Chapter 7

"Olivia you can NOT keep him!" Mary protested with wide eyes. "What if you get caught with him? What if we all get in trouble because of you?"

Hannah was stroking the dog lovingly. "Mary calm down and come pet him, he's so adorable! I think we should keep him!"

Lily shook her head. "It's just for tonight. It's cold out there, and he wouldn't stop following us anyways. We can bring him back tomorrow."

Olivia sat on her bed, rubbing at her ankle. She and Lily had dragged themselves in, cold, wet and muddy with their new friend never leaving their side. The other two girls were too busy with the dog to ask questions about the appearance of their roommates.

The dog was laying on his back, happy as can be with all the attention he was receiving.

"What if he has fleas?" Mary asked skeptically.

The dog whined in protest.

"You see Mary, even he agrees that he should stay." Hannah said happily.

"Well of course he would," Marry muttered. "He's a dumb animal in a warm room getting a ton of attention."

"He needs a name of course." Hannah said brightly. "What about Blacky?"

"No! We are not naming him!" Olivia said defiantly. "If you were wondering, Lily and I are just fine thanks. We didn't almost die or anything."

Hannah pouted and stood up. "Fine, but I still think we should keep him. He's absolutely darling." She completely ignored Olivia's glares.

Lily rolled her eyes. She found clean pajamas and went off to dry herself off.

The dog wagged his tail happily and then jumped onto Olivia's bed and curled into a ball, resting his head on his paws.

Olivia pet him distractedly, thinking about the night's adventure.

"We're going down to study." Mary said after awhile, arm and arm with Hannah.

The girls walked out of the room whispering to each other. They didn't have their books, Olivia noted.

Lily came back out in a robe and slippers, "I'll be back, I'm going to shower and try and get warmth back into my bones." She walked out of the room leaving Olivia with the shaggy black dog who had saved her life.

She looked at the dog. "Looks like it's you and me then."

Olivia stripped off her damp shirt and shivered.

The dog suddenly jumped off the bed whining, and hid under her bed.

She narrowed her eyes. "What has gotten into you?" She carefully got off her bed and bent down to look under her bed.

"Curious how a dog could be suddenly modest."

The dog stared back at her. That's when she saw it. There was a distinct fleck in his right eye, a spot of black upon the gray that she had only known one person to have.

"Damn it Sirius! I should have known!" She screamed angrily, slamming her fists on the ground.

Sirius crawled out from under her bed with his hands up in surrender.

"If it makes you feel any better-" He began, Sirius was instantly interrupted by Olivia wailing furiously on him. She smacked his arm repeatedly yelling obscenities.

He grabbed her arm and pushed her back into the wall. Olivia was stunned, he hadn't ever fought her back before.

Sirius was dangerously close to her, she could feel his breath warm on her skin as he looked down at her. She shivered again involuntarily. She was in nothing but her ripped, muddy jeans and her black lace bra. Olivia was chilled to the bone, but could feel nothing but the heat between them.

Without even thinking about it he kissed her. Slowly, gently he melted into her. Her first reaction was to pull away but her brain had completely shut down, devoid of all logical thinking. She pressed into him with a longing she didn't know she possessed.

Sirius moaned as he gently ran his finger through her wet hair, cupping the back of her head to deepen the kiss. Her hands instinctively ran up his chest. She hadn't realized how muscular he was beneath his baggy clothing. Olivia circled her arms around to his back and dug her nails gently into his back.

Olivia felt she was in his embrace forever when he began to pull away. Her cheeks were flushed, and her lips were swollen. Gasping for air she stared at him with a shocked gaze that he returned.

"Why in bloody hell did you do that to me?" She asked, slowly remembering why she was angry with him.

"Kiss you?" He asked; he looked a little hurt.

Olivia sighed. "Why did you fool me like that Sirius? You were a DOG." She put her hands on her hips defensively.

"So you enjoyed the kiss?" He asked with an incorrigible smile.

Olivia glared at him. "So help me Sirius if you don't start explaining things to me I'm going to beat you."

Sirius opened his mouth to speak when he heard the doorknob begin to turn. He instantly transformed back into a dog, leaving Olivia staring at him open-mouthed.

Lily walked in and stopped to stare at Olivia. "Are you alright?" She asked curiously.

Olivia checked herself and swallowed hard. "Of course I am, why wouldn't I be?"

Lily frowned. "You don't have a shirt on, and you look like you're turning blue."

Olivia licked her lips and looked around the room. "I'm just still in shock I guess."

Lily looked at her steadily, and then went to lay in her own bed. "Let me know if you need anything." She called, drawing her bed hangings.

Olivia's breath was uneven as the cold began to settle back on her. Her lips trembled as she grabbed her night clothes. She looked pointedly at the dog, stripping off her remaining clothes slowly, making sure to take her time, keeping in mind to cover where she needed to be covered. If he was going to play this game, she was going to make him suffer for it.

She crawled into bed and Sirius jumped up and curled in a ball at her feet.

"I hate you." She muttered to him angrily.

The dog wagged his tail happily, and fell asleep.

Olivia wrapped herself in her blankets, trying to hold in the warmth. The night's events played over and over again in her mind. She flushed as she thought of Sirius. She wasn't sure who she was really mad at, him for kissing her or herself for allowing it.