Nojiko slumped heavily on her bed and closed her eyes. Some girls giggled around them, and here and there you could hear snippets of conversation or loud laughter. "Hey, what are you doing here all by yourself?" Lily sat down next to her on the soft blanket and looked at her. Nojiko felt the curious look from the emerald green eyes directed at him and sighed. "The party planning has done me! You're coming, aren't you, sweetheart?" She put her arms behind her head and put one leg up on the bed. "Yes, of course. But how are you going to do that?" Nojiko grinned to himself, they had worked out their plan perfectly and ordered Peter into the dungeon for tomorrow evening. He didn't know what that was about, but he certainly already had a clue.

"Let that be my concern. What do you want here? You don't want to talk about the party!" Lily's cheeks reddened a little, now it got interesting. “I wanted to ask you something!” Nojiko looked at her friend in amusement and raised her eyebrow. “Come on then!” Lily Evans, prefect and crush from half the school, was visibly nervous. "How did you actually get to know Sirius?" Nojiko had to laugh, that was all? She had feared something else but if it was only ... "Right after the house election ceremony, there was no more space next to you and I sat down with him and his friends." What she left out was the fact that he was her had already turned his head back then.

She didn't know why, but in his presence her mind raced, her heart beat faster and everything was spinning. That hadn't changed until today, it had gotten better, but it was still there. "And how did you get together?" Lily blushed a bit, actually it was all about James. She would never admit it, but it was!

Nojiko loved to fly on a broomstick even when she wasn't on the Quidditch team.Even then, in her third year at Hogwarts, she was already a fan of the sport, she and Sirius had made a bet as to which of the two could fly better. At that time Peter had thrown her off her broom with a spell and she had fallen a few meters down on the Quidditch field. When she woke up in the hospital, she had found out that Sirius had broken his friend's nose for it and she had kissed Paw for the first time.

After that, the two decided to ignore the events until the Hogsmeade weekend was announced a week later. “Well, Sun already on a date?” James was sitting with the Marauders in the common room when she walked in. "No, I haven't. But it will be fine!" She replied lightly, although she hadn't felt like joking. She had fallen in love with Padfoot, but he didn't seem to notice her at all and avoided her ... She hoped for an invitation from him, but nothing of the sort came. Finally, on Friday night, she was pretty desperate. "You can go with Kingsley ... or Snivellus, he's into you!" James loved to provoke her. "Oh, we're brave today, who are you going with?" He blushed and began to stare intently into the fire. “Evans turned him off, as usual!” Remus got a threatening look for that comment.

Later that night there were only three people left in the common room, Alice, Nojiko and Sirius. He was unusually quiet and reading his spell book, something he usually never did! Finally Alice got up and went into the girls' dormitory, Padfoot got up too and wanted to leave. But she wasn't going to let him get away that easily! Her heart was beating faster as she grabbed his sleeve and he turned around questioningly. "Yes? I'm tired, I actually want to ..." She shook her head and swallowed her nervousness. Trying to keep her hands from shaking, she folded them in front of her chest and stood in front of him."Why are you avoiding me?"

You could literally see his brain working, but he couldn't seem to think of anything, so he limited himself to denying it. “I don't at all!” It didn't sound very convincing, his voice trembled a little, which Nojiko noted with satisfaction. "Yes, and I want to know why. Well, you kissed me, what the heck! We're just friends ..." She hoped so much that that would change! "Yes, you are right. Friends ..." It seemed to be true that she no longer felt for him. "Then we can talk too. So, do you have a date for Hogsmeade?" She was standing in the middle of his path, he couldn't help answering. "No I did not."

That surprised her pleasantly, after all he was the crush at Hogwarts and otherwise almost always had a rendezvous if he wanted! "I really have to go. See you tomorrow!" He pushed her aside and went to the dormitory as quickly as possible. Nojiko was left alone and watched him go. Men, who should be able to figure them out? His behavior had hurt her but she wouldn't let it show! Maybe it just shouldn't be ... The young girl turned to the fire and looked thoughtfully at the flames. He had looked at her with that look, she could have sworn ... Anyway, she was wrong!

Suddenly there was a rumble behind her and Sirius came back. "Well, I really didn't mean to ask because I ... I was afraid you might say no, ok? Anyway: Do you want to go to Hogsmeade with me? I would be thrilled!" She could hardly believe it, on her face a happy smile spread out. "Are you serious? I don't know ..." She would make him fidget like he did! He was horrified by this answer, you could see it clearly! "Don't look at me like that! Of course I want to go there with you, what do you think?" she finally asked with a laugh and took a step closer to him.“Is that really a good idea?” Her eyes widened, he couldn't be serious! “We're such good friends, I just don't want to risk that!” For that she had her own answer, she stood right in front of him so that she almost touched his face and kissed her. He put his hands around her waist and held her for a while. "Correct: it's a fabulous idea!"

Hogsmeade was supposed to be her first, but not last, date. They walked together through Hogwarts and its grounds, sat by the lake or in the common room. Two months later, Nojiko had just returned from Metamorphosis, she was way too late for lunch and was running through the hallways. Suddenly Lucius Malfoy and his gang stood in front of her, a nasty grin on his face. "Look who we have here! Strife, what are you doing here? This hallway is only for purebloods and not mudbloods like you!" She swallowed her anger and decided to ignore it. “Crucio!” Malfoy looked coldly at her as he uttered this line, but she reacted quickly. “Reflecto!” The lightning hit her protective shield and flew straight back to Lucius. He jumped to the side to get to safety, but he tripped over one of his friends who crashed to the ground.

“You will pay for that!” Lucius was now really angry and Nojiko thought feverishly how she should get out of there again. “Leave my girlfriend alone, Malfoy!” She looked surprised at Sirius, who was approaching the group. She shouldn't care at this moment, but she couldn't help it. He had called her his girlfriend! Her heart was beating so fast that she was afraid it would stop and thousands of butterflies flew around in her stomach. “What's that got to do with Black?” The two looked at each other with hatred, wands raised in battle. "Well, well, well, gentlemen! You better go to dinner!" McGonagall eyed the students sternly and urged the Slytherins into the Great Hall."Did you mean that?" Nojiko almost caught her breath, she had to look up a little at Sirius, who was now standing in front of her. "Yeah, if you don't mind ..." He put on a smug grin and held out his arm to her. "Ms. Strife, would you do me the honor of escorting me to the Great Hall?" She laughed in relief and hooked herself up at him. "Here comes our dream couple!" James grinned broadly as always when he saw the two of them!

"What are you laughing at?" Lily looked at her friend strangely. She was back in the present, in her dormitory next to the prefect who was looking at her curiously. "Nothing. How Sirius and I got together, you want to know? It's going to be a very long story, so make yourself comfortable!" And she started to tell ... It was late at night when Lily was finally satisfied and no more questions were asked apart from one: “Why didn't I notice anything about it?” Nojiko laughed and slapped her friend's forehead gently. "You were too busy hating Krone, Goldstück! He's not that bad!" And to her surprise Lily didn't protest, she just shrugged her shoulders. Was there still hope for the two of them?