The week went by fairly uneventful. Soon the Hogsmeade weekend had come and four girls sat in their dorm trying to figure out what to wear.
"Too frilly?" Taylor asked holding up a pink frilly dress to Emma.
"And too pink." Emma replied, digging through her closet. "Nothing to wear! Nothing!"
"Emma Brooks, I am your savior." Lily said seriously as she held out a knee-length silver-gray dress and black leggings, with matching silver ballet flats.
"IT'S PERFECT! Thank you so much Lily!" Emma gasped as she hugged her friend tightly.
Emma grabbed it and quickly changed into it.
"Makeup and hair time!" said Taylor, holding various hair and makeup supplies.
Emma gulped and then sat down and let Taylor work her magic.
"All done!" Taylor said with a smile while the other girls gasped.
"Wow. You look PERFECT!" Lily squealed excitedly.
Emma looked into a mirror that was stuck on the wall. She gasped in awe. Her hair was curled into ringlets, as usual, but they were different. Her hair had a honey brown color now, which made her blue eyes stand out. Taylor had only put a little makeup on Emma, but it made a big difference.
"You are going to have SOO many boys falling over you now." Kara stated.
"Shut it. Er… I'm going to meet Sirius… Black… for a date…. I never thought I would say that…"
She left as the other girls laughed then turned to get themselves ready. She walked down the stairs and saw Sirius talking to James. He laughed, and Emma saw that he had a smile that could melt a girl's heart… He turned and saw her and he seemed like someone had Stunned him into silence. James saw her too and was also Stunned into silence, both were staring at her. She felt a bit selfconious.
"Emma? Emma BROOKS?" James asked, breaking the silence.
"Yeah. Who else would I be?" she retorted.
"Wow." Sirius said.
"You actually look, you know, hot." James said. "If it wasn't for Sirius and of course my precious Lily-flower, I'd have a go at you."
"Wow James, just wow." She said, fighting back a laugh as she imagined what Lily would say if she heard James calling her that.
James stood up and grabbed Sirius and pulled him up and then pushed him over to Emma then pushed them both out.
"Have fun, you kids, but not too much fun!"
Emma rolled her eyes, and Sirius was still staring at her, not seeming to realize what happened.
"Wow." He said again.
"Is 'wow' all you can say?" Emma asked.
"Wow… Er… you look great…" he said.
"Finally. And thanks. Taylor is great with hair and makeup and Lily has a good mum. Bought her this outfit."
"That's Lily's clothes? Well no wonder James was like that!"
"You were too. You have a excuse?"
Sirius was silent as they walked out in the village. It wasn't winter yet, and it was one of the last sunny warm days before cold.
"Where should we go first?" Emma asked.
"Honeydukes!" Sirius said eagerly.
"I'm going to regret it.." Emma mumbled as they walked in.
Sirius immediately pulled Emma over to one of the shelves and they started picking out candy as Sirius was telling her stories on when he and/or James pulled pranks with them. After Sirius had taken about half the store, they walked over to The Three Broomsticks. Sirius ordered two butterbeers and then started telling more stories while Emma listened and laughed.
"You Marauders are crazy." She giggled.
"Yeah, yeah, act like your friends aren't." Sirius shot back with a smirk.
"Oh I knew that. Lily's top of the class, Taylor's the fashionista, Kara's the super sporty wanna-be Quidditch Player, and I'm the everyday ordinary girl. It's kinda a weird group." Emma said as she finished her butterbeer. "Wanna go to the Shrieking Shack? I heard it's the most haunted place in Britain."
"Sure." Sirius said, getting up.
They walked together to the Shrieking Shack, Emma not noticing the stare Sirius gave her.
"It's so old and creepy… but cool." Emma said, leaning on the wire fence to get a closer look.
'Maybe it wasn't so bad as I thought. But no more after this. I'm not in love-nor will I ever fall for- Sirius Black. It's not like he'd want me anyways…' she thought, staring at the snow-flaked shack.
Meanwhile, Sirius was watching her, noticing little things he hadn't before.
'The way her hair is so perfectly curled, her eyes seem to have a ocean in them… She's more beautiful than I noticed… or she gives herself credit for really…' he thought, finding himself walking closer to her.
He was right next to her now. He grabbed her and put his lips on her's.
Emma stared in shock, then realized what was happening. She pushed him off of her and glared at him while he stared in confusion.
"I'm not going to be one those girls that you snog for the hell of it." She spat.
Then she turned and ran away from the Shrieking Shack, away from Sirius Black, away from her troubles, away from love. Like she always did.
She rushed up into the castle and to Gryffindor Tower.
"Fortuna Major." She told the fat lady, then she walked hurriedly through the near empty common room and up to the dorm and sat on her bed.
'My first kiss-ruined…'