Chp.3: Don't Kiss Me
I dedicate this chapter to Sharon (because I promised) and Peppermince because I missed her birthday party!! Gaaah...
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The night air was chilled and crisp. Lily's parchments rustled in the wind as she wrote things down with her quill. Remus sat next to her doing his Astronomy homework. She'd ask him several questions and he'd answer. All signs of movement beside him stopped. Remus looked up and saw Lily staring at the waning moon with glazed over eyes.
"Lily," he said, pinching her side. She jumped and her inkbottle fell off the roof. They watched it fall into the darkness below them and then they heard a girl shriek then male laughter. Lily looked at Remus with wide eyes and he laughed.
"What's bugging you, Lily?"
"Never mind it, Remus." Her gaze went to the stars again. The bright balls of gas winked at her. She would be lying if she said nothing was the matter. Her nerves racked whenever she thought about it.
Sirius had begun sitting next to her in class, talking to her at separate occasions and telling her things that would make her laugh. He even stayed up at night with her when she always had too much to do. She was very suspicious of him at first. She avoided him, but he made it clear that he was not going to leave her alone.
"It's Sirius, isn't it?" Remus's voice broke her train of thought. She ducked her head.
"Is it that obvious?"
"Pretty much. "
"I suppose he's looking for me or something. He's been doing that for the past week."
The door of the Tower suddenly crashed open and in strolled the subject of conversation.
"Oh ho! So you two are the culprits!" Sirius said amusedly.
Ink was splatter all over Sirius's dark cloak. He untied it and flung it on the couch at one side of the room. He was shirtless, but he didn't seem to mind. Now, it wasn't that Lily didn't want to see him or anything, but she really had homework to do and Remus seemed like he was about to leave. And he did, sighing as he went out the door. Sirius climbed onto the roof, slid in beside Lily and just sat.
"You know I can't work with you staring at me like that, Sirius," she said quietly. He took the quill out of her hand and twirled it.
"You were ignoring me," he mumbled. She snatched her quill back.
"You're kind of hard to ignore." She gave up on Astronomy, packing her things away delicately, but in a hurry.
"That desperate to get away from me?" he asked playfully.
"Look, Sirius – " He muffled her speech with his lips. She roughly shoved him away and punched him.
"Jesus, Chris was right," Sirius muttered, rubbing his cheek. Lily wiped her mouth with her sleeve and continued to glare at him.
"Alright, Miss Prefect, so you don't like kisses." He eased himself into a reclining position and folded his hands behind his head.
"You need to relax a bit," he suggested lazily. "It's no wonder you're so smart and all."
"Black, my grades have nothing to do with my love life."
"Or lack thereof...ouch!" Lily smacked him with the corner of her bag as she turned to step off the roof. Sirius got down and ran around her until he was face to face with her. She looked up expectantly, though focusing her stare somewhere around his collar. He took a hold of her chin and forced it up.
"Don't I at least deserve an apology, Lils?"
"Why are you doing this? Is this another stupid dare?" she asked softly. He exhaled slowly to the side before looking at her again, charcoal eyes reflecting stars.
"Is this why you've been so feisty towards me since yesterday? You heard some rumour and assumed that I was up to no good?"
"You have a reputation of being up to no good."
"I'm not all bad."
"You could be lying to me for all I know."
"What makes you think that?" Sirius was very much aware that he was indeed lying, but this was proving to be a lot more fun than he intended. She had punched him and now she was arguing with him. Interesting.
"What?" Lily laughed wryly. "Don't lead me on if all you're going to do is love and leave me."
"I'm lovin' and leavin' nobody. Not you."
"Liar."
"I told you, I wouldn't. Don't you trust me?" She stood taller and gave him a calculating look.
"What's there to trust, Sirius? I've heard things."
"And I've heard things about you. I know you're a great person, a kind person," he paused and brushed his fingers against her cheek, "a shy person."
Lily muttered something under her breath. Sirius leaned in for a kiss, but she turned her head and his lips landed on her cheek. His forehead connected with hers and Lily closed her eyes.
"Give me a chance, alright?" he whispered, glad that she hadn't punched him. She blinked at him and they stared at each other for a long time. Sirius's face broke into a grin and she smiled back with a shrug. It was getting late and, not wanting to get her into trouble on her first night with him, he suggested they head back. He opened the door and offered his hand to her. She accepted.
