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Chapter Six

An Unexpected Kiss

"Hey Sirius!"

Sirius looked up from his bacon to see Camilla Malkin smiling down at him flirtatiously. Oh no here we go again he thought.

"Hello Camilla," he replied, trying to ignore Remus' warning look. She slid on to the bench next to him pushing Peter aside without a glance. She began to play with his hair thoughtlessly.

"I was wondering, what's going on after the game today?" she said, still playing with his hair. He had the overwhelming urge to roll his eyes. It was always the same routine with her. The flirting, the giggling at even the stupidest of his jokes. Remus once pointed out that she even laughed at his pathetic "Sirius, serious" puns and, according to Remus, any girl who did this was definitely not worth it.

"Errr, I think the seventh years are having a party in the common room afterwards, regardless of whether we win or not. Knowing James though, I'd say we have it in the bag."

"James is so amazing," she said nodding her head. Sirius could see Remus choking on his orange juice behind her, trying to prevent himself from laughing. Sirius could practically read his mind: If she thought sucking up to him by praising James was going to work, she was sadly mistaken.

"Right."

"Mmmmmmmm, so what type of party will it be?" she continued, dragging the conversation on a lot longer than Sirius would have liked.

"You know, a party," he responded, shortly.

"Sirius," she said, running her hand down his arm, "I mean, will it be a, you know, a drinking party? Like, will the little ones have to go up early, or what?"

"Well, I did hear that Mundungus Fletcher was smuggling in quite a few bottles of Firewhiskey. So I suppose, yeah, it'll be a drinking party," he said, now getting up from his seat. In his opinion the conversation had gone on long enough. Of course it was going to be a drinking party, what else was new? He knew that she was just leading up to "Do you wanna hook up with me?" She thinks she's so subtle but I can see right through her. He wasn't going to make it that easy for her. After all, she did have a history of causing him trouble and he would never forget it.

"Oh, well in that case, I suppose it'll be really fun!" she said brightly. Sirius could see Remus banging his head against the table. Apparently Camilla's stupidity was too intolerable for Remus to stomach this early in the morning.

"Yeah, it'll be fun," he responded in monotone.

"Well, will I see you there?" she pressed.

"Most likely."

"OK, well be sure to save a dance for me" she said, flipping her hair over her shoulder. Sirius could barely suppress a groan. Barely anyone actually danced at these parties. Only the really drunk people.

"Er, yeah. Okay." He watched her walk away, relieved. There was no denying that she was absolutely gorgeous, with her shiny, dark hair and perfect curves. In fact, she was exactly the type of girl Sirius usually went for, but he'd done that already and refused to do it again.

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"What the fuck does she think she's doing?" Carrie whispered fiercely to Charlotte, Claire, and Artemis, accidently knocking over the pitcher of cream. It was just the 3 C's and Artemis at the moment and they were watching as the fourth C, Camilla, flirted with Sirius Black.

"It looks like she's hitting on him," Claire replied, dully. "What else is new?"

"She knows that I've had my eye on him forever. Can't she lay off for a moment?"

"No. You know her, Carrie, she's obsessed with him. But don't worry. It looks like he can't stand the sight of her," Charlotte responded, sympathetically, evaporating the spilt cream with her wand. "I mean you remember what she did last year? It's unlikely that he's forgotten it that quickly."

"I don't care, he's mine!" Carrie whined, unreasonably.

The other girls exchanged looks. If there was anything that messed up the peace and quiet of their dormitory it was 1) Lily Evans (but she didn't count in this case), or 2) Fights over boys, especially if the boy was Sirius Black. Every girl in the dorm (minus Evans) admitted to having feelings for Sirius, but only Carrie and Camilla were actually determined to make something of those feelings. Unfortunately this always led to trouble.

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"Ugh. Do they have to do this at the end of every fucking game?" Lily commented, disgustedly as she watched the spectacle that was the Gryffindor common room after a quidditch game. Of course Gryffindor had won (with James Potter scoring 90 points alone). She and Will were sitting in the corner by the window, where they'd be out of the way.

Will poked Lily and pointed towards Michael. Lily watched as Michael snogged some curly haired fifth year. It wasn't an appealing sight. They both looked drunk out of their minds.

"How does he do that? " Will asked tentatively.

"Do what?"

"Get girls like that" he snapped his fingers to indicate his meaning.

Lily turned back to Mike. He had disentangled himself from the girl and was now looking as though he was going to be sick. Lily shook her head.

"I guess it has to do with confidence," she said, trying to sound knowledgeable, when she actually had no idea. It wasn't as though she had any experience with boys to draw upon.

"So if I stay the way I am, I'll never have a girlfriend in my entire life?"

"Oh come on Will, these are just mindless hook-ups. Don't judge yourself based on them! I'm sure any girl with a brain would love to be your girlfriend!" Lily tried to sound encouraging.

"Lily?"

"Yes, Will?"

"Please stop with the motherly advice. It's not working," he said.

"Fine. Take it or leave it. Let's go Will, this is getting sickening."

"Actually, I think I'd rather stay," he responded, weakly. Lily did a double take. Will never went against what she said, it was slightly shocking. But then she noticed the direction of his gaze. He was staring straight at Claire Meadowes, one of the dreaded C's. Lily groaned. Oh no. Why? Why?

"You realize you don't have a chance with her Will?" she said bluntly.

Will looked up suddenly, staring at her oddly. "Thanks for the vote of confidence, Lily." He then brushed past her and walked up the boy's staircase, leaving her in the madhouse alone (Michael didn't count as he was currently passed out on the couch).

Lily felt a moment of despair (Will NEVER walked out on her) then decided to take a walk far away from the Common room. She passed Camilla Malkin and Catherine Potter hissing at each other near the portrait hole. They didn't even spare her a glance or a mean remark (it must have been important!) And continued out past the portrait of the Fat Lady.

