Chapter One: The Eyes of a Secret
== Aleesia ==
Our eyes slowly locked onto each others for the first time. They were dark and intense and they seemed to penetrate my own pupils. I could've looked in those eyes
forever... enticing, playful, happy...
Then, just as sudden as we had locked eyes, his eyes darted away to something else
in the room. "Hey, James!"
I snapped back to reality. I was back in the Gryffindor Common Room, with people
chatting and talking around me, my own two best friends engaged in a conversation about
love potions.
"Uh, earth to Aleesia? Aleesia in the house!" Mallory, one of my best friends called, laughing. "You look like you were daydreaming there, girl."
"Oh, so daydreaming's illegial now, is it?" I said playfully, shifting my attention back
to my girlfriends. "Don't I deserve a break?"
"'Course you do, Alee. Smart kids always deserve breaks!" my other best friend
Arwen teased. "Especially when you're the smartest kid in the class..."
"No way!" I stuck out my tongue in a silly, childish way. "Remus Lupin is tons
smarter than me. Me, I'm a dunderhead." I knocked my head with my fist as if it were
hollow.
"Fine, you're the smartest GIRL in the class," Mallory rolled her eyes. "We'll
admit it, Lupin's got more brains than you do."
"So supportive," I said sarcastically. I looked around the Common Room again,
and my eyes settled back to him.
"Alee, what do you keep looking at? Alee?" Arwen raised an eyebrow, then looked
to where I was staring at. She raised both eyebrows.
"You fancy Sirius Black?" Arwen said, sounding amazed.
"Fancy! I don't even know him," I shook my head. "And it wasn't him I was
staring at.
"Oh, so you were staring at Peter Pettigrew, were you?" Mallory smirked. "Yeah,
he is sort of good-looking, if you don't count his shortness, his chubbiness, and his eternal
love for James Potter."
Arwen laughed cruelly while I gave Mallory a sharp look. "That's not nice."
"He's not nice looking," Mallory said, and I had to laugh.
"I don't blame you for staring at Black then, Aleesia," Arwen said thoughtfully. "He
is quite a looker."
"Oh, snap back to it, girls," Mallory rolled her eyes. "Black is entirely unattendable.
He doesn't go for any girls when he's got his friends with him. He even turned down Olivia
Mahilen, the most popular Gryffindor!"
"Well, Olivia's a slut, that's why," Arwen insisted. "Black doesn't seem to be the
sort who'd go for a complete whore."
"Good point," Mallory shrugged. "But still. I'd give up on Black if I were you. Especially if you both fancy him. Now that'd be some dodgy competition! So, who's up
for a game of Gobstones?"
"Gobstones? Since when have you ever been interested in Gobstones?" Arwen
accused, and they both started off on another quarrel.
I rolled my eyes and they suddenly land on Black. The weird thing is, he's
looking at me too. He sort of half smiles and turns back to talk with his mates.
== Sirius ==
"Who's that girl?" I asked James.
"Be a bit more specific, mate," James laughed. "There are about forty in the Common
Room right now."
"The one by the fire, on the couch, the one with the long black hair and green
eyes," I describe.
James took a quick glance at her, then nodded. "Oh, right. That's Aleesia Morisetti.
Smart girl, that one is. Why?"
"She keeps staring at me," I shrug.
"What else is new?" Remus chuckled. "Half the girls in our year are obsessed with
you, Padfoot."
"Ironically, you don't return their ardor?" James smirked. "I'm afraid you may be
single forever, friend."
"I wouldn't be talking, James," I said pointedly. "Evans still hates you with a deep
passion."
"Just you wait," James made a face. "She'll be mine soon."
"Yeah, she will be, once we all go to bed and you're dreaming," I joke. He fake
punches me.
Peter kept staring over where that Aleesia girl was at.
"What's up, Wormtail?" I said carelessly. "Got a fancy for Morisetti?"
"N-no," Peter stammered. "It's not Morisetti, even though she is q-quite pretty."
"Pretty? Her?" I smirked and took another good long look at her. Okay, I admitted
it, her black hair was really shiny, her tan skin was really nice, and her eyes were... okay,
they were amazing. But other than that, she wasn't drop dead gorgeous.
"She is a real catch, mate, but my heart is set on one and only," James sighed
happily.
"Ironically, she's the one who you'll never get," I said, giving him a taste of his
own medicine.
James ignored me. "Well, I'm ready to call it a night, what do you say, eh chaps?"
"Yeah," I said, standing up. Peter immediatly followed, and Remus shut the book
he had been reading. We all went up to the boys dormitory, and I surprisingly chanced a
glance backward.
She was looking back at me.
== Aleesia ==
Stop looking over here, Black. STOPPIT! That's it, I'm looking away.
"What is it with you, Aleesia?" Mallory stopped in the middle of her argument with Arwen. "You've got an absolutely disgusted look on your face."
"Oh, it's nothing."
"If you say so." She went back to quarreling.
== Sirius ==
Yep, she definetly wants me. Psshh. Careful, girl, I'm a heartbreaker.
"Sirius?" Remus raised an eyebrow. "What's up? You got another twisted plan?"
"Oh... no..."
(Author's note: what hearts has HE broken?!)
== Aleesia ==
I'm going to bed.
"I'm tired, see ya guys," I said to Mallory and Arwen.
"You sure?" Arwen said. "We can stop fighting if you want to stay." She glared at Mallory.
"No, continue acting like morons," I said , yawning. "I'll see you in the morning."
I headed up to the girls' dormitory, with the picture of those eyes still in my head....
