Katie POV

"Would you mind moving?" I dreamed about the first time I ever talked to Sirius Black. We were in the Gryffindor common room and James and I were talking. It was our first week of school ever at Hogwarts. I had become good friends with James and so had Sirius.

Sirius didn't realize that we were friends and he was an eleven year-old boy so he didn't mind being rude, "Actually yes, I would mind. I was having a conversation, so if you wouldn't mind, shove off."

Instead of yelling at me and calling me a butt-head he smiled, "You're alright, Brown is it?"

"Yeah, you're Sirius Black right? My parents know- knew your parents." I was not yet used to my parents being dead.

Instead of asking what I meant he just nodded, "My parents went to your parent's funeral. Sorry."

He smiled, "It's okay. So, do you like Quidditch?" He smiled as if I had just spoken his language.

"Katie, Katie," I heard a voice calling me from my dream, and shaking me so I would wake up.

"Uhhhh num baba," My roommates laughed at my inability to wake up.

"Come on, we've got class!" Lily said.

"I'm not even dressed yet," I groaned as I got out of bed.

"There was a time when you could jump out of bed and walk down stairs without doing anything." Arianna crossed her arms. Obviously, they did not like the extra person using the bathroom.

"Yes, well I need to fix myself." I got out of bed and walked over to the shower.

"Can't you just use magic?" Lily sounded annoyed.

"Is Lily Evens, the Head Girl, really telling me to use magic to make myself look presentable?"

"What? I want to get down stairs to and take up all the places by us so that James cannot sit with us."

"Fine, but let me take a quick shower and I will do my hair and make-up with magic. I will be done in 15 minutes."

Okay so it was more like thirty, but the boys weren't down stairs yet and there were only enough seats for Arianna, Lily, Marlene, Alice and me. "See, if we would have had gotten here earlier, people would assume the boys were sitting with us and they would leave room."

"You are just lucky they aren't here yet. Actually I am surprised they aren't." Lily was looking around the room and almost looked nervous. Then I remembered that it was a full moon last night.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. Remus, wasn't feeling well last night and he said that he wouldn't be at classes today. The boys were helping take care of him so they were up pretty late. They should be back by lunch."

Remus had told me about his "furry little problem" in fifth year. I even went with him a few times. I remember the first time perfectly.

"Are you sure you want to do this Katie?" Remus asked. He wasn't looking good. I can't believe I hadn't noticed how bad he got.

"Of course I'm sure. I am there for you Remus." I smiled at him reassuringly.

"Yeah Moony, it's not like you can mess her face up any more than it actually is." Sirius has just gotten back from his late night rendezvous with a seventh year. I hate how jealous I am. Why does he have to be so hot and I have to be so ugly?

"Well at least I am not afraid to get me hands dirty, well at least my hair." His eyes turned big as I pounced on him and messed up his hair. I soon got up and ran behind Remus.

"You did not just touch the hair." I giggled, he was such a girl when it came to his hair.

"I did and you wouldn't dare to anything about it because you know I can whip your ass-" I he threw a pillow at me but I dodged it. I ran to the side, but he intercepted me. "Ouch!" He punched me in the stomach. "Bloody hell Black, I am not a punching bag!"

He actually looked sorry, "Sometimes I forget you are a girl."

"Thanks, I am ugly and I act like a guy. I am the perfect package." I know he didn't mean it like that but it hurt anyway.

"I meant-"

"Where is James?" I interrupted him. "He should have been here twenty minutes ago."

"I'm here. Are we ready?" The four of us headed down to the shrieking shack. It was really cramped under James invisibility cloak, but we made it just in time for Remus to change.

He changed in private, apparently it was very dangerous to be in the same room as him when he changed.

"Hey," Sirius came up behind me.

"Hi," I smiled. It was forced, I was still a bit mad at him for his comments.

"I'm sorry for saying those things back there. I didn't mean that you act like a guy. I meant that you are one of my best friends and so are James and Remus, but I can beat them up. You well, you are breakable. I mean, you are fragile, you're not a guy."

I giggled at his poor attempt of an apology, "You are forgiven." I walked away to change into my animagus, but turned around to say one last thing, "Oh and tomorrow I will be giving you a lesson on how to apologize to girls." I winked at him and proceeded to leave him.

X.X.X

I changed into a sleek grey and white wolf. I loved being in my animagus form. I didn't just feel beautiful and fit, I was.

I pranced (do wolves prance?) over to the others. I heard a bark and I sprinted to the Shrieking Shack. I stopped and stared as I saw the huge grey werewolf wolf in front of me.

