Oblivion ━━ Sirius Black

6 | ᴀʙʙᴀ ᴋɪɴᴅ ᴏғ ɢɪʀʟ

"D'YOU RECKON WE COULD GO to The Rolling Stones concert this summer?" Penelope mused, her nose stuck in another magazine while the two girls were climbing the stairs back to the castle after the Care of Magical Creatures.

"I don't know, Pens, depends on my parents," Easton replied distantly, her mind busy with what had happened the previous night.

She'd talked to Sirius Black. Not about him, not next to him, with him. And she had flirted. Why did she do that!?

"It sucks that we can't even play music here," whined Penelope. "My parents got me a Walkman for my birthday and I can't even use it! I thought magic was supposed to be fun."

Surely it had been all the sugar, because never in her right mind would she have done that.

Merlin, what if he decides to take me up on that offer?

"I mean, I bought the complete ABBA album that I won't get to enjoy until Christmas–are you even listening to me?"

What is wrong with me?

"Tony!"

Easton jumped from the loudness and blinked rapidly at her very angry friend.

"Have you heard a word I've said?" Easton made a 'sorry I didn't listen but I still love you' face, but it didn't really work on Penelope.

"Some friend you are," she huffed. "What's up with you today anyway? You're all pensive and whatever, I don't like it."

Tony stopped in her tracks. "Are you implying that I tend not to think?"

"Not so much you don't," Penny replied as they continued their way. "Anyways, if we are not allowed to play music, we can create it ourselves," she declared.

"Penny, no—"

"—Remember that song we danced to this summer, on my birthday?"

"How can I not? As soon as it came out you said you'd play it on your seventeenth birthday but, Penny—"

"You are the dancing queen—"

"—oh Merlin—"

"Young and sweet; Only seventeen," Penelope started singing, swinging her hips intime. "Dancing queen—Come on, Tony, sing along!"

Easton tried to get out of Penny's grip and escape the embarrassment but she knew her best friend too well to think that this would work. So she didn't fight for long.

"Feel the beat from the tambourine, oh yeah," Easton joined in with her low and a bit husky voice that could barely take the high notes, and made the lines sound like a cry for grabbed Easton by the arm, preparing for the best part. "You can dance! You can jive! Having the time of your life," they sang–or more like screamed–together.

"Ooh, see that girl," Penelope narrowed her eyes, flipped her hair and pointed a finger at Easton.

"Watch that sc—"

"Hey there, Greengrass!"

Her eyes widened at the sight of him but it was too late to retreat. And so she tried to wave at him. And she did. But she also stumbled. And then fell. Right on her sorry arse.

"Merlin, Tony!" Penny hurried to help her up. "Are you alright?"

Easton quickly looked up to see if Sirius had noticed the humiliating fiasco, but the Marauders were already nearing the castle.

"Yeah, m'alright," she grumbled, dusting the dirt off her robes.

Penelope's face changed in a matter of seconds and turned from that of concern into that of rage. "You better be because I'm about to kill you for not telling me WHY THE HELL SIRIUS BLOODY BLACK SAID BLOODY "HEY THERE, GREENGRASS" to you!" she yelled in her best Sirius Black impression, while simultaneously attacking Easton with punches that were surprisingly hard and aggressive for a little Hufflepuff.