Chapter 3: the disappointments
The stars kept glaring romantically. Sirius and zoey still set under a bald tree. Sirius waited for an answer if zoey will go with him to the dance. The waiting was unbearable.
Zoey looked at Sirius's pale-blue eyes and smiled.
"I wish I could… but I can. I can't dance It will be such an embarrassment on your part".
Sirius smiled. She was so cute. He couldn't be any happier now that they finally got along.
-"what makes you think it will be embarrassment on my part?" he turned and his face was a few centimeters from hers.
"Well… I guess… I guess it because you have a reputation to keep… I mean: you were going out with all the girls in school… and probably 80 of them are much better dancers then I am…" zoey mumbled and looked down so her hair was all over her face. Sirius took her chin and removed her hair. Now they were closer then ever. He could feel in his mouth her warm breaths and caressed her hair gently.
"I can teach you if you want to…" he whispered in her ear seductively. She couldn't resist him even if she wanted to. And she didn't.
Sirius took her hand in his and helped her get up. They stood close to the lake and a few fish splashed them a beet on their shoes. But they didn't care. It was all so magical it felt like they were in a dram and afraid to wake up.
Zoey got dizzy since she stood real fast, so Sirius suggested her to rest her head on his shoulder. They danced slow for a long time. Zoey rested her head on Sirius and closed her eyes. His arms held her waist gently and he whispered in her ear: "your doing great…" zoey felt very comfortable resting her head on his shoulder and feeling his arms hugging her waist gently. She felt so protected. like nothing will hurt her. She smelled Sirius's neck gently.
"I like your after-shave though…" zoey whispered to his ear while they kept dancing.
-"I like your after shave too ...I mean your perfume!" he corrected himself quickly.
Zoey giggled and they stopped dancing.
"So will you go to the dance with me?" Sirius whispered."
-"id love to" zoey smiled. Sirius bend over towards her lips.
Zoey could smell his after-shave again and they were about to kiss when-
"Oh… shit!" Sirius cursed when the two of them got out of the lake. Apparently, two of the mermaids pulled them into the lake.
Zoey thought it was kind of disappointing since she really wanted to kiss Sirius but as she got out of the lake and saw Sirius she couldn't help it but laugh.
"What are you laughing at?" Sirius asked puzzled. Zoey looked very sexy all wet from head to tow-but Sirius kept it to himself.
"I'm sorry! You just look so cute!" she said and the two start to walk towards the castle. "So Sirius… did you really slept with all the girls you dated?" zoey asked shyly. Sirius smiled when he noticed how embarrassed she was. "Not all of them… But most of them." He answered sincerely. He didn't wanted zoey to feel afraid and panic but he didn't want to lie to her.
"Oh..." she mumbled.
-"oh but you don't have to-" he said quickly when he understood where the conversation is going; but zoey interrupted him-
"I know I don't have to." She said sharply. She liked Sirius. But she wasn't ready yet to sleep with him or with any other guy.
The two entered the great hall and zoey felt relief when they saw it was empty. She didn't want every body to look at her and Sirius all wet and start to gossip. Zoey and Sirius didn't actually knew how much time they were out; so naturally they assumed that it was passed bed time and that they can get in their room safely. They entered to the Gryffindor's common and were surprised to see that at list 20 people were still awake. Including their class- mates. Zoey whispered in Sirius's ear that she's going to her dorm and he nodded and left to his own dorm.
As Sirius entered his dorm James and Remus jumped on him;
"Tell us what happened with zoey!" Remus asked
-"did you kissed?"
"Did you two make out?"
-"did you do something more then making out?" James winked at him.
"Shut up!" Sirius shouted. "I'm going to take a hot shower and ill tell you everything.
James and Remus sited on their beds; waiting for Sirius to finish cleaning himself.
meanwhile…
-"so…?" lily jumped on her bed and looked at zoey when she got out of the shower.
"So what?" zoey looked puzzled.
-"oh come on! You and Sirius…I saw the sparkles..." lily smiled and winked.
"IV no idea what are you talking about". Zoey avoided lily's eyes and brushed her clean hair.
-"please! You can trick however you want but not me zoey! You're my best friend I know when something's going on…and according to what IV heard in the common room a lot is happening..." she kept on smiling that irritating "know it all" smile.
"Ok... ill tell you." Zoey set on her bed and lily as well. After an explanation lily hugged her pillow and made sounds like "awwwww…" and "ohhhhhh" in the romantic parts.
"I didn't know that Sirius is such a charmer..." lily admitted.
-"but he is… he's so adorable...no wonder why all the girls want to go out with him..."
"Ohhh… looks like somebody is in love!" lily said provocatively and zoey threw a pillow on her head.
