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"Sirius, mate!" Chris called as he sat down next to him at breakfast. "So is it true?" he asked wasting no time. "Is it true you got Evans the prude, to spend the day in a -Inn- with you?"

Sirius laughed and swallowed his toast before answering. "Well, yes and no. Yes, I got her to spend the whole day with me...but we weren't at the inn all day."

"Some 4th years told me they saw you coming out of an inn," he said with a raised brow. "If you weren't there where were you?"

"I'm not supposed to tell." Sirius grinned mysteriously and picked up his toast again.

"Riiight." he said not believing him completely.

Lily sat across from Sirius and picked up a piece of toast. "Morning" she said with a smile, then she realized Chris was staring at her. She raised a brow and looked to Sirius.

"Morning." He answered back and gave her a shrug when she looked at him questioningly. With a grin he took a drink and went back to eating his toast.

Chris just grinned like Christmas had come early. "So, Evans, what you do yesterday? Didn't see you at Hogsmeade all day."

Lily just frowned. "None of your business."

"Ooo touchy."

"Hey, be nice." Sirius elbowed Chris with a laugh. "You're speaking to a -lady- remember? No wonder you don't have a girl."

"I could think of a few other reasons." lily muttered with a smirk.

"What? Just trying to find the truth." Chris said to Sirius. "Hey I heard that."

Sirius laughed. "The truth...funny thing that is, don't you think?" He glanced over at Lily.

Lily looked to Sirius. "I think you are having way to much fun with this." she said with a small laugh.

"Alright, then you want to answers his questions?" Sirius grinned with a shrug.

"Good point." Lily said with a laugh.

Chris grabbed a piece of toast and stood up. "I'll figure you two out. Oh and by the way... the rumor I shared is much much nicer than the ones I heard." and with that he walked down to the other end of the table.

"What a great way to start the morning, don't you agree?" Sirius laughed and turned back to Lily as Chris left. "Knew this would happen."

"Oh lovely way." she said with a smile. "But I would guess this would be a normal morning for you?"

"Let's just say...I'm used to it." Sirius laughed and grabbed another piece of toast.

Lily just grinned. "So what are you're plans for today?"

"Mm, haven't really decided anything yet. Taking it as it comes. Why, something in mind?" He raised an eyebrow.

"Nope. I got nothing," she said with a laugh. "I -was- planning to spend the day reading."

"Reading? All day? We can't have that..." Sirius grinned, already coming up with ideas. "I guess it's technically my turn to show you another place you didn't know existed...up for it?"

Lily grinned. It was what she aimed for. "Yea." She took the last bite of her toast and grabbed an apple.

"Brilliant." Sirius grinned, thinking of where to take her as he finished up his juice. "Now or later?"

"Now?" she said putting the apple in her pocket. "Why not start more rumors and walk out of the great hall together,"

"Sounds like a brilliant plan." Sirius put down his glass and stood up. "I think I know where I'll take you..." He started toward the doors.

"Oh really?" Lily said as she added a little skip to her step keep up with him.

"Yup." Sirius nodded as he reached the end of the table and joined Lily. "Another hidden place."

"Just how many hidden places do you know about?" Lily asked ignoring the whispers that were starting up again.

"More than you could count. Well, no they could be counted...but more than most people in this school know about." Sirius grinned as they walked out of the hall together.

"This one of those hidden places you talked about before? One that you said you had to see if I was worthy of knowing about?"

"Mm, no, we won't go there yet." Sirius shook his head as he started toward the stairs. "That'll be a big finale of sorts...we should just start with the small things."

"Ooo a big finale... something to look forward too." she followed closely. "Hmm that means I have to top the arcade... that's going to be tough."

"Yeah, the arcade was pretty brilliant. I wish you luck." Sirius gave her a smile as he headed upstairs still, toward the fourth floor.

"Well there are still some things that you don't know about that you'd enjoy, but yea I think I should of saved the arcade." She said with a bit of a laugh.

"It's alright. If you can't top it, at least something just as good will do. I'll take it into consideration." He smiled and headed off the stairs, down a corridor.

