February 11, 1978
"You know sometimes I hate that you're in Hufflepuff and I'm In Gryffindor! I mean how the hell would I have managed to pass McGonagall's exam without you Lex?" Sirius said to a waiting Alexia as he was leaving his transfiguration class.
"So you passed then?" she asked eagerly
"I think so, I got a little mixed up on some of the theory, but I think I may have gotten an A. Those study sessions you made me live through paid off I guess."
"Look I didn't take the test for you, you just need a different way to retain the information." Alexia said with a smile
"I can retain information better when a pretty girl is telling it to me." Sirius replied with a grin
Alexia turned away as she started to blush, "What Lex? It's true and I'm not the only one who thinks so either. Just the other day Peter was saying that you were good looking."
"You are just saying that so that you can get out of tutoring tonight." Alexia retorted
"Am I?"
"Well yeah, I mean its Friday, you'd rather be some place else then in the library. Outside or anyplace else."
"Would you?"
"You know I'm different. I need to pass my exams to get the hell out of my house."
"Lex it's only February we have until June for our exams."
"Sirius I need to get out of there."
"Your dad is that bad? I can hardly believe that he's as bad as my family."
"You see this?" she asked showing rolling up her robe sleeve and revealing her arm. A slight lavender mark remained, "That was from him seeing you sent me a Christmas present. It looked a lot worse a month ago."
"He hates our friendship that much?"
"You are a traitor to your family and you should not have any contact with people like me." Alexia said mocking her father
"And what about you? Doesn't he see that you're a traitor too?"
"He chooses to ignore it when I'm home. For mom's sake, but she'll be gone soon." Alexia replied looking away as her eyes filled with tears. Her mother had been sick for the past couple of years with a mysterious illness. Every time Alexia went home her mother seemed to look worse than the last time. No matter how hard she tried to tell her father to admit her to St. Mungo's her father flat out refused. 'No magic can save her.' He'd say and then walk away.
"I'm sorry Lexi I didn't mean to upset you." Sirius said putting a hand on her shoulder
"Hey guys what's going on, Padfoot how'd you think McGonagall's test was?" Peter said breaking up the moment.
"Well I passed. Wormtail if that's what you're asking, and it's all thanks to Miss Cambridge over here. You know you should teach here when you get older." Sirius replied
"Don't give me all the credit you are the one who actually took the test, I saw it yesterday and we all know McGonagall changes the questions for all the houses." Alexia replied
"Well I don't know if I did so great." Peter said, "Maybe when it comes time for the next test you can review with both of us Lexi."
"Oh and split the marauders in half! The horror!" Alexia said feigning shock.
"Who's splitting us in half?" James said from behind with Lily by his side, "That would be a really cool thing to see! A half a marauder in one room the other half in another."
"Nobody's splitting anyone up." Sirius said looking a little put off, "Wormtail just wanted someone other than you and Moony to review with him."
"Gee should we be offended?" Remus asked joining them, "I mean we can't help it that McGonagall decided that Alexia should tutor Padfoot so he could get his grades up."
"Look just forget I said anything guys alright?" Peter said blushing
"Sure Wormtail, whatever you say." James said slapping him on the back.
They had arrived at the hallway, which parted the Gryffindors from Alexia, the lone Hufflepuff. She looked down it and then back to her friends. "I'll see you all in a few minutes at lunch. I want to drop my books off first." She said as she walked down the hall.
"See you in a bit Lexi!" she heard Lily call, "I need to talk to you later!"
Alexia nodded in reply and headed to her dorm. It only took her a couple seconds to put her books away and she was once again on her way to the Great Hall for dinner. On her way back she started thinking about what had just happened. Was she imagining Sirius becoming a little annoyed when Peter suggested she could help him review? Or even the fact that Sirius wanted to study on a Friday night. And what was up with Lily wanting to talk to her? "I'm overanalyzing." She thought to herself and found her usual seat at the Hufflepuff table and started to eat dinner, in the middle of her taking a bite of her mashed potatoes Lily sat in the seat next to her. "When you're done meet me outside," she whispered.
Alexia swallowed her food and looked at her, "Is something wrong?" She asked
"Not really, just girl talk." She replied
Alexia nodded and Lily went back to her table. Alexia finished eating and saw Lily waiting for her. "So what's up?" she asked
"Let's go somewhere else to talk." She said finding an empty classroom.
"Ok Lily now you're starting to scare me." Alexia said
"There's nothing to be scared of really." Lily replied.
