Ok I don't know if anyone is actually reading this story, but if you are I hope you like this next chapter. If you haven't figured out by the disclaimers in the first 2 chapters....I still don't own anyone except Natalie. You probably all knew that, but I figured for those of you that don't....now you can't sue me. Alrighty on to the story.
***THIS CHAPTER IS IN SIRIUS BLACK'S POINT OF VIEW****
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I sat in the library with Natalie, watching as she frowned in frustration while trying to turn a bunch of daisies into a bouquet of roses. I grimaced as once again the flowers in front of us merely wilted and died.
"I can't do this,"she growled and threw her wand onto the table in a huff.
I sighed,"Come on now, you're not that bad. You just need to practice."
"Oh and I suppose I've spent the last two hours knitting,"she snapped.
"Alright, so practice doesn't seem to be working. Maybe you just need an experts touch,"I grinned and picking up her wand I handed it back to her.
"So you're going to get James then?"Natalie asked innocently.
I glared at her, "Anyone with brains knows that I can beat James in transfiguration."
Natalie rolled her eyes,"Right and I can beat Dumbledore in a duel."
I was getting just a little tired of her constant sarcasm, it was practically worse than my own, so I narrowed my eyes and snarled,"Look do you want my help or not?"
She sighed and nodded exasperatedly. Reaching over I slung my arm around her shoulder and grasped her wand hand.
Natalie cleared her throat,"Um, Sirius....is there a reason you're holding my hand?"
I winked,"Does there need to be?"
"Yes."
My grin faded,"Oh. Well in that case I'm merely trying to help, you haven't got the movement right,"I replied, and used my hand to guide her through the motion.
With determination set in her eyes, she repeated it alone, and muttering the spell under her breath, we watched in complete shock as the dead flowers before us blossomed into a full bouquet of roses.
"I did it!"she cried.
I smirked,"Well of course, I did say you could."
Natalie rolled her eyes in response,"Right, because I always believe everything you say."
Grinning I replied,"Well you should, I'm often right."
She snorted, and gathered up her books. I shook my head,"You always make the most ladylike sounds."
"Sod off Black,"she growled and grabbing her books, promply exited the library.
I followed her and dropped my arm across her shoulders once more,"Come on Sweet, you didn't mean that."We rounded the corner and spotted Malfoy and Snape up ahead.
"Oh look, if it isn't the contestant for Greasiest Git of the month contest,"I drawled.
Natalie piped up,"And don't forget his ever faithful sidekick the Ugliest Idiot of the Year."
The two of them turned on us and Malfoy sneered while Snape merely glared down his extremely long nose.
"Well, well Black, you've finally found a girl hideous enough to date, have you?"
My eyes narrowed and I dropped my arm from Natalie's shoulders,"I'd watch what I say Snape, because she's prettier than any girl you'll ever get."
Malfoy raised his eyebrows and stepped forward menacingly.
"Ooh, good comeback,"Natalie smirked.
Malfoy pulled out his wand and glared at us both,"I'll give you something to come back from,"he said, and began hissing a spell under his breath, but suddenly McGonagall rounded the corner and he snapped his wand out of sight.
I grinned and the two of us started on our way to the common room again, Natalie merely rolled her eyes at Malfoy and Snape as we passed them.
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The next day I grimaced as James, Remus, Peter and I left our potions class for the day,"That's got to be the lowest mark I've had yet,"I muttered.
"You?"Peter cried,"Have you seen mine?My parents are going to kill me!"
"You say that after every exam Pete, and you're still here,"Remus reassured.
"Yes, unfortunately. Why don't you do us all a favour and continue your brainless existance someplace else?"Malfoy sneered from behind us.
"Get lost Malfoy,"James snarled.
"Really Potter, that's the weakest comeback you've ever thought up. That relationship with Evans must be turning your brain into worse mush than Pettigrew's."
I grabbed James arm to hold him off the idiot. Remus grabbed his other arm and we tried dragging him back towards the common room.
