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               Chapter 1 the Yule Ball

   Tessa Maise sat at a table watching her best friend Fliss dance with Sirius Black. Tessa only knew one thing

that she would never tell Fliss, that she had liked Sirius since the first day she saw him. Tessa sighed, another

Yule Ball and still no boyfriend. She was now 14 and in her 4th year at Hogwarts. Tessa looked at him, perfect,

funny, handsome, Sirius. She knew she could never tell her best friend for one major reason, Fliss would yell.

"Sirius is MINE!" and refuse to talk to her for a month. But that didn't stop her from imagining her and Sirius

dancing, his arms wrapped around her and her head on his shoulder. She knew it would never happen…but still.

   She ordered herself some chicken and ate in silence. Tessa Maise, who had long blonde hair and blue-green

eyes framed by what Fliss referred to them as 'owlish glasses'. Had always dreaded hearing Fliss say "Hey Owl!"

when she entered a room. She watched Gwen dance with Remus and James share a pizza with Lily. As she sat

watching, the couples dance Fliss and Sirius walked over and sat across the table from her.

   "How's the chicken?" Sirius asked her. "

   Fine." She said about 3 seconds before telling Peter for the 4th time that hour that she wouldn't dance with

him. After 10 min. of Sirius and Fliss being all *kissy ~ kissy* She finally decided to ask someone to dance. She

looked over the dateless group of boys and saw James Potter. How strange she thought to herself James isn't with

Lily. She stood up walked over to James and asked him to dance with her. He nodded than stood up and took her

into his arms. They danced for 3 slow songs before stopping. That's when Tessa decided to go back to the

Gryffindor common room. She was about halfway there when she heard voices that she recognized, fighting.

                                        TBC