Chapter 2
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"Kate. Her name is Kate," Lily said while looking at Sirius strangely. "Why the sudden interest?" "What do you mean? I see a new girl, who happens to be very quite, I wonder what her name is, I ask the one person I think would know. So I ask you again, what's so strange?" he replied, getting even funnier looks from James and Peter.
"Well, I think it's strange. You have not shown interest in a girl since, well.yeah" Lupin said, afraid to mention what he was thinking.
"What? Since Cassie got hurt? Yeah, I know. You don't need to be afraid to mention it, Remus, I won't break at hearing her name."
Cassie, Sirius' older sister had become an Auror. On one of her first jobs Voldemort's Death Eaters attacked her. "Hurt" was what Sirius called it, really she was lying vegetable like at St. Mungos. The other Marauders didn't like to talk about it when Sirius was around. They didn't like to talk about it period.
"Well, maybe that's just coincidence. Anyway, who says im 'interested' in her?" Sirius said storming off to the dormitories. 'Why is everyone butting into this? All I asked was her name. Who's to say that means I like her?' Sirius thought.
~*~
Sirius, Lily, James, and Remus walked into their Advanced Transfiguration class.
"I've decided that a change of seats is in order. You will find your new spot by looking for your essays on animagi. Please find them and take your seats immediately Thank You."
Sirius and James looked at each other. They both knew that anytime McGonagall changed seats around, it was because of them.
Sirius looked and found his animagi essay quickly. He knew which was his because of the ink splotches on it. Once he was seated he looked around for the person he was to sit with, then he realized there was no essay sitting next to him.
"Oh, yes, Miss Daae, sit next to Mr. Black." McGonagall said, waving her to her seat. Meanwhile Sirius looked a bit perplexed. 'Wow, he thought. Just my luck, the girl I've been wondering about gets assigned to sit next to me.I should be in her robes after a week or so.' Suddenly the look on his face changed to one of complete shock, 'WHAT? Self, since when have you wanted to be in any witches robes? NEVER! That's what I thought. Especially one you've never spoken to!'
James and Lily, both seeing the looks on Sirius' face, laughed out loud. They knew that Sirius liked the girl, they also knew that he wouldn't admit it to himself.
~*~ Later in Class ~*~
Sirius scribbled something on a piece of parchment, then passed it over to his 'partner'.
"Kate?"
Miss. Daae scribbled something else on the parchment then gave it to Sirius.
"Nope." Was all that is said
Sirius gave a puzzled look. Then he wrote something else on the parchment.
"Cate?"
McGonagall chose that moment to survey what each student was doing. When reaching Sirius' desk and seeing the parchment filled with notes, she warned them that next time she caught them passing notes, they would each receive a detention.
"Nope." She wrote back as soon as McGonagall's back was turned.
Sirius got frustrated with this. Upon seeing his look of frustration Miss Daae almost died laughing. It was a good think McGonagall was out of the room, otherwise they would have both gotten a detention.
"What the bloody hell is it then?"
"Cayte"
"Well then.." Sirius got out another piece of parchment, scribbled something on it, then passed it to Cayte. It read:
"Cayte?"
She laughed, then wrote something else down on the parchment.
"Yes?"
"Pretty name. What's it short for?" Sirius added, 'always ask about the name,' he thought to himself.
"Nothing. It's not short for anything"
"Ok then, What is your full name??"
"That's a different story. My parents are strange, they wanted to name me Caytelynn but, didn't want to have such a long name to have to shorten etc. So my full name is Cayte Lynn Daae."
"Ahh I get it. Well, Cayte, I am Sirius Black. My mum loves constellations and all of the myths that go with them. I swear she part centaur somewhere. She named me, and all of my siblings, after constellations."
"Really? Well I get Sirius, but what are you siblings names?"
"There's Cassie, short for Cassiopeia, and Ryan. And me, of course me, named after the Dog Star Sirius."
"Cassiopeia, that's pretty, but how is Ryan after a constellation?"
"Don't know really. Often wondered that myself. All I can figure is that she didn't want a son named Orion so she changed it. That or she just decided to name him after her dad. Don't really know."
"Cool.er- Wicked. Isn't that what you say here?"
"Wicked. Yep, that's it. Where are you from? Obviously not from here if you have to ask about wicked."
"The US. I moved to London from the US because my mom (mum?) got a job transfer. You'll have to excuse me. I'm not really up on my English slang terms."
"Don't worry about it. Over here, we all love to here good American slang. It's quite amusing really. To think, that two words can mean the same thing, its quite perplexing!"
"Sirius Black, did I not tell you that if I caught you and Miss Daae passing notes again, that you would receive a detention? The both of you will see me after class to find your times."
"Yes ma'am," said Cayte in a voice that told everyone in the room that she was about to cry. Sirius looked stunned at this. 'I made a girl cry?' he thought, ' I swore to myself that I would never make a girl cry, and yet she's crying.' The bell for the end of class rang and everyone filed out of the class. Sirius chased after Cayte, but she ran ahead to the dormitories.
"Lily?' Sirius said, turning and looking for her. Once spotting her, he ran to greet her panting he said, "Lily, go get Cayte from the dorms. Tell her- tell- tell her im sorry, I didn't mean to make her get into trouble. Tell her-"
"Umm, sorry Sirius, but you have to fight your own battles with her. Not even attempting to get into that one." Lily turned and walked off towards the Great Hall for lunch.
'Crap! Way to go self, get the girl to talk about her name. Well, looks like getting the girl to talk at all was a bad idea.' Sirius followed Lily into the Great Hall, sat down and eat his lunch quietly thinking of ways to get Cayte to talk to him again.
