A/N: Finally here! Hope you enjoy it guys :)
Ally's POV
The past month and a half had flown in a haze of exams, revision and stress. It was so nice for my exams to be over at last and to go back to normal, well, as normal as could be. There had been a few questions about my absence in classes over my exam period but thankfully Remus and Lily had managed to help me out with explanations and after a few days nobody really asked anymore. I was unsure whether the two of them had told them that I was sitting my OWLs but as I had asked them not to say anything I trusted that they were just very good at deflecting questions. After my exams, Easter had arrived and I had gone back home for a couple of weeks. We had a fleeting visit to France before we were back in England to see mum and dad's friends and then, before I knew it, I was back at Hogwarts. It had been a bit of whirlwind to be honest and I was really glad to be back here for my final term of my first year. Not only this, but we had been having some freak late April weather which made me hugely happy as it was a much better temperature than all this cold weather.
"Can't believe you've already nearly been here a year. Feels like you've always been here!" Lizzy told me as we lounged outside by the lake after classes on the first day back.
"I know, it's been really great" I replied, smiling at her.
"Guys you should really come in" Fiona yelled at us. I looked over at her happily splashing around in the lake like a five year old. She was determined to go for a paddle – a paddle which had turned into a fully fledged water fight with Alice.
"We're alright thanks Fi" Lizzy yelled back.
"She looks way too happy" came a voice from behind us. I turned around to see Lily walking towards us.
"Hey Lils" I greeted her happily as she flopped down on the grass next to me.
"I'm surprised you're not in the library" was her greeting for me and I laughed,
"Only the first day back" I told her, in a very happy mood. "How was Luke?" I asked, watching her reaction carefully. I had sensed that all was not in fact well with their relationship at the moment but didn't want to ask too many questions and intrude. She shrugged,
"I think it's because he's finishing this year and I've still got another year left" she told us and Lizzy nodded.
"Just enjoy it" Lizzy told her and Lily sighed.
"I guess so" was all she replied as she cast a glance over to where Fiona and Alice had apparently given up on any notion of being dry.
"Good evening ladies" came a voice I recognised. I grinned as I stood up to give James a hug; funnily enough this had been the first proper time I had seen him since coming back. He hugged me back enthusiastically.
"It's been a while" he told me when he let me go.
"It has. Where have you been hiding all day?" I asked him as he sat down next to Lizzy who smiled warmly at him. Lily simply ignored his presence.
"Making plans" he said mysteriously with a grin.
"What sort of plans?" I asked him, intrigued that he was even divulging the fact that he was making plans.
"The sort of plans for people who want to have a bit of fun on a Saturday night" he replied. I looked at him and he laughed. "Up for it? We figured we should have a sort of gathering. Nothing big; just a casual night, bit of fun. Everybody seemed a bit stressed at the end of last term and we figured since it's our final term we might as well have some fun" he told us. I looked over at Lizzy who was looking pretty happy at this idea and she nodded along.
"Lils?" I asked her and she turned to look at me.
"Sorry, I said I would do something with Luke Saturday evening" she said, not looking at James at all. I cast a quick glance in his direction to see him look a little upset at this but it passed quickly.
"Sounds like a plan" I told him and he smiled happily at me.
"Invite the rest of the girls as well" he told me as he moved to stand up. "Anyway I'm going to go and eat as I'm starving. I'll see you later" James said as he departed and moved in the direction of the Great Hall.
"What did he want?" Fiona asked. I hadn't realised that her and Alice had decided to call it a day on their water fight and had come up to join us.
"Up for doing something Saturday night?" I asked her and Alice. They both nodded along happily,
"Sure. Why not? Anyway, I've put off dinner for long enough – let's go eat!" she said excitedly as she began to pull on her socks over her wet feet. Lily just shook her head as she stood up and we all slowly made our way into the Great Hall.
Lizzy's POV
The rest of the week passed quickly enough; after classes we always spent a while out in the grounds before dinner, revelling in the sunshine and making the most of the good weather. Soon enough Saturday came rolling round and with it came a curious amount of heat.
"It's so warm!" I exclaimed as I flopped down at the Gryffindor table next to Ally.
"I know, isn't it great?" she asked me. I looked at her but she was beaming away, obviously in a very good mood.
