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"Finally…done." Moria groaned out closing her Herbology book, walking over to her bed and faceplanting into the mattress. Lily chuckled as she looked up from her own book.

"And look you have a week and a half to relax." She stated. "And you can spend it with a certain black haired, silver eyed boy." Lily teased and Moria looked up at her friend with a glare then a smirk.

"And you can spend the rest of the break with a certain brown eyed, black hair boy instead of babysitting me." Moria mocked laughing as the red heads face turned the same color as her hair. Moria grinned.

"Kind of surprising…"

"That Sirius Black is your boyfriend?" Lily teased. "Honestly I'm surprised to. Who would have thought Mr. Flirt had a reason for slowing his flirting." Moria chuckled at the statement.

"I meant more about having a boyfriend. I mean I never really thought I was going to get a boyfriend. At all." Moria said pushing her hair back as Lily looked at her in confusion.

"Why's that?" Lily asked and Moria pointed to her back.

"Scars can be a very off setting attribute to guys…trust me I would know." Moria explained as Lily looked at her.

"He cares about you M. I don't think you should worry about your scars around him. He loves you for you…scars and all." Lily finally said and Moria blushed. "And just so you know…your scars are beautiful." Lily added and Moria looked at her in disbelief. "They show that you lived through something traumatic and not only that…but you lived after it." Lily continued as Moria looked down at her books…at her hands.

"Yes…they may show that." Moria said softly looking up her friend. "But they also held and kept my emotions back for years. You remember how I was when I first met you and Alice." Moria said. "I barely talked, I was pretty much cold to everyone, and I barely smiled. It took me what…nearly half a year to actually smile more than once a day around you."

"Well that was you then." Lily said.

"Yeah." Moria said.

"That doesn't mean this is you now." Lily said. Moria smiled for a brief second and then blinked rubbing her forearms.

"Is it just me or is it getting cold all of a sudden?"

"The cold shields are down…of course." Moria grumbled as she rubbed her arms again a bit more vigorously trying to keep warm. She had left the comfort of the Gryffindor tower to try and find Sirius. Once she had and he had noticed the fact that she was shivering, despite her attempts to argue that it was fine, forced the stubborn brunette to walk in the other direction back towards the tower.

"It could be worse." Sirius stated as he wrapped his arm around her.

"How could it be worse?" Moria asked, leaning into him as Sirius grinned.

"We could be outside. At least it's not snowing on us." Sirius replied and Moria was silent as she glanced to the window, looking at snow that was falling heavily onto the ground. She grumbled something and then glared at him.

"Okay smartarse. You win that round." Moria huffed out. He chuckled and looked at her curiously.

"So what's my prize?"

"What do you have in mind?" Moria asked and smiled as he bent slightly kissing her. She enjoyed the closeness of his warmth, curling up to him, before he moved away and the cold returned. She shivered.

"It's freezing cold out there." Moria complained rubbing her arms as Sirius guided her through the common room, trying to avoid students that were lumped in front of the fireplace. He chuckled kissing her temple. "And in here." She added.

"The cold shields are down Mori. Can't change anything about that." He stated pulling her close to him. She sighed and rested her head on his shoulder. He glanced at her forehead, the paleness of the scar the only reminder of what had happened a month ago, and frowned. She glanced up at him and saw him staring at her with pain and blinked, her right eyebrow rising in confusion.

"What?" she asked. He blinked, surprised that she had noticed him staring, then looked away. The left eyebrow joined its partner in realization of what he was looking at. She sighed softly. "Sirius…you have to stop blaming yourself over my forehead."

"You don't know how you looked when I got off my broom and ran to you only to see blood being soaked up by the sand."

"I assume I looked bloody awful. Pun intended." She replied and he grimaced. She groaned as he moved away from the fireplace. "Sirius…it wasn't your fault."

"I'm a Beater Mori. It's my position's job to defend the Chaser, Keeper, and Seeker from a Bludger and I didn't-" He began but stopped when she glared at him.

