Days in Avalon
Chapter Twenty-eight: Why Don't You and I?
Sirius was tucked away soundly in his bed Saturday morning, dreaming of things most boys his dream of…fame and fortune. In his dream, he was a champion Quidditch player. He had just won the World Cup and was surrounded by a number of female fans.
"Oh Sirius you're so wonderful!" exclaimed a few of his 'fans'.
He couldn't help but grin at all of his adoring fans, and at how lucky he was. Suddenly he felt someone close to him slightly breathing hot air on his ear.
"Are you enjoying yourself Black? Hmm…all those adoring girls throwing themselves at your feet?"
It was a girl's voice, and a sexy one by the sound and look of it. Even though he could only see a shadow like figure behind him.
"I bet you'd just love it if one of them did some naughty things to you," said the voice. An evil smirk spread across his face at the thought.
"But what kind of naughty things? I wonder," said the voice pondering the thought. "Oh I know…how about…this." Suddenly Sirius felt water on his head in slow and short spurts.
"What the bloody hell?" sputtered Sirius.
"Shhh…you wake them up!" whispered a voice next to him. It was still night outside and the room was dark save for the slight stream of light that came from the door that was slightly open. He looked over to his right and saw Andy standing there putting his night glass back on his nightstand.
"Sparky? What the bloody hell are you doing?" whispered Sirius angrily.
She glared at him for a second before rolling her eyes to the ceiling. "Waking you up or do you not want to get out of here like you told me yesterday?"
For a moment he had no idea what she was talking about until he remembered their conversation yesterday about heading off to Paris. "The trip…right…sorry," he apologized.
"It's fine. Just meet me down in the common room when you're ready," said Andy. She was a little surprise to hear him apologize to her this early in the morning, but dismissed the thought as she headed out of his room and back down to the common room.
Sirius grumbled something inaudible as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. He looked around the room and saw his three friends sleeping soundly, with Remus snoring a little loudly. 'Luck bastards,' he thought as his feet hit the freezing floor and got ready. About twenty minutes later Sirius climbed down from his room with a small bag to find common room empty.
"Where did she go now?" said Sirius to himself.
"Blackie!" hissed Andy. He looked up toward the landing that separated the boys and girls dorm and saw Andy looking down at him. "Wait there. I'll be down in a minute."
"Are you ready yet or not?" whispered Sirius loudly.
"Shhhh... keep your voice down. Just give me a sec," said Andy from the balcony over looking the common room. She then disappeared back into the girl's dormitory to retrieve the rest of her things.
"Bloody women," groaned Sirius. "They always take to damn long. Either it's their makeup or their hair."
"Oh, you're one to talk Blackie. Mister I have to spend two hours in front of the mirror to make sure every strand of hair is in place."
"I'd be mindful of the one who is so graciously allowing you passage out of here."
"And I'd be extra polite to the one who knows where we are heading too."
"Come on!" grunted Sirius
"Yes, sir!" said Andy, raising her hand to salute him. The two of them silently left the common room with no cover of the Invisibility cloak.
"Umm…did you forget something?" asked Andy. Sirius looked at her puzzled as she made a weird jester of throwing something over her head. It took him a second to realize what she was talking about.
"Nope. I have something else to help us in case we run into anyone," he said with a smirk.
"Like what?"
"Never mind your pretty little head," he said as he lend toward her staring into her eyes. "Just trust me." With that he continued on down the hall pulling something out from his pocket.
"Trust you?" said Andy as she chased after him. "I'm sorry do I look like a complete…" But she never got a chance to finish her remark.
Sirius quickly pulled her into a darken niche with his hand over her mouth, as he stood in front of her. "Shhh…Hagrid's coming," he whispered.
Andy held her breath and tensed up as Sirius pinned her to the cold stone wall. As she began to think of ways to get him off her, a shadow of light began to appear at the corner of her eye. From the long shadow, she could make out it was a very large figure striding down the hall. Soon the great form of Hagrid was in plain view. Andy was sure they were caught, but apparently Sirius had chosen a good form of cover. Standing in the small niche was a statue of a fairly large wizard with a number of small animals around him.
Hagrid continued down the hall swinging his lantern and something else in his other hand, while humming a little tune. After about four or five feet from where the two were hiding, Hagrid took a left turn down the hall and out of sight from Sirius and Andy.
"Whew…that was close," sighed Andy when Sirius removed his hand from her mouth, but still had her pinned to the wall.
"Yeah, really," agreed Sirius as he looked down at her. He didn't know why, but being this close to her was having a very strange affect on him. The longer he held her like this, more he wanted to…to…
"How did you know it was Hagrid?" she asked. Sirius blinked suddenly and took a small step back from her.
