Practice

"Cass throw it to John. Then John do a double cross over throw the quaffle behind you and Mike will be there to catch it and then Mike chuck it to Cass and she will put it in. Now go!" James said at practice the next day. They did it flawlessly, like always. They were one of the best teams Hogwarts had had in years. The cup was there's. "OK you guys bring it in." They all landed in the middle of the field and gathered around their leader. "OK great practice today. Those snakes have got nothing on us." They all laughed and jeered at that "So, practice again tomorrow at the same time and then no practice the next day. I want everyone to get a good nights rest that night. So see ya all tomorrow." James called practice to an end and they all started walking to the locker room.

"James. Can I talk to you for a sec?" Cassie asked right after practice. James stopped and listened to her intently thinking it was about the game. Cassie laughed at him "Chill captin'. So what are you planning for Lil on Saturday?" Cassie asked trying not to be to serious, but instead wiggled her eyebrows and said it light heartedly. She didn't want her best friend to get hurt. James not sure what to think about her question just gave her a weird look. "Come on Potter. She's my best friend and so are you. What do you think you are doing? Messing with her like this?" She asked again. This time James looked at her and started to walk away. "James." She laughed running to catch up with him, "Wait a second. Seriously now."

"Listen Cassie," spinning around to face her, "not that it is any of your damn business. But I really like Lily. I have for awhile. So this isn't a joke and I am not messing with her. I like her." James replied sternly to her. Cassie just looked at him with consideration. "What do I have something on my face or something? Squashed fly on my goggles. What?"

"I believe you. I really believe you. Just James...if you hurt her I will make your life a living hell for the rest of your life." Cassie said all of this with a smile and then skipped to the showers. All James could do was stare after her as went off the field.

Cassie didn't know what hit her, literally right after she walked out of the girls locker room. However, she did recognize those lips...and god help her... how she missed them. She didn't know how long they stood there kissing each other...actually, she didn't really even care. All that she knew was that it felt so good to be back in Sirius Black's arms. Even though she got hurt every year by him, she still found herself back at this same spot. No strings attached just pure lust and supposed fun by being with Sirius, the player and heart breaker. And she was sick of it. She told herself she would not fall for Sirius Black again this year. But she already knew it was too late. She would always be in love with him. She just had to realize she could never have him, his heart, and it broke her own heart in two. She didn't realize it but she was crying. "Cassie what are these tears for." He then proceeded to kiss them all off her face "Come here baby what's the matter." He then hugged her hard, hard enough that she could feel his heart beating against her cheek. He then said in a staggered voice next to her ear, "God how I have missed you." And hugged her tighter. She don't know what hit her then. But all she could think was he didn't have to miss her. That he could have sent her an owl. Or came to visit her and not have broken her heart again last year by flirting with all those girls right in front of her and even kissing them. At that moment she decided Sirius Black would not rule her last year at Hogwarts that she would not let him throw her into another whirlwind relationship again.

"NO! NO!" Cassie yelled and pushed away from him. Throwing him a little off balanced and not just physically.

"No what! Jesus Cass what the hell is your problem this year. I tell you I missed you and you scream 'No' at me. I kissed you and you kissed me back. Make up your freakin mind!" He yelled back at her.

"I have. And I told you my answer countless of times. I'm not doing this again so just deal with it go find someone else to bug Black."

"Ahhh...but you're my favorite person to bug and I know you missed me as much as I missed you." He tried to grab her hand and pull her closer to him but she just moved farther away.

"No! You listen!" Cassie said back to him with fresh tears coming to her eyes. Sirius looked as if the world were coming down around him. He didn't know what to do when a girl cried but he did know he didn't like it he felt helpless and all he wanted to do was make her feel better. "Come on now. knock that shit off. no tears." he tried to say light heartedly.
"Well your the one that caused them Sirius." she replied. He then then tried to hold her again but she just backed away more. "No. Don't touch me. Please just don't." she said in a quiet and almost scared voice with tears fulling from her deep brown eyes. "I can't do this again Sirius." she tried to say collectively wipping tears off her face, "I can't go through this with you again. I told you last year I loved you and you went and made out with Jenna Carter not even 24hrs later." She shook her head and laughed softly and sadly to herself. "I would have given you every thing you ever wanted and you threw it back at me Sirius." She walked past him alittle but still kept talking. he just stood there and listened to her. "You know I was so happy when ever I was with you. We seemed so perfect, like it was ment" she turned around to face him "...and you didn't give a shit about it." She said this angrily and with force, "You didn't give a shit about me or us...you threw us away...you didn't even want to give us a chance. And that I don't think I can ever forgive you for. So," clearing her throat and wipping her eyes, "I'm going to go back to my room now. And I don't want you to follow me and I don't want you to kiss or touch " and she said in a softer voice now with new tears coming down her face "or make me fall in love with you again." They both knew it was a lie right when it came out of Cassie's mouth but neither commented on it. Cassie then turned away from him and started to walk away.

"Cassie, were 17." Sirius said calling after here back. "We don't even know what love is yet. How can you just through words like that around." Sirius said in a shaky voice to her trying to make the whole discussion now light hearted. "Come on. Let's go get something to drink and talk about this. We can have fun again. You said you had fun with me. Come on. It can be like before. Fun." Cassie stopped and turned around and walked right back over to him. She stood right in front of him and looked deep into his eyes. She put her arms around his neck then and rose up her face to him and gave him the gentlest most pure kiss he had ever received.

"I can't do that. Because we had that." That was all she said to him. She then turned around and walked away. And it was the scariest feeling he had ever felt in his whole entire life