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After hours of Mattie convincing me to give her another week or two before involving Alice, we must have fallen asleep. I say this because I suddenly feel hands shaking me awake and the sky outside is slightly lighter.

"Azura." I hear the voice of Sirius, and become aware that warm hands are on my shoulders.

I look up and smile groggily at him. "Finally." He sighs. I notice he looks horrible; bags under his eyes, hair a mess, clothes askew. "I've been trying to wake you for ten bloody minutes."

"Sorry." I grin sheepishly.

"It's okay, listen, you and Mattie are going to go up to bed before we bring Remus in. Then, at midday, you two are going to sneak away and meet us in the room of requirement, understand?"

"Okay, Sirius. Oh! Before I forget, I've been trying to tell you this all week, but I broke up with Amos."

He turns away from me. "I know." He says softly.

He knew? He KNEW?!

"Then why the hell didn't you do anything?!" I sputtered.

"I don't know. Maybe it's because you don't even like me."

Grr. He was being a prat now, and he knew it. I'd spent the last couple of weeks trying to convey that damned message for him, but no, of course he has to be a prat about it! ARGH.

"Fine. You know what? Think what you like, Black," He flinched at the use of his last name. "Come and find me when you decide I'm good enough."

"You're good enough?! You're good enough?! Last time I checked, Lovegood, I was the one who wasn't good enough!" He snaps at me, pulling on my wrist.

I yank it out of his grip and spin around to face him. "You were always good enough. I just never realised it until now." I say quietly and storm off, leaving him standing there.

I get into our dorm room and Mattie is sitting in my bed. "Hey, are you okay?"

I groan. "No."

She stands up and puts an arm around me. Sometimes I think she'd make a great mum, but if I ever told her that, she'd probably hex me back to the 1800's.

"He's being an idiot."

No shit. "I know. Or maybe we're just not meant to be." For some reason I believe that statement more than if someone shouted 'it's all good, Az, he'll come round', because I know he's stubborn… and I admit that I am pretty stubborn myself.

"I don't see why he can't just get it in his head that I like him back. He's just being a git!"

"Az, do you mind?" Lily says groggily from her bed.

"Sorry Lils. Anyway, we'll talk about this later. We'd better get to bed, and you had better get into your own room."

She nods and pats me on the shoulder before leaving.

I sigh and jump into my bed, still clothed, and close the curtains. My head hits the pillow and I'm instantly in dream land.

I wake up with a start as my curtains swoop open, showering me with sunlight.

I groan. "What time is it?" I ask the figure which is most likely Lily.

"Quarter past eleven." She says. "Why the hell were you two coming in at five-bloody-thirty in the morning?" She demands in a motherly demeanor.

"We fell asleep in the common room. Black woke us up and sent us to bed."

She did a double-take. "Black? Az, did you and Sirius have another fight?"

I burrow my head into my pillow. "Yes." I send the muffled reply.

"Oh, Az, why can't you two just stop fighting to see what's in front of you?"

"Bloody hell! This one wasn't my fault!"

She raises an eyebrow at me. I groan.

"I honestly wasn't. The stupid git thinks I think he's not good enough! I told him that I broke up with Amos – you know how hard I've been trying to tell him – and what does he say? 'I know'. Grr. Bloody prat!" I mock.

"Okay, Az, calm down. But yes, I agree. Bloody prat."

"That's the spirit. Now, what did you say the time was?"

"It's now… nearly twenty past eleven."

"Well, have you eaten breakfast yet?"

"Yeah, but I'm going out to Hogsmeade with McGonagall for some Head girl stuff." She sighed. "How James managed to get out of it, I do not know."

"Okay, well, do you know if Mattie's awake yet?"

"Yeah, she came in here about ten, looking for you."

"Ah, okay, alright Lils, have fun with McGonagall." She sends me a mock glare before retreating.

I jump in the shower and quickly dress in some black muggle jeans and a nice jumper from Mrs. Evans.

It takes me all of about twenty minutes and I'm out in the common room finding Mattie, so we can quickly duck into the kitchens and get some food before going to the room of requirement.

"Hey, Azura, have a nice sleep?"

"Yeah." I roll my eyes at her sarcasm. "Ready? We've got to go to the kitchens, I'm starving."

"Uh, won't there be food in the room of requirement? You know how it's the room of requirement and all."

I roll my eyes. "Fine." I sigh and we head down corridor after corridor until we come to the place.

There's already a door there and we simply walk in, not bothering to knock.

As soon as we walk in, I feel someone pull me into a bone-crushing hug. "Can't breathe!" I wheeze.

"What were you two thinking?!" Remus yells as he hugs Mattie.

She blushes furiously and moves behind me shyly.

"We're sorry, I just wanted to talk to…" I was about to say Sirius, but I stopped myself. "Black."

Remus pauses for a second, before raising an eyebrow at me. "I didn't hurt you, did I?"

I shake my head and his eyes move over to Mattie.

"N-no." She stutters.

He looks relieved. "I told you, Moony." James says.

"I know, but I didn't know whether I could trust you."

I snicker. "So, you wanted to talk to us?"

"Well," James begins. "We wanted to beg you to keep this a secret. It cannot get out."

"We promise not to tell a soul."

"Good, now, to more important matters, I'm hungry."

"Oh, Merlin, yes! Me too." I agree eagerly as a large dish of pancakes comes out of nowhere with plates for everyone.

We all dig in, and settle into the comfortable couches. Mattie and I share a couch with Remus. Mattie keeps glancing at Remus and he's completely oblivious.

Sirius has his own couch and so does James. Peter is sitting on the floor, making a mess out of his pancakes.

"So, this happens every month?" I ask.

"Yeah." Remus replies sullenly.

"So, you can call it you 'time of month'?" Mattie says.

It all goes silent when she speaks, but then we crack up laughing.

"Good one, Blamey." James says.

"Thanks." She blushes as Remus grins at her.

"Where were we last night?" I ask.

"The shrieking shack." Sirius says, avoiding my eyes.

I gasp. "So that place isn't really haunted… it's been you all along?!"

They all nod, grinning.

"Damn. I was hoping to get some good ghost busting done." Mattie says sarcastically to herself, but Remus and I hear and both of us crack up laughing.

"What's so funny?" Sirius asks suspiciously.

"Nothing." Mattie and I say at the same time.

We spend another hour in there, hanging out and having laughs, but soon I need to get out of there.

I step out and realise Mattie's not with me. Instead, Sirius stands next to me. I set my jaw and look away, beginning to walk off, but he grabs me and spins me around.

"Wait, Azura, I didn't mean what I said this morning."

"Are you sure?" I ask snappily. "Because it sure looked like you meant it."

He looks away, hurt. I feel guilty. "I'm sorry, okay?"

Okay, now I feel really guilty.

I cup his cheek and make him look at me. "I'm sorry too, Sirius."

He closes the distance between us and we kiss, once again, he's one of the best kissers in the world, so I'm not hard to please.

He bites my bottom lip lightly – his hands are already snaked around my waist – I comply and we begin full out snogging.

I pull away and he grins at me. "Not bad, not bad at all." He smirks.

"You're not too bad yourself, Mr. Black." I say playfully, running my finger along his jaw line.

"Oh, you know I'm the best."

I raise an eyebrow. "Prove it."

He grins and comes in for more. I match him, until behind us someone wolf-whistles. "Now, now children," James says. "Don't eat each other's faces."

Sirius grins roguishly. "I'll eat what I want, Prongs."

I laugh until I realise how utterly wrong that sounds.