-Lets Pretend-

Sirius and Lily avoided each other as much as was possible for them. Neither wanted to believe that they had kissed, especially as Lily was currently engaged to James. He hated that he felt nostalgia every time he thought of it. He hated how when they were kissing time had seemed to stop around them. Most of all he hated the when he looked into Lily's meadow green eyes he could see her thinking the same thing.

Finally after two months of them avoiding each other they faced the facts, they couldn't avoid it anymore, so Sirius went to the Potters' home.

Lily had been waiting for him.

As soon as he walked through the door she stood. "We need to talk."

He nodded, "I know."

After a few more awkward moments of silence Sirius spoke again, "A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter."

Lily raised an eyebrow at him and he looked sheepish.

"Okay men say them all the time."

She giggled, but it was short lived as the silence returned. It was almost painful. They both knew what they needed to do, needed to say, but neither wanted be the one to say it.''

Eventually Lily glanced at the clock, "James will be home soon."

Sirius nodded and looked away, "I learned my lesson, I'll never kiss my best friends girl ever again." He was startled to find a comforting hand on his shoulder, he looked into her eyes, and realized that she was just as mixed about this as he was.

"I know. Lets pretend that it never happened."

He nodded, knowing that no matter what both of them would always remember their January kiss.