"Uh…I heard him," said Sirius as he quickly felt to make sure he put something in his back pocket. Andy saw this but decided not to comment on it.
"Yeah, right," she replied sarcastically. Sirius rolled his eyes as he stepped back out into the hallway. As he did this, Andy quickly saw a piece of rolled up parchment sticking out of his back pocket and lifted it off him.
"Hey!" said a surprised Sirius as he reached around to stop her. Andy dodged his hand and took a sidestepped out of his reach as she gazed down at the parchment.
"What is this? Some kind of map?" snorted Andy, reading the title.
"Give it back," barked Sirius as he made a grab for the parchment again. Andy pulled it out of his reach as she continued to gaze as the map.
"Hold on. This is a map of Hogwarts," she said noticing a number of rooms labeled "McGonagall's office" and "Charms classroom". But what was most miraculous was the fact that it showed a number of little labels moving about with names such as 'Argus Filtch', 'Rubeus Hagrid'. She also saw a little label reading 'Miranda Starmenter' next to one reading 'Sirius Black' right where the real Miranda and Sirius were standing.
"Where did you get this from?" she said in amazement.
"I killed a man for it," chimed Sirius as he took hold of the map and folded parchment back up. "I made it along with the rest of my mates."
Andy looked at him a little puzzled until she remembered about a month ago Remus asking her what spell she used to make her journal entries disappear and reappear again unharmed. She asked him why and he replied with something along the lines of 'No real reason. Just the guys were tired of other people (namely Slytherins) getting a hold of their notes to one another and breaking their charms.' She had gotten the impression that he wasn't telling the truth but lent him the book she had gotten the spell from. 'Clever little devils.'
"Nice to know that you lot have mover important thing to do than your studies," chimed Andy.
"I'm sorry I thought I was talking to Princess Sparky, not the great Lily Evans," replied Sirius. He could see that Andy's temper was being to rise by the look on her face.
"Hmmm…that's funny because I thought we were heading off to a party, but apparently I was wrong," spat Andy. She went over to the niche again to get her bag and head back to the common room. That was until Sirius grabbed her arm as she started to head back the way they had came.
"I'm sorry…okay?" sighed Sirius out of frustration. Andy was having trouble reading his expression. She didn't know if it was just a trick of a shadow or what, but there was something about his eyes that was so…so…
"Come on, let's get out of here. The tunnel is up ahead," said Sirius as he pulled her along down the hallway.
The two of them walked down a few more corridors until they reached the tapestry that covered one of the secret tunnels that led out of Hogwarts. Within a matter of minutes the two of them were greeted with the cold morning air. They then quickly made a break for the dark forest even though no one was really up to notice them. Once they were inside the forest, both of them lit their wands and made their way through the thick and creepy forbidden forest.
"Ouch that was my foot, Black!" growled Andy in pain.
"Sorry," he said quickly.
"How much further is it to this place that you're taking us?" barked Andy.
"We're almost there. It's a couple of yards up ahead."
"About time," said Andy under her breath.
Once they reached a small clearing near the center of the forest, Andy saw a massive old oak tree sitting in the middle of the clearing with it's branches somewhat drooping. Sirius asked her to stay there for just a moment. She watched as he made his way to the tree and disappeared behind it. A few moments later she heard him grunting and straining as if he were pulling something very heavy. Curious as to what he was doing she stepped closer and saw him coming around the tree pushing a very large motorcycle.
"Here it is!" said Sirius beaming with pride.
"What? This is it? This is what the big secret is about?" said Andy skeptical.
"What's wrong with it?" said Sirius confused and agitated.
"It's a motorcycle."
"Yeah I know."
"Oh, good. Then you do realize that in order to get to Paris, we have to travel over water, right?"
"Yes. I know that, Sparky," he said as he brushed off a few leaves and started to get the motorcycle ready to start.
"Okay genius, and just how exactly do you expect this contraption to the cross the..."
"Look would you just get on already," said Sirius as he hopped on and saw the sun beginning to rise in the east.
"I'm not getting on that thing with you driving," said Andy with her arms crossed in front of her.
"Fine. Suite yourself," he replied with a grin as he grabbed a hold of the handle bar and started the bike up. Andy sighed in frustration knowing that this was the only way they were going to get to any place.
"Urgh, fine. Just hang on a sec," said Andy over the engine as she dropped her bag and pulled out baseball cap she had packed.
Sirius watched her curiously as she reached into her pocket, pulled out her wand, and transfigured the cap into a motorcycle helmet.
"You really don't trust me do you?" chuckled Sirius.
"Oh, I trust you. I trust you about as far as I can throw you," said Andy cheekily as she put on her backpack and hopped on to the back of the bike.
