Keira bent over her parchment paper. The only sounds to be heard in the empty common room was the scratching of her quill and the roaring fireplace. Sirius was somewhere in the kitchens, probably.
They were only a week in, but they had
already returned to their old routines;herSirius staying up late every single night.

It still surprised Keira that James potter was never there; Sirius and him were usually inseparable. Well, Sirius was obviously a much lighter sleeper.

This was Keira's favorite time of the day, generally. She could finally be alone, with only her thoughts to accompany her.

She glanced at her watch. Three in the morning.Go upstairs,she thought,you're going to regret it in the morning.

Well, fuck it. She wasn't tired; she generally went to bed much later than this. Plus, she had homework to finish.

Sirius climbed through the portrait as quietly as he could. He was still wearing his invisibility cloak, but you could never be too careful.

Kiera was the only one there, of course. Who else would it be at three in the morning?He wouldn't be surprised if she was an insomniac, really. She hadn't noticed him coming in. Deciding he should have some fun with that, he crept up behind her as quietly as he could, and grabbed her shoulders, expecting her to cry out or jump. She didn't even twitch.

"Fuck off, Black" she said, not even looking up from her parchment paper.

"How did you I was there?" Said a very dissapointed Sirius, flopping down on the chair next to her.

"I heard you coming in"

"Well, it's not really easy to walk in a completely silent room without being heard, Mcain"

"Never said it was" replied Keira, still not looking at him.

This was one of the things that was annoying about her; she never seemed to be fazed by anything he did.

"How come you always stay up so late?" He asked, leaning towards her. Still nothing. Girls usually provided some sort of reaction when he got this close.

"Could ask you the same thing"

"Seriously, though"

Keira finally looked at him, her lips twitching. "Was that a pun?"

"Don'tchange the subject" Sirius replied. He was very close to her now. He wasn't interested in her; he just wanted to get a reaction from her, a reaction that wasn't her usual calm ones.

"Ijust love seeing you everyday, Black" she retorted sarcastically.

He leaned over to whisper huskily in her ear"ifyou want to see even more, we can arrange that, Mcain"

Keira flinched. She hadn't been expecting that.

There we go, thought Sirius, leaning back and smirking. He did have an effect on her.

"I don't think so, Black" her voice was still calm, but there was a definite edgeto it. And with that , she had packed up her things and was walking upstairs.

Keira was screaming internally. She got into her bed as quietly as she could without waking the others. What had just happened?,shethought, staring up at the cieling. Sirius never talked to her. Obviously he'd said those things because he was bored; to get a a reaction from her. And trust herself to give him one.

She was overreacting, she knew that. But Keira just hated the effect he had on her, how he could make her nervous unlike any other guy. That's why she had preferred not talking to him.

what a fucking prick, she thought to herself, turning over in her bed. Great, now she was probably going to dream about him, if she actually fell asleep.