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"Like what you've done with the place." James smirked.

Sirius laughed at me and explained.

"This is the Room of Requirement. You walk back and forth in front of that wall back there and think about what you really need, and it just supplies a room for it."

I couldn't reply, there was too much awesome to speak. The boys were already getting comfy in the armchairs, and I joined them, sitting on the end next to Sirius.

"Comfy, muggley?" James asked, grinning at me from across the circle.

"Yes… why?"

Remus coughed loudly.

"No reason, just wondering if you wanted to change seats?"

"Um… I'm ok? Why are you being weird?"

James looked at Sirius and laughed.

"No reason."

Sirius' POV

I glared at James. Merlin, why was I friends with him? However, I was distracted from my death glare by Del.

"So, Sirius. You got us up here, and you got chocolate. Got any plans now?"

"Nah, not really." I saw her roll her eyes at me and grinned.

"We could just sit… and eat?" Peter contributed.

"What a good idea, Wormtail!" I mocked.

"Why did we need to come here specifically just to eat chocolate?" Del asked, with a good point, too.

"Um… not sure…" I said, trying to figure it out myself.

Del just snorted and grabbed some chocolate.

We spent the entire evening talking about stuff and eating chocolate. At one point Del tried to show us some Muggle game called Scrabble, but it was hard and Peter kept trying to put down words he'd just made up. I'd never realised how adorable Del was when she was exasperated.

"Peter, azzax is not a word! And neither is ponkal! You can't put that down there!"

We stopped playing after that.

Eventually, we all nodded off round the fire. When I woke up (everyone else was still draped over their chairs in weird positions, snoring), my hand was holding Del's in the space between our chairs.

I smiled, not wanting to move.

I sat in the same position, enjoying the feel of her hand in mine (also kind of wishing for more) until she woke up about half an hour later. I watched her blearily open her eyes and start to stretch, then realise that her hand was otherwise engaged.

"Oh… morning Sirius."

How did she make my name sound so damn good?

"Hey. Sleep well?"

"As much as you can on an armchair, I guess." She smiled. "Why are we holding hands?"

Um… what was I meant to say to that?

"When I woke up we were holding hands… and I didn't want to move. Because you were asleep and stuff." I said awkwardly. Del seemed satisfied with this explanation but I could hear a voice in my head, sounding a lot like Prongs, telling me to Man the hell up, dude!

"… and because I liked holding your hand." I added, looking at the floor. I didn't look up when she replied.

"Pardon?"

"I said I liked holding your hand." I glanced up, hoping to see an adoring gaze or something along those lines, but Del just looked a bit confused.

"What? Why?" I sighed. How could someone be that clueless and yet make it to 16 years old with no major accidents? Apart from that time that she transfigured Lucius Malfoy into a fish in 1st year. Well, come to think of it, she didn't look that upset about that. Neither did McGonagall.

Del had only broken up with her prat boyfriend yesterday… should I tell her I like her? What if she starts crying or something because of Parker? But then maybe she would need a shoulder to cry on? My shoulder to cry on?

"Because I like you." I blurted out. She just stared at me, and I suddenly became aware that my three best mates were sitting around us and it was very possible that they would wake up any second.

"Uh… Del?" I asked, when she didn't reply for a while.

"I… erm… gotta go." She said, standing up. "Talk to you later." And she walked hurredly out of the Room.

Well, crap.

DEL's POV

That was unexpected.

And it messed up all my carefully planned plans! How was I supposed to stay away from boys if Sirius Black liked me? But then again, what if he wasn't serious? What if it was a joke? Or worse, what if he was just like Parker?

I cringed away from that idea. I may not be an expert on either of them, or boys in general, but I was sure Sirius would never do that to me. Parker was secret about his… well, his dickishness, whereas Sirius put it out there for everyone to see. He wasn't hiding anything.

So if him telling me he liked me was either a joke or serious, and his friends weren't even awake to show off to, then did that mean he was serious? Which brought me on to a bigger question… did I like him back?

By the time I'd come to this conclusion (not really a conclusion, but enough to think about for the while), I'd reached the Gryffindor portrait hole.

"Password?" Asked the fat lady in her usual shrill voice.

"Christmas elves." I replied, mentally rolling my eyes yet again at her ridiculous password.

It got me inside though, and I immediately went up to my abandoned dorm room and flopped on my bed. Why was everything so confusing?

And how long was it until Alice and Lily got back?

