The Sirius Effect

Don't You Just Hate That?

"You're back earlier than I thought." James mentioned once Sirius entered the boy's dorm.

"She left!" Sirius growled as he started to pull off his clothes to switch into his pjs.

"I told you I was going out and you guys went looking for me, now she doesn't want anything to do with me!" He ranted as James watched in fascination.

"Bloody hell, Black, I've never seen you get so riled up over a girl." James remarked as Sirius turned to him in surprise.

"What?"

"You usually dump the girl and just forget about her. This one actually got to you." James clarified as Sirius stared at him. He realized in horror that his best friend was right.

"Damn it." He growled. James simply grinned.

"Now you'll know how I felt with Evans."

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"Phira?" Severus stared at the infuriated girl with wide eyes. He sat up groggily in his bed and gasped when she flung herself into the bed with him.

"S..Sa..Saphira, what?" He flushed when she crawled on top of him.

"Severus...I have a secret." She whispered as she closed the curtains around his bed.

"Saphira, get off." He grumbled as she frowned.

"I slept with Sirius Black." Severus stared at her. His heart pounded in his ears as he stared at the beautiful girl on top of him. Her blue eyes were wide in expectance.

"Severus?" Her voice quivered. His hands found her face and bought it down so he could see her properly. She gasped in surprise.

"How could you?" He growled lowly, his tone causing Saphira to tense.

"What..."

"You know how they treat me! How could you betray me like this, Malfoy?" His voice was dark and menacing and suddenly Saphira wanted to be somewhere away from her angry and betrayed best friend. Before she knew it, he had flipped her over and pinned her to the mattress, his face dangerously close to her own.

"Do you have any idea what he'll do to you?" His hissed, his lips centimeters from hers.

"He'll taunt you and then let the news spread so that you'll be ruined, Phira. He will ruin you." He growled as Saphira's breath caught in her throat.

"He wouldn't..." Her voice quivered as tears bubbled in her eyes at the thought. Her family would disown her. Fraternizing with a public blood traitor was against every sort of pureblood rule there was. She'd be nothing. How could she have been so stupid? Black knew the advantage he held and he would use it because that's what he does.

"Severus..." Her voice cracked and a quiet sob erupted from her form as the tears skated down her reddening cheeks. Severus Snape stared at her before letting his anger with her dissipate. She had done nothing wrong. Black had used her. She clung to him, her face now buried in his shoulder. He honestly had no idea what to do with his arms as she pulled herself against him.

"Don't tell Lucius, please, Sev? Or Reg..." She whispered pleadingly as Severus sighed.

"Never, Phira. Just end it." He commanded as she nodded. Suddenly an awful idea hit Severus. He looked down at the sobbing girl beneath him and realized the potential for revenge. She had been sleeping with Sirius Black, that meant Black claimed her as his property. If Black found out that HE, Severus Snape, stole her then...

"Phira..." He whispered as she pulled away to look at him. Her eyes were puffy and swollen from her tears and her hair was now a mess of curls and she had never looked more beautiful to him.