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Peter was thankful that Remus, Sirius and James had gone to the kitchens to get food. They were planning on throwing a party. Peter's job was to get rid of Evans, but he was just so glad they had left him be, having suffered their teasing about Suzie all evening, as he had all week, that he had forgotten his job and was just relaxing. The worst thing about it was that, eventually, they'd end up finding out they were right, and tease him even more.

Peter had finally admitted to himself that he did have a crush on Suzie, and there was nothing he could do about it. He couldn't help staring at her, and, although he tried to hide it from his friends, they kept catching him, if she didn't first. At the moment, she was walking away from her friends and across the room, and towards… him.

Her eyes caught his, and he looked away, hoping he was mistaken about her target. He was scared she knew he liked her – how embarrassing! Hopefully it was about the Charms homework. As he saw her feet stop in front of his, he looked up at her.

'Pettigrew. Um, can I speak with you a moment?'

Peter nodded. Suzie sat down next to him. She was biting her lip anxiously. They sat in silence for a moment. Peter suddenly blurted out, 'Is this about the Charms homework?'

'What?'

'Um…'

'No, no, it's…' She paused and swallowed. Peter could feel his heart beating more quickly. 'Um, well… I heard… No, I mean, I know… Urgh… This is nowhere near as easy as Caroline made it out to be… Do you have a crush on me?'

Peter froze. He opened his mouth, but nothing came out. This was mainly because he didn't know what to say. What could he say? If he said no, he'd be ruining his chances with her, and he did like her, but if he said yes… ugh… how mortifying. Suzie also looked embarrassed.

'Oh my God, what a terrible thing to ask someone!' she squeaked. 'I tried to rephrase it well, but how can you phrase that question well? If you don't, I completely understand, I just heard a rumour that you did and wanted to know and –'

'Yes.'

He was blushing brightly, a colour that was soon matched on Suzie's face.

'Um, what?' she mumbled.

'I do. I mean, yes, I…'

'I… I get it.'

They sat in silence for a while, still with their blushes radiating off them. Peter eventually turned to her and asked,

'Um… would you like to go, uh, on a date with me?'

'Well, I wouldn't have asked you if I wasn't open to it,' said Suzie quietly.

'I suppose not.'

'So… during the Hogsmeade visit?'

'What?'

'On Saturday.'

'Oh, um, yes. Then. Convenient, isn't it?'

'Not really. There's one every couple of months. If it had been next week, we could have gone then. And we didn't have to go to Hogsmeade anyway.'

'I suppose.'

Once again, the two sat in awkward silence for a while, until Suzie rose to leave, wanting to tell her friends.

'See you,' she said quietly.

'Bye, Gibson.'

'Gibson? You're going to go on a date with me, call me Suzie!' She giggled, and Peter blushed again.

'Er, right then… Suzie.'

She smiled and started to walk off. Struck by a sudden thought, he stood up and called after her.

'Suzie?'

'Mmm?' She turned around to face him.

'I have a favour to ask.'

'Yes?'

'The boys are planning a party for now. Do you think you could get Evans out of here? I understand if you don't want to, but –'

'They're finally getting their act together and throwing a party?' interrupted Suzie, 'I love their parties! Not that I'd tell Lily though, she'd kill me! But I'm not letting Lily ruin another one if I have a chance to stop her. Glad to help out!'

She waved at him and hurried over to the other girls. Peter sat down, letting his weight sink into the couch. He had a date with Gibson. He had a date with Suzie. He could call Gibson Suzie! He wanted to get up and dance, or do something to show his excitement, but that would be embarrassing, and possibly put Suzie (Suzie!) off him, so he contented himself with sighing dreamily and loudly every few seconds. Ah, the joys of life!

Suzie tentatively walked over to the other girls. Caroline was knitting furiously, Lily was correcting Suzie's half-finished essay, which she had left on the table, and Sarah was reading it over Lily's shoulder.

