I Will Make You Love Me, Johnson.
Seventh Year: Trouble in Paradise
It was the Christmas holiday of their seventh year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft. Joyce and Sirius were at Joyce's house in her kitchen getting food. Her parents were out working so they had the house to themselves.
"Take anything you like." Joyce said, chucking a box of Honeydukes confectionary at Sirius.
"Thanks for handing it to me so nicely." Sirius replied sarcastically.
"You're welcome." Joyce replied, pecking Sirius on the lips before leading the way back up to her room.
Sirius watched her hips sway and butt jiggle in the small shorts she was wearing.
Fuck.
They reached her room and sat down on her double bed.
"It's kinda cold, I might put on a pair trousers." Joyce said, standing up.
"Nah, I like it like this." Sirius smirked, chewing on a sweet.
"You're such a little pervert." Joyce replied, rolling her eyes and walking to her wardrobe.
As she moved her clothes around to find a pair of comfortable tracksuits, Joyce felt Sirius' arms wrap around her waist. He pulled Joyce's hair to one side to gain access to her neck which he began to slowly kiss.
"Sirius…" Joyce breathed, as he bit down lightly on her neck.
Joyce could feel his growing erection on her lower back as his hands caressed her body.
"Yeah… I really like it like this." Sirius mumbled, grabbing Joyce's butt which made her squeal.
Sirius laughed and pulled her towards the bed, pushing her onto it and pulling his t-shirt over his head.
"Who said I even want to have sex with you?" Joyce asked, as Sirius crawled onto of her and began kissing her neck and shoulder as he pulled her shorts down.
"Your body said, darling." Sirius teased.
Joyce was about to retort when her breath hitched as Sirius' fingers caressed her most sensitive area.
"F-fucker…" Joyce moaned as Sirius began to work his fingers in and out of her as she grew more and more aroused.
"Hmm… Only for you." Sirius chuckled, locking their lips together.
Sirius tenderly kissed Joyce as his fingers slowly worked her. Her back arched as she gripped his hair and pulled away from the kiss.
"Sirius…" Joyce moaned, as he undid her bra with his free hand and latched onto her nipples alternatively with his mouth and tongue.
Joyce could feel the pressure mounting in her lower belly and just as she was about to reach her peak, Sirius removed his fingers.
"Sirius." Joyce groaned, gripping his hair and pulling him towards her.
"What? I thought you didn't wanna have sex with me." He smirked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Changed my mind innit." Joyce giggled.
She sucked on Sirius bottom lip before thrusting her tongue into his mouth, moaning as he eagerly responded.
Joyce unbuttoned Sirius' jeans and pulled them down along with his boxers.
"Shit…" Sirius hissed as Joyce stroked his already throbbing manhood.
Joyce smiled, kissing down his jaw before sucking on his neck.
"I want you." Joyce breathed, locking her brown eyes with Sirius' lust filled grey eyes.
They stripped each other down, stealing deep kisses here and there. Joyce giggled as Sirius squeezed her butt and laid her down on her back. As he positioned himself at her entrance, the front door to Joyce's house slammed.
"Joyce, we're home!" Joyce's mum called from downstairs.
"Ah, for fuck sake." Joyce groaned, pushing Sirius off of her.
"Joyce!" Sirius whined, pulling her back to him by the wrist.
"We're not fucking with my parents in the house!" Joyce stated, beginning to put her clothes back on.
"Urgh, fine. But this is all your fault."' Sirius replied as he redressed himself.
"You what?" Joyce asked, clipping her bra on.
"If you hadn't been looking all sexy and shit, we wouldn't be this horny now." Sirius teased, wrapping his arms around Joyce's waist and kissing her deeply.
"Always such a charmer." Joyce laughed as they pulled away.
"Can I take you out for lunch? We can get your favourite ice cream and shit at Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour." Sirius asked, as he finished dressing.
"Yeah that sounds good. You spoil me too much." Joyce grinned.
"Joyce, are you up there?" Joyce's dad called from downstairs.
"Yeah I'm with Sirius, coming down now! One sec." Joyce responded.
"You better not be doing anything dirty up there!" Joyce's mum shouted.
"Oh my days." Joyce groaned in embarrassment.
Sirius laughed and followed Joyce out her room and down the stairs to where her parents were placing the shopping in different sections of the kitchen.
