AN: Get ready this is where it takes a slight turn! Oh and thanks for all the reviews guys! You rock! Also I'm trying really hard to keep up the chapter every two days or so. It's working out so far, but don't get too used to it! I may get writer's block or some other woeful ailment. Well, enjoy, please!
Training?
Ginny quietly walked up the stairs to Sirius' room and suddenly she didn't feel very confident. I'm going to be with Sirius, in his room… alone, she thought. How in Merlin's name am I going to be able to control myself?
Putting her anxieties away, she knocked lightly on his door and was surprised when the door opened revealing a very hot Sirius. Ginny had just haphazardly thrown on some small shorts and a fit tank top. Sirius was apparently thinking the same, as all he had on was a very tight tank top with some loose pants.
Now, don't start thinking that Ginny was the only one with a reaction. Sirius, for instance, had seen Ginny's long legs and curvy body and suddenly he couldn't speak.
Ginny looked at Sirius questioningly. What is wrong with him, she wondered. Is he going to invite me in or what?
Sirius must have noticed he was being stared at in confusion, as he quickly regained his composure and smoothly invited her in.
Ginny stepped inside and was amazed to see a room equipped for fighting. The room's walls were even padded! Sirius detected her amazement and said, "Yes, this room is quite amazing, isn't it." He was rewarded with a punch in the arm. "Hey, what's with hurting me today!"
"Geez, Sirius. I thought you said that you worked out!" Ginny seriously doubted that it hurt anyway. She looked at him pointedly before asking, "So, would you like to tell me why you're bedroom is a room made to fight in?"
Sirius answered with a cocky grin. "It's a lot like the room of requirement in Hogwarts. Ever been there?" He smacked himself in the head and said to himself, "Of course you've been there! You're Fred and George's little sister!" He whispered to Ginny mock conspiratorially, "I taught them everything I know." At Ginny's disbelieving look he added, "Well, not directly of course!"
Ginny laughed. It's nice to laugh, she thought to herself. I've laughed more today than I have in a long time.
"So, tell me. What exactly have you invited me to join?" Ginny looked excited and also apprehensive. Even the room was intimidating.
"Training you for the war, of course! Why else would I be working out? To look good? Nah." Ginny gave Sirius a look that said, "Please, don't even."
"Okay, okay! So I like that I look good too. Call me a narcissist. Looking sexy never hurt anyone did it?" Sirius finished and threw her a sexy smirk. Ginny had to disagree. Right now she was hurting very badly just because she wanted to stalk over there and kiss his smirk off. Okay so not so much hurting, she just wanted to… real bad.
"This training you speak of, for the war, you think I need to train?"
"Yes. We need as many people as possible. That's why I wanted you to join me. You could be an amazing fighter if someone just taught you. I can work with you every night for two hours and you'll be impressed by how fast you improve. Plus, you get to be with me for a whole two hours. What could be better?" he asked, smirk still intact.
Ginny couldn't think of anything better. Two hours with Sirius every night? She was in heaven just thinking about it. Besides, Ginny knew that during a war no one was exempt from attacks. This would help her defense against attackers. She couldn't see any down side to this situation except that she might lose control over herself during a lesson and kiss Sirius, but that was a risk she was going to take.
"I think that this would be a good opportunity for me." She chose her words carefully as she didn't want to seem too eager.
"Is that a yes?"
"Yes," she confirmed, her confidence returning.
"Well then, let's get started!" Sirius grabbed his wand and murmured an incantation, but was utterly surprised when the wand suddenly turned on him and started whacking him on the head! "What? Ouch! What's happening?" He looked around frightfully to find Ginny with her hands over her mouth in an attempt not to laugh.
Ginny removed them long enough to remark, "Trick wands? I thought mom made them get rid of them. How'd they do that!" She then promptly returned to laughing. Fred and George ceased to amaze her. They must be smarter than she gave them credit for, to have kept those hidden from her parents and assorted order members who, unfortunately, fell victim to the wands. Thankfully, all of them had figured it out before they left headquarters. Ginny quickly muttered a spell of her own that promptly made the wand drop on the floor.
"I'm just wondering how often this is going to happen during the summer," Sirius said with a sigh that was accompanied by a small smile. He had to admit, those twins had style. They were very much like him and his friends. Besides, he couldn't help but smile in Ginny's presence. There was just something about her that made everyone smile, no matter the circumstances.
"Let's just say, you'll never be bored!" Ginny replied with a mischievous grin. Ginny desperately wished she were older. If only she was closer to Sirius' age he might think of her as more than a friend. Ginny sighed, thinking that the mentality she was using was going to get her nowhere if she had a chance with Sirius at all. "Well are we going to train or not?"
Sirius looked at her happily. "Glad to know you're so eager," he answered with a grin. "So have you ever actually fought someone before?"
"Well, I used to roughhouse with the boys a lot, but I was never sure if they were holding back. That's about the only experience I've ever gotten in physical training. In dueling, the only thing I've had was that dueling club in my first year and I think I was a little distracted for that," she finished with a pained look that lasted only seconds before being replaced by a grin. "Of course, there are also my bat-bogey hexes that I've dealt out quite a few times. I'm pretty sure that no one would want to be hit with that," she added with a smirk.
