After consulting the little map that had come along with the professor's request, Lily nodded towards a grove of trees up ahead, leading the way towards them as she listened to Sirius, chuckling at what he'd had to say.

"I know it's a little alarming, being out here without an escort because you aren't in detention with Hagrid, but I promise–" her fierce eyes cut to the side, looking at Sirius with a wry smirk as she walked. "I'll protect you."

Inwardly she chided herself for this kind of banter almost as soon as the words had left her mouth. He had already presented her with an abundance of (rather fun) distractions, and that wasn't the sort of thing that got anyone an apprenticeship at the end of school. Unfortunately just as freely as she had spoken she let herself walk a little bit closer to him, not daring to reach out and lose this round of their long-running contest of wills.