Challenges and Chances in the Gryffindor House
Chapter 2: Maybe?
Up in the girls dorms…
"AH! I HATE him! He is arrogant, stubborn, pig-headed, disgusting, perverted, disrespectful…" Bee sighed as Lilly continued to rant. This was usual; she did this almost every time James would ask her out.
"Well maybe, but he's crazy about you Lills." She told her friend rationally.
"Oh come on, that's a big fat LIE. Why on earth would he want me? That is pathetic; he only does it to BOTHER ME!" Lilly cried out exasperatedly. "Besides, aren't you one to talk? Poor Sirius has been asking you out for, what is it now? OVER FOUR YEARS?" she asked, grinning widely.
"Don't look at me like that" Bee responded, rolling her eyes.
"Like what?"
"Like you know something I don't. Sirius repulses me. He only asks me out to embarrass me, it's all a big joke to him; like everything else in life." She said in one breath. "He has every girl in the entire school, he only asks me out daily because I'm like the only one to refuse him. I'm just a challenge. And honestly, that is pathetic. I want nothing to do with him. The only thing he's good for in my opinion is to practice my insults." She decided haughtily.
"Isn't that a little rough? To be honest, I think he's not always joking. I mean everyone knows it's your fault that he dates every girl he sees, the least you could do is give him one date."
"First of all, how dare you say this to me when you just said what you did about James? And secondly I- wait, did you just accuse me of making him a man whore?" Becca asked astounded. Lilly just laughed.
"Oh come on, like you don't know Bee." Bee just stared wide eyed and expectantly.
"Well you do know you were the first girl he asked out right? Back in second year, after you tried out for Quidditch? Well obviously you said no, and after that he turned into the turbo-dater he is today. You ruined him Bee." She finished with a smile. Becca looked on in shock.
"That is absolutely ridiculous Lills. Sirius Black would have ended up exactly the same way he is now, regardless of whether or not I agreed to have breakfast with him when we were twelve." She said, doing her best to convince herself as well as Lilly. But Lilly just shrugged, and apparently believed what her friend said.
"Whatever, I never said you fancied him or anything. I know he drives you crazy." Becca sighed with relief as Lilly confirmed her thoughts for her.
"So Lilly, while we are on the topic of marauders, I know you hate him and all, but I still say he's serious about you."
"THAT IS RIDICULOUS! JAMES POTTER CAN'T BE SERIOUS FOR MORE THAN 1 AND A HALF SECONDS! HE IS AN IRRATIONAL SELFABSORBED GIT OF A-"
"Calm down Lilly, I get the point, but what would you do if I could prove it to you?" Lilly remained silent.
(The next morning)
The marauders watched the girls descend the staircase, and Sirius and James exchanged identical grins. They walked up to the bottom of the girls stairs, and waited as Lilly and Rebecca approached the bottom. Both boys held out an arm and said in unison, "Escort you to lunch?" Lilly's response was blatantly walking past James as though he were nothing more than a coat rack. Bee simply said "Bite me" to the awaiting Sirius.
"Gladly" he responded with a devilish grin.
"You are positively disgusting Black."
"And you are looking positively radiant this morning Bee." He replied in his most charming voice. While this was enough to make the majority of the females at Hogwarts go weak in the knees, it only made Becca whack him on the back of the head.
"Shove it"
"Where?"
"Oh good Lord."
"Hey wait up" he said, and grabbed her arm seriously. She turned to look at him with eyebrows raised and awaited the cause of his sudden serious side.
"What's up with your crazy friend?"
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"I mean, she could take it a little easier on James."
"Why should she do that?"
"Because maybe it actually hurts, ever think that?"
"No, it always seems like an innocent game. Not to mention he deserved it, he was being an ass, again."
The two just looked at each other, no longer sure about which couple they were talking about. Not until then was it that they realized how close they were standing, and that Sirius was still clutching onto her wrist. She had to lean her head back to meet his eyes, seeing as though he was nearly a foot taller, but found it hard to tear away her gaze. 'What am I thinking? I hate this guy!' she told herself, and finally wrenched her wrist out of his grip. He looked startled, and she stuttered, trying to say something, but eventually gave up and followed Lilly out of the common room.
