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Chapter Ten

Casselle melted against Sirius tangling her arms into his hair and pulling him closer. Their lips moved against each other as if they were made for each other and a sweet electric sensation flooded her body as she breathed him in. She would have never believed that she would be kissing Sirius Black much less enjoying it.

When they finally broke apart Casselle smiled shyly looking down afraid to meet Sirius's eyes. A million thoughts were swimming through her head and she wasn't sure what she was supposed to be feeling.

He pulled her chin up looking into her eyes, "I've waited to do that for a long time," He whispered softly.

She smiled not knowing what to say, and just continued the dance leaning into him more than before. She didn't know what the kiss meant but she knew that it was far better than anything she had shared with Jonathon or William.

The song ended and Casselle went to move away from Sirius but he caught her waist pulling her closer, "Just one more?" He breathed brushing a piece of hair out of her face.

Casselle smiled and nodded and the pair were about to continue dancing into the next song, when Casselle heard someone calling her. She turned at the voice as Sirius tightened his grip on her. She looked around confused, when her eyes finally landed on William searching for her.

He spotted her dancing with Sirius and he walked toward them his eyes narrowing at Sirius.

"William where have you been?" Casselle asked quickly stepping out of Sirius's arms. She felt a wave of guilt stab through her as she realized she had forgotten all about him.

"Cass..." Sirius said worriedly grabbing her arm as William stormed up.

"In the bathroom where this prat locked me in!" He yelled pointing to Sirius.

"What?" Casselle asked looking between Sirius and William.

"Cass I can explain," Sirius pleaded.

"I bet you can. What are you playing at Black? Trying to steal other guy's dates just for the fun of it?" William said angrily.

"No!" Sirius replied appalled. "It's not like that!"

Casselle looked at him in shock. "You locked my date in the bathroom? Just so you could dance with me and brag to all your friends?" Casselle asked trying to keep the hurt and betrayal from her voice. "This was all just a game to you?"

"No! I-" He didn't know what to say, he had never been in this situation before. "Look Cass it wasn't-"

"Then what was it?" She demanded, yanking her arm out of his grip. "What was the point of all of this then?"

"It's hard to explain, just listen to me." Sirius said.

"I am listening, so explain." Casselle hissed folding her arms over her chest.

"Can we go somewhere?" He asked hopefully.

"Why so you can charm me with some more lies?" She snapped her voice growing cold.

"No, I didn't lie to you, you have to believe me."

"I don't have to do anything. Just stay away from me Black. I want nothing to do with you or your games." Casselle said turning away so he wouldn't see the hurt in her eyes.

"Casselle wait!" Sirius called as she pulled William away.

Casselle didn't turn around, she continued walking leading William over to a table as far away from the dance floor as she could manage.

"Are you okay? You weren't stuck in there very long were you?" Casselle asked softly.

"No, I'm fine it wasn't long before someone had to use the bathroom. How are you? He didn't try anything did he?" He asked anxiously.

Casselle blushed slightly remembering their kiss, "No he didn't. He just wanted a dance," She mumbled keeping her eyes trained on the ground. She couldn't believe she had been so thick.

"Well would you like to continue our night before Black interrupted?" He asked holding out his hand.

"Actually I'm not feeling very well," Casselle replied refusing to meet William's eye. "I think I might call it a night." A fresh pang of guilt shot through her at the disappointed look on Williams face.

"Oh well if that's what you want," William replied running a hand through his hair.

"You should stay though, have fun with your friends," Casselle replied standing from the table. "I'll see you later." She didn't wait for him to kiss her or hug her before she left the Great Hall knowing that she would only compare it to what she had shared with Sirius.

He ruined everything, she thought to herself as she made her way to the common room blinking back her tears furiously.

Finally all the pent up anger and humiliation escaped into angry tears that she wiped at furiously. As she passed through the common room,

She continued running up the stairs to her dormitory. Where she threw herself on her bed crying for the night she should have shared with William, and for the night that Black ruined.

