AN: Ok, so another chapter. I tried to get it up fast, but it ended up taking nearly a month. Sorry. There's not a lot of Lily/James in this one. I decided to switch it up a little bit; most of it is Audrey, going through her day. It's not as boring as it may sound, though. wink, wink Enjoy.

I dedicate this chapter to: Professor Prongs.

-Chapter Ten-

The Annual Christmas Ball was fast approaching. It was set for Christmas Eve night. Today was the last day of classes before Christmas break. Hardly anyone was paying attention. But then again, no one ever paid attention to Professor Binns anyways. Besides Lily, that is.

'Lily.' Poke.

'…And in 1653…'

'Lily.' Poke.

'..Then again, in1693…'

'Lily.' Poke.

'….And also in 1703…'

'Lil-'

'WHAT?' Lily spun around to see who was poking her. It was James, of course.

'Hi, Lily,' he said with a grin. Lily, on the other hand, frowned.

'Hello, James,' she said with annoyance obvious in her voice. 'What do you want?'

'Just wanted to say hi,' he said, mischievously. Lily glared at him, and turned back to listen to Professor Binns.

After class, James waited in the corridor for Lily. When she came out, he waited until she was ahead of him, and grabbed her from behind. Lily was about to scream when James spun her around.

'Hello, Lily.'

She couldn't help but laugh. He was so strange, but that was one of the things she loved about him. He wasn't like anyone else she knew. Except, maybe Sirius.

'Hello, James.' He grinned and kissed her as someone behind them yelled for them to get a room.

'I was just wondering Lily, do you have a date to the dance?' He asked, taking Lily by surprise.

'Of course I do,' she said.

'Who?' Lily laughed at the look on his face.

'You,' she said before kissing him.

'Who said I wanted to go with you? Maybe I was just asking to know,' he said, matter-of-factly. 'Maybe I already have a date.'

Lily looked skeptical; she leaned over and kissed him again. This kiss deeper then the last. She pulled away and looked up at his face, 'That's what I thought.'

James chuckled and put his arm around her, and they continued down to the Great Hall for lunch.

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Audrey had been thinking about the Christmas Ball all day. She didn't currently have a date. Of course, she had been asked by many, rather desirable, boys, but for a reason she wasn't completely sure of, she had turned down every last one.

She was sitting next to Lily in History of Magic when she heard something; she turned to see James poking Lily. The sight made her laugh. He was so immature, and yet he was so mature at the same time. It seemed highly unnatural.

She watched as Lily whipped around to confront him, her auburn hair nearly getting Audrey in the eye.

'WHAT?' she spat. Audrey turned to look at Professor Binns and was surprised to see that he had not heard her, as he continued to drone on about Merlin knows what.

'Hi Lily,' James said, as Audrey turned back to watch. He was grinning, but then again when wasn't he?

'Hello, James,' Lily sounds annoyed. 'What do you want?'

'Just wanted to say hi,' he said, mischief filling his voice. Lily only glared at him and then turned back to listen to whatever the professor was talking about.

Audrey looked briefly at James, he was leaning back in his chair, with his hands behind his head, a smiled plastered on his face. She glanced at Lily and saw that, despite the fact that she had been acting annoyed, she had a smile on her face as well, a smile that probably didn't have to do with the lesson.

Audrey felt a sudden pang of jealousy. She would never admit it, but that was what she wanted more than anything. She wanted a boyfriend that actually loved her for her. Someone that would do things that anyone else would see as annoying, but that she would see as cute, or funny.

Just as she thought this, a piece of folded up paper floated down onto her book. She looked at it cautiously, and upon deciding it was ok, she opened it. It was from Sirius.

Aren't they just disgusting? He wrote. Audrey laughed lightly, and then dipped her quill to reply.

You read my mind. Which wasn't really true, but she wasn't going to tell him that. With a flick of her wand she sent it behind her to Sirius. She heard him open it. It was quiet for a moment, and then she heard the scraping of his quill on the paper. Soon enough, it was on her book again.

So... This is boring. You wanna get out of here? Audrey reread his response a few times before looking at her watch; normally she would have said yes. She loved skipping classes, it gave her such a rush, but seeing as there were only five minutes left, she thought that would be pointless.

There are only five minutes left of class, you loser. Let's skip after lunch. And she passed it back to Sirius.

Judging by the time it took for him to reply, Audrey guessed that she'd surprised him. Eventually, though, he sent it back to her and it said, Sounds good to me. Let's talk more at lunch.

