You know the drill...

WHY DOES LYDIA HAVE TO LOOK SO DAMN LONELY OVER THERE! Sirius thought, as James was explaining to Lily Evans about the hoo-hah over Snape attempting an Unforgiveable on a Hufflepuff first-year. But of course, Sirius had heard it all before: James had been rehearsing what he was going to say to her for the last hour and a half before Lily got let out of her detention with McGonagall. Sirius' thoughts were otherwise occupied.

Lydia Helsbury was sat on the corner desk in the common room, reading a Muggle book Sirius had never seen before. Sirius Black you are not going to go over to her! You can't even give yourself three valid reasons to go and see her. And I think James needs you to say something, he thought.

"Or you know, you could just say thanks," said Sirius with a wink. He always winked: for his personality, it never seemed out of place. Reason 1: She needs saving from that bloody book. James sat down on the plushy sofa next to Lily. Reason 2: James needs alone time with Lily. Wouldn't want to gatecrash or anything.

Sirius, turned around, and began to walk away.
"Hey, Padfoot, where're you going?" said James, frowning. Sirius continued smirking.
"Oh nowhere, just going to leave you two alone, you know, cuddled up on the sofa, beside the fire…" he said, running towards the corner of the room.
"Lydia!" he said, jumping into the seat opposite her. "Black," she mumbled, not lifting her head from her book.
"Fancy going for a walk? You've been cooped up in this corner, reading that bloody book for ages now. You need an escape, love." She looked up at him with her hazel-coloured eyes, her fringe sitting just above them. Her brown hair made her lips more red, although they were not smiling - yet.
"By 'bloody' I hope you're not referring to the fact that this is a Muggle book?" she said, her eyebrows disappearing underneath her hair. Sirius wanted to apologise, but he had to maintain Sirius Black's image.
"No, it's just that I'd save a pretty girl like you from a book any day..." he said with a wink, as she was laughed. She had shut her book and she was laughing. Sirius was filled with that warm feeling in his stomach again.
She got up and started for the portrait hole. When she realised he hadn't followed, she grabbed his hand and pulled him along, still laughing.
Reason 3: She is completely, utterly, insanely gorgeous.

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"Where is it exactly that we are walking to?" she asked, as she walked with the tall Sirius Black along the side of the Hogwarts castle. Frankly, Sirius was amazed that Lydia had not made any argument to the fact that if they were caught outside now, then they would have a week's worth of detentions each for being out of bed after hours.

Sirius didn't know how to answer her. He was as impulsive, spur-of-the-moment type of guy, he didn't tend to think things through before he said them - a bad habit of his. Of course, he didn't want to tell her this. "Oh, er, well I hadn't really had anywhere in particular in my mind..." he mumbled, and she smiled. His heart leapt. No, heart. Bad heart. Stop jumping, she's just a bird. Stop that.

Sirius didn't want this to be awkward, so he started a conversation about the first thing he saw: the book that was still held to Lydia's chest. "That book of yours..."
"Hmm?"
"What's it about?" he said, hands in his pockets nervously.
"You really want to know?" she said, a sly smile on her face.
"Well, yes, unless there's something else you want to talk about."
"Ok then. It's about this woman with a low-class family that is relatively looked down upon, and this stuck-up, cocky man who clearly is in love with this woman, but this woman, at the start, positively hates him because of his mannerisms. They are two completely different people." Sirius pulled a glum face, recognizing the parallels to this story and his real life. "How does the story end then?" he sighed.
"Well, I thought you were never supposed to tell what happens at the end of the story to someone who hasn't read it."
"How do you know I've never read it?" he asked.
Lydia laughed. "Because then you wouldn't have asked me to tell you what is was about, silly!"
"I'm not silly!"
"You so are!"

They were both laughing now, and Sirius loved every second of it. They went to sit over on a grassy ledge that overlooked the entire lake, reflecting the moon, that, thankfully wasn't full anymore. After sitting in silence for a while, recovering from their laughter, Lydia glanced at her old watch. "Merlin's beard!" she exclaimed, scrambling up onto her feet, making Sirius jump.
"What's the matter?"
"Look at the time!" she shouted, showing her battered old watch to Sirius, who saw that it was two hours gone their curfew. And this is why I never carry a watch around with me, thought Sirius, who felt oblidged to also get up, as he began to follow Lydia back towards the castle.

When they finally reached the portrait hole of the Gryffindor common room, Lydia sighed "Cornish Pixie" breathlessly, as the Fat Lady yawned, swinging open. Sirius helped Lydia through the hole, and they realised that the common room was empty. The Marauder half expected her to sprint off up the staircase to the girl's dormitories without saying goodnight, but he was surprised.

Lydia turned around to face him, smiling. "Well thank you, my knight in shining armour, for saving me from that awfully ferocious book!" she said, sarcasm heavy in her tone, as she mocked a curtsy. Then, stretching onto her tiptoes, she placed a hand on his broad shoulder and kissed him swiftly on the cheek. "G'night, Sirius," she said, as she turned and walked up the staircase, leaving a stunned Sirius standing alone in the common room.

How'd I never notice her before? thought Sirius, as he entered the dormitory, a wide grin on his face.

Hello everyone, I have had some reviews this week asking about my dream cast for the lovely Lydia...Well, after some thoughts from my lovely friend Jo, I am pleased to announce that Mandy Moore will be Lydia (well, she is in my head.) Some of you will know Mandy from the voice of Rapunzel from Disney's 'Tangled', and some of you will know her as the school popular girl, Lana, from 'The Princess Diaries' but the moment when she stole our heart was when she was in a movie called 'A Walk to remember'. See picture link, hope you had fun reading this chapter, guys! And here is a link to Lydia ( . /imgres?q=mandy+moore+a+walk+to+remember&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rlz=1C1AVSX_enGB402GB403&biw=1024&bih=643&tbm=isch&tbnid=SPxCPlbfNnJrbM:&imgrefurl= . %3Ftopic%3D1500.1320&docid=BNU2WjT_LY8q_M&imgurl= Academics/Departments/AppliedTechnology/ComputerApps3/websites/A%252520Walk%252520To%252520Remember/a%252520walk%252520to%252520remember/1_ &w=512&h=372&ei=3mBUUL_BIoOl0QWV_ICwAg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=95&vpy=328&dur=272&hovh=191&hovw=263&tx=209&ty=59&sig=116851456026924279776&page=2&tbnh=135&tbnw=172&start=16&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:16,i:191) - Lol, it's such a long URL! :D xx