To Catch A Kitten (a Sirius One-shot)

Hey Peoples! Well I got bored during class last week and ended up writing this. It does not have ANYTHING to do with my Marauder series. This is just me being bored. If you guys like this one then I'll write another involving this Character. umm PLEASE message me if you like it as this is my first ever attempt at a one-shot and I want to know how much it sucks monkies.Oh and warning this is really corny in my opinion...
Im sure it's not THAT bad...... Me: Oh geeze thanks for the support mate. I feel SO loved.
DOnt listen to her! (glares at QT # 1)Im sure it's AWESOME!
Ok HEEEREEE WE GOOOOOOOOOO!!
"Hey Kitten!"
I closed my eyes praying that wasn't who I thought it was. Maybe it's some poor first year who needs help with their homework. Maybe it's a SLytherin wanting to start a fight. Suddenly an arm wrapped itself around my shoulders.
Nope, no such luck. Only one person in all of Hogwarts was crazy enough to do that.

"Shove off, Black!"

"Now Kitty, if you want to make friends you don't tell them to 'shove off' as you so blatantly put it."

I grinned at him. "But I don't WANT to make friends, Black. So go away!"
Then I pushed his arm off me and continued the long trek to the Great Hall. Dear Gods, why was Potions class so far away from the food! Don't they know that students might die of starvation on the way to dinner because of the distance? Especially since Potions class is the epitome of Hell on Earth. I work up quite the appetite in that class, what with having to deal with SLughorn, the Slytherins, and Black at the same time. Oh! I haven't introduced myself yet, have I?

I'm Cleo.

Cleo Ember Varalee

And No, according to my father, my parents were NOT drunk when they chose my name. Huh, could have fooled me. Anyways, you can just call me Cleo. I am the Outcast of Gryffindor, Queen of the antisocials, Duchess of bitchiness, and future Empress of the Universe. Ok, Ok, I wish, but one day...
Well at least I'm still Queen of the antisocials and all the rest. Not that that's saying much. GAH Depression!! Look on the bright side Cleo, at least your not one of those fake, make-up obsessed crazy girls who drools over boys like Potter and Black. Which brings me back to my problem...

Black
You see, dear imaginary peoples who never respond when I talk to you, Black seems to have developed a little fixation on me for some reason. This boy, who didn't even know I was alive until the end of last year when I punched that ass Malfoy in the face, now follows me everywhere. Oh don't give me that look! The prissy albino boy had it comming! Anyways back to my problem, Black. The boy does not seem to understand what 'Leave me alone' means. I swear, sometimes I think he believes that it's code for try harder. Take right now for example! I clearly told him to go away right? Does he go away? NO!!Instead he's now following me like a puppy. What did I ever do to deserve this?!?!

"Come on Kitten, you know you love me!"

Did I fail to mention how much I hate the name Kitten?
"Listen Black, just because you heard my mom call me that does not mean that YOU have permission to call me by that name! oh! and Something else Black, I DON'T love you like the rest of this bloody school! Your an annoying, shallow, egotistical ass who needs to learn the meaning of personal space! Now leave me alone!Or does your tiny little brain not comprehend what all that means?"

I admit, I was hoping that that little explosion would shock him enough that I could escape to the Great Hall. Unfortunatly the Gods seem to hate me today. He just grinned at me in the most annoying, frustrating way. I seriosuly (no pun intended) felt like smaking him at that point.

"Sorry Kitten but my 'tiny little brain' wants to get to know you better"

"Why? Why not one of your fanclub girls? I'm sure ONE of em woule love for you to go talk to them"

He snorted. "Not likely Kitten. I try to avoid the fanclub. Besides your WAY more intersting then they are."
"You mean not brainless and worshipping your every step?"
"I try to give you a compliment and you insult me!"

"You didn't expect me to be nice, did you Black?"
"Well I was sorta hoping...."
Exactly how long has this boy been stalking me now?

"Right, I should have known better than to get my hopes up. But one day soon, Kitten..."
"You wish, Black"

And with that I escaped into the crowd of ravenous students heading towards the great Hall. Gods, I hate that guy. He's SO annoying! Grrr.... I sat down at my usual spot on the far end of the Gryffindor table, far from the other Gryffindor kids and the eyes of the teachers. I had just setteled myself down when someone plopped into the seat right by me. I knew who it was without even looking up.