Black, she moaned inwardly thinking about him, what was he getting at? Showing her all that stuff, it just didn't make sense. She laid in bed in her dress and fell asleep feeling miserable.

Sirius sat at a table by himself and watched Casselle slip out of the Great Hall, leaving Rohen by himself. At least she didn't leave with him, he thought to himself feeling a grim sort of satisfaction at the disgruntled look on the older boys face.

Rohen joined his friends at a table not far from where Sirius was sitting.

"We thought you'd be in a broom cupboard by now," One of his friends jeered taking a swing of his butterbeer.

"Already been there and back mate," William replied with a nasty grin. "Broad wasn't much of a shag though. Pretty lousy at it actually."

Sirius stiffened at the words his hands clenching into fists as Rohen went on.

"Honestly though Smith talked like she was some kind of goddess in the sack, that's the only reason I asked her out you know. And then she just laid there the whole time. Wasn't worth my effort if you ask me."

Sirius began to shake with anger as he stood abruptly from the table with every intention of beating Rohen to a pulp.

"Where have you been I haven't seen you all night," James asked obstructing Sirius's view of William's table. "Are you alright?" He asked after catching a good look at Sirius's face.

"No I'm going to kill him."

"Kill who mate?" James asked his brow furrowing in confusion. He followed Sirius's glare and raised his eyebrows at Rohen, who had moved from his table and was chatting up a pretty blonde Hufflepuff. "I thought he came with Casselle?"

"He did but she ditched him, and now he's going to have to deal with me," Sirius snarled.

"What'd you mean Casselle ditched him? Whats going on? I thought you'd be thrilled that she isn't with Rohen anymore?"

"I-I well I locked Rohen in the toilet earlier and Cass found out…she wasn't too pleased with me. Left shortly after actually…" Sirius explained sheepishly trying to ignore the grin that was spreading across James's face.

"And what's that got to do with Rohen?" James asked amusement coloring his tone.

"After Cass left he was bragging about shagging her to all of his little friends," Sirius hissed.

James's expression turned from one of amusement to one of anger at Sirius's words. "That slimy git! As if Casselle would ever!"

"Exactly," Sirius replied pushing past James and scanning the hall for Rohen. "Where'd he go?"

James turned and scanned the Great Hall looking for a trace of William, "He must have taken that Hufflepuff girl out into the courtyard…"

Sirius turned and made his way to the courtyard with James on his heels looking at all the couples snogging on the benches, until finally he found William with the Hufflepuff girl.

"Hey Rohen!" Sirius called pulling him away from the girl. She let out a pathetic squeak and took off obviously confusing Sirius for a Professor.

"What the Hell!" William said turning towards Black. "What do you want now Black?" he demanded.

"I heard what you said about Casselle," Sirius stated as he glared down at William his hand keeping a firm grip on his collar.

A nasty grin lit William's features as he took in Sirius's words, "Ah well you of all people should know about maintaining a reputation Black. Now I would appreciate it if you didn't ruin the rest of my night."

Before Sirius could think his fist came up and connected with William's nose with a satisfying smack.

"What the Hell!" William yelled grabbing his nose. "You better watch it Black."

"Really Rohen? Come on then, no one's around," Sirius said taking a step back. "After all you have a reputation to maintain."

William hesitated appearing to mentally size Sirius up.

Sirius gave him another shove to his chest apparently forgetting about his wand, "Come on Rohen you don't want everyone to say you were afraid to fight a fifth year, imagine what they'd say about you." Sirius gave him another shove causing him to stumble.

Rohen came up swinging but Sirius was ready for him stepping out of the way of Rohen's swinging fist and catching him in the stomach with his elbow.

"Lily, it was the worst night of my life. I wish I didn't even go." Casselle confessed at breakfast the next day picking absent mindedly at a piece of toast.

"I'm sorry Cass, but we've all known Sirius is a right prat. Don't worry about him, what about William are you two over then?" Lily asked.

"I don't know that we were ever much to begin with…but yeah I suppose we're over." Casselle was surprised at how little the revelation meant to her.

