I woke up from the dream. Why do I have all these dreams about snogging Sirius?
Hahahahaha except this time it wasn't a dream. Nope it actually happened. I kissed Sirius Black. I kissed him like my life depended on it. It was kind of perfect...but mostly horrible. I flopped onto my bed, may as well get some shuteye. Maybe I can sleep my way out of this one.
-x-
We rushed through King's Cross. I held onto my mum's hand. James and daddy had already gone on ahead. It looked like she was going to walk straight into that wall.
"Hold on Jade," She said to me and walked straight into the wall. I closed my eyes and expected to hit solid brick, but instead we glided through the barrier. I opened my eyes and we were on a whole different platform. This must be Platform 9 ¾. Cool! I stood there, soaking it all in, while mum and daddy fussed over James.
"I'll be in Gryffindor for sure!" I heard James yell and he walked onto the scarlet train.
"Be sure to write me James!" I yelled after him but I don't think he heard me. James will be in Gryffindor, I don't doubt it. He was always the brave one, doing the daring things. I was always the cautious one."Don't do that James, mum will get mad!" I always warned him, but he never listened. Would I be in Gryffindor? I hope so. Maybe I'll be in Ravenclaw? I don't think I'm that smart. Hufflepuff? No one can take them seriously. Slytherin? No way! A Potter in Slytherin? That's like saying there's a Black in Gryffindor.
-x-
Okay, so sleeping isn't the best idea. Maybe trying to go to bed at six o'clock isn't the best idea. I've happily avoided Regulus for the past day. After the whole snogging episode I went up to my dorm and didn't leave.
I've been up here for a day. Reg has come up a few times but I pretended to be asleep or something. I'd have to come out of the dorm soon though, or Reg will get suspicious. The dorm was empty, except for myself.
I pulled out my violin, I haven't practiced in a while. A piece of music flittered to the ground out of my case. How did that get in there? The piece was titled Brother James' Air. Someone had scribbled out James and put Regulus. A small laugh escaped my lips.I turned it over and saw a note on the back.
You seem sad, you'll tell me what's wrong later. Thought this might cheer you up! -Aquarius
-x-
It's so boring without James around. At first I thought it was going to be great being an "only child". Turns out it's dreadful. There's no one to go mattress surfing down the stairs with and James hasn't written me once. He's coming home today for Christmas break. All this time, not a single letter! Not even a "Hey how are you?" to his own sister. He's written mum and dad a few times, but he never mentioned me in his letters. Maybe he's just too busy to remember me. He was sorted into Gryffindor obviously, I knew he would be. My parents were so proud, I can't wait to make them proud myself.
"I'm home!" I heard James come in, the front door closing. I opted to not go with my parents to King's Cross. Being home alone is nice. You can sing as loud as you want, dance around and run into walls without being judged. Mostly I like to be home alone because I can breathe. My parents they are so clingy now that James is off at Hogwarts! It's nice just to be alone sometimes. I walked down the stairs and looked at my brother. He looked…different. I don't know how but he just did.
"Jade!" He grinned and hugged me as reached the landing.
"I missed you James, thanks for writing!" I said the last bit with sarcasm. I did miss him a lot while he was gone, don't get me wrong. It's nice to have my brother home again.
"Oi! Sorry Jade, Hogwarts is so much fun! I can't wait for you to come next year!" He rambled on and on about Hogwarts and it's greatness. I nodded and listened, following him up to his room. "You have to meet my friends, they are hilarious. Especially Sirius. Remus and Peter are a little weird but they are cool too. But you have to meet Sirius!"
"Who's Sirius?" I asked.
"My best mate! Sirius Black." I gawked at James. Black?
"You're friends with a Slytherin?"
"What? No! Sirius isn't in Slytherin, Jade. He's in Gryffindor! I would never be friends with a slimy snake. They are all no good Jade." He just kept talking and talking about his new friends and I couldn't help but feel replaced.
I sat there at the table, staring into oblivion. Regulus was talking, but to be honest I wasn't listening. I need to get that memory out of my head. I'll have to pay a visit to the pensieve soon. When I put my memories and thought in it, I get a strange feeling. It's not like I completely forget the memory, but it's fuzzy. I can't remember all the details, but it's still there. Reg says that I'll still have to learn occlumency, but this will definitely help.
"Jade! Hello!" Regulus waved his hand in front of me.
"What?" I averted my gaze to Regulus.
"What are you doing staring at my brother?" Reg pulled a face. I…was staring…at Sirius? It wasn't on purpose I swear. Like I said, I was staring into oblivion, last time I checked Sirius is not oblivion.
"I'm trying to figure out what an aristocratic nose is," I lied quickly, I think it sounded convincing. I must say it's one of the weirder lies I've come up with, but after I think about it, it's a good question!
