"...and then we both looked into each other's eyes. His were a shade of chocolate with a speck of caramel coloring near the pupil and then he..." Lily didn't continue because someone on the other side of the table let out a giant snort of laughter that echoed through the room. Remus Lupin had tried for several minutes not to laugh at Lily's account of how she "hooked up" with her boyfriend Barty Crouch, Jr., but he just couldn't help it. Zoe, Lily's friend looked at him with narrowed eyes and asked him what was so funny.
"Nothing. It's just that it sounds exactly like a line from one of the romance novels my mom reads," he and his friends James, Sirius, and Peter laughed.
"So you read romance novels now, huh Lupin? I would never have guessed," she said slyly.
"Nah, I prefer to read magazines with pictures of girls who actually look like they come out into the sun every once in a while." This remark was aimed at Zoe who was, in all truth, very pale.
"It's not my fault I'm so pale. After all, my father was a vampire!" Zoe shot back in her defense.
"Yes, now that I think about it, that would explain the fact that you can't get a date with a guy without the use of hypnosis." A few of the guys chuckled at this.
"My dear Remus, you seem to be confusing hypnosis with charm," she smiled.
"Charm?" he snorted, "Try frightening the poor guy 'til he agrees to be seen in public with you." Zoe was about to reply when Dumbledore stood up for the morning announcements.
"Good Morning everyone. I would just like to remind you that suggestions are still welcome concerning the Founder's Day ball. Remember, your parents are welcome to come if they like." With the mention of parents and the thought of embarrising moments of cheek-pinching and the "oh is that your date? She/he's cute!"s the students groaned, causing Dumbledore to chuckle and then sit down. The moment Dumbledore's buttocks touched the seat, Lily shot up from hers and launched into her ideas for the ball.
"So I was thinking that we could have a theme to prevent fashion mishaps and to have uniform, yet stylish dress. The guys can all wear suits with a dark blue shirt--no tie--and the girls can wear either black or silver. That way we can all match and we can borrow each other's things if we..." Lily was interrupted again during her speech by another rude snort by James and his friends.
"And what, may I ask, is so funny this time Lupin?" asked Zoe looking straight at Remus ready to pick another fight.
"I was just picturing one of you asking the other to borrow a silver or black thong," This caused his friends to roar with laughter.
"Now why would we ask each other for one when we could just as easily ask you?" she asked with an innocent smile and slight raise of her left brow.
"Oh that's right, you wouldn't want to ask any of your friends for one after that "incident" in the dorms AND you yourself wouldn't have one because they don't allow you in the underwear department of a store anymore after your little...escapade with the mannequin," replied Remus just as innocently. Zoe turned a dangerous shade of red.
Zoe's teeth clentched slightly and her voice quivered, "That's not how it happened and you damn well know it, Lupin!"
"Then would you care to enlighten us?" asked James fully enjoying watching her falter, since it was a rare sight. "Because I heard about that lil' story just as Remus had heard it. In fact, the lot of us heard about it."
"Well," she started to muster an explanation, but she was cut off by Dumbledore standing up with another announcement.
"I would like to assure the Slytherins that the red dye will come off in a few hours time and we will find out who did this and how." There was a slight tug at the corners of his mouth as his eyes flickered over to the Gryfindor table. More specifically as his eyes focused on James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter who were trying to look nonchalant.
In reality they were up at 5 a.m. sneaking into the Slytherin bathrooms booby trapping the faucets so that instead of water red dye would pour out. Everyone knew it had to be Potter and his gang since they loved to torment the Slytherins (and the Quidditch teams)
"I wonder how long it will take them to realize the dye won't come off for another week," said Sirius to his friends.
"Probably as long as it takes them to realize who did it," smiled James.
"Which won't be that long," said a stern voice behind them. They turned around and saw the face of the strictest teacher in Hogwarts, Professor McGonagal.
"Hello Professor," replied Sirius in a cheery tone.
"You four!! In my office in 5 minutes. I'm sure you don't need directions there."
"Directions?! Ha, what they need are personalized beds. Since they visit it so many times they mine as well sleep there too," laughed Lily's friend Zoe.
"This coming from the girl who sleeps in a different bed every night," whispered Remus suggestively to his surrounding friends and just loud enough for Zoe to hear him. Before she could reply Peter spoke up, "Come on guys, we better go before Remus and Zoe go at it again and McGonagal loses her temper. She's really horrible when she gets pissed." And with that they walked towards her office. On the way there they heard the Slytherin girls in the bathroom screeching as they tried to get the red out of their hair. The boys supressed their laughter and elbowed eachother with smiles dancing in their eyes. Those boys were real trouble-makers and they knew they would be punished...but they loved the thrill.
