-A Game of Truth or Dare-
-Chapter One-
"Lily Evans, get your cute ass down here now!"
God her voice can carry.
Of course, at the outburst, everyone had to stick their heads out of their compartments and look at me. Eagerly in some cases I might add. Yup, hanging around with Tracy Stone A.K.A the most popular, sexy and wanted person in Hogwarts had its perks.
Especially if you were her best friend like yours truly.
Still grinning to myself, I walked down the train's aisle, through the sea of 'admirers' who were still staring, towards the voice of my best friend and our compartment. Seriously, that compartment is reserved. No-one has sat in it since we were here on our first year. Of course, it had to be the one that was dead centre of the train.
Typical Tracy.
I slid open the door of our carriage to reveal my two best friends, one of which was Tracy. The other was Bethany Banks (she prefers Beth). She wasn't as... well let's say outgoing as Tracy, but was just as popular. Yup, us three made up the 'Golden girls' of Hogwarts, and we all had 'admirers' as Tracy so happily addresses them. They don't even care. I suppose they are just happy to be in her company. If I didn't enjoy all the attention (call me shallow but let's face it, who wouldn't? It sure as hell made life a bit easier) I'd call each and every one of them our ass-kissers.
"Hey girlies!"
Oh and did I also mention that we were stalked by the Marauders? Constantly?
"God Tracy, your voice sure does carry down a train." I teased her, completely ignoring the black shaggy mess behind me that was Sirius Black. Tracy stuck her tongue out at me childishly, also ignoring the black shaggy mess. But then suddenly said black shaggy mess poked me in both my sides, causing me to squeal and land on the seat next to Beth, who smiled and waved at me. I smiled and waved back at her as Sirius stood in the door way tapping his foot.
Oh how he hated being ignored.
I turned to laugh at his annoyed expression, to gasp instead as another black haired Marauder barged in, sending Sirius flying and screaming.
"I heard a squeal! Does my fair maiden need help?" the new intruder rushed, scanning the room until his hazel eyes finally rested on me.
"Potter." I scowled.
"Yes?" he smiled angelically.
"James!" Sirius's muffled yell came from the floor.
"Oh hey Sirius, what ya doing on the floor?"
"Dude, don't ask questions, help me up!" he whinged. Remus Lupin bounded in next, as James helped Sirius up.
"Dang, looks like I missed the good part." The sandy haired boy claimed as he surveyed the scene.
"Far from it I'm afraid dear Remus." Tracy put him right.
Beth saw the new comer and started to twiddle her hair franticly. This was a habit she had when she was either nervous or highly embarrassed.
Ah how sweet.
Everyone knew that Beth had been crushing on Remus ever since the first year when Sirius had been trying to impress Tracy and had sent Remus flying onto Beth. Well, everyone but Beth and Remus who would both deny and feelings for the other when quizzed about it. To be honest, I thought Remus had it worse. Whereas us girls love gossip and we keep it to ourselves...usually, Remus had the combined forces of Sirius and James on his back. Poor bloke.
The Beth/Remus relationship is cute in an infuriating way, like 'aw they so love each other' cute but an 'I just wish they'd get on with it for the love of Merlin the annoying infuriating little-'
"Hey move over Stone!" Sirius brought me out of my daydream. He was complaining to Tracy who was sat on the opposite seat to me and Beth with her legs stretched out across it.
"Nah, I'm quite comfy actually." She smiled sweetly at him.
"But I just got pushed over for Christ sake!"
"In that case... Peter would you like a seat?" Tracy offered the new Marauder, who had just conveniently scurried in. I swear that guy moves more like a rat than a human. Plus, he has a strange addiction to cheese...
Tracy moved her feet so that she took up two seats instead of all, and Peter hurriedly sat down, not realising Sirius had been pleading for it before his arrival. Sirius stared at them both accusingly.
"Traitor!" he screeched at Peter. "They're shagging behind everyone's backs I know it!"
