Thish beith my very first fanfic, so.MERPIT!! Eh, All these characters with
the exception of Gloria White (who belongs to me) belong to the wonderfully
talented Ms. J.K. Rowling. So, here goes.
They're in their fifth year.
Chapter 1
Time of the Month
Plop. Plop. Plop.
"Oh, bloody hell. I swear, if that.water.plops one more time.I'll-" began the Marauder known as Sirius Black. Not his usual self, the slightest of noises managed to eat away at his nerves. James Potter stared blankly at him, blinking at his friend through his glasses. He ran his hand through his hair, an infamous habit which drove his lady love, the lovely Lily Evans mad. well, actually it just wasn't Lily he drove mad with the rumpling-hair-thing. He drove just about everyone else that spent a lot of time with him mad. The third Marauder, Remus Lupin, didn't even bother looking up from his current literature.
A light slam echoed through the near-empty Gryffindor Common Room as the portrait hole creaked open, then slammed shut. Of course, it was Gloria White, back from yet another detention. The girl already had two cabinets to herself in the caretaker's office. Who knew how long it'd take before she began her third?
"You'll make it stop, we all know what you'll do," she finished. Turning her dark violet eyes on Sirius, her lips curled into a mischievous smirk, "Of course, that's very threatening. Some of us would just close the window," she added.
Sirius stared at her, trying to pretend as if the thought of shutting the window had never crossed him. "White, if that's the way you ask a man to close the window for you, you honestly need to work on it," he retorted, reaching over and pulling the window shut.
Remus finally looked up from his reading, "Well, then, why'd you shut the window then?" he asked quizzically. In the background, a light chuckle was heard from James. Sirius looked furious. Gloria looked amused.
"I didn't do it for her!" Sirius spat. Boy, he was responsive.
"Oh, come on, you know you did!" Gloria teased, tossing her dark chocolate curls.
"Bah, go back to detention!"
"Well, I will tomorrow! Care to join me, Black?"
"Oh, go and do us all a grand favor and jump out the fucking window, White!"
Remus and James exchanged amused glances as Gloria and Sirius shot back and forth. Rather funny how they did this every night. Suddenly, James's attention on Gloria and Sirius was torn away as the woman he cared for the most walked in. The lovely, the beautiful. Lily Evans.
James made a jerky movement as if he wanted to stand, but Lily's sharp emerald optics immediately narrowed. "I've told you a thousand times. NO, Potter," she snapped, collapsing on an armchair far away from the rest of them. James opened his mouth to object, then closed it.
By this time, Gloria and Sirius had stopped arguing, and were standing next to each other in absolute silence. Remus's lips shifted into a grin, "You know, a ring on both of your fingers and you could pass as if you were married," he joked. Oddly enough, he felt a stone drop in his stomach, and he felt a knife twist through him as Gloria turned her dazzling eyes on him. Oh. WHAT THE FUCK WAS HE THINKING? 'Oh, stupid idiot, Remus. STUPID IDIOT. YOU DOLT!!!' he thought bitterly. Gloria turned her eyes on Remus, looking positively disgusted at the thought of ever being with Sirius. in. oh, Merlin, being MARRIED to such a man whore.
"Right. As if that would ever happen," she said icily, looking at Sirius.
Sirius stared blankly at Remus, "What? Are you insane, mate? You'd think I'd want to marry.her? Oi, it's GLORIA, and she's.just." he paused, catching Gloria's eye, raising a brow. "We're.just.too good of friends, aren't we White?" he mumbled.
"Oh, extremely," she replied acidly.
Remus stared at both of them. Sure they were.
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Lily tucked her thin legs under her, her narrowed eyes staring at the fire. Completely oblivious to whatever was going on with the others, she didn't even notice James Potter approaching her.
"Evans?" he asked timidly.
"What?" she barked. Actually, the bark was completely unintentional.
James was immediately discouraged. "Nevermind," he said dully, sitting in a squashy armchair near Lily.
Right then and there, James Potter took a vow that whatever it took to get Lily Evans he'd do it.
