The dance had been going on now for almost an hour. Mere and Goyle had started being less awkward around each other. Mere was actually having a good time dancing with Goyle with the occasional part where he kept stepping on her feet. Maya and Roger though didn't seem to have the same luck. The whole time they had been dancing Roger kept glancing over at Mere. Maya kept glancing at Sirius although she wouldn't admit it to anyone.

"Roger! Look at me! Yeah, hi remember me? Your date!" Maya yelled at him as he looked over at Mere for the final time. "Maybe I should just disappear and then you won't have any distractions from your precious Mere!" Maya walked off in a huff, only to be intervened by someone.

"What's the matter Maya? What happened?" Maya looked up to only be staring up at Sirius.

"Roger is an asshole!" Maya yelled and tried to run off, but was held back by Sirius.

"What did he do?" Sirius asked looking sad for her.

"He hasn't paid attention to me the whole night! He keeps looking at Mere!" Maya screamed as a tear ran down her eye.

"Oh, I'm sorry. You can hang out with me. Ginny left a while ago saying she had a headache," Sirius offered.

"Sure, if I won't be too much of a burden," Maya said quietly.

"No! Of course you won't. I want to hang out with you. Let's go for a walk. Did I mention you look beautiful tonight?" Sirius said blushing a little but keeping a smile up as they walked out of the Great Hall.

Liz and Tina weren't having the best of luck either. They kept wanting to sit down and talk for a few minutes to each other. But they're dates couldn't stand each other.

"Come on, Harry! Just a couple minutes, please!" Liz begged Harry to let her sit down and talk with Tina.

"No, I'm sorry. But I don't want to be anywhere near him. Why would I want to be near him just so he can insult me some more," Harry replied with anger.

"Then don't provoke him!" Liz begged him a couple more times until he gave in and they went to go sit with Tina and Draco.

"Hey, Tina!" Liz smiled, "How's it going?"

"We're having a great time!" Tina looked over to her date, "Aren't we, Draco?" Tina nudged him with her elbow subtly.

Draco coughed, "Yeah. Party on. How's it going for you, Potter?"

His voice still stung at the name. Tina gave him a small glare, but then turned and smiled to Liz. Liz glanced expectantly at Harry, as though making sure he wouldn't try anything smart.

"It's going well," he mumbled, "Liz, do you want something to drink?"

"Sure!"

"Alright," and he dashed, leaving Liz with Tina and Malfoy.

Draco looked over to Tina, "Do you want anything to drink?"

Lest he be outdone by a Gryffindor.

"Um, sure."

"Okay."

Then it was down to Liz and Tina.

"Finally!" Tina spoke exasperatedly, "I thought I wouldn't be able to talk to you until tomorrow!"

"I know, really," Liz rolled her eyes, "Count on us to be best friends and go to the dance with Hogwarts' worst enemies."

"Have you seen Maya?"

"Yeah, but not with Roger."

"Really!" Tina was shocked.

"Yeah, the last time I saw her, she and Sirius were walking in the gardens."

"That's interesting…" Tina was about to comment on that when a loud crash echoed through the music and chatter.

It came from the drink table.

Liz sighed, "Ugh, now what…"

"Oh my god! DRACO!"

Draco threw another punch at Harry. Harry dodged it, but not completely, which gave him a bruise on the temple. Harry lunged at Draco, tackling him onto the floor. The two wrestled each other, tearing at each other like wild dogs.

"Harry! Harry, get off of him!" Liz screamed as she attempted to drag Harry away from the fight. She was unsuccessful.

"Tina, I'm really going to need your help on this one," Liz sighed. Tina looked at her reluctantly.

"Can't you do it by yourself? I mean, do I really have to get there?"

The boys were still fighting.

"YES! Tina! C'mon!"

"Ugh! Fine!"

"On the count of three…two…"

Tina ran into the fight and linked her arms with her date, then dragged him out.

"Whoa," Liz marveled at the efficiency of Tina's approach as Liz dragged her own date away from Tina's. "Are you glad you got that out of your system?" she asked him. Harry nodded grimly.

"I can't believe your friend is dating him," he said bitterly. Liz shrugged, "I got used to it."

"I can't believe you did that!"

"Draco, you can't be trying to kill my friend's date!" Tina retorted, "Are you feeling better now?"

"I will, in a minute," Draco glanced at her with a look, "Follow me."

"Where are we going?"

"It's a surprise."

