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Chapter 4

(Sirius' POV)

The morning of the 23rd rolled around quickly, no one seemed to realize that the Christmas Ball was that night. Sirius, James and Remus spent the afternoon outside, watching a storm brewing at the edges of the sky.

'Did you ask Lily?' Sirius asked James, who was lobbing stones out on the lake, trying to hit the giant squid.

'Yeah', James replied, his shoulders sagging.

'She's going with Snivellus', he finished, throwing another stone, though this one hit a tree, and rebounded and nearly hit Remus in the face.

'Watch it James', Remus snarled, clutching his book even more closely to his spindly chest.

James wiped a hand through his tousled hair, and looked pleadingly at Sirius. 'Oh sex god of Hogwarts, I beg your advice', he said.

Sirius chuckled. 'Listen, it's all about the jealousy, if you know that, then you're golden. Katy knows that, and that's why she's so good at the game.'

'Or she just doesn't like you.' Remus suggested, raising his eyebrows at Sirius, who laughed.

'As if Moony'

(Katy's POV)

A dress.

That is the clothing that the girls have to wear. Katy snorted and dragged the brush through her tangled hair. Her friends had already left, complaining that she was taking too long and it's only a bride that's allowed to be late. As if she even cared.

SiriusBlackwillbethere,her mind kept repeating. So she told her mind to shut up and pulled her dress over her head. She let it fall over her body and looked at herself in the mirror, apart from the grimace she was pulling, she looked…okay, nothing special.

'Katy? Are you nearly ready?' That was her date. Oh well, she'd have to get this Ball over with sooner or later.

Katy quickly untangled the brush and let her hair fall loosely to her shoulders, there would be no time to put it up like she did every other day (without fail).

She inspected herself in the mirror once more, then sighed, and left the girls' dorms.

(Sirius' POV)

'This is as boring as…as….well, the most boring thing you can think of', Remus grumbled, constantly adjusting his dress robes.

James did not reply, his eyes were on Lily – and Snape, envy coloured his gaze bright green.

Sirius nodded half-heartedly, he thought she would at least turn up.

Peter was looking nervously at his friends. 'Oh look!' He squeaked', 'there's Frank Longbottom and… and, who is that?'

'Holy. Freaking. Shit', Sirius raised his head at James' words, the only time he described something was when he saw Evans, or a particularly spectacular Quidditch move.

But it wasn't Evans, and even in the great hall, it was rather crowded for Quidditch.

It was Katy.

She had a white dress on, it had straps, hugged her figure until the middle of her abdomen, showing her athletic build, then flowed out into a full skirt that ended a little above her knees. Her blonde-brown wavy hair sat just under her shoulders, and framed her face, making her look older, untouchable. No, she wasn't the skinniest girl in the room, but she had a toned stomach and legs, and curves that made Sirius have some trouble controlling the thoughts that ran through his head at that point.

The only recognizable part of her was her smile, slightly shy, but full at the same time.

Just then Katy caught his eye, and smiled cockily, and walked straight past him on Frank's arm.

'Damn', Sirius muttered. 'You know', he said louder, I think I might KILL Longbottom when I see him again'.

He had to do something. There was no way he'd last the rest of the night knowing Katy was here, looking like that, with another guy.

(Katy's POV)

Katy could see Sirius coming. He had no dignity, did he? As soon as she looked remotely more attractive, he was on her like bees on honey.

'Um..urr…eh', Sirius tapped on her shoulder, and by the sound of it, was having a stroke as he did so.

'Yes, Sirius?'

'You look…look good'.

'Thanks'. Katy said, and turned back around, purposely doing a twirl for Sirius.

When she finished spinning, his confident grin was back in place. 'I have something to show you'.

He grasped her hand lightly in his, and led her away from her friends and date, and into a deserted corridor, save for one girl tottering drunkenly toward the stairs.

'Look, Katy… ', he ran a hand through his dark hair, making Katy's stomach churn. Katy bit her lip and tried to put an impatient look on her face.

'Sirius, I have to be back soon….' Sirius gently cupped her face between his palms. Katy could feel her heartbeat pick up the pace.

'I just wanted to say, Frank Longbottom's a lucky bastard', he whispered, his face so close to Katy's that she could feel his hot breath. He leaned in closer for a second, then pulled away, leaving her with week knees and lungs that hardly seemed to fill.

Then Katy straightened. He had almost got her, it was obvious he was only playing her, wasn't he?