They chatted all the way back to Gryffindor's Tower. Exchanging a brief 'goodnight' at the bottom of the stairs to their dorms they went they separate ways up.
DK was bouncing on his bed, licking a Popsicle when Sirius entered the room. Peter was snoring so loudly it drowned out the sounds coming out from Bal's curtained bed.
"So? How'd it go?" James propped himself up on his elbows not bothering to slip on his glasses. Sirius shrugged.
"It was alright. She's nothing like the other girls, though."
"Of course not. She's the only decent one out of that lot you always date," Remus said somewhat harshly.
"What's gone up your arse, mate?" Sirius asked casually. He was looking around for his cloak and realized he had left it in the Astronomy Tower. He didn't think much on it anymore and sat on his bed. The house elves would find his name on his cloak and return it nice and clean the next morning.
"I don't think you should be doing this, that's what," Remus responded. "She doesn't deserve this."
"Oh, and I supposed you're going to tell her about it?" Chris scoffed. He had poked his head out from between Bal's curtain. His cheeks were pink and he was panting slightly. Remus looked from Sirius to Chris and he was silent. "That's what I thought."
"Hey, what're you doing back there?" Sirius said wickedly with a smirk. Bal's flushed face appeared, resting on Chris's bare shoulder, and he hiccupped, laughing goofily.
"Heh, he's a bit drunk," Chris snickered.
"Does he even know?"
"Heh, no." Remus gave him a look. "Whaaat? It's not like I'm taking advantage of anyone here..." Then the two disappeared again. Sirius cast a silencing spell at the bed.
"In any case," Sirius said slowly, "I had a very interesting talk with Lily. Did you know she likes art? She said she'd show me some stuff if I wanted. Great, isn't it? It's the first time I've had something like this in common with girls other than sex."
James prepared to sleep again with a scowl on his face. It didn't go unnoticed.
"Hey, hey, hey!" DK's called out, "James, mate, you jealous or something?!"
"Oh, not in the slightest," James replied in a honey-coated voice. "And why are you so happy tonight?"
"Oooh, I'm glad you asked." DK was grinning uncontrollably. He lapped up the juice from his Popsicle. "My girl said she'd come over to spend Christmas with me. We're going skiing and everything. It'll be fantastic for our five-month anniversary."
"Wow, that's great," said James, genuinely. His spirits lifted and he felt happy for DK. In reality, a girl would never last that long with James and he'd never have any girl over unless he found her special enough. So far, no girl was perfect or special enough yet.
"Yeah and...!"
Sirius wasn't listening to the conversation anymore. He thought back to the one he and Lily just had on the way back. He'd found that she was very different from any other girls he'd dated. Her eyes lighted up whenever she talked things that fascinated her, she laughed at his jokes and wasn't afraid to tease him. He was beginning to feel just a tad guilty gambling for her affections. But they all knew that if it weren't for this, he'd never have even approached her.
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Thanks to:
Armadrieclya: I like to think of Lily with either Sirius or Remus sometimes too! You gave me three reviews in a row, you sweetheart! I was very happy. Thank you!
Christy Corr: Sigh, yes, boys are like that. Anyway, I'm on the way in getting them together! It'll come =) Thanks for reviewing!
dawn1: Lily's going to figure out there's a bet going on some time later! It'll be fun, I promise! Thanks =)
Kewh?: You don't make half as much sense as I do, but then again, I don't make much sense either. Thanks for reviewing, bacon. Can I call you Bacon? BK reminds me of Bacon o.O
mintchoc: Two review for me? Goodie =P Haha, glad we figure out what DK stood for and now I thoroughly know what 'prudent' means. Thanks!
Nicky Black: Phew! And I thought people wouldn't like my OCs. I hope this wasn't too long of a wait. I'm trying to increase the population of Lily/Sirius fics. Haha! Thanks for the review!
peppermince: K! Love you! Hahah, thanks for reviewing and I'm posting this as a sort of birthday present Happy Belated Birthday, Bullet Baby. (Alliteration rocks )
Hey, guys! I'm so sorry for the long wait. It was hard to write this chapter and I must've trashed so many drafts, loads of trees died. I'm sorry! I'm studying for my History and Counterpoint exams for piano. I'm getting nowhere so I'm pretty much panicking right now. Wish me good luck and I'll post another chapter soon! (I hope.)
I hope to get 10 reviews. If not,shrug Thank you for reading! –yawn- I sleep now!
Love you lots! =)
July 5, 2004