A/N- Thank you to everyone who reviewed last time. I love reading the comments. It's super exciting and the best kind of validation :P So I'm back with the next chapter. Continuing from where Sirius and James stumbled onto Dany's family by mistake. Let's see what happens.

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His hands glided under her top, his touch feather-like on her skin. He sat down on the bed and kissed her belly button gently. She shivered at the action, her hands clutching his shoulders for support. He continued to place butterfly kisses along her waist and hip bone, making her arch into him. Heat pooled between her legs, and she let out a soft moan as he grazed the tip of his nose along her bare skin, her top riding up to make place for him. His hands moved up her back, tracing patterns just below the strap of her bra. Her resolve was slipping and she lifted his head up to-

"Fuck."

That was the most vivid dream she had ever experienced. And it was a wet dream that involved Sirius. Merlin, why. She took off the covers and let out a deep breath. Her skin still felt hot and her heartbeat was still racing. The only bit of solace she could get from this entire incident was that dreams weren't literal. They were highly symbolic and the actual thoughts that filled one's unconscious were open to interpretation. Which meant that she didn't actually want to shag…

"Ugh!" She fell back into bed, remembering the horror that had been dinner that night.

Once she and Sirius had finally returned, her parents had insisted that he and James stay the night as the creation of another Port Key would take a few hours at least. Which meant that she would have to endure this utterly awkward situation for the remainder of the night and however long it would take for them to leave the next day.

Dinner was only awkward for her, apparently. Michael would oscillate between irritated and excited, her parents were mainly curious about pureblood culture, while James and Sirius looked like they belonged there. It was frightfully annoying that those two made her feel so out of place at her own house.

After eating, Michael had declared that their father show James and Sirius his enviable collection of music. Dany sighed in relief and went to help her mother clear up.

"They're nice boys." She knew her mother would bring up the topic eventually.

"Hmm."

"James is such a sweet boy. So charming and friendly. He must be really popular."

"He is. He's captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team," she replied, washing the dishes intently.

"Ah! He seems like someone who could lead a team well." Silence followed, but Dany knew that her mother was just steering the conversation in a particular direction. "And what about Sirius? Is he popular? A handsome young boy like him."

Dany busied herself with a particularly stubborn bit of food stuck in the pan, keeping her expression neutral and her eyes firmly on the sink. "He's also very popular. And he's on the Gryffindor Quidditch team as well."

"I see." Once again, the sound of water gushing out of the tap was the only noise in the kitchen. "Such popular boys. Do they have girlfriends?"

There it was. Dany almost let slip a smile at how predictable her mother was. But this was her chance to remain completely poker faced. She couldn't let her mother assume anything about either of the boys. True or not.

"Oh, of course." It's not like she'd ever find out that James had an all-consuming, decreasingly one-sided infatuation with Lily Evans, and Sirius had a reputation as a bit of a ladies' man and had never really had a proper girlfriend.

"Ah."

This was followed by a few painful minutes of watching her family interact with one half of the Marauders, after which her father declared that it was time for everyone to call it a night. James and Sirius were given the guest room and Dany hovered about for a bit to make sure they had whatever they needed.

"Your parents are brilliant for letting us stay the night, Dany." James grinned at her while she took out an extra pillow and blanket for them.

"It's nothing. Don't worry." Weird anxiety was knotting her stomach. She just wanted to get back to her room.

"How's your gran?"

Dany smiled in spite of herself. Trust James to remember. "She's doing much better. Thanks for asking, James."

"I would have asked too if you had told me about your gran." Sirius had come out of the loo after brushing his teeth and changing into one of her father's old pajamas. He smiled at her teasingly.

"I didn't tell anyone else. I wasn't planning on telling James either. He just-"

"Just pulling your leg," he said with an easy grin.

"Right." That blasted flush was back again. Meanwhile, James looked between her and Sirius and smirked.

"I'll see you both in the morning. Good night," she said, not waiting for further opportunities to embarrass herself.

"Sweet dreams." James called after her.

And what dreams they had been! Dany flushed again as she made her way to the dining room. Stupid, stupid hormones or whatever the fuck these things were! She was glad to see that both boys had finished breakfast and were waiting for their Port Key.

"We'll see you back at school, Dany, Mike." James grinned at her and waved to the others. "Thank you so much for your hospitality, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson."

"It was a pleasure meeting you both," said her mother with a warm smile while her father nodded his head in agreement.

"Take care." Sirius said this to the room in general, but he caught Dany's eye for the briefest of moments.

And with a whirl, they were gone.

Easter break was gone just like that and Dany found herself trudging back into Gryffindor Tower, bags in tow. Not that she didn't like Hogwarts. It was just…

"Dany…" Lily stood at the entrance, her mouth slightly open and her expression conflicted. Dany realised that it was time.

"Lils, I want to apologise. For losing my cool that day. I'm really sorry, I shouldn't hav-"

"No," Lily hesitated, biting her lip. "It's alright. You were right. I was… being a bitch. And I'm grateful to you for making me see that."

