Chapter Twenty Six
No one will ever change this animal i have become
The remainder of the Christmas holidays passed more quickly than expected, leaving Evangeline struggling to complete the enormous Transfiguration essay the night before. She wasn't the only one, even Remus still had to perfect it. She sat, knelt at the coffee table in front of the fire, Remus on her right, Izzy to her left and Peter sitting opposite her. It was eleven o'clock. They had been working at their essay for over three hours. Evangeline sighed tiredly, if it hadn't been for the numerous amount of distractions she might have finished it a little earlier.
James had stolen the snitch and had insisted in letting it go and attempting to catch it – with no broom. This of course ended in disastrous results when the snitch fluttered out of his reach. But no, James had thought of the perfect way of retrieving it. This being by levitating the unaware Evangeline in the air and persuading her to catch it. After a few minutes of flailing limbs and acrobatic air stunts, Evangeline caught the snitch and begrudgingly returned it to her brother. The glare she gave him didn't stop him and Sirius throwing rolled up parchment across the common room. Each time they narrowly missed hitting Evangeline. Extremely irritated, she stormed across the room towards her brother and her boyfriend, cuffed them across the back of the head with her hand and took their supply of parchment. Almost as soon as Evangeline had sat down and had began to scribble away again, Peter interrupted her with a dozen questions at once, asking her to explain the consequences of getting stung by a Neanderthal Bush. So calmly and patiently, Evangeline took twenty minutes of her precious time to explain to him. Soon enough Peter had grasped the fact that Evangeline was getting agitated with him for constantly asking questions as she tried to explain, thanked her gratefully and told her that he understood. Ten minutes later, Evangeline overheard Peter asking Remus the exact same questions.
Evangeline yawned loudly and slammed her quill down on the table causing Izzy to jump in surprise. 'That's it! McGonagall can shove it up her arse if she doesn't think it's good enough. I am not writing any more!' she said exhaustedly and leaned back against the sofa in which Sirius was sprawled upon.
'I don't even know why you bothered with it, Angel. I didn't,' Sirius said as he absent-mindedly began to play with Evangeline's hair. 'It looked like a waste of time. You could have been doing something much more enjoyable,' he said, tugging on a strand of her hair suggestively.
Evangeline laughed, 'The only reason you didn't bother doing that essay is because you think you're going to be able to flirt your way out of a detention,' she said and rolled her eyes. 'But somehow I don't think it's going to work,' she said knowledgeably and glanced up at Sirius who was looking at her with his eyebrows raised.
'Of course it'll work! Minnie loves a good flirt,' he said casually, with a shrug and a smirk.
Remus snorted, 'Yeah. Of course she does, Padfoot. She also loves putting you in detention for it,' he said, as he shuffled the rolls of parchment that consisted of his essay into a neat pile. He flicked through, counting them quietly. 'How many rolls is your essay, Evie?' he asked her.
Evangeline hummed to herself, 'Four and a half. I think,' she said, opening her eyes and reaching over to her essay that was sitting on the table. She ruffled the rolls of parchment, counting them off in her head. 'Yep. Four and a half,' she said and set her essay back down on the table.
'Four and a half?! I only have three!' Izzy exclaimed.
'Mine's four,' Remus admitted.
'My writing is bigger than both of yours though,' Evangeline said as she watched Izzy pick up her essay to examine it.
Izzy glared at her, 'Yeah. That's loads bigger than mine,' she said, narrowing her eyes ('Who's is loads bigger than whose?' Sirius sniggered) and roughly throwing Evangeline's essay down on the table. 'How do you do it? You never pay attention in class! You're always messing around with Sirius,' Izzy complained and stared at her own essay, trying to establish what was wrong with it.
Evangeline chuckled, 'I have eyes and ears you know.'
Izzy, Remus and Sirius laughed, Peter couldn't understand why they were laughing. Remus glanced confusedly at Sirius, 'Why did you laugh?' he asked him.
