Chapter 20: Making Plans
Lily yawned as she sat down for dinner. Only three hours of sleep. Ridiculous. "Sleep well?" Sirius asked her sarcastically.
"Yes, thanks…" Lily answered with equal sarcasm as she listlessly poked at her food. 'Screw homework', she thought, 'I'm going to bed early tonight…' "Sorry we kept you up all night…" James said, looking at Lily apologetically. Lily looked up, slightly startled at his politeness. "It's ok…" she said.
"Good evening people!!" Kierra said as she and Remus joined the group. "Gee, you're awfully perky…" Dominique commented.
"Wonder why…" Sirius said, looking mildly amused, "only slept through half her classes today…" Kierra only grinned. She slowly glanced around the great hall, and suddenly realized that it had been decorated with wreaths, lights and trees.
"Christmas….oh shit…." Kierra murmured, causing Remus to laugh.
"Kind of snuck up on you, did it?" he asked.
"yea…." "Oh, that reminds me," Dominique interrupted, "what are all of your plans for Christmas break?" "My family and Frank's family are going to get together…" Alice said. "I'm going home…" Remus said.
"Me too…" said Lily. James and Peter nodded, indicating they were too. Dominique looked at Sirius.
"Well, I haven't got a place to go now…seeing as how I ran away from home"— "Padfoot, you can stay with us, you know that!!" James interjected, looking slightly offended.
"Oh, right, I"—Sirius stopped and looked up as an owl swooped over him, dropping a letter in his bowl of soup. "Great…" he muttered as he tore the envelope open.
"Who's it from mate?" James asked.
Sirius sighed. "Dear old mummy…well, isn't she a sweetheart…" he said as he scanned the letter.
"What's she say?" Remus asked.
Sirius held out the letter and cleared his throat, and spoke in a high pitched, heavy voice. "Dear Sirius: As the holidays are approaching, I have been feeling particularly benevolent…" Sirius stopped to laugh. "Benevolent? Hah…alright…I feel particularly benevolent…and so I decided to extend one last invitation for you to return to your home. ("Home?? Please…") Come back with your brother Regulus ("he's not my brother!"), and we'll have a jolly good holiday together, with the rest of the family. Narcissa and Bellatrix will also be joining us, the lovely dears. Which reminds me…Regulus wrote to me several weeks ago, informing me that you've found yourself a girlfriend…" Sirius stopped as he looked at the following sentences. Sirius frowned and tossed the letter onto the table.
"That old hag…" he said bitterly. "What'd she say??" James asked.
"Read it for yourself, I won't read it aloud…" Sirius replied, handing James the letter. James picked it up and held it out so the others could read with him:
"….you've found yourself a girlfriend…Dominique Fiore, some French girl I understand…and young man, if you even plan on stepping foot into our noble house again, you certainly mustn't be dragging in some filthy-blooded tramp. It's bad enough her blood is tainted…Regulus tells us she's half Italian…not even pure French….impure in every respect. You're much better off courting young Bellatrix or Narcissa, they're sweet girls. Discard of this filthy halfblood immediately, and come home, make amends with your family. Your Mum".
James dropped the letter on the table and glanced from Dominique to Sirius, and back to Dominique again. Dominique stared down at the letter, unable to produce any sound. Suddenly, Sirius snatched the letter and ripped it into shreds. "Stinking pureblood fanatic…." He said coldly. He then turned to James. "Yea, I think I'll stay over with your family, if that's alright…" he said. "Of course…" James replied.
"See what I've got for family?" Sirius said, glancing at Dominqiue. "I'm sorry you saw that…but don't get offended…she's a senseless old woman who can't see past the tip of her nose…her words mean nothing to me…" Dominique nodded.
"By the way, what are you doing in the holidays?" Remus asked quickly, trying to change the subject.
"Oh!" Dominique snapped out of her trance. "I dunno…I guess I'll stay here…with Dumbledore I guess…" "Wait…if you're going to be here, maybe I can stay as well!" Sirius said. He turned to James. "You won't mind, will you?" "Of course not." James replied.
"You want to spend your holidays with me and Dumbledore?" Dominique asked with a smile.
"Sure!" Sirius replied.
"Oh, before I forget," Remus said, "Dominique, I wanted to ask you if you could come to my house, maybe after Christmas, if you want to stay here for that…my parents would love to see you , it's been a while you know…you should come too Sirius, they haven't seen you in a while either." "I'd love to…" Dominique replied, "you wanna?" she asked Sirius.
