For Me This Is Heaven
Chapter 3
Hello Readers!
Well sadly school is starting next week, Thursday to be exact cries and so I won't be able to update as much as I can, but you guys know I'll be writing! On my other computer of course, anyways, so hope you enjoy this chapter. Susie goes to Diagon Alley and finally meets Sirius and the train ride to Hogwarts!! Also a note, this is not Nothing Better, same girl I just switched things around a bit. Anyways enjoy! Ciao!
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By the way, the character of Rainzzi Delanuit belongs to Prince Kazaf aka Kaleidoscope. Thanks a mil!!! Oh and I used to Delanuit last name for her brother and father, just made those up, but they belong to this person, got it??
Another note: All the characters that want to be with Remus are taken! I just closed that up today hehe, when I got 3 requests, so people who sent me character descriptions, I will incorporate your character in, don't worry. As for Remus, sadly he is destined to be with another girl, but he'll still date, because this girl is with another guy!
A loud knock woke Susie up; she had just been having the most wonderful dream. She was back in California, surfing. How Susie missed the waves and the beautiful weather. Sighing, she got up, to stop whoever was knocking. Throwing open the door, she came face to face with her cousin Mason.
"What the bloody hell do you want??? Its 6 AM!" Susie shouted, pointing at the clock. Mason just smirked.
"Dear cousin, I didn't realize you really needed your beauty sleep." Mason glanced at his watch. "And its 6:06, I've been pounding on your door since 6 AM."
Susie gritted her teeth. "Okay Mason, now what do you want?"
"It's Saturday, we need to be at Diagon Alley by 8 otherwise it'll get too crowded."
"Well why didn't you wake me up at seven?"
"Because," He said, "It takes you at least an hour to get ready, 10 minutes to eat breakfast, and 15 minutes to walk over there."
"Glad you memorized my schedule." Susie said sarcastically. "Alright, I'm getting ready now," she shut the door.
"And don't forget your Gringotts key," Mason called through the shut door.
Susie grumbled something and stepped into the shower. An hour later she came downstairs, pulling her wet hair into a ponytail. She was dressed in a white linen mini skirt, and a striped green shirt that showed her midriff. And a green purse was slung over her shoulder.
"Glad you could finally make it down to breakfast," Mason said as she sat down at the table to be greeted by a steaming bowl of porridge.
"Shut up," she snapped, pouring sugar into her porridge.
"Touchy," he said, spooning some cream into his coffee.
"Anyways, why don't we just floo there, Remus told me you could do that."
Mason shrugged. "Because it's close by to walk, it's right in the plaza that's down the street from here."
They continued their meal in silence. When Susie stood up, she checked her watch.
"It's been 15 minutes, because you took an extra 5 minutes with your coffee." Mason scowled, looking at his watch. He had always been obsessed with time and planning things. It was the same with her Grandfather. She was the exact opposite.
They went out the door, shutting it behind them. Alfred wasn't there because he had Saturdays off. Walking down the road, they set out for Diagon Alley.
Susie had demanded that they go to Gringotts, so here they were, in a cart, going to Susie's vault. Mason held onto the side of the cart as they raced through Gringotts.
"I hate this place," he moaned, looking quite green in the face.
"Awwww Masy, cheer up, we're almost to my vault." She pinched his cheeks and he leaned over the cart again. "Ewww, please don't barf." The goblin in their cart turned to him and conjured a bucket.
"If you can't handle the ride sonny," it cackled, "don't even come into the bank."
After Susie had gotten money out of her vault, they walked around to get her wand.
"Watch out for that creepy Ollivander guy Susie, he's kind of weird," Mason warned.
Susie disappeared into the shop and came out with her wand, looking slightly scared.
"You're right, he's weird," she said with an involuntary shiver. Mason laughed and patted her on the back.
"Okay, let's go to Flourish and Blotts, we've gotta get some books for school." Susie and Mason walked into the store, walking right past Sirius Black and James Potter, who were too busy looking at hex books to notice them.
Remus walked up to James and Sirius. "You think we'll find Susie here?" Questioned Remus, eager to see his friend.
"Didn't you say she'd be here with her cousin or something?" James asked distractedly. They were interrupted by someone tapping on their shoulder. It turned out to be Mason, not accompanied by Susie.
"Mason McFasley!" Sirius exclaimed. "How have you been man?"
"I could be better," he said, crossing his arms.
"So you here by yourself?" James asked.
