After lunch, James, Remus, and Rini went to visit Hagrid. Sirius had other plans. He went up to the common room and found it was empty except for one person: Lily. She was working on the Potions homework of looking up certain herbs, their properties, and what they are mostly used for. He had entered quietly as to not disturb anyone, so Lily didn't know he was there. He was glad too, for he heard a true angel singing that day.
She had just started singing a song that was very popular in the muggle world: Last Kiss (unsure who it was sung by back then). It was 10 years old but still fairly well known. All Sirius could do was listen to her sweet voice.
"Oh where, oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me.
She's gone to heaven so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
We were out on a date in my daddy's car; we hadn't driven very far
There in the road, straight ahead, a car had stalled; the engine was dead
I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right
I'll never forget the sound that night
The screaming' tires; the busting glass; the painful scream that I heard last
Oh where, oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world"
Sirius couldn't believe his ears. Certainly he was hearing a heavenly creature, not some earthly form. She truly was the most beautiful and most angelic creature eve to walk the Earth.
Sirius kept listening: "When I woke up the rain was pouring down
There were people standing all around
Something warm rolling through my eyes
But somehow I found my baby that night
I lifted her head, she looked at me and said:
'Hold me, Darling, just a little while.'
I held her close; I kissed her our last kiss
I found a love that I knew I would miss
But now she's gone, even though I hold her tight
I lost my love, my life that night
Oh where, oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me.
She's gone to heaven so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world"
Lily hummed a few more bars of the song; she didn't even notice she had an audience. Still working on her homework, she was startled by someone clapping. Lily whipped around and saw Sirius walking toward her. She blushed when she realized that Sirius had heard her sing the whole song.
"Beautiful," mused Sirius. "A beautiful voice for a most beautiful girl." His words only made Lily blush even more. "So much blushing over nothing," he jested. "Really, you have an extraordinary talent."
Lily could only murmur her thanks as she went back to her schoolwork. Sirius sat across from her and pulled out his books. Remembering how Lily had just left lunch, he asked, "Lily, aren't you hungry?"
Without looking up from her books, Lily shook her head and said, "No." Right as she said no, her stomach grumbled, demanding to be fed. "Well, maybe a little. Lunch is over though, so I'll wait till supper."
Sirius looked aghast. "You most certainly will not!" Lily looked up from her work. "I simply refuse to let you go hungry having known that Malfoy and Snape have full bellies." He went upstairs and came back down a few moments later with his book-bag a bit more full than before. He took Lily's hand and kissed it, then headed for the entrance saying, "Be right back!"
Lily giggled and then heaved a sigh. She was not quite sure what had happened, but she had a feeling she didn't want to know. She went back to work.
About 15 minutes later, Sirius entered the common room with a basket. He set the basket down on the table and began to serve Lily. There was fried chicken, freshly baked bread, cookies, and two jars of iced pumpkin juice. Sirius kept one the jars for himself.
Lily stared at the feast before her and finally managed to ask, "Where did you get all this?"
"Didn't James and I explain at the feast?" Sirius laughed. "The house elves are dying to give us food and have us praise them for it." Lily giggled. "What, it's true."
"No, it's not what you said. It's the way you said it."
"Oh." Sirius wasn't sure what to make of it so he just smiled.
They spent a good half-hour talking, eating, and doing their homework. When James, Remus, and Rini came in they were howling with laughter.
"What's so funny?" James asked upon seeing them. Lily and Sirius stopped laughing long enough to look at them before bursting out once more in laughter. James looked at Remus and shrugged.
Lily and Sirius finally calmed down and stopped laughing but couldn't stop smiling. James and Remus wondered about what was said between them but didn't ask. Rini asked that night while they were lying in their beds.
"Hey, what was so funny earlier? You know, with Sirius," Rini asked the question cautiously.
"Oh, that? It was nothing really. Just he and I were talking 'bout this and that. Said a few jokes, had a good laugh. That kind of thing." Rini just looked at her. "What? He can be quite funny."
"Well, what about making James and Sirius jealous. Is that still gong on?"
"Yes. I never said I wasn't still acting like Remus's girl, did I?"
"No. I just thought that you might be making James more jealous than Sirius by hanging out with him for, like, forty-five minutes."
"I've already considered that, Rini. I'm gonna spend some time with just James as well. But I'm still going to spend most of my time with Remus. With or without you guys around."
Lily and Rini talked a little more before going to sleep. Lily was awake staring at the ceiling. She was thinking about Remus and their secret. What would he tell the others when he had to go into hiding? How could he live with a secret that big? When was the next full moon? Most importantly, where would he be hiding? She fell asleep with these questions running through her head.