Circle in the Square || Sirius

Sirius Black was having one of those days. Nose in the book was good and all, but he had a reputation to uphold! Shoving his hands in his pockets, Siri decided that a waltz outdoors was going to be best to clear his head. Stepping up on the stone banister he walked looking over the heads of other students. Younger ones crowded around someone laying in the snow for a moment before dispersing and that was where Sirius was going to investigate. James was busy, Remus was doing something, Peter was busy tailing one of the two and well, here he was on his own walking outside.

A voice was coming from the person laying in the snow, so he figured why not poke it with a stick? Grabbing a twig that was half dangling off a tree. Sirius pulled it with him and hopped back up onto the ledge where he decided to make his way closer to Eddie. Stick in hand. Crouching low he looked at the kid laying in the snow, Sirius stayed out of sight for the most part and he wiggled the twig toward the Ravenclaw boy.

Finally he made contact and Sirius smiled with a whisper, "score." Continuing to poke the body as it sang to him from the snowy ground. It was beginning to get deeper and Sirius pondered if belly-flopping into the fresh powder would be painful. Deciding against it he looked at the insane mop of hair. "Hey! You're the one who stuck up for that Caitlin girl aren't you. Good work man." Giving him a thumbs up Sirius brushed off the stone wall with his hand before taking a seat, but he still continued to poke at Eddie. It was fun and he wasn't moving very much.

Kicking his feet he waited and peered over at him. There were students that continued to pass, but this time they ignored Eddie who was laying in the snow, all because Sirius was there. Waving at a few passerby's the Gryffindor boy leaned forward a little more. "Hey, you, me, cocoa now. It's bloody ass cold out here." Giving into his curiosity, Siri once again stood on the ledge of the stone barrier and jumped off of it landing into the snow on his stomach.

A floof of white dust shrouded him as he lay face down. "Ow, yea I knew that was going to hurt, but I had to try it and needless to say it was worth it." Standing up he held his hand out to Eddie. "Clearly you have a lot on your mind, need to talk about it?"

"That's how friends should treat each other. If someone tried to pick a fight with my little gaggle of mates, I wouldn't have held back so much. You kicked some serious ass telling Whoram off." Sirius hated fighting with mates, he even hated it when they were really close. Still he would continue to buy from Joram because, lets face it that boy has got some seriously great deals. Crossing his arms after he pulled Eddie from the snow Sirius laughed. Eddie reminded him of James when they first met, the hair was insane, but now it seemed a little more tame. It looked good on his brother, but sometimes it was nice to know that there were other people out there who wanted to have a good time.

Laughing a little Sirius shook his head. "Kid you've no idea what it's like!" Throwing an arm across Eddie's shoulders. "That dick weed calling you a mud blood is a lot better than what the others could have done to you, just brush it off. At least it's better than being called a blood-traitor and being nixed from your family. So, you're getting it easy. A sugar rush pick-me up?"

Sirius laughed, sugar was the one thing he always knew that he had somewhere in his dorm room. "C'mon mate, I think I have the perfect thing for you. Something better than cocoa, even though I make a might fine cuppa!" Siri started to lead him inside and realized that he didn't actually introduce himself to the boy. Instead he made a mockery out of it all. "Oh, I'm Sirius Black by the way, Gryffindor Sixth year. At your service." he bowed graciously at the boy and then held the doors open. "You can just call me Siri, most of my mates do anyway."

A grin creased his lips as he replaced his arm across Eddie's shoulders and started up the stairs toward the Gryffindor Common Room. "So, just so you know, you an me, we're on the same page, we're going to be mates, not brothers, but mates. I like you." Sirius nudged the boys ribs a little bit and then looked up at the fat lady. "Aw piss...."

"Aye, Black, but don't get your panties up in a bunch. I'm not like the rest of them. They're all busy living out what their parents want them to be like. Me on the other hand, well I'm a ruff rider! I live by my own rules." He tried to act tough for a moment, but then slowly gave up. Sirius wasn't into the blood supremacy stuff. Instead he preferred to stay well away from it. He, James and Remus were all pureblooded, but that didn't make them any better than anyone else and he was always there to make certain that everyone had a fair shot. Unless he outright hated you of course, but that was a rare thing.

Crossing his arms for a moment he looked Eddie over with a judgmental eye before he lightened up. "Well as a pureblood, that's all the judging I will ever do to you, the stink eye, but you seem alright yourself. As for the mudblood comment. Ignore them, they're not going to change for you so you may as well not change for them. Let it roll off your back, that's what I try to do, and if they try to get in your face, just tell them Ole Sirius is watching." With a wink he turned to look back at the fat lady before digging into his pockets. This was the part he hated.

There were nights like this at least once a week or whenever they decided to change the password. Shoving his hands in his pocket he pulled out a a couple licorice wands and jammed them into his maw. 'What's the bloody password?' Internally he thanked Merlin for these two particular wands to be rather chewy. Looking around with suspicion, Sirius continued to chew the wands that he so elegantly shoved into this mouth. Standing there while chewing he went to speak but shook his head holding up a finger.

"Sirius Black, have you forgotten the password again?" The fat lady spoke and he looked up in alarm.

"Noo!" Waving his arms back and forth while he tried to speak with a mouth full of candy, Sirius walked to railing of the staircase and looked down for anyone who was heading their wat. Anyone at all. Still chewing he held up his hand and kicked off his boot to see if he had written it down on a piece of parchment and shoved it in there. No luck. "Fuck." Sighing after he swallowed the two extremely chewy pieces of candy he looked up at the cases above him. "HEY! YOU! The one with the scarf come here!" He pointed at a young second year boy who looked as though he were a deer caught in the headlights. "Oh don't look so alarmed! Just come here I'll give you a piece of candy!"

That was the icing on the cake. It didn't sound as odd in his head, but when he spoke those words Sirius was certain Eddie was going to think of him as a pedophile. He wasn't not in the slightest, but he really did forget the password. "Really! I have a couple licorice wands in my pocket!" Grumbling a little as the kid stared at him with wide eyes. The Marauder had no idea what he had said until it was too late. "Aw... shit..." he muttered to himself and turned to look at Eddie. "Just... hold on a minute." Trying not to laugh at what he had said earlier Sirius looked back up at the kid and took a step back.

"Oi! If you're not going to come down here just tell me what the password is! I forgot it just... just write it on a paper and throw it down here, or yell it at me I don't care." The kid scrambled and looked over the railing calling out the password 'Sirius Semper Obliviscitur' (Sirius always forgets) staring at the kid for a minute he turned to the fat lady and said the password loud and strong. She laughed and swung the open her portrait but he narrowed his eyes. "You know, sometimes they get a good one on me. I'm cool and all pulling pranks on them all, but man they always do their best. Anyway! Welcome to Gryffindor Tower!" He opened his arms wide as he made a bee-line toward a small tray with cups and a trolley that had things of cocoa already pre-made in containers. Gathering two cups he handed one out to Eddie with a smile.