A/N: Here it is. The one we've all been waiting for...that was so not a HP quote :L But yeah here is the amazing chapter 20 which somehow managed to make its way to chapter 16. Anyway I hope you like it. It's my favourite so far :) Eeeeeeeeeee so excited. I won't spoil it for you though. Enjoy xxxxxxxxx

It was about three days after Christmas. The snow was still falling rapidly and many more snowball fights had occurred. The castle became more cold and bitter, with only the common rooms and the Great Hall having any warmth in them. The Gryffindor's mainly kept to the common room; only going out to the grounds, Great Hall or kitchens. The Marauders, Lizzie, Lily, Beth and Zoe had stayed in each other's company since Christmas day. They would usually play truth or dare, chat or think up new pranks the Marauders could do when term started again. Lily seemed to least interactive out of the girls and so Lizzie made time to be with her best friend so she wouldn't get lonely.

Now one afternoon the group were playing truth or dare again as it was a regular favourite of theirs. Frank (who was in 6th year), Alice (who was in 4th), and two other Gryffindor's (Oliver and Jasmine) joined them for this particular game making twelve all together. They had just sat down on the common room floor to start and James was starting. He thought for several minutes before choosing his 'victim.'

''Lily. Truth or dare?'' He asked her, grinning.

Lily thought for a moment before choosing: ''Truth.''

James' grin became wider (if that was possible) and gave her, her question. It seemed he had already figured out what he was going to ask the red-head. ''Is there anyone out of this group that you would go out with in the future?'' he asked.

Again Lily went into a moment of silent thinking. She looked around each boy, her gaze stopping on James a moment or so longer than the others. ''Maybe...'' She answered her cheeks going a light shade of scarlet.

At this James looked eager at her. ''Who?'' He asked a little too enthusiastically. He saw Lily shake her head and his expression dropped slightly. ''That wasn't in the question, sorry.'' She said not looking up at him.

Lizzie who caught Beth's eye grinned at her. They both had an assumption about who it was and they would ask their friend about it later.

Lily took another look around the group and stopped at Beth who was sat opposite her. ''Beth, truth or dare?''

Beth bit her lip before choosing dare.

Immediately Lily came up with a dare she could do. ''Go out of the common room and tell the first person you see that you love them immensely and that you want make out with them.'' She said giggling loudly. Beth scowled at her, got up and went out of the portrait hole and into the corridor.

The group only had to wait about five minutes before Beth came in giving a death glare at Lily who grinned broadly at her. ''Who was it?'' She asked. Beth just sat down in her place between Alice and Remus and crossed her arms.

''Conon Thrigsby'' She murmured. Lily, Lizzie and Zoe burst out laughing which caused Beth to mutter. ''It's not funny.''

''Wasn't that the Ravenclaw you used to like?'' Alice asked earning a nod from Beth. Alice too broke out laughing. The boys really had no idea why this was so funny and so just let the girls calm down before carrying on with the game.

About fifteen minutes later after finding out that Frank had once been dared to kiss a pig, Remus had eaten ten chocolate bars in about ten minutes, Zoe had been forced to wear a frilly pink dress at a wedding and several dares had been placed out including Sirius would have to sing a love song to Melissa Grimestone; an unappealing quite vicious Slytherin who had made Sirius end up in the hospital wing for a few days last year, Alice having to run around the common room acting like farm animals, and Zoe having to kiss Peter, it was now Lily's turn again and she chose Lizzie who picked truth.

''Okay. Do you have a crush on anyone? If so what house are they in, what year and do we know them?'' She asked trying not to laugh at the shocked expression on her best friends face.

''I hate you Lily Marie Evans.'' Lizzie said scowling. She knew she wouldn't get out of answering this question. ''Yes I do have a crush on someone, they're in Gryffindor, our year and yes you do know them.'' She said her cheeks turning bright red. She could see the satisfied look on Lily's face out of the corner of her eye. Lizzie felt a brush of skin against the hand she was leaning on and looked over to Sirius who was sat next to her. He seemed to have gone to hold her hand and then thought better of it. Lizzie wouldn't have minded if he had held her hand though...

She smiled at him, all the time thoughts going through her head. She needed to tell him how she felt and soon. Her feelings were starting to explode inside of her. And plus if he hadn't sussed that she liked him now then he never would. She had been quite obvious at times that she was sure even Peter had realised how she felt about the black haired boy.

Next Lizzie chose James. She dared him to find some mistletoe and ask McGonagall if he could have a kiss under it. Then serenade her with something that someone else would write for him and lastly to give her a late Christmas present and declare his love for her. James took up the challenge right away and asked Lily to write the poem. Little did he know that this would be a bad idea as Lily would write anything that would get James in detention.

