Disclaimer: I do not, nor to my knowledge ever will, own the wonderful world created by JK Rowling and all those who live there. Brook and Alissandra, on the other hand, are mine so please, not that I see anyone wanting to, don't steal them. Enjoy D

Chapter 2

The Wager

Sirius let his eyes drift when a female passed them by. He looked up and smiled one of those god-like smiles he was blessed with, expecting the girl to look back again and giggle like most of the female student body. When she didn't he was perplexed the only females who didn't give him a second glance was Evans, Brook, Professors, and Slythies; sometimes even the teachers glanced again, though usually just to make sure he wasn't 'goofing off' as they called his marvelous pranks. Obviously this girl wasn't Evans or Brook, seeing as one of which was sitting about ten feet away and yelling at him, and she was much too pretty to be a Slytherin or young to be a professor, something was terribly wrong.

"BLACK YOU DIM-WIT, ANSWER ME!!" Brook barked, seemingly magically standing next to him.

"James" Sirius began, oblivious to the female's calls for attention "am I still gorgeous?"

"Well mate…" James began slowly, not sure where this question was sprouting from "I'm sorry to tell you but I don't roll like that… maybe Moony would…"

"No! Not that way Prongs!" Sirius replied shaking his head, neither of them paying attention to Remus's insulted reactions. "I mean do girls still find me attractive!

"Well Padfoot, perhaps you should ask an actual girl like Brook. Besides, where did all this doubt come from?"

"Brook? A girl? Mate I think you're more girly then her!" He said with a laugh, pushing James off of him.

"Excuse me Black?" The female besides him inquired, flames flickering in her eyes.

"Nuthin' Love." He replied, not really computing that he had addressed Brook of all people love.

"What?" She questioned, her cheeks reddening a hue.

"Don't get you're hopes up, I call plenty of people love." Sirius chuckled, keeping his cool.

"Since when?" She retorted.

"Why, since forever! Isn't that true mate?" He questioned James. It wasn't like Sirius was lying, he had on occasion called a female 'love', but all those girls had been pretty.

James simply nodded. "Yea, of course mate, whatever you say." He replied absent mindedly, his eyes scanning the grounds for Miss Evans. Remus chuckled softly, shaking his head before returning to the thick charms book in his lap.

"What's that about Moony?" Sirius questioned, nudging his second-best mate's leg with an outstretched foot.

"Oh nothing…" The tawny hair youth replied a smirk placed on his lips.

"That's not an 'Oh nothing' look if you ask me mate! Out with it!" He ordered, prodding the Were-boy again.

"Well…" He began hesitantly." The only time I've heard you call someone 'love' was after a bit of snogging." He finished with a chuckle.

Sirius's jaw dropped slightly, though like always he got his cool back. "Ah Rem, you've been following me around seeing who I've snogged recently eh?" Sirius chuckled. It was Remus's turn to go red now. Before Remus could think up another witty remark Sirius began again. "How 'bout this Moony! Today I'll call everyone love and I bet you none of them will question it! And if five people do question me about it then I'll give you two galleons deal?" He said sticking out a hand.

Remus shrugged. "Alright, I could use two galleons in my pocket. I'll even make it easy on you; you only have to call girls love, but Brook counts as one of the five." He said grasping the other's stronger hand.

"Fine." He agreed, shaking Remus's thin hand firmly. "And I'll start right now!" He said, letting go of his friends hand and standing up. "Coming Rem?" He questioned.

"Lead the way Padfoot." Remus said with a chuckle, standing as well.

"What am I supposed to do?" James question staring up at the other two.

"Simple mate, you have three options. Go find Evans and try to swoon her, come along and follow us, or sit here and entertain little Brookie here." Sirius replied, looking down at James.

James paused for a few moments, though the decision was made quickly. "Bloody hell, like I'd pass up a chance to laugh at Sirius when he has to call some little Slythie slime 'love'." He replied with a laugh, jumping to his feet. His comments made Sirius pause though; he hadn't realized he might have to call those gits of Slytherin girls love. Even his cousins, Cissy and Bella.

"What about me?" Brook questioned now.

"Well… what about you?" Sirius asked.

"What am I supposed to do while you three blokes go off and make fools of yourselves?"

"How are we supposed to know? Go do… girly things with Evans!" Sirius dismissed with a wave of his hand.

"Evans?! Where?!" James piped up, oblivious to the previous conversation.

"No where mate, just telling little Brookie here to find you're little miss." Sirius replied. "Now… off you go! Go be swooned by me from afar!" He said, turning his attention to Brook again for a final send off.

"Why you… You pig headed git, you-you ugly prat! There you go again; just assuming every blooming girl is in love with you! I can't stand your sexist attitude you-you!!" Brook streamed out insults until she seemed out of stock.

"Aw, how sweet of you my darling! Now, hurry along and tell that group of fan girls hiding behind those bushes all about your wonderful experience with a God!" Sirius dismissed again. It wasn't until Brook had stormed out of earshot did he mutter to his friends. "Oh, you know she loves me."

Now that the little one was taken care of there were other matters to deal with. Sirius's gray eyes scanned the grounds for his first target. The pretty little red-head from earlier caught his eye right away, seated under a tree and getting cozy with a book. The scene reminded him a lot of Evans, but he could tell from that aura of innocence around her she wasn't going to be some time bomb getting ready to explode. One of his amazing gifts he had been given was the power to read the female population very well. How else did he get out of that detention he had today?

"Who's your first victim?" James asked nonchalantly, looking rather engrossed by a ladybug crawling on his fingers.

"Victim?! Why Prongs my dear fellow, it would be a gift to the girl I choose to approach! You make it sound as if I was little Snivels and every second with me was a curse! No, I will start gracing the world with my presence starting with…" He paused dramatically, eyes circling the grounds once more "Her!"

Authors Note: Hehe, so far this is my favorite chapter D I only have two and a half written so... no big suprise there. I think I did an okay job with the boys seeing as this is my first try at 'em in like... years. I tried using Siri for a role play once and I started to cry it was so horrid -

Anyways... -whhooo- Cliff hanger! Fear it Hehe, I'm crazy... Next chapter we'll see who Mr Black has chosen, will it be Sandy? Will it be a new character? Will it be a tree? I suppose we'll just have to sit tight, and wait! Till next time!

PS- Thanks a bunch for my first comment dollar-diamond! I feel so luffed D