And then it was the Christmas Holidays, we obviously all sat together on the train to London and when we hopped off, we were surprised to find that mum and dad were stood not too far from James' mum and dad.

I grinned and ran over to launch myself at dad, who scooped me up into his arms and swung me around with a laugh. I let out a shriek of laughter as I buried my face in his collar until he put me down. I stumbled back dizzily only for James to catch me as he'd greeted his parents already, I giggled happily as I leant against him so the world would stop spinning.

"And people wonder why she's so hyper," mum scowled at dad as Remus hugged them both. "Hi honey."

"Hey mum," I grinned at her as I hugged her, "We want you to meet our friends." James' parents were watching us in amusement as I pulled James and Sirius closer. "This is my best friend James Potter and this is Sirius Black. Pete's over there somewhere."

"It's nice to finally meet you boys," mum greeted politely, but I could see it in her eyes that she was a little put out that I didn't have any girl friends.

"You too Mrs Lupin," they greeted together.

"You two must be looking after our children for us," dad commented with a cheeky grin as I pouted up at him, "We know our little girl can be a handful."

"I am so not a handful," I whined slightly as I crossed my arms across my chest before I grinned, "I'm so two handfuls and maybe a bucket too!"

"Ah, that's right," he laughed before turning to James' parents and introducing himself.

"Why's he your best friend?" Sirius pouted as I turned to them, Remus grinned next to me.

"Cause he's prettier," I replied bluntly making his jaw drop slightly until I grinned. "But you're okay looking though."

"That's cold Lupin," he scowled at me teasingly making me pull tongues at him.

"So, James, why don't you introduce us to your friends?" his mom asked from where she stood by mine.

"Oh, right," he smiled before grabbing me around my waist and spinning me to face them, Remus and Sirius standing either side of him. "This is my best friend Isabella Lupin, but we call her Izzy or Bella." I smiled politely and shook the woman's hand.

"I've heard so much about you my dear," she told me kindly as she pulled me from her son's grip, "James seems very fond of you." I blushed lightly and glanced at a blushing James.

"It's nice to finally meet you Mrs Potter," I smiled politely before Mr Potter kissed the back of my hand and smiled charmingly.

"It's nice to see my son has such a pretty young girlfriend," he told me making me blush even more as I looked at the floor. I could hear Remus and Sirius sniggering behind me.

"Oh we're not... we're just..." I stumbled slightly before looking at James for some help.

"We're just friends, dad," he told him simply making me smile weakly. "This is Sirius Black and Remus Lupin."

"Brother and sister?" Mrs Potter asked curiously as she looked between me and Remus, "You don't really look much like each other."

"I'm adopted," I replied simply making her look shocked before looking at my parents for confirmation, they nodded.

"Remus here found her alone, cold and with amnesia when they were six," my mum told her, "We couldn't leave her defenceless in the streets and I always did want a daughter."

"Oh that's very kind of you," Mrs Potter told her before they started having a conversation, the dad's suddenly rolled their eyes and started a conversation about Quidditch.

"Hey Lupin!" I heard suddenly making me turn to see that Bellatrix Black and one of her friends were smirking in my direction. Raising an eyebrow at them, I watched as she waved me over... our parents were suddenly paying attention again.

"Is that another of your friends, my dear?" mum asked, hopefully.

I shook my head before backing off, "I'll be right back," I gritted out before heading over, ignoring the three boys as they told me to ignore her. "What do you want, Black?"

"I just overheard what you were just saying," she replied, "You're not a Lupin are you?" I clenched my jaw, "You're an orphan?" I glared harshly at her as she let out a delighted cackle. "So for all we know you could be a Mudblood?"

"Watch it Black," I growled angrily as my eyes flashed, I was around the same height as her so I was glaring right into her eyes. "Watch your mouth when you talk to me."

"What are you going to do? You're just a first year," she smirked menacingly.

"Yeah, I'm a first year," I shrugged, "But we're on a packed platform where you can't curse me without there being hundreds of witnesses." She blanched slightly in realisation as a smirk crossed my face. "So like I said, watch it when you talk to me."

"But like you said, witnesses," she tried to win back, "What can you do?"

"I can do this," I smirked before THWAP! My fist collided with her cheek, and SMACK! She hit the floor hard before she scowled up at me in surprise. "Keep it shut when you're around me." With that I spun on my heel and walked away from her, waiting until I was back by the others before I rubbed my throbbing fist.