"What? You could just look at my nose!" I laughed at my best friend.
"Yeah but you would be making faces the whole time. But really I want to know what defines a nose as aristocratic. I hear all these girls saying how handsome Sirius is, with his aristocratic nose. I was curious what can I say?" I smiled at Reg, I hope he believes this lie. If he ever found out what Sirius and I did…then I don't even know what would happen. I don't want to think about it, it makes my head hurt. This would be the second time that this has happened, Regulus will never forgive me.
"You know, I've always wondered that as well…." I breathed a mental sigh of relief. Regulus gave me a funny look. Maybe he does know something is up.
-x-
"Jamsey don't do it!" I warned him. We were in the living room, mummy and daddy were who knows where.
"Jade don't worry! I know what I'm doing." Using magic, he lifted mum's favorite vase up and then set it back down.
"Stop! You're going to break it! You'll get in trouble!" I repeated myself.
"Stop being such a downer. Here you try!" He pushed me forward. Using my six year old skills, I tried to move the vase. It wouldn't budge.
"I can't do it." I said, frustrated. James laughed and moved it again. Dang it! I was going to move that vase. I concentrated hard.
BOOM. *shatter shatter shatter*
The vase exploded! Merlin, mummy is going to kill us! I stared at James with wide eyes.
"What happened?" Mummy rushed into the room, she looked from James to me to the broken vase. Her eyes narrowed slightly. I opened my mouth to apologize but James beat me to it.
"I'm sorry mum, I was showing Jade some magic. It's my fault." He apologized. Why was he taking the blame for me?
"James…" My mum started. She sighed. "It's all right, just don't do it again." Using her wand, she cleaned up the shards of glass, and walked out of the room.
"Why did you do that?" I looked up at my brother. "I'm not helpless." I walked away from him.
-x-
"Jade! You keep zoning out!" Regulus scolded me. "And something is definitely wrong. You're not eating. You love food! You only don't eat when your upset." Damn, he's right. I shoved the nearest piece of food in my mouth.
"See? I'm eating!" I said with my mouth full. Maybe I should of looked first before I shoved it in my mouth. I spat out the piece of waffle and started gagging. Everyone in the great hall was watching me die. Death by waffle. What a way to go. Oh well I mean I could be Sirius; death by curtains. That Caitlin girl continued to hang all over him. Instead of being a good friend and help save me from dying, Regulus sat there laughing his arse off. I coughed up the last remains of the waffle. The whole great hall was silent, looking at me. I glared at Regulus who was still laughing.
-x-
I ran through the garden laughing, James and Sirius chasing me. The warm July breeze blew through my hair. I was weightless, it was so perfect. I would go to Hogwarts in September and I could be with James and Sirius. I hid behind the syringa bush. I've forgiven James for the lack of letters, maybe he was just too busy.
"Jade!" James yelled. The sun was dipping below the horizon, setting the sky on fire with a thousand different colors. I walked over to him and Sirius.
"Your letter is here," He told me. I rushed into the kitchen, James and Sirius following. I opened the letter hastily in the kitchen, my parents, James and Sirius watching. It was almost kind of nerve wracking.
Dear Miss Potter,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July.
Sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall Deputy Headmistress
"I wonder if my brother got his letter too..." Sirius broke the silence.
"You have a brother?" James and I asked at the same time.
"Yeah, he's your age Jade."
"I'll be friends with him!" Maybe he'll be as fun as Sirius is. A dark look crossed Sirius's face.
"I don't know Jade. I think…he'll be a Slytherin. My parents probably brainwashed him while I was at school."
"Maybe I'll be a Slytherin too then," I joked.
-x-
I pulled thoughts out of my head, emptying them into the pensieve. I moved the pensieve to my room, and I'm just hoping Jaws won't make it into her next drink. Speaking of Jaws, I haven't seen that demonic cat in a long time. She wanders around a lot. One time in fourth year she ended up in the Hufflepuff common room and well…long story short the common room was destroyed and one student will forever have a reminder of Jaws on his arse. I watched my memories swirl around in the basin. I heard someone coming up the stairs. I hid the pensieve under my bed.
"Knock knock." I heard a voice and the door opened.
"Hi…Derek." This guy needs to leave me alone, can't he take a hint? I'm not interested.
"Can I talk to you?" He walked in and sat next to me on the floor near my bed.
"Didn't give me much of a choice there." I said sarcastically.
"So I was wondering if you wanted to…go with me." He stammered out. Smooth Pacheco, smooth.
"Go with you where? I'm kind of tired to go anywhere at the moment." He rolled his eyes at me.
