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Calm Before the Storm

Chapter 22: Potion's Partners

Their lips clashed feverishly. It had been almost four weeks since Sirius and Olivia had gotten together and it had been the best four weeks of both of their lives. Sirius threaded his fingers into hair and held her against him tightly. They were currently sitting on Sirius' bed in the sixth year boys' room. Everybody else had already left for class and they were taking advantage of the alone time. He was leaned against his headboard with Olivia perched on his lap as their lips met over and over again.

"Sirius." He cut her off as their lips met again. She pulled back slightly, smiling. "Sirius, we're going to be late for class."

Sirius groaned. "I honestly don't care. Can we not just skip class and stay here this period?"

He looked at her with the best puppy dog face he could muster and she was extremely tempted to give in. Usually when they got alone time, it was either for a short period of time or in an area, like the common room, where anybody could walk in at any time. Then she remembered that she happened to have Double Potions this period and Slughorn already hated her because she did so poorly in his class. She hung her head. "I can't Sirius, I have Potions this period."

Sirius sighed but nodded his head in understanding.

She stood up, grabbing her bag that was lying in the floor beside his bed before turning back and kissing him quickly. "Tonight. Find a way for us to be alone? We can continue this."

Sirius smirked at her before standing up and grabbing his own bag. "My day is going to be torture you know?"

She smirked back. "I know." She hurried to the door, winking as she walked out. She flew down the stairs and out of the common room as fast as she could. If she was late to Slughorn's class he was sure to give her detention and she already had one detention that week for being late to Transfiguration. She raced down the stairs, through the Entrance Hall and down to the dungeons. Finally, she reached the Potions classroom and threw the door open.

"Well, Ms. Potter, nice of you to finally grace us with your presence."

"Sorry Professor." She hung her head and went to take her normal seat next to Kiley but found a fifth year Slytherin, Hannah Carpenter, sitting in her seat. She looked to Kiley for an answer only to find a very frustrated Kiley shaking her head.

Slughorn walked over and placed his hand on her shoulder. "We've reassigned Potions partners, Potter. You now sit over there."

She followed where he was pointing and felt her stomach drop. Regulus Black. Regulus Black was her new Potions partner. She sighed before slowly walking over and taking her new seat. Looking around she fully understood Kiley's frustration. Most of the partners were Gryffindor/Slytherin mixes. She heard her partner sigh beside her, she didn't figure he would be very thrilled either. Not only was she Gryffindor, but it was no secret that she was horrid at the subject.

Slughorn wrote the instructions on the board and told everyone to get started. Olivia pulled out her book and flipped to the appropriate page. She looked at her partner. She had never talked to Regulus before but the physical similarities to his brother were striking. She jumped when she heard him talk. "If you will go get our supplies, I'll be setting the cauldron up."

He sounded a lot like Sirius, too. It was kind of creepy to her. It took a moment for her to register what he had said. She nodded her head with a quick, "Yea, ok". He was looking at her strangely, he probably thought she had something wrong with her, considering she wasn't sure how long she had stared at him but it was long enough for everybody else to have already gathered their supplies. She quickly made her way back to the table to find Regulus had indeed already gotten the cauldron set up and was waiting for her.

The class seemed to drag by. Luckily for her, Regulus was much better at Potions than she was. Also, he was much nicer than she had expected him to be. Sirius had never really said a lot to her about him but after what had happened over the summer, she had imagined him to be more like his parents, since he was the accepted child. He was very patient with her though and helped her with many of the instructions. She was sure if his grade wasn't riding on it he wouldn't have bothered but she was grateful anyway.

When Slughorn finally called for everyone to bottle their potions and turn them in, Olivia was more than ready to leave the stuffy dungeon room. Regulus held the bottle as she carefully poured the potion and he left to place it on Slughorn's desk.

Kiley seemed to have come out of nowhere and grabbed her shoulder. "Oh my Merlin. Could this year get any worse? Not only is it OWL year, but we're partnered with Slytherins for the rest of the year? This sucks." Kiley continued ranting as they gathered their bags and made their way to lunch, sitting in their usual seats. "I mean, seriously, what was wrong with the way we were already sitting? Ugh! I hate that man!"

