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Chapter Eighteen

One of the perks of dating Sirius that Casselle hadn't anticipated was getting to know the marauders. She had always been friendly with James and Remus and even Peter, and over the summer she had been able to bond with James, but now she felt as if she was getting to really know Remus and Peter.

Remus had always been friendly towards her, though admittedly reserved. It amazed her how little she really knew about him. He always seemed to be deflecting questions to, giving her vague answers about his family and interest the whole time turning the questions around on her. The only thing that she really had learned about him was that he had a pet rabbit, which from the way James and Sirius went on about it was rather misbehaved, the kept referring to it as his fury little problem. It sounded like Remus constantly had to leave school to go home and deal with it, which to Casselle seemed a little bit of a hassle for a pet.

Peter on the other hand posed an even bigger challenge then Remus, he always seemed to get excessively nervous around her. It was like he was afraid of her or something. At first Casselle was worried she had done something to offend him, but Sirius had reassured her that he was always like that especially around girls.

On the other hand another aspect of dating Sirius that Casselle hadn't anticipated was James's incessant complaining about her best friend. He was constantly pestering her about what Lily thought of him, what kind of guys she liked, what her favorite color was; it was getting out of hand

"I just don't understand it, we were getting along over summer, and now she's back to not knowing I exist," He complained, one night as Casselle sat curled up in with Sirius on her favorite armchair.

Casselle smiled to herself, despite her irritation she couldn't help but find James amusing, "Don't worry James, she will come around. She's just being proud, you have to truly show her that you have changed. No more asking her out, stop pranking so many people, and start listening to her."

"You better write this down Prongs," Sirius teased playing with a piece of Casselle's hair.

The humor, however, seemed to be lost on James who scrambled off to find some parchment.

"Give me that," he demanded grabbing a piece off of a group of terrified looking second years.

"Right," James replied hurrying back to them, ignoring Sirius and Remus who were shaking with laughter. "Okay, no more asking out, are you sure she wants that?" He asked skeptically.

"Yes, at least for a while. Try to get to know her more, before you go off pestering her about dating," Casselle advised watching in amusement as James bent over a spare bit of parchment. "And you should probably be nicer to the younger students, Lily takes her role as a prefect pretty seriously and she hates bullys."

"But I wasn't-" James started but Casselle cut him off with a look. "Fine be nicer to younger students," he muttered writing it out.

"What else?" he asked running a hand through his hair without even really noticing it.

Casselle smiled, "I don't know. Be yourself."

James grimaced while Sirius let out a barking laugh, "Yeah cause that got him so far before."

Casselle shot him a glare before continuing. "This fits in with the younger students part but stop pranking so many people, limit it to only Slytherins."

"Only prank Slytherins," he wrote. "This is good, this will work for sure!" He said excitedly staring at Casselle expectantly.

Sirius hid behind Casselle to hide his laughing, Casselle nudged him in the ribs smiling, "Just remember James, don't freak her out. Take it slow, just pretend you're around me and your friends and do what you would normally do, I'm sure she'll come around if you stop trying to put on some macho act."

"Be myself and take it slow… I can do that," James said thinking out loud as he wrote it all down.

"James, I think you should just give her up. I don't think it'll ever happen mate. No bird can be worth all this trouble," Sirius said.

"It will happen, we are destined for each other," James replied.

Casselle had to admit that his confidence was admirable considering Lily had only begun to entertain the possibility that he could actually be a human being.

"Prongs, it has been over five years. I don't think it will," Sirius countered.

"Sirius haven't you ever had to work to get the girl? Or had to wait on someone?" Casselle asked narrowing her eyes at him.

"Only once," He replied with a lopsided grin.

"Well did it work out?" Casselle demanded.

"Yep, but I didn't have to change my ways at all, she just realized what she was missing."

"Oh really, well then she's a total idiot. She obviously should have made you wait longer."

Remus and James were snickering in the background. She turned to them questioningly.

"What? Who is she?" She asked confused.

Sirius smiled and kissed her forehead, "You. You were the only girl that didn't jump me at the first opportunity."

Casselle blushed, "Yeah well that's because you were a prat then. And I believe you did change. I can recall a few things that I don't think you've ever done."

"Like what?"

"Like be involved with someone for more than sex."

Sirius looked down, "That wasn't really a big change," he scoffed.

"Well maybe, I should make you wait longer." Casselle replied making a move to get out of his lap, but his hold around her waist tightened.

