Ch 4 Recovery and Relationships
A/N-I need Remus to be an Animagus for some later things in the plot, so in this story, he is still a werewolf, but also an Animagus with the fox form. I know a wolf might be more fitting, but if you were a werewolf, would you want to be a wolf at other times as well? And I'm sorry for not updating sooner..I just had so much going on!!
Kylie was in a horrible state for the rest of that week. She couldn't pay attention in class, she cried herself to sleep every night, and she wouldn't do anything with her friends. Sirius wasn't doing much better than she was- he was so worried that he could barely function. That Thursday, two days after Kylie got the letter, Laria approached Sirius.
"Siri, can we talk?" she asked.
"Yeah....sure we can," he answered.
"Si...you've fallen for Kylie, haven't you?"
"I....I...yes, I have. I didn't mean to, and I don't know how it happened. Just.one day I looked at her, and knew that I loved her, and have for a while now. I can't live without her, and it scares me that she might never be mine. I can't do anything about it, though. I don't want to jeopardize what we have. I want her love in addition to that, Laria, not instead of it." He looked up at his sister, his eyes silently pleading for help.
"Oh, Siri, go talk to her. Tell her. You aren't jeopardizing anything..I wasn't supposed to say anything, but since this came up..She likes you just as much as you like her, but was too afraid to tell you. And now would be a good time. She needs someone right now, and none of us can be that person. But you can." She took his hand and squeezed it. "Go on, Chocolate Face."
Sirius smiled at the childhood nickname. "Alright. Thanks, Puddin' Head." She laughed and pushed him towards the girls' dormitory.
As he opened the door of the dorm, Sirius tried to steady his shaking hands. 'What's wrong with me?' he thought. 'I've never been this nervous about asking a girl out. Then again, I've never asked Kylie out, either.'
"Kylie?" he said aloud.
"Yeah?" she replied softly from her bed.
"We need to talk," he said, walking over to her and sitting down.
"What about?" she asked.
"Kylie..I..We...Gods, how can I put this? Kylie, I think I've fallen in love with you." He kept his head down, too scared to look into her eyes.
"You.What...Oh my Gods.."
'Shite, shite, shite,' he thought. 'Laria was mistaken, she doesn't love me, now I'm screwed.'
"Sirius...I have one question," she finally said.
"What?" he asked quietly.
"Why the hell haven't you kissed me yet?" Looking up, he smiled. Putting his arms around her, he pulled her close to him and whispered, 'I love you,' before bringing his lips to hers.
Meanwhile, the rest of Perth was having a discussion about what they needed in a significant other.
"I need to know that they don't want me for my looks, for how big my chest is, or how blue my eyes are," Rose said. "I want them to see me, not my body. And I need someone who's willing to cuddle!" The others all agreed enthusiastically.
"Yeah, I know the feeling. But I need him to accept me for who I am, and not try to change that. He has to like me for who I really am, not who he thinks I am or who he wants me to be," Lily told them.
"I need a safety net. I have to have someone to fall back on, someone I know will be there for me, no matter what I say or do. I need someone who will listen and understand, someone I can talk to," Laria explained. "And someone who will sing me to sleep." 'Which is why I'm so attracted to the guy I like.' she added to herself.
"I just want someone who understands me. Which is demanding enough," Anna interjected.
"Remus understands," Rose said sweetly, smiling at her broadly.
"What are you on about now?" Anna asked her impatiently.
"You know good and well what," Rose continued. "You like Remus and you know it."
"Whatever."
"Oh, c'mon, Anna, admit it!" Laria cried. "We all know it, and so do you, so save us time and get it over with."
"Okay..maybe...maybe I do..maybe I like him as...more than a friend.."
"WE KNEW IT!" the rest of Perth, with the exception of Kylie, yelled. Remus, John, Sean, and James looked over at them confusedly.
"You knew what?" Remus asked.
"Nothing," they replied innocently.
After that day, Kylie began to recover much quicker. She never completely came to terms with her parents deaths, but she came as close as she could. Of course, Kylie's return to her normal self cheered Sirius up a lot. And Anna became increasingly uncomfortable around Remus.mainly because Rose kept shooting them both glances and smiling in a knowing way.
About a week later, Perth decided to go back to the pool, this time taking the Marauders along. So, at about eight in the morning on Saturday, the earliest they'd ever gotten up, the ten Gryffindors set out for Hogsmeade. They made it through the tunnel and Honeydukes without incident, and were soon in their animal forms, heading up the mountain. As they walked (or flew), Sean kept playfully biting Laria and batting at her tail. She retaliated by hitting him upside the head with her paw. Eventually, she just leapt at him, causing the other animals to jump out of the way as the jaguar and the panther rolled around, wrestling each other.
When they had reached the cave and transformed, Kylie hung back. She was still a little wary after what the pool had shown her last time.
Quietly, Si walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. "It'll be alright, baby. I promise. C'mon." She nodded silently and followed him in.
The pool was black this time, with no swirling images of Death Eaters, screams, or anything else. It was just a puddle of water.
"I don't understand," Rose whispered. "Why wouldn't it show something?"
"Maybe there's nothing going on right now that's important enough to majorly affect us," John replied.
"Could be. Oh well, come see the rest of this place at least," Laria said, smacking the hand that had snaked around her waist. Sean rubbed his hand where she had hit him and, smiling like a maniac for some reason, followed her farther in.
"You got it bad, man, " John whispered as he passed him.
