For Me This Is Heaven
Chapter 9
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Ahhh, another chapter, here we are at Chapter 9. Anyways, just, Susie's gonna wake up and stuff happens and then it's going to be Christmas Holidays! Hope you're all excited D
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Susie slowly opened her eyes. The light stung and she closed them quickly, but opened them again, getting used to the light. The first thing she saw was Sirius, his head on her lap, fast asleep. She smiled; he had probably stayed there all weekend. She sat there, until Madam Pomfrey noticed she was awake.
"Ahh, you're finally awake. This young fellow over here came in here 2 nights ago and has not left since, except to take breaks." Susie had to smile, that was Sirius. Sirius stirred on her lap. Susie stroked the back of his head as he sleepily sat up. Blinking, he saw that Susie was awake.
"Susie! Thank Merlin, you're awake!" he exclaimed. He was about to hug her but Madam Pomfrey came bustling in.
"Ah, ah, no hugging the patient, she needs her rest." Sirius sat back, his hair falling over his eyes again.
"Uh, Madam Pomfrey, how's Robin Wray?"
"Oh, she's fine, she was out of here yesterday. She didn't get a big whiff like you did." Susie groaned at the thought of her going temporarily insane. It had been weird. "Now drink this." The nurse handed her a tube of something yellow and fizzy.
"What is it?"
"It'll get rid of the rest of your symptoms. You'll be able to get out of here later today." She turned to Sirius. "Young man, don't you have a Hogsmeade trip to go to?" Sirius shook his head.
"I'd rather stay here," he said. Madam Pomfrey shrugged and went away, leaving Susie and Sirius alone.
"So you stayed here all weekend?" she asked. Sirius nodded.
"Well, except to take bathroom breaks and stuff."
"Thanks," she said with a smile. He took her hand and kissed it.
"I was just really worried about you. You were talking about people talking to you and bright lights and spinning. It scared me. I know, the Professor said it's temporary, but it still scared me to death to see you like that."
"Well I'm fine now." He looked around.
"Well, since Pomfrey isn't here, do I have permission to kiss the patient?" Susie nodded and Sirius leaned in. At that moment, Lily and Vicky came bursting in.
"Damn it Evans, Lafayette, you come in at the worst times!" he shouted, exasperated. "I'm not even allowed to freakin' hug my own girlfriend!"
Vicky giggled and sat on Susie's bed, while Lily brought in a whole bunch of stuff. She dumped a whole mess of stuffed animals on the bed.
"I told them you didn't want flowers," she said.
"Awwww," Susie exclaimed, picking up a teddy bear. "Their so cute, now I have something to cuddle with at night."
"Hey, what about me?" Sirius interjected. Vicky pushed him away.
"What about you Black?" Susie giggled as Sirius stood up indignantly.
"Well then babe, I'm going. I'll be back" He gave her a kiss on the cheek and left. Vicky smiled.
"Sirius is so sweet to you. He refused to leave your side while you were out, unless he had to."
"He also missed a Hogsmeade trip and that's the last one for the month. He said something about he wouldn't feel right going without you while you were still knocked out in the Hospital Wing."
"When's the next one?" Susie asked.
"Oh," Lily thought. "Right before the Holidays. Speaking of Holidays, what are you guys going to do?" Vicky shrugged.
"I have no idea." She turned to Susie. "What about you?"
"I was thinking of going back to the states..." She snapped her fingers. "That's it! Do you guys want to come down to the states with me?"
"Are you serious?" Lily asked.
Susie scoffed. "No I'm joking," she said sarcastically. "Of course!!"
"No I'm Sirius," exclaimed Sirius as he walked in with James and Remus.
"Sirius!" all three girls exclaimed at the same time. Sirius grinned.
"You called ladies?" he asked. Lily scowled and stood up, pulling Vicky up with her.
"We'll give you guys 'bonding time'," she said, going out the door. Vicky waved good bye, blowing Susie a kiss and disappeared. Sirius sat down on the bed next to Susie.