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Sitting on a rather comfortable armchair, Gloria eyed Lily, her female senses picking up on Lily's bad mood. Ooh, the things she could do!
Lily stood up to leave, muttering something under her breath.
"Getting visits from an old, unwanted friend, Evans?" Gloria said mockingly, arching a brow. No harm to her comment, Gloria figured.
"Huh?" Lily replied dully, turning blank eyes on Gloria.
Wow. Evans got pretty stupid at times. So much for those marvelous brains all them professors raved about. Gloria snapped, "Is this that time of the month, Evans?"
There was another blank stare from Evans, a small chuckle from Sirius and a strangled sound escaped Remus. James was surprisingly non-responsive.
"You take that back, White," James said coldly.
Gloria looked nonpulssed, "Well, your girl's acting like a bitch. I'm just wondering if there's something that's going on that would explain her actions," she responded.
"I vote to chuck you out the window," he snapped, his eyes flashing.
"And I second that!" Lily chimed in, two patches of red forming on her cheeks.
Remus stared up at Gloria from his book, wondering what she would do. He looked rather frightened.
Sirius smirked, "I third that," he added.
Gloria's jaw dropped, looking rather shocked. This wasn't good. No, not at all. So, Gloria approached the window, pushing it open. "You know, I'd much rather jump out the window than have a bunch of you chuck me out," she said uneasily. "So, that's what I'll be doing. See you all in a few, mates," she added, crouching on the windowsill. With a wave, Gloria White had jumped out the window.
Remus kept his eyes on his book, though he wasn't reading. Biting down on his lower lip, frantic thoughts ran through his mind. "She actually jumped. Yes, Gloria jumped. That wasn't suicide, was it? What if she lands wrong? What if she lands on something sharp? WHAT IF SHE DIES??" Remus Lupin was officially panicking. He was also the first to speak.
"Do you think she's alright?" he asked quietly.
"I hope so. I mean, the girl's a nutter, but she'd better not go and land herself dead," Sirius replied, running a hand through his hair.
"She's insane," James commented, flicking his hazel gaze to the stain glass window. He heard a faint plop.
"I personally don't care. She should die," Lily said darkly. Of course, she didn't mean a thing she said. Time of the month.
"Don't say that," Sirius snapped.
"Oh come on, Black, I was only joking!"
"Well, its not that funny, Evans!"
"Padfoot, calm down!" James shouted
"Goddammit, Prongs! Don't tell me to calm down! She could be dead! She could've broken her neck!" Sirius cried, looking rather panicked.
Remus and James both paled at the thought of Gloria lying on the ground, all twisted with her neck broken. Lily shuddered.
It seemed like hours and these four had passed the time (which was actually ten minutes) in complete silence. Sirius was pacing, Remus had his eyes focused on his text and James and Lily were just sitting down, expressionless looks plastered on their faces.
The portrait hole opened. Yes. It was Gloria White.
A dripping wet Gloria White.
Stepping closer to them, she managed an uneasy grin, "Fell into the la---" she didn't have a chance to finish, as Sirius wrapped around his arms around her in a very, very, very tight hug. "Umm. alright then?" she muttered, patting Sirius on the back awkwardly. When Sirius finally let go, he realized that everyone in the room was giving him rather odd looks.
"Sorry," he muttered, backing away from Gloria, who still looked rather frightened.
"YOU. IDIOT! YOU COULD'VE DIED! NOW LOOK AT YOU YOU'RE DRIPPING WET! COME SIT BY THE FIRE!" shouted Remus. He looked somewhere between scared and angry. James and Sirius stared at him in disbelief. By this time, Lily had gone up to her dormitory.
"But I---" she protested.
"SIT!" Remus commanded.
Gloria looked rather taken back. "Fine. as you wish. milord," she said sarcastically, walking over and plopping herself in front of the fire.
Sirius glared at Remus, mainly because he shouted at his Gloria. Yes. she was his Gloria, no one else's Gloria. But what made him so sure that Gloria White was his?