'Ooh, that's a good sentence, mine isn't nearly as good,' said Sarah, biting her lip.

'Mine isn't that good. At any rate, it's not as good as Lily's,' said Suzie. Her friends all turned their heads to look at her. They all seemed to be about to say something, but she raised her hand to silence them. 'Upstairs.'

She hurried up to her bed, leaving her belongings behind in the rush. A moment later, her friends burst in, their things also forgotten, all squealing as they jumped onto her bed.

'What happened?'

'Calm down, girlies, you'll get your story,' said Suzie, grinning. Sarah raised her eyebrows.

'Oh my God, Suzie, you sound like Caroline.'

Suzie slapped her hands over her mouth. 'Urgh, you're right, I do!'

'Much as it's interesting to see how my marvellousness is influencing Suzie,' commented Caroline, ignoring Suzie's groan, 'we have more pressing matters to discuss. Suzie?'

'Yeah, what happened?' urged Lily.

'Well,' said Suzie, 'I asked him. And he said…' She sighed sadly and looked down at her feet, just to draw out the drama. Sarah squeaked in alarm. Suzie suddenly looked up, and, grinning, burst out, 'I'm going on a date with him to Hogsmeade!'

Suzie was quickly engulfed by her three friends jumping on her, squealing, laughing and hugging her all at once. Suzie squirmed underneath them, but she was grinning.

'Get off!' she said once Caroline started tickling her. Her friends sat back, grinned, and then, inspired by Caroline, dove forward to tickle her again. Once they had all calmed down, Lily gasped out through her giggles,

'Full story, please!'

'Yes, yes, full story!' agreed Sarah, and then the two burst into mad giggles and leaned on each other for support as they keeled over.

'Er… you're hyper,' commented Suzie, an eyebrow raised.

'We're sorry, it's just so… so…' giggled Lily. Not having found the right word, she shrugged and said, 'Carry on.'

'So, I asked him, and he said he did like me, and asked me out, and we arranged to go on Saturday, and then I told him to call me Suzie, not Gibson. And, er, that's it.'

'You were gone ages! Surely that can't be all you said to each other,' said Caroline.

'Er, yes, it was, actually.'

'And I thought I raised your confidence,' sighed Caroline. 'Do you need a crash course?'

'You did raise my confidence! I went over there, didn't I?' said Suzie.

Caroline rolled her eyes, and got off of the bed, pulling Suzie up with her.

'Come on. Let's get our stuff.'

'Oh… will you get my stuff?' asked Sarah, who was retreating to her own bed, 'Please?'

'Sure,' said Lily, bouncing up as well, 'I'll come too.'

'No!' squeaked Suzie. Everyone gave her a strange look. 'Um, Caroline and I can handle it. Really, don't bother.'

'OK,' said Lily. 'See you in a bit.'

She wandered into the bathroom, waving. Caroline and Suzie started walking down the stairs.

'Why didn't you want Lily down – oh,' asked Caroline, stopping when she spotted the party. Lights were flashing, and food was scattered over the tables. As they entered, loud music began blaring.

'Keep it down!' hissed Suzie, 'Lily will hear!'

The music's volume dropped dramatically, but despite the quietness, it was a good party. Suzie and Caroline brought up their belongings, as well as Lily and Sarah's, but then returned to the party, along with Sarah, who they had informed of the party in a whisper. Caroline was consuming a questionable drink, while Suzie and Sarah were dancing madly, and having great fun. Suzie was disappointed that Peter wasn't there, but she presumed he might have gone to the dorm before the boys could find out about what had happened, and tease him rotten. Suzie would have liked to dance with him, but she supposed it was a wise move.

'Suzie!' squealed Sarah, interrupting Suzie's thoughts. 'It's that song!'

Suzie listened for a second – Sarah was right, it was the song which the girls had all heard and claimed as "theirs" – and then forgot about Peter and lost herself in the dancing.

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