"How are you feeling?" he asked her.
"Better, I guess." James and Remus sat on opposite sides of the bed.
"Man you should've seen Padfoot this weekend. He was going absolutely nuts cause you weren't awake. He would sneak into the Hospital Wing and watch you sleep!" Sirius elbowed James hard in the stomach, an embarrassed grin on his face. Susie just smiled.
"Well I'm glad he was here." She took his hand and gave it a squeeze. She turned to Remus, who hadn't said anything so far.
"So how've you been Remus?" Remus shrugged.
"Life could get better." Susie nodded.
"Ah yes, the Vicky thing," she said. And then there's the fact that you're my best friend and I like you he thought.
"Yes," was his simple reply. The two started up a conversation about something and Sirius and James decided to go. Sirius gave Susie a kiss on the forehead and left, followed by James.
"Padfoot, do you ever wonder if there are feelings that Remus has for Susie and he hasn't told us?"
Sirius shrugged. "Nah I think that's all in your head. Remus likes Vicky remember?" James just shrugged. He still thought that his suspicions were correct. He noticed the way Remus sometimes looked at Susie.
Susie had already gotten out of the Hospital Wing and it was December. Well, December 1 to be exact. A light powdered snow had started to fall on the grounds, causing Sirius to propose a snowball fight outside. At the moment, Susie and Lily were hiding behind a cluster of trees from Sirius and James.
Susie giggled as she caught a glimpse of Sirius running around the clearing, yelling for them. Lily laughed and headed off towards another tree, separating from Susie. Susie saw Vicky getting bombarded by Sirius and James. She yelped, trying to hold up her hands in surrender.
"I give," she yelled, trying to stop the onslaught of snowballs. Susie giggled again and snuck over to another tree. She pulled her long hair into a ponytail and stuck her hat back on. She saw Lily making a run towards Vicky, ducking the snowballs.
"Susie!" she yelled as a snowball hit her square in the face, knocking her over. James grinned and ran over to Lily, picking her up from the ground and dusting her off. Susie smiled and stayed over by the trees. She hadn't heard Sirius, till she felt something cold slip down her back. She screamed, turning around, her fist in the air. Sirius grabbed it, laughing.
"Whoa, Susie, don't punch me!" He patted her back, pressing the snow onto her.
"Oh my god, I can't believe you did that!" She pulled her jacket off, trying to get the snow out of her shirt.
"Sirius," she whined. "Get it out." Sirius grumbled about something but got the snow out of Susie's shirt. Smiling gratefully, she pulled her jacket back on and headed over to where Vicky, James and Lily were standing.
"I found her," Sirius said from behind her. Susie rubbed her hands together as she stood in the snow.
"C'mon let's get inside," Vicky said, ushering everyone towards the castle. Back in the common room, Susie and Sirius were sitting on the couch together. James came in with 5 mugs of hot chocolate. Handing them out, he sat down in front of the fire. Susie took a sip from hers.
"So what are you guys doing for the Holidays?"
"Oh, my parents are taking me to Italy this year," James said.
"I'm not doing anything," Vicky said.
"Same, maybe except hang out with my sister or something." Her face screwed up. Remus came in at the moment, carrying his book bag.
"Hey Moony, been studying?" Sirius asked.
"Something like that," Remus mumbled, sitting down opposite Susie and Sirius.
"Well, Ronnie's thinking about taking me to my usual beach house, to meet up with my friends. Hey! Why don't you guys come with me? I can just have Ronnie rent a big one." Sirius shrugged.
"I'll be coming, since James won't be here." Susie smiled at Sirius. "I was planning on camping at your house anyways," he said with a wink. Susie scoffed.
"And my grandfather would probably flog you in your sleep," she said, laughing.
"Hey, I wanna come," Lily piped up. "I'll owl my parents."
"Well, I'm coming. There's no way I'm gonna be stuck in London, while you get to go to the states!" Vicky put in. Susie turned to Remus.