"So how exactly do you plan on crossing the channel?"
"You'll see," said Sirius with a smile. He then revved the engine a couple of times before speeding off into the forest, catching
Andy off guard a bit. As the two sped off, Andy was surprised at how easy Sirius handled the bike. But as she looked over his shoulder, she saw that the two of them were heading toward the edge of a cliff.
"Blackie? What are you doing? Black? Black? Blackiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeee!" screamed Andy as they went over the cliff.
Unknown to her Sirius had pressed down on a button near the headlight switch that activated the flying mechanism. Andy grabbed onto Sirius for dear life and closed her eyes when they went over. But she noticed that it was taking a long time to fall. She slowly opened one eye and saw the ground below her slowly disappearing. She turned her head left and right and realized that they were flying in mid air out of the dark forest.
"Told you I had a way of getting to Paris," chuckled Sirius over his shoulder. He could see the look of surprise and amazement on her face before he turned back to the oncoming morning sun. Regaining her bearings and thoughts, Andy quickly took the palm of her hand and hit Sirius in the side of the head.
"Ouch! Hey!" whined Sirius as he rubbed the left side of his head.
"Don't scare me like that, you...jerk!" roared Andy.
"Sorry! I promise no more surprises like that. Especially if you're going to hit me. But you got to admit that that was pretty funny."
Andy looked flabbergasted at him, but slowly tried to hide the smile that wanted to come out. Sirius could see out of the corner of his eye that she was having difficultly not smiling and began to laugh.
"Shut up!" giggled Andy as the two of them rode off into the clouds with the oncoming sunrise, leaving the school grounds behind them.
Within a couple of hours, they reached the French shore side. The view from where they were was amazing as the beautiful shore view quickly changed into the countryside with a few cozy looking chateaus scattered here and there. The amount of clouds soon became scarce, forcing the two of them to travel the muggle way. After about an hour or so, the two of them pulled over for a rest just outside of Paris.
"Mind if I ask you a question?" asked Andy as she looked up at Sirius. He was perched up on a large pile of rocks that where once part of an old stone wall.
"Depends," he said as he took a bite of an apple he had.
"Where did you get your little toy?" she said gesturing over to the bike.
"James and I found it last summer in a creek behind his house. So we pulled it out and fixed it up with Remus's help of course," he replied.
"And the flying part?"
"I let a cousin of mine play around with it while I was at school. When I got it back…this was the outcome," shrugged Sirius.
"Interesting," nodded Andy, a little impressed with the story.
"So where in Paris are we of too, Sparky?"
Andy glared at him over the pair of sunglasses she had on. "It's an underground club. My sister and I heard about it from some wizards we met over the summer. It's a pretty cool place."
"Ah…and will miss Jennifer be there tonight?" chimed Sirius. He remembered when Andy's younger sister was at Hogwarts. Although he never really got to know her, he heard the stories about snobbish attitude and the way she treated most people while at Hogwarts.
"Probably. She's home for the weekend helping out with my baby sister, since my mum is over in America this weekend," she said was a hint of disgust in her voice at the mention of her mother.
"Did you want to stop by?" he asked suddenly. Andy looked up at him with a surprised look on her face, even behind her shades.
"Why?" she asked curiously.
"To say 'hi' and drop of those gifts I saw you pack away before," he said.
"I don't want to be a bother," said Andy a little confused as to way he was being so nice.
"To late for that. You've been a bother since the day I met you. But it's no trouble at all. Besides, we have what…almost five hours or so to kill before we head off to this 'great party' of yours," he said with a sly grin.
Andy looked him over and played with the idea in her head for a bit. She hadn't really expected to stop off at her mother's home on this trip, but the idea did seem like a good one. Considering the fact that her mum was out of town, and the only ones who would be there were her baby sister and her nanny. After a few moments of silence Andy slid off her sunglasses and looked him directly in the eyes. "Okay. Let's get going."
(Six hours or so later…)
Paris at night was something that many tourists look forward to experiencing on their trip. The sight of the Eiffel Tower lit up against a black velvet night sky was is nothing but spectacular as well as many of they other tourist attractions around the city. After spending a few hours at the house, Sirius and Andy quickly sped through the city toward an old industrial area. After a few minutes, Andy pointed out an old dilapidated warehouse.
Once they reached the warehouse, Sirius noticed a few cars and bikes parked near the building.
"Are you sure this is the right place?" asked a skeptical Sirius.
"Yep," said Andy simply as she smoothed out her long robe-like coat.
She noticed Sirius surveying the sight and knew exactly what he was thinking: 'this looks like a dump!' Andy then came up behind him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry…looks can be deceiving," she said with a smirk, as she continued to walk over to an old rusty door.
