"RENEGADE"
A/N: GOD, I'M SO SORRY IT'S TAKEN ME FOREVER TO UPDATE. I'VE BEEN REALLY SICK FOR A LONG TIME AND I HAD EXAMS. HOPE YOU LIKE THE CHAPTER.
Disclaimer: Sad to say, I don't own Sirius Black. If I did, I would not have killed off the closest thing Harry had to a father because he's been through enough bullshit already in his life!
Random Thoughts: These are just like my little bit of inspiration or humor that I put at the beginning of every chapter I write. I don't know why, I just like to do it. They aren't meant to fit with the chapter or anything.
This chapter's random thought: "Life is a cookie." ~America's Sweethearts
Chapter 10 - Two Friends
Raven opened the door and stepped backwards to let Sirius saunter in. He froze when he saw another woman sitting at Raven's kitchen table, looking him up and down. He glanced quickly at Raven. Sensing his apprehensiveness, Raven placed herself between them and gestured from one to the other.
"Jordan, this is Sirius. Sirius, Jordan.
"Hi," said Sirius uneasily.
"Hello," replied Jordan allknowingly.
Raven gave Jordan a look. She had a way of looking as though she could tell everything about a person by just looking at them.
Jordan broke into a smile. "I've heard all about you. Are you a witch, too?"
"Dammit, Jordan!" warned Raven. "First of all, it's a cardinal sin to tell any muggle of your magical powers so unless you want me to wipe your memory, I suggest you--"
Jordan held up her hand and grinned. "I'll be good."
"Thank you. And secondly, females are witches, males are wizards." She turned to Sirius. "Sorry, she made me tell her everything a few years ago."
An amused grin creeped along Sirius' lips and he shrugged. "It's okay."
He took a seat at the table and helped himself to Raven's chocoffee, which is what Sirius' had insisted on calling it after he'd been there every morning since to have her coffee mixed with hot chocolate.
"I was just telling Raven how I haven't seen her in so long. She seems to be preoccupied lately by something...or someone," suggested Jordan, slyly.
Raven rolled her eyes and stepped on Jordan's foot under the table.
She ignored it. "So has she told you everything, Sirius? All her deep, dark secrets?"
Sirius smiled widely and turned to Raven questioningly.
"What?" she asked, returning his smile.
"You have more than one deep, dark secret?" he asked, leaning forward on his chair.
"You already know my *one* deep, dark secret."
"You sure about that?" he asked.
"Yes!" Raven gave his shoulder a push and the back two legs of his chair snapped back down to the floor.
Sirius put his arms out to balance himself. Then he narrowed his eyes on Jordan. "Does she treat you like this?"
"Oh no," said Jordan. "But then again, she'd be barking up the wrong tree if she did."
Raven gasped and stood from her chair, pulling Jordan's arm up with her. "Alright, Jordi, that's quite enough. You'll be going now." Jordan was forced to stand and walk behind Raven to the door. Sirius was laughing.
"Wha'd I say?" she asked innocently. She turned and nodded her head to Sirius. "I guess I'll be going now. Nice to meet you, Sirius."
"Likewise," he replied.
"Have fun," she called as she took the porch steps two at a time and retreated to her own house.
Raven sat back down at the table and sighed.
"I like her," said Sirius.
Raven smiled.
"You didn't have to kick her out, ya know."
"I do every morning she's here. She has to be at work in five minutes."
"Oh," Sirius nodded. "She's very direct, isn't she?"
"I'm surprized you noticed," joked Raven as she refilled his cup. "So what movie are we gonna watch today?"
"Actually, I wanted to show you something."
Raven looked at him mischievously. "Show me something?"
In two gulps, he'd drained his coffee cup, and he seized her hand. "C'mon," he said, pulling her from the table and out her front door.
"Sirius, you're pulling my arm out of its socket," said Raven, trying to find her feet as he pulled her strongly toward his house.
He slowed up so that Raven could walk next to him and they fell in step together. She turned to look at him sideways.
"Where are you taking me, Sirius Black?"
"Down into my basement," he said, trying to sound as normal about it as possible.
Raven stopped walking. "Excuse me?"
"Yeah. I want you to see something," he said, taking her hand again and pulling her.
"But what exactly are you gonna show me?" she asked, trying to resist him.
"You'll see. It's nothing bad, I promise," he dragged her up his front steps and through his house.
As he opened the door leading to the basement stairs, he picked up a blood-stained gray bag leaning against the adjecent wall. He led Raven down in front of him.
When she reached the bottom of the stairs, she stopped. "I'm here. What do you want me to see?"
"Around the corner, to your left," said Sirius as he set down the bag at the foot of the stairs.
He put one hand over Raven's eyes and another in the middle of her back, leading her around the corner and forward.
Buckbeak gave a loud hoot as he saw Sirius coming towards him and Raven quickly wrenched Sirius' hand from her eyes and jumped backwards into him. Sirius let out a chuckle, which he regretted as she gave him a look of pure terror. Leading her slowly forward, he gently put his hands on her shoulders and spoke soothingly into her ear.
