As Sirius and Dawnelle walked across the sun lit grounds towards Hogmeade he filled her in on everything that had happened the previous night.

"Oh my god, I hope they're alright."

"I'm hurt! You're not at all worried about me?" He looked at her with puppy dog eyes and acted hurt.

"Oh please. You're being ridiculous."

"No I'm not!"

"Yes you are. Now stop. There is still one thing that doesn't make sense."

"What's that?"

"Well I'm sure Amber told me that Remus was attacked by some huge black dog."

Sirius slipped his hands into his pockets and looked up at the blue sky. "Mentioned that, did she?"

"Yeah, do you know what she was talking about?"

"I mighta heard mention of it, yeah."

"Are you going to tell me?" He grinned and shook his head.

"I think I'm forgetting what I know."

"Anything I can do to help you remember?" She smiled up at him and linked her arm with his and leaned against him. They had just reached the edge of Hogsmeade which was crowded with all the Hogwarts students. Sirius lead her towards Zonko's Joke Shop.

"You can be my date today. That'll piss Mary off at lunch later."

"You're going to lunch with Mary today?"

"You are too, as of now. This way I don't have to watch her suck off some poor guys face off while I try to eat."

"How does my being there help that?" He stopped outside of Zonko's and grinned. Wrapping his arms around her waist he leaned down and kissed her. Without thinking she tangled her hands in his hair and kissed him back. He pushed her against the wall of the shop and simply enjoyed every moment of it. Finally he pulled back and they both gasped for air.

"See," he whispered, "now that you're my date I can do that." He grinned and ran his hand through his hair to straighten it out again. Dawnelle pulled her hand through his hair and messed it up again.

"Fine, then I get to do that."

"But don't you want a guy with good looking hair to take you out?" he whined.

"I think it looks cute like that."

"As you wish then."

"So you'll tell me what you 'forgot' before?"

"Ah, I think I still forget." He smiled mischievously and she sighed.

"Alright fine, I'll get it from you later." They entered Zonko's hand in hand.

Lily was about to enter Honeydukes when Amber and Remus caught up with her. His arm was around her waist and she had her head on his shoulder.

"Well aren't you the cutest couple?" Lily exclaimed as she saw them. They both grinned happily and the three of them entered the shop together.

"Did you go to see James?" Remus asked.

"Yeah, though I don't know why. I was not the only one there to see him."

"I think the entire female population was there at some point today." The three of them laughed at that.

"It's true, Madam Pomfrey was ready to curse the next girl who walked in there."

"She'll be glad when he's gone."

"Yeah, but I won't. It means he'll be annoying me again."

"Poor Lily," Amber said.

"I know. Everyone feels bad for me."

"Actually, I think everyone is jealous of you."

"Well that's dumb. Let one of them share a dorm with him then."

"That's a dangerous idea," Remus muttered. "His head is big enough already."

"Good point, but still, now I have to deal with him."

"Oh come on, he's not that bad," Remus said.

"Does he ask you out every week?"

"No but he does ask me to copy at least one homework assignment a week."

"That would get annoying."

"Yeah, but not enough for me to give him up as one of my best mates."

"You're a brave soul Remus. I'm going to go pay. You two wanna go to lunch?

"Yeah, I didn't eat breakfast today, I'm hungry," Amber said. They went to the register to pay for the sweets they had selected. Amber and Remus bickered playfully about who was going to pay for hers. Lily couldn't help but to smile. Finally, after making a compromise that Amber would pay for the candy and Remus could get her lunch they all left the shop together and headed for The Three Broomsticks.

Sirius and Dawnelle entered the Three Broomsticks together and headed to table in the back where Mary was sitting with some boy or another. Sirius wrapped his hand around Dawnelle's waist and pulled her close to him. She rolled her eyes but didn't push him away. She got glares from girls across the room as they passed.

"Not very popular, are you?" Sirius whispered.

"It's your fault!" She pointed out.

"No way! I am not responsible!"

"They are mad because of that stupid Truth or Dare game! That is too your fault!"

"No way! You made up the dare!"

"Yeah but James took the spell off you on Monday. They are pissed because you refuse to yield that week."

"I never back down from a dare! Who cares if I'm charmed to do it or not? Oh, and that week isn't the only reason they're mad."

"What do you mean?"

"I think I've brushed off every girl in this room at one point or another since that week." Dawnelle looked up at him surprised but she couldn't say anything because at that moment he led her to a seat across from Mary. Mary glared at her the whole time. Sirius sat across from the boy Mary had with her. "Sorry I'm late. Hope you don't mind I brought someone along." He smirked at her. Clearly she did mind that Dawnelle was there but she wasn't about to say anything.

"Of course not! I brought someone as well, this is Aaron. He's a sixth year Ravenclaw."

"Nice to meet you," Dawnelle said politely. Sirius just nodded. The kid nodded in return and smiled to Dawnelle. He wasn't very talkative, though that could have had something to do with what was going on under the table between him and Mary. Sirius looked to Dawnelle in disgust. She just shrugged.

"This is your own fault, don't blame me," she said playfully. Mary looked at them in confusion.

"What's his fault?" she asked Dawnelle.

"Oh, nothing," she said airily. Sirius tried hard to keep a straight face.

"I see. So, what have you two been doing all day?" she asked again, trying to get something from them.

"You know, this and that," Dawnelle replied. Truth? Making out behind Honeydukes, but who wanted to know that? Sirius choked back laughter at the look of disgust and frustration on Mary's face. Aaron's face was still quite blank.

"That sounds fun," Mary said. "Got plans for this afternoon?"

"Um, Sirius is missing James so I think I'll have to take him back to Hogwarts early," Dawnelle answered.