"Oh." Dany didn't know what to say. She hadn't thought that Lily would say something like this. It was completely unexpected. "Right. Well. Alright. I'm just going to put my stuff back."

"Dany?" She turned back towards Lily and was caught off guard by the redhead engulfing her in a tight embrace. "Glad you're back."

The odd thing about friendship was that a small tiff felt like the end of the world, and a tiny reconciliation seemed to open up doors to endless possibilities. And that's exactly how Lily and Dany felt after Easter break.

Lily Evans had managed to get her priorities straight in the short time she and Dany had fallen out and during this time, she had realised that her feelings for James Potter were far from abhorrent. In fact, she rather believed that they might be described as rather, erm, sexual. Not that she'd ever admit it to anyone, but it felt good to finally stop denying things to herself.

Daniella Wilson, on the other hand, had decided to stop feeling skittish around Sirius and just talk to him like a regular person. All they had done was snog once in the heat of the moment. It wasn't something that could potentially destroy any kind of coherent social communication between her and Sirius. Or rather, she wouldn't let it be. It wasn't worth it. And she didn't particularly like feeling self-conscious round the clock.

And so it happened that the first Potions class of the week had Slughorn introduce the final project for the sixth years.

"This is arguably the most challenging part of your Hogwarts Potions career," he said with a chuckle. A few loyal Slug Clubbers followed with appreciative laughs. "You and your partner are to brew any Potion of your choice from the NEWTs syllabus. Although that doesn't leave you with very many choices, I'm afraid."

This time no one laughed along, the distressing prospect of completing an exceedingly difficult Potion in 2 months clearly daunting everyone.

"What are we going to do?"

Dany lifted her head from her book and saw Sirius looking at her intently. Remembering her earlier resolution, she squashed any urge to throw up and pointed to the chapter she was reading.

"Polyjuice." Sirius frowned as he read through the ingredients. "You sure about that?"

"Yeah. Unless you had something else in mind?"

He shook his head and she began drawing up a list of tasks required to be completed before the Potion was started. She could feel his eyes on her and after a while looked at him inquiringly.

"What happened to your gran?" he asked, leaning in towards her so that no one else could hear. Dany's eyes widened slightly, not expecting this question.

"Oh. Umm, she had pneumonia."

"But she's alright now?"

"Yeah."

"I'm glad." The way he said those words made her stomach pirouette and her cheeks heat up. Just two simple words. But in that low, melodious voice of his - it sounded like he had just serenaded her.

"Oh dear! Ms. Wilson, I'm afraid you'll have to stay back and clean up the mess you've caused," said Slughorn, chastisingly, pointing at a large pile of broken glass and spilled ingredients.

"Yes, Professor," she replied, ignoring the guffaws from Marlene and Lily. Apparently, they had seen her walking towards the cupboard with her eyes fixed firmly on her Potions partner, which had inevitably caused a huge ruckus as she collided with the nearest shelf and broken everything that had been on it.

"Dany, you absolute starry-eyed bint," said Marlene, walking up to her after the bell rang. "Watch where you're going next time. I know he's fit, but we can't have you sustaining any injuries because he's your Potions partner, can we?" She grinned and dodged easily as Dany threw a newt's tail at her.

"Stop teasing her, Marls," said Lily, joining them. "Dany, be careful with the glass bits. Some of them are too fine to see but they could prick you. We'll save you a spot at the table. Don't be too late."

Dany grumbled a thanks and began whisking away the wasted ingredients. It didn't take very long because, thankfully, she had run into one of the emptier shelves. There were a few tiny shards of glass scattered here and there, which she had kept for last. She used one of the spells Lily had taught her in fourth year when she had broken a couple of bottles during class. It was a useful spell and soon the place was completely clean. She got up and turned around only to almost fall down in surprise at the sight of Sirius waiting for her at the door.

"Done?" His sleeves were rolled up to his elbow and he had taken off his grey jumper, which was now hanging from his satchel.

"What're you doing?" she asked, feeling slightly disoriented.

"Hurry up or we won't get any food. Come on," he said, ignoring her question and walking into the classroom. His eyes flickered to her head and a puzzled frown graced his handsome features. "You've got glass in your hair," he said, softly. "Hold on, I'll get it."

Ever so gently, he parted her hair and whispered a spell which blew a cool breeze through her scalp. Once satisfied that her hair was glass-free, he looked at her and smirked.

"What?" she asked, touching her hair self-consciously.

"Your hair looked pretty good with the glass reflecting the sunlight," he said, his smirk widening. "Kind of like one of those disco balls that are becoming so popular. In fact," he continued, his voice lowering as he leaned closer to her. "I would've preferred that if it weren't such a hazard."

"Lunch. Come on," he said, leaning away and grabbing her hand. "I'm starving."

And so was she, Dany realised, as her stomach growled. But it was nothing compared to her heart beating frantically as Sirius ran to the Great Hall, his hand still clutching hers.

I wanted to stop here. I could have continued but I thought this was a good enough place what with such a huge jump in location from the beginning to the end of the chapter.

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