Warming up to One Another
Sirius sat on the sofa with James and Peter, with Nissa, Lily and Natalie at the other end doing there home still. It was gone midnight, and they were all still trying to get through everything.
"I've still got loads to do, it's as though it's never ending." James said flipping through the rolls of parchment. "Though Nissa's does look worst then ours, even though she is getting through it a little faster."
Just then Nissa sat up and yawed trying to keep her eyes open, she lead back for a moment but she found something soft and her eyes started to close as her head rested on the sort something.
Sirius smiled to himself as he carefully moved his arm around her back and moved her closer into his chest.
"It must be getting late if Nissa fell asleep before us." Lily said looking over at her. "Maybe we should go to bed."
"You want to wake her?" Sirius asked quietly.
"She can't sleep here can she, and you can't take her to our room either." Lily told him firmly.
"I guess so." Sirius said though he still didn't want to wake her. "Nis..." She didn't wake. "Nis..."
She didn't wake but instead she brought her feet up and curled up in a ball an wrapped her arm's around his waist and nestled her head under his shoulder; everyone was quit taken back no one though more then Sirius.
"That's so cute." Natalie said smiling at the two of them.
"She's asleep she doesn't know what she's doing." Lily told her. "Wake her up Sirius, unless you're enjoying yourself to much."
"Nis...Nissa." Sirius said glaring at Lily for making him wake her up, but she didn't seem to want to wake which he wasn't bored about spending the night down here with her. He soaked her arm, which maybe he shouldn't have; because just then she sat bolt up right and then jumped of the sofa.
"Are you alright?" Lily asked her.
Nissa looked around a little embarrassed by her own behaviour. "I'm fine; I think I just need to get some sleep."
"You were getting some until Lily made me wake you up." Sirius told her.
"Oh, sorry did I fall asleep on you?" Nissa asked.
"It was so cute you..." Natalie started.
"Yeah, but it doesn't matter." Sirius told her quickly.
***
"You look as though you didn't sleep at all last night." Lily told Nissa as she reached for some toast.
Nissa yawed again answering her question.
"There was another attack last night." James told them as he read the paper.
"Is that orange?" Nissa asked Sirius.
"Yeah." Sirius answered and then switched his goblet with hers.
"Was anyone killed this time?" Remus asked as he watched the two of them.
"They're so cute." Natalie said, and she and Polly started to giggle.
"What's cute?" Nissa asked.
"No, no one was killed though two Auror were injured." James answered Remus, and then looked up from the news paper because no one was really listening to him anymore. "What did I miss?"
Remus nodded towards Sirius and smiled, which James smiled as well realising what he meant.
"What?" Peter asked not understanding.
Nissa finished her drink and then got up after Lily and the other's to go too class, James and Sirius slowly got up as well realising that they had to go as well.
"I'm glad that the two of you have really made up." James told Sirius. "I just hope that it last's a bit longer then last time."
"So do I." Remus agreed, he wasn't so sure now that the full moon had past for another month about his feelings; he only really felt anything strongly for her when he was going to change, maybe that was just it.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Natalie asked excitedly. "We should have guessed though from last night."
"What do you mean last night?" Ella asked.
"Nothing." Nissa said.
"Your not really going out with him are you?" Lily asked her.
"What if we are?" Sirius asked from behind them before Nissa had a chance to answer.
"She wouldn't go out with you even if you gave her the most powerful love potion in the world." Severus told him. "She has more sense then all of these stupid mud-bloods who throw themselves at you hoping that you'll notice them."
"I think you talking about yourself there Snivellus." James said smirking.
"Well maybe not the last part." Sirius added. "Unless you count the fact that everyone wants to throw a hot soapy bucket of water over that greasy head of yours."
The Gryffindor's and those who had stopped to listen were all laughing but Severus and his friends weren't, Nissa was trying her hardest not too and he pulled out his wand which at that James and Sirius followed suit.
Nissa walked over to Severus pushing him slowly backward into the close and lowering his wand.
"I'm not going out with anyone, as you know." Nissa told him. "And even if I was to go out with Sirius, it doesn't make me stupid and it doesn't mean that we aren't friends anymore. And another thing, don't call people mud-bloods no one desires to be called that."
"Some of them do. And I thought you were going out with Severus." Lestrange said as he took his seat.
Nissa looked at Severus waiting for his reply but it never came instead Sirius came up behind her and wrapped his arms around and smiled at Snape as he steered Nissa off and over to Lily.
