Part Two
"Ready to go?" asked Lily. Brenna nodded her head as they set out of the Great Hall after breakfast. Her first class was Charms, which she was glad of. It was by far one of her best subjects. She and Lily almost always sat in the back, unless Sirius, James, Remus, and Peter had already taken the seats. After they passed Nearly Headless Nick and gave him a `Hello,' Brenna and Lily walked into the Charms classroom. James and Co. weren't there yet, so they seized two seats in the back. Not even a minute after they sat down, they found James and Sirius staring at them inquiringly.
"And what are you two doing in our seats?" asked James. Lily snickered and said, "You mean to say, that these are your seats? Do you see `James Potter' or `Sirius Black' written on them? I sure don't…unless I'm going blind." Brenna giggled and the smile on James's face vanished. Sirius smirked and glanced at Brenna. She smiled back at him and their eyes locked. She never noticed that he had grey eyes, and striking ones at that. She wouldn't blink, not if he didn't. After concentrating she could see something in his eyes. She wasn't sure what it was, but before she could tell, James pulled them out of their reverie.
"…so you see what the solution is, don't you Sirius?" asked James, throwing Sirius a fleeting look as if he were supposed to know the answer. Having no idea what the response was supposed to be, Sirius said, "Oh, yeah, right." James sat down next to Lily and Sirius couldn't choose where to sit. There was a perfectly vacant seat next to Brenna where he could sit next to her, and there was a seat next to James where he could sit. After contemplating for a moment, Sirius took a seat next to the girl he adored.
Brenna looked at the person sitting next to her. He beamed and she felt butterflies creeping into the pit of her stomach. He was sitting next to her…Sirius Black, the boy who she'd liked since her third year at Hogwarts, was sitting next to her…when there was a totally unoccupied seat next to his best friend! She quickly shooed the butterflies away and sighed quietly as she smiled back at the handsome boy. He was so handsome, with his perfect hair and makes-you-melt smile. She had talked to him the other day for hours, and had thoroughly enjoyed it. He had a great personality, which made him etch himself even more into her heart. Before class was over, he touched her hand under the table which caused them both to blush.
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After dinner that night, Sirius headed towards the Gryffindor Common Room. He was exhausted after running from Snape, who he had just tried to hex. He said the password (Ignitus) and walked through the Portrait Hole. He didn't see any of his friends in the Common Room, or Brenna, so he went straight up to the boys' dorm. James was up there, but he didn't find Remus or Peter.
"What are you doing up here so early in the evening?" asked James. Sirius shrugged and sat down on his bed. "It was too noisy in the Common Room. I wanted some peace and quiet."
"Oh… Why?" asked James.
"I'm tired." mumbled Sirius.
"Alright. So what is it that's bothering you?" asked James as if he knew what was troubling Sirius.
"None of your business," he snarled.
"Well excuse me," said James arrogantly. There was a silence. "What about Brenna?" James smirked while Sirius stopped in midair from taking off his shoe.
"What about her?"
"You want to be with her!"
"Come again?"
"Stop hiding it, I know you do."
"Why do you think so?"
"Because whenever you see her, you stop whatever your doing and don't notice anything else going on around you," he said, counting on a finger. "You always have a dazed look on your face whenever she's talking to you. Whenever you talk about her to me, it ends up in a conversation about what you'd do to her if you had the chance!"
"So what?" said Sirius, feeling the heat rising in his face.
"At least I can see what's in front of my face."
"I can see what's in front of my face. It's just that I think love is a strong word to use. It's just that I find her…I find her irresistible," said Sirius, putting on his pajamas. James made a gesture in the air with his hand like he caught something.
"You love her."
"I think she's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen…" said Sirius, avoiding James' penetrating gaze. "Maybe I do love her, I don't know. I have to spend more time with her to find out don't I?" Sirius ran a hand through his thick hair. James sat back down on his bed and nodded his head.
"Listen, I knew that I loved Lily the first moment I set eyes on her. I went about it in the wrong way of course, by hexing people to get her attention. But you're not like that. You talk to a girl to get her attention, unlike I ever did. I know she likes you and you like her. So why don't you do more than talk to her?"
"What d'you mean?" asked Sirius slowly, looking at James.
"You'll see," said James ominously. Sirius sat there for a moment, thinking about what James had just said. What did James mean, `do more than talk to her'? He closed his eyes and thought more and more about his friend's advice.
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"So how about Sirius Black, do you like him?" asked Lily, who was sitting on Brenna's bed while they talked/gossiped. Brenna was taken aback by this question. It was very random, and totally irrelevant to what they'd been talking about before.
"Why would you think that?" asked Brenna, who was fidgeting with her pillowcase.
"You were crimson when he sat down next to you in Charms today."
"So what's your point?"
"Oh come on Brenna! You fancy him!" There was a pause in which Brenna finally looked up at her friend.
"I know I do, isn't it horrible?"
"Why would it be horrible?"
"Because wouldn't it mean that I'd be one of those girls who fawns over Sirius?"
"No, there's a difference between girls who fawn over him and girls who actually like him for who he is."
"Yes, there is a difference…but who would tell the difference?"
"He would, and that's all that matters. He'd know that you were more than a girl who just liked him for his hair and smile."
"You're right…that is all that matters." Brenna watched Lily get off her bed and go to her own. After she was sure Lily didn't need the candle to see anymore, she blew it out. Brenna began to think back to the look she had seen in his eyes earlier that day. Had it been sadness? What did Sirius have to be sad about? Maybe there was something he was hiding, something that was bothering him. But what was it? She shook her head. It was really none of her business, she needed to stop prying. All she knew was that Sirius was smart; he could tell when a person liked him for who he was, not for his good-looks and his alluring eyes. He had those attributes of course, but that was on the side. His personality came before anything else.
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