Chapter 3
All's Fair in Love and War
One Month Later
Sirius Black woke with a start.
He'd had that dream again. Every night for the past month he had that dream, and every night he woke with a start, his forehead covered in perspiration. Rubbing his forehead, he sat up in his bed, tilting his head back. Why. why did he have to dwell on that? He'd just walked in on one thing. Remus and Gloria. Remus and Gloria kissing passionately on the hearth rug; Remus beginning to remove her dressing gown, lacing his fingers in her curls, sucking her pale neck.
"Talk to her!" his mind nagged. For the past month, Sirius had avoided most conversation with Gloria, except when they were at Quidditch practice or partnered up for Potions or Transfiguration. The lack of communication was slowly eating him up, he had to talk to her.
But she was with Remus. wasn't she with Remus? It'd be terribly awkward, him making conversation. She was with Remus.
Was she with Remus? Sirius frowned. He hadn't really seen them together. Sure, they sometimes did homework together sat next to each other at meals, but they never were seen holding hands, meeting in empty classrooms or dark corners. As far as he knew, there were no more unexpected make-out sessions in the Gryffindor common room at three in the morning. So were they together?
"Come on, you can't ask her if she's seeing your best mate! That would be stupid, you'd sound desperate. And stupid, not to mention. You'd look like a dolt. she's probably gonna think you're professing your undying love to her or something equally cheesy. But still.TALK TO HER!" he thought, moaning. "I have to talk to her." he muttered to himself, sighing.
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"COME ON! You'll be LATE!" cried Lily, shaking Gloria's sleeping body.
"Evans. come. on." she groaned, rolling out of bed. Glancing at the clock, she rounded on Lily, looking extremely angry. "It's six in the morning. Class doesn't begin till eight."
"Yeah, you have to shower! Go!" Lily nagged, pushing Gloria in the direction of the showers. "Honestly, the day that girl gets out of bed on time will be the day that I die," she muttered, making Gloria's bed somewhat neater.
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No one was down in the common room except for a fully dressed Sirius Black. Soft footsteps came from the boy's dormitories, and Remus Lupin appeared at the foot of the stairs. Seeing Sirius there made his muscles tense, yet he braved it and sat next to him on the couch.
"Do you love her, Moony?" Sirius asked hoarsely.
"What? Do I love who?" Remus asked, looking rather puzzled.
"Glory."
"Padfoot. that night. it just happened. I don't know what came over me, I just kissed her and she kissed me back," he answered, feeling rather stupid.
"But do you love her?"
"I never considered it love, Sirius."
"So you aren't in love with her?" Sirius asked, gulping.
Remus fell silent for a moment. "I don't know what you mean. I'm going to breakfast. See you in class," he said quietly, departing from the common room.
Sirius groaned, bowing his head. Now to talk to Gloria.
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"Goddammit, White, that isn't how you do it." Sirius protested, trying to snatch the mouse away from Gloria.
"Yes it is, stop trying to argue! You're going to kill it, you're strangling the poor thing--- LET GO!" she snapped, trying to hold the mouse away from Sirius.
"NO! GIVE ME THE MOUSE!" Sirius whined, feeling his stomach to a backflip as he brushed his hand against hers to wrench the mouse from her grasp.
"YOU'RE KILLING IT! STOP---IT---NOW!" she cried, wrenching her hand back. Among all their yelling, Professor Flitwick was trying desperately to get the two to calm down, as he was probably the only one who noticed that the mouse was squealing from its lack of air.
"I---AM---NOT! GLORY LET IT GO!" he shouted, trusting her hands in his direction.
"WHY---DON'T---YOU?!" she shouted back, thrusting her hands back in her direction. Sirius gulped as he felt his hand brush against her breast.
BOOM.
Both of them hand their wands out, except Gloria was grinning. Sirius was staring at her, then realized that somehow, between the two of them they'd managed to strangle the mouse and something. ah, the mouse's body had blown up.
BOOM.
A second boom echoed through the room, and several desks within a few feet of Gloria's and Sirius's (as well as their own) had gone to smithereens as well as Flitwick's desk. Sirius's jaw dropped, and Gloria gave a new meaning to the word pale.
"Oh, shit," she whispered. Sirius blinked, looking horrified. How long would detention be for them?
"Miss White! Mr. Black! EXPLAIN!" squeaked a rather angry Professor Flitwick.