"What was that all about?" James asked curiously as Sirius came to join him.
"What are you talking about?" he answered innocently.
"Um, your little 'moment' with Davis over there?" he inquired again.
"There was no moment, I don't know what you're talking about." He said coolly.
"Wow. I can't believe I didn't see it before. It is so obvious, and I didn't even notice. You actually fancy her don't you?"
"I DO NOT!"
"Sirius and Davis sitting in a tree!" he began to sing, "F-U-C-"
"JAMES!" Sirius bellowed, and James grinned back.
"Don't worry, I won't tell."
"Well there's nothing to tell."
"So you won't mind if I go tell Bee that you fancy her? I think she'd be interested to know."
"You wouldn't" he growled back.
"Oh, but mate, you know very well that I would."
"Very well, you say a word to anyone about whatever the hell you think you just saw in your demented little mind, and I'll tell Miss Lilly what I found in your sock drawer."
James looked as though someone hit him with a stunning spell.
"Deal." He said disappointedly.
"Too bad we are in love with a couple of Ice Queens." James said with a laugh.
"I DO NOT love Davis." Sirius muttered. James laughed again.
"Okay mate, I believe you." James said, hiding his grin, and with that they turned to follow the two girls out.
Rebecca sighed with exasperation as she looked down into her spaghetti.
"You, me, Hogsmeade next weekend" was written in parmesan on top of it. There was only one way to deal with this. As she stood up to leave, she poured the plate of food onto Sirius' own, making sure to spill a noticeable amount onto his robes. With a sarcastic smile she turned and left, with a laughing Lilly at her heel.
"Wow, well at least you tried something new." Remus offered supportively. Sirius however was laughing, "I'm just glad that she didn't pour it onto me. I wouldn't put it past her."
James sighed and watched his red headed desire walk away and he rested his head in his hands. The other three exchanged all knowing glances. Something had to be done.
It was half past two in the morning, but Becca couldn't sleep. She listened to the slow breathing of her other three roommates, and slowly pulled out the letter that had been keeping her up.
'Dear Beezy,
Please don't crumple this up. Hear me out. Go to Hogsmeade with me? Please?
-Sirius'
She wasn't sure why, but she kept reading it over and over again. It was so simple, but yet made such a complicated situation. Was she actually considering going on a date with Sirius Black? No, that was out of the question. She had successfully avoided that for about five years, she couldn't cave in now! But this letter changed things. For once, he had asked her out, rather than stating that they would go out. And he had taken the time to write a letter. Of course, it was only a three sentence letter, but still. He had thought it through at least somewhat. But would caving in just be letting him win a 5 year long struggle, did he just want to take her out so he would have dated EVERYONE? Well she couldn't let that happen. Of course not. But still…she flipped the letter over and scribbled on the back of it, and made her decision.
After making sure that all the girls were asleep, she grabbed her wand and crept out of the dorm room. She stole up the boy's staircase and found the door labeled '7th years'. Without a word Bee stuffed the letter under the door, and took a deep breath. 'Here goes nothing.' She thought, and hurried back to bed.
The boys awoke the next morning to Peter's excited squeals.
"Sirius got a letter, from a GIRL!" he cried out. Sirius leaped out of bed, to snatch the letter before any of his friends could read it. In a matter of moments there was a mad scuffle for the letter; resulting in Peter shoved under a bed, Remus tangled in the sheets, and James sprawled out on his stomach on the floor; clutching one of Sirius' trainers. Sirius meanwhile had stolen away to the safety of the bathroom.
He saw in the hands was the same letter he had given Bee, but his name on the front was circled in pink pen. He opened it to see an arrow drawn in the same ink on the bottom. He turned the letter to see;
'Maybe…' written in her familiar scrawl. 'Maybe' she had said. Maybe! She was considering him. Why was he so excited? He had been out with countless girls, but never with Bee. Maybe…
