As it happened, teaching Sirius the Summoning Charm took only a few hours of intense practise. The two teenagers left the common room together talking as if they were brother and sister, or something rather close to it.
"Lily, can I be honest with you about something?" Sirus asked quietly, wondering if eh was about to get Kenny in serious trouble.
"Of course you can" Lily nodded, fixing her emerald gaze upon her new-found friend.
"Well..." he wasn't quite sure how best to phrase what he wanted to tell her, without it sounding as bad as she probably would take it to be. "me, Remus and James heard you singing last night"
Lily blushed slightly "You did?" she responded weakly, wondering why he was telling her this. Was he going to ruin their new friendship and laugh at her?
"You're good, you know. Really good" he smiled softly, hoping she wasn't going to be mad at them.
"Oh come on Sirius, I'm not that good. I'm alright, I guess..."
"No Lily" Sirius said, cutting her off in mid sentence "You've got an amazing voice. Haunting, but amazing" Honesty filled his tone as the sincerest of smiles lit up his charmingly handsome features.
"Thanks Sirius, I'm glad you think I'm good" she managed after a few moments. Her eyes were alight as she thought of something "Would you help me pick out a song to sing at the end of the term?"
Sirius nodded, not wanting to mention that he knew more or less nothing about Muggle music and so would probably be useless to her. But at least he could try to help her after all the advice she had given him about Summoning Charms. He owed her alot, because he knew that the next day he would pass their mini-test in class for sure.
"I have one in mind, if I must be honest but... will you hear me and my friends sing it first?" she pleaded quietly, tilting her head to one side as she looked at him.
"Sure Lily... But I thought you would have sang on your own" the handsome boy seemed somewhat confused about this.
"the main part is mine, but I can't sing it on my own... You'll see what I mean" she shrugged with a secretive look in her eyes.
"when do I get to hear it then?" he inquired, knowing that Lily was going to be performing in the next week.
"Now, if you like" she chuckled softly "I can find the other's easily enough; they'll be in the room of requirement"
Sirius' eyes widened in surprise. How on Earth... "How did you find that room?" he asked, his voice hinting as his amazement.
"Proffessor Dumbledore told me about it when he heard me complaining that we had nowhere to practice in peace"
"I knew you couldn't have found it on your own" Sirius laughed, earning himself a fake slap on his arm from Lily. She smiled all the same, glad to have the boy as her friend.
The pair walked side by side to the Room Of Requirement, where they heard the sound of three girls singing perfectly in time with each other.
"Is that them?" Sirius inquired, watching Lily as she nodded then walked into the room. The three stopped singing and smiled at her.
"hey Lilz" Kendra, smiling brightly, greeted her.
"Where've you been?" came the Scottish accent of a blonde girl situated in the far corner of the room. Sirius looked at her, knowing her name to be Carla. She was in Gryffindor, but the year above the Marauders. How Lily knew her was beyond him.
"Question; Why have you brought him here?" came the soft voice of the final girl with flowing black curls. Everyone knew her to be Lucia, the Italian student who had moved to England only a year ago. Her accent prevailed still.
The other two girls seemed then to notice Sirius. they smiled but turned questioning eyes to Lily.
"I wanted to get his opinion on our song" she replied weakly.
"But I thought..." Kenny began, but was but off by Lily.
"I don't fancy him, Kenny, not at all" she replied simply "We're friends"
"Or else" Sirius laughed, making the four girls smile or chuckled at his words. After a moment he spoke again "So, are you girls going to sing for me or what?"
"If we must" Carla sighed in mock annoyance.