Disclaimer: I only own the OCs and the plot. Shocking, isn't it? I bet you never would have guessed.

Dear Diary,

Or, more specifically, Adriyana's diary. I need my own, but I don't have any money for one now. Agie, I trust you not to read the rest of this, I needed to write it down and you're in the room, getting ready, so you could do the charm to open your diary for me. Today is the Hogsmeade trip, and Remus is going to take me into the Shrieking Shack. It's not really haunted, but it's where he goes when he… well, I still don't want to write that here. I'm flattered that he trusts me so much and that he wants to show me a part of such a… different side of him. A tiny bit of me is scared and even sad about what I may see, but the rest of me loves Remus and wants to learn as much about him as I can, and that part of him is one that I know very little about. I remember when he told me his secret. Every night that…he has to go there, I lay awake in bed, unable to sleep because I'm scared for my Remus so much, afraid that something was going to happen to him. Adriyana calls it "Remus Withdrawal," because I never see him that day or for a few days after (Madam Pomfrey won't let me in the hospital wing, no matter how much I argue. I've tried everything to get in), and she thinks I'm just lonely. I just love him so much; I couldn't stand to see something terrible happen to him. If he got seriously hurt, I don't know what I'd do.

Yours truly,

Amber

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Dear Diary,

Now that I have freed you from Amber's clutches, I have about a minute to write something before my date, and I'm all done getting ready. My hair looks quite good straight (it better have, I spent nearly an hour doing it). Let's hope I can make it through date two without a kiss. I honestly doubt it, but I'll have to try. Who wants to have regrets about their first kiss in what they think will be an important relationship? Part of me sort of wants to just give in and kiss him, but then I tell myself this is a lesson to him, and for the good of womankind. Sirius Black, eat your heart out.

Gotta go,

Adriyana

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Sirius waited for Adriyana at the foot of the stairs. She came out right on time with Amber at her side. She had clearly put a lot of time into her looks, for him, and she looked fantastic. Her hair no longer fell in its trademark mess of waves, but was perfectly straight, and her purple top matched her eyes. He felt Remus' hand (Remus and James were standing next to him), on his jaw, pushing it shut again. Amber and Adriyana giggled. "Remus, are you ready to go now?" Amber asked.

Adriyana sighed. "Am, you need a pet name for him. You guys have been going out for over two years now, Remus is too... formal."

"How about…Rem?" Sirius suggested, finally able to speak again. "Chopping off the last syllable almost always works."

"Nah, that sounds weird. Like a construction worker, or a really creepy looking house elf. It needs to be cutesier. Add something to the end. Rem…y," Adriyana said. Her face lit up. "Remy! That's it!"

"If you guys are done speculating over the fine mechanics of our relationship, we kind of have a date. Do you mind if we go now?" Remus said.

"No. not unless Am promises to call you Remy from now on," Adriyana said.

"Deal," said Amber. Everyone could tell she liked the name. Even Remus was grinning.

They left through the portrait hole, and Sirius called after them. "Bye Remy!" he said, blowing a kiss. Adriyana and James laughed.

A few minutes later, Sirius and Adriyana left too, traveling through the deserted halls together. Adriyana looked surprised when instead of going to the courtyard Sirius pulled her down a different corridor. He stopped at a statue of a one-eyed witch.

"Um…Sirius? What exactly are you doing?" she asked, as he tapped the witch with his wand and muttered "dissendium!" she jumped back as the statue shifted, revealing a dark tunnel.

"Secret passage," he said. "The Marauders use this one all the time. I thought I'd give you the entire Sirius Black Dating Experience."

"Well, I'm flattered." She said, rolling her eyes and secretly hoping this passage wasn't just one of the Marauder's make-out spots or something. Not that she would mind that much. Stupid third date rule. He climbed into the hole. Always up for an adventure, she jumped in after him and lit her wand.

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Poor Remy…

Amber eyed the ripped and torn furniture, tattered curtains, and broken down doors and walls of the Shrieking shack sadly. She felt the tears well up in her eyes, and squeezed Remus' hand tighter. He noticed the tears in her eyes and pulled her towards him.

"Star, do you want to leave? I mean, I know you wanted to come here, but I can't stand to see you cry," Remus said, wrapping his arms around her. He called her star because she "lit up his night sky," and it fit so well with 'Moony'. A perfect match, just like them.

