Hey guys! I'm such a slacker, sorry it's taken so long to update. This is kinda short but bear with me. When I finish this chapter I should- I hope- continue on from there in a day-by-day chaptering. Till then, enjoy! ∞ Me ∞
Chapter 7- Bad Timing
Sirius sat back against the railing and took deep even breaths. Who was she to call him those things? What right did she have?
'But she's right mate.' A voice that sounded incredibly like James said. Sirius frowned.
"Of course she's right. I'm an ass. But I was right about her too and she knows it." He put his head between his knees and groaned.
"I'm so stupid! Why did I have to rise to the bate? By doing that I proved her theory right in every way."
'…yeah!' Said Conscious-James indignantly. 'She made an arse out of us mate!' Sirius stood up. He would apologize first and talk things over. If things didn't work out…well, he'd think about that later.
With determination set on his face he followed the path Sam had taken out of the Astronomy Tower and soon came upon the intersection the led to the Gryffindor wing and the Slytherin dungeons.
Hearing low voices he walked curiously- but cautiously, for it could be a Death Eater meeting- down the path to the dungeons and what he saw there made him suddenly freeze in shock.
There, up against the wall with her legs wrapped around the guy's waist and snogging like there was no tomorrow, was Sam and Regulus Black.
After Sam fled the Tower she had two things on her mind; Sirius, and someone to talk to.
She knew that Lily was out of the question because she would be in a sour mood after working with Potter so when she noticed the air grow colder she was surprised to see that her feet had led her straight to the Slytherin dorms.
The painting of a moon nymph smiled down at her, recognizing her stunning face as the girl who had been to those dormitories countless times before and was in good graces with Lucius Malfoy.
"Hello Miss Prewett; pleasant evening?" She asked in her breathy voice. "No Amica, not tonight. Can I please go in?"
Amica looked sympathetic as she shook her head. "Sorry but I'll get into trouble if I let someone in without the password. I'll send someone out to you though-" She offered. "…anyone in particular?"
Sam thought of all her friends in Slytherin but Sirius was the only face that popped in her head. "Regulus, please."
The nymph darted away and soon returned with a triumphant gleam in her eye. "He'll be right out Miss Prewett."
Sam nodded and collapsed against the wall, trying to hold in her sobs. The portrait glided noiselessly open and Regulus stepped out, his dark hair falling in his face.
Sam's breath caught; he looked so much like Sirius! Regulus saw her and ran to her side, pulling her up and against him.
"Merlin Sammy, what happened?" He asked frantically looking into her weepy amethyst eyes. Sam laughed a little through her tears. She knew must look horrible; all blotchy red and puffy.
The small laugh quickly receded as her reason for looking horrible smacked her in the face and she broke down, telling Regulus everything about that past month.
You may seem appalled at this notion but Sam trusted him, because he, like her, was a spy for the Order of the Phoenix.
His job was to obtain inside information and take one of Voldemort's horcruxes. So, naturally, his job didn't allow him to get very chummy with his brother like he so badly wanted to and therefore Regulus was the only person who could remotely understand her circumstance.
Regulus listened quietly and hugged her when she finished. "Christ Sammy, I didn't know you liked my brother like that."
Sam heaved a shuddering sigh. "I didn't either until our fight and he said those things about myself." She was silent a moment before looking back up.
"I think he was right though." Regulus jerked her chin upwards so she looked him in the eyes. "No Sammy." He rasped harshly. "Don't you dare think like that, me, you, and Lily; we know why we do those things. Not because that's us but because it's our duty."
She had stopped crying and was now looking at him with such vulnerability that Regulus couldn't have explained the feeling if his life depended on it.
He felt some strange protective feeling come out in him and he knew that from that moment on he would give Sam whatever she needed.
Unfortunately for them, yet unbeknownst as to why, Regulus knew that at that moment all Sam needed was physical contact.
Leaning forward he caught her pouted lips with his own skilled ones and pushed her against the wall; Sam helping him by pulling him to her.
Both knew that they weren't attracted to each other, but the pull of their shared loneliness drove them together.
Both knew this would be the only time they ever would come together this way again so they made the most of it.
None of them heard the footsteps approach as they were too caught up in the moment and just as Regulus was unbuttoning Sam's shirt she stopped him.
"Did you hear that?" She asked breathlessly, her keen eyes swiftly searching every niche in the hallway. The quickly receding footsteps caught their ears and they both looked at each other.
"Shit, I hope it wasn't Lils or Potter." Regulus said picking up his own shirt from the floor. Sam snorted. "You kidding? They would have interrupted. It was probably a prefect or a little rebellious Gryffindor roaming the hallways after curfew. Which means- our little momentary weakness will be all over school tomorrow."
Regulus shrugged. "As long as it doesn't happen again I don't care." She nodded. "Yeah, really. I don't think kissing my best guy friend is very healthy. It's like kissing my cousin!"
They both shuddered as they thought of their respective cousins. "Anyways, thanks for the ear and the midnight snog Reg." Sam said grinning
"Sure. See you tomorrow at breakfast?" Sam nodded. "Tomorrow." And with a parting hug they went to their own dormitories, both silently agreeing to pretend their snog never happened.
Sirius couldn't watch anymore and with fire spitting from his eyes he stalked out of the dungeons to Gryffindor Tower.
"Snape's a greasy-git." He growled and the portrait swung open. "What's eatin' you mate?" Remus asked as he looked up from a game of gob-stones with James, Peter, and the lithe, brown-haired boy Sam and Lily talked to their first day of school; Frank Longbottom.
Sirius sputtered indignantly for a moment before he could form words. "I saw Prewett snogging Regulus in the dungeons!"
No one why he was in the dungeons, rather they immediately stood and looked ready to throttle the first person they saw.
"Bitch!" (James.)
"Traitor!" (Remus.)
"Slut!" (Peter.)
"Hang on." (Frank.) "What?" Sirius snapped.
"She isn't a bitch or a slut or a traitor. So what if she snogged your brother? She's been friends with the Slytherins since her first day here. It was bound to happen."
Sirius opened his mouth to retort but Remus held up his hand. "No Padfoot, Frank's right. Sam wasn't your girlfriend anyway. Technically, she didn't do anything wrong."
"Moony! He's a Slytherin!" The other three yelled. "Sorry guys, but I'm with Frank on this one. G'night."
Remus and Frank trotted up the stairs and were moments later joined by a fuming Sirius and simpering Peter.
James sighed and walked away. He knew that things would get ugly soon and he really didn't want to have to choose between Lily and Sirius but he knew that the War between the two best friends of the "Most likely to kill each other before the end of the year couple" had merely begun. It would be announced tomorrow.
A/N: Ok? I'm not a good critic for myself. If I reviewed my own work- I wouldn't update because I trash everything I write if my friends don't read it first. The Prank War begins next chapter! Let me know what you think. ∞ Me ∞
