Loralei looked in the mirror's at one of the stores, it was one of those mirrors that had three of them so that if she moved just right she could see the front, back and side of herself. It wasn't a dress like she wanted, it was sky blue flair pants that made her look taller than she was, and a top that was sleeveless with a collar and tied in the front, showing her chest and some of her abdomen.

"What do you think, Lil?" Loralei asked, spinning around. "Good enough for a night out?"

"I'd want you." Lily nodded, looking over her friend.

"Good, I love to be wanted." She looked over her shoulder at her friend.

She bought the clothes, and they flooed back to Loralei's house to get changed and do their makeup.

They giggled as they went up the stairs, passing James on the way.

"Hey Evans." James said, checking her out as she passed.

She stopped, smiling for a second before handing Loralei her bag, and rounding on James.

"Hey Potter," she called, a flirting edge entering her voice. "Mind comin' a little closer?"

He looked at her suspiciously before sizing her up and stepping forward until they were a foot apart, her a little taller than him since she was two stairs above him.

She laid her arms around his shoulders. "I've been thinking about something James."

"What?" He asked, looking at her face.

"Oh, you know," she bit her lip provocatively, as she leaned in so she could whisper in his ear. "Things."

Loralei couldn't take her eyes of off them, what had she turned her best friend into?

"What 'things'?"

"I was thinking you could tell me." She replied, running her fingers through his hair, and taking a step down so they were touching, and made it seem like she was going to kiss him. When he closed his eyes she pulled away, taking three steps up the stairs, and away from him, her smile turning to a frown.

"You must really like me to let me get that close after calling you a dumb ass all these years." She shook her head. "That's for last year, now leave me alone."

Loralei started smiling at her friend. "Merlin, you're a bitch."

Lily smiled at her friend. "I learned from the best." She turned around and started walking up the stairs.

Loralei turned to her brother. "Come on, it could've been worse." She shrugged before following her friend. "Oh, and remind Mum that Lily and I are with the twins tonight."

"What?"

"We're going out with Fabian and Gideon." She said slower, turning around at the top of the first flight.

"Why?"

"Because even you and your friends can't party as well as them." Loralei smirked. "Mum has no problem with it. They're both in Auror training, and nothing's going to happen. I'll be back at midnight, and Lily's staying over so I don't have to worry about getting her home. Perfect plan."

"You're back with your ex?" He asked incredulously.

"No," she rolled her eyes. "Exes can be friends, James. Now we're going to get dressed, do our hair and makeup, maybe listen to some music and find shoes to go with our new outfits, find purses that match, oh and figure out how many condoms we need for tonight."

"WHAT?" He yelled, outraged.

"Kidding." She laughed at her brother's reaction. "Come on, man, take a joke." She turned and went up the next flight of stairs to the third floor.

"Loralei!"

"Come on, big brother, don't be a buzz-kill." She told him, not listening for his reply even if he gave one.

"Hey boys," She said, as Lily and her took turns hugging them. "Long time no see, Gideon."

"Yeah, well, maybe if you kept dating ugly here," he nodded towards his identical twin.

"I'm not the ugly one, you are." Fab replied.

"Sure, just keep telling yourself that." Gideon shook his head.

Fab rolled his eyes. "You two look good, new clothes?"

"We were shopping all day, what do you think?" Loralei smiled back. "So, you promised us a night of fun, where are we going?"

"A club, we should be able to get you in easily." Fab told them.

"You just won't be able to buy alcohol." Gideon added.

"So I can steal some of yours then." Loralei teased. "Show us the way."

They walked through the street, and came to a club with a short line for it, and got in,-as Fabian promised-easily, but not without the girls getting a black X on their wand hands. It was a dark club, lightened by little glowing orbs that floated in the air flashing different colored lights like strobe lights, and the bar was lit with blue light under it as well as where the bottles of Alcohol were held. Loralei could smell faint cigarette smoke, but not so much that it was overwhelming. The music was so loud that she could feel the bass pounding in her chest and ears. She already loved it, and the twins hadn't even given her alcohol yet.

"I'll go get us drinks, you guys can go find a booth." Gideon told them, having to shout to be heard over the music.

Fabian took both of the girls' hands and showed them where a small inlet of booths were, it was slightly quieter since they were farther away from the dance floor, but they still had to talk loudly to be heard.