"We should make the most of it. Spend the day outside. OH! We can go for a swim!" Fiona said, all in one very long breath.
"I've been dying to go in for ages!" Alice joined in happily. I nodded along; I could definitely do with cooling down, this weather was uncharacteristic for this time of the year.
"Up for it Ally?" I asked her. I looked at her as she seemed hesitant about the idea.
"I'm going to do some work this morning but I'll meet you down there in a bit if it's alright?" she asked. I nodded but felt like there was something more to it than work.
"Course. Just don't take too long" I replied, nudging her slightly. She gave a small laugh and I looked at her carefully, noting a slight golden tinge to her eyes. I was in the middle of wondering what she was worrying about when she made to stand up.
"I'll see you later then" she said quickly and with that, she moved over to my table where I could see her going in the direction of Edward and Jacob.
"Something up you reckon?" Fiona asked me from across the table. I shrugged, not saying anything but pulling some food towards me instead.
"Good morning all" James greeted us as him, Sirius and Remus all joined us at the table.
"Morning. We're going down to the lake for a swim if you want to join us?" Fiona asked them. Their eyes lit up and they looked very excited at the prospect.
"Sounds great" Remus said enthusiastically. The other two nodded, being currently unable to speak as their mouths were crammed with food. Sirius swallowed quickly and then looked at me, slight frown on his face.
"Where's Ally?" he asked me. I couldn't help the grin that rapidly appeared on my face as he shook his head at me, unable to stop a smile appearing either. For an answer, I nodded my head in the direction of the Hufflepuff table where she was still stood by the boys.
"Is she actually doing work on a day like this?" James butted in, looking most upset at the thought.
"Well this is normal weather for her isn't it. You know what she's like. Anyway, she said she'll come down later" I told them and James shrugged and turned back to his food. Sirius however, was frowning slightly whilst shaking his head.
"Sure you're going for the right girl?" Remus asked him, a slight mocking tone to his voice.
"Shut up Moony" was all he replied as he too, turned back to breakfast. No matter how many times I heard their nicknames, I still found it utterly bizarre.
We had returned to the Great Hall for lunch but couldn't see Ally anywhere. We had had a good morning and the boys had been a right laugh (although being chucked into the lake wasn't quite what I had in mind but oh well). After lunch we went back outside to sit by the lake. Me, Alice, Fiona and Susan sat on the grass whilst the boys went straight back to the water. Mandy was off with another of her Ravenclaw friends and Lily had gone to the library to do some work but she had at least spent some time with us today. I couldn't believe how hot it was; we were all in shorts – it was madness!
"Afternoon" I heard Allys voice approaching us. Turning I saw her making her way over.
"Well check you out" was my reply and she raised her eyebrows at me. "Nice shorts" I told her and she smiled as she took a seat next to me on the grass; her green shorts blending in nicely.
"Yeah they're an amazing colour" Alice chipped in.
"Thanks guys" she said as she stretched out in the sunshine. I hadn't noticed until now that she had in fact brought her books along.
"Seriously? We're meant to be having fun!" I exclaimed. She laughed as she looked over at me.
"Yeah but if you all go in the lake I'll have something to do" she said by way of explanation.
"Not coming in then?" Fiona asked her, seeming very disappointed by her remark. Ally shook her head,
"Sorry guys, I'm embracing the heat while I can" she said and I sighed.
"So boring" I told her.
"Oi, leave me alone!" Ally exclaimed, smiling at me nonetheless.
"Come on guys I want to go back innnn" Fiona moaned, and I turned to see her looking longingly at the water.
"Fine, come on then" I told her with a smile and she jumped up joyfully, quickly stripping down to her bikini.
"Have fun" was all Ally said. I once again shook my head at her before following the rest of the girls back down to the water.
Sirius's POV
"Keep your watery habits away from me Black!" Lizzy exclaimed as she strolled along the bank. "I'm getting in on my own accord this time thanks" she said, frowning at me. I laughed at her; she took too long to get in which is why me and James had gone to assist her before. The rest of the girls were already in the water – not messing around the way Mews seemed to. As I was thinking this my eyes scanned the rest of the bank when they stopped on a person I knew very well. I began to make my way out of the water when James yelled at me.
