AN: WELL, I don't know when I will be able to post again. I think this
chappy was long, but I am still not up on length of chappy versus word
pages.. Hopefully I will have something out to you all by next Wed. Until
then, Peace Love and Sirius!!
Chapter 4
AN: Sorry for the delay. Papers suck. Thanksgiving holiday, grandparents house, five-hour drive. Well, I have planned everything through New Years.now just to type! Yet again sorry for the delay, REALLY I am. I feel all guilty now!!!! Here ya go! Oh yeah, if a word is surrounded in asterisks (*) its italics.
Late September passed quickly into the middle of October. Sirius and Cayte got closer as the days went on. Soon, she would give Lily a brief story of what was wrong, but tell Sirius everything. She had cried in font of him a few times, but Sirius didn't find this strange at all. She was not used to the way Hogwarts, or anything in Great Britain for that matter, was run, it was all so strange to her. At times he admitted to himself that if he had moved to America, he would probably cry that much too.
As the weeks went on he also wrote a bit more frequently about what he was feeling. It was something that when he couldn't sleep he did. To him it was like emptying all of his thoughts out onto parchment so he didn't have to think about them anymore.
~*~
"Today is a day for independence, for all the Gryffindors, and their descendents!" yelled James, seeing as he was the captain of the Gryffindor team, and they had just defeated Slytherin for the first time in 7 years.
"WHOOOO HOOOOOO!" screamed Sirius, James, Remus, Lily, Peter and Cayte.
Whispering to James, Sirius said, " if only we could get some butter beer about now. We'd start a party that this house hasn't seen in over 100 years!"
"Yeah, but I highly doubt that McGonagall would go for that one. Plus, that's not gonna help me on the road to 'head boy-dom'," James responded.
Just at that moment McGonagall walked in with two buckets in her hand. When she placed them on one of the tables, they could see what they said on their sides.
'Never-ending supply of butterbeer'
"Ok, so it does end. At precisely one in the morning, these buckets as well as anything in them will disappear. I will come up here, if there is anyone in this commons room, you will not be allowed to attend any of the Quidditch games, even if you are on the team, and you receive quite a few detentions. Have Fun!" With that, McGonagall left the commons room.
"Talk about irony!" James stated.
"Yeah really. That was an absolutely amazing game man!" Sirius said, walking with James to get a butterbeer. They had to fight the crowd of people to grab tow, one for himself and another for Cayte.
Ryan then walked up to the two of them, "James? Wow that game was great! And all of the cool stuff you did as chaser! Awesome!" that said, Ryan ran off seeming somewhat embarrassed.
"I have the * strangest* brother ever!" looking around, Sirius noticed that Cayte wasn't anywhere to be found. "Hey, James? You seen Cayte?"
James was already walking off towards Lily, but he turned is head and said, "No man, not since before the game."
Sirius wondered where she could be, but then he realized something must have been seriously wrong. 'Why else would she not be down here celebrating?' he thought. He ran quickly up the staircase then pause before the girls dormitory. He heard a very soft crying coming form inside. Walking quietly up to her four-poster and sat down next where she was lying, sobbing heavily.
"Cayte?" he asked, she could tell how worried she was about her from the tone of his voice.
All she did was turn over and look up at him.
When seeing her red and wet face, he lay down and drew her into his arms.
"Shhhh. Don't cry. What's wrong?"
His kindness and compassion made her sob even harder. "My dad. He- He- " She couldn't say anything more because she was attacked with another fit of sobs.
"You miss him?"
"No. I mean, yes, but that's not it." She sobbed into his shoulder.
Somehow knowing that it was not a very wise thing to ask more about what was wrong that the time, Sirius just held her close to him and slowly rocked her back and forth trying to get her crying to cease.
After a few minutes of this, she let go of him and looked into his blue eyes.
"He's sick. He has some form of cancer and they don't know if he'll live or how long or anything like that. And I'm so worried, and, and-"
"Shhh. Calm down. I'm sure that he'll be fine," at that time, Sirius noticed that there was a piece of parchment on her nightstand. "Did you just find out?"
"No. I've known for while now," she said, still crying.
"I hope you don't mind by asking, bu-'
"You know that I won't mind," Cayte said, a smile finding it's way through the tears.
"Why did it hit you like this now?"
"The Quidditch game. Everyone was getting so emotional about it all. It reminded me of him, the way he gets when he's watching a football game on TV. He yells and screams and throws things, and he's so happy when doing it. After that I a started thinking things like, 'what if he never gets to do that again?' and it just kept going on and on. I couldn't stop the thoughts."
By that time, she had stopped crying and was just lying in Sirius' arms telling him the story of how she found out about her fathers' cancer.
