Disclaimer: I own Kayla, Aria, Tiffany, and a few of the Professors, the
rest belong to J. K. Rowling.
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Chapter 16 - The Mystery of Tiffany and Sirius
The next day everyone in the school knew of the breakup between James and Lily.
"Did you hear? James walked in on Lily with some guy and they were-"
"I can't believe that James would actually cheat on her! I mean come on, if you had THE Lily Evans would you go find someone else?"
"I heard that James found out-"
"You'll never believe what happened last night!"
As Lily stepped into the Great Hall, all talking stopped and centered on her. "Great, everyone in the school already knows." she muttered to herself as she walked towards the Ravenclaw table.
"Try to ignore them." Kayla whispered as she sat down next to Lily.
Aria, noticing the tears in Lily's eyes, sat on the other side of her for comfort. "Lily, every thing will be fine. Just give it some time sweetie." She whispered softly.
Just then, the Marauders walked in, and once again everyone became silent, waiting with bated breath, waiting for a fight to come . . . to everyone's disappointment, the three Marauders walked over to the Ravenclaw table and sat down as they always did.
Lily looked at James and gave him a watery smile, which he returned before looking away. Lily looked down at her plate and concentrated on keeping the tears away. When she was finally sure that she wasn't going to cry, she realized that the mail had already came. She looked down on her plate and retrieved her mail. She decided to open the letter from her mother first.
My Dearest Daughter,
I hope that this letter finds you well. Unfortunately, this letter does not hold such news. Honey, we need you to come home. I know that you might not want to, but well, your Father's sick Honey, really sick. The doctors don't think that he's going to make it another year.
I'm sorry Honey. I really am, but I want you here, just in case. I have written your Headmaster and requested that you come home. Please, write back soon. I hope to see you in a few days.
With All My Love,
Mom
"Oh, my God. Oh, my God." Was all that she could say as she began to rock herself to and fro.
James, noticing her behavior, laid his hand over her shaking one. "Lily?" he asked.
The rest of the group, noticing her began to ask questions.
"Leave me alone. Just leave me alone!" Lily cried out before she leaped from her seat and ran out the Great Hall.
"What was that about?" Tiffany asked, eyes still trained on the spot where Lily had been sitting. The rest of the group shrugged their shoulders and debated if they should go after her or not. After all, Lily is dangerous when she wants to be, and if she doesn't want anyone around at the moment, she'll make sure that you're not around.
James got up, and despite the danger, went after her.
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Later that day, Kayla and Aria were walking as fast as they could without running towards the dorm room to see Lily when they saw Sirius and Tiffany talking.
Kayla stopped and looked at Aria, and with a jerk of her head told her to go on.
As soon as Aria had cleared the next corner, Kayla stepped closer to the voices, and hid herself behind a wall.
"I need you to-"
"I love you Sirius!" Tiffany exclaimed, efficiently cutting off Sirius' sentence.
Kayla bit back her laughter, imagining the slack jawed expression that he had to have had on his face at the moment.
"Y-You can't!"
"Yes, I can! I will love you more than Kayla ever could! I love you Sirius Black!"
"NO!" Sirius exclaimed. Kayla could hear the shuffling of feet, and imagined Sirius backing away, trying to escape.
"YES!"
"Well, I don't love you! I'm sorry, but I love another. And even though she doesn't love me, I love her. And I plan on loving her for the rest of my life! I'm sorry, but I have to go." Sirius said with an air of longing in his voice. Kayla wasn't sure if it was for the missing love or not, but she knew that it was there.
"Sirius, you kissed me! And now you're telling me that you don't love me! You- You bastard!" she yelled at him, causing Kayla to bite the insides of her cheeks to stop herself from laughing.
"I'm sorry." Was all that Sirius said before Kayla could see his shadow on the wall opposite of her. She panicked. 'If he sees me he's going to know that I heard!'
Kayla pushed away from the wall and searched frantically around for some place to hide.
"Kayla." Sirius said with a frown in his voice. "What are you doing here?"
"Ah." She said stupidly. " I was going to the Ravenclaw common room to see Lily." She told him truthfully.
"And you decided to listen to my conversation with Tiffany." He guessed with narrowed eyes.
Kayla gave him a sheepish look and shrugged her shoulders.
"Did you really mean that?" she asked as they started to walk towards the Ravenclaw Common room. "That you'd love that girl forever?" she clarified when she noticed the confusion in his eyes.
"Yes." He admitted. "But she'll never love me."
"How do you know?" Kayla asked.
"She ran away when I told y- her Kayla! What the hell else am I supposed to think!" he snapped.
