Disclaimer: I own nothing other than Claire and the plot or any other characters you don't recognize. Everything else belongs to JK Rowling.


"Claire, Claire!" I looked over to find the source of my name being called and I spotted James Potter waving me over.

"Hey James." I smiled as I sat down in front of him and he smiled back.

"Hey Claire." My heart skipped a beat as I heard his voice say my name.

"Hey Sirius, Remus, Peter." I acknowleged the rest of the Marauders and pulled a plate of food to me.

"Woah, slow down there Reese." Sirius placed his hand overtop of mine and I tried to swallow the food in my mouth which was hard to do as my throat was dry as a log.

"S'rry." I mumbled, a blush creeping up onto my cheeks.

"So..." James said trying to start a conversation.

"So Prongs?" Remus asked looking over the top of his book that was propped up by the syrup bottle.

"Yes Prongs, something important you need to tell us?" Sirius asked removing his hand from mine and placing it in his lap.

"No, no, I was just wondering if you lot had dates to the next Hogsmeade trip yet?" He picked up his fork that had a piece of pancake stuck to it and stuck it in his mouth.

"Good question there Prongs, but as a matter of fact I do." Sirius replied beaming, there was Sirius for you. He always had a date.

"Who?" Inquired James dropping his fork back onto his plate which made a loud clanging noise.

"Sheesh Potter, keep it down!" Lily Evans moaned from the end of the table. Of course no one payed any attention.

"Lelia Graves, you know the one from Ravenclaw." He replied running a stray hand through his sleek brown hair.I sighed and James looked up at me, giving me a quizzical look.

"Claire--"

"Oh look at the time! It's time for class!" I dropped my arm and scrambled out of the Great Hall.

"She wasn't even wearing a watch." Sirius exclaimed.

"I know mate, I know."


I entered the Charms classroom with the rest of the Marauders trailing behind me. I was really the only girl allowed to actually hang out with the Marauders all the time. Practically my best friends were guys, but who said I minded? James and I sat at a table in the back of the classroom as that was the best part to pass notes. Sirius and Remus sat at the table next to ours and Peter sat at the table on the other side.

James: Claire what was up with you back there?

Claire: Nothing, what are you talking about?

James: Well you took off pretty fast.

Claire: I didn't want to be late.

James: When have you ever cared about being late before?

Claire: I--I was about to write my reply to James' question when another piece of folded paper landed in front of me with my name written on it.

Sirius: What are you guys talking about?

Claire: Nothing much, why?

S: No reason, this lesson is so boring we did shielding spells last year.

C: I know, Remus seems interested though.

S: Is he ever not?

I let out a small chuckle and looked over to Sirius' table. He looked up and just winked at me. I nearly melted. James pushed a note over Sirius' and I looked down to read it.

James: Hello? You haven't answered me.

Claire: Sorry, what were we talking about?

J: I don't remember... oh well.

C: All right, this lesson seems to be going on forever!

J: I know...I looked up at the Professor and wished for the time to speed up.

Claire: How many more minutes left?

Sirius: Like ten.

C: Ten!! That's too long!

S: Tell me about it!

C: Well I better pay attention, and you better too!

S: Yeah, sure.I chuckled and pocketed Sirius' note and scribbled another note to James.

Claire: Just ten more minutes!

James: Yes and then we are free for the weekend which by the way is Hogsmeade.

C: I know...

J: Have a date yet?

C: No.

J: Has anyone asked you?

C: Well yes, Jordan Martinez from Ravenclaw and Jake Marquez from Hufflepuff and...

J: No need to carry on, why didn't you say yes to any of them.

C: I don't know. I have to pay attention for atleast the last five minutes of class okay?

J: Okay...I looked back up to the front of the room and tried to pay attention for the last minutes of class but it was no use, it was stuck on something else. Sirius.