Lily sighed, emerald eyes half closed due to lack of sleep the previous night. As she strolled down the stairs from the girl's dorms she was greeted by a very strange sight.. Sirius Black, prankster of Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry was doing the unthinkable... He was studying.
"Have I enterred the Twilight Zone?" Lily found herself asking. Sirius raised his head from the book he was reading and smirked, arching an eyebrow to show he hadn't a clue what she was talking about
Lily rolled her eyes and drifted over to the squishy sofa he was seated on and plopped down beside him for reasons that were beyond her. "Why are you studying?" she inquired curiously, eyeing him oddly as if she didn't quite know what to make of the situation.
"Remus said that if I fail my next Charms exam he'll never speak to me again" "He meant it, which is quite scary"
"Motivation then" the redhead laughed lightly, then became serious once more "But you can pass, Charms is easy!"
"Not for me" the charming Mr Black groaned, seeming slightly depressed. His gaze became fixed upon the red floor as if he found it highly interesting or ammusing or perhaps a mixture of the two.
"Well..." Lily began, not completely sure if this was going to be a good idea.
"Well what?"
"Maybe I could help you study" she finished, hoping she hadn't just ruined her entire life by offerring to help him.
"Really Evans?"
"On one condition..."
"Anything, oh almighty one" Sirius smiled, watching her closely with his eyes lit up.
"Don't call me Evans"
"What else am I supposed to call you?" he frowned, looking puzzled.
"By my first name"
"Ok... Wait, you've got a first name!" Sirius gasped in mock surprise, putting a hand on his heart as if he was having a heart attack at the idea of Evans having a first name at all! he looked rather comical in Lily's opinion.
"Very funny"
"Seriously, what is it"
"Sirius!" Lily exclaimed in frustration.
"Hey, that's my name too" he grinned, looking so like the Cheshire Cat that it was remarkable.
"Hilarious"
"That's a funny name" he replied, wrinkling his nose at the thought of that being her name.
"My name is Lily, and you know it" she said with her hands settled upon her hips.
"Lily... pretty name for a very weird girl" Padfoot smiled disarmingly, in such a way that Lily found it impossible to be annoyed with him at all.
"Charmer" she smirked, rolling her jade coloured orbs.
"Always"
"So, when do you want me to help you study?" she asked, hoping he would give her a day of freedom first...
"Um... now would be good. I'm lost in all this stuff" Sirius looked at her with the puppy-dog-eyes look that would never fail to make any girl do anything he wanted.
"Alright then" the delightful Prefect girl sighed, ready to begin their work "Summoning charms are complicated at times, I suppose. Alright then, this shouldn't be too hard"
"And if it is"
"Then I'll torture you all day until you understand it"
"Really?" he moaned, looking as if he was about to endure excrutiating pain.
"Yes. Or else" Lily eyed him menicingly, fighting back an ammused smile at the idea of Sirius Black, infamous Marauder, calling her Lily for once in the five years that she had known him.
"Sir yes sir" Sirius repsonded with a salute in military fashion.