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Yule Ball

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The Yule Ball. A time near Christmas where three wizarding schools gather for a night of nothing but celebration and competition. All in honour for the quinquennial Triwizard Tournament. A competition where a champion from each school goes up in dangerous tasks for the grand prize of the Triwizard Cup.

The competition? Durmstrang and Beauxbatons.

Though they weren't champions the marauders (as they called themselves) found pleasure in watching people go head to head in such a dangerous game. Some might call it morbid. The marauders call it entertainment.

Think of it what you will but the Triwizard Tournament isn't our main priority at the moment, is it? Right now, our topic for gripping tension, drama and romance is the Yule Ball.

By some form of miracle the infamous James Potter had managed to land himself with Lily Evans, his current interest, if that's what you wanted to call it.

Peter had insisted that he has a date, wether the others believed him or not was out of the question.

Remus told the others he wasn't interested in going to the ball with anyone, if at all. Despite his friends attempts at convincing him.

And, Sirius? Well that's where we are now.

The portrait to the Gryffindor common room opened and Sirius walked in with a sigh.

"Alright, Padfoot?" Remus says with a smile as Sirius walks forward and sits beside him on the sofa in front of the fire. "How'd it go?"

If your wondering. Sirius had told Remus he had and interest in a girl in Ravenclaw, and he'd just gotten back from asking her to the Ball.

"Eh.. well, she said no. Someone had already asked her." Sirius said.

Remus nodded in acknowledgment. "I'm sorry."

"Yeah, well. I didn't like her as much as I'd let on." Sirius said with a huff.

"No?" Remus rhetorically asked with another smile. "Perhaps your quite the actor."

Sirius gave a half assed laugh. "That's likely."

Remus offered him a pat on the shoulder. "Well, dates are overrated anyway. I think people forget the joys of being single these days."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah."

Content silence falls over them as they both look into the blazing fire. Remus didn't plan on telling any of them what he felt for the boy next to him so he vowed to keep his mouth shut.

"Speaking of. Why don't you ever try to find a date, Moony?" Sirius asks Remus with a glance in his direction.

"Er... Well, I've never been very successful in the relationship scheme of things." Remus said.

"Really, you?" Sirius says exasperated.

"Yeah- why's that so hard to believe?"

"I'm just saying. Out of all of us, except James, I thought you'd have good game."

"Yeah. I've got none of that. Trust me." Remus laughs.

Sirius laughs too. "I dunno. Your smart, attractive, kind. I just thought people would be fawning over you from afar. Yo--"

"Wait." Remus smiled and faced Sirius fully. Sirius stops and seems confused. "You ...just called me attractive."

"What?" Sirius feels his face flush and he stares wide eyes at his friend.

"You called me attractive." He says again, and Sirius swears he sees some pink to his cheeks.

"No- no I didn't."