'Yeah, famous last words. Where've I heard that saying before?' said Sirius sarcastically to himself.
Once the both of them had reached the door, Andy knocked three times on the cold metal. A few seconds later, a peep slot slid open to revel a pair of dark scary looking eyes.
"Yes?" said a deep voice from behind the door.
"Louis sent us," said Andy with a bit of attitude in her voice.
"Louis who?" boomed the voice of the guard.
"Louis the fourteenth. Oh, and he told me to tell you, that you were an ugly piece of crap," she said with attitude as she placed a hand on her hip. The guard simply slammed the sliding door shut, leaving Sirius and Andy out in the freezing cold.
"Way to go, Sparky! We've come all this way to insult someone. Is this your idea of a joke?" But as soon as the words left his mouth, they both heard the sounds of a lock scraping against the door and the slight groaning of the door opening up.
"You were saying," said Andy with a smirk as she walked into the building. Sirius stood there stunned for a moment before he too walked in.
Once in side, Sirius saw the large doorman wearing all back and carrying his wand in pocket. Andy then grabbed a hold of his coat and led him down the dingy hallway. Halfway down the hall, they met up with a middle aged man wearing a black t-shirt with red letters that read 'C.B.' on the upper left side of his shirt.
"May I take your coats please?" said the man brightly. Sirius then pulled off his coat to reveal his light blue button down shirt that was only partly done up to show off his white shirt underneath.
"Mousier. Mademoiselle." said the coat man as he took both of there coats. It wasn't until then that Sirius saw what Andy had put on when they were at her house. When she came down from the upstairs bathroom, she was already wearing her black robe. Now before him, she was dressed in a light purple crochet tank top with very thin straps that stopped just above her navel and pair of black hip hugging bellbottoms, along with a thin silver star belly chain.
"What? What's the matter?" said Andy noticing the look on his face.
"N-n-nothing. I just never have seen you in an outfit like that. Most of the time I see you in your uniform or a pair of jean and a jumper," he said in amazement.
"Okay. I'm not sure if I should take that as a compliment or an insult," said Andy with a raise eyebrow as she took the ticket from the coat man.
"You look really…nice," he said after a momentary pause.
"Thank you. You don't look half bad yourself," she said with a smirk. With that she led them both down the rest of the hallway to the double doors at the end of it. About the entrance, Sirius saw in glowing red letters the words Club Bacchus.
Upon entering, Sirius was met with a sight he'd never imagine. Before him was nearly six hundred people all dressed differently moving to the sounds of loud music he'd never heard before. Along the walls were a number a neon-like lights blinking every now and then, along with strobe lights and a disco ball up in the rafters. He noticed that the majority of the people were just sitting/standing around with drinks in their hand talking as best as they could with the people around them. Andy led him through a crowd of people to a railing that over looked a lower level. Below them was a mob of people dancing the night away with some of them getting a bit friendly with their dance partners.
"Welcome to Club Bacchus, Blackie!" shouted Andy in Sirius ear.
"What is this?" said Sirius as he motioned to the music playing.
"Sounds of the future. It's called techno," replied Andy.
"Never heard of it."
"No on has. Not yet anyway," she answered. Sirius gave a perplex look until she pointed over toward the other side of the warehouse. Down on the dance floor behind the deejay was a massive platform that held a huge ball of dark mass that swirled around in place.
"One of the reasons why this place is underground is because of that thing," she said.
"What is it?"
"A time hole. Illegal throughout the world. It's patched in to listen to what type of music is in the near or distant future."
"So this is what's going to be like in the future?" he asked.
"More or less. Don't worry not all the music is like this. Come on, this way," said Andy as she fought through the crowd toward the bar.
Once they reached the bar, Andy ordered the drinks and paid the bartender.
"Drink up, Blackie," said Andy as she handed him a shot glass with a tan like liquid in it. "Cheers." They both took their drink and gulped it down in one swallow.
"What is this stuff?" coughed Sirius.
"A little taste of Mexico," said Andy as she shook her head.
"Well look who it is. If it isn't the party princess herself," said a voice from behind Andy. Andy and Sirius both looked at the tall dark haired girl who was smiling at them both.
"Hey Marissa. Oh it's so good to see you!" said Andy as she gave the girl a hug hello.
"Yes, I know you missed me terribly. Oh, who's your friend?" said Marissa as she checked out Sirius.
"This is Sirius. Sirius this is Marissa von Berken."
"Nice to meet you," said Marissa as she shook Sirius's hand.
"Like wise."
"Hey do you guys want to head out to the dance floor?" asked Marissa.
"Sure. Blackie?" asked Andy.