It was easy to see why Joyce was stunning; her parents were incredibly good looking people. They both had dark brown skin which Joyce had adopted, as well as the brown eyes. Joyce's mother, Lala, had long braids that suited her slender face. Her father, Onyx, had his hair cropped short although Sirius distinctly remembered Joyce showing him a photograph of her father young with an Afro; Sirius had always loved running his hands through Joyce's thick natural hair.
"You were doing dirty things, weren't you?" Lala questioned, squinting her eyes at the couple.
"Mum! Honestly we weren't." Joyce replied.
"So what are those marks on both of your necks?" Lala said, arching a perfectly shaped eyebrow.
Sirius resisted the urge to laugh. Lala was always so paranoid about the two being sexually active as she did not want grandkids so young.
"For real, we were being good. They'll be no surprise grandkids." Sirius grinned.
"Leave them be, Lala." Onyx said, laughing.
"I'm taking Joyce to Diagon Alley for a bit, if that's okay." Sirius told Lala and Onyx.
"Of course sweetie. Be safe and make sure you wrap up warm." Lala smiled, kissing them both on the cheek.
Putting on their coats (and gloves, scarves and hats at Lala's motherly insistence), the two left Joyce's house and headed for Diagon Alley.
"My mum still thinks we're babies." Joyce said as they walked down the cold, yet packed, streets of London.
"It's so cute. My mum doesn't give a shit." Sirius replied, linking an arm around Joyce's waist.
"My mum and James' mum have basically adopted you. Both of them adore you." Joyce smiled, linking her arm around him.
"Who doesn't adore me though?" Sirius joked.
"Not gonna lie, you've got a point. That's why I used to be scared of you in like first year." Joyce said.
"You used to be scared of me in first year?" Sirius asked.
"Well not like scared, scared. More like, intimidated." Joyce shrugged.
"You never told me that." Sirius replied.
"I dunno, I guess it just never came up." Joyce said, shivering as a strong gust of wind blew.
"Why?" Sirius asked, genuinely curious as to why the girl of his dreams used to find him intimidating.
"You just had so many friends, like everyone loved you. And I don't think you understand how good looking you are-"
"Nah I understand." Sirius interrupted, grinning.
"Okay, you understand. But yeah, you just seemed so perfect and untouchable and we'd never really spoken so I felt kinda nervous around you." Joyce laughed.
They had reached the brick wall which they tapped and entered into the Leaky Cauldron.
"But then I got to know you and realised that you're an idiot. Loveable nonetheless but definitely not as intimidating as I thought you'd be." Joyce said, leaning into Sirius for warmth as they headed towards Florean Fortescue's.
"As long as you love me, I'm cool." Sirius smiled.
They reached Florean Fortescue's and took the seats closest to the fire.
"Merlin's pants, it's cold." Joyce shivered, as they got comfortable on the loveseat.
"Come here." Sirius said, pulling Joyce towards him to warm her up.
A waitress came to where they were situated. She was a pretty, slightly chubby Indian girl with thick wavy hair. Joyce recognised the adoring look the waitress shot at Sirius but ignored the pang of irritation.
"What can I get you?"
Although she was asking them both, the question was mainly directed towards Sirius who sat there looking effortlessly handsome.
"I'll get Neapolitan ice cream with a brownie and a waffle. What do you want, babe?" He said.
"The same but with vanilla ice cream instead." Joyce said, noticing the slightly cold look the waitress was giving her particularly in comparison to the look she had given Sirius.
"Aren't you quite young to be in a relationship?" The waitress.
Aren't you too into people's fucking business? Joyce thought to herself but kept it in.
"We're 18 and we've been together for nearly two years." Joyce said instead.
"Oh that's cute. So you're in your last year at Hogwarts?" The waitress quizzed, nonchalantly.
Why's she asking so many questions? Joyce mentally questioned.
"Yeah, we are." Sirius clarified.
The girl finished writing their orders fully on her notepad (Joyce wondered why it took her so long) and said,
"Well, loads of people think they're gonna last forever but break up in the seventh year."
And with that, she left to get their order.
"What the fuck does she mean by that?!" Joyce exclaimed.
"Probably nothing. It's fine." Sirius replied reassuringly.
