Chapter 21
Avoiding Sirius and his pals was easy. Except for those moments when Sirius choose to be difficult and very stubborn. I poked my head out of the dorm again. I looked around the corner and down toward the common room. Sirius had finally left; he had been waiting there for half an hour for me. Everyone else was in the Great Hall for supper. I walked down to the common room to get a change of scenery other than my room. I walked toward the fire that always burned at all times. I stood there thinking about Sirius. Amazing how he could spark feelings in me. He made my heart beat just a little faster and my tongue-tie in front of him. I suddenly felt two strong hands on my shoulders. I screamed when I turned and I cursed myself for being so jumpy. Sirius put his arms around me and just held me. I was shaking because it was him, not because I was scared.
"Shhh, its ok, just me." He said. I pulled back immediately and hit both his shoulders with a strong force.
"How dare you scare me like that! What is wrong with you! What if I had cursed you or jinxed you. you could have gotten hurt." I was yelling at him. He just sat back in the chair that he was pushed in by me and just grinned. That sexy grin that made my heart melt. I was shaking with anger now.
"I'm sorry but why are you avoiding me?" Sirius asked. Now, I could have said 'because I love you' or 'I don't know why' but no I just had to deny it.
"I am not!" I yelled at him as if he accused me of murder.
"You are to. You never make eye contact with me, you sit at the opposite end of the table, and you seem to be in your dorm every time I am down in the common room. Why?" Sirius asked. He had come up to my eye level and was holding my shoulders to make sure that I would have told the truth. But I didn't know what to say except "I love you'.
"I don't know why, I didn't notice." I said.
"Bull! You do know why and you did notice, I saw your head peek out to check the room. You saw me in the common room and ran back up to your room. why? Did I do something wrong?" He asked. I looked him in the eye. What was I supposed to do? Say that I loved him and then watch him avoid me?
"Well. No you didn't do anything wrong. It's just, I think. I think I am falling in love with you." I said and I immediately regretted saying it.
"Oh." He said. I then decided to turn my head to break eye contact.
"I don't know about you but I always thought that if you loved or were falling in love with someone, you would want to be near them, not avoid them." Sirius said. "Don't humor me. I know you don't feel the same so now it's your turn to avoid me." I said. Sirius lifted my chin up to look him dead in the eye.
"You don't know what I feel so don't assume you do. I am also falling in love with you. I have ever since I first laid eyes on you. And it wasn't that I want to have sex with you and then dump you feeling. it was real and I have just realized that now." Sirius said. I was dumbfounded. He loved ME. I felt a slow smile creep upon my face. And then I laughed I couldn't help but laugh. His sexy grin had been replaced with a slight frown and look of confusion.
"I'm not laughing because of you or what you said. I just feel EXTREMELY happy right now." I said.
"Oh. Well, so am I." Sirius said. He pulled me so close to him so our noses were about to touch. And then he kissed me, not the hungry kiss that we had before, but the soft gentle promise type of kiss. When we finally pulled apart we were both smiling, ear to ear.
"Should we tell them?" Sirius asked. For a second I forgot who "them" was.
"I guess so, we can't exactly leave them in suspense." I said.
"I know they actually knew that I was going to ask you to be my girlfriend. They helped me plan it." Sirius said.
"What do you mean?" I asked with fake anger.
"Well, James lent me his invisibility cloak, and Lily made sure that no one was in here." Sirius said. I laughed thinking of the things Lily had to do or say to get people out of here. Just then the portrait hole swung open and Lily walked in with James, Remus and Alyssa behind her.
"Yah!" James yelled.
"What are you guys on about?" I asked.
"We know you guys are a couple." Remus said.
"Actually no, I decline." I said. All of their mouths dropped open.
"What did you do wrong!" Alyssa yelled at Sirius. Sirius laughed.
"I'm kidding." I said. Then they all smiled.
"So then you guys are a couple?" Lily asked.
"Yup!" Sirius said and he swung me around and dipped me while kissing me. I ruined the kiss by laughing.
"Awww, how romantic!" Lily squealed.
"Oh really?" James asked and he did the same exact thing to Lily. When Lily was up right once more she turned just as red as her hair. Even James was the same color as her. Obviously he hadn't planned it.
The Portrait hole opened up again and everyone came back in totally oblivious to what had happened.
"How did it go?" Peter asked looking quite flushed. For some reason I couldn't bring my self to like Peter. He seemed like a nice guy but he also seemed like a tag along or a pest.
"It went well." Sirius said. Everyone else nodded. I saw Jezebel walk toward us.
"Sirius, sweety!" Jezebel said pushing me out of the way and hugging Sirius for what seemed like forever, but in reality it was only about 10 seconds.
