Not Impossible

Author's Note: I know I haven't updated in so long, but I have my reasons. I had band camp, followed by school starting, plus numerous other activities. Sorry about that. Anyway, I hope you all like this chapter. I'll try to make it a good one since I haven't written in so long.

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Chapter 8: A Date at Hogsmeade

With the second week of Hogwarts over, we find the sixth year Gryffindor girls fast asleep on the morning of the first Hogsmeade trip of the year.

"Humph," was the unintelligible remark heard by Belle as her alarm clock went off.

"Will you shut that thing off? Some of us are trying to sleep!" Jane yelled.

"Stop yelling. You woke me up, so now the only thing left to do is wake Lily up so that she can join in the yelling too," Lucy said before throwing a pillow at Lily.

'Why do they have to wake me up every morning like this? Why can't it be a simple, 'wake up Lily' or 'good morning Lily' or something like that? Why do they have to wake me up by throwing a pillow at me?' Lily thought as she rolled out of bed and headed to the bathroom to get ready for Hogsmeade.

"Tell us again why we are having a Hogsmeade trip this early in the year," Lucy said while brushing her teeth.

"Dumbledore said that he wanted to make it a welcome back present to the 5th, 6th, and 7th years. I think he is feeling guilty about not letting us go at all last year because of James and the rest of them hiding his sherbet lemons. It really wasn't fair of him to take it out on all of us. Do you remember how upset he was? He stormed around for a week in a bad mood until he found them," Lily replied.

Lily and Lucy heard shuffling in their room before Belle ran into the bathroom.

"I almost forgot my date with Sirius is today! I can't believe it. Ya'll have to help me get ready. Jane already left. She said something about breakfast and cowboys. I have no idea what she was talking about, but since it is early, I decided to humor her," Belle said before she hopped into the showers.

"How could she have forgotten? She has been talking about it nonstop all week. I wish that she would forget about the date. I'm a little bit nervous about her going out with Sirius. You know he doesn't treat girls very nicely," Lucy said.

"You know Belle can take care of herself. I'm more worried about him. Don't you remember what she did to that Aaron guy last year when he tried something? He walked kind of funny for a couple of weeks afterwards," Lily said.

As soon as all three girls were ready, they headed down to the common room together. The Marauders were waiting for them as had become a habit in the last couple of weeks.

Lily walked down the stairs first, followed closely by Lucy and then Belle. The boys stood to greet them. When Sirius saw Belle, his breath caught in his throat for a moment. He recovered quickly and calmly walked over to her.

He held out his arm for her to hold on to as he said, "You look fabulous this morning."

"Thank-you Sirius. That is very sweet. I can't wait for our date today. It will be a lot of fun."

The girls and the Marauders went down to breakfast together before leaving for Hogsmeade.

Sirius and Belle went off by themselves.

James turned to Lily, Lucy, Remus, and Peter before asking, "Where do you guys think we should go first?"

Peter spoke up and said that he had to go off by himself for a while as he had previous engagements.

James quirked an eyebrow at Remus that went unnoticed by Peter before saying, "Alright Peter, we'll catch up with you later."

"Why don't we go to the Three Broomsticks first? I'm kind of thirsty," suggested Lucy.

"Sounds good to me," Remus answered.

They made their way down the road until they arrived at the Three Broomsticks. James held the door as Lily, Lucy, and Remus entered before they found themselves a table near the back in the crowded pub.

They had just finished ordering a round of butterbeers when Will O'Riley, the 7th year Ravenclaw walked by their table. "Hello Lily," he said while nodding to the rest of the group at the table.

"Hello Will, how are you today?"

"I'm great, how are you?"

"I'm pretty good. Are you here with anyone?"

"No. I was waiting for some of my friends, but they haven't arrived yet."

"Oh, would you like to join us until your friends arrive?"

"Oh no Lily, I'm sure that Will has many other things he would rather be doing right now then sharing a table with us," James interjected.

