The Characters belong to J.K. Rowling, besides one of the main character's, Julia. And the minor characters. The school of Hogwarts and the game of quidditch and much more, belong to J.K. Rowling.
Sirius's P.O.V.
The clock said 10:07 am. There was no way it was that late. I told Abby that I would meet her after breakfast at 10, and I still have to get showered and dressed. I got out of bed and ran to the bathroom, and jumped into the shower. My usual shampoo was empty, so I borrowed some of James's. In five minutes, I had dried off, and walked over to the sink to brush my teeth. I looked up, and shouted in fury. My hair was blue. Electric blue. When did this happen? And how? I heard laughter from the common room. I ran to my dresser, threw on a pair of jeans and the only t-shirt that was clean, which, by the way, clashed with my new hair color, and marched downstairs to find the culprit.
Julia and James were sitting next to each other and when they looked up, they were trying to muffle their laughter, but doing a poor job at it. "What's with the new hair-do Black?" Julia giggled, but not the flirty way that other girls do, instead it's the annoying giggle that only she can manage, and it makes me embarrassed.
"Not funny Jules. I've got a date with Abby, and I don't know how to get rid of this. I don't even know how it happened." I sat down across from her, and ran my hand through my colored hair.
"You seem to have the same predicament as Julia did a long time ago.." James suggested, shrugging his shoulders.
"What do you.. Wait. JULIA! What the bloody hell did you do to me?" I jumped to my feet, at the same time Julia jumped over the back of the couch she and James were sitting on, and hid under the cover of the furniture.
"Okay Sirius, calm down. You sort of deserve it for what you did at the party last week.." James was trying to calm me down, but it wasn't working."
"What, so now you're complaining? Plus, you were in on it too! You were the one who actually undressed her!" I yelled back at him. This was unfair. "I was drunk, and it's not like Julia didn't have a nice body.. She had nothing to be ashamed of." James shrugged, almost in agreement, but he didn't say anything, probably afraid to get on Julia's bad side again, since she already forgave him completely.
"Sirius, he either did that or I would have had to deal with the consequences of not completing the dare. That wouldn't have happened if you weren't always trying to get into someone's pants. And why did you even do that to me? It's not like you thought I would have just let you off the hook. If anything, I was the most likely to get back at you for something like that." She was right. I don't even know why I chose her. I was probably too drunk to realize she wasn't going to let something like that go without payback. I could have chosen Marlene or someone that would be more than willing to go further than James went, but i guess that was part of my drunk self reasoning. That was the only time I would have gotten off at all, considering it was at a party, during a game, full with people drinking. I'm not saying it was right of me, but there's still a reason that I don't really remember.. and it was my main breaking point on choosing Julia. Was it because she was my friend and I was curious? Or was i curious for some other reason?
"Yeah well, I'm sorry for that. But I thought you had forgiven me for that." Julia was still peeking over the couch, afraid I was going to pounce at any moment.
She stood up. "Barely. And then you went and made a date with the worst person possible, who gave me the best idea possible. And I promise, after your date, I'll have forgiven you completely." She grinned wickedly. I was annoyed, but honestly I would rather have Julia forgive me and have an embarrassing weekend, than have her stay mad at me.
I chuckled, and walked over to James casually, who was next to, and a little bit behind, the couch that Julia was standing behind. Jules stared at me suspiciously. I lunged at Julia, and playfully tackled her, turning us around, and causing her to land on top of me. I messed up her hair, which she had straightened from her usual perfect brown curls, and got up as she shoved me away. She tried to blow her hair out of her way, but it just fell back onto her face. She looked annoyed. I laughed and tucked the loose piece of hair behind her ear.
"Grow up Black, you've got five minutes while I fix my hair, and if you're still acting like you're ten, then I'll dye you hair purple once this wears off." I grinned, and sat down.
"Speaking of which, how did you get my hair to be blue? And when will it wear off?" I glanced at James, hoping he would know, but he was just looking at Julia with a small smile on his face, which he was obviously trying to hide. God that was annoying, if I didn't know he liked Lilly, I would have thought he had a crush on her. I shook my head. Again, I was being childish. I shouldn't care who James likes. Or maybe I cared about who liked Julia? Which was reasonable, I don't want anyone to hurt her. Though being annoyed at James is stupid, he would never hurt a girl. Especially not Jules. But yet again, he doesn't even like her. He likes Lilly.