She said, "I'm fine. It's just…a good girlfriend helps her boyfriend through rough times in his life, I can't be here for you during your transformations, and I feel so terrible-"

"Hey. Stop that. I wouldn't want you down here, it's way too dangerous. Besides, I love you so much it hurts sometimes, and I couldn't ask for a better girlfriend, no matter what. It helps me to think that you're safe and warm back at the castle when I'm down here."

She sniffled and hugged him tighter. Her tears stopped falling.

"Are you sure you don't want to get something to eat?" he asked her.

"Well, now that you mention it, I wouldn't mind some chocolate at Honeydukes…"

As soon as the word 'chocolate' had escaped her lips, he pulled her off, grinning.

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Adriyana and Sirius sat down at a table in a restaurant on the Main Street of Hogsmeade. It was a bright and busy place with a very good environment. Adriyana was shocked that she had never been here, or even heard of the place, before. "So, Sirius, you probably take girls here all the time."

He looked slightly offended, but shook his head. "Nah, you're the first. Most girls want to go to Madam Puddifoots."

"Ugh. I can't stand that place. It's all…too pink," she shuddered.

He smiled at her. "Wow. I'm shocked. A girl who doesn't like pink… or watching other people snog."

She laughed. "Yeah, I'm the whole package," she swirled her pumpkin juice straw around the glass and sighed.

"Yeah, you wish," he joked, even though he kind of agreed with her.

She pulled the straw out of her drink and pointed it at his face. When she blew into it, he got sprayed with sticky orange pumpkin juice. She started laughing hysterically. In response, he shook his soaked hair, showering her right back. Adriyana saw a group of girls nearby watching them. Some had tears running down their faces, and one was bawling. She recognized her as Annie Moon, the girl who was sending her howlers and was head of Sirius' fan club.

She jerked her thumb towards them. "Do they always follow you around on dates?" she said, somewhat jokingly.

"Sometimes. They have no life. Just ignore them," he said.

"Okay, I will," she said. She was having a great time on this date and wouldn't let his stupid fan club mess it up. She picked up her straw again and aimed it right at his perfectly tousled black hair, only to notice that he had just done the same thing.

She winked at him and then they both blew into the straws as hard as they could.

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Lily was really glad that Alice had decided to hang out with her instead of Frank today. The two girls were having so much fun together, even though right now they were playing Lily's least favorite game, 'Run away from Potter.' Not that either of them could blame him. All day with only Peter for company… how depressing. They ran aimlessly, until they realized that they had ended up in Honeydukes. Lily kept running and crashed right into Amber and Remus, both of them were holding a big bag full of candy.

"Run away from Potter?" Amber asked.

"Yeah," Lily said, nodding. Remus laughed as he pulled her up. "I think he bought me something and was trying to give it to me. Probably had love potion included somehow."

"Somehow I don't think James would do that, Lily," said Remus. "He honestly likes you. A lot."

"Yeah, right, I'm just a challenge to him. He only likes me until I like him back," she said, and then quickly added, "Which will never happen!"

"I don't know Lily, James isn't giving up on you anytime soon," Remus said. Then, without another word, he and Amber exited the store, leaving a very confused Lily behind them.

In Zonkos, Sirius was treating Adriyana to the Sirius Black Highlights Tour of all his favorite items with a description of how he had used them. The stories he told were funny, if not a tad egotistic. Okay, a lot egotistic. But still funny. Now he was holding up a bottle with a thick, opalescent white potion inside.

"This is the magical glue we used to stick that git Thomas to the great hall ceiling. We also did a time-release charm so he would only become unattached when we undid the charm. You should have seen him cry when we put him up there….Merlin, what a spaz. We had to let him down after a few hours, though. Shame," he said. She laughed.

Sirius couldn't believe how easy it was to make her laugh. He loved her laugh. It wasn't a stupid girlish giggle like most girls, but a proper, 'I'm really having fun,' type of laugh. As she laughed, a piece of her hair fell into her face. It was starting to get wavy again, and was slightly brittle from the full-scale pumpkin juice war they had had at the restaurant. He knew that there was no other girl who could mess up his hair like that and get away with it. Not that his hair didn't still look awesome. He reached up and tucked the fallen hair behind her ear.

After a while in the shop, the pair decided to buy a whole mess of fireworks for after the Quidditch game Tuesday. They were practically a shoo-in, they had never failed to beat Slytherin yet, and the team had never played better. Then again, that could just be Captain James' bigheadedness rubbing off on them.

When they left the shop, it had started to rain. "Oh, crap. I can put an impervious charm on you," Sirius said to Adriyana. "Just lean your head into me," he added, and patted his shoulder hopefully.

