Thoughts of 7th Year
Part 2
The Great Hall's doors opened and people from all the houses flew threw.
Sirius, the crew and me stayed in the Great Hall, waiting for everyone to go in so we wouldn't get squished, or separated, in a crowd of people.
Finally we got to go in and got a table. (A large table to fit all of us) The Hall was decorated in rater sickening shades of blue and yellow, and banners that yelled out "HAPPY GRADUATION" at random moments. At first it was amusing but it slowly turned annoying and in about the middle of dinner Dumbledore finally made them shut-up.
Awhile later the music started playing. It was really weird because there where no speakers to be seen.
"Liz Phair - Why Can't I breathe" came on and I started to mutter the words
"Sing louder!" Sirius hollered over the music
"No!" I yelled
"Awe come on I promise I won't tease!"
I shook my head
"PLLLLLLLLEEEEEEAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" He yelled in an extremely annoying voice.
"NOOOOOO!" I answered
"Fine" Sirius said and turned away from me no doubt wearing his "Pouty face"
I rolled my eyes.
"Want to dance?" Sirius asked 5 minuets later
"I thought you where ignoring me?" I asked with a raised eyebrow
"Well there's no point in sitting here the whole evening. Plus I can't have you sitting there wearing that adorable little smirk, eventually another guys going to try to hit on you and then I'm going to have to punch him out and well it's all just to complicated for my liking" Sirius answered
I snorted but nodded my head
We got up and walked to the dance floor. The minute he looked at me I forgave him though. Even if he was a twit sometimes, he was just too sweet to not give into.
He rapped his arms around my waist and pulled me close to him. I placed my hand up on his shoulders and laid my head on his chest enjoying being in his arms. It was like falling in a bunch of soft velvety pillows. I just didn't want to stop being there. The war was getting worse, I wasn't THAT naive. And no matter how strange and dumb and cheesy it sounded, I felt safe from everything, just there, in his arms.
Later Remus and Becca came up to us. Becca was undoubtedly piss drunk.
She stumbled over, tripping over her dress. Luckily Remus caught her before she broke her nose on the cold, hard floor.
"Hey guuuys you should try the puuunch IT'S GREAT!" Becca slurred
"Sirius, could you tell me WHO THE HELL spiked the punch!" Remus yelled over the music. (The annoyance in his voice was clear.)
Sirius got that guilty look in his eye.
"SIRIUS!"
"But Remus-"
"Don't fucking 'but Remus' me, why the HELL didn't you warn me?"
"Awe Remmy, I'm sorry. We just wanted everyone to have a little fun…"
"Fine, whatever. I'm going to take her up to the common room, you have FUN without me!" Remus said and haughtily turned around
"Hey Rem!" Sirius called
Remus turned "What?"
"Don't take advantage of her; she won't thank you in the morning!" Sirius called teasingly across the Hall.
"Pig" Remus muttered under his breath before taking Becca by the hand
"What a pretty rainbow, Remus do you see that pretty rainbow?" Becca slurred happily
"Oh yes Bec it is a lovely rainbow isn't it?"
Sirius snorted with laughter while I bit my lip to keep from laughing as well – they sounded like an old couple. Where the wife was loony and the husband was loony for the wife. It was cute.
"Sirius?" I asked
"What love?" He murmured
"Did you or James spick the punch?"
"Awe where still on that?" He whined
"Yes, I want you to apologize tomorrow"
"I'm sorry Riri," He said with puppy dog eyes
'Damn those sexy blue eyes!' I thought
"What?" Sirius said a smirk coming to his lips
"Aw shit, I said that out loud didn't I?" I asked
"Yes and you have sexy eyes two Riley, don't be jealous of mine!" Sirius said mockingly
"Fine then," I said backing away from Sirius "I'm going to go find Lil' and warn her about the toxic punch"
"Ri," He said fixing me with a piercing look "You can't talk to her right now"
"Why?" I asked totally confused
He took my hand and pulled me closer to him whispering in my ear "James is proposing to her"
I gasped
"Yeah! Isn't it great?" He asked with a glint in his eyes
"Yeah!" I replied, but underneath it all I was a little jealous.
"Hey you want to go for a walk outside; I need to tell you something else"
I nodded a bit confused. 'What could he want to talk to me about?'
We stopped at a little bench beside the lake
"You want to sit down?" He asked
I nodded, my mouth was getting dry. I sat down
My eyes widened ask he knelt to one knee and took something out of his pocket. Then he grabbed my hand with his other hand.
I swear a billion and one thoughts where flying through my head at that moment
"Riley, I've known you for-" at this moment I started balling my eyes out while he gulped and continued "7 year now. Every time I'm with you I can't keep a fricken grin down because you make me so happy. I love you, and I know it isn't the kind of love that will ever go away. Will you put up with me for the rest of your life and marry me?"
I Chocked out a few sobs and managed "Of course I will you ass what took you so long to ask!"
He beamed
"Just the words I was expecting from my future bride," He said cheekily
I stuck out my tongue
"-And she's soooo mature to!"
I rolled my eyes and wiping the tears out of my eyes.
"Your cute" he whispered in my ear before kissing me with something that was so intense I almost passed out.
When we finished the uh… cough-make out-cough-session-cough
He whispered something else
"I love you Miss. Riley-soon-to-be Black"
I beamed at him
"Riley Black… hmmm, that sounds good."
Sirius did this thing I was sure was between a smile and a smirk – a 'smicke'
"It does sound rather lovely doesn't it?"
"Yeah it will sound even lovelier when your screaming it on are honeymoon"
His mouth went open and shut – it was sort of funny. Like a demented blowfish.
The next day Becca, Lily and I celebrated in the room of requirements.
We exchanged "Marry-me" stories, all of which were very romantic. Becca's was in the Room of Requirements itself. Lil's… James took her up on his broom. (AN - I know what you're thinking! You dirty; gross, perverted… okay whatever your thinking just STOP it's his broom as in a wooden broom… okay that didn't sound quite right either… no, James's 'broom' is not wooden in this story. But his broom, broom is. Hem, well I try…)
The boy's party included sitting in they're room getting drunk and reading dirty magazines. Which we, as females found a bit disturbing… but that was how they partied apparently.
They where are pre-bachalorette and pre-bachelor parties.
-End of Flashback-
The things I miss most about my friends were there ability to make me smile. From Becca's stupidity, to James's quick comment's. At the end of the year I almost had a breakdown with all the things happening so quickly. They all helped me get threw it and I was myself in no time.
It wasn't like that now. I was a 38-year-old healer at the local walk-in-clinic. The job itself bored me half to death. Sometimes I ran only on the memories of my childhood. A shrink once told me 'it wouldn't do to dwell on the past and to move on'. He said that if I didn't I would continue with the depression and insomnia that kept me up half the night. I asked him rater rudely if he had all his childhood friends dead and his wife locked up in prison would he just 'move on with his life'.
He threw me out of his office and told me not to come back ever again. I guess I was just TOO crazy?
Hey People,
Hee, I love the end of this chapter. Lol. Oh and sorry about the James's broom thing back there. Ha, I was just a bit crazy when I wrote that… Oh and the next chapter will be really long because I'm going to try and stick all the weddings in one. Or attempt to anyway. Thanks for the reviews, keep 'em coming!
!Luv Nikki!