AN: I got one review. Someone out there must like it. So I continue.
"Kate. Her name is Kate," Lily said while looking at Sirius strangely. "Why the sudden interest?" "What do you mean? I see a new girl, who happens to be very quite, I wonder what her name is, I ask the one person I think would know. So I ask you again, what's so strange?" he replied, getting even funnier looks from James and Peter.
"Well, I think it's strange. You have not shown interest in a girl since, well.yeah" Lupin said, afraid to mention what he was thinking.
"What? Since Cassie got hurt? Yeah, I know. You don't need to be afraid to mention it, Remus, I won't break at hearing her name."
Cassie, Sirius' older sister had become an Auror. On one of her first jobs Voldemort's Death Eaters attacked her. "Hurt" was what Sirius called it, really she was lying vegetable like at St. Mungos. The other Marauders didn't like to talk about it when Sirius was around. They didn't like to talk about it period.
"Well, maybe that's just coincidence. Anyway, who says im 'interested' in her?" Sirius said storming off to the dormitories. 'Why is everyone butting into this? All I asked was her name. Who's to say that means I like her?' Sirius thought.
~*~
Sirius, Lily, James, and Remus walked into their Advanced Transfiguration class.
"I've decided that a change of seats is in order. You will find your new spot by looking for your essays on animagi. Please find them and take your seats immediately Thank You."
Sirius and James looked at each other. They both knew that anytime McGonagall changed seats around, it was because of them.
Sirius looked and found his animagi essay quickly. He knew which was his because of the ink splotches on it. Once he was seated he looked around for the person he was to sit with, then he realized there was no essay sitting next to him.
"Oh, yes, Miss Daae, sit next to Mr. Black." McGonagall said, waving her to her seat. Meanwhile Sirius looked a bit perplexed. 'Wow, he thought. Just my luck, the girl I've been wondering about gets assigned to sit next to me.I should be in her robes after a week or so.' Suddenly the look on his face changed to one of complete shock, 'WHAT? Self, since when have you wanted to be in any witches robes? NEVER! That's what I thought. Especially one you've never spoken to!'
James and Lily, both seeing the looks on Sirius' face, laughed out loud. They knew that Sirius liked the girl, they also knew that he wouldn't admit it to himself.
~*~ Later in Class ~*~
Sirius scribbled something on a piece of parchment, then passed it over to his 'partner'.
"Kate?"
Miss. Daae scribbled something else on the parchment then gave it to Sirius.
"Nope." Was all that is said
Sirius gave a puzzled look. Then he wrote something else on the parchment.
"Cate?"
McGonagall chose that moment to survey what each student was doing. When reaching Sirius' desk and seeing the parchment filled with notes, she warned them that next time she caught them passing notes, they would each receive a detention.
"Nope." She wrote back as soon as McGonagall's back was turned.
Sirius got frustrated with this. Upon seeing his look of frustration Miss Daae almost died laughing. It was a good think McGonagall was out of the room, otherwise they would have both gotten a detention.
"What the bloody hell is it then?"
"Cayte"
"Well then.." Sirius got out another piece of parchment, scribbled something on it, then passed it to Cayte. It read:
"Cayte?"
She laughed, then wrote something else down on the parchment.
"Yes?"
"Pretty name. What's it short for?" Sirius added, 'always ask about the name,' he thought to himself.
"Nothing. It's not short for anything"
"Ok then, What is your full name??"
"That's a different story. My parents are strange, they wanted to name me Caytelynn but, didn't want to have such a long name to have to shorten etc. So my full name is Cayte Lynn Daae."
"Ahh I get it. Well, Cayte, I am Sirius Black. My mum loves constellations and all of the myths that go with them. I swear she part centaur somewhere. She named me, and all of my siblings, after constellations."
"Really? Well I get Sirius, but what are you siblings names?"
"There's Cassie, short for Cassiopeia, and Ryan. And me, of course me, named after the Dog Star Sirius."
"Cassiopeia, that's pretty, but how is Ryan after a constellation?"
"Don't know really. Often wondered that myself. All I can figure is that she didn't want a son named Orion so she changed it. That or she just decided to name him after her dad. Don't really know."
"Cool.er- Wicked. Isn't that what you say here?"
"Wicked. Yep, that's it. Where are you from? Obviously not from here if you have to ask about wicked."
"The US. I moved to London from the US because my mom (mum?) got a job transfer. You'll have to excuse me. I'm not really up on my English slang terms."
"Don't worry about it. Over here, we all love to here good American slang. It's quite amusing really. To think, that two words can mean the same thing, its quite perplexing!"
"Sirius Black, did I not tell you that if I caught you and Miss Daae passing notes again, that you would receive a detention? The both of you will see me after class to find your times."
"Yes ma'am," said Cayte in a voice that told everyone in the room that she was about to cry. Sirius looked stunned at this. 'I made a girl cry?' he thought, ' I swore to myself that I would never make a girl cry, and yet she's crying.' The bell for the end of class rang and everyone filed out of the class. Sirius chased after Cayte, but she ran ahead to the dormitories.
"Lily?' Sirius said, turning and looking for her. Once spotting her, he ran to greet her panting he said, "Lily, go get Cayte from the dorms. Tell her- tell- tell her im sorry, I didn't mean to make her get into trouble. Tell her-"
"Umm, sorry Sirius, but you have to fight your own battles with her. Not even attempting to get into that one." Lily turned and walked off towards the Great Hall for lunch.
'Crap! Way to go self, get the girl to talk about her name. Well, looks like getting the girl to talk at all was a bad idea.' Sirius followed Lily into the Great Hall, sat down and eat his lunch quietly thinking of ways to get Cayte to talk to him again.