"I'm sorry, Professor, but Black here was trying to get the mouse from me and then when I refused he attacked me," she said sorrowfully.
"WHAT? SHE--- she's the one that killed the mouse, Professor, I swear!" Sirius protested, looking scandalized.
Flitwick narrowed his eyes. "You both will be serving detention for the next seven days. You will be repairing this room, repairing whatever damages you've done. Also, an additional forty points from Gryffindor will be deducted. I'll be expecting you both at seven tonight. Not one minute late or it will be fifty points from Gryffindor."
Gloria and Sirius were paralyzed. Oh, this was not good. "Nice going, White," Sirius said coldly, jamming his Charms book into his book bag.
Gloria arched a brow, looking around the room. James looked as if he was on the verge of erupting in laughter, Remus stared at her as if she was the craziest person in the world, Peter looked rather frightened, and Lily looked as if she was about to pounce on Gloria for losing forty points. The Ravenclaws in the room looked rather scared.
A few seconds later the bell rang, and Sirius and Gloria stood up at the same time. Staring at each other, Sirius spoke first, "See you tonight, my lovely," he said coldly before brushing past her before exiting the classroom.
"All right, there, White?" James asked, stepping over large pieces of wood.
"God, he annoys me half to death, I swear. hey, Potter. can I have a word?" she asked, running a hand through her curls.
"Yeah, sure. What d'you need?" he asked, walking alongside her as they exited class together.
"It's just Sirius. I mean, we used to talk a whole lot and. argue like an old married couple, as you would say, but lately. for the past month, he's just been really distant. I mean, is there something I did?" she asked worriedly.
James stared at her for a minute, before pulling her aside. "I'm not supposed to be telling you this, really, but Sirius thinks you have a thing for Remus, and he thinks that Remus has a thing for you, and he thinks that you and Remus are." he trailed off there, looking at Gloria hopefully.
"Sleeping together?" she guessed blankly, not really believing that Sirius would think that'd she do a thing like that. Especially after one night it was a horrible thing to infer.
"No, he doesn't think you're screwing him! It's more of. he thinks that you and Moony are seeing each other," James finished, rumpling his hair.
"But we aren't.." Gloria muttered, looking exasperated.
"Well, I know that. Remus knows that. I'm sure Peter must know that. Evans knows that. but Sirius doesn't know that."
"Oh." she said faintly.
"Right. and again, I'm not supposed to be saying this, but that night is all he really talks about. He must've seen something that really stayed in his mind, White. were you--?" he began mischievously.
"Oh, shut up. Of course not, don't think such naughty thoughts," she snapped.
"Begging your pardon, milady, I shan't think those thoughts again," James said solemnly, giving her a sarcastic bow.
Gloria whacked James over the head. "How nice of you," she began, then paused. "Thanks for listening, though," she added quietly.
"Anytime, Gloria. See you later," he said gently before walking away from her.
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Day 1 of detention with Flitwick. 6:59. 7:00.
Sirius and Gloria both entered the room at exactly seven o'clock. Flitwick pointed to a pile of rubble in the center of the room. "I want you two to sort that out, repair the things you can. Then you may leave."
Gloria approached the rubble and sat down in front of it, immediately picking through it. Sirius groaned and followed suit.
The two of them sat in complete silence for three hours.
Isn't it great?
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Day 2 of detention with Flitwick.
"He could use, this." Gloria muttered.
"Sure. Reparo," he muttered, pointing at the glass bowl Gloria had handed him.
They passed the next hour and a half in silence.
"Sirius?"
"What?" he snapped.
"I'm sorry about landing you in detention. I should've told Flitwick that I caused the whole exploding-desk thing," she apologized.
"Thanks, White."
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Day 5 of detention with Flitwick.
Now on their fifth day of detention, Gloria and Sirius had managed conversations and had also managed to make each other laugh. It wasn't that bad so far.
Gloria White was late.
Sirius paced the floor, his wand ready. They had to repair desks today. Looking up sharply as he heard running footsteps in the distance. Panting, Gloria entered the room.
"Hogsmeade trip?" he asked, giving her a sinister grin. "Shut up. I didn't have time to change," she muttered, referring to her sleeveless blouse and skirt.
"Using a bit of feminine charm to steal a few things from Zonko's?" he asked, arching a brow at her attire.