"He is taken now." Alyssa said through gritted teeth. Jezebel ignored her and continued hanging all over Sirius. I was starting to get mad because he was my boyfriend now, and I shouldn't be subjected to this. And then I realized, no matter who knew that I was his girlfriend, girls would still be making passes at him in front of me, not to mention the looks I would get. Being his girlfriend was going to be tough.
"He's my boyfriend." I said. Jezebel looked at Sirius for conformation. Sirius nodded with a huge smile and put one arm around my waist. I felt fairly confident that I could make it, Sirius just made me happy. I hadn't been this happy since. well since Conner was alive.
The next day, Sirius was waiting for me out in the common room to escort me to breakfast. Being his girlfriend was fun, so far of course. We had Transfiguration first.
"Now, this is your sixth year, that means that you have got to prepare for your N.E.W.T.s." Professor McGonagall said during class. Sirius and James were sitting in front of Lily and me.
"So what did you think of James last night." I asked her in a very low whisper. Lily's head popped up and smiled shyly.
"That was one of the most embarrassing things that have happened to me." Lily said. I laughed which called McGonagall's attention toward us.
"Miss Cox, please tell me, what about the N.E.W.T.s do you think is funny?" Professor McGonagall asked. I had all eyes one me. "The E." I stated low. But it caused James, Remus, Alyssa, Lily and Sirius to laugh.
"Excuse me what was that?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"Nothing Professor, I was just repeating a joke inside my head and I was laughing at that." I said. That was pretty lame but hopefully she would buy it.
"Well then, I guess you could be laughing at it during." But she interrupted by Professor Dumbledore.
"Excuse me, but may I see Miss Cox privately?" Dumbledore asked. McGonagall nodded and I was saved. No detention. I got up and followed him out of the classroom.
"Good Morning Professor." I said. I had no idea why he had called me out of class.
"Ashleigh." He said nodding his head. He was walking fast and it was hard to keep up with him.
"Excuse me, Professor, but what is it that you needed?" I asked politely.
"Well, I need to talk to you. Where were you last night?" He asked me. I thought about it and I was in the dorm the whole night.
"My dorm, I was sleeping. Why?" I asked.
"Because someone said they caught you out of the dorm room and you did this." He said when he reached his office. He stood to the side and he revealed Snape sitting there, Snape's nose had turned into a pigs nose, he was completely bald. He had buckteeth and warts covered his hands and arms. I looked to Dumbledore and shook my head.
"I did not do that." I said. Hopefully he could tell when I was telling the truth, he had to believe me.
"Yes you did!" Snape said in a funny voice. I couldn't help but laugh, and that didn't help my situation.
"Professor, you have to believe me, I didn't do it. I was asleep in my dorm, from 9 till 6 the this morning." I said. Dumbledore made me sit next to Snape and he sat across from us at his desk.
"Ashleigh, I am afraid that I will have to give you 2 weeks detention." Dumbledore said.
"But Professor I didn't." He put his hand up and I shut up.
"I have a witness from a different house and Mr. Snape here, says that he say you. The evidence is overwhelming." Dumbledore said. "But." I started to protest, I didn't do anything of the sort.
"I'm sorry, but your jokes have gone too far. One more stunt like this and I am going to have to expel you." He said. I had detention with the caretaker that night. We had a huge discussion with my dad before I was excused to go to lunch.
At lunch I saw Sirius, Lily, Alyssa, James and Remus with Jezebel at the table. Jezebel was hanging on Sirius again and no one was talking to her. Sirius was trying to keep her hands off him but it wasn't working. When Sirius saw me he jumped up and came toward me.
"You were gone a long time. What did Dumbledore want?" Sirius asked. I glanced toward the high table and saw Dumbledore looking at us. I looked away, I was mad. How dare he give me detention for something I didn't do!
"I got detention for two weeks." I said sitting down in the group. By the time I sat down Jezebel was gone.
"For talking back to McGonagall?" Sirius asked amazed.
"No. For attacking Snape, which I didn't do." I said. Everyone listened while I told them the story.
"Well cant we tell him that you were in the dorm the whole night?" Lily asked.
"No use, he's made up his mind. He'll just say that you were sticking up for me cause I am your friend." I said.
"Oh come on, Dumbledore isn't even that unfair." James said.
"Well he's being pretty unfair now..." I said.
We all thought up of possibilities as to how Snape had pulled it off. He had gotten a witness form another house to say that I did it. But how?
*A/N: Sorry once again, lol.. Ummm, this is pretty much the same chapter as before but I changed about one sentence and I added more. Hope you enjoy.
