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"I think I will give you a break for the Holiday's, I'm impressed with your progress and I think we can afford a break for Christmas," Dumbledore said the Friday before break was due to start.
"Are you sure professor?" Casselle asked breathing heavily from the exertion it took to keep Dumbledore out of her mind.
"Yes, you have improved immensely. I believe you may be ready to learn some new techniques, but we will wait until next time to start that," He replied smiling. "You have done a remarkable job Casselle, you should be proud of yourself and rest your mind for a few weeks. It's as well; everyone needs a break every now and then."
"Yes sir," She said stifling a yawn, their sessions had left her exhausted as of late. Maybe a break was just what she needed.
"Now you two should go and say goodbye to your friends before they leave tomorrow," He said directing them to the door.
"Goodbye professor," Casselle said cheerfully. She was incredibly thankful for the chance to take a break from her lessons, mostly because she would be spending all of Christmas break alone with Sirius.
Sirius led her down the stairs to the corridor, and watched her anxiously. "Are you okay?" He asked as usual after every meeting.
Casselle nodded, "Yeah just tired, those lessons are always taxing."
"Are you sure you can make it to the common room? Maybe Madame LeMoore can give you a potion for it?"
"Sirius, I'm fine. I just need sleep," She smiled she would never admit it but she thought it was cute when he worried about her.
"What if I carried you?" He asked.
Casselle laughed, "Sirius I know your fit and you believe you're Merlin's gift to women but I don't think you could carry me all the way to Gryffindor Tower."
Sirius shot her a cocky grin, "You obviously are underestimating my muscles, and they certainly don't appreciate that." He stood in front of her, leaning down. "Come on, everyone loves piggy back rides."
Casselle smiled, "Fine." She hopped on his back as he hoisted her higher to get a good grip. She leaned close so her lips were right next to his ear, "It's like you're my knight in shining armor," she whispered seductively and grinning as she felt the slight shiver go through his body.
"Casselle don't tempt me," He warned. "If I'm distracted I might drop you."
She smiled and leaned her head on his shoulder, enjoying not having to climb all the stairs.
"Just tell me if I get too heavy," She murmured glancing up at all the flights of stairs.
"Please you weight nothing. This is a light workout," He smirked.
"Whatever you say," She said.
After they went up a few flights of stairs, Casselle began to feel a little restless, her exhaustion forgotten she decided to have some fun. She left a trail of kisses up Sirius's neck, lingering every so often on a spot. When she got up to his ear, she nibbled at it and then suckled on it slowly. She heard Sirius moan huskily. She smiled, kissing a trail back down his neck; she shifted to rub her nose along the back of his neck but before she could she was off of Sirius's back and pushed against the cool stone of the corridor wall.
She smiled, "Did I get too heavy?" She asked loving the gray eyes that stared at her hungrily.
"Never," He took her mouth to his aggressively. She tangled her hands in his hair pulling him closer. He nibbled at her bottom lip before she opened it slightly allowing his tongue to battle with hers. His hands roamed her back under her robes, finding the edge of her shirt he slid them up her flat stomach. She moaned in excitement as his hands discovered the edge of her bra.
She pulled away from his mouth, "Sirius…" She groaned trying to get her bearings, as he left kisses down her neck. "We really shouldn't be doing this," She said in little gasps.
"You started it," He whispered against her skin. "I told you not to tempt me."
She let her body relax enjoying his attention, it felt like they didn't get the chance to do this near enough. She was distracted from Sirius's menstruations by the faint sound of footsteps, her eyes shot open her body freezing as she stared down the dark corridor. "Sirius!" she hissed pushing him off her and struggling to straighten her robes, the memory of McGonagalls face the last time they had been caught in a compromising position fresh in her mind.
Sirius looked dazed, his eyes clouded with the passion of the moment, "What's wrong? Did I hurt you?"
"No listen," she breathed straining her ears.
By now they both definitely heard footsteps, they hurried up the stairs to the portrait of the Fat Lady. They grinned at each other before giving the password and heading into the common room.
"There you are!" Lily called as they entered.
"What's up Lil?" Casselle asked letting go of Sirius's hand reluctantly and heading over to her friend.
"We've been waiting for you forever, usually you're back by now," Lily studied her friend shrewdly and Casselle struggled not to look to guilty.
"We wanted to make sure we got to say goodbye before we left tomorrow morning," Emma chimed in.
"I'll still be here tomorrow, don't worry," Casselle assured. "I wouldn't let you leave without saying goodbye."
"Yes but we know how tired you get after your lessons with Dumbledore and we didn't want to have to wake you up so early," Lily frowned.
