Chapter 23
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I walked into the Great Hall for dinner the next night. It was time to come in there again. I walked in holding Sirius' hand. I figured whoever told Dumbledore it was me would be in the Great Hall and see me walk in with Sirius. The more people who looked mad or gave me bad looks would be suspects on my list. Sirius kissed my hand lightly before we sat down. He was trying to keep my mind off of things. And that is what I needed after being confused with Voldermort.
"Hey Ash, I was wondering are we still on for studying tonight? For Samuels' test?" Jordan asked. I looked at Sirius to see if he was ok with it but he just seemed to not listen.
"Yeah sure. The library?" I asked and the Jordan left.
"So you have a date with Jordan tonight." Sirius said he seemed just a little mad.
"It's not a date," I said taking a deep breath. I knew it was going to be one long night.
"That's what it sounded like. Tonight the library, you and him." Sirius said.
"Sirius if you want me to break it off then I will. I'm not going to piss you off when we have only been together for less than a week." I said.
"No, you know what you go and 'study' with him. I'll go and hang with my friends." Sirius said and he picked up his plate and sat next to Mundungus, a fowl and sneaky person in the 7th year.
"Sirius," I said but he as already gone. Lily and Alyssa gave me a 'what happened' look. I ignored it and motioned to them that they would know later.
Later that night I was sitting the library with Jordan going over the History of Hogwarts. We had a big test on the Goblin Rebellions, and there were so many. It seemed that we were forever learning about the Goblin Rebellions, each one of them different and yet very similar.
"I hope I didn't cause any troubles between you and Sirius." Jordan said looking up from his book. I kept looking at my book trying to concentrate on the words.
"No problem. He'll get over it." I said. He better otherwise things will be worse off then they were before.
"Yeah, you know. Ash, I know him as mush as you think I don't, I do. He lives in the same dorm as me and he is a very jealous man and yet when it comes to girls touching him, he's so smooth about it, he doesn't really care." Jordan said. "Jordan, that was the old Sirius." I said desperately trying to believe myself.
"Ash, whether that was the old or the new, he's still the same." Jordan said.
"I can't believe that." I stated and we left it at that.
We got back to the Common room and I searched for Sirius but I didn't find him. Jordan tapped my shoulder and I turned to face him. He gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Thanks." He whispered and I pulled away from him immediately. And yet somehow, that small kiss on the cheek had brought back memories of the kiss we shared near the Shrieking Shack that one Hogsmeade weekend.
"Good night." I said firmly and I left to find Lily or anyone I could talk to. I didn't find anyone so I sat down near the fire and I stared into it. 'Oh if only I could talk to Izzy.' I thought as I sat there alone. Courtney came up behind me and sat down in front of me. I stiffened.
"Hi." She said. I just nodded. I wanted to say as little as possible.
"You know I saw what happened between you and Sirius. I'm sorry. He can be such an ignorant jerk at times." Courtney said I just stared at her. Was she serious?
"What are you talking about?" I asked her.
"Sirius throwing a fit because Jordan and you wanted to study." She said.
"What about it?" I asked.
"If I were you I wouldn't take it." She said.
"Courtney, go away please. I'm tired." I said just as Sirius walked in with Jezebel hanging on him. I gave a small short laugh at the scene before me. What a coincidence. I got up and went to my dorm room. It was a wonderful September night and it seemed to be a shame to waste it. I went back down and tried to avoid anyone that I could. I wanted to go back outside of the castle, I still had half an hour before curfew and it could be spent looking up at the stars. I was on my way out of the castle when Dumbledore appeared right next to me.
"Good evening Miss Cox." Dumbledore said as we walked toward the door that led to outside.
"Good evening Professor." I said. We continued to walk down the steps and unto the grassy slope.
"I'm guessing that your detentions are going well?" He asked me. I've had to write a dozen essays and do polish silver, which I swear if I have to polish once more than it might make a hole.
"Yes Professor." I said as cold and formal as I could.
"Ashleigh, I know you are mad. But I had to do something." He said. I nodded.
"I also have knowledge that you have seen Voldermort, is that true?" He asked me. I looked up at him so fast my neck gave a spasm.
"What are you talking about?" I asked him.
"I think you know what I am talking about. And I can't stop you from talking to him. But remember this, Tom is a very manipulative man. He will do anything and everything to get what he wants and right now he wants death." Dumbledore said.
"I can't believe anything that anyone says anymore. Everyone lies." I said stalking off.
"Oh God please don't let us lose her." I heard before I left. I didn't want to go back to the common room but I didn't want Dumbledore to see me go to the edge of the forest.
