AN: well, here we go. Yet again. Typed up one paragraph of that damn thesis
paper (Ernest Hemingway.) and can't get any farther than that. So here I am
yet again typing up my fan fiction instead of doing the paper (yes Ciria,
as nice as it is for you all, I worry what it does to my Lit grade, though
at the moment it's fine.thanks for your concern, LoL). Be proud of me
though, I got a spiral notebook to keep character traits (parents names,
where they live, musical tastes, etc.) and chapter summaries, as well as
notes for what each chapter should be sure to have in it (no more, "crap I
forgot about that!" unless I forget to write about it in the notebook).
(Can you tell I like to use parenthesis?) Well, here goes.. Can I do it? I
think so, what about you guys? And I have decided upon a goal, the chapter
with Valentines Day in it, I want to be posted on Valentines Day. Oh, and
please forgive me for some of the AN's that lie within the story line, they
say AN in front of them.
Cayte woke up Christmas morning to smell of fresh coffee and a fire in the fireplace (which still hadn't been connected to the Floo Network). As Cayte walked down stairs, she said, "Mmm.Smells just right. I miss this smell, fireplace that is." When they were in America, they had gas logs, which didn't produce the wonderful smell that a real fire did.
"That's why we lit this one Cayte. Have some Coffee, just made it," Cayte's mom said sitting down on the couch. "Your present is over there," she said pointing towards the fireplace. There was a very small box that was wrapped in blue paper.
Cayte got a very wide-eyed look as she opened the box. "The CAR? You're kidding me?" Suddenly Cayte realized that they still had both of the other cars that they had had when they moved over.
"Yep, we got you a car to use when you are home. I will of course inhibit it when you are at school, but I doubt that you mind. And you mother neglected to mention that you do have a few other presents, though they are small. Don't expect much," her dad said, smiling at Cayte.
The next day, James came to Lily's house to exchange presents with her. Cayte came over that day too, to exchange with Lily and James. "You guys are going to laugh at me. Especially because of what I got both of you. Go ahead, open them!"
James tore through the wrapping paper and pulled out a portable CD player, and two CD's. "Crosby, Stills, and Nash -OH! That song.Suite: Judy Blue Eyes- and The Who?"
"Yep! They seemed like a band you would like."
"No, really, who is The Who?" James asked, sarcastically. There wasn't a person in Britain who hadn't heard of The Who before.
"Ha ha James, that CD is one of my favorites." By the time they were done, Lily was done unwrapping her present -she unwrapped it making sure that she didn't tear a piece of the paper- and was thrilled. "This is GREAT!". Cayte had decided to get everyone CD players and two CD's, save Sirius, the first CD being Crosby, Still, and Nash, just as a joke, and one other that seemed appropriate for there personality, or just something that they had heard before. Lily got Aida because of the dance, and her having heard about it a lot, Melanie got the same thing.
"Remus got the Crosby, Still and Nash (an: CSN, from now on) and a Miles Davis CD; Peter got the CSN and a Guster CD; Melanie got what you got Lily, and Sirius.let's not got there." They spent the rest of the day talking and listening to the music.
A few days later, Cayte woke up late, both of her parents were gone. She went downstairs and put on a song by Guster.
"I used to sit and watch the pouring rain
I used to wish to be back home again" (Guster, Mona Lisa)
As Cayte sang along to the song, she thought about the lyrics. "I remember sitting and watching the rain back in America. Wasn't it because it was the end of a drought? It was wasn't it." She thought about the one right after that, " When I first got to Hogwarts I used to wish I was back there. With Alyson and New York, and all of the stuff I still miss, but now I just wish I were back at Hogwarts with all of my friends there. Funny how that happens."
Without thinking about it she had put the song on repeat, and she realized that quite a long time had past and there were tears flowing freely out of her eyes. "It's weird how that happens." she wiped them away as there was a knock at her front door. Looking down she realized she was still in her pajamas (a pants set, sea green with dancing turtles on them). She walked quickly to the door and peered out, she saw Sirius standing there looking around the yard.
"Siri? What are you doing here?" she said as she opened the door and let him in.
"What? No hug? No 'it's great to see you?'" he said frowning. Cayte reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"It is good to see you. How did you know where my house was?"
"I knew where Lily's was, so I just flew there and figured I'd figure it out once I got here. I was going to travel here by Floo but I didn't have your fireplace hooked up."
"Good thing, ours isn't connected to the network at all. Sit Siri, I'll be back in a second, lemme go change."