Mere couldn't find Tina anywhere. She had wanted to talk to Tina about Goyle and things that she could talk to him about. She was wandering around when she ran straight into someone and fell.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't see you there," Mere apologized quickly as she looked up and saw herself staring at Roger.

"No, it's my fault entirely! Who were you looking for?" Roger asked her noticing as soon as she got up she was searching for someone. "Are you looking for your date? I thought I saw him a little while back."

"No, I'm just looking for my friend, Tina. I just wanted to talk to her."

"Oh, well I saw Draco and Harry get into a fight and then Draco and Tina leaving after it."

"Oh, well then I guess it can wait until tomorrow. I don't think we'll be seeing her or him the rest of the night. What happened to Maya?" Mere asked looking around for Maya.

"Well, things weren't going so well and she left me. I think I saw her leaving too with Sirius."

Mere looked at Roger when he said that Maya had left and she looked puzzled. He hadn't sounded the tinniest bit sad.

"Mere, you want to dance?" Goyle returned looking a little nervous that Mere was talking to Davies.

"Sure. I'll see you later, Roger," Mere waved good-bye and walked off with Goyle.

Maya and Sirius had been walking around for a few hours now. Maya was getting a little tired from walking.

"Hey Maya, you want to go back to my common room?" Sirius asked noticing that Maya was getting a little bored.

"Sure," Maya replied looking happier and she looked up and smiled at him. They walked all the way back up to the common room and sat down on the couch. A few awkward moments passed by before Maya broke the silence.

"Do you fancy Ginny?"

Sirius appeared surprised by the question.

"Sure I do. As a friend."

Maya found herself babbling, "Why don't you like her more than a friend? I mean, you'd look cute together. Why won't you go out with her? If you gave her a chance, I'm sure she'd gladly be your girlfriend…"

"I don't want to go out with Ginny because," Sirius sighed, "I'm waiting."

"Waiting?" Maya was confused, "Waiting for what? A girl isn't going to fall on your lap, you know, so what the bloody hell are you waiting f–"

"Bloody hell, Maya, I'm waiting for you!"

Everything went blank for a moment.

"What?"

"Maya Lane, I have been waiting for you. I know that all I'll ever be to you is a friend, but I'm still going to wait until you realize that I love you more than Davies or any boy that ever will!"

Maya was frozen. Her heart was racing and things started to get blurry.

"Please say something, Maya. Say anything."

"Sirius, I…" Maya quickly got up from her seat to stand and think, but as she got up, Sirius mistook her movements as though she was leaving. He grabbed her wrist and found that Maya was strong. He harshly pulled her to sit back down, but she lost her balance and fell on him.

"Ah!" Maya winced as her wrist stung. She gripped her wrist with her other hand.

The bracelet Tina had made for her was in Sirius' hand, torn.

"I…" Sirius tried to say, but Maya interrupted him.

"I was hoping," she admitted, "so much it would be someone like you."

"So, you really want to?"

"More than anything," Maya answered, "but Sirius?"

"Yes?"

Maya leaned in and kissed him, "I didn't want to start off our night without foreplay."

"Draco, where are we going?"

"We're just going to a surprise I set up for you."

"For me?" Tina liked the sound of that. She giggled as he took her hand and led her to a painting.

"Close your eyes," he said. Tina obeyed him. She heard him murmur a password and the portrait door opened to reveal a bathing room. Then Tina realized that Draco had brought her to the Prefect bathroom.

"Oh wow."

The bathtub – which looked more like a small pool – was glassy and still as green lights glowed beneath the water on the sides of the pool. A few candles were lit and floating around in the water and to the side were two wine glasses and a bottle of champagne.

"Do you like it?"

"I love it," Tina replied with her hands hiding her wide smile. Her hands left her face and drifted down towards her feet. She bent over and took off her shoes.

"Draco, could you help me with my dress? I can't reach the zipper."

"Well, at least one of us is getting some serious action tonight," Harry commented as he looked at Gryffindor boy's room's door. – a necktie was hanging on the doorknob.

Ron suddenly looked very angry.

"Ron, what's the problem?" Jeff asked, "It's okay, to be jealous. Hey, I bet it's Sirius!"

"I saw Dean and Seamus down at the dance while we were leaving, so it's probably Sirius," Liz added on.

Before anyone had a chance to react, Ron roared, "ALOHOMORA!" and flung the door open.

"You sick bastard, get off of my sister!"

Sirius looked at Ron from his bed in shock.

So did Maya.