"Hush now," Gloria scolded, winking at him.
Sirius stiffened. "God, she's hot. look at those legs." he thought. He wasn't aware that as Gloria was bending down to pick up various things lying around the room, that he was looking up her skirt. She caught him.
"Black, if you're trying to check out my ass it isn't working. Now be a gentleman and help me with this. it weighs five billion pounds," she muttered, lifting up half of the table that managed not to get blown up.
"Right, sorry," he said, lifting up the other half, helping her set up upright. "You idiot, Sirius."
2 Hours Later
"Looks like we're done with the desks," Gloria said happily, sitting on one.
"Yeah. lucky us, eh?" he said, walking over to her. "Just do it. kiss her already, just do it!" he thought. Taking another step towards her, her stroked the side of her face, then leaned down and kissed her softly on her mouth. To him, her response was. amazing. He felt her place her hand softly on his cheek, then run her fingers through his hair as she kissed him back. Leaning into her, his hands moved from her face, to her waist, then to her thighs. Gloria gave a soft moan, letting her arms fold around Sirius's waist as she pulled him closer, scooting further back on the desk. Sirius leaned harder into her, soon on top of the desk with her, his hand slipping up the back of her blouse. He groaned, pulling her tighter to him, turning her slightly so he was more on top of her.
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"Wow." Gloria muttered, glancing at Sirius. "I never expected that would happen. Not to us at least. I mean, harmless stuff, but. yeah, I never thought. nevermind."
"Neither did I." he said quietly, resting his hand on top of hers.
"It's ten o'clock. we should go back."
"Yes.shall we, love?"
Gloria laughed slightly, jumping off the desk. "Let's. wait. before we go, can I ask you one question?"
"Certainly," he said quietly.
"True or False: All's Fair in Love and War?" she asked, giving him a small smile.
Sirius paused for a moment. This must be a trick question. "False, nothing's every fair." he said slowly, cocking his head at her.
Gloria looked amazed. "Interesting," she mused.
References:
As you may have noticed, for those of you who have seen "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" should recognize the "All's Fair in Love and War" question. Except I didn't make Siri say 'true' 'cause that didn't seem like that good of an answer.
Hope you enjoyed chapter 3!
All's Fair in Love and War
One Month Later
Sirius Black woke with a start.
He'd had that dream again. Every night for the past month he had that dream, and every night he woke with a start, his forehead covered in perspiration. Rubbing his forehead, he sat up in his bed, tilting his head back. Why. why did he have to dwell on that? He'd just walked in on one thing. Remus and Gloria. Remus and Gloria kissing passionately on the hearth rug; Remus beginning to remove her dressing gown, lacing his fingers in her curls, sucking her pale neck.
"Talk to her!" his mind nagged. For the past month, Sirius had avoided most conversation with Gloria, except when they were at Quidditch practice or partnered up for Potions or Transfiguration. The lack of communication was slowly eating him up, he had to talk to her.
But she was with Remus. wasn't she with Remus? It'd be terribly awkward, him making conversation. She was with Remus.
Was she with Remus? Sirius frowned. He hadn't really seen them together. Sure, they sometimes did homework together sat next to each other at meals, but they never were seen holding hands, meeting in empty classrooms or dark corners. As far as he knew, there were no more unexpected make-out sessions in the Gryffindor common room at three in the morning. So were they together?
"Come on, you can't ask her if she's seeing your best mate! That would be stupid, you'd sound desperate. And stupid, not to mention. You'd look like a dolt. she's probably gonna think you're professing your undying love to her or something equally cheesy. But still.TALK TO HER!" he thought, moaning. "I have to talk to her." he muttered to himself, sighing.
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"COME ON! You'll be LATE!" cried Lily, shaking Gloria's sleeping body.
"Evans. come. on." she groaned, rolling out of bed. Glancing at the clock, she rounded on Lily, looking extremely angry. "It's six in the morning. Class doesn't begin till eight."
"Yeah, you have to shower! Go!" Lily nagged, pushing Gloria in the direction of the showers. "Honestly, the day that girl gets out of bed on time will be the day that I die," she muttered, making Gloria's bed somewhat neater.
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No one was down in the common room except for a fully dressed Sirius Black. Soft footsteps came from the boy's dormitories, and Remus Lupin appeared at the foot of the stairs. Seeing Sirius there made his muscles tense, yet he braved it and sat next to him on the couch.
