Title: The Bet
Chapter 2: Romancing
Summary: Sirius is romantic with Caroline, but it doesn't seem to be
working.
It was nearly midnight and a chocolate-eyed young man was pacing the empty room nervously. This was the first impression after all. He turned and started the other direction. Of course, he was Sirius Black. Anything is possible. Especially with women.
He heard a creaking noise from above. Caroline was coming down the stairs. He had sent her an owl asking her to meet him. Anonymously of course. The two had a bad history. One prank in second year and she had hated him ever since. "Her hair was only pink for a few weeks!" he told the headmaster.
The girl came down dressed very nicely. She had on a nice black skirt and a flowing blue top that matched her eyes. Her brown hair was pulled up into a lose bun and she had ice colored eye shadow sprinkled on her lids. He couldn't help, but think he might actually like her as he retreated into a corner of the room.
When she reached the bottom of the stairs she searched the room. To her it was empty and she sat down near the fire. Now was Sirius' first move. He whispered a spell to make soft music fill the room. She turned her head quickly and looked for the invisible source. Then he enchanted the room to smell like lavender. The girl breathed in deeply with a sigh. Wonderful tip he had picked up. She had been examining Lavender mood candles during the last Hogsmeade trip. At the time he had been spying on one of her friends, but he was thankful now.
Soon she was relaxing and looking into the fire. He used a charm and make rose petals start to fall from the ceiling. One landed in her open palm and she looked up. Thousands of petals were drifting from some unknown place and Caroline was looking positively enchanted.
Sirius pulled the invisibility cloak over himself and crawled to where she was sitting. Positioned perfectly behind her chair he started to whisper to her in his most charming voice. "Caroline. Your name sounds so sweet. It hangs in the air with grace."
She started to turn around wildly again. She seemed a little startled. "Your face is like a ray of sunshine. Glorious and beauty unmatched," he continued. She smiled and calmed down a little though she still looked a little curious. "You are an absolute angel. Nothing would make me give up looking into your eyes."
Suddenly she spoke. "I wish to look into your sweet eyes. Where are you?"
"I can't tell you. You might scorn me. I could not stand it. Nothing would pain me more."
"But, kind stranger, I do not believe I could after you have been so wonderful."
Sirius almost lost it. She would absolutely kill him if she found out it was him this early. He was going to let her know tomorrow afternoon. "Trust me. It is better this way. I would rather imagine your pretty eyes in secret until I can make it up to you."
"What? What do you need to make up?"
She was on to him. Time to pull out the big dogs. "My love," she shivered at the utterance. "It is not important now. Everything in the world is you. You are my world."
"Oh my..." she trailed off.
Sirius found it very odd to converse from behind a couch and decided to make the most of it. He lay down with his arms behind his head. "Wondrous beauty like your own may blind my unworthy eyes." All of this sickly sweet talk was giving him a slight headache. "This better work," he grumbled.
"The beautiful words you speak are almost to good for the human mouth. I only wish I knew you." She seemed forlorn and longing. Just the way he wanted her.
"In time you may. In time you may." She stood up and started to walk around the couch. Sirius panicked, but before he could move his feet out of her path she had tripped over them. She screamed.
"What the..." she yelled. The cloak was ripped away from him as she landed directly on top of him. They were laying face to face. She was stunned for a second before pushing off of him with all of her might. Her mouth hung open in wordless anger. "You...you...aaagh!" she exclaimed.
"Yes. It's me, the wonderful Sirius Black." He tried to smile charmingly as he sat up rubbing his shoulders where she had push off.
"I can't believe you. You pig. 'Absolute Angel?' What is this about? What prank? Why?" She stumbled over the words in her anger.
"Prank?" He said a little to quickly. "There is no prank Caroline. I do really like you. Nothing would make me want to hurt you!"
She glared and touched her hair, obviously thinking about when it had been unnatural colors. "Sirius Black, what do you think I am? If a git is your answer I assure you that you are mistaken."
"Git? Of course not. Honey, sweetie," he tried to move closer, but she backed away. "Never. Wouldn't dream of it."
"You must have to think I would have fallen for this stupid display."
"You were falling for it until you knew it was me," he said defensively.
"That's right. It would have been romantic if it weren't a phony, fake, and lying jackass like you."
"Me? I am none of those!"
"Tell it to the bat-boogies."
"To the what?"
She shouted the incantantion and his face was suddenly full of them. She turned and walked up her stairs laughing.
"Wahit. Carli—Hep meh!" he muffled voice called. He heard her dormitory door shut and knew it was hopeless. "Great, now I have to go get help from Remus and James. They are never gonna let me live this down. I must win this bet now. For dignities sake."
He climbed the boy's stairs and opened the door. Inside Remus, James, and Peter were laughing about something. He tried to hide his face, but his entrance made them laugh even more. Peter looked as if he didn't get the joke, but James and Remus did.
