HARRY POTTER AND THE BREATH OF LIFE
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any other known character from the Harry Potter series. I do own the plot and a few characters.
Special thanks: A very special thanks to Geminia, my first reviewer.
Geminia: Glad you are liking it. Harry is going to have a major role in my story. Even though the main character is Sirius, Harry will be here as well. (As it was mentioned in the first chapter.) There is just one thing. Harry will not show up until chapter ten, at least. I'm concentrating in another part that will influence Harry's role. But enough giving away the plot. On with the story.
Chapter 3 – The Marauders year five - The bath of a lifetime
They reached the prefects' bathroom and Sirius gave the password. He had been there before. His best friend was a prefect so…
Iris was not surprised either because her sister had already told her about that magnificent bathroom. They entered and Sirius went to pick up some towels.
He had the green liquid in his hair, face and front of his robes. She had it in the back and hair. But even though they had their clothes, the liquid was actually on their skin. So Sirius had it in his chest and Iris on her back.
Sirius took two towels and gave one to Iris.
" Here you go. I'll go to the other side and I'll open a few taps. You get undressed and then…" he said, nervously.
What the hell is wrong with me? Me, Sirius Black, nervous because of a girl? He thought to himself.
" Fine. Just go and keep your eyes closed." Said Iris.
Sirius retreated to the other side with a towel and started opening the taps. Iris was taking her tie and unbuttoning her shirt when Sirius accidentally looked up. He quickly turned and blushed 'till he was redder than a tomato. He decided to take off his own clothes. He glanced over his shoulder and saw that Iris was with her back to him and was currently taking of her skirt. Sirius blushed even more (if that was possible) and quickly took off his robe. When he was taking his shirt off he heard the sound of someone entering the water. He glanced once more and saw that it was safe to continue. Soon he was in the water as well.
" Give me the product." Iris requested.
Sirius swam to the other side and took the product. Then he gave it to Iris.
" Thanks. Does this work like a shampoo?" she asked.
" I think so. But James said we had to rub hard."
" What does that mean?"
" I guess it means you have to really scrub in order for it to get off." Sirius explained.
" Then we have a problem."
" We do? What is it?"
" In case you haven't noticed, the stupid liquid is on my back. It's pretty difficult for me to scrub hard my own back." She answered irritably.
" Ok. I get the point. So what do you intend to do?"
" First we wash our hair. Then you'll have to wash my back."
" What? I don't think I can do that."
" Are you nuts? Of course you can do this. No, I rephrase. You have to do this. It's your pay. You do this and I forgive you."
" Are you sure? I mean… it's a big thing." He said nervously.
" What are you talking about? You just scrub my back and we're out of here. It's pretty simple."
" Fine. Just give me some of the product so I can wash myself." Sirius said, trying to sound normal, but failing completely. That whole situation was rather upsetting.
Iris poured some product in Sirius's hands and they both started rubbing their hairs. It took a while to accomplish that. And the fact that Iris kept laughing at Sirius's mad rubbing of his hair made it a tad more difficult.
" Will you stop laughing? Its really annoying." He complained after a few minutes.
" Sorry."
They continued and after half an hour they succeeded in removing the liquid from their hairs. Then came the most difficult part. Sirius managed to clean his face in five minutes but his chest proved trickier, mainly because the liquid was imbedded on the little chest hair he had. Iris watched while he scrubbed his chest.
Oh my God! He is so handsome. Offer to help him. She heard a little voice speak in the back of her head.
Yeah, that's a good idea. He will probably spank me. She thought sarcastically.
" Do you need help?" she asked after five minutes. He wasn't achieving anything.
Nice! Don't listen to your conscience. Now face the consequences. Said the little voice.
" Maybe it will work. It looks like its glued to my chest. Who knows, maybe an extra pair of hands will help." He answered.
Did he just accept your offer? I'm shocked.
Iris didn't move.
Do something. Don't just stand there. Help him. You'll get to touch him. Sweet!
