Authors Note- Hey! Thanks to all my reviewers! If it seems like things are happening too fast that's because 1. it's part of the story, and 2. I'm running out of ideas. So if anyone has any ideas, please tell me!
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Meant to Be
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Chapter 3, Mudbloods and Butterbeer
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Finally it was Saturday! The first Hogsmeade weekend. I was to meet Sirius at the Three Broomsticks at 11:30. I practically ran down to breakfast. I went over and sat next to Lily. Surprisingly the Marauders were already there. I glanced at Sirius and he winked. Lily noticed this.
"What's going on? Why are you so happy?" she asked me.
"Nothing." I answered a little more high pitched than usual.
"You're a bad liar Jess. I saw him looking at you."
"Look nothing's going on. We're just having a drink together in the Three Broomsticks."
Lily rolled her eyes. Just then James came over.
"Hey Lily." he said running a hand through his hair.
"What do you want, James?" she asked, obviously irritated.
"I just wanted to know if you wanted to get a drink at the Three Broomsticks with me."
"No."
"It doesn't have to be a date. It can just be two people having a drink at the same time, and same place."
"I'm sort of busy today." Lily said, and James gave her a hurt look before walking away.
"Why do you have to be so hard on him?" I asked, watching his retreating back. More students started getting up, and heading out of the Great Hall so they could get a carriage to go to Hogsmeade.
"You think I should be nice to someone like that?" she asked me.
"Well I think you should give him a chance." I replied.
"Are you serious?" Lily retorted.
"Did I hear someone say Sirius?" Sirius said coming over.
"Hey." I said cheerfully.
"M'lady, can I show you to your carriage?" he asked extending his hand. Lily rolled her beautiful emerald eyes. (she seems to do that a lot). I smiled and took Sirius's hand. He lead me out of the Great Hall, with Lily following close behind. I received looks from many people (mostly girls). They probably couldn't believe that someone as shy as me caught Sirius's attention. He lead me to an empty carriage.
"Your carriage." he said helping me up. "I'll see you at 11:30. Bye ladies." he said as Lily entered the carriage and shut the door.
"Lily, what's your problem?" I asked.
"Nothing. I'm just irritated." she replied. We rode in silence for the rest of the way. Until finally we reached Hogsmeade.
"Alright, well it's almost 11:30 so I'll catch up with you later." I told Lily, and took off in the opposite direction.
I was nervous when I entered the Three Broomsticks at 11:30 sharp. He wasn't there yet, so I took a seat at the bar.
"Would you like something to drink?" Madam Rosmerta asked me.
"Um... no thank you. I'm waiting for someone. Do you know what time it is?" I asked, trying not to sound too anxious.
"It's 11:35 dear." she replied, walking away to help another customer.
'What if he doesn't show up? What if he was playing me? I never even thought of that.' I thought to myself. I rubbed my eyes, thinking of how stupid I was to even think that Sirius would ever like me.
"Hey, sorry I'm late, but it took a while to ditch my friends." Sirius said sneaking into the seat next to me.
"Sirius! You scared me." I said turning around.
"Sorry, 'bout that. So do you want to get a table?'
"Sure."
"Alright, I'll be there in a second. I'm just gonna order the drinks." he said. So I went and found a table in the back corner. He came back two minutes later with two foaming mugs of butterbeer.
"So...um...what have you been up to lately?" he asked, trying to strike up a conversation.
"Not much. I just have a lot of homework."
"Yeah, same here. So what's your favorite subject?" he asked.
"Defense against the dark arts." I replied.
"Really? Me too!"
So we had a long conversation about defense against the dark arts, and other things we liked. I realized we had a lot in common. Four hours and five butterbeers later I remembered I was supposed to meet up with Lily.
"Wow, we should get going. It's already 4:00p.m." Sirius said looking over at the clock on the wall.
"Oh shoot!" I blurted out.
"What?"
"I was supposed to meet Lily." I said jumping up. "Listen I had a great time. Thank you." I said turning to leave.
"Wait! I want to see you again. I had fun. I really like you." Sirius said. I turned back around, shocked. I met his gaze. "I can understand if you don't want to." he quickly added.
"I would love to. I was just afraid that I was going to scare you away." I answered. He smiled.
"Why would you think that?"
"Never mind."
"So how about we meet in the library tomorrow night at 7:00p.m. And we can work on that essay for defense against the dark arts together." he said smiling.
"Sounds great." I said returning the smile.
"So, if you're not in too much of a hurry, can I walk you to your carriage?"
I nodded. He put his arm around my shoulder and he lead me to the carriages. There was only a few left. Lily was nowhere in sight.