"That she was to scared to tell you the truth." She said softly.
"And what is the truth?" Sirius asked, stopping and looking at Kayla.
Kayla stopped also, but couldn't bring herself to look at him. "That she is falling head over heels for you, regardless of the fact that she is only 16." Kayla felt fingers pushing on her chin to get her to look up, and she did. Straight into Sirius' chocolate brown eyes.
"Are you telling me," Sirius whispered, lightly tracing Kayla's face with his fingertips. "That she is falling in love with me? Are you Kayla? Or are you just telling me this to make me feel better?"
"No. I'm most defiantly falling in love with you Sirius Black. Against my better judgment that is." She admitted with a small smile.
"YES!" he screamed in triumph before he pulled her into his embrace.
"I really do love you Kayla Cameron." He whispered against his lips as he kissed her.
"Mr. Black, I believe that you know that it's against school rules to kiss in the hallways, and Miss..." Professor McGonagall said in a scolding tone as she took her gaze off of Sirius to look at his partner. What she saw caused her mouth to gape open and her eyes to widen in shock. "Miss Cameron?!" she gasped in amazement. "Alright Mr. Black. What did you give her? Was it a spell? Or was it a pot-" she started, but was cut off by Kayla laughing.
"Professor McGonagall, I know this is a shock," Kayla managed to gasp between her laughter. "But he didn't give me anything, or do anything. This is of my free will. Which is why my free will and I have such a hard time agreeing. I always end up someplace I'm better off not being." She said, muttering the last part under her breath with a scowl.
"Hey!" Sirius said huffily.
Kayla smiled at him and looked back at the Professor.
"Well," she said, sounding somewhat distant. " I still must take ten points from both of your houses. And please don't let me catch you again." With that, Professor McGonagall continued on her way.
The new couple watched the Professor leave then continued towards the Ravenclaw common room, not knowing that they were about to receive some news that would change the way that they all lived for the next year.
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A/N: Finally! They're together. Hope you liked it. I tried to keep the "Mystery girl" a well, a mystery, but it seemed as if this was the perfect time for her to show her identity. Plus, I'm sure that most of you had already guessed who it was.
Oh, and I just want to say thank you to all of you who review my story, it really means a lot to me. Oh, and I also want to say thank you to fareyspryte for doing the editing.
Thank you all,
Mistress del Mare
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Chapter 16 - The Mystery of Tiffany and Sirius
The next day everyone in the school knew of the breakup between James and Lily.
"Did you hear? James walked in on Lily with some guy and they were-"
"I can't believe that James would actually cheat on her! I mean come on, if you had THE Lily Evans would you go find someone else?"
"I heard that James found out-"
"You'll never believe what happened last night!"
As Lily stepped into the Great Hall, all talking stopped and centered on her. "Great, everyone in the school already knows." she muttered to herself as she walked towards the Ravenclaw table.
"Try to ignore them." Kayla whispered as she sat down next to Lily.
Aria, noticing the tears in Lily's eyes, sat on the other side of her for comfort. "Lily, every thing will be fine. Just give it some time sweetie." She whispered softly.
Just then, the Marauders walked in, and once again everyone became silent, waiting with bated breath, waiting for a fight to come . . . to everyone's disappointment, the three Marauders walked over to the Ravenclaw table and sat down as they always did.
Lily looked at James and gave him a watery smile, which he returned before looking away. Lily looked down at her plate and concentrated on keeping the tears away. When she was finally sure that she wasn't going to cry, she realized that the mail had already came. She looked down on her plate and retrieved her mail. She decided to open the letter from her mother first.
My Dearest Daughter,
I hope that this letter finds you well. Unfortunately, this letter does not hold such news. Honey, we need you to come home. I know that you might not want to, but well, your Father's sick Honey, really sick. The doctors don't think that he's going to make it another year.
I'm sorry Honey. I really am, but I want you here, just in case. I have written your Headmaster and requested that you come home. Please, write back soon. I hope to see you in a few days.
With All My Love,
Mom
"Oh, my God. Oh, my God." Was all that she could say as she began to rock herself to and fro.
James, noticing her behavior, laid his hand over her shaking one. "Lily?" he asked.
The rest of the group, noticing her began to ask questions.
"Leave me alone. Just leave me alone!" Lily cried out before she leaped from her seat and ran out the Great Hall.
"What was that about?" Tiffany asked, eyes still trained on the spot where Lily had been sitting. The rest of the group shrugged their shoulders and debated if they should go after her or not. After all, Lily is dangerous when she wants to be, and if she doesn't want anyone around at the moment, she'll make sure that you're not around.
