A/N sorry that this chapter is really short and really bad. As i wrote last time, exams. I wasn't even goign to update but I figured I might as well procrastinate. Anway, as always thanks for reading and sticking with this story. READ AND REVIEW! PLEASE!
"Guess who's going to the ball with Lily?" Remus shook his head as he watched James dancing around their doom room. Sirius blinked and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.
"Judging by the way that your dancing about I'd guess that it was you?" James nodded effusively.
"Well, we're only going as friends, but we're still going together." Remus smiled and slapped him on the back while Peter squeaked a 'congratulations' and Sirius just nodded. James sighed. He continued to hop around the room.
Sirius, obviously not happy about being woken up, charmed a bucket of extremely cold water to fall on his head. James sputtered water while Sirius and Peter laughed and Remus rolled his eyes. James looked angry for a moment and then shrugged.
"All right Padfoot, we'll go get you breakfast. "Sirius grinned.
"Food!" Remus sighed and rolled his eyes.
"So Lily, do you have a date to the ball?" Cris inquired, winking. Lily shrugged.
"Well I'm going as friends with someone." Cris smiled and Alia laughed.
"Well that's better than Cris here, and I assumed that Tristan is going with that Ravenclaw and I'm going with Andy. So who is it?" Lily shifted and looked uncomfortable.
"I'm going with James." The girls raised their eyebrows and started to laugh immediately. Cris shrugged her boney shoulders and smiled.
"There's a seventh year Ravenclaw, I think you know him, Tristan, that asked me to the ball. I don't know if I'll go with him, but no one else has asked so he seems a good choice. Tristan?' Tristan seemed to focus again. She took a bite of her toast.
"It'll be a surprise who I'm going with. Well I best go, by the way Lily, your date and his fellow marauders are approaching." She stood and slipped out as the boys came towards them.
"Well Lily, it seems that you're going to be accompanying our fine mate here to the ball." Lily rolled her eyes at Sirius as he started to laugh.
"Oh shut up Black. What slut are you going with?" He gave her a cheeky grin.
"I was actually planning on going with that slut over there." He pointed to Cris and they all started to laugh. She blushed a little. Sirius glanced around while looking for Tristan.
Oh hell. I come up with an idea to get Cris and Remus together and the girl ain't even here to back me up. Then again we weren't exactly on good terms the other night.
Remus looked at Sirius in surprise. Cris was blushing.
"Actually our darling Holt is coming with me." He smiled at her. She smiled back.
"Sorry Sirius, but I'm taken." He laughed.
"Oh you wound me deeply deer Cris. I'm afraid that I shall have to perch atop the Great Hall and drink poison until you agree to join me. " At this point in his little speech he fell to the floor on his knees. Alia laughed. It was one of the first real laughs that she had given in weeks.
"Get up before we hex you, Black." He laughed and returned to his seat. Cris looked over at Alia.
"This is the fist time that I've heard you laugh in a few weeks. What's been happening?" For some reason Alia sighed and looked into Cris' eyes.
"Nothing, anymore. " Cris raised her eyebrows, but she caught a glimmer of Alia's old sparkle." Are you sure you don't want to talk about it? If you don't you might want to talk to Tristan."
"My, you're awfully perceptive. No, I'm fine." She gave one of her old smiles. She took a breath. Cris smiled.
Well at least she's back. If only Tristan would talk to someone about what ever has been going on with her. Oh well. Can't have- I wonder if Remus was serious about me going to the ball with him? I mean I suppose I would go. I don't like him like that, but it wouldn't be so terrible.
"Talia?" She glanced up to see Remus and the rest of her friends staring at her.
"Sorry, I blanked out a bit." They all laughed while Sirius did his impression of a blind pig. It consisted of him putting bacon on his eyeballs and swiping his arm around the table, knocking everything over and stealing their food.
"Now Trixia, why do look to be in so much pain. I honestly don't understand." He laughed.
"Don't touch me. I'll be at the Slytherin common room tonight. By the way, you might want to tell your darling Bella to stop looking at me strangely. I'm sure she'll raise some sort of suspicion." He smiled and released the hold that he had on her arm.
"So how is your time with that blood traitor going?" She shrugged.
"You know people say I'm a blood traitor as well. " He nodded.
"Ah, but they don't know the real, diabolical you. No, you're true to your blood. Lying to your friends. Joining us. Serving the dark lord. " She nodded. She managed to give him a sly smiled. "Yes, that is what I was thinking." He continued, however.
"Yes, well you aren't that cousin or that pathetic brother of yours. Somebody saw fit to-" She cut him off.
" I have to go, someone will get suspicious. I'll be at the meeting tonight." He nodded and gave her an appraising look, before leaving. She waited until he left before she sank against the wall.
"Bastard."
She was walking that night. It was after detention. Her and Black at gotten in a horrible fight. He had been giving barbs about her family and she had…Well she hadn't been pleasant. She then had slipped along to the Slytherin common room for a meeting for the dark lord.
She stumbled to the astronomy tower and sat. She put her head in her hands. The next thing she knew there was a sliver of light. She staggered over to the window. She sat and watched the sun rise.
'So Lily, the ball is tomorrow?" Lily nodded slowly.
"Tristan, where were you last night? Li and Cris said you weren't in the dorm." Tristan shrugged.
"I went to the pitch for a while. Came back late by accident and fell asleep in the common room. I woke up early and came down here." The girls nodded, completely believing her. She smiled at them, tiredly.
"So Cris, going to the ball with Remus?" Cris nodded, slowly.
"Yeah, he asked me, don't give me those looks. We're just going as friends." The girls all raised their eyebrows. Tristan started to laugh.
Sirius had been talking with James and Remus.
"Oh Moony, the two of you are actually quite good together. I'm sure she likes you. Just ask her out for real. Seriously mate… Sirius, don't even think about it. I'll have Hollis come over here and hex you." Sirius shuddered. That night when they dueled, they had both dodged most of each other's hexes, but her hexes were absolutely wicked.
"So, freaking out over your date to the ball?" James nodded immediately. Sirius rolled his eyes, while Remus prepared to give the usual advice.
"Don't worry James. Just do what you've been doing. Above all do not freak and get all jealous." Sirius nodded in agreement.
"Be yourself mate." Remus immediately paled and leaned forward.
"Rule one, disregard anything Padfoot has to say regarding women. Being yourself is… it might not be such a great idea." James nodded, understanding, while Sirius gave a look of mock hurt.
"Hey, the only girl I've ever had trouble with, apart form Evans and well," he glanced over at Bellatrix, "is Hollis." The boys started to laugh.
"Don't worry mate, I'm sure that someday Hollis might actually not want to kill you." Peter looked uncomfortable. He glanced over at the Slytherin table.
"Well at least you don't have to add another thing to the list of the various ways that you've been rejected by Evans." Peter added. He hadn't really expected them to notice him and was completely surprised when Sirius started to laugh.
"D'you know Wormtail, that was quite good?" Peter smiled hopefully.
Maybe I'll get out of this whole business. Maybe they do- What am I saying; the dark Lord will make me invincible.
"Oiy Prongs, we have to get to class. Just try to not flip out over the ball tomorrow night… Prongs…Prongs." He waved his hand in front of James face. Sirius laughed and Remus rolled his eyes. This would be a long day.