Laughing Fountain: Thanks :) Sirius is on his way to do that :) I want it to be special, but unfortunately.... wait! I'm not going to spoil it!! Nononono! Wait and you'll see wink As for Peter, to tell the truth.. I don't like him at all! I'm just putting him here because he was close to them at that time. Although, it's so hard for me to write his lines... I hope I'm doing good with that :) By the way, do you know that you're the ONLY reviewer of this fic?

Chapter 6 - An Unexpected Walk

As the Gryffindors and the Hufflepuffs finished their Transfiguration class, everyone left for the next class. Sirius waited until everyone was out and noticed that Christine was the last to leave. He quickly gathered his stuff and ran after her.

"Christine!" he called.

Christine stopped and turned around. "Yes?"

"Listen, I'm sorry about yesterday."

Christine smiled. "Sirius, you didn't do anything to me. You should apologize to Snape."

"That one would never happen." Sirius said as a-matter-of-fact.

"That's up to you." Christine replied and looked at her watch. "I better go to class now. I have potions and I don't want to be late."

"Alright." Sirius said and turned to leave.

"We can talk later if you want." Christine said.

Sirius turned back to her with a wide smile on his face. "Sure. How about after classes and before my detention?"

"Alright, meet me at the Entrance Hall."

"Okay."

They went in separate directions, each to their own classes. Gryffindors had Defense Against the Dark Arts next with the Slytherins. Sirius was the last to enter the classroom and found only one empty seat that was at the far end of the classroom. James hadn't saved him a seat next to him as he always did.

Sirius noticed that Remus was pale. He took out his pocket calendar, ignoring the teacher's notes about identifying Dark Magic items. He looked at the calendar and noticed that the full moon was in a couple of days. He had circled all the possible full moon days to keep them in track. He sighed as he realized that he wouldn't be joining his friends on full moon nights anymore. He put the calendar back in his pocket and stared at the teacher who was showing the class a quaffle that has been used as a dark magic item five hundred years ago.

"The dark wizards have bewitched the quaffle to turn into a fireball when the opponent team members touched it. Many Quidditch players have been sent to the hospital for severe burns." The teacher said.

Lily waved her hand and the teacher looked at her. "Yes Miss Evans?"

"Have such quaffles been used during school matches?" Lily asked.

"Thankfully, no." The teacher replied. "They were used mostly during the Quidditch World Cup and professional Quidditch matches. When one of the teams wanted to win the cup so bad, that they couldn't resist the temptation of using a bewitched quaffle."

"What about the snitch?" one of the Slytherin boys asked.

"The team who was able to use the quaffle without being harmed were able to score and win the match no matter who caught the snitch." The teacher replied.

"You need a brain to figure that one out?" James turned to the Slytherin boy.

"Shut up Potter." The boy replied.

As the class was over everyone walked out; Sirius was the last to leave too. However, this time, Remus stayed behind to talk to him.

"Padfoot." Remus said calmly.

"What do you want?" Sirius replied.

"I wanted to tell you that full moon is in two days, and you're welcome to join us at the Shrieking Shack. I don't care about how the others think, but I want you to be there."

"I have some more important things to do." Sirius replied and walked out, but then he stopped and turned back to Remus. "Thanks anyway." He said and left.

Remus sighed and shrugged. He also walked out of the classroom and headed to the Great Hall for lunch.

After lunch they all went to the rest of their classes. Gryffindors had Care of Magical Creatures with the Ravenclaws, while Hufflepuffs had Herbology and Slytherins had Divination.

After the end of the classes, Sirius went to the Gryffindor common room and headed to his room. He put his bag there and went out. He was going to meet Christine at the Entrance Hall.

As he reached the Entrance Hall, he saw Christine speaking with Lily Evans. He approached them slowly.

"Okay, here he comes." Christine whispered to Lily.

"Just be careful around him." Lily said.

"Don't worry about me." Christine said with a smile.

"Well, in Sirius' case I should worry about all the girls whom he speaks to."

Christine laughed. "Well, we'll see about that."

At that moment Sirius stopped next to them. "Hi." He said with a smile.