"It's an expression. Do you want…be my girlfriend?" He tried again. For a Slytherin, he's acting like a mushy Puff.
"I'm not really looking around for a relationship right now." I replied. Really, I wasn't. I'm busy trying to wrestle with unwanted feelings for a certain Black brother without hurting the other.
"Oh really?" I heard something in his voice, like he knew something I didn't. He raised an eyebrow at me. "You seem like you wanted a relationship with Black the other day in that classroom." Shit.
-x-
Where did James go? Ugh, way to leave your little sister to fend for herself on the train to Hogwarts. Real nice. I swear, when he is at Hogwarts (or on the way to it anyway) he completely forgets me and my existence. I opened up a compartment door. Maybe he's in here…. Just a boy with black hair sat in the corner, staring out the window. He hadn't noticed me, maybe I can just close the door and get out of here….
"Hey." He spoke.
"Hi…" I said awkwardly. I probably looked really stupid, standing there with my trunk, becoming painfully aware of how my hair looked, all frizzy and untamed. Stupid curls. I studied his face. He was kind of cute, he had gray eyes. Gray! I don't think I've ever seen gray eyes. He was definitely good looking with his black hair and aristocratic nose.
-x-
I smiled fondly at the memory. Derek sent me a weird look. Oh yeah, he saw me and Sirius. Shit. There is only one thing to do here.
Deny. Everything.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." I lied.
"I saw you and him Jade, don't lie. You and him were snogging in that classroom…and I might just…slip and tell Regulus. By accident of course," I take back anything I've ever said before. Derek is definitely a Slytherin. A conniving, no good, manipulating jerk.
"You wouldn't dare," I said through gritted teeth.
"Watch me, love." He smirked. I wanted to punch the smirk right off of his face, but I couldn't. He would tell Regulus.
"What do you want me to do for you then?" I reluctantly asked.
"I think you know exactly what I want." He kissed my cheek, got up and left. I wiped my cheek with the back of my hand. I never thought he was such a…such a…tosser.
-x-
"James please!" I looked at him. It was a week after I had been sorted into Slytherin. "Just talk to me." He turned around and glared at me.
"I don't want to talk to you!" He said childishly.
"Grow up!" I yelled at him. "Come on Jamsey, let's put on our big kid panties and not act our shoe size. I'm your little sister, you just can't stop talking to me. You can't just disown me because I was put in a different house than you."
"Sure I can. You're a snake, I'm a lion. They don't get along." He said grumpily. Merlin he sounded so thick headed right now.
"James, please you can't just cut me out of your life. Think about all the good times we had together!" I pleaded with him. He stopped for a moment.
"You ruined all of that, Jade." He said finally.
"No. You did." I walked away from him. From my old life. At just thirteen I was leaving all of them behind. It's time for me to start my new life as a Slytherin, the life the hat chose for me. I walked around the castle aimlessly, just thinking.
"Jade!" I smiled to myself.
"Reg." My best friend walked up next to me, his face full of worry.
"I heard you and James arguing. Actually...I'm sure the whole school did." We were that loud? Really? "Are you okay?" He asked. I took a deep breath.
"I'm not okay. But I will be. I won't be today, not tomorrow, probably not next week, but I will be okay. I don't need him Reg, I have you." I grinned at him.
"Come on, let's go look at the stars." He pulled me by my wrist towards the grounds.
I walked with Regulus to dinner, chattering about Dumbledore.
"I've always wondered what Dumbledore taught when he was a teacher, not headmaster." I thought out loud. "I think he was a charms teacher, he just seems like a charms kind of person." I rambled.
"Jade, I've told you before, he taught transfiguration." Reg rolled his eyes.
"Well in the kingdom of Jade, he taught charms. Also in my kingdom, your middle name is in fact Aquarius." I smirked at him. We started walking towards our normal spot when I heard someone yell my name. I spun around ) and looked for the person.
My eyes narrowed slightly when I saw it was Derek who was motioning me to sit. I can't believe I actually went on a date with him to Hogsmeade and was nice to him and kissed him and thought he was a decent person. Drudgingly, I walked towards him.
"Why are we sitting with them?" Regulus asked, following me.
"I'll explain later." I said quietly to him. I sat next to Derek. The whole quidditch team sat around us. I just realized Reg and I were the only ones who didn't sit with the rest of the team all the time. "Hello." I said to everyone around us, nodding. We exchanged greetings and talked about pointless things. I was sandwiched between Reg and Derek. Fantastic. Everything was going well, actually, until I felt something snake its way around my waist.
"What are you doing?" I hissed at Derek, so only he could hear.
"You're my girlfriend, love." He smirked at me. All conversation stopped, and everyone looked at me. Regulus's eyebrows disappeared into his hairline and he looked at me pointedly. I faked a smile.