"Like it?" Fab asked loudly.

"More like love!" Loralei shouted back. "Why haven't you shown me this earlier?"

"This isn't for the faint hearted, the music gets to you after a while." He explained.

"Yeah it is a little loud." Lily agreed.

"What?" Loralei asked.

"It is a little loud!" Lily shouted.

"OH!" Loralei nodded, laughing before yelling, "Agreed!"

"I'm not gonna lie to you, you're gonna be a little deaf after tonight." Fab told them.

Loralei nodded, looking around the place, before touching the curtains that were around the booth. "Is this where people fuck?"

"No, that's frowned upon here!" He shouted. "Close them, and see."

She did, letting the dark curtains close so the only thing that illuminated the room was the orb above the table, suddenly the music was softer and they could talk at normal volumes.

Loralei shook her head like there was water in her ears. "Much better."

"Now we just have to hope that Gideon will find us..." Lily said.

"He will," Fabian told them. "It's a twin thing."

"I want a twin." Loralei fake pouted.

Lily patted her friend's knee. "Oh, I think we could only handle one of you."

Fabian chuckled. "I don't know, I wouldn't mind."

"Oh come on, Fab, I'm always hard to keep up with, just imagine if I had a twin just like me, then no one could keep up with us." Loralei grinned. "Plus, it would be fun to switch places on people, right Fab?" She cocked her head to the side and winked at him.

"One time! I just wanted to see if you could tell us apart." Fab told her.

"I never did hear that story." Lily said. "Mind letting me in?"

Loralei laughed. "It was a month after we got together, right?"

"Yeah," he nodded. "You came to our dorm every Wednesday night."

"And you decided to mess with me." Loralei smirked.

"You didn't realize it wasn't me until you got on his lap."

"Yeah, you usually run your fingers through my hair, he didn't." Loralei said. "So I slapped him."

"I had that bruise for a week." Gideon said, bringing them the drinks. "I got three firewhiskeys and a butterbeer." He winked at Lily.

Loralei smiled at him. "Are you trying to get me drunk?"

"The butterbeer's for you." He told her. "I'd like to see Red let her hair down."

Lily rolled her eyes before taking the butterbeer. "Thank you Gideon."

Loralei rolled her eyes before taking the glass of firewiskey on ice. "Just how I like it."

"Your parents still let you drink?" Fab laughed.

"They're old and senile, and I'm not a lightweight so I won't get hammered. They'll fall asleep before I get home and I'll take a shower and brush my teeth before I see them so they don't smell the alcohol." She told them.

Lily shook her head. "You've gotten too good at going around your parents."

"Yeah, but watch, James is going to try to be the big brother type when we get home." Loralei rolled her eyes.

"Anyway, wanna dance Lily?" Gideon asked her, holding out his hand.

Lily smiled, and slid out of the booth, making Loralei get out first so she could get out. "Sure."

"See you two later." Gideon winked at his twin while Fab rolled his eyes.

Loralei winked at Lily. "Have fun."

"Oh, we will." Lily replied, and Loralei still wondering what she had turned her best friend into.

They closed the curtain behind them, and left Loralei and Fab alone.

"Gid thinks we should get back together."

"Why?" Loralei asked.

"Because we never wanted to break up in the first place, you're single, I'm single." He told her, trying to gage her reaction.

"It wouldn't work, it's going to be the same break up at the end of summer as we did at the end of my fourth year." She told him.

"One summer," he told her. "Come on, we can be like we were in school."

"You don't want to be my rebound." She told him. "Sirius and I broke up almost three weeks ago, and you're too good for that."

"So you don't still love me," he said.

"I never said that." She smiled. "You were my first love." She bit her lip for a second. "How about we're friends...that make out a lot." She scooted closer to the center of the round booth, he mirrored her.

"So I can do this?" He asked, brushing her now-curled hair back before putting his hand on her neck.

"And I can do this." She said, putting her hand on his shoulder softly.

"I can do this," he leaned down to kiss her.

Suddenly she didn't feel so sad about Sirius anymore. She remembered what it was like to be happily in love without having rumors and drama and having to worry about everything going wrong. Fab never hurt her, when they fought it was something stupid, or a misunderstanding. It was comfortable, and she wouldn't let herself think about the spark with Sirius, was the spark worth more than trust? No, and she was smart enough to know that.

