Chapter 9

In the morning, Mea woke up before Lily, "Lily, come on. Wake up. It's almost breakfast."

"Huh? I don't wanna." She groaned.

"You have to, come on." Mea pulled the reluctant Lily up, as she got ready for the coming day. Mea could not get that dream out of her head, it felt so real, she wished that it was not just a dream.

Lily could see that there was something on Mea's mind, "What's wrong?" Lily asked just after brushing her teeth.

"Nothing. Just a dream I had. I can't get it out of my head." Mea said quietly, she did not want anyone to hear her.

"Oh. Sorry. But we have to go, come on." Lily now pulled Mea downstairs just as James and Sirius were standing in the common room talking.

"Hey Evans." James called out to Lily who just rolled her eyes. Mea smiled as her and Lily said hello and started out the passage towards the great hall when Sirius grabbed Mea's hand.

"Mea, can I talk to you?"

"Sure." She said stepping back into the common room.

"Let's go to breakfast." James said putting his arm around Lily's shoulders.

Lily lifted off his arm and stood still. "I'm waiting for Mea." Just then, he whispered something to her as Mea and Sirius stood there watching them. "Fine." Lily sighed as she walked out with James.

"So, what did you want to talk to me about?" Mea said now looking at Sirius.

"Last night."

"Why? What happened last night?" Mea said confused. Suddenly her dream filled her mind, but it was only a dream, right? Suddenly Mea knew, "That wasn't a dream, was it?"

"No. You actually thought it was?" Sirius said laughing.

"Well, yeah." Mea said embarrassed. "How else did I get into my bed?"

"I brought you up there."

Mea smiled, "Wait, so you were serious about you said last night?" He nodded, "Then what now?" Mea said confused, she had never been in this situation before.

"Well, that means you're my girlfriend, unless you don't want to."

"Oh no. I want to." Mea smiled up at him.

"Great." He smiled, grabbing her hand, "Let's go to breakfast, we're going to be late."

As they walked through the halls, Mea could not help but feel extremely happy. She had never had a boyfriend before, and didn't know what it was like. She found herself being very comfortable with the situation, she was happy not having to do everything so formally. As she had to at home, here with him she could be herself.

When they got to the great hall, Mea sat next to Lily and Sirius next to her. They ate as quickly as they could, but Mea couldn't get rid of the big grin on her face. Lily gave her a sly smile, it seemed as though James had already told her this was going to happen. In addition, Stephanie and Sandra just giggled every time they looked at either one.

That night Mea and Sirius were in the common room, Lily, Stephanie and Sandra went to sleep early; and James and Peter were looking after the sick Remus. Just then, James and Peter came in, looking every tired Sirius jumped up from the couch. He whispered something to them and ran back to Mea, "Sorry, they need my help with something." He kissed her and started out the passage, "Oh and Mea, promise not to go outside tonight." Mea nodded, she had no idea why, but she did not mind. She soon found herself restless in her bed, she was dying to leave, but she remembered. She promised she would not go outside, for whatever reason. Mea thought that maybe he was worried she would be caught, but she had no real idea. When Sirius, James, Peter, and a very hurt looking Remus came inside they found Mea asleep on the couch. James nodded to Mea and he just smiled as Peter, Remus, and he went upstairs.

Sirius sat by Mea, "Mea? Mea wake up."

"No." came a soft sleepy groan from Mea.

Sirius just laughed as she slowly got up, "Thanks for not going outside."

"Yeah, no problem." Mea said, still waking up.

"Nice hair." He said and pointed to her very messy hair.

Mea smiled, "Thanks." She laughed as she kissed him goodnight and went to her dorm.

Classes were a little different now, Mea sat with either Sirius or Lily, depending on who was in her class, and when they both were, she sat with Sirius, leaving Lily with either James or Remus. Everything seemed different, but also happier. Lily had told Mea that James really was not that bad once she got to know him, or was forced to know him. And Mea found herself just happy to wake up.

News of the next Halloween dance came quickly, and luckily most everyone knew of Sirius and Mea so no one asked either one. Which came as a great relief to Mea, she hated all the people who used to make fun of her now begging her for a date. Lily considered going with James, until he tried to kiss her. They ended up getting separate dates. Lily was going with Paul Gahan, a very nice Hufflepuff and James with Libby Brown, a very pretty Ravenclaw girl.

James waited with Sirius for Mea. Mea came down in a stunning red dress robe and Lily in a dark green. James gapped at Lily as she laughed quietly. Sirius put his arm around Mea, "You look great." He whispered. Mea merely smiled and kissed his cheek. The four of them walked to the great hall, which was dressed up even more lavishly than last year. Paul was already waiting for Lily, who James, as Mea saw, was sad to see go. Libby quickly came over to James, smiling happily.

"Hello Libby." Mea said happily.

"Hi." Libby said hardly being able to contain herself. Mea knew Libby had like James for quite a while now. Remus walked over with a cute Hufflepuff girl who Mea knew from Herbology.

"Hi everyone." The girl, Jade, said politely.

"Hello." The whole group said as she Lily and Paul came back over. Mea noticed Paul looked at Libby, and not Lily, but she did not say anything. That was not that big of a deal, she thought.

"We'll be back." Sirius said as he pulled Mea outside. Even the grounds were decorated.

"It looks wonderful out here." Mea said with a smile, which she still had not been able to get rid of whenever she was with Sirius. "So, I've been meaning to ask. How did you know I was going outside everyday?"

"Oh. That." Sirius smiled. "Remember that map?"

"Oh yes. I got it now." Mea smiled as she pulled her close to him. "What are you doing for the holidays? I know, it's a while away, but I was just wondering if you had any idea." Mea asked, hoping that he was staying here.

"Staying here I guess. What about you?" He said with a kind of distant smile.

"Well I just got a letter from my parents; I'm going to stay with them." She saw Sirius's smile fade, "But I asked, and they said that I could bring someone to stay with us." She smiled even more as he started to get it.

"You mean I stay with your family?"

"Yeah. If you want to."

"Sure." Sirius smiled as she kissed him. "Let's go back." They walked back into the hall where as Mea saw Paul was now dancing with Libby. And James and Lily were talking. "What happened to your dates?" Mea said with surprised.

"They liked each other more than us I guess." Lily said with a laugh.

"And you don't care?" Mea said even more confused.

"Nah." James said as he started talking to Lily again.

"Do you find those two weird lately?" Mea whispered to Sirius.

"Yes, let's go before it gets to us."

"Gladly." Mea laughed as they left early going back starting back towards the common room. Just then in the corner of the room, Mea spotted Snape, the one who Sirius and James loved to hex. Sirius must have seen him too. He was standing talking to a Slytherin girl, "Samantha." Mea whispered to Sirius who was about to say something before Mea stopped him. "Common room and me, or him." Sirius looked back at her smiling before giving in and going back to the common room.

A group of Gryffindors came into the common room, Lily, James, and Remus in front, as the dance ended. The found Sirius and Mea making out on the couch. They stopped and looked at them, "Uh, hi." Sirius said smiling, "Dance over?" Lily started laughing at the look on Mea's face, and Remus just smiled and shook his head.

"Nice job." James whispered to a laughing Sirius when the girls had gone upstairs to sleep.