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Chapter 1 – Secret Planning

She watched him as he strutted his way through the great hall toward his friends like he did every morning for breakfast. She knew she shouldn't dwell on such fantasies as him, but she couldn't seem to help herself. She finally realizes she has begun staring so she changes her gaze back to her plate.

"Hey Jen, you alright there? You seem a bit off this morning; you haven't said a word this whole time. Really unlike you." Asked Kate, Jen's best friend since day one on the train to school.\

Jen looked up and saw the uneasy look on Kate's face and sighed. "Yeah, I am fine, just didn't sleep to well last night you know? After that detention with Professor Slughorn for blowing up my potion, which was so an accident! Well, basically, I just didn't get much sleep because I still had too much homework left."

Kate accepted this answer and went back to her breakfast. Truth was, yes, Jen did have some homework to do, but she had gotten it all done by a decent hour and just sat up in the common room last night trying to think of ways to rid her mind of him. Sure, he knew she existed, but they were only friend, passerby friends at that. They knew each other and would say hello if they saw each other but still, they were not good friends and they never once have hung out. Jen leaned her head onto her arm that was now set on the table. She just didn't know why she longed to have this guy so much. He wasn't that great after all. He is known as a womanizer and he always only gets with a girl to make her believe he loves her and then he always leaves her right after he has had her in the sack. Most girls seem to think this was ok, and Jen might even try for the guy if she herself was one of those girls. But she wasn't. She wanted a man to love her for real, and to be faithful to only her forever. And Sirius Black was the farthest from that man she wanted than anyone else she could think of.

"Now class, I want you to continue to try to transform your rabbits into clocks, and I will be back shortly." Professor McGonagall. With that she left the room, something about having to sort out a mess with a students transfiguration the previous period. Jen continued to try to change her rabbit without much enthusiasm; she was still trying to rid her thoughts of the guy who now sat two desks behind her. Jen turned around and glanced back at him, as she did so, she had caught his eye. He looked at her for a minute before flashing her a smile and continuing his conversation with his friends, James Potter, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. 'Damn him!' she thought, 'Damn him and his gorgeous smile, with his gorgeous eyes and his gorgeous ways!'

For six years now, she had watched him; watched him and done nothing. They were in the same class at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft Wizardry, and they were even in the same house, so she didn't have much of a choice, he was wherever she went. It was the first week of their seventh year and this year seemed like it would be just like the rest. Watch Sirius and try to concentrate.

BANG! There was a loud noise that seemed to echo through the whole school maybe. Jen turned to see what interrupted her thought and found James and Sirius laughing madly watching as a couple of Slytheryns who were now sprouting tentacles out there sides that were seeming to grow long enough to match the giant squid! James and Sirius always pulled pranks, that weren't anything new, and their targets always seem to be Slytheryns. But this year, Jen thought, since James had been made head boy, he might clam down. No such chance.

James finally stopped laughing when he noticed the head girl, a fellow Gryffindor also, laughing too. Jen knew Lily, they were friends, and after all, they have shared the same dorm for six years now. James now was sitting on the desk next to Jen's; seeing as Lily was only two seats over from Jen.

"So Evans, find that funny did you?" James asked with a smirk on his face.

"For once James, maybe I just did, but only this once." Lily quickly gathered herself and put on a serious face.

"Ooh, I see. It was a slip up then? Lily?"James said with a raised eyebrow. "So, seeing as there are slip ups about, what do you say you 'slip up' and go out with me?"

"Ok James." Lily said starring determinately at James.

"Oh, come on Evans, you know – wha? – wait. Did you just say ok!" James asked in a hurry and jumped off the desk starring at her in shock with the dumbest look on his face.

"Yes James, I did, and I think you can call me Lily, it is my name you know, I am really tired of you always calling me Evans. Now, that's settled, I really should be back to work and so should you." And with that Lily transformed her rabbit perfectly and turned to talk with Jen and Kate. James walked around the desks back to his seat, obviously still in shock.

