A/N: Short chapter, yeah I know. I just wanted to split it and the end of this chapter seemed the right place. Next chapter will be up shortly!

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Chapter 2: Abusing Your Power?

Once again I was alone in the common room, well considering it was going on past 2:00 A.M. all the Gryffindor's were probably pasted out. I sighed, wishing someone else were down there with me; it could get kind creepy when you were alone. My stomach was growling something fierce when I realized someone else was down there with me and myself being easily frightened came into play and all my warning bells told me to call for my brothers, but I was stopped when Remus poked his head out from behind one of the overly stuffed chairs in front of the fireplace.

"Ah…" was all that I could manage.

"Was that your stomach or mine?" he chuckled, rolling up a piece of parchment and closing his book.

"I didn't know anyone else was down here. You scared me to death!" I said trying to think of my next line. I found it hard to really talk around him because of the fact that I liked him.

His eyes frowned a bit, but his mouth smiled. "Yeah I have that effect on people sometimes."

"I...I didn't mean anything by it!" I struggled for the right words, afraid I had offended him. "I'm sorry."

He laughed, his eyes no longer contradicting his smile. "You didn't offend me, nothing to worry about!"

Sudden visions of our lips smashing together in a hidden corridor flew into the forefront of my mind. I'm sure he noticed my eyes glaze over slightly in the midst of a daydream because he laughed even louder and stood offering me his hand. I snapped back into reality, grabbing his hand and stood wondered where he was trying to take me. About to ask my question I took notice of the fact he was still holding my hand-- or was it the other way around.

"Why don't we go to the kitchen and get something to eat. My stomach is growling too." He smiled releasing my hand to my dismay. Damnit I wanted to hold onto him longer!

As he led the way I couldn't help but watch him walk-- the boy swaggered a little when he walked!! He was either just as confident as Black was or he didn't know he did, it probably wasn't the latter of the two.

"You're a Prefect aren't you?" I asked, "Abusing your power?" I chuckled, taking stride next to him.

He looked at me, flashed a smile and held up his fingers just inches apart. "Just a little."

If he knew what kind of hold he had on me I'd be in trouble. His smile was enough to drive any girl crazy and I was more then sure he had several girls after him, but had turned them all down. I was a bit curious why, but maybe he was waiting for me!! Yeah right! There I went again slipping into daydream land. It was amazing I could walk properly when in such a state! It didn't take us long to reach the kitchen through some of the shortcuts he knew. Damn he was knowledgeable of the place! Wish I knew shortcuts just as easily as he did, it might have gotten me to my classes faster! I was rather surprised when most of the house elves knew who he was and greeted him by name. How many times does he come down here?

"How 'bout some pie?" he asked disappearing through a row of pastries. "Apple, blueberry, cherry." He said listing them off.

"Ah, cherry!" I said watching him return with two different pies.

"Not much of a cherry person myself." He smiled upon seeing my questioning looks.

"I'm not either." I confessed, his eyebrow raised. "My aunt makes the best cherry pie from the cherry trees she has and nothing else really stacks up to it." I answered quickly finding myself blushing. I didn't have to see my face to feel it. Damnit why the hell was I blushing it! That's so 1st year shit!

"I understand." He smiled, his eyes catching sight of me blushing, he choose to look down at the table. "My mother makes a really good apple crumb. It's hard to eat others when I know hers is better."

I all I could do was smile as he took a seat next to me on one of the tables benches in the midst of the kitchen. I felt my throat close and my tongue stick to the roof of my cotton mouth. I couldn't find anything to say as he cut into the already sliced pie, handing me a piece. "They say pies always good for homework breaks." He brushed his fingers through his hair and chuckled, "Or at least James and Sirius do."

Once again all I could do was smile and hope I didn't look sheepish.

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A/N: Yeah keep reading, it's kinda slow and I feel like I've jumped pretenses…maybe I'm seeing things.