"Hey, Black?" Tasha asked Sirius, as they walked happily towards the Gryffindor common room, hand in hand.

"Hmmm? And what's with my last name?" Sirius asked.

"It's rather habitual for me to say surnames," Tasha answered sheepishly, "Anyway, where you taking me?"

"Hogsmeade," Sirius said nonchalantly. Tasha rolled her eyes.

"So I had figured," She said, "However, where at in Hogsmeade?"

"Mmm. I was thinking maybe that club. Never could remember the name," Sirius said, not completely paying attention to what he said. Tasha noticed his sudden day-dreamish tone, unlike how he had just been only paying attention to her, and kept silent until he spoke again. It wasn't until they arrived at the portrait of the fat lady.

"Password?"

"Quaffle," Sirius responded, and then turned to Tasha when they had entered. "Wear muggle clothing, however, wear a robe over that,"

"Yes, sir," she responded, slightly smiling. They parted, each going to their own dorm. Tasha sighed, and went to look through her clothing. Katrina and Allie had already left, so there was no one to help her choose an outfit. She sighed again, and began taking out likely shirts. She chose a black halter-top that showed her stomach and had a heart cut out at the top. She then went through her pants. She finally settled on a pair of slightly tight, leatherish looking ones. She grabbed her boots, and headed to the bathroom to change. She let her black curls hang loosely, and she decided not to wear her glasses. She only needed them in class. She pulled her robe on and went downstairs, and saw Sirius there.

"Sorry if I took a long," She said uncertainly. Sirius smiled, looking down at her.

"No, no. Most girls I take out take about fifteen minutes," he said, "You took about five,"

She gave him a smile, and he took her hand. "You know, I should probably steal that invisibility cloak," he pondered aloud.

"No fun in that," She told him, and began leading him out of the room. They made their way in silence as the sneaked into Hogsmeade.

They were having much fun. Sirius had been startled at her clothing, as well as how close she danced to him. She seemed to be having a good time, and they were currently sitting at a table, across form each other.

She's so pretty. And smart. And she can be funny. She's never yelled at us for our pranks. Sirius thought, while smiling at her as she drank her butterbeer. Dear god I don't want to bring her home. She's a mudblood. Meep! Wait a minute! She's a muggle-born. A m-u-g-g-l-e b-o-r-n! Blasted parents. I'm starting to talk like them. Damn it. I'm not even living with them anymore. Why can't I be eighteen, instead of still sixteen? They've already told me I have to bring her over. I don't get it. I ran away, I live with the Potters, and still I have to come back for a damn two weeks - and bring my MUGGLE-BORN girlfriend? Maybe I'll be lucky and they'll forget. I could tell them I dumped her. . Don't be stupid, Black, they're not going to fall for that.

"What's wrong, Sirius?" Tasha said, looking at him concerned, her head slightly tilted as she noticed a look of uncertainty cross his face.

"Hm? Oh, I'm fine. I just got caught up in my thoughts." Sirius gave her a charming grin.

"Okay," Tasha said smiling, "Anything important?"

"Nope," Sirius said playfully, getting out of his chair, slipping his arms around her waist as he pulled her up, "Only how I thought how beautiful you are compared to an other girl in the world,"

"Riiiight," Tasha chuckled, and gave him a gentle kiss.

"C'mon, lets get back to Hogwarts and it's getting late. We skipped dinner and Minnie's bound to come lookin' for us,"

"Alright," they pulled their robes on and made their way wordlessly back to the school.

"Hey, Natasha." Sirius's voice was uncertain as they sat down in the common.

"Hmm?" She smiled at him.

"I have a bit of a problem," Sirius looked at her, his features showed that he was worried.

"What's that?" Tasha asked, taken aback by his sudden change of attitude.

Sirius looked at her for the longest moment. Her curls were falling slightly in front of her face, and her eyes held extraordinary worry. He smiled faintly, and pushed her hair back. He leaned over towards her and lightly kissed her. She still looked at him with concern. He sighed, slightly, and began his story of his family.

"And they ordered me to, quote, "Bring the mudblood over when you're staying. Even if you're not living with us, I'd like to meet the girl,'. May I add they said this looking slightly disturbed," He ended his tale. In response, she smiled. He raised an eyebrow, and continued speaking.

"So. I'm suppose to ask you to come over," He said, "And if you say no, well, they'll probably come and get you, anyway."

She chuckled. "Alright. I'll come. I'll have to check with my parents," she looked at him with a smile, and snuggled up to him.

"You'll here mudblood directed at you, quite a lot," He told her quietly, resting his chin on the top of her head.

"That's okay. It's never bothered me," She responded.

