Disclaimer: Please, Please, Please tell me that you know the drill... by the way, I rather dislike this chapter.
Chap 5
Christmas was approaching quickly. Strangly enough, Lily and Leah began spending more and more time with the marauders. Finally, the holidays began and the girls discussed a problem that needed a resoultion quickly.
"Alright," Lily was saying, " Here's what I think we shoud do. I think that we should just get them a load of candy and a bunch of stuff from Zonko's."
"Don't you want to get something a tad more special for James?" Leah questioned smirking.
"Well, Little Miss Smirky Pants, if I do, you have to get something special for Sirius." Lily replied blushing.
"Fine. I will." She muttered undaunted.
Later, armed only with their money and superior store survival skills, the girls walked to Hogsmead to buy the needed Christmas presents. After about 4 hours of wandering through shops, the girls were almost through with their shopping.
"All that's left are the special gifts for James and Sirius." Lily said, checking her list.
"So what're you getting James?" Leah asked. Lily Srugged.
"Sirius?"
"I don't-"
"No, look. It's Sirius!"
Leah spun quickly and, sure enough, there was Sirius walking towards them. Not purposely, though. He stared at the ground as he walked, as though deep in thought. (A/N: Ha! Sirius deep in thought...)
"Sirius!" Leah called. Startled, he looked up and grinned when he saw who it was. Thats when Leah noticed that he was practically blue from the cold. "Sirius! You must be freezing! Come on. Lily and I were just about to go to the Three Broomsticks for a butterbeer. You're coming with me, uh, us wether you want to or not."
Ten minutes later, the three of them had met up with the other three boys and all were sitting in a booth in the Three Broomsticks. Somehow, the boys had gotten Sirius next to Leah and James next to Lily. Both girls exchanged worried glances because neither liked the idea of being between the wall and the person that practically stalked them. Lily leaned across the table to Leah.
"You knoe the impediment jinx, right?" Leah nodded. " If they make any wrong moves, you know what to do." A giggle escaped Leah.
"May I know what's so funny?" Sirius whispered into Leah's ear.
"No."
"Leah, I thought that we got past all this meanness stuff."
"No way, Black, uh, Sirius. I told you that as long as you keep breaking girls hearts, I'll continue to be mean to you." Sirius gave her a sweet smile in response.
"I haven't gone out with anyone since I dumped...er ... some girl. That's the one I was with right before I asked you out." Leah found herself speechless. James leaned forward.
"It's true, you know. Every time we go looking for him, he's always without a girl. Which is quite the opposite than normal." Again, Leah didn't know what to say. Sirius hesitated, then spoke.
"The 7th year Yule Ball is coming up, and, uh, I was wondering if you'd go with me." Leah looked at him.
"I thought that you were going to give up until Lily and James went out." she paused. "I'll think about it. In the meanwhile, however, Lily and I still have some shopping to do, so if you'll excuse me?"
Once the girls were out of the booth, they said good-bye and left the pub. Outside, Lily turned to her friend.
"Why did you want to leave so quickly?" she asked.
"To escape answering Sirius."
"Did he ask you to the 7th year Yule Ball?" Lily asked with a knowing smile.
"Yeah-wait, how did you know? Did James ask you?"
"Maybe..."
"What did you say?" Leah asked frantically.
"I, uh, said..."
"You said 'yes', didn't you!"Lily nodded."Lily! You're condeming me to death!" Leah suddenly smiled.
"You won't dei from going out with Sirius. Why are you smiling like that?" Lily asked noticing Leah's smirk.
"It's cute."
"What is?"
"Your love for James."
I don't love him, Riccardi!"
"Yes you do, but don't bother denying it. We have presents to buy."
A/N: Hey guys! Sorry it's been so long. I honestly have so little time that I'm typing this at 12:47 am. I'll try to be better about updating, ok? Sorry again!!