Sirius, Remus and James started to follow me when I was outside the common room. At first it was discreet but I started to realize it. One day after supper I left to Great Hall early. It was Sirius' turn to follow me; he put his food down and followed me. I figured they were trying to protect me everywhere I went. I made a quick turn into the girls' bathroom. I heard Sirius accidentally run into the door.

"Oaf!" He said. I swung the door open and he was holding his nose.

"What are you doing?" I asked him.

"Nothing, I must have gotten confused." He looked around wildly.

"This aint the boys' loo!" He exclaimed turning to leave quickly.

"No duh!" I exclaimed grabbing his shoulders and swinging him back to stand in front of me. His eyes sparkled in the moonlight that came from the window. I swallowed hard we were awfully close. Everything in my body screamed 'kiss him!' I wanted to so bad, just to touch those nice soft plump lips would be heaven. I blinked. He was staring at my eyes. Carefully and cautiously he slid his hands onto my waist. And I looked up at him again this was it. I was going to kiss him. I put my arms around his neck. He was so tall, a foot taller than me. He steadily and slowly bent down. Our lips touched, his soft warm lips touched mine and I felt like I was floating. He slipped his tongue into my mouth I gladly welcomed it. We kissed for what felt like eternity but it was only a few seconds. That kiss was something I longed for, something I needed. We pulled back. The kiss was like a spark of life and it lit a flame. A flame that would last forever.

"Ash?" He asked breaking the everlasting silence.

"Yes?" I asked I was amazed and flabbergasted.

"That was cool, and shocking." He said in a voice that was very hesitant. Maybe he didn't like me maybe he didn't want me. I was just another one of his whores. His kiss and dis whores. Oh God why me?

"Yeah." I said and we walked to the common room in silence. I met up with Lily and Alyssa in the dorm. Dishing out all the details and asking them why.

"Ash, you like him. face it, you can't deny love." Alyssa said.

"It's not love, I can tell you that." I said.

"I think it is. You look at him like he is a God when you think no one is watching. And you defend him sometimes. You love him, you just don't know it." Alyssa said.

"Whatever Lis." I said noticing Lily was very quiet.

"You don't like Sirius. do you?" I asked Lily; maybe I crossed a line that I didn't know existed.

"No way!" She said. I nodded. Maybe I didn't.

"We know she likes James.." Alyssa was going to continue but Courtney and Jezebel walked in. What if they heard! I am pretty sure Sirius wanted it to be a secret. Jezebel had a content smile on her face. A very content smile.

Over the couple few weeks I would watch Sirius avoid me at all costs. We could never be seen alone. He was always surrounded, whether it was girls or friends. They were both tormenting Snape even more. O.W.L.s were tomorrow. We just completed our last O.W.L. It was Defense Against the Dark Arts written test. We were relaxing by the lake when we heard a bunch of laughing. Lily went over to investigate.

"Potter! Put him down now! What did he ever do to you!"? Lily yelled at James. She hadn't called him Potter since the beginning of the school year. Alyssa and I ran over there to catch the end of it all. Lily stalked off toward the castle. We followed her.

"God! Why I liked James Potter is such a mystery!" She said when we entered our dorm room.

"Calm Down." I said but she didn't listen.

At the last feast we were all excited. Gryffindor won the Quidditch cup and house cup! All six of us were still going to California in July, which in itself was great. As we were eating I kept noticing people were staring at Lily and me. I nudged her and she looked at me and then around. She noticed it too. We shrugged it off and went back to eating.

We were ready to leave, we would meet again in July and we were all excited. We were sitting in our own compartment when a girl name Heather, one of Sirius' on again off again ex's, came into our compartment.

"Is it true that you and the marauders are going to California together?" She asked me. I nodded. She was one of Sirius' on again off again ex's and I hated her.

"Really, so it is true." She muttered walking away. Lily and I exchanged confused looks. Things spread like wild fire around school when it involved the Marauders.

"Hey guys, what are you telling people?" Sirius asked us as Him; James and Remus sat down in front of us.

"Nothing why?" I asked.

"Cause people are talking, about you and me and James and Lily. As in bad things." Sirius said. I looked at him weirdly. The train stopped.

"What do you mean bad things?" Lily asked.

"Like me and Ash are sleeping together and the same with you and James." Sirius said.

"What!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah, someone spreaded it and now it all over school." Sirius said. God, I couldn't believe this.