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Chapter 7

I caught up with him and walked slightly behind. I looked up at the sky. There were dark clouds forming in the distance threatening all the shoppers with rain. The people however seemed unperturbed. James headed towards the lively crowd occasionally winking at a few girls that passed by. Sometimes he waved and flashed that breathtaking smile of his... I hit my head for thinking such thoughts... Why was I so infatuated with him all of a sudden? Because he's so handsome... But he's rude... he's inconsiderate... and he isn't a gentleman at all.

Nevertheless, their reactions were all the same. The girls giggled excitably and blushed as they waved shyly back. Some even blew kisses. Others wore shocked looks on their faces, as though dazed that he had actually winked at them. But all of them whispered vehemently amongst themselves as they walked off.

I rolled my eyes every time a girl giggled with excitement as they passed James, receiving a murderous glare in return. I can safely assume that these girls were from his school, Hogwarts.

He even attempted to ask a girl out. She had, however, shot James an icy glare. I could almost see the hate burning in her emerald eyes. She had marched off without a word and James' shoulders drooped a little.

"Where are we going?" I asked, hoping to stop him from causing more girls to swoon.

"Flourish and Blotts, to get our books," he explained. "Can I see your list?"

I passed him the list and his eyes scanned it.

"Oh damn, you're taking all the same subjects as me..."

"What is that supposed to mean?!" I demanded, but he seemed to have noticed someone.

"Hey, Sirius!"

He waved to a dark haired boy who was inside the shop. He was reaching up to grab a book from the highest shelf and didn't seem to have noticed James calling him. James grasped the rusty handle of the shop and pulled it open. I brought my hand towards the edge of the door in case he was planning to slam it in my face again, but he didn't. He called the boy again and he looked up.

He had the nicest eyes... warm and inviting. Something you could just drown yourself into. He was wearing muggle clothes, a white t-shirt and a checkered unbuttoned shirt over with a pair of khaki pants. He shook a fringe of his hair out of his eyes and flashed a smile. I could feel myself blushing already. James? Who's he?

"Hey!" He replied cheerfully, shutting the book and stuffing it back into the shelf.

"You have another one James?" Asked Sirius, eyeing me. I gave a small smile in acknowledgement and he flashed a gorgeous smile back. I could almost feel his eyes travelling up and down and my insides tingled with nervousness.

"Nah, not this time..." said James with a small wave of his hand. "My dad forced me to let her tag along."

"I'm not tagging along!" I snapped. "I didn't want to come here with you anyway."

"Same here," said James coolly as Sirius looked on with interest. "But my dad is going to kill me if he finds out I let his boss' pwecious wittle baby out of my sight." He patted my head and I flinched at his touch, wearing a disgusted look on my face.

"Shut up!" I snapped, trying to grab his hand but he withdrew it quickly with great reflexes.

"She's your dad's boss' daughter?" Asked Sirius.

James nodded, withdrawing his list.

"Hi, I'm Sirius Black," he said, smiling as he took my hand in his.

Instead of shaking it, he raised it to his lips and gave it a brief kiss. I felt as if electricity was surging from my hand towards the rest of my body, energizing it, but yet causing it to feel weak. I blushed as he raised his eyes to meet mine, but I managed a weak smile. I could hardly believe that he was a friend of James. They were complete opposites. He was...perfect.

"I'm Reine McKinnon," I said softly.

"Reine? Like... rain," he made a gesture of rain by wiggling his fingers as he brought his hands downwards.

"R-e-i-n-e," I replied bashfully. I already hated myself for being so weak in front of him, for being so nervous all of a sudden.

"Reine," he repeated with a smile. "McKinnon? That sounds familiar," said Sirius conversationally.

"My dad," I replied. "You must've... heard of him...yeah" Well that sounded unutterably lame.

"Yeah, yeah!" he said triumphantly as though he had just remembered something. "Wow, you're dad owns Nimbus right?"

I nodded bashfully. His eyebrows were raised, apparently impressed. My stomach gave a jolt and I felt the blood rush to my cheeks.

"Hey!" called James.

We turned. Sirius looked down. I hadn't realized that my hand was still in his. We withdrew our hands quickly, like two people caught at something. James raised an eyebrow and continued looking back at his list.

Sirius followed him and I tagged close behind. As I neared James, he threw one of the thick leather bound books he was clutching at me. It hit my chest and I stumbled back a step.

"Ow! That hurt..." I frowned.

"Oh sorry," said James, but he sure didn't look it. "Don't want you to be flat-"

"Don't even think about it!"

James smirked again and continued down the aisle. Sirius grabbed a similar book and followed him towards the Charms aisle.