AN: So, apparently the last chapter was better than the one before it. I am
glad. I just saw LOTR: TTT and so now I'm thinking with a Scottish accent.
Don't ask why, I don't know. I just am. It's rather funny. Maybe I'll have
some more Scotland things in here.who knows. And some of you are saying you
want a crazy, goofier Siri.I'll see what I can do, you'll have to let me
know how it turns out.. Wow.new day. Needed encouragement to write more, so
I went and read all of the reviews that I've gotten and some that I've
written.wow, I can write again.THANKS GUYS!
It was around seven in the morning when Cayte woke up. She looked around and tried to remember how she got to her bed. The last thing she did remember was talking to Sirius about being afraid of falling in love. She looked around the room, and saw that the rest of the girls were sleeping. Yawning, she lay back down and went to sleep.
Sirius tossed and turned all night thinking about Cayte and how he might be able to help her. 'I want her to be able to love so deeply that she doesn't know what to do and not be afraid of it. How do you convince someone that it's ok?' he thought to himself. He got up and pulled out some parchment. It was time to write again.
Well,
This is so screwy it's not even funny. I've never heard of someone being afraid to fall in love. How do I change that? I think that once she starts to, and realizes that she can't help it, it will be different. But. Ugh. Now self-esteem. That's a problem I can deal with. I know she's wonderful, gorgeous, * and* that people do like her. I can convince her of that, it might take awhile, but I can do it.
Now here is the hard part. Do I try and get her to fall in love with me so that she won't be afraid? Or do I just let it go in hopes that she'll fall in love with someone someday? Oh screw it. It's not like I can * make* someone fall in love with me. Just let it happen.
Siri
PS: My Little Gingersnap. That's her nickname. Don't ask, I don't know
Once everyone woke up, the day was spent hanging out and talking about the dance. Later that night James, Remus, and Peter walked up to Sirius.
"Padfoot old friend, it has occurred to us that we haven't pulled a prank this month. The usual person that we test things on must be a bit worried. I mean, we haven't even been calling him names lately. This is a problem, don't you agree?" James said, in a most official sounding voice.
"Why, now that I think about it, you are too right old chap. We must be getting along with it. I in fact smell something a little bit out of the ordinary at the moment. Do you smell that?" Sirius responded.
Peter piped up, "I do! It smells-it smells like something!" They all laughed, then Sirius got up and motioned for them to follow him.
He led them up the stair case pausing at their door and then continuing on up, all the while making sniffing noised and acting like he was 'following his nose'. Once they reached the girls dorm room, he went inside. The rest of the guys took a major pause, a bit wary of going inside. James was the first one to shrug it off and walked inside, sitting on Lily's bed. Remus followed and sat on Mel's bed then came Peter who stood in the middle of the room, mouth gaping wide. "Shut it Pete, it's just the girls' room" Remus said, "Where's Siri?"
"Under here," came a muffled voice from under Cayte's bed.
"What are you doing there?" James asked, as Peter sat down on the floor.
"Getting what we need. I'll show you when we get down to our dorm," Sirius spoke, climbing out from under the bed. They all dashed down to their dorm to discuss what Sirius had gotten.
The next afternoon, Sirius walked up to Cayte in the courtyard. "Hey, I borrowed something from you yesterday. I needed it," he said.
"What was it?" Cayte asked.
"Oh, nothing.you'll know eventually," was all he would say as he pushed a strand of hair behind Cayte's ear. "My little Gingersnap."
At that Cayte blushed badly. "Where did that name come from? It wasn't my CD player was it? I'd kill you if it was."
"You'd k- ki- kill me?" Sirius said, fake crying. "I can't believe you would kill me...I'm hurt! Nah, I didn't take that from you. Never. Except that I would like to borrow it tonight. I keep signing this song I heard from you over and over again. Gotta get it out.."
"Ok, what song.Umm.mind if I tell you in a.. * not* so public place? Cool.AHHH! YOU! You have me saying cool?!??! How dare you!" Sirius ran off. He had somehow gotten hold of a bit too much caffeine, obviously not a good thing. Cayte rolled her eyes and continued walking to the Quidditch pitch to meet Lily.