I paused for a little too long and Remus caught sight of me. He bared is teeth and growled. I saw Padfoot (Sirius in wolf form) get ready to attack. I growled at him trying to warn him to stay back. He seemed to get the message but was not relaxed.

Moony (werewolf version or Remus) glared at me which almost made me cower in fear. I was in trouble, but I growled back and stood me ground.

Padfoot and Prongs were now by my side. He attacked and I was sent flying. I hit the wall hard and changed back into human form. Moony charged me but Prongs intercepted the attack. Black was consuming me.

I heard Sirius yell my name and the next thing I knew, it was daylight and I was in the hospital wing with a nasty head ache.

"Are you listening?" Alice asked.

"Huh? Um, no," I said bashfully.

"I said Lucius is coming this way." I turned around to see Lucius, Snape, Crabbe, and Regulus Black walking this way. Regulus was two years younger than us, but he hung out with that crew. It was rumored that he was or wanted to be a Death Eater.

"Shit. Okay try not to make any rude comments, please. Unless they say them first, then you have the total right to say something back."

They looked at me confused except for Marlene, "Sure."

"Hello, Lucius." I smiled. It wasn't cold, but it wasn't warm.

"Katie, how are you this morning?"

"Fine, thank you. Lovely weather we are having isn't it?"

"Quite, I trust your breakfast was satisfactory."

"Yes, it was most fulfilling." I cracked a smile and burst out laughing along with my friends. I never talk like that unless I am at a formal occasion and even then the conversation isn't that dry.

"What is so amusing?" Snape asked.

"Oh, nothing," Was still giggling uncontrollably.

"How are you Sev?" Lily asked. She hadn't talked to him much ever since he called her a mudblood. It really hurt her, but she still liked Severus.

"Good, how are you?" he could barely even look at her. I could have smacked him right there.

"Fine," she went back to eating and didn't look up again. He had hurt her and when she tried to reach out to him he turned his cheek.

"Hi Reg," I smiled at him. He looked so much like Sirius it was uncanny. There wasn't as much life in his eyes as Sirius, but there was still a childish look to him. He had so much ahead of him, but he was going to through it all away.

"Hello," we were once friends. When there were big pure blood events we would hang out together. I knew him before I knew Sirius.

"Is there anything else you want?" I looked at Lucius.

"Just to speak with you." His smiled slightly. I think he was actually trying to be a nice person.

"Oh, well it was nice talking with you. Um, there is that ball thing next month for the Ministry. Are you going?"

"Seeing as how we will probably go together, yes I am going." A trace of smile leapt across his lips.

"Oh, right. Well we can coordinate on outfits later." Wow was I stupid. I stood up and kissed him on the cheek. "See you around."

I watched as he walked out of the hall and then turned to me friends, "What was that?" Arianna asked me.

"That was talking with Lucius Malfoy and not killing, maiming, or cussing at him. I thing it went rather well."

"I think that was the most boring conversation ever between fiancés." Arianna seemed disappointed along with the rest of the school. They were all watching to see what was going to happen. They really need to get lives.

"Sorry to ruin your entertainment for the day, but we aren't that exciting."

"Are you kidding? You went from kind of cute if you squint and tilt your head to smoking hot in one summer. Also from being completely single to losing her virginity and getting engaged, to a different person might I add, in less than a summer." Arianna said. Okay, so I am more exciting than I thought.

"Well I deserve the excitement. I have had the most boring life ever and now it is time for me to have some fun."

"What kind of fun are we talking about, love?" Sirius sat down next to me.

"The kind where you lose your virginity," Sirius' eyes widened.

"What?" The girls and I laughed at his shocked expression.

"Oh Sirius, don't take everything so serious." We laughed at my poor attempt of a pun.

"You know I hate when people do that." He pouted.

"That is why it is so fun!" I smiled and punched his arm playfully. Thank god we were on good terms. Now I just need it to stay that way.

Arianna stood up to leave, "Where are you going?" Sirius asked her.

"To find Amos." Flipped her hair and walked out of the Hall in a huff.

"She doesn't say a word about Amos and then you get here and she is all about him." Marlene said to Sirius.

"She obviously is mad at him for something. What did you do this time?" Alice asked.

"Nothing," we looked at him, no one believed him for a second. "I swear! I have no idea why she is acting this way." He looked sincere and even Sirius wouldn't intentionally make Arianna mad. He isn't that stupid.

Arianna is like the huge hurricane when she is angry. You do not want to get in her way or else you will end up in the hospital wing before you know what happened.

"She is probably just PMSing, I better get an extra set of earplugs. Arianna is like a banshee when she is in pain." Marlene rambled.

"Don't I know it?" Sirius looked like he was reliving a painful memory.