"Well then what the hell is it?" Alexia asked
"Well you know Valentines Day is coming up right?"
"Duh who doesn't?"
"Well I have reason to believe that Mr. Black is going to ask you to be his valentine."
"How do you know this?"
"Oh please I'm going out with his surrogate brother." Lily replied rolling her eyes
"He's taking his sweet time, Valentines Day is what, on Monday? By that time someone else will have asked him that same question."
"Look I've been trying to work on him through James, but its not that easy. Apparently someone else wants to ask you too."
"Let me guess, Peter." Alexia replied
"Bingo, and you know how James is about his friends, he doesn't want to be encouraging one and not the other. So he just doesn't say anything to him about it."
"Does Sirius know? About Peter I mean?"
"I would think so. Only because Peter talks non-stop about you. If he doesn't well then maybe you should be Peter's valentine." Lily replied
"Funny Lil, very funny."
"I never told you any of this. If James found out I squealed I'd be in deep shite with him." Lily said
"I won't I promise. This just seems unreal. I mean I'm shocked that one guy likes me, but two? And good friends too. This is gonna suck when it plays out."
"You might be surprised Lexi. I don't think it's going to turn out as bad as you think it will." She looked at her watch and then back at Alexia "We'd better go, we've been in here too long and the boys might start suspecting we're plotting against them."
Alexia nodded and left the room, followed by Lily. "So you're saying that if there were more wizards like your father I'd be out of this school?" Lily said as they walked towards the marauders who looked as though they were waiting for the girls
It didn't take a genius to know that Lily was pretending that they were having a different type of discussion, "Absolutely Lily, I mean if it wasn't for my mother I probably wouldn't even be allowed to come home for holidays since I associate with muggles and half bloods."
"Wow!" Lily said and then looked at James, "So what's going on now?"
"We were waiting to see what you guys wanted to do." James replied
"I really need to work on my History of Magic homework, Binns assigned a killer essay about history of the ministry of magic and its not even close to being done." Alexia said.
"Gasp you haven't finished an essay yet, and it's due on Tuesday!" Remus said sarcastically
"Remus, I wish you realize that I like to have things finished ahead of time so I'm rushing around asking people if I can copy work like someone else I know." Alexia retorted looking at Sirius who turned magenta.
"All right all right chill guys." James said, "So the Hufflepuff is out, how about the rest of us."
Alexia didn't wait to see they were planning; she just headed back to her dorm. 333
The weekend went by fast; Alexia spent it in her room, which was quite unusual. She really didn't feel like seeing her friends, well Sirius and Peter most of all. It killed her to know that she could be capable of starting a fight between the two friends. Finally on Monday she went down to the Great Hall for breakfast only to be pulled aside by Sirius just as she was about to walk inside.
"Lex I need to ask you something and I don't want you to think I'm a git, or a moron or anything like that."
"Sirius why the hell would I think anything like that?"
"I don't know, just hear me out okay?"
"Go on Sirius, we really don't have all day. I'd like to eat before I have to sit in that cold dungeon for potions."
"I won't make this long then. Will you go out with me?"
Alexia looked at him stunned, she was expecting him to ask her if she wanted to be his valentine, this was totally different. "Go out with you, as in boyfriend and girlfriend?"
"Look I know your father hates me, but you don't even have to tell him. I know it sounds stupid but I don't know."
"Sirius, you just caught me off guard, I had no idea you even liked me like that. I thought you just thought of me as a friend."
"I do think of you as a friend, but I'd like to think of you as more than that."
Alexia closed her eyes, imprinting the moment in her mind. Since she first laid eyes on him on the Hogwarts express in 1971 she had dreamed of a moment like this. After a few seconds she opened her eyes, "Yes Sirius, I would love to go out with you."
"Really, I mean you're not just saying that because you feel you have to are you?"
"No I'm not saying that because I have to. I'm saying it because I want to. Just don't expect me to give you a break on the tutoring just because I'm your girlfriend.
"I wasn't going to ask you to." He said kissing her cheek. He took her hand and they walked into the Great Hall all smiles. Someone however was not smiling at first, but after a few seconds recomposed himself and beamed at the new couple. "So you finally did it Padfoot! Good for you." Peter said
"No hard feelings Wormtail?" Sirius asked
"None. I mean you're my friend, I'm happy for you. You deserve this." Peter replied.
Alexia was about to leave when Sirius whispered in her ear, "I know you like to eat breakfast and run, so I'll see you after potions okay?"
She nodded and went to her table, ate her breakfast and headed to potions.