SIRIUS' POV

When the rest of the Marauders woke up, I told them what had happened, word for word. There was a lot of sniggering at my awkwardness, but mostly they seemed to be concerned about whether Del was ok. Well, Prongs and Moony were. Wormtail was just nodding enthusiastically.

"What about me? You're not asking if I'm ok!" Prongs laughed at me.

"Padfoot, mate, you've bounced back from worse than this. Muggley obviously likes you back. She's probably confused because of Parker the Prick and stuff."

Moony looked at Prongs in surprise.

"That was awfully perceptive." James smirked.

"What can I say? I'm a woman expert." Moony rolled his eyes and turned back to me.

"Anyway, you should talk to her." I got up.

"Where do you think she is?"

"Not now!" Moony tutted, pulling me back down. "When you next see her. Ask if you can talk."

"But then what do I say when we talk?"

"I can't script it out word for word for you, Sirius."

"Yeah, go with the flow, man." Prongs added in a creep hippy voice.

"Thanks guys." I grinned.

"But for now can we get breakfast?" Prongs asked, reverting back to his normal 16-going-on-5-year-old tone of voice.

"Ugh, I can't eat anything else after all that chocolate." Wormtail said, joining the conversation after sitting and rubbing his belly for most of it.

"I can!" Said James, jumping up. "Let's go!" I shook my head but followed him. From Prongs' puppy-like ways, sometimes I think his patronus should be the dog.

As we were leaving the Great Hall after breakfast (practically dragging James behind us as he was apparently too full to walk), we ran into Del. She was obviously on her way out to the Quidditch pitch. I stepped forward, trying to look like I knew what I was doing.

"Hey… can we talk?" I said. I was impressed with myself.

"Erm… ok." Del said, looking awkward but still ridiculously beautiful.

"I'll just drag Prongs up to the Tower by myself, shall I?" Remus asked, but we were already walking away.

"Cheers!" I called over my shoulder.

We ended up sitting right in the middle of the Quidditch pitch.

"So." I said, just trying to find a way to break the silence.

"Sorry I just ran out earlier." Del said, ripping grass from the pitch and watching as it magically grew back.

"That's ok… but why did you?" I asked.

"It's just… with Parker and everything… I wasn't sure you were serious." I smirked.

"I'm always Sirius!" Del didn't smile.

"Look, I just… Were you serious? Not joking or trying to add me to your list of conquests or something?"

I raised my eyebrows. I could see why someone who didn't know me well would think that, but Del? Surely she knew me better than that. Instead of saying those things, I grabbed her hand.

"Hey, look at me." I took her chin and turned it gently, making her look at me. For a second I lost my train of thought as I looked in her eyes. Then I remembered what I had to tell her. "I wasn't joking, or… the other thing you said. I really like you. Ask the guys. They go crazy with how much I talk about you in our dorm. I can't stop thinking about you." Del half-smiled then stopped again.

"It's just that yesterday morning I told myself I'd stay away from boys for a bit."

I ground my teeth together. What exactly had Parker done to her? I didn't even know the details but I already wanted to smash his face.

"Ah, but I don't count as a boy. I'm far too fine of a male specimen to be counted as a mere boy." Del smirked.

"You tell yourself that."

Suddenly I realised that the only reason she'd given me for not wanting to be with me was to do with Parker. Maybe there was hope?

"So… do you like me back?" I asked, then kicked myself for sounding like a five year old.

Del didn't reply and for a split second I thought I might have read it wrong. Maybe she was about to let me down gently. Or not gently. Maybe she was going to yell at me for bugging her. Or hex me. All those thoughts were banished from my mind, however, when she looked up at me and smiled.

"Of course I do."

At that, I started grinning so widely that my cheeks hurt.

"So will you be my girlfriend?" Del looked hesitant and I kicked myself yet again. I carried on in a rush. "I know Parker did something to you (which, by the way, I'm hoping you will tell me about so I can curse his arse off), and you want to stay away from boys and that category includes me, but I think you should give me a chance. Let yourself be happy! I won't do whatever Parker did, you know that."

She looked up at me again, staring into my eyes. With anyone else it would have been majorly creep but with Del it just felt right. The look in her eyes changed and for a moment I thought she just might believe me. I didn't have much time to ponder this, though, because she leaned forwards and was kissing me and I couldn't think about anything anymore.

Sorry. I cannot write fluff. At all. But hey. So, review if you would like to! TTFN!