" Are you going to help or not?" Sirius asked impatiently.
" Sure. Sorry. Got a little distracted."
She swam to him and poured some product into her hands. Then she touched his chest and after the first impression passed she started to rub like he was doing.
It was a weird moment. While they both rubbed his chest a strange tension started to grow. It felt… right. They were meant to be there, in that situation. It felt so right that Sirius did the first thing that crossed his mind. He lifted her head by the shin and leaned closer. She stopped what she was doing, resting her hands on his chest. Then came the inevitable. They kissed. It was a rather long kiss. It was sweet and kind and transpired a certain connection between them. When they broke apart Sirius smiled.
" That was interesting." He said taking a deep breath.
" Where did it came from?" she asked awkwardly.
" I don't know. But it felt good." He said sweetly.
She smiled nervously at this comment and looked at the water. Then she noticed that the foam from the product was gliding down her arms and the green liquid was coming with it.
" Look, Black. It's coming off."
He looked at his chest and saw that she was right.
" Nice. All it need was soaking. Now let's wash your back." He said.
She turned and Sirius poured more of the product in his hands. The he slowly placed his hands on her back. She shivered slightly and then he started rubbing.
" How is it coming, Black?" she asked after fifteen minutes.
" You can call me Sirius, you know. It's coming off. Don't worry."
She started to think he was taking his time on purpose. She felt his hands wander off down her spine and occasionally he touched her sides. The only problem was that she was actually enjoying it. She sighed and he placed his hands on her shoulders. Then he approached his head to hers.
" All gone." He whispered in her ear.
She closed her eyes and sighed again. Then she turned to face him and she wrapped her arms around his neck. They kissed again. This time the kiss was more passionate. When they broke off Iris smacked herself in the forehead. This worried Sirius.
" What's wrong?" he asked.
" We forgot to wash our clothes. And now we don't have enough product."
Sirius looked at the bottle. It only had a bit at the end. And their clothes were all covered in the liquid.
" Now how are we going to leave? We can't wash our clothes, we definitely can't wear them, and we certainly can't go to the Gryffindor Tower wearing towels." Said Iris.
" You're right. What to do?"
" First of all I suggest we leave the water. I'm turning into a human plum."
" I agree. Who leaves first?"
" Let's leave at the same time, but in different directions. In that case we will have our backs turned."
" Ok. On the count of three. One…two…three."
They swam in different directions and left the poll at the same time. They quickly wrapped themselves in their towels. Sirius looked at Iris and smiled. She looked at him and smiled back. That had been strange.
They walked to the side of the pool and met in the middle. Then they kissed once more. This was a shorter kiss because someone knocked at the door.
" Sirius, Iris, are you there?"
It was Remus.
" Yes, Moony. We're still here." Answered Sirius.
" I'm going in."
He muttered the password and entered the bathroom.
" Why are you still like that?"
" It's complicated. Look, we need a favour from you."
" What is it?"
" Go and fetch James's Invisibility Cloak."
" Why?" Remus asked confused.
" Because we forgot to wash our clothes and we can't wear them. Will you please do what I asked?" said Sirius impatiently.
" Ok. I'll be back in a hurry."
Remus left and Sirius and Iris sat down on the floor, back to back.
" This was fun, wasn't it?" Sirius asked.
" I guess."
" I say we do this again soon." he said grinning madly.
" That's what you say." she said smiling.
" I just
wish I could understand where did those kisses came from." he said more
seriously.
" I know what you mean. It was weird."
" But it was a nice weird, right?" he asked nervously.
" It was a very nice weird."
He smiled and looked up to the ceiling. Then the door opened again, they got up quickly and watched Remus enter with the cloak in his arms.
" Hurry up. You already missed a class." he said not noticing their movement.
Iris and Sirius got under the cloak after getting their dirty clothes and exited. The threesome headed to the Gryffindor Tower. Once there Iris and Sirius headed to their dorms. When they came down to the common room they found that Remus wasn't there anymore.
