"So, Lily, what brings you to the Ravenclaw table this morning?" I said when she sat down beside me, clad in her Gryffindor robes and scarf. Today was the first Quidditch game of the season, Gryffindor vs. Slytherin.
It had been two weeks since the Charms class, and surprisingly, Sirius had been on really good behavior. There had been no girls going around saying they were dating him and no midnight snogs that I had heard of. Needless to say, Zara, Rebecca and Willow were in shock that he had held out this long.
Lily took a deep breath. "James asked me to come over here and try and convince you to do something." She replied.
I raised my eyebrows at her.
"He wants me to try and convince you to come to the game today." She said.
"And why does James want you to convince me to go to the game?" I asked.
She blushed, realizing I was catching on. I wasn't a Ravenclaw for nothing. "Okay, so maybe James wants you to come for someone else."
I turned back to my food. "Let me guess, his name just happens to be Sirius Black?"
Lily sighed, "I told James this was a bad idea. Sirius didn't seem to think you would figure it out if it was coming from me." She rolled her eyes.
"His best friend's girlfriend? It's nice to know he thinks so highly of my intelligence." I said.
"Well, guys don't tend to think straight when they like a girl and she keeps turning them down. I should know." Lily said with a wink.
I snorted.
"You really should come though." Lily told me.
"I don't know, Lily, I have a Transfiguration essay to get through -"
"You're top of the class in Transfiguration; it'll take you half an hour to do that essay." She argued.
"But -"
"No buts," Lily interrupted. "You're coming to the game, and you're sitting with me and Remus, I could use some female companionship." And with those words she stood up and left the table, going to sit in her normal spot next to James.
Note to self: Lily Evans does not take the word "no" very well.
"Come on Iris, we need to hurry up and get to our seats." Lily said, practically dragging me out the doors.
"But you're a commentator, your seat is reserved." I said.
"Yours isn't," Lily said, continuing to drag me along.
To Lily's pleasure, I got to sit next to her with Remus, her Co-Commentator. "Hey Iris," Remus said when we reached him with a smile. "What're you doing here? I thought you didn't like Quidditch games?"
I shrugged, "Lily dragged me here." I didn't mention the fact that she dragged me here for Sirius's sake.
As soon as we had taken our seats, the teams came out onto the field. "Welcome Hogwarts to the first Quidditch game of the season Gryffindor vs. Slytherin!" Lily began.
The crowd cheered loudly, each side trying to out-scream the other.
"Team Captains James Potter and John Ripper are approaching each other for the traditional handshake." Remus said.
Honestly, to me it looked more like they were trying to break each other's fingers from the way both of their hands were turning white.
"And it's time for the game to begin!" Lily said when everyone was in the air.
"Chaser Owen Lovell of Slytherin takes possession of the Quaffle; he's heading towards the goal post- OUCH!"
"That was quite a hit by Beater Sirius Black of Gryffindor." Lily said.
"Hey, Iris!" A voice called and I looked to my right to find Sirius hovering there, grinning at me, his bat resting on his shoulder.
"Sirius Black, what the hell do you think you're doing? Get back to the game!" Lily yelled from beside me, obviously forgetting the Sonorous charm she had placed on herself.
Everyone was now laughing, their eyes on me.
"Bloody hell," I mumbled under my breath before looking back at Sirius. "Go back to the game Sirius!"
He seemed to realize he embarrassed me, because he grinned, but said, "Whatever you say, love," before winking and flying away.
Remus gave me a look, but I just buried my face in my hands.
"And James Potter catches the Quaffle from Lovell and heads towards the opposite end of the pitch, passes to the other Gryffindor Chaser Jason Yielder, he's going for the goal posts- he takes the shot- and oh no! It's blocked by Slytherin Keeper, Elijah Goyle!"
"And that's Jerusalem Retting with the recovery, and he's racing towards the other side of the field-"
"Go Abigail!" Lily yelled.
"And that's Abigail Valdes with the save!" Remus said.
Eventually, Gryffindor did get ahead 30 to 10, but neither of the seekers, Ethan Wood for Gryffindor, and Lucas Davenport for Slytherin, seemed to have caught any sight of the snitch. I had to admit though, Sirius was a great Beater. His partner, Taylor Donnelly, a girl, which was rare for a beater, and Sirius worked well together. Although, it might have something to do with the fact that he had never hit on her, unlike almost every other girl in the school.