"Wait, wait, wait." She told them, moaning from her heels. "We've been dancing all night, at least walk slower."

"Come on, Potter, it's not our fault you need to wear four inch heels to not be short with us." Gideon teased.

She pouted, before she stopped walking all together, and crossing her arms across her chest.

"Get on my back." Fab told her, bending down so she could get on.

She smiled. "Thanks, love." She got on his back and kissed his neck in thanks.

"Yeah yeah, you're back together, we get it." Lily rolled her eyes, before giggling. "That was my first firewhiskey."

"And you're never drinking again." Loralei said. "You're such a lightweight."

"You had two!" Lily replied, before stumbling in her flats.

"And I never tripped in my heels." She said.

"I'm tired." She said in a childlike voice.

"That happens." Loralei told her. "Don't worry, after we get to their apartment it's just a quick floo to their house."

"We could apparate you guys home." Gideon told them.

Loralei shook her head. "We have wards around the house to stop that."

"Of course, your dad being the Minister and all!" Gideon replied.

"You should've known, Gid, you are in Auror training and all..." Fab trailed off. "You know you're shadowing one of his guards next week."

Gideon rolled his eyes. "I don't always listen when they talk."

"You don't say," Loralei laughed.

They reached the twin's building and they went up the stairs, Loralei nodding off on Fab's back.

"Stay awake, Lei." Fab told her, giving her a light slap on her butt as Gideon opened the door. "You're almost home."

"But you're so comfortable." She whispered against his neck.

"Glad to hear that, but I don't need the Minister to be pissed at me for his daughter not coming home." Fab told her, but she could hear the smile in his voice.

"But getting his daughter drunk is okay," she giggled.

"That's how you have fun." Gideon scoffed.

"Not in the morning when I have a killer headache." Loralei muttered.

"There's a potion for that." Fab reminded her.

"It's in my bathroom cupboard." She told him sleepily.

"That's right," he said, as he dropped her on the couch.

"Hey!" She cried, as she was dumped on the couch, before standing up. "Fine, I'm going home." She said, moving towards the fireplace before getting stopped by Fab's arm around her waist.

"I'd rather you not go, Lei." He told her. "But I'm doing it for you." He kissed her cheek. "Can I come over tomorrow?"

"Yeah, afternoon, Lily leaves in the morning." She whispered to him before kissing him goodbye.

"Goodbye, Red." Gideon took Lily's hand and kissed it. "I hope to see you again."

"Me too," she giggled, stepping into the fireplace.

"Really, you can stay over." Fab told her, pulling away.

"We'd regret it." She gave him a little peck on the lips, before walking to the fireplace. "See you Fab." She cleared her throat, and took Lily's hand. "Papa Oscar Tango Tango Echo Romeo Lima One Zero Zero." They were erupted in green flames.

"That is one long password." Gideon said. "What's the visitors?"

"If you want to see Loralei it's, Lima Oscar Romeo Alpha Lima Echo India One Zero One." Fabian said.

"You memorized that?" Gideon said.

"I was in love with the girl."

"Correction: You are in love with the girl." Gideon said, walking to his bedroom.

Loralei and Lily were giggling when they came out of the fireplace, they stepped out of it, and Loralei undid the buckles on her shoes and took them off, carrying them in her right hand.

"You've been out a while." James said from their sofa, Sirius was in the recliner next to him.

Loralei jumped, and looked between them, looking throughly snogged, a little tipsy, and with her hair beyond messed up from Fabian playing with it all night.

"Did you have fun?" Sirius asked, putting a smirk on his face.

Loralei put a genuine smile on her face as she looked at him. "Yes, yes I did." She turned to Lily. "Come on, I want to wash the cigarette smoke off me before going to sleep."

Lily sniffed her hair as they began walking to the stairs. "Me too, where's the guest shower?"

"Just the room two doors down from mine." She told her. "There should be some towels in the cupboards."

"Thanks," Lily told her.

"Oh, and James." Loralei turned over her shoulder, looking at her brother. "If I'm not down here when Fab comes over, just tell him to come to my room." She took off up the stairs, Lily giggling next to her.

"Are you back with him?"

"Mind your own business!"