"Let me go,"James hissed,"he deserves it!"
"Yes but we don't deserve getting in trouble for it,"I answered.
"Well Black, it must be true what people are saying. That Sweet of yours is turning you soft, you've become a regular wimp,"Malfoy smirked.
I stopped and released James arm, I could take the bastard insulting me, and I knew my friends could take it. But Natalie was another thing, and I hate being called a wimp. With only Remus holding James and Peter not having a chance to grab me, James and I were free to make a dive for the bloody bastards face, and get our fists working on improving its appearance.
Suddenly Natalie rounded the corner, although I didn't really notice her until her shocked voice pulled both James and I to a stop,"What the hell are you doing?"she demanded.
"Teaching our friend Malfoy here a lesson or two in muggle boxing,"I quipped.
She flashed us a look of disgust,"That's really mature,"she said.
Remus took his chance and hauled the no longer struggling James and I from Malfoy, whose face was already bruising. He reached a hand up and wiped the blood from his lip.
He turned and sneered,"That's right Black, listen to your girlfriend, she knows best."
Natalie turned a lethal glare on him,"Sod off before I finish what they started,"she growled.
With a final smirk, he turned on his heel and stalked off down the hallway.
Natalie turned to us,"Do I even want to know?"she asked.
We all shook our heads and she muttered something that sounded suspiciously like "men!" before stalking off down the hallway.
We started once more towards the Gryffyindor common room, but were talking a lot less until James broke the silence.
"What'd that git mean about Natalie being your girlfriend?"he asked, apprently intrigued.
"Oh I don't know, he probably just couldn't come up with anything else that was insulting to me,"I shrugged.
James and Peter grinned,"Well, well, is our little Sirius sweet on Sweet?"James smirked.
"Very clever Potter,"I rolled my eyes, but then grinned,"but now that you meantion it, I do like her a lot."
Peter shook his head,"she doesn't stand a chance."
I grinned,"Against my charm?Of course not!"
"Modesty always was your best attribute,"James laughed.
I was laughing along with them, so I didn't even notice how suspiciously quiet Remus was being throughout our entire conversation.
***THIS CHAPTER IS IN SIRIUS BLACK'S POINT OF VIEW****
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I sat in the library with Natalie, watching as she frowned in frustration while trying to turn a bunch of daisies into a bouquet of roses. I grimaced as once again the flowers in front of us merely wilted and died.
"I can't do this,"she growled and threw her wand onto the table in a huff.
I sighed,"Come on now, you're not that bad. You just need to practice."
"Oh and I suppose I've spent the last two hours knitting,"she snapped.
"Alright, so practice doesn't seem to be working. Maybe you just need an experts touch,"I grinned and picking up her wand I handed it back to her.
"So you're going to get James then?"Natalie asked innocently.
I glared at her, "Anyone with brains knows that I can beat James in transfiguration."
Natalie rolled her eyes,"Right and I can beat Dumbledore in a duel."
I was getting just a little tired of her constant sarcasm, it was practically worse than my own, so I narrowed my eyes and snarled,"Look do you want my help or not?"
She sighed and nodded exasperatedly. Reaching over I slung my arm around her shoulder and grasped her wand hand.
Natalie cleared her throat,"Um, Sirius....is there a reason you're holding my hand?"
I winked,"Does there need to be?"
"Yes."
My grin faded,"Oh. Well in that case I'm merely trying to help, you haven't got the movement right,"I replied, and used my hand to guide her through the motion.
With determination set in her eyes, she repeated it alone, and muttering the spell under her breath, we watched in complete shock as the dead flowers before us blossomed into a full bouquet of roses.
"I did it!"she cried.
I smirked,"Well of course, I did say you could."
Natalie rolled her eyes in response,"Right, because I always believe everything you say."
Grinning I replied,"Well you should, I'm often right."
She snorted, and gathered up her books. I shook my head,"You always make the most ladylike sounds."
