Chasing The Stars | Marauders | Sirius Black

58 ~ She's A Professor

Eloise was sat in Defense Against the Dark Arts as the new teacher introduced herself to the Gryffindors and Slytherins,

"My name ees Professor Laurent." her french accent rang through the room and almost all of the boys were entranced, she was very young and stunningly beautiful. She only looked about 20 and had very long silvery blonde hair and piercing blue eyes, she almost looked like a Malfoy and to say Elise found it discomforting would be an understatement. Eloise had a feeling she was part veela because 'how was it physically possible for a normal person to be that...perfect?' Peter thought so too apparently, as Remus punched him and gestured to the drool hanging from his lips before turning back to the new Professor. All of the girls were scowling as the boys rested their heads on their palms, all looking to the front with a dreamy expression.

Sirius was trying desperately to avoid looking at the front and was writing Eloise's name over and over on his parchment, replacing the dot of the 'i' with a heart, whilst bouncing his knee vigorously. Eloise noticed this and took his hand, causing him to look up and meet her eyes. She smiled at him and his knee stopped jumping. However, Eloise wasn't the only one who had noticed his lack of attention towards the teacher as Professor Laurent called out his name,

"Meester Black, please pay attention when I talk to you." she said and all of the boys in the room turned to Sirius with angry expressions, obviously annoyed she was addressing him and not them. Sirius' eyes closed in annoyance, he didn't let go of Eloise's hand and turned to the front of the classroom, looking at the teacher. He kept his gaze stony and his eyes lacked the wistful and faraway look that all of the others had. Eloise smiled to herself and squeezed his hand, grateful that he wasn't affected. She caught Lily's eye and the redhead rolled her eyes, gesturing to James who was sat next to her and staring longingly at Professor Laurent. Eloise scoffed at her brother and turned back to the front where the new teacher was telling the class of her rules,

"You shall not talk when I am talking." she said pacing backwards and forwards in front of the blackboard, her hair flowing like a curtain of light. Eloise put her hand on her hip and narrowed her eyes at the woman.

"You will do ze work I tell you to do." Sirius had once more turned back to Eloise and was rolling his eyes as he always did when he heard rules, "And lastly," Eloise heard footsteps and looked up, the Professor was stood directly in front of her and Sirius' shared desk, "You must pay attention when I am talking." she said fiercely, glaring at Eloise before turning to Sirius, "I suppose I can forgeev you Meester Black." she said with a smirk and walked back to the front. Eloise's mouth dropped open and she had raised an eyebrow.

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Eloise was getting very annoyed. Professor Laurent seemed to take a liking to Sirius and had called him up to volunteer for every demonstration she had done.

"Meester Black, eef you will try to disarm me please." she asked and Sirius obliged, throwing a disarming charm her way which she deflected instantly, earning an applause and whistles from the boys whilst the girls scoffed and looked at eachother, all with the same annoyed expressions. "Good job." Professor Laurent nodded, handing Sirius' wand back to him, "You may seet down." she told him and she put a hand on his shoulder, lingering for a moment too long for it to be deemed innocent. Eloise noticed this and snarled. Sirius looked rather uncomfortable as he sat back down and spent the rest of the lesson trying to catch his girlfriend's eye, which was difficult as she was listing methods to kill the teacher in her head.

The bell rang, signalling the end of the lesson and Eloise gathered up her things, grabbing Siirus hand and making sure to make a show of intertwining their fingers.

"Come on, babe, it's lunch." she said rather loudly and Sirius smirked, watching her get possessive. They left with Lily, not bothering to wait for James, Remus or Peter who were taking as long as possible to put their books in their bag as they stared at the Professor.

They reached the hall and sat down at the Gryffindor table, Eloise being rather quiet- although her furious expression said enough about how she was feeling, and Lily turning her head away from James when he, Remus and Peter finally arrived, looking rather shaken.

"She's a veela." James said as he sat down, "We asked her and she's a half veela, no wonder I couldn't bloody look away." he picked up a chicken leg and began eating it, staring at the wall and thinking heavily with a frown on his face. He looked up and caught a glimpse of Lily's agrny face, "Are you...jealous, Evans?" he asked with a cheeky grin and the girl scoffed loudly,

"As if, Potter. It was obvious that she would have that effect on you, apparently veela affect those with very little mental capacity most of all." Lily crossed her arms and James moved closer to her,

"Forgive me, Evans?" he asked and Lily's glare deepened, "Pleeease." he pressed batting his eyelashes and pouting. Lily didn't respond and Peter's voice broke the silence,

"She's beautiful." Peter said, the wistful look still residing in his face as he drank his pumpkin juice, spilling a considerate amount down his chin. Remus was rather red in the face,

"I feel like an idiot." he muttered, "She's a Professor." he then turned to Sirius, "Why weren't you affected by it, Pads? She was practically hugging you when you were demonstrating." at his words Eloise made a noise and her face darkened as she stabbed her chips with her fork,

"I wasn't affected because I was sat next to the most beautiful girl in there." he said with a smile and Eloise looked up, her face softening.

"You're so soppy." she mumbled and she sighed, "She's so inappropriate, I mean you're sixteen. And she's so obvious, why did she have to use you for all of the demonstrations, why not use one of the many, dribbling boys who don't have very angry girlfriends who wouldn't think twice about cutting her pretty little head off and shoving it up her own-"
"Okay!" Sirius interrupted her, "We get it, Gorgeous." he put a hand on her thigh and she took a deep breath, her hair returning from red back to it's normal brown.

"Sorry." she muttered, "It's just annoying that she seems so interested in my boyfriend." she put her head on Sirius' shoulder, "Why do I have to be going out with someone so goddamn sexy." she said with a grin and pecked Sirius' lips as he chuckled. Her words seemed to have brought James out of his trance,

"Unacceptable." he said, pointing his chicken bone at his sister.