((It's not very good yet, but I dearly hope it'll get better! I'm a newbie here, after all... X_X))
== Aleesia ==
Our eyes slowly locked onto each others for the first time. They were dark and intense and they seemed to penetrate my own pupils. I could've looked in those eyes
forever... enticing, playful, happy...
Then, just as sudden as we had locked eyes, his eyes darted away to something else
in the room. "Hey, James!"
I snapped back to reality. I was back in the Gryffindor Common Room, with people
chatting and talking around me, my own two best friends engaged in a conversation about
love potions.
"Uh, earth to Aleesia? Aleesia in the house!" Mallory, one of my best friends called, laughing. "You look like you were daydreaming there, girl."
"Oh, so daydreaming's illegial now, is it?" I said playfully, shifting my attention back
to my girlfriends. "Don't I deserve a break?"
"'Course you do, Alee. Smart kids always deserve breaks!" my other best friend
Arwen teased. "Especially when you're the smartest kid in the class..."
"No way!" I stuck out my tongue in a silly, childish way. "Remus Lupin is tons
smarter than me. Me, I'm a dunderhead." I knocked my head with my fist as if it were
hollow.
"Fine, you're the smartest GIRL in the class," Mallory rolled her eyes. "We'll
admit it, Lupin's got more brains than you do."
"So supportive," I said sarcastically. I looked around the Common Room again,
and my eyes settled back to him.
"Alee, what do you keep looking at? Alee?" Arwen raised an eyebrow, then looked
to where I was staring at. She raised both eyebrows.
"You fancy Sirius Black?" Arwen said, sounding amazed.
"Fancy! I don't even know him," I shook my head. "And it wasn't him I was
staring at.
"Oh, so you were staring at Peter Pettigrew, were you?" Mallory smirked. "Yeah,
he is sort of good-looking, if you don't count his shortness, his chubbiness, and his eternal
love for James Potter."
Arwen laughed cruelly while I gave Mallory a sharp look. "That's not nice."
"He's not nice looking," Mallory said, and I had to laugh.
"I don't blame you for staring at Black then, Aleesia," Arwen said thoughtfully. "He
is quite a looker."
"Oh, snap back to it, girls," Mallory rolled her eyes. "Black is entirely unattendable.
He doesn't go for any girls when he's got his friends with him. He even turned down Olivia
Mahilen, the most popular Gryffindor!"
"Well, Olivia's a slut, that's why," Arwen insisted. "Black doesn't seem to be the
sort who'd go for a complete whore."
"Good point," Mallory shrugged. "But still. I'd give up on Black if I were you. Especially if you both fancy him. Now that'd be some dodgy competition! So, who's up
for a game of Gobstones?"
"Gobstones? Since when have you ever been interested in Gobstones?" Arwen
accused, and they both started off on another quarrel.
I rolled my eyes and they suddenly land on Black. The weird thing is, he's
looking at me too. He sort of half smiles and turns back to talk with his mates.
== Sirius ==
"Who's that girl?" I asked James.
"Be a bit more specific, mate," James laughed. "There are about forty in the Common
Room right now."
"The one by the fire, on the couch, the one with the long black hair and green
eyes," I describe.
James took a quick glance at her, then nodded. "Oh, right. That's Aleesia Morisetti.
Smart girl, that one is. Why?"
"She keeps staring at me," I shrug.
"What else is new?" Remus chuckled. "Half the girls in our year are obsessed with
you, Padfoot."
"Ironically, you don't return their ardor?" James smirked. "I'm afraid you may be
single forever, friend."
"I wouldn't be talking, James," I said pointedly. "Evans still hates you with a deep
passion."
"Just you wait," James made a face. "She'll be mine soon."
"Yeah, she will be, once we all go to bed and you're dreaming," I joke. He fake
punches me.
Peter kept staring over where that Aleesia girl was at.
"What's up, Wormtail?" I said carelessly. "Got a fancy for Morisetti?"
"N-no," Peter stammered. "It's not Morisetti, even though she is q-quite pretty."
"Pretty? Her?" I smirked and took another good long look at her. Okay, I admitted
it, her black hair was really shiny, her tan skin was really nice, and her eyes were... okay,
they were amazing. But other than that, she wasn't drop dead gorgeous.
"She is a real catch, mate, but my heart is set on one and only," James sighed
happily.
"Ironically, she's the one who you'll never get," I said, giving him a taste of his
own medicine.
James ignored me. "Well, I'm ready to call it a night, what do you say, eh chaps?"
"Yeah," I said, standing up. Peter immediatly followed, and Remus shut the book
he had been reading. We all went up to the boys dormitory, and I surprisingly chanced a
glance backward.
She was looking back at me.
== Aleesia ==
Stop looking over here, Black. STOPPIT! That's it, I'm looking away.
"What is it with you, Aleesia?" Mallory stopped in the middle of her argument with Arwen. "You've got an absolutely disgusted look on your face."
"Oh, it's nothing."
"If you say so." She went back to quarreling.
== Sirius ==
Yep, she definetly wants me. Psshh. Careful, girl, I'm a heartbreaker.
"Sirius?" Remus raised an eyebrow. "What's up? You got another twisted plan?"
"Oh... no..."
(Author's note: what hearts has HE broken?!)
== Aleesia ==
I'm going to bed.
"I'm tired, see ya guys," I said to Mallory and Arwen.
"You sure?" Arwen said. "We can stop fighting if you want to stay." She glared at Mallory.
"No, continue acting like morons," I said , yawning. "I'll see you in the morning."
I headed up to the girls' dormitory, with the picture of those eyes still in my head....
((It's not very good yet, but I dearly hope it'll get better! I'm a newbie here, after all... X_X))