More Than Just Friends (by ilukaiba who doesn't own HP...)

Chapter 1

Hermione opened her eyes to the sound of Crookshanks purring. The moonlight shined through the windows of her Gryffindor dormitory. She looked at her hissing cat, and sighed.

"Crookshanks," she whispered, not wanting to wake up her sleeping peers, "what's wrong?"

Crookshanks leaped off of Hermione's comfortable bed. Hermione groaned, realizing that her cat wanted her to follow him. She grabbed her robes and put them on, looking suspiciously at her eager cat. She stepped out of bed into her plush bedroom slippers and proceeded to follow him down to the common room. Looking at a nearby clock, she gasped. It was 2:00 in the morning.

'The common room is probably empty. I wonder where Crookshanks is taking me.'

Her question was immediately answered by a muffled groan. She looked at the couch near the fireplace with alarm, fearing the worst... but who would be intruding in the middle of the night?

"Sirius?" she said quietly.

The man turned around and brought out his wand. The room was dark and he couldn't see her. He grabbed her by the hand and shoved her to the ground, ignoring her anxious whimpers. He placed his hand on her mouth and pointed his wand at her forehead. Then he spoke.

"Why the hell are you spying on me? Do you work for the Dark Lord."

His other hand wrapped around her neck and tightened around it.

"Tell me." he growled.

"Sirius," squeaked the girl, "it's me... Her... Hermione."

He loosened his grip and took his wand off of her head.

"Lumos!" he whispered.

The light from his wand illuminated the room. Sirius looked at Hermione and gasped.

"Damn. You should have told me earlier."

He got off of the floor and offered Hermione a hand. She stood up shakily with his assistance.

"You shouldn't be here." she said clearly.

"And you think I am actually gonna listen?" he replied with a bark-like laugh, "I was a Marauder after all."

Hermione, however, showed no signs of amusement.

Sirius sighed. "Herms, it must really suck to be a prefect. You're so damn serious... with an 'e'."

Hermione couldn't help but smile at both her nickname and his latter comment. True Harry and Ron both called her Herms, but when Sirius said it, it was different. It was funny.

"Sirius, why are you here? Do you want me to get Harry?"

Sirius smiled at her. "No, believe it or not, I came here to see you."

Hermione rolled her eyes. "Listen, Padfoot, I am NOT assisting you in any mischievous business. Go try some other prefect."

Sirius laughed again, this time in a more friendly manner. Then he looked in to her brown eyes.

"Hermione, I need you to do something for me."

Hermione looked at him with confusion, wondering what was coming next.

"Harry needs you. A lot."

"So I noticed..." added Hermione, unsure of what Sirius was trying to say.

"I mean... he needs a girl in his life."

Hermione snorted. "If you're asking me to go out with him, the answer is no, he has enough fangirls drooling over him. He doesn't need me as anything more than a friend."

Sirius looked at her more seriously. "I'm his godfather, Herms, and I know what he needs. He needs you."

"Listen Sirius, I really don't think we'd work out. I'm just a stupid bookworm, he wants the cute, sexy kind. Like Cho Chang." she added unconvincingly.

"I know he's got feelings for you. I can see it in his eyes when he talks to you or about you. It's not like how he acts with Ron."

"Well, whatever Sirius... I am going to bed. You just stay safe, okay."

"I know you like him too Herms. I'm no Squib, you know."

Hermione stopped dead in her tracks. 'How does he know? I mean... I never told anyone... and I don't act flirty around Harry or anything...'

Sirius interrupted her thoughts, as if he knew what she was thinking. "It's not what you're like on the outside that makes your feelings for him obvious to me. It's the way you feel inside. That light in your eyes and blush in your cheeks when you're around him just makes it more obvious."

She gulped, turning around to face him again.

"Please, get closer to Harry for me."

"I... I'll try." she mumbled. "Bye Sirius."

"See you later," he said, winking, before stepping into the fire and disappearing.

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A/N So what do you think so far? Not bad, eh? My first Harry Potter fic. I have been really depressed lately because of Book 5... those of you who read it should know why. Why Sirius?! He's my favorite character, you know.

Anywho, I just wanted to give you a brief idea of this ficcy. First of all, it is HarryxHermione. No SiriusxHermione, though I like that shipping too. ^^ So please R and R please, or I won't keep going. Chapters should get longer in the future... ^^; Toodlezz for now!

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