Sirius approached the Great Hall rather nervously. He took a deep breath
and walked towards the Gryffindor table. He stole a glance at the Ravenclaw
table to see if Auria was there and was not at all surprised to see her
missing. He sat down next to some 3rd years and began to shove food onto
his plate. When he had just begun eating Potter, Lupin and Wormtail sat
down across from him. Sirius refused to look up at them and pretended to be
very interested in his mashed potatoes.
"Oh, come on!" said James. "You have to admit that that was hilarious."
"I mean those girls would probably carry around your books and do your homework for you if you asked" squeaked Wormtail.
Sirius looked back at the Ravenclaw table and spotted her friends. When they saw him they began blushing and giggling uncontrollably.
"Don't worry about her" said Lupin with a wave of his hand. "She's just some giggly little girl that probably cries at least once a day. She'll be fine."
"Yeah I guess," replied Sirius, finally looking up to face his friends. "And you're right Prongs, that was pretty funny."
They all thought about the girls and burst out laughing.
"What's so funny" asked Lily Evans as she sat down beside Lupin.
"Sirwus made swum gwirl cwy" replied James with his mouth full of chicken.
"Ew! God James, you should really learn not to speak with your mouth full of food" she said sternly.
James swallow hard and then repeated, "Sirius made some girl cry."
"Why?"
The four of them reenacted the entire scene, which took 15 minutes because they kept on laughing. When they had finished Sirius gave an unconscious glance towards the door and to his horror found Auria standing there glaring at them. Upon seeing him look up she fled up the marble staircase.
Lily had seen her too and said, "Nice one boys, now you've really hurt her feelings. That was incredibly mean Sirius." Sirius muttered, "I didn't mean to" as Lily stormed off towards the end of the table to eat with her friends.
Ten minutes later Sirius could not longer contain his guilt. He said goodbye to his friends told them that he was going to look for her. As he walked towards the doors he could hear them laughing and taunting him. "Sirius has a girlfriends, Sirius has gone all soft and mushy." They chanted in unison with James being the loudest.
"I wouldn't talk James, you like Evans" he shouted back to them. At this James turned bright red and stared down at his plate while Sirius stormed up the staircase. * * * *
When he reached the top of the stairs he realized that he had no idea which way she had gone. He snuck behind a statue and pulled a piece of parchment out of his pocket. Tapping it with his wand he said, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." An outline of Hogwarts appeared and he searched through the tiny dots to find the one with her name on it. Sirius located Auria in the girl's bathroom on the 6th floor. He stuffed the map back into his pocket and trudged up the stairs.
Upon reaching the bathroom door he hesitated. It was a girl's bathroom after all, but then he figured that everyone else was down at dinner so the risk of walking in on anyone but Auria was rather small. He quietly pushed open the door and looked around. He could hear her crying from inside one of the stalls.
"Hello" he called softly. This evidently startled her because there was a big crash.
"Are you ok?" he asked running over to the stall and pushing the door open. He found Auria sitting on the floor beside the toilet, her face stained with tears. When she saw him she quickly tried to hide the fact that she had been crying and madly rubbed her eyes. Not knowing what else to do he offered her his hand. She hesitated for a moment and then grasped it. Sirius pulled her to her feet and with her head still down she muttered a quiet "thanks."
"I'm ah, really sorry about before. Um, you know, behind the tree and in the Great Hall and stuff." Why did being around this girl make him so nervous and make him sound like such as idiot?
"That's ok" she mumbled.
"No, it isn't. We shouldn't have laughed like that."
"Yes you should have," she said looking up and smiling for the first time. Sirius noticed that she looked even more beautiful when she smiled. "I would have laughed if I had been in your position."
"Oh I see," replied Sirius who realized that he was still holding her hand.
There was an awkward pause as he let her hand fall back. Finally Sirius went into the next stall and brought back some toilet paper for her to blow her nose with. When she had blow her nose and thrown out the tissues there was another awkward pause.
"So, um what will you be doing over the summer holidays?" He asked her. Judging by the look on her face she had not expected him to start a conversation in the girl's bathroom.
"Just relaxing at home probably, and helping out my dad with work."
"What does he do?" he asked sitting down against the wall let his hair fall into his eyes, making him look very sexy.
"We works for the Ministry of Magic in the department of Muggle relations" she replied sitting down beside him. "And my mom raises nifflers.
"Cool" he said excitedly. "Do you ever sneak some away to find some hidden gold?"
"Oh yeah," she replied with a devious grin. "All the time."
"A girl that gets into mischief! What a turn on" he thought.
They sat on the bathroom floor talking for the next hour. It was only when the candles flickered to life that they realized how long they'd been there.
"Oh, its late. I have to go or else my friends will worry about me," exclaimed Auria, looking at her watch.
"Yeah so will mine," replied Sirius.
As Auria walked down the hall towards her common room Sirius called out, "I um, want to, it was good, yeah, I'll um, see you around."
"Um ok," she answered confusedly but never the less beginning to blush.
Sirius headed back towards the Gryffindor common room thinking about their conversation. He had learned that she had gotten into a lot of trouble as a kid and was very interested in Muggles. However, he had also learned that she lived in Edinbrough, which was a favorite attacking ground for Death Eater. Sirius hoped that she would be safe living there over the summer, especially with her dad being so closely connected to Muggles. While mulling this over he nearly walked into the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Watch where you're going there boy. We nearly had an ugly collision," she muttered coldly.
"Sorry about that" he said. "Poppyseeds." The portait swung open and he climbed into the common room. After enduring an hour of taunting and questioning from his friends he went to bed. As he lay there listing to James, Remus and Wormtail getting into bed he realized that they would all be going home in two days. He wished that he had had more time to get to know Auria and began to dread the long summer months with his pure blood- advocating mother. He wished that they had another Hogsmead visit so that he could ask Auria to go with him. "Next year" he thought as he drifted off to sleep. But that thought was about to change the very next day.