"I know you only do that to piss him off." Nissa said looking up at him still in his arms.
"There is that." Sirius admitted. "But also I don't like to miss an opportunity to warm us both up, which you need a lot more then I do. I'm always here."
Nissa smiled at him colour coming back to her face for the first time in months it seemed.
"Are you going out?" James asked him as he sat down next to him.
"No, we've just... well kind of come to... an understanding of a sort." Sirius tried to explain.
"Wow, she must be good if she can understand you." James teased him.
Later that night James and Nissa went down to the Quidditch stadium for the first practice of the season, Nissa hadn't been alone with all the team since that night she had broken Michael's nose.
"Nice to have you back." Majesta said brightly.
"Yeah it's great, I hope that you still have some of that strength left." Olin said smiling. "We could do with some of that against Slytherin.
"Always ready." Nissa said relaxing.
"Practice went great." James told his friends who had come down to meet him. "Nissa was great as normal."
"Wow" Jake said. "It was like she's been flying all this time."
"So did you enjoy your first night back?" Sirius asked wrapping his cloak around her.
"Yeah it was great being back in the air again." Nissa answered pulling it tightly around herself.
"I think that Jake got hit in the head a few to many times tonight." Majesta told them. "He was a little distracted, poor guy."
"It wasn't as though I went for dark sexy witch tonight." Nissa said smiling at Sirius, but this was too much for Jake who trip over Peter and they both fell to the ground. "Maybe I just shouldn't say anything."
"Well I don't mind, you can carry on if you like." Sirius told her.
"I'm fine." Jake said straightening himself out and helping Peter as well. "Sorry."
***
Lily sat in the classroom with all her work covering the table, as was everyone else's; they had managed to get a classroom so that they could do all their work. Bella was sat at the next table to Nissa, every time she couldn't do her work she would start talking to her warning her of Sirius.
"He's not bad of a kisser and all, well he's very good." Bella told her. "But not boy friend material if you know what I mean, maybe when he's older."
Natalie, Polly and Faith always giggled when they started to talk about Sirius or any guy come to that which they liked, though Ella on the other hand was still jealous of Nissa.
"I'm not sure if I like him, he's so full of himself, yeah he's handsome and all but so what so are so many other guy's here as well." Lily told them. "He's moody, bad tempered and unpredictable."
"I can handle the bad temper, and being unpredictable can have its good points." Nissa told her.
"Maybe you should just stick to your Slytherin friend." Ella told her. "Well I don't think he'll be too happy considering that you helped to beat his team yesterday."
"Why didn't you say, I would have asked him off for you if you would have said something." Nissa told her smiling and teasing her.
"Because you're going out with him, it's always been you." Ella told her.
Nissa didn't deny this; she just carried on with her work.
"Are you then, going out with him?" Ella asked her, making everyone look up now waiting for the answer.
"He hasn't asked." Nissa answered.
"You should have gotten him too, that means that he's free to see other girls." Bella told her. "Unless that's what the two of you want."
"I don't." Nissa said.
"Of course you don't." Lily said. "But he does, Severus was right; that most of the girls do fancy him. He could have his pick of any girl; he doesn't want to be tied down to just one."
"Thanks for this, its really cleared things up for me." Nissa said not meaning to sound so sarcastic.
They all piled into The Three Broomstick's, from the howling winds outside. Lily and Nissa went to the bar to get the drinks, as did James and Sirius.
"I'll get them for you." James told Lily.
"It's alright; we can buy our own drinks thanks." Lily told him pleasantly.
"I know that, but I still want too." James told her, and then said to the barmen. "And whatever these two ladies have ordered as well."
Nissa smiled at Sirius and James as she carried their drinks off to their table, Lily smiled at James making him follow her over to the table. The four of them squeezed around the table, getting more chairs; Sirius sat on the back with Nissa held tightly in his arms.
"Ya know you're a lot warmer nowadays, your hair should had at lest started to change colour." Sirius told her.
"Tell me about it." Nissa agreed folded her arms over his.
"If you want to get warm you should try the Fire Whisky." James suggested. "My dad always says it warms him up after a cold day."
"Don't be so stupid, you don't get warm drinking that sort of stuff you get drunk." Lily told him. "Your only fifteen, you're old enough."
"Of course Lil's your right." James said wicking at Sirius who smiled.
Nissa hit him playfully in the chest. "Don't even think it."
