A/N: Hey guys. Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I was too caught up with exploring the place here, fixing my new apartment and stuff. I'm now staying the beautiful country of New Zealand It's a nice place and hopefully I'll continue enjoying my time here…

Thanks for all the review! They make me smile… Oh and have you guys seen the new Harry Potter film yet? If you haven't, shame on you! I watched it in the IMAX theater on the opening night, freaking awesome! I think it's by far the best hp movie since they stuck pretty close to the book….

Anyway, hope you enjoy this….

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"Check mate," she said for the seventh time.

"What just happened?" I asked in shock, as I saw my king being corned by her rook and bishop, "I swear I was winning,"

"Just because you managed to capture most of my people does not mean you were winning," she said, "there is no such thing as wining in chess, only winners,"

"Damn you're good," I decided put the pieces away as I was tired of losing, "Where'd you learn to play so well?"

"I told you," she started helping me put the things back, "my brother plays chess. So far he's won 78 times against me, and I've won 26 times,"

I had to whistled, "He must be that good,"

"Or you're just that bad," she said cheekily.

"Hey!" I pretended to look hurt.

"Let's go out," said Ginny after some silence. She always wanted to go out and take walks. "It's so boring staying in the common room,"

"Virginia West, are you asking me out?" I asked suggestively.

Ginny turn her head at me so fast that her hair look like a tornado made out of fire. I was both entranced and scared, more scared though.

"You call me that again, and you will lose the ability to bear children," she said icily, "And no, I'm not asking you out. Not after you call me by that name," she told me as an after note.

I looked at her in shock, unable to move. Part captivated by her temper and part terrified by it. I honestly did like her personality very much; she was starting to be one of my favorite people.

"Are you coming?" she asked, waiting impatiently by the door.

I shook my head before getting up to follow her.

"You're scary, you know that," I said, as I jogged to keep up with her.

"So I've heard," she was not slowing down.

"Where are we going?"

"Where ever," she answered, "Just want to explore the castle,"

A bright idea popped out of my head and I immediately took her arm, forcing her to match her pace with me, "Well, why didn't you say so, Ginny, you are about to get a tour of the castle that no one's ever gotten before,"

I started showing her secret passages around the castle. I was sure there wasn't a student in this castle that knew as many secret passages as we, the marauders, did and I didn't know why but I was very willing to share it with her. She looked impressed with some of the things I showed her, and even laughed at my storied of how we his in that place, or pranks someone in this room.

Her laugh, I noticed, wasn't one of those high pitched giggle that I hear with other girls I've dated, her laugh was natural. It was loud, it was real. That's one of the things I really did like about her.

"And now for the finale," I said, taking her to the statue of the one eyed witch. I tapped my wand on it "Dissendium", I muttered and the statue moved aside, revealing a dark tunnel.

"Come on," I took her hand and led her inside. The tunnel was very dark but I knew my way around. I did light up my wand to be able to see the floor. We saw a few rats, those were not uncommon. I saw her shift around uncomfortably but did not start screaming in fear. I grinned; I was actually expecting her to let out a shrill scream but was thankful she didn't.

"You're not planning on killing me then ditching my body here, are you?" she asked jokingly.

"Are you sure?" I tried making my voice as scary as possible.

I don't think it worked since Ginny snorted, "You just ruined it," she chuckled, "That was utterly horrid,"

"Do you want me to show you the surprise or not?"

"Ok, fine. No more insulting your bruised and pathetic ego,"

"Hey!"

"Starting right now,"

We continued walking, and the farther we walked, the colder it got. I felt Ginny move closer to me, I could smell her strawberry scented hair. I wrapped my arms around her to keep her warm, and I heard her sigh in content. I was immensely thankful that it was too dim for her to see my face since I was sure it was red.

"Here we are," I stopped before a metallic ladder. "Hold this," I took her hand and led it to the ladder and held her waist as she climbed to support her.

"What is this place?" she asked in awe, as she slowly ascended the steps with me just below her.

"Surprise," I told her mischievously. I was rather fond of surprises; I liked seeing people shocked faces, that's why I liked pranking.

"It better be a nice one," she said, before a loud thud was heard, "OUCH!" she cried loudly.

