*I have tremendous writer's block where Lily and James are concerned at the moment so forgive me if this chapter sucks. For those of you who were wondering, yes, at the moment, Lily and James are an item of sorts (though it's not really official yet) and they're pretty happy with each other...for now. Anyway thank u much to all you wondrous reviewers, ::southern accent:: y'all rock! Sry...it's late...i'm wired...woo! Not much to say really, just review!*
~Disclaimer~ I don't own it, so you publishing people for JKR cannot sue me. If you do, I assure you, you WILL lose. Have a nice day. :)
Chapter 9The Girl Whose Name He Has Yet To Learn
"What do you mean my plan failed?!" exclaimed Genna Rizzieri the next morning at breakfast.
Renee shrunk back a bit. "He completely overreacted. It's almost as if...as if she means something to him."
There were gasps all around the group.
"What, James Potter, actually be serious about a girl?!" cried Lana.
"A girl who isn't one of us, you mean." corrected Rebecca.
"I think it's time for plan B." Genna announced.
"Plan B? Since when do we have a Plan B?" Lana asked confusedly.
"Well, we don't actually have one yet...but we will!" said Genna confidently, receiving doubtful looks from the other girls.
"Excuse me," came a voice from behind Rebecca.
"What?" she asked irritably, turning around.
"Is this the James Potter Fan Club?" the girl asked curiously, pushing some of her long black hair behind her shoulders.
"Yeah, what's it to you?" asked Renee defensively.
"Well, first of all, my name's Irene and second, may I sit down?" she asked pleasantly, ignoring the rude welcoming she was receiving.
Rebecca scooted over a bit to make room for Irene between herself and Genna. "Anyway," she began, making herself comfortable. "I wish to join your club. I'm quite a fan of James Potter myself and I should definitely like to see him lose Lily and choose one of us instead."
Silence greeted this rather unexpected remark.
"Well?" asked Irene, growing impatient. "Can I join or what?"
"Erm, uh, yeah. Sure." stammered Lana.
"Great." she said. "Now, getting down to business, I understand you have already attempted to separate the two but failed miserably. Am I right?"
Renee growled a little bit at this remark; she didn't appreciate her efforts being insulted in such a way.
"Yeah, it's true." Rebecca said, wondering how she had found out about that. "What do you propose we do?"
"Well, since the way that usually works didn't work, we have to come up with another plan. Plan B, I believe you were calling it."
"Thank you, we had already decided that when you arrived." Genna said, not liking how this new girl was taking over the club.
"Whatever." Irene said dismissively, waving a hand at Genna who raised her eyebrows at this gesture. "This is where you all get lucky. I have the perfect idea that is absolutely destined to separate them."
In spite of themselves, Genna, Rebecca, Renee, and Lana all felt rather curious and leaned in a little bit to find out what, exactly, Irene's brilliant idea was.
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"Now that Lily and James are happily back together again, will you please tell me your name?" Sirius was once again begging Kiara to tell him her name.
Kiara's lips quirked into a smile and she put a finger to her lips while looking sideways at him. "Shh." she whispered. "You don't want McGonagall to notice, do you?"
"I could really care less." he whispered back. "I've gotten in trouble with her before. Now what's your name?"
"Fine." Kiara grinned mischievously. "I'll tell you my name. Then will you be quiet?"
Sirius' eyebrows shot up. If this was all it took for her to give him her name then he would have done it sooner. "What is it?" he asked eagerly.
"My name is..." she paused, drawing out the suspense. "Zerlinda."
Sirius exhaled, feeling thoroughly disappointed. "Liar."
She grinned, dazzling him with her smile. " You're right, I am."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. You're going to be going to hell for that, Zerlinda." he said, teasing her.
"Ugh, don't call me that. It's a horrible name!"
"It just so happens to be my mother's name." he grinned wickedly.
"That is, er, it's a perfectly, uh, nice name." she said lamely.
He laughed quietly. "Gotcha."
She swatted at him from across the aisle.
"Miss Mitchells, I don't know what, precisely, you have against me or my teaching, but I would request that you keep from striking out at me." Professor McGonagall's voice came from where Kiara had just swatted out at. The place where she thought Sirius was. I've REALLY got to work on looking before swatting. Kiara groaned to herself as she dragged her gaze over and up to Professor McGonagall's face.
"Um, sorry?" She saw Sirius shaking with mirth out of the corner of her eye. She made a mental note to hurt him later.
"Five points from Gryffindor, Miss Mitchells. Please pay attention to who you're hitting in the future. And please stop chatting with Mr. Black here or you'll have detention if I catch you again." Professor McGonagall said, swishing back to the front of the class. "Now, as I was saying about Animaguses..."
A piece of paper landed onto Kiara's desk, startling her. She opened it to read a note from Sirius.
To the girl whose name I have YET to learn:I am sorry about getting you in trouble, but your expression was SO funny when you realized who you hit... Tell me your name!
-Sirius-
Kiara grinned and rolled her eyes, quickly penning back a note to him.
Sirius:
Nice try. You're still not getting my name.
-The Girl Whose Name You Have Yet To Learn-
Sirius read the note and sighed, but he was smiling. She was a feisty one. He scribbled down a response.
To the girl whose name I have YET to learn:
What do I have to do to get you to tell me your name?!
-Sirius-
Kiara almost laughed out loud. He sounded so desperate. She could have fun with this...
Sirius:
I want you to dance around the room, pretending you're a monkey, then go up to McGonagall, give her a big hug and dance around the room with her. Then I'll consider telling you my name.
-The Girl Whose Name You Have Yet To Learn-
Sirius opened the note and his eyebrows shot wayy up. He had to read it again to make sure he had read it correctly.