"You know sometimes I hate that you're in Hufflepuff and I'm In Gryffindor! I mean how the hell would I have managed to pass McGonagall's exam without you Lex?" Sirius said to a waiting Alexia as he was leaving his transfiguration class.
"So you passed then?" she asked eagerly
"I think so, I got a little mixed up on some of the theory, but I think I may have gotten an A. Those study sessions you made me live through paid off I guess."
"Look I didn't take the test for you, you just need a different way to retain the information." Alexia said with a smile
"I can retain information better when a pretty girl is telling it to me." Sirius replied with a grin
Alexia turned away as she started to blush, "What Lex? It's true and I'm not the only one who thinks so either. Just the other day Peter was saying that you were good looking."
"You are just saying that so that you can get out of tutoring tonight." Alexia retorted
"Am I?"
"Well yeah, I mean its Friday, you'd rather be some place else then in the library. Outside or anyplace else."
"Would you?"
"You know I'm different. I need to pass my exams to get the hell out of my house."
"Lex it's only February we have until June for our exams."
"Sirius I need to get out of there."
"Your dad is that bad? I can hardly believe that he's as bad as my family."
"You see this?" she asked showing rolling up her robe sleeve and revealing her arm. A slight lavender mark remained, "That was from him seeing you sent me a Christmas present. It looked a lot worse a month ago."
"He hates our friendship that much?"
"You are a traitor to your family and you should not have any contact with people like me." Alexia said mocking her father
"And what about you? Doesn't he see that you're a traitor too?"
"He chooses to ignore it when I'm home. For mom's sake, but she'll be gone soon." Alexia replied looking away as her eyes filled with tears. Her mother had been sick for the past couple of years with a mysterious illness. Every time Alexia went home her mother seemed to look worse than the last time. No matter how hard she tried to tell her father to admit her to St. Mungo's her father flat out refused. 'No magic can save her.' He'd say and then walk away.
"I'm sorry Lexi I didn't mean to upset you." Sirius said putting a hand on her shoulder
"Hey guys what's going on, Padfoot how'd you think McGonagall's test was?" Peter said breaking up the moment.
"Well I passed. Wormtail if that's what you're asking, and it's all thanks to Miss Cambridge over here. You know you should teach here when you get older." Sirius replied
"Don't give me all the credit you are the one who actually took the test, I saw it yesterday and we all know McGonagall changes the questions for all the houses." Alexia replied
"Well I don't know if I did so great." Peter said, "Maybe when it comes time for the next test you can review with both of us Lexi."
"Oh and split the marauders in half! The horror!" Alexia said feigning shock.
"Who's splitting us in half?" James said from behind with Lily by his side, "That would be a really cool thing to see! A half a marauder in one room the other half in another."
"Nobody's splitting anyone up." Sirius said looking a little put off, "Wormtail just wanted someone other than you and Moony to review with him."
"Gee should we be offended?" Remus asked joining them, "I mean we can't help it that McGonagall decided that Alexia should tutor Padfoot so he could get his grades up."
"Look just forget I said anything guys alright?" Peter said blushing
"Sure Wormtail, whatever you say." James said slapping him on the back.
They had arrived at the hallway, which parted the Gryffindors from Alexia, the lone Hufflepuff. She looked down it and then back to her friends. "I'll see you all in a few minutes at lunch. I want to drop my books off first." She said as she walked down the hall.
"See you in a bit Lexi!" she heard Lily call, "I need to talk to you later!"
Alexia nodded in reply and headed to her dorm. It only took her a couple seconds to put her books away and she was once again on her way to the Great Hall for dinner. On her way back she started thinking about what had just happened. Was she imagining Sirius becoming a little annoyed when Peter suggested she could help him review? Or even the fact that Sirius wanted to study on a Friday night. And what was up with Lily wanting to talk to her? "I'm overanalyzing." She thought to herself and found her usual seat at the Hufflepuff table and started to eat dinner, in the middle of her taking a bite of her mashed potatoes Lily sat in the seat next to her. "When you're done meet me outside," she whispered.
Alexia swallowed her food and looked at her, "Is something wrong?" She asked
"Not really, just girl talk." She replied
Alexia nodded and Lily went back to her table. Alexia finished eating and saw Lily waiting for her. "So what's up?" she asked
"Let's go somewhere else to talk." She said finding an empty classroom.
"Ok Lily now you're starting to scare me." Alexia said
"There's nothing to be scared of really." Lily replied.