Sirius looked at him peculiarly, 'Probably the same reason you did, Moony. It was funny,' he said enunciating his last words slowly and precisely.
Evangeline attempted to muffle her laughter, but still her shoulders moved up and down evidently showing that she was finding it hard. Remus chuckled, 'Clearly you didn't quite grasp what Evie was saying. She basically said that she never listens to you,' he explained.
'Huh?' Sirius' eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
'Remus is being silly. I just don't tend to listen to you in class, how do you think I manage to get good grades with you whispering sweet nothings in my ear?' Evangeline said with a smile as she stood up and sat down on the edge of the sofa beside Sirius who was pouting.
'I thought you liked me whispering sweet nothings in your ear,' Sirius said cockily with a smirk on his face. He sat up and pulled Evangeline onto his lap. 'Actually, the last time I checked you absolutely adored them,' he said as he wrapped his arms around her. 'I also recall you giggling like a little girl, and blushing a great deal,' he whispered in her ear, causing her to smile affectionately.
Evangeline looked away from him and bit her lip, 'Maybe I lied,' she said quietly.
'You really are a curious girl, Angel,' Sirius said with a smirk. 'Lying to me about that. I mean, why?'
'It's called concealing your feelings, Sirius. And yes, I do that quite a lot,' Evangeline snapped, she felt Sirius' body tense as she spoke. She frowned at herself and sighed, 'Sorry Sirius. I'm still annoyed at what my mother wrote in her letter, I shouldn't be taking it out on you,' she said quietly.
'It's okay, baby. You have every right to be angry,' Sirius said, kissing her softly on the head. 'Maybe you should go to bed, it's nearly midnight. And you worked so hard on that essay,' he said, before yawning loudly in her ear.
Evangeline laughed, 'I think you're the one that needs to go to bed, Mr Padfoot,' she said turning to face him and poking him in the chest.
'Speaking of bed,' Izzy piped up, as she stood and gathered all of her belongings, 'Mine is pleasantly awaiting me,' she said with a sleepy smile. She wandered over to where Remus was sitting, reading a book. She bent down and kissed him softly on the cheek, 'Night, Remsypoo,' she said before turning to where Evangeline and Sirius where sprawled out on the sofa. They were shaking with laughter, Izzy rolled her eyes, 'Goodnight you two,' she said, retreated out of the common room and walked up the spiral stairs towards the dormitories.
As soon as she had disappeared out of sight, Evangeline and Sirius burst into laughter. Remus shot them a disturbed look. Unable to control herself Evangeline shouted out, 'HAHAHA! REMSYPOO! That's hilarious!'
'Oh for God's sake!' Remus snapped and abruptly set down his book, 'Grow up! You two are worse than a pair of five year old children!' he said and rolled his eyes just as Izzy had done moments before. 'It's not that bad, is it?' he asked them with a grimace.
Evangeline giggled, 'It's not the worst I've heard to be honest,' she said, an evil grin appeared on her face, 'In fact some of the worst have to have been; Siri-poo, Snuckums and Sex Bomb,' she said with an odd look on her face, then her eyes widened,' … Oh yes! And Fluffy,' she stated. Sirius blinked.
'FLUFFY!' Remus laughed loudly, 'Now that is embarrassing!'
Sirius glanced at Evangeline, horrified by the fact that she knew some of his old nicknames, 'How do you know those?!' he asked her worriedly.
'Because you have dated nearly the whole population of girls in our year. Not to mention the year above and below. Trust me. Things get around,' Evangeline told him with a smirk. Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion, 'Yeah. I never quite grasped why Sian Livingstone called you 'Fluffy'. I always knew she was daft but Fluffy…' she said, shaking her head.
'She thought my hair was fluffy,' Sirius said bluntly, trying to avoid eye contact with her.
Evangeline laughed, put her arm around Sirius' shoulders and began to run her hand through his hair, 'Your hair isn't fluffy … it's soft and silky,' she said as she massaged his head. 'Fluffy is how you describe a duckling,' she said. Sirius chuckled heartily.
