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Lily was lain out on the couch in front of the fire reading a book. She had come into the habit of blowing her hair out of her face every few minutes as she didn't bother tying it up.

Entering the common room, Sirius headed immediately for his usual spot on the couch. He stopped dead when he realized someone was already there. Frowning he walked closer until he realized the red hair belonged to only one person. Lily Evans. This was perfect...

Lily blew her hair out of her face once more as she turned the page to her book. She had gotten really into it and hadn't even notice that any one had come into the common room. She hummed quietly to herself as she read.

Sirius ran a hand through his hair, perfecting it, before walking up to the couch next to Lily. "Evening." He couldn't help glancing at her before turning his eyes back to her face.

Lily looked up slightly startled. She looked over to who had spoke to her slightly surprised to see Sirius Black sitting on the couch next to her. "Oh, ello."

"Good book?" He asked sitting down on the couch. Close, but not too close...yet.

Lily raised a brow at him. Every one in the school knew who Sirius was and he had a reputation for pranking and such. "Yes it is." she said still wary of exactly why he was there.

"Brilliant." Sirius gave her a perfected charming smile and leaned an arm against the back of the couch, facing her. "You read a lot, don't you?"

Lily smiled a bit at the comment. She found it slightly amusing that he would he would ask that. "Yes, I do. I enjoy it."

"Uh huh..." Sirius nodded, acting like he really cared. "I always see you reading, going to the library, and such."

"Oh really." Lily said looking back down to her book.

"Yes really." Sirius cursed himself. She was losing interest. He leaned a little closer. "You're sometimes hard to miss with your lovely red hair."

Lily gave a chuckle. "You'd have to be blind to miss my hair." She looked up at him for a second to see if he was serious or just playing with her, before she looked back down to her book.

"Well, depends really. In the fall, might blend in with the autumn leaves falling from the trees. Though I guess here in the halls, does sort of stand out."

Lily couldn't help but laughed. "Sorry." She covered her mouth to try and hide her laughter. "But you sounded so poetic right there and...Well it was quiet unexpected."

Sirius raised an eyebrow when she started laughing. "Unexpected, eh? Guess your preconceived notions of me aren't correct."

"Yes well..." She looked up at him. "Who would expect, Sirius Black, well know prankster and troublemaker, to be poetic?"

"Well, you should take the time to get to know me a little better then, hm? Why don't we just start now?" He grinned.

Lily raised a brow at him. "I thought you went after the more popular girls." She tilted her head towards the girl he had been hang around just two weeks before. "Like her" Not that she wouldn't mind getting to know him, but she wasn't going to let her guard down so easily after all, it could just be a big joke.

"Why Lily, there's no need to insult yourself! You're just as good as any one of them. Probably even better." Sirius explained in a soft voice, moving a little closer to her on the couch. Sirius glanced over at the girl Lily pointed out. They hadn't made it far past kissing. She wasn't his type.

Lily placed a slip of parchment in her book to keep place before shutting it. IT was quiet obvious she wasn't going to get much more reading done. "I wasn't insulting myself. Just stating the facts. Most would go after her before they even look to me."

"Well I did go out with her actually a while ago...nothing too interesting." Sirius shrugged a shoulder. A while...two weeks...close enough. "Besides, you are just as good looking as any other girl around here."

Lily blushed slightly and turned her gaze away from him. "Right. Well you still proved my point.'

A blush. Brilliant. He grinned. "Did I now? How's that?"

"Well I said most would go to her before they even looked to me and what do you know, you just admitted that you went out with her before."

"No, no, you misunderstand me. I only went out with her first because the opportunity arose. She seemed interested, so I said why not. It's not a matter of picking and choosing. In a way."

"Oh yes. That makes much more sense." She said rolling her eyes slightly but she was still smiling a bit. "So, tell me. Do you date anyone who's interested?"

Sirius shook his head. "Course not. I'd be dating crazies and Merlin knows what if I just dated whoever. I'm not desperate, you know."

"Of course not. You got most of the girls in this school fawning over you. You have the pick of the lot."

"Well, if you think of it that way, maybe. But sometimes it's nice to get to know a girl who -doesn't- fawn over me." He gave Lily a smile.

Lily raised a brow at him again. He was persistent. "You're not going to give up are you?"

"I usually don't, no." He grinned and gave her a wink.

Lily laughed at him. "Do other girls like it when you wink at them?"

"Hm, more often than not I'd say yes." Sirius didn't get why she was laughing at him. Girls...

"Hmm ok..." she snickered a bit more. She found him amusing even though he more than likely wasn't trying to be.

"Okay..." That was it? This was harder than he thought it would be. "You're a tough one." He admitted.

"Oh really? What's that suppose to mean?" She asked although she had a pretty good idea what it was suppose to mean.

Sirius looked at her skeptically. "Well, you're just a little more of a...challenge. Maybe I have been going out with the wrong girls..."

"Maybe..." she gave him an amused smile. Maybe this would be fun after all. "So are you up for the challenge?"

"I'm always up for a challenge, Ms. Evans." Sirius grinned and straightened up. "That an offer?"

Lily smirked a bit. "Yea, but you still have to convince me it's worth my time. Not that easy... I'm very busy... reading studies prefect duties and such."

"Oh, I can convince you, don't worry." Sirius grinned, twinkle in his grey eyes. "There's time for everything."