"Let's have a girls night tonight!" Emma announced. "Chocolate, magazines and makeovers the whole nine yards. No boys just good old girly fun."

Casselle grinned, "That sounds perfect."

"Merlin look at Rohen!" Emma exclaimed her eyes widening.

"What happened to him?" Lily asked taking in his black eye, bloody lip and bandaged nose, as well as the slight limp he had.

"He was fine when I left him at the dance!" Casselle exclaimed her eyes widening as she watched him sit gingerly.

"Must have gotten in a fight…" Emma replied thoughtfully. "You don't think him and Black got into it do you?"

Casselle bite her lip surprised at the pang of worry that shot through her at the thought of Sirius and William fighting.

"Hey Cass, Lily how was your dance?" James said sitting down across from them.

"It was good; Robert was a real gentleman," Lily replied a slight smile on her face as she took in James's scowl.

"James is the perfect gentleman too, Evans; he didn't even bring the girl back to the dormitory." Sirius said as he sat back down next to James.

Casselle flushed and looked down at her plate hoping no one saw it, she had never felt awkward in any of the boys presence before and wasn't sure of how to act after what happened the night before. She battled between ignoring him, screaming at him, or pretending none of it had ever happened. Before she could decide however Lily chimed in.

"Please I'm sure he took her to some broom closet instead." Lily scoffed.

"I did not! I was helping Sirius take care of Roh-Ow!" James yelled rubbing his shin.

Casselle looked up to catch the glare Sirius sent James. "What are you talking about?" She asked suspiciously.

"Nothing," Sirius said looking away from her. While James looked between Sirius and William. Casselle followed his stare and gasped.

"You didn't," She said shocked.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"You guys beat the crap out of Rohen didn't you?" She hissed. "After you locked him in the bloody toilet last night! You're a right prat you know that!"

Sirius shrugged, while James opened him mind to retort, Sirius however kicked him under the table shutting his mouth effectively.

Casselle stared at Sirius confused but he wouldn't look at her. "Well why'd you do it?" She demanded glaring at Sirius. "It wasn't enough that you ruin his night?"

"You don't know what you're talking about," Sirius replied coldly meeting Casselle's glare.

"Enlighten me then," Casselle challenged crossing her arms across her chest.

"I don't have to explain anything to you," Sirius replied avoiding the question. He didn't want to tell her what he overheard the night before knowing that it would just hurt her.

"He was being a right prat, Cass," James explained glancing at Sirius.

"The only person whose being a prat is Black!" She exclaimed gritting her teeth.

"He was making up lies about you okay?" Sirius snapped his anger getting the better of him. "The bloody git was telling all of his little friends that he shagged you last night so I took care of him. You're welcome by the way," Sirius snapped getting to his feet and stalking out of the great hall.

The four Gryffindors sat in stunned silence for a moment, Casselle's mouth hanging open in a surprised Oh.

"Is it true?" She asked James turning to face him.

James nodded solemnly, "I haven't seen him that angry in a long time… he went ballistic on Rohen…"

"Since when does Sirius care about girls being taken advantage of?" Lily asked.

James looked hurriedly away from Casselle refusing to meet any of their eyes, "I guess he had a change of heart."

Casselle's stomach gave a little drop as she registered what James wasn't saying, Sirius had done it because he cared. She felt frozen struggling with the new knowledge.

"Who would have thought we would live to see the day when Sirius wouldn't think about sex all the time." Emma said. "Isn't it shocking Casselle? Casselle?" She nudged her friend giving her a strange look.

"What?" Casselle said shaking her head out of her trance. "Yeah completely shocking, almost impossible."

"Miracles happen. Watch next I will actually start caring about schoolwork." James said with a smirk obviously relieved that the conversation had taken a turn away from Sirius's motives.

The girls rolled their eyes but grinned despite themselves as James laughed.

"I'll see you guys back in the common room," Casselle announced standing from the table. "I just remembered something I have to do."

