Chapter 4 : Hogsmeade Blind Dates!

Izzie's POV

I woke up extra early to help Laura with her preparation for her date to Hogsmeade. I woke up Marls and Lily to help me. All of us chose a light blue vest top with a cream zip up cardigan and her favourite black jeans with Marlene's heeled ankle boots.
"Who's gonna be the one to wake her up? It isn't going to be me! Do you remember what happened last time?!" I asked. I had spent an hour in the Hospital Wing with a unicorn horn. Laura swore she didn't know how she did it.

"For Merlin's sake I'll do it!" Lily sighed and walked over to Laura's bed. She shook her and Laura woke up immediately. She saw the outfit and gasped.
"You guys are flipping miracle workers! I love you!" she screeched. She ran over, picked up the outfit and ran into the bathroom. Laura poked her head out and asked Marls to do her makeup. Marls had never been so happy.

"Lily and Izzie! Go down to the Great Hall and get your breakfast. Me and Laura might be a while!" Marlene shouted.
"Laura! You're meeting your date by the statue in the corner of the Entrance Hall!" I shouted up the stairs.
Me and Lily came into the common room and walked straight over to the portrait hole. When we walked into the Great Hall, I saw that the guys had saved us a space.

Laura's POV

I came into the Great Hall with Marls. I quickly spotted Izzie sitting next to Sirius. They were obviously on good terms again. Poor Lily was sat next to James. I decided to put out of her misery and I squeezed in between her and James. I had a bite of toast and saw that Remus wasn't there.
"Where's Remus?" I asked James.
"He's waiting for his date in the Entrance Hall," James said through a mouthful of food. Lily's face was comical. Her jaw was hanging right down.

Before I knew it, it was 9:30 and Izzie was dragging me out of my seat. We walked into the Entrance Hall. I scanned around and saw Remus standing EXACTLY where I was meeting my date. Then it clicked; Remus was my date!

"You're dead when I come back from Hogsmeade! I will enjoy your pain!" I said furiously to Izzie. Her eyes visibly widened and she gulped. Izzie then took a step back, turned and ran for it. I walked over to Remus.
"Ready for Hogsmeade then?" I asked Remus nervously. He looked at me then realised.

"Sirius I am going to Avada Kedavra you!" he muttered.

Remus' POV

I had been waiting for 10 minutes when Laura walked over to me.
"Ready for Hogsmeade then?" she asked me shyly. I was confused and then it clicked. Laura was my date!
"Sirius I am going to Avada Kedavra you!" I muttered.

I offered her my hand and she took it. Laura had a huge smile on her face.
"You know I haven't been to Zonko's in a while. I need to get some stuff for Izzie. She's banned from their products and from going in the shop," she said to me as we entered Hogsmeade.
"Why? What did she do?" I asked curiously. Laura launched into the entire story. I was laughing with her by the end.

"Do you want to go to the Three Broomsticks?" I asked. We had been into almost every shop there is.
"Yeah sure! I haven't had a butterbeer in ages!" Laura answered enthusiastically. She had a smile on her face. We entered the pub and found a table in the corner.
"I'll get the drinks," I offered.

"Are you sure? I'll pay for mine," Laura asked worriedly.
"It's fine Laura." I smiled gently at her.

Laura's POV

This date had been amazing. Remus has been so kind and such a gentleman. I was having a nice daydream when Diggory came over.
"Hello Laura. How are you?" Amos asked.
"Umm... Hi Amos. I'm fine thanks. Who are you with?" I asked cautiously. I knew Amos was a womanizer out for only one thing.

"Ahh... No one. I'm all alone today. How about you?" He scooted over so he was closer to me.
"I'm with Remus. Oh here he comes now!" I said and got up to help Remus with our drinks.
"Help me get rid of Diggory please! He's driving me nuts!" I whispered in Remus' ear. He nodded his head slightly.

"Diggory. I've seen you met my girlfriend, Laura Smith." He squeezed my shoulder and I nestled in.
"Oh... I didn't realise. Sorry for interrupting your date. I'll be off then. Bye!" Amos said hurriedly and rushed out of the pub.
"Thanks for sticking up for me Remus." I smiled at him.
Inside I was melting. Remus had called me his girlfriend.

Remus' POV

Oh Godric! How the hell do I ask now?! What would Sirius say? Be smooth and suave.
"Yeah... about that Laura. Will you be my girlfriend?" I asked nervously. Aaannddd the smooth and suave look went flying out the window.
"Of course. I can finally do this!" She leant over and kissed me square on the lips. "Let's go back to the castle."
"Ok then," I said to her smiling. We left our finished drinks on the table and walked out.

Izzie's POV

Me, Lily and Marls were waiting anxiously in the common room. Finally Laura and Remus came in with their clothes all over the place. I looked at Marls and Lily, who shrugged. I walked over to Laura.
"You will tell us about it later!" I whispered in her ear. "Oh and your cardie's inside out." She looked down and blushed.

James and Sirius walked in the portrait hole. They saw Remus and Laura holding hands and whooped. James went over to Lily and swung her round in celebration. Surprisingly she didn't mind. She just laughed. Sirius did the same thing for me but he held on to me for a bit longer. James coughed and Sirius put me down. He had gone quite pink.

"Laura we're borrowing Remus for a bit. Marauders business," James said as Sirius dragged Remus.
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A/N hello again! As I'm sure you've all noticed that I've updated my story. Please add to your library and don't forget to:

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Remus: Thank you for getting me and Laura together! The blind date was really good.
Sirius: Thank Merlin for that. It was that or the old lock-in-a-broom-closet-until-confessing-feelings method.
Remus: You're joking right? -_-

Izzie: Nope! :D
Laura: I'm gonna kill you Izzie! You could have told me it was Remus!
Izzie: That was beside the point! *pokes*
Laura: Don't poke me! *pokes back*

And while this VERY mature poke war is going on, Remus can you do the disclaimer?

Remus: Of course. PyromaniacValdez does not own the Harry Potter franchise as much as she would like to. Harry Potter belongs to our illustrious queen, the goddess of writing, J.K Rowling. All events, characters and other things that you do not recognise belong to PyromaniacValdez. If you might find a copy of this, private message me straight away. Copyrighted © 2013 All rights reserved.

Mischief managed!

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