Manipulating Time

Chapter Seven:

Locked Out--AGAIN???

Disclaimer: sigh this is so depressing.... I... do... not... ownHarryPotter!!! sigh that feels better now...

Hermione sipped the deep red punch as she watched Lacey do an odd tango with Snape, who was still trying desperately to get away. Not that it did him any good of course. Amanda, who was now moseying back to their table from the punch bar, was frowning.

"What's wrong?" Hermione asked.

"Some idiot spiked the punch."

Hermione literally spit her punch out.

"That, my dear, was very charming." Amanda smirked, rolling her eyes.

Sirius, who was trying not to laugh, got a playful smack in the back of the head from Hermione when he failed to do thus.

"What are you laughing about?" she scowled, "You're probably the one who spiked it!"

A mock look of hurt crossed over his face, "Me? Innocent little me? I would never do anything like that."

"Innocent? You weren't even innocent when you were born Black." Hermione laughed.

With a grin, Sirius looked up over to the floor where Lily and James were dancing. "How'd he get her to go with him anyway, I thought she hated him?"

Hermione, slightly confused too, shrugged. "Don't know, I thought you did it."

"Wasn't me..."

"AMANDA!!!"

With a confused blink, Amanda looked up. "Whata'?"

"What did you do?" Hermione demanded, suspicion evident in her voice.

"Me? I didn't do anything!" she replied, a look of mock innocence on her face.

"She blackmailed me." Lily sighed letting out an exaggerated sigh, falling into the seat next to Remus, who remained quiet, trying to stay out of sight of Lola, who was now bobbing around trying to find him. "Ok, I'm here, I danced. Now hand over the pictures."

With an innocent smile, Amanda produced a manila envelope seemingly out of nowhere. With an exuberant bow, she handed them to her, "A deals a deal."

Lily eyed the envelope suspiciously, "The negatives too? And any copies?"

"Mhmmm...."

Lily nodded and promptly turned the envelope to ashes.

"You have to admit though," Amanda chirped, "You are having fuuuuunnnnn." She drawled out the word fun like a musical note gone wrong.

Lily, blushing, refused to say anything.

Sirius shook his head, grinning, and turned his attention to Hermione, "Hey, Mione?"

Hermione too, turned her attention away from the bickering duo, "Yes?"

"You want to go for a walk on the ground with me?"

A blush crept over her features at the thought of being alone, again. "Alright."

With a dazzling grin, he offered her his arm, which she took courteously.

"We'll be back in a little while."

The air was crisp and cool, just the way he liked it. He despised hot days, they were just too uncomfortable, and equally despised cold days, for much the same reason.

Sirius cast his eyes towards the Goddess walking next to him, and smiled. She was all he never knew he wanted. The moment she smiled and spoke to him, he knew. He could have sworn he heard heaven's music, although that could just have been Wormtail's horrendous trumpet playing.

It was a pity he never got to spend much time with his Goddess, it annoyed the Hell out of him. He secretly praised Amanda for locking him them in the dungeon together. Not that he would ever admit that.

"Sirius?"

"Yes?"

"I think Amanda locked us out."

Sirius blinked and tried to open the huge wooden doors, to no avail. "The bitch locked us out!" he gasped in disbelief. Then he noticed a note on the door. It read as follows:

Sirius and Hermione,

If you are reading this it is because you have just discovered yourself to be locked out. Tough kittens for you!

I'll let you back in later, around midnight, so stay out and enjoy yourself! Cause, hey, you ain't commin' back in!

Consider it a prearranged date by your truly. Have a nice night!

Amanda

p.s.- some day you'll thank me for this. wink, wink

Hermione, too aghast to speak, simply laughed.

Sirius grinned to himself, he was going to have to buy that insane werewolf chick a very nice Christmas present next year, because she just gave him his early.

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Awww..... sniff, sniff ok, the next chapter will be devoted to their "Date"