"Oh no, I'm here with my cousin. It's kind of tiring because there's guys like following her."
"Oh," Sirius looked around. "So where is she?"
"I think she's in the back looking for a Defense against the Dark Arts."
Sirius headed to the back of the store, running his hand through his hair. Sirius saw a girl with dark black hair looking at a book. Going up to her, he leaned up against the wall next to her.
"Got an interest in the DADA huh?" The girl nodded. He stuck his hand out, making her look up. The first thing he saw about her was her blue eyes, they were so vibrant... so mesmerizing...so...
"So what's your name? I mean you stuck your hand out and didn't even tell me your name." Sirius snapped out of his daze.
"Oh sorry," putting on a smug look, he told her, "Sirius Black." She took his hand, and shook it. He held it a beat too long and she snatched her hand back, brushing some hair that had fallen out of her ponytail.
"Susie. Susie McFasley. You sound familiar, have I talked to you before."
"Why yes we have talked, I'm Sirius, the guy you talked to on the phone." Realization dawned on her face.
"Ohhhh, I remember you, the desperate guy." Susie put the book down and put her hands on her hips.
"Yes, I was quite desperate; I always love talking to gorgeous girls." Susie didn't seem fazed by his compliment, only reached down to pick up another book. Glancing at a piece of paper, she tucked the book under her arm.
"This is the book I was looking for," she said to him. "You wouldn't by any chance know where Remus is?" Sirius looked disappointed.
"I took my time to come over here and talk to YOU and you go looking for Remus?" She frowned. This guy was obviously arrogant; gorgeous she had to admit, but an arrogant prat.
"Yeah, sorry for taking some of your time," Susie said sarcastically, walking off to another area of the store. "Next time, don't take up any of your precious time talking to someone like me and don't even bother." Susie called over her shoulder.
"Ooh, ouch, I told you mate, she's not like most girls." Said James, Sirius frowned. obviously deep in thought.
"She's the only girl who's resisted my charms. I even called her gorgeous and she didn't say anything, only snapped at me."
"Mate, didn't I tell you? She's from California. From what I hear-"Sirius interrupted him.
"Yes, yes I know, you told me already Prongs!" Crossing his arms, he pondered this. Now that she acts like she doesn't want me, I'm gonna get her. I take this as a challenge. A mischievous smirk formed on his face. Turning to James, he stuck his hand out.
"What do you say to a bet, Prongs?"
"What kind of bet?"
"A bet that I can get her in my bed by Halloween." James shook his hand.
"You're on Padfoot," he laughed, "Good luck."
Vicky and Lily walked into Flourish and Blotts. Remus saw them and walked up to them with Susie.
"Hey Lily, Vicky," he turned to Susie. "This is Susie McFasley, the girl I've been writing to." Susie looked at Lily; she was a gorgeous red-head with almond shaped emerald green eyes. Lily shook her hand.
"Hi Susie, you're going to Hogwarts?" Susie nodded.
"Yeah I am," Susie turned to Vicky, a girl that was obviously French with her delicate features. She had blue eyes, just a little darker then the sky and flowing chestnut brown hair. Susie looked over at Remus, who was staring in the opposite direction, but obviously looking at someone in the corner of his eye.
"And you're Vicky?" She nodded.
"Vicky Lafayette," she said softly, "I've heard about you from Remus," she said with a smile. James came up to interrupt them, looking directly at Lily.
"Hey Evans, you disappeared from my house kind of fast this morning."
"Well Potter, I was trying to get away from you as fast as I could, obviously, and could you please possibly go away, I was trying to have a respectable conversation with Susie here." James slung an arm around Susie.
"Oh Susie, you mean Dirt? Me and Susie have been long time buddies." Susie removed James' arm from around her.
"Yeah, I was 5 years old James. I haven't talked to you since. I didn't really like you." Replied Susie
Lily looked horrified. "You knew Potter when you were little? How bad was he?"
"Horrible," Susie said with a grin, now noticing the obvious. James had a thing for Lily and oh boy James had it bad, thought Susie as she watched James turn his attentions back to Lily.
"So Evans, how would you like to go out with me?" Questioned James yet again, smirking in his "coolness" or lack of.
Lily glared at James. "How about you sod off Potter?" James backed away, bowing.
"As you wish my lady," said James, returning to the other end of the store.
Remus chuckled. "He likes you a lot Lily."