"This is the hippogriff that helped me escape from Hogwarts. His name is Buckbeak. He won't hurt you unless you insult him."
Raven looked over the creature. He had the hind legs and tail of a horse, but eagle wings and head. Her eyes drifted to the half foot long talons on the beasts two front legs and she shuddered. Sirius' voice floated back to her, insistantly.
"I'm not gonna let him hurt you." He reached around Raven and stroked Buckbeak's gray feathers, reassuring him. He then returned to Raven's side and pushed her up to him. "Look him in the eye and try not to blink too much. That's it. Now you have to bow."
"What?" She spoke out of the corner of her mouth, but didn't dare look away from the hippogriffs brilliant orange eyes.
"Like in karate. Bow. You have to let him make the first move."
Raven didn't argue. She cautiously bowed and then looked up. Buckbeak immediately sank into a bow and Sirius smiled. He moved up behind her again, taking her hand and running it across Buckbeak's feathery beak. The hippogriff reacted much like Lily the cat would have if Raven had been petting it. She relaxed slightly.
"You escaped on this?" she asked.
"Yep."
"He's beautiful," she said as she more freely ran her fingers across his feathers.
"Mmhmm," said Sirius into her ear.
Raven suddenly noticed how close they were standing. She turned to look at him. Sirius was biting his bottom lip and looking at her as he pushed a strand of hair behind her ear. He almost looked like a teenager.
"So are you."
He brushed his lips hesitantly across hers at first, and when she met them, he kissed her more firmly. He ran his tongue across her bottom lip and into her mouth, deepening the kiss. There seemed to be a sort of desperate intensity to the way he kissed her. They were both lost in it.
Buckbeak gave another loud hoot, as he impatiently waited for his dinner, and the two of them jumped apart. Sirius gave Raven a sideways smirk before leaving her to get the bag he'd left by the stairs.
He spoke to Buckbeak as he pulled a dead rat from the bag and held it by its tail. "Oh alright, I know what you want."
Raven cringed as she watched Buckbeak devour the rat. He finished it in a matter of seconds and lifted his head questioningly again.
"Want another one?" Sirius threw him another rat and he stooped to reach it. "What about you, Rave?"
"Actually I do," she said, as she pulled on the collar of his shirt until his lips met hers again.
A/N: I WAS GETTING TIRED OF DANCING AROUND THE SUBJECT, SO I JUST DECIDED TO GET IT OVER AND DONE WITH. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
A/N: GOD, I'M SO SORRY IT'S TAKEN ME FOREVER TO UPDATE. I'VE BEEN REALLY SICK FOR A LONG TIME AND I HAD EXAMS. HOPE YOU LIKE THE CHAPTER.
Disclaimer: Sad to say, I don't own Sirius Black. If I did, I would not have killed off the closest thing Harry had to a father because he's been through enough bullshit already in his life!
Random Thoughts: These are just like my little bit of inspiration or humor that I put at the beginning of every chapter I write. I don't know why, I just like to do it. They aren't meant to fit with the chapter or anything.
This chapter's random thought: "Life is a cookie." ~America's Sweethearts
Chapter 10 - Two Friends
Raven opened the door and stepped backwards to let Sirius saunter in. He froze when he saw another woman sitting at Raven's kitchen table, looking him up and down. He glanced quickly at Raven. Sensing his apprehensiveness, Raven placed herself between them and gestured from one to the other.
"Jordan, this is Sirius. Sirius, Jordan.
"Hi," said Sirius uneasily.
"Hello," replied Jordan allknowingly.
Raven gave Jordan a look. She had a way of looking as though she could tell everything about a person by just looking at them.
Jordan broke into a smile. "I've heard all about you. Are you a witch, too?"
"Dammit, Jordan!" warned Raven. "First of all, it's a cardinal sin to tell any muggle of your magical powers so unless you want me to wipe your memory, I suggest you--"
Jordan held up her hand and grinned. "I'll be good."
"Thank you. And secondly, females are witches, males are wizards." She turned to Sirius. "Sorry, she made me tell her everything a few years ago."
An amused grin creeped along Sirius' lips and he shrugged. "It's okay."
He took a seat at the table and helped himself to Raven's chocoffee, which is what Sirius' had insisted on calling it after he'd been there every morning since to have her coffee mixed with hot chocolate.
"I was just telling Raven how I haven't seen her in so long. She seems to be preoccupied lately by something...or someone," suggested Jordan, slyly.
Raven rolled her eyes and stepped on Jordan's foot under the table.
She ignored it. "So has she told you everything, Sirius? All her deep, dark secrets?"
Sirius smiled widely and turned to Raven questioningly.
"What?" she asked, returning his smile.
"You have more than one deep, dark secret?" he asked, leaning forward on his chair.
"You already know my *one* deep, dark secret."
"You sure about that?" he asked.
"Yes!" Raven gave his shoulder a push and the back two legs of his chair snapped back down to the floor.
