"I almost got caught!" Lily smiled at Sirius breathlessly. He looked funny
sitting alone on the empty astronomy room floor in his pajamas.
He grinned up at her, "I was hoping you'd show up."
The room looked different it it's dim setting. The tortches weren't burning as brightly as they normaly did, and the windows had been magically magnified. Sirius gestured for her to sit next to him on a shaggy brown blanket.
"I knicked this from Madam Pompfrey's personal stores," Sirius said as Lily sat down. He pulled at the edges of the blanket.
"So what made you invite me?" Lily asked shyly.
"Well," Said Sirius moving a bit closer, "I've spent alot of time wiht you in the last while and you're great company!" he told her decisivly.
"Oh," She laughed, "What about your faithfull sidekick?"
"James?" Sirius asked looking into her green eyes, "He isn't deep enough for this, he'd think it was dung,"
"Well what about Remus?" Lily sugested, cautiously looking out the window at the yellow orb, "You said I'm like him."
"Oh...uh..." Sirius was lost for words. Lily blushed, looking away from his dark captivating eyes.
"And you call me the difficult one!" he joked.
"I try," She smiled flirtatiously, "So why me?"
"Becuase you're Lily," Sirius answered, "And I like being around you."
"You've only been with me for what?" She scuffed, wondering why she was flirting with him, "Three days?"
Sirius narrowed his eyes, attempting to read her. Nothing.
"What if I turn out to be some bitch?"
"You couldn't possibly be one!"
"Why not?" She asked diffiantly.
"Because, I know its not in you," Sirius said seriously, "You're not like that."
"And what if I had've dropped all those dungbombs in James's bed?"
"That would have been hilarious," Sirius laughed, "I would've made fun of him for years."
"Wow!" Lily gasped, "Look!"
Stars had begun to fall. They shimmered in their flight, shining brightly against the dark velvety sky.
"Oh Sirius, it so beautiful!" She cried staring intently through the magnified windows. She didn't notice Sirius staring at her long rich hair, or her sparkling green eyes, her perfect complexion, or her lovely smile.
"It is," he whispered.
Why had she never noticed the beauty of a meteor shower before?
'Maybe becuase I've never truly watched one,' she reminded herself.
The shower lasted twenty minutes.
"You enjoyed it?" he asked gathering up the blanket, as they prepared to leave.
"It was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen!"
"Yea, I agree. Peter usualy lets me in on when they are going to happen. He's quite good at Astronomy. I dropped it after the third year. I usualy come up here though, and watch them," he told her as they crept down the stairs from the tower," I even remember the first time I ever saw one!"
"Really?" Lily asked excitedly.
"Yea, I was six or maybe seven," he paused, "I don't remember much of my younger childhood."
"Why not?" Lily asked shocked. She knew full well that she could remember almost every detail leading up to her present life.
"Well..." he trailed off, as they rounded the corner of the corridor leading to the Gryffindor Common Room. Lily closed her eyes and reached into his mind. A slash of pain ripped across her conscience.
She let her eyes flutter open,
"its okay if you don't want to tell me," she blurted.
"Rompus Riddles," Sirius muttered to the large portrait of a fat lady in a frilly pink dress, that hung over the entrance to the Common Room. The Fat Lady was snoring peacfully. Sirius tickled the painting.
"Ooo!" She squealed shrilly, "Password?" she giggled.
"Rompus Riddles," Sirius growled.
"Right you are Mr. Black," she replied still giggling, as she swung open.
Sirius clambered through the hole, and then held out his hand, to help Lily through. When she grasped his hand, warmth spread through her as if she had just taken a rather large gulp of Butter beer. Sirius pulled her through gently.
Nobody was left in the common room. The stony fireplace was still lit, and the light flickered against the walls, occasionally throwing Sirius and Lily into shadow. Sirius's gloomy face flickered in the firelight.
"Sirius?" Lily prompted softly.
