"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul."
-Judy Garland

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Joey flung herself into their usual cabin, and slammed the door shut with a thud. Breathing hard, she slowly peaked out of the door. She didn't see him. Curiosity getting the best of her, she leaned her head slowly out of the cabin. Suddenly, Sirius sprung out of the adjacent cabin. She screamed with excitement as he plowed his way into the cabin, coarsely grabbing her by her shoulders, slamming her down onto one of the cushioned seats, and sitting on top of her. By now the rest of the group began making their way into the cabin, rolling their eyes at the bizarre sight of seeing a well guy as large as Sirius sitting on top of Joey.

Clearly not appreciative of this, Flam began hooting wildly as Sirius' muscular shoulder began squishing him against the cabin wall. "Oh Loogie, I was just having a little fun with Joey!" Sirius said innocently to the angry bird.

"Sirius. . ." Joey growled in response to the name calling of the bird.

"Oh, alright Joey," he said, getting off her lap, kissing her lightly on the top of the head and squeezing his butt between her and Remus, who had casually plopped down next to her. "Why would you name a bird Flam, anyways?" he said a little indignantly. Joey looked over at him and gave him one of those 'I've told you a thousand times' looks.

"Because," Joey began, sounding a little annoyed, "the scientific name for the type of bird that Flam happens to be, is Accio flammeus." James and Sirius looked at each other and began grinning, clearly trying to hold in their laughter. As this continued, both of them began turning a dark shade of crimson. James was the first crack. The laughter shot out of his mouth, forcing against all the muscles in his body that were trying to keep it in. In effect, the noise that errupted sounded more like a distressed elephant.

Everyone in the cabin, including Joey and Lily, was so startled by James weird laugh that they couldn't help but laugh as well. Flam went fierce with anger due to this, and, refusing to take his anger out on his beloved Joey, resorted to pecking Sirius, sharply on the top of the head. "Oww! Stop it. . . Ouch!" Sirius was pleading with the bird, trying so hard to stop laughing. "Come on, now! Joey! Help me!"

Still laughing, she reached down into her pocket, and pulled out an owl treat. As she easily coaxed the bird down off of Sirius' head, the rest of her friends eventually got a hold of themselves. "I still don't understand it," she said, shaking her head. "What the hell is so funny about the scientific name, Accio flammeus?"

Trying hard to keep a straight face, Sirius explained, "Well, since 'accio' happens to be the term we use in magic to summon an object to us, and 'flammeus,' like I explained earlier, sounds like 'phlegm,' the name Accio Flammeus makes it sound like you're summoning a giant wad of-" And that was all he got out. James interrupted him be making really disgusting hacking sounds like he was coughing up a spit wad.

This was apparently too much for the boys to handle, because James, Remus, Peter, and Sirius started howling with laughter again. Only this time, they were practically rattling the windows, they were laughing so hard.

"Childish prats!" Joey mumbled as Lily and her strolled out of the cabin, Flam brushing gently against her face as he landed back onto her welcoming shoulder. "My poor baby," she purred as she cuddled her face against the soft bird's breast.

"Let's go wander around and say hi to people," Lily suggested as the girls stood outside the cabin door. "and if we're lucky, maybe we'll come across Amos. . ." Lily tried to sound nonchalant.

Amos Diggory was considered the hottest guy in their grade. Well, he was actually considered the hottest guy in the school. He had medium brown hair and soft brown eyes. Not only was he extremely muscular and fit, but he was also the keeper for Hufflepuff's quidditch team. All of these attributes, and the girls were practically throwing themselves at him. This is why Joey was considered the luckiest girl in the school. . . Amos Diggory was her boyfriend.

As the girls wandered around, aimlessly talking to their fellow classmates, catching up on recent summer events, they soon decided that they needed some sustenance. Their stomachs were growling like mad by the time they had found the food trolley. As the girls' mouths watered while they waited in the long line to get some food, Joey felt a long, warm arm rap around her shoulder. She recognized the familiar scent of the person that was holding her.

"Finally stop laughing, Black?" Joey's snide comment had a very annoyed ring to it.

Sirius leaned over and rested his head on her shoulder, his pleading eyes looking up into hers, begging for forgiveness. Joey could barely resist those gorgeous silvery eyes, and she tried in vain to hold back a smile. Quickly realizing that he was winning, Sirius picked his head off her shoulder, kissed her lightly on the top of her head (like he always did) and offered to buy both ladies lunch at the trolley. On the way back to their cabin, they finished eating the sandwiches that Sirius had bought them.

On the way back to their cabin, the three were surprised to bump into somebody as he was coming out his cabin door. It was Amos Diggory. He glanced over at the three, almost challengingly at Sirius, but smiled widely when he focused on Joey.

"Well, look at this shining princess!" he said in an overly sweet voice that didn't seem to suit him. "Aren't we looking lovely today!" Joey smiled awkwardly. Amos always spoke to her like he was putting on a show for everyone else. "Look what I've got for such a pretty lady! I know it's your favorite!" Amos announced as he held out a yellow daffodil. Sirius rolled his eyes as Diggory then moved in to kiss Joey. He wasn't subtle about it at all. Expecting a little peck on the lips, Joey was extremely startled when Amos slipped his tongue into her mouth and made quite a public display in front of Lily and Sirius.

"Oh, brother!" Sirius mumbled, loud enough for just Lily to hear.

He just stood there with his mouth gaping open in disgust as the kiss went on. When Amos finally pulled away from Joey, she seemed rather flustered as he headed off towards the food trolley without another word. The only problem was that Sirius was standing right in the way of him, glaring at him with his raging cold, grey eyes. As Amos looked into Sirius' face, expecting him to just move out of the way for him, he noticed the look Sirius was giving him and shoved past him, very forcefully through his left shoulder.

When Diggory had finally moved on to the next train car, looking around for the trolley, Sirius was still glaring in the direction that he had left.

"Joey, you know I don't trust that. . . that-" he suddenly looked too furious to finish the sentence.

"Careful, Sirius," Lily warned. Sirius growled impatiently at both the girls and then turned to continue walking back to the cabin. As the girls caught into step with him, Sirius finished the thought he had for Joey. "You know, I just think you deserve better," he said mindfully. "I don't want that prat to end up hurting you."

"Oh, Sirius," she said, sounding slightly annoyed that he was so overprotective, "I don't understand why you two hate each other so much." She paused for a moment. They had arrived back outside the cabin. "And you don't have to worry so much." She leaned in and gave him a soft hug as Lily walked back into the cabin.

Sirius leaned in and kissed her on the top of the head, like he had done so many times before. He was pouting, Joey knew. "Oh, and i know your secret."

"What?" Joey asked, curiously at the weird statement he just made.

"-that your favorite flower is a daisy." Joey's mouth fell open slightly and her brows furrowed together. She knew he was right. So what if Amos was a little confused about what she liked. She'd only been dating him for... how long? She had trouble keeping track since Amos hated to celebrate anniversaries. But that was besides the point! At least he gave her a little gift! She wasn't going to complain if it was a daffodil and not a daisy!

Even still, there was something about Sirius' comment that stung a little.

Joey was about to respond when James and Lily came walking out of the cabin together, both wearing their head-girl/boy robes. Joey forced a smile for them, and James, who playfully winked at her, recommended that she and Sirius get their robes on quickly because they were almost at Hogwarts.

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