Devery's best friend was legit the greatest friend in the whole wide world. As promised, Lily kept James busying and every couple of days, Sirius and Devery got head tower to themselves for a few hours.

Those times strengthened the relationship to the point that Sirius didn't feel the need to be constantly glued to his girlfriend's side. His confidence and security in their evolving relationship grew considerably over the next four weeks leading up to Halloween.

Though he still had his doubts that Devery might drop him like an outdated broomstick, those doubts were incredibly less frequent. He had a feeling it might be the same for Devery. Her confidence in him to stay committed grew too because according to the rumor mill, she now held the record to hold his attention the longest.

But to Sirius, Devery was not just his romantic partner, she also grew to be the dearest friend he never knew he needed. In the depths of his heart, he even started to akin her to be his best friend. A title he had only given to his fellow Marauders and that spoke volumes.

And as a friend, he wanted to see Devery grow and be more of her best self without him necessarily being in the picture all the time. Also, it was his last year at Hogwarts and he wanted to make the most of it so he slipped back into old hobbies.

Pranks and Quidditch, which James was considerably thrilled with. Peter was beyond happy to have him back for pranks. Remus, on the other hand was just pleased to see his two friends practice a much healthier interdependent relationship.

But just to be on the safe side, Remus figured he would check so he did when Sirius asked to join him on a rare trip to the library to borrow books.

"So, how's everything going mate?" Remus leaned back against the stonewall and continued to watch Sirius browse books on the shelf. He already held the books he needed to complete their latest potions essay.

"Good, good, mate. I'm happy to say that all is well in the world of Sirius Black," Sirius flashed a grin.

"My grades are good, I'm on fire with the Quidditch and I got my Marauders."

"And how are things going with Devery?"

"Just groovy, Mooney! I'm really starting to get a handle on this telepathy business, Evans has been a great help and Dev hasn't tried to kill me again. Dumbledore's detentions are just leaving her in a crappy mood but that's nothing I can't fix with a few well timed jokes. This weekend is her last one, thank Merlin," Sirius said.

"That's a relief," Remus looked a little too relieved, Sirius thought and he eyed his best mate.

"When it comes to Dev, Remus, you got nothing to worry about."

"I know, I know, it's just…" Remus trailed off and Sirius stopped looking at the bookshelf altogether.

"Spit it out, Mooney," he encouraged and Remus stood up straighter.

"I just wanted to check because I haven't seen you two be as tied at the hip as of late."

Sirius found that observation a little too amusing and he fought back a laugh.

"I admit, I was over my head when we first got together because I couldn't believe it but now that's it's all sunken in… what I've got with Dev now is maturing like a fine bottle of firewhiskey. I've realized that we are not temporary and now I can relax," Sirius tried to explain.

"Besides… we are people too, living our own lives and we need to have our independence. If we were with each other all the time, I am sure we would hex each other to oblivion," Sirius confessed and he got the oddest look ever from Remus.

His best mate looked like he was going to punch his lights out or something.

"Sirius, I cannot believe you," Remus hissed. "You said you were going to take it slow with her."

Sirius looked dumbfolded at his accusations until he quickly put one and two together. His best mate thought he had pressured Devery into sex.

"Merlin, Remus! Get your head out of the gutter," Sirius frowned.

"But since you are making it your bloody business, no we haven't had sex and that's going to stay that way for a long time. I love Dev too much to pull that shit."

"Oh," was all Remus could say and he looked a tad shamed of himself.

"I apologise for thinking," he trailed off with forlorn eyes until Sirius reassured him with a light punch to his shoulder.

"Just don't do it again Remus," he sighed and Remus nodded, looking a tad better.

"But since you have poked your nose where it doesn't belong," A rather peculiar look flashed through Sirius's grey eyes and Remus stood up straighter.

"What is it, mate?"

"Can you help me research something?"

"Sure!" Remus raised his voice in agreement and quickly lowered it when Sirius hushed him to keep quiet.

He leaned in close to whisper. "You can't tell anyone about this though. Like, I'm not even telling Dev and James about it."

"Okay," Remus whispered but deep down inside, he felt a bit uneasy that Sirius was keeping secrets from the two people, he was the closed too.

