Wands and Wishes

Iris

It was stupid, she knew it was, but that didn't stop her from running. She bypassed Lily's room to stop at her room for her coat and shoes before she made straight for the outside. The only thing going through her head was to get to a high place as quickly as possible.

The winter air was cold against her and the wind bit at her face. It didn't stop her, nothing would stop her until she was up high and away from everything. As she ran through the grounds of the Potter estate only one place came to mind.

When Iris finally found the shed that Sirius kept his motorbike in her entire body was numb from not only the cold but her own feelings as well. She found a ladder inside the shed and pulled it out so that she could climb onto the roof. The roof was flat and wide so she was able to walk across to the other side to lay down so that she would have a perfect view of the sky.

The cold around her faded away as she became lost in the stars. It almost felt as though her eyes immediately found the star of Sirius within Canis Major. It pulled at her heart and confused her, she was nothing but confused these days and all she wanted was for things to make sense.

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"You're unbelievably skilled at finding the highest point in any place aren't you?"

His voice broke through the silence of the cold winter's night, it didn't startle her as it usually did as though this time she had expected him to follow after her but his voice brought her down from the stars and back to reality. She listened to him walk across the roof, his steps faltering when he nearly slipped on hidden ice, until he was standing beside her. He obstructed her view then, leaning over her so that their eyes met.

"Don't make me turn you into a canary, Black." She snapped, wanting him to stop blocking the stars.

Sirius sat down beside her then and though her gaze remained trained on the heavens she could feel him looking at her. The silence had returned then but it wasn't long lasting.

"Don't you mean a pigeon?"

"You're such an ass!" Iris exclaimed, her cheeks tinging a light shade of pink as she sat up and glared at him, "Maybe I should turn you into a frog instead."

"Oh come on, you don't have to make me a frog just to kiss me into a prince." Sirius teased with a wide grin.

"Just so you know, the universe does not revolve around you." She retorted as she rolled her eyes.

"Of course it doesn't, it revolves around Snivellus doesn't it?" Sirius snapped bitterly, almost immediately regretting it as he watched her face contort in pain.

"I should go." Iris said with forced evenness, standing up and walking across the roof to the ladder.

"You know I can make you happy." Sirius called out, his grey eyes focused on the stars above them out of fear for what he might see in her sapphire eyes, "You'll fall for me someday, watch you'll see."

"What makes you think I haven't fallen already?" She asked softly, turning to stare at the back of his head.

"I'm not that thick, even a troll can see the way you look at him Iris."

"It shouldn't bother you so much, not after everything that's happened." Iris said, slowly beginning to make her way back over to him.

"Why should it bother me?"

"Sirius-"

"I'm fine Iris, I'm more than accustomed to not being the favorite." Sirius said weakly then felt her hand on his shoulder.