"Come on Evans!" James ran his hair through his untidy black hair and, ignoring the angry glares of the head librarian, began to pester her once again, "just one date! And if you find out that you can't stand me then I won't bother you again!"
Lily glared up at the overly cocky boy through her dark-red bangs, "absolutely not James Potter! I wouldn't go out with you if you were the last disgusting boy on Earth!" she exclaimed vehemently.
"Awww... come on..." he gave her a winning smile, "you know you like me. Every other girl in school does. Why not you?"
Lily glared at him, her face turning red, "because you are and over-bearing, pompous, big-headed, sorry excuse for a man!"
James frowned and placed a hand on her shoulder, "Lily . . . " he began but was cut off by the booming voice of his own best friend Sirius Black.
"Hey Potter! Get yourself over here! I need your help!" He called to the younger boy.
James removed his hand and looked apologetically down at Lily, "Don't think this is over." He warned as he started away, "I'll be back and when I return we'll finish this conversation."
Lily grinned, "It was over before it even began!" she began to gather her stuff, "too bad I won't be here when you get back."
Potter frowned at Sirius as he bent over their steaming potion, "Is it supposed to be that color?" he asked worriedly, bending over the magenta colored potion and wrinkling his noise at the disgusting smell slowly spreading around the room.
Sirius began to stammer, "well... It's just..." he stopped and hung his head, "I don't know."
James' eyes widened and he turned to the steaming pot of liquid, "hell..." he muttered, "thy name is Potions Class." as if on cue the pot exploded, sending the foul liquid skyrocketing towards them, drenching the two boys in pink gunk.
Sirius screeched like a little girl and began to scrape at the liquid that seemed determined to stick to the unhappy duo. James ran his hand through his hair and pulled away a handful of pink. Wincing at the sight, he scrubbed his hand off on his pant leg and turned to Remus, "help." he pleaded, lifting his arms into the air.
Remus, who by some miracle had managed to avoid the gunk grinned and began to siphon the shelly substance back into the cauldron. When he was finished he turned to Sirius and did the same, leaving two furious but clean boys and one steaming Potions teacher. Professor Slugworth surveyed the two with mutual dislike, finally letting his gaze rest on Lily Evans he gave a cheerful smile and called, "Lily! What did they do wrong?"
Lily slowly stood and gave the two teens a cheerful smile, "they followed the wrong directions." she told the teacher. And sat back down.
James and Sirius were having a whispered conversation, "She said that that would work!"
"I know!"
"What do you suppose she did to us?"
"How should I know? She's the evil master mind here!"
"Well she could have-"
Professor Slugworth slammed his wand between the two boys, narrowly missing Sirius' nose. "Enough..." he hissed, his normally cheerful disposition gone, "take your seats."
James glared at Lily and she gave him a grin over her cauldron before she turned back to her own light-blue potion.
James woke up slowly, groping for his glasses on the bedside table he rolled off the bed. He grabbed his toiletries and headed to the bathroom. He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and took a shower, keeping his eyes half closed he wrapped a towel around his waist. Opening his eyes he stopped and gazed into the mirror, his hair. Was... Bright pink. Bubble-gum pink. He ran back into the boy's room and shook Sirius awake. Sirius opened one bleary eye and stared in shocked fascination at James' hair. His hand went to his own candy-pink locks, "me too?" James nodded sadly, "I'm gonna' kill her." He sat up in his bed and pulled his sweater on over his head.
He turned to James and started to speak but James cut him off, "I'll wake up Peter and Remus and then we can talk." He gave Sirius a grin before turning to find Peter among the covers twisted around his body. Finally finding the small boy he shook him roughly awake, "meeting!" he demanded and was met with a small whimper of disagreement, "wake up!" he exclaimed and ripped the covers off of the bed, almost dumping poor Pettigrew onto the floor with his blankets. Pettigrew gave a small screech and clung to the side of the bed. He turned his resigned face to James, "what's it about?" His small voice could barely be heard over the moans and groans of Sirius as he examined himself in the mirror.
James smiled as he turned away, "revenge."
He ran over to Remus' bed and ripped back the covers, allowing the bright light to shine on his friend's face. He bounced onto the bed, "Hey Moony!" he hissed in Remus' face, causing the younger boy to squint and turn away, "wake up you sorry excuse for a night walker!"
"What do you want?" Moony hissed, poking his head out from under his sheets.
"Meeting!" James exclaimed, tugging on his arm, "we've got some planning to do!"
Remus frowned and pushed his face back under the cover, "plan on your own!" was the muffled response.
James tugged lightly on the blankets, "we can't plan without you! You're our... our... specialist!"
Remus opened one sleepy eyes and yawned, "nice hair." he muttered as he began to make his slow way out of bed.
James gave him a evil grin, "that's what the meeting is about."
Remus pulled his pants on and turned to look at him, "and who's your poor victim?" he asked through the shirt that he had began to pull over his head.
James' smile grew broader, "Lily Evans."
Author's Note:
This is my longer... More complicated story. I can't always promise that the chapters will be this delightfully long but I'll definitely try. Hugs and Kisses!
Starry
