A/N: this is probably the fastest update ever! for us, that is.

Thanks to Bunny of Despair, who reviewed EVERY chapter cos' we asked her to! This chapter is dedicated to her. You should read her new story, it's hilarious!

The aftermath.

"That was a wild night, I don't think anyone stayed with who they came with. Everyone ended up snogging someone else!" Emma said excitedly, she was so ecstatic about being with James, although she was upset that Sirius was so relaxed about it.

"I didn't." Ellie said innocently

"Yeah, but everyone knows you and Remus are totally meant to be." Lily said

"How do you know? We're not even going out!"

"It's called chemistry, you guys had heaps of fun last night." Emma said

"How would you know? You had your tongue down James' throat half the night." Lily snapped "Sorry. I have a massive migraine." Emma blushed furiously. She was about to answer back when Remus came down into the common room. Ellie's face brightened immediately.

"Oh my god, you girls are so loud." He groaned "It's seven o'clock in the morning and everyone is so tired, I'm so glad classes don't start till twelve today" then he noticed Ellie, and he looked towards her and smiled timidly, Ellie blushed.

"When's the next Hogsmeade weekend?" Emma asked

"Next Saturday." Alice said.

"How do you know?" Ellie said

"Fra --- I heard someone talking about it."

Remus looked uncomfortable, he wasn't sure what to do.

"Emma, umm, can you er, help me with my, er potions homework?" Alice said

"What? We don't have any – ow!" Emma shouted as she received a hard stomp on her foot from Alice

"Oh yeah, sure Alice, let's go do your potions homework." She said

Ellie laughed, she knew what was going on. Remus loved it when she smiled, her brown eyes shined. He sat down next to her on the dark red couch, and he took a deep breath.

" I h-had a lot of fun with you last night. I-I'm glad Sirius made me come." He stammered

"I had fun too." Ellie replied in her beautiful silky voice

"I was just wondering, if you wanted to come with me to Hogsmeade on Saturday?" he asked timidly

"Yeah, that would be nice."

"I-I, thank-you." He said, Ellie could tell he was very nervous, and she didn't know why.

"Remus," She said, taking his hand, sending a shiver up his spine, "Don't be nervous, I really like you." She said. Remus instantly calmed down, he felt like a massive weight had been lifted from his shoulders.

"I have to go, I need to talk to Dumbledore, but I'll see you later?" Ellie said

"Yeah, definitely." He smiled. Ellie kissed him lightly on the cheek and then walked out.

Remus sat there on the couch while he contemplated what had just happened.

Ellie was worried, what had just happened, she wasn't sure if she should be doing this. It wasn't good for her situation, what would happen when he found out.

She walked into Moaning Myrtle's bathroom (for some reason she wasn't there) and she pulled out her mirror, "Em, are you there? Em, please be there." She whispered

Emma's face appeared in the mirror, "How did it go?" she asked,

"Ok, I guess."

"What happened?" Emma asked worriedly

"He asked me out."

"What's wrong with you Elles? I thought you liked him!"

"I do, it's just, you know my situation."

"I'm sure that if Remus really likes you, he won't mind."

"You sure?"

"Positive."

"Thanks Em."

"Hey, what are best friends for?" she laughed, as the image of her face in the mirror faded.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" a voice screeched, Ellie whirled around, and saw Moaning Myrtle floating above a toilet, "Have you come to mock me like everyone else does? No one comes here for any other reason! You mean bully."

"No, I'm new here" Ellie replied thinking of an excuse as quick as she could "I just needed to go to the bathroom, I guess you don't want me in here then?"

"Well, not if you're here to torture me!" Myrtle snapped.

"Ok, sorry then, I'm going to go now, but Myrtle, why would I torture you? There's no reason to torture you, just cos' you're a ghost. That's hardly a valid reason."

And with that, Ellie turned around and walked out.

"Hey Em; wait up!" yelled James after Potions three days later.

"Hey James" said Emma, she was a bit embarrassed; James and her hadn't talked much after the ball. She had no idea how to act around him after what had happened.

"I was wondering if you wanted to come to Hogsmeade with me this weekend.

"Sure." She said, she wasn't actually sure, Lily was still being really snappy towards her and Sirius hadn't spoken to her at all, yet James and Sirius were still best friends. Maybe it was different if you were a guy.

James kissed her on the cheek and walked off towards the Gryffindor common room.

Sirius watched as Emma and James walked in together, hand in hand. He got up to leave.

"Hey Sirius, wait! Can I talk to you?" she called after him.

He nodded glumly.

"Look, you haven't spoken to me since the dance, what did I do wrong?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know why I didn't talk to you." He said

"Yes you do, otherwise you wouldn't have done it, I'm the one that doesn't know, so tell me." She reasoned with him.

"Fine, I'll tell you. I really liked you, so I was getting a bit afraid, I've never really, really liked any girl. So when Rose came along, I thought she would take my mind off you, it did the opposite. So I ignored you, hoping that you would go out of my mind."

Emma didn't say anything, she was stunned. She wanted to just start snogging him and forget about everything, and that's what she did.

"EMMA!" shouted James in shock, pulling Emma out of her 'daydream.'

"I'm sorry James, I know you don't like me as a girlfriend, I know you love Lily. Good friends are all we'll ever be." She said

James knew she was right.

"I'm sorry too. To both of you. I shouldn't have ignored you Em, it wasn't the right thing to do, and James I'm sorry for snogging your girl."

"She's not my girl."

"Still" Sirius continued, "I'm sorry."

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