Sirius sat on the sofa with James and Peter, with Nissa, Lily and Natalie at the other end doing there home still. It was gone midnight, and they were all still trying to get through everything.
"I've still got loads to do, it's as though it's never ending." James said flipping through the rolls of parchment. "Though Nissa's does look worst then ours, even though she is getting through it a little faster."
Just then Nissa sat up and yawed trying to keep her eyes open, she lead back for a moment but she found something soft and her eyes started to close as her head rested on the sort something.
Sirius smiled to himself as he carefully moved his arm around her back and moved her closer into his chest.
"It must be getting late if Nissa fell asleep before us." Lily said looking over at her. "Maybe we should go to bed."
"You want to wake her?" Sirius asked quietly.
"She can't sleep here can she, and you can't take her to our room either." Lily told him firmly.
"I guess so." Sirius said though he still didn't want to wake her. "Nis..." She didn't wake. "Nis..."
She didn't wake but instead she brought her feet up and curled up in a ball an wrapped her arm's around his waist and nestled her head under his shoulder; everyone was quit taken back no one though more then Sirius.
"That's so cute." Natalie said smiling at the two of them.
"She's asleep she doesn't know what she's doing." Lily told her. "Wake her up Sirius, unless you're enjoying yourself to much."
"Nis...Nissa." Sirius said glaring at Lily for making him wake her up, but she didn't seem to want to wake which he wasn't bored about spending the night down here with her. He soaked her arm, which maybe he shouldn't have; because just then she sat bolt up right and then jumped of the sofa.
"Are you alright?" Lily asked her.
Nissa looked around a little embarrassed by her own behaviour. "I'm fine; I think I just need to get some sleep."
"You were getting some until Lily made me wake you up." Sirius told her.
"Oh, sorry did I fall asleep on you?" Nissa asked.
"It was so cute you..." Natalie started.
"Yeah, but it doesn't matter." Sirius told her quickly.
***
"You look as though you didn't sleep at all last night." Lily told Nissa as she reached for some toast.
Nissa yawed again answering her question.
"There was another attack last night." James told them as he read the paper.
"Is that orange?" Nissa asked Sirius.
"Yeah." Sirius answered and then switched his goblet with hers.
"Was anyone killed this time?" Remus asked as he watched the two of them.
"They're so cute." Natalie said, and she and Polly started to giggle.
"What's cute?" Nissa asked.
"No, no one was killed though two Auror were injured." James answered Remus, and then looked up from the news paper because no one was really listening to him anymore. "What did I miss?"
Remus nodded towards Sirius and smiled, which James smiled as well realising what he meant.
"What?" Peter asked not understanding.
Nissa finished her drink and then got up after Lily and the other's to go too class, James and Sirius slowly got up as well realising that they had to go as well.
"I'm glad that the two of you have really made up." James told Sirius. "I just hope that it last's a bit longer then last time."
"So do I." Remus agreed, he wasn't so sure now that the full moon had past for another month about his feelings; he only really felt anything strongly for her when he was going to change, maybe that was just it.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Natalie asked excitedly. "We should have guessed though from last night."
"What do you mean last night?" Ella asked.
"Nothing." Nissa said.
"Your not really going out with him are you?" Lily asked her.
"What if we are?" Sirius asked from behind them before Nissa had a chance to answer.
"She wouldn't go out with you even if you gave her the most powerful love potion in the world." Severus told him. "She has more sense then all of these stupid mud-bloods who throw themselves at you hoping that you'll notice them."
"I think you talking about yourself there Snivellus." James said smirking.
"Well maybe not the last part." Sirius added. "Unless you count the fact that everyone wants to throw a hot soapy bucket of water over that greasy head of yours."
The Gryffindor's and those who had stopped to listen were all laughing but Severus and his friends weren't, Nissa was trying her hardest not too and he pulled out his wand which at that James and Sirius followed suit.
Nissa walked over to Severus pushing him slowly backward into the close and lowering his wand.
"I'm not going out with anyone, as you know." Nissa told him. "And even if I was to go out with Sirius, it doesn't make me stupid and it doesn't mean that we aren't friends anymore. And another thing, don't call people mud-bloods no one desires to be called that."
"Some of them do. And I thought you were going out with Severus." Lestrange said as he took his seat.
Nissa looked at Severus waiting for his reply but it never came instead Sirius came up behind her and wrapped his arms around and smiled at Snape as he steered Nissa off and over to Lily.
