She sneaked a peak, her head popping up over the last step into the Observatory proper, at the lone student sprawled out over the ground, his head laid against his hands as he... Stared up into the sky?
...Well, she figured that probably wasn't going to cost them any-
"I know you're there Evans." She froze at the words, before quickly letting out a sigh as she covered the last few steps of the small staircase.
"What gave it away?" She questioned with mild amusement as she walked over and looked down straight at his unruly hair, her hands crossed before her.
"Is that supposed to be your impression of stern and scolding?" She blinked at that one. "'Cos it don't work coming from a little rabbit."
"I am not a rabbit." She remarked defensively. "I've been taking your lessons you know, I am more of a-"
"Deer?"
"...Huh?" She quickly frowned. "No. That's just another victim."
"Prey."
"Same thing!"
"Right."
She let out a huff and promptly took a seat. Only for the other boy to go quiet, his gaze still locked onto the stars above. "Do you like stargazing?" She questioned curiously.
"Not really."
"Oh, why are you here then?"
The boy shrugged at her, causing her to roll her eyes.
"Fine, keep your secrets." She huffed. "Just make sure they don't cost us any more points." A single beat passed. "That was actually what I wanted to ask you about, why'd Professor Dumbledore take thirty points away from our house yesterday?" She gave him a pointed look. And if he'd noticed it, she was sure he would've either insulted her or ignored it entirely. "What'd you say to him? I know he called you in for a meeting or somethin-"
"Keeping tabs on me are you?" The boy snorted, finally turning his gaze towards her. "Sorry to say, but I am afraid you're a little young for me."
She blinked in bemusement.
"We're the same age."
"Sure."
"And I am not crazy. So it wouldn't work out anyway." She joked.
"True." He shrugged back. "You'd need at least some Black in you to get with a Black."
She frowned heavily at the words. Something about the way he said that made it sound so very wrong-
"Ew." She immediately remarked when she realized why.
"Trust me I coulda made that sound so much worse." The boy snorted.
She ignored his comment in favor of not getting traumatized.
"I thought people weren't allowed to marry their family members..?" She focused on instead.
Her mother had told her that when she was four and asked her dad if he'd marry her as well as a joke.
They'd both found it funny.
Her sister thought she was serious and gave her a lecture about the law that was apparently wrong.
"It's more of a guideline so you don't have freaky deformed kids."
She tilted her head at that one.
"...Where does that put you exactly? Because you're freaky and probably deformed in the head." She wasn't sure what deformed meant, but she had a feeling it fit.
"My parents were cousins."
She nodded seriously at that.
"I'll make a mental note not to marry my cousin- Wait, I don't have any." A single beat passed. "Does that mean I can marry anyone I want?"
"I don't know why you're having this conversation with me Evans."
Her gaze snapped to alertness as she pointed an accusing finger at the boy. "You changed the subject! So you must've done something bad right?"
Her mom was always going about her father doing the same whenever he did something stupid!
"To Dumbledore?" The boy questioned bemused. "I mean besides the blowup doll in his transfigured gargoyle can't say I remember anything."
She blinked a few times at that answer.
"The what in the what?"
"Blowup doll, it's a euphemism for something you'll learn about in ten years from your non-crazy future husband."
"...I... What? That doesn't sound like a normal-"
"Hey, non-crazy people gotta get their insanity out some way, don't judge."
"I am not!" A single beat passed again as she frowned at herself. "I think?" She promptly shook her head. "What about the gargoyle? You mean the stone ones right? The ones outside Professor Dumbledore's office?"
The boy nodded.
"Yeah that one, I transfigured one of them into a closet."
"...Why?"
"Another euphemism."
"You know I don't know what that word means right?"
"It can mean a lot of things."
"...That's not very helpful." She let out a sigh, only to tilt her head again as she considered his words. "If it can mean a lot of things, what happens if you use it to create a spell?"
The boy rose up into a seating position at the question.
"Hm. Good question. I am not entirely sure."
She grinned at him.
"Ha, so you don't know everything!"