"Sounds good to me!" Sirius said.
"And, er…Kierra…" Remus began, a bit nervously, "I know we haven't been seeing each other long…but…maybe…if you'd like…you could come visit too? After you've spent time with your family, of course…" he said quickly.
Kierra smiled. "I'll have to check with my parents first, but I think they'll be o.k. with it. I'll send them an owl tonight." "Well, anyone else want to come over? You all are welcome to!" Remus said, turning to the others.
"I'm going to Greece with my family…" Lily said.
"I'm with the Longbottoms…" Alice replied.
"You know how my parents are, Moony…" James said, "I'm under house arrest whenever I come home…" "Same…" Peter said.
"Alright," Remus said with finality, "so, I can expect Kierra, Dominique and Sirius then…via floo…December 31st then?" Kierra, Dominique and Sirius nodded. "I can't wait to meet your parents!" Kierra said excitedly.
Later that evening, James waltzed into the library with a book under his arm. He needed a quiet place to read; for once he actually wanted to concentrate on his schoolwork….. James stopped short when he reached the 2nd floor. To his left, he spotted Lily sitting at a table, flipping through magazines.
Forgetting his urgent need to study, James grinned and walked up to her. However, a voice in his head, which sounded distinctly like Dominique's, hissed at him "be her friend first!!" which caused him to slow his pace down. Just then, Lily looked up at him.
"Hi Lily!" James said immediately "Oh, hi!" Lily answered a bit more perkily than usual. She smiled at him as she quickly shoved her magazines under her pile of books.
James noticed this and fought the temptation to ask her what she was hiding. Instead, he asked, "Can I join you?" "Er, ok…" "Thanks." James pulled up a chair and sat across from Lily. "So um, did you want to talk to me about those proposals for that prefects' meeting?" she asked.
"Oh!! Right!" 'shit….how do I get out of this one?? Make something up….' James wracked his brains for an idea.
"Well…what is it?" Lily asked.
"Erm…ok…I don't have any…" "But the other day you said"— "Yea I know…I just made that up…" "What?? Why??" "I wanted to talk to you…but then I chickened out and made that up…" "You…chickened out??" Lily asked, raising an eyebrow and looking slightly amused. Chickening out…Lily never would've guessed that James Potter could ever be guilty of that.
"Yea…sorry…" "Er…what did you want to talk to me about that made you so nervous??" "Nothing…I mean…nothing in particular…I just wanted to talk…with you…" "I don't get it…" "I mean, any exchange of words would have sufficed...." "Oh"— "I really like you Lily…I mean, not just as a girl and oh you're pretty, but I mean…I like you as a person…I like your company…" James looked down at his book. What the hell…what on earth possessed him to say that out loud?
Lily looked at him with her startling green eyes. After a moment, which seemed like an eternity to James, she smiled.
"You think I'm an idiot, don't you?" he asked.
Lily let out a small laugh. "No, not really. I think you're nice." "I can't be that nice though…" Lily frowned. "What makes you say that?" "I'm not nice enough for you…you don't even like me…" Lily was slightly startled by his bluntness. She looked at him; He was frowning, and slightly pink from embarrassment. He had such a cute boyish look to him sometimes.
"It's not that I don't like you…I do…and you're nice, really! So nice, in fact, that you…you're taking me out this Saturday, to Hogsmead…" she said reluctantly, with a smile.
James's jaw dropped. "Did you just ask me out??" he asked incredulously. Lily laughed. "Did you hear me ask a question?" "No…so…we're just going out…?" "If you don't want to…" "No, no!! I WANT TO!!" "Mr. Potter!!! DON'T RAISE YOUR VOICE IN THE LIBRARY!!!" Madam Pince shrieked. "Sorry!" he called back at her, and dropping his voice, he said to Lily, "Look who's talking..geez!" causing Lily to giggle. "So…Saturday…we're going out…because I like you…and you like me?" he asked shyly. "Well, why else would we be going out?" "I duno..I just…wow, I feel like I'm dreaming…" "You're not…just…go away before I change my mind…" "Ok! Er I…hug you?" he asked. Lily looked at him appraisingly. "Um…ok?" "Great!" James said, walking over to Lily and wrapping his arms around her. He sighed as he took in her scent. "It's just like I imagined…" he murmured.
"Potter, you are so weird…" Lily giggled, as she felt herself blush.
"So where exactly is this room?" Dominique asked as Sirius led her down the corridor on the fifth floor. "Right here…" he said as they stopped in front of a wall.