"Sod off Black,"she growled and grabbing her books, promply exited the library.
I followed her and dropped my arm across her shoulders once more,"Come on Sweet, you didn't mean that."We rounded the corner and spotted Malfoy and Snape up ahead.
"Oh look, if it isn't the contestant for Greasiest Git of the month contest,"I drawled.
Natalie piped up,"And don't forget his ever faithful sidekick the Ugliest Idiot of the Year."
The two of them turned on us and Malfoy sneered while Snape merely glared down his extremely long nose.
"Well, well Black, you've finally found a girl hideous enough to date, have you?"
My eyes narrowed and I dropped my arm from Natalie's shoulders,"I'd watch what I say Snape, because she's prettier than any girl you'll ever get."
Malfoy raised his eyebrows and stepped forward menacingly.
"Ooh, good comeback,"Natalie smirked.
Malfoy pulled out his wand and glared at us both,"I'll give you something to come back from,"he said, and began hissing a spell under his breath, but suddenly McGonagall rounded the corner and he snapped his wand out of sight.
I grinned and the two of us started on our way to the common room again, Natalie merely rolled her eyes at Malfoy and Snape as we passed them.
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The next day I grimaced as James, Remus, Peter and I left our potions class for the day,"That's got to be the lowest mark I've had yet,"I muttered.
"You?"Peter cried,"Have you seen mine?My parents are going to kill me!"
"You say that after every exam Pete, and you're still here,"Remus reassured.
"Yes, unfortunately. Why don't you do us all a favour and continue your brainless existance someplace else?"Malfoy sneered from behind us.
"Get lost Malfoy,"James snarled.
"Really Potter, that's the weakest comeback you've ever thought up. That relationship with Evans must be turning your brain into worse mush than Pettigrew's."
I grabbed James arm to hold him off the idiot. Remus grabbed his other arm and we tried dragging him back towards the common room.
"Let me go,"James hissed,"he deserves it!"
"Yes but we don't deserve getting in trouble for it,"I answered.
"Well Black, it must be true what people are saying. That Sweet of yours is turning you soft, you've become a regular wimp,"Malfoy smirked.
I stopped and released James arm, I could take the bastard insulting me, and I knew my friends could take it. But Natalie was another thing, and I hate being called a wimp. With only Remus holding James and Peter not having a chance to grab me, James and I were free to make a dive for the bloody bastards face, and get our fists working on improving its appearance.
Suddenly Natalie rounded the corner, although I didn't really notice her until her shocked voice pulled both James and I to a stop,"What the hell are you doing?"she demanded.
"Teaching our friend Malfoy here a lesson or two in muggle boxing,"I quipped.
She flashed us a look of disgust,"That's really mature,"she said.
Remus took his chance and hauled the no longer struggling James and I from Malfoy, whose face was already bruising. He reached a hand up and wiped the blood from his lip.
He turned and sneered,"That's right Black, listen to your girlfriend, she knows best."
Natalie turned a lethal glare on him,"Sod off before I finish what they started,"she growled.
With a final smirk, he turned on his heel and stalked off down the hallway.
Natalie turned to us,"Do I even want to know?"she asked.
We all shook our heads and she muttered something that sounded suspiciously like "men!" before stalking off down the hallway.
We started once more towards the Gryffyindor common room, but were talking a lot less until James broke the silence.
"What'd that git mean about Natalie being your girlfriend?"he asked, apprently intrigued.
"Oh I don't know, he probably just couldn't come up with anything else that was insulting to me,"I shrugged.
James and Peter grinned,"Well, well, is our little Sirius sweet on Sweet?"James smirked.
"Very clever Potter,"I rolled my eyes, but then grinned,"but now that you meantion it, I do like her a lot."
Peter shook his head,"she doesn't stand a chance."
I grinned,"Against my charm?Of course not!"
"Modesty always was your best attribute,"James laughed.
I was laughing along with them, so I didn't even notice how suspiciously quiet Remus was being throughout our entire conversation.