It was later on in their Transfigurations class that Cayte found out what Sirius had taken.
During the class while Snape had gotten up to go ask Professor McGonagall something, Sirius stood and walked towards Snapes' bag, he pulled out his wand and suddenly 'tripped', then muttered something under his breath and a few items scooted across the floor towards him. He quickly shoved them in Snapes' bag and got up, 'limping' back to his seat. Once there, he looked at James, the joke was now left up to him.
Snape came back towards his seat and James magically made the bag go right in his pathway. Snape really did trip over his bag, then went to sit down. Only then did he realize what had fallen out. James, Remus, Peter, Sirius, and Cayte were all laughing. In all truth the whole class was, but they were laughing the hardest.
"James, Remus, Peter, Sirius, and Cayte! Come with me into my office," McGonagall screamed, a vein in her forehead popping out. All of the students' jaws dropped, none of them could imagine Cayte doing this. Cayte had this startled look on her face, Sirius leaned over and whispered, "Come on, I'll get you out of it. Don't worry."
They all got up and walked into McGonagalls' office. Actually Sirius had to kinda push Cayte in there, she was a bit shocked at it all.
Holding Cayte's hand, Sirius looked right at McGonagall, "Cayte had * nothing* to do with this!" He was surprised to hear three other voices yelling the same thing at the same time. Cayte covered her and Sirius' hands with her own body so that McGonagall wouldn't get any ideas, that was the last thing she needed to happen now.
"Well, I suppose you boys keep 'feminine supplies' on hand? How did you get them if Cayte didn't have a part in it?" she said with certain disgust.
"I can explain!" Cayte whispered. They were all a bit surprised to hear from her. "You see, Sirius asked me if he could borrow something from me and said it was fine that-"
"That I could go up and get it. But I knew that I couldn't go in the girls' dorms so I just talked to Lily. She went and got them for me and brought them down.Cayte didn't know what we were getting, and I figured she'd want to know why it was that I wanted * those* so I just left her in the dark" Sirius interrupted.
"Is this true?" McGonagall inquired,
Sirius pinched Cayte's hand and insidiously nodded. "Yes ma'am. It's true."
"Fine, Cayte, you may go back out and continue your work, the rest of you stay for your punishment."
Later on that night, Sirius and Cayte were in the commons room discussing her CD's. "I have a song stuck in my head. I really can't get it out, so PLEASE let me borrow the CD!" Sirius said.
"It's cool, just tell me what CD."
"Well, that's the thing, I don't know. The song is like-" Sirius paused, then leaned closer to Cayte's ear to sing into it. "Tearing yourself away from me now. You are free and I am crying This does not mean I don't love you I do, that's forever, yes and for always I am yours, you are mine You are what you are And you make it hard-"
Cayte smiled. "Damn you have a good voice! I love a guy who can sing. That's Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Stills, and Nash off of their self- titled album. Before Neil Young joined the bunch. Great CD!" Cayte ran upstairs to get the CD and the CD player.
James got up and sauntered over towards Sirius. "Loves a guy who can sing? You two really are shaping up to be perfect together. You really should do something about it."
Sirius looked around to make sure that Cayte wasn't coming. "Go to the dorm room, I'll be there in a minute, I gotta get something from Cayte then.yeah." Sirius ran up the stairs to the girls' dorm, as James meandered up to the boys dorm.
When Sirius got to the dorm he put the CD player on his nightstand and went to his trunk. James sat on his bed that was next to Sirius', looking a bit confused. Sirius walked over to his bed, sat down and opened up a small box. Holding the object in his hand, he looked at it carefully.
"What is it?" James asked, walking over to Sirius' bed.
"It's what I plan to give Cayte when I ask her out." He held up a gold ring, at the top of it was a music note. "She loves music, and I hope one day she might love me."
James had a look of astonishment on his face; "you've never gotten a girl something to give her when you ask her out! Why this time? When are you going to?"
"Shhh! Not so loud! I am giving her something because she's special to me and I want to, and I don't know when I will ask her out. When the times right. No don't say anything about this. ANYTHING!"
