wanna bet a secret --- sirius

[eclipse ?!]

Alex Band sat on a bench in the library. The windows were open and the wind blew into her face. Pushing her brown hair back behind her then coming back down gently to rest in her face when the wind retreated back. Alex's hair was long but not that. It was red like her mother’s and her eyes were big and brown. She was wearing her school uniform, with her skirt. She really hated the skirt; it was always annoying... at least to Alex.

She hadn't talked to the boys since potions class. She then went to the hospital wing because james has spilled his potion on her, on accident of course. She had hit him and Sirius over the head because they had been laughing so hard. She planned to get them back with a prank of course she would need Remus' help. Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, James Potter, and Peter Pettigrew had been her best friends since first year. Even closer than Lily, Lucy, and Ally. They would never expect to find her in the library.

Her eyes were on the book in front of her. Not really reading anything, but just focusing on it's words. Words of wisdom some might say. It was a book on Hogwarts History. History wasn't Alex's best subject or her favorite. Alex didn't really have a favorite. Now she was working history, which was quite boring taking it from Alex's perspective, and probably many other student's.

With a sigh, Alex reached into her bag next to her and pulled out a muggle notebook. She creased her hand over the front and opened in carefully. Alex read over the words in her notebook that happened to be in her hands. She was horrible at writing stories. But all this was her opinion. people always told her she was great. But she refused to let anyone see her words, even if she was alone. It was one of her secrets she had at Hogwarts. She and way to many for her own good. But they were all worth keeping.

Alex got up and made her way to the window with a ledge in front of it. She closed her eyes and leaned her head against the window. She heard the rain splattering the walls. Alex heard someone walking by and quickly opened her eyes and took her notebook and hid it behind her back. There was no way anybody would see what she had written. Those words were her secret, her hidden secret.

--- you don't have to write five paragraphs in reply. i can barely do three. i just copied and paced, lol.

[sirius orion black]

Sirius headed into the library – yes, yes, hold your gasps and other shocked reactions for after the show, thanks. Anyway, Sirius headed into the library in search of a particular book. Contrary to popular belief, the boy did read. He didn’t know why it was so shocking to the general public. After all, he was brilliant, and even if he was born blessed, even Sirius didn’t come out of the womb knowing everything. Well, perhaps he did but his harpy of a mother had found a way to rob him of that like she did all things good in the world. Perhaps she wasn’t a harpy… perhaps she was really a dementor minus the black sheets. Yes, this explained everything.

Now, you might be wondering exactly what book it was that Sirius was looking for… or even what use he would have for it. As it were, his bedside table was a bit wonky and it rocked every time he moved something on it, but Sirius was actually happy with this, so even thought the prospects of angering Madame Pince by using one of her beloved books to right his furniture, this was not what he was looking for. What could he say? Sirius Black enjoyed things that were different even if he himself was a vision of perfection.

As usual, Sirius was planning something, but to pull it off, he would need a great deal of power in the transfiguration department, and for this he was willing to read. Why he could spend endless hours studying up on a prank but couldn’t bother to study for class was beyond him, but he did exceptionally well in the majority of his classes, so the two seemed to even out. Maybe that would be his argument for the next time he got into some trouble. Why did he feel the need to torment the entire school with his antics? Well, because he was fostering his own growth and encouraging the education of others. He was really a giving person when you thought about it.

As he sifted through the aisles, he caught a rather familiar sight in his peripherals. Alex was certain to be mad at them after the Potions fiasco, so, naturally, Sirius couldn’t wait to converse with the girl. Putting on that charming, signature Black grin, he sauntered over to the girl, cocking his head to the side as she slipped something behind her back. “Now, I had fully intended on making nice,” the boy lied as he neared her, “but now you know that I must know what it is you’re trying to hide.”

[eclipse ?!]

"Of course." said Alex and she got up. "When Lily admits she loves James." Alex bent down to put her notebook in her bag. Then she turned around and sat on the window again. She leaned against the side of it and turned to look at Sirius. He had been her best friend since first year and so had the rest of the guys. They were all like her brothers. Sirius, the player. James, the one who chased after the girl he would never get. Remus, the reader and Peter, whom she always said was her favorite.

In second year she met the girls. Lily Evans, Ally Logan, and Lucy Lovegood. Lily Evans, the smart one. Ally the shy and innocent one. Then Lucy the more than halfway insane girl. Lily claimed to hate James and Ally claimed to hate Sirius Black. Alex loved to tease Ally that she loved Sirius even though she knew Ally didn’t. She teased Lily more that James and her would grow up and marry each other. Lily got angrier and Alex would just tell her that red heads got angrier.

Alex was distracted from her musing as a screech tore through the air, and a little blue bird swapped its wing and took off from the tree below. She was on her feet at once, her head turning sharply this way and that, searching for what had caused the commotion. Alex tried to take a deep breath to calm herself, though her heart was hammering rapidly in her chest. Almost always, she was constantly on the verge of doing something, anything. But Alex had never been scared like she had been with that bird before. She glared at Sirius as if daring him to say anything. “So what are you doing in the library?”

[sirius orion black]

Well, there was one difference between James and his best mate – Sirius could certainly tell a lost cause when he saw one. This, however, did not mean that he would be giving up. No, Sirius could see that the only way he was going to get what he wanted here was if he either waited for the opportune moment to bring it up again or simply found a more sneaky way of taking whatever it was she was trying to hide. The Gryffindor loved secrets, really, but only because they gave him a chance to unlock them. People who were puzzling were always the most fun to him. Sadly, they were few and far between, and he didn’t enjoy having to work too hard at things that he didn’t consider fun (like attempting to get to know a bunch of people simply to find out which ones were worth his while when most of them most definitely were not).

Yes, this would certainly come up again soon. Sirius had an elephant’s memory when it came to the important things. Well, the things he considered important. There was a distinction between his opinions and everyone else’s.

Sirius barely registered the noisy bird, but he certainly got a kick out of Alex’s reaction to the thing, something he showed by pulling a mocking smirk. ”Trying to catch you off guard,” the boy answered teasingly when questioned about his presence at the library. Well, that may not have really been what he was doing there, but she didn’t need to know that. ”And yourself?” continued the Gryffindor, his voice hinting at something more.