Avoiding Sirius and his pals was easy. Except for those moments when Sirius choose to be difficult and very stubborn. I poked my head out of the dorm again. I looked around the corner and down toward the common room. Sirius had finally left; he had been waiting there for half an hour for me. Everyone else was in the Great Hall for supper. I walked down to the common room to get a change of scenery other than my room. I walked toward the fire that always burned at all times. I stood there thinking about Sirius. Amazing how he could spark feelings in me. He made my heart beat just a little faster and my tongue-tie in front of him. I suddenly felt two strong hands on my shoulders. I screamed when I turned and I cursed myself for being so jumpy. Sirius put his arms around me and just held me. I was shaking because it was him, not because I was scared.
"Shhh, its ok, just me." He said. I pulled back immediately and hit both his shoulders with a strong force.
"How dare you scare me like that! What is wrong with you! What if I had cursed you or jinxed you. you could have gotten hurt." I was yelling at him. He just sat back in the chair that he was pushed in by me and just grinned. That sexy grin that made my heart melt. I was shaking with anger now.
"I'm sorry but why are you avoiding me?" Sirius asked. Now, I could have said 'because I love you' or 'I don't know why' but no I just had to deny it.
"I am not!" I yelled at him as if he accused me of murder.
"You are to. You never make eye contact with me, you sit at the opposite end of the table, and you seem to be in your dorm every time I am down in the common room. Why?" Sirius asked. He had come up to my eye level and was holding my shoulders to make sure that I would have told the truth. But I didn't know what to say except "I love you'.
"I don't know why, I didn't notice." I said.
"Bull! You do know why and you did notice, I saw your head peek out to check the room. You saw me in the common room and ran back up to your room. why? Did I do something wrong?" He asked. I looked him in the eye. What was I supposed to do? Say that I loved him and then watch him avoid me?
"Well. No you didn't do anything wrong. It's just, I think. I think I am falling in love with you." I said and I immediately regretted saying it.
"Oh." He said. I then decided to turn my head to break eye contact.
"I don't know about you but I always thought that if you loved or were falling in love with someone, you would want to be near them, not avoid them." Sirius said. "Don't humor me. I know you don't feel the same so now it's your turn to avoid me." I said. Sirius lifted my chin up to look him dead in the eye.
"You don't know what I feel so don't assume you do. I am also falling in love with you. I have ever since I first laid eyes on you. And it wasn't that I want to have sex with you and then dump you feeling. it was real and I have just realized that now." Sirius said. I was dumbfounded. He loved ME. I felt a slow smile creep upon my face. And then I laughed I couldn't help but laugh. His sexy grin had been replaced with a slight frown and look of confusion.
"I'm not laughing because of you or what you said. I just feel EXTREMELY happy right now." I said.
"Oh. Well, so am I." Sirius said. He pulled me so close to him so our noses were about to touch. And then he kissed me, not the hungry kiss that we had before, but the soft gentle promise type of kiss. When we finally pulled apart we were both smiling, ear to ear.
"Should we tell them?" Sirius asked. For a second I forgot who "them" was.
"I guess so, we can't exactly leave them in suspense." I said.
"I know they actually knew that I was going to ask you to be my girlfriend. They helped me plan it." Sirius said.
"What do you mean?" I asked with fake anger.
"Well, James lent me his invisibility cloak, and Lily made sure that no one was in here." Sirius said. I laughed thinking of the things Lily had to do or say to get people out of here. Just then the portrait hole swung open and Lily walked in with James, Remus and Alyssa behind her.
"Yah!" James yelled.
"What are you guys on about?" I asked.
"We know you guys are a couple." Remus said.
"Actually no, I decline." I said. All of their mouths dropped open.
"What did you do wrong!" Alyssa yelled at Sirius. Sirius laughed.
"I'm kidding." I said. Then they all smiled.
"So then you guys are a couple?" Lily asked.
"Yup!" Sirius said and he swung me around and dipped me while kissing me. I ruined the kiss by laughing.
"Awww, how romantic!" Lily squealed.
"Oh really?" James asked and he did the same exact thing to Lily. When Lily was up right once more she turned just as red as her hair. Even James was the same color as her. Obviously he hadn't planned it.
The Portrait hole opened up again and everyone came back in totally oblivious to what had happened.
"How did it go?" Peter asked looking quite flushed. For some reason I couldn't bring my self to like Peter. He seemed like a nice guy but he also seemed like a tag along or a pest.
"It went well." Sirius said. Everyone else nodded. I saw Jezebel walk toward us.
"Sirius, sweety!" Jezebel said pushing me out of the way and hugging Sirius for what seemed like forever, but in reality it was only about 10 seconds.