"And that's all we know.Apparently the doctors will tell us if they can do anything about it soon," she said in one big yawn.
Sirius looked over at the clock that was over the dormitory door. It was a little past eleven fifty. "No wonder your tired," Sirius said, "it's almost midnight. I'm going to go before everyone comes up here and someone tells McGonagall that I was in here." He stood up and headed towards the door.
"Siri?" Cayte called.
At first Sirius was a bit confused about the nick name she had used, but then he just turned around and looked at her.
"Stay with me till I fall asleep. Please."
"Of course." Sirius said, and in two paces he was by her side. He pulled up a chair that had been left there from someone else, sat down and took her hand. After about ten minutes, she had fallen asleep. Carefully, Sirius let go of her hand and placed it on the bed. Then he leaned down and kissed her forehead gently. When he got out side the door, he heard a faint whisper.
"Wow. That was amazing!"
Sirius quickly turned around to see Lily standing by the doorframe. "What are you doing here? How much did you hear?" Sirius couldn't speak for all of the questions that had popped into his head.
"I've been standing here for the past ten minutes. I only heard from Cayte calling you 'Siri' and after. Rather boring conversation really," she said, speaking of their silence, " But really it was quite amazing. I mean, you got really close to her so quickly. James had asked me where you were, as if I would know. But I looked around and saw that you weren't in the commons room, and neither was Cayte. I put two and two together and came to look for the two of you."
"Oh. That explains your intrusion so well," Sirius said, storming off. 'I shouldn't have snapped at Lily. Not a good thing to do. Really not a good thing to do. I am so confused. So I like her? Err. I shouldn't have yelled at Lily at all. Should I apologize? No, that would mean seeing Cayte again. I can't stand the thought of her crying again. Oh crap, I think I do like her.Though maybe it's just 'cause we're good friends.' Sirius walked to the boys' dorms very much confused about what he felt.
~*~
Lily completely understood why Sirius had yelled at her. She remembered very well the way James reacted when she first called him 'Jamie'. He almost strangled her. 'It must be some thing with guys. They don't want to admit they like someone until it hits them like a ton of bricks to the face. Guys are so weird.' So naturally she wasn't mad at Sirius at all, she was happier beyond belief. 'He's finally realized how much he likes her, and how much she likes him. Good. Hopefully this madness will all be over soon and they will just go out.'
AN: Short chappy but I gotta do some stuff. School is horrible to an aspiring author. LoL! R/R everybody!!! Oooh oooh you can email me if ya want to. Beccablack57@yahoo.com
Chapter 4
AN: Sorry for the delay. Papers suck. Thanksgiving holiday, grandparents house, five-hour drive. Well, I have planned everything through New Years.now just to type! Yet again sorry for the delay, REALLY I am. I feel all guilty now!!!! Here ya go! Oh yeah, if a word is surrounded in asterisks (*) its italics.
Late September passed quickly into the middle of October. Sirius and Cayte got closer as the days went on. Soon, she would give Lily a brief story of what was wrong, but tell Sirius everything. She had cried in font of him a few times, but Sirius didn't find this strange at all. She was not used to the way Hogwarts, or anything in Great Britain for that matter, was run, it was all so strange to her. At times he admitted to himself that if he had moved to America, he would probably cry that much too.
As the weeks went on he also wrote a bit more frequently about what he was feeling. It was something that when he couldn't sleep he did. To him it was like emptying all of his thoughts out onto parchment so he didn't have to think about them anymore.
~*~
"Today is a day for independence, for all the Gryffindors, and their descendents!" yelled James, seeing as he was the captain of the Gryffindor team, and they had just defeated Slytherin for the first time in 7 years.
"WHOOOO HOOOOOO!" screamed Sirius, James, Remus, Lily, Peter and Cayte.
Whispering to James, Sirius said, " if only we could get some butter beer about now. We'd start a party that this house hasn't seen in over 100 years!"
"Yeah, but I highly doubt that McGonagall would go for that one. Plus, that's not gonna help me on the road to 'head boy-dom'," James responded.
Just at that moment McGonagall walked in with two buckets in her hand. When she placed them on one of the tables, they could see what they said on their sides.
'Never-ending supply of butterbeer'
"Ok, so it does end. At precisely one in the morning, these buckets as well as anything in them will disappear. I will come up here, if there is anyone in this commons room, you will not be allowed to attend any of the Quidditch games, even if you are on the team, and you receive quite a few detentions. Have Fun!" With that, McGonagall left the commons room.
"Talk about irony!" James stated.
"Yeah really. That was an absolutely amazing game man!" Sirius said, walking with James to get a butterbeer. They had to fight the crowd of people to grab tow, one for himself and another for Cayte.
