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Alex woke up extremely early the next day and looked at her reflection in the mirror. As usual, she found something displeasing about her appearance and scrunched up her face is distaste. She combed her fingers through her wavy hair and walked towards the bathrooms with a look of anguish on her face. She hopped in the shower and sighed. Things were pretty hectic right now, and the scolding water seemed to wash away all of her worries.

She dried her hair, picked out a clean out a clean outfit, and threw her school robes over her shoulders. She ruffled her hair and crossed her arms. 'It's always something…' she thought to herself.

Making sure not to wake any of the other girls in her dormitory, she hurried down the stairs and looked around the deserted common room. There was a sharp rapping noise from somewhere and she looked around. She was startled to see four or five owls carrying an elongated package outside of a window. She ran over and opened it and the owls came fluttering in. She spied a note on the package which had her name written in very nice handwriting. She knew that writing… her mothers. She hastily opened the letter and read:

Dear Alex,

I hope your having a wonderful time at Hogwarts. It brings back so many memories from when I went to school… I'm anxious to hear which house you were put into. Your father and I were both Gryffindors. I was the prefect and he was the immature class clown who loved Quidditch.

Anyways, I got you an early birthday present. It was your fathers so keep it somewhere safe.

Love you-

Mom

Alex folded up the letter and stuck it in the pocket of her robes. She kept all the letters her friends and family sent her in a small box under her bed. This one, no matter how ordinary, couldn't be excluded.

She now directed her attention towards the long package and ripped through the tough brown wrapping. She gasped to see a magnificent broomstick roll out from the packaging. It was sleek with engraved letters on the handle that read "Nimbus 1900- David Marcs". Alex ran her fingers over the engraved letters. "Dad…" she whispered and she felt something burning inside of her. An emotion of sadness and joy that seemed to confuse the rest of her senses. She picked up the broomstick and admired it from every angle; directing her attention at the smooth curves and shining gold letters. She had a sudden surge of excitement and raced out of the common room and out onto the grounds. The sun had just risen and everything around seemed so peaceful. She swung her left leg over the broom and stood there for a moment; hesitant about what to do. "Go?" she questioned aloud. "Fly? What am I supposed to say?". 'Don't a say anything… will it…' said a voice in the back of her head. She concentrated on taking off into the air, soaring above the castle. To her surprise, she felt her feet immediately leave the ground and she was flying 10, then 30, then 50 feet above the ground. The broom steered so easily and accelerated so fast, it was absolutely amazing. Alex gasped as she looked around. The castle as breathtaking from this height. Turrets skyrocketing upwards and windows gleaming in the morning sunlight. The grounds glistened with new dew below her and the forest loomed in the distance. It was hard to take in all at once. Alex zoomed through the air, the wind whipping her face. She felt so free, so without boundaries. Flying seemed to take her to a place all her own. She uncovered her daring side and did a couple of loops. It felt so wonderful…

"You sure can fly." Said a voice directly above Alex. She shot a glance upwards to see Sirius smirking from his broomstick.

'Great…' she thought to herself. 'I finally get a moments peace and HE shows up…'

"You should try out for the Gryffindor Quidditch team." He continued, floating down next to Alex. "You'd make a great addition."

"Glad you think so…. Highly of me." She said as she flew up above him.

Sirius laughed and followed behind her. "What do you say… to a race?" he inquired.

"A race?" Alex asked and Sirius nodded his head vigorously. "Against you?".

Sirius smirked. "Yes, as in… you and I… racing."

"I know what you mean I just-"

"And to add a little prize into the event…" said Sirius. "Let's make a bet."

"What kind of bet?" asked Alex stopping and turning her broom to face Sirius'.

"Well, let's just say if I win… you have to go on a date with me." Said Sirius casually.

Alex looked at him in outrage and he merely grinned back. "Fine." She said. "But if I win, you have to stand up in front of everybody at breakfast time and say whatever I want you to."

"Deal." Said Sirius taking Alex's hand and shaking it.

The two of them lined up next to each other. "Alright," said Sirius. "We'll race around that tower over the courtyard around the lake once, down back into the courtyard and through that long corridor and come back out onto the grounds and whoever makes it to the front steps first wins."

"Alright." Said Alex, crouching down low to her broom.

