WHO CAN SAY NO TO SIRIUS BLACK?

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the character recognizable from Harry Potter's books, they're J. K.'s . Although, she could have given me Sirius... So I could have kept him alive and all for me! *sigh*

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05_The uncontrollable hose.

Natalie took two steps back and admired her job contently. After a month of hard work, the house Sirius bought was almost resideable. It has also been a month of ceaseless trials for her. Each day she had to spent with Sirius – and she avoided it as much as possible – had became even harder to resist his charm.

Carla, her secretary, had asked why she didn't turn down that job, if it annoyed her so much... But that was something only God could explain. Sometimes, Natalie thought that spend time with Sirius was a way to prove everybody, mainly herself, that she felt nothing for him. But there were moments, moments when they would sit at a small café and just chat after a long day of work, that Natalie could almost forget the past. Almost.

Right now, she was at Sirius's future room. She had enlarged the window and the balcony below it, transformed the adjoining room in a bathroom and opened a door between them. The walls were all painted in white, the furniture – which consisted in a four-poster bed, a couch and a writing desk – were made of cherry wood; as it was the closet. Everything was beautifully adorned in shades of blue (Natalie had insisted in using green, but Sirius said it would be too Slytherin-like).

Upon the bed, was a blanket in the deepest shade of blue; the carpet on the floor was white with geometric designs; the window curtain was white matching with blue. Blue was also the couch, made of a comfortable wool and charmed to be impermeable.

The bathroom was a wonder itself. All in marble, it had a huge hydro-massage tub. Behind the tub, stood a window that was charmed to reflect the landscape behind it, even if it was closed. The shower and the toilet were each one by one side of the tub, hidden behind mirror doors. There was also a small space to shelter magazines and books and a divan made of white synthetic leather.

Natalie sighed happily. It was all perfect. She walked to the window and opened it, anxious to feel the wind on her face. But that idea was soon forgotten when she saw Sirius.

He had been casting the muggle-impervious wards, but one of the neighbors had came around offering help. Since they were watching, Sirius had no option but leave his wand aside and water the garden – a muggle-like attitude as far as he was concerned.

He had tried, but he hose wasn't to keen to help him.

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Sirius cursed once more when he saw the puddle that formed under his feet. Bloody muggle hose! Why, oh why, couldn't they invent something simpler? He forced a smile and waved to the man on the other side of the sunflower covered fence. The things he did for a woman...

Talking about Natalie... She was standing at the window of his room laughing helplessly!

"What's so funny?" Sirius yelled and bent down to catch the offending hose. He opened it again. "Why don't you come down here and try? That would be funny..." He tried to finish his job, but apparently he had opened the hose more than it would be wise to do. The pressure of the water was so big that he barely could hold it.

"Not a good gardener we have here..." Natalie smirked at his completely wet state, water dripping from his hair and all. She seemed to have accepted his challenge.

"You talk now..." Sirius gave her a small wicked grin. "But soon..." he slowly rose his hand. "You'll be as bad as I am!"

The water jet hit Natalie across the chest. She squealed and ran away to find shelter, but Sirius was on her trail.

"Sirius, stop it!" she yelled when another gush hit her. She tried to block him by hiding behind trees and throwing at him everything she could find in her way.

"No, dear. You're going to pay for laugh at me!"

He kept on his pursuit, but Natalie was fast. She managed to hide behind the house. She had been there for some time now and was beginning to worry. Everything was too quiet. Sirius was too quiet. Slowly, she tiptoed out of her hiding place.

"Gotchya!" Sirius grabbed her around her waist at the same time he used his wand to cast a water spell on her.

"No! Sirius, let me go!" Natalie screamed, but to no avail. She tried punching and kicking him but Sirius didn't even flinch. Eventually, she kicked him so hard that Sirius lost his balance and fell to the ground, bringing Natalie with him.

They rolled and laughed until both them were breathless. When they stopped, Sirius pulled her near him, still laid on the grass, and whispered on her ear.

"Thank you."

Natalie locked her gaze with his, her smile slowly fading from her face. She brushed a wet hairstrand away from Sirius eyes. "For what?"

His face was as serious as hers. "For making me feel alive again."

Painfully slowly, his mouth lowered to meet hers. At first, it was a soft kiss. A kiss that helped them to rediscover what was long ago buried inside themselves. But soon, it became more demanding. And Natalie answered it with a passion that she thought she had lost.

Sirius wasn't far behind her. His hands found their way under her wet blouse, warming her cold skin with his fingers. When they had no more breath left, he begun to trail kisses down her neck, stopping briefly to nip at her earlobe.

Natalie threw her head back and buried her fingers into his thick black hair. Never in her life she felt so good, and nothing could ever get in the way...

"Sirius!"

He turn back to look at her. There was nothing to be said but "Good-bye."

Natalie tried for a second to push her intruders memories away, but it was too late. She remembered why she shouldn't be doing this, remembered what she had suffered the last fifteen years. And mainly, she remembered that her heart wouldn't bear to be broken that way again.

"Sirius... stop!"

Sirius lifted his head, panting slightly. "Natalie, what..."

But she was already sneaking away from him. "Sorry, Sirius. I... I just can't." And she appareted away.

Sirius sat on the grass, desperately trying to understand what had happened. One moment he was having the time of his life with Natalie – and she certainly was enjoying pretty much! – and the other she was running away from him and leaving without any explanations. Crazy, stupid women...!

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Sooory! I know, this chapter sucks... It's awfully small too, but then, it has been an awful coulple of days. Will you forgive me if I promise next chapter will be longer and better? Pleeease!?!

P. S. - For those who don't remember, the small flashback during Natalie and Sirius kissing session is written in the first chapter of this fic, In the late of night.

P. S. – Would you all, please, pretend you didn't saw those terrible spelling and grammar mistakes? I'm trying to find a beta-reader... Anyone volunteers?