Remus, Peter and I were climbing the stairs to our dormitory when we heard Sirius's voice.

"-believe that she said no….no one ever says no. You are the only one I can tell, Poppy; James would never let me live it down."

Remus and I smirked. Sirius was talking about feelings to some girl. I tried to not be offended that he didn't want to tell me, because I had to admit, I probably wouldn't let him live it down. What ever it was. We quietly continued to our room, trying to hear the girl's voice. But we could only hear Sirius. I threw out my arm when we reached to door, and put a finger to my lips. Silently, I pushed open the door.

Sirius had his back to us, staring at something in his hands. There was no sign of a girl. We crept up behind him; he still hadn't noticed us, and screamed in his ears.

"AARRGGHHH!", Sirius fell off the bed in fright, his eyes nearly popping out of his head. We were hunched over, laughing hysterically.

"Bloody hell! Are you trying to kill me or something?!", he exclaimed.

"Yep, you discovered our brilliant plan to frighten you to death", I declared, rolling my eyes.

"So, Sirius, we heard you talking to someone up here. Someone called Poppy", Remus said slyly. We grinned at each other. Sirius's face became abruptly worried and he quickly made sure something behind his back was properly hidden.

"What? I-I wasn't talking to anyone! I was just….umm…reading something", He said lamely.

We just gazed suspiciously at him. Sure Sirius could lie brilliantly to teachers and stuff, but never to his best friends.

"What have you got hidden behind your back, mate?", I asked, crossing my arms.

"Nothing", He said quickly, glancing behind his back.

"Yeah, sure", Remus said sarcastically. I lurched forward and seized what Sirius was hiding. And froze as soon as I looked at it.

It was a doll. A stuffed doll. The thing was pink with red hair and cheeks. To top it all off it was dressed in a frilly purple dress with matching bows in its hair.

The room was silent. Remus, Peter and I were gazing with shell shocked expressions at the doll. Sirius was looking mortified.

"So, this is Poppy", Remus said quietly. Then we nearly died of laughter.

20 minutes later…..

I could not for the life of me stop laughing. Sirius owned a doll. A little, girly, pink doll.

Sirius was still sitting on the floor scowling at us.

"Blimey", Remus finally managed to choke out, "I never knew you were such a girl."

"I know, I would've expected this from Peter, but you Sirius...."

"Hey!", Peter exclaimed angrily.

"Nah, it's alright Peter. We all know about your teddy, Wally. Though that's pretty manly compared to this!"

Sirius leapt to his feet and snatched back Poppy.

"Just so you know I've had Poppy since I was a baby! My parents were convinced I would be a girl….and bought all this girl stuff….became attached…..don't understand…", he continued to mumble until we could no longer understand him.

It took us another half an hour to finally stop laughing completely. My ribs felt as though one deep breath would crack them.

"So, Sirius…is there anything else you'd like to tell us?", Remus questioned seriously.

"Well….there is Mrs Sparkles….", he admitted hesitantly.

And out came a sparkly, purple unicorn……