Disclaimer: see first chapter
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Sirius started up at Professor Binns, he doubted there had ever been a more boring teacher at Hogwarts. He glanced around, Victoria was doing what had to be her Defense Against the Dark Arts homework, Lily appeared to be half writing class notes and half writing personal notes, James was falling asleep on his desk, and Remus appeared to be doodling.
Sirius brought his head down to the desk with a light bang. Was this class ever going to end?
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Narcissa wrapped a long strand of blond hair around her finger and sighed. Charms was tiring. Flitwick had assigned pages 234 to 310 to take notes on. And Narcissa was finished. She glanced around, at times, such as this, she wished she had been sorted into a different house.
Slytherin, with Severus, Gryffindor with Lily and Victoria. Anything but studious Ravenclaw. Sure, the house was fine sometimes, but almost no one did anything against the rules, most people followed the book. And that got really boring.
Lucius Malfoy was watching her from his seat a few desks away. He smirked slyly at her and winked. Narcissa rolled her nose up in disgust. Stupid prat. Narcissa glanced at her watch; class ended in two minutes. That was two more minutes of silence, two more minutes of Malfoy making eyes at her, two more minutes of boredom.
She groaned slightly and rested her head on the desk. Was this class ever going to end?
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A loud ringing brought Sirius out of his daze, he looked around. Remus appeared to be trying to talk to Victoria, who was ignoring him. James was watching Lily, who was standing with her books waiting for Brian. The boy had a large smear of ink across one cheek; he looked as if he had fallen asleep on his notes.
Sirius looked harder, 'the goblin rebellion of 1856... Grog the smelly was a double agent..'. Sirius grinned, well, at least he know what they had talked about in class.
Exiting the History of Magic classroom, Sirius saw Narcissa coming out of the Charms room, stuffing a book into her bag. She appeared to be having an argument.
"Bugger off, Malfoy. I'm not interested! For all I care you can jump off the North Tower." Sirius smirked, 'Go Narcissa.'
"One date, Narcissa, just one. How can you turn down a body like this?"
"Easily, just watch me, you - you - you FERRET!" Malfoy blinked in surprise, his mouth was slightly open.
"Narcissa!" Sirius called to her and waved. The blond looked up and smiled at Sirius. He jogged over and wrapped his arm around Narcissa. "Hey, Malfoy. Is my girlfriend being rude?" Narcissa shifted in his arms and Malfoy's eyes opened wide in surprise. The blonde boy turned on his heel and left. Narcissa grinned up at Sirius.
"Thanks." She sighed, but she didn't move away and Sirius made no more to remove his arm.
"Would you like to go with me to Hogsmeade this weekend?" Narcissa blinked in surprise.
"But - it's not a Hogsmeade weekend."
"I have my ways." The black haired boy smirked; he removed his arm from around her shoulders and grabbed her hand. The pair began walking toward the Great Hall for lunch. They didn't talk; it was a comfortable silence walking hand in hand.
And for the first time all day, they both felt completely content.
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Remus dropped his head down onto the table, narrowly missing the remains of his chicken salad sandwich. His goblet of pumpkin shook slightly from the disruption, threatening to fall over. A thin hand reached into his field of vision and steadied the cup.
The werewolf jerked his head up, but instead of the brunette he had been hoping to see, there was a red head. Remus dropped his head back down onto the table, this time getting what was left over from his sandwich with the side of his face. Lily covered her mouth, hiding a smile while Remus cleaned his face off.
"You all right there, Remus?" Lily asked, seating herself across from him and grabbing a sandwich.
"Have you ever - liked anyone. I mean, really liked them? And then not be able to tell them?" Remus suddenly burst out laughing. "Never mind, you have a boyfriend."
"Well, actually, I do know what you're talking about. But * who * are you talking about?" Lily raised an eyebrow at the caramel haired boy. His eyes flicked down the table to where Victoria was talking to Sirius about Quidditch. "Ah."
"Hm?" Remus asked, returning his attention back to Lily. The red head grinned, and winked at Remus.
"I wouldn't worry about it, Remus, it'll work out." Lily stood and glanced around. James was sitting reading a rather large book on Transfiguration, absent-mindedly eating whatever was on his plate. Lily smiled at him as she watched his eyes grow wide with understanding.
