Sirius sat up in his room that night, flipping through the yearbook from his sixth year. Most of the girls that he knew had already left Hogwarts. All the girls that were the same age as him had already had dates. The ones that didn't said that they were sorry, but they weren't interested. He was pretty good at facing rejection.

"Still looking for that lucky girl that you will escort to the dance?" James asked with a grin.

Sirius glared at him and shut the book, "Shut up. I'll find someone."

"Uh-huh." James said in a skeptical voice, "Well padfoot, if you don't find someone, I'll go with you."

The boy looked at his best friend and threw a pillow at his face, "Don't you have Quidditch practice to go to or something, instead of bugging me?"

The other boy grinned, "Have I hit a sour not with you Padfoot? Alright, alright. I'll leave you alone. I have to find a date myself."

"Going to try Evans again?"

"Thirtieth times the charm, my friend."

"Whatever, leave me alone."

"See 'ya." James said as he walked out of the room and shut the door behind him. Sirius sighed and opened his yearbook once again. His eyes caught sight Emma McGonnagall's picture.

No one would ask her to the dance, he thought to himself, I'll ask her.

Emma wasn't in theatre class the next day, so Sirius decided to go see her. She had a different dorm from everyone else because her aunt was a teacher there. When class ended, he ran all the way to where Emma was staying. By the time he got there, he was out of breath and had a cramp on his side. He straightened up as much as he could and knocked on the door. He was thankful that Emma answered it.

"Hello Sirius, this is a suprise," Emma said with a cheerful smile.

"Hi Emma."

"I'd invite you in, but my aunt says that I'm not allowed to have boys in the house when she's not home."

"That's okay, we can walk outside."

"That sounds good to me." The two walked down by the lake.

"You weren't in class today."

"No My aunt had to go to the doctor."

"Is she okay?"

"Healthy as can be."

"That's good." The two fell into an akward silence.

"It's a nice day out," Sirius said as he tried to break the akward silence.

"Yes it is."

"I don't think that there's a cloud in the sky."

"Sirius, what did you come to talk to me about. I know it wasn't to talk about the weather."

He chuckled, "No, I didn't. Have you ever been to a dance?"

Emma, shook her heard, "No."

"Well they're fun, but not too fun." He added as an afterthought.

"Oh."

"I was wondering, do you want to go to the dance with me?"

"I'd have to ask my aunt first."

"But you'll go with me if she says that it's okay?" Sirius asked.

Emma nodded, "But you have to promise me one thing."

"What's that?"

"You have to promise that you won't fall in love with me."

Sirius had to choke back a laugh, "That won't be a problem."