"He is taken now." Alyssa said through gritted teeth. Jezebel ignored her and continued hanging all over Sirius. I was starting to get mad because he was my boyfriend now, and I shouldn't be subjected to this. And then I realized, no matter who knew that I was his girlfriend, girls would still be making passes at him in front of me, not to mention the looks I would get. Being his girlfriend was going to be tough.
"He's my boyfriend." I said. Jezebel looked at Sirius for conformation. Sirius nodded with a huge smile and put one arm around my waist. I felt fairly confident that I could make it, Sirius just made me happy. I hadn't been this happy since. well since Conner was alive.
The next day, Sirius was waiting for me out in the common room to escort me to breakfast. Being his girlfriend was fun, so far of course. We had Transfiguration first.
"Now, this is your sixth year, that means that you have got to prepare for your N.E.W.T.s." Professor McGonagall said during class. Sirius and James were sitting in front of Lily and me.
"So what did you think of James last night." I asked her in a very low whisper. Lily's head popped up and smiled shyly.
"That was one of the most embarrassing things that have happened to me." Lily said. I laughed which called McGonagall's attention toward us.
"Miss Cox, please tell me, what about the N.E.W.T.s do you think is funny?" Professor McGonagall asked. I had all eyes one me. "The E." I stated low. But it caused James, Remus, Alyssa, Lily and Sirius to laugh.
"Excuse me what was that?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"Nothing Professor, I was just repeating a joke inside my head and I was laughing at that." I said. That was pretty lame but hopefully she would buy it.
"Well then, I guess you could be laughing at it during." But she interrupted by Professor Dumbledore.
"Excuse me, but may I see Miss Cox privately?" Dumbledore asked. McGonagall nodded and I was saved. No detention. I got up and followed him out of the classroom.
"Good Morning Professor." I said. I had no idea why he had called me out of class.
"Ashleigh." He said nodding his head. He was walking fast and it was hard to keep up with him.
"Excuse me, Professor, but what is it that you needed?" I asked politely.
"Well, I need to talk to you. Where were you last night?" He asked me. I thought about it and I was in the dorm the whole night.
"My dorm, I was sleeping. Why?" I asked.
"Because someone said they caught you out of the dorm room and you did this." He said when he reached his office. He stood to the side and he revealed Snape sitting there, Snape's nose had turned into a pigs nose, he was completely bald. He had buckteeth and warts covered his hands and arms. I looked to Dumbledore and shook my head.
"I did not do that." I said. Hopefully he could tell when I was telling the truth, he had to believe me.
"Yes you did!" Snape said in a funny voice. I couldn't help but laugh, and that didn't help my situation.
"Professor, you have to believe me, I didn't do it. I was asleep in my dorm, from 9 till 6 the this morning." I said. Dumbledore made me sit next to Snape and he sat across from us at his desk.
"Ashleigh, I am afraid that I will have to give you 2 weeks detention." Dumbledore said.
"But Professor I didn't." He put his hand up and I shut up.
"I have a witness from a different house and Mr. Snape here, says that he say you. The evidence is overwhelming." Dumbledore said. "But." I started to protest, I didn't do anything of the sort.
"I'm sorry, but your jokes have gone too far. One more stunt like this and I am going to have to expel you." He said. I had detention with the caretaker that night. We had a huge discussion with my dad before I was excused to go to lunch.
At lunch I saw Sirius, Lily, Alyssa, James and Remus with Jezebel at the table. Jezebel was hanging on Sirius again and no one was talking to her. Sirius was trying to keep her hands off him but it wasn't working. When Sirius saw me he jumped up and came toward me.
"You were gone a long time. What did Dumbledore want?" Sirius asked. I glanced toward the high table and saw Dumbledore looking at us. I looked away, I was mad. How dare he give me detention for something I didn't do!
"I got detention for two weeks." I said sitting down in the group. By the time I sat down Jezebel was gone.
"For talking back to McGonagall?" Sirius asked amazed.
"No. For attacking Snape, which I didn't do." I said. Everyone listened while I told them the story.
"Well cant we tell him that you were in the dorm the whole night?" Lily asked.
"No use, he's made up his mind. He'll just say that you were sticking up for me cause I am your friend." I said.
"Oh come on, Dumbledore isn't even that unfair." James said.
"Well he's being pretty unfair now..." I said.
We all thought up of possibilities as to how Snape had pulled it off. He had gotten a witness form another house to say that I did it. But how?
*A/N: Sorry once again, lol.. Ummm, this is pretty much the same chapter as before but I changed about one sentence and I added more. Hope you enjoy.