"Now this might come as a bit of a surprise to you but I don't want you to give Dev any grief about this either. It's not her fault," Sirius continued to whisper in all seriousness and Remus started to look worried.

"Is there something wrong with Dev?" He demanded in a whisper and Sirius quickly shook his head then to Remus's further surprise, he noticed his best mate look a tad uncomfortable. The Marauder suddenly shifted about on his feet and double-checked to see if they were still alone in their section of the library and they were. But to be on the safe side, the two continued to whisper.

"What's going on, Sirius?" Remus persisted and Sirius let loose a long sigh.

"Things are going good between us, don't get me wrong, she's just starting to worry me in one particular area of our relationship," Sirius confessed.

Remus looked confused and beaconed for Sirius to continue. Sirius sighed again and his cheeks started to flush with a deep red hue.

"She's going to kill me for this," he cringed and quickly spilled the beans because he knew Remus was the best out of all of his friends at keeping secrets and he would help regardless the situation.

"She wants sex… badly, Mooney and she's getting pissed at me for not delivering," Sirius forced out in an extra low tone and Remus frowned like he didn't see a problem.

"Ah… Sirius, how is that a problem? Because no offence but it is you and you can be a dog in more ways than one."

"I know that, Remus but it's way too soon for us to do that. I'm her first kiss for merlin sake."

"Is it because she's a virgin?" Remus got straight to the point.

"Yes," Sirius stressed. "And no… bloody hell, I don't know, Remus."

"Then, what's the problem?"

"She is also a mute," Sirius stressed out again.

"So?" Remus looked at him like he was crazy.

"I've never been with a girl like her before Remus and I don't want to fuck it up so I thought I could find some tips or something in the library."

"Sirius, I highly doubt you would find a how-to-guide on how to properly deflower witches in the library."

Sirius just glared at him. "I am not that stupid, Mooney. I am not expecting to find Kuma Sutra here."

Remus held his hands up in defense and he had the nerve to smirk.

"Okay, okay, I needed to get a gauge on how much detail you needed… unless you do need a detailed manual on how to have sex because you've been doing it the wrong way all this time and you are too scared to admit it."

Sirius scowled. Now, Remus was just teasing him.

"I can take you to Madam Pompfrey if you'd like. She can tell you how wizards and muggles are really made."

"Oh, fuck off, Remus," Sirius grumbled and Remus bit back laughter.

"If you are done with being a pisshead, can you please help me find these books called 'Mills & Boon?' I overhead some girls the other day giggle over them. Apparently, they are good fluffy love stories."

Remus's eyes widened and Sirius raised his eyebrows. "What's got your trousers in a bunch now?"

"Sirius… those books are not just tales about love… they are muggle erotica."

"Erotica?" Sirius looked confused and Remus shook his head.

"Erotica is a genre of fiction," Again Sirius just looked even more confused and Remus rolled his eyes. "Pages of written porn, Sirius."

"Porn comes in book form?" Sirius exclaimed a tad to loudly in surprise and Remus quickly shushed him to keep his voice down.

"Yes and girls dig them like you wouldn't believe."

"And how in the blazes do you know that?" Now it was Sirius's turn to joke around and Remus blushed bright red.

"Remus… do you have a secret stash of these 'Mills and Boon' books?"

"No!" Remus exclaimed and he frowned when Sirius continued to smirk his way.

"Come on, man, it's okay if you do. I'm not judging here."

"I do not own 'Mills and Boon' books, Sirius," Remus hissed through clenched teeth.

"Then, why the hell do you know about them?"

"Because," Remus turned a darker shade of red as he got more flustered all of a sudden. "I caught the girls reading them once back in fifth year, okay? And on pain of losing my eyebrows, I swore not to tell anyone."

"The girls?" Sirius perked with interest. "As in my Dev, Evans, Lucy, Alice and Mary?"

Remus swallowed hard. "No," he blurted and Sirius saw straight through his lie.

He hummed with a rather mischievous smirk. "Looks like a Marauder is finally going walk into the girl's dormitories."

"Oh, fuck no, Sirius," Remus finally swore. "Boys cannot go up there, the stairs won't allow it."

"So, they say," Sirius tapped his nose. "Unless, you know somewhere else where I can get a stash of these 'Mills and Boon' books?"

"No," Remus replied.

