*~*~Hold On~*~*

Kat had awaken the next morning to a pounding in her head. She sat up and immediately felt the need to puke.
Kilia, on the other hand, had awakened cheerful and happy. She took one look at Kat and saw that she looked pale.
"Kat, are you alright?" she asked.
"Yeah. I'm......just fine." Kat answered, shaking her head lightly.
Kilia was about to argue when, suddenly, there came what seemed like two toddlers through their dorm door. It took a minute to figure out that the toddlers were none other than Sirius and Sean.
Laughing, Sirius plopped down next to Kat, who was still in bed. Sean lost his balance and fell onto the floor in the middle of the walkway.
"Hey, guys." Sirius said, grinning.
Sean got up and sat on the edge of Kilia's bed. Kilia moved and put her arms around his neck. She watched Kat out of the corner of her eye and kissed Sean on the cheek.
Sean blushed. Sirius smiled. "You got your wish." he said quietly to Sean.
"Yeah." He grinned.
Kat just looked at Sirius. Then, she got up and went into the bathroom and threw up. When she came back, Sirius stared at her. Kilia got up and grabbed her.
Kilia dragged her back into the bathroom and shut the door behind them.
"Kat, what did you do to yourself?" Kilia said frantically. "Wait, don't tell me. Hangover, right?" Kat nodded. "Kat! Why?!"
"I wasn't feeling well last night so I..." She bent over and threw up again. "I just needed something to get me to sleep." she said finally.
"Kat, sometimes you can be really stupid. C'mon, let's go get you back in bed. Do you want me to tell Sirius the truth or not?"
"No, don't tell him." Kat said quietly.
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Sirius watched the door to the bathroom close. He wondered what was wrong. He had seen the way Kilia had reacted and knew that something had happened in the time between when they had left him and Sean the night before and when they went to bed. After what seemed like ages, the girls walked out of the bathroom. Kat was paler than a ghost.
"What's wrong?" Sirius said, standing up.
"Nothing. Kat is just a little..err..sick." she lied. "Why don't we meet with you guys later?"
"Sure. C'mon, Sirius. We have things to prepare for, anyways." Sean said suddenly.
The guys left and Kat sank onto her bed. She leened back onto the pillows and fell asleep. Kilia pulled her blankets over her and left to go to breakfast.
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Sirius wondered what was wrong with Kat. Obviously, Kilia was covering up for something Kat had done to herself. 'Kat, what the Hell is wrong with you today?' he thought.
"Sean, I'll see you later. I want to go talk to Kat." he said.
"Okay. Bye." Sean waved and ran off.
Sirius turned and went back to Kat's dorm. He sat on the chair next to her bed and watched her sleep.
"Kat." he said softly. He saw her twitch and wake up.
"Sirius. Wha...what are you doing in here?" she said slowly.
"I came to see if you're alright." he said quietly.
"No, Sirius, I'm not okay. I........got myself drunk last night. Which was really stupid, I might add." She said the last part a little fast because of the look Sirius was giving her.
Sirius sighed. "Kat, it wasn't stupid. I've done that a couple of times. There's a reason for that, you know. Me, I drink on holidays because I miss my family. They never liked Christmas but somethi g this year kept me from drinking. It was you that kept me from getting completely wasted last night."
"Sirius, I despise Christmas. This was the worst holiday ever made. I wish..I wish it had never been created.."
"You don't mean that, do you? To me, this is the best holiday. I want to make it a happy day for you. Now, go back to sleep. I'll come get you for the feast." He leaned down and kissed her forehead.
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Hey guys. Time for another chit-chat. Okay in case I lost anyone there, Kat drinking will come in later in the story and I will eventually explain about Sirius. But, ne wayz. I'm running out of ideas for chapters and I dont want to end it yet. My friends that are actually reading it and my editor, well sort of editor (Amanda), likes it so I think I'm doing pretty good. Since I'm on Spring Break, I'm going to write 4 or 5 chapters before I go back to skool. okay? --Kitty Kat ^_^;;