"You coming?" she asked.
"Why not," he said, putting his book bag down on the floor.
"Great! I'll make arrangements for it. Wait, I've gotta talk to Ronnie. And we can't floo there, there are no floo networks in California that I know of." She stood up quickly. "I'll see you guys later, gotta make arrangements." She disappeared through the portrait hall. Vicky stood up, beckoning for Lily to follow her. Lily followed Vicky out of the common room, to walk around the grounds, leaving the Marauders in the common room.
"Hey Padfoot, whatever happened to Peter?" James asked.
"Oh, I heard he dropped out. Shame, but we've managed so far without him, I know how to press the knot in the tree now." Remus looked up from his book.
"Guys I need some advice." He decided to not mention any names. "I know this guy, and he likes this girl, but he also likes his best friend, who happens to be his other best friend and his best friend's girlfriend." Sirius and James hadn't really put two and two together.
"I say mate," Sirius suggested, "that you don't tell the girl, your other best friend might think you're betraying him or something." James nodded.
"Good idea Padfoot," he agreed. Remus sat back and sighed.
"Thanks guys."
Remus went to his usual spot in the library. Nicky was there, as usual. She looked up and smiled, beckoning for him to sit down next to her.
"I hope we don't have any awkward ex moments," she said as he sat down.
"No of course not. None from me anyways."
"Yeah, that's good. So how's your life?"
"I guess it's okay." Sighing, he took out his Arithmancy homework. "Ergh, usually Susie helps me with this, but I can't find her."
"Ah, Susie, how is she?" Remus shrugged.
"I guess she's okay. She's always off with Sirius," Nicky thought she detected a hint of bitterness in his voice.
"Remus, you know the real reason why I broke up with you right?" He looked up at her.
"No."
She sighed. "Remus," She put her hand on his arm. "Remus, I know already. You don't need to hide it anymore."
"Hide what?" he asked, scratching his head.
"Remus, I know by the way you look at them."
"Look at who?"
"At Susie, and Vicky. The way you talk about Susie, your voice, you just sound so wishful. Then when you look at Vicky, you have this look in your eye, like 'god I want her' you know? I just felt like you weren't there a lot of the time"
"Oh, I'm sorry you felt that way Nicky and I'm sorry if I was like that."
"No, not it's fine really. I like you Remus, but I can tell you have other girls on your mind. So if you wanna talk, I'm listening." She sat back.
"Well, I don't want to burden you with my problems or anything."
"Please, Remus, c'mon. It's better that you tell me rather then keep it to yourself."
"Well Susie, is obviously with Sirius and now that I like her again, I find myself wishing for what we once had. That was a while ago though. And with Vicky, I've liked her since like, I don't even remember. But I don't know. Honestly, I'm just confused."
"It's okay to be confused. I think you just need time. Time can do wonders to people."
Remus looked up and smiled. "Thanks Nicky."
"I'm here for you," she told him.
2 weeks later, Susie was sitting in the Great Hall for breakfast, when her white owl, Mestizos, landed on the table, a large package attached to her claws. Susie untied the various items and let Mestizos have some of her toast. Ripping open the letter, Susie read it.
Dearest Susie,
It's fine with me that your friends tag along. I was planning on just leaving you there for your break and taking a flight to New York. I've always wanted to see the Big Apple! Enclosed are your plane tickets, compliments of your grandfather. I wrote him when you told me that your friends were coming along and he was happy to pay, so he's paying for your tickets and for the last week at your beach house. I only have so many funds for now, so I can pay for your first two weeks there, and then I need the rest of the money for my trip! Yes, I have a phone here at my flat, so I'll come and pick you guys up and take you to my flat. Not for long though, I'll take you guys back to your grandfather's manor. Your flight is the next day at 6 PM, be sure to be at the airport! I already talked to Cherie's parents and they say they would be happy to accommodate the beach house next door to yours. From my knowledge, Dylan's coming with them. Have a fun last week at Hogwarts, I'll see you at King's cross!
