Previously…

"Hermione…" I was speechless but she seemed to understand. She looked up at me a little shyly as she stood up on her toes and touched her lips softly to mine. A tingle spread through my entire body. She pulled away slowly and took a step towards the door indicating she was now ready to go back to her own room. I didn't move, still staring at the place she had just been.

"Coming?" she asked now looking amused. I was still standing there in a daze. I looked at her and nodded stupidly, my mind still a little fuzzy. She noticed I wasn't moving and took a step back towards me, grabbing my hand and pulling me towards the door. "Well come on then," she said trying not to laugh. She let go of my hand as soon as we were through the door remembering what I had said about the portraits talking. The rest of the walk back to the common room was compromised of small talk until we reached the Fat Lady. We both said goodnight as if nothing had changed, but the look in her eyes, and probably in my own as well, indicated that something had indeed changed.

Just A Stupid Crush

Chapter 11

I lay in bed attempting to fall asleep, but it was difficult when I kept thinking back to everything that happened in the past few hours. Whenever I thought of Sirius whispering Happy New Year softly to me and then him leaning in to kiss me… ah. I would just get this huge smile on my face and this odd feeling in the pit of my stomach.

Wait till Ginny and Natalie hear about this one. Sirius's words suddenly came back to me. "Let's keep it to ourselves, just for a little bit. How does that sound?" Maybe I'm not supposed to tell them. On the other hand, they're going to know that something's up tomorrow when I'm all happy and smiley. They would guess what happened anyway so there is no point in not telling them. They can keep a secret.

What am I worried about? I shouldn't be worried about a thing. Not tonight anyway. I was just kissed by Sirius Black after all. What could I possibly be worried about after that?

The next morning before breakfast, I heard a knock on my door. Opening it, I found Ginny and Natalie standing there. I opened my mouth to greet them, but before I could say anything they noticed a distinct guilty look on my face.

"Hermione Granger!" Ginny said loudly. I panicked slightly and dragged them both into my room before they could shout anything too destructive down the hallway to who knows who. They both looked positively brimming with excitement.

"So, what happened?" Natalie asked bouncing slightly, unable to contain her excitement. It made me smile (even more than I have been in the past 12 hours) to know what amazing friends I have.

"Well, I-that is we- I mean he- er" I couldn't do it. I didn't know how to convey what I was feeling and what happened.

"He kissed you didn't he?" Ginny asked finishing my thought for me. My severe blush gave them their answer. They both screamed and laughed with delight while jumping up and down, hugging each other. Then they grabbed me and made me join in. After calming down a bit, they both sat on my bed and asked me to tell them everything. I did so delightedly.

A week later…

I was sitting in my room working on some homework and Natalie and Ginny were with me. Unable to get any more work done, they decided to ask me about, what else, Sirius.

"So, how's everything going?" Ginny asked.

"Pretty good," I answered. Then smirking to myself I added innocently, "I'm almost finished with this essay but then I have to work on some Charms stuff."

"Hermione! She meant how is everything going with Sirius!" Natalie said not picking up on the fact that I wasn't being serious before. I just laughed.

"I know that. Everything's going fine." As a matter of fact, everything was going more than fine. Sirius and I spent as much time as we could together and I loved every second of it.

Speak of the devil (not at all literally), I heard a tapping at my window and I looked over to see an owl there holding a small note. I went over and opened the window, took the note, and the owl flew away. I guess he doesn't need an answer.

Meet me tonight for your extra lessons

SB

Extra lessons were our code words for hanging out. In case the note got intercepted, we didn't want anyone to know what we were up to. I had a small smile on my face and Ginny and Natalie noticed. But what don't they notice. Seriously, can I do anything without them knowing? I'll have to test that sometime. I'll be they notice everything.

"Big plans for tonight?" Natalie asked innocently. Ginny was grinning broadly. So was I.

"As a matter of fact, I do." Taking this as their cue, they both made their way towards my door to leave.

"We'll leave you to get ready then. See you later, Hermione. That is if you come back to your room tonight," Ginny said hintingly. I blushed furiously.