'Well, hang on. We haven't heard any of Evie's embarrassing nicknames,' Remus pointed out much to Evangeline's disgust. She shot a glare at him. 'C'mon, they can't be as bad as Fluffy,' he said emphasizing Sirius' nickname.
Evangeline rolled her eyes, 'Fine,' she sighed and began to list her nicknames, 'Angel-face, Rosy cheeks, Juicy -' she cut off and didn't finish her sentence. 'T-That's all,' she said quickly.
'No it isn't. You didn't finish what you were going to say,' Remus said with a smirk.
Evangeline tutted and groaned, 'Juicy lips.'
'HIPS!' Sirius shouted in astonishment.
'No! Lips,' Evangeline repeated.
Sirius shrugged, 'Well whoever made that one up is damn well right,' he said, Evangeline rolled her eyes. 'Your nicknames weren't half as bad as mine so you have nothing to complain about,' he said, poking her in the ribs.
'I haven't told you all of them yet,' Evangeline said honestly with regret in her voice.
'Well go on then,' Remus egged her on, eager to hear more of her unpleasant nicknames.
Evangeline sighed, wishing she hadn't mentioned that she had more, 'Dad used to call me his little April shower … you know, how it's supposed to rain a lot in April,' she explained and then began laughing, 'James called me Sukie after the muggle drink. I loved that stuff,' she said, smacking her lips. 'Okay,' she said, answering Sirius' and Remus' bored expressions, taking a deep breath she said, 'The most embarrassing and awkward nicknames I have ever been called were Honeysuckle fairycake and cutie patootie. '
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'Good morning, My little Honeysuckle fairycake,' Sirius cooed when he sat down beside Evangeline at breakfast. He kissed her cheek, grabbed a plate and began to pile bacon onto his plate. Evangeline shot him a deathly glare. Sirius shot her his 'I can have any girl I want' smile.
'Call me that again and I'll-I'll …. 'Evangeline sighed and rolled her eyes. 'Nice try, Black. Not even your famous sexy smile can stop me hurting you if you call me that horrific name again,' she warned him as she plunged her spoon into her bowl of cornflakes. She extremely regretted revealing to Remus and Sirius her most horrible nicknames. Because of this she might never get get rid of them like she had hoped.
'That's why I love you,' Sirius said between mouthfuls of sausage. 'I like a woman who takes charge,' he said, waggling his eyebrows. Evangeline snorted through her mouthful of cornflakes. Sirius chuckled, 'And I love a woman who doesn't care if she looks like an idiot at the breakfast table either,' he said reaching up to Evangeline's mouth and stroked his finger up her chin. She studied him curiously. 'You had milk dribbling down your chin,' he explained with a small smile.
Evangeline gasped and quickly brought her hand up to her face, 'Are you sure it's all gone?' she asked Sirius though her hand.
Sirius shook his head in disbelief, Women he said to himself Always worrying about their appearance no matter how beautiful they are. My Angel being a prime example of that of course. 'Yes, you can take your hand away from your face now. People are going to think you have a disease of some sort and don't want to breath on anyone,' he said, taking Evangeline's hand away from her mouth and holding onto it for a little longer than necessary. 'How come you're down here so early anyway?' he asked her as he gently began to examine her fingers, tracing his own on her soft skin.
'I was just hungry and no one else was ready to go down so I went myself,' Evangeline shrugged, but couldn't help smiling at Sirius sudden interest in her hand. She pulled a small flask out from under the table with her other hand. 'Also the fact that there's less people in here early in the morning and hardly anyone will see me drinking from this … contraption,' she said, gazing awkwardly at the flask Remus had given her.
'You know he was only trying to help,' Sirius said, Evangeline nodded initiating that she agreed. 'So how long did Remus think it would be till you can transform?' Sirius asked her in a hushed tone so that no one could overhear their conversation.