The girl whose name I have YET to learn:
You're still mad about me getting you in trouble, aren't you. And what do you mean you'll only consider telling me your name. If I'm gonna be making a fool of myself, I at least want to know that I'm doing it for a good reason.
-Sirius-
Kiara grinned as she read it. Oh yeah, this was gonna be fun. Nothing like spicing up Transfiguration with a dancing monkey.
Sirius:
Only a little mad. Alright, if you dance around the room like a monkey, etc., etc., I'll tell you my name. I promise. But only if you do EVERYTHING.
-The Girl Whose Name You Have Yet To Learn-
As Sirius read her note, he weighed his options. Make a fool out of himself vs. possibly never finding out her name. He wasn't to sure about this, but then again, when wasn't he making a fool out of himself? He grinned.
To the Girl whose name I'll be learning in a short while:
You're on. But only if you promise to come visit me in detention.
-Sirius-
Kiara shook her head after reading his note. He was such a little flirt.
Sirius:
I'll think about it. It really depends on how spectacular your performance is. Now, get started, you little monkey!
-The Girl Whose Name You May Be Learning Shortly-
Sirius said a quick prayer so that if McGonagall actually did kill him, he'd at least have a chance of getting into heaven.
McGonagall was just starting on the fifty-seven difficult ways to become an Animagus, when noises that sounded suspiciously monkeyish started up. Black. she groaned to herself; he was the only Marauder in the class. Sure enough, Sirius Black had just bounced out of his seat and was currently dancing (and quite badly too, she added to herself, fighting down a smile.) around the room, scratching his underarms, beating his chest, and emitting monkeylike shrieks.
The class was practically crying with laughter, and they laughed even harder when Sirius grabbed McGonagall and attempted to waltz with her while still scratching, beating, and making noises.
Kiara had to cover her mouth with her hands to keep from laughing too loudly. She hadn't actually thought he'd do it. It looked like she had to tell him her name now. Oh well, she thought. It was certainly worth it.
Sirius, meanwhile, was having the time of his life. It wasn't every day he got to monkey-waltz with a teacher to find out a pretty girl's name. Then again, it wasn't every day a pretty girl withheld her name from him. Finally, McGonagall managed to stop him. "Detention, Black! Ten points from Gryffindor!" she exclaimed heatedly, shoving stray strands of hair back under her hat. "If you ever do that again, it will be detention every day until you graduate!"
She seemed angry, but Sirius was sure he saw her trying not to laugh. "That's a little harsh, don't you think, Professor?"
She shot him a look that quite clearly told him to get back to his seat or else. He didn't mind. It meant he could finally find out that pretty girl's name. And possibly convince her to visit him in detention. Returning high-fives from various students, he sauntered proudly back to his seat.
Kiara wasn't sure she'd ever be able to breathe again. She hadn't stopped laughing from the moment he had hopped out of his seat and wasn't sure she'd be stopping anytime soon. She heard Sirius sit back into his seat and felt him tap her on the shoulder, once, twice, three times. He was getting impatient. She supposed she should probably at least attempt to control her giggles or she'd be in detention with him. That actually didn't seem like such a bad idea, a thought which shocked her so badly she stopped laughing. Pretending she was fine, she lifted up her head and peered over at Sirius. "Yes?" she said innocently, pretending she didn't know what he wanted.
"What's your name?" he hissed eagerly.
She smiled a little. Suck it up and tell him, she thought to herself. "My name is—"
"Miss Mitchells!" interrupted McGonagall. "I believe I told you that if I saw you talking with Mr. Black again you'd have detention?"
"Erm...yes?" replied Kiara hesitantly.
"Detention for you as well. Stop talking." McGonagall said commandingly. "Mr. Black, Miss Mitchells, see me after class. Now, going back to the fifty-seven difficult ways to become an Animagus."
Kiara buried her face in her hands. Seven years at this school and this was her first detention. She sighed. Oh well, it's just detention, she told herself. At that moment, the piece of paper she had been expecting from the moment McGonagall scolded her, landed on her desk. She opened it quickly and laughed to herself. He never gave up.
To the girl who will be telling me her name in her response to this note:
As you were saying before you were so rudely interrupted by McGonagall. Your name?
-Sirius-
She hesitated a second, then quickly wrote back.
To the boy who NEVER gives up:
You can stop calling me that now, as, yes, I am about to tell you my name. Try not to wet yourself in your excitement, I don't have any diapers with me.
-Kiara-
Sirius grinned as he read her salutation. She was damn right about that. He skimmed her note, but didn't notice her name. Feeling slightly ripped off, he read it again, this time finding her name. Kiara. It rolled off the tongue quite nicely. He wrote back:
Kiara:
You have a nice name.
-Sirius-
*Right, sorry I didn't put Lily and James in this chapter, but as I said in the beginning, I'm having a bit of writer's block and couldn't think of anything to do with them at the moment. And yes, it's the return of the JPFC. Tell me you're not surprised. ::sarcasm:: Anyway, yay! Sirius FINALLY found out Kiara's name. However, we have a new cliffhanger! (yes I know, you're all absolutely thrilled about that) What is the JPFC planning to do to poor James and Lily now? In the words of one of my reviewers ~ "Can't they just leave them alone?!" Nope, sorry, if we did that we wouldn't have a story now, would we? ::grins:: Btw did you know Sirius' name wasn't one of the 20,001 Names for Baby book? (by Carol McD. Wallace). How could they not put his name in? I'm deeply shocked and astounded and rather hyper for 1:44 am. Must've been that wacky cake... okay shutting up now. Review!! Review!! (hint: I want to break 100! ::grins:: I'm sooo close!) Now...on to write chapter four...*
