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CHAPTER 14. Smiling In Detention

I traipsed down the dungeons toward the storage room in the end of the hallway, contemplating what I was about to meet when I got there.

What the bloody hell did Sirius and James mean anyway? Note? Were they planning a party? Of course not. They said the 'people' would get mad, but 'it would still be funny'.

Well, whatever happens I'm prepared...

As a banana wearing a bikini in winter!

Not that - bananas - wear bikinis...

"Hello Santasia!"

I stepped into the Potion's storage room to see Sirius grinning like a mannequin.

Though mannequins usually don't grin...they're just bald and angry. Haha, sounds like my Uncle Abery.

Yes, I'm aware that McGonagall assigned the detention in the Kitchens, but she later changed it because the House elves had a disliking to 'being assisted', as she put it.

So here I was, stuck in a storage room with some creepy, hyper Marauder, and hot as he may be, I did not want to be in a 4 foot radius of him.

"Hello", I replied warily. "What are we supposed to be doing?"

Sirius frowned at the shelves stocked with hideous jars and dusty, ripped books. "We have to clean them."

"Well that's fine; we can just use our wands!"

Sirius' frown bended downwards even more, if that's possible, and he continued, "Damn old bat charmed the place so she'll know if we're using a wand! If I knew what kind of spell she used, I could block it or find a counter spell." He grumbled more obscenities under his breath while tossing me a filthy rag to clean with.

"Joy", I mumbled.

If you've ever had detention, which I'm sure you have, you naughty person, then you'll know what unbelievable torture it is. Of course, you all go to muggle schools, therefore you write some 'lines' or just 'sit there'. I don't suppose you've ever had to actually clean something like a slave?

Well think about those agonizing hours of detention you've had, multiply it by about 5.76, divide it by 300, then add about 1,987,654.231 and you'll get the approximate amount of pain I felt in my poor and helpless heart.

Then add about Infinity since I have to share it with Sirius Black.

Thankfully, and I really mean I'm THANKFUL for this, the first half hour of detention passed in silence.

Except for the constant scrubbing of the rags on the shelves and this insanely creepy gurgling sound that is to this day, un-identified.

"So... did you get the letter from your Mum?"

Bloody Black. He just had to start a conversation. Alls well, I can end it just as fast.

"Yes."

"You coming to the Villa then?"

"I really don't have a choice."

"True."

Haahhhhh, silence once more.

"Are you prepared for the relative torture?"

Bloody Black.

"Of course not", is all I say.

"I suppose it won't be too bad."

I had to take the bait. What in the world could he mean by that?

"Why won't it?"

Sirius frowned and stopped rubbing the shelves. "Actually I just said that for comfort, it's really going to be hell for you."

WOW. He is so good at consoling. Brilliant if I may say so.

"Seeing that you turned out so nice looking and all..." Sirius trailed off and began to scrub some jars vigorously.

I didn't turn around to see if he was blushing. I didn't turn around because if he was looking he would see me blushing. I didn't turn around because I couldn't tell if that was an insult or a compliment. I didn't turn around because I didn't know what I'd do if I found out which one it was.

So I stayed silent and kept on cleaning.

I'm pretty sure that the name 'Santasia' doesn't really mean pure, like my parents say. No, actually I'm pretty sure it means 'awkward moment'.

It seems to me that my whole life is an awkward moment.

He said I turned out nice looking.

Let's decipher all of the meanings of that phrase, shall we?

He said I turned out, which means that before I must have been ugly. OK, I'll take it because I was pretty careless about hygiene until I was about 12.

Nice looking. That's a bit harder.

Knowing Sirius Black, he would normally say something like, "You're a sexy babe", in some deep voice.

So his comment could mean 2 things: 1. I'm just nice looking, which means I'm really not a sexy babe. Or 2. He might like me the way we've discussed in previous chapters, and may have just had his first shy moment.

Regularly, I would go with option 1. But seeing that by now he would've said something more by now, I have doubts. Faulty doubts, but doubts all the same.

So I just kept scrubbing as the tension began to build up around us.

Don't look at me that way!

What else could I have done?

What? Should I have said, 'You didn't turn out so bad looking yourself Black!"

Yea caught you didn't I? So shut up.

"Thanks."

WOAH. Did I just say that?

I turned around and looked at Sirius and he smiled.

That's it, he just smiled, and gradually, his smile began to reflect on my face.

And there we were. 2 highly confused yet content 17 year – olds, scrubbing away the dust on some storage shelf, not at all aware of the turn that moment had taken.

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Anyway, I'm sure you though I was going to reveal James and Sirius' plan in this chapter…even I though that's what was gonna happen. But the way this chapter ended seemed fitting for me so we'll have to wait for another update for the surprise. Just to let you know though, it's probably not nearly as extravagant or creative as you all might hope it to be.

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