Chapter 9

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"Ok I can understand the prefects asking everyone in their houses….but how did we wind up planning and decorating for this stupid dance." Sabrina complained.

"Well look on the bright side…it's easier decorating now then it was for you're Christmas party…least you can use magic." Remus said.

"Oh yeah." Sabrina said. All eight of the prefects plus the head boy and girl were in the great hall. They got excused from classes to put up decorations for the dance.

"So…did he ask you?" Remus asked.

"If you're talking bout Sirius…no." Sabrina said. "Haven't talked to him for a while actually."

"Actually…now that I think about it…he hasn't really mentioned you since about a week after you guys got back from holidays." Remus said.

"Really?" Sabrina said, failing to sound like it didn't bother her as much as it really did.

"Maybe you should go talk to him." Remus said. "I'm pretty sure nine people with magical powers can finish up the decorating." Sabrina looked around.

"You sure bout that?" She said. Remus looked around and noticed some of the other prefects messing around with the tinsel. "I'll ask him afterwards…we're almost done anyways."

Sirius sat very lazy like in a chair next to the fire in the Gryffindor common room. He was slouched down, his right foot on his left knee and his hands in between his legs.

"She said yes." James said, coming over with Peter. "I can't belief it."

"What?" Sirius asked, looking away from the fire and at his friends.

"Lilly…she said yes to going to the dance with me." James said.

"Is she feeling alright?" Sirius asked, raising an eyebrow.

"That's what I asked." Peter said. "She just laughed and nodded then said she'd meet James here when it was time to go to the great hall."

"Well…what do ya know." Sirius said.

"What bout you Padfoot?" James asked.

"What bout me?" Sirius said, looking back at the fire.

"You going tonight?" James asked.

"No." Sirius said.

"Why not?" Peter asked. "Even I'm going. Sabs set me up with Chantal."

"Because." Sirius said.

"No one wanna go with you?" James asked. "That's hard to believe since a lot of the girls in this school like ya."

"So? I just don't wanna go…lay off Prongs." Sirius said.

"What happened?" James asked. "You and Sabs were pretty nicey nice but you two haven't talked or even talked about each other for a few weeks now."

"I said lay off." Sirius said, getting up and leaving.

Sabrina and Remus left the great hall laughing. Sabrina caught sight of Sirius leaving the castle.

"Hey Remus…I'll see ya later ok." She said. Remus looked a little confused but nodded and headed up to the common room. Sabrina ran outside and saw Sirius sitting alone near the edge of the forest. He didn't see her and, since it was dark, she turned into the leopard and crept up on Sirius. He jumped when he first saw her and she tackled him before turning back into herself.

"What's up?" Sirius asked.

"Well…right now…" Sabrina said. "I'm up…if you look at things from your point of view." She looked down at Sirius before sitting up. "Remus said you haven't talked about me for a while now."

"And…" Sirius said, propping himself up on his elbows.

"I wanna know what gives." Sabrina said. "We haven't even talked to each other."

"Just thought you didn't want us to seem to nice to each other." Sirius said coldly. Sabrina suddenly understood.

"Well…" She said. "Maybe I shouldn't have turned down those 5 guys that asked me just because I was wondering…actually…to say things truthfully…I was hoping you'd ask me…but I guess not." Sabrina stood up and left.

"Oh…fuck." Sirius said, getting up and following behind slowly.

Lilly sat on Sabrina's bed while Sabrina was kneeling behind her to do her hair.

"I can't believe you said yes to James." Sabrina said.

"I know…neither do I." Lilly said. "But he promised to behave."

"I told you to give him a chance." Sabrina said. She finished off Lilly's hair then sat next to her.

"Ok you're turn." Lilly said.

"I told you I'm not going." Sabrina said.

"Oh yes you are." Lilly said. She kneeled behind Sabrina and put her hair in a French braid. "Besides…you're parents got you those really beautiful dress robes…I so want to see you in them."

"Fine…I never win in argues with you anyways so why am I even bothering." Sabrina said. She changed and the girls did their make-up and went down to the common room to meet James.

"Just go mate." James said. "There are gonna be tons of girls there who would die to dance with you."

"Is there anyway I'm gonna win this argument?" Sirius asked.

"Nope…get changed…I'll see you there." James said, leaving the dorm. He saw Lilly and Sabrina standing at the bottom of the stairs.

"Hey." Lilly said.

"Hi…am I going with both of you?" James asked. "Cause that would make me happy." Lilly and Sabrina both laughed.

"Looks like." Sabrina said.

"Well then…let's get going." James said, holding out his arms. Lilly took his right one and Sabrina took his left. They walked down to the great hall talking and laughing.

They sat with Remus, Meagan, Peter and Chantal. Lilly and James danced a lot but Sabrina got to dance with all three guys at one point of time. After a while the guys went to get food, leaving the four girls alone to talk and…well…be girls.