"Hi Amy, who was it this time?"
"Jacob Davidson"

I guess I should explain my..uhh..."friendship" with Amy Harrison. You see Amy is a 7th year Ravenclaw, same year as me. She's an awesome girl, beautiful, smart, loyal. She only has one problem. She's scared of people, and when I say scared I mean SCARED. The girl just can't speak in front of people, it's like torture for her. Unfortunatly, people tend to bully her cause of this. Anyways, I met Amy in second year in potions. That was when we made our little agreement. You see, Potions ain't me best class and Amy has her little problem with bullies. So we made a deal, she tutors me in potions and in exchange I keep the bullies away from her. It's a good arrangement for both of us. Lately though, this Ravenclaw named Jacob Davidson has been causing problems for her. I've warned him off her once already. Obviously this boy doesn't listen....reminds you of a certain someone, eh? Anyways, the two of us ate in silence for a few minutes before we were interrupted by, you guessed it, none other then Black and his buddies.

"Padfoot, my friend, it looks like these two lovely ladies need company!"

"Indeed, Prongs! And who are WE to deny them our company?"
I groaned as Black sat down on my right side while Potter sat next to him. The tag-along, Pettigrew I think his name is, sat on Potter's other side. Remus Lupin, the only one of these boys with any brains it seems, looked down at Amy and asked her if anyone was sitting next to her. I couldn't help but smile as she blushed and shook her head no. Obviously someone has a little crush. AWWWW

"So what are two lovely ladies such as yourselfs doing sitting all on your lonesome?" Paotter asked as he heaped what looked like a mountain of food onto his plate.
Amy seemed busy, trying to hide behind her long hair so I answered for the two of us.

"In case you haven't noticed, Potter, we eat here everyday." Before he could reply I spotted trouble heading our way. Luscious Malfoy the pompous ass. I loathe this guy more then I loathe anything else. I swear if there is one person who deserves to be eaten by mutant squirrels and their killer acorns, it's Malfoy. The boys must have noticed the look on my face cause they all turned to see what I was looking at. Black automatically reached for his wand, the same went for Potter. Pettigrew seemed to shrink in his chair, coward, why the hell is he inGryffindor anyways? Lupin sat calmly, watching as Malfoy approached. I muttered a few curses under my breath as he walked up. Amy moved a little closer to me, silently reminding me of my promise to protect her from bullies. I calmly placed my hand on my wand, acknowledging that promise. Lupin looked a little puzzled at that whole little exchange. No matter. Don't have time to worry about that now. Malfoy walked past Potter and Black, blowing them both off and stood right behind me, waiting for me to acknowledge him or something. Dumarse. I ignored him and took a sip off my pumpkin juice. I could feel Amy shaking like a leaf next to me. poor girl. No wonder she wasn't in Gryffindor. Not that I have much room to talk, I was gripping my wand so tightly that I'm amazed it didn't snap in two. I took another sip of my juice before facing Malfoy

"Problem, Malfoy?"

He sneered before saying, "Yeah, you!" Dear Gods, how stupid is this conversation going to be?

"You and half the school, Malfoy. IYou guys should get jackets or something..."
I felt Amy tense up beside me as Malfoy pointed his wand straight at my face. Hoo boy, not good. Not good at all.
"Get away from her, Malfoy!"

I turned my head a little to see Black with his wand pointed at Malfoy, Potter beside him, his wand also pointed at Malfoy. Black looked furious. Now I'm used to seeing people mad, hell I'm usually the one who caused it, but I swear I have never seen anyone look that mad in my life. If he was a dog, his fur would have been standing on edge. This didn't seem to bother Malfoy though. Like I said, IDIOT. Malfoy kept his eyes and wand trained on me.

"What's wrong, Varalee? Can't fight your own battles anymore?"
Like I said, idiot
FERRETS ARE SLOWLY TAKING OVER THE WORLDS SUPPLY OF BREAD!! FLEE!! FLEE!!!!!
SIRIUS'S POV (This is AFTER the little Dinner incident)


Man, she was amazing. Crazier then James! And trust me that's saying something, but still, amazing. I still can't believe that she punched Malfoy like that! WHAM! Right in the nose! I've never seen a more beautiful right hook in my life. How could I have not known about her before last year?
Lilly is right. I am a prat.