She hurried from the Great Hall with every intention of finding Sirius. She stopped in the Entrance hall realizing that she had no idea where he would be. If I wanted to be alone I'd go out to the grounds especially in this weather… Casselle thought to herself before determinedly setting off towards the grounds.

Twenty minutes later Casselle was freezing and wet from the snow and had no idea where Sirius was. She was about to give up when she saw a dark outline against the white snow. She made her way over hesitating a few feet from him.

"Sirius?" She asked awkwardly.

"Come to scream some more have you?" He snapped raising his eyebrows at her.

"Look we both know that I made a right git out of myself at breakfast and well I guess I just wanted to say that I'm erm…well…that I'm sorry…" Casselle replied keeping her eyes trained on the ground in front of her.

"Sorry what was that Dawson?" Sirius asked a grin apparent in his tone.

"Don't be a prat about it!" Casselle replied indignantly while fighting a slight smile.

Sirius laughed running a hand through his shaggy hair, "I guess an apology is an apology though I must say I'm shocked by getting one."

"I can admit when I'm wrong…I'm just not wrong often," Casselle teased stepping closer to him.

Sirius laughed shaking his head at her response, "I'm sorry about what he said….I didn't want to tell you…"

Casselle paused and then shrugged, "I don't care what he said…he's obviously not worth my time."

"Still," Sirius replied. "It's not something you should have to hear."

Casselle nodded the awkwardness returning between them, "Well Lily and Emma are expecting me…"

"Right," Sirius replied with a hint of a grin on his face. "You'd better get back then."

"Right," Casselle replied flushing at his apparent amusement, I'm a right idiot she thought to herself flushing as she turned and made her way back to the castle. She could have sworn she heard his bark like laugh following her as she entered the castle.

Casselle dragged her feet the whole way to Divinations on Monday. She wasn't sure how she felt about Sirius, he had tricked her and taken advantage of her, but on the other hand he had opened up to her in a very intimate way and defended her. Not to mention the kiss they shared, she still got shivers just think about it.

Life had been much easier when she hated Sirius Black.

She entered the stuffy attic keeping her eyes trained on the floor as she took her seat at her usual table. She could already feel his eyes on her, following her and willing her to look at him. She refused to oblige him however; instead she pulled her textbook from her bag and trained her eyes on the pages.

"Cass?" Sirius whispered

"What?" she asked fighting to keep her voice indifferent.

"Can we talk after class?"

"About?"

"I think you have a pretty good idea," he growled his frustration showing through.

"There's nothing to talk about," she replied flipping the page.

Sirius snatched the book from her hands, "Will you just look at me?"

Casselle's eyes drifted reluctantly up to meet Sirius's and she bite her lip, "Can I have my book back now?"

"Can we talk after class?"

"Fine, yes we can bloody talk after class Black," Casselle snapped snatching her book back from him and opening it again.

"Good meet me at the hanging mirror on the fourth floor?"

"Fine"

Class passed by in the normal flurry of death predictions and to many incense fumes. Though Casselle would have sat there all night if it meant she wouldn't have to meet Sirius after class.

The bell rang signaling the end of the lesson and Sirius gave her a hard look before leaving the room. Casselle sighed packing her bag slowly before making her way to the fourth floor. Several times she started to turn around and head back to the common room, but she figured if Sirius was hell bent on talking to her he would get his way eventually.

She arrived outside the mirror and was surprised that Sirius wasn't already waiting for her. Maybe he set me up; she thought to herself, it was stupid to agree to this.

Just as she was turning to walk away the mirror swung out revealing a circular room hidden behind it.

"In here Dawson."

Casselle climbed up into the secret passage as gracefully as she could, but her foot caught on the ledge and she fell forward with a little gasp.

She closed her eyes anticipating the pain of the stone floor. Instead she felt two strong hands catch her around the waist; she opened her eyes and found herself less than six inches from Sirius's face. His arms held her body close to his and they simply stared at each other for a moment.

"Are you okay?" he asked softly.

