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A:N: Hey everyone! Thanks for all of the lovely reviews and for putting this story on your favorite's list! It makes me sooo happy. Well, this is the chapter some of you have been waiting for: The Halloween Dance! and i made it extra long for you! Yay! So anyways, read, read, read.

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Dear Diary,

Gah! This week has gone on forever. After the whole blow-up that Trishy had in the dress shop, we (Lily, Jade, and I that is) haven't been around the marauders much. Which, if you consider it, isn't that bad. I know, I should make more of an effort to hang out with James, seeing as he's my boyfriend and all, but I still have that nagging feeling that he might not like me as more than a friend.

Which, honestly, isn't that bad because I don't think I have feelings like that for him either. He doesn't make my heart race, or my skin tingle, or cause sparks when we kiss. I don't think that there is anyone out there that could do that for me. Lily says that I'm kidding myself and that I should be lucky to have someone who cares for me. I don't see why she cares so much, unless of course, she has feelings for James. Which, I don't doubt all that much. They would be a good match, better than James and I anyways.

The marauders though, that brings up a whole other case of problems. We still haven't gotten them back for their last prank. Now I don't think we ever will either. That still gets to me. Plus, Black says that he wants us to stay out of his life and stay away from him. I guess that that means the same thing. Anyways, I feel bad about it somehow. It wasn't my fault that Trishy attacked me, or that she bit Jade, but I feel bad about what Black said to us. Somehow, I don't think that I really want to stay away from him. And that scares me most of all.

Well, it looks like Charms is over. Time to go eat. At least tomorrow is a Saturday. Oh, wait, that means it's the dance too, then. Great. Well, I better go catch up with Jade and Lily. Somehow I don't think I should be walking the halls, since Trishy and her minions have it out for me now.

Love, your somewhat depressed writer,

Brittany

I caught up with Jade as she was leaving the classroom and we walked in relative silence on the way down to the Great Hall. Lily had made some excuse and went to the common rooms before dinner, so when we walked into the Great Hall and to the Gryffindor table, I didn't expect to see her conversing with the Marauders. She was deep in conversation with Remus and surprisingly James as well, when we sat down across from them.

No one around us acknowledged our presence, except for Peter, who looked up from his plate and nodded his head. Jade looked at me and I shrugged, showing her I had no idea why we were being given the cold shoulder by everyone. Black, I could understand, but I didn't know why everyone else was. Just then, Patty Patil passed our table. "Oh, hello girls." She said to us, as if she had missed us when we walked in. "I'm sorry to hear about what happened."

Jade stopped filling her glass and looked at Patty strangely. "Um, thanks I guess." She said, and Patty nodded gravely. She looked around and sat down across from us, where Peter had sat momentarily.

"When I heard that you girls had been beaten up by Trishy, I was appalled. To think that a Hufflepuff would attack the two of you is horrible. I mean, she told me that you provoked her Brittany, but I just didn't think that could be true. Anyways, I'm really sorry that you had to go through that traumatic experience. But as they say, it's o.k. to lose a battle every once and a while." And with that she flipped her hair, got up from the table, and walked away, stopping every once in awhile to talk to people down at the other tables.

Jade and I sat still for a moment before looking at each other. "Did she just?" I asked and Jade nodded her head. "Which means that she said?" Jade nodded again. "So people think?" Another nod. "But we didn't." Jade shook her head no. "That prick!" I said. Jade looked murderous for a minute, before looking around to the Hufflepuff table where Trishy was staring at Black and making kissy faces from across the room.

"Brittany," Jade said, turning back to me with a evil smile on her face. I smiled as well. "I think it's time we showed Trishy just how mean we can be." I laughed and nodded my head to her, turning slightly in my seat to judge Black's reaction to Trishy's faces. He looked like he was going to be sick, which somehow, made me feel better.

"What happened now?" Lily asked, noticing we were there finally. She was looking at our positively diabolical smiles and I could almost hear the gears turning in her head, trying to figure out what we were on about.

"Finally notice we were here, did you Lils?" I asked, and she blushed, glancing slightly at the rest of the marauders, who were looking over at us. "Well, I suppose you all know how Trishy beat us up in the dress shop and how we, of course, were the ones who started it? Then, we lost the battle, having been defeated by a Hufflepuff one against two?" Remus shook his head, and grasped Jade around the waist, making her lose her evil smile for a gentler one. James laughed and nudged Sirius, who managed a small laugh and then went back to eating, sending me a half-glare as he did so.

