Just The Three Of Us - SiriusxOCxRemus

eighteen

     "He kissed you! Sirius Black kissed you and I wasn't there to see!" Screeched Sienna. Both Sienna and Natalia had been busy during the match so they had missed it. Natalia had been with a hufflepuff girl named Amelia in a broom closet. Sienna had told the girls she was going to the library. Which hadn't been a lie, she just didn't tell them she was meeting someone there.

     Celeste's face had not lost its blush at all throughout the four hours it had been since the match's end. When she had walked into their dorm with a grinning Dorcas accompanying her, she knew that she would be getting interrogated. Sienna and Natalia were not very happy to have missed the kiss. They were happy that it happened though. In their eyes this officially marked Celeste as a real woman. 

     Dorcas had been the one to recall the story for their friends. "It was absolutely amazing. One second Celeste was babbling and the next Sirius had her in his arms." She turned to face Celeste who was laying face down on her bed. "I swear he looked at you like you're the most precious thing in the world. It was so cute." Both Natalia and Sienna let out aw's at Dorcas' words.

     "Okay. I get it. He looked at me with those beautiful grey eyes of his. Do you think I'm blind Dorcas? Obviously I know how he looks at me because I'm always looking at hi-" Oh crap. She thought.

     "Hold up! Are we missing something? Because I for one didn't know you fancy him." Natalia said with wide eyes.

     "I never said I fancy the bloke!"

     "You didn't have to! From what you're saying its pretty obvious!" Natalia argued back.

     "Oh piss off!" Celeste shot up out of her bed. She didn't want to continue having this conversation. "We're gonna be late for dinner." She ran out of the dorm. Her actions were futile seeing as they just ran after her.

     Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, James Potter, and Peter Pettigrew were all making their way down to dinner when they spotted a group of ravenclaws running through the halls. They didn't think much of it until they heard what the group was yelling.

     "Celeste stop! You're just mad because you know Lia's right!" The pink haired witch; Who they knew to be Sienna Smith yelled.

     "He kissed you, you know what that means!"

     "I told you once and I'll tell you again. Piss off Lia!" Celeste sped up.

     The Marauders could no longer contain their laughter. Even Remus who had been slightly saddened by what he saw on the pitch couldn't help but laugh. Celeste was quite literally running away from her problems. Something he and his fellow Marauders were very familiar with.

     Dorcas left the chase when she caught sight of Marlene McKinnon. This left Sienna and Natalia to get the answers they wanted out of Celeste. Preferably before dinner started which was only a few minutes away. 

     "You just can't handle that you're no longer a good little witch!" Called Sienna as she passed Dorcas, Marlene, and Lily. This intrigued the gryffindor girls, and they began to question Dorcas. The girl explained what had happened at the beginning of the year. Both Marlene and Lily felt horrible at what was revealed, particularly because they knew how deeply Black had fallen for the witch. What they failed to realize was just how deeply Celeste had fallen for him as well.

     At this point Celeste was full on sprinting to get away from her friends. She didn't want to talk about the kiss unless it was with Sirius. Even then she didn't really want to talk about it. It hadn't been her first kiss but rather her second. Her first was in a game of truth or dare during fourth year. Being lost in her train of thought while running wasn't her best idea. Especially because she didn't notice who was in front of her until she was in his arms.

     Sirius Black had caught Celeste with ease. Both James and Peter laughed at how red she had become but they stopped when they saw Remus' glare. "You okay, Celeste?" He asked.

     "Uh yeah." She stepped out of Sirius' arms and fixed her sweater. "Thanks for catching me." She said with a sheepish smile.

     "Of course. I would never let you fall." He smirked at her flushed face. "So what's Natalia right about? Must have been something big seeing as how fast you were running."

     Celeste looked down in embarrassment. She couldn't exactly just tell Sirius that Natalia had guessed that she had feelings for him. "It was nothing. Nothing you would find interesting anyway."

     "Oh I beg to differ. I think he would really like to know." Said Natalia as she walked up with the other girls.

     "Yeah Celeste. I think Black should know how you f-" Sienna was cut off as Celeste silenced her with the Silencio charm.

     "Y'know I rather like you like this Si." She snickered. 

     "Play nice, Celeste." Dorcas winked.

     Celeste would have made a witty retort but she was interrupted by the arrival of Severus Snape. He glared at her as he walked by. This made both Sirius and Remus uneasy. They had seen Celeste go up against him once and it was amazing. But still neither boy wanted a repeat. "Has he given you any trouble?" Remus asked looking down at her.

     "No. He just glares at me. Nothing I'm not used to from snakes like him." Everyone had laughed at that, except for Sienna. Something that went unnoticed by the group.

     "Good. If he does anything, you'll let me know, right? Or let Padfoot know, if you can't find me." He whispered the last sentence into her ear.

     She nodded up at the green eyed boy. Remus and Sirius shared a look over her head. "Would you want to eat dinner with us?" He scratched the back of his neck.

     "Won't McGonagall get mad?"

     "Nah, Minnie's not like that." Sirius chimed in.

     "In that case, I would love to." Both Sirius and Remus smiled.

     Sirius wrapped his arms around Remus and Celeste's shoulders. "Great. Let's go."

     Celeste had been given the seat in between Remus and Sirius. She was sat across from James Potter. "So Celeste, why don't you tell us what Natalia was going on about?"

     "Prongs, she already said it was nothing. Drop it." Remus said as he dug his fork into his chicken. Celeste turned towards him as he spoke and noticed how truly worn out he looked. She had been too caught up in her own problems to notice earlier, but now she couldn't help but be concerned. The scars that were visible on his hands and face had turned an angry red. As if they were fresh. But she had known they were old due to all of her time spent with him.

     "Are you alright, Rem? You look a little tired." She smiled comfortingly at him.

     "Oh uh, yeah. I'm fine. Just a little tired like you said."

     "Okay well make sure you get some sleep tonight, okay?"

     He nodded and smiled at the witch on his left. Briefly he made eye contact with the grey eyed boy and gave him a slight smile as well. 

     Not a single member of the trio noticed the set of eyes on them at the staff table. Filius Flitwick, Albus Dumbledore, and Minerva McGonagall sat watching them. 

     "Ten galleons she ends up with Mr. Lupin by the end of the year." Flitwick said to Albus.

    "Ten galleons she ends up with Mr. Black by the end of the year." He replied.

     "Thirty galleons she ends up with them both." Minerva chimed in with smile gracing her lips.