Now that that's established, how to make it up to Kitten?

...............

Maybe if I get the furniture in the Common Room to spell out 'date Sirius'.....and turn Snivellus PINK!!!

No, that would end badly. She would probably hex me into next year.

................

OH! I could get the house elves to sing her love songs during transfiguration....and turn Snivellus PINK!!!Muahhahaaa! I love my devious brain!

"Padfoot? What are you snickering about?"

Ah, my dear friend Prongs, aka James Potter, brother of my evil soul and soon to be co-conspirator in my evil plot to get Kitten to go out with me.

"Prongsie Poo! Your going to help me get Kitten to go out with me, right?"
"Of course, Paddy Waddy"
"Paddy Waddy?"

"You called me Prongsie Poo"
I ignored this obvious lie and explained my evil plot to my best friend. He, of course, loved it, especially the part where we turned Snivellus pink. Infortunatly someone didn't recognize my obvious genious.

"You two are CRAZY! She's going to end up hating both your guts!"
Enter Lilly Evans, James's girlfriend and the bane of my evil plans.
Siriusly (haha! LOVE my name) the girl has it out for my evil plans! She loves to crush my pathetic evil dreams to pieces. Then again she also occasionally helps out... and James is head over heels in love with her. So she's not that bad. For a Head Girl.
Nah, Im kidding. I love Lils like she's my little sister that I never had. At this moment in time however, I was feeling a little upset that she was shooting down my awesome evil 'Get Kitten to go out with me' plan. It needs a codename.
hmmmm
How about GKTGOWM?
Ok maybe not....
How about 'Catch the Kitten'? YES!! VICTORY!!!My evil brain is AWESOME! wait...getting distracted... brain....must focus....

"What do you mean she'll hate us both Lillikins?"

lilly sighed and rolled her eyes, "If you do that plan I can garuntee that she will never go out with you, Sirius."

"Well, what do you suggest, Miss Smarty Pants?"

Padfoot Rule Number 88: When in doubt, insult

"Well how about talking to the poor girl instead of stalking or publicly embaressing her, dog boy?"

Yes, she knows about the animagus thing. Curse James and his big mouth.

"little problem with that plan, flower of Prongs's heart, she won't sit in the same room as me
for more then five seconds..."
"That does present a problem"
"HA! I GOT IT!"
Good ole Prongs! Knew he wouldn't let his best friend down!
"Padfoot, she has detention tonight for punching Malfoy right?"
It's happened, my best friends brain has turned to mush and he now has trouble remembering things that happened less the an hour ago. Poor poor Prongs...

"Yeah...I mean she did punch Malfoy right when Professor McGonagall happened to be walking by"

"No need to be rude, Padfoot. Geez, the point is that she's stuck in a room. She can't leave"

I swear I heard an angel choir singing Hallelujahs at that moment. She can't leave the room or move to a different seat. She can't pretend to be listening to the Professor talking. Heck, she'd HAVE to hear me out now! There is a God and he does love me!!! WOOHOO!!!! I was in the middle of my victory dance when Lilly decided to crush my dreams once more.
She has a bad habit of doing that

"You know, Sirius, I don't think continually asking her to go out with you is going to work. Same goes for following her everywhere."

"But it worked for Prongs!"

"Only after we had been locked in a room, thanks to a certain someone, and had spent the whole night getting to know each other"

I couldn't help but grin. Locking them in that classroom on the third floor is one of the things I am most proud of.

"So your saying that James should lock Kitten and me in a classroom for a night?"
I love it when Lilly gets mad! It's hilarious! Her face turns beet red, beautiful!

"No, you idiot! You just need to talk to her normally! Talk about Quidditch or school or something. Get to know her and DON'T ASK HER OUT A BILLION TIMES!"

You have to admit it. Lilly is one smart cookie. I would never have thought of that on my own.....but I still think my singing house elve idea was awesome!
Now James piped up as he wrapped an arm around Lilly's waist, "Get to know her like i got to know Lilly and I garuntee she will go on a date with you. Unless you do something stupid. Or rash. Which, knowing you, will probably happen.."

Some friend. I hope a plant eats his head.