Evangeline swallowed her mouthful of cornflakes, 'Pretty soon, actually. I've been taking it for about a week now so anything could happen. I've just got to look out for certain symptoms,' she explained him.
Sirius laughed, 'Those symptoms can be pretty embarrassing though,' he said.
Evangeline glanced at him worriedly, 'What do you mean?'
'Prongs started sprouting antlers when we were on our way to Potions,' Sirius told her, laughing in remembrance of the memory. 'He looked hilarious!'
'Hang on a minute!' Evangeline said, 'That was when you rushed in and told Professor Slughorn that James was in a bit of a sticky situation and had to visit the Hospital Wing, wasn't it?' she furrowed her eyebrows. 'He didn't really go to the Hospital Wing, did he?' she asked.
Sirius shook his head, 'We took him to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom where he transformed fully,' he told her.
'Hopefully I won't grow a tail in the middle of Transfiguration,' Evangeline said, grimacing at the thought. 'Imagine what McGonagall would say!' she gasped, 'She'd kill me if she found out.'
'Don't worry, she won't find out,' Sirius reassured her.
'Won't find out what?' Izzy asked interestedly as she sat down opposite Evangeline. Remus sat down beside her and glanced at Evangeline, his eyebrow raised suspiciously. Evangeline winked. 'Oh' Remus mouthed and began filling his bowl with porridge. 'Won't find out what?' Izzy repeated.
Evangeline smiled, 'Good morning to you too,' she said to Izzy who pouted and grabbed a couple of sausages and set them on her plate. Evangeline kept her cool. She knew that if Izzy had any superstitions that she was hiding something she would find a way to weasel it out of her. But hiding her feelings wasn't hard for Evangeline. She had had plenty of practise.
'Good morning, Evangeline,' Izzy said with fake enthusiasm. 'I was only asking you know,' she said disappointedly.
Evangeline laughed, 'I know you were. But it had nothing to do with you so you don't need to worry about it,' she reassured her and took a small sip from her flask. Remus watched her carefully, he caught her eye and shook his head discreetly. She took the flask away from her mouth, set it in her lap again and shot Remus a confused look. 'Later' he mouthed.
Evangeline purposely busied herself by grabbing a piece of toast, 'Jam please, Sirius,' she said politely, pointing towards the small plate sitting beside him. She smiled gratefully as he reached it over for her, 'Thanks, honey,' she said and kissed him on the cheek.
'Oh, you want the honey too?' Sirius asked her with a smirk as he watched Evangeline spread the jam on her toast.
Evangeline rolled her eyes, 'Nope,' she said, 'I am about to eat the most delicious thing ever invented,' she said proudly as she set down her knife and held the jam on toast up to her face. 'Mmmm. Look at that,' she said dreamily, smacking her lips.
'I know. I'm just so sexy I'm nearly edible,' Sirius boasted.
'Pfft. Nearly edible? But surely you are, Sirius,' came a snooty voice from behind them. Evangeline set her toast down and spun around on her seat, glaring. She knew fine rightly whose voice that was. Cerys Neill. 'Good morning, Evangeline. Have a good Christmas?' Cerys asked her when she noticed that Evangeline was watching her with dislike. It was plain to her that it was killing Cerys to even have to look at her.
Evangeline smirked gleefully, 'Delightful, actually. Sirius bought me the sweetest present imaginable!' she said with an evil smile. 'Look,' she said and pulled the golden locket out form under her shirt. Cerys stared disgustedly at the heart-shaped locket and tore her gaze away from it as though it had burnt her eyes.
'Very nice,' Cerys growled, her eyes flickered angrily at Evangeline who in return smiled sweetly. 'Well, I must be going. Class to attend, the usual,' the Ravenclaw explained, she turned to Sirius who was fighting back a smirk. 'See you around, Sirius,' she said with a wink. Cerys shot a glare in Evangeline's direction and walked off down the aisle, her cronies following her.
'She's got a really bad twitch too,' Evangeline informed her friends as she turned around, 'Did you notice it, Sirius?' she asked him. He was chuckling quietly to himself.
