I'm Your Angel

Chapter 3: Hands, Crushes, and Jealousy

Lily and Rose were hanging later that evening close to the lake. Rose felt a body slip next to her and she turned to see Luscious grinning at her and Lily. Lily narrowed her eyes suspiciously and asked, "What do you want, Malfoy?" Rose gave him a look telling him to go away, but he ignored her.

"Just thought I'd say hi," Luscious said, still grinning. He looked at Rose and winked. Rose glared at him and then Rose turned to see Sirius heading this way. She suddenly knew what this was about and grinned. She turned back to Luscious and smiled sweetly. Lilly saw Sirius and soon knew what was up. She grinned sweetly as well.

"How sweet of you, Luscious," Rose said loudly. This time it was Luscious' turn to look suspicious. "Too bad I have much better admirers than you," Rose said smiling even bigger. Lily tried hard not to laugh and Luscious sneered at them. He too then noticed Sirius listening.

"You may think that, Rose. But who could be better than me? Sirius?" Rose thought for a moment and decided whether to agree with him or not. Rose looked at Lily, who shrugged.

"You come pretty close to him, Luscious, but I don't know…I could give either one of you a try, but maybe I have my eyes set on another boy. Very quiet and a bit shy," Rose added in the end as she quickly thought of Severus. "You might know him…"

"Severus?" Luscious snarled. Rose thought for a moment and then answered politely, "Maybe or maybe not. You'll just have to find out yourself. Now if you'll excuse us I have somewhere else to spend my time. You aren't worth wasting it on," Rose said. She then walked past Luscious and bumped into his shoulder and 'accidentally' made him fall into the lake. Lily laughed and she heard Sirius laugh. Luscious stood up and glared at Rose.

"Did I do that?" Rose asked innocently. "No I don't think so. Unlike you I'm graceful, poised, not clumsy, and don't fall in lakes." She and Lily laughed as they headed back to the castle. Sirius watched them leave and then turned to Luscious.

"I can definitely see she likes you better than me," Sirius said giving him a sarcastic smile. Luscious glared at him.

"You just wait, Black. We all know I could have her if I wanted her," Luscious snarled.

"So you don't want her then? Well, that's good news for me. I can have her now," Sirius said smirking. "And next time be a bit more careful where you walk. Who knows what's in that lake?" Sirius chuckled as he walked back up to the castle. Luscious glared at all of them and then cast a drying and cleaning charm before walking back to the castle.

Later that night Rose was on her Prefect duties. Lily had the night off and had offered to come with Rose, but Rose said Lily could get in trouble. Rose was skipping through the halls happily. She had enjoyed pushing Luscious into the lake. She saw someone else coming this way and slowed down. When she got to them she saw it was Severus. He was a prefect as well. "Hello, Severus," Rose said smiling.

"Hi, Rose," Severus said softly. Rose frowned and studied him.

"Are you ok? Did someone hurt you?" Rose asked suddenly. Severus raised his eyebrow and stared at her.

"Since when did you care about me?" he sneered. Rose glared at him and didn't realize she was saying, "I've always cared about you, Severus. Ever since you helped me with that Potion and that project last year I always thought you to be a nice person. I can see you don't think much about. Goodnight, Snape." Rose hissed the last part and marched off without looking back. If she had looked back she would have seen a startled Severus. Then she would have seen him look sorry and a bit hurt. Instead she kept walking without turning back.

"Why did I ever care about him?" Rose asked herself furiously. She didn't notice Luscious walking towards her until she knocked into him and fell backwards onto her butt. She looked up and he pretended to look sorry. He extended a hand to help her up and she took it.

"Sorry about that, Rose," he said smirking. Just as she was almost standing her let go of her hand pushed her backwards again. "Did I do that?" he asked in an innocent voice like Rose had. "No I don't think I did. Unlike you I don't fall down when ever I see someone very good looking…" Luscious heard Rose laugh and glared at her. She smiled and grabbed his hand. She then pulled him down onto the ground next to her.

"Now you do," Rose said smiling. Luscious looked at her and tried hard not to smile. Instead he went to stand up. As he did he felt Rose take his hand and help herself up at the same time. Luscious looked at her and then down at his hand, which Rose was still holding. Rose blushed and quickly let go. She went to turn and leave when she felt Luscious take her hand and pull her back. He looked at her hand in his own and entwined his own fingers with hers. Rose was a little confused and was still blushing. "May I have my hand back?" she asked him. He looked up at her and smiled.

