Chapter Five: Daffodille and Sirius's Brief Relationship

Summer 1973 - The Potter-Berry Household

Daffodille woke up to a soft tapping on her bedroom door. She opened her sleep filled eyes and looked over to the two other beds. Lily and Rose were still asleep. Sighing in her tried voice, the brunette kicked off her covers. She slipped on her night gown and twisted the door handle pulling it towards her.

Daffy stiffened when she saw that Sirius had knocked on her door. "What do you want?" Her tone was groggy; she needed more sleep.

The love god smiled shyly (yes, shyly) at her. "I want to ask you something? Perhaps we could go down to the kitchen?" He nodded towards the forms of her sleeping friends.

"One second," she closed the door and reached under her bed for her slippers. After slipping them on she quickly tied up her unruly hair in a scrunchy. Daffy then opened the door once more and smiled, "Let's go," before stepping over the threshold and silently closing the door behind her.

They both crept down the stairs in silence not wanting to disturb the other occupants who were sleeping away.

Once in the kitchen, Daffy looked at Sirius, arms folded across her chest. "So, what do want? I could be sleeping now if it wasn't for your midnight expeditions."

"Well, do you have a boyfriend?"

"No. Why would you ask me that, Black?"

"I always thought you and Flame... Wait, forget it." He sighed, thinking that this was a mistake. "I think I like you."

Daffy huffed, "You either do or don't. Not think."

"Okay, I do." He moistened his lips before venturing on. "Will you be my girlfriend?"

She just stared at him as though the world was going crazy. Sirius Black, James's immature best friend, was asking her if she wanted to be his girlfriend. Daffodille gazed towards the kitchen door. Any moment now James would jump out and yell, "Ha! Ha! We're only joking!"

But he didn't.

After, what seemed an eternity, Daffy spoke. "Okay then."

Sirius couldn't believe it, "What?"

"I said, I'd be your girlfriend," she rolled her eyes. Was he deaf now as well as daft?

Sirius's lips spread into a genuine smile. "So that makes me your boyfriend, right?"

"I suppose it does," she replied simply as he began to move towards her. "What-"

A pair of lips cut her off. Now Sirius Black, famous prankster and Gryffindor Chaser, was kissing her? Daffy found herself melting into the kiss which was not like her at all.

"You're what?" James exclaimed the next morning at the kitchen. Sirius and Daffy had just made an announcement and James was none too pleased.

"Boyfriend and girlfriend," she leaned over her bowl of Merlin knows what and grabbed the collar of his shirt. "Is there a problem with that?"

"I just never put you down as- Ouch! You're hurting me!" She let go. "Thank you anyway, I never put you down as someone who'd start dating."

Daffy grinned at him, "Well you do not know me at all. Another thing, Jamie, don't beat up Sirius or I'll dump all that dung down your trousers."

Katherine entered the kitchen. "Who wants to da-nome ze garden? Jamez?"

"No way!"

"I'll do it, Mom," Daffy smiled sweetly which her cousin found this awfully sickly.

"Yeah, me too," Sirius grinned. "It'd be fun right?"

"Fun? Define the word fun," James wasn't entirely convinced.

"De-Gnoming the garden is my source of amusement, Jamie," Daffy grinned as Rose agreed with her.

"Bloody hell, this is boring!" Pfffftttt! Another Gnome landed on the other side of the field. James glared at his cousin, "Why'd you rope me into this?"

Daffodille was swinging the wizarding garden pest over her head. "You roped yourself into it when Lily mentioned that Severus does this at school. So, yeah, your big head did this."

James muttered what sounded like his uncle's favourite choice of swear words. His parents weren't the swearing type. "I wish I never said anything now."

"Really? I thought your big mouth wasn't connected to that small brain of yours," Daffy threw the poor gnome over onto the next field. "Besides, who's is it up to when it comes to my relationship choices? Because, frankly, I did not know it was up to you!"

"Exactly," Sirius casually agreed with her statement. "I don't question who my cousin's date. That's far too stupid."

"As does telling a girl you like her."

"You do that all the time, Jamie," Daffy gestured towards the times he had confused his undying love for Lily.

"That's different," James proceeded to pout. "She's defiantly the one."

"I'd at least try dating a few girls before declaring that."

"Like whom, exactly?" This question had a hint of attitude in it, Daffy could tell when her cousin was being too stubborn.

"How about Alice Prewett? She's nice to look at," Sirius suggested.

"Far too smitten with Frank," Lily nodded from her seat on the porch. When she had offered to help out, James dived in and said he'd do it for her. "Everyone know that, Black."

"That's actually true," James nodded, matter-of-factly. "But worth a try."

"I know," Daffodille smiled genuinely; it was her most rarest of smiles. "Taffiney Delacour."

"Who?"

