"Come on." Lily said "Lets go back to the common room, we got a free lesson now."

"Cool!" The rest answered

They walked towards the Gryffindor common room and said the password (firecracker) and walked in.

"Tell ya what." The girls said, "We'll go to our dorm, put our books away and meet you guys here in ten minutes."

"Okay."

The girls ran up to the dorm and threw their books on their bed, Lily put on some music – which happened to be her favourite song (Holding Out For A Hero). The girls sang along to it.

(I do not own this song! You may recognise it from the film Shrek 2)

Lily: Where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods?
Clare: Where's the street-wise Hercules to fight the rising odds?
Hannah: Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Carolyn: Late at night toss and turn and dream of what I need

All: I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
Hannah: I need a hero
Carolyn: I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
Clare: He's gotta be sure
Lily: And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life

All: (Larger than life)

Lily: Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Hannah: Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Carolyn: Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
Clare: It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet

And the song cut off.

The girls laughed hysterically. They hadn't laughed so much for ages.

"I love that song!" Lily laughed

"Me too!" The other three added

"I can't remember the last time we sang along to that." Hannah said

"I think it was last Christmas." Lily and Carolyn told her

"Oh yeah!"

"I swear." Lily giggled, "That song describes my life right about now!"

The girls burst into a fresh set of giggles. It was the thought of Sirius as a knight in shining armour.

"I don't think I could imagine Sirius as that." Clare laughed

"Me neither." Lily giggled "But a girl can dream can't she!"

Meanwhile in the common room

"What's taking them so long?" Sirius asked impatiently "It's been 15 minutes already!"

"They're girls!" Remus stated, "What do you expect?"

"Good point."

James and Peter however looked lost in the whole conversation - for James it was mainly due to the fact that neither Sirius or Remus were talking to him. He felt a prang of guilty – he was jealous of both of them, he could admit that but he was too stubborn to admit to them that he was, but, he decided to swallow his pride and apologise.

"I'm sorry." He muttered

Sirius and Remus turned and looked at him

"What did you just say?" they asked, "We didn't quite hear."

"I'm sorry alright!" James grimaced "I was jealous youse."

They sighed

"We know." They said, "We were just waiting for you to say it."

"I don't want to split you and Hannah up you know Moony." James confessed, biting his lip "And I don't want to stop you and Lily going out with each other Padfoot. I'm just sorry about what I've said, and I'm sorry for punching you yesterday Remus."

"Apology accepted for that." Remus said "But what do you say Padfoot?"

"We'll give you a chance to prove it." Sirius said "And then we'll decide!"

The four of them hugged – but not in a girly way!

The girls did come down about 10 minutes later.

"What kept you?"

"Nothing." They answered

"Yeah right!" Sirius said, "We heard a song."

"Was it that loud?" Lily asked

The boys nodded

"Who was singing?" James asked, "Because we heard someone singing."

"That would be all of us." Carolyn replied "Why? Were we that bad?"

The boys looked at each other

"All we're saying is." Remus said, "Is that you should never take up singing as a profession!"

The girls laughed

"Like we would!" Lily and Hannah laughed, "It was only for a bit of fun anyway!"

"Come on." Sirius said, "I at least want to do something with my free lesson."

"Well, I'm going the library!" Hannah said, winking at Remus "I need to get a book for my homework."

"We ain't got any yet!" The girls pointed out.

"It's called Transfiguration from the summer!"

They rolled their eyes, they didn't believe her – she had never been able to lie to them!

When she and Remus left, Sirius took hold of Lily's hand and took her to the Room of Requirements. He closed the door and kissed her passionately. Lily was blown away by the kiss. When they broke apart Sirius confessed.

"I love you, more than anything and I don't care about James anymore. I just want to be with you."