"Thought so," Sirius muttered. "Come on, Mooney let's go brainstorm a way to get up those stairs."

"No way!"

"Okay… if I get caught, I'll just tell everyone it was your idea because you wanted to know what those books were about too," Sirius grinned and Remus glared in defeat at his ultimatum.

"I hate you," he grumbled.


Life in Gryffindor Tower was bizarre the following week and it reached the point where the majority of the girls felt uneasy. Boys from all years were trying to get up the stairs to the girl's dormitories.

Some flew up on broomsticks only to tumble right back down with their broomstick sliced into a million pieces. Some tried to float their way up, even crawl up the stone walls and there was one incident where one sixth year boy tried to crawl his way through a window.

Devery quickly lost count on the attempts but not Professor McGonagall. The rate of Gryffindor boys being admitted to the Hospital Wing grew scarily high and she called for an emergency House meeting one night in the Gryffindor common room.

For some unknown reason, the Gryffindor boys thought it was a game to try and break the security of those mythically enchanted stairs. The Gryffindor girls thought the boys were being a silly bunch of perverts and so did Professor McGonagall.

The professor reached the point where she got permission to install a gate to the girl dormitory stairs and she vowed to give anyone who tried to get up those stairs, a year's worth of detention. She also fined her own house, fifty points for their silliness.

But there was one thing that the Gryffindor students wondered the most about… none of the Marauders had tried to get up those stairs. In fact, the school's number one troublemakers were laying low. Particularly, Remus and Sirius. The two were inseparable and Devery only started to notice this when Sirius started to postpone their time alone in Head Tower. He said he was working on a special project with Remus for extra credit in charms.

She had hardly spend any time alone with her boyfriend this past week and she needed it, in order to get through her last annoying detention with Dumbledore tomorrow morning.

Lucy also noticed this and she started a conversation about it while they sat by the fire to read their respective books after dinner. Lily was back in Head Tower with James and the others; Alice and Mary were in their dormitory.

"Something is not right," Lucy said and she tilted her head towards Sirius and Remus, sitting across the common room, hundled at a desk with a book.

Devery glanced over at her boyfriend and sighed. As always, he looked beyond good with his short messy black curls and five o'clock shadow. His strong forearms were bear because he had his sleeves rolled up at the elbows and his Gryffindor tie, hanged loose.

He looked quite engrossed with whatever Remus was talking about. To Devery's surprise, her old friend looked quite disheveled too with his messy sandy blonde hair looking like he had ran his fingers too much through it and unshaven cheeks.

"They are working on a project for extra credit," Devery signed and she returned to her book. She was reading an old favourite Lily introduced her too, Alice in Wonderland.

Lucy, on the other hand was reading much racier material. A 'Mills and Boon' book, she disguised as a textbook.

"Oh, Merlin," she fanned herself and out of curiosity, Devery looked over her shoulder and after reading a few paragraphs, she had to fan herself too.

"Wow, huh?" Lucy grinned and Devery nodded with a shy smile. She knew the book Lucy was reading particularly well. It was a about a prince who falls in love with his maid and he just surprised her with a romantic dinner for two under the stars on a boat.

The hero got a star named after her and now, they were making out on the boat.

"Now… that's a muggle I would totally date," Lucy gushed but at the same time, she reminded her that Devery already had that at her fingertips when a particular wizard came to mind.

Like a moth drawn to a flame, she looked at Sirius and bit her lower lip as desire rolled through her stomach with an avalanche of butterflies.

"Hmm… have you two spent much time together this week?" Lucy asked when she quickly took notice and Devery shook her head with her eyes still glued on Sirius.

"Well, that just won't do and I totally blame this book for my sudden support all things romantic mood."

Devery faced her friend once more in confusion and Lucy nudged her shoulder.

"I'll distract Remus with a question about our potions essay and you swoop in," She smirked and Devery nodded with a grateful grin.

"Everyone needs a break from study anyway," Lucy rationalised and together, both girls stood up and closed their books while they crossed the Gryffindor common room.

Remus was the first to notice their approach and he quickly rustled his papers back into his bag.

"Hey Devery… Lucy," he greeted them and a slight blush.

"Hey, Remus," Lucy perked up with a smile and Devery watched her friend spring into action. She had a feeling her friend knew what kind of effect she had on Remus. The seventeen-year-old intellect turned into a rambling mess whenever she was near.

