A/N: About the last chapter. Check my profile for Lily's dress from her dream, but make sure you read the note first. Second, Liz's dream about Harry and the bodies (I hope you knew that was Harry) was just a little thing to show that Liz and Sirius are more than just kissing. I also want to warn you that this chapter will be pretty much a complete Liz/Sirius fluff, because the last two were mostly Lily and James. Although, I will warn you, this will be much more romantic and fluffy, because Liz and Sirius are a generally more romantic couple. Finally, buy the song Check Yes Juliet by We the Kings if you don't already have it, and start listening to it now. It was the inspiration for this chapter.

Chapter 10

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Liz and Lily were up late, talking. They were having a typical girly sleepover. Liz was giving Lily a French manicure (Lily had done Liz's black nails and red toenails earlier), and both were sucking on lollipops. Liz's was watermelon, Lily's pineapple. They were blasting Lily's ipod as loud as it would go. "I wonder where they are," Liz muttered to herself. Lily pulled her lollipop out of her mouth exasperatedly.

"I told you, Liz, I know nothing. Except that James had nothing to do with this. He was with me all morning," Lily said. Liz pondered the momentary disappearance of her brother and her boyfriend. A while back, she had heard a muffled bang outside and Sirius cursing. After that, she hadn't heard anything from either one. Liz took her lollipop and poked it at Lily.

"Maybe," she said, "maybe James kidnapped Sirius and isn't letting me see him!"

"Somehow I wonder why none of your theories include Sirius as the bad guy." Lily bent to change the song on her ipod.

"Ooh, can I do it?" Liz asked excitedly. She had never seen the Muggle music-player before. Lily laughed at her pureblooded and ignorant best friend. Liz touched the click-wheel hesitantly, not sure if she was doing it right. She chose the song "Check Yes Juliet". (A/N: *COUGH COUGH* That means listen to it, if you're not already) Lily groaned.

"Liz, you've chosen the same song every single time I let you do it!" Lily exclaimed.

"I like this one," Liz replied. Lily rolled her eyes.

"Ugh, fine. If you must."

"Yes," Liz said defiantly, "I must."

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Outside, James had not actually kidnapped Sirius. Rather, Sirius had threatened to tell Lily about his life plans if he didn't help. Sirius was currently looking for a rock. He refused to tell James why. All he would say was that it was for Liz, and no, he was not giving her a rock as a present. James held up a pebble.

"What about this one?" Sirius knocked the rock out of James's hand.

" Too small. Keep looking." Finally, after it had gotten dark outside, Sirius found what he decided was the perfect rock. Sirius picked it up and walked until he had a perfect angle to Liz's window. James trailed behind him warily. Sirius tossed the rock up and down in his hand and glanced at the sky. It had started raining softly. He looked at Liz's window and prepared to throw it.

"Oh, no," James said, "you'll break the window. My parents will kill me if we break my window, no matter how much they love you." Sirius grinned.

"That's why I'm not chucking it through your window. This is Liz's." James rolled his eyes. There was no reasoning with Sirius. Sirius grinned at James one more time, and pushed his wet hair out of his eyes. He tossed the rock casually up to Liz's balcony, and it crashed through the glass window.

"This is my cue to leave and pretend I have nothing to do with anything. If Mum asks, I never let you do this." James grinned and disappeared inside through the back door.

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Liz and Lily both jumped when the rock crashed through the window. Lily gasped and went outside to see where it had come from. She saw no one sinister or evil-looking, only Sirius, grinning sheepishly. His eyes brightened when he saw the silhouette of someone on Liz's balcony. "Liz!" he exclaimed, "Oh, wait. You're not Liz. I want Liz. Tell her to get out here." He crossed his arms like a little kid. Lily rolled her eyes and muttered, "You're so immature." She turned around and went back inside.

"Who was it?" Liz asked anxiously.

"Sirius," Lily replied, "he's looking for you." Liz laughed and stood up. Lily still did not look amused. "What?" Liz asked.

"Your idiot of a boyfriend just threw a huge rock through our window!" Liz laughed.

"Yeah, and?"

"And that's incredibly stupid and dangerous!"

"No it's not," Liz said stubbornly, "I think it's romantic." She ran out to her balcony. Sirius grinned up at her.

"There you are!" he said, "Want to come outside?" Liz bit her lip and glanced back to Lily, who was waiting inside.

"I would love to, except I promised Lily we'd have a girls only sleepover. She's been begging me for one for ages."

"So sneak out," Sirius shrugged. Liz grinned and blew him a kiss.

"Sure. Just let me explain what's going on to Lils first."

"That kind of defeats the purpose of sneaking out," Sirius said. Liz smiled and bit her lip.