'You just had to show it to her, didn't you?' Sirius said to her with a smile.
Evangeline looked at him with wide eyes, 'Oh course I had to!' she exclaimed, but her expression turned mischievous, 'But did you see her face? Priceless!' she laughed and clapped her hands together. She turned her attention to her jam on toast that had to be withheld from her grasp until she had dealt with a certain Ravenclaw whore. 'Now I can eat my jam on toast in peace,' Evangeline sighed and picked up her breakfast.
'What's this I hear about jam on toast?' James interrupted as he sat down on the other side of Sirius. 'That's the Potters' family breakfast,' he informed everyone.
Evangeline rolled her eyes. Trust James to interrupt when she was about to indulge in something that she had loved since she was able to chew properly. She sighed in relief as silence dawned around her. She held the tasty morsel up to her mouth, she was about to take a bite when Sirius leaned in closer to her and took a bit out of the side of the toast. She gasped and looked at the large bite that Sirius had taken out of her favourite breakfast. 'You … You took a bite out of my toast!' Evangeline exclaimed and waved it in front of Sirius' grinning face.
'It was very nice, actually,' Sirius said once he had swallowed the jam and toast. He smirked, 'Go on, give me another bite,' he urged her with another one of his 'sexy smiles'.
Evangeline gasped and jumped back as Sirius leaned in closer. No one was for touching her toast. She held the toast away from Sirius, who continued to lean into her. 'You're not getting my toast, Sirius,' Evangeline said, earnestly. 'Get your own!'
'But I don't want my own. I want yours,' Sirius replied.
'You're just being awkward and lazy. Get your own!
'No,' Sirius said stubbornly.
'Sirius Orion Black! Don't come anywhere me and my toast!'
'Oh c'mon! I only want one bite!'
'ARRRRRRGHHH!
'Sirius, you dolt!' Evangeline said bluntly from the ground, Sirius lying on top of her with jam on his nose. She laughed at him, grabbed the abandoned toast from the ground and smothered it all over his face. When she took it away his cheeks, nose and forehead where covered in strawberry jam. That whore was right, he does look edible, Evangeline said to herself as she studied her boyfriend.
'I reckon all you want to do is lick all that jam off,' Sirius smirked and licked is lips.
Evangeline giggled, 'Nope, I just wanted to make you look stupid,' she said, looking innocently up into his eyes and smiling guiltlessly.
'Oh Angel, you are just so nice to me!' Sirius said sarcastically with a playful expression plastered across his face, 'Give us a kiss,' he said, he leaned down and pouted in her face.
Evangeline squealed as Sirius bent down closer towards her, 'Eww. Not with that stuff on your face,' she said, wrinkling her nose.
'Oh really,' Sirius said with an impish glint in his eye.
'Really,' Evangeline replied smugly.
'Well I disapprove greatly of that preposition,' Sirius said, as he sat up so that he was straddling Evangeline. He didn't notice Evangeline staring over his shoulder innocuously.
'I agree with you, Mr Black. I disapprove greatly of the situation that lies before me,' came the stern Scottish voice from behind him. 'Disgraceful display of … of affection within the public eye,' Professor McGonagall snapped, gesturing for them to get to their feet. She stared strangely at Sirius as he stood up, 'Mr … Mr Black, what on earth have you got on your face?' she asked bending to the side so she could get a better look at Sirius. 'Go and wash it off at once … whatever it is,' she said before turning to Evangeline who had also pulled herself off the ground. 'And as for you, Miss Potter …' she struggled to find something suitable to say, 'Go and get yourself some breakfast, preferably something edible,' she said, glancing awkwardly between Sirius and Evangeline before she stalked down the aisle towards the staff table.
'Disgraceful display of affection within the public eye, Padfoot. Absolutely preposterous!' James mocked them as he poured himself a goblet of pumpkin juice. He laughed as he watched his sister and his best friend sit down opposite him. Evangeline was red in the face with embarrassment, Sirius was red in the face with strawberry jam.