Then to Devery's surprise, Sirius nudged Remus for his attention with a serious tone.

"We need to finish our project," he insisted before he glanced at Lucy but not at her.

"Sorry, girls but we have work to do. Can this wait until later?" Sirius asked with eyes on Lucy alone but that quickly changed when Devery moved to wrap her arms around his shoulders from behind.

As soon as she touched him, it was like he could only register her presence and he failed miserably to keep concentrating on whatever he was working on with Remus. It was likewise with Remus but for a whole different reason.

Lucy easily pulled him into a conversation about their potions essay and Devery seized her chance. She smoothed some of the hair away from his right ear and pecked his whiskered cheek. She felt his skin shiver a little under her attentions.

"I'm sorry, love but we need to keep working," he forced out and then he made the innocent mistake of looking into her hazel eyes. And that was all it took for Devery to reestablish their telepathic connection.

"Someone looks quite sexy today," she spoke to his mind and there was no doubt Sirius didn't hear her. He sat up straighter in his seat and his nostrils flared as his breathing grew quicker.

"Devery, I need to do my homework right now," he fired back telepathically and Devery rubbed his shoulders with raised eyebrows.

"You look like you need a break… come on, let's go to your dormitory and chill out."

"You and I both know, we never chill out when we go to my dormitory," Sirius deflected and Devery released his shoulders with a cheeky smile.

"Do I have to persuade my boyfriend to go to bed with me?"

Sirius swallowed hard at the question and Devery folded her arms.

"Challenge accepted."

To others, it might look like she was simply standing there but she wasn't. Virgin, she might be but Sirius quickly learned his girlfriend was far from innocent and he had a feeling it was from all those Mills and Boon books she read with her friends.

And Sirius had no warning when she started to talk dirty to him.

"But Sirius… tonight I want to slowly kiss my way from your lips and go down… they only question is how far down will I go?"

Sirius bit back a groan at her question and he tried to ignore her, which was impossible because Devery decided to brush her hand across his shoulders while she walked around him.

Her fingertips ghosted the fabric of his shirt and he swore he could feel the heat of her presence through that light touch.

"I want to slowly trace my lips over yours, massage them softly and suck on your lower lip. Then I'm going to kiss you…from your lips…to your neck…down to your chest."

Sirius clenched his fists hard on his lap and he narrowed his eyes on Devery. He only had himself to blame for creating this glorious but messy torture. His grey eyes trained in on her mouth and he was barely able to suppress a groan when she licked her lower lip.

"I want to bite and nibble every sexy inch of you. Your neck, your chest, your arms and your ass. They're going to be covered in bruises from my teeth. And your back? I'm marking that too," Devery backed up with smoldering eyes and she enjoyed watching Sirius start to sweat.

"Only then will I make my way down your thighs…"

The chair Sirius sat on fell to the side when he suddenly shot up to his feet and Devery backed up with an innocent smile. Poor guy was particularly panting in the spot but she couldn't blame him. If she concentrated hard enough, she could send him memories and she backed up her last words with a memory of her hands undoing his belt from the last time they fooled around in a broom cupboard.

"We'll finish this tomorrow," he said hoarsely but Remus barely noticed him. He just nodded while Lucy took a seat beside him at the table.

"Are you okay?" Devery signed with a smirk and Sirius growled low in his throat when he inched closer to her side with purpose.

"You're so going to get it, now," he fired back and Devery inched her ways towards the stairs to the boy's dormitories. As soon as she reached the second step, she giggled when Sirius chased her up them.

He caught her easily by the waist and put her over his shoulder when they reached the door to his dormitory, which was thankfully empty.

With three quick strides, he walked in and dropped her on his bed. He used his wand to close the bed curtains around them and he muttered a few silencing charms.

"Necklace, off, now," he ordered in a husky tone and Devery shivered with anticipation while she gladly did what she was told. Sirius kept his fiery grey eyes pinned to her every movement while he stripped down to his trousers.

Devery barely got her necklace off before Sirius tore an excited giggle from her throat when he pulled her closer to him by her ankles. He slipped off her shoes and black stockings with quick hands.