"I thought for sure you'd be here with Sirius." Meagan said. She had dark hair that had purple streaks in it. She and Chantal were sisters so they had the same hair colour cept Chantal had blue streaks.

"Yeah…me too…didn't he ask you?" Chantal asked.

"Nope." Sabrina said. She didn't mind being with the girls but the fact that she was just there because Lilly made her made things just a little more awkward.

"Hey…there he is." Meagan said. Everyone looked where she was pointing. There was Sirius, leaning against a wall with at least five girls surrounding him. He looked really bored and his eyes were scanning the crowd. "I think someone should save him." There was no doubt who Meagan had in mind.

"Fine." Sabrina said, getting up and walking over to Sirius and the girls. "Excuse me girls…gotta borrow Mr. Black for a while." She ignored them and pulled Sirius away from the girls.

"Thanks." He said.

"No problem." Sabrina said, glancing at the girls. "Uh…I think we have an audience."

"Wanna dance then?" Sirius asked. Sabrina looked at him then nodded. He took her hand and led her to the dance floor when a slow song suddenly came on.

"I don't get it…why aren't those two together?" Meagan asked as they all (her, Chantal, Lilly, James, Remus and Peter) watched Sabrina and Sirius dance.

"They are." James said.

"I mean like all the time…yeah their together right now but…I don't know." Meagan said.

"Yeah…their so good together." Chantal said. "Why aren't they dating?"

"Could be the fact that Sabrina never really liked Sirius." Lilly said. "After all…he is an obnoxious playboy."

"Hey!" James said.

"I was talking about Sirius." Lilly said.

"I know but he's my best friend." James said. "Ok…enough talking about Padfoot and Sabs." He grabbed Lilly and pulled her to the dance floor. She didn't object which everyone saw as a good sign.

"We gonna be able to talk?" Sirius said.

"About what?" Sabrina asked.

"About what happened…outside." Sirius said.

"It's nothing ok…" Sabrina said, stopping all movement.

"You said you wanted me to ask you and you pretty much said that you would have said yes." Sirius said. "But there was also when we got back from holidays…you saying that we were supposed to go back to the way we were before leaving the school." He let his hands drop from where they were on Sabrina's waist.

"Yeah…but I didn't mean for like…the whole time…just for a while…or…something." Sabrina said, looking really confused. "Look…I'm only here because Lilly told me to come…and you're only here because James told you to come…Lilly didn't say anything about how long I'm supposed to stay." With that, Sabrina walked around Sirius, weaved her way through the crowd and headed up the marble staircase. Sirius would have gone after her but practically instantly, the same girls that were surrounding him before, surrounded him now.

"Ok…give it up Sas." Molly said. "It's been two weeks since that damned dance. Now every time you see Sirius you try to get away. What gives?"

"Yeah…you guys were so…nice…and stuff for a while." Lilly said.

"Yeah…then he had to ruin it all." Sabrina said. Lilly sighed. She hated seeing Sabrina like this…and she had known her…forever practically. They heard a tapping on the window behind them and Sabrina turned ad saw her owl there. She opened the window and the owl fluttered inside and landed on her knee.

"Uh oh." Lilly said. They all knew what the letter would mean. Sabrina took the letter off the owl's leg.

"Go back to the owlery girl." She said. Her owl ruffled its feathers and took flight out the window. Sabrina opened the letter, her eyes scanned it before she quickly handed it to Lilly. Before Lilly could read it, James, Sirius, Peter and Remus all entered the common room.

"Hey." James said, giving Lilly a kiss on the cheek. Sabrina was looking at her hands; her hair fell over her shoulders, blocking her face from view. Lilly guessed she was crying, seeing as how Sabrina always made sure her hair hid her face when she did cry. "What's the letter?" James' voice brought Lilly back to reading the letter.

"A letter from Sas' parents." Molly said.

"What's it say?" Remus asked. They had all heard about Sabrina's grandmother being sick.

"Uh…" Lilly scanned the page quickly and her jaw dropped. "Her grandmother…she died…last night."

"Bloody hell." James said. They all jumped slightly when Sabrina suddenly stood up. Lilly's suspicions were conformed when she saw that Sabrina's cheeks were wet and her eyes were red. Sabrina went up to her dorm.

"Someone should talk to her." Molly said.

"One of you two." Peter said. "We can't go up there."

"Bullshit." Lilly said. "You guys always manage it." Everyone's heads turned to look at Sirius.

"What? I'm not going up there." Sirius said.

"It's least likely she'll throw something at you then at one of us." Lilly said. "Besides…me and Molly don't wanna go upstairs yet."

"Yeah…that and you're the only one that would actually bounce back or dodge if she throws something at you." Molly said.

