Bella had eventually sobbed herself to sleep and was now tucked up in Narcissa's bed, her long ebony hair fanning on the green and silver striped pillowcase. Narcissa was seething, how could Bella who was normally so sensible do something so…so un-pureblood-like! She was torn between wanting to stay with her baby sister or wanting to find Sirius and rip his arrogant head off his body. Sighing she thought her best bet was to stay in her room after all it was not becoming to a lady to go running around the castle at all hours; prefect or no prefect. Turning back to her potions essay she began to write.

Sirius meanwhile was sat on his bed looking thoroughly glum. "Padfoot what on earth is wrong with you?" Remus sighed as he looked up at his friend. For Sirius to be so down something must be terribly wrong or else the latest prank against Severus Snape had failed. "It's nothing." Sirius said as he sipped a glass of water.

"Oh come off it. Please at least tell me." Remus said softly.

"Okay come with me. I can't speak to you here." Sirius whispered dragging his friend from the Gryffindor common room.

"Sirius what is so unbelievably important that you have to drag me away from our friends?"

"It's Bella!"

"What about her?"

"I…I can't get her off my mind." Sirius said blushing slightly. Remus stood somewhat dumbstruck. Never had Sirius Black been hung up on a girl. Not once and yet here he was admitting his pretty albeit Slytherin cousin was constantly in his thoughts. Remus had to admit he could understand why. Bellatrix was the true beauty of Slytherin even if Narcissa liked to pretend it was herself. Remus scratched the back of his neck and looked up unsure of what to say to his friend. "So I guess this stems from the. the err."

"Yes Remus from the party." Sirius said cocking his head slightly to the side. Remus smiled knowingly.

"I take it she must have been good then!"

"Oh she was." Sirius smiled remembering fondly the drink-induced passionate exchange between himself and his alluring temptress of a cousin. A game of truth-or-dare involving him, Remus, Regulas and Bella had escalated somewhat with the large quantities of Gillywater and as such one of his dares was to kiss Bella for two minutes. When the kiss had eventually ended approximately8 minutes later Bella and Sirius had found themselves in an empty bedroom, Remus and Regulas deciding to rejoin the party since the other two were somewhat otherwise engaged. Only Sirius, Remus and Bella knew what had happened as Sirius had performed a charm on Regulas the next morning; so he wouldn't squeal to the rest of the family what naughty Sirius and Bella had been doing. "Well are you going to tell her?" Remus asked waving his hand in front of Sirius's face as Sirius had clearly been in the middle of a daydream. "Tell who, what?" Sirius asked clearly having not been listening to Remus at all.

"Tell Bella. I mean I suspect she may like you a little too."

"As if. Have you seen that Lestrange prat with her? 'Oh Bella, would you care to come with me to Hogsmeade for your sister and Lucius are going and I'll be awfully lonely if they start been all couple like.' What a piece of slime."

"Ah Sirius is that a hint of the green-eyed monster I detect."

"No it's flaming obvious! Remus honestly, I thought you of all people would know that!" Sirius shot back sarcastically.

"Well she evidently isn't dating him yet for she was sat nowhere near him at dinner tonight."

"That means nothing. I saw her with him at the Halloween party. She likes him."

"Yeah and from what I saw from her kiss with you I'd say that she kind of likes you too."

"Really?"

"Really. There's no way a kiss like that could be simply the result of a little too much alcohol. I think you should talk to her."

"Okay Moony you're right I shall. When I see her tomorrow I'll talk then. We have the ever pointless Divination first so I'll talk to her there."