His attempt to keep the mood light was appreciated, and earned him a smirk in reply. With others, she had felt on edge after giving in to those mistletoe-inspired whims, but Sirius made it easy to relax, to play it off like nothing out of the ordinary had happened at all.

"Yeah, exactly that," she informed him. "You're the third 'man of my dreams' I've kissed today. What's a girl to do, I ask you?"