"Well then what the hell is it?" Alexia asked
"Well you know Valentines Day is coming up right?"
"Duh who doesn't?"
"Well I have reason to believe that Mr. Black is going to ask you to be his valentine."
"How do you know this?"
"Oh please I'm going out with his surrogate brother." Lily replied rolling her eyes
"He's taking his sweet time, Valentines Day is what, on Monday? By that time someone else will have asked him that same question."
"Look I've been trying to work on him through James, but its not that easy. Apparently someone else wants to ask you too."
"Let me guess, Peter." Alexia replied
"Bingo, and you know how James is about his friends, he doesn't want to be encouraging one and not the other. So he just doesn't say anything to him about it."
"Does Sirius know? About Peter I mean?"
"I would think so. Only because Peter talks non-stop about you. If he doesn't well then maybe you should be Peter's valentine." Lily replied
"Funny Lil, very funny."
"I never told you any of this. If James found out I squealed I'd be in deep shite with him." Lily said
"I won't I promise. This just seems unreal. I mean I'm shocked that one guy likes me, but two? And good friends too. This is gonna suck when it plays out."
"You might be surprised Lexi. I don't think it's going to turn out as bad as you think it will." She looked at her watch and then back at Alexia "We'd better go, we've been in here too long and the boys might start suspecting we're plotting against them."
Alexia nodded and left the room, followed by Lily. "So you're saying that if there were more wizards like your father I'd be out of this school?" Lily said as they walked towards the marauders who looked as though they were waiting for the girls
It didn't take a genius to know that Lily was pretending that they were having a different type of discussion, "Absolutely Lily, I mean if it wasn't for my mother I probably wouldn't even be allowed to come home for holidays since I associate with muggles and half bloods."
"Wow!" Lily said and then looked at James, "So what's going on now?"
"We were waiting to see what you guys wanted to do." James replied
"I really need to work on my History of Magic homework, Binns assigned a killer essay about history of the ministry of magic and its not even close to being done." Alexia said.
"Gasp you haven't finished an essay yet, and it's due on Tuesday!" Remus said sarcastically
"Remus, I wish you realize that I like to have things finished ahead of time so I'm rushing around asking people if I can copy work like someone else I know." Alexia retorted looking at Sirius who turned magenta.
"All right all right chill guys." James said, "So the Hufflepuff is out, how about the rest of us."
Alexia didn't wait to see they were planning; she just headed back to her dorm. 333
The weekend went by fast; Alexia spent it in her room, which was quite unusual. She really didn't feel like seeing her friends, well Sirius and Peter most of all. It killed her to know that she could be capable of starting a fight between the two friends. Finally on Monday she went down to the Great Hall for breakfast only to be pulled aside by Sirius just as she was about to walk inside.
"Lex I need to ask you something and I don't want you to think I'm a git, or a moron or anything like that."
"Sirius why the hell would I think anything like that?"
"I don't know, just hear me out okay?"
"Go on Sirius, we really don't have all day. I'd like to eat before I have to sit in that cold dungeon for potions."
"I won't make this long then. Will you go out with me?"
Alexia looked at him stunned, she was expecting him to ask her if she wanted to be his valentine, this was totally different. "Go out with you, as in boyfriend and girlfriend?"
"Look I know your father hates me, but you don't even have to tell him. I know it sounds stupid but I don't know."
"Sirius, you just caught me off guard, I had no idea you even liked me like that. I thought you just thought of me as a friend."
"I do think of you as a friend, but I'd like to think of you as more than that."
Alexia closed her eyes, imprinting the moment in her mind. Since she first laid eyes on him on the Hogwarts express in 1971 she had dreamed of a moment like this. After a few seconds she opened her eyes, "Yes Sirius, I would love to go out with you."
"Really, I mean you're not just saying that because you feel you have to are you?"
"No I'm not saying that because I have to. I'm saying it because I want to. Just don't expect me to give you a break on the tutoring just because I'm your girlfriend.
"I wasn't going to ask you to." He said kissing her cheek. He took her hand and they walked into the Great Hall all smiles. Someone however was not smiling at first, but after a few seconds recomposed himself and beamed at the new couple. "So you finally did it Padfoot! Good for you." Peter said
"No hard feelings Wormtail?" Sirius asked
"None. I mean you're my friend, I'm happy for you. You deserve this." Peter replied.
Alexia was about to leave when Sirius whispered in her ear, "I know you like to eat breakfast and run, so I'll see you after potions okay?"
She nodded and went to her table, ate her breakfast and headed to potions.