"Believe me, I know," he replied.
A/N-I need Remus to be an Animagus for some later things in the plot, so in this story, he is still a werewolf, but also an Animagus with the fox form. I know a wolf might be more fitting, but if you were a werewolf, would you want to be a wolf at other times as well? And I'm sorry for not updating sooner..I just had so much going on!!
Kylie was in a horrible state for the rest of that week. She couldn't pay attention in class, she cried herself to sleep every night, and she wouldn't do anything with her friends. Sirius wasn't doing much better than she was- he was so worried that he could barely function. That Thursday, two days after Kylie got the letter, Laria approached Sirius.
"Siri, can we talk?" she asked.
"Yeah....sure we can," he answered.
"Si...you've fallen for Kylie, haven't you?"
"I....I...yes, I have. I didn't mean to, and I don't know how it happened. Just.one day I looked at her, and knew that I loved her, and have for a while now. I can't live without her, and it scares me that she might never be mine. I can't do anything about it, though. I don't want to jeopardize what we have. I want her love in addition to that, Laria, not instead of it." He looked up at his sister, his eyes silently pleading for help.
"Oh, Siri, go talk to her. Tell her. You aren't jeopardizing anything..I wasn't supposed to say anything, but since this came up..She likes you just as much as you like her, but was too afraid to tell you. And now would be a good time. She needs someone right now, and none of us can be that person. But you can." She took his hand and squeezed it. "Go on, Chocolate Face."
Sirius smiled at the childhood nickname. "Alright. Thanks, Puddin' Head." She laughed and pushed him towards the girls' dormitory.
As he opened the door of the dorm, Sirius tried to steady his shaking hands. 'What's wrong with me?' he thought. 'I've never been this nervous about asking a girl out. Then again, I've never asked Kylie out, either.'
"Kylie?" he said aloud.
"Yeah?" she replied softly from her bed.
"We need to talk," he said, walking over to her and sitting down.
"What about?" she asked.
"Kylie..I..We...Gods, how can I put this? Kylie, I think I've fallen in love with you." He kept his head down, too scared to look into her eyes.
"You.What...Oh my Gods.."
'Shite, shite, shite,' he thought. 'Laria was mistaken, she doesn't love me, now I'm screwed.'
"Sirius...I have one question," she finally said.
"What?" he asked quietly.
"Why the hell haven't you kissed me yet?" Looking up, he smiled. Putting his arms around her, he pulled her close to him and whispered, 'I love you,' before bringing his lips to hers.
Meanwhile, the rest of Perth was having a discussion about what they needed in a significant other.
"I need to know that they don't want me for my looks, for how big my chest is, or how blue my eyes are," Rose said. "I want them to see me, not my body. And I need someone who's willing to cuddle!" The others all agreed enthusiastically.
"Yeah, I know the feeling. But I need him to accept me for who I am, and not try to change that. He has to like me for who I really am, not who he thinks I am or who he wants me to be," Lily told them.
"I need a safety net. I have to have someone to fall back on, someone I know will be there for me, no matter what I say or do. I need someone who will listen and understand, someone I can talk to," Laria explained. "And someone who will sing me to sleep." 'Which is why I'm so attracted to the guy I like.' she added to herself.
"I just want someone who understands me. Which is demanding enough," Anna interjected.
"Remus understands," Rose said sweetly, smiling at her broadly.
"What are you on about now?" Anna asked her impatiently.
"You know good and well what," Rose continued. "You like Remus and you know it."
"Whatever."
"Oh, c'mon, Anna, admit it!" Laria cried. "We all know it, and so do you, so save us time and get it over with."
"Okay..maybe...maybe I do..maybe I like him as...more than a friend.."
"WE KNEW IT!" the rest of Perth, with the exception of Kylie, yelled. Remus, John, Sean, and James looked over at them confusedly.
"You knew what?" Remus asked.
"Nothing," they replied innocently.
After that day, Kylie began to recover much quicker. She never completely came to terms with her parents deaths, but she came as close as she could. Of course, Kylie's return to her normal self cheered Sirius up a lot. And Anna became increasingly uncomfortable around Remus.mainly because Rose kept shooting them both glances and smiling in a knowing way.
About a week later, Perth decided to go back to the pool, this time taking the Marauders along. So, at about eight in the morning on Saturday, the earliest they'd ever gotten up, the ten Gryffindors set out for Hogsmeade. They made it through the tunnel and Honeydukes without incident, and were soon in their animal forms, heading up the mountain. As they walked (or flew), Sean kept playfully biting Laria and batting at her tail. She retaliated by hitting him upside the head with her paw. Eventually, she just leapt at him, causing the other animals to jump out of the way as the jaguar and the panther rolled around, wrestling each other.
When they had reached the cave and transformed, Kylie hung back. She was still a little wary after what the pool had shown her last time.
Quietly, Si walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. "It'll be alright, baby. I promise. C'mon." She nodded silently and followed him in.
The pool was black this time, with no swirling images of Death Eaters, screams, or anything else. It was just a puddle of water.
"I don't understand," Rose whispered. "Why wouldn't it show something?"
"Maybe there's nothing going on right now that's important enough to majorly affect us," John replied.
"Could be. Oh well, come see the rest of this place at least," Laria said, smacking the hand that had snaked around her waist. Sean rubbed his hand where she had hit him and, smiling like a maniac for some reason, followed her farther in.
"You got it bad, man, " John whispered as he passed him.
"Believe me, I know," he replied.