"There's nothing there…" "I know…let's just pace around here, and concentrate hard…and it'll appear…" "Erm…concentrate on what…?" Dominique asked. But Sirius was already pacing around, and in deep thought. Suddenly a door materialized in front of them.
"Excellent…" he murmured as he took Dominique's hand and pulled her inside.
Dominique stopped short as she entered the room. It was small, and softly lit by candles. There was a bed made against the wall, and soft music played in the background.
"wow…" "Lovely, isn't it?" he asked.
"How did you…?" "It's called the room of requirement…the guys and I discovered it a few years ago, when we were trying to find an empty room to try our animagus transformation…anyway, it changes every time…it basically changes to cater to whatever you need…" "That's…incredible…" "I know…and can you guess what we need this room for tonight?" "Oh!" Sirius grinned mischievously as he touched her hips.
"Sirius"— He her cut off with his mouth. 'No,' she thought, 'This can't happen to me again…' she thought, as she felt her back being pressed against the cold wall. But she didn't fight back though. She felt her body weaken as Sirius's hands moved underneath her skirt, caressing her skin and fingering her panties. She let out a muffled groan as he thrust his pelvis against hers. "You like that?" he murmured in her ear, as he felt the muscles between her legs contract at his touch.
"No" she gasped. "Don't lie" he whispered back, as he placed his hands on her hips and let them run down her thighs, coaxing them to open up to him.
It was as if she were under the imperius curse. Her head told her not to let him get closer to her. Her brain was screaming at her to get away from him. But her brain didn't seem able to get that message across to her limbs, for they would not carry out the orders. But there was another force in her, which seemed to be battling with her brain, telling her to be carried away by him, because he wasn't her ex. He was Sirius.
Before she knew what was happening, Dominique found herself being carried by Sirius, and being placed on the bed that sat in the corner of the room. Sirius climbed on top of her and reached under her skirt; he took hold of her underwear, but then let go of it when Dominique smacked his hands away.
"Sorry!" she said immediately. And she really was. She was sorry for how she felt. "I don't know…I didn't like it last time…" 'How could I have said that??' she thought miserably in her head. He probably thought she was an idiot. "You'll like it this time, I promise…" he murmured. He pressed against her, but stopped.
She was crying.
He pulled away immediately. "D, I'm sorry…I didn't mean…was it really that bad?? We don't have to if you don't want to…" he stammered.
Dominique sat up quickly on the bed and wiped her eyes. "I'm sorry"— "No…it's ok…" "Gosh, I feel so stupid…" "You're not…you wanna talk about it though?" "No…" Dominique said quickly. But a voice in her head, that matched with Lily's stern face, echoed in her head, 'you should tell him…' "yes…" she said, "yes…it's just that…" "your last…experience…wasn't very good?" Sirius asked.
"Right…because…well…I was raped…" Sirius gasped. "What??" "Another reason why I came here, aside from my parents being killed. My last boyfriend…he did it…on the last day of school…it was my first time…" "Son of a"— "I'm sorry…I know you're not him…and you're nothing like him…" "It's alright, I understand…" Dominique looked at Sirius. He was looking at her with much concern, though she could see a trace of disappointment. Suddenly, guilt seemed to overtake her.
"I'm sorry for ruining this for you…" "Don't you think about that…you've ruined nothing!" he replied, cupping her face in his hands. "You mean a lot to me. Sex doesn't…well ok, who am I kidding, it does…but it means nothing if the feelings are reciprocated...I mean, isn't that what it's about? It's an act of love…" Dominique smiled. "You know what? I think I'm ready…we can do it…" Sirius gaped at her. "No, I'm not going to make you…" "You're not! I know you're not! I want to…really…now that I know you really care about me…it's reassuring…" "Are you sure?" "Positive" "Alright….but if at any point, you don't"— "I'll tell you to stop, ok…" Dominique said hastily, pulling Sirius on her again.
Sirius smiled as he stroked his fingers down her neck. "Let's take this nice and slow, D. We've got all night, after all…"
The next morning, Dominique woke up earlier than usual. Perhaps it was because her bed felt unusually different. She opened her eyes, and suddenly remembered that she was still in the room of requirement. She made to get up, but was pulled back into bed. She turned around to see that Sirius was already awake, and grinning at her.
"No good morning?" he asked as he kissed her cheek. Dominique smiled shyly. "How long have you been up?" "I dunno…ten, fifteen minutes I guess…" "You could've woken me up"— "I could've…but I liked watching you sleep…you were smiling in your sleep, you know…" "Oh…" Dominique blushed.