"I would've killed myself already if I did,"
Her grin froze, her eyes blinking a few times before it all set into a frown. "That's really dark."
"Oh honey, you don't know the meaning of dark."
"...I am not your honey."
"It's another euphemism."
She gave him a deadpan look.
"If you use that word again, I am going to throw something at you."
"Yeah, like you need a reason." He snorted at her before leaning back against a hand and turning his gaze back up to the stars again.
"Seriously-" She immediately let out a sigh as the boy automatically replied with the same freakin' joke he always used when someone said that word to him. She ignored it, and just let the stupid joke wash over her. "-What are you doing here? Stars can't be that interesting to look at."
The boy shrugged at her.
"Euphemism reasons really."
"..." She just stared at him, her eyes twitching the slightest bit. "Ok, I am prettysure you didn't use it properly that time." Her head swiveled to the side slowly as she tried to look for the piece of paper he always had stuck to his head. "If you don't wanna tell me you can just say so-" She frowned when she didn't find anything.
Odd. He wasn't speaking his thoughts out loud like usual...
He hadn't accidentally called her a mudblood or anything. It felt a little weird if she was honest.
Paperless Sirius you can also depend on to tell you when he was going to do something stupid.
Paper Sirius was just... Scary? She hadn't really considered the thought before but... Not being able to hear him speak his thoughts out loud made him... Really unnerving to be around.
"I am just making sure all the stars are in the right place."
She blinked at the answer, her frown coming back- Jesus at this rate she was going to have more wrinkles than her mother with all this frowning! "Why?" She questioned warily. "I don't think they're supposed to move..."
"Sometimes stars can get eaten, didn't you know?" The boy questioned her with a worrying smile. "Get's real ugly."
"...I don't believe you. Even the muggle world would've noticed that!"
"It was a joke."
"You're not very good at those you know?"
"What, not enough ACME in them for you?"
"...Acme?" She crossed her arms together. "I am sure I've heard... Or seen? That word somewhere before, what does it mean?"
"Means a Coyote's about to get his teeth kicked in by an anvil."
She gave him an unamused look because what was that supposed to mean??
"Is that another euphemism?"
The boy shook his head. "Nope, can't make it any clearer I am afraid."
"Right."
"More of a down- The anvils tend to come from the sky."
"I think you need that paper thingy back on your head- You're even crazier than usual today."
He snorted at her.
"Why do you think I am up here? Testing out a new one, 'cos the old one gave up and stopped working."
She raised an eyebrow at him, a smile growing on her face. "I really don't blame it." Before said smile disappeared as she gave him another pointed look. "You know, you coulda just said that at the start and we wouldn't be having this conversation at all!"
"What the hell did you think I was here for anyway?" The boy immediately questioned back uncaring of her point.
"I dunno, I thought you were trying to blow something up with the stars or something!" She remarked defensively, the words registering to her head after she said them as she inwardly cringed at the stupidity-
"Nah, that piece of binary work won't be ready for at least a few more years I think."
"...What?" A single beat passed. "Sirius are you planning to blow something up with the stars!?" She questioned, slightly panicked.
"Less blow up, more point a giant fuck you at aliens."
She had no idea what that meant.
"...Your brain is a miracle isn't it?" She stated seriously before shaking her head. "The fact it seems to work isunbelievable."
The boy tilted his head at her, the frown on his face suggesting he might've actually listened to what she had to say-
"Stop hitting on me."
...What?
"You're going to make Sev jealous."
What.
"And James actually." The boy shook his head. "Yeesh, I've heard of love triangles but I've never seen a square go for a love spider."
"I am not a square!" She remarked offended.
"That's the part you had a problem with?"
"Everything else was you speaking crazy, I am just choosing to ignore it!" She fired back.
"...Seriously stop hitting on me."
She gave up on that one, stood up, and promptly started leaving.
"Finally! I can work on my giant space fuck you in peace now."
She held in the urge to keep walking as she turned on her feet, walked back and grabbed the idiot by the arm, and started dragging him away from the innocent sky.
It was surprisingly easy to ignore his protests when his mind wasn't insulting her with every third word.