She nodded not trusting her voice as she hastily removed herself from his arms. "So what did you want to talk about?"

"Straight to the point then?" He asked with a cheeky grin.

"Spit it out Black," she snapped.

"Look Casselle about the dance I know it looked bad but I swear everything I showed you and told you was the truth and okay I admit locking Rohen in the bathroom was a bad move but I didn't mean to upset you…I just wanted to talk to you without being interrupted."

Casselle didn't say anything; she was fighting with herself, part of her wanted to believe Sirius, to believe that he really did like her, that he could be a decent person. But the other half reminded her of all the awful pranks, the selfishness and all the girls he cast aside.

"Cass I couldn't have faked what you saw," Sirius whispered taking her hand in his. "I meant it, all of it."

"Sirius I believe you," she replied.

The grin that lit his face could have brightened the world and he leaned in planting his lips firmly on hers.

Casselle let herself enjoy the kiss for a moment, relishing in the electric intensity that only Sirius could produce. After a moment she pulled back stepping out of his reach.

"Let me finish. I believe you Sirius but I-I can't be with you."

Sirius's face fell, "But why? I mean if you believe me and everything…" his voice trailed off obviously confused with her response.

"Sirius you're not the relationship type, and-and I refuse to be another notch in your bed post." Her voice was soft but firm.

"Cass you're different, I swear you're not just another fling I-"

Casselle raised her hand cutting off his retort, "We can be friends but that's it."

Sirius clenched his jaw trying to keep an angry retort from escaping. After he had composed himself a sly smile stretched across his lips, "Fine just friends…you'll change your mind soon enough."

"There's that heartwarming ego," Casselle retorted returning the smile.

"Ah but there's one thing you didn't take into account love," he replied stepping closer to her, "I don't fight fair."

His lips meet hers for the second time that evening and she melted into the contact. Everything about his touch felt right and her whole body ached for more.

With self control she didn't know she possessed she pushed him away. "I said friends Black!"

Sirius shrugged, "Just a friendly kiss mate."

"Okay new rules if you wouldn't do it with James then you can't do it to me," she replied smugly.

Sirius scowled as Casselle laughed.

"To bad the rumors aren't true after all," Casselle teased as she and Sirius made their way back to the common room.

"What rumors?"

"The ones about you and James," Casselle replied slyly. "Don't you remember waking up wrapped in each other's arms in Fourth year?"

Sirius stopped walking his mouth falling open into a comical Oh, "People…what!"

Casselle laughed earnestly, "It was just a silly rumor back in fourth year…you know you two do spend quite a bit of time together. People reckoned the man whoring was just a cover."

Sirius's face turned a light green at the mere thought of being intimate with James, or any boy for that matter, "I think I might be ill."

Casselle grinned and patted Sirius's back sympathetically, "Your ego will recover I'm sure."

"I think you have too much faith in my ego boosting abilities." Sirius said sadly.

"Oh stop being a baby." Casselle said nudging him in the ribs.

"Maybe a kiss would help," Sirius said puckering his lips.

"Nope, would James kiss you because you were pouting?"

"Ugh no!" Sirius said appalled.

"Well then better luck next time." She said with a smirk and walked ahead to the portrait of the fat lady.

"Wait!" He called grabbing her arm and stopping her before she could say the password. "One more, for old times' sake."

"Sirius I don't th-" Before she could finish Sirius had her mouth trapped under his. Her body reacted immediately to the sparks that flew between them. She leaned into him, tangling her fingers in his silky black hair. His arm on the small of her back pulled her even closer to him. Breathing heavily they finally broke apart.

While Casselle was catching her breath she glared at him. "That was the last time." She said and stalked off to Fat Lady.

"For now," He said to himself watching her slim body climb into the common room.

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"Cass…" He whispered so softly she hardly heard him.

"It's okay," She said putting her arm around him; she didn't know what else she should do. She had never seen Sirius like this, she hated to admit it but she missed the arrogant Sirius. This Sirius scared her.