Sirius took a few deep breaths. 'O... Okay. it can't be that bad... Can it...? OH GOD! IT'S HOPELESS! A GROUP OF GOSSIPING GIRLS KNOW! WE'RE DOOMED! DOOMED, I TELL YOU!'
"Kill me now." Sirius whimpered to Lilly.
Lilly shook her head, removing her hand from her mouth, gulping. "G...Girls?" she croaked, looking around at all her friends. "Don't tell anyone about this, okay?"
All of the girls were silent for a moment, glancing at each other.
"IT'S HOPELESS!" howled Sirius, falling to his knees and sobbing into his hands. "THEY'LL BLAB TO THE ENTIRE SCHOOL!"
Jenny glanced at everyone else and an evil smirk came across her face, all of the other girls grinning and nodding.
"I think we can come to an arrangement." said Jenny sweetly.
Sirius looked up at her, tears in his eyes, his mouth hanging open a little, the picture frame in his hand.
"... Like what?" Sirius sniffed, Lilly helping him to his feet.
"Let us see the film." Jenny said simply.
THUD
Sirius had slipped from Lilly's hands and was on the ground again, pounding his forehead against the ground, the silver picture frame lying on the grass beside him.
THUD
"LIFE'S--"
THUD
"--NOT--"
THUD
"-- FAIR!" sobbed Sirius.
Lilly pulled Sirius to his feet, patting his back as he sobbed onto her shoulder. "Shh. Calm down..." whispered Lilly, stroking Sirius' back soothingly.
"So, do we have a deal?" asked Jenny, one of the other girls picking up the silver picture frame.
Sirius whimpered and stepped back from Lilly, he knew there was no way out...
". . . Oka--"
There was a splash and a green tentacle burst from the shimmering surface of the lake, yanking the picture frame from the girl's grip and holding it up, as though wondering what it was.
Everyone watched the tentacle, Sirius and Lilly not daring to breathe.
The tentacle shook the frame slightly, causing Sirius to get an idea. If the frame was destroyed, no one would be able to see the film!
Sirius grinned as he watched the tentacle shake the frame vigorously, as though wanting to get the last cookie out of the cookie jar or trying to get it to work.
"Come on... Break... Come on.. Break..." whispered Sirius, watching the frame with a vampiric grin on his face. Sirius didn't want to send a spell at the frame so it would get destroyed, just incase he hit the giant squid. Having a giant squid with a grudge against you is not something Sirius wanted.
Sirius choked on his breath as he saw the frame slip from the squid's grip as it shook the frame particularly hard, flinging it into the air.
The group of girls, Lilly and Sirius stared and watched the glimmer of silver that was the picture frame fly toward the...
... Quiddich pitch.
Before Sirius knew what he was doing, he was tearing toward the Quiddich pitch. He wanted to know that the frame was destroyed for good. As he got closer to the quiddich pitch his stomach knotted together. The frame was still flying through the air... But so was the slytherin quiddich team...
Why did they have to choose today to practice!
Sirius didn't know how fast he got onto the pitch. He just wanted to get the frame back.
Sirius screeched to a halt in the middle of the quiddich pitch, ignoring the green and silver blurs that was the slytherin quiddich team, looking around frantically for a glimmer of silver.
"Is this what you're looking for, Black?" came a hiss behind Sirius.
Sirius whipped around to see the Slytherin seeker holding the last thing Sirius wanted him to be holding.
The silver picture frame.
Sirius was doomed...
((TBC. yes. i love cliffhangers unless I'm the one receiving them. sorry! XD))
