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Memories

Part 1: Dance

"Loretta! Get your daughter o turn that crap off!"

A woman with pale brown hair and golden eyes looked up at her neighbor's window to see the old woman pointing upwards. Loretta followed the direction of her hand to see her daughter's wide open window, the curtains flying out of it in the breeze.

Sighing, Loretta put down her spade and small hoe and slowly stood up while pulling off her thick gloves in the process. Walking quickly, she opened the door to her large suburban home and quickly made her way up the stairs and to the third door on the right of the landing. Seeing that it was open, she looked in and smiled at the sight greeting her eyes of her daughter and her young friends laughing and enjoying their weekend off from school. There was some band playing loudly on the muggle radio in the corner, and Rhia was dancing to the music with one of her friends, Michael, she believed his name was, a large smile of bright white teeth and happy thoughts spread across her face. Loretta leaned against the frame and smiled to herself, thinking how much her daughter reminded her of herself when she was that age, and theyoung manwho had brought her out of her shell and helped her to become who she was.

"Oy! Loretta! Dance with me!"

Loretta looked up form her history book to see one of her older brother's friends coming across the room and reaching for her. Smiling shyly, she shook her head in response and pulled her legs under her as the young man leaned in close to her chair.

"Come on," he said, black eyes shining, "It's fun."

Loretta just shook her head and buried it in her book, hoping he didn't notice that he was causing her to blush.

"Leave her alone, Sirius, she doesn't want to," spoke up her brother's soft, authorative voice.

Sirius just threw his friend an annoyed look and pulled the book from Loretta's hands.

"Hey!" she cried, reaching for it as he pulled it away and threw it into a corner. "I was reading that!"

"No you weren't, you were getting up to dance with me," Sirius replied, taking her outstretched hands and pulling her forward off her seat.

She stumbled as her feet hit the floor, and Sirius caught her expertly, keeping her form completely falling on her face. He smiled down at her as she looked up at him with an annoyed expression. "I was reading Sirius."

"So?" he asked, placing on of her hands at his back and the other in his palm. "You can study alter. Right now I want you to dance with me."

Loretta frowned. "There's no music."

Sirius grinned and pulled his wand out of his pocket to point it at the small wizard radio that he had put in the corner of the room ages ago. It turned on and the loud music of a popular wizard singing group came on. He grinned down at Loretta. "Now there is."

"I have a test tomorrow," she replied, pulling away and starting to walk to her book to retrieve it.

Sirius grabbed her hand pulled her close to him, quickly stepping along with the beat. "Come on. I like this song."

"You always like this kind of song," Loretta said, trying to pull away.

Sirius kept his grip on her. "Yeah, but I like it even better because I'm dancing with you."

Loretta looked up at him sharply, a questioning frown on her face. Sirius grinned down at her warmly and said, "Just once, than I'll let you study."

Loretta sighed. "Just once?"

Sirius nodded. "Just once. One song and I'll leave you alone."

Loretta sighed in defeat, letting Sirius pull her along to the beat. "Alright. One song. And that's it."

"Excellent." Sirius replied, pulling her close and leading her into the steps of a waltz as the students of the common room looked on with smiles. Some of them even began to dance with partners of their own, while others just lightly bobbed their heads to the music.

And the whole time, Sirius looked at Loretta with a bright smile on his face.

Loretta sighed as the memory faded away. I danced more than once with him that day. The bloke never did let me get back to my studying. Shaking her head softly at her old friend's antics, she quickly walked into the room and shut the radio off.

"Mom!" Rhia complained, her friend Michael next to her with a startled look on his face. "We were listening to that!"

"I know." Loretta walked over to the window and shut it. "But Mrs. Kensy's complaining. You shouldn't have it that loud."

Rhia just grumbled and one of her friends suggested that they go down to the local alley and see what was for sale at the joke shop. Seeing that Loretta wouldn't object, Rhia quickly grabbed her coat and they ran off, young and happy, and oblivious to the fact that they were reminding Loretta so much of herhandsome friend that she had had so long ago.

A/n: It's my first HP fic, it just popped into my head while doing some reading. I know I should be updating my other stuff. I'm a horrible person. It's short, but it's supposed to be. The whole setup is basically this woman and the things that make her remember Sirius and the past. Um….Yeah, that's about it for now. More later, I promise. Thanks.

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