Sirius smiled. "What were you dreaming about?" "Nothing…" "Oh come on, you can tell me…" "Well…I was just…dreaming about last night…reliving it…it was nice…" she said, turning redder.
Sirius chuckled. "I'd have to agree with you there, that was a pretty good shag we"— "Shit do you hear that??" Dominique whispered. There were footsteps outside the room.
"I don't think they'll find us…they can't see the door…unless they're looking for a room…let's get dressed anyway…" Sirius whispered, getting out of bed.
As Dominique and Sirius sat down together at the Gryffindor table for breakfast, their friends stared at them wide eyed. "Where the hell were you last night??" Lily and Remus said at once.
James and Kierra gasped at once. "You got laid!!" "What??" Sirius and Dominique exclaimed together, blushing in the process.
"Oh you've got 'I've been shagged' written all over you!!" Kierra exclaimed.
"A little louder, dear…professor Dumbledore's a few meters away you know…" Remus said with a smile.
"And exactly how do you sense things like that, you great perv?" Lily demanded.
"Sixth sense…" Kierra said.
"Only the elite few have this gift…" James said seriously.
Sirius cleared his throat. "Hey so enough about us…so, I hear our little Jamie's got a date with Evans tomorrow?" James smiled at Lily. "yep!!" Dominique raised an eyebrow at Lily for confirmation, at which she nodded. "Wow…about time Lily…" she said with a grin, "well, I'm not that hungry…I thought I'd just grab a muffin and head to class early…" Dominique said as she reached past Alice and grabbed a chocolate muffin. "I'll see you guys…" she said as she turned to leave.
"We wanna hear all the juicy details later though!!" Kierra shouted after her. She, Alice and Lily fell into giggles but stopped when they saw Sirius staring at them.
"You guys talk about that stuff??" "Of course! Don't you?" "Um, no…I mean, when it happens, yea…but we don't go into details…that's sick!!" "No it's not!" Kierra retorted. "It's fun!!" "So, do you guys always tell each other everything…about everything?" James asked.
The girls nodded.
"Even about how good he was?" Sirius asked.
The girls sniggered. "Aw, you're not worried about Dominique's appraisal, are you?" Kierra asked. "I'm sure she'll give you a good evaluation…" "Of course I'm not worried!" Sirius interjected. "I was just curious!!" "Alright kids, I'm off…I wanna ask Dominique about this homework assignment thing…" he said quickly as he stalked off.
"Hey, Dominique wait up!!" he called after her as he rounded the corner. Dominique turned around to face him. "Hey! What's up??" she asked, looking curiously at him. James stopped. How does one begin? "Er..ok…um…so, I'm taking Lily out tomorrow…and I…don't know what to do…" "What are you talking about?" "I mean, I don't know how to make it a perfect date! And I NEED it to be perfect…it's not every day Lily Evans is going to let me take her on a date…" Dominique smiled. "Ah, I see…and so you're coming to me because??" "Well, you're her good friend…I can't ask Alice or Kierra…I'm too close to them and they'll just laugh at me and tell Lily on me…am I right to think that you wouldn't do that?" Dominique laughed. "You're very right…but I don't think Alice or Kierra would do that to you either…well, no matter…um, so do you want me to just tell you what to do?" "Yes!! Walk me through the perfect date…for Lily…" "Alright…well, tell you what, I'll write you up an itinerary for tomorrow…" "Excellent! Thanks D!!" Dominique smiled. "No problem…although I wouldn't worry about where you took her and what you did…Lily wouldn't be too concerned…I think you should just worry about your tongue." "What do you mean?" "Just watch what you say…if you say the wrong thing you might annoy her…" James groaned. "Oh gosh…that's where I'm worst! Everyone tells me I've got such a big mouth and I never know when to shut up…D, what am I gonna do? I want to impress her!!" "Just…think before you talk!" "Oh that's a fat load of help!" James groaned again. "Urgh…I wish I could just…stick you in my head or something…and you could just tell me what to say…" Dominique paused for a moment and then looked at him thoughtfully. "There's an idea…" "Sticking you in my head?" She laughed. "Er, not exactly…not your head…hmm…there's a way…I could cancel my plans with Sirius…hmm…and if you don't mind…we could…" "We could what?? Have you got a plan? I'll do it…anything, if it means you're there and I get through this date perfectly…" "Yes, I've got a plan…"
Lily yawned as she sat down for dinner. Only three hours of sleep. Ridiculous. "Sleep well?" Sirius asked her sarcastically.
