Chapter 10: Hogsmeade

A/N: Thank you guys so much for the reviews last chapter! I appreciated each and every one! Also, I'm very sorry this took me so long, I wanted to give you guys this chapter a couple days ago. I've just been so busy. Anyways, here's your chapter:

"Tell Sirius I say hi," Marlene said with a smirk as Lily and Hermione exited the dormitory.

Before the walked downstairs, Lily sent a scowl back at the girl. "Sorry, you know how she gets."

Hermione nodded. They continued walking downstairs where most of the students were just getting ready to leave for Hogsmeade.

"Hermione!" Sirius called, dragging James over to the pair of girls with him.

Hermione sent a little grin at Lily before returning her eyes to Sirius, "Hello."

Sirius quickly shoved James towards Lily and guided Hermione over to where Remus and Peter stood waiting. "There's so much to show you!" Sirius began excitedly, "You've never even seen the village before! First I've got to bring you to the Shreiking Shack, it's the most haunted building in Britain!" Hermione noticed Remus fidget nervously at the mention of the Shreiking Shack. "And then we can go to Honeydukes, they've got the most amazing candy. Then after that, we'll go to the Three Broomsticks for some Butterbeer!"

Hermione lauged at how excited he was, it was like he was a five year old boy in a candy store.

"We're going to Zonko's first." Remus stated, looking to Peter with a mischevious smile.

"Oh! I forgot about Zonko's! We just have to go there, Hermione!" Sirius beamed.

"Whatever you say, Sirius." Hermione agreed.

"Come on, guys!" James rushed past them, with Lily in tow. He seemed just as excited as Sirius.

Hermione pulled her red and gold scarf up around her chin as the cool fall breeze hit her. She walked next to Sirius around a beaten trail. Just a couple minutes earlier, they had split off from the rest of the group who were heading to Zonko's. The two of them were going to the Shreiking Shack, which Sirius demanded that Hermione see.

"So, you know about my childhood, but I don't know much about yours," Sirius said casually as they walked, "What was your childhood like?"

Hermione bit her lip. Could she tell him the truth? Would it matter? "I grew up with my parents, they're Dentists," Hermione explained, "It was a normal childhood... I didn't know about magic until I was eleven," she paused, thinking up a story, "then I learned of my Aunt, and her magic. But my parents didn't want me coming to Hogwarts, so they homeschooled me. There's not much else that was interesting about my childhood."

Sirius nodded, he could tell that she didn't exactly want to talk about her parents and how they left. "It must be strange now, going to school where your aunt is a teacher."

"Yeah, but I've gotten used to it. She treats me like any other student." Hermione replied.

"Here it is!" Sirius pointed to the old house standing on a hill.

"That is creepy," Hermione observed, approaching the fence and looking over it.

"It's even creepier on the inside," Sirius commented.

Hermione whisked her head around to look at him. He stood next to her, casually leaning against the fence. "You've been inside?"

He smirked, "yeah, do you wanna see?"

Hermione was surprised he was so open about going inside. She had thought he would want to keep it a secret that he snuck in there to keep Remus company every month. "No thanks," she answered, not sure if she wanted to remember that night during her third year.

"You're just afraid," he prodded.

"Maybe I am," Hermione said, and began walking back up the trail, away from the fence, "come on, let's find the others."

Sirius chuckled and muttered something about Gryffindor courage under his breath.

"Hermione, Sirius!" Lily called the couple over to a table in the corner of the Three Broomsticks. She sat next to James, with Remus and Peter also there, sipping Butterbeer.

"Oi! We've got to show you what we brought at Zonko's." Peter grinned, nudging Remus.

"Yeah, yeah, sure." Sirius said, pulling out a chair for Hermione before sitting down beside her.

"Did you like the Shreiking Shack?" Lily asked from across the table.

Hermione nodded, "It was interesting."

"Next we're going to Honeydukes!" James cheered and took a large gulp of his Butterbeer.

Hermione cheered along with the rest of them as Sirius handed her a Butterbeer. It was good to taste that again, it felt like forever since the last time she'd been here and actually felt relaxed. Plus, she was on a date with Sirius Black! This was something she would never have expected to happen, but surprisingly, she really enjoyed it.

"First Quidditch game's coming up," James noted, "and you guys all better come watch."

"We will," Lily confirmed, "And you guys better beat Slytherin."

"As long as James catches the snitch..." Sirius trailed off, raising an eyebrow towards James.

The group finished their drinks, and chatted about Quidditch until they were ready to head to Honeydukes. Hermione stepped out the door behind Remus and next to Sirius. After a minute or so, Hermione felt an arm wrap around her shoulder. She looked to her left and saw Sirius smiling at her in that handsome way. Maybe if he hadn't been so charming, she might have remembered that she wasn't going to allow this. But it was too late for that now.

"Ever had chocolate frogs before?" Sirius asked.

Hermione nodded, "a few times, and I do like them."

"They're my favorite," Sirius smiled as they entered the shop.

Hermione was immediately overwhelmed by the smell of candy and the sound of kids laughing. The shop looked like it hadn't changed a bit since she was last there. Children packed in ever corner and created a long line leading away from the cash register. All the boys immediately began loading themselves with handfulls of candy. It was just like when she was in third year and she went to Honeydukes with Ron.

"Boys will be boys," Lily commented dryly.

Hermione chuckled, "How's your date been? Are you and James getting along well?"

Lily grinned, "You were right, he's matured quite a bit."

"So you like him?" Hermione inquired.

"I don't hate him," Lily tried to act nonchalant, "What about you? How's your day with Sirius? I saw his arm around you earlier."

Hermione rolled her eyes, "It's going well, we're getting along."

"And you seem to have gotten a few jealous glares from other girls on the way over here." Lily added.

Hermione smirked and continued browsing the aisles of Honeydukes.