back by lunch."
* * *
Tala was wandering through the halls when she caught sight of Remus, who was coming her way. He looked extremely tired, and pretty ragged. 'Don't I know that feeling,' she thought. "You look tired," she said as they crossed paths.
"I am," he replied. 'Why aren't you in class?"
"Got told to leave," Tala explained. "Sirius wouldn't let up on me and I yelled at him. Of course I had a knife in my hand at the time, so I have detention now."
"Your lucky it wasn't worse," Remus sighed. 'So why was Sirius nagging you?"
'Hey, why aren't you in class?" Tala suddenly asked, changing the subject.
"Er...I was running errands for a teacher," Remus lied.
"All night?" Tala asked skeptically.
"W-what do you mean?"
"Everyone was apparently restricted to their common rooms last night."
"What, you mean you don't know for sure?" Remus countered. He'd caught her...in fact, they'd both cornered each other. There were a few awkward moments of silence before either look at each other. "You keep your secerets and I'll keep mine."
"Deal," Tala agreed. "I'll uh...catch ya later, okay?"
"Sure," Remus agreed. 'See you around Tala."
She nodded and walked away. 'Phew!' she though, breathing a sigh of relief. 'Any longer and I would have had to tell him...but...he's always with those other three, and he had no clue about the restrictions...if he wasn't in his common rooms, then where was he?"