For Me This Is Heaven
Chapter 13
Alright, so it's Susie's birthday. I'm having so much fun writing that I've written like 4 chapters in one weekend, so enjoy!!
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Susie felt someone shaking her. Groggily she opened her eyes. It was a wide awake Sirius that was waking her up. She peered at the clock.
"Sirius, its 10 A.M. Leave me alone." They had all been up till 3 AM for New Year's Eve at a Ministry of Magic party that Ronnie had been invited to.
"Susie, wake up." He continued to shake her. She finally sat up.
"What?" she hissed. Susie was not a morning person when she was woken up and still tired.
"I love you," he grinned. Rubbing her eyes, she looked at him blankly.
"Huh?" Sirius looked hurt.
"This is the first time I've you that I love you this year. Well officially anyways." Susie had to smile. Even though he had woken her up, it was still sweet. Sitting up, she pulled him into her bed, pulling the sheet up over both of them. Sirius wrapped his arms around her and Susie fell asleep again.
Later that morning, Susie felt someone jumping, or bouncing, one of the two, on her bed. They were obviously trying to use some kind of other tactic of waking her up without touching her. She opened her eyes slowly. Sirius was still there, his arms around her. She had her face in his chest. She guessed he hadn't been as awake as she thought he had been. Carefully stirring, she turned to look at who was on her bed. It was Lily and Vicky.
"We were wondering when you'd wake up," Vicky told her.
"Yeah we were trying not to wake Sirius up. He's a scrooge in the morning."
"He's a scrooge? Well I can be a major bitch if I'm tired, now what the bloody hell do you want?" She snapped.
"Well your cousin is here. He's waiting in the living room. Ronnie is gone, he said he had some business he had to take care of and he'd be home later on tonight."
"Tell Mason to come back when the Rooster's go back to sleep," she told them, turning back and trying to go back to sleep. She heard her cousin trying to get in the room.
"I know you're in there Susie," Mason demanded, pounding at the door. "I bet you're in there sleeping with Sirius Black! Grandfather will have a fit." Susie growled something and picking up a hair brush from the side drawer, she hurled it at the door.
"Stop that! Let me in!"
"Oh my god, he is so annoying," Lily complained as she sat on the futon in Susie's room. Ronnie had given her her own room whenever she came to stay at his flat. Vicky was reading a magazine on the other side of the futon. Sirius started to stir. He turned towards the door, a look of menace on his face. Throwing the covers off, he stalked out of bed and threw the door open. Mason looked scared out of his wits when he encountered Sirius at the door. Gathering himself, he looked in the room. Susie was flipped on her stomach, her face in the pillow. He spotted Lily and Vicky on the futon.
"I asked you two to get my cousin, not lounge in here."
"Look buddy, this is NOT your house, so we don't have to do what you say, you stuck up prat," Lily told him.
"Well, Susie, I know you're up, I heard you. Grandfather wants you at the manor today. He'd like to talk to you about your birthday."
"I don't want a deb ball," she yelled.
"He said he figured that you'd say that. He says just to come by the manor today and you'll talk it over."
"Fine," she turned to glare at him. "Tell him I'll come later. Now can you just leave before I have Sirius kick your ass?" Mason scurried away and Lily giggled.
"You taught him." Susie just mumbled something in the pillow and Sirius got back in the bed, wrapping an arm around Susie.
"I'm already awake," he complained after a little bit.
"Me too," Susie said, her face still buried in the pillow.
"Your birthday's in two days," Vicky said.
"Ugh, I know."
"Well at least you'll finally be 16. Do you realize we're all a year ahead of you?" Susie shrugged.
"I don't care. Anyways, Sirius you're gonna be 17 in March right?" Sirius nodded. Susie finally got out of bed, dragging herself to her mirror. She looked at her hair.
"Ugh, I look like hell," she complained.
"I think you look gorgeous. Then again, I don't care what you do; you'll always look absolutely beautiful." Susie blushed, but attempted to pull her locks down.
"Sirius, when we were snogging last night, you ran your fingers through my hair too much."
"Well, sorry about that. I can't help it that when I get in the moment, I like to run my fingers through your hair, it's hot." Susie eyed him and he shrugged.