"Gee…thanks." Sirius said. He sighed. "Fine…I'll bloody well go up there." He slowly stood up and actually made it up the stairs to Sabrina, Lilly and Molly's dorm. "Sabs?" He saw her lying on her stomach on her bed. Sirius slowly walked over to her and sat down gingerly on the edge of the bed. He noticed Sabrina was looking in a photo album, most pictures of her with an elder woman that Sirius guessed was the recently deceased grandmother.

"Why do people have to die?" Sabrina muttered.

"Not sure, pet." Sirius said, rubbing her back slightly. He wasn't sure what to do since he didn't really know how to comfort people. Sabrina sat up and Sirius looked at her before putting his arms around her and hugging her. He just really rubbed her back and rocked a little bit while Sabrina just cried. "Shhh…Sabs…uh…it'll…be ok…I think."

"They want me to come home for a week." Sabrina said when she calmed down a bit. "Which will mean we're gonna have to figure out how to get you to come too."

"Why?" Sirius asked.

"You're Snuffles remember." Sabrina said. "I go home without you and they'll get suspicious."

"Oh right." Sirius said. "Well…Easter holidays are coming soon…maybe we can go then." Sirius took sudden notice to exactly how close Sabrina was to him. He looked down at her.

"I'm sorry." Sabrina said.

"Uh…for what?" Sirius asked.

"For…I don't know…whatever." Sabrina said.

"You feeling alright?" Sirius asked.

"Sirius…I'm upset…the closest person to me has just died…totally in need of comfort here." Sabrina said.

"Yeah…" Sirius said. "And comfort is probably gonna turn into kissing…which would turn into something else since it's us…and I really don't want you waking up and regretting…whatever it is that we did."

"Why are you so smart?" Sabrina asked. Sirius stared at her. "Ok fine…you made you're point…I'll write mum and dad tomorrow and tell them we'll come home for Easter holidays."

"Alright…now you…" Sirius said, moving the photo album and lying Sabrina down. "Get some sleep."

"Not tired." Sabrina said, sitting up.

"Doesn't matter…sleep." Spike said.

"I don't want to." Sabrina said, shaking her head. Sirius grabbed her head to hold it still.

"Listen Sabs…you've been through some rough times right now." He said. "What you need is rest."

"Are you gonna stay with me?" Sabrina asked.

"I would…but Evans and Logan might not like the fact that I'm in here all night." Sirius said. Sabrina frowned, slightly mad at her friends. "I tell you what…if you can't sleep…just come on over to my dorm alright? The other guy there transferred schools after the holidays so it's just me, James, Peter and Remus. They wouldn't mind if you were there."

"Are you sure?" Sabrina asked.

"Yeah…and if they do mind…don't worry." Sirius said, pushing Sabrina's hair behind her ear and dropping one hand. "Just come over if you need to."

"Wouldn't you be mad if I woke you up?" Sabrina asked.

"If it's you? Nah." Sirius said. He kissed Sabrina's forehead. "Try getting some sleep Sabs alright?" Sabrina nodded. She lied down and Sirius left the dorm as Lilly and Molly came up.

Sirius and the other guys went to bed. The all fell asleep before Sirius did. He felt like he was asleep for…probably…20 minutes. He heard footsteps coming towards his bed. He opened his eyes when he heard Sabrina's voice. He pulled back the canopy around his bed and walked over to where Sabrina was standing.

"What's wrong Sabs?" Sirius asked.

"I…couldn't sleep." Sabrina said. Sirius was suddenly reminded of a little kid, having trouble sleeping and winding up sleeping with their parents.

"Wanna try sleeping here?" Sirius asked. Sabrina looked up at him. "Or not…we could go down to the common room."

"Here's good." Sabrina said. Sirius led her over to his bed and Sabrina sat down on it. Sirius sat next to her.

"So why can't you sleep?" He asked.

"All I could see was my grandma." Sabrina said. "Have you ever had one of those dreams where things are like so happy but yet so sad?"

"UH…don't think so." Sirius said.

"Their weird…you're lucky." Sabrina said. They wound up lying down and falling asleep. They got woken up by James and Remus.

"Awww look at them." James said in a high pitch girlie voice. "They are sooo cute."

"Shut up Prongs." Sabrina and Sirius said at the same time. Sirius threw his extra pillow at James and hit him in the face with it.

"Oh relax you two." Remus said. "Ho you feeling Sabs?"

"Dunno." Sabrina said, yawning. "Still tired…need sleep….go away."

"She can't say more then two words." James said.

"Go away now." Sabrina said. She fell back asleep pretty quickly.

"Want us to bring you food?" James asked Sirius.

"Yeah…seeing as how I'm not going anywhere." Sirius said, looking down at Sabrina who was half way on his chest. He didn't mind it really. He had his arm over her shoulders. James and Remus left. Sirius wound up falling back asleep again.


Nice little tender ending to this chapter.