Everyone at the table was laughing, Evangeline glanced at Remus for some sympathy. 'Don't you look at me like that, Evangeline April Potter!' he exclaimed with a smile on his face, 'You two had it coming!' Evangeline pouted scornfully, Remus chuckled at her reaction. 'At least now you won't be snogging the faces off each other in public,' he said knowingly and then he smirked, 'If we wanted porn, we could easily find some rather than watching our best friends at it.'
Evangeline snorted, 'Remus John Lupin, you horny bugger!' she said teasingly. 'You and Izzy are just as bad as what Sirius and I are. So you can't talk,' she said, waggling her finger between Remus and Izzy who were sitting beside each other.
'Honestly, can we not all control ourselves and act like mature adults rather than hormone infested adolescents?' Lily asked them irritatedly, as she glanced around huffily.
'But Lily,' Evangeline began, 'We are hormone infested adolescents,' she said with a feeble smile in the hope that Lily Evans the fiery Gryffindor would not snap her spine in half.
Sirius glanced at her,' That was my line,' he said bluntly and poked her in the ribs.
'You snooze. You loose,' Evangeline retorted and she rubbed her side where Sirius had poked her. She glanced at him, 'And stop poking me. I'm going to get a bruise,' she complained.
Lily groaned, 'You two are unbelievable! Can't you just act like adults for once?' she snapped.
Sirius rolled his eyes, 'Jeez, Evans. What's got your wand in a knot this morning?' he asked. He didn't notice the glare he received from James. Clearly James thought that the way Sirius spoke to his dear beloved Lily was inappropriate.
'You, actually Black,' Lily growled, 'And the fact that I got up late this morning and found that everyone had left me. When I eventually got into the shower I found that it had ran out of warm water, so I had a cold shower! And I couldn't find my tie!' She growled angrily.
Evangeline glanced at her red haired best friend, 'We understand you had a bad morning, Lily,' she said compassionately, 'But you didn't need to snap at Sirius like that.'
'I wasn't snapping at him -'
'Mails here,' James interrupted intentionally.
Everyone looked up to see flocks of owls swarming into the the Great Hall. Evangeline scanned the air for Herculia. Not that she was looking forward to any mail that she might receive from her mother. But from her father and his progress in catching Death Eaters, she would be intrigued to hear about. Beside her Sirius' owl had dropped the Daily Prophet in front of him and he was now searching in his pockets for a few knuts. Remus had received a letter from his parents and was reading it carefully. Relieved, yet disappointed at the fact she had not yet received a letter, Evangeline busied herself by reading the Prophet over Sirius' shoulder.
'Anything interesting?' she asked him quietly and rested her chin in his shoulder. Her breath tickled his neck as she leant against him.
Sirius smiled, 'Not particularly, no,' he said, turning to face her. He glanced from her eyes, to her lips and edged closer and closer, until they were centimetres apart.
'Oh, please! Not at the breakfast table,' Lily snapped as she glanced up from her letter. Evangeline giggled and glanced apologetically towards her. 'Honestly …' Lily said, 'They have no respect whatsoever,' she complained quietly to herself.
Evangeline chuckled, 'Someone's a little grumpy this morning,' she said to Sirius as she watched Lily pick up her bag and stalk out of the Great Hall. 'Maybe we should go to class,' she suggested. 'I don't want to be late for McGonagall, we're already in her bad books,' Evangeline said climbing off the bench, grabbing her bag from under it and swinging it over her shoulder.
'Hang on a minute,' Sirius said, as he reached across and grabbed the last piece of toast on the rack. He stuck it between his teeth as he reached under the table for his bag.
Evangeline stared wide eyed at him, 'You're eating more?' she asked him in disbelief.
'Why nat? No pont lettin it go t wascht,' Sirius said with him mouth full as they walked up the aisle. He was attempting to put the Daily Prophet in his bag, but failing miserably.