"And I'm sure," Remus said to her, "that it'll work out for you too." Remus was grinning at her, his eyes flicked between her and James. Lily blushed and hurried from the hall.
James glanced up when he noticed a flash a red passing by. Lily's face was slightly flushed, and James decided that made her even more beautiful. Green eyes flicked over to him, blue eyes looked right back. Lily turned even redder and ran out the door.
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Victoria sighed and rubbed her eyes; the extra credit essay she was working on for Defense against the Dark Arts was tiring her out. Werewolves really were complicated. Glancing at her watch, she groaned. It was 10:45 and she had been up late every night that week. Victoria picked up her stack of books, checked them out and made her way to Gryffindor Tower.
About half way there, she ran into something warm and solid. Landing with a bang, books, papers, ink and quills flew every where. Groaning, Victoria went around trying to pick everything.
"I'm * really * sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going, I'm * so * sorry." Victoria looked over; Remus was sitting on the floor watching her. Victoria suddenly realized that her skirt might be a * little * short.
"You've been avoiding me." The tall boy accused, picking up a few things and getting to his feet.
"No I haven't." Victoria concentrated on picking up her things. A hand rested on her shoulder and she glanced up, Remus surveyed her with caramel eyes.
"Yes, you have. Ever since the other night - "
"Remus, that might have been a mistake." She interrupted quickly, avoiding his eyes. Remus pulled her to her feet. Everything they had collected scattered across the floor again.
"Was it?" Victoria moved out of his grip, doing her best to stay out of his reach. When she backed up, he moved forward, until her back was against the wall. A hand rested on the wall next to her face, he was close enough she had to crane her neck up to look into his eyes. "I don't think it was." Remus replied huskily. His other hand traced her jaw line, and then lips were on lips.
Gentle, yet demanding, both her arms went up, wrapping around his neck and hands buried themselves into caramel locks, pulling Remus closer. He ran his tongue over her lips, demanding entrance, which she was more than happy to grant. They broke apart for a second, because, apparently, breathing is important.
Instead of kissing her again, lips found their way to her neck. Victoria gasped slightly, and everything went dark. One of her hands slid from Remus' hair to his shoulder, holding on tightly.
In her mind, images swirled, 'no! Not now! Not here!' but the swirling darkness didn't listen. The swirling void formed a picture, herself and Remus in more intimate position, a thin hand wear a ring and the final image split. One side showed Remus sad, he looked like he had been crying, the other image had to be herself. She was holding two small bundles while sitting in a bed.
The hallway was pulled sharply back into focus, Remus had forgone her neck, and was now running his tongue over her ear. Victoria pushed Remus off her, hot tears prickling at her eyes and threatening to fall. Remus' breathing was slightly labored, obvious the whole thing that been * quite * exciting to him. She blushed, Victoria was still close enough to be able to feel just how exciting it was for him.
"I - I have to go." Victoria didn't bother to try and pick up her books. She fled down the hall toward Gryffindor, not looking back, letting the tears fall.
Remus watched her go, what had he done wrong? They had both seemed to be enjoying it. She had been reacting to him and making small noises he never thought could excite him. Remus sighed and began picking up the books and papers. For the first time he got a good look at the notes and the titles of the books.
For the third time everything went clattering to the floor. Werewolves. What was she doing with books on werewolves?
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Lily stretched; her hand was cramping slightly from all the writing she had been doing. Glancing at the Grandfather clock, Lily noted it was 10:45. For whatever reason, there was almost no one in the common room. Most people appeared to have turned in early, or were working in other places around the school.
The only other occupant in the common was James Potter. The tall boy was poring over his notes and he was still deeply interested in the large Transfiguration book that was sitting across his lap. Lily smiled gently at the hunched figure, the firelight caught on his face, turning his skin a red color and shadowing the contours of his face. His dark hair was black, reminding Lily of a moonless midnight.
He glanced up at her, dark blue eyes stood out from the rest of his face. He smiled up at her, even white teeth shinning out at her.
"Hey, Lily." He voice was deep, slightly husky. Mostly likely from lack of use. A lump formed slightly in her throat.
"Hey." James closed his book and moved to sit next to Lily on her couch.
"What are you doing?" He looked over at her papers; notes on Vampires covered everything.
"Extra credit, for Defense against the Dark Arts."
"Right, an essay on a dark creature you want to learn more about."
"Vikki, is doing werewolves." Lily could have sworn James paled slightly.