"Don't you dare," He growled in her ear.

"Sirius, I don't take kindly to being told what to do," She said narrowing her eyes playfully.

"Alright, you're right. I may have changed a little bit," He admitted.

Casselle beamed and kissed him on the cheek, "Of course you did. Now James see it works," She said turning back to him.

James stared at them shaking his head, "This is going to take a lot of work."

They were all laughing, everyone giving various pieces of advice for courting Lily though Sirius's were admittedly just cheesy pick up lines. James continued to scribble down notes, Remus actually turned out to be pretty useful since he went on patrols with Lily and knew her fairly well.

He was in the middle of giving James some safe topics to bring up with Lily when a third year girl approached their group.

"Uhm.. Casselle?" She asked shyly.

"Yeah?" Casselle asked smiling softly at the girl noticing her nervousness.

"Dumbledore asked me to give you this," She said holding out an envelope hesitantly.

"Thank you," She said taking the envelope and the girl hurried off to her group of friends.

"What is it?" Sirius asked looking over her shoulder.

"I don't know, nosey." She said hiding it from him with a smile. "Maybe he's giving me a medal for putting up with you." She ripped the envelope open and scanned the elegant slanting cursive that covered the page.

Dear Caselle,

I would like you to meet me in my office tomorrow night at 9 o'clock. The password is Lemon Drop.

Sincerely, Albus Dumbledore.

"What does it say?" Sirius asked trying to read over her shoulder.

"He wants to meet with me tomorrow night," she replied confusion clouding her thoughts.

"What did you do?" Peter asked.

"She didn't do anything," Sirius snapped causing Peter to shrink back in his chair silently.

Casselle was ignoring the conversation going on around her, rereading the note. What did Dumbledore want? Why would he need to see her? Her brain wracked over what she could have possibly done to receive a meeting with the headmaster, but nothing came up.

"It's getting late I should head up to bed," Casselle said suddenly moving off of Sirius's lap.

"Hey," Sirius called as she headed toward the staircase. "Are you okay?" He asked putting his hands on her hips and leaning his forehead against hers.

"Yeah, I'm just getting tired," She said smiling up at him.

"Do you want me to go with you tomorrow?" he pressed sensing her worry.

"I don't know," She said truthfully. "I'll let you know tomorrow." She moved her head slightly, pecking him on the lips. "Good night."

She turned to leave, but he caught her and brought his lips to hers more passionately. She wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer. They didn't separate until they heard wolf whistles coming from the area around the fireplace. They smiled at each other, "You should probably head back to your wolf pack," She said dropping her arms slowly.

A strange expression flashed across Sirius's features but before she could read the emotion it passed replaced by his easy grin, "Yeah," he conceded reluctantly letting her go. "Good night."

The next day Casselle couldn't concentrate on anything, all she could think about was the meeting with Dumbledore. Lily swore it couldn't be about a discipline matter, but Casselle couldn't shake the feeling that maybe Dumbledore was about to expel her. She knew it was a long shot, but her mind ran wild with worry.

"Cass, you have to relax. It's probably nothing," Sirius soothed putting his arm around her waist during lunch as she picked at her food anxiously.

"Yeah, I'm sure you're right." Casselle said smiling. She ripped tiny pieces of a piece of bread not eating any of it.

"Alright that's it, we are taking a walk," Sirius said standing up and holding his hand out to her.

"But-" Casselle started.

"No buts, you need to get out of here and relax. Now come on," He grabbed her hand and pulled her up.

"Fine," She grumbled walking after him.

"Oh stop pouting, you love spending time with me," He teased flashing her a crooked smile.

Casselle rolled her eyes, but leaned into him anyway. "So where are we going?"

"When will you learn, that I never give away my surprises."

Casselle laughed and shook her head, enjoying the fall breeze that blew into her face. He was right, she did need to get out of the castle.

They walked in silence, Casselle stared out at the lake twirling the sapphirependant around the chain absentmindedly.

"You know you have nothing to worry about right?" Sirius asked, watching her fiddle with her necklace, she always did that when she was nervous.

"I don't know. If I didn't have to worry about it, why would he call me to his office secretively?" She asked confused.

"If it was disciplinary related he would have asked for you immediately. He probably just wants to talk to you, because you're dating the hottest boy in school," He said with a smirk.

Casselle rolled her eyes and nudged him playfully. "I highly doubt that is it."

