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a) No romance… we hate him1
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c) Romance with Cheryl4
d) Romance with Hermione0
e) Romance with Schlen1
f) Romance with Bethany1
g) Other
Crush on Holly (think of Ron's reaction remembering he likes her) 2
Tries at a character but can't bring himself to be contained to a single person 2
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James: Siri got a girlfriend
Don't spoil the story
Sirius: Yeah! And leave me alone
James: But I never get to tease him about girls
Lily: Do unto others what you would want to be done unto you
Sirius: Oooo! Complicated
Remus: sigh
Getting around to the story now. Its my favourite chapter so far so it is a little long so please REVIEW
Sirius: Review me too
Remus: What on?
Sirius: How brilliant I am!
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As Sirius watched the girl's balcony, a solitary figure came out and stood bathed in the light of the near full moon, it stood staring out into the waves. He could tell it was Alyssa from the hazelnut brown hair worn loose in a way Hermione would not.
'Now or never' he thought
He pulled off the shrunken motorcycle necklace from his neck and returned it to its normal size.
Remus who had been sitting on the porch watching him came down the steps cringing at the moonlight to where Sirius sat admiring the huge black motorcycle.
"What are you doing?" he whispered
He then noticed the figure on the balcony and his mouth formed an 'oh'
"Wish me luck" Sirius smiled waggling his eyebrows mischievously. Remus left as Sirius eased the flying black motorcycle into the air and up to the balcony leaving it just out of sight but close enough so that he could clamber onto the cold marble.
He crept over and closed his hands over the girl's eyes.
"Guess who?"
"Sirius what are you doing here?"
"Kidnapping you"
Alyssa smiled "Why does this remind me of a muggle movie I've seen"
"I'm a pureblood, remember"
"I do not doubt Lily's ability"
Sirius laughed "I don't either but the only muggle movie I've seen is James Bond, or something, it was playing on the plane over"
"Hmmm"
"Enough chat, more kidnapping" He winked suggestively at her.
He took her hand in his and led her to the balcony. Alyssa was puzzled, how exactly did Sirius plan to take this little excursion, not that she minded. But Lily's warning still weighed heavily on her and she couldn't help it, he was just so sweet. And as he turned to face her she had to say as the moon lighted him from behind he was awfully handsome as well.
He lightly jumped over the railings, expertly landing standing his feet the footholds on the flying motorcycle. Alyssa sat on the railings amazed by it.
"Is this yours?"
"Yep, bought and… um… modified by yours truly. Called it 'Black Magic' after the typical black charm" he said winking, giving her a look which would have made most girls fall of the balcony, Alyssa's heart quavered.
Then he put his hands under her armpits and dropped her down in front of him onto the front of the leather seat of the motorcycle.
"Don't passengers usually sit behind the driver?"
"Who told you that?"
Sirius smiled, the truth was it was far more comfortable with her in front rather than behind, but either way it was very cozy. He wrapped his arms around her and revved the engine.
I
can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid
Tell me,
princess, now when did
You last let your heart decide?
Sirius steered the bike over the waves, Alyssa looked beautiful with the moon's light turning the topmost strands of her hair silver and as the light hit her eyes they looked an ethereal green.
I can
open your eyes
Take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways and
under
On a magic carpet ride
Alyssa closed her eyes feeling the wind whip through her unruly hair. Sirius' breath tickled the back of her neck like warm fingers. She shivered and her eyes snapped open.
A
whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us
no…
Lily's words echoed in her head 'he'll just drop you like any other girl, once he's bored of you'. But it just felt so right, she stared down at the water zooming past below.
…Or
where to go
Or say we're only dreaming
Sirius contemplated where to go next and then remembered a picture he'd seen labelled in one of Lily's guide books; 'Stairway to the moon' in Western Australia.
'Perfect'
He circled back and headed over land; heading? West.
A whole
new world
A dazzling place I never knew
Alyssa looked suspiciously at Sirius catching one of his mysterious eyes.
What is he up to?
Sirius gave her an innocent look.
"Where are we going?"
"You'll see"
But
when I'm way up here
It's crystal clear
That now I'm in a whole
new world with you
Now I'm in a whole new world with you
Sirius smirked and decided that this trip looked like it could take a bit more excitement. He eased the bike above the clouds showing the sky the world around the glittering with stars and clear.
Unbelievable
sights
Indescribable feeling
Soaring, tumbling,
freewheeling
Through an endless diamond sky
They approached a particularly high column of cloud. He circled it, spiraling upwards. He watched his charge cringe slightly but she looked not too scared. Now that wouldn't do.
