Sorry it took me so long. But heres the next chapter! Please R&R!!

Deciding it wouldn't be best to miss the sorting and the feast or that one of the teachers would notice that Alexis and Sirius were missing, they decided to go to the Great Hall, but held hands the whole time. Sirius would just take her a little more private and secluding after the feast.

Kissing Alexis was different for him. No girl had ever kissed him like that before. Maybe he would make it a permanent thing with her. Yes, he thought. I'll ask her to be my girlfriend tonight. How can she say no?

Belle and Ben were making googly eyes at each other from the separate tables. She must really have it bad for him, Sirius thought to himself.

At that moment he did a very brave thing. He put his arm around Alexis's waist and received many horrified stares from many girls from many different houses. He gulped as she leaned her head against his shoulder, but kept his grip on her.

No one was used to Sirius being attached to just one girl at one time. He was never like that. He was never committed to just one girl, infact he had never been committed to any girl as long as he lived. Sirius Black was a known playboy. And now that rumor had gotten around that James wasn't into Lily anymore, girls were more flirtacious and forward with him.

Sirius looked across the table at James during the sorting and had noticed him staring in the direction of Miss Lily Evans. Sirius sighed and rolled his eyes.

"He'll never learn," Sirius mumbled under his breath.

"What did you say?" Alexis asked while looking up at him from his shoulder.

"James," Sirius said quietly. "He claims he's over Lily but just look at him," Sirius pointed towards James.

Alexis sighed. "It's so sweet how much he likes her. They'll be together one day. As much as she hates to admit it I know she feels something for him," she said while placing her chin in her hands that were placed on the table.

Sirius looked at her in disbelief. "What are you talking about? Lily despises James. She always has and always will. There's no way that they'll be together."

Alexis looked back over at James. "You just wait, Sirius. Don't say I didn't tell you so."

James sat staring at Lily. His mouth was slightly ajar and his mind was swimming with thoughts of how he could win her over. He didn't care anymore what Sirius had to say about him not standing a chance with Lily. He would get her, one way or another. Sooner or later, preferably sooner if possible.

But how was he going to win her over? He and Sirius were the smartest boys in their wear along with Remus and she hadn't noticed him for that. Well what if he showed her exactly how clever he was by performing hexes and spells on other students in the hallways whenever she passed? That would have to work.

He could just picture himself putting the bat bogey hex on Snivellus and having Lily rush over to him and planting kisses all over him, exclaiming how much she had always secretly wanted him and wanted him bad right at that moment. James grinned at the thought of it.

"Now that the sorting is finished with, and the rules have been dealt with, I urge you all to tuck in!" Dumbledore exclaimed and sat back down in his chair as many platters of different dishes appeared on plates on all of the tables. The clanking of forks and knives filled the hall along with much conversation being passed between everyone.

Remus turned to James and started asking about how his summer was and such. James merely mumbled that his summer had been fine and hoped that Remus' wasn't as bad as it usually was.

"Well, my parents found a potion that eases the pain of transformation and helps me try to stay calm while I'm in werewolf form," Remus whispered in a low voice so only James could hear him. "It works quite well and I wish I had it with me here, but unfortunately I don't. Have you found out anything about your animagi transformations and what you're doing wrong?" Remus asked.

James shook his head and turned back towards Lily. Remus chuckled at his friend. He was pretty strange and didn't stand a chance with Lily. Everyone knew it. Even James knew it but wouldn't admit it to himself. Some things would never change.

Remus then turned his attention to Peter and his new found love. Emma was babbling on about something that was making Peter turn as red as a cherry tomato. They deserve each other, he thought to himself with a slight smile on his face.

He took a look at Sirius and Alexis. To Remus, it just didn't seem right. Sirius would seem more fit with someone like Belle. Alexis should belong with him, and definitely not Sirius. Remus saw the way Sirius has always looked at Belle since first year.

He's had plenty of chances to ask her out, yet he always messes up, Remus thought. Maybe if Sirius would've asked Belle out like he had planned, then he'd have Alexis and things would be different. Oh well, can't change things now.

After a filling meal, Dumbledore stood up and clasped his hands together and smiled warmly at the sea of eager students.

"Another year has begun, and I would like to welcome you all back once again. And for the first years, welcome to Hogwarts!" He beamed at the students, his face shining with pride and joy.

His face suddenly turned serious and a line on the corner of his mouth twitched slightly. "Being the headmaster of this school it is my job to inform you of the dangers that have been happening over the past few years. Lord Voldemort," The hall shuddered. "Has indeed been trying to gain power and rid the world of those who are not purebloods."

There was a sudden exchange of many terrified glances throughout the Great Hall. People started to babble and conversation began to pick up quite loudly until Dumbledore raised a hand to silence everyone.

"I shall make it clear to all of you; you are all safe in the castle. Let no one tell you differently. Voldemort," another flinch, "has been told that if he comes into the Hogwarts grounds then he will have to face me along with the rest of the staff."

A few Slytherins were looking at Dumbledore as if he was a crazy fool for thinking that he had more power than the Dark Lord himself. It was impossible!

