Ginny was thankful when she found out Peter was leaving, for the holiday. It felt like something was lifted off her shoulders. She was sad when Lily left, though. Ginny would be the only girl there. She was sitting in a chair in front of the fire. She had been quite cold. She stared into the flames. Completely forgetting what Myrtle had told her, Ginny wanted to go home. She kind of missed her brothers and Hermione, but most of all Harry.
"Hey," Sirius said behind her. He sat down on the floor next to the chair Ginny was sitting in. Ginny pushed her chair back and slid down on the floor across from Sirius.
"Hi," she said. "What's up?"
"Oh, nothing." He smiled and looked into her eyes. She looked back into his brown eyes. They were silent for a few minutes, and then Sirius asked, "Did you like what James told you about our pranks?"
"Yeah," Ginny said, "they're clever. My brothers are good at pranks too. They are going to open up a joke shop." Sirius and Ginny sat there talking for a while.
"Wait here," Sirius said suddenly running up to his dormitory. He came down with a cloak. "Come on. I want to show you something." He took her hand and led her out of the common room. "Put this over your head," he said giving her the cloak. She put it over her head and Sirius slipped under also. "Let's go," he whispered, "Follow me." Ginny followed Sirius through a few different corridors. They took a few turns, left and right, until they were finally at a door. "Alohamora," Sirius said waving his wand at the door. It unlocked. Before opening the door, Sirius took off the cloak. Ginny smoothed her hair. Sirius opened the door.
Inside were about a thousand little house elves running around. There stoves, pantries full of food, and freezers. Wow I've never been in here before.
"It's nothing big," Sirius said. "Are you hungry?"
"Now I am."
"Sirius is back!" a house elf squealed.
"Hello Sirius. What would you like?" a house elf asked him politely. Sirius bent down and whispered something in the house elf's ear. While he spoke to the house elf, Ginny followed his hand reach into his pocket. He pulled out a few socks, and put it in the elf's hands. "Yes, sir!" the house elf said when he finished. Sirius gave Ginny a mysterious smile. Ginny felt like melting in her shoes.
"And then I lit of a dung bomb in Grant's classroom. You should have seen his face! It was priceless!" Sirius was telling Ginny about some of his pranks. They were at a table that the house elves had set up. There was a candle in the middle and they each had a plate of food. "So," Sirius said, "enough about me. Let's talk about you. What's Canada like?"
"Canada?" Ginny asked. She took a sip from her goblet, and then she began coughing. Good lord. Why do I have to choke now? She asked herself. She coughed some more, and couldn't stop.
"Are you ok?" Sirius asked with a concerned look on his face. Ginny nodded then took a sip of pumpkin juice. She held up one finger the hit her chest.
"I'm fine," she tried to say, but it just ended up sounding like more coughs.
"Raise your arms," Sirius said.
Ginny shook her head as if to say "What?"
"My grandma told me that. Raise your arms and you'll stop." Ginny raised her arms and began laughing and coughing at the same time. Soon her coughing died down and she began laughing.
"Thanks," she said, still laughing. Sirius grinned at her.
"Anytime." When he said that, Ginny wanted to cry. He sounded just like Harry. She missed Harry. "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine," she said giving him a plastered smile. "I just miss my friends. That's all."
Sirius slid on the bench next to her. He turned towards her. She looked down. He lifted her chin. "You're really beautiful." Ginny blushed.
She opened her mouth to say thank you but he put a finger to her lips. "Hush." Ginny knew what was coming next. Sirius leaned inward. Ginny closed her eyes. I have been waiting so long for this, Ginny thought. She had always wanted to be kissed by a boy. She leaned in but next didn't come a kiss.
"Ow," Sirius said. He pulled away and rubbed his nose.
"Oops," she said trying to hold in a laugh. "I'm so sorry."
"That's ok. Let's try again." The leaned in together and as soon as there lips met Ginny started to laugh. Sirius pulled back again.
"I'm sorry," Ginny apologized, through her laughter. She swallowed and tried to keep a strait face. "I won't laugh again. Sorry. Let's go again." They leaned in towards each other. There lips met. But this kiss wasn't how Ginny imagine it would be. She thought fireworks would go off in her head, but they didn't. It was so bland. Sirius tasted like the spaghetti he had eaten. She didn't pull away because she knew Sirius wanted the kiss. She suddenly felt a tear fall down her cheek. She wanted Harry. Or maybe she wanted James.
Finally Sirius pulled away. She looked down, quickly wiping away the tear. When she looked up Sirius was smiling.
"Wow," he said.
"Can we go back now?" Ginny asked.
"Yeah sure. Anything you want." Sirius said his good-byes to the house elves. They put the cloak back on and walked back to the common room.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. J.K. Rowling owns the characters, and I did not make up the plot. It's been done like a thousand times before.
A/N: Whew. That one was kind of hard. I was originally going to have James take Ginny to the kitchen, but then I got an idea and decided it would be better if Sirius did. Oh yeah, just to clear up some things, Sirius BORROWED the cloak from James. Just in case you didn't understand. Please review. Thanks!