Hpov
I didn't know where I was going, but I'd made it out to the grounds before Sirius caught up with me.
"Hallie wait." Sirius said catching my hand but I tore it out of his.
"Get away from me." I spat bitterly.
He tried again.
"Don't touch me." I said trying to pull away but he wouldn't let go instead he turned me to face him, and grabbed my shoulders.
"Will you just listen to me?" he almost shouted.
"Sirius, let go."
"Not until you've listened." He said insistently.
I pulled out my wand and pointed it directly at his heart but he didn't move.
"Let. Go." I said through gritted teeth.
"Go ahead, curse me." He said softly. "I won't stop you."
"Why not?" I asked furiously.
"Because you're angry, and if that's what you need to do to get it out then fine. But just promise me that after you'll just let me explain."
I glared at him feeling my entire body beginning to shake. Anger and betrayal built up inside of me and I was amazed my gaze wasn't burning him. A stream of curses and hexes went through my mind, what I wouldn't give to jinx him so thoroughly, he wouldn't be able to eat solid things for a week. But as I continued to glare into those intense gray eyes, I knew I couldn't do it. I was too weak.
Furious with myself I lowered my wand, deciding to hear what he had to say before I made my decision to resort to magical punishment.
"Hallie, it was a love potion."
"You honestly expect me to believe that?" I asked him incredulously feeling tears stinging my eyes. "With your track record?"
"It's the truth."
"I don't believe it." I said glaring up at him. "Love potions are banned at Hogwarts everybody knows that. How would she have gotten one?"
"How can you be my girlfriend and still think students aren't getting banned items in this school?" he asked in frustration.
"Your girlfriend?" I asked with a hollow laugh. "You're really that arrogant to think that anything that was between us is still there after this?"
"What are you saying?" he asked quietly.
"I'm saying I never want to see you again." I said well aware that tears were now sliding down my face and hating myself for it. Just the thought of seeing him all over Valerie, and her kissing him made me so furious I couldn't contain myself. I needed to get away from him I couldn't handle this right now. Just earlier today I'd been convinced I was in love with him, that it was possible he might love me back but now…
I tried to pull away from him but he wouldn't let me go.
"Hallie, don't run away again please I-" he started softly but I cut him off.
"Sirius I don't want to hear it." I said angrily. "I'm done being made a fool of."
"What?"
I glared at him.
"You think I didn't hear them whispering, laughing at me. God Sirius, people kept saying I was insane to even consider going out with you. And they were right."
He looked as if he wanted to say something, but couldn't bring himself to do it.
"You know what the worst part is?" I asked him quietly. "I actually convinced myself that this wasn't going to happen. I knew it would, but I kept telling myself that you were different now, that you had changed. I actually thought you cared about me." I scoffed. "I thought I was different from all those other girls."
"I do." He said quickly. "You are."
"Clearly not."
"That's not true."
"Why do you keep denying it?"
"Because I love you." He almost shouted. He immediately let go of me and looked away. Clearly, the words he'd just said, were not meant to come out.
"You what?" I whispered after a very long pause.
"I love you." He said refusing to meet my gaze. "How can you not know that by now?"
"Well considering I just saw you in bed with-"
"With what? Another girl?" he asked looking at me and his expression was bitter. "That's what a love potion does Hallie, I thought that WAS you. Everything you saw, I thought I was doing with you. Granted, I was a little surprised when she brought it up, but…"
"But we never," I started feeling myself blush. "You never seemed to want-"
"I'm an 18 year old boy Hallie, of course I want to." He said shaking his head. "The only reason I never brought it up was because I didn't want you to think that's all I wanted."
"Then what do you want?"
"I've answered this question for you already." He said annoyed.
"Refresh my memory."
"You." He said quietly. "I want you and that's all I want. No one else. Don't you get it?" he asked running his fingers through his hair in frustration. "I've never felt that before and it scares me. I've never had problems with girls before you, everything's always been so easy. But I'll be damned if anything with you is simple. Every time I try to make sense of you, you surprise me. It's like you know and you do it on purpose just to annoy me, but I can't get enough of it Hal." He said desperately. "I can't get enough of you. I love you."
His eyes met mine.
"You have to believe me Hallie." He said quietly. "I would never want to hurt you."
I stared at him and I realized I did. I did believe Sirius. All the anger and pain that had recently been controlling my emotions seemed to fade, and before I knew it I was saying the words I'd been holding in for weeks now.
"I love you too." I said quietly. I expected him to smirk and make a sarcastic witty remark, but he didn't. He merely looked at me, in shock then said.
"Oh thank god."
He wrapped his arms around me and the next thing I knew his lips were on mine. As always when I kissed him I felt electricity spark between us and run through me as he pulled me closer. I slid my arms around his neck and he picked me up in his arms.
It was a while before we broke apart. But when we did I looked up at Sirius and I could tell my cheeks were red as he sat me down.
"We should probably get back to the party." I said breathlessly. "Your fans are probably missing you."
"I don't care about that." He said shaking his head, intertwining his fingers with mine, and looking around. "It's a nice day." He said grinning. "Why don't we go for a walk?"