Year three came around with no change. Adrienna was still angry with him, and he wasn't really surprised. Even so he still held on to the minuscule speck of hope that they'd be friends some day. Winter had come with a cold, blustery vengeance, so unexpected and sudden that the Hogwarts house-elves were still rushing around to ensure there was plenty of firewood for each common room and class room. One day while he and James were outside throwing snowballs at each other, Adrienna began shrieking in terror. They looked in her direction in time to see her wand clatter to the ground as she sped down an exceptionally icy path heading straight for the lake, which hadn't quite frozen over.

"Shit! James, call for help! I'm going after her," Sirius said, tucking his wand in his waist as he went down headfirst after her, knowing that he could easily go off-track and break his neck. In spite of his efforts, she still went into the lake after going off a snow drift that made for the perfect makeshift ramp, sinking swiftly out of sight. He dove into the water, clamping his mouth shut tightly to prevent himself from inhaling water. He pulled out his wand as he swam toward her and cast the Bubble Charm around his head so he could breathe. He reached Adrienna just as she blacked out, releasing the remaining air in her lungs. He quickly cast the same charm around her head before grabbing on to her and heading back for the surface. They broke through the thin layer of ice that had built up just as Dumbledore and Hagrid reached the lakeside. Hagrid threw them a rope, which Sirius grabbed onto with one hand, passing his wand to the same hand that was wrapped around Adrienna, and pulled them ashore. Sirius shivered violently, in spite of his best efforts to hold still. Several students arrived at the lakeside to see what the fuss was about. He pointed his wand at her and through completely numb lips said, "Anapneo." Almost immediately a spray of water erupted from her mouth, negating the bubble charm as she coughed back to consciousness. Before either of them had time to really speak, they were both whisked off to Madame Pomfrey for a check over.

She tutted over the shivering pair. "A change of clothes, a nice hot meal, then a stay overnight will set you both right. Yes, I do believe that's all you need," she said, bustling around. "What caused this?"

"A Slytherin boy pushed me and I slipped down a path toward the lake," Adrienna stammered. She disappeared into a curtained off bed as she changed out of her sopping robes and into a warm pair of pajamas.

Sirius took the opportunity to say his involvement. "When I heard her screaming I looked and saw her whiz by me while I was out chucking snowballs with James Potter. Her wand had fallen out of her hand and lodged into a snowbank so I told James to get help and dove after her," he said before another shiver made Madame Pomfrey point him to a separate curtained bed. He flashed a quick smile before nipping off to change himself.

After a nice hot bowl of soup, coupled with deliciously steamy hot chocolate, Sirius couldn't shake the uneasy feeling that Adrienna was staring at him. He looked up and found that, indeed, she was. Not knowing what to say or do, he flashed her a quick smile and lay down to rest. He heard movement not long after he had closed his eyes and opened them to see Adrienna sitting on the neighboring bed. He sat up, and they stared at each other for a while.

"Why did you dive after me? I've given you no reason to want to save me," she said.

"It's the right thing to do," Sirius said. "You couldn't have saved yourself, and you'd have drowned if I hadn't gone down after you." He slowly turned and looked down at his shins, just in front of him, but not quite straight down. He was sitting with his legs fully covered and bent slightly so he had a stable base.

"Thank you," she said after a while.

"Might not be the best time, but, you wanna go on a date at Hogsmeade?" he said not long after.

"W-what?" Half of her face contracted, exposing teeth in surprise, while the other half remained neutral.

"Sorry. Just thought I'd try to lighten the mood," he said. "I, uh, I'll let you be. I...I'm gonna lay down and get some sleep." She got up and returned to her bed. Once she had lay down he rolled over and tried to sleep, silently berating himself for his brainless inquiry.