AN: Well, I must end it here. I hope you don't mind. He will ask her out, sometime in the future. It all depends upon how fast I get the transitions out and everything else. Crosby Stills Nash and Young was a band from the time period. I decided the story needed something that was a bit factual in the way of music. They are great, and that song is even better. Download it if you can. I'll let you all go for now, have fun reading!
It was around seven in the morning when Cayte woke up. She looked around and tried to remember how she got to her bed. The last thing she did remember was talking to Sirius about being afraid of falling in love. She looked around the room, and saw that the rest of the girls were sleeping. Yawning, she lay back down and went to sleep.
Sirius tossed and turned all night thinking about Cayte and how he might be able to help her. 'I want her to be able to love so deeply that she doesn't know what to do and not be afraid of it. How do you convince someone that it's ok?' he thought to himself. He got up and pulled out some parchment. It was time to write again.
Well,
This is so screwy it's not even funny. I've never heard of someone being afraid to fall in love. How do I change that? I think that once she starts to, and realizes that she can't help it, it will be different. But. Ugh. Now self-esteem. That's a problem I can deal with. I know she's wonderful, gorgeous, * and* that people do like her. I can convince her of that, it might take awhile, but I can do it.
Now here is the hard part. Do I try and get her to fall in love with me so that she won't be afraid? Or do I just let it go in hopes that she'll fall in love with someone someday? Oh screw it. It's not like I can * make* someone fall in love with me. Just let it happen.
Siri
PS: My Little Gingersnap. That's her nickname. Don't ask, I don't know
Once everyone woke up, the day was spent hanging out and talking about the dance. Later that night James, Remus, and Peter walked up to Sirius.
"Padfoot old friend, it has occurred to us that we haven't pulled a prank this month. The usual person that we test things on must be a bit worried. I mean, we haven't even been calling him names lately. This is a problem, don't you agree?" James said, in a most official sounding voice.
"Why, now that I think about it, you are too right old chap. We must be getting along with it. I in fact smell something a little bit out of the ordinary at the moment. Do you smell that?" Sirius responded.
Peter piped up, "I do! It smells-it smells like something!" They all laughed, then Sirius got up and motioned for them to follow him.
He led them up the stair case pausing at their door and then continuing on up, all the while making sniffing noised and acting like he was 'following his nose'. Once they reached the girls dorm room, he went inside. The rest of the guys took a major pause, a bit wary of going inside. James was the first one to shrug it off and walked inside, sitting on Lily's bed. Remus followed and sat on Mel's bed then came Peter who stood in the middle of the room, mouth gaping wide. "Shut it Pete, it's just the girls' room" Remus said, "Where's Siri?"
"Under here," came a muffled voice from under Cayte's bed.
"What are you doing there?" James asked, as Peter sat down on the floor.
"Getting what we need. I'll show you when we get down to our dorm," Sirius spoke, climbing out from under the bed. They all dashed down to their dorm to discuss what Sirius had gotten.
The next afternoon, Sirius walked up to Cayte in the courtyard. "Hey, I borrowed something from you yesterday. I needed it," he said.
"What was it?" Cayte asked.
"Oh, nothing.you'll know eventually," was all he would say as he pushed a strand of hair behind Cayte's ear. "My little Gingersnap."
At that Cayte blushed badly. "Where did that name come from? It wasn't my CD player was it? I'd kill you if it was."
"You'd k- ki- kill me?" Sirius said, fake crying. "I can't believe you would kill me...I'm hurt! Nah, I didn't take that from you. Never. Except that I would like to borrow it tonight. I keep signing this song I heard from you over and over again. Gotta get it out.."
"Ok, what song.Umm.mind if I tell you in a.. * not* so public place? Cool.AHHH! YOU! You have me saying cool?!??! How dare you!" Sirius ran off. He had somehow gotten hold of a bit too much caffeine, obviously not a good thing. Cayte rolled her eyes and continued walking to the Quidditch pitch to meet Lily.
It was later on in their Transfigurations class that Cayte found out what Sirius had taken.
During the class while Snape had gotten up to go ask Professor McGonagall something, Sirius stood and walked towards Snapes' bag, he pulled out his wand and suddenly 'tripped', then muttered something under his breath and a few items scooted across the floor towards him. He quickly shoved them in Snapes' bag and got up, 'limping' back to his seat. Once there, he looked at James, the joke was now left up to him.
