Sorry it took me so long to update! I know this chapter is short, ill try to make the next one longer, i promise :)
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Hermione awoke to sunlight streaming through the window, tumbling across the rumpled silken sheets that entangled her and a still-sleeping Sirius. She could hear his rhythmic breathing and felt his arm around her waist. Hermione slowly turned, so as to not wake Sirius, and propped her head up on an elbow, gazing at the sleeping man beside her.
She smiled as he grunted in his sleep and shifted onto his back, opening his eyes. Suddenly a little self conscious, and aware of the headache slowly revving up, Hermione gave him a slight smile and lay back down on the pillow, her face an inch from his. Sirius reached over and brushed the hair away from her face. "Your hair is a mess" The gravely voice filled with sleep could not hide the playful tone from Hermione.
She lifted a hand to give him a well deserved swat, but a sharp pain in her head and a wave of sickness made her groan and roll her face into her pillow. Sirius raised himself up on both elbows and rolled her back over, looking concerned. "Is it bad?" He asked. Hermione whimpered, shielding her eyes from the bright light of the window.
Sirius reached for his wand on the bedside table, wincing a little as his own head prickled with discomfort. He pointed the wand at Hermione and muttered a hangover removing spell, then pointed at himself and performed it again. The symptoms gradually stopped and Hermione cautiously peeked out from behind her arm at the bright room.
As her hangover slowly left, self consciousness took its place. Sirius was laying back down, gazing into her eyes, a slight smile playing across his lips. She smiled nervously and looked away at the clock. "Oh my god! It's already 11!" She gasped, moving to sit up. Sirius put out an arm and pulled her back down. "Relaaaax. No one is going to be up for a while." noticing her nervous expression he added "and no one will know you're in here, they won't be able to break your friggin impossible locking charm on your door, or mine."
She relaxed a little and Sirius brought her in for a long kiss. He broke apart, one hand on the side of her face, looking down at her. She looked beautiful in the morning light. Beautiful, but a little nervous. He asked the question he had been dreading to ask, afraid of what the answer might be.
"Are you regretting last night?" Brushing her hair with his fingers he looked questioningly down at her as she bit her lip, and thought for a minute. She finally answered, a wave of relief washing over Sirius as she smiled up at him. "No, I don't regret it" she replied, still smiling softly up at him.Sirius had been afraid she would be upset, or angry, andfor that he wouldhave alwaysfelt guilty. She was different than any girl he had ever been with, and he wanted this to last.
He smiled back and leaned in for another kiss. They laid back down, Sirius pulling her head to rest just under his chin. He felt her stiffen slightly and frowned. Damn it. It looked like he would have to talk about his damn feelings after all. There was no question about whether she was worth it or not, but nevertheless he was not the type of guy able to open up at will.
Sirius lifted Hermione's chin up slightly, her brown gaze meeting his. "Hermione I'm not really sure how to say this, but I know I should. I have a bit of a reputation," (Hermione snorted) "I'm not the type to talk about feelings and all that crap, but I want you to know that I really do care about you, and I want this relationship to last. That is, if you want it to" He added quickly, once again slightly concerned.
His stomach clenched, if she refused him after all that 'sharing', he didn't know if he could take it. Sure he was more mature than other guys, he was after all an 18 year old with 40 years life experience, but that didn't mean he had lost his ego along with his age. However, his worry was for nothing.
Hermione's shock at seeing this sensitive side of Sirius slowly wore off, and she glowed. She had been a little nervous that she had been just another one of Sirius's one-night-stands. But she felt the same way about him that he had just (shockingly) expressed for her, and immediately relaxed back into his embrace.
"I do want this to last, I really do." She answered, sighing happily. But a feeling of dread and guilt briefly washed over her as she thought of Harry, and Ron. "But we can't tell anyone, yet." She added, looking back up at Sirius. "I don't think Harry or Ron would take it too well, and I don't want to be the cause of any hard feelings between you three."
Sirius smiled and reached up to ruffle her hair. "Yeah, you're probably right. When should we break it to them? Because I don't know how I'll be able to keep my hands off you..." He pounced on the unsuspecting Hermione, tickling her. She tried to fend him off, laughing loudly and she protested in between gasps of laughter. "Siriu- hahaha! Oh! Sto-o-op! Heehee!" She rolled off the bed, pulling the sheet with her.
She wrapped it about her naked body, still giggling, inwardly shocked at these different and unsuspected emotional outbursts she had witnessed from him. She had always thought of him as the dark and brooding silent type. But she liked this side, his unguarded carefree side.
He grinned, leaning on one arm, completely comfortable and confident in his undressed, and now uncovered, state. "Well if you wanted to see me naked again you could've just asked" he told her, grinning madly. Momentarily flustered, Hermione regained her composure and held her head up in mock defiance.
"I am taking a shower" She told him, exaggerating the motions ofhiding her eyes from the naked Sirius, who remained on the bed as she walked towards the bathroom. She felt a tug on the sheet and shrieked as it slipped off. She ran the last few steps into the bathroom, pausing to stick her head out the door, and her tongue out at the laughing Sirius, the sheet gripped firmly in his hand.