"Umm…nah you gals go ahead. I think I'll sit this one out," said Sirius not really in the mood to dance right then. Andy was about to question him again, but he gave her a look that told her to go ahead and that he'd be fine.
As the girls left, Marissa pulled Andy closer by the arm so she could whisper something in her ear.
"Blackie?" questioned Marissa.
"Last name," said Andy simply.
"Whoa…wait a minute. You mean that's the Sirius Black? The one you can't stand from Hogwarts?"
"Oui," replied Andy as the girls made there way over to the stairs to the lower level.
"So what made you bring him?" questioned a confused Marissa.
"Needed a ride," shrugged Andy.
"I see. Hmmm…" said Marissa as she looked over her shoulder.
"What?"
"Well…you never said that the talks were true. He is HOT!" exclaimed Marissa.
"Oh please!" sighed Andy as she rolled her eyes.
"Oh come on. You expect me to believe that if you didn't have a history with him, and you just met him tonight…you wouldn't find that boy irresistible?" asked Marissa with a raised eyebrow.
"No!" said Andy quickly, but from the look on Marissa's face, Andy knew she didn't believe her. "Cute maybe, but irresistible…hardly."
"Whatever you say, Star," chuckled Marissa.
"Come on lets hit the floor," said Andy.
At the bar, Sirius ordered a drink, and decided to take a look around. As he walked around he noticed a number of attractive girls that were having a good time dancing away to the music. As he reached the railing, a new song began to play and the mob below began to move in a sort of familiar dance step.
All my people in the crowd Grab a partner take it down!
It's me against the music
Uh uh
It's just me
And me
Yeah
C'mon
No one cares
It's whippin'my hair, it's pullin' my waist
As he listened to the music, he noticed Andy and Marissa in the crowd having the time of their life. As he watched them dance around with a couple of guys, he started to feel a small knot in his stomach that soon diminished when he saw the girls move along with crowd.
All my people on the floor
Let me see you dance
Let me see ya
All my people wantin' more
Let me see you dance
I wanna see ya
All my people round and round
Let me see you dance
Let me see ya
All my people in the crowd
Let me see you dance
I wanna see ya
The crowd began to move in a sort of choreographed dance full of spins, twists and shakes. In all the years that he'd known Andy, he never imagined her to be a some what dancing queen. The way the crowd was moving along was nothing but amazing.
Get on the floor, baby lose control
Just work your body and let it go
If you wanna party, just grab somebody
As Sirius continued to watch the crowd, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that many people were also becoming somewhat drawn and hypnotized to the dance crowd below. But as for him, one person was more or less hypnotizing him.
All my people in the crowd, let me see you dance
C'mon Britney take it down, make the music dance
All my people round and round, party all night long
C'mon Britney lose control, watch you take it down
After the little performance, Sirius headed back toward the bar to get another club soda. A few minutes later he was greeted with Andy and Marissa's presence along with a few other girls.
"Well you lot looked like you were having a good time," chimed Sirius as he took a sip from his glass.
"And what if we were?" asked Andy coyly.
"Sirius?" said a girl next to Andy. She was about three inches shorter than Andy with dark brown hair that had bright red highlights streaked through it. The girl also had the same nose and similar facial features as Andy, except for the eyes, which were a dark brown.
"What are you doing here?" asked the girl with a hint of a snobbish attitude, as she scanned the boy before her.
"He was my ride," said Andy as she glared down at her younger sibling. Sirius saw Andy give her a look that blatantly meant 'you've got a problem with it…TOUGH!'
"Wow. You must have been really desperate to get away from Hogwarts," said Andy's little sister, Jennifer, as she scrunched up her nose in disgust.
"Hello to you too, Jen," said Sirius sweetly. "You look very…nice this evening." He added once he got a good look at what she was wearing, which was not much. She had on a red halter top that was extremely low cut, as well as a black mini-skirt that was way too short on the petite girl, and black boots that came up to her mid leg. Normally, Sirius, like many guys his age, wouldn't mind seeing a girl show off a little skin. But this look was a bit much, even for him.
"Yeah, I know," spat Jen as she quickly took a swig of the drink she had ordered. "Come on girls, lets go party." The girls that had come off the dance floor quickly finished their drinks, and followed Jen back toward the dance floor. But Andy and Marissa decided to sit this one out.
"I see Jennifer is as cheery as ever," said Sirius once he knew Andy's sister was far enough away.
"I'm sorry about her," apologized Marissa. Andy simply shook her head and asked the bartender for a coke.
"Don't worry about it Marissa. I know how she gets," said Sirius with a smirk.
"Why didn't you say something to her?" asked Marissa to Andy.
"Because it wouldn't have helped anyway," said Andy simply. "Jennifer has a mind of her own, and she'll never change. I've been trying to keep her in check and you see where it got me."
