"Lark?" Someone yelled behind Lark as she wove her way through the students from dinner on Friday evening. She stopped and turned. Remus was hurrying towards her.

"Hello Remus." Lark said. They had decided to act like they were just friends, and that the kiss never happened, though Lark couldn't get it off of her mind.

"Hi." He said, walking beside her. "Do you want to go for a walk or something?" Lark smiled at him.

"Sure, but let's go get our cloaks." She said. Remus nodded and the pair of them walked up to Gryffindor Tower. Agreeing that they would meet back in the Common Room in five minutes, Remus and Lark went into their dormitories. When Lark entered, she saw Lily laying on her bed, writing furiously in her journal. She looked up when Lark came in and her face relaxed into a smile.

"Hey." She said, resuming her writing.

"Hello, I have five minutes." Lark replied, rummaging in her trunk for her favorite midnight blue and silver cloak. She found it and pulled it out.

"Oh…that cloak? Where're you going?" Lily asked, a mischievous smile playing about her lips.

"Walk with Remus." Lark said promptly, smirking at her friend. Lily laughed and tossed Lark some eyeliner.

"You're going to need that." She said. Lark smiled again and walked into their dorm bathroom. She applied it carefully and smiled quickly at her reflection before exiting the bathroom. She slid off her Hogwarts robe and frowned at the shirt she was wearing. She pulled out a Quidditch shirt and changed while Lily didn't look. She was satisfied with the jeans she was wearing and threw on her cloak.

"How do I look?" Lark asked, spinning in a circle.

"Like someone who's about to be late." Lily replied. Lark stuck out her tongue at her best friend and hastened down the stairs, but took the last few slowly. She didn't want to seem to eager.

Remus was waiting for her at the foot of the stairs. He smiled when he saw her and the two left the Common Room together. They walked through the castle in silence and pushed open the oaken front doors. The dim, snowy scene that met their eyes looked incredibly inviting. Remus held the door open while Lark walked out, and let it close behind him. The stars were just beginning to blossom in the early December sky as Remus and Lark walked down by the lake. Just like last week, the snow gently fell onto Lark's head, making it appear as though she had tiny crystals in her hair.

"Lark?" Remus said quietly after a few minutes silence. Lark looked at him.

"Yes?" She asked, just as quietly. Remus screwed up his face, as though trying to get courage for what he was about to say.

"Will you…um…will…er…wiougotoogsmeadewifme?" Remus said, and immediately shut his eyes in embarrassment.

"Sorry?" Lark said, the faintest smile around her lips. She knew what he had asked.

"Will you go to Hogsmeade with me?" Remus said carefully. Lark's smirk broke into a grin. It suddenly struck Remus how very beautiful her face was when she smiled. Her eyes sparkled and her whole face seemed to shine.

"Of course!" She said. Remus grinned too. They walked a bit more in silence before, Lark, getting tired of the silence, suddenly swooped down and picked up some snow. She threw it at Remus who looked at her with amusement burning in his amazing eyes. She picked up some snow and returned fire. Soon, they were running all over the grounds throwing snowballs at each other.

"Shit," Lillith said, panting, "we have to get back up to the castle." Remus nodded and led the way towards the brightly lit castle. They entered with ten minutes to spare. Running flat-out, they made it to Gryffindor Common Room just in time. Ignoring the whistles, Lark walked through the Common Room to the girls' staircase, intending to go up to change, but was stopped just as soon as she put her foot on the first stair.

"Hey Cantrell! Cantrell!" It was James Potter. Lark turned, glaring.

"Yes?" She said, now beginning to shiver because of her wet clothes. He regarded her carefully.

"Do you like Moony?" He asked. Lark rolled her eyes, deeply annoyed.

"What's it to you, Potter?" She asked, but she knew full well.

"Moony's one of my best mates." He said. Lark shrugged and turned away, running up the staircase before he could interrogate her more. Did she really make it that obvious? It was alright for a girl and a guy to be together a lot and not like each other, like Lily and Jake, a fifth year boy in Ravenclaw. But, there was the fact that yes, she liked Remus more than Remus would ever know, and it was becoming increasingly hard not to tell him, but the fear of rejection always set her straight. Remus was just to…good to like her. She sighed and changed into some clean and dry clothes. Lark grabbed a book and she headed back down to the Common Room, deep in thought. Maybe she should tell him at the Hogsmeade visit. But, he, after all, had asked her on the date, and had asked her to go for a walk with him. She settled herself in an arm chair behind the Marauders and began to read, but not seeing the words really. She was still deeply in thought. She frowned at the book. Her mind was blank but she felt like it was going a thousand miles a minute.

After Lark and Remus had entered the Common Room, Remus had gone right over to the Marauders.

"Moony! Did you ask her?" Sirius said, scooting his chair closer to him. Remus nodded, smiling.

"At least the girl you're obsessed with doesn't hate you." James said bitterly from a chair on the other side of Remus. Remus often felt bad for James, but was to caught up in his personal victory to care much.

"She said yes. Can you believe it? Larkime Cantrell said yes!" Remus said to Sirius. Sirius smiled. He could believe it, actually. Remus was a very, very cool person, and he was extremely obsessed with Lark. He'd have a word or two to say to her, had she refused. He had rarely seen his friend so happy.

"Hey look, it's her." Remus whispered, his eyes drinking in Lark. She was holding a book in her arm, but she seemed very deep in thought. He frowned slightly too. He wondered who, or what, she was thinking about…and who she tried to be so pretty for. He wondered who was lucky enough to get the affection of the vision of perfection striding to an armchair. His mind flicked back to their kiss. His frown then turned into a smile.

"Moony, you better get to bed. Big day for you tomorrow, mate." James said, a few hours later, clapping Remus on the back. Lark still hadn't gone up to bed. She was just sitting there, reading. He watched her dark eyes whiz back and fourth for a few moments before she marked her place, snapped the book shut, and sighed. She bid the Marauders all except Sirius goodnight, and headed up to her dormitory. Remus figured that it was pointless to remain out here any longer.

"Let's all go to bed." He said quietly. The Marauders agreed and, together, they ascended the stairs to their comfortable, four poster beds.