"Well, if you look at that! My little minx of a witch is acting all innocent!" Sirius remarked while he continued to undress her with strong hands and Devery happily went along with his rough handling of her uniform. But when he got her down to her underwear, Sirius's loving side crept forward and he kissed one of her bend knees gently.

"And did this little minx of a witch succeed in seducing her sexy boyfriend to bed?" Devery grinned with a wicked glint in her eyes and Sirius lightly bit the skin around her knee in reply.

"I'll take that as an yes."

"Such a wicked minx," Sirius tried to scold her when he stood back up to kick away his shoes and do away with his trousers. He laughed when Devery blew a kiss at him with a wink and he crawled his way back in-between her legs, in nothing but his boxers and socks.

"Well, I have to be. You've hardly spent any time with me this week," Devery pouted and Sirius knew this to be true. He kissed her pouting lips in apology.

"I know, I'm sorry love… I just really want to get this project done."

"That's okay, just don't make it a habit," Devery traced his jawline, intently and Sirius nuzzled into her neck.

"Did, my love miss me?"

"Duh," Devery made a face and Sirius kissed a slow trail up her neck.

"How can I ever make it up to you?" He whispered into her ear and Devery ran her hands through his hair while she thought about what he could to make it up to her.

"Hmm… a date night?"

"Done," Sirius promised with a kiss.

"Lots of smoochies?"

Sirius smiled. "Done, done." He kissed her a little bit longer this time.

"And lots of 'wow' times?" Devery bit her lower lip and Sirius raised his eyebrows, questioning.

"Wow times?" He blurted and Devery chewed on her lower lip some more.

"Dev," he smiled at how cute she looked when she got embarrassed over something.

"What do you mean by 'wow times?' You're going to have to tell me, baby otherwise I can't give them to you."

He then watched a red hue breakout across his girlfriend's face.

"Orgasms," she whispered out with a shy look and Sirius hummed in understanding.

"Yeah, those are wow times," he agreed and Devery pressed into his side more.

"It's still quite early," she pointed out and Sirius caressed her cheek, intently.

"Okay… but if it gets too much, you let me know, okay?" He asked in all seriousness.

"Okay," Devery smiled and she leaned in for another kiss. She wanted this so much; in fact now she craved it.

This. Simply lying in Sirius's embrace and kissing him at such a relaxed and luxurious pace. Time became a mere concept, an illusion when she touched him. Fleeting and infinite, all at the same time and there was no other place she would rather be but right here, being alive in this moment.

Relaxed transitioned into fiery passion when Sirius pulled her first moan from the back of her throat and he encouraged her to sit up a little so he could strip her of her bra. Then, he was all teeth when he bit her nipple. Devery fell back down with a gasp and passion heated her blood.

She rubbed herself against Sirius's thigh and he didn't stop the erratic movements of her hips. He released her nipple and suckled the other with his mouth.

"Sirius," Devery said his name with a light moan and Sirius licked and nibbed his way down her curves.

"Enjoy the ride, love," he looked up the line of her body with dark grey eyes and he threw in a devilish wink.

"So… you want to mark me, huh? I say, ladies first." He rained downed a foray of kisses across the span of her hips and nibbled her sensitive hipbones.

Oh, Merlin, why did she have to say that?

Sirius enjoyed marking her hips with his mouth, a little too much and he only stopped when she said please.

"Please what love?" He kissed her thigh. Devery's eyes were closed shut at this point and she wriggled her hips.

"Want you, here," she breathed and Sirius didn't have to ask her to be specific. He just knew from instinct and he peeled her underwear down her long legs.

Then he did something, Devery had never experienced before. She felt his warm travel across her most intimate of places. Her eyes flew open and she sat up but Sirius quickly coaxed her back down with a sweet kiss.

"It's going to be okay, relax… I'm just going to taste you, okay?" He caressed her unsure body.

"Oh, okay," Devery took in a deep breath. "Am I still going to get my wow time?" She double checked and Sirius grinned at her question.

"Baby, if I have it my way, you're going to have several," he winked and kissed his way slowly back down her body.

What did he mean by that? Devery wondered while she stared at the ceiling and she quickly found out.

"Now, legs up and spread them wide for me, and close your eyes. You'll enjoy it more that way." Sirius said softly and she did what she was told with one side of her mind, slightly nervous and the other, slightly curious.