They didn't have any classes for the rest of the day, so they picked a spot under a low hanging tree and sat down. After a few minutes Casselle turned to look up at Sirius, he turned down towards her watching her expressions.

"Distract me," She said quietly.

Sirius's face broke into a smile, "I can do that." He rolled her over, leaning over her. Casselle laughed, pulling him toward her.

He trailed kisses down her neck, moving her robes out of the way. Casselle closed her eyes enjoying the feeling of his lips, his touch always caused fire to ignite on her skin. He returned back to her lips and kissed her hungrily. Her hands wound in his dark hair pulling him closer, she wanted to lose herself.

After a while they finally broke apart, both breathing hard. Sirius looked down at her, "Was that a sufficient distraction?" He asked grinning cockily.

Casselle laughed, and pushed him up, leaning back against the tree. "Well now that my hair is a mess, I can say that I am quite distracted," She said running her fingers through her hair, attempting to remove any grass before anyone saw them.

"I kind of like it. It makes you look wild," Sirius teased his eyes shining mischievously.

"You weirdo," She laughed continuing to try fix her hair, it wasn't working out well. She frowned, as she realized she was forming knots in her hair.

"Here, I'll help." Sirius said moving behind her and pulling at her hair softly.

"Of course, I'm sure you have a lot of experience with hair emergencies Black. Remind me again, how long it takes you to do your hair in the morning?" She teased.

"Watch it. I'll have you know that this is all natural."

Casselle laughed, "I bet it is."

They sat in silence while Sirius worked on her hair, fixing the knots that she had formed.

"Sirius, will you tell me about your family?" She asked softly.

"Why?" He asked, she could already hear the steel in his voice. He always closed up when they got anywhere near this subject.

"Because I've always heard rumors, but I don't know what's really true."

"Casselle…" He didn't finish his sentence.

She turned toward him, "Please, I need another distraction."

"If it's a distraction you need." He teased a half hearted smile flitting across his lips, but it wasn't up to his usual arrogant one.

She rolled her eyes, "Not that kind."

"Fine, but if I tell you about mine, you have to tell me about yours," He challenged.

Casselle hesitated for a moment considering the offer. She hated talking about her family but it seemed only fair, an eye for an eye in a sense. "That's fair."

"Alright." He pulled Casselle towards him, so she was leaning against his chest while he spoke. "Obviously my family is made up of pure bloods, though I think we might have had a third cousin that was a squib or something. It's hard to tell since my mother is constantly blasting people from our family tree. Anyway my parents didn't have a lot of options to choose from for spouses. So with them only being second cousins they were permitted to marry, though it makes me sick to think of what would be allowed if we got desperate enough. Both of them were Blacks. As you can imagine, ever since I was born I had pure blood supremacy shoved down my throat. For most of my childhood I believed it too."

To Casselles surprise he laughed a little at that, "What?" she asked her brow furrowing in confusion.

"It was actually Lily who managed to change my mind," Sirius admitted his eyes flashing with amusement. "On the train James and I were showing off and I stole Thomas Browns toad and managed to levitate it up to the ceiling but I lost control of the spell and it went crashing to the ground. Lily managed to stop it in midair with a charm. I remember thinking to myself that she had to be pure blood, but when she introduced herself I realized she wasn't. Mother made us memorize the blood lines so I would have known."

Casselle smiled picturing Lily saving the day, even back then she was always cleaning up after James and Sirius.

"Anyway, I had always had my doubts about their beliefs, but it wasn't until then that I realized they were completely wrong. I got more rebellious, became more vocal about it. At first I thought that maybe they didn't know, maybe they had just never seen a muggle born that was good at magic so I tried to explain but…well they were very receptive. That's when the beatings became more regular. My mother always favored corporal punishment when we were in trouble, but she became more violent and creative in her beatings after that. My mother was unloving, strict, and cold. She didn't have any feelings toward anyone, I don't even think she loves my father. My brother and I were property to them, their legacy. Propagators of the blood line and all that garbage. My father was a little better, but after having to spend so much time with my mother it eventually turned him cold as stone.

"I stayed at James's as much as possible, but I knew I would always have to return for summer. Reg needed me, he wasn't as strong as I was, he couldn't fight their beliefs like I could. He just became so consumed by their bull shit... I tried every year to get him to understand the truth, but in the end it didn't help.

