Disclaimer: Hail to Ms. Rowling, creator of all the HP characters. I own zip except for the lovely Skye Martin aaaaaannnnd the plot
A/N: Okay…due to popular demand (yay! You guys actually like my story!)….here's part 2!!!! * claps * Its not as funny as the first one though. neways, this part deals with more on thw Lily/James angle. BTW, thanks to those who pointed out that I made a mistake concerning the canary creams. Yeah…the Weasley twins invented those and NOT James Potter…I'll try to clear that thingy up in this part k? Oh yeah…to understand this story…you REALLY, REALLY have to read the first part. Now….make my day and R/R!!!
Chapter 2
"Potter! Black! Lupin! Evans! Martin! And…er…" Professor McGonagall's tirade was stopped short as she tried to remember the little boy's name.
"Pettigrew, Professor" Peter squeaked nervously
"Er…right. As I was saying…DO ANY OF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MASTER SNAPE'S PREDICAMENT?" she thundered and pointed to the Slytherin table.
All 6 heads turned to look and immediately burst out laughing. Operation Embarrass-And-Annoy-Snape-The-Slimy-Git was a complete success!
The Marauders beamed proudly as they surveyed the damage:
Peter thoughts:
"Yep. That's my handy work…without my wonderful skills of distraction…this wouldn't have been possible (All Peter did was accidentally sneeze on Snape's head as he was passing by the Slytherin table. Needless to say, he got beaten up) Okay girls…come one come all. There's enough of the great marauder Peter Pettigrew to go around."
Lily thoughts:
(between giggles) "I will treasure this moment for the rest of my life!! I think I got a wee bit excited on that shoe levitating charm though…I never meant for him to float upside down! Oh well…so much the better! Eep. Professor McGonagall is glaring at me. Geesh…being Head Girl is a pain in the you-know-what. Aahhh…who cares…detention is worth this any day! (looks around at the rest of the students) Oh ick…half the girls in school are drooling over Potter again. Because of this prank, they're gonna hero-worship him AGAIN"
Remus thoughts:
"Awww…Snape looks ALMOST cute with curly hair. Pity I forgot to make him blond…Oh wait. I don't think all that scalp oil that he has goes well with blond. Ack! Miranda's looking my way (here, Remus reached up and casually patted his hair into place). Oops…false alarm…Anyway, back to good 'ol Snapey!"
Skye thoughts:
"Poor Snapey! Poor, poor boy! NOT! Okay, buddy boy, you got that coming…although I don't think you expected that it would come in the form of floating upside down with curly hair, a beak, a 24 hour itch and a splitting headache from a howler! Ahhh…life is good! Hmmm….we better get planning for Snape's next public…ahhh….spectacle. Oh! And Malfoy's as well…I mean, why not spread the joy? Hehe! I wonder if Sirius has anything plnned (pokes Sirius on the side)"
James thoughts:
"(still chuckling) All in a days work, Snape. This is just the Marauder's way of saying good morning…and beware! I absolutely LOVE being immature! There's plenty of time for the serious stuff in…umm…5 years. My experimental canary creams kinda didn't work as well as I wanted…he was supposed to turn into a canary and not just have a beak. I think I'm gonna give up trying to make this work. I'm not much of an inventor anyway. Oh yuck…why is it that every time I turn around, there always seem to be a group of girls looking like they're ready to marry me or something. Okay conscience…shut up! I know I used to like this adoration….the key word being USED TO…Its absolutely sickening. This completely ruins my morning. However…looks like I'm not the only one on everyone's mind this fine morning. Looks like Lily's admirers are still as captivated as ever…God, why not? Why the hell does Lily have to encourage them by tossing her hair like that? Its not even pretty…its all red….and silky…and….damn! I am not thinking this!"
Sirius thoughts:
(rolling around on the floor in a fit of laughter) "Snape…curly…birdy…floaty…git…ugly…itchy…oily…Snape!"
"DETENTION!" screamed a furious McGonagall.
Sirius immediately sat up, rearranged his face into an angelic smile and draped a casual arm around the Professor. As Sirius was no dwarf, he towered over the professor.
"Awww…Minnie, have a heart. It was only in good fun." He said as he batted his eyelashes in an exaggerated manner. Minerva McGonagall stared stonily at him for a minute or two before sighing resignedly.