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

"Then what are you waiting for? Come on!" Liz grinned. She climbed up the railing agilely and stood on the edge for a moment. "Come on," Sirius cajoled, "It's raining out. Do you want me to chuck another rock at your window? I'm not going 'til you come all the way outside. You can't possibly go back in there tonight." Liz glanced down at the ground. "Come on... 3, 2, 1!" Liz laughed and jumped off the ledge, seeming to float down. That still didn't stop her from landing directly on top of Sirius.

"Sorry!" she said, "I couldn't see where I was landing." Sirius grinned.

"Hey, I don't mind one bit. Though, er, we might want to get kind of away from the window. He might forcibly tear us apart if you give him enough time." Liz turned around quickly and saw James, his arms crossed, glowering at them from the basement window. Liz stuck her tongue out at him and pulled herself up. Sirius stood up quickly and pulled her by the hand farther away from the house.

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Liz laughed as Sirius pulled her farther and farther away from James's watchful eye. As soon as they were completely covered by the trees, Liz stopped Sirius. She turned him to face her and kissed him forcefully. "Why couldn't you have done that when you first saw me?" Sirius murmured. Liz laughed and looked at him, her hazel eyes wide.

"Because I have an overprotective older brother who has no stomach for romance," she answered honestly. Sirius shrugged.

"Speaking of romance..." Sirius pulled a blood-red rose from behind his back and handed it to Liz.

"I never knew there was a rose bush anywhere around here," Liz commented. Sirius stuck his wand in his back pocket.

"Yeah, you just must never have looked properly," he lied. Liz smiled. Sirius chose the moment to kiss her again. Liz broke away. "What...?" he asked. Liz held one finger up and looked around in her bag. She pulled out a Hershey bar with a flourish. "Ah," Sirius said. She bit the chocolate, and almost instantly, Sirius kissed her again. A minute later, they surfaced. "Much better," Sirius grinned.

"Not quite. You stole my chocolate," Liz pouted playfully. Sirius rolled his eyes.

"Well, now we're even." Liz looked at him questioningly.

"What've I ever stolen from you?" she asked. Sirius smiled.

"My heart." Liz's heart leapt.

He took a bit of chocolate and placed it between Liz's teeth. She smiled and swallowed it whole. Liz laughed and kissed him softly.

"You're so adorable when you use those totally cliched yet somehow still romantic lines," she murmured.

"And you're adorable all the time," he whispered back. Liz smiled and looked up at him through her eyelashes. She placed her arms around his neck and kissed him one more time. He kissed her back, smiling. Neither cared that it was pouring rain, or that their clothes were soaked. They were alone and deliriously happy in their own little world.

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Liz fell asleep after a while. Her head laid carefully on Sirius's chest, and one arm was around his waist. His hand rested on top of hers, and he was snoring softly. The stem of the rose was crushed under both of their hands.

Around seven, Sirius woke up. He lifted his head up carefully, making sure not to disturb Liz. She was still sleeping, her eyelashes fluttering with each breath. "No, leave me alone, James," Liz mumbled. Her eyes were still closed, but her hand waved as if she was hitting something. Sirius checked to see if he had woken her up. Still asleep, Liz rolled over and pulled his arm tighter around her. She continued to talk in her sleep. Sirius listened intently. "James, go away. I'm busy. I'd rather talk to Sirius than you. He's more beautiful anyway." Sirius laughed softly. At his laugh, Liz finally opened her eyes. She looked up and saw Sirius, albeit upside down. "Hey," she smiled.

"Okay, are you really awake? 'Cause you were talking before," Sirius said. Liz laughed self-consciously.

"Oh, God," she groaned, "please tell me I wasn't actually saying anything important."

"You were just mumbling incoherently," Sirius lied. Liz rolled over and began drawing little circles along his arm.

"I know you're lying," Liz informed him. He responded with a kiss.

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At nine that morning, Liz burst through the door, soaking wet and clutching a soggy rose to her chest. Lily couldn't help but laugh at her best friend as she proceeded to dry the rose with Lily's hair dryer. Lily handed her a towel from the bathroom. Liz wrapped it around herself, forming a curtain between her and Lily. She began to strip off her wet clothing, then rummaged in her closet for dry things. She threw a pair of plaid shorts, a light blue t-shirt, and a pair of black flip-flops behind her. Lily threw her arms up to block her face from the flying shoes. Liz turned around and collected her clothes from Lily. She took them into the bathroom, and shut the white door firmly behind her. She clicked the lock, then unlocked it a second later. Liz stuck her arm out the door. She held the rose out to Lily. "Dry this for me?" she asked breathlessly. Lily rolled her eyes but still took the rose.

"Well?" she called over the sound of the hair-dryer, "how was your night?" Liz grinned deliriously to herself

"Absolutely amazing."