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"OW! That hurts!" Isabella yelled. Angel stepped back, a pair of tweezers in her hand.

"What did you expect, for it to tickle?" She asked sarcastically. "Now hold still, I'm almost done. Just.."

Pluck

"ow"

"...One..."

Pluck.

"Ow"

" ...More!"

Pluck

"OW!"

Angela stepped back again. "There done, and you eyebrows look wonderful if I do say so myself."

Isabella rubbed her eyebrows and glared at Angel. "Good, can I see now." She reached for the mirror, but her hand was slapped away.

"Ah..Ah..Ah, you get to see the final results when I'm done. Now it's time to do something about your hair." She took Isabella's hair out of the braid and brushed it. "Maybe I should cut it." Isabella gasped. "Only a inch or two." She finished quickly.

Isabella looked unsure. "Will it hurt?"

Angel laughed. "No silly, this time I'll use my wand, it won't hurt a bit."

Isabella sighed, defeated. "Fine."

Angel started to take her hair layer by layer cutting them shorter, so that it was still long but framed Isabella's face. She even added highlights here and there, but didn't tell Isabella. Once she was done she looked at her work and nodded to her self. "Okay done, now it's time for me to do your make-up and were done, we can't really do anything about your clothes since you have to wear robes, but I'll lead you some of my muggle clothes until you buy some more. Now close your eyes." Isabella closed her eyes and Angel got her blue and black eyeliner out. She used the blue on her eyelid. "Okay, open your eyes wide." Isabella did as told and Angel took her black eyeliner and put a thin layer under each eye. Backing up Angel looked at Isabella. She smiled widely, and nodded. Picking up the mirror she handed it to Isabella.

"Done, and it was a complete success." Isabella looked at her refection and gasped, it didn't look anything like her. Jumping up she gave Angel a huge hug.

"Oh Thank you! But what about my glasses?"

"You're going to wear contacts, here give me your glasses." Angel grabbed Isabella's glasses and broke them. She ignored Isabella's gasp and held the lenses in her palm. She lifted her wand and pointed it at the glass, muttering a spell. The glass morphed into two contacts. Angela smiled and handed them to Isabella. "There, now you'll be able to see. Go in to the bathroom and put the contacts in."

Isabella nodded and went into the bathroom. Ten minutes later she came out, eyes a litle red; she had poked herself in the eye a couple of times. Angela smiled. "Much better."

Isabella smiled. "Thanks Angel."

"No problem, now let's get you to the Great Hall to show everyone your new look, but first." She pointed her wand at Isabella's robes and watched as they shrunk down two sizes, showing off isabella's actual figure.

Isabella blushed. "Isn't it a little tight?"

"No, it looks fine, let's go." Angela grabbed her cousin and pulled her out of the dormitory, common room, and down the stairs to the Entrance Hall. they were about to go to the Great Hall when Angela's watch alarm went off. Angela groaned and turned it off.

"I have to go back to work."

"I can't go in there alone!" Isabella protested.

Angela smiled and hugged her. "Don't worry, you'll be fine. Just go sit with your friends and act like nothings different. I'll see you at Christmas. Good luck with school, and say hi to your friends for me."

Isabella nodded and pulled back. "Bye Angel and Thank you, for everything. See you at Christmas"

Angel left Isabella alone. Sighing, Isabella turned and walked towards the Great Hall, where everyone else was already having lunch. She made her way to the Gryffindor table, looking for Lily. She spotted her sitting in the middle of the table with..the...Marauders, strange, Lily unusually avoids them. She was also sitting very close to James.

Isabella sat on Lily's other side and across from Sirius, they had yet to see her face. "Hello Lily."

Lily looked at her with a confused look on her face. "Um...do I know you?"

Isabella put a hand over her heart. "Lily I'm hurt how could you not recognize your best friend."

Lily gasped. "Isabella! You...you look..so...so"

Sirius interrupted. "Bloody Hot."

Lily leaned over and hit him, while Isabella blushed.

