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James threw himself through the portrait hole into the Gryffindor common room. Lily was sitting on a settee on the other side of the common room. A fire was raging in the fireplace and the flickering light made her look even more striking than normal. Lily turned at the sound of his footsteps.

"Oh, James," she said calmly. "Just the person I wanted to talk to." James blushed fiercely and walked nervously over to sit on the settee next to Lily. When he sat down, to his surprise, Lily took both his hands in her own and held them tightly.

"I didn't want to talk about this in the Great Hall because I know Sirius would make some joke and ruin it," she said. James looked confused.

"Talk about what?" he asked. Lily looked away, as though collecting herself, and looked back.

"Yes," she said nervously. James was more confused than ever.

"What?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. Lily sighed.

"Yes, I'll go out with you," she replied. James's eyes widened and his jaw dropped. Lily put a finger under his chin and pushed his bottom jaw up so his mouth closed. "You'll catch flies if you stay like that," she joked.

"You're being serious?" James asked; he still couldn't believe what he was hearing. Lily laughed.

"Of course I am!" she said. "Why would I joke about something like this?"

"Well, you've turned me down for the last 6 years!" James retorted. "What made you change your mind?"

"I don't know really," Lily replied thoughtfully.

"Was it my rugged good looks and my boyish charm?" James asked, striking a dramatic pose. Lily burst into laughter.

"Yes, let's go with that," she replied. She wrapped her arms around his neck in a hug. James froze.

"What's wrong?" Lily asked, pulling away. James blushed.

"Ermm, it's just, err, I've thought about this moment for so long, and it's finally happening," he said nervously. Lily smiled.

"Aww, aren't you cheesy, James," she said and hugged him again. This time James responded and wrapped his arms around her waist. It was the happiest moment of his life; he never wanted it to end. Lily pulled away.

"I'll see you later then?" Lily asked, standing up. James looked up at her.
"Yeah," he said. "See you later." She planted a kiss on the top of his head, grabbed her bag and headed for the portrait hole.

"Bye!" she called with a little wave as the portrait of the Fat Lady swung back into place. James turned at looked at the fire, grinning from ear to ear.

Sirius ate his last mouthful of food and put his cutlery down.

"Right, I'm off," he said. "See you later."

"Bye!" Louise called after him eagerly. He turned and winked at her over his shoulder. She turned a bright shade of pink and Remus gave her a quizzical look.

"Anything you want to tell me, Louise?" he asked cheekily. She looked up at him and tried desperately to look casual.

"Err, no, I don't think so," she said nonchalantly. She looked down at her food and continued eating in silence. She finished her food as quickly as she could without looking like she was rushing.

"Oh, Louise, what did you write about for the History of Magic homework?" Remus asked casually.

Oh, great, Louise thought. She wanted to get to the Owlery as quickly as possible to meet Sirius.

"Err, something about Ragnuk the First being the most influential goblin king of the early ages," Louise said quickly. "Or something like that." She finished eating and practically threw down her cutlery. She grabbed her bag from under the table and started to hurry away.

"Sorry, Remus," she called back down the Hall. "I'll talk to you later."

"Err, okay," he called back. It had been one of the weirdest evenings in Remus's life.

Louise ran to over the Owlery as quickly as her legs would carry her. She paused at the bottom of the steps up to the Owlery itself to catch her breath. She didn't want to look like an idiot in front of Sirius. When she was ready, she made her way up the steps. She saw Sirius sitting on the windowsill looking out the window.

"Be careful there," she warned him with a cheeky grin. He whipped his head round.

"I'm being careful," he replied. He hopped down off the windowsill and walked over to her. "I couldn't wait for the next Hogsmeade weekend." Louise giggled and pushed her hair behind her ear. "So, what do you want to do?" he asked, taking her hand. Louise didn't know what to say.

"Err, I don't know," she said nervously. "You pick." Sirius laughed.

"Well, okay then," he said. "Come with me." He led her down the Owlery steps and through the corridors until he got to the Gryffindor common room.

"Sequitur princeps," Sirius said to the Fat Lady. She nodded and the portrait swung open.

"Err, Sirius, where are we going?" Louise asked. He led her over and sat her down on an armchair in near the boys' dormitories.

"Just wait here," he said and ran off up to his dormitory. Louise sat patiently until Sirius came running back down.