An Unexpected Attraction

Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl

The Prewett's was filled to the brim with people. Sirius and James moved through the crowd inside searching the house for alcohol. Sirius needed some and quickly if he was going to have to spend his night in such close proximity to loud, obnoxious, drunk teenagers. He might as well join them.

"Do you think Remus is here yet?" James called to him, Sirius' heart soaring as he spotted a table piled high with drinks of all kind.

"Probably not, he'll come later. Peter might be though..." Sirius would have searched the room but his mind was too set on the drinks in front of him. Instead he grabbed a glass and filled it to the brim with Firewhiskey, proceeding to do the same to a second, which he passed to James.

"Are you trying to kill me?" James stared down at his cup questionably.

"I'm trying to prevent you from spending this entire party looking for Lily Evans." His friend locked up at the mention of the name. Sirius sighed. "Listen Prongs, McKinnon was right about what she said, you've changed a lot. You don't have to sit around and wait for Evans to notice. Make her." James grimaced, taking the cup in his hand and chugging half of it. Sirius hooted with pleasure.

"That is the James Potter I love! Come on, let's see if we can get you drunk enough to want to talk to Penelope Frasier."

"You're terrible."

"Hey, I'm your wingman, have some respect!" Sirius and James ended up in a large sitting room cleared of all furniture so that people could fill it up. There were couples dancing and a game of Exploding Snaps taking place in the corner. Remus had shown up and Peter as well and the four Marauders all leaned against the back wall, watching everyone else around them have fun.

"Hey Moony, that girl has been staring at you for the past twenty minutes," Sirius whispered in his friend's ear, hoping to get something exciting happening. In truth she'd only looked over once or twice but Sirius didn't care.

"Which one?" Sirius nodded his head in her direction. She had dark hair, bangs, and a captivating smile. If Remus didn't take her Sirius sure would. He looked over at his friend, noticing the small flicker of interest pass through his eyes.

"There's no way she's been staring at me," he denied, shaking his head. "You must have gotten confused-"

"Would I lie to you?" Sirius threw back the rest of his Firewhiskey. That was his second cup and he could feel the liquid courage begin to flow through his blood. "Look." To Remus' horror Sirius stood tall and strutted over to the small group of girls, tapping the dark haired one on the shoulder.

"Hello." He smirked.

"Yes?"

"Well, my friend over there-" Sirius turned to point at Remus who waved nervously. "-He thinks you are absolutely gorgeous." The girl's cheeks grew rosy with blush.

"Does he now?" Sirius nodded enthusiastically. "Well, you should tell your friend if he finds me so gorgeous he should come ask me to dance himself."

"Gotcha." Sirius returned to Remus who looked about ready to pass out.

"What the hell did you say?"

"Go get her!" Sirius gave Remus a little shove and without any more protests watched his friend slowly approach the group. Five minutes later he and his new date were one of the many couples swaying around. It was some of Sirius' best work.

"You're terrible," James chuckled, giving his friend a little shove. Suddenly the group grew quiet as a new figure entered the room. Lily stood in the doorway, her eyes roaming around anxiously; she looked like she wasn't quite sure what to do with herself. Sirius' eyes flickered towards James for a fraction of a second. His friend stood frozen, staring at Lily in awe. Even Sirius couldn't deny that she looked jaw dropping tonight.