Chapter 8 - Time Flies

Sirius could tell that he made a huge mistake. Kayla didn't show up for their meetings anymore, and whenever he approached her about it, he either got cursed, hit, slapped, or pushed. This eventually led him to the hospital wing for the aid of the nurse.

He didn't know why he kept on trying, but he did.

"Kayla?" he whispered to her sleeping figure. He had snuck into the Ravenclaw girls dormitories to talk to her, and hopefully she would actually listen to him this time. Except that she wasn't waking up! "Kayla?" he whispered into her ear this time, causing her to shiver and slowly blink her eyes open.

"What do you want Sirius?" she asked irritably.

"You. But as you don't want me anymore, I settle for your friendship." He told her softly. He waited for her answer, but he didn't get one. "Kayla?" he asked once again. 'Did she fall asleep on me?' he wondered.

"I don't think that we've ever had much of one of those Sirius, but we can go back to what we were." She mumbled, ready to go back to sleep. Sirius nodded his head, and kissed Kayla's cheek, murmuring a quick, "Goodnight Love," before getting up and heading back to his own house.

After that night, every thing returned to normal. Well, as normal as a magical school could get, but every thing returned to what it was between the friends.

And soon the tests came upon them, and the girls actually got the guys to study! Which was hard enough to do, so they didn't push the fact that they only studied for two hours a day with the girls, who in turn spent close to 4 hours a day studying.

By the end of the school year, everything was exactly how it was when they first got on the train to go to Hogwarts nine months ago. Although Kayla was dreading going home, she was happy that summer was here. Freedom. No more teachers, no more studying. Well, at least not as much. But she would miss her friends, and being away from her parents.

As Kayla said her goodbyes to Lily and promised to visit during the summer, she looked at Sirius and gave him a small barely visible smile that he just barely caught. Kayla then went towards her mother, who was standing as far away from the kids as she could, waiting for her daughter. Kayla sighed. This was going to be a long summer, she could already tell.