"If you're looking for Lily, she already left." James said getting into a carriage with Remus and Peter. "Sirius come on."
"No, you guys can go ahead. I'll see you at dinner." Sirius replied. We headed to another empty carriage, when we were once again interrupted.
"Black has another girl friend to add to his collection." a voice from behind us drawled. I could feel Sirius's arm tense.
"Lucius Malfoy." Sirius spat turning around to face him
"Naturally." Lucius replied, a sneer playing at the corners of his mouth.
"What do you want?"
"Nothing really. Just thought I'd check up on you. It's amazing Jesse finally has a boy friend. Or did you not know, Sirius? You're her first boy friend. She's no better than a mudblood actually. Oh wait I forgot she is one."
"Go away Malfoy." I snapped.
"Calm down, I'm leaving. Have fun with your mudblood slut, Black." Lucius said walking away smiling. Sirius made to lunge at him, but I grabbed him.
"Sirius don't. Not now. He's not worth it." I said, almost in tears. I've never been called a mudblood before. Most people forget that I'm even half muggle. And I didn't know if Sirius would still like me if knew that I've never had a boy friend. He helped me up into the carriage, still fuming. Then he looked up at me and noticed I had tears in my eyes.
"Hey what's wrong?" he asked pulling me into a hug. "Don't worry about what Malfoy says. He's a jackass. I don't care what he says."
"What about you being my first boy friend?" I asked, gaining control over myself. I'm glad I didn't start a full out sob fest.
"What? That's true? I didn't believe him. I can't believe you've never had a boy friend before! You're very pretty."
"Thanks." I said smiling, and I slowly pulled away. It's not like I wanted to, but we had arrived back at Hogwarts. We walked to dinner holding hands.
"Alright, I'll see you later." he said dropping me off at my seat next to Lily. Then he went to his seat at the end of the table.
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Yay, chapter 3 is done! I finally updated! I've pretty much recovered from my brain block, but I'm still open to any ideas or suggestions.
Thanks to my wonderful reviewers!
lupin-luver-72: LOL! Thanks for the idea. It was greatly appreciated. :) Long live the Marauders! (true. Wormtail doesn't count)
Muted Faith63: Thanks for the support! I'm finally, almost completely recovered.
drop-depp-gorgeous: I'm glad you like it. If it seems like things are happening too fast, sorry. But you never know, it could be part of the story. If you have any ideas or suggestions please tell me!
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Meant to Be
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Chapter 3, Mudbloods and Butterbeer
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Finally it was Saturday! The first Hogsmeade weekend. I was to meet Sirius at the Three Broomsticks at 11:30. I practically ran down to breakfast. I went over and sat next to Lily. Surprisingly the Marauders were already there. I glanced at Sirius and he winked. Lily noticed this.
"What's going on? Why are you so happy?" she asked me.
"Nothing." I answered a little more high pitched than usual.
"You're a bad liar Jess. I saw him looking at you."
"Look nothing's going on. We're just having a drink together in the Three Broomsticks."
Lily rolled her eyes. Just then James came over.
"Hey Lily." he said running a hand through his hair.
"What do you want, James?" she asked, obviously irritated.
"I just wanted to know if you wanted to get a drink at the Three Broomsticks with me."
"No."
"It doesn't have to be a date. It can just be two people having a drink at the same time, and same place."
"I'm sort of busy today." Lily said, and James gave her a hurt look before walking away.
"Why do you have to be so hard on him?" I asked, watching his retreating back. More students started getting up, and heading out of the Great Hall so they could get a carriage to go to Hogsmeade.
"You think I should be nice to someone like that?" she asked me.
"Well I think you should give him a chance." I replied.
"Are you serious?" Lily retorted.
"Did I hear someone say Sirius?" Sirius said coming over.
"Hey." I said cheerfully.
"M'lady, can I show you to your carriage?" he asked extending his hand. Lily rolled her beautiful emerald eyes. (she seems to do that a lot). I smiled and took Sirius's hand. He lead me out of the Great Hall, with Lily following close behind. I received looks from many people (mostly girls). They probably couldn't believe that someone as shy as me caught Sirius's attention. He lead me to an empty carriage.
"Your carriage." he said helping me up. "I'll see you at 11:30. Bye ladies." he said as Lily entered the carriage and shut the door.
"Lily, what's your problem?" I asked.
"Nothing. I'm just irritated." she replied. We rode in silence for the rest of the way. Until finally we reached Hogsmeade.
"Alright, well it's almost 11:30 so I'll catch up with you later." I told Lily, and took off in the opposite direction.
