Chapter 7: Wow, Sirius, I'm Impressed

"So your dad?" Sirius asked.

Autumn and Sirius sat inside an empty classroom, on top of a creaky desk. Autumn sung her legs back and forth, rocking the desk slightly. She twisted her arms in from of her chest.

"It's fine," Sirius said gently, placing his arm around her shoulder, "you can tell me."

She cleared her throat and scooted a bit closer to Sirius. "Well, you know how my mum ran off when I was fourteen?" Sirius nodded. "Well, my father's a muggle. The day she left was the day she decided to finally tell him she was a witch."

"Shit."

"No kidding."

"Where did he think you were going to school?"

"A private school somewhere in England, but I don't really know specifics to tell you the truth." She was then silent.

"Go on about your dad."

"My mother was from a notable pureblood family, the Moonweather's, in case you were wondering. She was expected to marry another pureblood, of course, but then she fell in love with a dentist, Dr. Robinson. Her family was furious, but that didn't matter because he was now her world.

So they eloped. She got knocked up with me and had a half muggle, half witch spawn. He had no idea that she was a witch, but of course she used multiple memory erasing charms on him for when he did see something.

When my fourteenth birthday came along, my mother was sick of going through the trouble of hiding her powers and mine. She had already had multiple affairs by then and was quite frankly getting bored of being married to a muggle. So she went off to live with her boyfriend.

My father, understandably, was shocked. He now hates all of the magic kind, me included. He drinks, he smokes, and when he drinks too much he can't control what he's doing." Autumn rolled up her sleeve and pointed out various scars. "That's about it."

Sirius touched a pale scar that was right above her eyebrow. "I wish I could help you, Autumn. If I could, I would do anything."

She shrugged. "It's not a big deal. I'm only there during the summer, anyway. Now, do I get to hear about your family?"

"There really isn't much to say. They hate me because I'm in Gryffindor and because I don't follow their "purebloods are superior" way of thinking.

"It's because you're better than them, Sirius," she said pulling him in for a long hug, "and thanks."

He rested his head on top of hers. Sirius would have stayed there forever, had not Autumn pulled away.

"We should get back to the common room." She said briskly.

NEW SCENE

"Let me get this straight. You're going to Hogsmead with Jake, James with Lily, and Peter is in detention. That leaves me and Autumn."

"Yep. Aren't you happy?" Remus asked.

"Hell yeah! Man, you are a genius, all that talking crap totally worked."

Remus sighed. "Yes, that talking crap does work. I need to tell Autumn that I'm going with Jake tomorrow. You can come if you like."

"Sure. I'll ask her where she wants to go tomorrow."

Remus and Sirius walked up to the girls dormitories. The werewolf knocked on the door.

"Yeah?" A female voice called from inside.

"It's just me and Sirius," Lupin said.

Autumn answered the door in an oversized t-shirt and a pair of yellow, lace trimmed, polka dot panties. Lupin must have been used to this, as he didn't even blink.

"Do you like wearing pants, Autumn?" Sirius asked.

"No not really, why?"

Sirius was about to comment on her body, but he then stopped himself. Then he thought her might say something regarding how she couldn't seem to keep her pants on with her boyfriends, but once again he stopped. No need to piss her off. With nothing else to do, he blushed.

Autumn noticed. "Making you uncomfortable?"

Remus and Sirius both rolled their eyes.

"Anyway, Autumn, I'm here to tell you that me and Jake are going to be hanging with each other at Hogsmead and James is going to be snogging Lily. Peter's in detention again."

"So, what do you wanna do Autumn?" Sirius asked. "We could go out to lunch then to the jokeshop, if you like."

"Sounds like a plan. The potion's almost ready, Sirius."

"Potion?"

"Remember our present for Snivellus? Let's plan on next week."

After the boys left, Autumn could help but think how adorable Sirius was when he blushed. The fact that he blushed was what shocked her. She thought he would tell her like liked her butt or something. Maybe Sirius wasn't so bad after all…

So what will happen at Hogsmead? What type of potion is it? Oh, all the questions. You will find out soon…if you review. Love, RT