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Lily knew before the sight had even registered in her mind what Nikki was staring at. Slowly she allowed her gaze to trace the path of Nikki's and what her eyes met she knew wasn't good.
Holy shit James whispered underneath his breath, a friend his arse!
Sirius and his bloody immaturity! Remus thought to himself wondering what the hell Sirius was playing at.
This can not be good thought Jenny.
Standing at the top of the stairs was a Hufflepuff who Jenny did not know though she could guess what kind of girl she was with her skirt rolled up mid thigh and the strap of her tank top sliding past her shoulder she had short spiky dark brown hair that seemed to be sticking out from all directions from what Jenny could only guess was… And behind her leaning out of the portrait hole was Sirius shirtless with his black hair sticking out more then James's sweat was glistening on his chest and his arm was wrapped mid torso around the Hufflepuff girl as they kissed heatedly.
Lily watched as the Hufflepuff's hand s wrapped around his neck drawing him closer, could they be anymore public?" She whispered to Jenny but was silenced when soft moans began to escape the Hufflepuff's lips "I spoke too soon."
"Ahhh hem" The entire group was jerked from their thoughts by Nikki's sudden gesture. The Hufflepuff's head jerked back at the sound and Lily could spot patches of red coming to her cheeks.
It took Sirius a minute to realize why Holly had stopped kissing him his eyes unglazing he looked around and took in the entirety of the situation and his eyes fell on Nikki. Was that jealousy in her eyes? Serves her right! She could wait another minute to get into the common room he caught Holly by the waist surprising her and pulled her close slowly and began to kiss her as he broke off the kiss he whispered in her ear he'd meet her later.
James watched as the Hufflepuff made her way back to the entrance hall swinging her hips from side to side.
Lily waited almost in fear of the shouting match that was sure to come but nothing ensued Nikki merely swung her bag over her shoulder and entered the common room without a sideways glance. Puzzled Lily and Jenny followed suit.
Later in the boys dormitory Sirius had retired to the shower and James was lying on his chest flipping through his potions text and scribbling down notes for his essay. Remus emerged from behind his bead hangings and shoved a pumpkin pastry into his mouth.
"Well" Remus said giving up on his essay and turning to his friend "I certainly wasn't expecting that."
"I was," James answered glancing at his friend "it's Sirius, you knew he wasn't just going to sit around and brood after her forever, he was eventually going to start seeing some other girl."
"No" said Remus stifling a laugh "the girl I expected, but the lack of confrontation was what I missed."
"I know" muttered James somehow I was expecting much more then that, it seemed as though she didn't even care, but by all rights she's the one seeing some other guy she really can't get mad at Sirius for seeing another girl, it just wouldn't make any sense."
"Mate" said Remus turning on his side "if life made any sense I wouldn't be a werewolf and the Slytherins' wouldn't be allowed within a foot of the ministry."
Lily sat doubled over a pile of books beside the lake as the cold November breeze nipped at her ears. She flicked her wand to create a shield around the small pile of embers that glowed around her and Jenny's potion's essays. "Do you think Nikki's still upset?" Jenny asked glancing up at Lily her blonde hair blowing around her face.
"Honestly" said Lily shutting her text and turning to her friend I think that she was more hurt then anything last night, it's not exactly easy to see somebody you care about with somebody else."
"You don't think she's given up on him have you?" Jenny pressed her concern for Nikki evident on her face as she drew her cloak closer to her body.
"I don't know what to think anymore" replied Lily "we'll just have to let them figure it out on their own time, and I'm sure they will. Brandon and Holly are just two minor interruptions in both of their lives right now, everything will work itself out. In the mean time you should really try to spend more time with Remus don't let the tension between Nikki and Sirius put a strain on you relationship."
Jenny laughed offhandedly "don't worry there's nothing wrong with us in that department." She assured Lily smiling "these potions ingredients however are a different thing."
Nikki lay sideways on her four-poster with her stereo playing dimly in the background. "Just when you think that life at Hogwarts couldn't get any more confusing" she mumbled to herself." Things definitely weren't going the way that she planned, at first it had been a desperate attempt to make Sirius jealous a quite obvious attempt at that, but when she saw that it wasn't working it had turned into an even more desperate attempt to get over him. Since when did my life start revolving around Black anyway? She thought it wasn't as if she loved him, it had been way too short to even begin to form love but still what had happened that day at Hogsmeade had left Nikki somewhat rattled. She had never imagined herself feeling such an emotional connection to Sirius, physical maybe she meant he was fit!
Now however she didn't know what to do. On one hand Brandon had been nothing but a gentlemen and even put up with her constant mentioning of Sirius, he was being patient with her and that was more then she could say for the rest of Hogwart's male population.
Aside from that she still couldn't bring herself to not think about Sirius and last night seeing him with that Hufflepuff a new feeling of jealousy had arisen inside of her, just when she thought she had gotten her feelings in tact. But it wasn't just her; she had seen the way Sirius had been looking at her while he kissed Holly. What was he playing at anyway? Was he trying to tease her?
Well one things for sure, she thought I can't take much more of these bloody guessing games, later on tonight after the quidditch match she would simply talk to him and sort this whole thing out, no matter how awkward the whole situation was. There was nothing wrong with talking to the guy was there? With a sense of resolution she picked herself up from her bed grabbed a towel and made her way to the dorm showers.
Sirius stepped out of the shower beads of water sliding down every curve of his body and gliding over every ridge of his torso. He leaned over and wiped away a patch of steam from the mirror and gazed at his own reflection. He towel dried his hair and wrapped his towel around his torso. Last night hadn't really done anything to boost his spirits, if anything Nikki's reaction had been downright hurtful. He could still remember the look on her face, completely impassive, she didn't seem to be phased at all.
Why should she be though? A voice in the back of his mind asked. You were never a couple, you've barely had two conversations outside of quidditch! You've never even paid attention to her until October of sixth year! Why should she care? You guys made out in Hogsmeade once and now you expect her to have feelings for you, get over yourself Black.
Sirius smiled to himself If only James could see me now. He raised his second towel to his head and dried his hair. Since when did school become so complicated? Since when was everything he did part of some game?
Sighing he pulled a pair of jeans around his waist and glanced at his own reflection he knew he liked Nikki but was that feeling worth acting on or was it just going to be another physical encounter? Truth be told Sirius was tired of every girl expecting him to be some sort of sex driven bloke, and he was tired of every girl who came to him just looking for a rush. Not that he hadn't enjoyed it at first but he had never let his relationships (if you could even call them that) get to that level something had always held him back. He wanted to be able to look back and see the first time that happened and smile and he knew that wasn't going to happen with just anybody, He wasn't saying he was in love with Nikki but he sure as hell was experiencing something he never had before.
Maybe he'd talk to her after the quidditch match, either way he had to do something. He sure as hell couldn't take much more of this.
With that he pulled his shirt over his head and with a sudden sense of foreboding remembered he had to meet Holly. Nikki's lips had been so much softer then her's and the way her hair felt when he ran his fingers through it was so much better then Holly's flipped out blonde hair.
Sirius sighed, maybe he was the one falling for Nikki, he knew that he found her attractive but he had found many other females at Hogwarts attractive so what made her so different?
Isn't it obvious Black? She's the female version of you.
AN: Ok next chapter is where everything falls into place, tell me what you thought.