"Yeah well if he'd deflate his huge head, I might not be so flipping mean to him."
Vicky had to smile at this. "C'mon, you know you love all the attention from James. He's a really nice guy once you get to know him," she said, picking up something off the shelves.
"Yeah," Susie chimed in, "He's pretty awesome when he's not being immature or stupid or arrogant."
"Well," Lily put her hands on her hips, "Like I said, if he'd stop being so arrogant, maybe I'd even consider going out with him, but who'd want to go out with a conceited jerk like him?" questioned Lily as she walked off. Susie decided to go with her, leaving Remus alone with Vicky.
"So," Remus said nervously. He had been crazy about Vicky since 4th year. Of course, just at the moment that he had worked up the opportunity to ask her out. Vicky had been asked out by Adam Redman, the captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team.
"So, how was your summer Remus?" Vicky and Remus hadn't really gotten an opportunity to talk, since Vicky and Lily had been going out with Alice and Frank a lot.
"It was okay, typical summer." Vicky nodded and smiled, looking off in the distance. Adam came out of the area where Susie and Lily had walked off towards, obviously looking for Vicky. He was pretty possessive of her, being as beautiful as she was, Remus knew he had reason to be.
"Vicky!" Adam called. She turned around, smiling. Turning back to Remus, she smiled apologetically.
"I'm sorry Remus to cut this short. I'll talk to you later?" Remus nodded.
"Thanks a mil." Said Vicky with a smile, She leaned in giving Remus a quick kiss on the cheek. "Can you tell Lily where I went?" Remus nodded again and walked off to find Lily and Susie. With a sigh, he approached the two, who were looking at something and giggling.
"What's so funny?" he asked, coming up behind them.
"Nothing Remus, just girl stuff." That in fact was a lie that had come out of Susie's lips. In truth, they were giggling because Lily had just made a fool out of herself by telling Adam that Vicky had left for France and was never coming back. He had spotted Vicky, who was actually in the next row, frowned at them, and walked off, leaving a giggling Susie and Lily. In truth, they had done that to give Vicky and Remus some more time to talk, alone that is.
Everyone knew, except for Vicky of course, that Remus had liked her since 4th year. Of course, she was always too preoccupied with Adam to notice what was right in front of her. So Remus had been left to watch from afar, and of course be her friend. Shaking her head, Susie felt bad for her friend. Remus, true, was popular with the girls for his good looks, but he only had eyes for one girl and no guts to actually tell her the truth.
"Don't worry Remus; I'll set you up with a girl this year." Susie and Lily exchanged glances as Remus looked wearily at them.
"Sure, Susie, whatever you'd like."
Dragging her packed trunks into the large foyer, Susie sat down on top of it. The date was September 1; the day that the Hogwarts Express would leave from King's Cross, Platform 9¾ to be exact. Now she was waiting for Ronnie to show up, his promise to be there on September 1 echoed in mind. Mason came downstairs, with his usual smirk playing on his smug face.
"Ronnie not here then?"
"He'll be here," Susie told him.
"You know if your Ronnie doesn't show up, Grandfather's taking me to King's Cross, you can come along."
"Have a little faith okay?" she told him, looking up at him. Mason shrugged.
"Sure." He went back upstairs, leaving Susie alone. A few minutes later, there was a hearty knock on the door. Alfred opened it and Susie jumped up, the obvious disappointment of Ronnie being later disappearing from her face. A look of happiness replaced it.
"Ronnie!" She ran into his arms, giving him a huge hug.
"Hey Susie, how was staying at your Grandfather's?"
"It was pretty good," she told him, letting go of him and going over to her trunks.
"Alright then, let's go?" She nodded.
"Let's go." Ronnie pulled out his wand, floating Susie's 4 trunks out the door. "See you later Alfred." Alfred nodded and shut the door when they got outside.
Getting in the car, Ronnie started it up. Susie stared at it. This was the same car that Ronnie had borrowed from his friend Mike.
"Ronnie, you still have Mike's car." Ronnie chuckled.
"I'll get it back to him soon."
James, Sirius and Remus seated themselves in a compartment on the Hogwarts Express, followed by Vicky, who was dragging Lily in the compartment. Alice had gone off with Frank Longbottom, leaving Vicky and Lily alone to tag along with the Marauders. Well, scratch that, Vicky was talking with Remus, leaving Lily alone. Thus making her decide to just follow Vicky wherever she went, meaning she was hanging out with the Marauders for the rest of the train ride. Luckily, the door opened. It was Susie.