"No, just sit and talk to me for a few. Please? Besides, I like your turtley pajamas," he said laughing as he watched two turtles tango-ing around her pants. Cayte laughed at Sirius' very good puppy dog face. "No wonder they think you'll be a dog!" Cayte flopped down on the couch next to Sirius, and put her feet in his lap.
"So, Cayte, why were you crying right before I came in?" he asked, his voice filled with concern
"Oh, I was listening to my Guster CD and there was a set of lyrics that made me think about being a kid and I thought about it for so long that I guess I started to cry. Nothing serious, Siri. No worries!" she said, still a bit confused about it herself.
Cayte and Sirius talked for a few more minutes before Sirius pulled out a box for her to open. Cayte ran up stairs, got dressed and grabbed Sirius' present and wen back down stairs before he would let her give it to her. "Here, open it!"
Sirius opened up the present and started to laugh. "Wow! This is amazing Cayte!" he leaned over and gave her a big hug, "Grant it I don't know who some of these bands are, but wow!" He looked at his CD player, and all of his CD's which included, CSN, Aida, The Who, Miles Davis, Sting and the Police, Grateful Dead, Guster, Dave Matthews Band, and Phantom of the Opera. "That's," Sirius counted on his fingers the number of CD's he got, "nine CD's! How did you decide what to get me?"
"Well, everyone I got presents for got a CD player, a CSN CD, and one other depending on what I thought they would like. You on the other hand, well.I went looking for CD's and didn't really think about what I was buying. When I got home was the only time I realized how many I had decided to give you. They are all amongst my list of favorite bands. Miles Davis is jazz trumpet, you know CSN, Sting, DMB, and Aida. The Who, you should know of, Guster is another of my favorite bands, Phantom is my favorite musical all told, and the Grateful Dead is this amazing jam band. It really is all of my favorites. Mainly my favorite CD of whatever band it is." Cayte said, so completely happy that he loved the gift.
"Alright, now it's time for you to open yours," he handed her a small square box. Cayte opened it up and a look of sheer amazement swept over her face. (AN: Ciria I have an hour until this freaking paper is due and I am typing this.happy? Hehe) "It's gorgeous!" she said looking at the small gold band with a changing music note etched into the top of it. "I love it. You- you-? You got me this for a present?" she said as Sirius slipped it onto her finger.
"Yep. I saw it in the store at Hogsmeade and thought of you. I had to get it," he said as he remembered specifically asking them to engrave it that way. He smiled as he looked at Cayte staring in awe at the ring, 'wait till she sees this in a little while' he said feeling a small rectangular box still left in his pocket.
"There's a jewelry store in Hogsmeade?" Cayte asked, remembering that she had only seen the dress store and The Three Broomsticks.
"Yeah. It's right next to Zonko's and Honeydukes. You haven't seen it?"
"No. I've been to Hogsmeade once. To get my dress and that was it. After that I went back to Hogwarts and didn't see anymore of it." (AN: I am stuck on the freaking CONCLUSION paragraph. The conclusion. And here I am typing away at fan fiction, hoping that when I go back to the paper I can finish it) (AN: sorry, had to vent)
Sirius mouth dropped. "Your kidding me?!?" Then suddenly, he got an idea. "What are you doing today?"
"Sitting here, listening to Guster, eating cold Italian food for lunch and probably driving around in my car. I didn't tell you about it did I? My parents got me a car!"
"A what? Oh, one of those muggle vehicles," Sirius said, shaking the comment off and going back to what he originally thought, "Do you want to go to Hogsmeade for the day?"
"Really? That would be great." Cayte said, secretly wondering if it was a date or not.
Sirius caught that look and smiled at her, not knowing that every time he smiled, Cayte was practically gushing. "So is it a date?"
"It is if you want it to be," Cayte said, getting up to call her mom and let her know where she would be.
"Then it is indeed!"
"We can take my car if you want, it's got a CD player in it, so we could listen to some of your CD's."
Sirius got a frightened look, "Umm.no, we'll just go on brooms. Cars don't work in Hogsmeade."
Cayte nodded, "Hey mom. Sirius came over here and we were talking about Hogsmeade and how I had never been and so he wants me to go to Hogsmeade with him today. That alright?" a short period of time elapsed and then Cayte said, "Ok, your right, I want to go too, but he invited me mother," putting the emphasis on mother. "I can? Awesome! Oh, I don't think that will work there, hang on. Siri, would a cell phone work in Hogsmeade?"
"Cell phone? What is a cell phone? Probably not what ever it is."