"Oh right," Casselle said. Though she imagined she wouldn't get much sleep anyway. Not now that her blood was sizzling from Sirius's touch. "Don't worry, we'll have plenty of time." She smiled putting an arm around her best friends. "Now come on I'm sure Emma hasn't even started packing yet."
"I resent that!" Emma yelled in a mock offended voice. "I'll have you know I've had the ugly sweaters mom forces me to bring every year packed since September!"
Lily and Casselle dissolved into a fit of giggles as they made their way to their dormitory.
The girls fell asleep giggling and gossiping about the people in their year, enjoying the time they had together knowing they wouldn't be able to do this for the next few weeks.
"And then Matthew looked straight at McGonagall and said he was sleep walking!" Emma snorted her voice straining with her laughter.
"He didn't!" Lily squealed.
"He did! I heard it straight from Emily!" Emma validated rolling onto her back so she was upside down as she stared at her friends.
"I bet McGonagall had a field day with that," Casselle snorted.
"No worse than catching horn dog teens going at it in the hall way," Emma teased grinning from ear to ear.
Casselle went crimson and aimed a pillow at Emma, enjoying the satisfaction of watching it hit her in the face.
"This means war!" Emma screeched hurling the pillow back.
A pillow war ensued and didn't stop until one of the third year girls came down to see what all the commotion was about and got whacked with a wayward pillow.
"Sorry!" Lily called again as the girl disappeared out of the room, looking disgruntled and not the least bit amused. "It's not funny," she snapped at Emma and Casselle who were fighting to contain their laughter. "I'm a prefect!"
"I'm going to miss you guys," Casselle admitted slumping back against her pillows after the laughter had fled and exhaustion took over.
"Please, I'm sure you'll hardly remember our names after a few minutes with Black," Emma laughed.
"Like Black could distract me that much," She scoffed but knew Emma was probably right. A whole holiday with only Sirius Black around, what were they going to do for the whole time? Casselle blushed at the thought before pushing it away, if she let her mind wander in that direction she would never fall asleep.
Casselle woke shortly to say goodbye to Lily and Emma, but fell asleep quickly after. She felt a nudging while she dreamed. She tried to ignore it but it persisted until she finally jerked awake to find herself face to face with Sirius. "What are you doing in here?" She shrieked pulling her covers up. "You're not allowed in here," She said narrowing her eyes at her boyfriend. "How did you have get up the slide?"
Sirius smiled, "I have my ways. Why are you still sleeping? I'm bored."
Casselle rolled her eyes, "Because I was up late forcing people out of my mind, and talking with my two friends that have left. Go back to sleep Sirius," She said pulling the blankets over her head.
"Okay," He said. She started to drift back to sleep when she left her bed shift and Sirius pressed himself to her. She stiffened as the contact made her blood sing. "Sleep tight love."
"Sirius, get out of my bed." Casselle whined trying to ignore him, but he was so damn close.
"And where am I supposed to go? I can't very well sleep in Lily's bed, James would kill me."
"I don't care; I'm tired and want to sleep."
"I'm just sitting here, what's the problem Casselle?" He asked, she swore she could hear the smirk in his voice.
She threw the blanket off her head and glared at him. "You are getting between me and my sleep, and that is not a good idea right now."
Sirius grinned at her disheveled hair and glare, "Come on, I promise all we'll do is sleep. I just don't want to sit down in the common room alone it's boring."
She let out a frustrated sigh, "Fine but if one finger decides to wander, I'm throwing you out that window." She growled and flopped back down in her bed rolling away from him.
"Understood," He said laying down next to her and putting his arm around her respectfully. He could feel her body relaxing with every breath, and before he knew it she was asleep again, breathing softly next to him. He settled down with a smile falling back to sleep, lulled by her steady breathing.
Casselle stretched and opened her eyes slowly, enjoying a nice long sleep. She rolled over to get up and saw Sirius's sleeping body next to her. Her groggy brain raked for an explanation, and the morning events flashed through her mind. She rolled back over to head to the bathroom and take a quick shower before she got dressed.
She walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel and headed to her trunk for some clothes.
"Well this is a nice sight to wake up to," She heard Sirius call from her bed.
Casselle jumped slightly and grabbed her towel to make sure it didn't fall. 'Sirius get out!" She had forgotten he was still in her room.
He laid back contented with watching her walk through the room, "If that's really what you want."
He lazily got up and walked toward her to the door. He paused and slid his knuckles down her bare arm. "You make a towel sexy," he whispered leaning toward her.