"You guys! Nothing like that is going to happen!"

"Sure it won't. Just make sure you let us know when something does happen," Natalie said without any hesitation. They both left giggling along the way. Those girls, I swear.

Sirius' POV

I heard a knock on my door and jumped up to answer it. I knew it would be her. I opened the door and followed the procedure we created.

"Hello Hermione, what can I do for you?" I said in the most convincing normal manner I could.

"Hi Sirius. I was hoping you could help me with this one homework problem," she said flawlessly. This was difficult for me to keep up, but I knew appearances had to be kept.

"Sure thing, come on in." She entered and closed the door behind her. As soon as the door was shut, she jumped into my arms and I spun her around. Setting her down, I kissed the tip of her nose. She giggled and I smiled the largest smile my face was capable of making. Nothing made me happier than the sound of her laugh. Nothing except the sight of her that is. And being with her. Well, I suppose just anything about her really.

We walked over to my couch and I sat down, pulling her onto my lap. She laughed, but moved over so that just her legs were across my lap. We've learned from experience that it hurts to have someone sitting on you for long periods of time. I held her hand and we just talked for awhile.

Sometime later (who knows how much time actually went by), I spotted a couple bands around her wrist that she uses to tie up her hair. Getting a wonderful idea, I grabbed one of them and pulled upwards on it threatening to let it snap against her wrist.

"Sirius, no!" She said grabbing my own wrist to stop me. I lowered it until she let go of my wrist, then I pulled up on it again. We had a mini wrestling match which was full of more giggling than anything else. Oh and by the way, no, I do not think giggling is something only girls do. It's actually a very manly thing which most people don't realize. Only the manliest of the men can pull it off correctly. Of course I can. That goes without saying. Anyway, continuing onward.

I pulled the band off her wrist entirely and put it on my own. "Very manly," she commented smirking slightly at me.

"Why thank you." She smiled at me, sighed contently, and leaned back against me. How long we sat like this, I do not know.

Sometime later, she pulled on the band that was now around my wrist. "How long are you going to keep that there?"

"Until you take it back," I said softly.

"What if I don't take it back?" She asked curiously.

"Well then I'll never take it off."

Harry's POV

Ron and I were sitting in the common room finishing up the last of our homework. Something had been bothering me lately and I wanted to know if Ron had noticed anything.

"Hey Ron?"

"Hm?" He said looking up from his work.

"Have you noticed anything different about Hermione lately?"

"Nope, why do you ask?" He looked back down at his work ask if already dismissing my answer as an impossible possibility

"No reason." I paused for a moment before adding, "What about Sirius, have you noticed anything about him?"

"Like what?" He looked up again and looked at me curiously.

"I don't know. He just seems different too."

"I think you're imagining things. But then again, he is your godfather. You would know better than anyone else."

"I suppose…" We both went back to doing our work, but this was still bothering me. Maybe I'll talk to Sirius later. I feel like we haven't been talking and hanging out as much lately. I wonder what he's been up to…

AN: Is it possible? Is she really back? She's still alive?!?!?

The answer to all these questons (and more) is YES I AM! Well you all probably hate me and that's okay. I hate myself a little bit too so it's okay. Another question that might be running through your mind is, "What the [insert word of choice here happened to you?" The answer: You don't want to know. Okay, moving on.

Here is Chapter 11 (finally). I hope you enjoyed. I realize it is mostly fluff but I really wanted to show the Hermione/Sirius relationship that is going on right now. As you can probably tell, there is going to be some drama coming up because what good story doesn't have some good drama thrown in? Well my story is good so there will be good drama (is there really such a thing?) thrown in the mix. Liked it/disliked it/hate me/love me, I don't care, let me know about it! Thanks for reading and I dearly hoped you enjoyed. I do apologize for being a lying [insert word of choice here. Hope you can forgive me and continue reading. I'll throw this out there (but you have no reason to believe me) that I hope to update soon. I have some big stuff planned. However, this semester has been my busiest thus far so who knows. It might be another 3 years before you get another update. We'll see. Anyway, again, I hope you enjoyed and please let me know how you felt about this chapter.

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