It's Nice To Have A Friend

36 - Foolish One

Sirius stepped in front of Mallory as they arrived in McGonagall's office. "You're here! Finally!" James exclaimed immediately. He quickly pulled them both into a hug before leading them out of the office.

"Mal's dad made us hotdogs!" Sirius exclaimed as they walked down a corridor.

"A hot what?" James asked.

"It's like this sausage and you put it into this... Bun thing..." Sirius mumbled, awkwardly clearing his throat and scratching the back of his neck.

Mallory looked over at Sirius, noticing the blush creeping across her cheeks. A smile spread across her face. "Are you-" she started with a laugh. "You are!"

"He's what?" James asked, looking over at Mallory.

"He's thinking about sex!"

"What?" Sirius exclaimed. "No! I was not!" he protested. Mallory watched him with amusement as he flushed red. "Okay maybe a little," he softly admitted, "But can you blame me? Did you see it?"

"What's a hotdog? Now I need to know!" James stated.

"You're going to be just as dirty-minded as Sirius," Mallory said with a laugh, looking back over at Sirius as he stuck out his tongue immaturely at James. They walked up to Gryffindor Tower, talking amongst each other and laughing.

"Yay! You're back!" Peter immediately exclaimed as he saw the three teenagers. "What happened while you were at Ducky's house?"

"They had a sex sandwich!" James brightly (and loudly) said, making Mallory turn bright red immediately.

"A what?" Remus asked, looking up from the book he was reading. His eyes were wide as he stared at Mallory and Sirius in complete and utter shock.

"You two slept together?" Peter shouted.

"No!" Mallory quickly said. "No! We had a hotdog!" Mallory heard Sirius laughing beside her and could see his shoulders shaking from the corner of her eye.

"That sounds pretty sexy to me..." Peter mumbled.

"Your mom seems pretty sexy," Mallory muttered under her breath without thinking about where she was and who she was with.

Marlene jumped up from where she was sitting in an armchair. She ran over and wrapped Mallory in a hug. "I knew you were a lesbian!" she whisper-shouted. Sirius snorted as Marlene pulled away and puckered her lips.

"No. Sirius, help me," Mallory pleaded, shoving Marlene away slightly. She looked over at Sirius, her eyes wide as he leaned against the wall, holding his stomach as he roared with laughter. His head was thrown back and rested on the wall and his eyes were shut, crinkling in the corners. "Sirius!"

Sirius chuckled, pushing himself off the wall. He pushed Marlene farther away from Mallory. "Back off, Marls. She's mine," Sirius said, Mallory could hear the grin in his voice as he wrapped his arms around Mallory from behind and pulled her close. "Trust me, Mals can-" he then started.

Mallory quickly jabbed him with her elbow before he could say anything inappropriate. "We didn't sleep together," she restated.

"Sadly," Sirius mumbled. "We did a lot of cuddling though, and I saw Mallory argue with and punch her ex which is basically the same thing as sex."

Mallory felt her cheeks burning and Sirius pulled her closer against his chest, resting his head on her shoulder.

"You ran into Freddy?" James asked.

Mallory looked over at him and nodded awkwardly.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm fine. I told him he was a manwhore and that was it," Mallory casually said.