I Will Make You Love Me, Johnson.
Author's note: This will be a five part story showing the relationship between Sirius Black and Joyce Johnson: an original character I made who is a relative of Angelina Johnson. For the purpose of the story, they'll be no Voldy killing and stuff. This story is vaguely related to the Marauders chapter of my other brief drabble 'Notes in Class'. I'm not an expert writer but I hope you enjoy this story. :)
SiriusBDobby
Part 1
Third Year: Crush
Sirius sat in History of Magic wanting to die. The lesson felt like it had been going on for a hundred years despite the fact that they'd been sitting in the classroom for about twenty minutes. Running a hand through his wavy dark hair, Sirius scanned the room. People watching gave him something interesting to do.
To his right was one of his best friends, James Potter, who was fast asleep: his black hair messy as usual and his glasses falling off his face. To Sirius' left was his other best friend Remus Lupin, looking slightly frail, vigorously taking notes.
"Nerd." Sirius playfully whispered to him.
"Fuck off." Remus said back, continuing his note taking.
Sirius looked to Remus' left to see Peter Pettigrew. They were friends in a way but something about the chubby little boy rubbed Sirius the wrong way. He couldn't really pinpoint what it was about Pettigrew that aggravated him so much.
Continuing to scan the room, Sirius' eyes fell on a brunette girl who was staring at him with dreamy eyes. Sirius knew that he was attractive; good looks ran in the Black family. He had adopted the Black family traits of thick wavy dark hair, pale skin and distinctive grey eyes. Yet, there was still something he found uncomfortable about people ogling him. He gave the girl a small smile and she blushed, realising she'd been caught staring, and looked away.
Next Sirius' eyes locked with Snape's and he scowled at the hook-nosed youth. Snape glared at him before going back to listening to Binns. Lily Evans was sitting next to him and she gave Sirius and the sleeping James a dirty look. Her gazed softened at Remus, who she got along with, before glaring back at Sirius who winked playfully at her.
Sirius didn't really understand why James fancied Lily so much but he didn't want to rain on James' parade.
To the other side of Lily was Joyce Johnson; a pretty black girl that was best friends with Lily Evans. Sirius had spoken to her a few times but the conversations had always been brief before Lily got angry at James' flirtations. Sirius found himself ogling Joyce. Her dark skin was smooth and her eyes a warm brown. Her hair was thick, bushy and looked soft to touch. Sirius admired her full plump lips that she bit in concentration, as she doodled on her parchment.
Why haven't I noticed how beautiful she is before? I knew she was pretty but… Woah.
Sirius watched her for a few minutes more before she looked up and their eyes met. He felt his ears burn in embarrassment but he played it cool, giving her a small smirk that normally had girls swooning. Joyce raised a perfect eyebrow at him, before giving him a small smile and looking back at her drawing.
Remus turned to Sirius and squinted his eyes at him.
"What?" Sirius asked.
Remus looked from Sirius to Joyce and back before saying,
"Nothing."
"You're so weird Moony." Sirius laughed.
"Shush man, I'm sleeping!" James grumbled, elbowing Sirius in his the side.
"Fucking little…" Sirius winced, rubbing where James had elbowed him.
The lesson soon came to an end and Sirius still found himself thinking of Joyce. He rarely fancied anyone but something about her had him enraptured.
I've got to talk to her.
"Thank Merlin, we're out of that lesson." Joyce exclaimed.
"At least we made it out alive." Lily laughed.
"The way Potter was sleeping had me tempted to take a cheeky nap." Joyce said.
"Urgh, that insufferable slime. Don't follow his example." Lily scowled, much to Snape's approval who was trailing next to them.
"He's really not that bad Lily. We play chaser together on the Quidditch team and he's really funny. I think he genuinely likes you." Joyce shrugged.
"I disagree completely. I don't like those four idiots one bit." Snape sneered.
"Too bad I didn't ask for your opinion." Joyce retorted.
"The only I like is Remus. He's sweet." Lily cut in, knowing how argumentative Joyce and Severus could be.
"Yeah he's cool. But I still think James is a nice person. Black seems pretty cool too. Not too sure about that Pettigrew though." Joyce replied.