"No where," said Sirius as he took a swig of his drink.
"Exactly," said Andy before she ordered another coke.
"Urgh, I swear once of these days she's going to end up in a world of trouble and then expect me to bail her out of it, as usual. She's just like her mother," said Andy darkly.
Sirius then put his hand on her shoulder and began to rub it gently. "Hey, forget about the diva wannabe. I thought you wanted to have some fun?"
"I guess you're right," chuckled Andy slightly.
"I'm sorry, can you say that again?" said Sirius as he rubbed his ear a bit.
"You heard me the first time, Black. Don't push your luck," said Andy lightly.
"You too don't seem like you really hate each other," piped Marissa as she took a sip of her drink.
"Eh, we tolerate each other," shrugged Sirius. At that moment, a new song began to play that was very upbeat.
"Ooohh…this is a really good beat," said Marissa. She then got up and walked around Andy to where Sirius was. "Dance with me, Sirius?"
"I'm not that good of a dancer," stated Sirius, as he shook his head no.
"Oh come on Black," encouraged Andy.
"No I don't really think so," stuttered Sirius. But it was no use. Marissa had managed to pull Sirius off the stool and towards the dance floor. Andy couldn't help but laugh at the look on Sirius's face as she followed behind both of them.
The three of them danced away on the dance floor, with Andy meeting up with a couple of cute French guys. Every now and then, she looked over and saw Sirius and Marissa dancing away, if you could call what Sirius was doing, dancing. He seemed to do some sort of weird shuffle like step, while looking stiff as a board. After a few minutes, he began to loosen up a bit and started imitating a couple of moves he saw other people doing.
Soon the songs started to turn into slow ones, and Andy began to head back up to get something to drink. As she made her way to the stairs, she met up with Sirius who was slightly flustered from dancing.
"Well that was fun," said Andy.
"A little interesting," Sirius chimed out with a bit of sarcasm in his voice.
"Where's Marissa?"
"Still out on the dance floor with this guy she met," said Sirius.
"Oh. Drink?" suggested Andy.
"Sure."
After a few moments of trying to fight there way through the crowd of people, the two of them made it over to the bar and ordered another coke. (this time with a splash of rum in it) Once they got their drinks, the two of them found an empty table that over looked the dance floor. As they sat there, Andy found Marissa dancing closely with a tall blond haired boy.
"Looks like your admirer lost interest," nodded Andy toward the dance floor. Sirius saw what she was talking about and shrugged at the comment.
"Eh…there'll be others," he said smoothly.
"You sure are full of yourself," said Andy as she shook her head.
"And you aren't?" spat Sirius playfully.
Andy could do nothing but shake her head and decided that a change of subject was in order. "So tell me a story."
"A story?" asked Sirius after he took a sip of his drink. "What kind of a story?"
"Don't know. How about a wonderful sibling story. Since you already heard one from me," she said with a smile.
"Nothing really to say," sighed Sirius. "You know Regulus. Wouldn't you want to forget him if he were your brother?"
"Probably. But knowing me I'd probably have killed the little prick before he could walk."
"Don't think the thought didn't cross my mind more than a few times. But alas…he was held so highly in my family's eyes. A true Black," he said before he took another swig of his drink. "Unlike me. The outcast who consorts with half bloods and mudbloods. Sorry, I shouldn't have said that."
"Sorry for what?" inquired Andy. "Blackie you know that world holds no power over me. I personally take it as a compliment to be called a mudblood."
"Why is that?" asked Sirius.
"Because to me it means I'm different in the Wizarding world, just like I'm different in the muggle world. I'm unique! It also means to me that I won't be treated like I'm some form of bloody royalty when in reality I'm no better than anyone else."
"So instead your saying you'd rather be treated like crap?" said a slightly confused Sirius.
"No. But you have to take the good with the bad. Tell me…do you like being treated as a 'pure-blood'?"
"Hell no. That lot is nothing but a bunch of old crones who have too much time on their hands. In my opinion they can all go bugger off for all I care," stated Sirius.
"So what makes you think I'd want that? By being a mudblood…I can do what I want and be who I want to be without having to uphold a stereotype. In my mind, the reason why purebloods call other blood lines different names, is because they're jealous of not having the ability to be who they want to be without disappointing their families," said Andy.
"Wow," said Sirius under his breath. "I never knew anyone could think like that. And understand the mind of a pureblood so well."
"Well I had a really good teacher," said Andy offhandedly. Just then a new song began to start up.
"I guess so," nodded Sirius in agreement.
"Hmm…I like this song," said Andy as she heard the first few notes.
"So why not go dance?" asked Sirius.