"Nope, can't take the cell. I'll be home at 2 ish," she said, looking at Sirius to verify. He thought about it quickly. "Better make it 3. Can I use your owl to send a quick note to someone?" Sirius asked. "Yeah, go ahead, he's in my room, up the stairs and first door to your left," Cayte continued to talk to her mom, as Sirius slowly ascended up the stairs. When she hung up she followed him up there, finding him letting the owl fly out the window as he stared at the sparkling light blue walls. "It's so very Cayte-like. Blue and sparkling. Like you eyes. Did I ever tell you how much I love your eyes? They are so gorgeous, and big, and blue and.yeah I'm embarrassing myself now."
Cayte laughed. "Your eyes aren't so bad either. As in.damn. That's all I'll be saying on the matter. You ready?"
Sirius nodded, still pondering what Cayte had just said. They both headed down the stairs and out the door. When they got to the front yard, Sirius walked to the side of the house to get his broom, when he came back, Cayte was still standing there looking a bit confused. "Go get your broom," Sirius said. When Cayte just continued to stand there, he suddenly realized that she didn't have one. "No sweat. You can just ride on mine."
"Um.okay," she approached the broom with caution, "I should probably tell you I've never * actually* ridden a broom before. As you might be able to tell, I have kinda lived a sheltered life."
"Yeah. It's cool. Come here, and I'll hold it still, I want you to get on in front of me, so get on," he said, gesturing towards the broom and holding it still. Cayte got on it a bit nervously, and her nervousness grew as Sirius climbed on behind her. He gently took one of her hands in each of his and placed them towards the front of the broom and kicked off.
Cayte was freaking out at first. It was a sensation she had never felt before, or two. She had never been on a broom before, in a guys arms this closely, let alone on a broom with a guys arms wrapped around her. After the first few minutes, she got used to it and relaxed her back slouching, allowing Sirius to go forward some and for him to be more comfortable. The rest of the ride went well, with out much conversation as it was hard to converse in mid air. They touched down in Hogsmeade and Sirius put his broom in one of the allotted places they had created for them. They started off for Hogsmeade, Cayte thrilled about the broom ride.
AN: Well, I was planning on having this whole chapter being the precursor to Hogsmeade AND their date. It got long. I, truthfully, didn't feel like adding more. Especially when I got one review for the last chapter. I have currently 21 reviews (hey, if the reviews were people, they could drink legally now). I'm thinking that I want to start out really small with this thing, so I'm only asking for the number to go up to 25 before I post again. That shouldn't take long. AND I was nice enough not to leave it at a cliffy the first time I did it. Next time I think it's necessary, I will leave it at a cliffy. I don't want to sound like a review nazi or anything, I just missed the "email from BOTREVIEW thing in my inbox. It's sad. I encourage you all to write fic and then post it and live without the reviews.
Cayte woke up Christmas morning to smell of fresh coffee and a fire in the fireplace (which still hadn't been connected to the Floo Network). As Cayte walked down stairs, she said, "Mmm.Smells just right. I miss this smell, fireplace that is." When they were in America, they had gas logs, which didn't produce the wonderful smell that a real fire did.
"That's why we lit this one Cayte. Have some Coffee, just made it," Cayte's mom said sitting down on the couch. "Your present is over there," she said pointing towards the fireplace. There was a very small box that was wrapped in blue paper.
Cayte got a very wide-eyed look as she opened the box. "The CAR? You're kidding me?" Suddenly Cayte realized that they still had both of the other cars that they had had when they moved over.
"Yep, we got you a car to use when you are home. I will of course inhibit it when you are at school, but I doubt that you mind. And you mother neglected to mention that you do have a few other presents, though they are small. Don't expect much," her dad said, smiling at Cayte.
The next day, James came to Lily's house to exchange presents with her. Cayte came over that day too, to exchange with Lily and James. "You guys are going to laugh at me. Especially because of what I got both of you. Go ahead, open them!"
James tore through the wrapping paper and pulled out a portable CD player, and two CD's. "Crosby, Stills, and Nash -OH! That song.Suite: Judy Blue Eyes- and The Who?"
"Yep! They seemed like a band you would like."
"No, really, who is The Who?" James asked, sarcastically. There wasn't a person in Britain who hadn't heard of The Who before.
"Ha ha James, that CD is one of my favorites." By the time they were done, Lily was done unwrapping her present -she unwrapped it making sure that she didn't tear a piece of the paper- and was thrilled. "This is GREAT!". Cayte had decided to get everyone CD players and two CD's, save Sirius, the first CD being Crosby, Still, and Nash, just as a joke, and one other that seemed appropriate for there personality, or just something that they had heard before. Lily got Aida because of the dance, and her having heard about it a lot, Melanie got the same thing.
