WHO CAN SAY NO TO SIRIUS BLACK?

Disclaimer: Nothing's mine except fpr Natalie, Carla and a disgusting character you'll meet soon... Ah, and the plot, also!

A/N: First of all, I'd like to say I'm sorry for making you wait for so long. I can't promise it won't happen again, though.



10. You wanted it so much and now that it's over you don't know what you want

"It's hard to say goodbye when you want to stay. It's hard to smile when you want to cry. But it's even hard to forget when you want to love". (Anonymous)



Natalie sighed and leaned against a wall, absent-mindedly the couples dancing. She heard Carla laugh at something Remus had said. She had invited him to dance in a futile attempt to let her alone with Sirius. And he had accepted! Just to think she once had considered him as a friend...

And Sirius...! He had just stared at her in the way he knew that made women legs wobble, passively drinking his whiskey. And then he had raised a brow in a mockery way, but Natalie wouldn't let him have the best of her. She muttered some excuse and left to the ladies' toilet.

Now she was hidden behind a tree, hoping no one would notice her there. It made her remember her days at her adoptive parents' house, when she used to hide at the attic after accidentally making magic and prayed for them to forget her. Only Hogwarts had been a home to her.

Natalie was snapped out her reveries when Jason Hastings, a former workmate of hers, approached tottering.

"Nat!" he yelled, a jet of alcohol hitting Natalie's nose. "Woul' ya like to danze, my darling?..." he tried a few steps but tripped over himself.

She forced a smile. "Thanks Jason, but no. Maybe some other time."

He shook his head. "But I want to danze!" he grabbed her arm and pulled her nearer to him.

Natalie felt like throwing up. "Hastings, let me go!" she pushed him away, making him stumble and fall. She didn't had to think twice and ran away to the garden.

"Bloody stupid bastard! If he thinks he cans..."

Someone touched her shoulder and Natalie spun around quickly. "Hastings, I'm going to castrate you with my own teeth if you ever come near me again..."

"Easy! That's just me." Sirius held the hand that was about to hit his face.

Natalie was just so happy it was him and not some drunken git that she threw her arms around his neck. He seemed surprised at first, but he soon overcame whatever it was and hugged her back. And for a while, they just stood there in each other arms.



Sirius had seen her leave in haste and followed her without thinking twice. He had almost gone back to beat crap out of that bastard who was annoying her, but he decided that be with Natalie was more important.

He hardly could believe that, after all that time, he had her in his arms again... It was really hard to understand Natalie; one moment she was all snappy and evasive and in the other, she was lovely and warm just like the Natalie he knew at Hogwats. Well, he wasn't one of missing opportunities.

Sirius slowly stroke her backs up and down, concentrated in absorb her perfume. It was then she looked up at him and smiled, that broke the tiny resolution he had. Sirius caressed her cheek and leaned down to capture her lips.

Their kiss, like many other times, ignited something inside of Sirius. But this time it was more urgent because he didn't know when he would have the chance to hold her again. His hands became more audacious; they found the zipper of her gown and didn't hesitate before pulling it down.

Meanwhile, her mouth trailed down his neck with hot kisses and her fingers explored his chest. It didn't take long before Sirius hands were all over her breasts. The feeling inside of them grew up till it was almost unbearable and threatened to explode.

Everything was perfect until Natalie pushed away.

"Oh please, not again!" Sirius muttered under his breath.

Natalie rubbed her swollen lips. "Sirius, I..."

He raised both hands. "Don't, stop. I already know what you're going to say; you can't, right?" she had never seem him so furious, so hurt at the same time. "But the big question is why."

She was speechless, so she decided to occupy her hands in recomposing herself. "You wouldn't understand..."

"You know what, you're right. I can't understand a thing!" he ran his fingers through is hair and took a deep breath. "For God's sake Natalie, we almost made love here..."

She looked away from him, apparently very interested on a flower near by. "It wasn't that much..."

Sirius couldn't believe his ears. He grabbed her arms and shook her. "Are you frigid or what?"

"Sirius please, you're hurting me." A tear ran down Natalie's face and it wasn't only for the physical pain.

He let her go. And so he left with no more words.



Natalie locked herself up inside the first room she could find, finally allowing the tears to run wild. So much for not being in love, so much for never more want to get hurt...

She heard someone twist the handle and looked up. She prayed for it to be Sirius. Se was tired to fight what she felt for him, she was ready to give up and hell with the consequences. But it was Jason Hastings, and he was even more drunk than he was earlier.

"So it's here you've been hiding!" he tottered towards the bed she was sat on. "Great! We already have a bed, it'll make things easier..." the pulled a hair strand of Natalie's hair.

Natalie made a mental search for her wand and cursed when remembered she had left it inside her robe's pocket.

Hastings sneered. "You're not so brave without your wand, uh? What can you do now?"

"Maybe there's not much she can do, but I can and won't even need a wand for that."

Natalie felt her heart skip a beat when she saw Sirius standing at the doorway. He was playing with his wand between his fingers, but decided to keep it.

"And what are you going to do now? We could share her, wouldn't that be nice?" Jason snickered.

That was enough for Sirius. His fist hit Hastings right across the face and the blow was enough to break his nose.

Natalie ran for him when she saw the blood. "Sirius, stop!"

"Are you going to protect him now?" Sirius' eyes were so filled with fury that scared Natalie.

"No! I'm protecting you. There are lots of guys downstairs just waiting for you to make a small mistake, and when you make it they'll do everything in their reach o put you back in prison!" Natalie glared at Hastings, who was trying to stop the blood from flowing. "Get out of here, now!"

He didn't have to be told twice.

Sirius walked towards the window, the more faraway he could get from Natalie. "I'm starting to think you do all this on purpose. Maybe is a game for you to seduce men and deny them what they want." His voice dripped sarcasm.

"No, Sirius. I would never..."

"Save your breath, I'm tired of your silly excuses. I'm tired of you. I'm officially giving up!" with that he stormed out the room.

Natalie even thought of screaming for him, she thought of following him; but decided to do nothing. On the day he appeared at her office, everything she wanted was to get rid of him. Now, she finally succeeded.



Wow! It's over... It's was hard to write something so full of conflicting emotions, but this one was a very important chapter for this story. Hope you all liked it and, once more, ignored my spelling and grammar mistakes. I'll update as soon as possible to me. But, hey, I concluded high school! It alone is reason enough to write lots!

p.s. – the title is from the music Universe, by Savage Garden. I just happened to be listening it when I wrote this chapter, I thought it would fit in!