I thought Remus was scary once a month, but when Arianna got her monthly present from Mother Nature, you better run and hide or you are in trouble. Did I mention that she is a bit moody?

"We better get to Transfiguration. McGonagall will kill Katie if she is late again." Lily teased.

"We are actually on good terms. We had a study session the afternoon I hid- I mean worked in the library." I closed my eyes hoping that no one caught my slip-up.

"You were hiding from us!" Alice exclaimed.

"So what if I was? Anyways, McGonagall will kill all of us if we aren't in class on time.

X.X.X

"How do you know how to do this?" Lily asked astonished. She was frustrated that she could not change a hippogriff into Elton John (a muggle musician).

"I told you I had a study session with McGonagall. We went over what we will be learning this semester." Apparently if you weren't Lily of Remus you were not allowed to be smart. Everyone was staring at me like I had two heads, which reminds me about the next lesson…

"Very nice Ms. Brown, but I would have picked Louie Armstrong myself." Everyone stopped and stared. Professor McGonagall liked Louie Armstrong and I was doing better in Transfiguration that anyone else? The whole world has turned topsy-turvy.

"Thank you Professor." I tried not to sound cocky, but I was proud.

"You can start on your homework now Ms. Brown."

"Cool." I pulled out my notebook and quill and started on my homework, which was surprisingly easy. I need to have study sessions with McGonagall more often!

By the time the bell rang I was done with my homework and I had started on Potions, which I was completely lost on. Maybe I should have a study session with Slughorn. On second thought, we would kill each other. All he does is boast about himself and tells me what I am doing wrong. That reminds me, I have Potions next. Yay.

X.X.X

"Ok class turn in your homework!" Slughorn yelled to our class

"Shit, fuck, damn, shit!" I cursed, trying to find my homework. "I was just working on it! Where is it?" I tore through my bag to try and find it.

"Looking for this?" Lucius was holding up my homework.

"Oh my god, where did you find it?" I asked him.

"It fell out of your bag after class. Try not to lose any more homework." He smiled, winked, and handed me my work.

I was a little skeptic, but I took it from him gladly, "Thank you!" I gave him a hug and ran over to Slughorn to turn in my paper.

Before going back to my seat, I walked over to Lucius. "Thanks." I leaned forward kissed him gently on the lips and walked back to my seat. I made sure that I swayed my hips ever so slightly so that it attacked to attention to curves.

Lily, Alice, and Marlene's eyes huge, Arianna on the other hand looked proud, "That was priceless! Who know you could be so seductive. You practically had all of the guys drooling! I don't think I have ever seen Lucius look so excited and confused!" Arianna exclaimed.

"That was completely irresponsible!" Lily shouted.

"How was that irresponsible?" I asked Lily. Okay, so it was somewhat trampy, but hey, everyone needs to be trampy sometimes.

"You can't just go around kissing people whenever you want!"

"First of all, he is not a random person. Second, he found my homework. Third, yes I can!"

"Okay class! Today we will be making love potions!" Slughorn said excitedly.

"He's probably going to make us give the potions to him so he can finally land a woman." Sirius whispered.

I giggled along with everyone else, "It will take all of our potions to get a woman to sleep with him." I said which made us laugh harder.

"What is so funny, Ms. Brown?" Of course Slughorn decides to single out me.

"Nothing, Professor." I lied.

"Surely you were laughing about something."

Before I could answer Sirius spoke, "I told her it would be hilarious if Dumbledore and Filtch got together." Everyone burst out laughing and Slughorn had a horrified look on his face which made everyone laugh harder.

"Is this true, Ms. Brown?" he looked at me.

"Um…" I didn't want to get Sirius in trouble, but what was I supposed to do?

"Yes it is." Arianna said. I turned and stared at her.

"Well I am sorry to say Mr. Black but you will have to serve detention for that remark, seven-o-clock, my office, tomorrow night.

I spent the rest of class staring at Sirius, Lucius and Arianna. Lucius had been nice to me, Sirius covered for me and got detention in the process, and Arianna got Sirius in trouble. I was very confused.

"We will finish up tomorrow. Have a nice day class!"

I wasn't sure whether to follow Arianna, Lucius or Sirius. I had already thanked Lucius and Arianna could wait. I needed to talk to Sirius, now.

"Sirius, wait up!" I yelled trying to catch up with him.

"What do you need?" He asked, like he didn't just save me ass back there.

"Well first of all to thank you. You didn't have to do that you know." I walked with him.

"Oh, you mean for covering for you. You're welcome. I am used to getting detention, I figured you would be doing something with Lucius any ways and I didn't want you to miss it because of detention."

"What? I'm not doing anything with Lucius. What would make you think that?"

