"So, where is he?" Morgana looked at a suit of armour, as though Lily's secret admirer was going to jump out from behind it and yell "Boo!" .
Lily sighed. "I don't know" she said sadly. " He should have been here ten minutes ago, I hope he's all right."
" Ten minutes? I wouldn't worry about that, Lily. Boys just have this thing about being late, for some reason. For instance, Sirius…"
"…is standing right behind you," said Sirius, grinning. His grin looked rather evil though, because he was wearing fangs as part of his vampire costume. He was rather pale, but he still managed to look extremely handsome in his red and black cloak. " So, shall we go inside then?"
Morgana hesitated slightly, and looked at Lily. " Don't worry, I'll be fine, you two go ahead" said Lily.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, he should be here any minute."
"OK then, bye!"
When they were inside, Sirius and Morgana found themselves a table and sat down. Morgana couldn't help noticing that Sirius was looking a little preoccupied, which was quite irritating considering the fact that she had spent a good two hours trying to squeeze herself into her costume and he hadn't even said she looked nice. Finally, she couldn't stand it any longer.
" Oh, Sugar Mouse?"
"Hmm...Oh! Did you say something, Morgana?"
"Yes, I did!" snapped Morgana. " I spent ages getting ready and you haven't even said a word! Are you all right?"
"Well…" Sirius paused, trying to find the right words. " Do you know who Lily's secret admirer is?"
Morgana looked at him in surprise. "No, not really. All I know is that she met him at the last ball, and-
"And he's been sending her anonymous letters, right?" Sirius was gaping at Morgana incredulously, which she found a bit disturbing because of his blood-covered fangs.
" Well-yes, how did you know?"
Sirius lowered his voice dramatically. "I know who it is."
"Really? Who?"
Sirius hesitated slightly. " I don't know what's going on here, but the secret admirer is James."
Morgana gasped. " As in James Potter?"
Sirius nodded, and he told her everything he knew. After he had finished, it was Morgana's turn to stare at Sirius.
" Do you mean to say that Lily dumped James for…James?"
"Yes, I suppose she did." Sirius frowned. " But there's still one thing I don't understand- how did Lily get the letter?"
"What letter?" Peter Pettigrew sat down next to Sirius, looking excited.
" Remember when Prongs wrote Lily that letter, but he never sent it –
"You mean the one he spent hours writing, but he forgot to send?"
Sirius blinked. " No, I mean the one he didn't send because his dream came true and he spent hours in the common room snogging Lily."
Peter shifted in his chair nervously. "Oh, dear," he muttered, looking intently at the tablecloth.
The colour slowly drained from Sirius' face until he could have passed as a real vampire. " Wormtail," he whispered dangerously. "Are you telling me that poor Prongs is over there ,suffering with that air-headed cousin of mine and Lily is outside there waiting for someone who won't show up because YOU WERE STUPID ENOUGH TO PUT THAT LETTER IN LILY'S BAG?"
Peter nodded.
" YOU IDIOT!" roared Sirius, slamming his fist on the table. People were starting to stare at them, mostly members of Sirius' fan club hoping that Sirius and Morgana were having another public break-up. But they turned away disappointed when Morgana put her hand on Sirius' shoulder and tried to calm him down.
" Calm, down, Sirius," said Morgana soothingly. "I'm sure it was just a mistake."
" I d-didn't m-m-mean to!" sobbed Peter. "I was j-just t-trying to help." His tears weren't entirely genuine, though. It was quite likely that he was exaggerating slightly so Morgana (who was attracting a lot of attention in her catsuit) would take pity on him. It didn't work, though. Morgana stood up suddenly.
"What is it?" asked Sirius.
" I have to go and tell Lily!"
Morgana rushed out of the Great Hall, hoping that Lily was still outside. Her "secret admirer" was now nearly an hour late. She spotted Lily sitting on the stairs dejectedly, mascara running down her face so she resembled a cross between a fairy and a panda.
"Lily!"
Lily looked up eagerly, but her face fell when she saw it was Morgana.
" Oh, Morgana, he hasn't come yet, I hope he's all right- D'you think the Slytherins would've hexed him? Maybe they used the Leg-locker Curse, that would explain-
" Lily, he's not coming."
Lily looked at Morgana curiously. "What do you mean, he's not coming?" she said, nibbling one of her nails absentmindedly. "Is he sick? Anyway, how do you know?"
Morgana sighed wearily. " Because he doesn't exist-well actually, he does-but he's..well...
"What are you trying to say, Morgana?" asked Lily.
Morgana took a deep breath. " I am trying to say," she began, " that your secret admirer was James."
Lily's wand fell to the ground , but she was far too shocked to notice.