"Do you love her, Moony?" Sirius asked hoarsely.
"What? Do I love who?" Remus asked, looking rather puzzled.
"Glory."
"Padfoot. that night. it just happened. I don't know what came over me, I just kissed her and she kissed me back," he answered, feeling rather stupid.
"But do you love her?"
"I never considered it love, Sirius."
"So you aren't in love with her?" Sirius asked, gulping.
Remus fell silent for a moment. "I don't know what you mean. I'm going to breakfast. See you in class," he said quietly, departing from the common room.
Sirius groaned, bowing his head. Now to talk to Gloria.
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"Goddammit, White, that isn't how you do it." Sirius protested, trying to snatch the mouse away from Gloria.
"Yes it is, stop trying to argue! You're going to kill it, you're strangling the poor thing--- LET GO!" she snapped, trying to hold the mouse away from Sirius.
"NO! GIVE ME THE MOUSE!" Sirius whined, feeling his stomach to a backflip as he brushed his hand against hers to wrench the mouse from her grasp.
"YOU'RE KILLING IT! STOP---IT---NOW!" she cried, wrenching her hand back. Among all their yelling, Professor Flitwick was trying desperately to get the two to calm down, as he was probably the only one who noticed that the mouse was squealing from its lack of air.
"I---AM---NOT! GLORY LET IT GO!" he shouted, trusting her hands in his direction.
"WHY---DON'T---YOU?!" she shouted back, thrusting her hands back in her direction. Sirius gulped as he felt his hand brush against her breast.
BOOM.
Both of them hand their wands out, except Gloria was grinning. Sirius was staring at her, then realized that somehow, between the two of them they'd managed to strangle the mouse and something. ah, the mouse's body had blown up.
BOOM.
A second boom echoed through the room, and several desks within a few feet of Gloria's and Sirius's (as well as their own) had gone to smithereens as well as Flitwick's desk. Sirius's jaw dropped, and Gloria gave a new meaning to the word pale.
"Oh, shit," she whispered. Sirius blinked, looking horrified. How long would detention be for them?
"Miss White! Mr. Black! EXPLAIN!" squeaked a rather angry Professor Flitwick.
"I'm sorry, Professor, but Black here was trying to get the mouse from me and then when I refused he attacked me," she said sorrowfully.
"WHAT? SHE--- she's the one that killed the mouse, Professor, I swear!" Sirius protested, looking scandalized.
Flitwick narrowed his eyes. "You both will be serving detention for the next seven days. You will be repairing this room, repairing whatever damages you've done. Also, an additional forty points from Gryffindor will be deducted. I'll be expecting you both at seven tonight. Not one minute late or it will be fifty points from Gryffindor."
Gloria and Sirius were paralyzed. Oh, this was not good. "Nice going, White," Sirius said coldly, jamming his Charms book into his book bag.
Gloria arched a brow, looking around the room. James looked as if he was on the verge of erupting in laughter, Remus stared at her as if she was the craziest person in the world, Peter looked rather frightened, and Lily looked as if she was about to pounce on Gloria for losing forty points. The Ravenclaws in the room looked rather scared.
A few seconds later the bell rang, and Sirius and Gloria stood up at the same time. Staring at each other, Sirius spoke first, "See you tonight, my lovely," he said coldly before brushing past her before exiting the classroom.
"All right, there, White?" James asked, stepping over large pieces of wood.
"God, he annoys me half to death, I swear. hey, Potter. can I have a word?" she asked, running a hand through her curls.
"Yeah, sure. What d'you need?" he asked, walking alongside her as they exited class together.
"It's just Sirius. I mean, we used to talk a whole lot and. argue like an old married couple, as you would say, but lately. for the past month, he's just been really distant. I mean, is there something I did?" she asked worriedly.
James stared at her for a minute, before pulling her aside. "I'm not supposed to be telling you this, really, but Sirius thinks you have a thing for Remus, and he thinks that Remus has a thing for you, and he thinks that you and Remus are." he trailed off there, looking at Gloria hopefully.
"Sleeping together?" she guessed blankly, not really believing that Sirius would think that'd she do a thing like that. Especially after one night it was a horrible thing to infer.
"No, he doesn't think you're screwing him! It's more of. he thinks that you and Moony are seeing each other," James finished, rumpling his hair.