"No, Mr. Black. Detention it is. Heaven knows why I even bother. But since you did break the rules YET AGAIN, you will go to Filch this evening for your detention." She sighed resignedly and removed herself from Sirius' arm. "Is that clear?"
"Yes Professor!" chorused the irresponsible Marauders.
*
After breakfast, the group went their separate ways. As there were no classes that day, they were free to spend it as they liked. Remus, Skye and Peter went to the library to finish their homework so that they would be free for the rest of the afternoon. Sirius and James had Quidditch practice while Lily, who had already finished her homework, decided to visit Hagrid.
"So Flame Head, what do you intend to do with those poor slobs following us?" James asked with a jerk of his thumb to the 3 or 4 guys tailing them, looking at Lily with a lovesick expression on their faces.
Lily was jogging along and trying to keep up with Sirius' and James' long legged strides so she had a rather hard time carrying on a conversation with the 2 boys.
"I don't know Four Eyes. Probably the same thing YOU plan on doing with your fan club." Lily retorted, reminding James of the well-known fact that he had dated half the girls in school and it was quite a real possibility that the other half was lusting after him.
James just shrugged.
"You are so mean! All you do is ignore and make fun of them. No wonder you deserve all the crap about being the so-called 'King of Heartbreak'. I mean, don't you ever get tired of hearing day in and day out how you're some big man on campus, how you're the single best captain the Gryffindor Quidditch team ever had and how smart, brave and handsome you are? (here Lily snorted as if to prove she totally disagreed with this)"
"Yeah right. At least I don't lead them on. It really makes me wonder what they see in you when all you do is act bitchy and high and mighty all the time." James snorted.
Lily stopped walking.
James did too and gave her a quick glance. What he saw made him do a double take. Lily's eyes, which a few minutes ago had been snapping with amusement and irritation, were now clouded over with hurt and her chin was thrust forward.
"I…would appreciate it if…you kept your opinions of me to yourself…James." She said slowly and quietly.
James was taken aback. ("Did I actually hurt her feelings…and wait….did she just call me…James?!" thought James incredulously)
"I think you've hurt her feelings." Sirius said, echoing James' thoughts.
"Nah…" James said, trying to sound confident and sauntered towards the Quidditch pitch. Lily just walked away in the other direction, towards Hagrid's hut. Sirius was left standing in the middle.
"Yup. James my man….you're dead." He told the grass and then hurried after his best friend.
*
"Dammit Brown! What kind of flying was that?" he shouted at Arnold Brown, a 6th year as well as the Gryffindor Keeper.
"Sorry Captain Potter!" Arnold rolled his eyes and did a loop to relieve his emotions.
James was being especially crabby during the practice. They had an upcoming match against Ravenclaw and they needed all the practice they could get. He had been looking forward to this afternoon's practice…until that blowup with Evans. From the moment that Lily looked at him as though he had kicked her in the gut, everything had been off color.
"Oy! James! Are you all right?" Sirius flew towards him, quite concerned.
"I'm fine Padfoot. Why shouldn't I be?" he said a little defensively.
"Whatever you say Prongs. Whatever you say." Sirius said, looking doubtful, and flew off to harass Derek Lantern, a 2nd year trainee.
James gave a frustrated growl and whizzed around the field at a devil-may-care speed.
James thoughts:
"There she goes again…overreacting as usual! I didn't really hurt her feelings…did I? I mean…when did she get off being so sensitive? Its an almost unspoken rule between us that nothing we say to each other is actually taken seriously. Doi. Uh-oh. If I don't do something to fix Lily's little…episode…I'm not gonna have any date for the Ball! Wait James…you could ask any girl at Hogwarts. Except…I don't want to. I mean…I don't want to spend the entire night having some doll clinging to my arm. Ahhh…shit. Why
does Lily have to be that way?"
*
Meanwhile, Lily stormed to Hagrid's hut, muttering all the while.
"Stupid Potter. If he thinks he got the better of me, he thought wrong. Hurt my feelings my foot! I am TOTALLY unaffected by what he said. Bitchy indeed! And I certainly don't act high and mighty!"
She didn't notice Hagrid coming up to meet her. (A/N: I am no good at duplicating Hagrid's speech…therefore: I won't. Bear with me please!)
"Whoa there! What are you all worked up about?" asked Rubeus Hagrid, the Hogwarts gamekeeper.