"What, do you agree with her?" Joyce asked, slightly tense.
"Huh?! Of course not. Just leave it." Sirius shrugged, kissing Joyce on the lips.
He sighed and pulled away when she didn't respond, her posture and facial expression rigid. Sirius was about to say something when a different waiter arrived with their orders. The waiter this time was a handsome young man who looked middle-eastern.
"Vanilla ice cream with a brownie and a waffle?"
He said.
"That's me." Joyce smiled warmly.
Sirius' lips thinned at the way the waiter smiled back at Joyce.
"And the Neapolitan with a brownie and waffle for your friend." The waiter said, placing it down in front of Sirius.
"Boyfriend." Sirius corrected.
"Oh right. You just don't really see young people in relationships, you know? At least, not serious ones anyway." The waiter smiled before walking away.
"Fucking shit head." Sirius said.
"It's fine." Joyce echoed Sirius' previous words.
Sirius gave her a dirty look before beginning to eat his brownie.
The two of them ate in silence, the previously happy mood completely gone. As soon as they were done eating, they left the little ice cream shop and made their way back to the streets of Diagon Alley.
Sirius had never really thought about what would happen after Hogwarts and whether or not they would stay together. The thought scared him and he didn't wish to confront the issue.
Yet, that stupid waiter acting all condescending and shit was real annoying. Sirius thought to himself.
"What are you thinking about?" Joyce asked, breaking the silence.
"Nothing." Sirius replied curtly, feeling more irritated than he could explain.
"Don't 'nothing' me. What is your problem?" Joyce asked, getting irritated as they left the Leaky Cauldron and entered the muggle occupied streets of London.
"What the fuck is your problem?" Sirius retorted.
"Who the fuck are you talking to like that?" Joyce replied, her voice getting higher.
They had come to a pause outside the entrance to a university, so engrossed in their argument that they didn't notice the people murmuring and watching them.
"Why are you being so irritating?! How about you quit fucking nagging me and get out my arse!" Sirius said back, his voice also raised.
"How about you stop fucking vexing at me! What is wrong with you?!" Joyce yelled, feeling her blood boil in anger.
"You're being such a bitch for no reason!" Sirius shouted back.
Joyce's hand went into her pocket as she clutched her wand so hard, her hand began to ache.
"I swear, I will fucking hex you into oblivion."
Sirius' ears were red with fury.
"You know what, maybe those waiters were right!" He shouted.
"Come again?!" Joyce screeched in disbelief.
"Maybe we should just break up!" Sirius yelled, his anger and confusion about the situation clouding his vision and thoughts.
The crowd 'oohed' at his words and brought Sirius back to reality.
Fuck.
"Wait, babe-" He began to backtrack, reaching out and grabbing one of Joyce's hands.
"Get off of me-"
"I'm sor-"
"You've said enough, now let go-!"
"Please listen-"
"I said to get off of me!"
"No, I love yo-"
SMACK.
Joyce's free hand that had previously been clutching her wand collided with Sirius' cheek, leaving a red mark across his handsome face.
There was silence around them before Joyce shook herself out of Sirius' grasp, tears marring her beautiful face.
"Yeah, maybe they were right. Enjoy your life, Black." She said curtly before storming away.
Sirius ignored the muggles that surrounded him and began walking in the opposite direction. His cheek stung badly and reminded him of how he had just royally fucked up. He needed to talk to someone. He made sure he was on an empty street before stopping.
Fishing into his bag, Sirius took out the mirror he shared with James and called out,
"Prongs."
"Oi oi oi, what's goin' on?" Came James' enthusiastic reply.
"I- fuck, me and Joyce broke up." Sirius blurted out.
There was a moment of silence.
"Come over, right now."
"What the fuck do you mean you broke up?!" James said, feeling confused.
He, Sirius and Remus were in James' bedroom, Sirius' cheek still red from where Joyce had slapped him.
"I mean we broke up innit, what the fuck else could I mean?" Sirius replied through gritted teeth.
"How'd it happen?" Remus inquired, eating a chocolate frog.
"I dunno, man. I guess lately we've been really annoyed with each other for some reason but it wasn't too bad. But today, we went to Florean Fortescue's, innit, and these two waiters basically brought up all the anxieties and insecurities that we'd never spoken about in our relationship." Sirius explained.