"Doesn't - doesn't she have a thing for Remus?"
"Yeah," Lily shrugged, "so what?" in truth, both girls knew about Remus. They weren't stupid and it had been around 4th year they had put two and two together. Of course, they had never mentioned it to anyone since to had to be a secret. Lily faltered for a minute, was that way her sister was doing an essay on werewolves?
"No reason." James answered a bit to quickly. A realization brought Lily back into reality very fast. James was sitting very close; his eyes appeared trained on her lips.
"So - what about Care of Magical Creatures tomorrow? Aren't we looking at dragons?"
"Lily," James muttered, he was watching her closely. "Why are you dating Brian?"
"Because - because - because it works." Lily responded, trying not to notice how close his damn lips were.
"Does it?" James leaned in and their lips brushed lightly. Every atom in Lily's body buzzed to life, she left slightly like she was shaking. Even if the kiss had only been light, her lips were burning.
Before they could continue, the portrait hole burst open, slamming into the wall with a loud bang. Victoria rushed in, her cheeks shining with tears. She bolted up the stairs, not acknowledging the pair on the couch. A loud bang heralded that she was in her room with the door closed. Lily and James sat with their jaws slightly slack, eyes staring blankly at the staircase.
A few minutes Remus entered the common room, carrying a pile of books.
"Did Victoria come though here?" Lily nodded and pointed up the girls' staircase. Remus groaned and dropped the book onto a table. "Give her these and tell her - tell her I'm sorry." He turned and went up the stairs to his dorm. James turned to Lily and voiced the question she was thinking.
"Did we miss something?"
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YAHOO! Chapter 9 - finished, not edited, but hey, whatever. I'd like 45 reviews before I write the next chapter. Thanks to everyone who reviewed. I had a lot of people who wanted something to happen with Sirius, so I put some in, but, unfortunately, I don't really know Sirius. I'm waiting for the character to really develop. So as soon as that happens, you'll see more of him.
There will be a new character entering here soon - and I'm still getting to know here.
Anywho thanks again to everyone who reviewed, I'm * REALLY * thankful for it, you have no idea how great it is to open your mail and find happy reviewers.
Tata
- Lady Starlight
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Sirius started up at Professor Binns, he doubted there had ever been a more boring teacher at Hogwarts. He glanced around, Victoria was doing what had to be her Defense Against the Dark Arts homework, Lily appeared to be half writing class notes and half writing personal notes, James was falling asleep on his desk, and Remus appeared to be doodling.
Sirius brought his head down to the desk with a light bang. Was this class ever going to end?
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Narcissa wrapped a long strand of blond hair around her finger and sighed. Charms was tiring. Flitwick had assigned pages 234 to 310 to take notes on. And Narcissa was finished. She glanced around, at times, such as this, she wished she had been sorted into a different house.
Slytherin, with Severus, Gryffindor with Lily and Victoria. Anything but studious Ravenclaw. Sure, the house was fine sometimes, but almost no one did anything against the rules, most people followed the book. And that got really boring.
Lucius Malfoy was watching her from his seat a few desks away. He smirked slyly at her and winked. Narcissa rolled her nose up in disgust. Stupid prat. Narcissa glanced at her watch; class ended in two minutes. That was two more minutes of silence, two more minutes of Malfoy making eyes at her, two more minutes of boredom.
She groaned slightly and rested her head on the desk. Was this class ever going to end?
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A loud ringing brought Sirius out of his daze, he looked around. Remus appeared to be trying to talk to Victoria, who was ignoring him. James was watching Lily, who was standing with her books waiting for Brian. The boy had a large smear of ink across one cheek; he looked as if he had fallen asleep on his notes.
Sirius looked harder, 'the goblin rebellion of 1856... Grog the smelly was a double agent..'. Sirius grinned, well, at least he know what they had talked about in class.
Exiting the History of Magic classroom, Sirius saw Narcissa coming out of the Charms room, stuffing a book into her bag. She appeared to be having an argument.
"Bugger off, Malfoy. I'm not interested! For all I care you can jump off the North Tower." Sirius smirked, 'Go Narcissa.'
"One date, Narcissa, just one. How can you turn down a body like this?"
"Easily, just watch me, you - you - you FERRET!" Malfoy blinked in surprise, his mouth was slightly open.