"Why are we even talking about them?!" Lily huffed, as they entered the Great Hall for lunch.
"See you around." Snape said, walking off to the Slytherin table as the two girls sat at the Gryffindor table.
"I really don't know why you like that slimy piece of shit." Joyce grumbled as they sat down.
"He's actually really nice most of the time." Lily attempted to reason.
"He's real fucking rude and annoying." Joyce replied, stuffing a roast potato into her mouth.
"Who's real fucking rude and annoying?"
Joyce turned around to see Sirius Black sliding into the seat next to her. Joyce wasn't going to lie; Sirius was really, really good looking. But she figured he was a bit of a ladies man and that spelt danger and heartbreak.
"Snape is real fucking rude and annoying but Lily's too far up his arse to notice." Joyce said.
"I am not! He's a really good friend." Lily replied defensively.
"He's a shit." Sirius said.
"No one asked for your input, Black." Lily retorted.
"I love it when you get feisty." James said gleefully, sitting across from Lily.
"Be quiet, Potter."
As the two argued, Remus opened a book and read whilst eating: effectively drowning out the bickering twosome.
Sirius couldn't help staring at Joyce as she ate. He watched as she bit into the meat and chewed happily before stopping to give him a weird look. Swallowing, she said:
"What are you looking at, weirdo?"
"You." Sirius replied, leaning in and smirking playfully.
"You're actually odd, Black." Joyce said, pushing lightly on his chest so he'd get out of her personal bubble.
"You're actually hot, Johnson." Sirius replied, grabbing Joyce's hand and keeping it on his chest.
"What?" Joyce yelled in shock, feeling her face burn in embarrassment as a giddy feeling built in her stomach.
Sirius laughed in reply, dropping her hand and turning to eat his food.
"Leave her alone, Black. She doesn't like you." Lily scowled.
"I will make you love me, Johnson." Sirius said, sipping his pumpkin juice.
"Give it a rest." Joyce sighed, feeling flattered yet puzzled.
Why is Black being so flirty with me? Not going down that road, no way! Friends is all. Shit, he hasn't even said he likes me and I'm already overreacting.
Sirius smirked before turning to James and Remus, purposefully ignoring Peter.
"Wanna sneak out tonight? I'm craving Honeydukes."
"Can't, I've got Quidditch practice." James replied regretfully.
"I'm feeling a bit under the weather so I'll skip." Remus said.
"You're both shit, you know that?" Sirius huffed.
"Come watch us practice." Joyce said, setting her fork down and standing up to leave.
"You asking me out, beautiful?" Sirius joked, holding her hands in his.
"No, idiot. Just come along." Joyce replied, removing her hands from his grasp.
"See you around." She waved, following Lily out the Great Hall.
Sirius watched her go, biting down on his lip in deep thought.
I think I might have a little crush. Might.
"What's up your arse mate, you look constipated." James said through a mouthful of cake.
"Prongs! Can you not!" Remus scowled; he hated bad table manners.
James grinned, swallowed and said,
"Sorry Moony, doubt you wanted to see my food turning in my mouth. But Sirius, what's up?"
"The sky." Sirius replied.
"No, like I'm being serious now." James said.
"I'm always Sirius." Sirius joked.
"You knob." James laughed.
"It's Joyce, innit?" Remus interrupted.
"What?" Sirius replied, much too quickly to be believed.
"Aye, has ickle Padfoot got a crush?" James teased, pushing his glasses up his nose.
"No!" Sirius blurted out, feeling his ears burning.
"So the fuck 'em and leave 'em life is out the window now? Joyce is a nice girl though and she's hot." James continued.
"Why are we having this conversation?" Sirius grumbled, running a hand through his hair.
"Because you fancy Johnson." James dead panned.
There was silence for a moment before Sirius sighed.
"Alright. Maybe I fancy her a bit. Don't be giving me those looks!"
"Knew it!" James and Remus said in unison, Peter awkwardly repeating their words after them.
"Shut it, Wormtail." Sirius said.