"Remus got the Crosby, Still and Nash (an: CSN, from now on) and a Miles Davis CD; Peter got the CSN and a Guster CD; Melanie got what you got Lily, and Sirius.let's not got there." They spent the rest of the day talking and listening to the music.
A few days later, Cayte woke up late, both of her parents were gone. She went downstairs and put on a song by Guster.
"I used to sit and watch the pouring rain
I used to wish to be back home again" (Guster, Mona Lisa)
As Cayte sang along to the song, she thought about the lyrics. "I remember sitting and watching the rain back in America. Wasn't it because it was the end of a drought? It was wasn't it." She thought about the one right after that, " When I first got to Hogwarts I used to wish I was back there. With Alyson and New York, and all of the stuff I still miss, but now I just wish I were back at Hogwarts with all of my friends there. Funny how that happens."
Without thinking about it she had put the song on repeat, and she realized that quite a long time had past and there were tears flowing freely out of her eyes. "It's weird how that happens." she wiped them away as there was a knock at her front door. Looking down she realized she was still in her pajamas (a pants set, sea green with dancing turtles on them). She walked quickly to the door and peered out, she saw Sirius standing there looking around the yard.
"Siri? What are you doing here?" she said as she opened the door and let him in.
"What? No hug? No 'it's great to see you?'" he said frowning. Cayte reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"It is good to see you. How did you know where my house was?"
"I knew where Lily's was, so I just flew there and figured I'd figure it out once I got here. I was going to travel here by Floo but I didn't have your fireplace hooked up."
"Good thing, ours isn't connected to the network at all. Sit Siri, I'll be back in a second, lemme go change."
"No, just sit and talk to me for a few. Please? Besides, I like your turtley pajamas," he said laughing as he watched two turtles tango-ing around her pants. Cayte laughed at Sirius' very good puppy dog face. "No wonder they think you'll be a dog!" Cayte flopped down on the couch next to Sirius, and put her feet in his lap.
"So, Cayte, why were you crying right before I came in?" he asked, his voice filled with concern
"Oh, I was listening to my Guster CD and there was a set of lyrics that made me think about being a kid and I thought about it for so long that I guess I started to cry. Nothing serious, Siri. No worries!" she said, still a bit confused about it herself.
Cayte and Sirius talked for a few more minutes before Sirius pulled out a box for her to open. Cayte ran up stairs, got dressed and grabbed Sirius' present and wen back down stairs before he would let her give it to her. "Here, open it!"
Sirius opened up the present and started to laugh. "Wow! This is amazing Cayte!" he leaned over and gave her a big hug, "Grant it I don't know who some of these bands are, but wow!" He looked at his CD player, and all of his CD's which included, CSN, Aida, The Who, Miles Davis, Sting and the Police, Grateful Dead, Guster, Dave Matthews Band, and Phantom of the Opera. "That's," Sirius counted on his fingers the number of CD's he got, "nine CD's! How did you decide what to get me?"
"Well, everyone I got presents for got a CD player, a CSN CD, and one other depending on what I thought they would like. You on the other hand, well.I went looking for CD's and didn't really think about what I was buying. When I got home was the only time I realized how many I had decided to give you. They are all amongst my list of favorite bands. Miles Davis is jazz trumpet, you know CSN, Sting, DMB, and Aida. The Who, you should know of, Guster is another of my favorite bands, Phantom is my favorite musical all told, and the Grateful Dead is this amazing jam band. It really is all of my favorites. Mainly my favorite CD of whatever band it is." Cayte said, so completely happy that he loved the gift.
"Alright, now it's time for you to open yours," he handed her a small square box. Cayte opened it up and a look of sheer amazement swept over her face. (AN: Ciria I have an hour until this freaking paper is due and I am typing this.happy? Hehe) "It's gorgeous!" she said looking at the small gold band with a changing music note etched into the top of it. "I love it. You- you-? You got me this for a present?" she said as Sirius slipped it onto her finger.
"Yep. I saw it in the store at Hogsmeade and thought of you. I had to get it," he said as he remembered specifically asking them to engrave it that way. He smiled as he looked at Cayte staring in awe at the ring, 'wait till she sees this in a little while' he said feeling a small rectangular box still left in his pocket.
"There's a jewelry store in Hogsmeade?" Cayte asked, remembering that she had only seen the dress store and The Three Broomsticks.
"Yeah. It's right next to Zonko's and Honeydukes. You haven't seen it?"