"That Easter when I ran away, Regulus talked about becoming friends with Mulciber, Snape, Lestrange, and all those Death Eater wannabes. It was then I realized that he had made his choice, and I wasn't going to be able to change it. I knew more than anything that I had to get out of there. My mother realized what I was doing immediately. She whipped me and locked the windows and door, trying to trap me. Finally when Kreacher was bringing me some food, I overpowered him and got out. I took off through the house like my life depended on it, I grabbed my wand from my mother's room, but that was all I had time for everything else I left. I barely made it to the Potter's. They weren't very generous with food, and my mother was definitely generous with the beating. James thought I was going to die, he begged his parents to take me to St. Mungos. But I insisted against it, my parents would be looking for me."

"Mrs. Potter cleaned me up, they let me sleep for two days before making me get up and eat something, I ate so much I was sick shortly after. James went with his dad to get my things from my house. And I haven't seen my parents since then." He finished Casselle stayed silent, not sure how to respond. She grabbed his hand and linked their fingers together.

"I remember you after that trip. You scared me, I thought you were going to go crazy. You wouldn't speak to anyone." She whispered.

"Yeah. You're the one that snapped me out of it." He said wrapping his arms around her.

"Me? What did I do?"

"When you yelled at those girls, I realized everyone couldn't keep hiding me or they were going to do some serious damage to those girls. Not that I would have complained."

Casselle laughed, "Yeah I'm pretty sure James was ready to levitate them and leave them in floating for a while, with their mouths gagged of course."

Sirius laughed picturing it. "Well now it's your turn."

Casselle breathed a sigh, "I guess it's a lot like your family, except my dad is a muggle and I hated everyone, especially my brother. My father was always cold and calculating, he's never had a compassionate bone in his body. I'm not really sure why my mother married him, though I think money had something to do with it. She came from a line of pure bloods but the family had lost their wealth. Bad investments or something, anyway my dad has always been wealthy. I'm not sure if he knew about her being a witch when she married him, but he definitely knew when Nate and I were born. I think she might have actually loved us in the beginning, but then I guess she eventually became to bitter for love. My brother was always the favorite, probably because he was born without a heart, so he fit right in. The only person I cared about was our maid Millie, she's a muggle and the closest thing I have to a mother.

"I was the defiant one, I always challenged my parents, and they wouldn't stand for it. My brother knew how to make our parents happy, he did what he was told, and he had the same mind set as them. I was sent to my room almost every day, usually wasn't allowed at least one meal a day. It got worse over the years, because I couldn't take being bullied. I fought back more and they punished harder.

"My father was the one that punished, he had no mercy, if I wasn't behaving like I should then I deserved everything I got. He's a powerful man in the muggle world, he can have things disappear, and he can find whatever he needs to find. He's in politics and well…I don't think he makes a very honest living out of it. He's attracted to power and it's something he possesses a lot of."

"My brother never helped, he always twisted stories around to make my behavior worse than it was. When you knocked me into that potion fourth year, my brother made sure my father knew what was going on, missing a few important details. It was not a pretty picture when I went home that Christmas."

Sirius arms tightened around her, as she talked. She held on to his arms, reassuring him. "It's fine," she whispered.

"No its not," Sirius replied sadly.

"Your right, it's not, but life goes on."

"Your family doesn't understand how lucky they are to have you. Anyone would be honored to have you as their daughter." He whispered into her ear.

Casselle leaned up to him, and kissed him gently. "Apparently our families are a lot alike, neither of them understands their luck."

"Obviously," He smiled.

She looked out at the lake, and realized the sun was setting. She smiled enjoying the sight of the sun casting the sky in colors of oranges and reds. Then she jumped up, "Oh Merlin! I forgot about my meeting. What time is it?" She asked frantically.

"It's only eight forty, you still have twenty minutes," he said getting up leisurely.

"We should go," she muttered letting Sirius pull her to her feet. They walked back to the castle hand in hand.

When they reached the third floor Sirius pulled her toward him kissing her passionately. She tangled her hands in his hair, then pulled away slowly. "Alright, I got to go." She smiled kissing him one last time. "Bye," she murmured turning and hurrying down the corridor. Sirius watched her go a faint smile on his face.

"Erm lemon drop?" She announced once she reached the gargoyle, trying not to feel silly about talking to a awkwardness vanished when the gargoyle jumped to the side revealing a staircase. As she passed she could have sworn she saw the statue wink at her. As soon as she stepped onto the staircase it to turned into an escalator, which took her all the way up to a closed door, that she assumed led to Dumbledore's office. She knocked softly; still worried about the reason he had called her into his office.