Tracy looked like she was going to chuck Sirius out of the now moving train head first. But then I saw a gleam in her eye as she winked at Peter and brought a finger to her lips. Her plan worked as Sirius' eyes got as wide as pancakes and he got more wound up, animating his words with gestures, and we had to suppress ourselves from laughter.
Soon he noted that no-one was paying any attention to him what so ever, and that he was making a prick of himself, and stopped. He turned to me and Beth and saw that, because we were sat up, there was a space on our seat in between us that could fit about one and a half people in it. Don't ask me where the half would come from. Ew.
James and Remus noticed a fraction of a second before Sirius, and both forced themselves into the space. Remus next to Beth (who went slightly pink) as she got squished into the window, then James next to me, grinning his head off and I was pushed into the doors wall.
I glared at the messy haired Marauder beside me.
Like I had said, it was a one and a half person gap, and now there were two (quite muscular) boys filling it. They took up so much room that my leg unfortunately wrapped around James's, to which he looked immensely thrilled, and Beth was practically sat half on half off Remus's lap going beetroot. Meanwhile Sirius was stood on his own in the middle of the carriage, looking like a first class dweeb.
"Y-you're all traitors!" he said outraged.
"Well, I would've offered you my lap but that's currently taken..." James trailed off, pointedly looking at where we were intertwined.
"Jesus Lily, you don't waste any time do you?" Tracy grinned.
"Nice." Sirius leered.
I blushed furiously.
"Potter! Don't blame this on me! I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but it's because you're intruding my personal space, and lack of room that my leg is... where it is."
James's smile faltered a little, but then returned when I didn't try to struggle away. There wasn't much point. Everyone had already seen it and if I did try, I'd fail and probably end up on his knee or something.
And I truly couldn't be arsed.
"James and Lily sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S- oof!"
I'd booted Sirius with my free foot and he'd ended up on the floor. Again.
"Ow Evans, that hurt!" he complained.
I growled.
"Woo hoo, Evans is growling!"
"She does that a lot." Beth explained, speaking for the first time. We stopped to look at her, and she went red again.
"She speaks!" Sirius exclaimed, bowing at her feet. "It's a miracle!"
"Get up Black." Tracy commanded.
"Well can I sit next to you and dear ole Petey then?"
She thought it over.
"No." She said simply.
"Well, I'm sitting here on the floor then." He crossed his legs and stuck his tongue out at her like she'd done to me earlier.
"Alright everyone." Remus commanded attention to stop the baby fight getting even more babyish.
"Er, well..."
"Yes Remus ole buddy, ole friend, ole pal?" Sirius urged.
"Well... what shall we do?" he asked but before anyone could answer him, someone opened our door.
"Anything off the trolley?" the trolley woman said, glaring at Sirius as she spoke. She used to call us 'dears' too, but ever since Sirius had... well let's say the woman had ended up on the floor, surrounded by candy, as Sirius sat happily munching away.
"FOOD!" Sirius now battle-cried. I could've sworn I saw the woman's eyes widen in alarm.
"No thanks!" Beth rushed and the trolley woman nodded gratefully, closing the door and rushing away relived.
"Aw, what d'you that for?" Sirius moaned.
"Dude, that woman's still petrified of you." James pointed out.
Good so I wasn't imagining it.
"So what do we do now then?" I cut off Sirius's moaning. That stumped us into silence, as we sat and thought. James pulled a face and scratched his head in a show of thinking, and the boys laughed impressed while we grimaced and rolled our eyes. I whacked James and everyone else returned to thinking as he stared at me, mock hurt in his eyes. I scowled and looked away from the messy haired Marauder next to me. Then, in what he probably imagined discreet, he lowered the hand he used for the silly little pantomime and rested it on high up on my thigh of the leg that was still wrapped round his.
"POTTER!" I yelled slapping his hand away.
Ugh, god knows where that had been.
