Disclaimer: Not mine. Never has been, and unfortunately, never will be.

Dedication: To all the people in Florida. Yes, all of them. Happy thoughts towards them because of all the evil hurricanes: Bonnie, Charlie, Ivan, and now Jean. Those hurricanes flooded here too. No Toby for me, :o( It could be worse though. Just keep them in your prayers.

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"I'm bored," Aly whined.

"Well, we can go see Hagrid," Lily suggested absentmindedly.

"Okay," Aly exclaimed happily sitting up quickly.

"Let, me finish this really quick," Lily said still scribbling on her piece of parchment.

"Liiiii-lyyyyy!" Aly whined and flopped a pillow down on the couch and fell backwards on to it.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang, like a gun shot, and soap bubbles came oozing down the boys dormitory steps. Everyone in the common turned to look, some even stood up to see what had happened.

"Oh for heavens sake!" Lily yelled and slammed her quill down onto the table. "Let's go." She grabbed Aly by the wrist and drug her out of the common room.

A few minutes later, they had reached Hagrid's door. "'Bout time you come back down to see me," he exclaimed holding a small bundle of black fur.

"Oh, Hagrid, what is that?" Aly cooed.

"Aw, this is Fang. He's my new pup," Hagrid said stroking the puppy's small head.

They settled down at the table and were drinking tea and eating (pretending to eat in Aly's and Lily's case) Hagrid's lump cakes while they talked about school, Dumbledore (much to Aly's displeasure), and Fang. Half-way through their visit, none other than James and Sirius showed up, both were wet and James still had bubbles in his hair.

"I figured it was you," Lily mumbled looking at both of their shabby appearances.

"W'at did you two do?" Hagrid laughed.

"Nothing to major," Sirius said sinking into a chair at the table.

"Oh, please. This is just another one of your vague attempts to get some sort of attention you are deprived of by your home life," Aly snapped, angry at Sirius for some reason. She couldn't explain it, but somehow he had made her mad just now.

Sirius sat up straight, his face set. "What do you mean by that?" he growled through clenched teeth.

"Exactly what I said. Maybe this year you could try growing up," Aly snapped back.

"Whoa, whoa, you two. Chill it, alr'ght," Hagrid interrupted as they both started to stand up.

However, they stayed standing. James and Lily exchanged nervous glances and James blushed and ducked his head.

"If you deinflated your head a little you may be able to see that not everyone finds your stupid little pranks 'cute.' It's unfortunate that my dad finds you funny or else you'd be gone so quick," Aly snarled, her temper up and her fist clenched.

"Well, at least he thinks I'm funny and not a brat like you," he snapped back.

Aly's bottom lip trembled for a slight second and then she turned and stormed out of the cabin, slamming the door behind her.

Sirius looked disconcertedly at the closed door as silence filled the cabin.

"I better go after her," Lily said standing up and leaving.

After a few moments of silence, James said, "We better go too," and stood up. "We'll try and stop by later ok, Hagrid?"

"Oh, yeah. Lat'r on sounds fine," he replied, still looking shocked over the fight he had just witnessed.

The two boys left in silence. They could see the girls silhouettes in the dim moonlight. They were walking by the lake back towards the castle.

Sirius conscience had just hit him hard in the middle of the chest and he turned and said, "I'll catch you later," to James before running off after the two girls.

"Aly, hang on one sec," he yelled, running at them.

Aly stopped and he heard her mumble to Lily, "Go ahead, I'll catch up later."

She turned and faced him; her cheeks tear-stained. "What do you want?" her voice was thick from crying.

"Look, I'm sorry about –"

"No you aren't."

Sirius looked at her, startled. "What? Are you actually telling me I'm not sorry for saying that to you?"

"Yep. You aren't sorry. You're just worried I'll go and cry to my daddy and then you'll be in real trouble." He couldn't see her face, but he knew another tear had fallen down her cheek because it caught the moonlight.

"Look, that's not true. I just feel bad about it."

"No you don't," she argued.

Sirius' temper snapped, "Look! You can't tell me what I feel!"

If she was startled by his yelling she didn't show it. She simply said back, in a calm voice very similar to the one Sirius heard her father use, "Yes, I can." She took a step closer to him.

"Oh you have some nerve. I can't understand –" he was stopped short.

At that moment Aly leaned forward and in the shadows of the moon beside the lake, she kissed him.

When she pulled away, he just stood there, his eyes closed.

"Aly!" a voice echoed across the grounds.

"Coming!" she yelled loudly back, still looking at Sirius. "Bye," she said quietly and turned and ran back towards the castle.

He didn't move until she was out of sight. He gently touched his mouth. They were slightly warm from the kiss. He swallowed hard and whispered, "Oh-no."

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.:trumpets sound:. It's done! that only took me forever and it's a short one too! My sincerest apologies, but senior year is not all it's put up to be. To be honest it sucks, but I did apply for my first college today, very cool. So, I hope you enjoyed my little chapter. The next chapter will be a short one so I'll try and get it up soon. Ok, review for me. It will make me smile and trust me I need something to smile at these days. :o)

seniors, seniors, how do you feel?

we feel . . . uh, well, we don't feel so good, uh!