"I'll take your word for it," Sirius said with a smile. "Since that's all the training you've had we're going to have to work on your technique a lot before we can go into actual duels and fights. A wizard, or witch," he added quickly at her pointed look, "must be prepared to fight a duel magically, with wand, and physically, without wand."
"Sounds good. Let's get started, suave teacher of mine."
He looked thoughtful for a moment before saying, "I like that title, but I much prefer the suave, dashing, rogue, and sexy King Sirius." He was rewarded with a hard shove from Ginny. He took that as a hint to start they're first lesson together.
By the end of the two hours both were sweating profusely and were completely worn out. They had slumped against the wall after they're cool down and that was how Fred and George found them.
"Sirius! You in there?" The twins opened the door and saw the two sitting.
"Ginny? What-"
"-might you be doing here,-"
"-darling sister?"
"Sirius is training me," she answered, just noticing the tray in their hands. "What are you guys doing with all that food?"
Completely ignoring Ginny's question, Fred asked George, "Is that what they call it these days, Feorge? Training?"
"Must be, Gred," George answered, snickering.
"Hello? Are you guys listening to me?" Ginny asked, thoroughly annoyed. Sirius, who had understood the twins' implications, was blushing madly. Thankfully, for Sirius, Ginny was too intent on the tray full of food to notice.
"Of course we were listening to our darling, favoritest sister!" the twins cried in mock indignation.
"Then what did I say, huh?"
"You asked us what the tray of food was for, naturally," they said as if everyone in the world should know that.
Ginny huffed and then looked at the twins, clearly asking for further explanation.
"Oh yes, this was the reason we came up here actually. Wasn't it Feorge?"
"Oh yes, Gred, it certainly was. Feorge and I would just like to offer Sirius and you this lovely plate of treats."
"Certainly, this lovely plate of treats. We knew Sirius would be finishing his workout and figured he would need some nourishment." At this point Fred and George had noticed the rogue wand thrown in a corner and he and George shared a knowing look full of laughter.
Finally Sirius decided to cut in. "Thanks Fred, George. You're right I do need some food. I'm starving." Sirius took the tray and waved good-bye to the twins.
Sirius wasn't kidding when he said he was hungry. He was so hungry he could eat the giant squid whole! Well, he wasn't that hungry. Who would eat the giant squid?
Ginny, seeing Sirius about to eat one of the treats, jumped up and slapped the treat out of his hand. "Have you not learned anything about Fred and George? How are you ever going to survive your enemies? They won't have to fight you to beat you; they'll just poison your food, bring it to your door, and hand it to you with a smile!" Ginny shook her head with a smile and said, "I think that I'm going to have to teach you a few things about being paranoid."
Sirius laughed and agreed with her. What was he thinking, he asked himself. Knowingly accepting gifts from Fred and George? He needed to get his head checked.
He looked up to see Ginny looking at the treats longingly. "What? You hungry too? Here, I'll help." Suddenly Sirius jumped up and smeared a pumpkin pastie in her face. And in seconds an all-out food fight ensued.
Unbeknownst to Ginny and Sirius said twins were just outside the door. Ginny, in her paranoia, had been correct, luckily for Sirius, but not so luckily for the twins. After a few minutes of silence the twins looked at each other in confusion.
"What's happening in there, Fred?" George asked in utter confusion.
"I do not know, my good twin. I do not know."
"Let's find out," they finished while slowly opening the door. What they opened the door to did nothing to cure they're confusion. They had opened it to a room covered in their tasty treats, tables that looked like they had been used as shelters, and a very dirty Ginny and Sirius. But this wasn't what confused the twins at all. They could understand a food fight. They always loved a good food fight. The thing that really confused the twins was that Sirius and Ginny were in a very interesting position. By the looks of it Sirius had finally won.
Ginny looked up when the door opened and was surprised to see Fred and George. She then looked around the room and at herself and Sirius. Sirius had finally caught her and at the moment she was under him staring at a very menacing cauldron cake.
Sirius had seen Ginny looking over at the door and he followed her gaze, which is why he was suddenly up off the floor and blushing madly.
Ginny looked at Fred and George with a small apologetic smile as they backed away slowly, as if trying not to awaken a monster. They were so comical that Sirius had to forget his embarrassment and start laughing. Soon both Ginny and Sirius were on the ground snorting from laughing so hard.
"Well that was definitely an… eventful first lesson. Wouldn't you say, Gin?" Sirius asked, his voice full of laughter.
"I'd say it was, Sirius. I can't wait for the next one," she replied with a knowing grin. And that is how both of them went to their respective rooms. Laughing, covered in sweets, dreaming about their next lesson, and thinking about each other in some not so appropriate ways.
I hope you guys liked it. Yes I know there hasn't been any real GinnySirius romance, but there will be! Maybe in the next chapter. So keep reading please! And reviewing!
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