CHAPTER SIX
"Sirius?! Fina, you agreed to go on a date with Sirius Black?!" Lily screeched. She couldn't believe it. Despite her own personal agenda against Dumb and Dumber, as she liked to call Sirius and James, Lily would never have put Fina and Sirius together. Fina was much more into the quiet bookish type versus a ladies man like Sirius.
"Oh, Merlin no!" Fina exclaimed, looking mortified. "Never!"
"Why not?" Paige said indignantly. "What's wrong with him?" Lily and Fina stared at her for a beat before turning to face the four boys now in front of the fire. James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter were all glancing warily at Lily, fearing some lecture on breaking curfew. When nothing happened, Remus stepped forward.
"Shall we go then, Fina?" he asked politely.
"That's better!" Paige and Lily said in relief. Remus looked at them questioningly, but decided not to pursue it.
"Where are we going" Fina shyly asked.
"Hogsmeade," Remus said promptly.
Fina looked uncertain. "But that's out of bounds. That's against the rules."
"Come on, Fina! People are always saying I should be more spontaneous, you don't want to ruin that, do you?" he implored, offering her his arm. After a moment of thought, she took it, and he swiftly pulled her out into the hallway.
"Be back by four!" Lily called after them, smiling to herself.
"Evans, has anyone ever told you that you sound like a mother when you say things like that?" James smirked.
Lily's smile disappeared. "And there was me thinking you never listened to your mother," she snapped. She spun on her heel and stomped up to the girls' dorm. Looking extremely put out, James stormed up to his own.
Paige and Sirius each took out a small notebook.
"Well, I would say Lily definitely won that one."
"Me too. What does that bring today's count up to?"
"Lily 218, James 217."
"That's what I got, too. Same thing tomorrow, Black?"
"Looking forward to it, Losen. C'mon Peter, let's go to bed."