"Sirius. You are a great Beater. That Bludger was hexed to attack me. Even you couldn't have kept it away from me forever." She responded. She kissed him softly. "And I love you nonetheless." She added causing him to smile. As though Mother Nature was trying to get their attention a gust of cold wind seemed to fill the common room. There was a group in front of the fireplace shivered at the gust, bunching closer together to try and keep warm. Moria cursed lightly, pulling Sirius to her.

"Did I mention I hate the cold?" Moria hissed out burrowing into Sirius's chest causing him to laugh, his previous depression gone.

"You might have mentioned it once or twice. Come on." He said before guiding her up to his dorm, which he knew for a fact, Remus and Peter weren't there; they were home for the holidays. James had a different room now due to being the Head Boy so currently his dorm room was empty. As they entered, Moria looked around smirking slightly.

"You know for a boy's dorm, I imagined it messier than this." She stated, folding her arms around her. He smirked.

"When you have Remus Lupin as one of your dorm-mates messy isn't an option."

"True, true." she responded a tone of amusement in her voice looking at him. He grinned as she shivered again and pulled her to him, resting his head on the top of her head. She closed her eyes, resting her head on his chest.

"Okay…since it doesn't seem like the cold shields are coming back on anytime soon, why don't we just lie down on my bed?" Sirius asked. "To keep warm." He added quickly.

"Smooth Sirius." She murmured sarcastically. But the chill was getting to her and both he and she knew it. "Sure…" she said after a few minutes, kicking off her boots. "I don't think you would like me tracking dirt into your bed." She stated as he looked at her.

"Well it did come from your feet…" he teased and she chuckled, kissing his jaw. He grinned and suddenly picked her up causing her to squeak in surprise then laugh.

"How chivalrous of you, Mr. Black." She joked as he placed her on the bed. She flopped back onto the bed. "Smells like you." She stated offhandedly.

"Really? That's weird because I don't, you know, sleep here or anything." He remarked, lying down next to her. After several minutes of silence, he pulled her to him and she closed her eyes, enjoying the warmth.

"Better?"

"Much." She responded into his chest. They were silent for a little bit.

"To tell you the truth, this is probably the best Christmas break I've had in a while." She stated. He chuckled.

"Really?"

"Yup. Nothing beats being with your boyfriend."

"Well I'll just have to make sure that every Christmas is like this." He responded with a smile that made her heart melt and she smiled softly.

"Yeah…" She trailed off and then shifted just enough to look at him. "I want to kiss you."

"What's stopping you?" he asked as one eyebrow rose.

"I'm way too comfortable." She stated with a slight laugh. He grinned and then moved slightly moving her up, before planting a kiss gently on her lips. She murmured something unintelligible and returned the kiss. Slowly the kiss grew deeper, her cupping his face in her hands. Soon after he moved forward, pulling her under him to where he was on top of her pulling her closer to him, kissing her a deeper, kissing her cheeks, her nose, her forehead, then her mouth again. He pulled on of her legs up slightly, giving him a little bit more room to continue kissing her. She groaned, running her fingers through his hair, locking her hands in the back, pulling him closer to her.

He grunted softly. He knew full well if they didn't stop then, they would probably not be able to stop later on.

"M-Moria…we…we better stop." He murmured his voice rough and strained as he tried to move away. She locked her arms around his neck, shaking her head.

"No."

"Moria, I don't think I'll be able to stop if this continues."

"Then don't." she whispered softly, her face a deep red, but her eyes resolute. He looked at her, not trying to hide his shock.

"You sure?" he finally managed to ask. She nodded giving him a small smile.

"As long as it's with you…I'm positive." She said, her voice soft. He blinked and then hesitantly kissed her. At first it was soft and gentle, before deepening it to where it was rough and desperate. She groaned into his mouth, cupping his face with her hands. She felt his hands move her shirt up slightly and when she made no attempt to stop him, he relaxed slightly. He pulled her close and let the passion take over.