"I know you only do that to piss him off." Nissa said looking up at him still in his arms.
"There is that." Sirius admitted. "But also I don't like to miss an opportunity to warm us both up, which you need a lot more then I do. I'm always here."
Nissa smiled at him colour coming back to her face for the first time in months it seemed.
"Are you going out?" James asked him as he sat down next to him.
"No, we've just... well kind of come to... an understanding of a sort." Sirius tried to explain.
"Wow, she must be good if she can understand you." James teased him.
Later that night James and Nissa went down to the Quidditch stadium for the first practice of the season, Nissa hadn't been alone with all the team since that night she had broken Michael's nose.
"Nice to have you back." Majesta said brightly.
"Yeah it's great, I hope that you still have some of that strength left." Olin said smiling. "We could do with some of that against Slytherin.
"Always ready." Nissa said relaxing.
"Practice went great." James told his friends who had come down to meet him. "Nissa was great as normal."
"Wow" Jake said. "It was like she's been flying all this time."
"So did you enjoy your first night back?" Sirius asked wrapping his cloak around her.
"Yeah it was great being back in the air again." Nissa answered pulling it tightly around herself.
"I think that Jake got hit in the head a few to many times tonight." Majesta told them. "He was a little distracted, poor guy."
"It wasn't as though I went for dark sexy witch tonight." Nissa said smiling at Sirius, but this was too much for Jake who trip over Peter and they both fell to the ground. "Maybe I just shouldn't say anything."
"Well I don't mind, you can carry on if you like." Sirius told her.
"I'm fine." Jake said straightening himself out and helping Peter as well. "Sorry."
***
Lily sat in the classroom with all her work covering the table, as was everyone else's; they had managed to get a classroom so that they could do all their work. Bella was sat at the next table to Nissa, every time she couldn't do her work she would start talking to her warning her of Sirius.
"He's not bad of a kisser and all, well he's very good." Bella told her. "But not boy friend material if you know what I mean, maybe when he's older."
Natalie, Polly and Faith always giggled when they started to talk about Sirius or any guy come to that which they liked, though Ella on the other hand was still jealous of Nissa.
"I'm not sure if I like him, he's so full of himself, yeah he's handsome and all but so what so are so many other guy's here as well." Lily told them. "He's moody, bad tempered and unpredictable."
"I can handle the bad temper, and being unpredictable can have its good points." Nissa told her.
"Maybe you should just stick to your Slytherin friend." Ella told her. "Well I don't think he'll be too happy considering that you helped to beat his team yesterday."
"Why didn't you say, I would have asked him off for you if you would have said something." Nissa told her smiling and teasing her.
"Because you're going out with him, it's always been you." Ella told her.
Nissa didn't deny this; she just carried on with her work.
"Are you then, going out with him?" Ella asked her, making everyone look up now waiting for the answer.
"He hasn't asked." Nissa answered.
"You should have gotten him too, that means that he's free to see other girls." Bella told her. "Unless that's what the two of you want."
"I don't." Nissa said.
"Of course you don't." Lily said. "But he does, Severus was right; that most of the girls do fancy him. He could have his pick of any girl; he doesn't want to be tied down to just one."
"Thanks for this, its really cleared things up for me." Nissa said not meaning to sound so sarcastic.
They all piled into The Three Broomstick's, from the howling winds outside. Lily and Nissa went to the bar to get the drinks, as did James and Sirius.
"I'll get them for you." James told Lily.
"It's alright; we can buy our own drinks thanks." Lily told him pleasantly.
"I know that, but I still want too." James told her, and then said to the barmen. "And whatever these two ladies have ordered as well."
Nissa smiled at Sirius and James as she carried their drinks off to their table, Lily smiled at James making him follow her over to the table. The four of them squeezed around the table, getting more chairs; Sirius sat on the back with Nissa held tightly in his arms.
"Ya know you're a lot warmer nowadays, your hair should had at lest started to change colour." Sirius told her.
"Tell me about it." Nissa agreed folded her arms over his.
"If you want to get warm you should try the Fire Whisky." James suggested. "My dad always says it warms him up after a cold day."
"Don't be so stupid, you don't get warm drinking that sort of stuff you get drunk." Lily told him. "Your only fifteen, you're old enough."
"Of course Lil's your right." James said wicking at Sirius who smiled.
Nissa hit him playfully in the chest. "Don't even think it."