His bed was soft and comfortable as she stretched on her back and blindly lifted her knees up to her chest, spreading her thighs apart. She was exposed totally this way, vulnerable, and scared. Her heart pounded.

Tall, gray, and sexy had become tall, gray, and slightly scary. The mattress shifted and she tensed a bit before she forced her body to relax or risk Sirius from stopping. A hand gently curved on the inside of her thigh and his thumb softly rubbed her skin.

"I'm going to play with you nice and easy," Sirius said softly, his voice husky. "If you want me to stop, I will."

Devery swallowed and relaxed a little more. His other hand gripped her thigh and he adjusted her so they were spread a little wider apart. That hand slid up and his thumb brushed over the soft folds of the outer lips of her core. Her heart raced and she tried hard to remember to relax her breathing no matter what he did to her.

Regardless, she sucked in air when his other thumb touched her outer lips and he spread her, exposing her inner sex to his view. She had to resist the urge to glance down at him, really wanting to.

"Very nice." Sirius's voice changed, going a little deeper, huskier. "You're perfect."

She let that comment bubble up inside her chest and melt. No one else has ever seen her like this and she tensed when hot air fanned her clit. She couldn't mistake that for anything else as more warm air softly blew against her and then a hot, wide tongue licked, swiping from the sensitive skin at her core entrance up over the bud of her clit to the hood. Sirius paused with a groan and then licked again.

Devery lifted her chin, her teeth locking together to hold back the moan that rose in her throat and her fingers bit into her knees.

Lick, lick, lick, pause. His lips sealed over her clit and he suckled it. The moan wouldn't be held back that time, coming from the back of her throat. He groaned against her sensitive and swelling bud, slightly vibrating. He sucked on her tighter, creating a better seal, and then he suckled again, only this time he pressed his tongue firmly against that tiny spot under the hood of her clit, rubbing it with each motion of his mouth.

Her fingers dug deeper into her skin and rapture tore through her body from where his mouth touched all the way up to her brain.

She begged him not to stop, feeling the orgasm coming, knowing she should be embarrassed at how fast it built, but Sirius was that good.

His hand moved and he slowly pushed his thumb inside her. She was soaking wet now and he pushed into her deep. He wiggled his thumb inside her, doing slow circles. With the extra sensation, she knew she couldn't hold back the inevitable any longer. She clenched her teeth hard enough to break them, turned her head, and came hard. Pleasure exploded through her body with violent spasms and her mind was nearly blown apart by the rapture of it all.

"Wow," she breathed when she came down from her high and she opened her eyes to see Sirius, leaning over her, looking quiet pleased while he licked away the glossiness on his lips.

"Hmm… let's see how many times I can make you lose your mind," His grey eyes lit up at the challenge and he went right back to creating her next 'wow.'


Devery entered the next day with a lot more 'wows' under her belt and so did Sirius, when he finally let him explore his body and she marked him in her own way. Though not with her mouth just yet. Devery felt like she needed to read more of Lucy's erotic romance novels before she felt ready to try that but she didn't tell Sirius that.

He told her that there was no rush for that and that they had all the time in the world to have sex.

Again, she didn't feel the same way and she stormed back to her dormitory to sleep after they had another disagreement on the matter.

She was more than ready to have sex with Sirius and it was really starting to eat her up. And she had no one to talk about it with except maybe Alice because she had already done it with her boyfriend, Frank Longbottom over the last summer. But that wouldn't work because Alice tells Frank everything and Frank is close friends with all of the Marauders.

James and Remus think of her as their sweet but innocent little sister. To hear that she wanted to lose her virginity would probably make them lose their minds and quite possibly land Sirius in the hospital wing because they would assume it was his entire fault.

Sleep hardly cured her sexual frustration and seeing Sirius, looking all handsome and sexy in his uniform at breakfast didn't help either. He knew she was still cranky about the whole thing and he suggested that they had breakfast by themselves to talk about it more if she wanted.

So that was her morning, reminding Sirius every few minutes that she wanted to have sex telepathically while he tried to eat his toast.

"It's too soon," He repeated for the thousandth time and Devery felt like bashing her head on the table.

"But I want you… all of you," She in turn repeated like a broken record and Sirius wiped his mouth with a napkin.

