Breaking Black (A Sirius Black Love Story)

Chapter 60

Our second date was nowhere near as glamorous as our first date, but I still had the greatest time. Sirius had to spend four hours cleaning paint and soot off the walls and floor of the corridor where he 'accidentally' blew up seventeen paint bombs and fireworks at Mrs. Norris. I told Filch I was a part of the accident just so I had an excuse to spend time with him.

It was fun to sneak around with him behind our friends' backs. This relationship was nothing like our past ones, though. He was more apt to grab my hand and pull me in close to kiss my forehead instead of aggressively ask to snog in a broom cupboard. But taking things slow was completely fine by me. After all, after everything we'd been through, I still wasn't certain where he was taking us. I trusted him, but I wasn't sure I could trust him with all of my heart again.

But with every minute we spent alone together from that amazing day in Hogsmeade, I found myself trusting him more and more.

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"Happy Birthday!"

Our loud awakening for Sirius probably woke up the whole Gryffindor tower. Sirius' glassy eyes blinked in surprise as Remus, James, Peter, and I beamed at him. He looked dazed as he sat up in his bed, and half of his long black hair stood up on end. It was his seventeenth birthday, and he finally seemed to remember this as a wide grin crossed his face.

"You can finally Apparate!" James exclaimed.

"You can do magic outside of Hogwarts!" Remus added.

"You can go out and actually fight the Dark Lord for the Order!" Peter said excitedly and we all stared at him. The light mood darkened and Peter clamped his mouth shut. It was always strange that Peter called Voldemort the Dark Lord instead of You-Know-Who...

"Anyways..." I coughed and turned the attention back to Sirius. "Happy seventeenth!"

"What do you want to do today Pads?" James asked. "It's your choice today! We can go to Hogsmeade, prank Snivelly, paint Filch's office pink like we've been talking about-"

"Actually, I was kind of planning on spending the day with someone already." Sirius cut him off. All three boys groaned and Sirius locked eyes with me.

"Is it that girl you've been sneaking around with?" James pouted and crossed his arms.

"Yes." Sirius replied and hopped off the edge of his bed. He casually strolled across the room to put a shirt on (much to my dismay). He started fixing his hair in the mirror as Remus, James, and Peter continued to gripe about the girl who was stealing their best friend.

"When can we meet her?" Remus groaned.

"Soon... Maybe." Sirius laughed.

"We could just follow you today to see who she is!" James warned.

"Good luck." Sirius said simply. He started walking out of the room after glancing at me for half a second. As soon as I escaped the boys, we would meet just outside the portrait hole, away from the suspicious eyes of our friends like we usually did.

"So much for eating the great birthday cake I baked you!" James called helplessly. Sirius just shrugged and kept walking. Everyone knew there was no cake, and even if there was, I would never trust anything James made.