A/N: Hello! I'm bored at this present time, cause most of my lovely friends have departed for lovely holidays to Europe, or some other nice cold place half way round the world, while I'm stuck here down under, haven't really ever thought about the name down under, what kind of connotations is it meant to have? Cause it seems kind of suss if you ask me, but hey I am aussie… anyway I am still recovering from seriously bad sunburn, which to my horror has now glazed over making me look very, very dark… err that is not a racist comment, I love people of all cultures. Yep, and to any other Aussie out there 26 January is Australia day! Aussie Aussie Aussie … well I think I better shut up, I think I've done enough damage… well happy reading. Please review

Sirius helped her off the ice, leading her to solid ground.

"You could've told me that you couldn't skate!" He said laughing. Hermione blushed at his gaze. This was one way to keep her mind off Draco. Just spend time with someone more gorgeous than him. So far it was working.

"Sorry, I am a Aussie you know! Not really cold enough for the water to freeze!" The real reason was that she had never bothered to try it much, she preferred skiing or snowboarding.

"Here, I'll teach you." He held her hand and escorted her back onto the ice. Shaking she shuffled forward. Was it just her or was the ice extra slippery. Sirius glided along next to her as if he was sliding on polished floors. Feeling safe enough to walk without falling over she went forward but immediately started to slip. Letting out a squeal she fell, Sirius catching her. She looked up at her saviour and giggled. Sirius started to laugh as well. His laugh was so cute, so childish.

"I'm going to teach you to skate if it takes all night!" he said. At about ten o'clock they were still out on the ice. Hermione had sort of got the whole skating thing going, but still fell flat on her face half the time.

She looked at her watch, she was having so much fun that she didn't notice the time go by.

"Oh crap!" she said under her breath. One more hour she thought to herself then they'd go back up.

"Looks like you nearly have it!" Sirius said huskily. Hermione smiled as he came over to her.

"Today's been fun! We should hang out more often."

"Yeah, sounds like and idea. Thanks for helping me, I never thought ice-skating would be so fun!" She gave a sly smile, "Especially with you."

Sirius looked down at her, she was so beautiful. Her brown mass of hair was pulled back in a ponytail, stubborn strands falling in her face, her chocolate brown eyes born into him. This unnerved him a little, it was as if she knew so much more about him then he knew himself and yet he knew nothing about her.

"Tell me the truth Hermione, what's between you and Draco?" Hermione heart dropped a little, she was trying so hard to figure it out herself, "Oh, not much." He smiled at her, why would she never tell him anything? After another hour Hermione was nearly a pro. Tired and exhausted they walked back up to the common room. They knew they were out past curfew so they crept around till they got to the fat lady, the whispered the password and they entered. They said goodnight to each other and parted their different ways to each of their dorms. Hermione decided to write in her diary, yes she knew she wasn't suppose to look at it again, but she changed her mind. She wrote about everything, including the kiss. She decided avoiding Draco was stupid.

The next day she went to breakfast feeling better then ever, with a camera in her hand. Taking photos here and there of everyone, including a group shot of everyone including her, Peter took it. She had her arms wrapped around Draco and Sirius. She talked briefly to Draco, mainly telling him that she didn't hate him. She was so glad; she could show all these things to Harry and Ron.

The weekend came and so did the day to Hogsmeade. Lilly, James, Remus as well as Peter went to Hogsmede. Hermione, Draco, Storme and Sirius preferring to get all their homework up to date.

"So," Hermione said dumping herself in a very comfy chair next to an already sitting Storme, Draco and Sirius followed suit. They, instead of doing homework sat and talked, the discussion went on a rampage discussing lots of different areas of their lives, Hermione soaked this up, trying hard to remember everything so when she got home she could tell Harry and Ron everything.

"So Sirius, are you and Brittany still together?" Asked Storme as the subject had changed to couples at hogwarts. Hermione listen contently to this, although she had been focused on Draco, since they went ice-skating Hermione seemed to have a connection with Sirius. She pushed these thoughts away, classing them as just because she had a great respect for Harrys Godfather. But looking at him across from where she sat she saw someone that looked nothing like the future Sirius Black, she saw a young, gorgeous, fun teenager, someone she new she could easily fall for.

"Well," He's eyes seem to dart to Hermione before answering, "I don't think so, I haven't seen her since we fought if that what you mean."

At this Hermione seemed to release a sigh… wait a minute was that relief? God that couldn't be relief, she was so not going to fall for this annoying badass, full of himself, completely gorgeous, tall, dark, and handsome…