"Oh, sorry to be such a problem for you," Sirius muttered.

"Oh, I could go with you if you wanted, I didn't get to see James this morning! I'm sure he'll need a woman to help take care of him," Mary offered.

"Oh, I think James will be fine. After all, I'll be there. I'm sure I'll do an adequate job of taking care of him. Or I could always go find Lily if I get bored." Sirius coughed loudly to keep from laughing. Dawnelle smiled at Mary and patted him on the back. Mary glared at her.

"Yes," she said through gritted teeth, "I'm sure you do a remarkable job of taking care of men." This comment sobered Sirius instantly. Dawnelle flashed him a look of warning and he forced himself to smile.

"Ah Mary, you can't imagine how well kept one is with her around." Mary looked as though someone had hit her. This time Dawnelle tried not to laugh. "Yeah, I think James probably needs us about now. Wonderful to see you Mary, as always. Though next time, we'd prefer it if you played footsie in a room somewhere." He stood up and grabbed Dawnelle's hand. He pulled her out of there before anything else could be said. On the way out they ran into Remus, Amber and Lily. They greeted them happily and then walked out into the sunny day. Both burst into fits of giggles as they walked back to the castle.

"What were they on do you think?" Lily asked.

"No idea," Remus muttered. Lily was about to reply when her pocket started to call her name.

"What the heck?" she asked as she pulled out a folded piece of parchment. Remus ducked his head to hide his laughter. She looked at him suspiciously. "What is this?"

"Open it," he answered. She unfolded the parchment and read the line that was written there.

"Are you kidding me?!" she exclaimed. "Remus Lupin, if you gave him this idea, I'm going to kill you!"

"Ah! No killing of my boyfriend when he only just asked me out!" Amber quickly intervened. Remus ducked behind her and nodded but he was still grinning. Amber pulled the parchment from Lily's hand and looked at it. Then she spun around to face him. "Are you kidding me?" she said. He burst out laughing.

"Sorry Lily, it was too good of a charm to pass up," he said.

"So you gave it to James!? Why? Why would you do that?" Lily took the parchment back from Amber and sighed. It was still calling her name out and every time it did the line "My love, I need you now," scratched itself out onto the paper.

"Well, actually he took it from me."

"That thing won't stop, will it?" Amber asked.

"Uh, only if he tells it too," Remus said.

"Oh, he's going to tell it too, that's for sure. See you later Amber. Remus, you're dead." Lily turned and left the restaurant and returned to the castle.

Sirius and Dawnelle returned to the Gryffindor common room still grinning over the lunch experience. The place was completely deserted as everyone not allowed to go to Hogsmeade was enjoying the day outside. Sirius turned to Dawnelle and brushed her hair from her face. She looked up into his gorgeous baby blue eyes and lost her train of thoughts. This was the seductive Sirius Black the every girl in the school could fall for, that most girls had fallen for at sometime actually. What she didn't know was that he felt completely seduced by her in that moment as he looked into her grey-green eyes. He dropped his head and captured her lips with his and allowed himself to get lost completely in the moment he had with her.

Lily marched through the portrait of the blue pumpkin without even realizing she had said the password. James jumped up from the couch when he saw her and then backed away slowly as he saw her anger.

"Now Lily…" he began.

"JAMES POTTER! What the hell?" she asked. She threw the piece of parchment, which was still repeating her name, at him. It fluttered down to the floor and began to speak more loudly.

"Don't you love it? Now I can let you know anytime I want to see you!"

"Turn it off!"

"Kiss me?"

"NO! And by the way, stop taking Remus' advice, it's not working."

"Damn. That sucks," he said running his hand through his hair and looking down at the floor. "But the kiss idea wasn't his! So you still have to do it!"

"NO WAY!"

"It's going to get louder if you don't do it."

"Potter!"

"Yes?"

"Turn it off!"

"No."

"Yes!"

"No!"

"AGH!!!" Lily stomped her foot in frustration and then sighed heavily. She marched over to him intended to kiss him shortly and walk away. However, he was faster then her. The moment she smashed her lips against his he grabbed her around the waist and kissed her back. She fought for a moment and finally gave in and kissed him back. This time though, she couldn't deny it. She was kissing James Potter and she knew it. What the hell was wrong with her? She didn't know. First she went to see him this morning and now she was kissing him. Ok, that was too much. She pulled herself back even if he didn't let go of her waist. "You have got to stop doing this stuff!" she exclaimed breathlessly. "Now let go of me, and turn the thing off!" For once, he did what she asked. She fell back onto the couch and blessed the silence that followed the idiotic message's demise. James sank into the armchair beside her and smiled stupidly.

"Did you like that Evans?" he asked.

"Yes, I mean no, I mean, oh I don't know. I'm not going there Potter. Shut up." Her head was spinning wildly and she was having difficultly putting two cohesive thoughts together. Why did she just do that? Why would she ever do that? She couldn't come up with an answer. Or maybe she could. She saw him last night with Amber and it really was a different side of him. It was a side of him that was good, and was willing to rescue someone even if it meant he himself might get hurt. Which he did, she reminded herself. And then this morning, he had wanted to see her, not only to be himself but also to see how Amber and Remus were doing. She thought back to the day before when he had helped the boy and his sister. He had been completely normal. He was helpful and even thoughtful. She couldn't believe that these thoughts were forming in her head. She refused to believe these thoughts were forming in her mind. She pushed them away stubbornly.

That night Remus came and slept on the couch on their dorm though there was no explanation as to why. James, Lily noted gratefully, said nothing about what had happened earlier. She disappeared into her room early and read her book for a while before falling asleep.