never until forever [s. black]

fourtyone

"i'm bored." james whines as he lays down on the couch across katherine, making her look up from her book. she was comfortably seated in the sofa, enjoying a book. james' parents had left for the day.

"where is sirius?" katherine asks, surprised to not see the two attached to the hip. before summer started, sirius had sworn to never let her go, but she believes there was a confusion in person and he meant james.

"shower. can't you do something more interesting than read?" james asks, making her roll her eyes playfully and close the book, before putting it aside.

"okay, what do you want to do?" katherine asks, raising an eyebrow and he huffs with a shrug. she closes her eyes, as she pinches her nose bridge, trying not to hit the boy. "merlin's james."

"i don't always have ideas. i need time to reload some new ones." he says, making her shake her head at him. she sighs. "we could go get some butter beer once padfoot is finished."

"yes. that would be nice, actually." she hums, just as sirius walks into the living room. he smiles happily, before walking about to her leaning down to peck her lips.

"do i get a kiss, mr. black?" james asks, making his best friend smirk.

"why of course, mr potter." sirius walks up to james and kisses his forehead, katherine shakes her head with a soft smile.

"just date him at this point." she says teasingly, making james smirk and nod, as sirius snickers happily.

"i'm if you insist." james says as he puckers his lips out of sirius, who shoves his face away and she snort. james looks at his best friend in pure betrayal. "you did not just do that."

"but i did. and what are you going to do about it potter?" sirius snickers as he backs away and james jumps to his feet. katherine rolls her eyes at the two as they start chasing each other around the house. shs picks her book back up and goes back to reading, trying to ignore the two boys running around her. unfortunately for her, her peace is interrupted as sirius takes her book and puts it down.

"sirius! what-" before she can even finish her sentence he picks her up, making her squeal. she holds on to him tightly as they walk outside the house, james waiting for them outside. "what is going on?"

"remember this, you can't use magic outside the school as a student." sirius says as james takes her ankles and sirius wrists, her eyes widen as she notices the pond.

"sirius black! merlin have mercy on us all, if you do this, i will murder you." she says, making the two boys look at each other and nod. with one swing, they throw her into the water, causing her to scream. as she stands up, she glares at the boys and they smile sheepishly. "you two are dead."

"this was worth it, right?" sirius asks his best friend as they slowly back away and she walks out of the water.

"it was worth all the gold in the world." james snickers, before they both runaway and she groans. a smile fights its way on to her lips and she shakes her head, as she makes her way towards the house. she'd get back at them eventually for this, but right now all that mattered was getting dry. she takes her wand out and uses a spell to dry herself, before walking inside. as she walks into the living room, she sees james and sirius innocently sitting in the couches, appearing to be reading.

"are you reading?" she asks them in disbelief and they look up, before nodding with a sweet smile. "i didn't know you guys could read."

"ouch. katherine. those are harsh words." james pouts, and she rolls her eyes, before sitting down next to sirius. she reaches out for her book, which he took, but he doesn't give it back, causing her to give him a look.

"i'm reading." he says pointedly and she huffs, before leaning her back against his chest. he wraps his arms around her and holds the book in front of her. "tell me when i can turn the page."

"you annoy me, black." she says, smiling softly as she looks up at him and he chuckles, resting his chin on top of her head.