"No, you look lovely Izzy, but when did you get out of the Hospital Wing?" Lily asked

Isabella glanced at Sirius. "I got out this morning, didn't Sirius tell you? He saw me leave." Sirius looked at Isabella as if she just gave him the death sentence, he looked fearfully at Lily.

Lily glared at Sirius and hit him again, harder. "Black! Why didn't you tell me that Izzy got out! I have been worried sick!" James started laughing at Sirius who had his arms over his head trying to get her to stop hitting him.

"OW!...Evans stop, I forgot okay!"

Isabella giggled. "Lily you can stop, it's okay, I'm out. I'm fine. And I'm hungry. So let's just eat."

Lily stopped but glared at Sirius one last time before looking at Isabella. "Isabella what happened? I didn't even recognize you."

Isabella blushed a bit. "Well I just thought that it was time for a change, and when my cousin Angela showed up I asked her if she could help. I've spent the last three and a half hours in my room getting a makeover, and I'm very happy with the results." She looked at the boys. "What do you think?"

"It's great." James said.

"You look pretty." Peter said.

Isabella smiled and looked at Sirius. "Sirius?"

"I think...you didn't have to change, you look beautiful either way."

Isabella smiled widely and blushed. "Thanks." She suddenly looked around. "So...Is Remus still in the Hospital Wing?"

Sirius nodded, looking away. "Yeah, he's still feeling a little ill."

Isabella looked down and sighed. "I feel horrible."

"It's not your fault." He said.

"What's not her fault?" Lily asked.

Isabella sighed again. "Remus told me he liked me."

Lily smiled while James looked at Sirius with a frown on his face.

"Isabella that's great!" Lily said. "Why are you so sad?"

Isabella looked at her. "Because I don't like Remus like that, I...like someone else."

"Really?" Lily asked. "I thought you two would be perfert for each other, you have so much in common."

"That's just it, we're too similar, we have the same views on everything, what kind of realsionship would that lead to. You and James are opposites, and you're perfect together." Isabella said.

Lily blushed, but James smiled. "So, you must like someone who's your opposite, hmmm, whoever could it be?" He looked at Sirius then back at Isabella.

"Black?" Lily raised an eyebrow. "Izzy wouldn't like Black."

Sirius sent her an indignant look. "Why not? What's wrong with me?"

"Nothing besides the fact that you change girls more than you change socks." Lily said, glaring. "You'd never like him, right Izzy?"

They turned to Isabella, who blushed. "Well...I...I."

Lily hit her forehead. "Oh, Izzy, no."

Isabella glanced at Srius, who smirked. She could feel her heartbeat increase and she stood up. "I'm going to get my books." She left the great Hall and James threw a piece of toast at Sirius. "What are you waiting for?"

Sirius started to get up to leave, but Lily shot up at the same time and grabbed the front of his robe. "If you hurt her I'll kill you."

Sirius pushed her away by her shoulders. "Relax Evans, I'm not that cold hearted." He then left the Great Hall and ran after Isabella. He caught up to her on the second floor and smiled as he watched her argue with herself.

"Stupid, stupid, stupid! When didn't you just deny it! He wouldn't like you, now he thinks you're just another girl who likes him and is lucky enough to get a smile." She hit her forehead. "Why did I have to start liking Sirius Black?"

Sirius smirked. "Don't worry, you're not the only one to ask that question."

Isabella gasped and looked up. "Sirius!"

He waved and walked closer. "You really are stupid..."

She bowed her head.

"If you think that you're just like the others."

She closed her eyes. I'm probably not at their level either.

"You deserve much more than a smile."

She looked up. "And what's that?"

"Maybe a date?" He suggested.

She blinked. "A date?"

He nodded.

"With who?"

"Me."

She stared at him. "And you want to go with..."

"You."

She shook her head, smiling to herself.

He raised an eyebrow. "Is that a no?"

Her eyes widened. "No, I mean yes, I mean... Yes, I'll go on a date with you."

He smiled. "Great!"

She looked around. "Is that it?"

He shook his head. "No, there's one more thing I have to do." He stood closer to her and wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her flush against him and lowered his lips onto hers.