"Nice try. Besides, I love the rain!" she exclaimed. "Plus, I'm already soaked in pumpkin juice; rain can only make it better."

"This is true," he said with a grin. "So, where do you want to go next?" they'd already been to almost every shop. In the end, they decided to go to Honeydukes, buy some candy, and head back through the cellar. The rest of the students were already leaving, but they had all the time they wanted, thanks to the secret passageway.

The warm, sugary scent enveloped Adriyana as she and Sirius entered the tiny shop. Sirius bought what could have been his weight in candy. He had gotten Bertie Botts, Sugar Quills, Chocolate Frogs, Ice Mice, and Fizzing Whizbees, along with a bunch of other different sweets. He had promised to share it with her, and she was shocked. She also bought her fair share of candy, including stuff for her friends, especially Alice, who had developed an obsession with Drooble's Best Blowing Gum. The four girls had a game, where you shoved a whole packet in your mouth and see who could blow the biggest bubble. It was sticky, drooling, somewhat gross fun, and Adriyana loved it.

As they descended the steps to the basement, she saw Sirius looking at her from the side and tried to look extra cute, but unfortunately she didn't notice the box of toothflossing stringmints on the steps in front of her and tripped over it, falling down the rest of the stairs. Most girls would run away, crying in embarrassment, and part of her wanted to do just that, but she didn't. Instead she laughed.

Sirius ran down the rest of the steps as fast as he could to get to her. He found her laughing on the ground, covered in the mints, and once she told him he was fine and helped her up, he couldn't help but laugh along with her. "Smooth move, Ex-Lax!" he gasped through his laughter. She gave him a playful shove as they headed for the cellar door.

"Here it is," Remus said, as he pointed at the statue of the one-eyed witch.

"This is your ultra-secret passage?" Amber asked him, tugging nervously her necklace, which had an amber stone in the shape of a heart. Remus had given it to her for her birthday.

In response, he opened the hole to the passageway. Amber had told him about how worried she got about him when he transformed, and he felt so bad, he wanted to find a place to…just be alone with her, to talk, or what have you. He knew they wouldn't be disturbed here. Plus, the full moon was coming tomorrow, and he wouldn't see her all day tomorrow, unless she convinced Madam Pomfrey to let her into the hospital wing this time.

Once she was safely in the tunnel, he climbed in after her. It was dark and kind of creepy in the tunnel, so he lit his wand and set it on the ground. "Star, what's wrong?" he said. She was looking down in a depressed way.

"Remy, I was just thinking about what happens to you on full moons. It must be so terrible, and I can't even be there for you."

"I'd rather you not, actually. I'd probably bite you and…" his voice cracked.

"Well, I worry about you back up at the castle. I wish there was some way I knew you'd be okay," she said.

"Hey. As long as I still have you, I'll always be okay. Remember that," he said. And he kissed her deeply. The kiss got stronger and stronger, and soon, they got lost in their own world, free of Lycanthropy and all of their other worries, free of everything except for them. Her fingers were tangled in his hair and his in hers. They could have stayed like that forever, but then-

"Moony, mate, sorry to bother you but you're blocking the exit,"

Amber screamed and jumped about a foot in the air in shock, which was hard because she was so close to Remus, and he accidentally pulled on her golden hair rather hard, because his fingers were so tangled in it. They turned, looking into the faces of Sirius and Adriyana; both were holding their lit wands in the air and looking rather guilty and uncomfortable.

"So this IS a secret Marauder make-out spot!" Remus heard Adriyana whisper. He would have thought it funny if he wasn't so embarrassed.

They moved out of the way, quickly, and Adriyana and Sirius scuttled out. Remus saw Adriyana wink at Amber as she left, but it didn't bother him. The girl winked so much she might as well have an eye twitch. As the passage began to close again, Remus and Amber laughed as they saw the two of them bolting down the corridor to Gryffindor tower as fast as they could. After they were out of sight, Amber turned back to Remus.

"Well, THAT was supremely awkward," Adriyana said, as she and Sirius plopped down on the comfiest couch in the common room, right by the fire.

"What?" said James, who was playing wizard's chess on the coffee table with Frank. Lily and Alice were watching and cheering Frank on, while Peter was cheering for James.

Adriyana said "None of your business," at the same time as Sirius said "We walked in on Moony and Carmichael snogging,"

She turned to him. "You have the sensitivity of sandpaper, Sirius," she said, though she said it with a grin.

James grinned. "Shouldn't you call him…Siri… now? Chopping off the last syllable almost always works," he said mockingly, as a stupid looking smile spread across his face.

