A/N: This is a side story from chapter 30 of Time you go on. It's seen from Jo Thestile's perspective. It's no so much humor, but a bit of a parody of Sirius' relationships.

How to ask a boy out...

Jo fumed angrily after she left the train compartment. Melanie had just finished making a fool of her yet again. The little, blonde witch knew how much she liked Sirius Black, and still decided to go snogging him every chance she got. Melanie's only saving grace was the fact that she was too stupid for Sirius to consider keeping as a girlfriend.

There was one thing Jo could do to make sure that Melanie wouldn't be able to dig her dirty claws into Sirius any further. She would ask him out on an official date, which would take him off the market. Jo marched all the way to compartment c, the marauder's regular compartment. Before she got to the door, she pulled out a small compact and checked her hair. Luckily, her dark brown, curly hair fell gracefully around her face. Her natural, rose coloured lips formed a nervous smile, which she forced to look more confident. Quickly, Jo shoved the compact back into her pocket.

Jo slid the compartment door open and casually took a step inside. She found four pairs of eyes on her. She carefully placed a confident smile on her face before she turned her dark brown eyes towards Sirius Black's handsome face. He was staring at her in interest. Out of the corner of her eye, Jo noted James messing up his hair.

"Can we help you, Thesty?" James asked calmly. She was rather friendly with him, since she had joined the quidditch team during the same year as him. They shared the same dislike of, and were comrades against, the Slytherins.

"Nothing much, Potter," Jo responded, flashing a bright smile to James, "I was just wondering if I could borrow your handsome friend."

"Who, Peter?" Remus joked sarcastically, turning the page of his book. He didn't bother laughing at his own joke. Perhaps he had heard about how rude Jo had been to Gail while she was dating Sirius. Gail and Remus seemed close. A lot closer than Gail was with other people.

"She obviously means me," Sirius stated shortly, standing up. Jo could feel the temperature rising in her cheeks as she led the handsome teenager out of his compartment. When she was sure that the door was closed behind him, she faced him.

Why did Sirius Black have such beautiful, angst filled eyes? They were like two globes filled with the clouds from the darkest storms ever to have raged over an ocean. His eyes seemed to be calculating Jo, for some reason. You could almost see his brain working. What a brain it was; he was such a genius, even at such a young age. Sirius' face looked surprisingly passive. He was obviously becoming more bored in the silence.

"Go out with me," Jo said shortly, keeping her brown eyes fixed in his.

"Why should I?" Sirius asked her shortly, "are you worth my time? If you haven't noticed, I have a thing for blondes..."

"Merlin help me," Jo muttered as she rolled her eyes to the ceiling. At that moment, she wondered why she even liked him. Did she really just like him for his looks? Was she just as shallow as Melanie? She was determined not to be.

Jo finally turned her determined gaze back to Sirius. He looked rather intrigued, "Sirius Black, if I have to die to haunt you for a date, I will."

Sirius' face broke into a wide grin and his eyes lit up, "really? You like me that much?"

"More than that much," Jo flirted back, doing her best to look seductive, "so what do you say? You, me, Hogsmeade?"

"Okay," Sirius agreed, "let's go on a date on the first Hogsmeade weekend."

Jo couldn't help but smile brilliantly at him. Sirius couldn't hear it, but her heart was beating so fast that it felt like it'd burst. She couldn't help but laugh happily. It took her a moment to realize that Sirius joined her. After a minute, the two of them were staring at each other awkwardly. Jo noted how close Sirius was standing to her. Maybe he was hopeful about snogging her, but she wasn't easy.

"Well, it was nice talking with you," Jo said pleasantly, dodging Sirius' advance, "I'll see you around, okay?"

"I don't think you're going to get away that easily, Thestile," Sirius snagged her arm and pulled her back toward him. Jo didn't have time to melt because of his strong hands, because his charming smile almost did her in at that moment. Her only response was a fairly shrill laugh. Within a second, she was pinned against the wall of the train. She could feel it rocking and rumbling behind her. Her knees seemed to turn into jelly.

"Is there something you need, Sirius?" Jo flirted as best as she could in her state of mind, smiling cutely at Sirius.

"Yes," Sirius stared into her eyes. He was only an inch taller than her, so when they stood close together, they were at the perfect height for kissing. Sirius leaned in even closer, brushing his lips against Jo's. It was magic, time seemed to slow to a crawl for a few seconds.

"Our date has been sealed," Sirius whispered slyly, moving away, "with a kiss... See you later, Jo."

With that, Sirius slid back into his compartment. It took a good five minutes for Jo to realize that he had left and she was supposed to head back to her compartment. She slowly drifted back down the hall towards the compartment in which her friends were located. It took her another while to effectively believe that she had successfully asked Sirius out on a date and he had accepted.