"Like breaking up?" Remus asked.
"Yeah." Sirius felt his voice crack.
Clearing his throat, he added;
"So the mood was dead from there and then we were walking back we just started arguing real loud in front of all these muggles and I was so angry that I blurted out that maybe the waiters were right and that we wouldn't last and then I clocked that I fucked up and tried to apologise but she weren't having any of it, as my beautifully bruised face shows." Sirius chuckled darkly.
He sighed and ran his hands through his hair, indication to his best friends that he was not feeling good at all.
"I'm such a dick. The girl of my dreams fucking hates me now." Sirius sighed, discreetly wiping a tear from his face in the hopes that neither James or Remus would see.
Unbeknownst to Sirius, the two saw and shared a sad look. Sirius was truly hurting.
Sirius got home a couple hours later and went straight to his room, changing into tracksuit bottoms and a loose shirt. He crashed onto his bed and laid there feeling terrible.
A couple minutes later and he heard his bedroom door open. Regulus stood in the doorway.
"It's been quite a while since you got back home and you ain't cussed me yet. There's something wrong."
"Go away Reg" Sirius said emotionlessly, not moving from where he lay on his stomach.
"Nah." Regulus replied, closing the door behind him as he entered the room.
Regulus laid now next to his older brother and looked into his grey eyes which were identical to his own except Sirius' were red and puffy.
"Have- have you been crying?" Regulus stuttered, all former traces of humour gone. His tone was now heavily laced with concern.
"No." Sirius tried to deny.
"Don't fuck around Sirius." Regulus replied sternly.
Sirius remained quiet so Regulus began to think of all the things that could have possibly made Sirius upset. It finally clicked.
"Is it Joyce?" Regulus asked, quietly.
Sirius nodded, closing his eyes as he felt fresh tears threatening to spill.
Regulus sighed and rubbed a hand across his handsome face which looked very similar to Sirius', yet a bit paler and thinner.
"Did you break up?"
Sirius nodded again, a tear falling down his face.
"I fucked up Reg. I'm in fucking love with her and I've fucking messed it all up." Sirius said almost robot-like.
"You don't have to explain it if you don't want to but just know that, as your amazing and gorgeous little brother, I'll always be here for you. You can tell me anything. We can talk about anything." Regulus comforted Sirius, causing his older brother to smile.
"As much as I wanna strangle you sometimes, I can't deny that I love you." Sirius smiled, ruffling his brothers dark wavy locks.
"Don't be touching up my hair like that!" Regulus mock protested, laughing with Sirius.
Their laughing subsided. After a moment of silence, Regulus whispered.
"Just know that she really does love you."
Two weeks later and the Hogwarts students were on the Hogwarts Express, ready to begin the spring term. The relationship between Sirius and Joyce was beyond tense. Joyce had made up her mind, in her angry state, to not speak to Sirius. She refused to admit that she still cares for him. In return, he equally ignored her despite his aching heart. Thus, things were very awkward for Lily, James and Remus.
"Save me a seat, I'm gonna say bye to James yeah?" Lily said to Joyce as they stopped outside of an empty carriage on the Hogwarts Express.
"Oh okay that's cool. Say hi to Remus and lover boy for me too." Joyce smirked, making kissing noises at Lily.
"Shush!" Lily blushed, smiling as she placed her trunk with Joyce's and left to find her boyfriend.
Joyce sat down in the carriage and stretched out her legs, feeling her tense muscles relax. She leaned against the window and watched as the last leg of parents waved goodbye to their children, some of them in tears. A knock on the carriage door interrupted her people watching.
Joyce turned to see Regulus Black outside with a blank expression, not allowing her to guess what was on his mind.
"Yeah?" Joyce called from her seat, really not wanting to talk to her Quidditch rival and the brother of her ex.
"Can I come in?" He asked.
"Depends what for." Joyce squinted.
"Yeah, whatever, I'm coming in. I can only be polite for so long." Regulus smirked, walking in and taking a seat opposite Joyce.
"What do you want, Reg?" Joyce sighed.
"For once, I don't want to gloat about how I'm a better seeker than you are." Regulus began.
"You've got a hundreds years worth of practice before you can even dream of being better than me." Joyce laughed.
"What a load of bollocks." Regulus disagreed.
