Draco trailed behind Snape as they wandered down Diagon Alley. Occasionally stopping to stare through one of the store windows, he shuffled his feet as they walked. He ran a hand through his platinum hair that was, for once, not slicked back. Snape turned around to watch Draco. He motioned for Draco to follow him into a small bakery. There, they ordered a snack and sat at a table in the far corner. Looking up from his food, Snape's dark eyes met Draco's pale ones. Both quickly glanced away, Snape averting his eyes to the ceiling, and Draco moving his to the floor. For some reason, tension arose between them and both guys refused to make eye contact for fear of...blushing!
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Ginny pranced outside, heading to the tire swing. She climbed onto it and gently spun herself around. Not even the clouding afternoon sky could distract Ginny from her pleasant thoughts. She was too lost in her mind to notice Sirius as he traipsed across the backyard towards where she sat. His head was down and his dark hair obscured his face, casting a shadow over his eyes. As he approached the tire swing, he started chewing on his bottom lip. Plopping down beside it, Sirius sighed. He kept his head down and leaned back against the tree. His sigh had jerked Ginny out of her trance and she stared down at him.
Without looking up, Sirius raised his hand in a wave. "Hullo..."
Ginny smiled. "Hi Sirius! Watcha up to?"
He pushed a strand of hair out of his face and moved his eyes from his lap to Ginny. "Thinkin'..."
"About what?"
He shrugged. "Something..."
She giggled, hiding her annoyance at his one-word answers. "Oh..." She sighed. "And what would that 'something' be?"
"I refuse to give you the satisfaction of telling you that I haven't been able to think of anything else but you since this morning." Sirius mumbled with an as-a-matter-of-fact nod. His lips twitched into a warm smile as Ginny blushed. "Wonder why..." He teased, waggling a finger up at the young teen. "You should consider the consequences of prancing around in front of an old man like me...dressed like that." He laughed, standing.
She returned his smile. "You are not an old man Sirius."
He ran a hand through his greasy hair with a half-hearted smile. "Sure I'm not..."
"You're not!" She objected, getting off of the tire swing. As she did so, her shoe fell off. She bent down to retrieve it. Her shirt and low-rise pants parted as she leaned over, showing off quite a bit of her back and waist. What she did not see was the size of Sirius's eyes when he witnessed that. "Oops." She shoved the flip-flop back onto her foot and blushed. "Clumsy me..."
Sirius's eyes had returned to their normal size only moments before Ginny looked back up at him. "Again...you really should think about the consequences of what you are doing..."
And before Ginny could realize what was going on, Sirius's arms were around her and his face was buried in her neck. Her heart fluttered the moment it registered in her mind. But just as soon as he had kissed her shoulder, he let go of her thin body. She shivered.
Her wide eyes went up to his face. "Sirius...?" Her hands rested lightly on his arms. "What was that?"
Sirius cast his eyes to the ground again. "Nothing...sorry Ginny..." He took a step back, out of her grasp, and turned away. He started towards the house at a slow, shuffling pace.
"Sirius!" Ginny called after him, inching forward. "Sirius, come back here!" She stopped and growled. "Fine!" Hot tears stung her eyes as she flopped down on the grass to throw one of her childish fits.
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Luna sat on the floor with a book in her lap and Hermione laid with her head in Ron's lap on the couch. Occasionally, the two girls would exchange secretive glances whenever Ron was not looking. The front door swung open and the two "serpents" stepped inside. Without stopping to look at anyone, Snape and Draco fled to their room. No one else even noticed.
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Sirius sat on the roof of the large brick house. His eyes on the setting sun, he sat with his knees pulled up to his chest. Silently, Ginny snuck up behind him. All she could see was his shadowy figure against the multi-colored sky and the pinprick of light from the tip of his cigarette. As he lowered his legs and crossed them, she carefully took a step closer. She was close enough to reach out and touch him, but he still was unaware of her presence. Sirius took a long drag from his cigarette. To her, there was something oddly sexy about the way he sat there, smoking, with his lank hair in his face. Sighing, Ginny watched as he blew out another puff of smoke and saw it spiral upwards. Just then, she moved to his side and sat down next to him. He startled, but said nothing, just smiled weakly.
"Hey Sirius," She said gently, setting a hand on his arm. "You OK?"
He nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine. I just feel...I dunno...guilty...about trying to take advantage of you earlier toda-"
She cut him off by scooting into his lap and holding her small finger against his lips. "You never took advantage of me."
"I tried!" He cried, his voice croaky and choked with embarrassment.
"No...it was my fault, but it was what I...what I wanted..." She cast her eyes to the ground way below them.
"It...what?"
Unsure of what she was getting herself into, Ginny nodded and leaned back against his chest. "Yeah...I wanted to get your attention. You're just so...uh...oh, I dunno! I just know that I really like you Sirius!" She turned her head and buried her face in his shoulder to hide her blush.
He gently slid her off his lap and set her next to him. "Really now? Hmm..." He closed his eyes for a moment, in thought, and Ginny tugged at the tips of his hair. He put the cigarette back to his lips. He shifted his weight so that he was almost facing her. "Well..." When he spoke, a little trail of smoke was mingled with his breath. The smoke brushed past Ginny's nose and she scrunched up her face, then blew it away from her. He continued, "You do realize our age difference is a huge factor in this? It is illegal."
"I know, but we're here! On 'The Real World', we can do pretty much whatever we want, right?" Her eyes were wide in desperation.
"No, not right." He said, glancing around uncertainly. Those hidden cameras were suddenly quite intimidating. "We can't do something illegal just because we're on 'The Real World' Babe." Sirius draped an arm around her small shoulders.
When he called her that, she squealed quietly and snuggled up to his side. "It's up to you by now." She said, adding, "Can we, or not?"
"Can we what...?" Sirius asked, already knowing the answer.
With a smirk that, before now, Sirius would not have thought her capable of, Ginny moved closer to him and captured his mouth. She tried to deepen the kiss, but Sirius kept his mouth firmly closed to prevent her tongue from exploring. Otherwise, he was completely into the kiss. When Ginny finally pulled back, she was grinning from ear-to-ear.
Sirius returned her sexy smirk and licked his lips. "Mmm, coffee." He joked.
Ginny giggled. "Mocha," She corrected, sliding her lipgloss out of her pocket and showing it to him. "It's Mocha flavored."
"I see that, "He replied, taking her into his arms. As he did so, he slipped the lipgloss into her back pocket, leaving his hand there. He was about to kiss her again, when she gently pushed his face away.
"Answer my question. Can we?" She caught his eyes and frowned. "I wont let you tease me like this and then say no. So, if you kiss me again...it better be a yes."
Sirius looked up at the sky, which was now stained red from the sunset. He leaned over towards her once more and opened his mouth to speak...to answer her question...
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{AN: Cliff-hanger? Hope so! I tried... }