CAPTAINS || SIRIUS BLACK

chapter 02

Alexa turned around to see no one less than Sirius Black standing in front of her.

"What do you need, Black?" She asked her voice sounding rather rude.

"McGonagall asked me to get you. She wants to talk to us," He explained, "And I do have a first name you know."

"I know you have a first name, but if I call you by your first name it's like we're friends and I don't want that to happen."

"Whatever," The boy said and he started walking towards McGonagall's office, "Are you coming, Potter?"

"I probably have too," She said as she started to follow him.

"There you are," Professor McGonagall said when they walked into her office, "Have a seat."

When both of them sat down Professor McGonagall started talking, "As you both know the Gryffindor Quidditch team is currently without a captain and since you both are first-class Quidditch players I would like to appoint both of you as the new captains of the Gryffindor Quidditch team."

"Like both of us, together?" Alexa was confused; never had there been a Quidditch team with more than one captain, "Is that even allowed?"

"Madame Hooch said it's fine," McGonagall said, "So are you two in?"

"I'm in," Sirius said. He had been dreaming about becoming captain ever since he first played Quidditch and when given the opportunity he immediately agreed even if it meant he had to share the title of captain.

Alexa hesitated as she wasn't a fan of having to work together with Sirius, but then she said, "Fine, I'm in."

"Great," McGonagall smiled, which was something she rarely did, "Try-outs are Saturday at 4:30 pm. You can go now, good night."

***

When Alexa finally entered the fifth-year girls' room, Lily, Marlene, and Alice were already there, who were discussing their summers.

"Where have you been? I honestly thought you got lost in the castle," Marlene said, being her overdramatic self again.

"McGonagall's office," Alexa replied.

"Alexa Lillian Potter, what did you to be asked to come to her office on the first day of the year?" Lily asked.

"This time I did nothing. It was about Quidditch," Alexa explained, "She appointed me as the new Quidditch captain of the Gryffindor team," She said whilst smiling.

"That's great news!" Marlene exclaimed pulling her into a hug, "I'm so happy for you!"

"Congrats," Alice said joining their hug.

"You deserve this," Lily said as she also joined their hug, "You've been working towards this for the past three years."

"There is only one downside," Alexa said as she pulled away from the hug, "I have to share the title."

"With James?" Lily asked.

"Nope, it's even worse. I have to work together with Black."

"I know it's not exactly what you wanted, but you are still Quidditch captain, which has been your dreams since you were like ten. If I were you, I would just be grateful for this opportunity and maybe Sirius isn't as bad as he seems," Alice said wisely.

"Yeah maybe," Alexa said, but she did not believe it.

***

Meanwhile, in the boys' common room Sirius was telling James the good news.

"I can't believe she chose you and Alexa and not you and me," James said his voice full of disbelieve.

"I'm sorry man," Sirius said, "If I had it my way, we would be the new captains."

"It's not your fault. You deserve this," James said, but he couldn't help but feel jalouse of his friend.

***

Alexa hadn't talked with Sirius since McGonagall made them captains, but when it turned Saturday, they had to talk to each other to prepare for the try-outs, and therefore they had planned to meet at the Quidditch fields after breakfast.

As Alexa arrived at the fields, she saw Sirius was already there. The boy was sitting in the middle of the green field on a blanket in the colours of Gryffindor. At least he managed to come on time she thought. Maybe Alice was right. Maybe he wasn't that bad after all.

"There you are, Lexi," Sirius said as he petted on the blanket for her to sit down, "For a second I thought you were never coming."

Alexa sat down on the very edge of the blanket, trying to be as far away from the boy she despised as possible, "Don't call me Lexi," She said, looking at her hands.

"Why not? It's a pretty common nickname for someone called Alexa, isn't it?"

"Only people I actually like can call me Lexi," Alexa explained to him, even though she knew he was just messing with her. It's he has been doing since day one. Sirius Black loved playing with girls' minds. He could be nice one moment and then the other moment he would go back to being his awful, self-absorbed self again.

"So, you don't like me?"

"Nope, but we have to work together so let's just get started," She said, avoiding eye-contact with him, "So, I was thinking we first start together with a warm-up and then you go train the people who want to become a beater. I'll train the possible chasers and keepers and after that, we can play a game of Quidditch."

***

Half an hour before the try-outs were supposed to start, Alexa was pacing back and forth the Quidditch field. What if they didn't listen to her? What if she did something wrong? Alexa wasn't a chaser, nor a keeper and therefore she wasn't an expert on those positions and the thought of messing up was killing her.

"Just relax, you'll do great," Sirius said as he gave her an encouraging smile, "You were born to be captain."

"You think so?" Alexa asked, surprised by his sudden kindness.

"Nope, you'll probably mess up, but I'm here to fix your mistakes."

"Ugh, you are unbelievable, Black," She said as she rolled her eyes, "Why can't you just be nice for one time?"

"It's not like you are such a nice person yourself, Potter," The boy said, whilst looking at the ground, "I don't think you've ever said something even close to nice to me."

"Maybe if you stopped being such an arse, I'll stop treating you like one."

"Of course, it's always my fault," He said his voice filled with anger, "Why don't you ever take the blame for anything? You always act like you're perfect, but believe me you are not."

Just as Alexa was about to attack the boy, James arrived at the Quidditch field quickly pulling her back, "No need to get aggressive little sis," He said not letting go of her arm, "Just apologize to each other. Try-outs are about to start."

"Fine, I'm sorry," She said, looking down at her feet.

"I'm sorry, miss perfect."