CHAPTER 26: Detention…Again

What the hell? He isn't in my detention…is he? Isabella couldn't get Sirius' words out of her head as she dragged herself back to the Gryffindor common room. She entered the hallway and walked past a lounging Lily, who was studying away. She looked up and cautiously smiled.

"Hey Isabella! Aren't you supposed to be in class?" She asked with a curious tone. Isabella, still clutching her shoulder, slowly turned to Lily. Noticing her graceful and kind expression on her face, she decided not to be as mean today.

"Nope. Got excused- hospital wing," she bluntly stated, pointing to her left shoulder. Lily's face broke out in a shock.

"Ohmygod, what happened? Are you alright?" She rushed up to inspect Isabella's shoulder. Isabella rolled her eyes but allowed Lily to look at her lightly swollen shoulder.

"Black and I had a dispute in class," she continued. "I totally punched the shit out of his face," she started snickering to herself. Lily looked impressed.

"Wow Isabella, normally I'm not one to condone violence, but Black sure does get whatever comes to him. Good job!" Lily smiled at her. Isabella covered her shoulder back up and gave a small smile back to Lily.

"Hah, thanks. I'm just gonna go up and sleep now," she started to walk away.

"Alright- if you need anything, let me know!" Lily called after her, taking her seat on the armchair again. Isabella's smile widened as she turned around.

"Thanks Evans," she said before disappearing into the room.

Well, I'll take her calling me by my last name than her hating me, Lily thought to herself. Drowning in her essay, Lily lost track of time. To her it felt like a minute later, but actually was an hour later when the Marauders strutted into the common room. Lily looked up and glared.

"BLACK! What the hell did you do to Isabella?!" Lily yelled at a smirking Sirius. He shrugged and stuffed his hands in his pockets.

"Speaking of which, I need to see if she's alright. Lily, where is she?" Remus interjected.

"She's upstairs, and NO I will not tell her to come down. She's had enough of you lot…not you Remus," Lily scolded as James snickered.

"Baby, you need to calm your little red head down…and go out with me," James tried to ask her out again. Lily looked disgusted.

"GOD no, Potter! Black, you should apologize to Isabella," Lily turned back to Sirius.

"When I see her in detention, then maybe. ONLY IF she apologizes first," he continued to smirk.

"Unbelievable," Lily muttered and quickly packed up her things, storming upstairs in a hurry. Sirius also bid a dramatic goodbye to the boys before setting off to McGonagall's classroom for his weekly punishment.

"I'll miss my man," James wistfully said as he stroked Remus' hair. Remus shoved his hand away and headed for his room.

"Hey…Isabella, sorry to be a bore but…um…I believe you have detention now?" Lily carefully approached Isabella, who was lazily sitting on her bed. Isabella rolled her eyes and got up.

"You don't have to be so formal with me, Evans. I find you very funny when you yell at Potter," Isabella smirked at Lily, who started smiling.

"Yes well, he's an annoying asshole," she nodded her head.

"We both agree on something…okay bye Evans," Isabella quickly slipped out of the room. She exited the Gryffindor common room and started her familiar walk to McGonagall's room. Her shoulder felt a little better, but still stiff. She entered the classroom and saw a stern McGonagall sitting at her desk and a lounging Sirius Black putting his feet up on the chair in front of him.

"Miss Clarke, thank you for joining us. It must be coincidence that you two received detention…together…again…but that as may be, you will both be REQUIRED to do some manual labor this time. Now, as this is your second detention, I will confiscate your wands and the both of you must clean this room spotless. I will leave once I get you your supplies," McGonagall said, waving her wand so buckets, rags, soap, mops and brushes appeared on the floor. "Happy cleaning," she dismissed herself and left the two. Isabella sighed and thrust her arm forward to grab a bucket, her shoulder still giving her a little pain. She quickly grabbed her shoulder and winced, not paying attention to Sirius. Sirius, however, was paying attention to her. He watched her wince and looked away.

"Shoulder still hurting?" He casually asked, not acknowledging the cleaning materials.

"Yeah, thanks to you," she sassily replied. He smirked.

"So much sass in you, Clarke," he leant back on the chair.

"At least I punched the shit outta you," she cocked her eyebrow.

"…You're not afraid of me, are you?" he still leant back on the chair. She sharply turned her head.

"Afraid of you, why would I be afraid of you?" She narrowed her eyes.

"Most people are," he started swaying on the chair.

"Well I'm not."

"Maybe you're not afraid of me, but I'm sure you've thought about me naked, huh?" He winked and smirked at her. She couldn't help but crack a small smile.

"AHAAA I did the impossible! I made the lil' bitch smile," Sirius clapped his hands. Isabella immediately retracted her smile.

"Shut the fuck up and get cleaning," she ordered, kicking a bucket towards him.

"Oooh, yes ma'am," he replied, a kink in his voice. She couldn't help but sneak a peek when Sirius bent down to pick up a mop.

"Staring's rude Clarke," Sirius winked at Isabella, who quickly whipped her head back, blushing.

"I wasn't fucking staring shut the fuck up," she gritted her teeth.

"Lighten up, Clarke," Sirius smirked, throwing a soaked sponge at her. Hitting her back, Isabella squealed and threw the sponge back at him. Sirius started laughing and dipped the sponge back into the murky water.

"If YOU THROW that at me again, I will CUT YOUR DICK OFF!" She threatened.

"AHAH, oh you would LOVE to do that, wouldn't you?" Sirius snickered and winked again. Isabella started to laugh as well, but she was still angry with him.

"No I wouldn't! Shut up," she giggled but then quickly put on an angry face.

Cute, he thought to himself.

"Alright, alright. Let's clean this disgusting ass classroom so Minny won't have a heart attack," he snickered, making Isabella smile again. A moment of silence came upon them, as they actually started cleaning the room.

"Black, can you move?" Isabella was trying to clean the window below Sirius.

"Still on last name basis?" He stared her down.

"Yes. I refuse to call you by your first name," she leant against the wall.

"And why is that?" he started walking towards her.

"Because I hate you," she backed herself up against the wall.

"Now that's not very nice," he walked closer and closer to her, right up to her face.

"Miss Clarke, Mr. Black, what is going on here!?" McGonagall was at the door, holding a stack of papers. Sirius turned around and smirked at her.

"Hello Professor, fancy seeing you here," he slowly backed away from Isabella.

"Both of you are free to go. Here are your wands, and don't get into any more trouble!" McGonagall scolded before ushering them out of the classroom.

"See ya round, Clarke!" Sirius smirked at her.

"Wow, so eager to get away from me," she rolled her eyes. Sirius stopped and turned around, cocking his eyebrow.

"What did you have in mind?"

"Well I'M hungry, so I'M going to the kitchens," Isabella started to walk off. Sirius narrowed his eyes and walked after her.

"Count me in," he said.