Hello! I don't know if anyone will read this story but I'm writing for myself. I love Harry Potter and I hope that if anyone does read this, they'll excuse my poor writing abilities. I'm more of a math person. :)I'd also love it if you'd give my story a chance! I promise it gets better even though it starts a little slow.

"Go Sirius!" I hear myself screaming as Sirius flies by on his broom. All of Gryffindor is screaming for him as he takes the quaffle down the field. He passes it to Mary Macdonald who ends up giving it back to him. He then fakes a pass back to Mary but shoots instead. The quaffle soars into the third goal post and the stands erupt in cheers. He pumps his fist in the air and smirks. He has a signature smirk that annoys me but I can't help but think he looks even more attractive smirking. If it's even possible for him to look any more attractive. I can't help but think he's lucky. He's athletic and handsome. Extremely handsome I might add, with his gray eyes and black hair that falls in all the right places. All my friends agree that he's just eye candy though. All the Marauders are.

"Samantha?" Rachael says interrupting my thoughts. "Are you coming back to the common room or not?"

"Yeah" I answer after a slight pause. I realize I was too caught up in my daydreaming to see that the game had ended. I also realized that most people had left the stadium. That's awkward. "Did we win?"

"Yes, come on!" Rachael says and she grabs my hand and starts to drag me to our common room. She's shaking her head and mumbling something. Oops.

I knew there was going to be a celebration because there is always a celebration after a Gryffindor win. I was excited because I knew that James and Sirius would surely have firewhisky there. They were known for their parties after all and as a 7th year, I could legally drink. Not that I was the type of person to care about rules but it is an encouraging factor.

"When we reach the common room, the party has already begun and I immediately go for the firewhisky. "Someone's eager." I hear Rachael call from behind me. I don't have to look to know that she is rolling her eyes at me.

I eagerly pour myself some firewhisky and just as I'm about to take a sip, I hear a voice behind me. "Should I be worried about you? The way you look at that firewhisky, one would think you're an alcoholic." I turn to see that the person who had spoken was Remus. I didn't know very much about Remus Lupin besides the fact that he was friends with James, Sirius, and Peter. They called themselves the Marauders.

"Not yet." I respond with a slight smile. I had always admired Remus for the way he put up with James and Sirius. Especially because he tries (but fails) to talk them out of their pranks. I would assume that it isn't an easy thing to do.

"Well be careful, we all know what too much alcohol can do to you." Remus turned and walked away and Sam shuddered. Every Gryffindor knows all too well what can happen after too much alcohol. Just last year Susan Benington drank too much and wondered off into the Forbidden Forest. When she didn't come back, teachers were sent in to look for her. Eventually they found her but she wasn't the same. People said she refused to talk and would randomly start screaming. She had to be taken to St. Mungos and as far as Sam knew, she was still there.

I shook my head, trying to clear Susan Benington from my thoughts. I decided to look for Mary and Lilly, I was hoping we could play a game of Exploding Snaps. Not shockingly, I find Mary in the corner making out with a guy. She's busy. I sighed and continued to search for Lilly. When I spotted Lilly, I did a double take, she was talking to James. Lilly loathed James and seeing the two of them together was weird. I continued to look at the two of them talking, they were Head Boy and Head Girl, and I assumed they were talking about their duties. They seemed to be having a civil conversation. Then I saw Lilly dump her firewhisky on James, she turned and stormed away. I knew that something like that was bound to happen; Lilly can only tolerate James for so long. I snorted and shook my head, they were ridiculous.

"James is ridiculous." I suddenly hear a voice say. I recognize the voice instantly. It was Sirius Black and he was looking at James. I guess he must have heard me snort. The thought made me a little embarrassed but I quickly remind myself that I have no reason to care about what Sirius thinks of me.

"Yeah, I don't know why he hasn't given up by now," I say, "Lilly will never date James, it's impossible"

"Try telling that to James," Sirius said, shaking his head. "He could get any girl in our year to go out with him and he obsesses over the one girl who won't."

"If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die." I say quietly. I love Shakespeare and I couldn't help but think of that famous line in Lilly and James' situation.

""You know Shakespeare?" Sirius asked incredulously. I could feel my face heat up and I was embarrassed that Sirius had heard me. But I was stunned, how did Hogwarts biggest man-whore know Shakespeare? He even recognized that quote and that wasn't even from one of Shakespeare's most renowned plays. He must be a Shakespeare fan too.

"He's one of the greatest authors of all time, of course I do."

"What's your favorite one of his books?" Sirius asked, "Let me guess, Romeo and Juliet?"

I snorted. "Actually Macbeth, what about you?"

"Hamlet," Sirius replied. He looked at me with an unreadable expression on his face. Then he muttered something about having to use the restroom and he left.

I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed that he left but I quickly remind myself to get a grip. I'd be lying if I told myself I wouldn't date Sirius Black but I wasn't about to start obsessing over him. He already had almost every girl at Hogwarts worshiping him and I wouldn't let myself sink to that level. He was eye candy after all. Nothing more, nothing less.