Aiden sat quietly in a chair in Sirius and Remus' quarters. He would have to go to the Halloween Ball in approximately half and hour. He had decided to go as a character from a book he had once read, a Shakespearean play, a mischievous elven creature, called Puck. He wore tight green leggings, long, flowing green shirt, made out of a shimmering, silky net like material, so you could just see his skin through it. He had charmed ivy vines to twist around him, and he had two small horns protruding from the front of his long black hair, which he allowed to fall in tousled waves. His forest green eyes matched perfectly. He yawned, waiting for the other two men to finish. He turned when he heard to door open.

"Ta-da!" Sirius cried. Aiden's jaw dropped, and he shook his head. "You're kidding. There are going to be eleven and twelve year olds tonight!" He cried.

"So?" Sirius was all smiles.

"Soo.it doesn't occur to you that your costumes are a bit.for the older crowd?"

"Nope. Lets go."

Sirius was wearing tight leather shorts, shirtless, straps up his chest and around his shoulders. He wore a dog collar, leash attached, which Remus was twirling in his fingers. Remus was wearing black leather, chains in all the right places, with a black tee, slashed across the middle. Aiden had to admit, they did look absolutely brilliant, just.out of place.

"You look like you should be at a gay sex club." He laughed.

Sirius rolled his eyes. "Where do you think we're going afterwards?"

Aiden laughed, and the three entered the Great Hall. The students had done a good job on the décor. Just about every fairy tale monster was roaming the crowds, the ceiling flashed with lightning, the pouring rain disappearing about a yard above their heads. Draco the Pirate headed over towards them, grinning. "Aiden! Brilliant costume!" He stared at Sirius and Remus. "Damn. Severus is gonna love this. Stay here." He disappeared, appearing again a second later dragging the Potions Master and Ginny. Aiden stared. Severus was apparently a vampire. He almost smiled, thinking about all the times he had called the man a bat. He started edging away, half listening to Severus' snarky remark about Dog collars and leashes, the sight of Severus in extremely tight leather, shirtless underneath knee- length black leather coat, was way to tempting, especially when he couldn't touch. Before he could disappear into the crowd, Ginny, dressed as an old fashioned saloon girl, grabbed his arm. "Aiden! Fred and George are here as well. Come on, they were hoping to see you."

Relieved that he wouldn't have to stay, he let Ginny pull him towards the other side of the room, Draco following behind.

"Aiden!" A cheery voice called.

"Fred? Or George?" The red headed man was wearing a grass skirt, pink bikini top, red lei around his neck.

"Freda, at your service."

"Aha." Aiden bit his lip rather nervously; it was hard talking to Ron's brothers.

"Ah, Aiden, my man!" An identically dressed red head appeared, dragging Hermione, who was dressed in a long blue gown, tiara on her head.

"We're glad to see you!"

"Yes, to thank you."

"You started this."

"Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes are a success!"

"All thanks to you!"

Aiden smiled, thanking the gods the twins didn't want to talk about more serious things. The twin he supposed was George turned back to Hermione, and kissing her cheek, swung the princess back to the dance floor as a slow song came on. Aiden frowned slightly. Had he missed something?

Draco leaned over to whisper in his ear. "You need to stop avoiding Sev. He's been trying to talk to you for weeks." He gave him an encouraging smile, before putting his arms around Ginny, and pulling her to the Dance Floor, swaying to the music. Fred patted his back. "Later mate." He said before fading into the crowd. Aiden slowly walked over to the refreshment table, grabbing a glass of punch.

"Mr. Applin." A silky voice spoke behind him.

He turned to see Severus standing there. "You have been avoiding me." The man spoke in a deep, mournful voice.

"I wasn't ready to talk to you." Aiden sighed.

Severus nodded. "Indeed. Well. May I have this dance?"

Aiden gulped, then nodded, allowing Severus to lead him to join the other slowly swaying couples. The taller man put his arms around Aiden's waist; Aiden tentatively put his own around the Potion Masters neck, while holding his body as far away from Severus' as he could without it being to noticeable. Severus looked him straight in the eyes. "Draco told me what you said."

Aiden furrowed his brow. "What?"

"The night you got drunk. You informed Mr. Malfoy that you believed Miss Granger and I to be involved."

"Well, you were, weren't you?"

Severus shook his head. "No. We hadn't been for some time."

Aiden's eyes fell. "I see."

Severus cleared his throat softly. "And, knowing that, do you still believe that it was a mistake?"

Aiden stared at the spiked collar around Severus' neck. "No.I never did. I just.didn't want to hear you reject me."

Severus hooked two of his long thin fingers under Aiden's chin, raising his head up, speaking seriously. "I never would." He whispered, gazing into his eyes.

"Oi! Aiden!" a voice rang out. Aiden sighed and looked to his right at his godfather.

"There are plenty of fine looking 7th years here, if you wanted to dance that bad you could have asked one of them!" Sirius said, wrinkling his nose at Aiden's choice of dance partners.

Aiden felt Severus stiffen slightly. "There isn't anyone I would rather be dancing with." He replied haughtily, tightening his arms around Severus' shoulder, and closing the gap between their bodies, laying his head on the Potion Masters' chest. His godfathers' eyes bugged out, and he was about to protest, but Remus pulled him away, smiling warmly and winking at Aiden.

Aiden smiled, swaying slowly with Severus, head resting on his chest. He closed his eyes, sighing happily, thinking about how perfect this was, when alarms starting going off.

Severus jerked his head up. "The wards are failing."