I woke up in the Gryffindor common room. I was confused because I couldn't remember how I ended up here.
That's when the events from last night came back to me. I sat up on the couch and saw that where Sirius had been sitting last night was empty. Why didn't he wake me up?
I stood up and started to make my way up to the common room. I hoped I wouldn't be late to any of my classes.
"Sam!" Sirius shouted and I turned around.
He was walking through the portrait hole, carrying two plates that were filled with breakfast foods. I walked back downstairs and he handed me a plate.
"Thanks," I said appreciatively.
"No problem, I figured I might as well bring you breakfast since you were passed out when I woke up. You're a hard person to sleep next to by the way. You move a lot."
"You fell asleep next to me?" I asked dumbfounded.
"Yeah," Sirius said sheepishly.
I hoped I didn't sound too upset. I didn't like the idea of Sirius sleeping next to me though. Especially after what he did to me a few days ago.
"Well eat! Your food is going to get cold." Sirius said, interrupting my thoughts.
I took a big bite out of my biscuit and looked at him.
"Happy?" I said with a mouthful of food.
"Very," Sirius said and he took a big bite out of his food and his cheeks bulged. He looked at me pointedly.
He was mocking me. Very funny.
I threw a piece of sausage at him.
He threw a piece of food at me in retaliation and it became an all out food fight. We started using our wands to enlarge food and send it flying at each other.
"I give up, you win." I said breathlessly. I had been running all around the room and I was tired.
"I always win." Sirius said cockily.
"Whatever," I said, sitting on the couch.
Sirius sat next to me and grinned. I grinned back and we started laughing. Sirius and I always laughed and that's one of the many things I loved about being his friend.
"Well I should probably head upstairs to get ready," Sirius said.
"Ok," I said. "See you in Potions!"
"See ya!"
I headed up to my dormitory and saw that all of my friends were getting ready. They asked me where I had been and I told them I'd fallen asleep on the couch. I didn't mention that Sirius had been next to me. Some things didn't need to be mentioned.
I was sitting against a tree by the lake after my classes. It was finally Friday and I was looking forward to tomorrow because it was a Hogsmeade trip. I would be able to go dress shopping with my friends like we did before the last ball.
Then a sound broke my train of thought. I peeked around the tree to see Sirius throwing pebbles into the lake.
"Having fun?" I asked. Why was he out here?
"Of course," he responded sarcastically. "I love throwing pebbles into the lake."
"No but seriously, why are you throwing pebbles into the lake? Doesn't Sirius Black have better things to do on a Friday night?"
"I'm in a fight with James."
Oh.
"What'd you get in a fight about?"
"Nothing."
Well that was obviously a lie but I didn't press him for answers because I knew Sirius liked keeping to himself. I didn't want him to think I was nosy.
"Well want to do something fun?" I asked instead.
"No offense but you and fun, don't really go together."
"No I'm fun. You just don't know me well enough to know how fun I am." I said cheekily.
"Whatever you say." Sirius said, chuckling.
"Ok fine. I"ll have fun by myself if you think I'm so boring. But when you see how much fun I'm having, don't say I didn't tell you."
I honestly had no idea what fun thing I could do. In all honesty I was a bookish person. I had fun and went to parties but that's it, most of the time I was doing assignments or studying. But I had to prove to Sirius that I was fun.
Then I got an idea. I walked to the edge of the lake and recited a spell I'd learned about in a book over the summer.
"Aedificarem naviculam."
A boat formed from the tip of my wand and I got on. The boat didn't have a wheel or motor so I realized I'd have to control it completely with my wand. It didn't even have oars! It didn't matter though because I knew it'd be better to move it with my wand anyways.
I flicked my wand and performed a movement spell. The boat started to move and I did a lap around the lake. I sailed over to Sirius and smirked.
"Care to join?" I asked with faux sweetness. "Unless you'd prefer to throw pebbles."
"I'll join." Sirius said, rolling his eyes. I was tempted to say I told you so but I decided not to.
Sirius hopped into the boat beside me and I flicked my wand. The boat started to move and I began to steer.
Sirius got his wand out and flicked it. A second later, the boat lurched forward and increased its speed.
"What the hell?" I asked incredulously.
"You'll be fine," Sirius replied calmly. "Let me drive for a bit."
Before I could object, Sirius took out his wand and flicked it. My wand soared towards him and the boat stopped.
"Sirus-"
"Relax!"
"But-"
"Sam." He looked at me, warning me not to protest again.
"Fine."
Sirius was steering the boat all over the place and doing donuts in the water. He took sharp turns and made the boat jump and do flips.
This was fun. I threw up my hands at the next jump and laughed.
"I knew you'd have fun." Sirius said looking back at me.
"Whatever."
"This was your idea though so I guess I owe you an apology. You are fun. But I definitely helped your idea, if I do say so myself."
"Whatever you say."
"I mean a boat is fun but my driving makes it even more fun."
I just rolled my eyes, he was ridiculous.
A few minutes later, Sirius did another flip in the air. That's when a wave of dizziness hit me. I put my head in my hands and tried to concentrate on my feet.
"Can we relax for a second?" I asked. "I'm a little dizzy."
"Yeah, sure."
Sirius stopped the boat by the shore. He grabbed my waist and picked me up and set me down on the shore. He turned to the boat and with a flick of his wand, the boat disappeared. He turned back to me and put his arm around my waist to support me. His touch sent tingles all over my body.
Stop it, I told myself. We are friends.
"I'm ok." I said, eager to get away from him. I stepped away from him and stumbled a little because the dizziness hadn't worn off.
"No you're not."
Sirius stepped towards me and picked me up bridal style. I looked up at him and our eyes met. He held my gaze for a few seconds before I looked away.
"Can you take me up to the castle?"
"Yeah of course."
I buried my head into his chest and closed my eyes. I was dizzy but the dizziness wore off long before we finally reached the common room. Sirius didn't need to know that though, I enjoyed him carrying me.