Sirius Black was laying down in the grass, staring at the stars. Not the he particularly wanted to. Looking at the stars reminded him of Astronomy class which reminded him of Hogwarts which reminded him of his friends. He didn't like to think about them because he missed them. He missed Hogwarts since it was much more of a home to him then his real house ever was. Gazing at the moon wasn't a novelty to him like it was to other people. The moon just reminded him of his best friend's affliction, his own achievements, and the people whom he cared about the most but hadn't seen in weeks.

So, Sirius was not so thrilled with staring at the stars but he still he lay there against the cool grass because of the girl lying next to him. Evelyn didn't study astronomy at school. She didn't believe werewolves existed and if Sirius told her he could transform into a dog, she would of ran away or maybe committed him to an asylum. Evelyn didn't know that there was a school who taught young witches and wizards how to do magic, magic didn't exist in Evelyn's universe, so she was quite content to be sitting there.

"Why are we here again?" Sirius asked, turning his head so that he was facing Evelyn.

"Because I didn't want to go straight home after work since I'm finally not grounded and you followed me here." She answered, still looking up.

"But couldn't you think of something better to do?"

"Aren't you named after a star? Not fond of your namesake, I see."

"Well my parents named me and I'm not particularly fond of anything they do."

Evelyn laughed and Sirius finally tuned away from her looked back up towards the summer night sky. They sat in a comfortable silence.

"Vega is bright tonight," Sirius said after a few minutes.

"Which one is that?"

"In the Lyra constellation,"

"Sorry?" Now Evelyn had turned towards Sirius. He pointed up and said:

"See that triangle? The bright one at the top." Evelyn searched the night sky and finally found it.

"How do you know that?" Evelyn turned her head to face him again and he looked at her too.

"You said yourself I was named after a star, wasn't I?" He said with a smile.

"Are your parents some sort of...?" Evelyn couldn't think of a word. "Witches" came to mind but that didn't seem quite right. "I mean they study death omens and stars, It's just...odd." She was unsure if she had offended him even though it seemed like he really hated his family.

"Yeah, odd. I guess you can say that." Sirius was looking skyward again, feeling uneasy. He knew that sooner or later they would venture into uncharted territory and he would have to talk about his life. He had no idea what he could say to her.

"They didn't teach me about stars, though. I study astronomy at school."

"School?" Evelyn laughed. "What kind of school is that?"

"A special one," He answered feeling uneasy again.

Evelyn turned her head towards the sky. That was exactly the kind of answer she didn't want to hear. Was he insane? What sort of special school? She didn't want to know.

"You scare me a little bit sometimes," She said slowly, almost against her will but it had to be said.

"Yeah?" Sirius asked as he propped his head up on his elbow and stared at her more intently. "How so?"

Evelyn felt even more uncomfortable now. She stared steadily at the night sky, afraid to look at him. There were a million reasons why he scared her. The way he was looking at her now scared her, his face scared her because it was so handsome, the way her heart was beating scared her, the trouble they got into scared her, how emotional she got around him scared her, the way she enjoyed spending time with him scared her, the fact that moments before every nerve in her body was aware of how close his hand was to her and how she ached to hold it, scared her.

"You're just different. The way you act, the things you say or know or don't know, it's odd."

Sirius lied back down and stared at the sky and was unsure if he wanted to ask the question that was burning inside of him.

"Would you be here right now if I wasn't so different?" He finally asked. This mattered to him because he himself suspected that that was the reason he was with her. There was more to it, he was sure of it, but it still bothered him to think that maybe he was only there because she a muggle.

"I'm not sure," Evelyn said honestly. "I'm not sure of anything when it comes to you."

"The feeling is mutual," Sirius said. Evelyn glanced at him sideways to try and read his face.

"You scare me too," He said quietly after a moment. Evelyn was sure that he meant it by the way he was concentrating so hard on the sky.