Remus shifted in his seat, looking at Sirius uncomfortably. At that moment, Remus fully understood that. Sirius Black, the untamable Sirius Black and given his heart away to an unsuspecting candidate:
Gloria White.
Chapter 1
Time of the Month
Plop. Plop. Plop.
"Oh, bloody hell. I swear, if that.water.plops one more time.I'll-" began the Marauder known as Sirius Black. Not his usual self, the slightest of noises managed to eat away at his nerves. James Potter stared blankly at him, blinking at his friend through his glasses. He ran his hand through his hair, an infamous habit which drove his lady love, the lovely Lily Evans mad. well, actually it just wasn't Lily he drove mad with the rumpling-hair-thing. He drove just about everyone else that spent a lot of time with him mad. The third Marauder, Remus Lupin, didn't even bother looking up from his current literature.
A light slam echoed through the near-empty Gryffindor Common Room as the portrait hole creaked open, then slammed shut. Of course, it was Gloria White, back from yet another detention. The girl already had two cabinets to herself in the caretaker's office. Who knew how long it'd take before she began her third?
"You'll make it stop, we all know what you'll do," she finished. Turning her dark violet eyes on Sirius, her lips curled into a mischievous smirk, "Of course, that's very threatening. Some of us would just close the window," she added.
Sirius stared at her, trying to pretend as if the thought of shutting the window had never crossed him. "White, if that's the way you ask a man to close the window for you, you honestly need to work on it," he retorted, reaching over and pulling the window shut.
Remus finally looked up from his reading, "Well, then, why'd you shut the window then?" he asked quizzically. In the background, a light chuckle was heard from James. Sirius looked furious. Gloria looked amused.
"I didn't do it for her!" Sirius spat. Boy, he was responsive.
"Oh, come on, you know you did!" Gloria teased, tossing her dark chocolate curls.
"Bah, go back to detention!"
"Well, I will tomorrow! Care to join me, Black?"
"Oh, go and do us all a grand favor and jump out the fucking window, White!"
Remus and James exchanged amused glances as Gloria and Sirius shot back and forth. Rather funny how they did this every night. Suddenly, James's attention on Gloria and Sirius was torn away as the woman he cared for the most walked in. The lovely, the beautiful. Lily Evans.
James made a jerky movement as if he wanted to stand, but Lily's sharp emerald optics immediately narrowed. "I've told you a thousand times. NO, Potter," she snapped, collapsing on an armchair far away from the rest of them. James opened his mouth to object, then closed it.
By this time, Gloria and Sirius had stopped arguing, and were standing next to each other in absolute silence. Remus's lips shifted into a grin, "You know, a ring on both of your fingers and you could pass as if you were married," he joked. Oddly enough, he felt a stone drop in his stomach, and he felt a knife twist through him as Gloria turned her dazzling eyes on him. Oh. WHAT THE FUCK WAS HE THINKING? 'Oh, stupid idiot, Remus. STUPID IDIOT. YOU DOLT!!!' he thought bitterly. Gloria turned her eyes on Remus, looking positively disgusted at the thought of ever being with Sirius. in. oh, Merlin, being MARRIED to such a man whore.
"Right. As if that would ever happen," she said icily, looking at Sirius.
Sirius stared blankly at Remus, "What? Are you insane, mate? You'd think I'd want to marry.her? Oi, it's GLORIA, and she's.just." he paused, catching Gloria's eye, raising a brow. "We're.just.too good of friends, aren't we White?" he mumbled.
"Oh, extremely," she replied acidly.
Remus stared at both of them. Sure they were.
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Lily tucked her thin legs under her, her narrowed eyes staring at the fire. Completely oblivious to whatever was going on with the others, she didn't even notice James Potter approaching her.
"Evans?" he asked timidly.
"What?" she barked. Actually, the bark was completely unintentional.
James was immediately discouraged. "Nevermind," he said dully, sitting in a squashy armchair near Lily.
Right then and there, James Potter took a vow that whatever it took to get Lily Evans he'd do it.
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Sitting on a rather comfortable armchair, Gloria eyed Lily, her female senses picking up on Lily's bad mood. Ooh, the things she could do!