"I am right here, Dev and you already have all of me," He whispered for her ears alone and Devery wrapped one of his arms around her closely so she could snuggle into his side.

"But I want to know how you feel-

"Oh merlin," Sirius interrupted with a groan and rubbed his face.

"Please keep the dirty talk to a minimal, love. I'm going to get blue balls by lunch at this rate."

Devery backed up with a frown. "Well… good," she signed and Sirius couldn't help but laugh at how cute she looked when she was mad with him.

"I'm sorry, love it's just… you look so cute when you frown at me. I quite like it, actually," he tried to distract her with a compliment.

"I want to have sex," she grumbled telepathically once more and Sirius sighed in frustration. He really was starting to loose it with her now.

"And like I've said, a thousand times before, this whole fucking month, it is too soon," he snapped and to anyone else, they would've given up when finally showed how pissed off he truly was.

But not his Devery. His girl. His love just matched his frightening frown with one of her own.

"You look sexy when you're mad."

Sirius growled low when she continued to test him and despite her irritation with him, she snuggled into him more.

"That growl too…. hmmm gorgeous," She eased her frown and flattered her eyelashes and Sirius's face grew softer.

"Stop trying to butter me up… you won't win."

"But I did win… last night. I got you in bed. All by myself."

Sirius admitted defeat on that one and he couldn't help but kiss her forehead.

"Eat your breakfast, we'll talk about this later."

"No."

"Devery," he warned low and Devery just glared back up at him with her beautiful but stubborn hazel eyes. That was when he finally saw how stubborn his girlfriend truly was. She was as stubborn as he was, maybe a little bit more because after a whole month of this conversation, he was starting to crumble so he figured he'd compromise to resolve the matter.

At the very least, buy him some more time until he could read some Mills and Boon books for tips.

"Okay, we will," he sighed and Devery lit up with a bright smile that quickly died soon after.

"In three months time," he negotiated.

"No… I'm giving you one," Devery offered.

"No, two and a half," he persisted and Devery shook her head.

"You won't last that long, I say one," She didn't budge an inch on her terms and Sirius threw up his hands with a scowl.

"Okay, fine, one! There's that, end of discussion."

Devery awarded him with a smile. "Yay! We're having sex in one week!"

Sirius immediately gapped at the timing and shook his whole body with a big fat no.

"Oh no no no, one month, Dev. That's my final offer, take it or leave it."

And Devery thought about it while she reached for a croissant. They had a Hogsmeade weekend coming up next month and she could go buy something pretty to wear for the occasion.

Sirius breathed in relief when she finally agreed to his offer and he praised Merlin. He really need to step up his game now and get those books.

"And no more talking about this either, you have officially driven me mental, Devery."

"Must suck to love me so much, huh?" She nudged his side while she ate and Sirius playfully nudged her back.

"You have no idea," he grumbled but at the same time, he still gave her a rather loving look and Devery pressed a soft kiss to his cheek. She reared back with a loving smile and Sirius played with her hair.

The daily owl post then came and Sirius looked up to see if his uncle, Alphard Black was sending him anything. They wrote to each other weekly.

Devery didn't look up, she concentrated on her breakfast. She wrote to her parents, every fortnight so it came to be a huge surprise when she spotted Ptisi, fly down in her direction.

Ptisi was a giant brown and grey-feathered hawk and she only ever got used to mail the most urgent of messages.

"Whoa," Sirius backed up a little when the giant hawk landed on Devery's plate and so did more than half a dozen other students around them.

All eyes were on them then but Devery only had eyes for Ptisi's big golden eyes. The hawk gave a loud squawk and bobbed her head, indicating that she wanted to be fed before passing over the letter, tied to one of her large clawed feet.

Devery grabbed her fork and picked up some bacon. Ptisi reared her head back and opened up her beak before she gobbled down the meat like lightening. She squawked again and lifted a leg up.

With gentle fingers, Devery untied the letter and Ptisi took off with a screech and she quickly opened up the letter to see it had been written by her great-grandfather in his neat but cursive scrawl.

Deveral,

Be ready to come home on Halloween.

Great-grandfather, Ariston.

Straight to the point and cold in its bluntness, that was her great-grandfather, Ariston and whatever he decreed was final for he was the leader of the elders that governed every Siren on the planet.

"Fuck."