A/N: Here's the 12th chapter! I updated really soon, two or three days i think? But anyways it's because i'm going to be really busy this weekend, and so i wanted to squeeze one more in, but I'll try to get another one in soon, also. I hope you like this chapter, this one is more about Sirius and Sara but the next one will be about James and Lily!

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"Mail's here!"

"Oh, brilliant!" Sirius sang, pushing aside his orange juice to make room for the owl that was now heading straight towards him.

It was Monday morning following the Hogesmeade weekend, and everyone was seated in the Great Hall, shoveling their breakfast in their mouths before classes began.

"Anything good?" James asked Sirius questioningly as his friend detached a folded up newspaper from the deep, chocolate colored owl.

Sirius opened the Daily Prophet, a newspaper that he had been getting since first year. "Nothing much by the looks of it…oh wait…what's this?" Sirius then widened his eyes and flipped through a few pages, before he ran his finger along the articles and tapped his finger upon one.

"What?" Remus asked, beginning to butter a crumpet.

Sirius held up his hand to silence his friends as he continued to scan the article, his eyes narrowing and by the time he had finished, he looked more than slightly disgruntled.

"Here," He grunted, thrusting the paper over to Remus.

Remus laid it upon the table and smoothed it out before beginning to read.

"Death Eaters Strike Again

On the sixteenth of September, Ministry Officials received notice of killings just outside Shen Town. Witnesses close to the Ministry claims that they have belief that points to say that none other than He-Who-Must-Not be named and his followers were responsible for this horrible crime.

'They didn't just kill the elders, no siree they did not, but they youngins' too, and their parents.' Says Printill Mounty, close friends to those murdered. 'They were nice people, always looking for ways to help out, didn't do nothin' wrong. And what is their prize? Death.'

Martin Figlin, his son, wife and grandchildren were those murdered. Only the grandchildren were half blood and the father of the children muggle born. Sources say that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is not only going for muggle borns, but those who fraternize with them as well."

Remus stopped reading and looked up at his friends disbelievingly. "Kids." He said blankly.

"It's not the first time it's been kids they've killed," Sirius said coldly, "They do it all the time, there's killings all over. It's been going on for years and years…"

"I know," James said, sighing deeply. "It's horrible."

"Looks like you've got a letter too," Peter said suddenly, pointed to the parchment settled by James' plate.

"I know, I just wanted to see what the newspaper said," James said before picking up his letter and ripping open the seal before pulling out a sheet of parchment.

His eyes traveled throughout the letter and he took another sip of juice before finally looking up.

"Just Mum and Dad, wanting to see how I'm doing…I reckon their frightened for us all, they've been ever since Voldemort-" Peter gave a weak squeal of fright, "-has come to power. Now they are really scared, and I can see why. They aren't trying to make their killings a secret anymore, they don't care. In fact they want people to know they did it, murdered someone I mean, like it's some sort of honor or something."

"That's sick," Remus said disgustedly. "But I know what you mean, they have the Dark Mark…they place it above the house or street or wherever they had killed…or triumphed or even appeared. It's never a good sign."

The other three boys nodded and continued eating breakfast in silence.

"Ready to go to Charms?" James asked ten minutes later.

They nodded and Sirius took a last gulp of juice before they set off out of the Great Hall.

Once inside the Charms room the four boys headed for their seats near the back and sat down. Most of Charms seemed to pass as slowly as possible, and every time a student looked at the clock they could have sworn they had seen the hands move backward instead of forward. Finally, at long last, the bell rang and the students gathered their belongings quickly before traipsing to the door.

"Okay, where to next?" Sirius asked, shifting his book bag on his shoulder.

"Potions," Remus said, turning and leading the boys down another corridor, one which lead to the potions classroom.

"Hello boys!" Boomed Professor Slughorn as soon as they had entered the now full classroom. "Please take a seat and take out your books, and kindly turn to page one hundred and eight."

They nodded and found their seats, pulling out their books and turning to the requested page to reveal a Parot Potion.

"That's funny…" Remus said thoughtfully, scanning the page with interest.

"What is?" James asked, his eyes wandering the room.

"I don't remember ever hearing of this 'Parot Potion,'." He explained without looking up from the book.

"Maybe that's why we're learning it."

"Shut up, James."

