Chapter 25
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Weeks had passed and Sirius and I were closer than ever. I eventually forgave Dumbledore but not Snape. I was in Dumbledore's office at least once a week and we just chatted for about an hour each time. It was one of those evenings and I was sitting across from him. I had just introduced Dumbeldore to peanut butter and fluff sandwiches.
"I must say, these have an extraordinary taste to them." Dumbledore said after taking a few bites.
"I thought you might like them." I said giggling. We chatted some more and we ended up on the subject of Voldermort. I never did tell anyone about that night near the forest. I didn't know what people might think but I had to tell someone.
"Dumbledore, what would you say if I told you that I did have some encounter with Voldermort." I asked him innocently.
"I would understand." He said I nodded and then I squirmed a little.
"Ok. in that case, I did." I said simply.
"I thought so." He said.
"He told me that he wanted to be my friend. And I felt so alone that night. I needed one." I said.
"Ashleigh you are never alone. No matter what you think, no matter what you feel you will always have me, your dad and you friends." He said. I gave a half nod.
"You're right but I thought you were against me. I couldn't find my friends and my dad's letters have been getting less and less frequent." I said.
"Ok. Ashleigh don't take this the wrong way but you are very impressionable. All teens are. That's why Voldermort has more success recruiting teens rather than adults. He is a very good actor, I learned that the hard way." Dumbledore said. I wondered how Voldermort acted toward him. But I didn't ask out of respect.
"He seemed saddened by my mother's death. Did they know each other?" I asked him. He slowly nodded.
"How?" I asked.
"Your mother and him went to school. They were good friends. Both of them put up with a lot for having a friend in a rival house. Sadly enough, Tom fell in love with your mom but she fell in love with your dad. He took it pretty hard." Dumbledore said with a solemn face.
"Are you serious! That's nuts!" I said. He nodded. After the talk, I went back to the common room.
"Ash!" Sirius yelled. He was surrounded by the Maurders, Lily and Alyssa. I walked toward them. Alyssa was reading Miss Spell, the witches guide to magical beauty spells. Lily was curled up next to her, she was reading one of my favorite muggle books, Moby Dick. James and Peter were playing exploding snap and you could tell by all the soot on their faces. Sirius and Remus were playing wizards' chess.
"Aha! Checkmate!" Sirius exclaimed.
"No way! We have to play again! I call a rematch." Remus said.
"No way moony, my girl is back. You're going to have to play yourself." Sirius said.
"You sold me out for a girl." Remus said. I only smiled. Ever since that night at the Shrieking Shack, Sirius and I have been doing great. He walks me to all of my classes, even when I protest because he might be late to his own. And I thought it was just too sweet. I sat on his lap and he kissed me on the cheek. I had a thing about kissing in public.
"Lily you seem to be deeply interested in that book." I said. She sighed and put the book down.
"I have never read something so good. I mean the way Captain Ahab wants total revenge is unbelievable. It's like, it doesn't matter how many people he kills just as long as he gets revenge." Lily said. Sounds familiar, I thought.
"I know, it's a really good book, I love it. Its one of my favorite books." I said.
"Oh come on Sirius! One more game, I need to beat you." Remus said setting up the board again.
"You can't beat him, he is the WCM. Wizards' Chess Master." I said. When Sirius heard that he started to tickle me. I was squirming and laughing, it made the attention land on me.
"Oh, get a room!" James said. The others agreed with him.
"We would if we could. But we cant so deal with it." Sirius said. I hit him playfully.
"Don't be so mean." I said.
"I'm not, the bloke knows I'm playing." Sirius said. I got up and left the common room after saying good night to everyone. I needed to think on my own and it was late anyway. The Prefects were about to rush everyone off to bed anyway.
The next day, while Sirius, Alyssa and Remus and I were in the classroom waiting for Lily and James to come in so we could have our lively talks during class, which we normally got in trouble for. Peter seemed to just hang around and agree to everything that people were saying. He would do anything to have a bodyguard like James and Sirius. Which annoyed me to no end. I figured that we had it in pairs, Remus with Alyssa (so going to happen soon, I have seen the way that they looked at each other.), James with Lily, and me and Sirius. Peter wasn't fitting in any part of the equation. We tried to set him up countless times but he just didn't get it.