The way Regulus' grey eyes got a fiery glint to them when he argued was reminiscent of Sirius.
Sirius' eyes did the exact same. Ugh, I miss him.
"Oi, skip the bullshit and just say what you wanted to say." Joyce dead-panned, growing irritated by Regulus' striking resemblance to the boy she was trying to forget.
"I just wanted to say-" He began, unnecessarily drawing out the vowel sound.
"Regulus." Joyce said in a warning tone.
"Alright, alright." Regulus laughed, his chuckle a near perfect imitation of Sirius' bark-like laugh.
Joyce's eyebrow twitched at the similarity.
"I just wanted to say that my idiot of a brother, Sirius, really does love you. I don't think he's ever cared about someone as much as he cares about you." Regulus said, smiling softly.
He stood up abruptly and made his way to the carriage door.
"You don't have to do anything but I just wanted to let you know that. See you around." And with that, he was gone.
Joyce wiped a tear that had escaped.
"This is going to be one long arse year."
The next few months went by and they were surprisingly calm aside from the fact that the former lovebirds still weren't on speaking terms. It was close to exam time and Professor McGonagall wanted the students to work in pairs to produce presentations that would help the class revise general knowledge collectively.
"Okay I have a list here of the partners. And before I name them, I just want to say Potter and Black there is no way on this planet that I will ever allow you two to work together." McGonagall said sternly.
"Awh Professor, don't be like that." James mock whined.
"Yeah, we'd work so well together." Sirius grinned.
"Absolutely not! Okay, Lupin you are with Lockwood. Pettigrew with Chang." McGonagall announced.
Chang pouted at not being partnered with his friend, with additional benefits, Remus Lupin. Remus smiled apologetically as he made his way over to Gilderoy Lockhart, who flashed him a dazzling smile. Remus resisted the urge to roll his eyes.
What a ponce.
McGonagall continued reading off the pairs.
"Black with Johnson."
"What?!" The two exclaimed at the same time.
"I believe I spoke quite clearly. Sirius Black and Joyce Johnson, you are both partnered together on this project." McGonagall said.
The class watched as the former couple sat next to each other without a word or eye contact. It was incredibly tense. Yet the students couldn't help but admire the undeniable attractiveness of the two.
"They were such a good couple." One Ravenclaw girl whispered to her Gryffindor partner.
After McGonagall had announced all the pairs, Sirius reluctantly turned to his ex-girlfriend and spoke the first words between them in months.
"So, do you wanna start on this today and get this over and done with?"
Joyce's facial expression hardened.
"Want to get rid of me so quickly, just like before huh?"
Sirius' ears burnt red as he ran a hand through his hair.
"No, I didn't mean-"
"I can't do today, I've got Quidditch practice. Tomorrow?" Joyce suggested.
"Erm, yeah. Tomorrow." Sirius agreed.
"Okay… Cool. Library after dinner?" Joyce said, feeling almost lost for words due to how awkward things were.
"Yeah, we can walk there together." Sirius replied.
"Or we could just meet there." Joyce said, not really wanting an awkwardly silent walk to the library where she'd have to spend extremely tense moments fussing over transfiguration work.
"Why are you being like this?" Sirius sighed, not bothering to hide his hurt-fuelled frustration anymore.
"Last time I checked, you broke up with me. I don't get what sort of relationship you expect us to have." Joyce replied, her lips thinning in anger and hurt.
She looked away from him as she felt the tears brim and quickly wiped them away.
"Can we at least be civil? Can we be friends? I really miss you." Sirius said quietly, as the bell rang dismissing them from the lesson.
He had placed his hand on her thigh and squeezed softly. Joyce felt a spark at his touch but avoided eye contact. She stood up, slung her bag over her shoulder and sped out of the classroom. Lily ran after to her, noticing Joyce wiping tears from her cheeks.
Sirius sighed in frustration, gripping his hair in both hands as he rested his head on the desk.
"You alright, Padfoot?"
Sirius looked up to see James and Remus watching him with concern.
"Yeah… I just… I don't know. I just don't know." Sirius said, standing up and leading the way out the classroom.
The day after saw Joyce and Sirius in the library working on their project. Joyce was feeling exceptionally awkward because for some reason she was kinda horny and Sirius' good looks were not helping. She stared at him, almost angrily admiring his handsome features. His sharp jaw, ski-jump nose and grey eyes.
