Dumbledore finished his dinner speech and all four tables suddenly flooded with food. I loaded my plate with pasta, a small side plate of strawberries, rice, and an apple. And I swear to Merlin, Sirius filled his plate for a pure five minutes. The seven of us all started talking about Christmas. I told everyone how mum responded to my letter saying that they would leave after everyone came and would come back two days after Christmas. She said that everyone was welcome to stay at our house up until we got back to Hogwarts.
"Hey Dylan, sing that song." Jenna said between bites of her salad
"No not now!" she gave me a puppy look, "I'll do it when we get back to the common room."
"What song?" James asked
"Yesterday by the Beetles." The three of us said
"I didn't know you could sing." Peter said. I looked down at my plate, feeling my cheeks burn
"Yeah, not many people do… I don't usually sing in public."
"You did at the party, and you were great." Remus said. I stood up
"That's what happened at the part!" I shouted, everyone mumbled
"Yeah, that it." Lily said looking away, I sat down in satisfaction. Everyone was refusing to tell me what happened. Sirius slumped in his seat and stabbed his food. Maybe the slut gave him an STD!
Later in the common room I was fulfilling my promise I made to Jenna. So I sang the song. Sirius, James, Peter, and Remus. They stopped dead in their tracks. I pretended not to notice them staring at me, but it was pretty bloody hard. Even when I stopped they sort of just stood there. Out of sheer awkwardness Lily asked them if they wanted to sit down. Sirius sat next to me on the small couch that only fit two people. Our hands were touching, and, once again, I pretended not to notice.
"Less than a month 'till Christmas!" Jenna said cheerily
"Yeah! Um, Jenna would your Mum mind if I came a day early? My parents are leaving a couple days early." Lily said
"Why don't I go to your house and then take you straight to my house?" I suggested
"Ok."
"And hey, since tomorrow we're going to Hogsmead, and Christmas is in a month and a week, we can all go Christmas shopping." James said, "But we all have to go alone."
A/N: This chapter had to end there for a good reason that you'll see in the next chapter ;)