"Quite the contrary James, if you all don't mind of course," Will answered.

"Oh no, we don't mind at all do we Remus?" Lucy inquired.

"Of course not," Remus answered reluctantly after giving James an apologizing glance.

"Wonderful," Will said as he pulled up a chair.

"Yes, wonderful," James muttered under his breath.

"So Lily, are you here with anyone in particular?" Will asked.

"Not really, I'm just here with some of my friends. You know Lucy, Remus, and James."

"Of course I do. Congratulations James on making quidditch captain. You know, I'm the Ravenclaw quidditch captain. I've also got top marks for my year you know. I'm planning on becoming an auror. What are you going to do after school Lily?"

"She wants to become either a journalist or a writer. She doesn't want a job with the ministry though, as she thinks it would be boring. I personally think she could do something with drawing as well. She does beautiful sketches. Maybe she could do the illustrations for her own books someday. That would be lovely." James said.

"Thank-you James, but I am more than capable of answering for myself. How did you know all of that anyway? I certainly don't talk to you about what I want to do after Hogwarts. Have you been eavesdropping? I can't believe you!" Lily shouted at him angrily.

"No! I wasn't eavesdropping. I just pay attention when you talk. You were talking quite loudly with your friends in the common room about it one evening. I'm sorry that I overheard. I was only sitting one sofa over you know," James replied heatedly.

Will looked between the two nervously and said, "Oh there are my friends. It was nice seeing you again Lucy, Remus, James. I'll talk to you later Lily," before he hurried away to sit with his friends.

"See what you did James, you scared him off. You are so stupid sometimes. You just have to mess everything up," Lily said furiously.

"I mess up everything? What do you mean I mess up everything? I didn't do anything at all. The only thing I said was what I remembered you saying that you wanted to do after you left school. I'm very sorry that I paid attention at all. Bye Remus, Lucy, I'll see ya'll later," James said before he stormed out of the bar.

James pushed past a group of giggling 5th year Ravenclaws as he made his way down little known passages through Hogsmeade before he arrived at his destination, The Shrieking Shack.

'Who does Lily think she is? I didn't do a thing wrong. Maybe I should just ignore her for a while. There are plenty of girls at Hogwarts after all. I'll just have to find someone else to occupy my time until she comes around. If she ever does that is,' he thought as he pried the door open and went into the shack. He sat on the dusty floor and tried to calm down as he cleared his mind.

Back in the Three Broomsticks, Lily had her head buried in her arms on the table. "Why did I have to say that? I know that he didn't do anything. He even complemented my drawing abilities. He was nothing but sweet, and I acted like a complete hag. Remy, do you think he will forgive me?"

"I'm sure he will. He usually does when your temper acts up. I wouldn't worry about it," Remus said as he patted her arm comfortingly, "I'm going to have to leave you girls for a little while. I'm going to go check on James."

"Do you know where he is?" Lily asked.

"I've got an idea. He is probably in his place. It is the spot where he goes whenever he needs to get away."

"Can I come to apologize?" Lily asked.

"It would probably be best if you stayed away from him for a little while. At least until he vents some of his anger. He as a temper that is just as bad if not worse than yours after all," Remus answered.

"All right, then can you tell him that I am very sorry, and I know that he didn't say anything wrong?"

"Of course," and with that, Remus left the pub.

"Do you want to look around for Belle, or do you want to head back?" Lucy asked.

"Let's just head back. Belle will tell us the details once she gets back. There are sure to be loads of them."

With Belle and Sirius

"Where do you want to go first?" Belle asked Sirius.

"You pick," Sirius answered as he reached over and took hold of Belle's hand.

"Why don't we just wander around for a little bit, then if we see somewhere that we want to go, then we can. We have to stop by Zonko's though. That is a must of course."

"Of course, "Sirius said, a little surprised that she wanted to go there, but thrilled nonetheless.