"Comh onn yew guhys. Hoh digd yew no?" he said through the curse.
"Well, first we heard yelling and we were thinking of going down."
"But Moony here realized it was Caroline, so we waited to hear what was happening."
"Then, we heard her yell the spell and knew you were a gonner. That is a cruel spell and she wouldn't use it on anyone else. Face it buddy, she hates you."
"Sheh doesh noh!" he tried to defend himself. Then he started pointing to his face. "Pleahse!" he yelled.
"Well, I donno Prongs. He does look better that way."
"True, don't have to deal with his futile attempts at a beard."
"MHMHMH!!!" Neither of them had any idea what that meant. After a minute more of laughing hysterically James took the curse away easily.
"Thank god. I think one of those things was biting my ear!"
"Right. That's all and well Padfoot, but we want to know what happened. What about the perfect plan was not so flawless."
"It was nothing," he tried to brush it off. "Just a minor set back."
"There was nothing minor about that curse you got. Don't hold out on us!"
"It was nothing. Look, get off my back. I can't wait to see what Lily does to you, James. I do believe it will be something worse."
"Yeah, but...Caroline cursed you," he tried the old joke again.
"You are hopeless sometimes mate. Hopeless. I'm going to sleep. I think you should too, Prongs. A lot of work ahead."
"I think Wormtail got a head start," Remus said pointing at him. The boy was drooling and snoring loudly as he slept. Sirius enjoyed laughing for a moment until he realized—
"HEY!! That's my bed!" He pushed Peter onto the floor. The boy sat up quickly and looked around blindly.
"Where's mom?" he shouted. His friends all laughed wildly. "What?!?" He stood up. "I never get your jokes!" he complained.
"It's ok Wormtail, get to bed," Remus told him.
"Yeah your bed." The confused boy got up and starting walking over to his bed. "And take you pillow!" Sirius flung it across the room and it hit him in the back of the head. He fell face first onto his bed and didn't move.
"Err...he seems kinda...dead," commented James. The three of them walked over and peered at him carefully. He was snoring again.
"That rat. He could sleep at anytime. I wonder if something is wrong with him." Remus looked at him with eyebrows raised. "Well, if something else is wrong with him anyways."
"I'm going to bed. I just hope he didn't contaminate my sheets." Sirius walked over and pulled them off the bed. He gave them a little shake and lay down. "Good luck tomorrow James."
"Yeah. Right."
Remus smiled from the inside of his four-poster. This was all to easy. He knew they couldn't tame these girls and three days and he loved it.
It was nearly midnight and a chocolate-eyed young man was pacing the empty room nervously. This was the first impression after all. He turned and started the other direction. Of course, he was Sirius Black. Anything is possible. Especially with women.
He heard a creaking noise from above. Caroline was coming down the stairs. He had sent her an owl asking her to meet him. Anonymously of course. The two had a bad history. One prank in second year and she had hated him ever since. "Her hair was only pink for a few weeks!" he told the headmaster.
The girl came down dressed very nicely. She had on a nice black skirt and a flowing blue top that matched her eyes. Her brown hair was pulled up into a lose bun and she had ice colored eye shadow sprinkled on her lids. He couldn't help, but think he might actually like her as he retreated into a corner of the room.
When she reached the bottom of the stairs she searched the room. To her it was empty and she sat down near the fire. Now was Sirius' first move. He whispered a spell to make soft music fill the room. She turned her head quickly and looked for the invisible source. Then he enchanted the room to smell like lavender. The girl breathed in deeply with a sigh. Wonderful tip he had picked up. She had been examining Lavender mood candles during the last Hogsmeade trip. At the time he had been spying on one of her friends, but he was thankful now.
Soon she was relaxing and looking into the fire. He used a charm and make rose petals start to fall from the ceiling. One landed in her open palm and she looked up. Thousands of petals were drifting from some unknown place and Caroline was looking positively enchanted.
Sirius pulled the invisibility cloak over himself and crawled to where she was sitting. Positioned perfectly behind her chair he started to whisper to her in his most charming voice. "Caroline. Your name sounds so sweet. It hangs in the air with grace."
She started to turn around wildly again. She seemed a little startled. "Your face is like a ray of sunshine. Glorious and beauty unmatched," he continued. She smiled and calmed down a little though she still looked a little curious. "You are an absolute angel. Nothing would make me give up looking into your eyes."
Suddenly she spoke. "I wish to look into your sweet eyes. Where are you?"
"I can't tell you. You might scorn me. I could not stand it. Nothing would pain me more."
"But, kind stranger, I do not believe I could after you have been so wonderful."
Sirius almost lost it. She would absolutely kill him if she found out it was him this early. He was going to let her know tomorrow afternoon. "Trust me. It is better this way. I would rather imagine your pretty eyes in secret until I can make it up to you."
"What? What do you need to make up?"
