A/N: Daw...after this...only ONE more chapter...

Sadness!!

I'll miss you all!

Now, first off, I'd like to thank TehSavageNymph. You're awesome! Thanks for reviewing so much! I take your compliments and advise (And corrections on my grammer and such -winkwink) to heart. Thanks tons!

And Mia, thaks to you too, of course. Not to inflate your already large head (jk. ) but, you're my best friend and I loves ya toots.

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-is over it-

Chapter Nine: Alone...Or Not

Upstairs in my room, I threw the pillow over my head. "Black. Stop."

"Wake up and I will."

Trying to ignore the loud voice next to my ear, I grumbled. "Is Ashley back to normal?"

He sniffed. "Why? She giving you migrains too?"

I nodded.

Black laughed, "You and everyone else in this house. Thankfully, tonight's the night that she'll be through with the loudest octives in the history of Witchdom."

"Full Moon?"

"Yeah."

"Her and Remus'll be locked WHERE?"

"Here."

I sat up. "Here?! In MY room?!"

Black cocked his head to the side. "Yeah why?"

I opened and closed my mouth, then threw my hands above my head. "WHY?! YOU WANNA KNOW WHY?!"

"Yeah."

"BECAUSE--"

"Ah, never mind." He sat up. "I'm hungry. Come on. Let's go get some food, shall we?"

I watched him leave, my mouth hanging open. Funny how often he made me do that. I got up and followed him into the kitchen. Across the hall in the Drawing Room I could hear Ashley screaming at Remus. Thankfully, it was quieter, so, I couldn't understand what she was saying.

Back in the kitchen, Black was leaning against the counter, a carrot hanging from his mouth. I felt my eyes bug out of my head when I noticed that he wasn;t wearing a shirt. "HONESTLY!! Come one Black, an approtpriate set of clothes, is that to muich to ask for?"

He nodded, "Yeah."

I sighed, and yanked the carrot from his mouth. "It's not a freakin ciggy! You're not Shika!"

"Who?!"

"No one!" I bit down into the carrot, only when I was down to the very end, did I look back at Sirius.

His eyes were wide, and there was a small smile on his face. "Maria."

I raised an eyebrow at the use of my first name, still nibbleing on the end of the carrot. "Wha?"

"You're...you're...eating."

I rolled my eyes. "I've always eaten Black."

"Maria..."

I looked up at him, my eys widneding as he got closer. "Y...Yeah?"

"You're eating something that never had a pulse."

I smiled right along with him. "Sirius."

He grinned. "Wha?"

I put my hand on his chest. "You're not wearing your shirt yet."

He flicked his fingers and a black t-shirt appeared. "I've always been wearing a shirt."

"Sirius..."

"Yeah?"

I stood on my tip-toes. "You're really close."

He snorted, before kissing me.

After a few moments, I heard the door open and a loud thunk.

Bl--Sirius and I broke apart and looked over at the door.

Ashley was standing there, her mouth open. Near her feet were about twenty books. She blinked severle times before screaming. "I KNEW IT!!"

I blushed. "Quiet."

"I WAS RIGHT ABOUT YOUR LOVE-LIFE!! AGAIN!!"

"What do you mean 'again'?" I demanded.

"VICTOR!!"

"Victor? You mean Vincent?"

"I WAS RIGHT THEN, AND I WAS JUST RIGHT AGAIN!!"

I sighed, spinning her around and shoving her out the door.

"Out."

"BUT--"

"Out!"

She huffed but did so.

I turned to Sirius, only to find him standing inches away from me. I gasped as he brought his face to mine.

"We're alone now?" he whispered.

"Not quite."

We turned to find a sickly pale Remus, I guessed it was because of the full moon, James, and Lily standing there, all with raised eyebrows.

"Urr...Hi."

James folded his arms in a very Lily-Like manner. "Something you'd like to tell me Pads?"