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"Oh, come on!" said James. "You have to admit that that was hilarious."
"I mean those girls would probably carry around your books and do your homework for you if you asked" squeaked Wormtail.
Sirius looked back at the Ravenclaw table and spotted her friends. When they saw him they began blushing and giggling uncontrollably.
"Don't worry about her" said Lupin with a wave of his hand. "She's just some giggly little girl that probably cries at least once a day. She'll be fine."
"Yeah I guess," replied Sirius, finally looking up to face his friends. "And you're right Prongs, that was pretty funny."
They all thought about the girls and burst out laughing.
"What's so funny" asked Lily Evans as she sat down beside Lupin.
"Sirwus made swum gwirl cwy" replied James with his mouth full of chicken.
"Ew! God James, you should really learn not to speak with your mouth full of food" she said sternly.
James swallow hard and then repeated, "Sirius made some girl cry."
"Why?"
The four of them reenacted the entire scene, which took 15 minutes because they kept on laughing. When they had finished Sirius gave an unconscious glance towards the door and to his horror found Auria standing there glaring at them. Upon seeing him look up she fled up the marble staircase.
Lily had seen her too and said, "Nice one boys, now you've really hurt her feelings. That was incredibly mean Sirius." Sirius muttered, "I didn't mean to" as Lily stormed off towards the end of the table to eat with her friends.
Ten minutes later Sirius could not longer contain his guilt. He said goodbye to his friends told them that he was going to look for her. As he walked towards the doors he could hear them laughing and taunting him. "Sirius has a girlfriends, Sirius has gone all soft and mushy." They chanted in unison with James being the loudest.
"I wouldn't talk James, you like Evans" he shouted back to them. At this James turned bright red and stared down at his plate while Sirius stormed up the staircase. * * * *
When he reached the top of the stairs he realized that he had no idea which way she had gone. He snuck behind a statue and pulled a piece of parchment out of his pocket. Tapping it with his wand he said, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." An outline of Hogwarts appeared and he searched through the tiny dots to find the one with her name on it. Sirius located Auria in the girl's bathroom on the 6th floor. He stuffed the map back into his pocket and trudged up the stairs.
Upon reaching the bathroom door he hesitated. It was a girl's bathroom after all, but then he figured that everyone else was down at dinner so the risk of walking in on anyone but Auria was rather small. He quietly pushed open the door and looked around. He could hear her crying from inside one of the stalls.
"Hello" he called softly. This evidently startled her because there was a big crash.
"Are you ok?" he asked running over to the stall and pushing the door open. He found Auria sitting on the floor beside the toilet, her face stained with tears. When she saw him she quickly tried to hide the fact that she had been crying and madly rubbed her eyes. Not knowing what else to do he offered her his hand. She hesitated for a moment and then grasped it. Sirius pulled her to her feet and with her head still down she muttered a quiet "thanks."
"I'm ah, really sorry about before. Um, you know, behind the tree and in the Great Hall and stuff." Why did being around this girl make him so nervous and make him sound like such as idiot?
"That's ok" she mumbled.
"No, it isn't. We shouldn't have laughed like that."
"Yes you should have," she said looking up and smiling for the first time. Sirius noticed that she looked even more beautiful when she smiled. "I would have laughed if I had been in your position."
"Oh I see," replied Sirius who realized that he was still holding her hand.
There was an awkward pause as he let her hand fall back. Finally Sirius went into the next stall and brought back some toilet paper for her to blow her nose with. When she had blow her nose and thrown out the tissues there was another awkward pause.
"So, um what will you be doing over the summer holidays?" He asked her. Judging by the look on her face she had not expected him to start a conversation in the girl's bathroom.
"Just relaxing at home probably, and helping out my dad with work."
"What does he do?" he asked sitting down against the wall let his hair fall into his eyes, making him look very sexy.
"We works for the Ministry of Magic in the department of Muggle relations" she replied sitting down beside him. "And my mom raises nifflers.
"Cool" he said excitedly. "Do you ever sneak some away to find some hidden gold?"
"Oh yeah," she replied with a devious grin. "All the time."
"A girl that gets into mischief! What a turn on" he thought.
They sat on the bathroom floor talking for the next hour. It was only when the candles flickered to life that they realized how long they'd been there.
"Oh, its late. I have to go or else my friends will worry about me," exclaimed Auria, looking at her watch.
"Yeah so will mine," replied Sirius.
As Auria walked down the hall towards her common room Sirius called out, "I um, want to, it was good, yeah, I'll um, see you around."
"Um ok," she answered confusedly but never the less beginning to blush.
Sirius headed back towards the Gryffindor common room thinking about their conversation. He had learned that she had gotten into a lot of trouble as a kid and was very interested in Muggles. However, he had also learned that she lived in Edinbrough, which was a favorite attacking ground for Death Eater. Sirius hoped that she would be safe living there over the summer, especially with her dad being so closely connected to Muggles. While mulling this over he nearly walked into the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Watch where you're going there boy. We nearly had an ugly collision," she muttered coldly.
"Sorry about that" he said. "Poppyseeds." The portait swung open and he climbed into the common room. After enduring an hour of taunting and questioning from his friends he went to bed. As he lay there listing to James, Remus and Wormtail getting into bed he realized that they would all be going home in two days. He wished that he had had more time to get to know Auria and began to dread the long summer months with his pure blood- advocating mother. He wished that they had another Hogsmead visit so that he could ask Auria to go with him. "Next year" he thought as he drifted off to sleep. But that thought was about to change the very next day.
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