Yup, my writer's block is finally gone! I'm hoping this story will end up about 5 chapters. The chapters will be kind of short, but will most likely end up all tking place in one day. Please read, enjoy and review!
Diclaminer: J.K.R. owns it all. What she doesn't, she can have.
"Admit it." Lily jumped at the sudden interruption to her nightly study session. She looked up to see her close friend Leila, blonde veela, Gryffindor Chaser and prankster extradoinaire. "Admit what?" Lily asked, confused. Leila grinned. "Admit you fancy James, of course!"
Lily simply gaped at her, speechless. "Wondering how I found out when you've been pulling the wool over everyone's eyes all these years?" Leila asked, still grinning. Lily found her voice.
"Why in the name of Merlin almighty", she began in a dangerous whisper, "do you find it possible to think that I have the slightest bit of feelings towards JAMES BLOODY POTTER!" At that, Lily jumped up and stomped over to the blonde.
Although anyone in their right mind would have clamped their mouth shut at the look on Lily's face, Leila, being either very brave or simply very stupid, only smirked. "Knew it." She said with satisfaction.
Lily stared at her. "Well, your explosive reaction proves my theory 100 percent. If you didn't fancy him, you would've simply said so. Instead, you start screaming and jumping around. It's the three D's: defensive, defiant and denial. Since you overreacted when I asked you if you fancy him, you, obviously, fancy him. It's common sense, really."
Again, Lily's jaw dropped. Although Leila was one of the top witches in the 7th year, Lily had to admit that she had never expected something so...well thought out from someone who spent her free time with the Marauders.
However, she shook these thoughts from her head and glared into Leila's golden eyes. "I do not fancy him!" Leila smiled. "Oh, really, then?" She stood on her toes and smiffed the air. "Do you smell that, Lily? Smells like a bet."
Lily glared at Leila suspiciously. "I bet you that you can't spend go on date with James without falling in love with him." Lily gawked at her. "One date?" She asked. Leila nodded. "One date and one date only."
Lily thought it over for a moment. One date with the fat-headed prat and Leila was off her case for good about fancying him. Besides, she could make her side of the bet something good. "And if I do fall in love with him, which will never happen, then what?" Lily asked.
Leila thought for a moment, then spoke. "10 galleons on both sides." Lily grinned. She could lose Potter and Leila, and earn 10 galleons of Leila's money doing it! This was going to be a piece of cake.
An hour later, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter were sitting in the 7th year Gryffindor boy's dorm, talking about women. "Why does she hate me?" James groaned from his bed.
"Well, let's look at the facts. Today, she called you a prat, a pigheaded bully, a conceited prat, a dead bug on the windshield of her life, (hatever a windshield is) a stupid, conceited prat, a wanker, and, my personal favorite, a fat-headed, stupid, conceited prat. Clever, isn't she?" Of course, Sirius thought his own joke was hilarious. His bark-like laughter filled the room.
James rolled over on his bed to glare coldly at his friend. "Just because you've snogged every girl at Hogwarts doesn't mean that you can be a prat to me." Sirius stopped laughing. "Sadly, I have not snogged every girl. I'm working on it, though." He gave a melodramatic sigh.
Remus looked up at them from the spot on the floor from which he was tutoring Wormtail in Astronomy ("No, Peter, the moon is not made of blue cheese."). "What girl haven't you snogged?" He asked curiously. "Just one, besides Evans, of course." Sirius replied. "I haven't snogged Leila."
"And, believe me, it's going to stay that way." A feminine voice from the doorway caused all of the boys to jump and turn to see Leila leaning against the doorframe, one eyebrow raised and her arms crossed across her chest. Sirius smirked. "Love you too, babe."
Ignoring him, Leila strode over to James. "Listen, mate. I've gotten you a once-in-a-lifetime chance with Lily." James sat up quickly, his eyes wide. "What?" "Don't ask why, but she's going to be with you this Hogsmeade weekend. All you have to do is ask her. Just go with it and act surprised that she finally said yes. I need you to promise me something, though: no bullying Snivellus, no being arrogant, and absolutely NO bragging." James nodded.
Then he jumped up and raced towards the door, grabbing a cloak and piece of parchment off a chair as he left, shouting "Bloody Merlin, I've got to get ready!" Leila rolled her eyes and collapsed on the floor beside Remus, stretching like a cat. Sirius jumped off his bed and walked up behind her.
"So, Leila, about that snog…" Leila stood up and kicked him in the crotch, then spun on her heel and left. Remus and Peter rolled on the floor with laughter as Sirius squealed like a 1st year and fell over. Sirius sat up, panting. "She so wants me." Remus wiped his eyes. "Yup, she's absolutely pining for you." Sirius let out a pitiful moan and fell backwards onto the clothes-covered floor.