"But that's not what really happened." Lily said outrageously. I raised my eyebrows and nodded my head, wanting to, but restraining myself from saying duh! "Well, what are we going to do about it?" She asked, and I smiled at her. I knew she wouldn't just sit around and let her best friends be lied about.

"Jade has a plan." I said, before going back to my food. I thought I heard Lily say something about not breaking too many rules, but it was silenced when I heard someone scream from across the room. It was Trishy and she was covered in what looked like the chocolate pudding from tonight's desert. The hall burst into laughter, and even some of the teacher's looked amused, as I looked around the table at my friends. So, I thought as I watched Lily tuck something back into her pocket, maybe she wasn't going on about the rules after all.

After dinner, Lily, Jade, and I went back up to the common rooms. On the way back, we encountered Trishy, who was coming out of the bathroom, obviously trying to hide the fact that she had just had pudding dumped on her. She gave us a glare as we passed, but didn't try anything, seeing as we had her outnumbered. Coward.

When we got to the common room, Jade said the new password, (gift-wrapped, it was weird this time) and we walked in. As soon as we got to the middle of the almost empty common room, I was swept up into the air and onto the shoulders of two people, who shouted Happy Birthday! And carried me around the common room. I laughed and looked over to where Jade was yelling to be put down, as Remus smiled and dropped her onto the closest couch. I looked down at my captor's, James and Frank Longbottom. "Alright you two, let me down." I said. James gave a long sigh and set me down on the couch next to Jade.

"What's this all about? Our birthday's aren't until tomorrow." Jade asked, but she still accepted the present that was shoved into her hand by Lily. I laughed and took the present that Lily was holding out to me, impatiently I might add.

"Yes, we know. It's just that, what with the dance and all, we figured it would be better if we did this tonight." Lily said, waving her wand and making her camera appear in her hand. "Now, get on with it. Open your presents." She said, waving her wand at us threateningly. Looking at Jade, we began to tear into the wrapping paper of our gifts, pulling out the treasures that were inside.

"Thanks Lily!" We said, jumping up and grabbing Lily in hug. She laughed and we took turns admiring our new unbreakable friendship bracelets. We sat back down on the couch and opened presents from the rest of our friends, and then James and, surprisingly, Sirius rolled in a rather large cake, that said loudly, "Happy 17th Birthday!" and flashed Gold and Red at them.

When the festivities had died down some and it was just the marauders and us were left in the common room, James pulled me aside. "Hey, uh, Brittany? Can we talk over here for a minute?" He asked nervously, and I followed him to a secluded corner. Sitting down on a couch, he stared at me for a moment and ran his hands through his hair.

"Spit it out, James. I think I know what you want to say." I said, smiling and motioning for him to go on. He managed a small smile at me, then ran his hands through his hair again, making it messier than it had been before.

"I think we might be better off as friends, you know?" He said quickly. I went to say something, but he cut me off. "Not that I don't like being your boyfriend, it's just that there's no spark. Which doesn't mean that you aren't beautiful or anything, cus you are. It's just that I liked being friends better, and…" He trailed off when I held up my hand at him. Then I smiled at him, which must have taken him by surprise.

"I know what you mean, James. I agree with you. Besides, we never really did feel like anything other than friends, you know?" I said, and I could tell that he was obviously relieved. The tension in his shoulder's eased and he smiled brighter. We sat in silence for a minute, staring over at where our friends were sitting, talking by the dying fire. "You really like Lily, don't you." I said.

James continued to stare, but he nodded his head yes. I let it sink in for a moment, but it didn't hurt being told the truth, like I thought it would. "I really like her." He said, and I took his hand in mine and squeezed it. He looked over at me and gave me his famous marauder smile.

"I know you do. That's why I'm going to help you." I said, and he sat up a bit straighter.

"Really?" He asked. I smirked at him and nodded my head yes.

"Really, really."

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(Saturday, October 31st, Day of the Halloween Dance)

"I can't find my costume!" Jade moaned for the sixth time today. We were all up in our rooms getting ready for the dance. It was 5:30 and the dance started at 7:00, so we had decided to take showers and get ready together. Lily was in the shower now, and you could see the steam leaking out from underneath the door. I sighed and got up from my bed, where I was reading a magazine article in Witch's Weekly, to walk over to help Jade look for her costume.