"Come in," She heard Dumbledore call from inside.

She opened the door slowly, "Professor?" She called softly.

"Yes, yes Ms Dawson come in. Sit down." He said motioning to a chair in front of his desk.

Dumbledore waited patiently watching as Casselle stepped into the office and sunk into one of the plush chairs opposite the headmaster.

"Now I bet you're wondering why I asked you to my office." He began.

"Yes, I have been a little curious," Casselle admitted squirming under his piercing gaze.

"Well as I'm sure you're aware Ms Dawson, a war is starting, and lines are beginning to be drawn." He paused studying her over his half moon spectacles. "I asked you to come here, because you have a very special gift."

"Gift?" She interrupted.

"Yes, I do believe you can read people's minds?" He asked looking at her expectantly.

"Well yeah..but I wouldn't necessarily call it a gift," She said slowly.

"Make no mistake Ms Dawson what your able to do is incredible. I've asked you here because I am asking you to make a big decision." He paused letting her absorb his words. "I'm asking you join me in the fight against Voldemort, Ms Dawson."

Casselle blinked up at the headmaster shock etched in her expression. She was sure she had heard him wrong, there was no way Dumbledore would want her, an underage average witch.

"What?" She asked convinced he was actually about to hand her a detention slip or something.

"I would like to ask you to join the resistance Ms Dawson. But make no mistake this is a monumental decision. I can understand if you need some time," Dumbledore replied gently.

"Erm, I don't know what to say…"

"People often have the tendency to feel inadequate Casselle," Dumbledore replied kindly. "However one should never sell themselves short. You have a remarkable talent, something I believe no other wizard can do and that talent could prove to make a difference in this war."

"Bu-but I mean can't other wizards read minds? I mean isn't there a spell for that?" Casselle asked a mixture of confusion and pride welling up inside her.

"It is true that other wizards can see into another's mind with the use of a spell; however I believe that with proper training your ability could surpass those of any spell. I believe that your ability could be developed to go beyond the limitations of any spell, for example I think you could be trained to penetrate any mind regardless of the blocks. But that's just one of the hunches I have Ms Dawson. To put it plainly Ms. Dawson, your special and that uniqueness makes you valuable to the lights cause, and that's why I would like you to consider joining."

A pang of something Casselle couldn't identify shot through Casselle's stomach, fear and something else coursed through her as she considered the headmasters words. She was powerful, and that thought thrilled and terrified her.

"I would be more than happy to give you a couple of days to think it over Ms Dawson," Dumbledore said watching her closely.

"No I don't need time, I'll do it. I'd be honored," She replied quickly.

"You're sure? This is a big commitment."

"No I am absolutely sure. There is no other place I would rather be in this war, then by your side sir."

"Well I am grateful. We will have to meet once every other week, to practice your powers. How about every other Friday?" He asked.

"Yes that's fine."

"Wonderful. Well I think I will let you get back to the common room, we can start our lessons next week."

"Alright," She said standing up.

"Also, I think it would be wise if you didn't come alone, it would be helpful not only for practice but also for your safety, our lessons may run late and it would be best if you're not in the corridors alone. I am not the only one recruiting people, and though it saddens me to admit it not all are on our side."

"Yes, sir. I'll make sure of it." She said smiling as she rose and made her way to the. "Thank you again professor. This is a real honor."

"The honor is all mine Casselle."

She smiled meeting Dumbledore's piercing blue eyes before leaving, feeling happier than she had in a long time. She was going to help fight Voldemort, she was going to make a difference in the war and most importantly she wasn't in trouble. She had never felt this incredible, except maybe when she was kissing Sirius.

As she walked into the common room, she saw Sirius sitting by the fire with James. She skipped over to him smiling, and sat on his lap kissing him thoroughly.

When they broke apart Sirius smiled, "What was that for?"

"You're not going to believe what Dumbledore wanted," She smiled leaning into him.

"To commemorate you on your choice in boyfriends?" Sirius teased his arms snaking around her waist.

Casselle rolled her eyes, "Can you ever be serious?"

"I'm never not Sirius…get it?"

Casselle and James shared a long look as Sirius chuckled.

"Okay, I'm perfectly serious now. What did he want?"

Casselle's eyes darted to James, "Do you think we could run to the kitchens? I'm starving."

Sirius took her hint and nodded, "Yeah sure, see you later mate."

