Chapter 3

As the kids filled up the Great Hall James, Sirius, and Remus were sitting at the Gryffindor table. Sirius and James were watching all the people, as Sirius got bored and started staring at the table in front of him. Remus was looking for Peter, afraid he had gotten in some kind of trouble again, as James was searching for Lily. They were in the middle of talking as Lily, Stephanie, Sandra, and some other girl walked past them. As James tried to say hi to Lily she just kept walking, not listening to him. Of course Sandra and Stephanie all said hi to all three of them, trying to flirt with them. The other girl just walked away with Lily. As Sandra and Stephanie followed them, James asked, "Who's the new chick?"

Remus, looking at who James was talking about answered, "Oh Mea Sandony."

"That's Mea Sandony? Wow. She changed. Don't you think? Sirius?"

"Huh? Oh Mea? I guess so. I hadn't really noticed till now." Sirius replied. As he thought about it that was the same girl he had seen this summer. At her parents party, she sang and everything. He was actually going to talk to her when she left with that Aaron guy.

"Well she does look good." Remus chimed in.

"Yeah, but I think she has a boyfriend."

"How would you know?"

"I went to her parents' party this summer, very boring. But just as I was going to talk to her, she left with Aaron Daylure."

"Aaron Daylure? That prefect last year?" James asked.

"Yeah, they seemed really close." Sirius answered.

"Well, I guess it's just who gets there first." James added.

As the sorting began, Sirius was thinking about the party. When he first saw her, he didn't recognize her. And Aaron Daylure? He was way too much of a pretty boy, and a prefect. It seemed odd to him. And he soon found himself staring at her down the table. Just at that moment Mea turned and looked at him. He smiled and she only turned away. Just like she had at the party. He didn't remember doing anything to her. But every time he looked at her she just glared at him. "Odd." He mumbled.

"What is?" Remus asked.

"Oh, just every time I look at Mea, she glares at me."

"Why do you care? Look there, Stephanie is staring right at you. You know she likes you." Sirius thought about what James had said, but he didn't really care about Stephanie. She was too much of a flirt, with everyone. And for some strange reason, he was curious about Mea.

Mea was walking with Lily, Stephanie, and Sandra to the common room when the nearly bumped right into James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter. "Hi Lily, how's it going?" James tried to say to her.

"Hello." Lily sighed.

"Hey Mea." Remus said.

"Someone grew up." Sirius added.

"Someone else didn't. Hello Remus." Mea added coldly as her and Lily walked up to their dorm, with Stephanie and Sandra behind them giggling at Mea's remark.

Mea was talking with Lily about the coming school year as they unpacked, "I can't believe he said that." Mea was complaining about Sirius's remark. "A bit rude."

"Maybe it's his way of saying hello...?" Lily added.

"I doubt it." Mea said.

"Hey, Mea, Lily, come on downstairs please!" Stephanie, who Mea liked better now, called out to them.

"Alright." Lily said as they went down to the common room. There were a few first years, unsure of what to do; and plenty of others around the room, talking and doing random little things. Stephanie and Sandra called Lily and Mea down towards them.

"You know Lily; you should try to give James a chance this time." Sandra said.

Lily sighed, "Is he still..." but stopped as Sandra and Stephanie nodded. "Right." Lily rolled her eyes as he waved to her from the couch.

"So, Mea, have you written Aaron back yet?" Stephanie nudged her.

"Uh, well, not yet."

"Oh, you should right away." Mea giggled as they went back upstairs to their dorm.

Later that night Mea found it so hard to sleep. And not wanting to wake anyone up, Mea took a piece of parchment and went down the common room. She noticed that Sirius was also up. He was sitting looking at the fire; he actually looked quite surprised when she came down. "Hey." He said as she walked over to a desk, looking over her shoulder coldly at him. "I'm sorry. Are you mad about what I said earlier, it wasn't meant to be like that. I meant it as a compliment."

Mea glared at him as she turned her back to him as she wrote something down. "Alright, don't talk. So, you writing to Aaron?" He asked as she spun around.

"How did you know?" She asked him confused. "And why do you care?"

"Well he's your boyfriend, isn't he? And I don't care, just trying to make friendly conversation." He rolled his eyes.

"Oh." Mea said. "Well, actually, he's not my boyfriend. What made you think that?"

"Well you two seem pretty close at your parents' party."

"Oh. Well, he's not."

"Yes, you've just said that."

Mea sighed. She finished quickly as she got up to go back upstairs. "Goodnight." She said.

"You sounded really nice." He added.

Mea spun around, "What?"

"Your singing, you did really well. I thought you sounded nice."

"Oh. Well thanks." She smiled and walked upstairs.

Wow, she didn't glare at me that time. He thought to himself as he went back upstairs to his dorm as well.