"Yes, thanks…" Lily answered with equal sarcasm as she listlessly poked at her food. 'Screw homework', she thought, 'I'm going to bed early tonight…' "Sorry we kept you up all night…" James said, looking at Lily apologetically. Lily looked up, slightly startled at his politeness. "It's ok…" she said.
"Good evening people!!" Kierra said as she and Remus joined the group. "Gee, you're awfully perky…" Dominique commented.
"Wonder why…" Sirius said, looking mildly amused, "only slept through half her classes today…" Kierra only grinned. She slowly glanced around the great hall, and suddenly realized that it had been decorated with wreaths, lights and trees.
"Christmas….oh shit…." Kierra murmured, causing Remus to laugh.
"Kind of snuck up on you, did it?" he asked.
"yea…." "Oh, that reminds me," Dominique interrupted, "what are all of your plans for Christmas break?" "My family and Frank's family are going to get together…" Alice said. "I'm going home…" Remus said.
"Me too…" said Lily. James and Peter nodded, indicating they were too. Dominique looked at Sirius.
"Well, I haven't got a place to go now…seeing as how I ran away from home"— "Padfoot, you can stay with us, you know that!!" James interjected, looking slightly offended.
"Oh, right, I"—Sirius stopped and looked up as an owl swooped over him, dropping a letter in his bowl of soup. "Great…" he muttered as he tore the envelope open.
"Who's it from mate?" James asked.
Sirius sighed. "Dear old mummy…well, isn't she a sweetheart…" he said as he scanned the letter.
"What's she say?" Remus asked.
Sirius held out the letter and cleared his throat, and spoke in a high pitched, heavy voice. "Dear Sirius: As the holidays are approaching, I have been feeling particularly benevolent…" Sirius stopped to laugh. "Benevolent? Hah…alright…I feel particularly benevolent…and so I decided to extend one last invitation for you to return to your home. ("Home?? Please…") Come back with your brother Regulus ("he's not my brother!"), and we'll have a jolly good holiday together, with the rest of the family. Narcissa and Bellatrix will also be joining us, the lovely dears. Which reminds me…Regulus wrote to me several weeks ago, informing me that you've found yourself a girlfriend…" Sirius stopped as he looked at the following sentences. Sirius frowned and tossed the letter onto the table.
"That old hag…" he said bitterly. "What'd she say??" James asked.
"Read it for yourself, I won't read it aloud…" Sirius replied, handing James the letter. James picked it up and held it out so the others could read with him:
"….you've found yourself a girlfriend…Dominique Fiore, some French girl I understand…and young man, if you even plan on stepping foot into our noble house again, you certainly mustn't be dragging in some filthy-blooded tramp. It's bad enough her blood is tainted…Regulus tells us she's half Italian…not even pure French….impure in every respect. You're much better off courting young Bellatrix or Narcissa, they're sweet girls. Discard of this filthy halfblood immediately, and come home, make amends with your family. Your Mum".
James dropped the letter on the table and glanced from Dominique to Sirius, and back to Dominique again. Dominique stared down at the letter, unable to produce any sound. Suddenly, Sirius snatched the letter and ripped it into shreds. "Stinking pureblood fanatic…." He said coldly. He then turned to James. "Yea, I think I'll stay over with your family, if that's alright…" he said. "Of course…" James replied.
"See what I've got for family?" Sirius said, glancing at Dominqiue. "I'm sorry you saw that…but don't get offended…she's a senseless old woman who can't see past the tip of her nose…her words mean nothing to me…" Dominique nodded.
"By the way, what are you doing in the holidays?" Remus asked quickly, trying to change the subject.
"Oh!" Dominique snapped out of her trance. "I dunno…I guess I'll stay here…with Dumbledore I guess…" "Wait…if you're going to be here, maybe I can stay as well!" Sirius said. He turned to James. "You won't mind, will you?" "Of course not." James replied.
"You want to spend your holidays with me and Dumbledore?" Dominique asked with a smile.
"Sure!" Sirius replied.
"Oh, before I forget," Remus said, "Dominique, I wanted to ask you if you could come to my house, maybe after Christmas, if you want to stay here for that…my parents would love to see you , it's been a while you know…you should come too Sirius, they haven't seen you in a while either." "I'd love to…" Dominique replied, "you wanna?" she asked Sirius.