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I walked into the Great Hall for dinner the next night. It was time to come in there again. I walked in holding Sirius' hand. I figured whoever told Dumbledore it was me would be in the Great Hall and see me walk in with Sirius. The more people who looked mad or gave me bad looks would be suspects on my list. Sirius kissed my hand lightly before we sat down. He was trying to keep my mind off of things. And that is what I needed after being confused with Voldermort.
"Hey Ash, I was wondering are we still on for studying tonight? For Samuels' test?" Jordan asked. I looked at Sirius to see if he was ok with it but he just seemed to not listen.
"Yeah sure. The library?" I asked and the Jordan left.
"So you have a date with Jordan tonight." Sirius said he seemed just a little mad.
"It's not a date," I said taking a deep breath. I knew it was going to be one long night.
"That's what it sounded like. Tonight the library, you and him." Sirius said.
"Sirius if you want me to break it off then I will. I'm not going to piss you off when we have only been together for less than a week." I said.
"No, you know what you go and 'study' with him. I'll go and hang with my friends." Sirius said and he picked up his plate and sat next to Mundungus, a fowl and sneaky person in the 7th year.
"Sirius," I said but he as already gone. Lily and Alyssa gave me a 'what happened' look. I ignored it and motioned to them that they would know later.
Later that night I was sitting the library with Jordan going over the History of Hogwarts. We had a big test on the Goblin Rebellions, and there were so many. It seemed that we were forever learning about the Goblin Rebellions, each one of them different and yet very similar.
"I hope I didn't cause any troubles between you and Sirius." Jordan said looking up from his book. I kept looking at my book trying to concentrate on the words.
"No problem. He'll get over it." I said. He better otherwise things will be worse off then they were before.
"Yeah, you know. Ash, I know him as mush as you think I don't, I do. He lives in the same dorm as me and he is a very jealous man and yet when it comes to girls touching him, he's so smooth about it, he doesn't really care." Jordan said. "Jordan, that was the old Sirius." I said desperately trying to believe myself.
"Ash, whether that was the old or the new, he's still the same." Jordan said.
"I can't believe that." I stated and we left it at that.
We got back to the Common room and I searched for Sirius but I didn't find him. Jordan tapped my shoulder and I turned to face him. He gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Thanks." He whispered and I pulled away from him immediately. And yet somehow, that small kiss on the cheek had brought back memories of the kiss we shared near the Shrieking Shack that one Hogsmeade weekend.
"Good night." I said firmly and I left to find Lily or anyone I could talk to. I didn't find anyone so I sat down near the fire and I stared into it. 'Oh if only I could talk to Izzy.' I thought as I sat there alone. Courtney came up behind me and sat down in front of me. I stiffened.
"Hi." She said. I just nodded. I wanted to say as little as possible.
"You know I saw what happened between you and Sirius. I'm sorry. He can be such an ignorant jerk at times." Courtney said I just stared at her. Was she serious?
"What are you talking about?" I asked her.
"Sirius throwing a fit because Jordan and you wanted to study." She said.
"What about it?" I asked.
"If I were you I wouldn't take it." She said.
"Courtney, go away please. I'm tired." I said just as Sirius walked in with Jezebel hanging on him. I gave a small short laugh at the scene before me. What a coincidence. I got up and went to my dorm room. It was a wonderful September night and it seemed to be a shame to waste it. I went back down and tried to avoid anyone that I could. I wanted to go back outside of the castle, I still had half an hour before curfew and it could be spent looking up at the stars. I was on my way out of the castle when Dumbledore appeared right next to me.
"Good evening Miss Cox." Dumbledore said as we walked toward the door that led to outside.
"Good evening Professor." I said. We continued to walk down the steps and unto the grassy slope.
"I'm guessing that your detentions are going well?" He asked me. I've had to write a dozen essays and do polish silver, which I swear if I have to polish once more than it might make a hole.
"Yes Professor." I said as cold and formal as I could.
"Ashleigh, I know you are mad. But I had to do something." He said. I nodded.
"I also have knowledge that you have seen Voldermort, is that true?" He asked me. I looked up at him so fast my neck gave a spasm.
"What are you talking about?" I asked him.
"I think you know what I am talking about. And I can't stop you from talking to him. But remember this, Tom is a very manipulative man. He will do anything and everything to get what he wants and right now he wants death." Dumbledore said.
"I can't believe anything that anyone says anymore. Everyone lies." I said stalking off.
"Oh God please don't let us lose her." I heard before I left. I didn't want to go back to the common room but I didn't want Dumbledore to see me go to the edge of the forest.