"Well if I did that then you'd be all alone," said Andy coyly with an eyebrow raised.
"Who said I wouldn't come with?" said Sirius looking directly at her.
"Huh?" said Andy with both eyebrows raised.
Sirius then got up from his seat and walked over to Andy's side. "Care to dance?" he said as he held out his hand.
"You're kidding right?"
"Does it look like I am?" said Sirius smoothly.
"I thought you said you couldn't dance?" she said as she cocked her head to her side.
"I've have a few moves you haven't seen," he said with a smile as he wiggled his eyebrows.
Andy looked at him for a moment and decided that one dance couldn't hurt. After all they were in Paris to have a good time. "Wait a sec," she said before she took a hold of his hand. She then took the glass and swallowed the last mouthful of her drink. "To numb the pain my feet will endure," she commented as he gave her a strange look.
Sirius simply rolled his eyes as he took a hold of Andy's hand. "Come on." The two of them headed back down toward the dance floor and began to sway to the music that had a slight Spanish-like beat.
Since the moment I spotted you
Like walking round with little wings on my shoes
My stomach's filled with the butterflies... and it's alright
Bouncing round from cloud to cloud
I got the feeling like I'm never going to come down
If I said I didn't like it then you know I'd lied
Sirius began to twirl Andy around lead her into a little sexy mambo-like dance. Andy was a needless to say surprise at Sirius's moves, and at first was having a little trouble keeping up with him.
Every time I try to talk to you
I get tongue-tied
Seems like everything
I say to you
Comes out wrong and never comes out right
"Where'd you learn to dance like this?" she asked as he span her away from himself and then back.
"Spent a summer in Spain. Met a few people and I learned what you are seeing," he said as the two continued to move to the beat close together.
"So what you're saying is that you learned to dance to try to impress a girl you met while in Spain," said Andy as she looked up at Sirius, knowing it was true.
"Possibly. Do you think it worked on her?" he asked as he dipped Andy into a small roll.
"Possibly," said Andy once she was back facing him.
So I'll say 'why don't you and I get together and take on the world
and be together forever
Heads we will and tails we'll try again
So I say why don't you and I hold each other and fly to the moon
and straight on to heaven
Cause without you they're never going to let me in
The two of them continued to dance along with the music, slightly oblivious to what was going around them. But soon the song ended and led to another that also had a Spanish-like beat. But this time it was much slower. Sirius and Andy saw people begin to slow there pace down and getting extremely close to one another.
"We don't have to if…" said Andy, as she looks Sirius.
"I don't mind," he said cutting her off. Andy slightly bit her lip as she took a hold of Sirius's hand and placed the other on his shoulder, while he placed his on her waist.
I have been in love and been alone
I have traveled over many miles to find a home
there's that little place inside of me that
I never thought could take control of everything but now
I just spend all my time with anyone
who makes me feel the way she does
'Cause I only feel alive
when I dream at night
even though she's not real it's all right
'cause I only feel alive
when I dream at night
every move that she makes holds my eyes
and I fall for her every time
"Awww…look at that," said Marissa who had rejoined her other friends and were now looking over the dance floor. "They look so cute together," she added as the rest of the group watched Sirius twirl Andy around.
"I think he's really taken with her," commented a black haired witch.
"Yeah…that's what I'm afraid of," snorted Jen as she too watched on.
"Why do you say that Jen?" asked a tall red head.
"Because Sirius Black is a womanizer. He can make pretty much any girl fall under his spell," spat Jen.
"Sounds like have some experience with him," said Marissa.
"Not personally," said Jen. "But a lot of my friends back at Hogwarts did. He shows a slight interest in a girl and they're hooked. Falling madly for him. But once he shows interest in another girl, he'll drop the one he's with faster than a hot potato. Leaving her heart broken, hurt, and alone."
"That may be true," said Marissa, "but your sister is a smart girl. Plus she already knows what he's like, and has hated him for years. I doubt she's going to fall for him overnight."
"Yeah, your right," said Jen half-heartedly. 'I just hope if she is falling she isn't falling blindly.'
After a few more dances Sirius and Andy decided that it was time to head back to school, before one of the professor's found out that they had been gone all day. They said good-bye to everyone and headed off back to Hogwarts.
"That was a blast!" said Andy in a low voice as she and Sirius walked back to the common room.
"Oh, hey what about that guy…" started Sirius.
"With the cowboy hat and the bright purple shirt? Oh he was hilarious!" chuckled Andy, causing Sirius to do the same.
"This was an interesting day," remarked Sirius after a few moments of silence.
"Yeah, I guess," said Andy aloofly.
"You guess?" inquired Sirius with a quizzical look on his face.