James got up, and despite the danger, went after her.
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Later that day, Kayla and Aria were walking as fast as they could without running towards the dorm room to see Lily when they saw Sirius and Tiffany talking.
Kayla stopped and looked at Aria, and with a jerk of her head told her to go on.
As soon as Aria had cleared the next corner, Kayla stepped closer to the voices, and hid herself behind a wall.
"I need you to-"
"I love you Sirius!" Tiffany exclaimed, efficiently cutting off Sirius' sentence.
Kayla bit back her laughter, imagining the slack jawed expression that he had to have had on his face at the moment.
"Y-You can't!"
"Yes, I can! I will love you more than Kayla ever could! I love you Sirius Black!"
"NO!" Sirius exclaimed. Kayla could hear the shuffling of feet, and imagined Sirius backing away, trying to escape.
"YES!"
"Well, I don't love you! I'm sorry, but I love another. And even though she doesn't love me, I love her. And I plan on loving her for the rest of my life! I'm sorry, but I have to go." Sirius said with an air of longing in his voice. Kayla wasn't sure if it was for the missing love or not, but she knew that it was there.
"Sirius, you kissed me! And now you're telling me that you don't love me! You- You bastard!" she yelled at him, causing Kayla to bite the insides of her cheeks to stop herself from laughing.
"I'm sorry." Was all that Sirius said before Kayla could see his shadow on the wall opposite of her. She panicked. 'If he sees me he's going to know that I heard!'
Kayla pushed away from the wall and searched frantically around for some place to hide.
"Kayla." Sirius said with a frown in his voice. "What are you doing here?"
"Ah." She said stupidly. " I was going to the Ravenclaw common room to see Lily." She told him truthfully.
"And you decided to listen to my conversation with Tiffany." He guessed with narrowed eyes.
Kayla gave him a sheepish look and shrugged her shoulders.
"Did you really mean that?" she asked as they started to walk towards the Ravenclaw Common room. "That you'd love that girl forever?" she clarified when she noticed the confusion in his eyes.
"Yes." He admitted. "But she'll never love me."
"How do you know?" Kayla asked.
"She ran away when I told y- her Kayla! What the hell else am I supposed to think!" he snapped.
"That she was to scared to tell you the truth." She said softly.
"And what is the truth?" Sirius asked, stopping and looking at Kayla.
Kayla stopped also, but couldn't bring herself to look at him. "That she is falling head over heels for you, regardless of the fact that she is only 16." Kayla felt fingers pushing on her chin to get her to look up, and she did. Straight into Sirius' chocolate brown eyes.
"Are you telling me," Sirius whispered, lightly tracing Kayla's face with his fingertips. "That she is falling in love with me? Are you Kayla? Or are you just telling me this to make me feel better?"
"No. I'm most defiantly falling in love with you Sirius Black. Against my better judgment that is." She admitted with a small smile.
"YES!" he screamed in triumph before he pulled her into his embrace.
"I really do love you Kayla Cameron." He whispered against his lips as he kissed her.
"Mr. Black, I believe that you know that it's against school rules to kiss in the hallways, and Miss..." Professor McGonagall said in a scolding tone as she took her gaze off of Sirius to look at his partner. What she saw caused her mouth to gape open and her eyes to widen in shock. "Miss Cameron?!" she gasped in amazement. "Alright Mr. Black. What did you give her? Was it a spell? Or was it a pot-" she started, but was cut off by Kayla laughing.
"Professor McGonagall, I know this is a shock," Kayla managed to gasp between her laughter. "But he didn't give me anything, or do anything. This is of my free will. Which is why my free will and I have such a hard time agreeing. I always end up someplace I'm better off not being." She said, muttering the last part under her breath with a scowl.
"Hey!" Sirius said huffily.
Kayla smiled at him and looked back at the Professor.
"Well," she said, sounding somewhat distant. " I still must take ten points from both of your houses. And please don't let me catch you again." With that, Professor McGonagall continued on her way.
The new couple watched the Professor leave then continued towards the Ravenclaw common room, not knowing that they were about to receive some news that would change the way that they all lived for the next year.
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A/N: Finally! They're together. Hope you liked it. I tried to keep the "Mystery girl" a well, a mystery, but it seemed as if this was the perfect time for her to show her identity. Plus, I'm sure that most of you had already guessed who it was.
Oh, and I just want to say thank you to all of you who review my story, it really means a lot to me. Oh, and I also want to say thank you to fareyspryte for doing the editing.
Thank you all,
Mistress del Mare