"Well you kissed him and everything. I figured you two were now officially together."

"Are you crazy? I was flirting with him, that's it." I stopped. "Whoa, I did not think those words would come out of my mouth." I laughed a bit realizing how stupid I sounded. "I mean, that's what Arianna would say. I'm not turning into a slut, am I?" I looked at Sirius, feeling very scared.

He laughed, "You, a slut? No, you are not a slut." He smiled as if finding this very amusing. "No one has called you one, have they?"

"No, I just… well if I start talking like Arianna and do things that Arianna would do, I feel like a slut."

"Are you sleeping with more than one guy?"

"If I was, would I tell you?" I teased him.

"You are not a slut."

"How can you be so sure?" I studied him quizzically.

"A slut would admit that and most likely ask me what I was doing tonight." He smiled to himself.

"You are so cocky. For your information, Lucius and I aren't even sleeping together. We haven't even gotten past kissing. I'm not even sure if I like him yet."

I wave of relief seemed to come over him, "So what are you doing later? I know this great broom closet by the astronomy tower." I hit him with my books.

"You are so gross, Sirius Black."

"Well I figured since you won't sleep with Lucius because you don't like him, you would sleep with me." He grinned like a child on Christmas and I swear he was trying to undress me with his eyes.

"Who said I like you?" I stuck my tongue out at him.

"Wait a minute, you don't like me?" He looked sad.

"I'm just kidding, of course I like you! Don't take everything I say so seriously." I paused just realizing the unintentional pun, "No pun intended."

"Yeah, yeah." He smiled and put an arm around me.

I noticed that we weren't heading to class, "Um, where are we going?"

He had the devilish smile he always had when he was going to break the rules, "Not to class."

"Well I have to. It's Muggle Studies and I actually like that class."

He pouted, "You aren't going to leave me are you?"

"Lily will kill me when she sees that I'm not in class and she will kill you when she finds out it was your fault." I stared at him stubbornly.

"You aren't going to make me beg are you?"

Oh I am so going to treasure this moment forever! "If you want me to come that bad, you are going to have to." I shrugged.

He got down on his knees, took my hands in his and began to beg, "Katie Elizabeth Brown, will you please accompany me on my childish adventures?" He even stuck out his lower lip for good measure.

"No." I turned around and started to walk away.

"What?" He came running after me and grabbed my hand, "You make me get down on my knees, beg you to join with me and you still won't come?" He looked bewildered. Not many girls say no to him, especially when he begs. Actually, he probably never had to beg.

"Of course I will come with you! I was just messing with you. Merlin you don't take rejection well." I rolled my eyes.

"I do too!" he retorted.

"You almost cried when I said no." I laughed.

"Did not!" he stomped his foot. Very mature, very mature.

"Did too."

"Did not."

"Did too and you know it." I crossed my arms.

"Fine, I will admit that I don't do well with rejection, but I was not about to cry."

I guess it's a tie.

"Okay, okay, where are we going anyway?" he was leading me down the hall.

"Don't tell me you already forgot the way." He sounded annoyed.

I looked around and tried to take in my surroundings. Suddenly it hit me, "Hogsmeade? We are going to Hogsmeade?"

He put his hand over my mouth, "Why don't you just announce it to the world!" he whispered to me.

I licked his hand to get it off my mouth, "Very classy." He said wiping his hand on his pants.

"I am the very essence of classy." I tried to look regal as we walked.

Sirius raised his eyebrows, "Before that ball next month, we are going to have a lesson about class."

"Hey, I have plenty of class. I just don't have to show it with you. I don't have to put on an act with you. With you," I paused. "With you I can be myself." We walked in silence until we got to the passage way to Hogsmeade.

"You remember the way right?" I asked Sirius.

He held up a map and I immediately felt stupid. Of course he knew how to get there, he had been plenty of times and he had a map to get there.

"Okay, keep quiet. We don't want to be caught now do we?" I glared at him and hopped into the hole.

"Hey, wait up!" Sirius yelled.

Yay! Sirius and Katie are finally on good terms! Will this last for long?

Please review and suggestions are welcome:)

Preview of next chapter:

"Could you carry me everywhere? Walking is so over rated." I leaned my head against his chest and felt relaxed. I didn't realize how tired I was. I was having flashbacks in dream form all night and I didn't get very much sleep.

"Anything for you, milady," I giggled at being called milady. I have felt like a lot of things, but a princess was not one of them.

"Take me, young prince, where ever it is you wish go." I let myself sink into his arms and let the warmth consume me. This was nice, this was more than nice… this was perfect.

Who is she talking about? Wait and see...

XOXO Miranda