She laughed. "Actually, I like that one," she grinned. "Siri…"

Sirius banged his head on the table. "You don't like Siri?" Adriyana asked.

"What? I'm just trying to get the image of the two of them snogging out of my mind. They were REALLY going at it!" he wailed. Lily threw some of the Bertie Botts she was eating at him and he slammed his head into the table again. "I mean, they didn't even notice we were there for, like, five minutes! We had to stand there and watch! I feel so… violated!" he said.

"It was like…they were trying to eat each other!" Adriyana said, sighing. Everyone laughed, and they continued talking until Remus and Amber came back through the portrait hole, a little red faced and embarrassed, and with very tangled hair, but smiling.

"Have fun, you guys?" James asked, raising his eyebrows. Amber glared at Adriyana, who pointed at Sirius. He grinned guiltily.

"We should probably get to bed now, guys," Remus said to the other three Marauders. "We have a big night… er, day… tomorrow." Amber looked at him, a very concerned expression spreading across her face.

"I should get to bed, too," she said. "I won't sleep tomorrow."

Amber and all of The Marauders except for Sirius headed up to bed. Adriyana cast a look at Frank, Alice, and Lily. Getting the hint, they all decided to go to bed too, though Lily left rather reluctantly. Adriyana immediately regretted telling her about the third date rule. Still, she left Adriyana and Sirius in the empty common room, sitting very close to each other on the same couch.

"Well, thanks for that, Siri, I had an amazing day," Adriyana turned to face him, noticing how close he was.

"Me too," he whispered in a raspy voice, as he moved his head even closer to hers.

Bells and sirens went off in Adriyana's head. Was she going to follow her pride and wait until the third date or her desires and just kiss him now? She tried as hard as she could to fight it, but she couldn't. She didn't want to. She looked at him; he was drawing closer and closer to her by the moment. The glowing fire illuminated his handsome face; his eyes shone with desire in the flickering light. Something about this moment seemed special, different, perfect.

She felt her head move in along with his.

'You should stop now, Sirius.' His head was telling him. 'You should let her make the first move. You don't even know if this is what she wants.'

'Shut up. Look, her head is moving closer, too. She wants this just as badly as I do, if that's possible.'

He could see the dark violet speckles that glittered in the otherwise bright amethyst of her eyes. Her lips were so full and soft. He couldn't believe he was actually, after months of waiting, going to kiss her. Their lips were almost touching now. He could feel the heat coming off of her face. He tilted his head to the right. She did the same. It was going to happen… Just a little closer…

"Agie, are you coming?" Lily's stern voice traveled down the stairs.

Adriyana jumped away from him as if she had been electrocuted.

"Agie, are you coming?" she heard Lily call.

'Bloody hell, Lily!' Adriyana thought as she jumped away from Sirius. 'Why did I have to tell her about the third date rule?' She willed herself not to look at Sirius' face; with his soft raven black hair that was now falling into his electrifying grey eyes, so full of pain and confusion that her heart skipped a few beats. She felt tears beginning to form in the corners of her enormous eyes. He looked so desperate, so lost. They both wanted this so badly, and she wanted to let it happen, but now, she couldn't. The moment was gone.

He looked up at her, head still tilted to the side. Merlin, why does he have to look so bloody gorgeous? Also, why the hell am I about to cry?

He stood up from the couch, facing her, and took her hands and squeezed them gently. She looked down and hoped that he wouldn't try to kiss her again. He couldn't, not now. She didn't exactly know why, but whatever it was, he had to feel it, too. There was no more magic in the air. Didn't Sirius see that? She wanted her first kiss with him to be…worth waiting for, a kiss that she would have no regrets about, that she wouldn't want to try and fight. When she knew Lily wouldn't come barging down the stairs any minute, or make her regret what had happened with a disapproving glare for breaking her promise. She was so confused, but one thing she did know was that that time… wasn't now.

She pulled away from him, gave him a smile, whispered a goodbye, and turned for the staircase before he could see the tears that were now silently spilling down her cheeks.

"Adriyana, wait"- he called after her as she ran up the stairs. But she kept running; ready to add a very tear-stained entry to her diary and extremely glad she had bought so much chocolate.

A/N- Ohh, there's some major UST. I feel sort of bad now. That whole last scene was rewritten about a million times. It was pretty hard to get all their emotions in there. Tell me what you think! Personally, this is my favorite chapter so far. You like it? Please, please, please review! I love every single review I get.