Both James and Sirius turned their attentions to the smirking Slytherins and sent glares in their direction. Sirius had his eyes locked onto his brother Regalus'. After finding out that Regalus had decided to follow Bellatrix and Narcissa and was now being trained to help this so called "Lord" Voldemort. Sirius personally thought this was sick.

After Dumbledore had finished going on about the school rules again, and the school song was sung, the prefects were to lead the first years to their new common rooms. James and Peter walked behind Remus and the first years, and just as Alexis was about to follow them too, Sirius took hold of her hand and led her to a more secluded place.

Remus and Belle turned around to watch the two walk out the door from their different points in the Great Hall. Each thinking the same thing. That the other should belong to them and not the other.

James sighed and fell back on an arm chair in the Gryffindor common room. He truly thought he was over Lily Evans, but came to find that he couldn't even look at her without falling in love with her all over again.

He loved the way her red hair fell down her back and her green eyes sparkled with whatever emotion filled her at the moment.

James watched her, eyes filled with wanting. The girls who had been shamelessly flirting with him at Diagon Alley noticed him staring at Lily again and just rolled their eyes and backed away. He'd soon see the truth.

He watched Lily talking with Belle and Emma and turned to look at him. She noticed him staring and sent him a deadly glare and turned back to her friends. The glare didn't affect him at all and he continued to stare at her longingly and she noticed. She became infuriated with annoyance said a quick goodnight to her two friends and stormed up the stairs, James eyes following her the whole way.

Peter and Remus came over to him. "Why do you even bother, mate?" Peter asked. James merely mumbled something that was completely and totally not capable of being understood.

Sirius and Alexis finally climbed up the last few stairs of the Astronomy tower. Sirius sat down against the wall and leaned back. Alexis slid down next to him and he entwined his fingers with hers. She blushed lightly in the moonlight.

"So, Mr. Black" she chuckled. "Why did you seduce me into coming up to the tower alone with you?"

Sirius' throat tensed up and he quickly cleared it while putting his other hand on top of the one he was holding tightly.

"I erm wanted to ask you something" Sirius mumbled and looked to the cobblestone floors.

She smiled shyly at him and he gulped.

"I was erm wondering if erm uhh you would like to bemygirlfriend" he put the last few words together quickly.

He looked down to the floor only to have Alexis bring his face up and start kissing him feverishly. After many minutes like this, Sirius finally pulled away. "I'll take that as a yes then" he said, being pulled back into their snogging session.

Sirius and Alexis made it back to the common room just past curfew. They both had their hair slightly messed up and Sirius was wearing quite the goofy smile.

Just then Lily stormed down the stairs, and she did not looked thrilled at the two showing up at the common room late.

"Where have you two been?!" she hissed. "It's 7 minutes past curfew! You should've been back here 7 minutes ago!"

James walked over with his hands in his pockets. "Jeez Lily, calm down. It's only 7 minutes" he said, trying to calm her down, but seeing as she was in a bad mood as it was and already stressed to the max from the first years, this did not help her one bit. Infact, it made things, if possible, even worse.

"Potter, if you think for one minute I'm not going to punish these two, then you have something else coming for you, don't you?" she snapped at him.

"You're going to put one of your best friends in trouble because she was 7 minutes late? Come on cut them some slack!" James snapped back at her.

"Cut her some slack?! While she was out with HIM!?" she spat.

Sirius looked shocked and taken aback.

"Lily Evans! What have I ever done to you?" Sirius asked with the most innocent eyes she's ever seen.

"You're friends with him!" she indicated towards James whose jaw immediately dropped. "And you have both been show offs since you both started school here. You with your potions and beater skills, and James with his talents in transfiguration and chaser. You both make me sick!"

Everyone in the common room turned to look at the argument that the four of them were now in. At this point Remus decided to stride over to see what was going on.

"And you, Potter, why the hell do you always ruffle your hair? Nobody likes it!" There were a few giggles from some other girls in sixth and fourth year. They certainly seem to enjoy it, James thought.

And then, to deliberately make her even more befuddled and mad, he took one of his hands and ruffled his hair ever so slightly. If possible, she turned even redder while the sounds of love struck sighs were made from the other girls.

Lily then turned to Remus. "You figure out what these two deserve for a punishment" she said. "I'm going to the prefect's bathroom to take a nice long bath and get the stress off of my back."

Remus nodded and added "Do you even know the password?"

She looked to the floor. "Well, you see, I may have possibly forgotten…"

"Bubblebath" he whispered, thinking only Lily could hear him but James and Sirius had heard to and exchanged grins.

Lily nodded her thanks and left. Remus looked to the three of them trying not to let his eyes linger on Alexis too long. "Well?" she asked. "Can we go?" he nodded and looked to James and Sirius.

"What do you boys have planned tonight?" he asked as James and Sirius walked up towards the dorm with Remus following. James opened his trunk and pulled out his invisibility cloak his father had given him in his first year and covered himself and Sirius.

"We're going to play a little game of terrorize Gryffindor's female prefect" Sirius said with a grin and disappeared under the cloak.

Remus shook his head and clambered into bed, not wanting to know what the boys had in store for Miss Evans.