James chose Sirius who chose truth. James thought long and hard about his question before presenting it to him. ''If you had one wish that contained the girl you love, what would it be?'' He seemed very serious when he asked this question and looked straight over at his friend.

Sirius looked down at the floor. ''I would wish she loved me back.'' He said before sighing.

Lizzie's insides seemed to twist. She felt like shouting out to him that she did love him. Because in that moment she realised that she did. Her feelings were much stronger than just liking him. They really were. Yet Lizzie kept silent. Everyone else was silent too and they all looked over at Sirius. James, Lily and Beth's attention was on Lizzie who wasn't looking at anyone. They seemed to think the same thing and they all wanted to shout out the same thing too as they realised the truth. 'But she does love you Sirius.'

''Well I think we should rap that up for now. Me and Lily will write the poem for James whilst some of you find something he could give to McGonagall.'' Beth said breaking the silence. She glanced over at Lizzie again who seemed to be staring in space. Sirius was doing exactly the same thing. Their hands were so close together it seemed impossible that they hadn't touched yet. ''Come on Lizzie, help me and Lils.'' She said hoping she could get her friends mind off what had just been said. Beth went over to Lizzie and pulled her to her feet and dragging her over to Lily.

They worked on part of James' dare for a while, Lizzie not really participating. She was too lost in her thoughts to think of anything to put in the poem. Lily and Beth seemed to have it wrapped up though and as they showed it to her, Lizzie just had to smile. This would surely get James detention for at least a month.

A shadow fell over where she sat and Lizzie looked up to see Sirius standing behind her. ''What's up Sirius?'' Lizzie asked, turning her body round on the chair so she could talk to him easier.

''I was...wondering if you want to come for a w...walk with me'' He asked her quietly. He saw her nod and Sirius' face seemed to light up. He waited for her to tell her friends that she was going for a walk and then they headed off through the portrait hole.

For the first few minutes they walked through the corridors of Hogwarts in silence like they had done on Sirius' birthday. The aforementioned corridors seemed to be extremely cold and as they passed pane- less windows, they could see the snow coming in and creating a wet patch on the floor underneath the window. After about five minutes, Sirius couldn't put up with the silence anymore. He looked down at Lizzie's hand and finally pulling up the courage, he slipped his own hand through hers.

Her skin felt soft and slightly cold against his warm touch. Their hands seemed to fit perfectly with each other and from that moment Sirius never wanted to let go. He was quite surprised that Lizzie didn't take her hand out of his grip; she actually seemed to be clutching it tighter. Finally it was Lizzie who spoke. It seemed she had made her mind up about something.

''Come with me, I need to show you something.'' She said softly and leading Sirius down to the Entrance Hall. No one seemed to be around; everyone must have been in their designated common rooms. She stopped just inside the great big front doors before taking a quick look round to see if she could spot anyone lurking. Apparently the coast was clear as she led Sirius out of the door, down the steps and out into the grounds.

The snow was deep and yet they still trudged through it, Sirius wondering where they were going. The bottom of his trousers and his socks were getting soaked, but somehow he didn't care. All he cared about was that he was here with Lizzie and they were alone. There was no one to interrupt them when they were having private chats or anyone to keep making them join in their conversations when they didn't want to. They were alone and they were free.

Lizzie seemed to have stopped under a tree near the lake. Sirius recognised the tree as 'The Marauders tree.' It was a tall Birch Tree which overlooked the now partly frozen lake. Sirius wondered why she had stopped here.

''Close your eyes.'' Lizzie said into the silence. She saw Sirius' puzzled look and had to stop herself from smiling at how adorable he looked when he had no clue what was going on. ''Just close your eyes. You do trust me don't you?'' She asked wearily. Lizzie saw Sirius nod and she let out a sigh of relief. She saw Sirius close his eyes. Now was the time. The time to show Sirius that she did in fact love him; even if she wasn't ready to say it yet. Lizzie looked up into his peaceful face and smiled. One of her hands still in his, she stood on her toes slightly and kissed Sirius on the lips.

The kiss seemed magical. The butterflies in her stomach seemed to take off and sore up into the sky. Sirius didn't respond at first, which made her tense up a little. But once he realised what was going on he pulled Lizzie closer to him and deepened the kiss and making it much more passionate. The snow seemed to fall around them as they kissed. His lips were soft which made the kiss much more tender. Lizzie put one of her arms round his neck and started to run her hand through his hair. She had seriously never encountered anything like this before. She was totally captured in Sirius' essence and she never wanted to let go. Yes Lizzie had kissed guys before, but none of them were in the same league as this.

