Sirius Black had quite the reputation preceding him when he asked Hogwarts' Head Girl to dance with him. Most people were aware of his… promiscuous behavior when it came to girls.

Abby wasn't one for rumors, and she most certainly wasn't one for passing judgments, but Abby still looked over at him skeptically.

"Just a dance." Sirius assured her, his hands going up in surrender.

Abby sighed and nodded, a small half smile working its way onto her heart shaped face. Sirius grinned in a boyish, roguish way that made every girl at Hogwarts swoon.

Sirius offered his hand out to Abby. Abby placed her small hand into his larger one, his hands were warm and there was something nice about the feel of his hand in hers.

Abby's brain went to mush and she almost had to shake her head to get herself to concentrate again.

Abby was beautiful, but she hadn't participated in dating as much as other girls her age. She had admirers, but no one that she was particularly interested in. She kept mostly to herself and her few close friends.

She never would have expected that Sirius Black, despite being a year younger than her, would be expressing some sort of an interest in her.

The pair stepped forward and onto the dance floor. Sirius' hand let go of Abby's and his hands moved rest on her hips. Abby placed her arms carefully around Sirius' neck.

Sirius was even taller than James, and if she had been looking straight ahead, Abby would have been staring straight at Sirius' chest.

With Sirius somewhat leading, the two began moving to the slow song currently playing.

Abby was silent, unsure of what to say to Sirius. Lucky for her, Sirius spoke up.

"Why have I never seen you around before? I was sure I knew every beautiful girl at Hogwarts." Sirius asked, looking down at Abby.

Abby rolled her eyes at the blatant pick up line. "You must be quite oblivious. I am, after all, Head Girl." Abby answered, giving a Sirius a curious look. "But of course everyone knows you. Sirius Black never held down by a real relationship. Any truth to those rumors?"

Sirius looked slightly taken aback. He wasn't sure how to respond to a pointed question like that. He paused for a moment; his handsome face was twisted into a quizzical look.

"Yes. Some of them are true, others aren't. I'm not as untamable as the rumors make me come off as. You don't seem like the kind of person to judge though, am I right?" Sirius answered after a few long moments of thinking.

Abby was surprised at the fact that Sirius was able to peg her so well.

"Yeah." Was all that Abby could think to say.

The two continued dancing. Abby was still unsure of what to say, but Sirius seemed content staring down at Abby. Abby cast her gaze downward, a light blush painting her cheeks. The song they were dancing to came to an end and Abby dropped her hands from Sirius' neck.

"Thank you for the dance. I s'pose I'll see you around." Abby said in a rush, turning and walking toward the side of the Great Hall once more. Sirius watched her go with a slightly somber look on his face.

Across the room, James was standing with Peter Pettigrew. "Watch this Wormtail." He said, and with a flick of his wand, the punch that Abby was holding turned a green color and then back to its original red.

Abby brought the glass of punch to her lips, and after taking a sip, she felt her face begin to swell. Panicking, Abby turned and ran from the Great Hall.

Sirius, who had been watching Abby after she had walked away from him, had seen what had happened when she had drunk from her punch glass. Quickly following her out into the Entrance Hall, Sirius managed to find her, leaning against a wall.

He quickly assessed what had been done to her and said quickly, "Calm down, I can fix this."

Sirius made to pull out his wand, but Abby pushed him away. "I'm sure this was just one of you and Potter's jokes. Just leave me alone Sirius." If the words had been spoken by someone whose face was in its regular state, they would have sounded more authoritative. But due to the fact that Abby's face was in fact, at least 3 or 4 times its normal size, the words came out slurred and didn't sound very demanding.

Regardless of what Sirius was going to do next, Abby turned again and ran away from him. Sirius sighed and decided it best not to go after her. Instead he turned and went back into the Great Hall, walking over to James and punching him the in shoulder.

Abby wasn't running long before she ran straight into Professor Travors. Abby had been running as fast as her legs would take her and when she collided with the Professor, he had to grab her around the waist to keep her from being knocked to the ground. After steadying her, the Professor took in her appearance and sighed. "Shouldn't have punched James Potter, eh?" The Professor said, in an attempt to make light of the situation. When he realized that his words hadn't helped anything, he spoke again, "Right, to my office then to fix you up."

Professor Travors guided Abby quickly through the halls of Hogwarts and into his office. Once there, he sat her down in one of the chairs by his desk and pulled out his wand. After muttering a few spells, the swelling had gone down severely and Abby's large blue eyes were now visible, and they shined in the light because of tears unshed. A few tears managed to escape and Professor Travors wiped them away with his thumb. "No tears," he said, "wouldn't want to stain your pretty face."

Abby smiled slightly at the Professor, and he smiled back.

"I'm sorry about this Professor." Abby said, standing up with the intention of leaving his office.

"Don't be, it's quite alright." The Professor said, and Abby realized how close she was standing to him after she stood up.

Abby looked up into the Professor's eyes, and in a moment of pure insanity, she leaned up and kissed the Professor.