"Surprise?" I shrugged. Everyone started talking at once. Oh my God why didn't you tell us! Awww you two are so cute! Name the baby after me! Derek's arm settled right where my ink of Reg was. I shifted uncomfortably, trying to move his arm. I gave up eventually, bit my tongue, smiled and laughed. Faking wasn't too hard.
"So Derek, I'm going to have to give you the boyfriend talk." Regulus said. I groaned. Not now! I thought. Reg has this thing where he publicly scolds my boyfriends (though in my mind, Derek was not, nor ever will be my boyfriend) and warns them that if he hurts me he can kill them and he knows where to hide the body. He has done this twice before. Once in third year when I dated a Ravenclaw named Ian, and last year when I dated Jonas.
"I am about to lose some of the respect I have gained in my lifetime, so listen closely Pacheco." Reg started. He stood up and cleared his throat. Merlin.
"You, Derek Pacheco, are dating my best friend, Jade Opal Potter. This is your warning. If you ever, in anyway hurt my sister, I will make sure you die a very painful, fiery death. That is not a threat, that is a promise. While you are dating her, I don't want you two snogging while I am in the room, do I make that clear? I don't need a repeat of last year with her and Jonas." Half the Slytherin table snickered. "Also don't have your hands all over her. Like right now. She's been fidgeting all dinner, obviously she's uncomfortable. You better respect her and treat her correctly, or I will make sure you go to sleep and Never. Wake. Up." The whole great hall was silent, watching this spectacle.
"Now…." Regulus started speaking again. What else does he have to tell him?! "Jade and I need to go shag one last time before anything gets too serious between you two," He laughed and ripped me from Derek's grip, dragging me out of the Great Hall. Everyone stared at us, while we laughed and ran. The look on Derek's face was priceless.
-x-
"You're Sirius's brother!" I concluded.
"You know Sirius?" The boy asked, looking at me skeptically.
"Yeah he's mates with my brother. I'm Jade by the way." I decided I may as well sit with this boy.
"Oh." He looked like he was thinking. "Yeah, I'm Regulus but you can call me Reg. Are you a pureblood?" He asked. Strange.
"Yes, but it doesn't matter." I snapped at him. "I am just as good as another other muggle." I said firmly.
"Yeah…you're right." He said, still looking at me.
"Can I sit with you? I can't find my brother. He's probably off with Sirius or something." I asked.
"What? Yeah…sure…uhh Jane?" I rolled my eyes as I sat down.
"Jade. Jade Potter." I corrected him.
"Potter…" He thought for a little bit. "I'm Regulus Black."
"Can I call you Reggie?" I asked, grinning.
-x-
"Regulus, why were you friends with me?" I asked as we walked around the halls.
"What?" He asked dumbly.
"On the train! Why did you let me sit with you and be your friend? I was a blood traitor, a Potter! You were a respectable pureblood, a Black." I explained.
"Oh." He thought for a moment, just like he had on the train. "Because, I thought you were pretty." He finished.
-x-
Author's Blurb
Hehe I like the word blurb. I get enjoyment of the little things too much. Neghhhh so I'm sorry this took so long to update, I spent forever writing this D: Love it? Hate it? Oh, and I keep forgetting to do this so I'MMA DO IT NOW.
Shout outs (: (That I had promised to do like forever ago but kept forgetting)
Beba78 (Marauders in the kitchens xD)
LiVeLaUgHlOvE24 (that was difficult to type oh yes I love your picture thingy! Dragon tales for the epic win! xD)
Sirius Luffer (NEGHHH I SUPER LOVED YOUR IDEA BY THE WAY I love the way you worded it "Sirius/Jade love affair" it sounds so…so…risqué!)
Running101 (As you see I used your idea of Derek forcing her to be his girlfriend. GOD I HATE THE DEREK CHARACTER SO MUCH. HE NEEDS TO GO DIE A FIERY PAINFUL DEATH)
I love all of and your fantastical ideas AND IF I FORGOT YOU I AM SORRY. You can message me and flame my stories and I'll write a big long apology paragraph in the next chapter I promise! So I love all my readers and blahh blah blah(: If your still reading this review me something like IEATGIANTPIRHANNAS I should probably shut up now(: love you xoxo OH AND BY THE WAY, this would of been up faster, but I had to find away around the Fan Fiction. Net Error Type 2 (which I gladly did. If you are having any issues accessing the story editor then all you needed to do was change the word "properties" in the URL of the story editor to "content." So click on your fic like you normally would to add a chapter and while on the error page just change that word and POOF! It works!)
Author's Note 2.0
So close to being done with revisions. So. Close.