James laughed and turned his attention to Professor Slughorn who was now talking.

"I have new partners assigned for you-" At this statement Severus and James cried, without bothering to keep it to themselves, "Thank goodness." "-and together you will be creating a Parrot Potion, very helpful with many illnesses."

Every one nodded before Slughorn spoke again.

"Okay, I would like Black and Brookfield together, Potter and Snape…"

"WHAT!" Snape cried incredulously whilst James slid sideways out of his seat.

"Evans and Nelson, Pettigrew and Render…"

Peter smiled broadly and looked at Marlee who was waving enthusiastically towards him.

After everyone had been paired, some less thrilled than others, they set to work on yet another potion.

"Okay, Miss Brookfield," Sirius said, glancing at the ingredients required in the book.

"Okay, Mr. Black," Sara said, smiling at him over her own book. "I'll go get the cauldron."

"And I the ingredients."

Sara laughed and nodded and went to retrieve a cauldron.

"Go get the ingredients, Potter," Snape said coolly, sitting down in a seat and looking at James with bored expectancy. "Now."

James nodded and made to turn around before stopping himself almost immediately, "You go get the ingredients." He commanded, not liking the feeling of being ordered around at all.

"Potter, just shut up and get them," Snape said tiredly, suddenly becoming very interested with the ceiling.

"Hey, I think you're forgetting who you're talking to!" James said, pointing to his badge aggressively and standing up to his full height.

"Oh no…James Potter…" Snape said dryly, staring at James carelessly.

"Yeah that's right, I am James Potter and guess what else? I'm-"

"Head boy, yes, I know." Snape said, snorting as he shut his book with a slam.

"Okay, here are the ingredients," Sirius said, setting them down next to the cauldron Sara had just returned with. "Shall we get started?"

Sara nodded and observed the ingredients Sirius had gotten before grabbing a garlic clove and peeling it.

"Did you have fun at Hogesmeade?" Sirius asked, pouring a slimy substance into a small bowl.

"Sirius, I spent half of it with you," Sara laughed, continuing to peel the garlic clove.

"Yes, but I never asked if you had fun." Sirius pointed out, adding some powder to the substance.

"Well, as a matter of fact…I did," Sara said, smiling slightly as she picking up a knife and began to slice the garlic into tiny pieces.

"I did too…well, for half of it anyway," He said.

"Mr. Black, are you meaning to say that you didn't have fun in the half that you were with me?" Sara asked, putting on an expression of mock hurt as she continued to slice the garlic.

"Actually…" He began and her face dropped as she thought he was about to claim that that was exactly what he had meant. "I meant the complete opposite."

"That was a wise thing to say," Sara said, holding up the knife teasingly.

They sat in silence and Sara grabbed yet another garlic clove and began to peel it.

After about ten minutes Sara began to scoop the garlic she had spent the last twenty minutes peeling and cutting into her hand before Sirius looked up.

"Actually, I think it said onion, not garlic…" Sirius said, looking at his book in reference as Sara stared at him incredulously "Yep, onion." He confirmed.

"You're joking!" Sara shouted, looking at her work that was in her palms, "Sirius I spent the whole class period cutting up the bloody garlic when I was supposed to be cutting up onion because you were supposed to read the book and you were supposed to get the right ingredients." She said angrily, narrowing her eyes at him in frustration.

"Well I suppose I was…wrong?" Sirius said sheepishly.

Sara let out a shriek of fury and took a step closer to Sirius before shoving the garlic into his face.

Sirius sputtered as he spit out chunks of garlic, looking at Sara who folded her arms over her chest and was looking extremely defiant.

"I see how it is," He said, smiling slyly, and before she could stop him he had picking up his slimy, powdering concoction and tossed it at her.

"SIRIUS BLACK!" She shrieked, wiping the slime out of her eyes. "SIRIUS BL-"

"Black, yes, that'd be me." Sirius said, smiling at her distressed appearance.

She gave a little cry of fury before grabbing a slightly grotesque green liquid and pouring it over his head.

He tried to jump out of the way, but it was too late and he was doused in the liquid.

They heard a hearty laugh and jumped to look at Professor Slughorn who was looking at the two quarrelers amusedly.

"Tsk, tsk." He said, still smiling at them merrily.

"Professor, you cannot tell me that you are going to let them get away with that without a single detention!" Shrieked a Slytherin girl.