"Narcissa!" Sirius called to her and waved. The blond looked up and smiled at Sirius. He jogged over and wrapped his arm around Narcissa. "Hey, Malfoy. Is my girlfriend being rude?" Narcissa shifted in his arms and Malfoy's eyes opened wide in surprise. The blonde boy turned on his heel and left. Narcissa grinned up at Sirius.
"Thanks." She sighed, but she didn't move away and Sirius made no more to remove his arm.
"Would you like to go with me to Hogsmeade this weekend?" Narcissa blinked in surprise.
"But - it's not a Hogsmeade weekend."
"I have my ways." The black haired boy smirked; he removed his arm from around her shoulders and grabbed her hand. The pair began walking toward the Great Hall for lunch. They didn't talk; it was a comfortable silence walking hand in hand.
And for the first time all day, they both felt completely content.
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Remus dropped his head down onto the table, narrowly missing the remains of his chicken salad sandwich. His goblet of pumpkin shook slightly from the disruption, threatening to fall over. A thin hand reached into his field of vision and steadied the cup.
The werewolf jerked his head up, but instead of the brunette he had been hoping to see, there was a red head. Remus dropped his head back down onto the table, this time getting what was left over from his sandwich with the side of his face. Lily covered her mouth, hiding a smile while Remus cleaned his face off.
"You all right there, Remus?" Lily asked, seating herself across from him and grabbing a sandwich.
"Have you ever - liked anyone. I mean, really liked them? And then not be able to tell them?" Remus suddenly burst out laughing. "Never mind, you have a boyfriend."
"Well, actually, I do know what you're talking about. But * who * are you talking about?" Lily raised an eyebrow at the caramel haired boy. His eyes flicked down the table to where Victoria was talking to Sirius about Quidditch. "Ah."
"Hm?" Remus asked, returning his attention back to Lily. The red head grinned, and winked at Remus.
"I wouldn't worry about it, Remus, it'll work out." Lily stood and glanced around. James was sitting reading a rather large book on Transfiguration, absent-mindedly eating whatever was on his plate. Lily smiled at him as she watched his eyes grow wide with understanding.
"And I'm sure," Remus said to her, "that it'll work out for you too." Remus was grinning at her, his eyes flicked between her and James. Lily blushed and hurried from the hall.
James glanced up when he noticed a flash a red passing by. Lily's face was slightly flushed, and James decided that made her even more beautiful. Green eyes flicked over to him, blue eyes looked right back. Lily turned even redder and ran out the door.
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Victoria sighed and rubbed her eyes; the extra credit essay she was working on for Defense against the Dark Arts was tiring her out. Werewolves really were complicated. Glancing at her watch, she groaned. It was 10:45 and she had been up late every night that week. Victoria picked up her stack of books, checked them out and made her way to Gryffindor Tower.
About half way there, she ran into something warm and solid. Landing with a bang, books, papers, ink and quills flew every where. Groaning, Victoria went around trying to pick everything.
"I'm * really * sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going, I'm * so * sorry." Victoria looked over; Remus was sitting on the floor watching her. Victoria suddenly realized that her skirt might be a * little * short.
"You've been avoiding me." The tall boy accused, picking up a few things and getting to his feet.
"No I haven't." Victoria concentrated on picking up her things. A hand rested on her shoulder and she glanced up, Remus surveyed her with caramel eyes.
"Yes, you have. Ever since the other night - "
"Remus, that might have been a mistake." She interrupted quickly, avoiding his eyes. Remus pulled her to her feet. Everything they had collected scattered across the floor again.
"Was it?" Victoria moved out of his grip, doing her best to stay out of his reach. When she backed up, he moved forward, until her back was against the wall. A hand rested on the wall next to her face, he was close enough she had to crane her neck up to look into his eyes. "I don't think it was." Remus replied huskily. His other hand traced her jaw line, and then lips were on lips.
Gentle, yet demanding, both her arms went up, wrapping around his neck and hands buried themselves into caramel locks, pulling Remus closer. He ran his tongue over her lips, demanding entrance, which she was more than happy to grant. They broke apart for a second, because, apparently, breathing is important.
Instead of kissing her again, lips found their way to her neck. Victoria gasped slightly, and everything went dark. One of her hands slid from Remus' hair to his shoulder, holding on tightly.
