Chapter 6
Back at Hogwarts Stephanie, Lily, Sandra, and Mea were telling their stories of what happened over the holidays. "And I don't know why I didn't feel well. The next day I was fine." Mea was telling the other three.
"Bad food I guess." Sandra said.
"What about this brooch though... any idea who it's from?" Stephanie asked.
"Nope. But I love it. The note only said for the Song Bird. So it's someone who knows about my singing." Mea said.
"Maybe it's from the guy were going to meet that one night before well... you know." Lily said. Stephanie and Sandra didn't know about any of that night.
"You know what?" Sandra eyed Mea suspiciously.
"Uh well..." Mea looked over towards the couches in the common room, sitting there was James, Remus, Peter, and Sirius. "I'll tell you upstairs." Mea said, knowing quite well they could hear her. They got up and left to their dorm.
Sirius smirked; he could hear everything that they were saying. He hadn't really been listening, but he did want to know if Aaron was Mea's boyfriend yet. And if she liked her gift. He laughed as they got up and left.
"What are you laughing at?" James said looking up from his piece of parchment, and looking for a reason to stop doing homework.
"Them." Sirius nodded to the girls who had just walked away.
"What about them?" James looked confused.
"What did you do?" Remus said looking up from his work as well.
"Nothing, I just kissed her and now she won't admit it." He laughed again.
James and Remus looked at each other, not sure how he found it funny. "Think she likes you?" Remus asked.
"Well she pretty much said so." Now Sirius was looking confused.
"Well then she's not, not talking to you because she's mad then." James said, not quite sure what he was saying though.
"I guess." Sirius said.
Later that night Mea came downstairs to the common room about three in the morning, just about everyone was gone, except of course Sirius. "What are you doing up?" Mea asked a little annoyed. She was still in her clothes from earlier.
"Last minute homework, why?"
"Well just everyone's asleep already. And shouldn't you have that done already?"
"Well no, since I'm doing it right now."
"Oh." Mea sat down in a chair next to him. She began fumbling around with her brooch as she did recently when she was bored or nervous.
He looked up at her, "Like that I see."
"Yeah, but why do you care?" Mea looked at him confused again.
"Its nice to know when someone likes the things that you give them. And there is usually a thank you that comes along with it." He said, leaning back in the chair.
"You? You gave this to me?" He nodded, "Then why didn't you sign it or anything?" Mea asked.
"Because I didn't think it would make your Aaron too happy."
"Oh." Mea said getting up and sitting next to him this time. "Well thanks." She said looking at him. He was just sitting there staring into the fire and then turned and kissed her. "Huh?" Mea said shocked. "What was that for?"
"Nothing." He said getting up and left.
The next day Mea and Lily came downstairs for breakfast and were met by James and Sirius, "Hey Evans." As James was now calling Lily by her last name. She merely rolled her eyes and continued walked. Mea smiled meekly at them and quickly followed Lily out.
Before Mea knew it Lily and her were studying every free moment they got for their O.W.L.s and trying to get Stephanie and Sandra to understand. "No, you see it's..." Lily's voice drowned out as Mea found herself falling asleep until a face popped out of no where and a loud voice boomed, "Hello."
Mea screamed and almost fell out of her chair, only to find a laughing Sirius. "Don't do that!" She yelled clutching her chest.
"I thought you were studying."
"I was I just needed a break for a minute."
"Break, eh? Here, get up."
Mea just merely blinked, "Get up? Why?"
"I wanna show you something." He sighed, getting tired of her not just getting up. "Come on."
"Fine." Mea sighed as well getting up. "What are you going to show me?"
"This way." He said as they walked out of the common room down the halls.
"Sirius really, I need to study and I know you think you know it all but it would help you to study as well. We shouldn't be wasting our time wondering around when we have things we could.... be... what?" Mea stopped when Sirius turned around and gave her an odd look.
"Do you not want to come?"
"I do, but I mean, what is it that you're showing me?" Mea felt uneasy suddenly.
"You'll see, come on." He said pulling her by the arm down the hall. Suddenly he began running, still pulling Mea along.
"Why are we running?" Mea yelled.
"Because we may miss it." He yelled back. As he stopped in front of a door. He took out his wand and tapped the door. Then suddenly it opened. All that was in the room was a tall staircase. He grabbed her hand again and pulled her up the stairs. Mea blinked when they reached the top, "Look!" Sirius pointed up at the sky. There were many shooting lights going by.
"The comets! But how did you know they were here tonight?"
"You're not the only one who's been studying." He smiled.
"Wow." Mea said as they flew by, but she couldn't stop thinking about why he had brought her here. How did he know that she wanted to see the comets, the only one she had told about the comets was Lily. Ah, of course, Lily. She would have to thank her when she got back. Soon the comets were gone, but Mea kept staring at the sky, just at that moment Mea felt something on her hand. She looked down; Sirius was still holding her hand.
Sirius looked down at her hand, "Oh sorry." He said quietly.
"It's alright." Mea said looking somewhat disappointed. She didn't want to leave, but she knew they would soon. "Sirius..."
"Huh?" He turned around looking at her.
"I just wanted to say thanks for taking me here."
"Oh yeah, no problem." He said just then he went to kiss her but she had turned the other way.
"Look... you can see most of the grounds from here." She said happily, having no idea he was right behind her.
"Yeah," he laughed at his luck. "Be had better go back."
"Uh, yeah. It's just..."
"It's just what?" he turned around looking hopeful.
"It's just nice to have a break from studying. That's all."
"Right." His face fell again. "We should go though, come back later, perhaps?"
"I don't know I really should start studying again."
"Oh." He left out the door, leaving Mea to herself and confused.
Finally O.W.L.s came. Mea and Lily were stuck under books almost constantly, except for when they were actually testing. Just after they had finished their Defense Against the Dark Arts tests they walked over to the lake, most everyone else who had just finished their tests where there as well. Mea, Sandra, Stephanie, and Lily were talking just as they heard some yelling. James and Sirius were advancing on Snape, a not very well liked kid from Slytherin. Mea knew they hated him, but she had never been around to witness it before. Mea, who never liked Snape much herself; she had once tried to make friends with him because he didn't have many friends either but he had just tried to hex her, began to laugh. Along with everyone else, save for Lily and Remus. Lily ran up to them, and started to yell at James. Mea knew something not good was happening as she stormed off without even talking to Mea. "Lily!" She called, following her into the school. "Lily, what's wrong?"
"You, him, everyone! They all just stand there laughing."
"Well it was funny... no one likes him anyway." Mea tried to defend herself.
"Well maybe you should try staying with them then." Lily screamed and ran away.
"Great." Mea said standing by herself in a hall.
Over the next few weeks Mea felt like she had done something wrong. Not about Lily, who had apologized for being so touchy earlier, but Sirius hadn't spoken to her. He merely nodded when she said hello. "All the better for you." Lily said who had taken a disliking towards him as well as James.
When Mea and Lily had gotten their scores back they found they did quite well on just about everything. But now the school year was over and Mea felt sad to leave. Of course, she did write to Lily, Sandra, and Stephanie all the time, but she also felt lonely.