“Evans I know you think I'm good looking and all, but seriously, no pun intended, you can't go around fainting all the time. What are the girls going to think? I have to keep my options open, and falling for me, and I mean literally falling for me, isn't going to do favours for either of us. Besides, I couldn't have Jamse bashing me for your indiscrete, but may I add, natural actions.

“Whatever guys, when I see you tomorrow at breakfast I will have a big smile on my face because I would have had a wonderful night with Lily and I will be a step closer at winning my fair maiden over.”

“I am going to enjoy seeing Lily storm into breakfast tomorrow because James has ‘accidently’ groped her on the backside, or ‘forgotten’ that she doesn’t like to be kissed whilst pinned up against a wall.

“Those colours really work for you Black. Perhaps we could make it permanent fixture?”

Sirius winced slightly at the use of his last name and looked to the ground, trying to find any words that wouldn't antagonise him further. “Look James...”

Turing into the corridor of the head rooms, Lily stopped walking abruptly and faced James.
  
“James, the other reason I was down at the pitch was coz I just wanted to tell yo-”

"Do you Lily? Do you really know what you are getting yourself into?”

Lily shrugged half-heartedly. “I like him.”

“No you didn’t. I imagine James doesn’t want to do it because he doesn’t want to get into trouble from Lily and cause another argument between them and you don’t want to do it because secretly you’re just as terrified of Lily as James is.”

Sirius crossed his arms across his chest indignantly. “That is all mere hearsay, Moony.”

As he came down the last flight of stairs to the pre-arranged meeting place, he saw her sitting down with her back up against the wall and a book placed up against her knees. Her long red hair was, unusually, let down tonight and it kept falling in her eyes as she lowered her head to read.