"OI. WHERE ARE YOU GOING?" Really, it was unnecessarily loud. I indicated that I would be one minute before continuing on my way. I stealthily left the water and was slowly walking up the bank, right where she was sitting, planning my next move carefully when:
"Don't even think about it". Dam, that was good. Ally looked up from her book and looked at me with a frown.
"Think about what?" I asked innocently but she just rolled her eyes.
"I'm pretty happy being this dry and warm" was all she said and I grinned before I sat down next to her.
"How come you're not coming in?" I asked as she put down the book she was reading. She looked out over the water before looking at me, as if thinking about what to say.
"Like I said before, I'm happy being dry and warm" she said with a smile. I was expecting a little more than this as it seemed obvious there was an actual reason for her not coming in the lake.
"I reckon it's just because it means you can read" I replied, not asking her anymore about it. She laughed a little as she put her hand on her pile of books.
"You got me" Ally told me, looking at me with a smile.
"So, looking forward to a bit of fun tonight?" I asked her, looking over the lake where James was currently trying to push Fiona under the water.
"Yeah I am actually, it should be good. What have you got planned for us?" she asked me and I just looked at her with a grin.
"Nothing too bad" was all I said and she shook her head. "Honestly! We just thought it would be nice to all hang out" I told her, thinking about our conversation. She still looked a little sceptical but didn't say anything else, moving her eyes away from me.
"Do you guys even know how much attention you get?" she asked all of a sudden. I looked in the same direction as her to see a group of girls sitting close by, alternating between looking at me and Ally and everybody else in the water.
"I could say the same about you girls" I told her cheekily. She spun to look at me, first of all with a frown on her face and then she grinned at me.
"Jealous?" she asked me. Did she seriously just ask me that? Was she…was she being flirty with me? Well, I was definitely going to hedge my bets and take a chance.
"I might be if I didn't have my own fan club" I replied, standing up and stretching. Right on queue the girls sat near us all turned in my direction and started giggling. I sent them a wink and out of the corner of my eye I could see her roll her eyes.
"Feel free to go and join them" she told me, squinting up at me. I held eye contact for a few seconds, eventually making her blush.
"Jealous?" I asked her in return and she laughed but didn't say anything. Instead she turned back to look at the girls and before I even knew what I was doing myself I bent down and picked her up, putting her over my shoulder upside down.
"SIRIUS BLACK PUT ME DOWN RIGHT NOW" she yelled at me. I laughed and began to walk down to the lake.
"DON'T YOU DARE BLACK! PUT ME DOWN!" she continued to yell.
"Ouch. Surname? Really? And here was me thinking we were getting somewhere" I told her, not stopping my leisurely stroll.
"SERIOUSLY!" she shouted, now hitting my back.
"Any excuse to touch me" I told her and she instantly stopped. I laughed at her reaction and could see the rest of our friends in the lake watching us.
"I don't currently have much choice given the position I'm in" she said, going back to a normal tone of voice. She had stopped struggling and was instead just allowing me to carry her away. Well, that was boring. "Are you going to put me down yet?" she asked me casually, and I could feel her trying to right herself so she wasn't hanging upside down.
"Nope" I told her simply, nearly at the water's edge.
"Any excuse to touch me" she retaliated and I grinned.
"Got a problem with that?" I countered and I could almost hear the blush that I imagine was on her face right now.
"Sirius if you put me in the water I'm going to kill you" was all she said. I slowly began going into the water, not very far but enough for her to start squirming again.
"Want me to drop you?" I asked her innocently.
"Don't you dare" she growled at me. I couldn't help but laugh at that. Having gone in up to just below my knees I decided to be nice and I very slowly put her down. Being shorter than me, the water came up to just above her knees and she looked very annoyed.
"Was that really bad?" I asked her with a grin and she nodded her head but refused to say anything. Instead she pushed past me in an attempt to get out. However, before she could get very far I grabbed her by the waist and pulled her round so that she was in fact very close to me. I heard her breath catch as she slowly looked up at me. "Was that not even worth making my fan club jealous?" I asked her quietly and she laughed a little.
"Maybe" was all she said before she pulled away and made her way back to her spot on the grass. I watched her go with a smile.
"You two need to sort your lives out and just get together already" Lizzy said from beside me.
