A/N: Not my characters

Chapter 5

All of a sudden she felt an arm around her shoulders, she turned around to find herself looking straight into the eyes of Sirius Black.

"Have we met before, I don't think so, how could I overlook a beauty like you?"

Hermione almost laughed out loud in relief and at how forward he was, "I'm sorry but shouldn't you at least wait until we actually know each other?"

Sirius winked at her and then turned to James, "This one's feisty, no wonder why she's here with Lilly and a red head." He turned to Ginny, "You know you're quite beautiful too…the name is Sirius Black."

Ginny rolled her eyes, arrogance didn't sit well with her: "Don't you know that you still haven't taken your arm from around Hermione's neck? It looks like your choking her."

Sirius looked down at Hermione, "So its Hermione, that's unique my name is—

"Sirius Black—you know I am neither deaf nor stupid so don't think that the good looks you think you have will woo me into falling in love with you. Now please remove your arm from my shoulder before I remove it for you." Hermione noticed how fast he pulled away, she couldn't help but laugh, "Does that actually work on girls or did you think I would be the exception?"

"Oh, Hermit I was just playing!"

"He's already given me an ugly nickname?" Hermione thought to herself.

"Don't get mad at me for noticing pretty girls who stand in front of the dining hall." Sirius liked her already

Hermione hadn't totally forgotten the "fall in love with Sirius" part but she wasn't going to give him what he wanted—she knew the kind of boy Sirius was: for him the chase was the best part. She turned to Lilly, "Are we going to eat now?"

Lilly, who had been trying to hold back from laughing at the whole Sirius Black Hermione Granger spectacle turned around and led them into the dining hall.

Both Ginny and Hermione noticed the curious eyes of the students; it must have gotten around by now that there were two new students.

The boys of the school did not fail to notice that both of the girls were gorgeous.

All of them were in the same house so they sat next to each other at the Gryffindor table, unsurprisingly all of the Gryffindors seemed happy to meet them.

Ten minutes into dinner and Ginny was already flirting with Remus and a few other boys who had come in late.

Ginny was definitely more experienced than Hermione was at the whole flirting business, "So" she said to Remus "what is there to do on a Tuesday night at a boarding school with only one village surrounding it?"

Sirius cut in, "Anybody up for a quick trip to Hogsmeade for a few butterbeers—need to show the new girls around right?"

Ginny no matter how much she hated arrogance couldn't hate a guy for being fun, "I'm in. How 'bout you Hermione?"

Sirius laughed, "Hermit doesn't look like the kind of girl who goes out on a Tuesday night."

Hermione didn't care that she had finished her seventh year once her worst fear was getting expelled, "No, I am actually quite tired, I also need to catch up on some reading for my classes. And stop calling me Hermit my name is Hermione Granger"

Ginny looked at her, "Hermione I am sure you've already read those books twenty times over, why not come to the Three Broomsticks with us?"

"How'd you know the name of the place we're going to?" Lilly asked her eyes suspicious

"You don't travel with Hermione Granger and not know every building name in a mile radius of the school." Laughed Ginny, Hermione was happy her friend was so good at coming up with lies—she was a Weasley

Hermione turned to Lilly, she thought that she would at least get some support on this from headgirl, "Whoa, don't tell me your going with them, don't you have headgirl duties or things more important?"

Lilly shrugged, "Why do you think Dumbledore chooses prefects?"

James cut in, "Look 'Mione, we'll go quickly, I know a few secret passageways there. I promise you won't get in trouble, I mean it's your first day here why not have some fun?"

"Uggh, okay but lets not make this a habit." She didn't notice the look of thanks that Sirius gave James.

"Alright then lets get going." Ginny said

And with that Hermione, Ginny, Sirius, James, Lilly, and Remus left the dining hall for Hogsmeade.

Hermione couldn't help but notice how protective James was over Lilly, he always had a hand wrapped around her and at random times he would lean over and kiss her on the temple. She could tell they were in love. She noticed how Sirius was watching them…was it pride in his eyes? She thought to herself, it seemed to her that he wanted that too. So did she.