Luscious looked back at her hand and reluctantly let go. "Why were you holding my hand?" Rose asked smiling at him Suddenly Sirius' voice could be heard from next to them.

"I'd like to know too," he said walking over to them. Rose looked at him and blushed. Luscious thought for a moment and smirked at Sirius.

"I liked the feeling of her hand in mine," he said simply. He then stalked off the way he was going before. Rose smiled to herself and thought, 'It was nice feeling…wait this is Malfoy we're talking about! And Sirius is in Gryffindor and very nice to you? Why can't you like him a lot instead? Stupid Rose! You're an idiot! Think of holding hands with him instead…wait Sirius took your night gown and put it on Severus! But he is cute…why don't I just stop thinking? That's it. I'll just stop thinking…' Sirius glared after him with jealousy until he felt a hand pull his face towards Rose. Rose smiled at him and took her hand back.

"A little jealous aren't you, Sirius?" Rose asked. Sirius looked at her, opened his mouth, and then closed it. Rose laughed. "Don't worry about him. One, he's a Malfoy. Two, he's in Slytherin. And three, he can be a real jerk." Rose then kissed his cheek and walked off. Sirius smiled and watched her leave. 'Maybe she isn't just pretty. Maybe she really is a great person like Remus was saying earlier when he asked me why I liked Rose. Only one way to find out. Get her to date me…' Sirius thought as he headed back to the Gryffindor common room. 'And I think she's starting to like me. Maybe…no not that.' When Rose finally got back to the common room she told Lily everything.

"So say this again, Malfoy likes holding your hand?" Lily said a little confused.

"I don't think so. I think he knows Sirius is jealous and is trying to make him more jealous. You know what I mean?"

"I know what you mean now. But what did you think of holding Malfoy's hand?" Lily asked smirking. Rose blushed a little and stuck her tongue out at Lily. Just then James walked over.

"Interesting night, Rose," he said teasingly.

"You were listening?" Rose said a bit angrily. James shrugged.

"I might have heard some of it, but I wasn't really listening…" Rose gave him a look and he smiled.

"How much did your hear?" Rose asked,

"All of it," James said as he sat down next to Lily on the couch. Rose sighed and blushed and Lily rolled her eyes.

"What do you want, James?" Lily asked changing the subject.

"I was wondering, Lily, if you would like to go out…"

"No, James, I will not go out with you. Well I'm tired so I'm going to bed. Rose, look who's coming," Lily said nodding towards Sirius who had just gotten back. Then she headed up to the dorm. Rose looked at him and smiled. Sirius walked over and said, "Hey, Rose. Could I ask you something?"

"No, Sirius, I will not go out with you," Rose said rolling her eyes.

"You've been hanging out with Lily too long," James said smiling at Rose. Rose stuck her tongue out at him and smiled. "Thanks, James. I'll let her know you said that…"

"No, don't!" James said, his eyes widening. Rose smirked and said, "Too late!" before running up the stairs to the girls' dorms. Sirius watched her leave and then looked back at James who was smirking.

"She had an interesting night. You did too," James said smirking even more. Sirius gave him a confusing look and James continued, "I overheard Rose telling Lily about her night. Then I asked Lily out and she said…"

"No, James, I will not go out with you. You know, you're right. Rose and Lily do hang out too much," Sirius said and then looked up to see Lily on the staircase. She was smirking.

"I heard that, Sirius. Wait till Rose has another good reason not to date you. You insult her and want to date her? What, have you been hanging out with Malfoy lately?" Lily smirked again when Sirius glared at her. Then she turned to James and said, "It's your entire fault I hang out with Rose, James. No questions, I'm going to bed. Goodnight, James. Goodnight, Sirius. I'll tell Rose you guys said goodnight and tell Remus goodnight. Bye then!" Lily then rushed back to the dorm as Remus walked over.

"They're a little strange," Remus commented. Sirius nodded in agreement and James shrugged.

"I guess you could say that. Or you could say that Sirius is desperate…"

"You're the one who's desperate, James. Remus, don't you agree with me and not him?"

"I agree with both of you. You are both desperate and I'm…awesome. So interesting night?"

"Yes," James and Sirius said together. "Jinx," they said at the same time. Remus laughed as the three of them headed up to bed.

Did you like it? Please review. You don't have an option. And you better make it a good one or…or…or Remus, Sirius, James, Lily, Luscious, and Severus won't like you anymore! I wonder if they ever liked you at all….ouch! Stop throwing things at me! Now review you peoples! Thank you for your time….Or am I? Dun dun dun! -loses connection with reader for the millionth time or so-