"Hey, watch it. Or I just might not show you anything else." she said playfully.

"Uh huh. Then you won't get to see my big surprise either." Sirius grinned and stopped when they reached a dead end, with the choice of going right or left.

"That's called bribery." Lily said then looked around. "Fascinating. A dead end."

"It's called getting what I want. Useful skill I've picked up over the years." Sirius smirked before turning to face her. "A dead end? Don't you see, it's not a dead end but a choice. Right..." he pointed to the right. "Or left..." he pointed left.

"So which way are we going?" Lily asked looking down the halls both ways.

"Straight." Sirius smirked and watched for her reaction as he backed up toward the wall.

"Huh? But there's a wall there" Lily said pointing at the wall. "See stone... walking into it wouldn't be so smart."

"This is why you don't know about all these hidden rooms." Sirius shook his head sadly. "What a shame. You see, in order to really discover what this castle has to offer...you have to -look- for it." Sirius turned around and pressed his hand into one of the stones. Suddenly a small door opened in the wall.

Lily just gaped at the door for a moment before walking forward and touching it to see if it was really there. "How do find these things?"

"By exploring. Just because it looks like a wall, doesn't mean it -is- one." Sirius grinned and stepped inside, offering her a hand.

Lily took his hand and followed him. "So you go around walking into walls trying to find hidden rooms?" she asked with a small smirk,

"Not exactly, no." Sirius laughed and held her hand as the door closed behind them and the small walkway became dark. He took out his wand and lit the end before walking down the passageway.

"Oh." she said sounding slightly disappointed. "That would of been amusing to watch," she said playfully. She took out her wand and lit the end to provide a bit more light. She wasn't -afraid- of the dark... just not fond of dark unknown passageways.

"Nervous?" He asked when she lit her own wand. "We don't have much further to go." Which Sirius was glad for as the passage was on the small side and he had to bend over slightly to walk without hitting his head?

"Of course not. I just like to see where I'm going." she said still holding his hand.

"Oh, of course." Sirius said, but smiled nonetheless. Her hand was still in his. "Well, here we are." Sirius was relieved to finally be able to stand up straight as they walked out of the little passageway. They were standing in a room with large windows that faced out on the grounds, sunlight streaming in.

"Ooo" She walked over to one of the windows and instead of letting go of his hand, she just pulled him with her. "What a view."

Sirius followed her with a grin down at their hands. He stepped up next to her and smiled. "Beautiful, isn't it?"

Lily nodded. "Who would of thought, you'd know of such places... No wonder you have all the girls wrapped around your finger."

Sirius chuckled and leaned against the window. "Yeah, well exploring makes a great past time."

"So does reading. I should get you a book... about exploring," she laughed a bit. She pushed her self up and sat on the windowsill.

"A book, eh? I'm not one for reading...too much." He looked up at her as she sat, now just above his own height.

"Ah, I think you'd like it if you had the right book to read, You should read Treasure Island, I think you'd like that book."

"Treasure Island?" Sirius raised an eyebrow. "Sounds interesting..."

"It is. You'd like it. Has pirates and such." She said leaning against the window.

"Ooh, pirates. My favorite." He grinned. "Have a copy to lend me?"

"I do. Telling you about a book and then not having it to lend to you would be cruel... well to me at least." she said with a smile. "Have it back in my dorm."

"Alright. Just bring it to me later then." He smiled and moved a little to stand in front of her more. "I'll have to find time to read it."

"Oh that should be so hard. Can't have it cutting into your exploring time." she said laughing rolling her eyes.

"Exactly. One must have a healthy use of time between eating, sleeping, exploring, and everything else." Sirius grinned.

Lily smirked slightly. "Such a busy boy. How do you ever find time for lil' ol' me?"

"For you? I make time." Sirius gave her a most charming smile.

"Aww I feel so special." she said with a grin.

"You are special. In the good way, of course." He smiled and took one of her hands in his.

Lily tinged. "You're special too." she giggled slightly as she pulled him closer.

"Why thank you." Sirius smiled and leaned closer to her, as close as the window ledge would let him move. He'd already decided to let Lily lead these sorts of things...she didn't seem the girl who would want otherwise.

