"You should tell him, you know," a familiar voice softly said from behind her. "I know you love him." "Remus," she began turning around to face her friend, "You know I can't do that. He's my best friend, and h-he's in love with his perfect Lily-flower," Elsie sighed as tears began forming in her eyes. "But, Elsie... you don't see the way he looks at you, he-," his sentence was cut off by the girl with tears running down her face. "I don't see how he looks at me, but I see how he looks at her! And, t-that's enough to know that I will n-never be good enough to be with h-him," she snapped through stifled words. "But why don't you just tell him? Why don't you let yourself have a chance at happiness for once?" he asked stepping forwards, wiping her cheeks with his thumbs. "Because...loving him is a losing game. Either way, I'm the one getting hurt," Elsie whispered, falling into the arms of the boy in front of her. SLOW BURN {extended summary inside} (All characters, plots, and aspects of this story belonging to the Harry Potter Universe are credited to JK Rowling.)

Sirius Black finds his brother's fiancée irresistible. ~ "I don't like you at all, Black." "Call me by my last name again and it'll be yours too, doll."

"I solemnly swear that I will get Sirius Black to change his player ways." "There's only one way you can get him to do that." "How?" "You need him to fall in love with you." Lexi Stryker is in for quite a ride when she begins her life as a witch at Hogwarts. Not only is she completely surrounded by magic, but she meets her match in Sirius Black. Both equally hilarious, crazy, cocky, and outgoing, the two should become instant friends. But what happens when Lexi realizes Sirius is more than a jokester? He's the school bad boy and player. Lexi makes a vow to stop Sirius' player ways before his and many girls' hearts are broken. Can Lexi tame the wild Sirius Black without breaking their friendship and her own heart? This is basically 7 years in one (like a whole prequel), start from whichever year you want. I could've made 7 short books, but this is just one long one. ***ALL UNORIGINAL CHARACTER RIGHTS GO TO J.K. ROWLING*** *ORIGINAL CHARACTER RIGHTS GO TO ME* Highest rank: #36 in fanfiction