When they'd finished lunch, the boys made their way to the dungeons for Potions with Professor Slughorn. They spotted Joyce, Lily and Snape lining up outside, the latter doing most of the talking as Joyce stared blankly at Snape.
"Go talk to your girl." James smirked.
"She's not my girl." Sirius blushed.
"You wish she was." Remus added.
"I don't know why I tell you lot things." Sirius sighed.
"Because you love us, now go save her from Curtain Hair." James grinned, pushing Sirius lightly in Joyce's direction.
Sirius walked as confidently as he could, wrapping his arms around Joyce's waist from behind and whispering into her ear,
"You enjoying your company?"
Startled, Joyce jumped slightly before recognising Sirius' voice and turning in his arms to face him.
Not a good idea. They were really close now. Feeling her face heat up, Joyce leant back slightly.
"Does it look like I'm enjoying my company?" She whispered back.
"You never know, you might have a thing for guys like Snape." Sirius joked.
"Never!" Joyce exclaimed, drawing attention to the two as Sirius barked out a laugh.
"What's so funny?" Lily asked, drawing her attention away from Snape.
"He's just chatting some rubbish." Joyce replied.
Lily looked between the two, noticing Sirius' arms still firmly wrapped around Joyce's waist.
She looked like she was going to say something but was stopped when James appeared at her side.
" 'Ello Evans, looking gorgeous as always." He turned his head slightly to look at Snape, smirking.
"How's life treating you, slime head?"
"It was treating me well before you appeared, Potter." Snape scowled.
The door to the classroom opened and Slughorn ushered them into the classroom.
"Today we will be making an antidote to uncommon poisons!" He told the class cheerfully.
"To make things more interesting, I'm going to place you into pairs and you shall all compete to see which pair can produce the best antidote." Slughorn continued.
He reached to his desk and picked up a piece of parchment with the names of the pairs he had chosen before hand.
"Remus Lupin and Severus Snape." He announced.
James and Sirius laughed as Remus' face dropped. Snape didn't look too happy about the decision either, although he was grateful it was Lupin rather than the other two. At least Lupin was civil.
"I felt the need to separate this troublesome twosome so Potter, you're with Evans. Black, with Johnson." Slughorn said.
"YES!"
"NO!"
James and Lily exclaimed simultaneously.
Slughorn read out the list of the rest of the pairs before the students moved to work with their new partner.
"Slughorn really wants to play matchmaker with us, doesn't he?" Sirius smirked, patting the stool next to him.
"Just help me prepare the ingredients, Black." Joyce sighed, laughing slightly.
"Sirius."
"What?"
"Call me Sirius, darling. I figured if we're going to be all loved up, we should at least be on first name basis." Sirius joked.
Joyce giggled at this silliness.
"Ok, Sirius."
They work diligently on the antidote to uncommon potions, a surprisingly good pair despite not having worked together in Potions before. They finally set the potion onto the heated cauldron to let it boil, the warmth causing a light layer of perspiration to pepper their skin.
"I think we make a good team." Joyce smiled, sitting down on the stool.
"Yeah, I think we do too." Sirius replied, sitting down next to Joyce.
"You still up for watching Quidditch practice later?" Joyce asked.
"Er…" Sirius was gonna say 'no' because it's cold but the look Joyce was giving him nearly stopped his heart.
She pouted at him innocently, shyly begging him to come along.
"Please?" She asked, sounding slightly breathless.
"Fine, okay." Sirius agreed, his ears burning red.
Joyce smirked.
"We're facing Slytherin soon. You're brother is basically my arch nemesis on the pitch."
"He'll be your brother-in-law too, in like 10 years." Sirius said.
"You're so funny." Joyce laughed, as she took the cauldron and emptied its contents into a container.
James and Lily came over to their table, having finished their antidote too.
"How's life treating ya'?" James asked.
"It's good. Sirius is coming to watch our practice tonight." Joyce smiled.
"What? You never come to practice when I ask you. I see how it is." James grinned, pushing his glasses up his nose.
"Shut the fuck up." Sirius replied.
"It's okay lover boy, go get your girl." James whispered so only Sirius could hear.
Yeah, I will.