CHAPTER 10: SLIDE FOR LIFE

Kristanna smirked. "Ok, completed," she said in triumph.

Lily stood up and she was about to speak but Kristanna held out a finger. "Do you really want to kiss him?" she asked pointing to Snape, who didn't seem to know the event.

Lily had no choice but to glare at Kristanna as if to say, "You'll pay for this once I could do it to you."

James sat down in disgust. Surely, he didn't want to be swallowed whole by the humiliation he'll suffer by kissing, of all the men in the world, the greasy-haired git (which is quite an overused name for Snape).

"So," Kristanna said, standing up. "I think we have to leave the two of you alone. Remember to be quiet, surely, you don't want a PDA-session with Severus Snape," Kristanna said. She elbowed Sirius, who stood up like a dog to follow its master.

It was raining outside. Kristanna conjured an umbrella, a decorative one. This leaves Sirius under the rain, soaked.

"What are you planning about them?" Sirius asked.

"Well, the truth is," Kristanna started. "They will only have to kiss each other if one of them talks." She winked at Sirius and rolled her umbrella in an intimate way.

"How did you do that?" Sirius asked. "Everyone heard that they ought to kiss the first guy who enters the pub, which is Snivellus…"

"But you well know how a nonverbal spell works," Kristanna reminded. "In short, actions and thoughts," she folded her umbrella as it stopped raining and used it to point at Sirius temple, "speak louder than words."

"That means I have to bang myself to the wall for being so stupid," Sirius said with relief. The two laughed as they walked back to the castle.

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Kristanna frowned as she dipped her quill in her ink bottle and started to write her computations on a long piece of parchment. She had reached a three-foot long scroll when Sirius entered, carrying a stack of books.

"Take those books off the table," Kristanna ordered. She was going around the table as she read and checked her solutions like an artist staring on a very long imperial scroll.

"Hey, what are those?" Sirius asked.

"My special project," Kristanna said.

"If you could do something like that, you'd better do muggle calculus," Sirius teased. Kristanna threw a leatherbound book on Sirius' face and said, "I wonder what happened to the two."

Kristanna did not look at Sirius but said, "Well, I bet they plastered something on their mouths to avoid kissing one another, who they thought was Snape."

"Is that really effective?" Sirius asked. "That's not one of the signs."

"Exactly! The third signs is somewhat, in their own free will. So we have to get them to each other before that."

"Well, the next sign says that the couple starts to sneak out at the same time, regardless of their excuse," Sirius said.

"If we analyze it, they could sneak out together. That will be on the same time, right?" Kristanna said.

"So far, so good," Sirius replied, smiling.

"I better have to go," Kristanna said, yawning. She gathered her things and went upstairs, Sirius absentmindedly trailing her, carrying the rest of the load.

"Sirius, you should not make a step on our staircase. I'll get my things for you," Kristanna said, trying to take the rest of the load.

"No, really," Sirius said, waving a hand.

"You're so stubborn, Sirius. Now, hand it over," Kristanna said sternly.

Sirius frowned. "No, really. I'll be fine!" he shouted.

"I'm giving you five seconds to leave, Sirius," Kristanna threatened.

However, Sirius continued to climb the stairs. "Don't tell me I didn't warn you, you brat," Kristanna murmured.

Lily and James, in their great annoyance, entered the room just in time to see Sirius sliding down, his hair and face lopsided.

James looked at him as though to say, "What are you trying to do, Sirius?" His lip was twitching as though he was about to laugh.

Sirius got up to his feet and brushed himself. "I didn't lure him up here," Kristanna said in a singsong voice. "I warned him."

"Hey, aren't you a bit worried on me?" Sirius asked James indignantly as the guy shot him an intense glare.

Sirius looked at Kristanna who nodded. "Aren't you going to say something?"

Lily opened her mouth in anger but fortunately, a note appeared on the bulletin board.

"All Prefects and Heads, please go to the teacher's faculty room for event orientation."

Lily and James raced out of the common room. Kristanna went downstairs and picked up her things. "Never go up the girl's staircase," she reminded Sirius.

"They are in big trouble if they do not speak to each other," Sirius said, massaging his bottom.

"Well, they'll have extra points if they kiss each other in front of the professors," Kristanna said, folding her arms in a sarcastic way.

"At least there's the least chance that we're going to win that dumb contest," Sirius said, smiling.

"Unless Dumbledore carries a banner that upholds us," Kristanna added. There was a 'pop' and Kristanna read the bulletin.

Dear students,

Whoever votes for our special contestants, Kristanna Spencer and Sirius Black, will receive twenty points each vote.

Signed,

Professor Dumbledore

"I think this is not Dumbledore," Kristanna said.

"So, you're thinking it's fake. But this is his handwriting. I've seen it a hundred times!" Sirius insisted. "Better not talk again, Kris. You have the tongue of an angel."

"Thank you," Kristanna snapped.

a/n: Dumbledore is kinda supportive in this chapter? Nope, he just wanted to teach the two students a damn lesson about real matchmaking. Anyway, don't mind anything about Dumbledore here, okay?

But please review. I'll be glad. I'll also be happy if you drop by my other stories. I saw that other reviewers do that.