They walked hand-in-hand down the street, talking together comfortably as they strolled.

"I was thinking about trying out for the quidditch team you know. I'm not very coordinated, but I'd love to be a beater. Lily always said that I'm wonderful with a bat. We used to play softball, which is a muggle sport where you have to try to hit a ball with a bat when another player called the pitcher throws it to you. I was very good at that game; the only problem is that I don't know if I can do that on a broom. Could you help me before the try-outs?"

"Sure, I'd love to," Sirius answered.

They walked on in silence, before coming to a halt in front of a cute little diner.

"Do you want to go inside? I'm rather hungry," Sirius said.

"Sure, I've never been in here before," Belle answered.

"Me neither, let's go."

They walked into the diner and sat in a booth together. Once they had ordered, Belle asked what Sirius was planning to do after school.

"Well, James and I are planning on becoming aurors together. It should be great fun, and I always figured I'd be working side by side with Jamsey one day. I've known him since I've been born. We've been next door neighbors forever, and our parents are best friends," Sirius answered.

"You are so lucky to have him. I mean, Lily, Lucy, and Jane are great, but we aren't as close as you, Remus, James, and Peter. Ya'll do everything together. I get kind of jealous to tell you the truth," Belle said.

"I love them all, and I would do anything for them. Actually, can you keep a secret?"

"Of course I can," Belle answered.

"I don't really like Peter that much. He is really clingy. He doesn't really do much for the group. James and I are always protecting his ass, and he doesn't do a whole lot in return. I guess that bothers me a bit. I mean, Remy can take care of himself too, but Peter is just a lost cause. Remus contributes. He is really the smartest in the group, though I'm sure you thought it was me. But seriously, without Remus, James and I would fail many a lesson. We always have to use his notes, but he is patient with us. That is really one of his best qualities, his patience. Another is how he cares about absolutely everybody and he doesn't want any of us to get hurt or hurt anyone else. That is why our pranks hardly ever hurt anyone. James and I come up with the plans; Remus makes sure that they can be done and helps us research any ingredients or spells that might be useful. He also helps with the execution of the pranks. All that Peter really does is get in the way. He does make a good distraction though with how clumsy he is. The only real reason that he is in the Marauders is because James and Remus felt sorry for him. I mean he was the only other guy in our dorm, and they didn't want him to feel left out."

"I guess I understand what you mean. I never liked him much either. There is something creepy about him. Especially lately. I've noticed that he disappears quite often without any explanation of his whereabouts. It could be that he has a girlfriend, but that is really unlikely. It would have to be a very desperate girl to go out with Peter Pettigrew."

Sirius just nodded in agreement before pulling Belle into a deep kiss, something that he had wanted to do as he had watched her talk. Her lips moved so enchantingly, he just had to feel them against his own.

A few hours later, Sirius and Belle headed back toward Hogwarts. Once they arrived in the common room, Sirius gave Belle a goodnight kiss that lasted a little longer than it should have, before smiling dreamily at her as she walked up the stairs to the girls' dormitory.

As soon as she entered, Jane, Lucy, and Lily pounced on her for details of their date.

"He asked me to be his girlfriend," Belle said.

"Well, what did you say?" Lily asked her excitedly.

"I said yes of course. What else would I say?"

"Oh, I'm so happy for you Belle!" Jane exclaimed.

"So Padfoot, what happened on your date?" Remus asked.

"It was great. She is one of the most awesome girls I've ever met. She loves quidditch and she actually suggested that we go to Zonko's. That was without a doubt one of the top five dates I've ever been on. Plus, now she is my girlfriend. I know I normally don't have girlfriends, because I like to play the field, but I really like her a lot."

"That's great mate!" James said excitedly, clapping Sirius on the back.

They continued to talk about the day's events, including trying to console James about the events with Lily earlier. After a while, they went to bed, some eagerly awaiting the next day, and some not.

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