⚯͛ Sweet Caroline - Sirius Black ⚯͛

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"Oh stop," Caroline muttered, opening her book again.

"Whatcha reading?" Lily asked.

"The chapter we have to read for Charms."

They all groaned.

"I knew I'd forgotten to do that," Lily said.

Sirius sighed, "I'm gonna get my eighth detention of the year."

"I really need to start writing this stuff down," Tyler said.

"I mean I already read it when he set it, I'm just rereading it now," Caroline said innocently, "you want me to do a lil recap before we go to the class?"

"Oh please."

Sirius just kissed her on the cheek gratefully, "have I already told you this morning that you're an angel?"

She just smiled, "yes."

"So what's the chapter about again?" Tyler asked.

"It's about the spell theory behind Ascendio."

"Well we have ten minutes until class," Lily said.

Caroline just grinned, "more than enough time."

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Sirius and Caroline sat, quite contently, beside each other in Astronomy. Both of them were busy completing their star chart analysis's, but enjoyed certain distractions like Caroline gently tapping her shoe on top of Sirius' and Sirius resting his hand on her thigh and giving it the occasional affectionate squeeze.

Their Professor was called out by Professor MgGonagall for some reason, but Caroline took it as her opportunity to talk to Sirius.

"Sirius," she whispered, making him look at her.

"Yes, darling?"

"Tell me more about your thing next year," she said quietly in French, "I'm curious."

He smiled, "what do you want to know?"

"Who are you actually going to work for?"

He looked up at the stars, "Right now, Professor Dumbledore...he calls us 'The Order of the Phoenix'."

Caroline raised her eyebrows and said in English, "sounds very fancy."

"I asked him why he hadn't considered you for it."

Her eyes widened, "you did? Why?"

"You're the smartest and most talented witch in the whole school, like, why wouldn't he consider you, you know?" Sirius shrugged.

"So what did he say?"

"He knew you had gotten into Koldo-Koldost...that Russian school."

"Koldovstoretz."

"Right that," he nodded, "he just said he knew how impossible it was to get into that school, and he wants you to accept the offer...says it would be good for Hogwarts as well as good for you."

"Fair enough..."

"Would you want to join?" Sirius asked.

"Yes," she said without hesitation, before switching to French, "probably good that he didn't ask me then...I'd never go to Koldovstoretz."

"I wish we could fight the fight together." Sirius murmured, lifting her hand up and kissing her knuckles.

She smiled at this, "I'll still be here every step of the way, if you'll have me."

"Oui, s'il te plaît, merci," he breathed, scanning her brown eyes fondly, "hey, how are you feeling? For real."

She looked away back at her star chart for a moment. It seemed she was contemplating what to say, or even how she felt in the first place. How was she actually feeling? Should she just be honest?

"I'm sad," she said, before shaking her head, "it's getting easier every day but...it will take time."

"Okay - don't rush yourself, it's okay to feel how you feel and take your time...I'll be here for you through it all, okay?"

She leaned into him, smiling tearfully up at him before whispering, "thank you."

He kissed her forehead, obviously not caring about any other students around then. It was like they were in their own little bubble, just them.

"I-"

"Alright everyone, back to work!" The professor came back into the room.

Sirius and Caroline darted apart, going back to their work as if that was what they were doing the whole time.

"I want these analysis sheets done and back to me by the end of the lesson," the Professor said, causing everyone to internally groan.

Caroline shook her head and began to write faster, concentrating fully on the chart again, her quill dancing across the parchment. Sirius just glanced at her lingeringly for a moment, the moonlight bouncing against her hair...she really was beautiful.

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A/N:

Hey guys,

So if you haven't already seen it, the next book in the series of 'Unfortunate' and also this book 'Sweet Caroline' has now been published. It's called 'Lucky'!

I would reeeally appreciate it if you guys checked it out! It has all the characters in this book and more!

My publishing schedule right now is 'Lucky' on Mondays and 'Sweet Caroline' on Wednesdays - and then the occasional spontaneous weekend update too.

Lots of love,

Amber xx