*~~*~~*
After receiving their one month detention from McGonagal they all headed different directions. Remus to the library, Peter and Sirius to the kitchens, and James to the common room. But on his way there someone slammed into him and pushed him into the nearest broom closet. Before he could see who it was, kisses were being planted all over his face.
"What did McGonagal do to you?" breathed a mysterious person in between kisses. James instantly knew it was his girlfriend, Daphne, that pushed him into the closet. 'She's been doing that a lot lately' he thought. He wrapped his arms around her small waist and she stopped her little kisses and instead breathed hotly upon James's neck.
"She just gave me a month of detention. No big deal," he said. Then he leaned down and gave her a deep kiss. After they broke apart she asked him if he was going to the Underground tonight. The Underground was a small area where people go to just relax or protest. Daphne was a big protester in almost everything, from broom-flying at night as a first-year to legalizing the hatching of dragons.
"Yeah, sure. My detentions don't start until tomorrow anyway," he leaned in to kiss her again but she pulled away and said, "Okay I'll see ya then. Bye James." And she walked away with a sly smile. James stared at his girlfriend and watched as her feet smoothly glided across the marbalized floor. He smiled thinking, 'She is mine and mine only'.
~*~*~*~
Lily was in her room with her friend Zoe getting ready for the Quidditch game. Lily and Zoe were talking about Lily's boyfriend and Lily couldn't help but smile whenever he was mentioned. After years of crushing on him he had finally come up to her and asked to be her boyfriend...they've been together for a week now, but Zoe didn't think it would last even that long.
"Come on Zoe! Show me some support here. You know I've liked him since...forever. Why can't you look on the bright side of things for once?"
"Because Lily, not everything in life is bright and sunny with rainbows everywhere. He's a jock and jock's are notorious for being womanizers. Besides,'"Zoe pushed, " I think he has something for that Ravenclaw keeper. What's her name? Um..Hannah." Lily started to laugh in a way that was as if she was trying to convince herself it wasn't true.
"Hannah? Hannah isn't his type. She is too shy and she is su-UCH the girl-next-door-type. I don't know where you come up with these things Zoe." She laughed again but it was weaker and sounded more like a shrug-off type laugh. Lily was a very possessive person and she would do anything to keep Barty with her. She looked at her watch and said, "Come on Zoe, the Quidditch match starts in 5 minutes."
"Now isn't the match Gryfindor vs. Ravenclaw? This should be interesting to say the least," said Zoe to herself. However, Lily heard her but decided to ignore her.
*~~*~~*
"And Gryfindor scores again 70-40. Barty Crouch has definitely whipped his team into shape,one of the greatest captains Gryfindor has seen in some time!" Peter's voice screetched into the loudspeaker. Peter was the comentator because he needed the credits since his grades weren't the greatest in the world. As Barty was about to make another goal the Keeper, Hannah, blocked his path and sent him a wink. He blushed and quickly made it to the other side of the field. "Smith makes a spectacular save against Crouch and the game heads to the other side of the field and GRYFINDOR BLOCKS AND INTERCEPTS THE QUAFFLE." Everyone, save the Seekers, were making their way to the Ravenclaw side of the field. As one of the Gryfindor Chasers made it to the scoring area, a Beater knocked a Bludger towards Hannah. She was busy looking at the Quaffle to notice the Bludger. "OOOOOOO and Hannah gets hit in the stomach by a Bludger. OH GOD SHE LOST HER BALANCE!!" yelled Peter.
Without hesitation Barty dived down and caught Hannah on his broom. She was sitting very close to him and her warm breath on his face was driving him insane. She threw her arms around his neck and started to thank him over and over again with a falsetto voice. As he was setting her down on the ground he heard people gasp and he looked up. The seekers saw the Snitch, the only problem was the Snitch was a few feet away from where Hannah and Barty were standing and they were definitely going to slam into them. With his Quidditch reflexes he pulled Hannah down with him and rolled away from the seekers. "AND GRYFINDOR GETS THE SNITCH. GRYFINDOR WINS! GRYFINDOR WINS!" Most of the Gryfindors were roaring with happiness. Lily, however, was looking at Hannah and Barty. They were still on the ground with Barty on top and they didn't look like they were going to get up any time soon. However, they did because the team pulled up Barty and pulled him to the castle yelling, "PARTY IN THE COMMON ROOM!"