A whole new
world
(Don't you dare close your eyes)
He smiled and then dived to the ground…Alyssa's eyes widened as the bike plunged downwards she grabbed onto his leather jacket sub-consciously, snuggling into him eyes closed. Sirius smiled that had been the aim to get her more comfortable.
"You know" he laughed "If you close your eyes you'll miss the sights"
"I'd rather see them whenstaying on the bike rather than falling through the air"
A
hundred thousand things to see
(Hold your breath - it gets better)
I'm
like a shooting star
I've come so far
I can't go back to where
I used to be
They
then shot like a bullet forwards, and in an act of rebellion Alyssa
spread her arms out as if she was flying, Sirius couldn't help but
smile he loved this girl. Not that he could say so, who would believe
that the infamous womanizer Sirius Black had fallen in love, Moony
did but Prongs would think he was crazy.
A
whole new world
(Every turn a surprise)
With new horizons to
pursue
The sea was just in view and the moon was beginning to set. Sirius began the descent onto the cold sand, which sprayed like water under the black tyres.
(Every
moment red-letter)
I'll chase them anywhere
There's time to
spare
Let me share this whole new world with you
"Something I want to show you" Sirius whispered into her ears.
The moon was setting and its reflection on the low tide made it look like there was a staircase to the moon.
"It's beautiful"
He helped her off the motorcycle and onto the sand. "Any more surprises?"
"Only this one" He conjured up a picnic breakfast out of nothing, it was set out on a red picnic cloth edged with gold. Alyssa sat on the edge of the blanket her toes buried in the sand. Sirius sat down next to her and they watched the waves.
"See that" He said "That's my star Sirius, the evening star"
"Its beautiful"
"Not as much as you"
A whole new world
That's where we'll
be
She stared into his eyes, wondering the secrets they held when he leaned towards her. So close she could count the eyelashes around his eyes and see the delicate lining of silver which rimmed his eyes.
A
thrilling chase
A wondrous place
For you and me
Sirius kissed her for the second time that day, this time she returned it much more conciously as his hand slipped along her cheek. From that her mind was made up:
Forget Lily, Forget pasts she was in love.
It was like this that the two drifted to sleep her head on his chest and his arms loosely around her, loving her, protecting her.
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"Where is she?"
"Alyssa!"
It was 8'o'clock in the morning and the girls had awoken to find that Alyssa had seemed to have disappeared during the night. The last they had seen of her was her storming up and locking herself in her room. Lily had seen her afterwards but they didn't know how she had gotten in there. They had noticed she was missing when they went to bed but she often vanished for walks on the beach especially at sunrise and sunset, so it wasn't unusual for her to be missing for an hour, but never overnight.
"Is Alyssa missing?" asked Remus quietly
"YES" hollered Holly
"Sirius is gone too" James said casually
Lily went white at the very mention "That scum" she seethed under her breath
"Alyssa didn't listen to my warning, she's going to get herself hurt"
Everyone burst out in argument for or against Lily's statement and it was an almighty row going on between the lot of them.
"QUIET!" Remus roared, and the room went deadly silent "Did you ever think Sirius might have just fallen in love with Alyssa?"
"Padfoot?" scoffed James "No, too much of a playboy to settle down"
"Wait a sec" reasoned Holly turning to Remus "You've planned this with Sirius, you know where they are"
"That I do" Remus smirked "They left around sunset yesterday on Sirius' motorcycle"
"And you say Sirius loves her?" added Bethany
"He does as far as I can tell. He's been acting like James over Lily, he didn't tell anyone but me because he knew noone would believe him, and he was right too"
"It could be possible" reasoned Ginny "He watches her like a hawk sometimes, I've noticed, all dreamy eyed"
"Sirius, dreamy- eyed, puh- lease" Peter sighed
Remus raised an eyebrow at some of the daggered looks at Peter, especially by Harry.
"We'll see"
"Where are they?"
"Follow me" He grabbed Lily and apparated away the rest in this wake.
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They appeared at a sandy beach at a low tide the waves kilometers away from the usual shore creating a soaked sandy plain.
A little way away was a red and white sunshade the loose fabric flapping idly in the light wind. It was crisp and had a hazy air of magic about it. Next to it sat Sirius' grand motorcycle 'Black Magic' encripted on it surrounded by stars.
As they approached they saw the two on the blanket. Alyssa and Sirius were asleep, he had tenderly wrapped his arms around her as she snuggled into his chest.
