Author's Note...No Lithania this chapter...Sorry guys! But don't worry, she'll pretty much dominate the next chapter. R and R...hope you enjoy!

When The Heart Takes Control

Chapter 2

Missy Prewett

The sound of the compartment door slamming as someone shut it woke me up around two hours later. I sat up as a reflex; Sirius jumped as well, having also been asleep.

Looking around the compartment, I realized we were alone.

"Where's everyone got to?" I asked, looking at Sirius.

He shrugged.

"Well, Moony's a prefect, so he's got to patrol. As for Prongs and Wormy…" he paused. "They've probably gone for snacks" His stomach gave a particularly loud rumble as he said this.

"Yeah, that, and they've probably gotten sick of us sleeping" I laughed, and looked over at Sirius, who seemed to be falling asleep again. "Hey!" I barked, shaking him a little by the shoulder.

He opened his left eye a crack, glaring.

"Gerrof!" He pushed my hand away. "Can't a man get his proper beauty sleep around here?"

I laughed. "Not when I'm the only other one here! That'd be dead boring!"

He opened his eyes fully now, considering this thought.

"Well, I suppose. But only for my Missy." He winked; in what he obviously thought was a sexy way.

I giggled, which was obviously not the right reaction, and Sirius pushed me off the seat. I fell, landing on his feet. I knelt up in front of his sitting frame, facing him. I looked at him, sticking my tongue out.

The compartment door opened with a bang. It was Peter.

"Siri- Oh! Shit, sorry 'bout that, mate!" He walked in, and quickly backed out again, looking scandalized.

It took me a minute to work out why he had done that, and apparently Sirius noticed the position we were in at the exact moment as I did. We both practically split our sides laughing, catching each others' eyes and laughing even harder.

"He thought…you…excellent!" He could barely string two words together he was laughing so hard.

"We're never going to hear the end of that…" I trailed off, tears of laughter streaming down my face. "We're going to get back, and it's gon' be all over everywhere…Sirius and Missy, foolin' 'round on the train compartment.."

I picked myself up, and reclaimed my seat next to Sirius, who was trying to calm down a bit, and, clearly trying to appear to be serious, spoke in a voice that would've been at home in a funeral parlor.

"Well, rumors…They hurt people" He somberly looked down at his lap, as though he were mourning the death of a particularly fluffy pet rabbit.

"Oh, do they?"

He perked up, all thoughts of the fictional rabbit forgotten. "But of course!" He grinned slyly. "We'll just have to make this one true so as not to hurt anyone"

I laughed. "Dream on, Pads."

"Oh I will, Missy" he said, emphasizing my name. He paused. "That reminds me! Are you sleeping in my dormitory again this year?"

I had, at the end of the previous year, started sleeping in the boys' dorm, mainly to avoid the tarts I would normally have had to deal with in my own room. Lily Evans and her little group of nasties never fail to look down their noses at me, just like they never fail to annoy the absolute piss out of me.

"Well, do you want me to?"

Sirius looked nothing short of affronted. "Of course I do! I'd gotten so used to having you sleep by me when you stayed at my house, that by the time I'd gone 'round to James' place, I didn't know what to do with myself!" He grinned. "Besides, I loved those night-time chats"

I laughed. "I couldn't sleep once I'd gone home…it was terrible! You've become my…" I paused, looking for the right words to describe the feeling I got when my best mate slept next to me. "…Lullaby?" I snorted with laughter as the word left my mouth.

"I'm your lullaby. Lullaby. That's terrible" Sirius looked absolutely dumbfounded. "What is this, a nursery rhyme?" He laughed. "I've got to tell James that one…"

Ironically, James, Remus, and Peter had chosen that exact moment to walk through the door.

"Tell me what?" James asked, grinning.

I fought to keep the smile off my face as I replied "Nothing. Just...Pads being Pads."

James saw right through my lie, perhaps because Sirius was laughing his great hairy balls off right next to me. "So, definitely something, then. C'mon, Missy…How bad can it be?"

"I'm her lullaby" Sirius managed to splutter out, before going back to his awful case of 'the giggles'.

James didn't even pause to breathe before promptly joining Sirius in his giggling insanity. Peter laughed as well, and Remus snorted, trying to hide his amusement.

"Shut 'yer mouths…" I blushed horribly, but still managed to smile feebly.

The remainder of the train ride passed by without any further incidents, and I couldn't help but feel an absolute rush of excitement as we approached the castle…