Rating: PG-13
Summary: They meet!
A/N: And now we start another chapter! I'm sorry for the wait. *apologetic look* I've been busy with my other fics. Special thanks to katesparrow and Plateado for reviewing. Y'all rock my socks!
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Diagon Alley was the same that it had always been. Filled with interesting and unique shops: some dark, some odd, some dull, and some educational. And then there was the joke shops, which was where Sirius was headed at the moment.
On his way he passed people that he knew, and some he didn't. He smiled to himself whenever he passed the Muggle-born first years, wide-eyed and open-mouthed as they stood gawking at the wide assortment of shops. Sirius had never known that feeling of amazement while shopping in Diagon Alley. He'd been going there for as long as he could remember, and then some.
He continued down the lane, passing a gaggle of giggling fourth year girls. He saw them sending shy looks in his direction, and flashed them a grin and a wink. Blushing, they quickly became interested in their nails. Sirius chuckled to himself, finding the whole situation amusing. He had never met a girl that hadn't reacted in that way to him, with the exception of Lily Evans, but she was an unusual case.
Lost in thought, Sirius didn't realize where he was going until it was too late. He ran smack into someone, causing him to land on top of said innocent pedestrian.
"Terribly sorry," he apologized quickly, and looked down at who he was currently on top of. What he saw caused him to do a double-take. She wasn't extraordinarily beautiful, or even pretty for that matter. Her hair was a simple dark brown, and she had a light tan, but it was her eyes that captivated him. They were a freezing, gray color, close to the color of snow clouds on a frosty day. He was entranced.
"Are you going to get off of me, or are you comfortable?" She asked irritably, her gray eyes flashing in vexation. She struggled to extricate herself out from underneath him.
Sirius, feeling like an idiot, quickly pushed himself of her. "I really am sorry," he apologized again. "I wasn't paying attention to where I was going."
Now that the mysterious girl was standing again, she looked slightly more relaxed. "That's okay. I wasn't watching where I was going either, obviously." They stood in silence for an awkward moment. "I have to be going," she stated quickly, looking at the ground.
Sirius, still dumbfounded by her eyes, was jolted back to reality when he could no longer see her eyes. Probably creeping her out, he thought to himself. "Right," he answered. "Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine really. Don't worry anymore." She smiled briefly.
"Okay. I guess I'll see you around then." Sirius automatically ran a hand through his dark hair and made a mental note to kick that habit because it probably made him look insecure.
"Yeah, I guess so." She went to go around him, but he caught her arm, forcing her to stop. She blinked in confusion. "Yes?"
"What school do you go to?" Sirius asked, hoping maybe he'd see those stormy eyes again.
"Hogwarts," she stated casually, and tried to walk away again.
"What's your name?" Sirius called to her retreating back.
"Addison Freeborn!" She yelled over her shoulder, and mustered up what she hoped to be a mischievous grin.
"Addison Freeborn..." Sirius murmured, testing the name. He would definitely need to remember that one. Why didn't I see her before, he wondered to himself. Shrugging, he pushed this enigma to the back of his mind, and continued on his way to the joke shop, where he sincerely hoped his best friend James Potter would be found. Maybe he would know who this Addison Freeborn is.
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Addison felt numb as she walked away from Sirius Black, the most popular, most sexy, charming, and witty guy in school. It was no wonder she was in a state of shock. Sirius Black tended to do that to people.
She had always puzzled over him before now, but this only added fuel to the fire. It remained a mystery to her how he could be one of the top students in their year but never open a text book to study. Addison herself, as second in their year only to Lily Evans, had to study a little bit, but then again studying was something that Addison had always enjoyed. She was sure that Sirius considered it to be a sadistic form of torture, and she was almost positive that he spent more time in detention than anywhere else.
Then again, the Marauders, as they called themselves, in general danced to their own beat, Sirius and James Potter being the leaders. Of the other two, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew, Addison didn't know much. From her view point, Remus seemed to be the only relatively normal one. He studied just as much as the average person, and managed not to find trouble around every corner. Peter, on the other hand, struck her as not being very bright, but she didn't know for sure. She had never met him.
In short, he was the complete opposite of her. But his sudden interest in her piqued her curiosity. Addison had always been the girl that nobody noticed, and part of her thought that she should be offended that Sirius hadn't noticed her before. The other half was quite flattered that he had even asked what her name was, and had no objections whatsoever.
She chalked up this whole chance meeting as being pure and simple luck, and luck wasn't one of Addison's more intimate friends. If this was what luck brought; however, she was quite open to getting to know it better. Maybe I'll see him again sometime, she thought hopefully. Yeah, in my dreams, she quickly corrected herself bitterly.
With this bitter thought, she took a nose dive from her temporary Cloud Nine state. Needing something to cheer herself up, she wandered over to Florean Fortesque's Icecream Parlor. Something sweet would do the trick, and return her to the dull, grim reality of her life, where run-ins with Sirius Black were a fleeting fantasy--a mere trick of the eye.
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A/N: I know I promised longer chapters, but this seemed an appropriate place to end. I'm sorry if you dislike the shorter chapters. I'll work towards writing longer ones.
I ask that you all please review!!! But no flames please. I think they are completely pointless, and why would you want to ruin someone's day and completely crush their sense of confidence? I know I wouldn't want to, but this is coming from someone who doesn't believe in flaming, and has never done so herself.
I'm now finished with my rant. Ta!
Until next time,
~TheSiriusSparrow~