Casselle attempted to roll her eyes at the line but she shivered inwardly. "Not today Black," she said knowing where his mind was going because her mind was spinning with the same thoughts.
"Whenever you're ready love," he whispered kissing the tip of her nose before leaving the dormitory.
She took a few minutes to steady her nerves and dressed quickly to meet Sirius in the common room. He kissed her in greeting and they walked down to lunch, seeing as they'd both slept through breakfast.
They ate lunch quietly, there were only five other students who had stayed at Hogwarts for the Holidays, so the four long tables had been replaced by one long one, where all the students were eating together. To Casselle's disappointment one of the students was a snooty Ravenclaw that was openly obsessed with Sirius.
"I don't like her," Casselle grumbled to Sirius as she stabbed her fork into a piece of chicken.
Sirius smiled and nudged her playfully, "Come on, she just can't help but fall for me, it's my curse really. My Achilles heel if you would."
Casselle glared at him, "How does your neck hold up that enormous head of yours?"
"Muscles," Sirius grinned his cocky grin. "Lots of muscles that just make me that much more desirable."
Casselle ignored him and went back to her food.
"Hey, just ignore her. She'll get over it sooner or later," Sirius said picking up on her irritation and wrapping his arm around her.
"Yeah it's the later I am worried about. How long until they realize they'll never have you? After we get out of school? I don't know if I can deal with this for another year."
Sirius smiled secretly pleased by her casual mention of the future, he liked that she was confident they would stay together. "You're just more beautiful than them, and they can't deal with it." He whispered kissing the top of her head.
Casselle smiled, "I'm full, want to go for a walk around the grounds?" She asked wanting to get away from the other students.
"Casselle you do know it is like 20 degrees outside and there's about two feet of snow right?"
"Of course! It's my favorite time of year! Let's go," She said standing up and dragging him to the door.
"Cass it is freezing out here!" Sirius cried as they stepped outside.
"Oh stop whining," She said waving her wand around him muttering a heating charm to keep him warm in the freezing wind.
"Thanks," He said putting his arm around her after she performed the same spell on herself.
"No problem."
They walked around the Quidditch Pitch, towards the Forbidden Forest, neither caring where their destination was, they just enjoyed the silent company of each other. When they got close to Hagrid's cabin, Casselle pulled away from Sirius and laid down in the snow.
'What are you doing?" Sirius asked incredulously as she moved her arms up and down.
"I'm making a snow angel, haven't you ever done it before?" She asked.
"No."
"Well come on! It's fun," Casselle exclaimed motioning for him to join her.
"You're crazy if you think I'm laying in the snow to move my arms around."
Casselle sat up slightly and threw a snowball right into Sirius's unexpecting face.
"Casselle!" He yelled as she hurried off the ground and started running away. "You're going to pay for that!" He started after.
Casselle squealed as a snowball whipped past her head, "Missed me!" She yelled over her shoulder.
She bent quickly to pick up some snow and balled it up; looking behind her she aimed and hit him in the chest.
"Stop moving!" He yelled throwing another snowball missing by a few inches. Casselle laughed and turned heading toward a tree to get some cover from Sirius's onslaught.
"Casselle STOP!" Sirius called frantically looking at the tree she was racing towards. "CASSELLE!" He picked up his speed, racing after her.
Casselle ignored him and was rewarded by something heavy colliding with her stomach and flinging her back a few feet. She landed on her back with a soft thud, struggling to get her breath back.
Sirius sprinted toward her in desperation, "Casselle! Are you okay?" He asked kneeling down next to her, running his hands over her body making sure nothing was broken.
Casselle nodded, "What was that?" She gasped wincing as she sat up.
"The Whomping Willow, you ran straight into it," He said helping struggle into a sitting position.
"I didn't even realize we were that close to it," Casselle said looking over at the angry tree shaking snow off its branches.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Sirius asked. "That looked like it hurt. I was worried you were unconscious."
"Yeah I'm fine, the snow broke my fall," She smiled noticing the worry that caused his calm gray eyes to swirl. She laid her hand on his cheek and he shivered at the cold, her fingers were freezing. She leaned up and kissed him on the lips. Sirius responded immediately and pulled her onto his lap, intensifying the kiss.
Sirius leaned back causing them to fall into the snow, his hands tangled in her hair as their tongues battled. Casselle pulled away breathing heavily and smiled down at him, "I got you to roll in the snow."
Sirius laughed and pulled her down for a quick kiss, "So you did."