Remus and Peter laughed and wolf-whistled while Beth and Tracy looked at me, amused. I glared at James who was currently grinning at me.
Stupid Potter and his sex-craved mind. He would use any excuse to-
"Guys! That's given me an idea!" Sirius cried happily. We stared at him expectantly. Merlin only knows what sort of an idea James's hand on my thigh had given him.
"Water balloons!"
...
That's it. Sirius Black's ideas have finally sent him insane. It was only a matter of time.
"Er, sorry..." he mumbled into the silence.
"Guys? I have an idea!" Peter squeaked almost bouncing in his chair.
This should be good.
"Well what is it man!" Sirius exclaimed. "Tell us and save me from this dark void of embarrassment that is my last idea!"
"Drama queen." Tracy hissed. He winked at her and she grinned back.
Hmm, do I smell a romance?
"Er well, maybe we could play a-a game?" Peter continued.
"Like what?" I asked bewildered.
"Er-"
"You and James could play nervous!" Sirius bellowed. Everyone laughed. Even some people from outside I heard. Everyone but me. Was I the only one with even a little ounce of dignity? Even James was laughing! Well, he probably would like to be shut alone in a room with me and see how far he could get... I shuddered as I thought of his groping hands and how many other girls he'd done Merlin doesn't know what to.
Ugh.
Suddenly Sirius's face lit up like a kid at Christmas.
"I have it! We'll play truth or dare!" he said triumphantly.
Was he serious?
"Truth or dare? Please, how old are we?" I rolled my eyes.
"Aw is 'ickle baby Evans afraid to play an 'ickle baby game?"
"No I am not Black."
"Well then let's play!"
I looked around and saw everyone's eager faces staring back, and felt like a rotten spoil sport.
Damn it Black.
"Okay, I'm in." I said grudgingly. James beamed at me. Great, what the hell have I done?
"Okay Tracy, you first. Truth or dare?" Sirius started straight away, and was being immensely serious. And Sirius.
All was silent as we awaited her choice.
"Truth."
I saw Sirius's face fall a little, but he covered it up by asking a question.
"Okay Tracy, would you ever consider snogging..." he looked around for inspiration.
Great, it's going to be a girl. Sick perv. Well at least she didn't pick dare...
But then a blonde streak passed our carriage and Sirius saw it.
Uh oh.
"Lucius Malfoy!"
I felt James shudder, to my amusement.
"Er...no?"
Even Peter heard the question in her voice as we all raised our eyebrows at her. Sirius's almost disappeared beneath his shaggy hair.
"You're lying!" he accused. I in fact knew she was. Tracy had once told me and Beth before that she had found Lucius rather sexy, much to our horror and slight amusment.
"N-no I am not." She claimed.
"Ew! Tracy! You need someone more your type, try me for example..."
"Dream on Black."
"Hey, now why you want to go hurt my feelings like that?"
"Can we continue with the game please?" Beth cried over Sirius.
"Yeah sure, it's my turn to ask now." Tracy hurried in attempt to make everyone forget about her earlier question. There was no point. We all already knew the true answer.
Tracy looked around at us all with a predatory smile on her face.
I gulped.
"Beth..." She decided grinning wickedly.
I felt immensely scared for Beth, but happily relieved that she hadn't picked me. I felt James relax beside me. Apparently everyone was glad that she hadn't picked them. I wasn't really surprised. Tracy's ideas tended to be... a little wild sometimes.
"Er... yes?" Beth gulped too.
"Truth or dare?"
"Can I just take this moment to say how sorry I feel for you?"
"Shut up Black. Well Beth? What's it going to be?"
Six pairs of eyes looked at Beth as she cringed into Remus.
"T-t...dare." she stammered. Everyone sucked in a sharp breath shocked.
"Well Beth, so you do have balls I see." James nodded.
"Er, James? Think about what you're saying there dude." Sirius pointed out.
"Oh yeah, thanks Sirius." James said, not at all embarrassed.