Ryan then walked up to the two of them, "James? Wow that game was great! And all of the cool stuff you did as chaser! Awesome!" that said, Ryan ran off seeming somewhat embarrassed.
"I have the * strangest* brother ever!" looking around, Sirius noticed that Cayte wasn't anywhere to be found. "Hey, James? You seen Cayte?"
James was already walking off towards Lily, but he turned is head and said, "No man, not since before the game."
Sirius wondered where she could be, but then he realized something must have been seriously wrong. 'Why else would she not be down here celebrating?' he thought. He ran quickly up the staircase then pause before the girls dormitory. He heard a very soft crying coming form inside. Walking quietly up to her four-poster and sat down next where she was lying, sobbing heavily.
"Cayte?" he asked, she could tell how worried she was about her from the tone of his voice.
All she did was turn over and look up at him.
When seeing her red and wet face, he lay down and drew her into his arms.
"Shhhh. Don't cry. What's wrong?"
His kindness and compassion made her sob even harder. "My dad. He- He- " She couldn't say anything more because she was attacked with another fit of sobs.
"You miss him?"
"No. I mean, yes, but that's not it." She sobbed into his shoulder.
Somehow knowing that it was not a very wise thing to ask more about what was wrong that the time, Sirius just held her close to him and slowly rocked her back and forth trying to get her crying to cease.
After a few minutes of this, she let go of him and looked into his blue eyes.
"He's sick. He has some form of cancer and they don't know if he'll live or how long or anything like that. And I'm so worried, and, and-"
"Shhh. Calm down. I'm sure that he'll be fine," at that time, Sirius noticed that there was a piece of parchment on her nightstand. "Did you just find out?"
"No. I've known for while now," she said, still crying.
"I hope you don't mind by asking, bu-'
"You know that I won't mind," Cayte said, a smile finding it's way through the tears.
"Why did it hit you like this now?"
"The Quidditch game. Everyone was getting so emotional about it all. It reminded me of him, the way he gets when he's watching a football game on TV. He yells and screams and throws things, and he's so happy when doing it. After that I a started thinking things like, 'what if he never gets to do that again?' and it just kept going on and on. I couldn't stop the thoughts."
By that time, she had stopped crying and was just lying in Sirius' arms telling him the story of how she found out about her fathers' cancer.
"And that's all we know.Apparently the doctors will tell us if they can do anything about it soon," she said in one big yawn.
Sirius looked over at the clock that was over the dormitory door. It was a little past eleven fifty. "No wonder your tired," Sirius said, "it's almost midnight. I'm going to go before everyone comes up here and someone tells McGonagall that I was in here." He stood up and headed towards the door.
"Siri?" Cayte called.
At first Sirius was a bit confused about the nick name she had used, but then he just turned around and looked at her.
"Stay with me till I fall asleep. Please."
"Of course." Sirius said, and in two paces he was by her side. He pulled up a chair that had been left there from someone else, sat down and took her hand. After about ten minutes, she had fallen asleep. Carefully, Sirius let go of her hand and placed it on the bed. Then he leaned down and kissed her forehead gently. When he got out side the door, he heard a faint whisper.
"Wow. That was amazing!"
Sirius quickly turned around to see Lily standing by the doorframe. "What are you doing here? How much did you hear?" Sirius couldn't speak for all of the questions that had popped into his head.
"I've been standing here for the past ten minutes. I only heard from Cayte calling you 'Siri' and after. Rather boring conversation really," she said, speaking of their silence, " But really it was quite amazing. I mean, you got really close to her so quickly. James had asked me where you were, as if I would know. But I looked around and saw that you weren't in the commons room, and neither was Cayte. I put two and two together and came to look for the two of you."
"Oh. That explains your intrusion so well," Sirius said, storming off. 'I shouldn't have snapped at Lily. Not a good thing to do. Really not a good thing to do. I am so confused. So I like her? Err. I shouldn't have yelled at Lily at all. Should I apologize? No, that would mean seeing Cayte again. I can't stand the thought of her crying again. Oh crap, I think I do like her.Though maybe it's just 'cause we're good friends.' Sirius walked to the boys' dorms very much confused about what he felt.
~*~
Lily completely understood why Sirius had yelled at her. She remembered very well the way James reacted when she first called him 'Jamie'. He almost strangled her. 'It must be some thing with guys. They don't want to admit they like someone until it hits them like a ton of bricks to the face. Guys are so weird.' So naturally she wasn't mad at Sirius at all, she was happier beyond belief. 'He's finally realized how much he likes her, and how much she likes him. Good. Hopefully this madness will all be over soon and they will just go out.'
AN: Short chappy but I gotta do some stuff. School is horrible to an aspiring author. LoL! R/R everybody!!! Oooh oooh you can email me if ya want to. Beccablack57@yahoo.com