"In case you two didn't know, we're still in here," Lily reminded them.
"Oh Lils, give it up. We've been going out for months and talking like that, you should be used to it by now."
Later, Sirius and Susie made it to her grandfather's manor.
"Just don't say anything okay?" Sirius nodded. Susie walked into her grandfather's study, where he usually spent most of his day. She had left Sirius in the kitchen with the cook, afraid her grandfather might get angry at her for bringing Sirius. She had only brought him cause she didn't want to be alone and lost.
"Grandfather?" she asked, knocking on the door.
"Come in," he called. She came in and sat down.
"Ah Susannah, I take it Mason delivered the message then?"
"Ugh grandfather, all my friends were ready to kill him. He was very annoying."
"Well I apologize. Now from my understanding, you don't want a debut."
"No! I don't, at all!"
"Alright Susannah, you don't have to have one. Although your mother was a debutant, I won't force you to be one. But I am having a party. Of course the Delanuits will be there. Is that alright?" Susie shrugged. She didn't really care.
"I'm requesting that you dance a dance with William Delanuit." Susie frowned.
"Alright, one dance, that's it. It means nothing to me." She stood up.
"I'll see you later Grandfather."
"Remember, it's going to be formal." Susie rolled her eyes and went to the kitchen, picking up Sirius. He was sitting at the counter eating cereal.
"C'mon let's go," she told him.
"So what's gonna happen?"
"Oh it's not gonna be a debut, but it's gonna be this fancy gala where Grandfather invites all his fancy friends to show off his granddaughter. I'm barely gonna know anyone there except you guys and a few others. Plus the Delanuits are gonna be there."
"Oh yeah? So what?"
"Well Grandfather said I have to dance with William Delanuit, or whatever his name is. One dance," she added when she saw Sirius' face. "I told him it means absolutely nothing to me." Sirius shrugged and they left, walking back towards Diagon Alley.
"William graduated last year. I heard he's working at Nimbus Co. under his father," Sirius told her.
They were walking hand in hand through Diagon Alley when they ran into Rabastan Lestrange and Rainzzi Delanuit.
"Susie," Rainzzi called. Susie smiled and waved at her. They headed over there, Susie pulling Sirius.
"Do we have to?" he complained as Susie dragged him towards the other couple.
"Hey, how was your holiday?" Rainzzi asked.
"Oh it's been great. I went down to the states with my friends."
"Oh yeah, well we're coming to your party. My brother wants to desperately meet you for some weird reason." She rolled her eyes. "He saw you at King's Cross and was like 'That girl over there may be our business partner? Awesome!' "
Susie chuckled and Sirius growled. No 'business partner' was gonna take Susie from him.
"Hush Sirius, it's not like he's gonna steal me away," she told him. Turning back to Rainzzi, they continued to talk.
"Well I'll let you go then. See you on Saturday!" she called, waving.
"Black," Rabastan said curtly before hurrying after Rainzzi.
"I hate Rabastan," Susie said bitterly.
"Why?" Sirius asked.
"Well he's just weird. I don't think he's good enough for Rainzzi. Plus-," she stopped herself there and Sirius didn't question any further. It seemed like there was something she wanted to tell him, but didn't, or maybe couldn't.
Susie was sitting in her room, sifting through the clothes she was going to leave at Ronnie's. She didn't have one formal dress. That was something she hadn't really thought to bring. Lily came in.
"I don't have a formal dress," she said. Vicky peeked her head in.
"Neither do I."
"I think we need to go shopping."
"Wanna bring Sirius and Remus?" They looked at each other.
"Nah."
Later at the store, the three girls were sifting through racks of clothes.
"Remember, nothing too slutty. My grandfather is all old fashioned and stuffs," Susie reminded them. Lily finally held up an emerald green dress that dipped down to the floor, but came up in a v at the front. The front was a halter top.
"Go try it on," Vicky told her. Vicky then held up a black spaghetti strap dress with an embroidered bodice and a black wrap to wrap around her shoulders.