"Okay okay, dares...hmm..." Tracy got back to business. I could almost hear the cogs in her brain whirring as she thought of a dare bad enough for Beth. I chanced a glance at Beth. She had paled considerably, and I swore I saw Remus clutch her a little bit tighter.
"Let Sirius carry you down the train whilst trying to do the can-can!" Tracy exploded.
Where does she get these ideas from?
"Er, what?" Sirius asked. "And since when did I agree to this?"
"Oh just do it you baby."
"Nuh-uh."
"Look, it will count as your dare."
He considered.
"Fine, if I don't you'd eat me anyway. Not that I'd complain..."
"Just get on with it man!"
Beth stood up nervously, creating more space on the seat where we were sat. I moved up and shoved James over, freeing my leg. James slipped into a pout. I smiled at him and he smiled back so I scowled. He laughed. Stupid Marauder.
"Okay Beth, one two- oh and I apologise in advance if I drop you." Sirius was saying.
"No. Don't. Please." Beth pleaded.
"I'll try not to. Okay, one. Two. Three." He hoisted Beth over his shoulder and she squealed. Everyone –excluding Beth and Remus who looked quite scared/worried- was grinning.
"Well, off I go!" Sirius exclaimed, and then set off down the train after James opened the door for him. The rest of us crowded at the door way to watch. He took two wobbly steps, righted himself, and then burst into dance, kicking his legs out in time with his singing. Soon we weren't the only ones sticking our heads out in wonder, as everyone was drawn out by Sirius' bellowing.
"Can you- can you do the can-can!"
Roars of laughter came from all directions, and the only ones not laughing was the po-faced Slytherins and a rather angry looking McGonagall.
Whoa she came from no-where.
"Can you- can you do the- holy crap Minerva!"
"Mr Black what-what are you doing! With Miss Banks on your back!" She was in such a lather that she didn't pick up Sirius' use of language and her first name. Both forbidden. Both ignored.
"Well there's a funny story..."
"And here's another one. Detention Mr Black with me on your first day back." She scolded, then turned on her heel and started back down the train. Sirius looked crestfallen, and Beth looked highly embarrassed. I'm sure she would have twirled her hair if possible. Sirius suddenly grinned and shouted:
"Okay see you tonight Minerva, can't wait!"
The professor turned red but carried on her forceful stroll down the train as she ignored the comment and the laughter/catcalls that followed. Sirius bowed when the applause started as McGonagall disappeared, and then he strolled back into our carriage putting Beth down –finally- then sat on the seat that he'd begged for earlier. Nodding in approval, we all resumed our old seats. Well I was going to but then James pulled me onto his lap and snaked his arms round my waist, bolting me there.
"POTTER!" I squirmed and tried to wriggle out of his grasp. And Failed.
Since when did he get so strong?
"Hey, hey Lily, your go!" Sirius claimed. I stopped squirming and started panicking.
"No way, none of you guys have gone yet!"
He cleared his throat loudly.
"Yours truly has, now you go."
Crap. Well...er...
"Dare."
Damn what have I done?
Sirius grinned wide. That didn't look good.
"I dare you... to kiss..."
Okay, didn't see that one coming from a mile off. Better yet Pluto. I saw everyone's massive grins as they too knew what was coming. James' was the biggest of the lot.
Smug little-
"James!"
Oh great Lily, why not pick truth? You're brutally honest anyway so it wouldn't have exactly mattered. What have you done? Oh Merlin, please help...
"Okay Hogwarts students, we have arrived. Please gather your loose belongings and make your way-" a voice started.
"Yes!" I squealed, jumping up from James' shock loosened arms. "Come on girls, we have to get the best carriage to school!"
"Yes we always do. Time to show the little ones who are in charge here." Tracy leapt up too, pulling Beth from Remus' cosy embrace. Then all three of us left the stunned Marauders in their seats staring after us as we yelled 'bye'. Thank God. I was safe. For now.