"I'll give you a 5 second start… only because you've never ridden on a broom before now." Said Sirius leaning back.

"I don't need your sympathy." Retorted Alex. "If we're going to do this we have to do it fair and square."

"Have it your way." Said Sirius. "On the count of three." He said, also crouching down to his broom handle.

"One..." said Sirius.

"Two…" said Alex.

"Three!" and they both shot off around the castle. Sirius flew right below her and as they neared the tower, zoomed above her and shot ahead. Alex clenched her teeth and urged her broom to go faster. She rocketed forward and soon caught up with Sirius. They zoomed around the courtyard to obtain the looks and comments of the people below them. They all pointed upward and gasped. Alex looked over at Sirius and he looked back, loosing his concentration. He was forced to dodge a large tower that appeared in front of him. He made a sharp turn and was soon caught up with Alex. They raced towards the lake and Alex flew down, directly above the water as Sirius flew above her. Her toes skimmed the water as she traced around the outside of the lake. Alex flew abruptly into the air, and cutting off Sirius, flew up and over towards the courtyard. He raced next to her and they both flew up, up, up, until they were neck-and-neck. Once they were over the courtyard, Alex went into a steep dive. Sirius followed suit and they were both racing towards the ground at the speed of light. Alex pulled out of the dive and raced through the outside corridor, triggering many people to scream and jump out of the way of her and Sirius. She made a sharp turn around a corner and whizzed towards the front steps, Sirius close on her tail. Sirius was directly in beside her, and then… in front of her? 'No… he can't win…' she thought. 'Faster… GO FASTER!!!" she thought. At the last second, she shot forward and arrived in front of the school… first. She came to a fast stop and got off of her broom, a look of triumph plastered on her face. Sirius did the same, but instead wore a look of defeat and irritation.

"Lucky race…" he mumbled. "I wasn't… if we were in a game I would have…" he began to babble as he crossed his arms.

"Good race." Said Alex cheerfully. "Now about breakfast time…."

Later at Breakfast-

Peter, James, and Remus all sat down at the Gryffindor table. Remus looked around and said "I wonder where Sirius has got to…".

"Probably off snogging some girl…" said James with an unsurprised tone.

Remus gave him a look of disapproval as he saw Lily walk over.

"Any of you see Alex this morning?" she asked looking around at the three of them.

"No… we were just wondering the same about Sirius…" said Remus trailing off.

The four of them exchanged knowing looks and James smiled slightly. Lily looked at him with a look of horror on her face.

"No…" she stammered. "Alex would… she'd never…" but she cut herself off in mid sentence as she saw a happy looking Alex and an angry looking Sirius walk into the great hall. Lily ran over to the two of them.

"Alex, we were wondering where you got to! You and Sirius weren't… I mean…"said Lily looking down towards the ground as though searching around for something to say.

"No… on the contrary Lily. Sirius and I were… making a bet." Said Alex grinning at Sirius who had just sat down at the Gryffindor table and was being questioned by Remus, Peter, and Sirius.

"What kind of bet?" asked Lily, also smiling.

"You'll see…" said Alex, making her way over to the table with Lily.

Alex and Lily sat across from the four boys and Alex whispered to Sirius "Go on."

Sirius let out a heavy sigh and closed his eyes before getting to his feet. "Attention Hogwarts!" he called. "I, Siruis Black, would just like to say a couple of words before breakfast begins. Firstly, I would like to say that I am one of the most insufferable gits you could ever hope to come across and that I would rather snog myself then any of the girls at Hogwarts.". He glared down at Alex who beckoned him to continue. "Further more, I would like to say I am an airhead with no common sense who likes to stare at himself in the mirror every night, just so I can dream about my beautiful face. And on a final note, I'd like to add that Alexandra Marcs is a smart and pretty girl who actually does have feelings and would rather share a kiss with a blast ended skrewt, rather then she would me.". Sirius sat down, his face a light magenta. "Happy?" he mumbled.

"Very much so, thanks." Said Alex taking up her fork and beginning to eat her pancakes.

"That was… brilliant." Said Lily in Alex's ear. "How did you ever get him to say that?"

"Oh, I have my ways…" said Alex smirking and continuing to eat her food.