Chapter 5

"So tell me all about what you and Sirius did all day," Lily asked. I immediately turned bright red. We were sitting in the deserted common room and it was midnight.

"Why don't you tell me about you and James? You can skip the snogging though; I don't need to know his technique of eating your face," I retorted. Lily blushed and turned away. "I'm only joking Lily. The only thing you need to know about my date with Sirius is that I saw him grow up today. And it made me really happy and like him a lot."

"Oh my god Gwen Potter, you are falling for Sirius Black," Lily exclaimed. I blushed and smiled.

"Yeah, I guess I am. But come on Lily, are you really liking my brother here?" I said turning to her.

"I don't know what it is about James, Gwen. He can be really sweet at just the right time and then make you laugh when you really need it," Lily said loosing herself in a memory.

"I'm really happy for the two of you. The way you two act when you're around each other, it's like nothing I've ever seen before," I said. "You're just what my brother needs."

"Thanks Gwen. I think I am going to head to bed. Good night," Lily said standing up and heading for the stairs.

"Good night Lil's," I whispered. I grabbed my notebook off the table and opened it up to a fresh new page and started writing. I wasn't the type to keep a diary, much to James' dismay, but I wrote a lot of short stories about what I was feeling. Since the stories were about people I made up, James didn't know who they were or that it was a little bit based off of truth, which made him mad and me extremely satisfied I outwitted him.

I heard footsteps coming down the stone steps and I turned to see Sirius standing there on the landing smiling to himself.

"What are you doing still up? I thought you went to bed hours ago," he asked, taking a seat on the couch.

"Lily and I told you and James that so you guys would go to bed and we could get up and come down here and talk," I explained not taking my eyes off my notebook as I wrote franticly.

"Gwen, are you honestly doing homework so late? How many times do I have to tell you not to leave it so late?" Sirius scolded. I rolled my eyes.

"I'm not doing homework, you dolt, I'm writing a story," I explained while waving the small notebook so he could see.

"I want to read you're delightful story Gwen. Hand it over here," Sirius said extending him hand out for the book. I shook my head.

"I don't even let Lily read out of this book," I said, pressing the book up against my chest as far from his reach as I could get it.

"Oh come on Gwen; you know how much I love to read," Sirius protested but I still wouldn't let him.

"You don't read unless you have to, and trust me, I've seen Remus talk you into reading," I retorted.

"That's not the point. Come on Gwen, what's the harm, please?" Sirius pleaded, scooting closer to me. I stood up from the couch instinctively. Sirius followed suit and was walking toward me. We bolted around the room, Sirius on my heels, running like little children. Suddenly I didn't hear Sirius behind me, so I stopped; he was nowhere in sight. Breathing heavily, I took a seat in the nearest chair, trying to catch my breath, my grip slackening on my notebook. Sirius jumped up from behind the chair and grabbed the notebook before I could react.

"Give it back Sirius," I said desperately. Sirius ignored me and started franticly flipping through the pages until he finally stopped clearing his throat before he began speaking.

"Sirius Black is the hottest man alive," Sirius taunted, pretending to read my notebook. I laughed.

"Nowhere in that little book does it ever say you are the hottest man alive," I said. Again, Sirius ignored me.

"Sirius's hair is so gorgeous he must spend three hours every morning doing it," Sirius said now adding a girly voice to it.

"Alright, fine. You can read it," I said caving in. Sirius smiled and plopped down on the couch and opened in up to the first page and started reading. I stood up from the chair and went to sit on the other side of the couch so I could read his expression. He was making it difficult but he was obviously very involved in what he was reading. When he was done, he just looked at me.

"I know, it's not finished and it will need a lot of editing. I'll probably spend more time editing it than actually writing it, but that's okay because then it'll be perfect and..." but I was cut off by his lips meeting mine. After a few seconds we broke apart.

"It was fantastic. I absolutely loved it," Sirius whispered. I smiled.

"Really?" I asked. He nodded. I smiled and kissed him more forcefully than I intended but it didn't seem like he noticed. He wrapped his arms around me and we laid there on the couch until the early hours of the morning.