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Chapter 46: To short for me
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Everyone was about to ask whom until they saw Bree enter the common room. Bree didn't look well at all. She was completely soaked from head to toe and it looked as if she was just outside in the storm. He make up was smeared and her eyes were extremely puffy.
"Hey," She said quietly.
"Oh my gosh!" Riley cried running forward and giving Bree a hug, "Are you alright?"
"Come and sit by the fire," James suggested as Remus conquered up some blankets and hot cocoa.
"Why aren't you in Paris?" Riley asked, sitting down next to Bree.
Bree rubbed her eyes, "I was a bit disappointed."
"Why?" Ashley asked concerned.
"Because the Eiffel tower was way shorter than I imagined." Bree laughed sadly, "It's just not a good time in my life to be in Paris."
"Not a good time?" James started but was elbowed by Lily.
"We're sorry, Bree," Lily said, giving her a hug, "Do you want to talk about it?"
"No," Bree shook her head, "I'm just going to get to sleep."
Everyone decided to call it a night as well and the girls helped drag Bree's trunk up the staircase.
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The next morning Bree woke up to an empty dorm. She was quite glad actually, because she didn't feel like talking to anyone in her dorm right about now. She didn't feel like explaining her feelings. Not now, anyway. So Bree continued on spending the rest of the morning in her dorm. She showered, cleaned up her trunk, and even got her potions essay out of the way. Finally, after hours of doing nothing, Bree decided she would finally face her friends and explain what happened. She lazily got dressed in jeans and a sweater and headed down the stairs, expecting everyone to be sitting in the common room.
But when she made it to the end of the stairs she realized she was very wrong. The whole common room was empty. Empty, except for one. Bree spotted Sirius laying on the couch and quickly turned around. She was willing to talk to anyone…anyone but him.
"You can't hide up there forever, Livingston." Sirius called, his eyes still closed.
Bree cursed silently and against her own pride, she turned back around.
"I'm not hiding," She glared, "I was going to go get my Transfiguration book."
"Doing homework?" Sirius asked, finally opening his eyes, "You can think of a better lie than that."
Bree crossed her arms over her chest, "What are you doing down here?"
"Trying to get some sleep." Sirius replied, "Peter was congested last night and I couldn't give five minutes rest."
"Oh," Bree sighed, sitting down in an armchair, "Where have the others gone to?"
"Well, Lily and James are off snoging," Sirius replied.
"Snoging?"
"Yeah, they started dating at the beginning of break."
"Great to see I'm well informed while I'm away." Bree replied sarcastically. "What about Riley, Ashley, Remus, anyone?"
"Last I saw Ashley and Remus were spatting about something and they left and Riley mentioned something about going to see a Ravenclaw friend."
"And Peter?"
Sirius shrugged, not wanting to tell Bree about what he really thought of Peter lately, "Who knows these days."
"Oh." Bree said quietly, "So you're just going to sit here like a lazy ass all day?"
Sirius glared at Bree, "I guess so. Why do you give a bloody hell anyway?"
"You're so immature." Bree said shaking her head and standing up, "I'm going to get some lunch."
"Too late." Sirius replied, "Lunch ended twenty minutes ago."
Bree let out an annoyed scream, "Fine, I'll find something else to do away from here!"
"You want to know what's funny?" Sirius asked just as she was reaching the portrait, "I didn't expect after this for you to go back to hating me."
"After what, Black?" she spat.
"Back to using last names I see," he said sitting up, "Why don't you just admit you're afraid."
"Afraid of what?" she said putting her hands on her hips, "I'm not afraid of anything."
"You're afraid of liking me back," Sirius replied, looking right into her eyes, "And you're afraid I'll hurt you like Balmos did."
"I'm not afraid of that!" she cried, "I'm very independent, you terrible boys don't get to me!"
"I just want to let you know," Sirius said standing up and leaning in so they were only an inch apart, "Balmos and I aren't very different. We are both destined to be a back stabbing Slytherin. The difference? I changed that. He didn't."
With that Sirius moved around Bree and left the common room.
"Ugh!" she kicked the couch, knowing that Sirius was right. She started towards the girls' staircase but quickly changed her mind and hurried out the portrait only to meet Sirius, standing right next to it.
"I thought you were never going to realize I was right," Sirius said stretching, "You took a lot longer than I thought you would. Shame on you, Livingston."
"Shut it, Black," Bree replied, "I didn't come out here to admit you were right. I came out here to…"
"To what?" Sirius grinned.
"To…" Bree pondered, "To ask if you wanted to get some food."
"I just ate," he smiled and put his arm around her shoulders in a friendly way, "But for you, Livingston, I'll eat forever."
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"Just admit it, Ashley!" Remus yelled angrilly.
"No I wont, because it's not true!" she replied storming off.
"What's going on out here?" Riley asked, turning the corner and spotting Ashley and Remus fighting in the corridor.
"Nothing." Ashley glared at Remus and put her arms over her chest.
"Ashley and Remus fighting?" Riley giggled, trying to act surprised, "What has caused this commotion?"
"Ashley basically told me that the only reason why she stayed here for break was to check up on me and now that she knows she's caught she wont admit it!" Remus glared.
"To check up?" Riley asked confused, "Ashley, who do you think he'd cheat on you with? The knights in the corridors?"
"Not cheat," Remus replied, "To watch me."
"Watch?" Riley asked, still confused.
"To make sure I'm alright," Remus hinted, "Everyday."
"Oh!" Riley cried finally understanding, "Ashley, Remus has been transforming all his life, there's no need to worry."
"It's not that," Ashley struggled.
"Then what is it?" Remus sighed.
"It's…er…alright!" she cried, "So I was a little worried about it? What's the big deal?"
"Because you could've gone to Scotland with your family and instead you're here!" Remus replied hugging her, "I feel like it's my fault why you're not out having a great break."
Ashley smiled, "You think I have a terrible break with you?"
"Aw, that's the way I like to see my favorite couple!" Riley smiled happily as they hugged, "Come on, let's go start another snowball fight before the snow melts."
"Riley, I doubt the snow is going anywhere any time soon," Ashley laughed as they all left the corridor.
"You never know," Riley shrugged happily.
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