Chapter 14
Sunlight filtered through the drape on Sirius Black's window. It hit his closed eyelids, making him stir slightly.
He felt the bed move as someone slid onto it. His eyes flew open.
Sitting next to him on the bed was his cousin. He let his eyes wander down to take in the cleavage perfectly framed by the low neckline of her filmy black blouse.
A devious smile slid over her lovely face as she saw where he was looking.
Her eyes slid briefly over his bare chest… and the covers hiding his lower body from view.
"Wakey wakey cuz" she said in a teasing babyish voice.
"What do you want?" he said, tone irritable but a smile twitching the corners of his mouth.
"I wanted to found out how it went last night" she said amusedly. "And don't spare any details" she added wickedly.
"Nothing happened" he admitted with a sigh. Bella looked rather smug.
"Awwww. She turned you down?" she said in a smug and rather mocking tone. Clearly she hadn't expected him to succeed.
"Actually no" he said waspishly. Confusion flickered over Bella's face.
"Then what the hell happened?" she said in a puzzled tone.
"I don't know" he said a soft and rather sad tone. "We were going to… she was all ready to give in… and then I couldn't…" he said, trailing off as he himself tried to make sense of what had happened.
'You couldn't…" she prompted, voice meaningful and eyes flicking down to his crotch.
"No!" he said in a rather defensive voice. "I couldn't do that… to her. I didn't feel right about it…" he said in a tone that suggested he didn't understand it either.
She looked like she had just sucked on a rather large lemon. "You're saying you had a chance to fuck her and you didn't? What a time to grow a conscience" she said derisively.
"She's my best friends sister…" he said defensively. "She's a goody two shoes little mudblood… and you're nothing but a big pussy" Bella said dismissively.
He growled low in his throat and pushed the covers of himself. He was still wearing the pants from last night. Without sparing her a glance he went for the door.
"If your going to look for her you won't find her" Bella purred as he reached for the doorknob. He turned around. She was lying back on his bed, a Cheshire-cat grin on her face.
"What?" he said angrily.
"She left about an hour ago" she said with considerable relish. He looked like he'd been gut-punched.
"You've lost Siri" she purred smugly. "She's come to her senses. She'll never go near you again" she said wickedly, unable to resist twisting the knife in deeper.
"Where did she go?" he growled at her.
"I don't know. Mother said she went to stay with some friends" she said airily.
He was out the door almost before she'd finished speaking… her mocking laughter following him down the hallway.
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30 minutes after leaving the Manor he was in Spinner's End, banging on Snape's door.
A few moments later the door slid open to reveal Severus, sallow skinned and greasy haired as ever, wearing an expression of distaste at finding Sirius on his doorstep.
"Is she here" he snapped at Snape. Confusion and then comprehension flickered over Snape's face.
"Lily? No. I haven't seen her. What have you done to make her leave?" Snape said suspiciously, eyes narrowed.
"Do you know where she is?" barked Sirius.
"No! And I wouldn't tell you if I did" Snape sneered.
"You would if you wanted me to keep your little secret" said Sirius warningly, his voice almost a growl. Snape visibly paled at the threat.
"Why don't you leave her alone?" Snape started to stay, tone arrogant but with a trace of worry in it.
"You have about 30 seconds to tell me where she is or I spill the beans… to my cousin's old friend… Rita Skeeter…" Sirius said threateningly.
There was a thin sheen of sweat on Snape's forehead now.
"One… two… three…" Sirius said mercilessly.
"Ok. Ok! I don't where she is… but I do know where she'll be tommorow…" Snape said quickly.