"I'm not worked up!" Lily said a tad bit too defensively.
Hagrid chuckled and invited her inside.
Lily stepped inside and instantly felt a slight lightening of her mood. Being at Hagrid's hut never failed to do that to her. She often came here to get peace. Hagrid understood that.
"Would you like some rock cakes, Lily? Fresh out of the oven they are." He offered her some of his infamous pastries which, according to Sirius, could be used to drill holes into the ground because of their incredible hardness.
"Uh…no thanks."
"So…anything on your mind?"
"Umm…yes…no…er…"
"Out with it girl. You best be telling me what's bothering you. Blest if I ain't done it often enough." Said the kindly gamekeeper. Lily finally gave up and told him about her argument with James.
"Well now. Haven't you and James been at each other's throat since first year?"
"Pretty much. But Hagrid…it just seems different when he said it this time. As soon as he said it…I felt as though he was right…that I AM a bitchy, high and mighty hag."
"He called you a hag?" asked an amused Hagrid.
"No…but he might as well have said it."
"It seems to me Lily…now don't you get mad at me…but it seems to me that you're beginning to care about what James thinks of you."
"Why, of course I do! I mean…technically, he IS my friend."
"I mean, Lily, you care as more that friends." Hagrid's words hung in the air. Lily was silent as she got up.
"Uh…I have to go Hagrid. Thanks for listening to me and for tea." She said rather uncertainly and dashed off.
Hagrid thoughts:
"That girl's got it bad. I wonder how long that has been going on? Shucks…now I feel all emotional…Oh Norbert! Mommy misses you! Hmm…at least the rest of my babies haven't left the nest yet. (he was referring to his Blast-Ended Skrewts and other creepy crawlies). Lily and James…"
*
HOURS LATER…
"Okay. Would anyone mind telling me what's up with those two?" Skye asked as she entered the common room.
Remus looked up from the book he was reading.
"Which two?"
"You know very well who! I mean James and Lily! I met James out in the Hall and he's really spaced out. Meanwhile, Lily-flower over there seems no better." Skye said and indicated Lily, who was sleeping on one of the couches. Her face was troubled in her sleep and she kept muttering incoherent things.
"My dear Skye, its obvious you know nothing about love." Said Sirius with a superior air from his pouf beside the fire.
Skye rolled her eyes.
"Okay. What was their fight about THIS time?"
"Lets just say that in one of their ritual pre-lover's quarrels, James said something that more than hit home. Ever since this morning, they haven't even acknowledged each other's presence" Sirius explained.
Suddenly, James appeared.
"Hi guys." He greeted. His eyes swept the room and briefly rested on a certain red-headed girl before hastily looking elsewhere.
"Hi yourself. What did you say to Lily, Romeo?" demanded Skye. As Lily's best friend, she felt it her duty to clear the matter up as soon as possible.
"Nothing!"
Sirius, Remus and Skye all snorted (A/N:Peter was in the infirmary…don't ask me why)
"Fine! Don't believe me. I'm outta here." James threw up his hands and stalked up to the boys' dormitory.
"Oh that went well." Commented Remus.
Sirius started pacing noisly around the room, much to Remus' annoyance.
"Our two friends are on the outs with each other, right?" he asked
"No duh, Si." Skye said and rolled her eyes.
"I'm trying to reason in a logical manner, Skye. Work with me for a minute."
"Fine…"
"Okay… where was I? Oh yeah. Lily and James aren't speaking to each other at the moment. Reason why? Because of a few barbs that hit their mark. Now…looking at this logically, the said barbs shouldn't have affected our dear friend Lil as much as it did, right?"
"I guess…" Remus mused, wondering where Sirius was headed with this.
Skye thoughts:
"Wow! I've never seen Sirius so…well…serious! Okay fine, fine…not to mention so logical, so analytical, so…wow…"
"Right. And, in case you two haven't noticed, James seems rather shaken up over the fact that Lil has been ignoring him the entire day. So…I'm thinking that James' asking her to the ball and Lil's accepting has more to do with attraction than they let on." Sirius continued.
"Oh come on, Sirius. James and Lily? Sure, we tease them a lot about their liking each other, but that's just it! It's just pointless teasing and nothing more. You can't really think that they like each other in THAT way." Skye exclaimed
"Oh yeah? Then why did James ask Lily to the Ball in the first place? He could have had any girl in school." Sirius challenged
"God only knows the motives of James Potter…but love is definitely NOT one of them." Skye said firmly.