Sincerely,
Ronnie
Susie smiled, putting the letter away and tucking the plane tickets in her robes, planning on putting them in her trunk. Sirius sat down at the table, looking at her.
"Did you get the tickets already?" She nodded. "Great," he said, eating his breakfast. James, Lily, and Vicky joined them, followed by Remus.
"Guys, I have our plane tickets," she said, showing them the envelope. Mestizos, Susie's little snowy owl, had always been partial to Lily. Something about her red hair. The owl had already landed on her shoulder and was giving her affectionate pecks on the head. Lily giggled and scooped Mestizos off her shoulder, giving the owl some of her breakfast. James stared at the owl.
"Lucky owl," he said, eating some porridge. Lily looked up. He had calmed down some this year, not asking her out as much as last year.
"James, just shut it, really."
"Oh I will, just go out with me." She stood up, obviously exasperated.
"Argh! Leave me alone," she stormed off, leaving poor Mestizos to the hands of James.
"James if you mishandle my owl, you will pay," Susie warned. James patted the tiny owl and went back to his miserable porridge.
Another week went by and finally they were getting ready to go to King's Cross. James stood with his hands in his pockets at King's Cross, where Vicky, Lily, Susie, Sirius and Remus were standing with Ronnie.
"Have fun in Italy," Susie said, giving him a hug. Vicky did the same and did that French thing, kissing him on both cheeks. Remus and Sirius gave him "manly" hugs and Ronnie held out his hand. James took it, shaking it.
"Wow, I just shook Ronald Faldo's hand," he said to himself as he walked off. Of course everyone heard him. They all laughed as James walked off, blushing and joined his parents.
Ronnie drove them over to Susie's grandfather's manor. They had already stopped by his flat, so Susie could call Cherie, and squeal on the phone, causing Sirius to laugh. He had never seen Susie so excited. Ronnie leaned over when they got to the towering gate. The gate buzzed and opened. Ronnie drove up the winding driveway.
"You know the funny thing is, the entire time I was at Hogwarts, I never saw Mason," Susie mentioned thoughtfully.
"Oh Mason usually hangs out with Ravenclaws. He doesn't think he's fit for Gryffindor," Sirius told her. Susie shrugged. Susie knocked on the door, expecting the butler to open the door. Instead it swung open, revealing Mason.
"Susie, how good of you to finally come home," he exclaimed. He looked over her shoulder. "I see you've brought your hooligan friends. Very well, come in. Grandfather would like to see you." He left the doorway, leaving Susie alone. She shrugged, motioning for her friends to follow her. Ronnie brought up the rear, and slipped into the kitchen, meaning to get something to eat.
Mipsy, the house elf, came scurrying out, hugging Susie's legs.
"Mistress McFasley, Mipsy has missed you very much. The house has been very quiet." Susie smiled.
"Well Mipsy we're only coming down here for a night, my flight to the States is tomorrow." Mipsy frowned and let go of Susie's legs. She looked at Susie's friends, who were looking in awe at the manor.
"Very well, Mipsy will take you all to your rooms for the night. Mipsy will also take you to Master, Miss McFasley. He would like to see you." The house elf took out a wand, pointing it at the pile of trunks. She floated them up the stairs, stopping at the first room.
"This is a room for the mistress with the red hair." Lily got her trunk and opened the door, staring at the room.
"Oh my god, this is like a castle!" Susie smiled as one by one, her friends got their rooms. Susie followed Mipsy to her Grandfather's study. She saw her Grandfather, sitting in the parlor with Mason, sipping tea.
"Ah Susie, we were just about to go find you. Come sit." Susie sat down in a chair near the window.
"How were your studies at Hogwarts?"
"Oh their fine, I'm doing well in all my classes."
"That's good. Now you'll only be staying for a night?" Susie nodded.
"We're catching a plane to the States tomorrow," she told him. He nodded again.
