Author's Note- Hey! Sorry it took me so long to update. Just for fair warning there is news of an upcoming ball in this chapter! Here is chapter 8...

Chapter 8

Sirius woke up early the next morning along with every other seventh year who thought they should get some breakfast and last minute studying in before the exams.

"Hey Padfoot, over here!" James yelled to Sirius in the Great Hall.

"Moony, what exam do we have first ?" Sirius asked yawning.

"Divination, then lunch, and then Care of Magical Creatures." Remus answered looking at his exam schedule.

"I'm so gonna fail divination. But fortunately it's not that important in becoming an auror." Sirius said buttering a piece of toast.

"Yeah, but if I fail my mum would kill me." James said.

"My mum could care less about my grades. As a matter of fact she could care less about me." Sirius said.

James rolled his eyes, "Oh no. Not another one of your 'my mum is a git' rants." James said, smiling sardonically.

"I know how your family is, Padfoot. But you should refrain from saying things like that. You know how talking about your family makes you feel." Remus added.

"Yeah, you're right Moony. Let me correct myself. My mum wouldn't care less if I dropped dead right now. She wants to make my life a living hell. Let me tell you this she's doing a damn good job of it too." Sirius said. Remus just rolled his eyes and took out a book to study.

"Your mum's a bloody git." James said taking a sip of pumpkin juice.

"You're telling me?" Sirius joked.

"Guys, we'd better get up to the common room and wait for Professor McGonagall to tell us the rules." Remus said. They all left the Great Hall as the other students made their way to their first period classes, the fifth and seventh years headed back to their common rooms to wait for their house leader.

Proffesor McGonagall arrived shortly after the Marauders got there.

"Alright everyone, listen up. There are a few rules following the exams. There will be no cheating what so ever, no talking, and when you are done you are to go back up to the common room until lunch. Does everyone understand?"

There was a murmur of agreement.

"Good. Now follow me." Professor McGonagall said leading them to the entrance of the Great Hall. "Seventh years you may enter, but stay in a line they will be calling you by name. Fifth years follow me." She said, taking the fifth years to their testing area.

They looked around the room and saw three stations set up. At each station there was a witch or wizard. A middle aged wizard with a clip board in his hands was the one who would be calling the names.

"Good morning everyone. My name is Eric, and I will be assigning you to a station. Alright, let's get started. First we have Sirius Black. You're at station number one." Eric said pointing Sirius over to the correct station.

"And over at station number two we have Lily Evans. And Remus Lupin at station number three. Everyone else please wait over there, and I'll call your name when it's your turn." Eric told them.

Half an hour later Narcissa, Augustine, and Peter went in as Remus, Sirius, and Lily went back up to the common room. More and more seventh years slowly made their way back to their common rooms as the last three, James, Severus, and Lucius went in to take their exam.

Half an hour later James walked through the portrait hole looking exhausted.

"How was it?" Sirius asked.

"Boring and I know I failed." James answered sinking into an armchair.

"Come on, it wasn't that bad." Remus said.

"I know. Even I think I did fairly good." Sirius added.

"Yeah, you're probably right. It was just really boring. A lot of guess work if you ask me."

"You guys should study for Care of Magical Creatures before lunch. We still have ten minutes."

"Moony, don't worry about us. Ten minutes is not enough time to study. How about a game of chess?" James asked Sirius.

"Okay. Don't worry Moony, I already studied thoroughly." Sirius reassured his friend as he set up the chess bored.

"Ten minutes later they made their way down to lunch. The stations were gone, and the house tables were in place again. They took a seat at their usual spot, and Lily and Augustine came to sit next to them.

"Hey Lily. Hey Augustine." Sirius said as they sat down.

"Hey Sirius!" Lily replied.

"Nice to see you back." Augustine added.

"Yeah, it's nice to see you again too."

Lily looked at James and they smiled.

"You never came to visit me though." Sirius continued talking to Augustine.

"Well..."