I looked over to the closet where all of our closets where all of our costumes were hanging. I walked over and found the muggle witch costume was hanging and grabbed it off the door. "Here we are, sweetie." I said, laying the costume over the bed in front of her. She looked up at me and seemed close to tears. "O.k. What's wrong, Jadie? Did something happen?" She shook her head, but she couldn't stop the few tears that dripped from her eyes. "Tell me, sweetie." I said, as I sat down next to her and wrapped my arms around her shoulders

"It's not anything too important. I'm just being stupid and getting myself worked up over nothing." Jade said, sniffing and putting her head on my shoulder. She started to mumble and I heard the shower go off.

"Lily, come here!" I shouted and the door opened to the bathroom. Steam poured out as Lily slid to a stop next to the bed. When she noticed that Jade was crying she sat on the bed next to us and rubbed on Jade's shoulder.

"Jadie, what's wrong?" Lily said, soothingly. "What happened, why's she crying?" Lily whispered to me, as Jade cried on my shoulder. I gave her my best, 'I have no idea.' look and she looked worried for a minute. "Jade, you have to tell us why you're crying or we wont know what's going on." Lily said to Jade, who lifted her head off of my shoulder and wiped her eyes, getting rid of her tears.

"Well," Jade started, sniffing. "It's just that Remus said that we shouldn't tell each other about our costumes, so that we can guess if we can find each other in the crowd." Jade said, her tears coming again, but this time not falling. Lily and I shared a look while Jade looked at us pleadingly.

"I don't really understand, Jade. Why is that such a bad thing? We know you two are meant to be together. I mean, you've been dating for what, almost a year and a half?" I asked and Lily shook her head encouragingly at Jade.

"You'll be able to find him, Jade. Besides, I'm not sure that Remus is looking at it that way. He probably just thinks that it would be fun." Lily said, patting Jade's arm. Jade looked up at us with a renewed vigor.

"You really think so?" She asked, and Lily and I responded with 'definitely.' and 'of course.' "Thanks guys! I'm going to take my shower now." She said, hugging us both and walking into the bathroom. When the door closed and we heard the shower tap turn on, I stood up and walked back over to my magazine. Lily got up and walked over to her dresser, grabbing the lotion and her other things she needed to pamper herself with and then closed the curtains around her bed. I couldn't help think that Jade had to be pmsing.

By the time Jade was out of the shower, it was 6:00 and we were ready to start getting ready for the dance. I had had my shower first so I was sitting on my bed, trying to find the best make-up for my costume. I was going to be a fairy and keep my hair its normal black so people wouldn't know who I was. My costume was a purplish-pink color and it was a flimsy pixie style dress with spaghetti straps and a jagged hem. My shoes were purple ballet shoes that laced up to my knees. The wings that I had were blue tinted and would attach to my back without doing anything to hinder my dancing.

"I think you should go with dark eye make-up and a light blush." Lily told me, and I smiled at her. She brought me over some of her darker make-up and I brought it over to my vanity cabinet.

"Thanks Lils. You need any help? What bout you Jade?" I asked, but they both shook there head no. When we finished getting ready, we went downstairs and into the common room to wait for James and Sirius. Remus was already in the Great Hall waiting to see if he could pick Jade out of the crowd.

"Hello fair maidens. May we assist thou to the Great Hall?" Someone, who I knew immediately was James, asked as he spotted us on the couches. How he knew it was us, I had no idea. Lily was a princess and I sniggered ironically as I saw James' costume. He was a prince. I saw Sirius standing behind him, dressed as a dazzling pirate. He was actually smiling, and I wondered if he had decided to forget about what happened at the dress shop.

"Of course." I said as I took James' pro-offered arm and got up from the couch. "So, James, who gets the first dance?" I asked him questioningly. He smiled at us and we walked out of the common room.

"Well, I guess the little fairy will. I don't know, maybe the princess will thought, since I am the dashing prince." James said and I rolled my eyes. I looked over to Lily, who was blushing, and I couldn't help a small smirk play on my lips. Either James didn't notice Lily's blush or decided not to mention it, but I decided that either way, he was making progress. Small, but it was still progress.

"I don't know, Prongs, I might have to fight you for them." Pirate Sirius said in his deep, husky voice. Not that I was noticing. This time, I was the one who blushed and I was certain that he saw it.

When we got down to the dance, people were already on the dance floor and there was at least one girl being comforted by her friends. One of my favorite songs came on and I grabbed James and pulled him onto the dance floor. "No, I don't want to dance." James whined, but I made him come with me anyways. When he wouldn't dance and sulked.