"Very well, you may go." Susie got up and left, meaning to find her friends. She went into her room and found them all hanging out in there.
"Hey Susie, nice place you got here," Lily told her.
"It's okay I guess." Susie shrugged. Vicky came out of Susie's closet, holding up a dark blue bikini.
"Sus, can I borrow this?" Susie went over there.
"Of course!" Lily got up off of Susie's bed, inspecting Susie's bikinis.
"Sus, you have like 20 bikinis in here."
Susie smiled. "Yep, you'll never find me in the same bikini." She came out of her walk-in closet, joining Sirius on the bed. He put an arm around her.
"So, what's at this beach house?" he asked.
"A beach," she said smiling. "Well plus, on the pier, there's a small amusement park. It's pretty fun." She pulled some pounds out of her pocket. "I have to get my money exchanged. You guys should to." Vicky came out, dressed in the bikini.
"You don't think this makes me look fat do you?" Remus stared and Susie hooted.
"Haha, no way! You look great, as usual!" Vicky went back and Susie leaned over, closing Remus' jaw. She smiled as he snapped out of a daze.
"Rems, it's at a beach house, we're gonna be walking around in our bathing suits for a good part of the day." Sirius tightened his grip around her.
"Great, I get to see you in a bikini all day!" Susie smiled and put her head on his chest.
"Well I get to see your hot body all day," she said sarcastically.
"Of course you think I've got a hot body, I recall a couple of months ago when you wildly ran your tongue all over my body, saying it was so hot." Remus stood up.
"Please, not in front of me," he said. Susie smiled apologetically.
"Sorry Rems." Sirius put his other arm around Susie, his hand resting on her waist. Remus went to the other side of the room, muttering something about sickening couples.
"Now that we're alone," he teased. Leaning in, he kissed her. But of course, Vicky and Lily came out at that moment.
"Please, keep PDA to a minimum," Lily announced. Sirius pulled away from Susie.
"Ugh, there is no PDA, I'm not even allowed to kiss my own girlfriend. I'm thinking the last time I kissed you was 3 months ago."
"I give you kisses all the time," Susie told him.
"Well those are small, I mean snogging!"
"That's cause I don't let you pull me into empty classrooms! Don't worry, we'll get our snogging sessions later," she said slyly, winking at him. Sirius caught on and winked back, a grin on his face.
Later that night, Susie came back from getting her usual cookies and milk from the kitchen. Yawning, she rubbed her eyes, pulling her plaid pajama pants down so they rested on her hip. She went into her room, shutting the door. She yelped when she saw someone lying on her bed.
"Sirius, what are you doing here?"
"I'm here for the snogging session you promised me and maybe even more." Susie laughed and headed for her bathroom. She came out a few minutes later and sat next to Sirius on the bed. Sirius had his eyes closed. She leaned over, pressing her lips on his, instantly waking him up. He wrapped his arms around her, deepening the kiss.
Meanwhile, Vicky was awake and in turmoil. There was someone she couldn't stop thinking of, and that was Remus Lupin. Why out of all the people did it have to be him? It was pretty obvious he had a thing for Susie, no room for her. She sighed and stood up. Quietly going down the hall, she knocked on Remus' door. She heard something fall over and then Remus appeared at the door, dressed in a t-shirt and boxers. His eyes widened when he saw Vicky.
"Hey, come in," he said, moving out of the way.
"I hope I didn't wake you," she said quietly.
"Oh believe me, these walls are thin, I can hear everything." His room just so happened to be next door to Susie's and Vicky heard a moan coming from next door. She laughed quietly.
"I'm guessing Sirius is in there," she said with a smile. Remus nodded. They stood there for a few awkward moments.
"So, what brings you in here?" he asked.
"Oh I couldn't sleep."
"Well do you wanna sit?" he asked, motioning towards the bed. Vicky went and sat down and Remus sat next to her.