"My family," Sirius muttered, "The Blacks, are horrible wizards Lily, you probably wouldn't know that being muggle born."
"But you're not horrible," Lily rejected, surprised that Sirius was sharing this with her.
"My mother, she always told me how much of a disappointment I am to her, and the family, she sits in her room all alone with her houself cursing me," Sirius shuddered.
Lily walked slowly towards the fire, Sirius followed, "Why would she say that, you are wonderful Sirius,"
"Apparently not to her, or any of my family, they were all Slytherins, I'm Gryffindor." He said darkly.
"Oh," She bit her lip.
"The punishment for this was horribly Lily," he muttered, turning towards her.
"Sirius?"
"She is small, but she knows how to use the unforgivable curse,"
Lily gulped, Sirius winced in horror,
"The Curcicatus Curse," he whispered.
Lily forgot about her stupid worries about being to obvious to Sirius, and wrapped her arms around him,
"Sirius, you are a Gryffindor, it's better than being a Slytherin, you don't really want to be one of them do you?"
"No, I hate my family," He replied, "I just wish I didn't."
She held him for a bit longer, surprised at how vulnerable this mysterious guy was.
"I moved out last summer," he said after a long time.
"Where did you go?"
"James's, Mr. and Mrs. Potter are really nice about it,"
"I'm sorry Sirius," she apologized to him.
"Why?"
"Because none of this should've happened," she replied.
"But all things happen for a reason," he whispered, and then holding her tightly around her waste, he sealed her gasp of shock with his lips. He pressed hard, and Lily felt as if he was searching for the love he was missing in his life, and something inside her told her she needed to be just that. He caressed the side of her face, pulling away.
"Goodnight," she sighed as she turned away, her cheeks burning up. She made her way up the stairs towards the Girls Dormitory, but stopped at the top, and turned back around. From her perch she could see Sirius, standing in the same spot. He sat down in an armchair with a sigh and stared into the fire. Lily sighed also, before retreating to her room.
"All things happen for a reason," she whispered with a smile before she fell asleep.
He grinned up at her, "I was hoping you'd show up."
The room looked different it it's dim setting. The tortches weren't burning as brightly as they normaly did, and the windows had been magically magnified. Sirius gestured for her to sit next to him on a shaggy brown blanket.
"I knicked this from Madam Pompfrey's personal stores," Sirius said as Lily sat down. He pulled at the edges of the blanket.
"So what made you invite me?" Lily asked shyly.
"Well," Said Sirius moving a bit closer, "I've spent alot of time wiht you in the last while and you're great company!" he told her decisivly.
"Oh," She laughed, "What about your faithfull sidekick?"
"James?" Sirius asked looking into her green eyes, "He isn't deep enough for this, he'd think it was dung,"
"Well what about Remus?" Lily sugested, cautiously looking out the window at the yellow orb, "You said I'm like him."
"Oh...uh..." Sirius was lost for words. Lily blushed, looking away from his dark captivating eyes.
"And you call me the difficult one!" he joked.
"I try," She smiled flirtatiously, "So why me?"
"Becuase you're Lily," Sirius answered, "And I like being around you."
"You've only been with me for what?" She scuffed, wondering why she was flirting with him, "Three days?"
Sirius narrowed his eyes, attempting to read her. Nothing.
"What if I turn out to be some bitch?"
"You couldn't possibly be one!"
"Why not?" She asked diffiantly.
"Because, I know its not in you," Sirius said seriously, "You're not like that."
"And what if I had've dropped all those dungbombs in James's bed?"
"That would have been hilarious," Sirius laughed, "I would've made fun of him for years."
"Wow!" Lily gasped, "Look!"
Stars had begun to fall. They shimmered in their flight, shining brightly against the dark velvety sky.
"Oh Sirius, it so beautiful!" She cried staring intently through the magnified windows. She didn't notice Sirius staring at her long rich hair, or her sparkling green eyes, her perfect complexion, or her lovely smile.