In my annoyed thoughts, I almost forgot about the question I had asked. "I made a coloring potion, and put it into one of the shampoo bottles in your bathroom, but there were two, so I emptied one to make sure you didn't have a choice but to use that one. And then I charmed the potion so that it doesn't wear off until you get genuinely embarrassed." I narrowed my eyes at her. At least this would be over quick, as soon as Abby sees me, my hair will turn back to it's normal color.
"But how did you know James wouldn't use the shampoo? Did you let him in on the plan?" James nodded his head warily. Of course. She told James but he didn't warn me. Typical. They always side when it comes to pranks. He even sided with her during truth or dare, even though I know he wanted to be on my side for that one. I rolled my eyes, and watched as Julia gave a satisfied look, and turned back around and continued up the stairs.
I hurried down to the great hall, looking everywhere for abby. It was 10:21. I had completely forgotten about our date, and I couldn't just bail. After my hair being cursed, I'm at least going to actually carry out the reason I was pranked. And if the date was a bust, at the very least my hair would be turned back to normal.
I saw Abby talking with a group of girls, probably gossiping and spreading rumors. When I walked up to them, they turned around, and once they saw my hair, Abby's jaw dropped and the rest of the girls were laughing at me. Normally, I would have cared about this, maybe try to make a joke, or come up with a reason for my hair being like this that might impress them, but instead i just said nothing, and started to walk away. Whether Abby followed or not was completely up to her, and I didn't care what she did.
"Wait, Sirius!" I turned around, making it clear I wasn't going to wait long. "Why are you late?" I raised my eyebrows, almost amazed at her stupidity. When she didn't make the connection, I pointed at my hair. "Oh.. right. Well, I'll take to you guys later?" Her friends muttered their agreement, and split off into different directions. I was expecting to be embarrassed by now, but my hair was still blue. Strange. Once she finally caught up with me, we walked silently, and a bit awkwardly, down to hogsmeade.
We were walking down the streets, barely talking, and it was clear Abby was getting bored. We had just walked past a tea shop, when Abby stopped, and tried to pull me inside. I looked up at the sign above the door. Madam Puddifoot's. Great. So this is where my date was going to end up. No. Absolutely not. "Um, I've got a better idea. I'll buy you whatever you want if we go to The Three Broomsticks instead." I looked hopefully at Abby, not wanting to be seen by my friends in a tea store like this. She nodded her head reluctantly, and as we walked away towards the pub, she looked longingly back at Madam Puddifoot's. That place is a death sentence for a marauder to be seen in. We found a table after entering the warm pub, and sat quietly while we waited for our order to be taken.
"I'll also have a butterbeer." The waitress walked away with our order for two drinks, and as she went out of view, Julia walked inside, with red cheeks from the frost, and windswept hair. Her strikingly blue eyes were cheery, and she perked up even more when she saw me, and waved. I smiled and began to raise my hand to wave back, when Davis walked in right behind her, looking like a goof compared to her. I can't believe she actually came with him. If he hurts him, I'm not holding back. Julia deserves so much more than him. When she saw my sudden look of anger, her smile faltered, and she slowed down. She was making her way towards me, but had stopped when she saw my expression. I don't know if she has the wrong idea or not, but i couldn't let her think i was mad at her. That wasn't fair. I was mad at Davis for not learning when to stop bugging a girl after she rejected him. Trying to correct my mistake, I put a fake smile back on, and finished my wave that I had been trying to direct at her before I noticed Davis. She didn't look fully convinced, but I think she knew why I was mad.
Davis was still looking in my general direction, trying to see who Julia was looking at, and when he caught my eye, his face hardened, and he lead her away to a table on the other side of the room. "Look Sirius." Hearing Abby speak startled me, and I almost tripped the waitress as she brought us our drinks. "It's obvious that you like her, and we aren't officially going out again, so dying her hair again would be wrong." I chuckled at the last part of her sentence.