"Just you wait" I told her with a grin as I made my way further into the lake to join the rest of the boys.
Ally's POV
After dinner we all went back up to our dormitory as the girls needed to sort themselves out after a day spent in the lake.
"What are you going to wear tonight?" Alice asked me as she sat on her bed waiting for Fiona to finish in the shower.
"This?" I asked hesitantly, thinking that what I was currently wearing was in fact perfectly acceptable. She looked at me somewhat critically for a second before replying;
"I guess I could let you go in that. At least you have your legs out" she said, grinning towards the end of her sentence.
"If it makes you happy" I replied, grinning back and she chuckled.
"So who's actually coming?" she asked me.
"Well I think out of us girls it's only me you, Fi and Lizzy" I told her, thinking carefully about it.
"Lily's with Luke but what about Susan and Mandy?" she asked me.
"They're doing something with the other Ravenclaws" I told her. She looked questioningly at me but I just shrugged; neither of them had said what exactly.
"Showers free!" Fiona sung at us as she came out, fully dressed with her wet hair swinging about all over the place. Alice quickly jumped up and into the bathroom leaving me with a very high spirited Fiona. However, I was quickly spared by the arrival of Lily.
"Good evening my wonderful, beautiful friend" Fiona said happily, enveloping her in a big hug.
"What do you want?" Lily asked at once and I laughed as Fiona playfully hit her.
"Am I not allowed to greet my bestest friend?" she asked and Lily laughed as she sat down on her bed. "When are you off with Luke then?" Fiona asked as she sat down to begin to sort her hair out. Lily looked down at her watch before replying.
"Half an hour or so. ALICE HURRY UP!" she yelled at the bathroom door.
"I'M GOING AS FAST AS POSSIBLE" Alice yelled back over the water.
"Anyway when are you guys going out?" Lily asked us, glancing again at her watch. I shrugged and turned to Fiona.
"No idea. I just figured we would go annoy the guys when we're ready" she said with a smile. "Now leave me to get ready!"
Forty five minutes later Fiona and Alice were finally ready and we were making our way up to the boys dormitory.
"Honestly I don't know how you guys take so long" I said to the two of them on the way up.
"I don't know how you don't take so long" Fiona retaliated, grinning back at me. I just shook my head as Fiona barged into their room without knocking.
"Oi Fiona!" I heard them all exclaim and following her and Alice into the room could see why they had been unimpressed. James was currently standing in just his boxers, Remus and Sirius were topless, Frank was in a t shirt and boxers and only Peter was actually dressed.
"Like what you see huh?" James said to us. I just rolled my eyes as he began to move about to find his clothes.
"We'll wait for you downstairs" Alice said, I looked over to her to see her staring at Frank who, to my surprise, sent a wink her way. This was enough to make her blush and duck quickly out of the room. I turned to follow her but before I could do so, I could feel somebody watching me. Knowing exactly who it would be I looked at Sirius who was watching me. I said nothing but merely grinned at him before following Alice out of the room. Hearing footsteps behind me I guessed Fiona was also following and we both made our way over to where Alice was sitting.
"Bit hot and bothered are we?" Fiona asked her as she sat down in the armchair next to her. Alice didn't respond and instead looked down at her watch.
"When did we say we would meet Lizzy?" she asked, ignoring Fiona's laughs and instead looking at me.
"About half eight" I told her and she frowned.
"Hopefully they'll hurry up. It's already twenty to" she informed us.
"In the mean time. You and Frank aye?" Fiona asked her, waggling her eyebrows in a hilarious way. We both burst out laughing which only made her laugh too.
"I feel like we're missing out on something". I looked up to see the Marauders and Frank finally descending the stairs (all in a full state of dress I might add) watching us with a smile on their face.
"Ready when you are" James told us, gesturing towards the portrait. We managed to regain some sort of control of ourselves and slowly made our way out of the common room.
"Where are we even going?" Fiona questioned when we were out in the corridor.
"Well, that would be a secret" James replied with a grin as he moved his hand towards his pocket. I didn't like the way this was going. Sure enough he withdrew his wand.
"And how are we supposed to get there if we don't know where there is?" Fiona continued, not looking at James but gesturing around her.
"You're just going to have to trust us…again" he tacked on as an afterthought. Fiona turned to look at them and only now did I see that they had in fact all got their wands out.
"You are kidding?" Alice asked, looking very wary.
"Oh come on, you trusted us last time" James relied, pouting and pretending to look upset. I chuckled slightly and he looked over and grinned at me.
"Yeah but last time there were more of us so it was safer" Fiona countered, also pouting now.
"Please, take your time. It's not like I was looking like a right weirdo standing there on my own at the top of the stairs with people walking past making – what's with the wands?" Lizzy had come round the corner looking very unimpressed but had then stopped mid-sentence. I guess it must have looked weird with the boys facing us with their wands out.
"Well, you trust us right?" Sirius asked her. Lizzy looked slightly hesitant about answering that question.
"Oh come on. Honestly, we're not going to prank you or anything. You just need to trust us!" James told us, and I could hear the impatience coming through in his voice.
"Fine. Fine!" Fiona said, holding her hands up in retaliation. James moved forwards but Fiona shook her head.
"As if I'm going to trust you" she said with a grin and instead moved over and stood in front of Remus. That was so unfair. Remus was definitely the most trust worthy. She grinned at him and he grinned right back at her. He quickly waved his wand at her and she instantly became blindfolded.
"Come on then" Lizzy said, moving to stand next to me. Sirius and James approached us with grins on their faces, looking very pleased with themselves. The last thing I saw was Sirius and James exchanging a glance and then it all went black.
Not ten minutes later we had finally arrived at our destination. We had been guided carefully along and then they had stopped us after various trips up and down staircases; if people saw us they must have thought we were utterly strange. I heard the boys muttering before a pair of hands landed on my shoulders and guided me in. All of a sudden the blindfold was removed and a wall of light hit me. I squinted a bit, rubbing my eyes before I looked up in utter and complete amazement and shock. I was stood in a front room of a house – not any old house, but a beach house. It was completely white washed with the furniture of a soft blue colour. I turned to my right and saw a huge double door leading out to a balcony. In a trance like state I moved over and hesitated before the door.
"You can open it you know" Sirius's voice sounded next to me. Not looking at him I slowly reached for the handle and took a breath before opening it. A rush of warm air hit me as I stepped out onto the balcony. It was truly something else; I could actually hear the sea and see the sand below the balcony. As I turned round to survey the room from the outside a sudden and unexpected feeling of sadness hit me and my breathing became shallower. I recognised this place. Without seemingly knowing it the Marauders had created a near exact replica of my parents old summer house.
Sirius's POV
I don't know what happened but Ally seemed to go in a state of shock. I had followed her over to the doors and told her she could go outside, expecting her to look happy or excited or anything resembling a good emotion but instead she seemed shaky. On stepping outside and looking around her eyes turned first electric blue and then went to an odd sort of navy colour – the colour they had been after Baker had told us her secret.
"Ally are you okay?" I asked her quietly, stepping towards her. She blinked suddenly and looked surprised that I was there.
"I…yeah…I'm…I'm fine" she said somewhat hesitantly, turning around to look out over the balcony. I wasn't sure whether to pursue it but I went to stand next to her.
"Are you sure?" I asked her again and she shrugged this time.
"Its…this place…I don't know how you did it" she muttered. Upon finishing this bizarre sentence she then looked up at me, her eyes slowly turning back to a chocolate colour. "This place it's just like my parents old summer house" she told me. Shit. Major shit. I ran my fingers through my hair thinking things through. How had this even happened? I had felt a bit…odd when thinking about the place I wanted and she had somehow come through in my thoughts. I thought I had pushed them out but, Merlin, how had this even happened? What was going on? As I looked over at Ally a thought slowly began pushing its way into my mind. A horrible, girly, lame, thought. Maybe this was meant to be.
Ally's POV
I needed to calm down and get in control. It had been three years, nearly four now and I really needed to start getting a better grip of these sort of things. The boys hadn't know anything about this and there was no point spoiling everybody else's evening with my own personal problems. I stood up straight and took a couple of deep breaths, before I looked over at Sirius who was looking at me weirdly.
"I'm really sorry Ally" he said quietly, and I could see in his eyes he truly meant it despite not having anything to do with it.
"It's fine. Really. It's not your fault is it" I told him honestly with a small smile. He returned it but still seemed a bit unsure.
"Honestly. It's been three years now, nearly four. I need to start getting on with things" I told him, my voice going much quieter towards the end.
"Only if you're ready" he said, his voice low and he took one of my hands in his.
"Oi. Love birds. We're doing shots" Fiona yelled at us from inside, making us both jump. I blushed at her remark and quickly moved towards the others.
Lizzy's POV
Merlin. I had drunk a lot. I blinked a couple of times in order to try and see a bit better which just made Ally next to me start laughing. She was really, very drunk. It was actually quite funny. I had never seen her like this and she was great fun when she had a drink in her (not that she wasn't usually fun but drunk was just a whole other level). I can't quite remember how we ended up drinking as much as we had, but as I looked around the room I surveyed a couple of empty Firewhiskey bottles alongside a few empty mead bottles (don't even ask about the mead).
"Lizzy Mews. Your glass is looking far too empty" James said from beside me. I turned my head in the direction of the table trying to locate my glass. "It's in your hand" James laughed and I looked down to see that it was indeed in my hand and it did look rather empty. He didn't take it off of me to pour some in but rather put his hand over mine to steady it. I blushed at the contact, and then wondered why I had blushed. I looked up at him to see him grinning at me and he winked. Again, I felt a faint heat rise in my cheeks and looked suddenly away. On doing so I noticed Ally and Sirius talking and laughing (or as I like to call it, flirting outrageously) and smiled to myself. Fiona and Remus looked deep in conversation, with Fiona nudging him in a very Fiona-flirting kind of way. Luckily, I don't think James had noticed as he had previously been talking to Peter.
"Sirius old chap. Your glass is looking empty" James said, wobbling away from me to go and refill Sirius's glass. I chuckled, and then wondered what I was chuckling at. Oh dear Merlin, I think I was far drunker than I would have liked to be.
"What was all that about?" Ally tried whispering beside me. I looked over at her to see a huge smile on her face.
"What what was about?" I asked her confused, frowning.
"You and James" she said simply. Again I blushed and again I tried thinking why I was blushing. "Oh my gosh you liiiiike him" she said in a sort of sing song voice, much louder than I would have liked.
"Shush he might hear you!" I said, equally as loudly. "And I don't anyway. He likes Lily" I said, trying to get my point across in a somewhat coherent manner.
"Pfff" was all Ally managed to get out, shaking her head. She attempted to get up and promptly fell back down. She muttered under her breath in French and I giggled. As I took a sip of my drink (which I would definitely regret in the morning) I was hit by the most amazing idea.
"I totally have the most amazing idea" I told the room at large. Everybody stopped talking to look at me. I managed to slowly stand up as I proposed it;
"We should definitely play hide and seek". At my suggestion everybody looked enthused and slowly began to stand up.
"Oh I love this game" Alice slurred over from the corner.
"Right we should play only on this floor and the floor below it, that way it's easier for the person finding us" I said, trying to be sensible and figure out the logistics of the game.
"Whatever come on let's go!" Ally moaned, already standing at the door.
"Who's going to be on though?" I asked confused. Had we already sorted that out?
"SHOTGUN NOT" Ally yelled quickly. Everybody followed in quick succession…apart from Peter who looked a bit dumbfounded as he stood there swaying.
"Count to 100!" I shouted back as I started running towards the door. Ally was already gone and so had most of the boys. Frank had to help Alice along who was giggling a lot.
Everybody had long disappeared when I went out so I slowly made my way down the corridor, thinking that Peter would probably start on the second corridor. I looked around but could see no hiding places that would be acceptable and so I stopped and thought.
"Lizzy. Get in here" somebody hissed from my right and before I could turn or say anything somebody had very unceremoniously dragged me into a crack in the wall; one I hadn't previously noticed. I wobbled slightly and a pair of hands steadied me. I squinted up to see James grinning down at me. I suddenly was aware of how close we were and I felt a bit uncomfortable as my mind flashed to Lily.
"I'll go find somewhere else" I said quietly and began to move. However, James grabbed me by the arm which only made me wobble some more.
"Peter will be coming any second, you might as well stay here" he told me, whispering quietly. He pulled me further in which only made us stand ever closer. "Just stay quiet" he said, and we were so close that I could smell the alcohol on his breath. I couldn't help the blush that rapidly hit my cheeks and I looked down to try and sort myself out. This was James Potter. Come on Lizzy. Get yourself together. "Lizzy?" I heard him question. I was starting to feel very lightheaded and the small space we were in was making me feel slightly claustrophobic.
"I don't feel well" I told him and, to my surprise, he laughed.
"That could be because you've had an awful lot to drink" he told me, keeping his voice quiet.
"So have you!" I exclaimed, moving my head too quickly which made everything spin. I put my hand to my head and closed my eyes. However, James slowly pulled my hand away and I squinted as I opened my eyes. He was looking at me weirdly and he slowly began to move closer to me. My heart rate sped up. When he was inches away from me he stopped, and it seemed he was unsure. He looked like he was about to say something but before he could, I closed the distance between us and kissed him.
Allys POV
Running along corridors was going much slower than usual and my head was spinning. I couldn't help but giggle as I started trying to find somewhere to hide.
"Ally get over here" I heard someone tell me. I spun around, a bit too fast, and giggled as everything started spinning again. I attempted to look up and saw Sirius grinning at me (well, I could sort of see two Sirius's). He none too kindly pulled me into a room which I hadn't noticed at all; it had just looked like part of the wall. He stopped pulling me and left me standing there and started walking around the room, touching the walls. I watched him bemused until he seemed to find what he was looking for.
"After you" he said with a grin, pulling open yet another door I hadn't noticed. I steadied myself and just looked at him.
"What on earth?" I asked him and he just chuckled.
"Come on! Pete will be coming soon" was all he replied and I slowly made my way over, cautiously peeking through the door.
"It's a cupboard" I said, looking up at him. He looked like he was about to reply but then all of a sudden he stood stock still and I turned to the direction he was looking at; the movement causing everything to start spinning.
"He's coming" he whispered quietly and sure enough I could hear footsteps coming somewhat cautiously down the corridor. This just made me start laughing as the silliness of the game kicked in.
"Be quiet and get in!" Sirius told me and, quite unceremoniously, he shoved me into the cupboard.
"Ouch!" I exclaimed as I stumbled in and nearly fell over a random bucket. Sirius righted me quickly and then pressed his ear against the door. I attempted to move over to where he was stood but knocked over a mop this time.
"Ally! Stand still!" Sirius told me with a small chuckle. I also put my ear against the door and tried to stand quietly. I listened closely as I heard footsteps out in the corridor where they seemed to suddenly stop. A second later the door of the room opened cautiously and somebody came in. I couldn't help, I really couldn't but the laughter came almost instantly. I put my hand over my mouth to try and stop it which only made me want to laugh more. I looked up to see Sirius just looking at me amused but he stayed where he was and his eyes grew suddenly wide and he very slowly stepped away from the door, dragging me as far back as the cupboard went; which really wasn't very far. This resulted in us standing very close, and having noticed this myself, it seemed that Sirius too noticed it. He shifted a bit in a somewhat awkward manner which just made me feel uncomfortable; it was obvious he didn't want to be here. I moved away from him, going to stand by the door again, trying to be as quiet as I could hear somebody still moving about in the room.
"Ally" I heard him say but I shook my head and avoiding eye contact put my finger on my lips and nodded my head in the direction of the door to indicate that there was still somebody there. I turned away from him and put my ear to the door, the footsteps getting louder the longer I listened. I was so preoccupied that I hadn't noticed Sirius move and when I tried backing away from the door I ended up backing into him. For some reason, my heart rate increased very suddenly and I retreated back to the door but he grabbed hold of me and kept me where I was. Slowly, he turned me round and I found myself staring at his chest. I tried distracting myself by listening for the footsteps which seemed to now be moving away from where we hidden. However, my attention was soon diverted when Sirius very softly traced the line of my jaw before very slowly tilting my head upwards so that I was looking straight at him. He didn't say anything instead he moved his hand to my back and pulled me even closer towards him, so there was no longer any distance between us. He gave me a small crooked smile which I know made me blush and then he started coming closer to me and I caught my breath. He was just inches away from me now when he paused and looked straight at me. I looked straight back and knew exactly what I wanted right at this moment in time; and that's when he closed the remaining distance and kissed me and before I knew what I was doing, I was kissing him back.