Weeks went by and school was school, only this time Mea had friends. Mea and Lily were walking from lunch early to go to the library to work on their Defense Against The Dark Arts papers, Lily had said something about a dance coming up soon. "Really?" Mea said just as she felt herself smack into someone. "Ow." She said rubbing her forehead. She opened her eyes to see James.

"Hey Lily." He said, as Mea noticed Sirius and Remus catching up with him.

"Hello James." Lily sighed.

Just then Sirius and Remus stopped next to James. "Hey Lily, Mea." Remus said.

"Where are you two going?" Sirius said.

"Hello. We're going to the library. To work on our Defense Against the Dark Arts papers." Mea said.

"Oh we need to do that. Mind if we join you?" Remus asked. Mea and Lily shook their heads.

"No, we don't mind." Lily said, eyeing James, hoping that he would be alright this time.

"Where's Peter?" Mea asked.

"Oh yeah." James said. "He was at lunch last time we saw him."

"Right." Mea said as they all went to the library. Lucky for them they had a free period.

James was following Lily all the around the library, Remus and Mea were laughing at that. Sirius on the other hand was just thinking. "So is it true their having a Halloween dance?" Mea asked them.

"That's what we hear." Remus said. Mea smiled and nodded.

"Don't think that they'll ever go together, do you?" Mea laughed.

"Maybe if Lily actually gave him a chance." Sirius said.

Mea looked at him shocked, why was he suddenly being a jerk? Ever since she and Remus had been talking he had been quiet and then that. "Excuse me? Maybe if your friend wasn't such a fool." Mea shouted back at him.

"A fool? Well maybe he is for being in love with her."

"Her name is Lily, and she's a good person. I'm not so sure about him though." Mea shout at him as a smacking sound rang out and Lily ran out, followed by James with a hand print on his face. Mea glared at Sirius as she and Lily stormed out.

"Nice job guys." Remus said with a laugh.

"Shut up." They both yelled at him.

Lily and Mea were asked to go to the Halloween dance the next day. Mea was asked by a 6th year Ravenclaw named Justin Hollaery, she was so surprised that she couldn't answer until she saw Sirius walking towards her, he smiled as she glared. "Yes, of course I will go with you." She kissed him on the cheek and walked away. Justin looked stunned, as did Sirius when she walked away. Justin nodded to him happily and went to his class

Sirius, James, Remus, and Peter were sitting the common room later that night. Hardly anyone around Remus said anything about the dance, "Asked anyone yet?"

James looked disappointed, "Lily turned me down."

Sirius shook his head, "Not yet. I was actually thinking of asking Mea..."

"She hates you though. And besides, she's going with Justin Hollaery." Remus replied. Then he looked at Peter, who shook his head no. Sirius didn't want to say anything, but he didn't think Peter could get anyone anyway. He couldn't talk to girls, and he wasn't good looking. Remus, he could; Sirius thought. Remus had loads of friends that were girls, and James, they all loved him; except Lily of course. "Why does she hate me though? I haven't done anything to her."

Remus looked shocked that he had said that, "Maybe insulting her best friend..."

"What did you say about Lily?" James jumped in.

"Nothing, just that you're too good for her." James glared at him for a second, "You're beginning to look like Mea now too. Glaring at me all the time." Just at that moment, Lily, Sandra, Stephanie and Mea came downstairs. "Hey Mea, Sandra, Stephanie, Lily." All the guys called out to them.

They got a few muffled hellos from Lily, Stephanie and Sandra called out, "Hi!" and Mea just stood there glaring. "So Mea, going to the dance with Justin? What about Aaron?" Sirius asked her.

"So what if I am? And what about Aaron? He can't come. He doesn't go to school here anymore." Mea folded her arms and sighed as Sirius looked at her.

"Sure you wouldn't rather go with me?"

"I'm sure." She said, and sat down with Lily.

"Then how about you Stephanie?" He asked.

Mea's faced turned an angry red, luckily only Lily could see. How dare he ask her right in front of me? When he just asked me? Mea was screaming at how annoying he was in her head. But for some reason she felt disappointed when Stephanie said "Sure." Why couldn't Mea just stop thinking about that jerk and think about the fact that Justin liked her, Aaron liked her, and a few others she knew about as well. But all she could think was that Sirius was going with Stephanie.

"James?" Sandra asked, "Do you have a date yet?"

He looked painfully at Lily who shook her head no. "Uh, not yet."

"Then do you want to go with me?" Sandra asked.

"Sure." He sighed.

"Great!" She yelled as she and Stephanie ran back upstairs with excitement.

"So Remus, who are you taking?" Peter asked.

"Natalie Weever." Remus beamed at Peter. Sirius laughed, she was really innocent and sweet to everyone. Of course he would like her.