It had been a long day and after a big meal, everyone trailed up the Gryffindor common room for a good night's rest. The Fat Lady, who had been snoozing in her portrait jumped as Sirius poked her frame.
"Back are we Mr Black?" she said suspiciously.
"Yes m'am," he said, as he gave her a soldier salute. "Now we can get that dinner I promised you last year." As he winked at her, she turned the darkest shade of red and swung forward on her hinges without even receiving the password.
"The password's Orange Marmalade by the way," she called after the gang.
"Thanx," Arabella said over her shoulder. There weren't many people in the common room, so the guys all decided to go to their rooms and get some sleep.
"Night all," Sirius said, as he dragged his tired body up the stairs.
"Night Lil," James said to Lily. She blew him a kiss and he disappeared into the dormitory quite fast and quite embarrassed. Even after the door was closed they could still hear Sirius laughing.
"Blue, our rooms are this way," Arabella said to her, advancing up the opposite staircase.
"I'm coming Bella," she smiled at her. Arabella and Lily entered into the girls' dormitory and when she heard the door close, Blue moved towards the fire and sat down in a large, cosy sofa. She stretched out her hands and warmed them over the fire.
"Going to bed any time soon?"
"OO!! Remus, you scared me," she said putting a hand to her heart.
"I'm sorry," he smiled. She patted one hand softly onto the empty space next to her and he sat down.
"It's okay. I thought you went to bed," she said quietly.
"Nah, I don't feel tired." He stared into the fire and a silence settled upon the common room. Blue drew her legs up to her chest and cradled them with her arms. A few seconds past, before the fire crackled and they both jumped.
"So," they both said at the same time. Blue laughed and a wide grin spread across Remus' face.
"You first," she said to him.
"Okay. Tell me about yourself." He looked at her and the expression on her face changed completely.
"Not much to say actually." She paused and looked into the fire. Her blue eyes reflected the light so well and Remus thought he could look at her all night.
"Grew up in India, um, mother witch, father wizard. I come from one of those 'pure blood' families," she not taking her eyes off the fire. Remus thought, by the way she said it she didn't actually care.
"I Came to Hogwarts this year because my parents finally gave in to Dumbledore's wishes. He sent them a letter at the start of every year, asking my parents if they would let me enrol. But my parents ignored it, cause they don't agree with the methods in which Dumbledore runs this school." There was another little silence as Remus waited for her to continue. He studied her profile as she pondered, not taking her eyes off the fire for a second.
"I needed to get away from them. Ever since I got the first letter, I've been dying to come here. When I got the letter at the beginning of this year, I argued with them until they agreed." She stopped talking and sighed, sinking a little deeper into the sofa.
"I'm glad they did," Remus said.
"Me too." Blue gazed up at him, for the first time since she first looked into the fire. She moved her legs and lay down, putting her head in Remus' lap. He stroked her silky hair and she listened to his breathing until her eyes became so heavy that she drifted off to sleep.
*Author's Notes* I wrote this while I was listening to that song from 'Save the Last Dance' called 'All or Nothing'. Very good song I must say!! :) So I'm not going to speak about reviews cause people don't review mine, *tear*. But if you can find it in your heart, please give me some info. Tell me if I suck or not!! Well I realised that I didn't put disclaimers in my other stories so I want to say now that everything in this story (with the exception of Blue Adams) belongs to J.K. Rowling. She's fab! :)