"I know she's not exactly a perfect ten on the Sirius Black scale-"
"Don't you mean that she's not on the Sirius Black scale at all?" James snorted. Remus shot him a glare and James fell silent.
"Looks aren't everything James. And besides, she's not completely unfortunate looking. Didn't you see her today?" James nodded. "I'm mainly interested in the fact that she has some level of sophistication, and dare I say, a mind. From my experience she seems to be what Sirius has needed since day one."
As everyone in Hogwarts knew, Sirius had had numerous girlfriends, each one more drop-dead gorgeous than the last. They matched his good looks, but not his intelligence or personality. Underneath the pranks and devil-may-care attitude, Sirius was actually quite brilliant. However, only his closest friends had the privilege of knowing that fact. Most everybody else in the school believed Sirius to be a mindless, material pretty boy.
There was a moment of silence in which Remus gave James his most pleading look. He had a feeling that if the two of them managed to hook Addison and Sirius up, there was a very good chance that Sirius would get his act together.
"All right, Moony. But she still seems like a bit of a freak to me," James said dubiously.
Remus grinned. "Wait until you meet her."
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Addison groaned inwardly. Coming right in her direction, were Trissa and Georgia. Wanting very much to sprint in the opposite direction and get as far away as possible, she reluctantly returned their wave.
"Addison! We've been looking everywhere for you! Where have you been?" Trissa greeted emptily. She was severely comparing Addison's features to her own and was still unable to figure out what Sirius saw in her. Trissa considered her self to be twice as pretty as Addison.
Addison shrugged awkwardly. "I was finishing my homework."
"For two hours?" Georgia asked skeptically. She wondered who in their right mind would spend two hours in one night on homework that was due a week from now.
"I wanted to get all of it done," Addison said simply, wishing very much that they would continue down the hallway and never speak to her again.
"Oh." Trissa changed the subject with a wave of her hand. "Well, the main reason Georgia and I were trying to find you is because we wanted to invite you to Hogsmeade with us." She gave Addison an expectant look.
"But that's not for another month," Addison pointed out, not entirely trusting the situation.
Exactly, Trissa thought maliciously. "We like to plan things in advance," she replied and gave Addison a challenging look.
"I don't know. I guess so," she said, and began to inch her way past them.
"You think about it then," Trissa said, the sugary sweetness in her voice reaching a climax, before turning and sauntering off down the hallway, Georgia in tow.
"Think it will work?" Georgia said quietly once she believed they were out of ear shot.
"There is no way she could be with Sirius Black if she's with us, now is there?" Trissa said and smiled cruelly. "I'll make it so she'll never see him again."
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Finding herself accompanied by two 6th year guys, Addison couldn't help but believe that this had been the weirdest week of her life. Remus Lupin and James Potter had cornered after breakfast that Saturday and demanded that she hang out with them. Naturally, warning sirens were going off in her head, and she knew something suspicious was going on.
"So, tell us about yourself," James said, the three of them lounging under a tree by the lake.
Addison raised an eyebrow at this. "What do you want to know?"
James fixed his hazel eyes on her. "Everything," he said cryptically and snorted at the slightly started look on Addison's face.
"Ignore him, Addison. He's like this all the time," Remus said reassuringly and glared at James.
"Ok then..." Taking a deep breath Addison started talking, timidly at first, but more confidently after a few seconds. Through it all, she vaguely wondered where Sirius was.
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It had only taken the first few minutes with Addison to realize that despite her quiet exterior, she radiated a quiet power. To James, she seemed like the type who kept who she really was under wraps, believing everyone else to be inferior. And he was beginning to think that perhaps she was right. In fact, once he and Remus had really gotten her going, she proved to be a very engaging person to talk to.
"So, what do you think?" Remus asked his friend later when they were back in their dormitory.
"Well, I have to admit she isn't as bad looking as I thought she was," James said innocently. Remus swatted him in the arm.
"That wasn't what I was talking about, but I'm glad you feel that way," Remus said scoldingly.
James laughed and leaned back on his pillow. "So, where do we begin?"
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A/N: Ok. It's short and I apologize but it seems to me like I've furthered the plot some. I also want to apologize for not updating sooner. I took a break over the summer, and then suddenly remembered this story. So please forgive me for lack of updating.
Also, feel free to check out my other stories. There are three in the Pirates of the Caribbean genre and one in the Secret Window genre. Feel free to drop a review for one of them as well as review for this fic.
As a hint, the more reviews I get, the faster I update.
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wanna-be an elf writer, Plumkin, I the anonymous, gemini, xParanoidAndroidx, LonelyWhiteAnimagiWolf- Thank you so much for reviewing! Please continue to read and I hope you liked this chapter!
katesparrow- Plot is still unknown but I think I'm mainly going to focus on a romance until a random idea comes to me. There's no way in hell this story will ever be as good as your HP story. ::laughs::
fiery-eyed-elf- Hey! I'm glad you like Remus. I like him too. Lol. Anyway, I know it's been a while since you reviewed and I'm sorry that I haven't read any of your work in a while, but as I said before I've been taking a brief fanfiction hiatus. Hope you like this chapter!
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