"Bad Potions class?" They both looked up to see the guys sitting down around them. Remus sat down next to Kiley and kissed her cheek quickly. Olivia smiled, they had been moving along nicely in their relationship, though they definitely preferred to keep their private lives private and not snog in the middle of the Great Hall. "What's Sluggy done now, love?"

Kiley was immediately off again. "He changed out partners today, and he matched us with Slytherins! I mean, it would have been bad enough just not letting me and Liv be partners but to pair us with Slytherins? It's stupid!"

Sirius looked at Olivia as he started loading his plate with food. "So, were you late for class?"

She scowled. "Yes."

He gave her one of those smiles that he knew melted her heart and gave her a quick peck on the lips. "I am sorry."

She shoved his arm playfully. "You are not!" She stuck her tongue out at him. "It's ok though, I didn't get detention. Slughorn was too preoccupied with torturing us with new partners."

He laughed. "So I heard. Who did he stick you with?"

She looked to her plate, not completely sure how Sirius felt toward Regulus. "Your brother."

She glanced up in time to see Sirius visibly pale and clench his mouth, though keeping his composure in every other way. "He partnered you with Regulus?"

She nodded, watching him carefully though he was avoiding her gaze now and focusing on the table. She placed her hand on top of his and he jumped, having been zoned out. Suddenly, he coughed and if she hadn't known better she'd have thought she had imagined it all. "You ok?"

He squeezed her hand. "Yes. I'll be even better tonight though after I get to spend some time with you."

She smiled at his 'charm'. "So, we get to continue what was started earlier?"

"Hey! What're you two whispering about over there?"

She looked up. "Do you really want to know, brother?"

He stared at the two of them a few seconds. "No. No, I don't believe I do."

She laughed as James went back to talking about the quidittch trials coming up in just a couple days. Turning her attention back to Sirius, while continuing to eat her lunch, she voiced the question that had been bugging her since she left him in his room that morning. "So, where are we going to meet tonight?"

He smirked his 'I'm up to something' smirk. "There's somewhere I've been wanting you to see. I'm hoping to take you there."

She looked at him questionably. "You're not going to tell me?"

"Nope. You'll have to wait until tonight to find out."

Pouting, she hurriedly finished eating as everybody gathered their belongings to go to their next classes. For the sixth years, that meant Charms, and for the fifth years, that meant Care of Magical Creatures. Olivia and Kiley trudged their way down the sloping yard to the edge of the grounds discussing the first Hogsmeade weekend of the school year. It would be the first time her and Sirius would be together as a couple outside of school and she was extremely excited.

Care of Magical Creatures drug by, followed by Herbology, which drug by. She was excited to have alone time with Sirius to look forward too. He made her feel like she was floating and every time he touched her it was like something inside her exploded. She thought back on her relationship with Lucius and couldn't believe the difference between it and the one she now had with Sirius. Sirius was amazing, and patient with her. The subject of sex had come up a couple times by now but he wasn't trying to rush her into anything.

She walked in a daze back up to the castle for dinner, still lost in thought. Suddenly, she saw a hand wave in front of her face and smiled when she saw it belonged to Sirius. She stood on her tip toes and kissed him before sitting down, ready to eat. All through dinner, Sirius seemed to have taken it upon himself to make her miserable. His hands kept wandering, making her squirm and by the time dinner was over she was practically dragging him out of the Great Hall.

She pulled him up the stairs and toward the Common Room but laughing, he changed directions. She pulled back, trying to stop him. "Sirius, where are we going? I have to take my stuff up to the Common Room."

He stopped and pulled her to him, kissing her softly, and taking her bag. "Just trust me. Now, come on."

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Author's Note: I'm so sorry this is extremely late. I've had so much on my mind, I just couldn't concentrate enough to write anything. I hope this is up to expectations and I promise the next chapter will be up within the next couple days.

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