Lily and James walked in right before the bell rang. The Professor asked them to sit and they did. Lily sat between Alyssa and me. She had a huge smile one her face.
"You guys!" She whispered excitedly. We looked at her weirdly and then back at the Professor who was looking our way. I was listening to Sirius and James behind us.
"So did you?" I heard Sirius ask.
"Yup." I heard James say and he had joy in his voice. I nudged Lily and she handed me a note. 'I was talking to James and he asked me out.. I said yes.' Upon hearing this info I squealed with joy for her and handed the note to Alyssa. The Professor looked over at us.
"Miss Cox, will you please leave that seat. Trade seats with Mr. Malfoy at once." He said. I froze because Snape was sitting next to Malfoy.
"But Professor, I don't get along well with Snape, not at all." I said. He eyed me.
"Fine then, you will just have to get along with him for the rest of the day." He said leading me to Malfoy's vacant seat. He sat me down next to Snape and performed a sticking charm on us.
"Professor this is totally unfair!" Snape yelled. He shrugged his shoulders and went back to teaching. My shoulder was stuck to Snape's shoulder.
"Keep your hands off me." I whispered ferociously. He glared at me through his beady eyes.
"I can't help it." He whispered back.
"I know I am irresistible but keep your bloody hands off of me and my stuff." I said through clenched teeth.
"You're not irresistible." He said. I pushed my shoulder and he pushed back.
"I know that you lied and you convinced some Gryffindor to also lie for you. Why? What did I ever do to you?" I asked. We were sitting in the back row of seats and the teacher couldn't hear us over all of his own talking. He never allowed anyone to talk over him. I guessed it was because he loved to hear himself talk. And to make things worse he spoke in a monotone. Very boring.
"Shut up." He said.
"Severus, you watch out because I am out to get you. And I will get you. I am very vengeful." I said. The rest of the class I would push him and in turn he would push me too.
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Weeks had passed and Sirius and I were closer than ever. I eventually forgave Dumbledore but not Snape. I was in Dumbledore's office at least once a week and we just chatted for about an hour each time. It was one of those evenings and I was sitting across from him. I had just introduced Dumbeldore to peanut butter and fluff sandwiches.
"I must say, these have an extraordinary taste to them." Dumbledore said after taking a few bites.
"I thought you might like them." I said giggling. We chatted some more and we ended up on the subject of Voldermort. I never did tell anyone about that night near the forest. I didn't know what people might think but I had to tell someone.
"Dumbledore, what would you say if I told you that I did have some encounter with Voldermort." I asked him innocently.
"I would understand." He said I nodded and then I squirmed a little.
"Ok. in that case, I did." I said simply.
"I thought so." He said.
"He told me that he wanted to be my friend. And I felt so alone that night. I needed one." I said.
"Ashleigh you are never alone. No matter what you think, no matter what you feel you will always have me, your dad and you friends." He said. I gave a half nod.
"You're right but I thought you were against me. I couldn't find my friends and my dad's letters have been getting less and less frequent." I said.
"Ok. Ashleigh don't take this the wrong way but you are very impressionable. All teens are. That's why Voldermort has more success recruiting teens rather than adults. He is a very good actor, I learned that the hard way." Dumbledore said. I wondered how Voldermort acted toward him. But I didn't ask out of respect.
"He seemed saddened by my mother's death. Did they know each other?" I asked him. He slowly nodded.
"How?" I asked.
"Your mother and him went to school. They were good friends. Both of them put up with a lot for having a friend in a rival house. Sadly enough, Tom fell in love with your mom but she fell in love with your dad. He took it pretty hard." Dumbledore said with a solemn face.
"Are you serious! That's nuts!" I said. He nodded. After the talk, I went back to the common room.