"What if I called you it?" Sirius asked innocently.

"Go right ahead," She yawned.

"I could call you a mudblood, even though we're dating, and you wouldn't get ticked off?" He asked her, startled.

"Uh-huh,"

"What if you were dating Malfoy and he called you it?" Sirius asked.

"That's a different story,"

"How so?" Sirius asked.

"Malfoy would probably mean it. I'm quite certain that you wouldn't,"

"Oh," Sirius blinked.

"Wait a minute- why the hell would I be going out with Malfoy? He hates me!" Natasha gave him an odd look. .
"Just an example," Sirius grinned, and then pulled her chin up so he could see her face, "You sure are real pretty,"

"You sure can be a suck-up," She smirked.

"I'm not. I'm simply telling the truth," he smiled at her before kissing her. After he broke it, she nestled back up to him, and quickly fell into a peaceful slumber.

"My little mudblood, eh?" He murmured quietly to himself.

***

Katrina smiled to herself, as she lay comfortably in Remus's arms. This was wonderful. She finally had the guy she had liked since first year. He was smart, he was cute, he was caring, and he was funny. He has some flaws, such as being self-conscious about being a werewolf, but Katrina always overlooked them. She knew he turned into a full-fledged monster once a month, but she didn't care. Of course, he didn't know she knew.

"Katrina?" Remus asked.

"Hmm?" was his response.

"Would you like to go inside? It's getting kind of chilly," He told her, benevolence in his voice.

"No- Lets stay here. We have our wands with us. We can cast a warming charm if need be," Katrina murmured, pulling herself closer.

"Alright," He smiled, and gently stroked her hair.

Katrina smiled. She had loved the date. They had snuck out to Hogsmeade and he had bought her dinner, and then they had a butterbeer. They had discussed many topics. They had talked about school, family, friends, and even the careers they hoped to pursue. She had wanted to be an Unspeakable, working in the Department of Mysteries, and he had thought of maybe teaching at Hogwarts of something.

"This is nice," Katrina murmured.

"It is," Remus agreed. They sat there in silence for the next half- hour.

"James and Lily!" Remus suddenly burst out, "I forgot!"

"They're gonna kill us, even if they have gotten together, we've left them in there for six hours; without dinner!" Katrina said, jumping out of his arms. He pulled him self up, and dusted off the snow.

"Lets get Sirius and Tasha," Remus said, "I'm sure they'll be back. We don't want to suffer their wrath alone,"

"Yes," agreed Katrina and they headed to the Gryffindor common room. Katrina giggled when she saw them. "They look so cute!"

"Yes, yes," chuckled Remus, "Hang on- I gotta get a picture of this!"

He came back form his dorm quickly, snapped a picture, and put the camera in his pocket. "Lets wake them, now,"

"Wake up, you two," Remus and Katrina gently shook them. Sirius woke much easier then he had in the morning.

"What?" He whined.

"Sleep." whined Tasha.

"First Lady Giggles would like to announce that Queen Lily and Emperor Prongs is going to killing us!" Katrina said. Sirius and Tasha snapped awake in an instant.

"Well, what are you waiting for?" Remus tapped his foot impatiently. Sirius and Tasha untangled themselves from each other and jumped up, and everyone ran quickly, though noiselessly, to the Lair to find an angry Lily and James yelling at each other.

"UPTIGHT? UPTIGHT! AT LEAST I'M NOT AN EGOTISTICAL, INCOMPETENT, PREPPY, MAN-WHORE!"

James glared at her in response, and watched her as she stalked out of the Lair. He paused.

"Wait- did she just call me preppy?" He looked insulted.

"Yes, Potter, she did," Tasha said calmly. He ran off after her.

"Well," Katrina said.

"Doesn't look like they're together," Sirius said dryly.

"No, really?" said Remus in an annoyed tone.

"Can I go back to sleep now?" Tasha asked.

"Our friends might kill each other and you want to sleep?" Sirius stared at her.

"Yes, that about sums it up," she looked at him innocently.

"Okay," Sirius picked her up and carried her over to the couch in the room, sat her down on it, sat down, and this pulled her towards him. She smiled snuggled into him.

"Well." Remus looked at Katrina. Katrina smiled and they went over and did the same.

"Whatever happened to Allie and Pettigrew, anyway?" Tasha asked, as she closed her eyes.

"They came back earlier and went to bed," Remus responded.

"Oh." Tasha mumbled, wrapping her arms around Sirius's neck before falling back to sleep.

The four teenagers slept like this the whole night and could be found in the same positions in the morning. They slept peacefully, however, they were awoken to Lily and James screaming at each other.