She strolled down the hall aimlessly, thinking about Will and his problem with girls. Maybe if he was a bit more forward– Her thoughts were interrupted suddenly as she ran head first into someone.

"Hey, watch– oh hi, Evans!" It was Sirius Black. Surprisingly he did not look drunk in the slightest (odd considering Sirius was one of the biggest party animals in Gryffindor).

"What are you doing here?" she asked, not really interested. It just gave her something to say before she promptly tried to ditch him. Black most certainly was not her favorite person in the school. Far from it.

"I could ask you the same thing," he countered. She nodded and began to edge away but apparently he wanted to talk since he continued, "Mainly just avoiding crazy girls."

"Yeah? That's nice," she said.

"Yeah. You know me, girls just love me," he continued, not really looking at her. In fact, it looked as though he were just speaking his thoughts aloud. Maybe he was drunk. Lily was close to dismissing him and his ego trip and leaving when she suddenly became curious.

"Black, what do you think it is about you that makes girls so crazy about you?" she asked, hoping that his over-large ego would overpower him from asking her any questions about her inquiry. He did stare at her a moment as though he was not sure what to make of her.

"I dunno. I guess they like the way I look and stuff," he said uncertainly as though he'd never considered this.

"It's gotta be more than your looks, Black. There are plenty of handsome boys in this school and they don't get one tenth of the attention you get," she pressed.

"Er... To be honest I really don't know," he said. Then, as though he'd realized something he pointed out, "Well, you're the girl here, Evans. You should be telling me!"

"I guess I could, if I liked you!" she snapped.

"Aww, I'm heartbroken. Evans doesn't like me. Let me ask you a question, do you like anyone? Honestly, you're such a bitch sometimes! No wonder no one ever asks you out! You're a frigid prude."

For some reason this comment affected Lily more than she would have cared to admit. So this was how he saw her? In fact, this was probably how they all saw her: a heartless, inexperienced, bitch. It was true that Lily was inexperienced (Lily owed this to the fact that she was a bit behind in terms of puberty) but she certainly was not heartless. Perhaps Sirius saw some of this anxiety on her face because he softened slightly.

"Listen Evans..."

"Well Black, if my inexperience is bothering you so much, why don't you remedy it?" After she said it, she wished desperately that she could take the words back, but unfortunately she couldn't. She had challenged him and now she'd have to deal with it.

"Huh?"

"Go on, you can be my 'first kiss,' Black." Now that Lily had started this stupid thing, she had to follow through with it or else she would be the one left looking like an idiot, not Black, who rightfully deserved the title

"Erm..." he was hesitating. He honestly did not look like he wanted to. Lily almost kicked herself. What made her so sure that he would jump at the offer? Apparently the idea disturbed him and, if anything, this made her feel worse. Now she knew how Will felt; the feeling that no one could possibly be interested in you as dating/snogging material. Lily almost turned away and fled but she reminded herself that she was put into Gryffindor for a reason.

"Oh, scared are we?" she began. She would get him to kiss her if it was the last thing she did. There was no way she was leaving this humiliated at the hands of Sirius Black. "I thought you had such a reputation with girls, huh? Well clearly reputations are overrated since you're standing here like a frightened little–"

She was cut off as he suddenly leaned in and put his lips on hers. It was odd, being kissed by Sirius Black. She was waiting for fireworks or something to go off in the background (wasn't that how kisses were supposed to go?) But really it consisted of nothing more than him slobbering on her and her waiting for it to be over and done with. The second he started edging his tongue into her mouth she pushed him away.

They stared at each other for a moment. "That wasn't what I expected. I guess kissing really is overrated," she said, quite honestly.

He snorted. "Spoken like a true frigid bitch,"

"Shut up, Black! Just because I don't like you, doesn't mean I'm a frigid bitch. Honestly, get over yourself!" She couldn't stop herself. All the resentment that she had built up against him was just tumbling out now. "You're one of the most shallow people I've ever met! You only snog girls because they have huge boobs and pretty faces and nothing else matters to you, does it?"

"Uhhh... Evans you do realize that I just snogged you and you certainly do not fit the criteria–" She slapped him and stormed off.

Sirius might have found the incident amusing. In fact he might have actually enjoyed it if it weren't for a certain friend of his that was secretly obsessed with Evans that would be incredibly upset if he heard about this. He groaned. He did not want to confess this to James.

A/N: Thank you for reading. Now for a couple of explanations.

Sorry for the lateness in updating. I've been having a hectic life lately.

I knocked this story up to an "M" rating just to be safe, what with all the craziness that is going on with this site about stories being reported and whatnot. It also gives me some more freedom in terms of what I decide to include in (not that anything is going to get more graphic, etc. It just gives me more wiggle room).

Also, I'd like to thank my reviewers who have been so incredibly nice:

Alex Sakura: Thank you for your great advice. I really appreciate it. I would also love it if you continued with Princess TomatoApple! I think it's worth continuing.

Names are Overrated: Again, my first reviewer ever! I also appreciate your insightful advice. Thank you.

lena456: You'll see Lily and James' relationship fluctuate (they won't get together just yet though!)

akagenius04: Thanks for the review! I'm glad you enjoyed the non-cliches I'm using. I tried to avoid Lily with the girlfriends this time because I thought that was one of the biggest areas where I could be in danger of cliches, though I know what you mean. There are a lot of stories where I LOVE her girlfriends.

:(RaRa): Thank you for all of those reviews! That was really nice of you to spend so much time reviewing every chapter! Yes, James' voice is still developing. I'm glad you thought the voice crack was cute (so did I). You thought the bed thing was sexy? Well you ain't seen nothing yet! (Just kidding).

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