"Sounds good to me!" Sirius said.
"And, er…Kierra…" Remus began, a bit nervously, "I know we haven't been seeing each other long…but…maybe…if you'd like…you could come visit too? After you've spent time with your family, of course…" he said quickly.
Kierra smiled. "I'll have to check with my parents first, but I think they'll be o.k. with it. I'll send them an owl tonight." "Well, anyone else want to come over? You all are welcome to!" Remus said, turning to the others.
"I'm going to Greece with my family…" Lily said.
"I'm with the Longbottoms…" Alice replied.
"You know how my parents are, Moony…" James said, "I'm under house arrest whenever I come home…" "Same…" Peter said.
"Alright," Remus said with finality, "so, I can expect Kierra, Dominique and Sirius then…via floo…December 31st then?" Kierra, Dominique and Sirius nodded. "I can't wait to meet your parents!" Kierra said excitedly.
Later that evening, James waltzed into the library with a book under his arm. He needed a quiet place to read; for once he actually wanted to concentrate on his schoolwork….. James stopped short when he reached the 2nd floor. To his left, he spotted Lily sitting at a table, flipping through magazines.
Forgetting his urgent need to study, James grinned and walked up to her. However, a voice in his head, which sounded distinctly like Dominique's, hissed at him "be her friend first!!" which caused him to slow his pace down. Just then, Lily looked up at him.
"Hi Lily!" James said immediately "Oh, hi!" Lily answered a bit more perkily than usual. She smiled at him as she quickly shoved her magazines under her pile of books.
James noticed this and fought the temptation to ask her what she was hiding. Instead, he asked, "Can I join you?" "Er, ok…" "Thanks." James pulled up a chair and sat across from Lily. "So um, did you want to talk to me about those proposals for that prefects' meeting?" she asked.
"Oh!! Right!" 'shit….how do I get out of this one?? Make something up….' James wracked his brains for an idea.
"Well…what is it?" Lily asked.
"Erm…ok…I don't have any…" "But the other day you said"— "Yea I know…I just made that up…" "What?? Why??" "I wanted to talk to you…but then I chickened out and made that up…" "You…chickened out??" Lily asked, raising an eyebrow and looking slightly amused. Chickening out…Lily never would've guessed that James Potter could ever be guilty of that.
"Yea…sorry…" "Er…what did you want to talk to me about that made you so nervous??" "Nothing…I mean…nothing in particular…I just wanted to talk…with you…" "I don't get it…" "I mean, any exchange of words would have sufficed...." "Oh"— "I really like you Lily…I mean, not just as a girl and oh you're pretty, but I mean…I like you as a person…I like your company…" James looked down at his book. What the hell…what on earth possessed him to say that out loud?
Lily looked at him with her startling green eyes. After a moment, which seemed like an eternity to James, she smiled.
"You think I'm an idiot, don't you?" he asked.
Lily let out a small laugh. "No, not really. I think you're nice." "I can't be that nice though…" Lily frowned. "What makes you say that?" "I'm not nice enough for you…you don't even like me…" Lily was slightly startled by his bluntness. She looked at him; He was frowning, and slightly pink from embarrassment. He had such a cute boyish look to him sometimes.
"It's not that I don't like you…I do…and you're nice, really! So nice, in fact, that you…you're taking me out this Saturday, to Hogsmead…" she said reluctantly, with a smile.
James's jaw dropped. "Did you just ask me out??" he asked incredulously. Lily laughed. "Did you hear me ask a question?" "No…so…we're just going out…?" "If you don't want to…" "No, no!! I WANT TO!!" "Mr. Potter!!! DON'T RAISE YOUR VOICE IN THE LIBRARY!!!" Madam Pince shrieked. "Sorry!" he called back at her, and dropping his voice, he said to Lily, "Look who's talking..geez!" causing Lily to giggle. "So…Saturday…we're going out…because I like you…and you like me?" he asked shyly. "Well, why else would we be going out?" "I duno..I just…wow, I feel like I'm dreaming…" "You're not…just…go away before I change my mind…" "Ok! Er I…hug you?" he asked. Lily looked at him appraisingly. "Um…ok?" "Great!" James said, walking over to Lily and wrapping his arms around her. He sighed as he took in her scent. "It's just like I imagined…" he murmured.
"Potter, you are so weird…" Lily giggled, as she felt herself blush.
"So where exactly is this room?" Dominique asked as Sirius led her down the corridor on the fifth floor. "Right here…" he said as they stopped in front of a wall.