Lily stood up to leave, muttering something under her breath.
"Getting visits from an old, unwanted friend, Evans?" Gloria said mockingly, arching a brow. No harm to her comment, Gloria figured.
"Huh?" Lily replied dully, turning blank eyes on Gloria.
Wow. Evans got pretty stupid at times. So much for those marvelous brains all them professors raved about. Gloria snapped, "Is this that time of the month, Evans?"
There was another blank stare from Evans, a small chuckle from Sirius and a strangled sound escaped Remus. James was surprisingly non-responsive.
"You take that back, White," James said coldly.
Gloria looked nonpulssed, "Well, your girl's acting like a bitch. I'm just wondering if there's something that's going on that would explain her actions," she responded.
"I vote to chuck you out the window," he snapped, his eyes flashing.
"And I second that!" Lily chimed in, two patches of red forming on her cheeks.
Remus stared up at Gloria from his book, wondering what she would do. He looked rather frightened.
Sirius smirked, "I third that," he added.
Gloria's jaw dropped, looking rather shocked. This wasn't good. No, not at all. So, Gloria approached the window, pushing it open. "You know, I'd much rather jump out the window than have a bunch of you chuck me out," she said uneasily. "So, that's what I'll be doing. See you all in a few, mates," she added, crouching on the windowsill. With a wave, Gloria White had jumped out the window.
Remus kept his eyes on his book, though he wasn't reading. Biting down on his lower lip, frantic thoughts ran through his mind. "She actually jumped. Yes, Gloria jumped. That wasn't suicide, was it? What if she lands wrong? What if she lands on something sharp? WHAT IF SHE DIES??" Remus Lupin was officially panicking. He was also the first to speak.
"Do you think she's alright?" he asked quietly.
"I hope so. I mean, the girl's a nutter, but she'd better not go and land herself dead," Sirius replied, running a hand through his hair.
"She's insane," James commented, flicking his hazel gaze to the stain glass window. He heard a faint plop.
"I personally don't care. She should die," Lily said darkly. Of course, she didn't mean a thing she said. Time of the month.
"Don't say that," Sirius snapped.
"Oh come on, Black, I was only joking!"
"Well, its not that funny, Evans!"
"Padfoot, calm down!" James shouted
"Goddammit, Prongs! Don't tell me to calm down! She could be dead! She could've broken her neck!" Sirius cried, looking rather panicked.
Remus and James both paled at the thought of Gloria lying on the ground, all twisted with her neck broken. Lily shuddered.
It seemed like hours and these four had passed the time (which was actually ten minutes) in complete silence. Sirius was pacing, Remus had his eyes focused on his text and James and Lily were just sitting down, expressionless looks plastered on their faces.
The portrait hole opened. Yes. It was Gloria White.
A dripping wet Gloria White.
Stepping closer to them, she managed an uneasy grin, "Fell into the la---" she didn't have a chance to finish, as Sirius wrapped around his arms around her in a very, very, very tight hug. "Umm. alright then?" she muttered, patting Sirius on the back awkwardly. When Sirius finally let go, he realized that everyone in the room was giving him rather odd looks.
"Sorry," he muttered, backing away from Gloria, who still looked rather frightened.
"YOU. IDIOT! YOU COULD'VE DIED! NOW LOOK AT YOU YOU'RE DRIPPING WET! COME SIT BY THE FIRE!" shouted Remus. He looked somewhere between scared and angry. James and Sirius stared at him in disbelief. By this time, Lily had gone up to her dormitory.
"But I---" she protested.
"SIT!" Remus commanded.
Gloria looked rather taken back. "Fine. as you wish. milord," she said sarcastically, walking over and plopping herself in front of the fire.
Sirius glared at Remus, mainly because he shouted at his Gloria. Yes. she was his Gloria, no one else's Gloria. But what made him so sure that Gloria White was his?
Remus shifted in his seat, looking at Sirius uncomfortably. At that moment, Remus fully understood that. Sirius Black, the untamable Sirius Black and given his heart away to an unsuspecting candidate:
Gloria White.