Finally they broke apart for air. They both had red cheeks and were slightly flustered. Sirius still seemed to be in shock that Lizzie had kissed him in the first place. He grabbed both of her hands and held them in his. This was what he had wanted, what he had waited for, for too long. However he had always been convinced the he would kiss her first instead of the other way around. Sirius gave her a loving smile and kissed her on the forehead before pulling Lizzie into a hug. He held her there, close to him and they stayed in that position for a while.

''That...that was amazing.'' He whispered his arms wrapped around her.

'You can say that again.'' He heard her say.

She pulled away from him slightly and gazing up into his grey stormy eyes. However the storm behind them seemed calm and gentle at the moment. Lizzie brushed a lock of his ebony black hair out of his face before she leaned in and kissed him again. It was soft and quick, but it still had the same affect on her as the first kiss had done. Parting once more Lizzie shivered at the iciness of the wind. She hadn't realised it had been this damn freezing outside. And plus she hadn't put on her cloak; which had been a stupid idea not to in this weather.

Sirius, who had noticed her shiver, took off his cloak and wrapped it around Lizzie, before fastening it around her neck. He stood, slightly hypnotised by her eyes for a moment before he snapped back to reality and grabbed one of her hands. ''It's probably best if we get back now. They'll be wondering where we are and knowing your friends, they will start looking for us in a moment.''

Lizzie nodded in agreement. ''And that isn't exactly a good thing seeing as we've just kissed and we're holding hands.'' She said grinning at Sirius. She saw him grin back at her and lead the way back to the castle, walking in the little trenches they had made earlier so not to get their feet even more cold and wet than they had done before.

The castle was silent as they walked the corridors, with only the paintings on the walls talking quietly to their neighbours. Everything seemed peaceful and the Christmas spirit seemed to be high. The day had been rather amazing, or so Lizzie and Sirius both thought. Never in his wildest dreams would he have thought that she actually liked him and never would she think that he would take her after everything she had said about him over the last few years. Everything seemed to be changing and thankfully it was changing for the better.

Suddenly stopping, Sirius turned to look at Lizzie, a confused expression on his face as though he had just realised something. ''Wait a minute. You kissed me first...'' He said

''Well done Einstein.'' Lizzie said sarcastically, rolling her eyes. She however grinned at him and gave his hand a squeeze.

Sirius frowned at her comment. ''What's an Einstein?'' He asked her.

Lizzie gave him a sympathetic smile. Being a Pureblood seemed to have disadvantages of knowing about anything in the muggle world. At least her mother was a muggle and so she had some knowledge of what everything was. ''Einstein was a really clever person in the muggle world Siri.'' She said starting to walk again. She could tell that Sirius was still confused however and tried to hide her grin.

''But how does tha-''

''-Don't worry about it Sirius''

''Ok I won't.''

The couple fell back into silence as they climbed the many sets of stairs that led up to the seventh floor on which the Gryffindor common room was situated. A couple of the portraits on the walls gasped at them holding hands and Sirius gave them a glare which stated for them not to spread it around the castle. As they appeared outside the portrait hole, they both stopped again. Lizzie leaned in closer to Sirius and kissed him again. They only parted when both had to breathe for air. Sirius looked at her, an eyebrow raised.

''I just thought I'd make up for all the time we won't be able to do that in there.'' She said blushing.

''Well we can always make up for it later tonight.'' He said making her blush even more. Sirius decided she was even more cute when she blushed and so it would be his new mission to make her blush as much as he could. ''Lizzie I need to ask you something.'' He asked her. He saw her nod at him, welcoming his question. ''Will you go out with me?'' He couldn't stop himself from grinning as the words fell from his lips.

There was silence for a moment as Lizzie pretended to think of her answer. Inside her head however, it was yelling at her to say yes but she waited a little longer until she thought she was being too cruel to him. ''Yes Sirius. Yes I will.''

''Good. I was starting to get worried there.'' He said pulling her into a hug and kissing the top of her head. ''Shall we go brave our fellow Gryffindor's?'' Sirius asked, not wanting to let go of his girlfriend. Girlfriend. He smiled at the idea that Lizzie was now his and no one else's. Finally.

''Yeah I suppose we must.'' Lizzie said sighing. Pulling away she faced the Fat Lady and gave her the password. The portrait smiled at them both and opened up to reveal a rather noisy and busy common room. Having to sadly let go of each other's hands, the couple stepped into the common room and made their way towards their friends, and as they both made themselves busy with the preparations for James' dare, no one saw them steal glances at each other every so often. No one noticed that Lizzie was still wearing Sirius' cloak. No one realised that the two soul-mates had found each other at last. Except they had realised. Deep in their mind their conscience's seemed to sigh a breath of relief as it realised that everything would be alright from now on.

Everything was fine.

They were together.

At last.

There we go. Finally together. . I'm so freaking happy :D Extra reviews maybe, seeing as I gave you two chapters? Please? :D Love you all xxxx