Prompt: (weather) Frosty/Icy
Something New
It was a cold morning in late November when the first frost covered the grounds at Hogwarts. The grass, the trees, and even the windows were covered in a thick white frost. Most of the students paid it no mind, but Marlene was taking advantage of it.
She loved drawing in the frost on windows. It was just something she'd done as a kid that she hadn't quite left behind in her childhood. She was in the middle of drawing a snowflake on a window in one of the corridors when she saw someone stop next to her.
"Sirius? What are you doing?" He was standing at the window next to hers, tilting his head and considering it carefully.
"I've just been watching you," he said, "and thought it looked like fun."
"Oh." Marlene thought about this as Sirius began drawing something. "You've never seemed like someone who would enjoy doing something so simple."
"You still have a lot to learn about me, Mar," he said, concentrating on his drawing. "I'm always willing to try something new."
Marlene couldn't think of a response to that so instead turned back to her window. Sirius hadn't ceased to amaze her since she and Lily had joined the group of friends that used to irritate them on a daily basis. While all four boys had been very welcoming, Sirius seemed to want to spend the most time with her. He'd been doing things like this for weeks, observing her and eventually joining in on whatever it was that she was doing at the time. It seemed a bit strange to her, but perhaps this was his way of learning more about her without asking a thousand questions.
Marlene finished her drawing and picked up the bookbag resting at her feet. "Class starts in ten minutes," she commented. "We'd better get going."
Sirius turned away from the window and they walked silently through the corridors to the Transfiguration classroom. When they were just outside the door, Sirius stopped her before she could enter.
"I was wondering if you'd like to go to Hogsmeade with me this weekend," he asked. She noticed he was fidgeting with the strap of his bag. "I wasn't sure if you planned on going, but I thought it might be fun to go together."
Is he actually nervous? Sirius Black, mischief maker and charmer of every girl in the school, was nervous about asking her to Hogsmeade. The thought made Marlene smile.
"I wasn't planning on going, no," she began, "but if you want me to go with you, then I'd be happy to go."
His face lit up at her positive answer. "Really? I-I mean, that's great. I'm looking forward to it." He motioned her to enter the classroom before him and they went their separate ways, Sirius sitting with his friends in the back of the classroom and Marlene with hers in the front.
Marlene found it difficult to focus on Professor McGonagall's lesson that day. She found her thoughts drifting quite often to Saturday and the day in Hogsmeade with Sirius. She was looking forward to it as well, more than she had expected.