"There's nothing there…" "I know…let's just pace around here, and concentrate hard…and it'll appear…" "Erm…concentrate on what…?" Dominique asked. But Sirius was already pacing around, and in deep thought. Suddenly a door materialized in front of them.
"Excellent…" he murmured as he took Dominique's hand and pulled her inside.
Dominique stopped short as she entered the room. It was small, and softly lit by candles. There was a bed made against the wall, and soft music played in the background.
"wow…" "Lovely, isn't it?" he asked.
"How did you…?" "It's called the room of requirement…the guys and I discovered it a few years ago, when we were trying to find an empty room to try our animagus transformation…anyway, it changes every time…it basically changes to cater to whatever you need…" "That's…incredible…" "I know…and can you guess what we need this room for tonight?" "Oh!" Sirius grinned mischievously as he touched her hips.
"Sirius"— He her cut off with his mouth. 'No,' she thought, 'This can't happen to me again…' she thought, as she felt her back being pressed against the cold wall. But she didn't fight back though. She felt her body weaken as Sirius's hands moved underneath her skirt, caressing her skin and fingering her panties. She let out a muffled groan as he thrust his pelvis against hers. "You like that?" he murmured in her ear, as he felt the muscles between her legs contract at his touch.
"No" she gasped. "Don't lie" he whispered back, as he placed his hands on her hips and let them run down her thighs, coaxing them to open up to him.
It was as if she were under the imperius curse. Her head told her not to let him get closer to her. Her brain was screaming at her to get away from him. But her brain didn't seem able to get that message across to her limbs, for they would not carry out the orders. But there was another force in her, which seemed to be battling with her brain, telling her to be carried away by him, because he wasn't her ex. He was Sirius.
Before she knew what was happening, Dominique found herself being carried by Sirius, and being placed on the bed that sat in the corner of the room. Sirius climbed on top of her and reached under her skirt; he took hold of her underwear, but then let go of it when Dominique smacked his hands away.
"Sorry!" she said immediately. And she really was. She was sorry for how she felt. "I don't know…I didn't like it last time…" 'How could I have said that??' she thought miserably in her head. He probably thought she was an idiot. "You'll like it this time, I promise…" he murmured. He pressed against her, but stopped.
She was crying.
He pulled away immediately. "D, I'm sorry…I didn't mean…was it really that bad?? We don't have to if you don't want to…" he stammered.
Dominique sat up quickly on the bed and wiped her eyes. "I'm sorry"— "No…it's ok…" "Gosh, I feel so stupid…" "You're not…you wanna talk about it though?" "No…" Dominique said quickly. But a voice in her head, that matched with Lily's stern face, echoed in her head, 'you should tell him…' "yes…" she said, "yes…it's just that…" "your last…experience…wasn't very good?" Sirius asked.
"Right…because…well…I was raped…" Sirius gasped. "What??" "Another reason why I came here, aside from my parents being killed. My last boyfriend…he did it…on the last day of school…it was my first time…" "Son of a"— "I'm sorry…I know you're not him…and you're nothing like him…" "It's alright, I understand…" Dominique looked at Sirius. He was looking at her with much concern, though she could see a trace of disappointment. Suddenly, guilt seemed to overtake her.
"I'm sorry for ruining this for you…" "Don't you think about that…you've ruined nothing!" he replied, cupping her face in his hands. "You mean a lot to me. Sex doesn't…well ok, who am I kidding, it does…but it means nothing if the feelings are reciprocated...I mean, isn't that what it's about? It's an act of love…" Dominique smiled. "You know what? I think I'm ready…we can do it…" Sirius gaped at her. "No, I'm not going to make you…" "You're not! I know you're not! I want to…really…now that I know you really care about me…it's reassuring…" "Are you sure?" "Positive" "Alright….but if at any point, you don't"— "I'll tell you to stop, ok…" Dominique said hastily, pulling Sirius on her again.
Sirius smiled as he stroked his fingers down her neck. "Let's take this nice and slow, D. We've got all night, after all…"
The next morning, Dominique woke up earlier than usual. Perhaps it was because her bed felt unusually different. She opened her eyes, and suddenly remembered that she was still in the room of requirement. She made to get up, but was pulled back into bed. She turned around to see that Sirius was already awake, and grinning at her.
"No good morning?" he asked as he kissed her cheek. Dominique smiled shyly. "How long have you been up?" "I dunno…ten, fifteen minutes I guess…" "You could've woken me up"— "I could've…but I liked watching you sleep…you were smiling in your sleep, you know…" "Oh…" Dominique blushed.