The group were gawping at me, well, minus my family. Remus was smirking slightly but shaking his head, dad was grinning proudly and mum was giving me her stern, 'you're in trouble' look. "That was... amazing," Sirius muttered slightly, "I've never seen anyone stand up to her like that before!"

I shrugged slightly before him and James suddenly glomped me in hugs making me stumble back slightly and hit the floor with the two of them still hugging me.

"Why'd you punch that girl?" Mrs Potter questioned in concern as Remus pulled me to my feet.

"She called me a Mudblood," I replied angrily, "She heard that I'm not really a Lupin by blood, and said that it means I could be Muggleborn." The Potters cast me a gaze, "Not that I'd be bothered being a Muggleborn, I just couldn't let her get away with saying the other word." They nodded in understanding.

"Well, while you were over there," dad smirked, "We all decided that James and Sirius will come to our house for the first week then you can go to the Potters' for the second week."

I smiled widely and threw myself at him, "You guys are amazing!" I squealed before hugging James again who laughed and hugged me back.

We spent the days of the Christmas holidays having snowball fights, and the nights playing exploding snap or wizard's chess. It was the last night when we were all sat in James' room in Potter Manor, Sirius and Remus were playing chess as I lay on James' bed sketching. The boy himself had been called down stairs by his mum for something.

"Guys, this has been the best Christmas holiday I've ever had," Sirius commented making me glance up and smile at him, he looking sheepish at his honestly.

"I agree completely," I smiled at him happily.

"Yeah, me too," Remus nodded contentedly as the door opened to reveal James with a tray of cookies and cakes as well as a few bottles of Butterbeer.

"Compliments of mum," he told us simply as he put it on the floor next to the bed where the boys were sat. He then lay on his stomach next to me and looked at my sketch. "That's really good."

"Thanks," I smiled slightly as I looked down at it. It was a sketch of him, Sirius and Remus all sat at the beech tree by the lake on Hogwarts grounds. "I've been working on it all holiday." I glanced up at him and realised how close his face was to mine, but he wasn't looking at me, he was looking at the sketch.

"Hey, you wanna play truth or dare or something?" Sirius suggested suddenly making me snap my head around to look at him as James' head snapped up.

"Sounds good," James nodded as he grabbed a cookie off the tray before handing me one too. "What do you think?"

"Yeah," I nodded, agreeing to play as I looked pointedly away from him.

"Sounds fun," Remus agreed as he gave me a knowing look making me glare slightly. "I'll go first." We swapped looks, "Bell, truth or dare?"

Biting my lip, I looked at my hands and sighed, "Dare," I answered glaring challengingly at him, that was until I caught his smirk. Oh shit!

"I dare you to kiss James," he grinned at me, "Properly... with tongue." My jaw clenched as I glared slightly at my brother with a blush. "Well?"

Biting my lip, I turned my head to James who was looking at me; he shrugged as if to say he was okay with it. I could see a small smirk tugging on the sides of his lips as well as the mischievous glint in his eyes.

That was his challenging look so I sat up slightly and he copied before I leant forwards and locked my lips on his. He tensed slightly, obviously thinking I was gonna back out... but then, after a moment or two his hand reached up and his fingers entwined into my hair as he pulled me closer, his tongue drifting across my bottom lip asking for entrance.

Who'd have thought my first kiss was going to be like this? I parted my lips and his tongue slipped into my mouth, flicking against my tongue tentatively before I let my tongue join his in a dance as my eyes flickered shut, my hand closing around a part of his shirt as I deepened the kiss further.

Finally though, the need for air got too much and we parted slowly, and in my case, reluctantly before he leant his forehead against mine. My eyes were still closed as I caught my breath, but the moment was lost as Sirius suddenly wolf whistled making us both jump in realisation that the other two were still there.

I pulled away from him quickly, my face heating up so much that you probably could have fried an egg on my cheeks. "I knew you guys were into each other," Remus smirked making me glare harshly at him. "What?"

I rolled my eyes at him before getting off the bed and leaving the room, Mrs Potter had made up the guest rooms for me and the other two, so I went straight to the one I'd been staying in without looking back at the boys who were following me.

Once in my room I spun around and glared at my brother who was still smirking, "Leave me alone," I snapped at him harshly before slamming the door in his face and locking it.