She was on to him. Time to pull out the big dogs. "My love," she shivered at the utterance. "It is not important now. Everything in the world is you. You are my world."
"Oh my..." she trailed off.
Sirius found it very odd to converse from behind a couch and decided to make the most of it. He lay down with his arms behind his head. "Wondrous beauty like your own may blind my unworthy eyes." All of this sickly sweet talk was giving him a slight headache. "This better work," he grumbled.
"The beautiful words you speak are almost to good for the human mouth. I only wish I knew you." She seemed forlorn and longing. Just the way he wanted her.
"In time you may. In time you may." She stood up and started to walk around the couch. Sirius panicked, but before he could move his feet out of her path she had tripped over them. She screamed.
"What the..." she yelled. The cloak was ripped away from him as she landed directly on top of him. They were laying face to face. She was stunned for a second before pushing off of him with all of her might. Her mouth hung open in wordless anger. "You...you...aaagh!" she exclaimed.
"Yes. It's me, the wonderful Sirius Black." He tried to smile charmingly as he sat up rubbing his shoulders where she had push off.
"I can't believe you. You pig. 'Absolute Angel?' What is this about? What prank? Why?" She stumbled over the words in her anger.
"Prank?" He said a little to quickly. "There is no prank Caroline. I do really like you. Nothing would make me want to hurt you!"
She glared and touched her hair, obviously thinking about when it had been unnatural colors. "Sirius Black, what do you think I am? If a git is your answer I assure you that you are mistaken."
"Git? Of course not. Honey, sweetie," he tried to move closer, but she backed away. "Never. Wouldn't dream of it."
"You must have to think I would have fallen for this stupid display."
"You were falling for it until you knew it was me," he said defensively.
"That's right. It would have been romantic if it weren't a phony, fake, and lying jackass like you."
"Me? I am none of those!"
"Tell it to the bat-boogies."
"To the what?"
She shouted the incantantion and his face was suddenly full of them. She turned and walked up her stairs laughing.
"Wahit. Carli—Hep meh!" he muffled voice called. He heard her dormitory door shut and knew it was hopeless. "Great, now I have to go get help from Remus and James. They are never gonna let me live this down. I must win this bet now. For dignities sake."
He climbed the boy's stairs and opened the door. Inside Remus, James, and Peter were laughing about something. He tried to hide his face, but his entrance made them laugh even more. Peter looked as if he didn't get the joke, but James and Remus did.
"Comh onn yew guhys. Hoh digd yew no?" he said through the curse.
"Well, first we heard yelling and we were thinking of going down."
"But Moony here realized it was Caroline, so we waited to hear what was happening."
"Then, we heard her yell the spell and knew you were a gonner. That is a cruel spell and she wouldn't use it on anyone else. Face it buddy, she hates you."
"Sheh doesh noh!" he tried to defend himself. Then he started pointing to his face. "Pleahse!" he yelled.
"Well, I donno Prongs. He does look better that way."
"True, don't have to deal with his futile attempts at a beard."
"MHMHMH!!!" Neither of them had any idea what that meant. After a minute more of laughing hysterically James took the curse away easily.
"Thank god. I think one of those things was biting my ear!"
"Right. That's all and well Padfoot, but we want to know what happened. What about the perfect plan was not so flawless."
"It was nothing," he tried to brush it off. "Just a minor set back."
"There was nothing minor about that curse you got. Don't hold out on us!"
"It was nothing. Look, get off my back. I can't wait to see what Lily does to you, James. I do believe it will be something worse."
"Yeah, but...Caroline cursed you," he tried the old joke again.
"You are hopeless sometimes mate. Hopeless. I'm going to sleep. I think you should too, Prongs. A lot of work ahead."
"I think Wormtail got a head start," Remus said pointing at him. The boy was drooling and snoring loudly as he slept. Sirius enjoyed laughing for a moment until he realized—
"HEY!! That's my bed!" He pushed Peter onto the floor. The boy sat up quickly and looked around blindly.
"Where's mom?" he shouted. His friends all laughed wildly. "What?!?" He stood up. "I never get your jokes!" he complained.
"It's ok Wormtail, get to bed," Remus told him.
"Yeah your bed." The confused boy got up and starting walking over to his bed. "And take you pillow!" Sirius flung it across the room and it hit him in the back of the head. He fell face first onto his bed and didn't move.
"Err...he seems kinda...dead," commented James. The three of them walked over and peered at him carefully. He was snoring again.
"That rat. He could sleep at anytime. I wonder if something is wrong with him." Remus looked at him with eyebrows raised. "Well, if something else is wrong with him anyways."
"I'm going to bed. I just hope he didn't contaminate my sheets." Sirius walked over and pulled them off the bed. He gave them a little shake and lay down. "Good luck tomorrow James."
"Yeah. Right."
Remus smiled from the inside of his four-poster. This was all to easy. He knew they couldn't tame these girls and three days and he loved it.