No one but Zoe noticed the fiery look in Lily's eyes as she watched the team drag Barty up to the castle. Nor did anyone notice that he was looking straight at Hannah and she, him.
"Nothing. It's just that it sounds exactly like a line from one of the romance novels my mom reads," he and his friends James, Sirius, and Peter laughed.
"So you read romance novels now, huh Lupin? I would never have guessed," she said slyly.
"Nah, I prefer to read magazines with pictures of girls who actually look like they come out into the sun every once in a while." This remark was aimed at Zoe who was, in all truth, very pale.
"It's not my fault I'm so pale. After all, my father was a vampire!" Zoe shot back in her defense.
"Yes, now that I think about it, that would explain the fact that you can't get a date with a guy without the use of hypnosis." A few of the guys chuckled at this.
"My dear Remus, you seem to be confusing hypnosis with charm," she smiled.
"Charm?" he snorted, "Try frightening the poor guy 'til he agrees to be seen in public with you." Zoe was about to reply when Dumbledore stood up for the morning announcements.
"Good Morning everyone. I would just like to remind you that suggestions are still welcome concerning the Founder's Day ball. Remember, your parents are welcome to come if they like." With the mention of parents and the thought of embarrising moments of cheek-pinching and the "oh is that your date? She/he's cute!"s the students groaned, causing Dumbledore to chuckle and then sit down. The moment Dumbledore's buttocks touched the seat, Lily shot up from hers and launched into her ideas for the ball.
"So I was thinking that we could have a theme to prevent fashion mishaps and to have uniform, yet stylish dress. The guys can all wear suits with a dark blue shirt--no tie--and the girls can wear either black or silver. That way we can all match and we can borrow each other's things if we..." Lily was interrupted again during her speech by another rude snort by James and his friends.
"And what, may I ask, is so funny this time Lupin?" asked Zoe looking straight at Remus ready to pick another fight.
"I was just picturing one of you asking the other to borrow a silver or black thong," This caused his friends to roar with laughter.
"Now why would we ask each other for one when we could just as easily ask you?" she asked with an innocent smile and slight raise of her left brow.
"Oh that's right, you wouldn't want to ask any of your friends for one after that "incident" in the dorms AND you yourself wouldn't have one because they don't allow you in the underwear department of a store anymore after your little...escapade with the mannequin," replied Remus just as innocently. Zoe turned a dangerous shade of red.
Zoe's teeth clentched slightly and her voice quivered, "That's not how it happened and you damn well know it, Lupin!"
"Then would you care to enlighten us?" asked James fully enjoying watching her falter, since it was a rare sight. "Because I heard about that lil' story just as Remus had heard it. In fact, the lot of us heard about it."
"Well," she started to muster an explanation, but she was cut off by Dumbledore standing up with another announcement.
"I would like to assure the Slytherins that the red dye will come off in a few hours time and we will find out who did this and how." There was a slight tug at the corners of his mouth as his eyes flickered over to the Gryfindor table. More specifically as his eyes focused on James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter who were trying to look nonchalant.
In reality they were up at 5 a.m. sneaking into the Slytherin bathrooms booby trapping the faucets so that instead of water red dye would pour out. Everyone knew it had to be Potter and his gang since they loved to torment the Slytherins (and the Quidditch teams)
"I wonder how long it will take them to realize the dye won't come off for another week," said Sirius to his friends.
"Probably as long as it takes them to realize who did it," smiled James.
"Which won't be that long," said a stern voice behind them. They turned around and saw the face of the strictest teacher in Hogwarts, Professor McGonagal.
"Hello Professor," replied Sirius in a cheery tone.
"You four!! In my office in 5 minutes. I'm sure you don't need directions there."
"Directions?! Ha, what they need are personalized beds. Since they visit it so many times they mine as well sleep there too," laughed Lily's friend Zoe.
"This coming from the girl who sleeps in a different bed every night," whispered Remus suggestively to his surrounding friends and just loud enough for Zoe to hear him. Before she could reply Peter spoke up, "Come on guys, we better go before Remus and Zoe go at it again and McGonagal loses her temper. She's really horrible when she gets pissed." And with that they walked towards her office. On the way there they heard the Slytherin girls in the bathroom screeching as they tried to get the red out of their hair. The boys supressed their laughter and elbowed eachother with smiles dancing in their eyes. Those boys were real trouble-makers and they knew they would be punished...but they loved the thrill.