"Oh, fine, go ask Lily if she wants a drink. She doesn't dance much." I said. He smiled and I pushed him towards where Lily was sitting down, trying to get Trishy to stay away from Sirius. I watched James walk over and plop himself down in the chair next to Lily. They started up a conversation and Sirius waved Trishy away. I sighed and danced with some of the girls that I knew from Ravenclaw. We danced for about 10 minutes before a slower song started and I stood in the middle of the crowd, looking around towards all the happy couples. I saw Jade dancing with Zorro and assumed that she had found Remus.

I swayed to the music some, dancing alone wasn't as much fun, but I didn't want to sit down yet. I saw James dancing with Lily and smiled to myself. "Dancing's more fun if you have someone to dance with." A voice behind me said. I didn't turn around, but I did answer him.

"Well, I just don't have anyone to dance with right now. Unless…" Was all I had to say before he had walked in front of me and grabbed me around the waist. I looked back up into his eyes and melted against him, putting my arms around his neck. As much as I didn't want to admit it, I had kidded myself into thinking that I didn't like Sirius. If I was honest, I did like him.

"Well, now you do." Was all he said as we began to sway in time to the music. When the song was over and others were leaving the floor to get drinks and food, Sirius and I stayed swaying, not noticing the stares we were attracting from our friends, as well as many others. "do you want to take a walk with me?" Sirius asked. I smiled and shook my head. He grabbed my hand, sending tingles down my body, and led me towards the doors of the Great Hall. I was not expecting what I saw when we got there.

"Where do you think you are going?!" Shouted a shrill voice shouted in front of us. I looked up and saw Trishy standing in front of us. I groaned and tried not to grimace. "Siri-bear, where are you going with her." Trishy said, pointing at me and drawing attention from the surrounding people.

"Trishy, my name is Sirius, not Siri-bear. I want you to leave me alone, like I have said before. I'm not going to tell you where I'm going because I don't want to be followed." Sirius said slowly. Trishy looked murderous, before walking up to Sirius, swaying her hips seductively.

"Baby, you're just saying that." She said, running her hand over his chest and down. Sirius eyes widened and the people around us began to whisper. "She's got you brain washed." Trishy said. I huffed and walked over to her.

"Listen here, Trish. I didn't brain wash him, we don't even get along that well. Plus, why cant you leave me alone? Do you want to get your ass kicked?" I asked her, and she drew her lips into a thin line and narrowed her eyes. It probably wasn't going to go as we had planned, but I thought it was time to get her back.

"Well, if I wanted that done, you already had your chance. Remember, I beat up you and your sister at Madame Malkins." Trishy said waspishly. I was starting to get mad, but she obviously didn't know my temper. "So, if you just would leave me and Sirius alone, I think I can do something for you." She finished this by rubbing her hand on Sirius chest.

"O.k. Trishy, please, just leave us alone and get off Sirius, he already said he wasn't interested." I said, trying to keep my cool. I was just about ready to beat this girl up because of the rumors, but now she was just getting on my nerves. "Oh, and it's Sirius and I." I corrected her.

'No, it's not. You don't have Sirius." She said stupidly. I heard a few people laugh and saw Lily, James, Jade, and Remus standing amongst the crowd. "Now, either back off Siri, or get yourself beat up again."

I raised my eyebrows, but before I could react she had her wand out and stuck in my face. I lost my temper for a minute and shoved her back some. "Get your wand out of my face." I said through clenched teeth. She laughed and as I was reaching for my wand, shot a spell out at me. The next thing I know, Sirius is on the ground, unconscious, and the teacher's had Trishy held back. "Sirius!" I cried and I sat down next to him. "We have to get him to the nurse." I said, and James and Remus ran over to pick him up.

We followed them to the hospital wing, and I felt like such an idiot. As we sat there, outside the doors since Madame Pomfrey kicked us out, I felt something that wasn't just guilt or worry. Sirius had taken the curse for me when he hadn't needed to.

I think it's safe to say, that was when I started to fall for Sirius Orion Black. Needless to say, I think I fell pretty hard.

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Hey guys! I hope you liked that chapter. It was kind of hard for me to write since I don't have a lot of muse right now, but I think it went pretty well. A lot happened, so I need to know if you all liked it. Well, the next chapter should be up soon! You know what to do! Review! Please?

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