They spent the next few days finishing homework, against Sirius's many complaints, playing wizard chess, and engaging in snogging sessions. The snogging sessions had definitely intensified since the beginning of the year, and Casselle knew it was only a matter of time before they actually went all the way. She didn't know if she was really scared about it, she only knew that she wanted Sirius more than she had ever wanted anything else in the world. They were sleeping in the same bed at night, because neither wanted to spend the nights alone. Casselle knew the time was coming, and she believed she was ready for it.
Casselle woke up the morning of Christmas Eve rolling over to see Sirius already awake.
"Do you make it a habit to watch me while I sleep?" She asked rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
"Only on mornings when you look exceptionally beautiful," he paused for a second, "Which is every day."
Casselle smiled and hugged him under the sheets, "You're such a charmer."
"I try." He kissed the top of her head, before they parted to get ready for the day.
They spent the morning walking around the grounds, Casselle loved looking at the castle in the winter, the snow made everything look more magical, glistening off the trees and the roof.
By the end of the day they were both curled up on the couch in front of the fire with a mug of hot chocolate.
"I love the little marshmallows, they're my favorite part." Casselle said savoring her sip.
"They do add a nice fluffy taste to it," Sirius said.
Casselle laughed and nudged him playfully. She curled up in his side, and stared into the fire memorized by the immense happiness that flooded her. As she zoned out she heard the soft sounds of music coming from a corner. Casselle pulled her head up to look in the far corner to see a phonograph playing, she turned to Sirius who smiled down at her.
"Care to dance?" He asked standing up and holding out his hand.
Casselle smiled and stood with him. He pulled her close, swaying to the music. Sirius would spin her every so often, they continued to dance for a while the music never pausing. Sirius spun Casselle out but she lost her footing when he pulled her close and the two toppled to the floor laughing.
They stayed like that catching their breath Sirius covering her body with his, his eyes dancing with laughter as they stared into hers. She pulled Sirius toward her for a kiss, then moved her hands lower to his sides tickling them gently. Sirius jerked and pulled away immediately.
"What's the matter?" She asked with an innocent expression on her face.
"You can't fool me Dawson," He said with a glint in his eyes and started to tickle her sides. She squealed and laughed as he became more merciless in his tickling. She squirmed trying to push him off of her.
Sirius looked down at her as her eyes danced with laughter and he felt a need stronger and more intense than ever before. His hands stilled on her hips his thumbs rubbing slow circles in her skin.
Casselle stared into his eyes and saw the need causing his eyes to turn stormy gray. An electric shock of excitement shot through her. She pulled Sirius down towards her, and kissed him intensely. She moved her hands to the hem of his shirt and pulled it up, Sirius immediately stopped and watched her cautiously.
"Are you sure?" He asked not wanting to pressure, needing her to be sure.
She nodded, "More than anything." She said as she pulled his shirt over his head and threw it to the side. He reached down and pulled hers up slowly, allowing Casselle to change her mind but she didn't and he tossed it away, staring down at her black lacy bra.
"You're so beautiful," He whispered, trailing kisses down her neck. She moaned in excitement as he undid her bra and tended to her breasts. She arched her back in ecstasy, as he took one of her nipples into his mouth.
She fumbled with his pants, sliding them down his narrow hips. Soon they had nothing between them, as their hands explored every inch of each other's body.
Casselle gasped when his hand reached between her legs and stroked her slowly, she had never felt so alive. The pleasure was growing inside her rapidly. "Sirius," She gasped as he nibbled at her ear, with his hand still between her legs. "I love you," she said through heavy breaths as she tangled her hands in his hair.
When Casselle began squirming Sirius withdrew his hand and positioned himself, "You're sure love?" He whispered one last time. "It will hurt for a little bit."
"I'm positive. Sirius I love you more than anything, and I want you. All of you." She said pulling him down for another kiss as he lunged into her. She gasped in pain, and he stilled breathing heavily as he allowed her to adjust. The pain was intense but faded quickly leaving an intense need in its wake.
The pleasure increased with every passing thrust as Sirius set a fast pace, Casselle didn't know how long she could last, if felt like she was being pulled tighter with every stroke. The pleasure began to be almost unbearable as Sirius thrust into her deeply hitting something inside her that made her call out. Sirius continued to thrust into her hitting the same spot before she shuddered, it was like a damn breaking inside of her and the pleasure rippled out pulsing through her body causing her to cry out in ecstasy, as Sirius followed stiffening as he reach his own release inside of her.
Sirius collapsed on her breathing heavily, and kissed a trail up her neck, "You are incredible." He said in between kisses.