"This is great, I'm gonna try it on!" she exclaimed, rushing towards the dressing room. Susie was sifting through racks and racks of dresses but she still hadn't found one. Lily came out, looking beautiful in the dress.
"Lils, you look great in that!"
"Alright, I'll get it then." Vicky came out a few minutes later, struggling with the zipper in the back. The dress really brought out her best features.
"Vics, that dress is perfect for you," Susie told her.
"Alright, thanks Sus." She went back in. A few minutes later, both Lily and Vicky came out with their dresses.
"C'mon Susie, find a dress," Lily whined/complained.
"Hold your horses. It has to be perfect, it's my sweet 16." Suddenly, she spotted it. It was a cream white dress that came up to her knees. It was a strapless with a flouncy skirt, almost like a tutu. There were also parts of the petticoat sticking out in fashion.
"Oh my gosh," Vicky held her hand over her mouth. "That dress is absolutely perfect for you. Quick, go try it on!" They ushered her towards the fitting room. A few minutes later, Susie came out, clothed in the dress.
"That dress was made for you," Lily told her. She twirled around.
"I love it, I'm gonna buy it!" she announced.
Meanwhile, Sirius and Remus were sitting at Ronnie's flat, bored to death.
"Do you have anything to wear for Susie's 16th?" Remus asked.
"No, do you think we should go out and get something?"
"Alright, let's leave a note for the girls." At the store, Sirius and Remus mindlessly stared at the mannequins that were dressed in the suits.
"This is gonna be difficult," Remus told Sirius.
"I wish the girls were here," Sirius complained.
"Your wish is our command," Susie said, popping up behind them with Vicky and Lily.
"Hey where the heck did you come from?" he asked.
"You wished we were here right? Well we figured you'd come here and look so we just decided to come over." She set her dress down, which was carefully wrapped up and looked for something for Sirius to wear. She pulled out a black tuxedo, complete with a faux white rose.
"No way, too Zorro-esque." Meanwhile, Vicky and Lily had taken the liberty of picking out what Remus should wear.
"I've got it," Vicky and Susie exclaimed at the same time. Both girls held up the same suit. They looked at each other and then put it back. Sirius raised an eyebrow. Girls were weird sometimes.
Finally Susie picked out a black dress shirt and some khaki slacks.
"Do you have dress shoes and a tie?" Sirius shook his head and Susie ushered him towards the other side of the aisle, stuffing the clothes she had picked for him in his hands. Meanwhile, Vicky and Lily were already picking out a tie for Remus. They had found a pair of black slacks and a light blue shirt for him.
Susie went through different ties, comparing them to the shirt. Finally she picked out a dark blue tie and shoved a pair of black dress shoes at him.
"There, you're wearing that," she said, looking at him. "Now go try it on." Sirius pulled her towards the dressing room.
"Come with me," he asked.
"Why? That's the male dressing room," she pointed out.
"In case I need help with my tie," he said smugly. Pulling her into the dressing room, he looked in the stalls. No one was in there. He pushed her into a stall, pushing her up against the wall and kissing her. He started to pull her shirt off but Susie stopped him.
"Sirius, we can't do this in the dressing room," she said breathlessly. Pulling her shirt back on, she sat down on the small seat.
"Now change, lemme see." Sirius pulled his t-shirt off and put the dress shirt on. He put the tie on and stared at it.
"Sirius, you don't know how to tie a tie?" she asked. He shook his head. With a sigh, she stood up, pulling the tie around the collar of the shirt and bringing it to the front. She started to tie it and when she finished, Sirius wrapped his arms around her waist. Her arms were still around his neck.
Leaning in again, he kissed her, this time, quickly getting her shirt off. He was unzipping her jeans and sucking on the delicate flesh of her neck when there was a knock at the door.
"Excuse me, but females are not allowed in the male dressing room," a voice barked from the outside. Susie cursed, pulling her shirt on quickly. She stuck her head out.
"I'm sorry, but I was helping my erm, brother, with his tie." The sales man looked at them suspiciously, but left. Sirius cracked up when the guy left and Susie closed the door again. Remus came in after that.
"Ew guys, your brother. Isn't that incest when you snog your brother?"