Sirius smiled. "What were you dreaming about?" "Nothing…" "Oh come on, you can tell me…" "Well…I was just…dreaming about last night…reliving it…it was nice…" she said, turning redder.
Sirius chuckled. "I'd have to agree with you there, that was a pretty good shag we"— "Shit do you hear that??" Dominique whispered. There were footsteps outside the room.
"I don't think they'll find us…they can't see the door…unless they're looking for a room…let's get dressed anyway…" Sirius whispered, getting out of bed.
As Dominique and Sirius sat down together at the Gryffindor table for breakfast, their friends stared at them wide eyed. "Where the hell were you last night??" Lily and Remus said at once.
James and Kierra gasped at once. "You got laid!!" "What??" Sirius and Dominique exclaimed together, blushing in the process.
"Oh you've got 'I've been shagged' written all over you!!" Kierra exclaimed.
"A little louder, dear…professor Dumbledore's a few meters away you know…" Remus said with a smile.
"And exactly how do you sense things like that, you great perv?" Lily demanded.
"Sixth sense…" Kierra said.
"Only the elite few have this gift…" James said seriously.
Sirius cleared his throat. "Hey so enough about us…so, I hear our little Jamie's got a date with Evans tomorrow?" James smiled at Lily. "yep!!" Dominique raised an eyebrow at Lily for confirmation, at which she nodded. "Wow…about time Lily…" she said with a grin, "well, I'm not that hungry…I thought I'd just grab a muffin and head to class early…" Dominique said as she reached past Alice and grabbed a chocolate muffin. "I'll see you guys…" she said as she turned to leave.
"We wanna hear all the juicy details later though!!" Kierra shouted after her. She, Alice and Lily fell into giggles but stopped when they saw Sirius staring at them.
"You guys talk about that stuff??" "Of course! Don't you?" "Um, no…I mean, when it happens, yea…but we don't go into details…that's sick!!" "No it's not!" Kierra retorted. "It's fun!!" "So, do you guys always tell each other everything…about everything?" James asked.
The girls nodded.
"Even about how good he was?" Sirius asked.
The girls sniggered. "Aw, you're not worried about Dominique's appraisal, are you?" Kierra asked. "I'm sure she'll give you a good evaluation…" "Of course I'm not worried!" Sirius interjected. "I was just curious!!" "Alright kids, I'm off…I wanna ask Dominique about this homework assignment thing…" he said quickly as he stalked off.
"Hey, Dominique wait up!!" he called after her as he rounded the corner. Dominique turned around to face him. "Hey! What's up??" she asked, looking curiously at him. James stopped. How does one begin? "Er..ok…um…so, I'm taking Lily out tomorrow…and I…don't know what to do…" "What are you talking about?" "I mean, I don't know how to make it a perfect date! And I NEED it to be perfect…it's not every day Lily Evans is going to let me take her on a date…" Dominique smiled. "Ah, I see…and so you're coming to me because??" "Well, you're her good friend…I can't ask Alice or Kierra…I'm too close to them and they'll just laugh at me and tell Lily on me…am I right to think that you wouldn't do that?" Dominique laughed. "You're very right…but I don't think Alice or Kierra would do that to you either…well, no matter…um, so do you want me to just tell you what to do?" "Yes!! Walk me through the perfect date…for Lily…" "Alright…well, tell you what, I'll write you up an itinerary for tomorrow…" "Excellent! Thanks D!!" Dominique smiled. "No problem…although I wouldn't worry about where you took her and what you did…Lily wouldn't be too concerned…I think you should just worry about your tongue." "What do you mean?" "Just watch what you say…if you say the wrong thing you might annoy her…" James groaned. "Oh gosh…that's where I'm worst! Everyone tells me I've got such a big mouth and I never know when to shut up…D, what am I gonna do? I want to impress her!!" "Just…think before you talk!" "Oh that's a fat load of help!" James groaned again. "Urgh…I wish I could just…stick you in my head or something…and you could just tell me what to say…" Dominique paused for a moment and then looked at him thoughtfully. "There's an idea…" "Sticking you in my head?" She laughed. "Er, not exactly…not your head…hmm…there's a way…I could cancel my plans with Sirius…hmm…and if you don't mind…we could…" "We could what?? Have you got a plan? I'll do it…anything, if it means you're there and I get through this date perfectly…" "Yes, I've got a plan…"