I stood up and headed out the portrait hole.
"Sirius! Where are you going?"

"To find Snivellus! I need to get a detention somehow!"

GAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVIL FLYING DRESSES THAT ARE ALLIED WITH THE FERRETS ARE ATTACKING THE WHITE HOUSE AS WE SPEAK!!!!
BACK TO CLEO'S POV


Detention
That is what you get when you punch a fellow student in the face when Professor McGonagall happens to be walking by and notices.
Curse my luck
I sighed before walking inot the room where my sentence was to be served.Lucky me. Oh joy and it looks like Professor SProut is in charge of detention this week. Wonderful! I hope your noting the sarcasm, ladies and gentlemen.

I looked around at my fellow prisoners before claiming an empty table to myself. I sat down and proceeded to stare at the clock, using my superpowers to make time speed up

Only that didn't work...

Instead time seemed to slow down....a lot. At least it did until the door opened again...and guess who walked through it...
You guessed it, Black

He looked extremely pleased to be in detention, which in my opinion is not normal. Anyways, he had a quick whispered conversation with Sprout, who blushed and pointed towards the tables where the rest of us were sitting. Black grinned at her then walked over towards my table.

Dear gods, no! Too late, he sat down in the chair next to me and just grinned. I was seized with the impulse to slap him for the second time that day. It's getting to be a habit.

"Hey, Kitten"
I groaned as I started banging my head repeatedly on the table, maybe I can knock myself out if I hit my head hard enough. It's worth a shot.
"Umm...Kitten? What are you doing?"
"Trying to knock myself unconcious, Black."

"Well that's no way to about it. If you want to knock yourself out I suggest calling my cousin a muggle lover. I garuntee that will result in you being knocked unconcious."

I rolled my eyes. I could SO take on Bellabitch Black. Wait, focus Cleo, focus!
"What are you doing here, Black?"

"Enjoying detention with the most beautiful girl in Hogwarts."
"Black...."

"Oh, alright! Professor Slughorn caught me turning Snivellus pink."

"Wait, Slughorn caught you? But you Marauders never let Slughorn catch you guys."

"Wrong, sweetheart. We get caught, just like everyone else. It doesn't happen often, mind you, but it DOES happen. Besides, sometimes we let ourselves get caught..."

I snorted, "Why the hell would you want to get caught?"

"A lot of reasons...."

"Such as...?"

"To talk to you"

"Me? Why?"

He grinned, "I'm pretty sure we already had this discussion, Kitten..."

I growled at him a bit in warning,
"You let yourself get caught so you could talk to me?!? "

"Why is that so hard to believe, Kitten?"

He looked genuinly confused. That was a bit frightening. He reallt didn't understand why I didn't believe him.

"I treat you like crap, Black. Mind you, it's provoked, but still....I'm a bitch to you. I tell you to leave me alone no matter how nice you try to be to me."

I looked down at the table, avoiding his eyes. I felt horrible. Yeah, he stalked me and drove me crazy but he was just trying to be nice to me (and get me to go out with him but that's beside the point) I mean, here this guy was, in detention, just so he could talk to a girl who did nothing but insult him. Safe to say I was feeling pretty shitty about everything at that moment. So it was little surprising when Black started chuckling.

"Yeah, you were pretty bitchy sometimes, but at least you talked to me, even if it WAS just insults. Besides, you being a smart aleck is what I like about you. Why do you think I pay more attention to you than the fan club girls?"

"Because I give you hell??"

"Yeah, I mean, you don't backdown. You don't care what other people think about you and you dont try to get my attention by being.....creepy..."

Creepy? What the hell was the boy talking about?

He must have seen the confusion on my face because he said, "You know...flirting and smiling waaay too much..."

This boy is crazy. That is the only explanation for it. He has the whole female population of this school practically throwing themselves at him! I think almost every boy in this school would die to be in his position. And instead here he was, in detention, with the everlovable Cleo.....I wonder if he knows how crazy he is? Maybe I should ask...

"Black?"

"You can call me Sirius, ya know..."

"Right. Sirius. You know you're crazy, right?"

He grinned and laughed. Strange....his laugh reminded me of my dog at home... weird...

"I'm a Marauder, Kitten, of course I'm crazy!"