"Shut up Moony!" Sirius called out.
"I told you we couldn't do it in the dressing room," Susie told Sirius. Sirius just shook his head and pulled his jeans off.
"Nice boxers," she told him. They were black boxers with Simba on them.
"Hey I happened to be a fan of Disney movies when I was younger." He pulled the dress pants on and put the shoes on. Spinning around, he modeled for Susie. She peered at him, looking him up and down.
"Tuck your shirt in and it'll look fine."
"Ugh, can I just do that later?" Susie shrugged.
"Whatever, I don't care." Susie opened up the stall door and left the dressing room where Vicky and Lily were staying.
"Nice one, the salesman looked angry as he stalked out of there. I think he was ready to call security," Lily told her.
"Why? It's not like we're doing anything."
Vicky scoffed. "C'mon Susie, we could kind of hear you two in there."
Remus came out, dressed in what Lily and Vicky had picked out for him.
"I have to say guys, you picked well for him, it looks good," she admitted. Lily gave him the thumbs up and he went back in. Sirius came out with his clothes and took some money out of his pocket.
"I dunno if I have enough," he said. Susie looked at the bills in her purse. Her grandfather constantly gave her money, even when she didn't want it. Both pounds and Wizarding money.
"Here, I'll pay for it Sirius, give it to me."
"No it's okay, just I have some money, I'll just pay back the rest later."
"Sirius, give me the clothes," she told him. He handed over the clothes and Susie went and paid for them. When she came back, they were all ready to go.
Back at Ronnie's flat, Ronnie had come back and left some food for them. As they ate from the cartons of Chinese food he had left, they talked about school coming up.
"Susie, are you gonna try out for Quidditch?" Sirius asked.
"I guess," she said.
"Great, I'll help you practice," he said with a grin.
The next day, Susie was woken up with everyone coming into her room and yelling happy birthday. She didn't move an inch. She was on her stomach, her face buried in the pillow, her sheets pulled up to her midsection. Vicky went over and flipped her over.
"Susie," she yelled in her ear. Susie's eyes flew open and her hand came out, slapping Vicky squarely in the face. Vicky jumped back, her hand on her cheek. Remus went to her.
"You okay?" he asked tenderly. She nodded, still rubbing her sore cheek. Sirius sat on Susie's bed and leaned over her. She had already flipped herself back to her original position.
"Let me wake her up," he told them. Everyone left the room. He lay down next to her, stroking her back.
"Susie my beautiful girlfriend, it's time to wake up." He finally flipped her over and kissed her. She responded quickly, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him down on top of her. When they broke apart, she opened her eyes, staring up at him.
"Morning gorgeous," he murmured.
"Morning," she said sleepily.
"You're 16 now," he said grinning.
"Mmmm," she responded. Finally, they decided to get up. Susie went to her closet, sifting through her clothes. Pulling on Sirius' quidditch shirt over her short night shirt, she went outside where everyone was eating.
"Happy birthday," Lily and Vicky exclaimed, both trying to hug her.
"Sorry Vics for slapping you. It's a reflex." Vicky smiled.
"Now I know for next time," she said. Susie went and sat next to Remus.
"Hey happy birthday," he told her, giving her a hug. At 4:30, an owl came fluttering in. It read,
Dear Susie,
Please come to the manor now. The party started at 4:00. The guests are all awaiting your entrance.
Grandfather
Susie stood up from the couch where they had all be lounging.
"C'mon, I have to get ready." Susie was in her room, zipping up the back of her dress when Sirius came in. He came up behind her and finished zipping it up, then twirled her around to see her in the dress. She looked gorgeous; the white of her dress reflecting off her black hair and her blue eyes seemed brighter.
Sitting down, Susie began to apply her make-up. When she finished, Lily and Vicky came in, both dressed in their dresses. Sirius was sitting on the bed. Lily turned towards Sirius.
"Sirius, get dressed!" Grumbling, he got out of his comfy position to go change. When Vicky and Lily finished with Susie's hair, it was falling down her back in ringlets, much like the ones she had as a child, but she was more mature now. Vicky had her's put up in a bun, with some hair falling down in all the right places while Lily had her's hanging down her back instead of her usual pony tail.