"Abby, we're just friends. I just don't want her to get hurt, that's all." She didn't look convinced whatsoever, but she left it at that. Which was all the same to me, I didn't need to explain myself to every single person who doubted me. Yet again, normally, I would have felt the need to. This date was just getting worse and worse.
I was back in the common room, trying to focus on my homework, but I just couldn't. I went up to my room and grabbed my broom, planning on riding around a for a bit, by myself, but when I walked downstairs, I found James sitting on the couch, with his arm around Julia, whose head was resting on his shoulder, glancing at her every once in a while looking completely peaceful. "Hey Jules, wanna take a ride?" I asked, bringing my broomstick into view, trying to catch her attention.
"Yeah sure, let me just go get my broom." She untangled herself from James, and headed for her dorm.
"No need." She looked at me, confused. "Just trust me." I grinned, and she slowly looked from me to James, and then finally walked over to me. I took her hand, and lead her out of the portrait, and out the front doors.
Once we were outside, I got on top of my broom, and waited. Julia looked at me, noticing that I didn't have a second broom. "Where am I supposed to go?" I chuckled, and patted the space in front of me.
"With me, silly." I scooted forwards, to give just enough room for her small frame to fit.
"Oh of course, silly me." She rolled her eyes, but sat down in behind me, giving no complaints. When I kicked off the ground, she quickly wrapped her arms around my waist, and buried her face into my back.
"First time riding with two people?" I heard her give a tiny squeak as we flew farther upwards. "I'll take that as a yes." I grinned, for two reasons. One, her being afraid of flying was sort of funny, considering she was the best seeker Hogwarts has seen in a while, and two, no one has thought of taking a quidditch player for a ride on a broom for a date yet. She squeezed tighter as we picked up pace, flying above the trees and around the school. I could feel her hot breath on my neck, and realized I was the happiest I have been all day, maybe even all week. If Julia was still mad at me, I wouldn't have even known what to do. I sighed in relief, feeling the crisp wind against my cheek, and Julia against my back. Her arms lifted from my waist, and she rested her hands on my shoulders, looking over the side at the view below us. As she turned back, her hands slowly slid from my shoulders, and rested on my biceps. Being a beater really helped with muscle, thank god for that. We flew in silence, but not the awkward silence like with Abby. Instead it was a peaceful silence, that I was too afraid of breaking.
The sun was setting, so I landed in the middle of the quidditch field and let Julia get off the broom gracefully, before I swung the broom over my shoulders. As Julia started walking slowly towards the castle, I adjusted the broom and reached for her waist to pull her into my side, but I wasn't looking where I was walking and walked into the wall as we exited the stadium. Since we weren't walking fast, it didn't really hurt, but I could feel my cheeks redden as Julia noticed what had just happened. A smile crept onto her face.
"What?" Did I have a bruise, or was she just smiling at me being an idiot?
"Your hair is back to normal. Apparently, the great Sirius Black doesn't get embarrassed when he gets laughed at all day, but as soon as he walks into a wall in front of his best friend, his cheeks go up in flames and his normal hair that he's overly obsessed with returns to it's proper state." She laughed as my hand shot up to pull a piece of my hair into view, and then I felt my cheeks redden yet again when I realize that I was embarrassed in front of her. So much for that peaceful moment. I rolled my eyes, hooked her around her waist, and successfully pulled her into my side. We headed for the lake, completely forgetting our previous destination, and sat down on the sand, looking out at the sunset. I felt Julia shiver beside me, so I handed her my coat, which was way too big for her, but she pulled it off, and we huddled together, until the sky turned dark, and we got up to leave. It's times like this that I wouldn't trade our friendship in for anything. Not even another girl, or perfect hair. We ended up falling asleep on the couch, with her head in my lap, watching the fire die out.
I am soooooooo sorry that it took me forever to post this. Will you forgive me since I posted an extra long chapter? :D As always, I would love to read your reviews, if anyone ever left any *cough cough*. I'm just kidding, but I really would like to hear your feedback. And while, you're at it, tell me if you liked Sirius's point of view, or if I should stick with Julia's, or do James's, or anyone elses, just leave me a comment and your wish is my command. I'll see you in the next chapter which, I PROMISE will be posted tomorrow. Farewell!