And that was how detention went. We talked about everything. Quidditch, pranks, we even talked about our home lifes, which turned out to be a sensitive subject for both of us.

"My biological mother walked out on me and my dad on my ninth birthday. Safe to say, we don't celebrate my birthday anytmore..."

"My parents are pureblood maniacs. They treated me like crap. They hated me for getting into Gryffindor."

"Treated? Not treat?"

"I ran away last summer. I'm staying with James and his parents now."

"I'm sorry, Sirius. I know it sounds stupid and doesn't
stop the pain but I am sorry."

"Don't worry about it, Kitten. The Potter's are my family now."

Not everything we talked about was serious (dear lord, it's HARD to avoid that pun!)

"OK, so if you had to go out with either Snivellus or Malfoy, which would you pick?"

"Eww! Sirius!! That's disgusting!!"

Come on Kitten! Which one?"

"Alright, alright...Malfoy"

"Malfoy? Why? I thought you hated him..."

"I do hate him, but I would go out with him because I might get another chance to punch him..."

"You wouldn't want to punch Snivellus?"

"Malfoy's a bigger pain in the ass then Snivellus"

"I think we're going to have to agree to disagree on that issue, Kitten"

Time flew and it wasn't long before Professor Sprout told us that detentionwas over. To be honest I was a little sad. It had been fun, probably the most fun I had had in years. It was nice to just sit and talk to him about normal stuff. We walked towards Gryffindor Tower together, making jokes about Slughorn and his "parties" for favorite students.It wasn't long before we reached the Fat Lady. We both stood there. There was one of those awkward silences that I hate.

"Sooo....."

"Sooo....."

"Thanks for making detention fun, Sirius. Tonight would have been hell without you."

"Anytime, Kitten."

Another awkward silence. Dear gods, I have to get out of here! Too quiet!

"Well, see you later, Black"

I started towards the Fat Lady when he grabbed my hand. I just stared at him, completely confused.

"Something wrong, Sirius?"

Then he kissed me

His lips brushed against mine for a moment then gently pulled away.

Safe to say I had a little trouble speaking after that little surprise.

"Kitten?"

Still off in Lala land, Please leave a message after the beep...

"Kitten, your not mad are you?"

He looked so worried about upsetting me, it was kinda cute. Ok it was ADORABLE. I admit it.
No wonder he's considered the cutest guy at school.

"No Sirius, I'm not mad at all. Not even close."

"Soo...you didn't mind?"

"Nuh-uh, not a bit"

"Good"

"So, what does this mean?"

"Will you be my girlfriend?"

"Are you going to stop calling me Kitten?"

"Never!"

"Alright then"

He grinned and kissed me again. Once again I was left speechless. Not that I minded. He grinned down at me as he pulled me through the portrait hole. The Fat Lady winked at me before I went through and I swear I blushed ten shades of red.
Sirius pulled me into the Common Room and over to a couch whereLilly Evans and James Potter sat together holding hands. Remus Lupin sat in an armchair, reading. Pettigrew (That's his name right? I can never remember...I think his first name is Pete...hmm must ask Sirius) Anyways, he lay on the ground, doing what looked like homework. They all looked up as Sirius dragged me over. James grinned at the sight of Sirius's hand holding mine.

"So.....how was detention?"

Sirius collapsed on the couch and pulled me down onto his lap then wrapped his arms around my waist possessively.

"Wonderful"

The two laughed while Lupin chuckled from his chair. Evans smiled at me.

"Ignore them. They're idiots. Especially James.."

Potter grinned as he squeezed her hand.

"Yeah, but I'm your idiot"

"Maybe I should rethink that whole arrangement"
The rest of that conversation trailed off into whispers and the room went quiet with the occasional whisper from someone. I jumped as Sirius pulled me even closer to him.

"Something wrong, Kitten?"

He was grinning, I could tell from his voice.

"nothing's wrong. I'm just not used to being this close to people."

He nuzzled his face into my hair and neck a little. I shivered a little.

"Don't worry Kitten, you'll get used to it."

"Promise?"

"Promise"

Then he kissed me again. Oh yeah, I think I could definitly get used to this....

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Well peoples I hope you enjoyed that. A little corny but I needed the practice. Tell me what you think!and rate nice!