"Wow this is really awkward," she said, hugging her knees. Remus looked over at her, where she was hugging her knees. Suddenly, on impulse, he leaned over and kissed her. He pulled back, flustered and she stared at him in shock. Had Remus just kissed her? Leaning over, she kissed him back, wrapping her arms around his neck.
Back in Susie's room, the two were done, lying on the bed. Susie picked up her shirt and pulled it back on.
"How's that for a snogging session?" she asked.
"Well I got what I wanted, well more then that," he said with a grin. Susie just shook her head. She was about to pull her pants back on, but Sirius stopped her.
"Listen, can you hear that?" Susie listened and she thought she was hearing Vicky talking, wait that was Remus' room. Why was she in there?
"Oh my god, I had no idea how thin the walls were. I bet they could hear us," she said with a grin. Sirius grinned too and grabbed Susie, pushing her back down on the bed.
"You up for another round of tonsil hockey?" he asked her, bringing his lips down on hers. When they broke apart, Susie could still hear it.
"Sirius, do you hear Vicky in there?"
Sirius shrugged. "Well, if she is, I'm sure they'll tell us tomorrow."
"Yeah... but," Sirius silenced her by shoving his tongue in her mouth.
"Don't talk so much babe, less talk, more tongue," he said against her lips.
The next morning, Susie got up, waking Sirius up. He had fallen asleep on her bed, after their "snog session".
"Sirius, get up." He slowly opened his eyes, looking around. Dressed in boxers, he stood up. Pulling his shirt on, he gave her a kiss and padded back to his room quietly, so as to not wake everyone up. Susie had just gotten dressed when Vicky came bursting in, shutting the door.
"Susie," she exclaimed, falling dramatically on the bed. Vicky was dressed in white capris and a light green shirt, with sunglasses on her head and a scarf tied around her waist. She was very fashion conscious, always wanting to match. That meant that her shoes matched her capris and her accessories matched her shirt. It was the fashion in France.
"What's up Vics?" Susie asked, sitting down next to her.
"Well, me and Remus kissed last night."
"Wait, what about Adam?"
Vicky shrugged. "I broke up with him. It turns out that I don't like him as much as I thought I did."
"Oh, so that's' what I heard last night," Susie said with a smile.
"What?"
"Me and Sirius could hear you."
"And you don't think we couldn't hear you?" Susie blushed.
"Hey, we haven't had sex for like 2 months, but that's beside the point. The point is, you kissed Remus. So what's gonna happen."
"Nothing, yet."
Susie gaped at Vicky. "Why?"
"Well, I'm just not ready to immediately get into a relationship again. I need to explore my options." Vicky shrugged and got up. "Thanks for listening."
At breakfast, Remus and Vicky hardly said anything to each other. It was mostly Lily talking to Vicky and Sirius and Susie talking. Susie still hadn't told her grandfather about Sirius, but she saw him eying her and Sirius.
Susie was packing her stuff in her luggage when she heard a knock on the door.
"Come in," she called, expecting it to be one of her friends. It was her grandfather. He looked at her while she packed away her summer clothes.
"Well, I hope you have fun with your friends in the States," he told her.
"Thanks grandfather," she said, putting more stuff up.
"Actually, I came here for another reason." Susie stopped what she was doing and looked up. "Look Susannah, you're a young woman, I don't want to see you getting so involved with a boy..." Susie interrupted him.
"Look Grandfather, I know only looking out for my best and all, but I love him."
"Susannah, please, be sensible."
"Grandfather, no! I'm expected to have boyfriends in my teenage years, I've had them before, and if you're thinking about me getting dumped, that's not happening for quite a while. I can deal if it does okay?" She closed the luggage with a click and put a lock on it. Her grandfather pulled out a small gold key attached to a chain.
"Here's the key to your room, I had it made and it has your initials carved in it." She gave him a small kiss on the cheek and left the room.
"Remember Susie, make the right decisions." Susie's grandfather's words were echoing through her head as they drove towards the airport.
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