"Ash!" Sirius yelled. He was surrounded by the Maurders, Lily and Alyssa. I walked toward them. Alyssa was reading Miss Spell, the witches guide to magical beauty spells. Lily was curled up next to her, she was reading one of my favorite muggle books, Moby Dick. James and Peter were playing exploding snap and you could tell by all the soot on their faces. Sirius and Remus were playing wizards' chess.
"Aha! Checkmate!" Sirius exclaimed.
"No way! We have to play again! I call a rematch." Remus said.
"No way moony, my girl is back. You're going to have to play yourself." Sirius said.
"You sold me out for a girl." Remus said. I only smiled. Ever since that night at the Shrieking Shack, Sirius and I have been doing great. He walks me to all of my classes, even when I protest because he might be late to his own. And I thought it was just too sweet. I sat on his lap and he kissed me on the cheek. I had a thing about kissing in public.
"Lily you seem to be deeply interested in that book." I said. She sighed and put the book down.
"I have never read something so good. I mean the way Captain Ahab wants total revenge is unbelievable. It's like, it doesn't matter how many people he kills just as long as he gets revenge." Lily said. Sounds familiar, I thought.
"I know, it's a really good book, I love it. Its one of my favorite books." I said.
"Oh come on Sirius! One more game, I need to beat you." Remus said setting up the board again.
"You can't beat him, he is the WCM. Wizards' Chess Master." I said. When Sirius heard that he started to tickle me. I was squirming and laughing, it made the attention land on me.
"Oh, get a room!" James said. The others agreed with him.
"We would if we could. But we cant so deal with it." Sirius said. I hit him playfully.
"Don't be so mean." I said.
"I'm not, the bloke knows I'm playing." Sirius said. I got up and left the common room after saying good night to everyone. I needed to think on my own and it was late anyway. The Prefects were about to rush everyone off to bed anyway.
The next day, while Sirius, Alyssa and Remus and I were in the classroom waiting for Lily and James to come in so we could have our lively talks during class, which we normally got in trouble for. Peter seemed to just hang around and agree to everything that people were saying. He would do anything to have a bodyguard like James and Sirius. Which annoyed me to no end. I figured that we had it in pairs, Remus with Alyssa (so going to happen soon, I have seen the way that they looked at each other.), James with Lily, and me and Sirius. Peter wasn't fitting in any part of the equation. We tried to set him up countless times but he just didn't get it.
Lily and James walked in right before the bell rang. The Professor asked them to sit and they did. Lily sat between Alyssa and me. She had a huge smile one her face.
"You guys!" She whispered excitedly. We looked at her weirdly and then back at the Professor who was looking our way. I was listening to Sirius and James behind us.
"So did you?" I heard Sirius ask.
"Yup." I heard James say and he had joy in his voice. I nudged Lily and she handed me a note. 'I was talking to James and he asked me out.. I said yes.' Upon hearing this info I squealed with joy for her and handed the note to Alyssa. The Professor looked over at us.
"Miss Cox, will you please leave that seat. Trade seats with Mr. Malfoy at once." He said. I froze because Snape was sitting next to Malfoy.
"But Professor, I don't get along well with Snape, not at all." I said. He eyed me.
"Fine then, you will just have to get along with him for the rest of the day." He said leading me to Malfoy's vacant seat. He sat me down next to Snape and performed a sticking charm on us.
"Professor this is totally unfair!" Snape yelled. He shrugged his shoulders and went back to teaching. My shoulder was stuck to Snape's shoulder.
"Keep your hands off me." I whispered ferociously. He glared at me through his beady eyes.
"I can't help it." He whispered back.
"I know I am irresistible but keep your bloody hands off of me and my stuff." I said through clenched teeth.
"You're not irresistible." He said. I pushed my shoulder and he pushed back.
"I know that you lied and you convinced some Gryffindor to also lie for you. Why? What did I ever do to you?" I asked. We were sitting in the back row of seats and the teacher couldn't hear us over all of his own talking. He never allowed anyone to talk over him. I guessed it was because he loved to hear himself talk. And to make things worse he spoke in a monotone. Very boring.
"Shut up." He said.
"Severus, you watch out because I am out to get you. And I will get you. I am very vengeful." I said. The rest of the class I would push him and in turn he would push me too.