Isabella's eyes closed and she melted into the kiss and imediatly returned it. Sirius smirked and pulled back; Isabella left out a moan of protest and opened her eyes. She smiled. "That was nice."

"Just nice?"

She nodded and stepped back. "Yep." She looped her arm through his and continued walking.

"Not amazing?"

"Nope."

"Incredible?"

"Nu-uh."

"Sexy?"

"No."

"Just nice?"

She nodded and smiled up at him. "Yep."

He sighed. "Thanks for the ego boost."

"Well you know what they say."

He raised an eyebrow. "What?"

She smirked and wrapped an arm around his waist. "That practice makes perfect."

A grin spread across his face. "I like that saying."

Isabella giggled.


Days turned into weeks which turned into months, and everyone was excited about winter vacation. Currently Lily and Isabella were sitting in the Common room, reading, when Sirius and James came crawling through the portrait hole, laughing. When they saw the girls they stopped, looking innocent, and walked over, sitting on the couch.

Lily looked at James. "What are you two talking about?"

"Quiddich try-outs." He said.

Lily looked at him in disbelief. "Quidditch doesn't start for weeks!"

He shook his head at Lily's lack of knowledge about Quidditch. "Yes but try-outs start as soon as we get back to Hogwarts and as Captain I have to find a new seeker and keeper. Me and Sirius were just discussing who we could get to try-out after the holidays." Sirius nodded.

Isabella looked up from her book at James. "What positions do you two play?"

"I'm a chaser, Sirius is beater. You like Quidditch?" James asked.

Isabella nodded. "Oh I love Quidditch, been playing since I was five. Papa even took me to some to see a couple of matches whenever he got tickets."

Sirius exchanged looks with a surprised James. "I didn't know that you liked Qudditch. What position do you play?"

She looked at him. "Well you never asked, and I play keeper, maybe I should try-out."

James nodded and the rest of the night was spent talking about Quidditch. Isabella's favorite team were the Falmouth Falcons, which surprised the boys because that team was known to play hard and rough. Isabella said that she liked to play rough, that little comment made Sirius start teasing her to a point that she hit him with a pillow, making him fall off the couch. By the time they went to bed Lily started complaining that she lost her best friend to Quidditch, while Isabella laughed.

The day came where they had to ride the carriages back to Hogsmeade station and get on the train. The Marauders, Lily, and Isabella were sitting in the train compartment talking about nothing in particular. Two hours later, which seemed to just fly by, the train pulled into King's Cross Station. Grabbing their trunks they left the train, and searched for their parents or in Sirius's case, the Potters.

Isabella spotted her parents standing by the barrier, waiting. When she saw them she grabbed Sirius's hand and walked over, with the rest following.

"Mama! Papa!" When they saw her they looked a little surprised, looking at her hair and make-up, and the boy she was with.

She let go of Sirius and gave both her parents hugs. Robert Griffin looked at Sirius intently, and Sirius suddenly looked nervous. "And who's this?"

Isabella grabbed Sirius's hand and intertwined their fingers. "This is Sirius Black, my boyfriend." Her parents looked surprised at this bit of news, and her father gave her a look saying that they would talk about it later. She then gestured for the others to come closer. "You already know Lily, well this is James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. They're all in Gryffindor with me. James is Quidditch Captain and Head boy, Sirus is a beater on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, and Remus is a Prefect."

Her mother smiled. "Well you've seemed to have made wonderful friends dear, maybe you boys would like to come over during vacation, and you too Lily." She suggested, ignoring the look her husband gave her.

Lily nodded. "Of coarse we'll come over Mrs. Griffin."

Mrs. Griffin waved a hand. "Oh Lily you know you don't have to call me that, Patricia is just fine. Same goes for you boys." Lily and the boys nodded. "Now I think we should be going, it was nice meeting you boys, nice to see you Lily."

They went back through the barrier. Isabella turned and gave Sirius a kiss on the cheek. "Well I'll see you later Sirius, and don't forget to owl me, maybe you can come over after Christmas." She looked at the other boys. "That goes for you boys too."

After final goodbyes and hugs, Isabella went through the barrier, and to where her parents were waiting.

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