"Hey guys," she said with a smile. Sirius jumped up.
"Susie," he said smoothly, "me and James were just gonna get up to go find you."
"Oh how thoughtful," she remarked.
"We were?" James questioned. Sirius kicked behind him, hitting James in the knee.
"Ouch, cold as ice," he said, looking miffed.
"Yeah, well deal with it." She turned to Lily. "Lils, hey, I was looking for you." Lily smiled at her and scooted over, making room for Susie to sit, there wasn't very much. Susie looked. The only room was to sit by Sirius. Wrinkling her nose, she turned to sit next to him, but the train lurched, making her fall over onto his lap. Sirius, taking the opportunity, since it had fallen in his lap, put his hands on her waist.
"Why Susie, isn't this terribly convenient, I mean you falling into my lap and everything." Susie scowled, pushing Sirius hands off her waist.
"Don't touch me Black." She stood up, dusting off her skirt. There was another sudden break in the train, causing Susie to fall over once again. This time, the lights went out, causing slight pandemonium to break out on the train. In all the chaos, Susie found herself once again in Sirius' lap. Lily was on the floor, tangled up with Remus and Vicky, who had fallen over on top of each other. The only one who was actually not mixed up with anyone was James.
Seeing Lily on the floor, he pushed himself on top of her.
"Oops Evans, sorry got tipped onto you." Those two also became tangled up.
Sirius leaned closer to Susie, whispering in her ear, "Susie, don't deny that you don't like me, I can just tell you do." She turned, causing her to have to put her shoes on the window. Sirius put his arm under her legs, pushing them away from the window. Susie felt a slight flutter in her stomach as Sirius' hand gently caressed her legs. Pulling herself up, she pushed his hand off her leg and stood up, accidentally stepping on Remus, who stuck his hand out, tripping her. She fell on top of the entire group, causing everyone under her to let out a yell of pain at the added weight
The door to their compartment opened, revealing Lucius Malfoy, Severus Snape, and Rabastan Lestrange, all cracking up at the tangled mess of the Marauders and the 3 girls. A girl came up behind the 3 Slytherins, inspecting the mess that the sudden train stop had caused.
"Rainzzi," Rabastan said in between laughter, "look at them, they look absolutely hilarious." The girl called 'Rainzzi' just looked at him.
"Really, it's not that funny," she said coolly, giving the 3 boys a look that immediately made them sober up, making them feel extremely stupid. Then looking down at the top, she pulled Susie off the top of the mess.
"I knew it was you," she said, "I recognized your hair." Susie didn't know what to say to this.
"Um..."
"Oh, well I was at your Grandfather's manor for a party and he had a picture of you and I couldn't help but be jealous because you have the most gorgeous black locks I have ever seen."
"Oh," Susie said with a smile, "thanks."
"By the way, I'm Rainzzi Delanuit, you're Susie McFasley?" Susie nodded.
"Yeah I am I recognize your name."
"Yes well, my father is business partners with your grandfather." Susie nodded again, remembering the fact that the Delanuits owned the other half of Nimbus Co.
"Ah, two gorgeous girls, someday business partners," Sirius said, coming up behind them. Both girls turned to look at him.
"Sod off Black!" they said at the same time, they both looked at each other, and began to giggle. Lucius rolled his eyes and turned to leave, with Severus following him. Rabastan remained with Rainzzi. She turned to him.
"Oh Susie, this is Rabastan Lestrange, we're dating."
"Oh I see. Nice to meet you."
"Yes same to you," he said, his eyes traveling up and down her body.
"I guess we'll go then," Rainzzi said, dragging Rabastan off. By that time, everyone in the compartment had gotten themselves untangled and back in their seats. Lily, knowing Susie absolutely did NOT want to sit next to Sirius, had made James sit on the other side, leaving room for Susie. Susie sat down next to Lily, smiling gratefully.
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Prince Kazaf: Hehe, yes your Rainzzi Delanuit is in my story, that's alright if I use her right? And William Delanuit will probably pop up next chapter or so. So about Rainzzi, the only Gryffindor she'll get along with is Susie and Susie likes her, but all her friends don't like Rainzzi, how's that? And thanks for the compliments! ) feels all warm and fuzzy Remus and Vicky are meant to be! Of course I'll keep that ship and James and Sirius should be conceited and arrogant and told off for being like that!
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