"Hi Sirius." Christine said.

"Hello." Lily said. "Alright, I better go and see James. See you later Chris."

"Okay." Christine replied.

Lily went to the Gryffindor tower and Christine turned to look at Sirius.

"How about a walk?" she asked.

"Yeah, sure." Sirius replied.

They walked out to the school grounds. Both of them were silent, until Sirius decided to break the silence.

"So, why did you decide to come to Hogwarts?" he asked.

Christine let out a deep breath. "It's complicated. Let's just say my father decided that it was for the best."

"Oh, okay." Sirius said. "May I ask you something else?"

"Sure."

"What did Malfoy want from you?"

Christine smiled. "Lucius? Well, our mothers grew up together. And we know each other since the day we were born."

"Really?"

"Yeah, you can say we're childhood friends."

Sirius felt relieved and smiled widely.

"What is it?" Christine asked.

"Nothing."

"Alright, if you say so." Christine said.

They walked until they reached the lake. They sat near the shore.

"So, what did you do for fun at your old school." Sirius asked.

"Do you have to keep reminding me about it?" Christine said as her face expression changed.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know that…"

"Never mind. Tell me about Hogwarts. I still need to learn about this place."

"Okay, this is the lake as you see. I used to come here with my…" Sirius paused for a moment. "…friends. And we're not allowed to go to the Forbidden Forest. But we always went there… together." Sirius sighed. It was getting hard for him to remember the days when he was with James, Remus and Peter. They were like one person in four different bodies. They did everything together.

"Why don't you talk to them?" Christine asked.

"What?" Sirius was lost in thoughts.

"I can clearly see that you aren't speaking to them, but deep inside you want to."

"They left me alone at the time when I needed them most."

"But don't you think that they did the right thing? If they all confessed, your punishment would've been more than a detention. You all could've been expelled. It's different when two persons are fighting each other. But when it's a group against one, it gets more serious and complicated."

"I don't know." Sirius took a deep breath.

"Try to talk to them, or even one of them. Tell him what you feel and he'll pass it to the others. I'm sure they would understand."

"I can't do it now." Sirius said. "I'm not ready to forgive them, yet."

"I didn't say do it right now. But as soon as you do that, the better it will be."

"Thanks." Sirius said and looked into her eyes. "We barely know each other and you're already helping me."

"That's how I am. No one can change that." Christine smiled and looked at him.

Sirius could feel that strange feeling coming back to him. Was it because of her? Or was it just him imagining things?

Sirius couldn't stop himself from leaning forward to her. That strange feeling was taking over him. He could feel her warm body touch his as their lips touched. Christine didn't stop him when his hand touched her chin as they kissed.

Sirius pulled back to catch his breath and looked at her. "I'm…"

Christine put her finger on his mouth. "Don't say anything." She said. She didn't want to ruin the moment that she longed for since the first time their eyes met at the Leaky Cauldron.

They sat next to each other in silence for a while. Christine put her head on Sirius' shoulder and closed her eyes, while Sirius put his arm around her waist.

Suddenly, Sirius realized that he was being late for his detention. He looked at his watch and it showed 5:15.

"I'm late!" he said.

Christine straightened up. "It's all my fault! Professor McGonagall will be mad at you!"

"She won't. I promise." He said softly. "But I better go now."

"Okay." Christine replied and they both got up.

"I'll see you later maybe."

"Tomorrow. I'll be studying tonight and I won't be out of the common room." Christine said.

"Alright. See you tomorrow." Sirius said and kissed her lips softly.

They both went back to the castle and Sirius ran to McGonagall's office.

"Sorry I'm late professor!" he said as he opened the door.

"Sit down Mr. Black." McGonagall said.

Sirius noticed that James, Remus and Peter were also there and they were writing something.

"May I ask you why are you late today Mr. Black?"

"I… well… I forgot. I was at the library searching for a book and I got carried away." Sirius lied.

"Try to be on time tomorrow." McGonagall said and waved her wand. A book, a quill and a parchment appeared in front of Sirius. "Chapter 25 and 26. Read them and summarize them."

"Alright." Sirius said and started reading.