Sirius put his arms out to balance himself. Then he narrowed his eyes on Jordan. "Does she treat you like this?"
"Oh no," said Jordan. "But then again, she'd be barking up the wrong tree if she did."
Raven gasped and stood from her chair, pulling Jordan's arm up with her. "Alright, Jordi, that's quite enough. You'll be going now." Jordan was forced to stand and walk behind Raven to the door. Sirius was laughing.
"Wha'd I say?" she asked innocently. She turned and nodded her head to Sirius. "I guess I'll be going now. Nice to meet you, Sirius."
"Likewise," he replied.
"Have fun," she called as she took the porch steps two at a time and retreated to her own house.
Raven sat back down at the table and sighed.
"I like her," said Sirius.
Raven smiled.
"You didn't have to kick her out, ya know."
"I do every morning she's here. She has to be at work in five minutes."
"Oh," Sirius nodded. "She's very direct, isn't she?"
"I'm surprized you noticed," joked Raven as she refilled his cup. "So what movie are we gonna watch today?"
"Actually, I wanted to show you something."
Raven looked at him mischievously. "Show me something?"
In two gulps, he'd drained his coffee cup, and he seized her hand. "C'mon," he said, pulling her from the table and out her front door.
"Sirius, you're pulling my arm out of its socket," said Raven, trying to find her feet as he pulled her strongly toward his house.
He slowed up so that Raven could walk next to him and they fell in step together. She turned to look at him sideways.
"Where are you taking me, Sirius Black?"
"Down into my basement," he said, trying to sound as normal about it as possible.
Raven stopped walking. "Excuse me?"
"Yeah. I want you to see something," he said, taking her hand again and pulling her.
"But what exactly are you gonna show me?" she asked, trying to resist him.
"You'll see. It's nothing bad, I promise," he dragged her up his front steps and through his house.
As he opened the door leading to the basement stairs, he picked up a blood-stained gray bag leaning against the adjecent wall. He led Raven down in front of him.
When she reached the bottom of the stairs, she stopped. "I'm here. What do you want me to see?"
"Around the corner, to your left," said Sirius as he set down the bag at the foot of the stairs.
He put one hand over Raven's eyes and another in the middle of her back, leading her around the corner and forward.
Buckbeak gave a loud hoot as he saw Sirius coming towards him and Raven quickly wrenched Sirius' hand from her eyes and jumped backwards into him. Sirius let out a chuckle, which he regretted as she gave him a look of pure terror. Leading her slowly forward, he gently put his hands on her shoulders and spoke soothingly into her ear.
"This is the hippogriff that helped me escape from Hogwarts. His name is Buckbeak. He won't hurt you unless you insult him."
Raven looked over the creature. He had the hind legs and tail of a horse, but eagle wings and head. Her eyes drifted to the half foot long talons on the beasts two front legs and she shuddered. Sirius' voice floated back to her, insistantly.
"I'm not gonna let him hurt you." He reached around Raven and stroked Buckbeak's gray feathers, reassuring him. He then returned to Raven's side and pushed her up to him. "Look him in the eye and try not to blink too much. That's it. Now you have to bow."
"What?" She spoke out of the corner of her mouth, but didn't dare look away from the hippogriffs brilliant orange eyes.
"Like in karate. Bow. You have to let him make the first move."
Raven didn't argue. She cautiously bowed and then looked up. Buckbeak immediately sank into a bow and Sirius smiled. He moved up behind her again, taking her hand and running it across Buckbeak's feathery beak. The hippogriff reacted much like Lily the cat would have if Raven had been petting it. She relaxed slightly.
"You escaped on this?" she asked.
"Yep."
"He's beautiful," she said as she more freely ran her fingers across his feathers.
"Mmhmm," said Sirius into her ear.
Raven suddenly noticed how close they were standing. She turned to look at him. Sirius was biting his bottom lip and looking at her as he pushed a strand of hair behind her ear. He almost looked like a teenager.
"So are you."
He brushed his lips hesitantly across hers at first, and when she met them, he kissed her more firmly. He ran his tongue across her bottom lip and into her mouth, deepening the kiss. There seemed to be a sort of desperate intensity to the way he kissed her. They were both lost in it.
Buckbeak gave another loud hoot, as he impatiently waited for his dinner, and the two of them jumped apart. Sirius gave Raven a sideways smirk before leaving her to get the bag he'd left by the stairs.
He spoke to Buckbeak as he pulled a dead rat from the bag and held it by its tail. "Oh alright, I know what you want."
Raven cringed as she watched Buckbeak devour the rat. He finished it in a matter of seconds and lifted his head questioningly again.
"Want another one?" Sirius threw him another rat and he stooped to reach it. "What about you, Rave?"
"Actually I do," she said, as she pulled on the collar of his shirt until his lips met hers again.
A/N: I WAS GETTING TIRED OF DANCING AROUND THE SUBJECT, SO I JUST DECIDED TO GET IT OVER AND DONE WITH. WHAT DO YOU THINK?