Evelyn was tempted to tease him about how she wasn't scary at all but tonight was different. Something about the stars and darkness had made this a serious moment. Something had shifted. Their gradual slope from strangers to something more had taken a sudden downward plunge. They were speeding towards something neither of them knew, something they both felt unsure about but neither of them wanted to stop.

"Why?" Evelyn asked softly, scarcely daring to breathe, still so aware that his hand was right next to hers.

"Because you're different too. You constantly surprise me. I hardly ever know what to say to you."

"You do a pretty good job," Evelyn said turning towards him again. He turned towards her too and smiled. Finally their hands met and with their fingers interlocked, neither could tell who had made the first move.

They both turned towards the night sky again and Sirius named the stars and constellations he knew while pointing them out.

"Which one is yours?" Evelyn asked.

"Mine?"

"Sirius. The dog star, isn't it?"

Sirius pointed it out and though Evelyn didn't say anything, her heart beat a little faster when she saw that it was the brightest one.

"Why did they name you Sirius? Did they conceive you while stargazing or something?" Evelyn joked.

Sirius wrinkled his nose. "I'd really rather not know. But it's sort of a family tradition. My brother is named after a star too, Regulus. Cousin named Andromeda and so on."

"That's cool."

"Maybe to you but you're not the one who has to hear a million jokes about it."

"It suits you."

"Why because it's odd and I'm odd?" He teased.

"No. The dog star. You're kind of doglike." Sirius sat up again and looked at her. She couldn't know. There was no possible way she could know.

"Like right now," She continued. "I noticed you kind of tilt your head to the side when you're confused, just like a dog."

Sirius laughed. "And your laugh, it almost sounds like a bark. Not to mention, you follow me around like a loyal golden retriever."

"You're right," Sirius said as he settled back down on the lawn. "I am a dog."

For a moment, Evelyn thought of the expression "dog days of summer" and how fitting it was. Her summer was filled with days spent with this dog-like boy.

"Probably the first and last time my parents had the right idea, naming me." Sirius said bitterly, rousing Evelyn out of her thoughts.

"Why do you dislike them so much?" Evelyn asked quietly. Sirius's hand tightened a little bit, unnoticed by him. He stared at the sky and thought about how to answer.

"They're...old-fashioned." He finally said. Which was true, who cares about who's pure-blood and all that garbage? "And they hate me because I call them out on their outdated ideas and how ridiculous they are."

"I'm sure they don't hate you," Evelyn said giving his hand a little reassuring squeeze.

"No, they do. I'm a disappointment because I broke all their stupid traditions."

"All parents are like that though," Evelyn insisted. "They all want their kids to be perfect or to be just like them but then we grow up and we're different and our own person. And I think it just scares them. I think I scare my mum sometimes just because she doesn't understand me or my ideas."

Sirius frowned slightly as he considered her words. She had a point but he still felt like it was more extreme in his case. He had seen Evelyn's mother, she just seemed the nagging type not the kind of woman who was truly disgusted by her own child. Thinking this suddenly made him a bit sad.

Evelyn sat up and stared down at Sirius.

"Listen," She said. "I don't know why you're parents are disappointed in you or what sort of traditions you broke. But whatever it is, it's stupid. You seem like a great person, despite all the law-breaking."

Evelyn ended with a little smile and Sirius returned a weak one. Sirius was staring at her though and he noted how fiercely she had spoken and how kindly she had meant it. He sat up and leaned forward to kiss her.

Evelyn knew that it was coming but hadn't expected it just then. It took her a moment to respond. The hand that wasn't holding his reached up into his hair, while his rested on the back of her neck. They parted, each breathing heavy with their foreheads resting against one another.

"Thanks," Sirius said gruffly.

Evelyn smiled. She knew he was probably thanking her for her kind words but she was thanking him for something different.

"Thank you," She said as she pulled him closer and kissed him again.

The stars shone forgotten above them. Everything else was forgotten. Suddenly it didn't matter that they were so different or that they scared each other, all that mattered was the here and now and all of the unspoken things they were expressing to one another.

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