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The next few weeks were really terrible for both of them – Elena and Sirius – because they had to think about each other almost all the time, which distracted them from learning for their NEWTs (ok, Sirius was not really interested in learning, but he didn't cause as much trouble in Hogwarts as he had done before he realized that the girl of his dreams was right in front of his eyes).

You will not believe it, but Sirius also stopped going out with other girls in this time and had to stare at Elena whenever she was near him, which made many other female students of Hogwarts very disappointed or jealous and some even angry.

But besides, the handsome boy tried to be the old Sirius – as confident as ever and his head didn't turn red every time Elena looked at him.

Now, he was planning to impress the girl of his dreams with his charm. Other girls had fallen in love with him because of that – why not Elena Fuego?

After all, he thought that this was a great idea, but you know what can be the result if people, who are in love, think? Nothing good!

But Sirius had to learn this lesson without help: on a sunny day, in the middle of April, he walked through the corridors of Hogwarts together with the crowd of other students, on their way to their next suject.

The 17-year-old really enjoyed the looks and sighs of the girls he passed by.

Yes, he definitely had not lost his attraction even though he had no more dates with these girls.

He smiled and walked around a corner, lost in his thoughts about Elena (who else?).

Suddenly he bumped into somebody and they both were pushed to the floor by the crowd of people around them.

Sirius was about to shout at that somebody ("You really must be a blindworm!" – how could this person interrupt HIS thoughts?) when he realized that this was not just a "somebody", but HIS beautiful Elena! Lying below him! The day couldn't become better.

He looked into her beautiful face under his and said, showing her his most charming smile: "Hey you!"

But Elena was not happy at all.

"Black, get off of me! This is not very comfortable and I think that my ink bottles are broken now!"

She looked at the young man very angrily, her face red with anger, and that's why Sirius's spirits sank and he finally got up (which caused him much effort). Then, he held out his hand to help Elena to get up, too, but she did it without his help.

The girl had been right about the ink bottles because there were blue stains everywhere on her dark-red school bag and also some on the floor. With a "reparo" they disappeared and Elena tried to do the same – vanish into thin air – but Sirius had to use this "hint of destiny" (for this was what he thought about this meeting).

"Hey En?" he said, running his hand over his black hair and showing the girl of his dreams another one of his charming smiles.

"What Si?" Elena shot back, not smiling at all, rather looking boiling with fury.

This reaction halved Sirius's good mood and courage and he had to gulp before he could go on: "Would you, would you…"

He had to clear his throat. Elena looked really annoyed, but expectantly (she had never noticed that the show-off stuttered, which made her very curious).

The young man seemed to shrink under Elena's angry looks, but having cleared his throat for one second time, he found his strength: "En, I know that you passionately wish to go out with me, so I will make your strong desire come true and say yes to a date with you!"

Elena was stunned. Her mouth stood open and she just stared at the 17-year-old in front of her.

Never before in her life had she heard something as stupid as this had been. How could she find this jerk attractive? She couldn't understand herself.

After some moments of gathering her countenance, Elena slapped Sirius in the face, very heftily, turned around and marched stiffly to the next classroom, her fists clenched.

She had always thought that Black was an egoist and very arrogant, but she had not known what an idiot he was!

The girl couldn't really follow her teachers with her mind that day because she couldn't get the incident out of her mind.

But when Elena entered her empty bedroom right after her last class of the day (Potions), her thoughts were racing around one thing: Sirius had been stuttering before he had said that nonsense! He had been nervous!

Elena decided that it had been another trick to get her attention (which had obviously worked).

He really was a good actor and had used his abilities to "ask" her for a date (you can't really call it "ask").

But then, what bothered her more than anything else was another thing because she could not really believe it.

Elena lay down on her bed with her arms crossed behind her head.

It could not be true: she still had a crush on him even though he had behaved like a great moron!

Not far away from the girls' dormitories was another person, who was really feeling miserable: Sirius had also skipped their dinner and had headed directly to his room after school.

Usually, he would now hope that nobody had seen him while getting a removal from Elena, but it was different this time: he regretted what he had said and whished that he could turn back time and change everything.

Sirius was also lying on his back, staring at the ceiling of his room and thinking.

He should have told Elena about his true feelings for her, that he didn't want to spend one more day without her by his side.

But feelings had never been his strength – when girls had told him that they loved him, he had usually only said "Thank you" and then, tried to ignore them on the corridors.

Why had his ego to be so big? Why couldn't he be sensitive and understand women?

Things like that were wandering through his mind, when his friends entered the bedroom. They knew nothing about what had happened (the corridor was far too noisy and crowded for anybody to overhear one single conversation).

So, they got the latest news directly from Sirius.

While telling them everything, Sirius strolled through the room like a beggar looking for some money.

James, Remus and Peter were very surprised that this time, his good reputation didn't matter to their friend at all. If they had not been convinced of the truth of his words before, they were now.

The handsome, but now very confused and miserable Sirius ended his tale with these words: "And now, Elena must think that I am a complete idiot, which is obviously true! She will never talk to me again!"

"As if you have ever really talked to each other!"

It should have been an attempt to cheer their friend up, but when James saw Sirius's tortured expression, his smile faded at once and he apologized.

"It's ok, Prongs." Sirius tried a forced smile. "If you don't mind I will drown myself in the shower now!"

Then, he disappeared in the bathroom of their bedroom and locked it behind him.

Remus looked at his two friends, Peter and James, with his deep brown eyes and said earnestly: "Guys, we have to help Padfoot!"

The other two boys nodded and suddenly, there appeared a bright light in James's hazel eyes.

"Moony, are you thinking what I am thinking?"

James smiled and Remus looked at him intensively.

After some seconds, Remus showed the same smile: "I think so!"

Peter looked in turn at Remus and then at James, not knowing what was going on.

Finally, he couldn't hold back his curiosity any longer: "What are you talking about?"

There was a trace of anger in his voice because he was always the last to hear about their plans, etc.

Remus looked at Peter with an amused smile and said, importantly: "Dearest Monsieur Wormtail, we are talking about the plan we've just developed! We know now how to help Padfoot!"

This statement made Peter's eyes go wide and his mouth stood open.

To be continued...

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