"Blackie, can I ask you something?" said Andy as she stopped a few feet from the portrait of the fat lady.
"Sure."
"Before when we were talking about families and mudbloods and all…"
"Yeah, what about it?" said Sirius not sure where she was going with this.
"Well it occurred to me that after all these years of us fighting and calling each other names, you never called me a mudblood. Why?"
"I don't know," he said as he ran a tired hand through the back of his head. "I just didn't."
"Sirius, you can tell me the truth," she said as she looked into his eyes.
"I just never thought of you like that," he said with a shrug as he turned away from her. "Also…I don't know. I guess I thought that…people would see me…like they see my family. Just another pureblood picking on others."
"Hey," she said as turned him back towards her and held onto his arms. "You are not like them. Yes, you can be cruel and vindictive, but you do those things because it's who you are. Not for personal gain or to uphold some ridiculous stereotype. It's a part of your personality, and it makes you human."
"Thanks…for see me like that," said Sirius with a half smile. Andy nodded at his reply and looked deeply into his eyes. She could start to feel herself lose a little bit of control. At that moment, she leaned up kissed him softly on the cheek, near the corner of his mouth.
"Thank you for seeing me like that," she said copying his own words.
"You're welcome," said Sirius in a low voice. He could feel himself being pulled toward Andy…especially towards her soft pink lips.
"Aww…ickle young love," said a voice from above them. "So disgusting." Both of them startled by the voice looked up and saw that the resident poltergeist was floating above them.
"The only thing I see that is disgusting is a certain little poltergeist," spat Andy, getting slightly annoyed.
"Ooohh…I'm so scared," cackled Peeves. Sirius gave Andy, and she caught on as to what he wanted to do.
"Oh look Blackie, if it isn't the Bloody Baron," said Andy happily as she pointed down the hallway behind Peeves.
"What?" said Peeves with a shocked look on his face.
"Peeves you little ingrate!" boomed the voice of the Bloody Baron. "Com out and face me like a man!"
"Eek!" squeaked Peeves before he disappeared before them.
"Not bad Black," comment Andy as she looked over at Sirius.
"Why than.." said Sirius with the voice of the Bloody Baron. He then used his wand again to return his voice back to normal. "Thank you."
With that the two of them continued on toward the common room quietly. Once they were inside, after waking the Fat Lady, Andy noticed James and Lily a sleep on the floor. "Whoa, wait," whispered Andy as she grabbed a hold of the back Sirius's shirt.
"What?" whispered Sirius. She then pointed over toward James and Lily on the floor. "Oh!"
The two of them silently moved back toward the porthole and hugged the wall as they watched their friends wake up. They saw James brush a strand of hair out of Lily's face and two of them staring at each other with James' hand still on her face. Slowly their heads began to lean in closer to one another. It was then that Andy noticed James's cloak on the back of the chair. She slowly pulled out her wand and called for the cloak, which silently flew into her hand. She then threw the material over Sirius and herself and continued to watch them. But suddenly James stopped and looked over in there direction.
"What is it?" said a sleepy Lily.
"I thought I heard something," said James, looking back at her. "Probably just the wind or one of the ghosts."
Lily nodded in agreement and noticed the time on the clock. "I guess wee should say goodnight then. It's almost three."
"Yeah, we should," said James softly looking at Lily again.
"Goodnight James. Thanks again for letting me tag along," said Lily softly looking up at him.
"The pleasure was all mine…Lily," he said in a strange voice. With that said, Lily's cheeks flushed a bit and she then felt his lips on top of her forehead, not the way a friend would kiss her…but in another kind of way.
"Goodnight Lily. Sweet dreams," he said softly. Lily nodded still stunned slightly at his actions. Both of them got up and began to straighten the room. Lily had extinguished the fire in the hearth, while James cleaned up the floor a bit. The two of them departed to their rooms thinking about what almost happened a few moments ago.
Once they heard the doors to the dorms close, Sirius pulled off the cloak revealing the both of them to the darken room.
"He was so close!" whispered Sirius harshly.
"I know," sighed a frustrated Andy. "Damn his hearing."
"Well you know what this means?" said Sirius with a sly grin.
"What?" said Andy as she rubbed her tired eyes.
"It won't be too long before they finally crack," said Sirius.
"I don't know. I've got a funny feeling about those two," said Andy as she looked up at the dorms.
"Like what? What could possibly happen?" said Sirius.
"I don't know. But I've got this feeling that something's going to happen to them that could mess up our plans," replied Andy as looked directly at Sirius.
Disclaimer: I'm not J.K. Rowling. I only own this story and the characters I made up. Also I did not the three songs in this story. They belong to Britney Spears and Madonna, Santana, and Marc Anthony.