Casselle smiled trying to catch her breath, "You're not too bad yourself," She said stroking his back. Sirius laughed shifting to move beside, frowning at the slight wince that creased her features as he pulled out. He fumbled for his jeans and pulled his wand out of the pocket muttering a charm that produced a blanket and wrapping it around them.
"Goodnight my love." Sirius whispered into her ear.
"Goodnight," She replied smiling contently leaning her head on his chest and falling asleep almost instantly, a haze of pleasurable happiness lulling her into deep sleep.
The sun shone through the common room, and Casselle moaned and rolled over. She gasped as there was a tight pain in between her legs, and images of last night flashed before her. She smiled rolling over to find Sirius still fast asleep, then her mind trailed back to last night and she frantically shook him in desperation as she sat up and pulled the blanket to cover her.
"Sirius!" She whispered anxiously. He groaned and opened an eye slowly.
"Morning love, but give me a few more minutes, I need to recover from last night." He rolled over.
"Sirius get up! This is important," She cried, she had never even thought about it until now, but now she worried that they rushed this, it wasn't a conversation they had ever had and now she was praying she wasn't going to pay the consequences.
He shot up worried, "What is it?" He asked touching her arm hoping she wasn't regretting her decision about last night.
"Last night..." She didn't even know how to word it. She flushed in embarrassment. "I mean we should have talked about this beforehand, but it was just so sudden and intense, I could hardly think…" she trailed off.
"Casselle..." Sirius started slowly his heart sinking, causing his throat to close. "If you're regretting last night. We can take it slow we don't have to…I mean we can wait and I'm sorry if I pressured you. We-"
"Regret last night?" She interrupted him. "Last night was incredible, perfect, magical. I could never regret it. I was talking about…well about protection…"
"Protection?" Sirius asked, than realization came to him. "Ohhh, no don't worry. I take a contraception potion every month, just in case. We're safe. No need to worry love," He felt like laughing with relief as he pulled her close. She wasn't having second thoughts.
She sighed in relief, "Well in that case. Happy Christmas." She said with a smile and leaned up to kiss him.
"Mhmm it is a Happy Christmas," He said smiling down at her.
Casselle grabbed Sirius's shirt and threw it on along with her underwear, while Sirius pulled on his jeans.
He walked up to his dormitory saying he would be back but wouldn't elaborate, so Casselle hurried to her room to grab his present.
When she arrived back in the common room Sirius was sitting on the blanket holding a small box. "Happy Christmas Love," He said handing it to her.
She smiled and took the box opening it slowly, inside were two large stud earrings with a single sapphire colored stones. "Sirius," she gasped. "These are gorgeous!" She hugged him tightly and kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you! But you really shouldn't have. These had to have been expensive." She said examining them.
Sirius shrugged, "I had to get you something to match my previous gift."
"Previous gift?" She asked confused, when Sirius's eyes trailed down to the pendant at her neck, she gasped again. "You! You gave me the necklace?"
"Yeah… After that day on the train I felt awful and I felt like I should get you something to repay you somehow for being so nasty to you, and my uncle always says a way to a girls heart is through jewelry but I was worried you wouldn't wear it if you knew it was from me so I didn't sign the card."
Casselle smiled and hugged him again, "Thank you so much," She whispered. "But yours is nothing compared to this." She said motioning to the bag she had brought down.
"You already gave me the best Christmas present I could ask for last night," He said sincerely kissing her deeply as she blushed, before he opened his present. He took out the many items from Zonko's joke shop and laughed his mind already whirling with plans for pranks to pull with his friends once they returned.
"Thank you love, this is great." He pulled her onto his lap. "Now how about a replay of last night?" he whispered nipping her ear.
Casselle smiled, "I think that could be arranged." She wrapped her arms around his neck pushing him to the ground.
The rest of the Holidays passed by in a blur for Casselle, she spent every waking moment (and all the sleeping ones for that matter) with Sirius. Their last day before the rest of the student body returned was marked by a mixture of feelings. She had missed Emma and Lily, but at the same time something between her and Sirius had shifted. She wasn't looking forward to the mornings when she would have to wake up without him beside her.
The two sat together in front of the fire on their last night, trying to soak up as much of each other as they could.
"I wish we could just freeze time, just for a little bit longer," Casselle stated sadly.
"I know exactly what you mean," Sirius replied brushing a stray hair out of her face.
The couple spent their last night alone together wrapped in each other's arms.
So I hope you loved this chapter as much as I (Morgan) did because it's pretty much my favorite! Sorry again for the wait Meranda was right it was all my fault haha. The offer for a sneak peek still stands if you review!