Audrey figured that meant she didn't have to reply. She stuffed the note into her bag and started to get her things together so she'd be ready to leave class fast. But when the bell rang, she had to wait for Lily to get her stuff together and leave, as she was trapped between her and the wall.

Once she'd finally made it into the hall, she tried to hurry down to the Great Hall, but was startled when someone hurried passed and grabbed Lily. James turned her around, and they stopped right in the middle of the hallway and to her dismay, they started kissing.

She felt someone next to her, and looked up at Sirius as he yelled, 'Get room!' at the couple. Audrey chuckled and they began to walk down to the Great Hall together.

'So what class do you have next?' Audrey asked Sirius before stuffing some food in her mouth. Sirius looked appalled at the amount of food she had just shoved inside of her seemingly small mouth.

'Uh… Divination,' he said, clearly amazed.

'Oh, I've got Muggle Studies,' she informed him, through a mouthful of potatoes.

She wondered what they would do. She'd never skipped with anyone since she'd arrived at Hogwarts, and she usually spent the time in her dorm, sleeping or doing other random things.

'So, what're we gonna do?' she asked, curiously. Sirius grinned, deeply.

'Come on,' he said, grabbing her arm. 'We have to go get some things first.'

'And where exactly are we going to get these things?' she asked, cautiously, taking her arm back.

'Just Gryffindor Tower,' he replied. Audrey sighed and they head up toward Gryffindor Tower.

By the time they made it up there, the Common Room was nearly empty. Only the students who had their free period now were left. Thinking fast Sirius ushered Audrey up to his dorm with him, hoping no one would notice, although Audrey was a little apprehensive herself.

Once inside his dorm, Sirius walked over to what Audrey assumed was his bedside table, and pulled it open. From inside it, he pulled a shabby looking piece of blank parchment, and then went to his trunk. He dug around inside it for a moment before swearing aloud.

'Shit, James must have it,' he cursed. He pulled out the parchment and mumbled something under his breath. 'I solemnly swear that I am up to know good.'

Audrey watched with amazement as the blank piece of parchment became, not so blank. She hurried over to Sirius who was scanning the page. He must have sensed her gazed, since he lifted his head.

'What is that?' Audrey asked.

'Marauder's Map,' he said. 'Shows the entire castle and everyone in it.'

Audrey saw that this was indeed true, as she quickly scanned the map and found a dot labeled, 'Audrey Santos' right next to a dot labeled 'Sirius Black.' She was, to say the least, amazed.

Sirius set it down on the bed and pulled something else out of his trunk. It appeared to be a mirror. Come to think of it, it appeared to be the mirror that James had had the other day. He lifted it close to his face and said, 'Prongs?'

Audrey looked at him uncertainly, what was he doing? She was thinking of things that it could possibly be when a voice startled her from her thoughts.

'Padfoot? Where are you?' The voice sounded familiar enough, and when she leaned forward to look at the mirror, she saw James' face peering back at her. She gasped. 'Audrey?'

Now everyone was confused.

'We're skipping,' Sirius said, 'but I don't have the cloak, is it in your trunk?'

'Yeah,' James whispered. 'The password's still the same.'

'Ok, thanks,' Sirius said.

'Later,' James replied, with a wink.

What did he think they were going to do? Audrey wondered. And realizing she didn't even know what they were going to do, she started to worry. But before she had a chance to voice her thoughts, she was being pulled out of the dormitory.

'Come on,' Sirius said, rather impatiently. 'We've got to go to the Head Dorms.'

They slipped stealthily out of the Common Room and ran to the Head Dorms. Sirius supplied the password and they were into the Heads' Common Room. Sirius then went to the oak door with the plaque that read, 'Head Boy' and he pushed open the door and ran in.

Audrey waited in the Common Room, and in no time he was back with the silvery cloak that Audrey recognized as the Invisibility Cloak. Sirius looked up at her as he reentered the room.

'What say you, we go into Hogsmede?' he asked, mischievously.

AN: Another chapter down! WOOO. Ok, so I liked this one. How 'bout Audrey and Sirius, eh? And I'm sorry, because I'm really trying to make them longer. I had really expected this one to be long, but this just seemed a right place to end. So, on to the dramatics. PLEASE REVIEW! I would love you forever! AND first reviewer gets Chapter Dedication! What's better than that? Eternal love and dedication.

-Lady Carmilla.