"I'm afraid that was my fault." Lily said cutting Augustine off. I told her not to go. I know how you guys are always fighting or not on speaking terms with each other so I thought it would be best if she just left you alone. I'm sorry."

"Apology accepted. I just thought it was my fault. Like maybe I did something to upset her or something." Sirius said.

"Yeah, I know. Since you're always running your mouth it must be hard to keep track of who you offend or not." James said smiling as he ran a hand through his already messy hair.

"Shut up, Prongs!" Sirius exclaimed, jumping up but Lily and Augustine held him down. Sirius gave up and gave a pleading look to Remus who smiled knowingly. Then he turned and smacked James in the back of the head.

Twenty minutes later they were being called into the Great Hall one at a time to take their exam. Augustine, Lily, and Bellatrix were the first three to go. When they were done they went back up to the common room to find that it was completely empty.

"He likes you." Lily turning to Augustine.

"What?" she asked, bewildered.

"Sirius likes you. It's obvious. And don't tell me he doesn't. Did you see the way he was looking at you?"

"You really think so?"

"Yeah. And I think you guys would make a great couple."

"Thanks." Augustine said blushing furiously. Then she hugged Lily. Just then Sirius, James and Remus walked in.

"What's going on?" James asked.

"Nothing." Lily and Augustine said at the same time, quickly breaking the hug.

Sirius smiled and Remus sat near the fire to study.

Half an hour later Peter and Narcissa came in. Narcissa gave Sirius a dirty look before going up to the girl's dormitory.

"Alright guys...and ladies, why don't we go down to dinner?" James asked standing up.

They all went down to dinner and sat together. Sirius kept sneaking glances at Augustine. Lily noticed this and she tried to tell James by giving him a look, but he didn't get what she meant, so she gave up. After dinner they all went to bed because of the exams tomorrow. But before going up Lily got her point across to James and then they went their separate ways. James and Remus went up to the dormitory to wait for Sirius.

Augustine looked over at Sirius, and he didn't look away. She smiled and then headed up to bed. When Sirius went up to bed he found James still awake.

"Prongs, what are you still doing up?" Sirius asked changing into his pajamas.

"I just wanted to ask you a question."

"Ask away."

"Why don't you ask her out?"

"Who? Augustine? I don't know.

"You're not shy are you?"

"No of course not."

"Okay, well I'm going to bed." James said.

"Good night." Sirius said getting into his bed.

The next day went by fairly quick. The exams went pretty smooth. Everyone was sitting in the common room after dinner when Professor McGonagall walked in.

"Everyone in seventh year, over here please. Come on, all seventh years over here. I have a quick announcement." she said as they started to gather. "Alright, now Saturday there is going to be a ball. You all have to come, but you don't have to dance. So if you want find a partner, and don't forget Saturday at seven p.m. Good night everyone." she informed them, and then she was gone.

As people started going to bed James walked over to Lily.

"Lily, will you go to the ball with me?" he asked.

"Sure. I'll see you Saturday." she said. Then she went up to bed.

"Nice one." Sirius said as James walked over.

"Yeah, nows your chance to ask Augustine to the ball."

"No, I can't!"

"Whatever. Your loss not mine."

"C'mon I'm going to bed."

Friday came extremely fast. That morning they took the potions exam. And after lunch they had their last exam, Defense Against the Dark Arts.

When Sirius walked into the common room he saw Augustine reading a book by the fire. He walked over to her.

"Hi." Oh, great line. Wow, where did all my lady skills go? He thought to himself.

"Hi." she said putting her book down.

"Umm...I was wondering, if you're not taken, would you go to the ball with me?"

"Yes, I'll go with you. I've been waiting for you to ask me."

He smiled, "Thanks. I'll see you tomorrow."

Well, how'd you like it? Please review and let me know! The ball is in the next chapter. And don't worry Kelsey Lupin, Remus is all yours. Lol!

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lupin-luver-72: Thanks for reviewing! I hope you liked this chapter. I don't think Remus is nerdy! Lol. Anyways how's Mrs. Lupin going? Are you going to update? Thanks again!