"It is," he whispered.
Why had she never noticed the beauty of a meteor shower before?
'Maybe becuase I've never truly watched one,' she reminded herself.
The shower lasted twenty minutes.
"You enjoyed it?" he asked gathering up the blanket, as they prepared to leave.
"It was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen!"
"Yea, I agree. Peter usualy lets me in on when they are going to happen. He's quite good at Astronomy. I dropped it after the third year. I usualy come up here though, and watch them," he told her as they crept down the stairs from the tower," I even remember the first time I ever saw one!"
"Really?" Lily asked excitedly.
"Yea, I was six or maybe seven," he paused, "I don't remember much of my younger childhood."
"Why not?" Lily asked shocked. She knew full well that she could remember almost every detail leading up to her present life.
"Well..." he trailed off, as they rounded the corner of the corridor leading to the Gryffindor Common Room. Lily closed her eyes and reached into his mind. A slash of pain ripped across her conscience.
She let her eyes flutter open,
"its okay if you don't want to tell me," she blurted.
"Rompus Riddles," Sirius muttered to the large portrait of a fat lady in a frilly pink dress, that hung over the entrance to the Common Room. The Fat Lady was snoring peacfully. Sirius tickled the painting.
"Ooo!" She squealed shrilly, "Password?" she giggled.
"Rompus Riddles," Sirius growled.
"Right you are Mr. Black," she replied still giggling, as she swung open.
Sirius clambered through the hole, and then held out his hand, to help Lily through. When she grasped his hand, warmth spread through her as if she had just taken a rather large gulp of Butter beer. Sirius pulled her through gently.
Nobody was left in the common room. The stony fireplace was still lit, and the light flickered against the walls, occasionally throwing Sirius and Lily into shadow. Sirius's gloomy face flickered in the firelight.
"Sirius?" Lily prompted softly.
"My family," Sirius muttered, "The Blacks, are horrible wizards Lily, you probably wouldn't know that being muggle born."
"But you're not horrible," Lily rejected, surprised that Sirius was sharing this with her.
"My mother, she always told me how much of a disappointment I am to her, and the family, she sits in her room all alone with her houself cursing me," Sirius shuddered.
Lily walked slowly towards the fire, Sirius followed, "Why would she say that, you are wonderful Sirius,"
"Apparently not to her, or any of my family, they were all Slytherins, I'm Gryffindor." He said darkly.
"Oh," She bit her lip.
"The punishment for this was horribly Lily," he muttered, turning towards her.
"Sirius?"
"She is small, but she knows how to use the unforgivable curse,"
Lily gulped, Sirius winced in horror,
"The Curcicatus Curse," he whispered.
Lily forgot about her stupid worries about being to obvious to Sirius, and wrapped her arms around him,
"Sirius, you are a Gryffindor, it's better than being a Slytherin, you don't really want to be one of them do you?"
"No, I hate my family," He replied, "I just wish I didn't."
She held him for a bit longer, surprised at how vulnerable this mysterious guy was.
"I moved out last summer," he said after a long time.
"Where did you go?"
"James's, Mr. and Mrs. Potter are really nice about it,"
"I'm sorry Sirius," she apologized to him.
"Why?"
"Because none of this should've happened," she replied.
"But all things happen for a reason," he whispered, and then holding her tightly around her waste, he sealed her gasp of shock with his lips. He pressed hard, and Lily felt as if he was searching for the love he was missing in his life, and something inside her told her she needed to be just that. He caressed the side of her face, pulling away.
"Goodnight," she sighed as she turned away, her cheeks burning up. She made her way up the stairs towards the Girls Dormitory, but stopped at the top, and turned back around. From her perch she could see Sirius, standing in the same spot. He sat down in an armchair with a sigh and stared into the fire. Lily sighed also, before retreating to her room.
"All things happen for a reason," she whispered with a smile before she fell asleep.