Chapter 5: Big Mistake

Mimi woke up the next morning feeling like shit. She looked around at realized she was in the boys dormitories and scrunched her eyebrows in confusion. She then looked down and realized she was in her underwear and one of Sirius's t-shirts. Not only that but she was in Sirius's bed.

"Oh bloody hell!" Mimi exclaimed suddenly remembering what happened last night. She got up before any of the boys could wake up (they had been to drunk to notice her last night) and fled the room. After safely running back to the girl's dormitories and locking herself in the bathroom she collapsed in the floor.

"Shit, shit, shit. What the bloody hell happened?" She cried putting her head in her hands. She got up and walked over to the mirror. Her long hair was knotted and sticking up in places, her eye make-up was smudged, and her eyes looked bloodshot. She looked like hell.

"I can't believe that happened. I can't believe I had sex with Sirius! How could I have been so stupid!" She whispered to her reflection as her mind flicked over last night's events. Still, she found herself thinking through all the shock that it wasn't really a big mistake and she actually had enjoyed it. Mimi shook her head and decided to take a shower.

Sirius woke up and shook the hair out of his eyes. He groaned as his head throbbed, it had been a wild night, ending the way all his drunken party nights had with sex. Suddenly Sirius froze, the girl who he had sex with last night was Mimi!

"Fuck!" Sirius shouted arousing the other boys.

"Sirius, what are you on about it? Ugh, my head hurts I am never drinking again," James

groaned looking over at his friend.

"You say that every time," Peter pointed out.

"Your right."

"Oh Merlin! Oh shit!" Sirius was still saying.

"Alright Padfoot, what is wrong?" Remus asked finally.

"I made a big mistake! I had sex last night," he began.

"So? You have sex almost every night." Remus said.

"Guys, I had sex with Mimi!" He shouted and the boy's mouths dropped open in shock.

"Wh-what?" James stammered.

"I had sex with Mimi," Sirius dropped his head in his hands.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes!"

"Fuck."

"I know." Sirius groaned and got out of bed.

"I am going to find her," he explained as he pulled on jeans and a t-shirt. The guys just nodded to stunned to speak. He began walking towards the door when suddenly Remus said, "Did you enjoy it?" Sirius paused, his hand on the door knob and slowly turned to look at his friend.

"I think I did Moony." With that he walked out.

Sirius walked down into the common room and paced a whole in front of the stairs to the girl's dormitories. He knew Mimi was up (she had fallen asleep in his room) but he didn't know where she was.

'Alright if she doesn't come down in five minutes I'll go looking,' he though to himself. He walked back in forth a couple more times, rubbing his hands through his hair. Just then Mimi came down the stairs. She had showered and was wearing jeans and worn navy sweater with a brown belt. Sirius found himself thinking about how pretty she looked.

"Sirius," Mimi said when she saw him.

"Meems we have to talk." Mimi looked up at him and saw the intensity in his eyes.

"Yea we do."

"Want to go for a walk?"

"Okay." Sirius led the way out of the common room.

"What happened?" Mimi finally asked.

"We had sex," Sirius said bluntly.

"I thought so." She looked up at him and spoke up again, "What does this mean?"

"I don't know."

"What do you want it to mean?"

"I don't know."

"Oh."

"We were both drunk, it was an accident… right?" She asked. She couldn't help but hope he would contradict her, but she was sadly disappointed.

"Yea of course."

"So do you want to just leave it at that?"

"I guess so."

"Okay."

"Yea okay." Mimi's heart fell and she and Sirius continued to walk along in silence.

"I should go," he said at last. Mimi nodded and gave him a half smile as he walked off. She looked on after him and sighed. She had never thought of Sirius as anything more than a friend, but as a tear slid down her cheek she began to realize everything had changed.

Sirius turned a corner and lent against the wall. 'What a mess,' he though as he pushed his hands through his hair. She had set him up for him to say he liked her more than a friend and he had shut her down. He was so stupid, he did like her as more than a friend! This thought stunned Sirius and he quickly shook his head. Then, a sultry brunette girl walked by, Sirius looked up and surprise when she stopped next to him.

"Hey Sirius, I missed you the other night." It was Eleanora Clark, the last person he

wanted to see right then.

"I know I am sorry. Maybe another time."

"We could just do it right now?"

"Huh?" He looked at her confusedly and she batted her eyelashes. She leaned forward and kissed him hard on the lips, just as Mimi walked around the corner. She watched frozen as Sirius began making out with another girl. She turned around and fled.

"I hate you Sirius Black!" She whispered as she ran.

"Have I always been this stupid?" Sirius asked as he returned to the dormitory.

"Do you really want me to answer that?" Remus said looking at his friend.

"No, hey are you eating cookies?" Remus handed him one and Sirius plopped down on his bed.

"What happened?" Remus asked.

"I am so stupid."

"You don' t have to tell me twice."

"I kissed Clark."

"I thought you went after Mimi!"

"I did! And we talked but I was scared! Last night was great, but she's one of my best

friends and I didn't want to mess that up."

"You like her, huh?"

"Oh yea."

"So then how did Eleanora come into the picture?"

"Well, after me and Mimi talked and decided it didn't mean anything, she sort of found me and kissed me."

"You and Mimi decided it didn't mean anything?"

"She suggested it!" Remus gave him a look.

"Okay okay I know she wanted me to say it meant something, but I was scared!"

"So instead you went and kissed another girl."

"Basically."

"Oh shit."

"I know."

"What are you going to do?"

"What can I do?"

"I see your point." Sirius groaned and fell backwards. He couldn't believe how stupid he was. He grabbed two more cookies and stuffed them in his mouth before announcing, "I'm taking a nap." Remus got up and left the room.

Mimi entered the girl's dormitory sobbing and Sarah, Lily, and Arabella looked up from their Witch Weekly in surprise.

"Mimi what's wrong?" Lily asked walking next to her. Mimi just buried her head in her pillow as Sarah and Arabella came over. After exchanging a look and thinking hard (which was especially difficult since they too were hungover) they remembered Mimi wasn't in her bed last night.

"Oh boy," Arabella said softly.

"Mimi what happened?" Lily asked again and this time Mimi looked up at her.

"I hate Sirius Black!" Was all she said before hiding in her pillow again. The girls exchanged another look.

"Start from the beginning," Lily instructed.

"Last night, me and Sirius were so drunk we-we had sex! B-but, I didn't mind, I enjoyed it. And wa-when I talked to him tod-day we decided that it diddn't mean anythinggg. But it does! " Mimi sobbed.

"Oh Mimi!" The girls exclaimed sympathetically.

"That's not even the worst part. I ss-aw him kissing E-eleanora Clark right after." The girls gasped and Lily began rubbing circles on Mimi's back.

"It'll be alright," Lily soothed.

"No, it won't," Mimi croaked and then she fell silent.