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Chapter 5: How many brain cells?

Taila sat down on her bed. Lily wasn't back from the library. She lay down trying to get to sleep but then realised she'd forgotten her homework. She tried her hair up, grabbed her folders and ran as fast as she could to get a book out of the library on any spell to protect you by dementors. Wack! She had been so busy trying to think which spell it was she had slammed into the library's closed doors. Taila swore as she put her hand to her nose and found a blood pouring out of her nose. She kicked the door in frustration.

"Naughty, naughty student out of bed. I shall have to report you I'm afraid!" Peeves cackled as he floated away calling for Filch.

Taila realised she couldn't reason with peeves so she ran. She wasn't looking where she was going. Up the stairs she ran. She stopped the hand she had cupped over her nose was about to leak because there was too much blood. The stairs moved to…the girls bathroom! She was saved she flung the door wide and spilled all the blood into the sink. See lifted her head and looked around.

"Uh o…"

She was in the boys bathroom and someone was coming out of one of the toilets. She swiftly hid behind the door. The toilet door opened and closed but no-one came out. Well they did but they weren't visible. The boy lent against the door. Taila inhaled a sharp breath as the door hit her nose. The boy jumped and James cloak came of Sirius. He closed the door to find Taila with blood dripping down her face. He let out a girlish scream.

"Shut up it's only me!" Crossing her arms then quickly uncrossing them again to stop the blood flow.

"What are you doing in here?"

"Obvious isn't it, washing away the blood!"

Once Taila had finished washing the blood away and her nose wasn't bleeding away more Sirius said:

"You weren't in here just to wash away the blood…Your perving on me!" He finished laughing.

"Shut up you'll get us caught and if anyone a pervert you are!"

Sirius put his arms around her and Taila elbowed him with both arms in the stomach.

"Oww!" Sirius whined.

Taila covered them with the cloak and began towards the library.

"Hey I was on my way to the kitchens for a midnight snack! Where are we going?"

"The library."

"You sound like Lily. Always going to the library."

Taila remained silent. 'Sirius is such a dork.' She thought.

She muttered a spell to undo the lock then pulled and shut the door as quietly as possible.

"Hey look at this!" Said Sirius as he pulled a thick quidditch book from the top shelf. It fell onto Taila's head.

Taila had her book unfortunately for Sirius did not care about following the 11th rule of library books, which was 'Do not hit books or with books'.

"Ow." She said calmly turning around bringing the book down on Sirius's head so hard that she could hear something crack.

"My brain cells!" cried Sirius he took the cloak and ran off but as he did so a little piece of parchment fell out of his pocket.

"I wonder if he has any brain cells left now." Thought Taila out-loud, which was a very big mistake.

A/N: Pathetic isn't it. Such a bad attempt at a cliff-hanger in fact you can probably guess what it is. Also sorry I haven't updated in a while I've had writers block.