Slughorn frowned before turning to look at the girl. "I mean, they've just wasted all those ingredients and-"

"Yes, yes." Slughorn said, looking at Sirius and Sara apologetically. "I suppose you two should receive a detention. Very well, I'll see you tonight at seven o'clock."

Sirius and Sara nodded and watched as the others turned back to their business reluctantly.

"That was almost like a food fight…only severely gross." Sara said, pulling at her hair and staring at it with disgust.

"It was fun, though," Sirius admitted, looking at Sara and trying desperately not to laugh.

Sara shook her head but broke out into a smile against her will. "Sirius Black, if you weren't so charmi-"

But she stopped mid sentence and clamped a hand to her mouth, looking horrified.

"So what?" Sirius repeated, standing still and looking at her blankly.

"Nothing," She said quickly, turning pink and wiping some slime off of her forehead.

"You think I'm charming…you think I'm-"

"Only in your dreams, Black," She said, although she was flushing an even deeper shade of scarlet.

"Whatever, but I'll just have you know that I think you are completely stunning even when you are covered in slime."

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"James!" Lily cried after dinner, her hair flying but her face set as she called for James in the common room.

"Yeah?" James questioned, abandoning his chess game with Sirius to walk towards her.

"I was thinking we should…well…maybe we should start planning that ball soon. It's only for seventh years, kind of like a going away party but it's in a few months."

"Sounds fine to me," James said, running a hand through his hair, "How about tomorrow or sometime this week? I just can't Wednesday because of Quidditch."

"That's fine," Lily said with a wave of her hand. "Maybe we should meet once a week till the ball just so it's perfect."

James smiled and nodded.

"Okay, great. Now, for the next Hogesmeade date, what do you say this weekend. I know it's soon and all, but it's getting a lot colder and I wanted at least two Hogesmeade trips in before it's freezing outside." She continued.

"Yeah, the more Hogesmeade the better, I'm up for that." James agreed, feeling slightly ashamed Lily had been the one to think of all of this and had come up to talk to him.

"Okay!" Lily beamed, she then checked the clock and looked back at James. "It's almost seven and I still have two essays to write so I'll talk to you later."

"Yeah, bye!" James called before Lily spun around and took off for the stairs right before Sara emerged.

Sirius appeared at James side. "Well, looks like it's going to be a detention without you, Prongs."

"Looks like it," James agreed, and when Sara drew nearer he waved at him both before departing.

"May I?" Sirius asked, holding out his arm just as James had.

"Sirius, we're walking down to detention, you're not taking me out on a date." She laughed.

Sirius smiled and put his arm down in defeat, "Can't a guy to be a gentleman?" He asked as the exited the common room.

"Gentlemen don't dump slime on girls," She pointed out.

"No, no I guess they don't," Sirius admitted.

Sara smiled and after a few moments time they reached Slughorn's room.

"I don't think he'll be too hard on us, he didn't even want to put us in detention in the first place." Sara said as she pushed open the door.

"Oho! Hello Black, Brookfield." Professor Slughorn said as he rose from his desk. "I just need to make a quick trip down to the owlery, so here's what I'd like you to do." He walked around to four dirty, rusty cauldrons and Sirius and Sara followed him.

"Please clean out these cauldrons, two each, using…" He waved his wand and one large bucket of water appeared, followed by two sponges. "These. It should only take a little while, so I'll be back in a few, I might stop and talk to some teachers along the way so don't worry if I'm later than expected."

Sirius and Sara glanced at each other and suppressed a laugh, they knew better than to be worried about Slughorn, considering he talks to almost everyone he sees.

"Well, see you in a moments while," And with that he departed.

Sara knelt down on her knees and grabbed a sponge, dumping it in the soapy water. Sirius followed suit and they both set to work on cleaning the cauldrons.

Silence settled among the room except for the continuous scrub of the sponge against the cauldron.

"All of this because you got garlic instead of onion," Sara said accusingly after a while.

"Well maybe if you would have read the instructions you would have caught my mistake and grabbed an onion instead." Sirius pointed out.

"Whatever," She said, "It doesn't matter."

"No it doesn't," Sirius agreed.

"Because I won anyways."

"What?" Sirius repeated, turning to look at her. "No you didn't!"

