Chapter 6

After the first letter, James and I continuously sent messages back and forth. We still haven't seen each other yet. Today we will. It was September first, and I was already at the train station just waiting for Taylor and the other girls to get here. I was nervous was, to say the least. I still had to talk to James and tell everyone that Turner and I are done for good. Just then, someone slides into the seat on my left. "Hey, girl, what you thinking about?" Taylor asked. "Nothing much just things I have to either do today or this year," I respond with. "Ugg. Your so uptight and nerdy just take some time to relax this year its the year we don't have O.W.L.S. or N.E.W.T.S. Speaking of O.W.L.S. what did you get on yours?" She asked. "I got all O's except for herbology. I got an E. What were your scores?" I asked. "Not as good as yours." She exclaimed. I laughed. By now, the train was just pulling out of the station. I had the perfects meeting soon so I should get ready for that.

"Hey, I need to go change for the perfects meeting. I'll see you later, though." I say and hug her tight. Taylor slips out of the booth, and I get out and start to walk to the back of the train. I get to the changing rooms, and there stands James. He's looking at his feet with his hands in his pockets of his robes leaning against the train wall. I froze. Was this my actual life? Then he looked up. We made eye contact, and he smiled. "I knew you would have to come soon." He said. "Are you stalking me now, Potter?" I ask. "So we're still using last names Black cause I thought we got over that." He said. I rolled my eyes.

"Did you get your O.W.L. scores?" I asked. "Yeah. I did pretty good an O a couple E's and a few A's." He said with a shrug. "What about you?" He asks. "All O's and an E," I said. His eyes widened. "Do you know everything?" He asks. "I try to," I respond. I lean against the wall of the train, still facing James. "I wanted to ask if maybe you would want to meet up later tonight?" He asked. "Um before or after curfew?" I questioned. "I'll pick you up at the Slytherin dorms before curfew, but I can't promise that you'll be back before curfew ends." He says with a smirk. "Is James Potter asking me on a date?" I say. "No, but as I recall, I wanted to talk about something, and getting you alone is the perfect time to talk." He says, pushing off the wall and standing straight up. Just the sight of him made my stomach fill with butterflies.

"I'll pick you up at 8:30, and we can talk," He says and walks away. I let out a breath I knew I was holding since I saw him leaning against the wall. I stood up, went into the changing rooms, and changed quickly before scampering off to get to the perfect compartment on time.

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I had successfully talked to Lyra. I couldn't wait for tonight. I walked into the compartment with a little hop in my step and a smile on my face. "Did you see Lilly?" Sirius asked. Remus was gone to do stuff with all the other perfects. "No. I've been over her for a long time." I say. He looks at me like I was full of it. "Well, then tell me who this lovely female is that has stolen your attention?" Sirius asked. How do you tell your best friend that you have a crush on his sister? "I don't think you want to know," I tell him. "Oh come on, just tell me it can't be that bad. Unless its one of my family members, then I'll kick your ass." He says, relaxing. I give a shy smile and run a hand through my hair. He sits straight up. "Who is it you?" He says. "What will you do to me if you know?" I ask. "Well, I'll see who it is first then decided what to do later." He says.

I grin. "Lyra," I mumble. "What was that Prong I couldn't hear you?" He asked, putting a hand to his ear. "Lyra," In say a bit louder. "Just a little bit louder Prongs still can't hear you." He says. That's it. "L.Y.R.A," I scream. I realize what I have just done. I slap a hand to my mouth, and he looks at me with wide eyes. "Lyra, as in my sister Lyra?" He asks. I slowly take my hand off my mouth. "Yes, Lyra, as in your sister Lyra," I say. He jumps up. He goes to hug me, and I'm taken back. We barley hug before Sirius lets go. "Oh my god, if you guys get married, we will be actual family, not just best friends." He squeals. "So you not going to beat me up. Also, we're not dating, and who said anything about marriage?" I ask. "I did, and I'll get the two of you together with if it takes my entire life." He says, sitting back down. I roll my eyes. "I would like to see you try."

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It's 8:30, and I'm standing outside the Slytherin dungeons under my cloak waiting for Lyra. The dungeon wall opens and out steps Lyra. She's still in her robes. I take off the cloak, and Lyra gasps. "You have an invisibility cloak?" She asks. "Yeah, family heirloom," I say with a shrug. "So, where we going?" She asks, tilting her head to the side a bit. "Follow me, and you'll see," I tell her. I loop her arm around mine and start to walk toward our final destination.

We continue to walk in complete silence. We walk flight after flight of stairs. Then she breaks the silence. "How do you feel about the new students coming to Hogwarts?" She asks. At dinner, Dumbeldore said the kids of the french minister of magic would be coming to be protected from Voldemort and the threats he has been receiving. "I don't know. I've never met them, so I hope they're nice." I say. After that, we continue walking in silence.

Soon we arrive at the astronomy tower. I picked this place because it was special to me for obvious reasons. I look at her face and see a smile. My smile widens at the sight of her beautiful smile. "We should probably talk," Lyra says. "Yeah. Where to start." I mused. She laughed. "Maybe at the fact that you couldn't get me off your mind." She says with a giggle. "I'm offended, Black," I say. She laughs. "Well, your not denying it." She says. I laugh. "I'm not, but you were also thinking about me too as I recall," I say. She stops laughing. She bites her lip. I stand in front of her and look down at her small figure. She looks up at me. I slowly inch closer too her. She can sense me, do it, and looks down and takes a step back. Did I go too far maybe I hurt her? "Is everything ok?" I ask. "Yeah, it's just, aren't we taking this a little to fast?" She asks. I look down. She was right; we still barley talked about that night. "Yeah, we should still talk about what happened that night," I say. She starts to walk toward the ledge of the astronomy tower. She rests her arms on the bar and looks down at the grounds.

"There isn't much to talk about. Turner cheated on me with Lilly, then you found me here, and we used each other's first names." She said. I went to stand beside her. "Then, we both thought about each other, and you sent the letter." She added. She turned to the side and looked up at me. I put a hand on her waist. She looks at it then back up to my eyes. "But something changed between us that night, and there is no denying it," I said. I stepped toward her, and our bodies were flushed together. I lowered my head. I felt her breath gently fan my face. I continue to lower my face to hers. I went slow just in case she wanted to stop at any point in time. Soon my face was inches from hers. "Do you want this?" I ask. "Yes, but I don't need a relationship right now. Things are still raw with Turner." She says. I nod and let my lips brush against hers.

I lifted back up, but she put a hand to the side of my face and brought my lips to hers again. I was light and soft but seemed to last forever. There were stars behind my closed eyes. Her lips were soft and fit perfectly in mine. It was like all was right, just being with her at that moment. I pulled away and put my forehead on hers. "That's was great." She said, opening her eyes. "Why do you know so much?" I said, scrunching my nose. She laughed and brought her lips back to mine. This time I could feel her smile against my lips.