A/N: Okay, so the next few chapters, including this one, are flashbacks. Sirius is thinking back about his time with Ray. Yes, this one is really short, but I think it gets the point across. Oh, and sorry for the mild use of profanity. Once again, please R/R!
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Chapter 2: Send Me the Bill
"I'm starving!" Sirius exclaimed as the seven Gryffindors headed down to the Great Hall for supper.
"Yeah, with all that 'hard work,' you must have worked up some appetite." Ray responded sarcastically.
"Hard work? Sirius? Umm..." Lexie questioned.
"Are you sure we're talking about the same Sirius?" came James's reply as he walked hand-in-hand with Lily.
"Well, I did know one Sirius that, excuse the play on words, was serious about his work, but I think he was blonde...and hot."
"What?" James stopped abruptly.
"Oh, did I say that out loud?"
"Score is now Girls: 1, Boys: Zip!" Lexie smiled as the girls burst out laughing.
"Can we go eat now?" Peter piped up from the back.
"Wait. Sirius, what exactly are you hungry for?" James asked as Sirius grinned in such a way that made Ray blush furiously.
"Well, I know what I'm hungry for." came the cold voice of Lucius Malfoy.
"What do you want Malfoy." Sirius asked, returning the stone-cold glare that he was getting from the Slytherin.
"I think you know exactly what I want, Black." he said, eyeing Ray.
Ray, seeing where the conversation was about to go, quickly interrupted before anyone else could do anything. "Malfoy, just leave." She said, turning on him and watched as he didn't even flinch. She then turned to the Gryffindors surrounding her. "Go on down to the Great Hall, I'll be there in a minute." She ushered everyone ahead of her and watched as they grudgingly walked down the hall until the only people left were she, Lucius and Sirius. "Sirius, you too." Ray said, trying to pull hi, in the direction of the others.
"I'm not leaving you here with him." Sirius stated. Ray whiled him around so that they were face to face.
"Go." Her eyes pleaded with him, begging him to go, promising that she'd be okay. Unwillingly, he gave in, bent down and kissed her cheek, and sulked off down the hall.
After Ray assumed that Sirius was completely out of earshot, she turned towards Lucius. "Why do you always have to ruin everyone's lives? Especially mine? Why can't you just stay away from us!"
"And let someone else screw my bitch? Not happening." He smirked for a second until he felt a searing pain coming from his right cheek. He didn't even realize it was of Ray's doing until he saw the look of satisfaction on her face.
"You'll pay for that!" He spat at her.
"Send me the bill." Lucius grabbed her by the arms and slammed her, hard, into the wall. He pulled her away from the wall, towards him, as she struggled and slammed her back, relentlessly into the wall, again. "Don't worry, I'll get my payment soon enough."