-"Take a seat, please!"-McGonagall´s voice sounded somewhat tired-"I want you all to choose a partner so we can practise today something special you need to know in order to pass your NEWT this year."
Everybody partnered themselves up and Prof. McGonagall made her way through the room deciding whether she liked how her students were going to work. She stopped when she reached James and Sirius.
-"You certainly are trying to make me laugh, aren't you, gentleman?"-she asked with a surprised voice.
-"No, professor."-answered Sirius.
-"You mean to say you are planning on practising this transformation together?"
-"Yes, professor."-now it was James who answered.
-"And when, may I ask, did you think that you would be able to persuade me that this was a good idea?"-her voice was still amused.
-"When you told us to get into pairs."-answered Sirius.
-"I suppose you also realised that this would end you up in detention, Mr Black?"
-"Pairing up with James?"
-"No, answering back in such a cheeky way. Saturday morning, ten o'clock, my office."
At this point Camila couldn't hold herself any longer and burst out laughing. McGonagall turned to face her and stared at her. She said
-"Yes, Miss Campbell, it is funny, you see? Because now I need someone to pair up with Mr Black, and let me say that you are the person I was thinking of."
-"But I-"-Camila could not believe this was happening to her.
-"And therefore Miss Evans will have to pair up with Mr Potter"-she looked at Lily, giving her a look which clearly meant 'I'm sorry'.-"And now that everything is done, and if Maggie Prince and Lucia Graham will shut up, you may begin."
Prof. McGonagall had to leave the room for a minute because some second year from Gryffindor had entered the Forbidden Forest and as head of house she had to go and see. On one end of the room Sirius walked up to the window and started to look out of it. Camila followed.
-"Ermm… I don't know about you, and really I couldn't care less, but I would really like to pass my NEWT this year so if you wouldn't mind I'd rather we would practise."
Sirius didn't even look at her, but just said:
-"So… How did you sleep last night Campbell?"
Camila flushed. She had been all night thinking about what had happened in the common room and how Black had played.
-"Fine, thank you. Now can we please start before McGonagall is here?"
-"Really?"-he asked.
-"Really what, Black?"-she sounded rather annoyed-"Really if I slept well last night or really if I want to start before the teacher comes in, sees we're not doing anything and puts us again in detention? Really what?"
-"Really if-"-he started.
-"Listen, Black. I don't care if you don't want to grow up, study and get a life, OK? But I do. And if I want to become someone I have to pass my NEWT ´s this year and if I don't practise this thing we're supposed to be doing I will not pass."-Sirius thought she looked very angry, and he was the only person who knew that, really, he wasn't able to face Camila when she was that angry.
-"Campbell, take it easy. I-"-he said.
-"Take it easy? Take it easy?"-she walked closer to him-"Sirius Black"-she said very low and slow so that only he could hear it-"I swear that if you don't get up to practise this spell I will hunt you down and make sure you never forget my face, get it?"
-"Got it."
-"Good."
Several students were looking at them over their shoulders. Sirius got up and followed her to the other side of the classroom. Camila snapped at a Hufflepuff student who was staring at them both as if she was watching a film and then she turned to face Sirius once more. He took a step back when she looked at him. She didn't look very happy.
-"Why?"-she asked
-"Why what, Campbell?"-he answered
-"Why do you always have to-"-but she didn't finish her sentence because on the other side of the room Lily and James were yelling at each other.
Now it was them that everybody was looking at and the same girl that Cami had just yelled at was now gossiping with her friend about James and Lily. Sirius and Camila both went to where their friends were arguing and on her way Cami told the Hufflepuff girl to get a life if hers was so boring she had to gossip about others. She thought she saw Sirius smile, but she was not sure about that. The only thing she was sure about was that the other two would end up very badly if they didn't stop screaming and for what she was seeing they didn't show any signs of stopping.