"Wow, I can't believe you said yes to him! Lily, you like James, finally! As if none of us saw that coming!" Jen said as soon as he was out of earshot.

In the back of the room, James now took his seat next to Sirius, still in awe. "Hey, hey mate! I can't believe it! Prongsie's finally got a date with Evans! AAWWWW!" Sirius dramatically acted out as James to his seat.

"Y-yeah, c-can you believe it padfoot! SHE SAID YES!" James practically jumped back out of his seat and the realization finally started to sink in.

"Way to go Prongs!" said Remus as he leaned over from across Sirius. " I think we all kinda knew she would say yes to you eventually. The girls and I were talking" Remus nodded to Jen, Kate and Alice up front," and we were sure you two would be together this year. What, with you two being the two Heads and all."

"Well, looks like the Marauders are going to have to be more open to other people then, because when comes Lily with James, so comes Lily's friends." Sirius said thoughtfully.

"They are all actually very nice girls." Said Remus looking up at Kate from his seat.

Sirius seemed to have noticed this. "Heeeyy… do we have another date wanter here? Moony you old dog you, you fancy Kate, don't you?" Sirius said accusingly.

"Padfoot, you nuts, you know that?"

"So you tell me too often. So, do you?"

"Get back to work mate."

"Why don't you answer me?"

"Because it's a crazy question I shouldn't have to answer."

"Well, is simple, if you don't fancy her just say no mate."

Remus sighed, "get back to work Padfoot."

"Well, got my answer."

"What are you talking about, I didn't answer and it would be crazy of me to answer."

"Oh! But I didn't hear you denying anything!" Sirius laughed at his triumph. "Go one Moony, deny it, I dare you!"

Remus just hung his head and laughed. Sirius let out a whoop of triumph and with that the bell rang and the students moved out the door to the halls toward the great hall for lunch.

"Hey Jen! Wait up!" Sirius yelled out as he ran up to catch up to her. " I wanted to have a word, can I?"

"What? Uh sure. What's up?" Jen was completely dumbfounded, not to mention nervous.

"Privately please?"

"Uh, sure."

Sirius took her arm and led her into an empty classroom to their left. Sirius led them in and shut the door behind them.

"So… what did you want to talk about?" Jen said uneasily.

"I wanted to talk to you about Kate." Sirius said, and Jen felt a knot grow in her stomach.

"Kate? Why?"

"Well, you see, I got out of Remus today that he fancies Kate, and I wanted to see what we could do in the matters of hooking them up. I was wanting some inside info to see is she might fancy Remus." Sirius told her.

Jen, felt the knot loosen up, and understood that it was Remus, not Sirius who had an interest in Kate.

"Oh. Well, I am actually not sure. She does talk to him a lot we notice, but other than that, she hasn't said anything. Uh, I could try and find out for you, if you would like?"

"Yeah, that would be great. We'll have them together yet!" Sirius let out a laugh and walked back over to Jen, put his arm around her shoulders and guided her back out of the room. "Just think of us as the silent duo… yea… silent duo, we plan to cheat and sneak or even pry to get them together." Sirius made up and he laughed aloud. He seemed to honestly be having too much fun with this so far. Jen laughed, still a little uneasy. Sirius still had his arm around her as the entered the great hall for lunch. He then let go of her when the were passing her friends she sits with and stopped and turned to her.

"You gonna come down here and sit with me today? We can figure out a good plan to set them up." Sirius whispered in her ear. Jen just nodded and turned to Kate, Lily and Alice.

"Hey guys, I am going to go and sit down with Sirius today, he, uh, wanted to talk to me about that potions essay due tomorrow. See you guys later!" Jen said as she turned and left them all staring after her. Jen has never been known to talk to Sirius, why would he ask her help? They girls knew one thing though something was up and they were going to find out what it was. They watched as Jen and Sirius took a seat, not with Sirius's friend, but oddly enough, on there own at the far end. No doubt Sirius made a lame excuse to his friends too because they too were starring in shock.