"Taffiney Delacour from my year," Rose stated stunning a gnome. "She's always talking about you and how she wants to be the Quidditch Commentator when we go back."

"We'll see then," he grinned before pausing to look at his cousin. "How do you know Delacour?"

"She happens to be Thomas's cousin. He actually told her to go to me if she needed any help on her homework," she shrugged her shoulders. "Lily also offered to help."

The latter slammed her book shut, "And the little brat rejected it! The cheek!"

"There's always other people that need your help," Rose offered sympathicially. "Like me."

"You're ruddy clever though, Rosie," Sirius looked dumb founded at the fact. "You're even in Slug Club."

Daffy shuddered, "As is James, Lily, Remmy and I. He keeps inquiring why I love shiny things so much."

"What did you tell him?"

"I'm an Animagi, that's what." Daffy wasn't afraid of telling anyone that.

"Whoa!" James exclaimed. "Why didn't you inform us? What's it like? Which animal are you?"

"I'm a Raven," she smirked with a dangerous glint in her dark orbs. "Mom registered me when I was nine. You weren't there though."

"I was!" Rose piped up remembering. "You dived onto a Ministry official trying to steal her brooch."

"Don't remind me," embarrassment leaked her voice. "The woman tried to get rid of me by whacking me with her handbag which I suspect was a stuffed cat."

"Poor cat," James tried to reason.

"I hate cats."

"Fair point," he gulped seeing Daffy's brow furrowed. He then stunned another gnome. "This garden won't de-gnome itself."

It was a week into their third year that James had announced that he and Taffiney was dating. He would walked her to each of her classes, holding her books and his free hand wrapped around her shoulders.

Daffodille was sure that he was trying to make Lily jealous. But, as of yet, it had not worked. She knew that the red head showed no interest in her cousin which she was thankful for.

The brunette checked her timetable as she snuggled into Sirius's side. She had Divination first thing. She had to admit it was her favourite subject amongst other things. "Merlin! I have to deal with Trelawney."

Now, Sybil Trelawney was the battest girl in Daffy's year. The girl was obsessed with Divination but she couldn't even get most of her predictions right. She was a fraud in the Potters' eyes.

"I do too," her boyfriend whined. "I took Divination too."

"You do know that half of the time you make it sound as though it's grim."

"That's why you love me," he kissed her forehead.

"True but I like that sense of humour," she stood up to pull on shoes and robe. "Why does it have to be that one student though? I'm surprised how well the professors deal with her."

"Her grandmother or something was a Seer," he replied following his girlfriend's actions. "Although she does act pretty weird. She'd be well suited to Snape if it wasn't for what now?"

"He's in love with Lily," Daffy frowned; she did not trust that greasy-haired git. "He has bad chose in friends. I hear he's been tampering in the Dark Arts lately; that's what he gets for hanging around Lucius Malfoy."

"I'm aware of that. My cousin - Narcissa - is dating him."

"Poor you," she moved to the portrait hole. "I'd hate to be in your family."

It was apparent that Rose was spending more time with Anton Dolovo. Only James kicked up a fuss about but Daffodille was understanding about the situation. She knew what the vain git was like.

It was a surprise when Taffiney entered the library looking for Daffy in floods of tears. This was also suspicious.

After calming the second year down, she found out that James had dumped her. The brunette was going to have 'words' with her cousin.

Daffodille had found him lazying around near the lake and was more than tempted to throw him in. "James Charlus Potter you're in a lot of trouble!"

He sat up and beamed innocently at her. "What have I done now, Daff?"

"What? What? Don't you dare play innocent with me Jamie! You dumped Taffy."

"Look, it wasn't working out and I told her why. I didn't mean to upset her," he then paused. "If it makes her feel better I'll apologise to her."

"Thank you." She then looked at Sirius and frowned sadly. "Sirius, I need a word with you."

He stood up and nodded as though understanding, leaving her back into the castle, then into an empty classroom. "Before you say anything, I have something to say."

"Go on," she smiled weakly.

"I thought that my like would grow into love but it hasn't. I then found out I'm in love with someone else so I don't want to hurt your feelings."

"Sirius?" Daffy didn't know where the maturity came from but she wasn't complaining. "That's what I wanted to say."

"So, can we remain friends then and try to avoid this subject?"

"Yep," she matched the smile that was on Sirius's face. "I will, if you do."

Fin.

Chapter Five End Notes:

Phew! Chapter Five is now complete. I won't get into why Daffy and Sirius ended their relationship. And who they dumped each other for; that'll have to wait in the next up and coming chapter. It is safe to say that they love each other as friends. When they told everyone, James treated everyone (excluding Rose and Taffy) to a Butter Beer at the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade.

Anyways, reviews are more than welcome and look out for chapter six coming to this story soon. I just need to write it out.