"This is such a lovely place." she murmured. "Quite, secluded. Almost perfect."

"I'm glad you like it." Sirius smiled and rested a hand on her knee. "Feel free to come back when you wish."

"Its a perfect place to read." she said, then looked up at him with a playful look in her eyes. "Among other things."

"Mm, indeed." Sirius grinned and leaned a little closer, eyes bright with the grin on his face. "I could name a few."

Lily stared at his eyes. She found herself liking his eyes more and more. "I bet you could." she said with a smile. "Care to share any?"

"I would love to share." Sirius grinned and leaned forward the rest of the way to place a kiss on her soft lips.

Lily returned the kiss. She rested her hands on his hips. "I think I'm starting to like you." she said stating the obvious.

Sirius opened his eyes again to look at her. "Are you really? I couldn't ask for more..." He smiled and kissed her again.

"Mm" Lily smiled and returned the kiss. "I think I like your kisses too... Just don't let it go to your head." she said with small laugh before continuing to kiss him.

"I'll try not to..." Sirius murmured between kisses, a hand moving to her cheek with a hint of a grin. He'd certainly got her under his spell.

Lily moved her hand up and wrapped her arm around his shoulder. She ran her hand through his hair. "Oh." She smiled. His hair was soft. "Better not. I'm not fond of big egos." she said between kisses.

"I figured." Sirius let out a laugh, his eyes closing just a little as she ran a hand through his hair.

April, Sirius' previous fling who had yet admitted to herself that he had moved on walked into the room he had showed her a couple weeks before. "Oh my gawd" she said at the sight before.

Lily jerked away at the sound of another voice turning completely red as she looked for who was there.

Sirius turned around at the sound of the familiar voice. "Oh ah, hi...April." Sirius thanked himself for actually remembering the girl's name.

April's mouth dropped when she recognized who he was kissing. "You're kissing -Evans-?" she asked in disbelief. "She doesn't even like you. Said so before."

Lily just sat in the window and scoffed.

"I doubt she'd be here if she didn't like me, April." Sirius should have realized this would happen would day. Oh well. He leaned back against the windowsill, trying to think of a way to get her out of there.

"She's probably coning you. So she can find out where you go all the time." April reasoned. "You can't really like her. She's a teacher's pet."

Lily frowned. "I'd watch what you say if I were you."

"Listen April, I really don't think that's your sort of judgment call to make...you should probably leave actually." Sirius nodded toward the doorway she'd just come though.

"You're just going to dismiss me like that? After all that we had together?" She gave lily a look when she let out a 'ha' to the last statement.

"Er...we dated for barely over a week...we didn't have all -that- much together..."

April scowled. "Well, just see how many people like you when they find out you're with goodie two shoe Evans." she glared at Lily, who just rolled her eyes, before she stormed out of the room."

"Oh Merlin..." Sirius shook his head and turned back around to Lily. "Sorry about that."

"Don't worry about. They haven't liked me much since I told them that the world didn't revolve around you and they need to get a life."

Sirius laughed. "You told them...gods, no wonder they all hate you." Sirius shook his head laughing. "Well, it's true, they probably do need to get a life I suppose."

"You don't hear them in the Girls dorm. It's bloody awful. 'Oh my gawd, Sirius said hi to me today... I picked up his book for him in the hall. ... Did you see the way he looked at breakfast?" she said mimicking their high-pitched voices. "It got so annoying. I had to say something."

Sirius couldn't help be just a little, ahem, happy that he was so talked about by the girls. "You do a great impression there." Sirius laughed and leaned against the windowsill again, still facing her.

Lily hit him playfully. "I'm nothing like them. I have a brain," she muttered.

"A very good point. Brains are important." Sirius laughed.

Lily just grinned. "Next time, I'm going to bring that book for you." she smirked slightly. "And if you just so happen to find the time to read it, I just might give you a kiss for every chapter you finish."

"Oh really?" Sirius raised an eyebrow and slowly smirked. "That sounds quite inviting..."

Lily leaned in and gave him a kiss. "I'm sure you'll find that it's a great book and reading can be fun too"