Chapter 4:
The first Hogsmeade trip was due to start in 2 days, on Saturday. It was considered 'un-cool' to the sixth and seventh years if you didn't go with someone of the opposite gender. It probably wasn't the best routine to have, but for the marauders it was mandatory—or they'd lose their reputation.
Peter wasn't planning on going, and Remus decided to stay back with him, as to stop his whining and begging.
Sirius, as usual, had flocks of girls coming up to him and asking if they could go together. He rejected their offers, saving his question for a certain someone.
"Lily! Oy, Lily!" came the voice of Sirius Black, the owner pacing toward a redheaded young lady.
"Tell James I said 'No.', Sirius." The girl answered, not even bothering to turn around; she recognized his voice.
"I won't be telling James anything anymore." He said, stopping behind her.
Lily Evans too, stopped, and turned around. Just as she was about to ask Sirius something, he interrupted her.
"We got into a little fight." He explained, as though reading her mind.
Lily rose her eyebrows in disapproval, turned around and kept on walking. At that very moment, her name could be heard again, though this time said by a girl's voice, not Sirius'.
"Lily!" A light-brown haired girl was whom this voice belonged to; her name was Kaniya. At the sight of Sirius, Kaniya smiled weakly. She used to like him; a stage almost every girl had gone through if they'd gone to school with him; but didn't anymore. "I'm sorry, I didn't see you had…company."
"I don't." Lily said, stopping and looking at Kaniya.
"Lily, what I was going to ask anyway, was, do you want to go to Hogsmeade with me?" Sirius asked confidently, putting a few misplaced strands of hair behind his ear.
Kaniya burst out laughing, and looked at Lily for her answer, which, she was sure was going to be a "No".
Lily tilted her head to the side for a moment, as though it helped her think.
"Okay." She said simply.
Kaniya's grin faltered as she heard the unexpected reply. "W-w…" was all she could say before Sirius started speaking.
"Cool. See you around, then." Sirius said nonchalantly and walked off, with a trail of heart-broken girls following him around like lost puppies.
When Kaniya was finally able to speak, she did. "What? Did you just accept a date with Sirius Black?"
Lily frowned. "It's not a date."
"Pfft. Yes it is. He asked you out; you said yes, you're going to Hogsmeade together! It's a date!" Kaniya said, crossing her arms.
Lily plopped down under a nearby tree, on the grassy floor.
Kaniya did the same. "Why did you say yes, anyway?"
"Well, obviously he was doing it because he wanted revenge on James, and you know…no one else asked me, besides James, that is." Lily sighed.
What Lily didn't want to say was that she was actually starting to grow onto James, but knew she couldn't just give in so suddenly; his ego would get bigger. She needed to make him jealous, and using his best friend was probably the best way to do that.
Kaniya smiled. "And he's not completely bad looking, either." She added to Lily's reason, half-joking.
Author's Note:
Hrm…that chapter is slightly long. I don't know if you guys like long or short chapters because hardly anyone…. but if you do, then I'll know!!
