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Chapter 5
A Sirius Sorting
The guys joined the girls in the common room to head down to dinner. "Hey there beautiful" Kyle commented to Hermione. "Um, hey you!" a flustered Harry said to Ginny. Both girls blushed a deep crimson, while Kyle tried his best to hold back a laugh at Harry's attempted hello. Ron joined to group looking quite agitated—he didn't enjoy the girls talk upstairs (being that he didn't have a girl) and was quite bitter. "Let's just go to dinner, okay?" He said with a small bit of annoyance in his voice as a result of the previous scene.
"Are you ready for your sorting Kyle?" Hermione asked.
"I guess so; I just hope that I'm in Gryffindor. Somehow I don't think I could handle Slytherin."
"You were in Gryffindor in your time, right?" she replied lowering her voice to a whisper.
"Yeah." He said. 'The Gryffindor God' he thought to himself before pushing it to the back of his mind. He was enjoying his time with these people, but he and James had rarely been apart in the last 7 years (save for vacations). There were as attached at the hip as two guy FRIENDS could be. They entered the Great Hall and dozens of heads turned to stare at the handsome new guy. Kyle was oblivious to this because he just happened to be lost in thought while gazing at Hermione's golden-brown shimmering hair. They sat down and Kyle still hadn't broken his gaze with Hermione's hair. Hermione had noticed this and was trying to avoid his stare. A loud "AHEM!" broke his concentration.
"Hello students! Before we begin tonight's dinner, I would like to introduce to you my nephew Kyle Smith. Kyle, stand up please. Kyle was previously a student of Durmstrang, but is staying with me at the moment, while his parents have some things to attend to. Kyle, if you will make your way to the front we will sort you into your house."
Kyle got up from the Gryffindor table and felt many eyes upon him—many female eyes. A few males were glancing in his direction quite annoyed by the fact that he had captured all the girls' focus. He walked up to the front of the Hall and placed the tattered old hat on his beautiful black hair.
Ah! Yes, I've been expecting you
I remember you from years ago
My young Mr. Black
You're quite intelligent, yes
But Ravenclaw just doesn't suit you
You are brave indeed
But you definitely are the Slytherin type, you know
Quite cunning and mischievous
No? You don't want to be in Slytherin
If I remember correctly
Your whole family was in Slytherin
Except you, that is
You have difficult times ahead of you
Difficult indeed Mr. Black
Slytherin would help you cope
Something tells me that just won't work
Better be Gryffindor, but before you go
There is something you must know
You are here for a purpose, as you know
I can only give you a clue
Stay close to Mr. Potter and his friends
They will need your help
And what you need lies with them
All secrets will be revealed in the end
There is something you must lend
You will have a hard choice and the end of all
Your future will be your call
Kyle started to ask the hat to explain further when a shout of "GRYFFINDOR!" rang through the hall. A rather high pitched yell of glee filled the space as the Gryffindor girls stood and cheered. "Sirius" normally would have sauntered back to his seat with a large grin on his face, but "Kyle" was deep in thought. 'Something I must lend? Stay close to Potter? A hard choice at the end? My future is my call?' His train of thought was broken when Hermione gave him a small hug to congratulate him. Kyle sat listening to the group's conversation for the rest of the meal. He wanted to think, but everywhere he looked girls were staring wide-eyed at him. Parvati and Lavender were practically throwing themselves at Kyle—much to the displeasure of Ron. Kyle was already working on Hermione, but was preventing Ron to get any other girl's attention as well. He found himself gazing into space with a disgruntled look upon his face when a wave from a friend broke his stare. Luna Lovegood waved cautiously at him (rather worried by his deathly glare), and Ron returned it smiling. For a minute he forgot about Kyle, but soon remembered as he heard a shrill giggle, "Oh! Kyle! We have transfiguration together! I can't wait! See you later!" Parvati said as she skipped away from the Gryffindor table.
They soon returned to the common room, and slowly the crowd began to filter down until everyone left, but Kyle and Hermione. Hermione was seated at a desk, deeply engrossed in her homework (on the second day of school!). Kyle was deep in thought when Hermione let out a frustrated groan.
"Mione, you okay?"
"Yah, I just am writing my charms essay and I ran out of parchment."
"Here borrow some of mine." Sirius said crossing to Hermione with some parchment in his outstretched hand.
"Thanks" Hermione said, but instead of getting back to work she set the parchment down and offered Kyle a seat. "So how is everything so far?"
"Not too bad actually." He said flashing her a smile and winking.
"W-well if there is anything I can do j-just let me know." She said suddenly feeling a bit awkward.
"If you don't mind, I just need someone to talk to. Would you care to walk with me?"
"Kyle its almost curfew, I don't think we shou—"
"Nonsense, I would never let you get in trouble. Please?"
"Okay." Hermione couldn't resist that smile of his—it made her knees go weak (lucky she was sitting).
The two climbed out of the portrait hole and headed to the grounds. They sat down by the lake and Kyle heaved a heavy sigh.
"What can I do? I know this must be hard for you, being away from everything you know."
"It is, but it has its advantages." He said with smile. "I just am still a little confused about why I'm here. I can't tell you everything, simply because I don't know much. The Sorting Hat told me that I had something to lend or give while I was here. A-and that I would be getting something I needed from you guys, meaning to say you, Harry, and Ron. It told me to stick close by you all. Do you remember the letter I told you about, the one I got before I left? It talked about a task I have to fulfill and that I get to decide my own ending to this story. It's just all so overwhelming."
"Well, I really don't know what to say except—whatever reason you're here, I'm glad."
"We better get back to the common room. Thanks for talking with me. It's just a lot to take in."
"I definitely understand the feeling." She replied as her knees went weak at the touch of his hand to help her up.
"Listen" he began, "I know this is soon, but the first Hogsmeade visit is in two weeks right?"
"Yes"
"Would you like to go with me?" A surprised look graced her face," I-I just, well um, I enjoy talking to you and um I- I would like to spend a little more time with you, if-if that's okay." He wondered why he was so nervous—him. He was the Gryffindor God. Something about her made him shake inside.
"I would love to." Kyle almost jumped for joy, but remained calm and suave. He offered his arm and the two walked all the way back to the common room stealing glances and smiles at each other in total silence. He bid her goodnight and let out a huge, "Yes!" as the door to her stairwell closed. He could have sworn for a second that he heard her give a similar yell.
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Hermione said goodnight to Kyle and closed the door to her stairwell. As soon as the door was shut, she gave a shrill "Yes!" and was quite excited when she heard him give one on the other side of the door.
Well that's all for this chapter folks! Let me know if there is anything I can do to improve! Thanks so much again! Please Review! Please! Please! Please! I love you all soooooo much! I hope you enjoyed this one!