*~~*~~*
After receiving their one month detention from McGonagal they all headed different directions. Remus to the library, Peter and Sirius to the kitchens, and James to the common room. But on his way there someone slammed into him and pushed him into the nearest broom closet. Before he could see who it was, kisses were being planted all over his face.
"What did McGonagal do to you?" breathed a mysterious person in between kisses. James instantly knew it was his girlfriend, Daphne, that pushed him into the closet. 'She's been doing that a lot lately' he thought. He wrapped his arms around her small waist and she stopped her little kisses and instead breathed hotly upon James's neck.
"She just gave me a month of detention. No big deal," he said. Then he leaned down and gave her a deep kiss. After they broke apart she asked him if he was going to the Underground tonight. The Underground was a small area where people go to just relax or protest. Daphne was a big protester in almost everything, from broom-flying at night as a first-year to legalizing the hatching of dragons.
"Yeah, sure. My detentions don't start until tomorrow anyway," he leaned in to kiss her again but she pulled away and said, "Okay I'll see ya then. Bye James." And she walked away with a sly smile. James stared at his girlfriend and watched as her feet smoothly glided across the marbalized floor. He smiled thinking, 'She is mine and mine only'.
~*~*~*~
Lily was in her room with her friend Zoe getting ready for the Quidditch game. Lily and Zoe were talking about Lily's boyfriend and Lily couldn't help but smile whenever he was mentioned. After years of crushing on him he had finally come up to her and asked to be her boyfriend...they've been together for a week now, but Zoe didn't think it would last even that long.
"Come on Zoe! Show me some support here. You know I've liked him since...forever. Why can't you look on the bright side of things for once?"
"Because Lily, not everything in life is bright and sunny with rainbows everywhere. He's a jock and jock's are notorious for being womanizers. Besides,'"Zoe pushed, " I think he has something for that Ravenclaw keeper. What's her name? Um..Hannah." Lily started to laugh in a way that was as if she was trying to convince herself it wasn't true.
"Hannah? Hannah isn't his type. She is too shy and she is su-UCH the girl-next-door-type. I don't know where you come up with these things Zoe." She laughed again but it was weaker and sounded more like a shrug-off type laugh. Lily was a very possessive person and she would do anything to keep Barty with her. She looked at her watch and said, "Come on Zoe, the Quidditch match starts in 5 minutes."
"Now isn't the match Gryfindor vs. Ravenclaw? This should be interesting to say the least," said Zoe to herself. However, Lily heard her but decided to ignore her.
*~~*~~*
"And Gryfindor scores again 70-40. Barty Crouch has definitely whipped his team into shape,one of the greatest captains Gryfindor has seen in some time!" Peter's voice screetched into the loudspeaker. Peter was the comentator because he needed the credits since his grades weren't the greatest in the world. As Barty was about to make another goal the Keeper, Hannah, blocked his path and sent him a wink. He blushed and quickly made it to the other side of the field. "Smith makes a spectacular save against Crouch and the game heads to the other side of the field and GRYFINDOR BLOCKS AND INTERCEPTS THE QUAFFLE." Everyone, save the Seekers, were making their way to the Ravenclaw side of the field. As one of the Gryfindor Chasers made it to the scoring area, a Beater knocked a Bludger towards Hannah. She was busy looking at the Quaffle to notice the Bludger. "OOOOOOO and Hannah gets hit in the stomach by a Bludger. OH GOD SHE LOST HER BALANCE!!" yelled Peter.
Without hesitation Barty dived down and caught Hannah on his broom. She was sitting very close to him and her warm breath on his face was driving him insane. She threw her arms around his neck and started to thank him over and over again with a falsetto voice. As he was setting her down on the ground he heard people gasp and he looked up. The seekers saw the Snitch, the only problem was the Snitch was a few feet away from where Hannah and Barty were standing and they were definitely going to slam into them. With his Quidditch reflexes he pulled Hannah down with him and rolled away from the seekers. "AND GRYFINDOR GETS THE SNITCH. GRYFINDOR WINS! GRYFINDOR WINS!" Most of the Gryfindors were roaring with happiness. Lily, however, was looking at Hannah and Barty. They were still on the ground with Barty on top and they didn't look like they were going to get up any time soon. However, they did because the team pulled up Barty and pulled him to the castle yelling, "PARTY IN THE COMMON ROOM!"
No one but Zoe noticed the fiery look in Lily's eyes as she watched the team drag Barty up to the castle. Nor did anyone notice that he was looking straight at Hannah and she, him.