"No. I've been to Hogsmeade once. To get my dress and that was it. After that I went back to Hogwarts and didn't see anymore of it." (AN: I am stuck on the freaking CONCLUSION paragraph. The conclusion. And here I am typing away at fan fiction, hoping that when I go back to the paper I can finish it) (AN: sorry, had to vent)
Sirius mouth dropped. "Your kidding me?!?" Then suddenly, he got an idea. "What are you doing today?"
"Sitting here, listening to Guster, eating cold Italian food for lunch and probably driving around in my car. I didn't tell you about it did I? My parents got me a car!"
"A what? Oh, one of those muggle vehicles," Sirius said, shaking the comment off and going back to what he originally thought, "Do you want to go to Hogsmeade for the day?"
"Really? That would be great." Cayte said, secretly wondering if it was a date or not.
Sirius caught that look and smiled at her, not knowing that every time he smiled, Cayte was practically gushing. "So is it a date?"
"It is if you want it to be," Cayte said, getting up to call her mom and let her know where she would be.
"Then it is indeed!"
"We can take my car if you want, it's got a CD player in it, so we could listen to some of your CD's."
Sirius got a frightened look, "Umm.no, we'll just go on brooms. Cars don't work in Hogsmeade."
Cayte nodded, "Hey mom. Sirius came over here and we were talking about Hogsmeade and how I had never been and so he wants me to go to Hogsmeade with him today. That alright?" a short period of time elapsed and then Cayte said, "Ok, your right, I want to go too, but he invited me mother," putting the emphasis on mother. "I can? Awesome! Oh, I don't think that will work there, hang on. Siri, would a cell phone work in Hogsmeade?"
"Cell phone? What is a cell phone? Probably not what ever it is."
"Nope, can't take the cell. I'll be home at 2 ish," she said, looking at Sirius to verify. He thought about it quickly. "Better make it 3. Can I use your owl to send a quick note to someone?" Sirius asked. "Yeah, go ahead, he's in my room, up the stairs and first door to your left," Cayte continued to talk to her mom, as Sirius slowly ascended up the stairs. When she hung up she followed him up there, finding him letting the owl fly out the window as he stared at the sparkling light blue walls. "It's so very Cayte-like. Blue and sparkling. Like you eyes. Did I ever tell you how much I love your eyes? They are so gorgeous, and big, and blue and.yeah I'm embarrassing myself now."
Cayte laughed. "Your eyes aren't so bad either. As in.damn. That's all I'll be saying on the matter. You ready?"
Sirius nodded, still pondering what Cayte had just said. They both headed down the stairs and out the door. When they got to the front yard, Sirius walked to the side of the house to get his broom, when he came back, Cayte was still standing there looking a bit confused. "Go get your broom," Sirius said. When Cayte just continued to stand there, he suddenly realized that she didn't have one. "No sweat. You can just ride on mine."
"Um.okay," she approached the broom with caution, "I should probably tell you I've never * actually* ridden a broom before. As you might be able to tell, I have kinda lived a sheltered life."
"Yeah. It's cool. Come here, and I'll hold it still, I want you to get on in front of me, so get on," he said, gesturing towards the broom and holding it still. Cayte got on it a bit nervously, and her nervousness grew as Sirius climbed on behind her. He gently took one of her hands in each of his and placed them towards the front of the broom and kicked off.
Cayte was freaking out at first. It was a sensation she had never felt before, or two. She had never been on a broom before, in a guys arms this closely, let alone on a broom with a guys arms wrapped around her. After the first few minutes, she got used to it and relaxed her back slouching, allowing Sirius to go forward some and for him to be more comfortable. The rest of the ride went well, with out much conversation as it was hard to converse in mid air. They touched down in Hogsmeade and Sirius put his broom in one of the allotted places they had created for them. They started off for Hogsmeade, Cayte thrilled about the broom ride.
AN: Well, I was planning on having this whole chapter being the precursor to Hogsmeade AND their date. It got long. I, truthfully, didn't feel like adding more. Especially when I got one review for the last chapter. I have currently 21 reviews (hey, if the reviews were people, they could drink legally now). I'm thinking that I want to start out really small with this thing, so I'm only asking for the number to go up to 25 before I post again. That shouldn't take long. AND I was nice enough not to leave it at a cliffy the first time I did it. Next time I think it's necessary, I will leave it at a cliffy. I don't want to sound like a review nazi or anything, I just missed the "email from BOTREVIEW thing in my inbox. It's sad. I encourage you all to write fic and then post it and live without the reviews.