Evangeline laughed, 'Say that again. Only without the food in your mouth,' she said, taking the toast out of his mouth so that he could speak freely.
'I said, that there's no point letting it go to waste,' Sirius said with a shrug. Instantly, he grabbed the piece of toast from Evangeline's hand and began to eat. 'Hey, is that your owl?' he said, pointing to the ceiling of the Great Hall.
Evangeline glanced up, and sure enough, it was Herculia. 'She's a bit late,' Evangeline said, with her eyebrows furrowed confusedly. She was never normally late, not unless something happened. Like one day when her father forgot to actually give the letter to Herculia as he explained in the letter he sent the day after. That was only after Evangeline had pointed out that Herculia had delivered her letter in the middle of Transfiguration. Her father wasn't as sharp as what he used to be; age was getting to him. Herculia swooped down and dropped the letter into Evangeline's hands. She glanced at the front of the envelop; it was her father's handwriting. 'We better keep moving. McGonagall will eat us alive,' she said as she ripped open the letter.
'No she won't. I'm with you,' Sirius said, putting his arms around Evangeline's shoulders as they walked out of the Great Hall.
Evangeline laughed, 'Yeah. You're right. She'll eat you first,' she said as she unfolded the parchment.
Eva,
Your mother and I have had an argument. I warn you, don't do anything out of proportion. It may end disastrously. If your mother sends you any letters concerning a move to Beauxbatons, read them carefully. But do not reply, send them to me. If your mother, against her own words turns up at Hogwarts to remove you from the premises. Do not go. Report to Dumbledore or Professor McGonagall. I am telling you this because I know it is in your best interests to stay at Hogwarts where your brother and friends are. I do not want to see you unhappy. Please, dear, try not to reply hastily to this letter.
Your loving Father
Evangeline sighed. 'Bad times, eh?' Sirius asked her. She nodded gloomily. 'Don't worry, everything will turn out fine,' he said reassuringly and squeezing her closer to him.
'I hope so,' Evangeline said, 'Mum and dad don't usually fight. I-I guess it's my-'
'Don't you dare say it's your fault!' Sirius said earnestly, taking his arms away from her, putting his hands on each of her shoulders and turning her so that they were face to face. 'None of this is your fault. Don't keep blaming yourself for things that you had nothing to do with. Parents always have arguments, over stupid things most of the time. You don't know that they were arguing about you … just stop making things harder for yourself,' Sirius said staring solemnly into her sparkling green eyes that were glistening with tears. He pulled her into a hug, 'And there is no way in hell that you are going to Beauxbatons,' he said into her hair. Evangeline smiled, she felt comforted by Sirius. He always knew how to make her feel like she was worth more than the world, especially when she was feeling meritless.
Suddenly, Sirius began shaking. Evangeline pulled away from him, her eyes widened bewilderedly, 'What's wrong?' she asked him, he didn't answer. 'Sirius? What's wrong?' she asked him again.
Sirius looked up, he was grinning from ear to ear attempting not to laugh. 'I think we better visit Moaning Myrtle's bathroom,' he said, grabbing hold of Evangeline's arm and pulling her in the opposite direction from what the were going in.
'W-What do yo mean? Why are we going to her bathroom?' Evangeline asked him, struggling to keep up with his pace.
Sirius looked back and grinned, 'Because my dear, you have a tail.'
I hope you liked the chapter! If you didn't you can review anyway and tell me why (: Ah, yes, REVIEWS!!!! I suppose this chapter was a bit of a filler, but I hope that you enjoyed it anyway (: TBH Evangeline's nicknames weren't as good as Sirius' or Remus'. I couldn't think of anything embarrassing! Aw well ... Tori XO
P.S Right. I was thinking that I might skip the next two years of Evangeline's life and move straight into her life outside school. And NO, SHE'S NOT FOR DYING … yet . *Grins Evilly* So tell me what you think! Any ideas that spring to mind or what ever (: