Lizzys POV
"As if you have a date tonight?! Why didn't you tell us sooner?!" I exclaimed, surprised that Ally had kept this quiet until now.
"Yeah, where was this information?!" Fiona also exclaimed, whacking Ally on the arm. Ally looked slightly embarrassed and out the corner of my eye I could see the boys looking in our direction.
"Because we only just arranged it, literally just now" she replied quietly, a faint blush on her cheeks.
"Really?" Fiona questioned her, looking sceptical.
"Yes, really!" Ally replied, looking slightly offended by the question.
"Well, what are you doing? Tell us all!" I told her, moving on to the more important subject.
"Just dinner tonight" she told us, unable to stop a small smile spreading across her face.
"What do you mean just dinner?! This is a big deal…for Sirius at least!" Fiona exclaimed. Ally stopped smiling and frowned instead, looking slightly confused which was reflected in her eyes.
"What do you mean?" she asked Fiona and I could see the latter grinning.
"He never takes girls on dates" she informed us. Even I didn't know this.
"Are you serious?" I asked her and she laughed.
"I'm not but he is" she said cheekily, motioning over her shoulder to where the boys were.
"Who is?" came a voice from behind us. We all jumped and as I looked up I could see Edward and Jacob standing there smiling down at us.
"Ally has a date tonight" Fiona burst out at them. I could see Ally blush as Edward and Jacob sat down on the grass next to us.
"Really, who with?" Jacob asked, interest apparent in his voice. They were both looking at Ally who looked slightly uncomfortable with the attention she was getting.
"Sirius" she said quietly, looking up at the two of them with a small smile. Jacob opened his mouth to say something but I saw Edward subtly nudge him and shake his head.
"Well you'll have to let us know how it goes" Edward said quietly with a smile. Ally looked relieved at their response and smiled warmly at them. "Anyway, I think we're going to go to the library for a couple of hours if you want to join us?" he continued, gesturing to himself and Jacob. Ally looked horribly pleased with this question and I could guess why.
"Yeah sure. I'll just grab my stuff and meet you there" she said happily, jumping up at once.
"No way! We need to talk dates!" Fiona whined, pulling at Ally's jeans.
"No, no I have work to do. I'll meet you there in a few" she said and before we could say anything else she had dashed off. Fiona turned to the boys looking very unimpressed.
"I think she's going to be very thankful that you've saved her" I told them with a grin. They both laughed and Edward shrugged.
"We'll get her back to you in a bit" he said with a smile as they both began to get up.
"You better" Fiona said warningly.
"See you two later" Jacob said and with one last smile they made their way towards the castle.
"Was I too full on?" Fiona asked once they gone far enough way, looking a little uneasy. I laughed but nodded my head nonetheless.
"Honestly? Yes. You know how quiet and reserved Ally can be" I told her an she sighed.
"I'll try and rein it in a bit. I'm just excited for them!" she said, unable to keep the excitement out of her voice. Well this would be interesting.
The day passed by pretty quickly; Ally had disappeared back to the library after lunch this time with Will. I watched Sirius carefully as she disappeared with him but he merely smirked, leaving me wondering what had caused that reaction. However, I didn't get a chance to find out as the boys had disappeared after lunch which left me, Fiona and Lily. We strolled leisurely around the castle for a while, chatting idly when we passed the library to see Ally emerging.
"Oh, hello stranger" I called out to her, turning to see her turn round with a sheepish smile on her face.
"Hi guys" she greeted us, stopping for us to catch up with her.
"Good day?" Lily asked her. Ally nodded, smiling away.
"Managed to get through a lot so it's been productive" she said happily.
"Where you off to now then?" Fiona asked, a glimmer of a smirk evident on her face. She knew exactly what she was doing. I sighed and watched as Ally blushed furiously.
"I was just, er, going back to the common room" she said evasively.
"Any reason in particular?" Fiona persisted.
"Fiona" I said warningly. Fiona laughed and held her hands up.
"Sorry, Ally" she said, a small smile on her face.
"I am definitely missing something" Lily said, looking very confused. I said nothing and nudged Fiona to ensure she didn't say anything. There was a small silence where Lily looked at each of us in turn. It wasn't our place to say so I waited to see what Ally would come up with.
"Well…um…earlier, Sirius sort of…well, he asked me out…on a date" she managed to get out in the end. Lily looked shocked, her mouth open.
"You off to get ready then?" I asked her, trying to avoid Lily rambling on in a shocked manner about Sirius and his state of affairs. Ally, however looked confused.
"I was just going to read for a bit" she said with a shrug, still looking slightly confused at the fact that we thought she would be getting ready. Fiona made an exasperated sound.
"As if" Fiona said, marching forward and taking Ally's arm.
"Come on girls, we have work to do" she called after her. Oh dear, I'm not sure how Ally would feel about this.
James' POV
"So, what are you doing? You haven't even told us" I asked Padfoot as he got ready for his big date.
"Dinner" was all he said as he disappeared into the bathroom.
"You going to give us any more than that?" Remus asked him with a grin. However, Sirius either didn't hear him or ignored him as we heard him rummaging around in the bathroom.
"Reckon he's nervous?" I asked Remus quietly, seeing him grin even wider.
"Of course. He's liked her for ages" he said with a chuckle. Sirius came back in the room, now throwing things out of his trunk.
"What you looking for?" I asked him casually, not wanting to put him on edge.
"Red check" he said simply.
"You've just chucked it out" I said to him and watch him stop, looking confused. He looked over at me and I pointed a couple of feet behind him. He chuckled lightly,
"Thanks mate. Don't know what's wrong with me" he said, chucking it swiftly on, shaking his head.
"It will be fine. You've both liked each other for ages – just act like you normally would. That's the key" Remus said knowledgeably. Sirius nodded along before looking at his watch.
"I'd better go. I'll see you later" he said, straightening his shirt a bit before giving us a somewhat nervous grin.
"Good luck" Remus told him with a reassuring smile.
"Yeah good luck" I repeated, unable to help grinning at him as he looked quite nervous. "You better tell us about it" I warned him and he chuckled.
"Sure I will. Try not to miss me too much" he said with a grin before he disappeared out the door.
Ally's POV
"You look great!" Fiona exclaimed as I looked at myself in the mirror.
"Honestly Ally, you really do" Lizzy chipped in. I wasn't so sure. The girls had taken ages helping me pick out something to wear and then sorting out my hair. I had never been on a date before and I had no idea what to expect or what was expected of me. Working in the library all day had allowed me to put my nerves at bay but now they had returned full blast.
"It'll be fine Al. Seriously, if I know Sirius it will be really fun and you won't have a chance to feel nervous" I heard Fiona say softly. I turned to look at her to see her smiling reassuringly at me.
"Anyway, you need to get going" Lizzy told me, looking down at her watch, "It's just gone seven and I'm sure he'll be waiting for you" she said with a smile. I said nothing but took a deep breath and walked over to the door.
"Promise you'll tell us all about it?" Fiona asked me. I turned to give her a smile,
"Sure I will" I promised her.
"Have a great time!" Lizzy exclaimed, looking far too happy about this.
"Good luck Ally, have a great time" Lily said quietly. I turned to look at her to see a smile on her face and I knew she genuinely meant it, despite her aversion to the Marauders. Seeing this, gave me a bit more confidence and with one last smile I left the room. I started making my way down the stairs but stopped about half way, the nerves catching up with me again.
"Alright scaredy cat?" came a slightly mocking voice from behind me. I turned to see James standing there with a grin on his face. "I thought you two would have gone by now so I assumed I would be allowed to go and scavenge some food" he said cheekily. I rolled my eyes but said nothing and he came and stood next to me. "Nervous huh?" he asked me quietly. I nodded my head and smiled up at him.
"He's nervous as well you know" he told me.
"Seriously?" I asked him doubtfully. I mean, this was Sirius Black after all. James chuckled as if he had read my mind.
"Seriously" he told me. "Now come on. You look great, get down the stairs and go and see him" James continued, giving me a playful nudge.
"Alright, alright!" I exclaimed and he laughed.
"Have fun" I heard him say as I continued down the stairs. I hesitated again as I was just about to go round the corner to the common room. I took a deep breath, closed my eyes for a second and then continued. I saw him standing just a few feet away from the stairs and he looked up as he heard my footsteps.
"Hi" I said quietly, going over to where he was stood. He smiled his crooked smile which made me instantly feel a bit more at ease
"Hi. You look…you look amazing" he managed to get out, making me blush. "Shall we make a move?" he asked, gesturing towards the door. I nodded and he stretched out his arm, indicating for me to go first. I walked quicker than I normally would have done out of the portrait and waited for him to appear him in the corridor.
"Sirius?" I questioned, thinking properly about our date.
"Yup?" he replied, now indicating which way we were walking as I fell into step beside him.
"Where are we actually going?" I asked him curiously. He laughed and I saw a mischievous glint in his eye.
"You'll find out soon won't you" he said cheekily, looking over at me with a grin. I smiled and shook my head.
We finally seemed to slow down and Sirius stopped at the end of a corridor and looked around.
"Wait here for one minute" he said to me happily before disappearing round the corridor. I didn't get a chance to say anything so stood there, anxiously pulling at my dress. However, before I had a chance to even wonder where he had gone he was back, holding out his hand. I hesitated slightly before I took it, which made him smile.
"It's just…here" he said, and out of nowhere a door seemed to appear out of nowhere, just where we were now standing. "After you" he said happily, dropping my hand and opening the door for me to go through. I stepped through and felt the shock course through my body. I heard Sirius enter behind me and as I turned to see him I heard him chuckle.
"I'll take the bright blue as a compliment" he said cockily, moving further in. I stayed where I was and took a proper look around. It was incredible; right in the middle was a huge, burning fire sending flickering light around the room. There was a wonderful, oak table with ornate chairs set around it. Around the room were large windows, spanning most of the length of the walls where, through them you could see the stars shining quite clearly, adding yet more light to the room. The whole effect was incredible and I started to wonder why this room was not used more often by the pupils and staff. I looked over to see Sirius watching me with a small smile on his face. He was stood with a chair pulled out and I assumed he was waiting for me. I blushed slightly at my own distraction and moved over to take a seat.
"Thank you" I said to him quietly as he moved to take a seat himself.
"First course, mushroom soup" he said, removing the lids of the dishes closest to us. I looked slightly amused at him and he looked questioningly back.
"How did you know?" I asked him with a smile, as he motioned for me to start eating.
"Know what?" he replied, although there was a ghost of a grin on his face.
"That mushroom soup is my favourite" I replied and he chuckled.
"Honestly?" he asked me and I nodded as I took a few mouthfuls of soup which was absolutely incredible.
"I sort of spoke to de Piesto…I mean Luke" he told me, quickly trying to skate over the surname bit. I literally stopped eating.
"You actually spoke to him?" I asked him, slightly shocked by the revelation; most of the boys seemed pretty intimidated by him whenever he had been around. He laughed at my reaction and nodded.
"I just wanted to make it a good date" he said quietly, his crooked smile back. He had actually done that for me? It was in that moment that it hit me; my feelings for Sirius ran deeper than I had originally thought.
Dinner with Sirius was going really well. We chatted away about anything and everything and it was really easy to talk to him. It was sort of just like a normal night except it was just me and him…and seemingly all my favourite food. For our main course we had had paella which I would never have seen coming. I needed to remember to thank Luke later for being so nice – he could have his moments. Sirius then proceeded to produce desert which I think he knew without having to ask was chocolate fudge cake. I have no idea how I had fit it all in but Sirius seemed impressed. We had remained sat at the table after we had finished eating and just chatted away. Occasionally Sirius would go over to the fire and put on another log to keep it going. We had lapsed into a comfortable silence, both sat watching the fire. I thought over the evening and smiled to myself; I had really enjoyed it and I was happy at how easy it had been to talk to him. I could imagine the girls staying up and waiting for me to get back to tell them all about it. I could also imagine that if Sirius had gone to Luke about this then Luke most definitely would have written to Max and he would have told Sienna. This meant that I would probably have a letter in the post at some point – especially if I didn't get one out within the next few days. I wondered if they would have then told Sarah and Phil and how they would have reacted…which then led me onto thinking about my parents. I gave my head a small shake as I refused to let myself go down that path tonight – especially when I was having such a good time.
"Ally?" I heard Sirius calling me, pulling me from my musings. I turned to see him watching me.
"Yes?" I responded, giving him a small smile by way of apology for completely zoning out.
"Have you had a good night?" he asked me quietly, and almost slightly shyly.
"I've had a really good night" I told him honestly, watching his face break out into a smile.
"Do you want to, maybe have another date. You know, not right now obviously but like in a week or something?" he asked me, fidgeting with his hands and still looking slightly nervous. I found it odd that he would be nervous, especially after what everybody had been saying and what I had heard.
"I'd really like that" I told him, and again his crooked smile appeared. He seemed very happy with this as he looked down at his watch. However, his smile was then replaced with a frown.
"Crap. We're going to have to go if we don't want to be caught for being out of bounds" he said, jumping out of his seat. I didn't realise it was that late; the time had flown by. I made my way to stand up as Sirius muttered a quick spell to extinguish the fire.
"I didn't think the Marauders ever got caught" I said with a grin as I waited for him. He chuckled lightly as he turned to me,
"It's more for your benefit" he said with a grin on his face. I rolled my eyes as he moved towards the door, holding it open for me. "After you" he motioned with a smile. I took one last look around the room before I slipped through the door and into the slightly colder corridor. I shivered slightly as the air rushed over me and felt Sirius come and stand quite close to me. I looked up at him but he didn't say anything, instead he looked down. Following his gaze I saw his hand outstretched next to mine. I looked back up at him to see him smiling his crooked smile as I slipped my hand into his. We walked in silence for a while, hand in hand down the corridors.
"Reckon they're all sat up waiting?" Sirius asked me, breaking the silence. I chuckled as I could picture the scene quite easily in my head.
"Knowing Fiona? Probably" I told him and I could hear him laugh.
"I know she wasn't very happy when you disappeared to the library for pretty much the whole day" he informed me and again, I laughed.
"You know what she's like" I told him with a small shrug. "She just gets far too excited about things" I said, thinking about the many occasions she had gotten excited about something or another.
"You're telling me" Sirius said laughing. "You should have seen her over the build up to New Years. She was round every day asking us about dresses. I mean, seriously. Why on earth would you ask me and James?!" he exclaimed and I laughed as I could see it quite clearly.
"What did you say when she asked you?" I asked him, intrigued. This made him laugh.
"We started off being nice, honestly…and then we got bored and kept winding her up by telling her how truly awful she looked in everything" he said, unable to stop grinning at the memory. I whacked him on the arm lightly.
"You're so mean" I told him but he just shrugged.
"Who was she trying to impress anyway?" he asked, looking at me with interest. I hesitated slightly. That was a good question. After everything that had happened that drunken night I was beginning to think it may have been Remus….
"No idea. I just thought that was normal Fiona behaviour" I told him, avoiding eye contact slightly as I knew I was lying ever so slightly. Sirius didn't seem to notice as again he laughed.
"I guess you're right there" he replied. I hadn't noticed until now that we were only a couple of corridors away from the common room. We were nearly there when Sirius froze and pulled me to a stop. I saw him frown and look around the hallway, until his face broke out into a grin. I opened my mouth to say something but Sirius shook his head.
"This is James' favourite spot" he whispered quietly to me. I was thoroughly nonplussed until he beckoned me over to a classroom with the door slightly ajar. I watched his face break out into a massive grin before he moved to allow me to see. I couldn't help my eyes widening in complete surprise. Stood there, kissing each other like it was going out of fashion were James and Lizzy. I moved away to see Sirius trying desperately to hold in his laughter. I shook my head at him, although I was unable to keep the grin off my face. He moved over to take my hand before he led me away towards the common room. It wasn't until we were a fair distance away that he burst out laughing.
"That is priceless" he said through his laughter. "One minute he's acting like the world is ended because he kissed Lizzy and now he's back doing exactly that" he told me, still laughing. I shook my head at the thought of how Lizzy would be tomorrow. I wondered if she would even tell me…Well, I'd get it out of her somehow I'm sure. We were now nearly at the portrait and I wondered if they really would be up and waiting. However, I didn't get much of a chance to think about this until I felt myself being pulled to a stop once again. I turned to see Sirius looking slightly nervous again as he shuffled his feet slightly.
"I had a really good time tonight" he told me, looking at me, his grey eyes seemingly swirling with a mixture of emotion. I could feel his nervousness seep towards me as my heart started speeding up.
"Me too" I told him honestly, only managing a short sentence.
"We'll do it again sometime?" he questioned, looking at me with his trademark smile.
"I'd really like that" I told him, smiling back at him. He seemed to think about something for a moment before he moved so that he was standing directly in front of me. My breath caught as he looked down at me. He moved closer and bent down slightly. Before I had a chance to think I felt him kiss me, right on the corner of my mouth. He then backed away slightly, still smiling. My skin tingled slightly where he kissed me and I was left feeling slightly surprised at the seeming sincerity of it and the way it left me feeling. He said nothing to me but instead he pulled me in the direction of the portrait, our hands still entwined.
"After you" he said after stating the password. He let go of my hand as I made my way through the portrait and into the surprisingly empty common room. I heard Sirius follow me in and stand very close behind me.
"Where is everybody?" I heard him say quietly. There were only a couple of people floating about and they looked like they were only first or second years. All of a sudden I heard Sirius hit himself on the head. I whirled round to see just how close he was. I blushed but luckily he didn't seem to notice.
"Of course. Ravenclaw party. How could I forget?" he questioned to himself.
"Fancy going to a party?" he continued, now looking down at me with a grin. I smiled back at him,
"Sounds good to me" I told him but then hesitated. "What about 'being caught out of bounds?'" I asked him, mimicking what he had said earlier.
"Are you saying you don't want to go?" he asked me cheekily. I laughed and took hold of his hand, pulling him out of the common room.
The party was in full swing when we arrived. People paid absolutely no attention to the fact that we had arrived hand in hand and we slowly made our way through the crowds, keeping an eye out for our friends.
"Looks like I won't even need to ask how the date went" came a voice from behind us. I jumped slightly as I turned to see Fiona and Mandy standing there both wearing very large grins. I rolled my eyes but couldn't help the smile that appeared on my face.
"I'll leave you to it" Sirius said, sending me a wink before disappearing very quickly. As if he just left me to deal with this?!
"Come on. Tell us all!" Fiona said, dragging me over to a few spare seats.
"Why don't we do this when we can properly hear each other?" I asked her, having to raise my voice to be heard over the music. Mandy nodded, and Fiona seemed sceptical at first until Mandy nudged her and gave her an exasperated look.
"Alright, alright! Tomorrow then" she said, giving me a big smile.
"Tomorrow" I promised her. After this, they both dragged me over to get a drink where Mandy was quickly hailed by some of her fellow Ravenclaws which left me with Fiona.
"You look like you're dressed to try and catch somebody's attention" I told her, taking note of her figure hugging outfit. "Anybody in particular?" I asked her with a grin. She looked hesitant and avoided my eye as she shook her head.
"Not a certain Marauder?" I asked her, trying to be casual about it. I saw her sigh and cast a glance in said Marauders direction where he was stood with Sirius and Frank.
"I don't know…" Fiona said before slapping a hand over her mouth as she heard what she just said.
"Which means that you might possibly be trying to catch his attention!" I exclaimed happily. Sometimes it was a good thing that Fiona spoke before she thought.
"No! Yes! I don't know!" Fiona responded, seemingly very confused. She sighed as she looked over in that direction.
"Alright girls?" a voice interrupted our conversation. I looked round to see Callum stood there, making no attempts to hide how he was currently eyeing Fiona up.
"Hi Callum" Fiona said brightly, her eyes moving away from Remus.
"Fancy a dance?" he asked her. She hesitated for a moment before plastering a somewhat seductive smile on her face.
"Sure" she said, taking his hand and leading him on to the dance floor. Wait. What?! I was utterly confused.
"What's going on there?" I heard Sirius ask me. Looking round I could see that he had joined me now that I was stood on my own.
"In all honesty I'm completely baffled" I told him and he laughed slightly, although it didn't seem to reach his eyes. "What's wrong with her dancing with Callum anyway?" I asked him curiously, wondering why it was such a problem…unless Remus had said something…?
"No, nothing" he said quickly, shaking his head. "Lizzy not appeared yet?" he asked me with a smirk. I shook my head, unable to stop the smile that appeared.
"Reckon James will tell you where he's been?" I asked him and he laughed.
"He better!" he exclaimed, a grin still on his face. "Reckon Lizzy will tell you?" he asked me in return. I shrugged before replying,
"She told me last time because she was unable to keep it a secret. Who knows this time" I responded and he seemed to weigh up my words.
"Anyway. Seeing as we are sort of still be on a date, I think you owe me a dance" he told me with a smile, holding out his hand. I blushed a little at his words but accepted his hand and allowed him to lead me onto the dance floor. When we were there Sirius spun me with a small chuckle before his other hand found its way round my waist. My breath caught slightly at the action and I looked up at him to see him look quite happy at my reaction that he had obviously heard. I heard a slight commotion from behind me and watched as his eyes flickered over my head when I heard a small growl erupt. I spun round quickly to see Fiona and Callum dancing in what I could only describe as completely inappropriate for public viewing.
"Sirius, leave it" I said to him quietly. He however, didn't seem to take any notice and the growl got louder.
"Are you going to ruin our date?" I asked him, my voice still quiet. He seemed to take a bit more note of what I had said this time. He looked down at me, still looking very unimpressed. "Leave her to it. You can't control what she does…or who she does it with" I tacked on as an after thought.
"If James were here he would go mental" he said the growl still very much apparent in his voice.
"You know she'll go mental if you go over there" I tried to reason with him but he shook his head.
"It's for her own good" he growled. I rolled my eyes.
"Honestly Sirius. You can't decide that for her" I told him and his eyes snapped down to mine. He held eye contact for a while before sighing and giving my hand a gentle squeeze.
"I know. Sorry, it's just…well she's pretty much my family isn't she?" he said quietly. I squeezed his hand back and he looked at me.
"I know how that feels" I told him and he smiled sadly at me. I attempted a smile back which only made him stop smiling. His eyes felt like they were boring into mine and I found myself unable to look away. He pulled me closer to him so that we were standing as close to each other as was physically possible. My breathing became shallower as he moved a hand to push some hair away from my face, his hand once again coming into contact with my scar. However, he didn't say anything as he tilted my chin ever so slightly and before I knew it he was kissing me and before I knew what I was doing I was kissing him back. It was a kiss filled with some sort of unsaid emotion and the intensity of it surprised me. However, it was soon over and I was left slightly disappointed. I think this showed as Sirius chuckled slightly, and I looked up to see him smiling his usual smile.
"Didn't want to make too much of a show in so public a space" he told me quietly and I blushed as I remembered just where we were. "Aha" he said abruptly and I looked up to see him looking behind me. "They've returned. Fancy having some fun?" he asked me with a cheeky smile. My heart was still racing so I settled with a nod and smile which for some reason made him chuckle. He took hold of my hand and led me off the dance floor where James and Lizzy were both stood, a couple of feet apart, trying to look casual.
"Good evening" said Sirius happily, a massive grin on his face. They both jumped at being addressed and immediately put smiles on their faces.
"Evening you two look like you've had a good date" Lizzy said very quickly, not taking a breath between words.
"It was brilliant, thank you Lizzy" said Sirius, still sounding ridiculously happy.
"Ally do you want to get a drink? Great" Lizzy said, again very quickly and without waiting for any sort of response she grabbed my arm and pulled me away. I turned round to see Sirius give me a wink before turning his attention to a very ruffled James.
"Woah, what's up?" I asked her when she finally stopped. She looked very flustered and kept nervously biting her lip.
"Nothing, nothing just fancied a drink" she said, the words spilling quickly out of her mouth. I grabbed her arm which made her look at me.
"Lizzy. What's up?" I asked her again, genuinely slightly concerned about her. This must have shown in my eyes as she stopped and took a deep breath. She looked around the room as she run a hand through her hair (it did look pretty ruffled).
"Nothing, I'm fine" she said, in a much more calm voice.
"Lizzy, you were acting like a right weirdo before…more than usual that is" I said, trying to lighten her mood. I knew exactly why she was being like this and it was the reaction that I had feared, however I didn't say anything. She gave a half hearted smile before looking at me.
"James" was all she managed to get out.
"James…" I repeated, indicating for her to carry on. She took a deep breath and looked at me straight in the eye.
"We kissed…again" she told me. I know that I probably shouldn't have but I couldn't help the grin that appeared on my face.
"And how, pray tell, did that happen?" I asked her, genuinely intrigued. She looked around and took a seat on one of the armchairs behind where we were standing and I sat down on one next to her.
"Oh Ally. One minute there was a whole load of us just talking and then it was just me and James and I'm not sure what came over me. I found myself flirting with him and it seemed like he was flirting back. And then somebody bumped into him and it pushed us close together and then next thing I know he's leading me out of the party and into a classroom and…yeah" she summed up. She looked deflated but I didn't quite understand why.
"What's the problem? You're both single" I told her gently. She thought about it for a moment before she seemed to straighten up a bit.
"I guess there's some truth in that" she replied, and I could see her thinking things over. She gazed off into the distance and I turned my attention to where Sirius and James were talking. The former caught my eye and very subtly made a thumbs up/thumbs down gesture. Knowing immediately what he was talking about I gave an equally subtle thumbs up sign. He grinned, sent me a wink and then turned his attention back to James.
"Oh my gosh. Please tell me you've seen how Fiona is dancing with Callum?!" came Alice's voice, floating over towards us. This was enough to snap Lizzy out of her gaze. Alice looked at me and I nodded reluctantly as Lizzy looked confused. Alice jerked her head behind her and Lizzy made a move to go and see what Alice was talking about.
"Good date?" Alice asked me, a small smile on her face. I nodded and replied with a smile and her smile widened.
"Promise to tell me all about it tomorrow?" she asked me, seeming somewhat hesitant.
"Sure I will" I told her reassuringly and she seemed to brighten a bit at this.
"OH MY GOSH. WHAT THE HELL?!" came Lizzy's yell of exclamation. I looked over to see her wide eyed looking very shocked.
"I literally have no idea!" Alice replied, also seeming to be quite shocked as she kept looking over in that general direction.
"I think it might have something to do with Remus" I said quietly, thinking things over. Both girls looked at me quizzically when I said this. "I was talking to her earlier, asking her if she was dressed to get somebody's attention. Then I sort of asked her whether she was looking to impress a certain Marauder and she sounded confused saying she didn't know" I whittled off quickly. "And then, Callum came over, eyes all over her asking her if she wanted to dance and she smiled… well seductively I guess and disappeared with him. Next thing I know that's happening" I rounded off pointing in their general direction.
"Oh my gosh. Fiona! She's obviously doing this to get Remus' attention" Lizzy said quietly, eyes flicking between the two of them.
"This has to be the worst idea she's ever had" Alice said exactly what I was thinking. "This isn't going to make Remus jealous – it's just going to completely dishearten him" she continued and I couldn't help but agree.
"Reckon we should intervene?" Lizzy asked as the pair of them made their way off of the dance floor. I wasn't sure but Alice seemed to agree with Lizzy.
"Definitely" she said and the pair of them sprang up. I followed them slowly to see that they had both gone over and were happily chatting away to Fiona, putting themselves between her and Callum. I looked over and saw that this had caught the attention of James and Sirius and the pair of them made their way over. They got there before me and their arrival seemed to completely deter Callum and he didn't stick around too long.
"What was going on there?!" I heard Lizzy exclaim as I finally reached the group.
"Yes Fiona. What exactly was going on there" Sirius asked her as well. Fiona simply rolled her eyes,
"Just having a bit of fun" she replied nonchalantly.
"A bit of fun?! Are you serious?!" James joined in, looking thoroughly unimpressed.
"Yes. I am allowed to have some fun" Fiona replied, avoiding eye contact and instead scanning the crowd. We lapsed into silence for a while; Sirius and James were still staring at Fiona as was Alice. Lizzy however seemed to be very preoccupied.
"I think I'm going to call it a night" she said after a minute or so. I looked over at her with a frown but she ever so slightly shook her head. "I'll see you guys in the morning" she continued and with a quick smile she was gone. Alice looked over at me questioningly but I just shrugged my shoulders.
"I think I'm going to call it a night as well" I told them all. I was slightly worried about both Lizzy and Fiona and felt like we needed to have some chats tomorrow about stuff.
"Yeah me too" Alice said, nodding and looking at Fiona with concern still very much readable in her expression.
"We'll walk you" Sirius said, and I looked over to see a small smile on his face.
"Come on then Fi" Alice said, nudging her slightly. Fiona sighed before nodding and she slowly led the way out of the Ravenclaw common room.
It was a quiet walk back with the boys constantly checking the corridors for any signs of the teachers. However, we made it back safely and the girls disappeared quickly up the stairs.
"Ally?" Sirius questioned as I was about to follow them. I saw James roll his eyes but he was smiling.
"Night you two" he said as he moved past us and up the staircase. Sirius moved over to where I was standing.
"You really do look beautiful tonight you know" he said quietly, the crooked smile back. His words had their desired effect and I blushed deeply, avoiding eye contact with him. However, I felt his hand run along the length of my cheek and I slowly lifted my head up. He bent down slightly and gave me a soft, quick kiss on the lips.
"Good night" he said, his voice husky. I smiled up at him.
"Night Sirius. Thank you again for tonight, I've really enjoyed it" I told him, seeing his smile widen. And with that I made my way up the staircase and off to bed, feeling ridiculously happy.