"You're really annoying me." Joyce blurted out.
"What did I do?" Sirius replied.
"I don't know. You're just annoying me right now." Joyce said.
There's no way that she was admitting it was because she wanted to fuck him right now.
"You're so weird, babe." Sirius smirked, almost as if he knew why Joyce was agitated.
Joyce's eyebrow twitched at his pet name for her but did not comment on it.
"Just do the work, Black." She said, through gritted teeth.
"Okay." Sirius put his arms up in surrender.
They were in a secluded corner of the library which allowed them to speak without annoying the silent students working in the main section of the library.
"Right, so I think we should talk about the wand technique needed." Joyce began explaining.
Sirius was only half listening as he gradually moved his seat closer to her. Her beauty had him enraptured; he admired the soft dark brown skin and big natural hair alongside her deep Cupid's bow. Her eyes were bright with interest as she scanned the textbook, reciting it's contents back to Sirius.
Joyce paused.
"Sirius, there is such a thing as personal space, you know?" Joyce said, tensing at their new found proximity.
"Yeah, I know." Sirius replied softly, placing his palm lightly on Joyce's cheek as his fingertips teased her nape.
"What are you doing?" Joyce asked, almost breathlessly.
"Hmm?" Sirius leaned in slowly and connected their lips softly yet firmly.
Oh how he missed the feel of her full soft lips on his.
A groan sounded from Sirius throat as he pulled Joyce onto his lap, repeatedly connecting their lips in a slow series of soft and sweet open-mouthed kisses. Sirius gently sucked and nibbled on Joyce's lip, causing her to giggle, before kissing her once more. Joyce eventually pulled away, placing her hand on Sirius' chest to stop him kissing her again.
"We shouldn't be doing this." She breathed.
"I know." Sirius sighed, his hands gripping her waist as if afraid that she would disappear should he let go.
"Should we finish this presentation tomorrow?" Joyce asked, changing the subject so as to hide the giddy feeling she was experiencing.
"Er, yeah sure." Sirius agreed.
Joyce awkwardly got off Sirius' lap, smiling sheepishly. They packed away their books, parchment and ink into their bags and left the library.
"Are they back together?" Sirius heard a first year whisper to a friend from behind a bookshelf.
I wish kiddo, I wish.
The end of Seventh Year soon came about. The Marauders, Joyce and Lily all passed with Outstanding grades. All excluding Peter, who just about passed.
"We all need to go on holiday to celebrate!" Lily exclaimed, clutching her results paper with glee.
"Yeah definitely, I wanna be a hoe for this summer." Remus said.
"What about your boyfriend?" Sirius asked, teasingly.
"He's not my boyfriend." Remus blushed.
"So where abouts should we go?" James asked.
"Spain!" Joyce and Sirius said at the same time, smiling awkwardly at each other after realising what had happened.
"You's two are so gay." Remus rolled his eyes.
"That's rich coming from you." Sirius replied.
"Yeah, Spain is good! It'll be nice weather and we can go clubbing with muggles! I'll show you guys all the muggle alcohol." Lily said.
"Sounds like a pl-" Remus began but was interrupted by Lu Chang calling out his name.
"Er, one sec." Remus blushed, before excusing himself.
The remaining friends watched Remus walk over to Lu, who pulled the werewolf close to him and locked their lips together in a deep, passionate kiss.
Remus groaned softly as Lu's tongue slipped into his mouth, responding eagerly to the kiss.
"I'll miss you." Lu said breathlessly as he pulled away from the kiss.
"I'll miss you too. We can still keep in touch and see each other occasionally." Remus suggested, holding the other boy close to him by the waist.
"Yeah, definitely." Lu agreed.
He reached up and stroked a stray sandy strand of hair off Remus' face.
"I hope you find love in someone else. You deserve it. Don't hold back because of the moon, Remus." He whispered.
"I won't." Remus smiled, kissing Lu once more before saying good bye and heading back to his friends.
"He knows about your furry little problem then?" James asked, once Lu had gone off to join his friends.
"Yeah, he kinda guessed it like you guys." Remus shrugged.
"Aight then bitches, let's go." Sirius said, leading the way towards the doors; the last time they would leave Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.