Chapter 10- The Arrival

SIRIUS'S POV

"Come on lazy head! Don't you want to meet your cousin?" Jessica laughed, pulling me along to the front of Hogwarts.

"No." I grouched. My cousin was not one of my favorite people in the world. He was on the list of people I hated in fact. But, he WAS family. So there we were, waiting. The Marauders and Jessica and friends. We waited for a long time, and finally he came. Rich, charming, handsome, everything a girl loves. I hate him with all my heart.

"Sirius." He nodded politely. I grinded my teeth.

"Leonardo." I glanced coldly at him.

He was always so polite, so charming. My mother cried over the day she had me and not him. Leonardo Bloedel had dark hair, like me, but his eyes were a brilliant shade of blue instead of brown. He was tall. Very tall. Hunky even.

God I freaking hate that guy. I felt unsafe around him. He seemed so bad on the inside. I shuddered.

"Hi Leonardo." My girlfriend reached to shake his hand. I was shaking with anger. How dare he touch her!

James, Remus, Peter, Lily, Sharrie, and Serena all came up and shook his hand, saying their greetings.

I could tell he was faking the niceness. I never saw him any more polite then this, and I felt that he was evil. Working for the dark-lord even, perhaps.

"Well come on, we have to sort you."

"Ok. Lead me on. Haha." He chuckled.

We walked into the dinning room.

"Welcome Leonardo!" Dumbledore greeted us. Some girls were flashing Leonardo flirtious looks, and he was winking at them.

"I have the Sorting Hat ready for you. Please slip in onto your head, and relax."

He sat there for some while, and finally the hat shouted, "SLYTHERIN!"

I knew it. Some of my friends looked taken aback. They thought he was good, that he would get into Gryfindor. Yeah right. He was pure evil.

Leonardo walked to the Slytherin table, where the Slytherin girls were gasping and fainting and giggling their hearts out. All the girls in the school were.

Lucious Malfoy was grinning crazily, and Severus Snape was gleefully patting his back. Talking with the enemy eh? I growled deeply. Jessica looked at my face and laughed.

"Why do you hate him so much?" She asked.

"I have a feeling about him."

"He seems very nice to me."

"Yeah but…"

"Yeah but what? He's your cousin!"

"Grrrrrr…."

SHARRIE'S POV

He was so cute! I looked at him, joking and chatting with the Slytherins.

"Sigh."

"What are you? Lovestruck?" Lily and Serena grinned.

"I don't know." I furiously blushed. Leonardo was so handsome. All the girls in the whole school were fluttering their eyes at him, even more than Sirius, and I'm saying a lot by that.

He saw me looking at him, and winked. The dark-haired boy walked over to me.

"Hello pretty." He said.

"Hi." I mumbled, looking at the ground.

"Want to go with me to the Valentines Dance? I heard about it from the Slytherins."

"O…Ok." I muttered, feeling my cheeks turn into a pink shade. He was taller than me, and his deep voice was warm.

Girls gave me evil looks. 'Great' I thought. 'Here comes the hate mail.'

He walked slowly back to the Slytherin table, his muscular arms swaying back and forth. I looked at his back. 'Oh my gawd. He asked ME. Over all the girls in this school, he chose ME!'

Sirius glanced at him wearily.

"Be careful Sharrie. That one's a bad boy."

I took no notice of his warning.

JESSICA'S POV

I sighed.

"Sirius, be nicer to your cousin!"

"No." He shook his head arrogantly.

"Well, at least don't be mean to him."

"Fine. But that doesn't mean I have to be nice to him either."

"Right." I said.

I can't wait until the Ball!