"Tell you what: I found a secret path behind our air conditioner and it leads to the boys dorms. I bet we can find James's room and spy on them! Are you in?" lily said with an inviting smile. She loved this kind of adventures.
"Count me in!" zoey said after hesitate and lily preformed a spell to remove the air conditioner. The girl crawled into a big channel that was above all the student's dorms.
They crawled in silent- giggling from time to time, and eventually they found jams, Sirius and Remus's room. Sirius just walked out from the shower-wearing nothing but a blue silk boxer. He looked so hot. He preformed a quick spell that dried his hair and looked hotter then ever. Lily winked at zoey's reaction. "Aright gays I'm not telling you anything but the fact that I have a dance-date". Sirius smiled charmingly.
"With zoey? Man she's hot…sometimes I think she's hotter then lily… If I had to choose how to kiss in school id say zoey before Id say lily. But it doesn't matter cause im with lily now..." James said with a small smile.
Lily looked outrageous like she was about to hit somebody.
"Yeah but don't get any ideas James" Sirius crossed his arms on his bare chest.
-"but what really happened? I mean… did you guys do it?" Remus smiled.
"I can't say but I won't say nothing happened..." Sirius looked pleased with his answer. Zoey couldn't believe it: Sirius was giving an importation that something sexual happened between them! How could he do this to her!
"Nice going man! We'll spread the rumor!"
James laughed and hi-five with him. Lily still didn't got over the fact that James is thinking that zoey is hotter then her. She looked furious and whispered: "guess our gays let us down…" and when zoey nodded with one tear on her cheek lily took her hand and they crawled back to their room.
That night neither of the girls could sleep. They turned around in their beds; just thinking. In the morning when zoey got out of the bed without closing her eyes all night-she noticed lily wasn't in the room. She remembered the magical night with Sirius and hated herself for believing his flirts! Of course he will say that kind of things to her! He probably uses the same words with all the other girls' as-well! She got dressed angrily and fixed her hair. She exited her room and went to the Gryffindor's common room when she noticed all the boys staring at her and winking at her. She got even more angry and knew it was because Sirius's lies. She entered the great hall and bumped into James by accident. "Watch where you're going idiot!" she screamed at him. James looked shocked.
"What is wrong with all the women today? First lily's not answering me when I talk to her and now you!"
But zoey didn't listened. She didn't want to listen to hem. She knew that part of the reason that boys treated her like a slut was his fault. James looked puzzled when she got up and left without saying anything. He tried to remember if he said something insulting to lily or zoey but ever since he and lily made out in the common room last night they hadn't even met! Zoey saw lily and set next to her in the Gryffindor's table. Again all the boys looked at her. She felt uncomfortable. It felt nothing like resting a head on Sirius's shoulder. She hated him but at the same time she wanted him to hug her and feel safe again. "I hate James" lily mumbled and buried her head in her hands.
"No you don't lily. You love him! Don't let one stupid thing he said to spoil what's between you two!" zoey said and drank some orange juice. Just when lily started to answer Sirius and James set in front of them. Sirius took zoey's hand in his and mumbled hi-but zoey pulled her hand away from him and look at him with disgust.
Sirius looked puzzled like James and asked "what's going on?". Zoey felt tears falling from her eyes. She got up from the table and ran out. Sirius ran after her. "Zoey! Zoey wait!" he ran and finally catch her arm. She tried to escape but Sirius was stronger. She wiped her tears with the other arm and shouted him to let go of her.
"I won't let go until you tell me what's wrong!" Sirius looked angry.
-"I know everything ok? I heard you talking about us sleeping and spreading the rumor and now all the boys treat me funny and all because of you! You jerk!" zoey shouted and wiped new tears. In that moment Sirius knew he was busted. He should have never let the boys believe that they had sex. He was such an idiot. "Im so sorry zoey..." he said in weak voice."Well your sorry is not gonna bring me back my reputation will it!" she pulled her arm from his hand. Back in the great hall James tried to make up with lily. "Please tell me what's wrong!" he said for the 100 times. Lily said viciously: "nothing. I think we should break up. You're not good enough for me". James couldn't believe it. How could lily say something like that? That moment all of his love to her turned into hate and anger. He looked in her eyes and said "if someone's not good enough is you to me!" and before he could think about he's words he mumbled "mudblood". Lily looked shocked. Everybody in the great hall that Listened Covered Their
Mouths with surprised. Lily was so insulted she slapped his face and left the great hall. James was the last person in the world that she thought will call her mudblood. She ran into the third floor and lay on a wall. She cried so loudly her head hurt.
"Lily! Lily im so sorry I wasn't thinking right! Lily you have to forgive me please!" James suddenly screamed behind her back. But it was too late. All lily could do is turn around, look in his eyes and mumble "it's over".