I am sorry that the chap took so long. I was so busy. I hope you will enjoy this.

First Day Back

Handsome Sirius Black was dropped off at the train station. Sirius stepped out of the limo and helped Shirley out. The two stood huddled together to keep warm as the driver loaded their trunks into the train. Sirius counted the trunks.

"Where's Miss Shirley's trunk?" Sirius asked the driver.

"I am not coming back this semester." Shirley answered instead of the driver.

"Why?" Sirius asked confusedly.

"Your mother wishes me to stay with her," Shirley sighed, "I have been away for too long."

"But you just saw her a few days ago." Sirius said.

"I don't know if I will be able to see her for much longer." Shirley whispered.

"What?" Sirius exclaimed.

The whistle blew and the train started to move.

"Sirius promise me that you'll write to me?" Shirley said in between sobs.

"What's going on?" Sirius asked.

"Don't ask so many questions." Shirley pleaded as she kissed Sirius on the cheek and dropped something into Sirius's cloak pocket. Sirius scrambled onto the moving train and waved goodbye to Shirley. Shirley waved back with tears running down her cheeks.

"I'll write you." Sirius shouted.

Shirley smiled and disappeared along with the rest of the platform. Sirius slowly made his way in to the compartments and searched for James. After 5 minutes, Sirius found James in a deep conversation with Anne. Sirius went in and sat down beside Anne.

"Padfoot old boy, what kept you so long?" James greeted happily slapping Sirius on the shoulder.

"Hi." Anne said sweetly.

"Hey." Sirius replied to Anne completely ignoring James.

Anne smiled at him in which he returned.

"Fine ignores me." James said, "Seriously, Anne, you're the one telling me to behave normally in front of the person you feel affection for, but it's Sirius who needs the most help."

Anne blushed and looked away. Sirius, however, did not and continues to study Anne's face with curiosity. James sighed and got to the door.

"I am going to find Moony." James said and left.

"Where's Shirley?" Anne asked looking around.

"She's not coming back this semester." Sirius said uncertainly, "I don't know what's wrong with her."

"Really?" Anne asked.

"Yeah, she's been acting all weird lately." Sirius said. "I think mother has something to do about it."

"Well, isn't it good news for you to get a break from her?" Anne said. "In a year, you two will be married and see each other everyday."

"For the last time Anne, I will not marry her." Sirius said angrily.

"I know, but you never know what will happen in the future." Anne said pleasantly.

"Nothing will, I already now who I will marry." Sirius accidentally said.

"Who?" Anne asked curiously.

"I am not telling you, you dope." Sirius said teasingly.

"I am your councillor." Anne demanded, "I have to know if she will bring you happiness."

"I don't need your consultant on that factor." Sirius said, "I already know she will."

"Great." Anne said.

"Oh yeah, I heard this from one of the professors," Sirius began. "Lily beat you by 0.5 on the exams and she was made prefect."

"Yeah I know that." Anne said.

"But the problem was that you didn't answer the first five questions." Sirius said, "You could have beaten Lily."

"I ran out of time." Anne said casually.

"Impossible." Sirius said. "You finished the exams before me, I saw you doodling on your paper."

"Well, they were hard questions!"

"Um...excuse me, they were place as the first questions because they were easy."

"Sirius, don't ask so many questions." Anne requested.

"Then tell me the truth." Sirius said. "All of it."

"Okay." Anne answered. "I purposely left those because I though that Lily deserves to be prefect than me. I knew she didn't get the last two questions cause she sat next to me, so I left five out just in case."

"Anne." A voice said from the door.

Lily walked in and looked at Anne as she bite her lip.

"Anne, why didn't you tell me?" Lily asked.

"I'm sorry Lils." Anne said. "I knew how much you wanted to be a prefect, so I just had to."

"I'm sorry Anne." Lily said, "I am made you ruin your chances."

"Lils, listen to me." Anne said calmly. "Don't blame yourself. I did it because I choose to; you didn't force me."

Lily sat down beside Anne.

"Anne." Lily said sorrowfully, "your a truly friend."

"If I am one Lils, then let me advise you." Anne began. "James isn't such a unpleasant chap; he's just a bit of a show-off. He's really good if you get to know him more."

"Yeah, my friends a good fellow." Sirius added. "Sirius, he's your friend, you have to say that." Lily said.

"Evans, you know James is crazy about you." Sirius said. "He does everything for you."

Lily fell quiet. Anne shook her head, as Sirius was about to speak.

Sirius set his head back on his seat and sighed. Anne turned to him and looked worried. Sirius patted her hand and smiled.

"Are you okay?" Anne whispered.

"I am fine." Sirius whispered back, "I really am, don't worry."

How ever, Anne still looked concerned.

A week later.

Sirius, Lily and Anne were seated in the common room beside the fire. They had been talking about school when Lily had to leave.

"I have prefect duties to patrol the hall walls." Lily said and disappeared through the portrait hole.

Sirius moved over to Anne. Anne looked at him with curiosity.

"Well..." Sirius asked, "What should we do now?"

"It's 3:00 am, I think we should head for bed." Anne said.

"But it would be a waste of a beautiful night." Sirius whined.

Anne looked out the window and sighed.

"It is a beautiful." Anne admitted. "It would be such a waste."

"Hey," Sirius said as the idea hit him, "why do we go down to the lake."

"The lake?" Anne said bewildered.

"Yeah." Sirius answered. "Such a gorgeous night to look at it golden waves."

Anne though for a couple of minutes and agreed at the end. They got their cloaks and headed for the hole. They went out and walked down the dark hall with the ends of their wands lilted. They raced out of the front door and strolled happily around the fountains in the gardens.

"This is so fun." Anne whispered as she walked around the edge of the fountain. "And beautiful."

"Yes, you are beautiful." Sirius said Anne turned to him and looked at him curiosity. The half moon glowed behind her. Her hair was shimmering and flushed.

"I am not beautiful." Anne said, "I am an uncivilized young child, according to your mother."

Anne was so innocent and good. She was almost like an angel from above. Sirius wondered if she ever hated anyone including her grandmere. The word uncivilized could never be used to describe Anne. Even though, she was brought up in the rural of England; she was very well mannered and extremely amiable.

"Not to me." Sirius said as he walked to Anne.

Sirius took Anne's hand into his and looked into her green eyes. Sirius was ready. He knew exactly what he was going to say. Anne looked so beautiful. She was a little nervous.

"I think I am falling for you Anne." Sirius said seriously.

Anne looked at him and little smile appeared; she tried to make it go but it remained. She attempted to look away from Sirius's eyes, but she could help it. Sirius patiently watched Anne's reaction with happiness.

"How do I know?" Anne teased.

"I can prove it to you." Sirius said. "I will show you."

"We'll see." Anne said with a bigger smile.

Sirius was just about to hug her when she heard two voices on the other side of garden. Sirius took Anne's hand and ran to the other side of the garden. Anne and Sirius drop their jaw. There they stood...

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