" I guess he went to class." Said Sirius.
" Probably. We should go as well." Said Iris.
He nodded and they broke into a run. They reached the Charms classroom quickly. At the door Sirius kissed Iris' cheek and entered first.
" Mr. Black, you are late." Came the squeaky voice of Professor Flitwick.
" Sorry, Professor." Said Sirius calmly. He sat next to James.
As soon as he sat down Iris entered.
" Now, now. Miss Renata is also late. Make sure this doesn't happen again." Professor Flitwick said lovingly.
" I'm very sorry Professor. This won't happen again." She said. Then she sat down next to Lily.
" What took you so long?" Lily asked in a whisper.
" Bath problem. Can't elaborate." Iris answered in the same tone.
Her friend smiled and the both of then started paying attention to what Professor Flitwick was saying.
In the following days Sirius and Iris kept glancing and smiling at each other. They were happy and happiness is bliss. Occasionally Sirius threw kisses at Iris and she would smile broadly. Obviously their friends eventually picked up the situation.
" So, you and Renata? What exactly happened in the bathroom, Padfoot?" James asked after two weeks of smiles and thrown kisses.
" It's none of your business, Prongs. And there isn't a "You and Renata" as you so nicely put it." Sirius answered calmly.
" Oh, pray tell, Padfoot. I'm your friend. And honestly I don't believe you."
" No. And believe in whatever it is you want to believe."
" Leave him alone, Prongs. If he doesn't want to answer, let him be." Intervened Remus. "Although I must say that they looked rather friendly when I showed up in the bathroom."
" Really? What did you see, Moony?" James asked, in a very childish and hysterical way.
" Don't wet yourself Prongs. I didn't see much. But I'm quite positive I heard smooching."
" You didn't?" asked Peter, who had been to absorbed in his homework but couldn't resist not interfering with the conversation.
" I did. And since they were only wrapped up in their towels… well, one can only wander what had happen before."
" Or what could have happened later, if you hadn't shown up." Completed James, still excited.
" Will you guys just shut up and leave me alone? If it's not too much to ask?" said Sirius, rather irritated.
" Sorry, oh Great One." James said, bowing. " We shall bother you no more."
On cue Remus and Peter bowed as well and left to their dorm, followed closely by a still bowing James. Sirius glanced at Iris, who was sitting at one of the common room tables and when she looked at him, by instinct, he nodded outside. She smiled, placed her homework material and left the common room, telling her sister that she had to go to the library. Sirius followed her lead two minutes later.
Iris was waiting for him at in front of portrait. He checked if the coast was clear and leaned over her to kiss her. She drew her head back.
" What?" he asked in disbelief.
" Sirius, why are we doing this?"
" Well, because I like kissing you and I think you like it too. Right?" he asked concerned.
" Not that.
I meant this."
" Don't follow." He shook his head.
" Hiding. Why is it that we have to leave the common room every time you want to kiss me? I'm running out of excuses and my sister will soon stop believing that I go to the library so many times. Not even Lily goes to library this often. And she is a book worm."
Sirius looked at the end of the corridor and seemed lost for words. She was right. Every time they wanted to kiss they left the common room. He didn't know exactly what to do.
" If we can't tell our friends, then maybe we should stop doing this." She said sweetly after a few moments of silence.
He shook his head.
" No. We'll tell them. Soon. You're right, this is ridiculous." He said.
" Fine then." She said resting her hands in his chest. She did that a lot.
" Can we kiss now?" he asked nervously.
" Sure." She answered grinning.
They finally kissed. After the kiss came the promise to announce their romance to their friends. Though the date was not established.
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Another big chapter. Man, this is amazing! I just feel like writing, and writing, and writing. Actually thought this chapter was never going to end. Well it's finished now. So there you go.
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Next chapter: The day they tell their friends. (This one will be smaller, I promise. :-) )