Susie and the group were about to floo over to her Grandfather's manor when there was a buzz came from the speaker. Susie went over and pressed the button.
"Yes?"
"Miss McFasley?"
"That's me."
"Your grandfather has sent over a Towncar to bring you and your friends to the party."
The large black Towncar pulled up the McFasley Manor's long, winding driveway. It stopped in front of the door and the door opened. Susie was the first one out, looking at the many cars parked on the property. She had a feeling a lot of people would be there. Her friends came out after that, staring at Susie's place. Upon entering the vast house, they were greeted with an entourage of people, all fawning over Susie. She felt like an animal at a Zoo, everyone was staring at her and touching her for some odd reason.
Once she had gotten out of the crowd, her friends were no where to be found. Susie picked her way through crowds, getting greeted and wished a happy birthday. There were people she had no idea who they were. She looked at a display on the ceiling, with fireflies arranged to say "Happy 16th Susannah".
She was at the punch table, carefully sipping on some punch, trying not to spill any on her white dress when she was approached by a familiar boy with messy black hair.
"May I have this dance?" James asked with a grin. Susie smiled and took his outstretched hand, hoping like she could pretend like she knew how to dance. She had never really paid attention in ball room dancing classes.
"So what, may I ask, are you doing at this party?" Susie asked as they twirled around the floor.
"Oh, my dad works for Nimbus Co. He's actually right under you grandfather."
"Ah I see, and that's why you're here. Why are you dancing with me anyways?"
"Oh my mother suggested it. Her exact words were 'James William Potter, go ask the birthday girl for a dance' "James said in an exaggerated high pitched voice, imitating his mother.
"Well I hope you're enjoying this party as much as I am," Susie said sarcastically. She accidentally stepped on his foot for the 5th time that night. James winced, but kept on with the conversation.
"This is horrible! I've been going to parties like these since I was young!"
"I can't find Sirius either," Susie said miserably.
"Oh he's probably he's hiding out somewhere." Susie now spotted Sirius on the floor, trying to dance with Lily. They kept trying to step on each other's toes as they danced. Susie grinned and waved at Sirius with her free hand. He waved and then did a double take, staring at her dancing with James.
On the other end, Vicky and Remus were dancing, not saying anything to each other.
"Hey there's Susie, dancing with, is that James?" Vicky asked, pointing at the other end of the ballroom. Remus took a closer look.
"Yeah that's him." He chuckled as he spotted Sirius staring at them dancing. James and Susie were gracefully dancing on the floor while Lily and Sirius kept stepping on each other's toes. Things for Remus weren't going so great, at the moment, Vicky was leading. Finally the song ended and Sirius let go of Lily.
"Thank you for this dance ma'am," he said with a bow. "Now I must go find my lady." He went to go find Susie. He found her in conversation with her grandfather. He tapped her on the shoulder.
"Excuse me, but may I have this dance?" he asked. Susie smiled and looked at her grandfather, who nodded for her to go. She took his hand and led her out on the dance floor.
"Sirius, are you going to be stepping on my feet?" she asked him uncertainly as he put his other hand on her waist.
"Don't worry, I'll be extra careful with the birthday girl." A song started up and a whole bunch of people went onto the dance floor. Sirius and Susie swung along, narrowly missing couples. Sirius seemed to be doing that on purpose.
"Sirius, stop that!" Susie hissed as they almost crashed into Rainzzi Delanuit dancing with who looked to be her father. Rainzzi smiled at her as Susie whizzed past. The music picked up it's pace. Suddenly it turned into a dance which looked like it involved the random switching of partners.
A boy with blonde hair and green eyes approached Susie.
"Ah you must be the birthday girl. William Delanuit." She shook his hand. "Would you care to dance?"
"Oh I guess I'll dance," she said, letting herself be reluctantly pulled away by an ecstatic William. Blowing Sirius a kiss, she concentrated on William's footsteps and squealed when she was practically thrown into the arms of some random stranger. Sirius trudged over to the other end of the room, a scowl gracing his handsome features. James found him.