I was nervous when I entered the Three Broomsticks at 11:30 sharp. He wasn't there yet, so I took a seat at the bar.
"Would you like something to drink?" Madam Rosmerta asked me.
"Um... no thank you. I'm waiting for someone. Do you know what time it is?" I asked, trying not to sound too anxious.
"It's 11:35 dear." she replied, walking away to help another customer.
'What if he doesn't show up? What if he was playing me? I never even thought of that.' I thought to myself. I rubbed my eyes, thinking of how stupid I was to even think that Sirius would ever like me.
"Hey, sorry I'm late, but it took a while to ditch my friends." Sirius said sneaking into the seat next to me.
"Sirius! You scared me." I said turning around.
"Sorry, 'bout that. So do you want to get a table?'
"Sure."
"Alright, I'll be there in a second. I'm just gonna order the drinks." he said. So I went and found a table in the back corner. He came back two minutes later with two foaming mugs of butterbeer.
"So...um...what have you been up to lately?" he asked, trying to strike up a conversation.
"Not much. I just have a lot of homework."
"Yeah, same here. So what's your favorite subject?" he asked.
"Defense against the dark arts." I replied.
"Really? Me too!"
So we had a long conversation about defense against the dark arts, and other things we liked. I realized we had a lot in common. Four hours and five butterbeers later I remembered I was supposed to meet up with Lily.
"Wow, we should get going. It's already 4:00p.m." Sirius said looking over at the clock on the wall.
"Oh shoot!" I blurted out.
"What?"
"I was supposed to meet Lily." I said jumping up. "Listen I had a great time. Thank you." I said turning to leave.
"Wait! I want to see you again. I had fun. I really like you." Sirius said. I turned back around, shocked. I met his gaze. "I can understand if you don't want to." he quickly added.
"I would love to. I was just afraid that I was going to scare you away." I answered. He smiled.
"Why would you think that?"
"Never mind."
"So how about we meet in the library tomorrow night at 7:00p.m. And we can work on that essay for defense against the dark arts together." he said smiling.
"Sounds great." I said returning the smile.
"So, if you're not in too much of a hurry, can I walk you to your carriage?"
I nodded. He put his arm around my shoulder and he lead me to the carriages. There was only a few left. Lily was nowhere in sight.
"If you're looking for Lily, she already left." James said getting into a carriage with Remus and Peter. "Sirius come on."
"No, you guys can go ahead. I'll see you at dinner." Sirius replied. We headed to another empty carriage, when we were once again interrupted.
"Black has another girl friend to add to his collection." a voice from behind us drawled. I could feel Sirius's arm tense.
"Lucius Malfoy." Sirius spat turning around to face him
"Naturally." Lucius replied, a sneer playing at the corners of his mouth.
"What do you want?"
"Nothing really. Just thought I'd check up on you. It's amazing Jesse finally has a boy friend. Or did you not know, Sirius? You're her first boy friend. She's no better than a mudblood actually. Oh wait I forgot she is one."
"Go away Malfoy." I snapped.
"Calm down, I'm leaving. Have fun with your mudblood slut, Black." Lucius said walking away smiling. Sirius made to lunge at him, but I grabbed him.
"Sirius don't. Not now. He's not worth it." I said, almost in tears. I've never been called a mudblood before. Most people forget that I'm even half muggle. And I didn't know if Sirius would still like me if knew that I've never had a boy friend. He helped me up into the carriage, still fuming. Then he looked up at me and noticed I had tears in my eyes.
"Hey what's wrong?" he asked pulling me into a hug. "Don't worry about what Malfoy says. He's a jackass. I don't care what he says."
"What about you being my first boy friend?" I asked, gaining control over myself. I'm glad I didn't start a full out sob fest.
"What? That's true? I didn't believe him. I can't believe you've never had a boy friend before! You're very pretty."
"Thanks." I said smiling, and I slowly pulled away. It's not like I wanted to, but we had arrived back at Hogwarts. We walked to dinner holding hands.
"Alright, I'll see you later." he said dropping me off at my seat next to Lily. Then he went to his seat at the end of the table.
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Yay, chapter 3 is done! I finally updated! I've pretty much recovered from my brain block, but I'm still open to any ideas or suggestions.
Thanks to my wonderful reviewers!
lupin-luver-72: LOL! Thanks for the idea. It was greatly appreciated. :) Long live the Marauders! (true. Wormtail doesn't count)
Muted Faith63: Thanks for the support! I'm finally, almost completely recovered.
drop-depp-gorgeous: I'm glad you like it. If it seems like things are happening too fast, sorry. But you never know, it could be part of the story. If you have any ideas or suggestions please tell me!