When they made it to the one eyed witch Sirius turned to her, "Can I buy you a butterbeer?"

Hermione laughed, "Attempting to make up for earlier?"

Sirius looked at her, "What? No, just trying to be nice." He believed that he didn't make mistakes

"Okay then, just because you're trying to be nice." She couldn't help but laugh at how lucky she was to have bumped into Lilly Potter

By the time they made it to the bar it was dark out. Hermione knew that it would have been easier if they had just gone through the kitchen dungeons but she kept that fact to herself.

James turned around to them, "Okay this is it, try to be discreet some teachers like to come here after dinner, but their kind of used to seeing us so don't panic" he said after seeing Hermione's face

They got a booth in the back and ordered six butterbeers. Sirius turned to Ginny, "So Violet, where are you from?"

"Oh" Ginny…Violet was not used to the name yet, "Hermione and I come from a school in Marseilles."

Sirius had learned French when he was young, "Parlez vous française?" Ginny was definitely not prepared for that, "Oh well, you see, Hermione and me, we don't actually know French."

Sirius stared at her for a few seconds, "So why did you go to a school in France, don't they speak French?"

Hermione replied, "No not always, actually a lot of the students who attend Beauxbatons don't speak French."

Sirius found that weird, "That's interesting…so you didn't learn any French there?"

"No Violet and I never needed it" trying to change the subject she asked, "where did you learn French?"

With a wistful laugh he said, "Comes with the last name"

"Oh right, sorry." Hermione knew how much his last name bothered him

By now everybody was having separate conversations, Remus was flirting with Ginny, James and Lilly were having an argument over how old Dumbledore was, and that left Sirius and Hermione.

Hermione waited for him to start the conversation—he didn't, all he did was stare at her.

Sirius couldn't help but notice how pretty she was. Her hair had soft brown curls that went down her back; her eyes were intelligent and were a warm brownish hazel. Her lips formed the perfect pout—they were very kissable.

At the same time Hermione noticed how handsome he was. He had a mischievous look in his eyes, they twinkled with youth and happiness. He looked young and happy, there were no wrinkles on his face. The Sirius she knew back home looked worn and tired, the boy before her looked almost serene. His smile was cocky, as if it could make any girl fall in love with him, now that she thought of it he probably had a following of girls.

Sirius interrupted her thoughts, "Guess what conclusion I've just come to."

Hermione was amused, "What?"

Sirius looked at her, "You'll be my girlfriend by Christmas break." He said it seriously

Hermione chuckled, "Well just so you know I am going to play very hard to get, sure you can handle that?"

He spoke as if he had come to this conclusion years ago "You're already half in love with me already, I mean come on you just stared at me for ten minutes."

Hermione blushed, "Well actually, I thought that was a staring contest but obviously you were just staring at me."

Sirius laughed, "I hope this isn't what you call hard to get, you might just be my girlfriend by the end of this month."

"Hmmm, I wouldn't count on that Sirius, I don't have time to focus on the male species, I am already bent on beating Lilly at academics. My to do list is just a little too long for you to fit." She smirked; she knew she got the point across.

Lilly scoffed, "You should probably give up on that first task, I can be very determined."

Hermione didn't take her eyes off Sirius, "So can I"

Sirius turned to James, "Five galleons say that Hermione and I are a happy couple by Christmas break."

James laughed, "Ten says that she hexes you out of existence by then"

Ginny turned to Sirius, "Five says that she not only beats Lilly by Christmas break but that she also your girlfriend."

Hermione turned to Ginny, "Aren't you supposed to be on my side?"

Ginny winked, "Trust me love, I am"

James turned to Remus, "You want in on this?"

There was no reply, they all turned to look at Remus, he was slightly green and shaking quite violently. Hermione looked out the window.

She must not have seen it before because clouds were covering it.

It was a full moon.

A/N: What a fluffy chapter! Lol, I left out Peter Pettigrew because I really don't like him. I want to pair Ginny with someone…Remus? Or someone else…any suggestions?