"Where's Susie? I thought you were dancing with her." Sirius pointed at Susie, who was still dancing, but looked to be in quite a frazzle.
"She's dancing with William!" He started laughing. Sirius frowned at him.
"What's so funny?" he asked.
"Oh man. You know that's the guy who is going to inherit half of the Delanuit half of Nimbus Co. right?"
"Oh, that's him? I didn't even pay attention. I didn't recognize him."
"Yeah, well his father wanted him to look more professional and he said having black hair with blue tips was not, so he dyed it blonde again."
"James, how the hell do you know all this?"
"My dad tells my mum at dinner and I just happen to listen in. Hey I forgot to tell you, Jeanie says hey." Sirius scrunched his nose up. Jeanie was James' cousin, an old fling of Sirius'. He had broken things off after 2 weeks because she was getting too clingy. She was still pretty obsessed with him.
"Where was Jeanie living at before?"
"Oh, over in the States. Some state called Air-e-zone-a."
"Arizona?"
James scratched his head. "Yeah that's it!"
"Well did you tell her I have a girlfriend that I'm happily with at the moment."
James raised an eyebrow. "At the moment?"
"Well, I don't know. I love her, but I've never stayed with a girl so long."
"Sirius shut the hell up. You've been with her for 4 months. Believe me, if you had EVER planned on dumping her, you would've done it well into the first month. I think this thing between you two is going to last."
"You really think so mate?"
"Sirius, I hate to admit this to you cause I sound like a pansy, but ever since you started dating Susie, you've been happier, like you kind of have this inner glow. Shut up!" he said as Sirius started to snicker.
"Anyways, you make each other really happy, I can tell. Is Susie ever bitchy anymore?"
"Well, when she's on her rag-,"
"Besides that! Remember in the beginning of the year, she was just extremely bitchy all the time and now she's never like that. Well almost never. I can tell you've made her really happy and I know she's made you happy."
"Well scratch what I said before. I love her and I want to continue our relationship. I think she might be the one."
"You really think so man? Are you sure, I mean, positive?"
"Yeah I am. I don't want anyone else in my life but her. And I know she feels the same way about me."
Meanwhile, William was still dancing with Susie.
"William, can we stop? My feet are killing me." They both looked down at her high heels and William led her to a seat.
"So how are you enjoying your birthday party?" Susie shrugged.
"I guess it's okay. I can't find my friends or my boyfriend."
"I'm sure they're around here somewhere. You know Susie, I've been waiting quite a long time to meet you. I saw you at King's Cross that day, because our father pointed you out and I thought you were the most beautiful girl I had ever seen."
"Um, that's very flattering," Susie shifted in her seat, "But I have a boyfriend."
"Well that's alright, I can take a hint." He started to talk about Nimbus Co., telling her about all his endeavors at the company. After about 15 minutes, Susie's eyes were drooping. She was ready to snap at him, wishing that he would shut his trap for once. Truly, she didn't really care what design of the Nimbus broom he supervised, or who he had fired and hired.
She looked out across the floor, spotting Lily. She made an attempt to signal to Lily that she needed to get her out of there. Lily came over, finally getting the hint after giving Susie some blank stares, with some punch. Tipping forward, she accidentally on purpose spilled some punch on William's suit. He jumped up, looking at the stain.
"Oh my gosh, I am so sorry! Here, let me help you with that." She reached forward with a tissue, but he jumped back.
"Umm, I'll take care of it. I'll see you later Susie." He disappeared out of the room.
"Thanks Lils, I thought he would never shut up!"
"I'm sure he just wanted to impress you Susie," she said slyly.
"Ack! He's weird! I'm perfectly content with Sirius and will be for a very long time."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah, I love him a lot and I don't want to do anything to ever hurt him. I think that he might just be, you know, the one."
"What?? You guys have only been going out for like 4 months."
"That's plenty of time to tell! I love him sooo much. I've never loved a guy as much as I love him."
"Well, I hope he is the one. You guys are like perfect for each other."
"Yeah me too."
Poor Susie, stuck dancing with a dud. Hehe, I hate when that happens! So please review and I'll get the next chapter up cause I already have it written up to Chapter 16!
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