Snape came back towards his seat and James magically made the bag go right in his pathway. Snape really did trip over his bag, then went to sit down. Only then did he realize what had fallen out. James, Remus, Peter, Sirius, and Cayte were all laughing. In all truth the whole class was, but they were laughing the hardest.
"James, Remus, Peter, Sirius, and Cayte! Come with me into my office," McGonagall screamed, a vein in her forehead popping out. All of the students' jaws dropped, none of them could imagine Cayte doing this. Cayte had this startled look on her face, Sirius leaned over and whispered, "Come on, I'll get you out of it. Don't worry."
They all got up and walked into McGonagalls' office. Actually Sirius had to kinda push Cayte in there, she was a bit shocked at it all.
Holding Cayte's hand, Sirius looked right at McGonagall, "Cayte had * nothing* to do with this!" He was surprised to hear three other voices yelling the same thing at the same time. Cayte covered her and Sirius' hands with her own body so that McGonagall wouldn't get any ideas, that was the last thing she needed to happen now.
"Well, I suppose you boys keep 'feminine supplies' on hand? How did you get them if Cayte didn't have a part in it?" she said with certain disgust.
"I can explain!" Cayte whispered. They were all a bit surprised to hear from her. "You see, Sirius asked me if he could borrow something from me and said it was fine that-"
"That I could go up and get it. But I knew that I couldn't go in the girls' dorms so I just talked to Lily. She went and got them for me and brought them down.Cayte didn't know what we were getting, and I figured she'd want to know why it was that I wanted * those* so I just left her in the dark" Sirius interrupted.
"Is this true?" McGonagall inquired,
Sirius pinched Cayte's hand and insidiously nodded. "Yes ma'am. It's true."
"Fine, Cayte, you may go back out and continue your work, the rest of you stay for your punishment."
Later on that night, Sirius and Cayte were in the commons room discussing her CD's. "I have a song stuck in my head. I really can't get it out, so PLEASE let me borrow the CD!" Sirius said.
"It's cool, just tell me what CD."
"Well, that's the thing, I don't know. The song is like-" Sirius paused, then leaned closer to Cayte's ear to sing into it. "Tearing yourself away from me now. You are free and I am crying This does not mean I don't love you I do, that's forever, yes and for always I am yours, you are mine You are what you are And you make it hard-"
Cayte smiled. "Damn you have a good voice! I love a guy who can sing. That's Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Stills, and Nash off of their self- titled album. Before Neil Young joined the bunch. Great CD!" Cayte ran upstairs to get the CD and the CD player.
James got up and sauntered over towards Sirius. "Loves a guy who can sing? You two really are shaping up to be perfect together. You really should do something about it."
Sirius looked around to make sure that Cayte wasn't coming. "Go to the dorm room, I'll be there in a minute, I gotta get something from Cayte then.yeah." Sirius ran up the stairs to the girls' dorm, as James meandered up to the boys dorm.
When Sirius got to the dorm he put the CD player on his nightstand and went to his trunk. James sat on his bed that was next to Sirius', looking a bit confused. Sirius walked over to his bed, sat down and opened up a small box. Holding the object in his hand, he looked at it carefully.
"What is it?" James asked, walking over to Sirius' bed.
"It's what I plan to give Cayte when I ask her out." He held up a gold ring, at the top of it was a music note. "She loves music, and I hope one day she might love me."
James had a look of astonishment on his face; "you've never gotten a girl something to give her when you ask her out! Why this time? When are you going to?"
"Shhh! Not so loud! I am giving her something because she's special to me and I want to, and I don't know when I will ask her out. When the times right. No don't say anything about this. ANYTHING!"
AN: Well, I must end it here. I hope you don't mind. He will ask her out, sometime in the future. It all depends upon how fast I get the transitions out and everything else. Crosby Stills Nash and Young was a band from the time period. I decided the story needed something that was a bit factual in the way of music. They are great, and that song is even better. Download it if you can. I'll let you all go for now, have fun reading!