"Of course I did, I got you with two things instead of one." She said smugly, dumping her sponge in the water before returning to her cauldron.

"That's not fair because Slughorn caught us, I would have won anyways," He said defensively.

"Whatever," She said, continuing to scrub before something wet came in contact with her cheek. She turned her head quickly to see Sirius retrieving his sponge that he had just thrown at her.

"Sirius!" She shrieked, dunking her sponge in the water, attempting to squeeze it over his head, but he grabbed her hand and held it above her head.

She wrenched her hand away and scooped water into her hands, before bringing it down on Sirius.

"THERE!" She cried triumphantly.

Sirius laughed and grabbed her arm, pulling her closer to him before squeezing his dirty, soapy sponge onto her hair.

She let out a shriek and laughed, wrenching her arm away. She dumped her sponge back into the water before Sirius held up his hands.

"Wait," He said, breathing heavily.

Sara raised an eyebrow and stared at him triumphantly, "Forfeit, Black?"

"No, I just feel bad that I'm beating you so horribly and I just wanted you to know that stopping is always an option.

"I'll keep that in mind," She said, before chucking her sponge at Sirius' stomach.

"Oof!" He laughed, picking up her sponge in his spare hand.

"No fair!" She cried, "You can't have both sponges! That means I'm left weaponless!"

"Exactly," He grinned.

"Whatever happened to the gentleman approach?" She asked desperately.

"Gentlemen don't dump slime on girls."

He threw both sponges at her and she let out a cry of surprise, looking at them both, covered in soap and water, and some unknown substance from within the cauldrons.

She picked up the bucket full of water and advanced on him before he grabbed the other side. She attempted to lean it towards him and empty its contents on him instead, but he tried the same thing, so the bucket fell the ground, for they had both let go, and the contents spilled out onto the already soapy floor.

Sara gasped and made to turn around but slipped on the water.

Sirius saw her and grabbed her by the elbows, keeping her steady. She regained her balance quickly but did not move, she just straightened up and looked him squarely in the eyes.

Realizing that she made no gesture to move, he brought his hands from her elbows to her waist, bringing her closer.

She took a quick intake of breath and closed her eyes just as he leaned foreword and their lips met. She brought up her hands and ran her fingers through his soapy hair as their kiss deepened.

"Oho! I'm back, sorry it took so lo-oh…oh my."

Sirius and Sara broke apart abruptly, wringing their hands and looking at the ground sheepishly.

"Well…" He looked around the soapy room. "I said to clean the cauldrons but the floor and yourselves is fine, too. You may go."

Sirius and Sara were caught by surprise, but figured he just wanted them to leave because it was awkward enough already.

They both waved meekly to Professor Slughorn before departed quickly.

Sirius and Sara entered out into the hall and then began their walk back to the dormitories, an uncomfortable silence falling between them.

Sara shoved her hair behind her ears and tried desperately to think of a topic to talk about.

"Listen, Sara…about back there…" Sirius began awkwardly.

"What about it?" Sara asked, "I don't regret it, do you?"

"No, no of course not," Sirius said quickly, "It was amazing."

"There's the gentleman approach!" Sara said, pointing her finger at him in mock shock. "I knew it would come."

Sirius smiled and looked at Sara deeply.

"You're pretty when you're soapy," He noted.

"Yeah? Well you're pretty when you're soapy, too."

He laughed and they reached the portrait hole. He turned to look at her. "Sara, would you like to go to Hogesmeade with me?"

Sara looked at him for a while before she spoke. "No," She said after a moment's silence.

Sirius looked as though he had been slapped. "Oh…oh okay…" He said.

"Sirius Black, I'm trying to have a touching moment and here you go, getting all gullible on me." She said, smiling widely.

"What?" He asked, obviously confused.

"I was going to say, no, I would not like to go…" She paused, "I would love to go."

Sirius smiled, "Great," He said, "Oh, and that was very touching, just like a fairytale."

"No it wasn't," She said suddenly, "In a fairytale you would kiss me."

Sirius smiled and leaned in for their second kiss that night.

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A/N: So yes, they finally got together. Pretty sappy i know. I'll try to update soon but i'll be really busy this weekend. This one was quick, though. The next chapter will be about James and Lily! Please read and review, you all are amazing. Thanks and love you all, Lilly