"But we aren't.." Gloria muttered, looking exasperated.
"Well, I know that. Remus knows that. I'm sure Peter must know that. Evans knows that. but Sirius doesn't know that."
"Oh." she said faintly.
"Right. and again, I'm not supposed to be saying this, but that night is all he really talks about. He must've seen something that really stayed in his mind, White. were you--?" he began mischievously.
"Oh, shut up. Of course not, don't think such naughty thoughts," she snapped.
"Begging your pardon, milady, I shan't think those thoughts again," James said solemnly, giving her a sarcastic bow.
Gloria whacked James over the head. "How nice of you," she began, then paused. "Thanks for listening, though," she added quietly.
"Anytime, Gloria. See you later," he said gently before walking away from her.
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Day 1 of detention with Flitwick. 6:59. 7:00.
Sirius and Gloria both entered the room at exactly seven o'clock. Flitwick pointed to a pile of rubble in the center of the room. "I want you two to sort that out, repair the things you can. Then you may leave."
Gloria approached the rubble and sat down in front of it, immediately picking through it. Sirius groaned and followed suit.
The two of them sat in complete silence for three hours.
Isn't it great?
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Day 2 of detention with Flitwick.
"He could use, this." Gloria muttered.
"Sure. Reparo," he muttered, pointing at the glass bowl Gloria had handed him.
They passed the next hour and a half in silence.
"Sirius?"
"What?" he snapped.
"I'm sorry about landing you in detention. I should've told Flitwick that I caused the whole exploding-desk thing," she apologized.
"Thanks, White."
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Day 5 of detention with Flitwick.
Now on their fifth day of detention, Gloria and Sirius had managed conversations and had also managed to make each other laugh. It wasn't that bad so far.
Gloria White was late.
Sirius paced the floor, his wand ready. They had to repair desks today. Looking up sharply as he heard running footsteps in the distance. Panting, Gloria entered the room.
"Hogsmeade trip?" he asked, giving her a sinister grin. "Shut up. I didn't have time to change," she muttered, referring to her sleeveless blouse and skirt.
"Using a bit of feminine charm to steal a few things from Zonko's?" he asked, arching a brow at her attire.
"Hush now," Gloria scolded, winking at him.
Sirius stiffened. "God, she's hot. look at those legs." he thought. He wasn't aware that as Gloria was bending down to pick up various things lying around the room, that he was looking up her skirt. She caught him.
"Black, if you're trying to check out my ass it isn't working. Now be a gentleman and help me with this. it weighs five billion pounds," she muttered, lifting up half of the table that managed not to get blown up.
"Right, sorry," he said, lifting up the other half, helping her set up upright. "You idiot, Sirius."
2 Hours Later
"Looks like we're done with the desks," Gloria said happily, sitting on one.
"Yeah. lucky us, eh?" he said, walking over to her. "Just do it. kiss her already, just do it!" he thought. Taking another step towards her, her stroked the side of her face, then leaned down and kissed her softly on her mouth. To him, her response was. amazing. He felt her place her hand softly on his cheek, then run her fingers through his hair as she kissed him back. Leaning into her, his hands moved from her face, to her waist, then to her thighs. Gloria gave a soft moan, letting her arms fold around Sirius's waist as she pulled him closer, scooting further back on the desk. Sirius leaned harder into her, soon on top of the desk with her, his hand slipping up the back of her blouse. He groaned, pulling her tighter to him, turning her slightly so he was more on top of her.
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"Wow." Gloria muttered, glancing at Sirius. "I never expected that would happen. Not to us at least. I mean, harmless stuff, but. yeah, I never thought. nevermind."
"Neither did I." he said quietly, resting his hand on top of hers.
"It's ten o'clock. we should go back."
"Yes.shall we, love?"
Gloria laughed slightly, jumping off the desk. "Let's. wait. before we go, can I ask you one question?"
"Certainly," he said quietly.
"True or False: All's Fair in Love and War?" she asked, giving him a small smile.
Sirius paused for a moment. This must be a trick question. "False, nothing's every fair." he said slowly, cocking his head at her.
Gloria looked amazed. "Interesting," she mused.
References:
As you may have noticed, for those of you who have seen "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" should recognize the "All's Fair in Love and War" question. Except I didn't make Siri say 'true' 'cause that didn't seem like that good of an answer.
Hope you enjoyed chapter 3!