The two ducked out of the common room and started down the corridor, "So what's so important that you couldn't tell me in front of Prongs?"

"Dumbledore's going to train me!"

"Train you?"

"To use my gift, well that's what he called it anyway, he somehow knows about the mind reading and he wants to train me so I can help against Voldemort!"

Sirius stopped his face going pale and his eyes widening, "He's what?"

Casselle eyebrows furrowed, "He's going to train me to help in the war," she repeated slowly confused by the look on Sirius's face.

"B-but you can't fight!" Sirius insisted grabbing her hand and staring intently into her eyes.

"What are you talking about of course I can fight! I got an OWL in Defense!"

"No Cass you can't go out there and fight in this war, you have no idea what it's like out there! It's not like class! They'll kill you if they can," his face went even paler with his last words.

"What so you expected me to just ignore the war after school? And I understand as well as you do," Casselle snapped crossing her arms over her chest.

"No Casselle you don't," he replied hotly. "I've grown up with Dark wizards and I know what they're like," Sirius held up his hand as she started to protest, "I know you've dealt with a lot but this is different."

"Look Sirius this is my life and it's my decision. I'm going to do whatever I can to help and if that means fighting then I'm going to fight."

"Cass, I don't know what I would do if-if I lost you. I-I… I love you Casselle."

Casselle froze at his words her eyes widening. That was the first time Sirius or anyone else for that matter had ever said I love you to her. "Sirius I-I love you to I really really do but this is so much bigger than us." She took a step closer to him touching his cheek gently. "I know you're planning on becoming an Auror after you graduate and I want to do my part too."

Sirius rested his forehead against her's, "I suppose I can't change your mind?"

She leaned up kissing him thoroughly, "No you can't," she whispered against his lips.

He reached up brushing some hair out of her face, "You know I meant it right? I really do love you Casselle Marie Dawson."

Casselle flushed with pleasure, "I really meant it to, I love you Sirius Orion Black," she teased bringing her lips to his again. The kiss quickly became heated and Sirius groaned against Casselle's lips pushing her against the stone wall of the corridor. Casselle bit lightly at his bottom lip as her arms snaked in his hair pulling him closer to her.

Sirius smiled into her lips his tongue gently tracing her lips before slipping his tongue inside her mouth. His hands left her hips sliding up her sides and under her robes. Casselle's breath caught in her throat as Sirius's hands caressed her bare skin. A need she had never experienced before burned through her, she needed him closer.

"Mr. Black! Ms. Dawson!"

Sirius jumped back and Casselle fumbled with her robes attempting to straighten them her cheeks burning.

"Never have I ever seen such disgraceful behavior in the hallway!" McGonagall screeched.

Casselle kept her eyes trained on the ground feeling too mortified to even meet her professors eyes.

"Sorry Professor," Sirius replied smoothly. "Heat of the moment and all, it won't happen again."

McGonagall stared at the two of them shrewdly, "See to it that it doesn't. Now I suggest you both go to your respective dormitories."

Casselle and Sirius didn't need to be told twice and the two quickly made their way down the corridor and away from McGonagall, though Casselle could have sworn she heard her chuckling as they left.

"I don't think your face will ever return to its normal color," Sirius teased threading his fingers through hers as they walked.

Casselle scowled, "I doubt I'll ever be able to look her in the face ever again…you seem pretty relaxed about the whole thing though."

"When you've been caught as many times as I have it kind of loses the effect," he replied casually. "At least we were both fully clothed."

Casselle nodded trying not to dwell on how many other times Sirius might have been caught in that kind of situation.

The pair paused in front of the Fat Lady, both reluctant to return to the common room.

"I think you should tell the others," Sirius stated.

Casselle bit her lip hesitating, "It's not that I don't trust them because I do its just…the whole concept that I can just read their minds…well its strange. I don't want them to feel like I'm constantly doing it or being nosey or anything like that…"

"You're only nosey when you're bored right?" Sirius asked with a grin remembering the first time he had felt her trying to get into his head.

Casselle rolled her eyes, "I'm just worried it will change things…"

"Cass," Sirius whispered wrapping his arms around her, "it doesn't change anything and I don't think you're giving them enough credit. If anything James will be angry you didn't use it to help us prank people…come to think of it why didn't you!"

Casselle laughed "Okay I'll tell them…when the times right."

Sirius nodded kissing her gently on the lips, "We better go before McGonagall comes looking."

Casselle nodded and followed him through the portrait hole.

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