I grimaced; I forgot to warn her about the cellar door. With ease, I maneuvered myself so that I was in the same step as she was.

"Are you ok?" She nodded.

Our bodies were pressed up together since I had to hold on to the same bar she was holding on. Her other hand was clutching the top of her head, making half of her body supported by me.

"I'm fine," she murmured.

I pushed the wood on top of us with some effort, and gently pushed her up. As I went to move myself up, I heard her gasp. I grinned at her.

"Oh Merlin," she said dumbfounded. I pushed the hidden door back down as I got out, it immediately blended to the dust on the floor.

"Are we in Honeydukes?" she asked in awe.

My glee was uncontainable. I figured she would like it and I'm glad she did.

"How's the head?" I gently placed a hand on her head to see if she had a bump.

She brushed me off and rubbed her head vigorously, "It's fine, this definitely was worth the bump,"

"Good,"

It wasn't very difficult to blend in with the other shoppers. As soon as we got out of the cellar, we could barely move. There were many customers inside the shop. Since it was the holidays, it wasn't baffling.

"I didn't bring any money," she said, as we looked around the store.

"Don't worry, I bought enough to buy the whole store," I said proudly. I brought a hefty amount with me as I always do. Even if my mother is terrible and incredibly nasty, she hasn't cut me off from the family accounts at Gringotts and I fully take advantage of it.

"Shut it you," she said, but still looked unsure.

"Don't worry about it Gin," I convinced, taking sweets from the shelves, "It's no big deal," I started getting some items that I knew I was running out of, like acid pops. I also decided to buy some sugar quills for Remus, chocolate frogs for James and Bertie Bott's for Peter. I saw Ginny hesitantly take a few here and there when she noticed how much I had in my basket. I decided to take some extra sweets for her.

When we headed out to Zonko's I was impressed when Ginny treated herself with Dungbombs and Rotting Jelly, jelly that makes the consumer's mouth look rotten. I never figured her as a prankster.

"I grew up with a bunch of guys," she said as an explanation. "I had to defend myself," I remembered she mentioned her brothers who loved jokes. An idea started forming in my head.

"No," she said, not even missing a single beat, "I will not help you put up pranks in the girl's dormitory,"

"How'd you know I was going to ask that?"

She just smiled mysteriously as she walked past me.

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By the time the sun was starting to set, and we circled the lake twelve times. I had my arm draped around her shoulder, and her head rested comfortable on my chest. Our laughter, which echoed around the grounds, probably woke up some creatures, but I didn't notice nor did I care.

"The sun's starting to set," I commented as I watched the horizon, Ginny turned, and her hair caught my attention. The sun's glare, matched her hair. I shook myself confusedly, wondering why these kinds of thought were popping in my head; it wasn't like I've thought of Lily that way. I, Sirius Black, Hogwarts playboy, do not notice girl's hair, I do not think about how chocolates match girls' eyes, and I most certainly do not blush. So what was happening?

The days trickled by faster than I wanted, which I found bizarre because normally I would be jumping in excitement that my friends were arriving in a few days. This was by far the best Christmas I've ever had, and I didn't want it to end.

"This is nice," she said, her eyes were closed as she leaned against me as we watched the sun disappearing.

Even though I grunted in agreement, I was not observing the sun. My head rested softly on top of hers and my eyes were closed. I felt peaceful.

"Are you ok?" she asked me. I felt her lead and I opened my eyes. I was startled by how close her face was to mine, but I didn't show it.

I couldn't breathe properly; she was so close to me. I could count the freckles on her face, her coy smile, her curious gaze, her lips, dry from the cold. I did the one thing I usually got in trouble for: I let my instinct take over. I leaned in and soon felt her lips against mine. It wasn't lustful, merely a light kiss, her soft lips barely touching mine yet I felt a shock go through me. I felt as if my heart was about to explode, it both scarred and shocked me, but before I could do anything she pulled away.

She looked confused, and shocked, she started muttering incoherent words, but I caught a few, "can't,", "I have a boyfriend,", "shouldn't have happened,"

It felt as if someone just sent a dementor on me when I watched Ginny run away from me.

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