Holly and Schlen were ready to go into 'how cute' hysterics but had to settle for just grinning broadly at each other.
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Sirius awoke to the sound of shouting and blurily opened his eyes to the warm soft weight against his chest. It was if a balloon was welling up inside his chest. The angel in his arms was not just some stark listless dream.
"Wake already?" Hermione was sitting under the shade watching him
"Yeah"
"I suggest you go to sleep them unless you want to take over from Remus in bearing Lily's wrath"
"Why's she angry?"
"She thinks you'll hurt Alyssa like any other girl"
"Ah, the playboy thing?" he sighed deeply "Lily just wouldn't understand. People change, I knew from the moment I saw her that Alyssa would change me. I've never felt this way before"
"Awww how cute!"
"Thanks Schlen. Who isn't here?"
"James, Remus and Harry are trying to get Lily to see reason, Bethany, Cheryl, Ron and Holly went for a walk" Schlen counted them off on her fingers "and the rest of us are here"
"And Peter is watching the argument" Ginny added
"I'm never going to live this down will I?"
"Defidently not" said Alyssa opening one sparkling hazel eye "Not from me anyway"
"Love you too"
Alyssa grinned and sat up.
"I'm surprised Lily hasn't noticed your awake yet"
"Good" Sirius said scrambling to his feet "I'm not all that happy about encurring Lily's wrath"
"We could jump ship to home"
"Delaying judgement, cool" smiled Ginny
"How'd you guys get here anyway?"
"Apparation"
"Oh"
"We'll see you at the house" Hermione winked and vanished
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They actually somehow managed to get back to the house unnoticed and the five slumped into chairs.
"You know what I'll miss this Christmas" sighed Ginny "The annual ball at Hogwarts"
"You have a ball" quipped Schlen
"Its pretty new, only been running for two years"
"We could have a ball here"
They all turned to stare at Alyssa
"I have a room of requirement- like room in this house. I can set it to be whatever I want, we could make it a ballroom invite friends and have a ball"
"That's brilliant"
"What's brilliant?"asked Holly coming through the door
"A Christmas ball. And why are you here?"
"We came home after getting dumped by one of Bethany's magically enhanced waves"
"How come you are less wet that the others then Holly"
Holly looked down and then at Cheryl and Ron who were entirely soaked and then back down at herself where only her legs and the hem on her skirt was wet, she blushed and quickly exited the room.
"In other words" Cheryl added as she went upstairs to change "Her dearest Ronnie-kins tried to shield her from the water"
"I HEARD THAT CHERYL!"
"By the way has Lily noticed we've gone?"
"No but James has. He sends a message to you to say he'll keep her off as long as possible"
"Good ol' James" Sirius said putting his feet on the coffee table
They all shook their head at him.
"What?"
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It took a while before Lily returned with the boys, she seemed to be far calmer.
She walked straight over to where Alyssa was sitting in Sirius' arms.
"Are you sure about this Alyssa?"
"I'm sure" she replied smiling "It may seem fast and Sirius might not be the most decent of guys. But this has been an extreme circumstance. And when people are pushed together through war, dispute or even time" Alyssa giggled " Things go at lot faster, I mean even our friendships have flourished in a way not possible if we'd all just been at school together"
Sirius was about to comment when she silenced him with a look "I fell in love. I truly found the person I was made for. It happens"
Lily smiled and hugged her "Alright then"
"That was beautiful you know?" said Hermione
Alyssa laughed
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Bethany was bored, she just sat there randomly while the others refined the idea of said Christmas Ball. She wasn't much a ball sort of person and besides she didn't really care who else was there from Hogwarts.
She transfigured a cup into a plain gold goblet.
"I can do better" said Holly
Her cup had a row of diamonds around the base.
"As if"
Bethany's now had a Diamond stem.
"Pathetic"
Holly's was made out of diamond with gold edgings around the top.
"Bring it on"
Bethany's gobled was a mosatick of many coloured gems forming a rose on it.
"Puh- lease"
As Holly was continuing to transfrigure her goblet when Ron came over to see what was up. Holly's eyes only flicted up for a milli- second to look at him but it was enough to distract her so her goblet became a heap of molten diamond.
"I WIN" gloated Bethany jumping up, "I beat the all-mighty Holly"
Holly went tomato red until Ron left
"Somebody likes Ron"
"I don't"
"Come on Holly. Its been a week and he's been trying so hard. Look at Alyssa, look how happy she and Sirius are!"
"Good for her. Beth, maybe I'm just not meant for love"
"No. You just won't give it a chance"
And with that Holly left.