"Rather dull, isn't it?" Came a voice next to me and I looked over to once again, find Sirius though this time in a more concentrated stance.
I sighed, realizing I wasn't going to be able to get rid of him quickly this time. "Yes, feels like a waste of time, honestly, when I could be getting work done, but someone -" I looked pointedly at him, "Got their best friend's girlfriend to drag me here."
Sirius shrugged without remorse. "I wanted you to come."
"Why?" I asked, even though I was pretty sure I all ready knew the answer.
Sirius seemed to have spotted something. "Wait one moment," He suddenly flew off and smacked a bludger in the direction of Victoria Ursley, a Slytherin Beater who had just hit James with a bludger.
"No one gets away with hurting James do they?" I asked when he flew back.
"Nope," He answered simply with a grin, now back to what you asked earlier -"
"Black, so help me, if you let my boyfriend get hit in the head with a bludger again, I will kill you! He all ready has enough brain damage!" Lily yelled, once again forgetting she had the Sonorous charm.
"Hey!" James yelled at Lily.
"Mrs. Evans!" Professor McGonagall yelled from behind us, while Remus and I cracked up.
"Sorry, Professor McGonagall," Lily said, her cheeks flushing slightly.
"And you, Mr. Black, get back to the game!"
"But Minnie -"
I swear him and James are the only ones I know that could get away with calling her "Minnie".
"Mr. Black if Gryffindor loses this game it's on your head!" She yelled at him.
"I just need to -"
"Sirius get your ass over here and start playing now!" James yelled at him.
"I just have to say one thing-!"
James sighed of frustration but speed away after the other Gryffindor Chaser Mason Tyler.
Sirius gave a sigh of relief before turning back to me, "Okay, now to answer your question, I wanted you to come so I could ask you -"
"LOOK AT THAT!" Remus yelled suddenly causing us to jump and Sirius to glare at him. "The seekers are going into a dive!"
Sirius groaned and shot off towards the pitch.
"What the heck is that about?" said a voice in my ear, and I turned around in my seat to find Rebecca sitting behind me.
"I have no idea," I whispered back to her, turning back to the game just in time to see Sirius hit a bludger at the Slytherin keeper, whacking him off his broom to the ground, allowing Wood to catch the snitch.
"GRYFFINDOR WINS!" Lily and Remus yelled at the same time.
Even I was caught up in the celebration jumping up and down screaming with excitement with Lily, once she had actually remembered to un-charm her voice.
Suddenly though, I was pulled away from Lily and into the air. I screeched and held on tightly to the broom handle in front of me. Flying was most definitely not my thing. "Sirius! What are you doing?"
"I'm taking you somewhere we can't be interrupted." He said simply tightening his grip on the broom and scooting closer to me. "Now hold on," He whispered in my ear.
I closed my eyes tightly and bit my lip as I felt the roar of the crowd disappear and the wind whip my hair back from my face violently.
It didn't last long before the wind stopped and I felt Sirius chuckle against my back. "You can open your eyes now Iris, we're almost on the ground."
"I am not opening my eyes until I feel my feet touch the solid ground Black." I told him.
"Not a fan of flying?" Sirius asked.
"Why do you think I avoid the Quidditch Pitch like the plague?" I said barely opening my eyes to make sure we really were on the ground before opening them fully.
Sirius looked down awkwardly and ran a hand through his hair, "sorry, I didn't think about that."
"Obviously," I replied, climbing off the broom and looking around. He had flown us to the beech tree by the Lake, sounds from the Quidditch Pitch still echoing in my ears. I turned to him with my arms crossed. "Now what do you want?"
"Before I ask you, I just want you to remember how good I've been acting these past two weeks. I haven't even played a prank or anything! Do you know how hard that is for me?"
"I never said you didn't have to prank anymore Sirius." I told him.
"You said I was childish!"
"No I didn't." I said simply.
"Well, you sounded so much like Lily, maybe I'm starting to get your words confused with hers."
"I thought you wanted to ask me something." I replied, crossing my arms.
Sirius took a deep breath and said rather quickly, "Since we won, do you want to go to the after party with me?"
I counted up the days in my head, Sirius had been hitting on me for about a month now, and I knew that I was supposed to keep him going for longer, but that face he was giving me was too much. He was really, really good at the puppy-dog face. "I guess I could do that."
A/N: to make up for the last two short chapters, this is the longest one yet! Hope you enjoyed it! Please R&R!