In her mind, images swirled, 'no! Not now! Not here!' but the swirling darkness didn't listen. The swirling void formed a picture, herself and Remus in more intimate position, a thin hand wear a ring and the final image split. One side showed Remus sad, he looked like he had been crying, the other image had to be herself. She was holding two small bundles while sitting in a bed.
The hallway was pulled sharply back into focus, Remus had forgone her neck, and was now running his tongue over her ear. Victoria pushed Remus off her, hot tears prickling at her eyes and threatening to fall. Remus' breathing was slightly labored, obvious the whole thing that been * quite * exciting to him. She blushed, Victoria was still close enough to be able to feel just how exciting it was for him.
"I - I have to go." Victoria didn't bother to try and pick up her books. She fled down the hall toward Gryffindor, not looking back, letting the tears fall.
Remus watched her go, what had he done wrong? They had both seemed to be enjoying it. She had been reacting to him and making small noises he never thought could excite him. Remus sighed and began picking up the books and papers. For the first time he got a good look at the notes and the titles of the books.
For the third time everything went clattering to the floor. Werewolves. What was she doing with books on werewolves?
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Lily stretched; her hand was cramping slightly from all the writing she had been doing. Glancing at the Grandfather clock, Lily noted it was 10:45. For whatever reason, there was almost no one in the common room. Most people appeared to have turned in early, or were working in other places around the school.
The only other occupant in the common was James Potter. The tall boy was poring over his notes and he was still deeply interested in the large Transfiguration book that was sitting across his lap. Lily smiled gently at the hunched figure, the firelight caught on his face, turning his skin a red color and shadowing the contours of his face. His dark hair was black, reminding Lily of a moonless midnight.
He glanced up at her, dark blue eyes stood out from the rest of his face. He smiled up at her, even white teeth shinning out at her.
"Hey, Lily." He voice was deep, slightly husky. Mostly likely from lack of use. A lump formed slightly in her throat.
"Hey." James closed his book and moved to sit next to Lily on her couch.
"What are you doing?" He looked over at her papers; notes on Vampires covered everything.
"Extra credit, for Defense against the Dark Arts."
"Right, an essay on a dark creature you want to learn more about."
"Vikki, is doing werewolves." Lily could have sworn James paled slightly.
"Doesn't - doesn't she have a thing for Remus?"
"Yeah," Lily shrugged, "so what?" in truth, both girls knew about Remus. They weren't stupid and it had been around 4th year they had put two and two together. Of course, they had never mentioned it to anyone since to had to be a secret. Lily faltered for a minute, was that way her sister was doing an essay on werewolves?
"No reason." James answered a bit to quickly. A realization brought Lily back into reality very fast. James was sitting very close; his eyes appeared trained on her lips.
"So - what about Care of Magical Creatures tomorrow? Aren't we looking at dragons?"
"Lily," James muttered, he was watching her closely. "Why are you dating Brian?"
"Because - because - because it works." Lily responded, trying not to notice how close his damn lips were.
"Does it?" James leaned in and their lips brushed lightly. Every atom in Lily's body buzzed to life, she left slightly like she was shaking. Even if the kiss had only been light, her lips were burning.
Before they could continue, the portrait hole burst open, slamming into the wall with a loud bang. Victoria rushed in, her cheeks shining with tears. She bolted up the stairs, not acknowledging the pair on the couch. A loud bang heralded that she was in her room with the door closed. Lily and James sat with their jaws slightly slack, eyes staring blankly at the staircase.
A few minutes Remus entered the common room, carrying a pile of books.
"Did Victoria come though here?" Lily nodded and pointed up the girls' staircase. Remus groaned and dropped the book onto a table. "Give her these and tell her - tell her I'm sorry." He turned and went up the stairs to his dorm. James turned to Lily and voiced the question she was thinking.
"Did we miss something?"
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YAHOO! Chapter 9 - finished, not edited, but hey, whatever. I'd like 45 reviews before I write the next chapter. Thanks to everyone who reviewed. I had a lot of people who wanted something to happen with Sirius, so I put some in, but, unfortunately, I don't really know Sirius. I'm waiting for the character to really develop. So as soon as that happens, you'll see more of him.
There will be a new character entering here soon - and I'm still getting to know here.
Anywho thanks again to everyone who reviewed, I'm * REALLY * thankful for it, you have no idea how great it is to open your mail and find happy reviewers.
Tata
- Lady Starlight