"I don't know, Skye…maybe Sirius' logic is right. ("Gasp! Did I really just say that?!" thought Remus in disbelief) Maybe they DO have more-than-platonic feelings for each other." Remus said slowly.
"Arrgggh! Why does being friends with those two always end up in one big headache!" exclaimed Skye and buried her head in her hands. "I'm going to bed."
"Ooohh! Can I tuck you in?" Sirius leered at her suggestively. Skye whacked him on the head with a pillow though inside, her heart was pounding wildly.
"You are such a pervert, Black!"
"Just doing my job, ma'm. C'mon Moony. Why don't we head up as well. We've got detention first thing in the morning." Said Sirius and tried to drag Remus up the stairs.
"What about Lily?" asked Remus
"As James probably won't appreciate us carrying the love of his life to bed, I think we just better leave her here." Sirius said. He conjured a blanket and covered Lily snugly with it.
As soon as she heard the door to Sirius and Remus' room closing, Lily cracked one eye open. Seeing that no one was around, she sat up and stared into the fire.
"What on earth are they saying? James doesn't care for me. I mean…we're hardly civil to each other these days." She mused aloud.
A/N: Okay…due to popular demand (yay! You guys actually like my story!)….here's part 2!!!! * claps * Its not as funny as the first one though. neways, this part deals with more on thw Lily/James angle. BTW, thanks to those who pointed out that I made a mistake concerning the canary creams. Yeah…the Weasley twins invented those and NOT James Potter…I'll try to clear that thingy up in this part k? Oh yeah…to understand this story…you REALLY, REALLY have to read the first part. Now….make my day and R/R!!!
Chapter 2
"Potter! Black! Lupin! Evans! Martin! And…er…" Professor McGonagall's tirade was stopped short as she tried to remember the little boy's name.
"Pettigrew, Professor" Peter squeaked nervously
"Er…right. As I was saying…DO ANY OF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MASTER SNAPE'S PREDICAMENT?" she thundered and pointed to the Slytherin table.
All 6 heads turned to look and immediately burst out laughing. Operation Embarrass-And-Annoy-Snape-The-Slimy-Git was a complete success!
The Marauders beamed proudly as they surveyed the damage:
Peter thoughts:
"Yep. That's my handy work…without my wonderful skills of distraction…this wouldn't have been possible (All Peter did was accidentally sneeze on Snape's head as he was passing by the Slytherin table. Needless to say, he got beaten up) Okay girls…come one come all. There's enough of the great marauder Peter Pettigrew to go around."
Lily thoughts:
(between giggles) "I will treasure this moment for the rest of my life!! I think I got a wee bit excited on that shoe levitating charm though…I never meant for him to float upside down! Oh well…so much the better! Eep. Professor McGonagall is glaring at me. Geesh…being Head Girl is a pain in the you-know-what. Aahhh…who cares…detention is worth this any day! (looks around at the rest of the students) Oh ick…half the girls in school are drooling over Potter again. Because of this prank, they're gonna hero-worship him AGAIN"
Remus thoughts:
"Awww…Snape looks ALMOST cute with curly hair. Pity I forgot to make him blond…Oh wait. I don't think all that scalp oil that he has goes well with blond. Ack! Miranda's looking my way (here, Remus reached up and casually patted his hair into place). Oops…false alarm…Anyway, back to good 'ol Snapey!"
Skye thoughts:
"Poor Snapey! Poor, poor boy! NOT! Okay, buddy boy, you got that coming…although I don't think you expected that it would come in the form of floating upside down with curly hair, a beak, a 24 hour itch and a splitting headache from a howler! Ahhh…life is good! Hmmm….we better get planning for Snape's next public…ahhh….spectacle. Oh! And Malfoy's as well…I mean, why not spread the joy? Hehe! I wonder if Sirius has anything plnned (pokes Sirius on the side)"
James thoughts:
"(still chuckling) All in a days work, Snape. This is just the Marauder's way of saying good morning…and beware! I absolutely LOVE being immature! There's plenty of time for the serious stuff in…umm…5 years. My experimental canary creams kinda didn't work as well as I wanted…he was supposed to turn into a canary and not just have a beak. I think I'm gonna give up trying to make this work. I'm not much of an inventor anyway. Oh yuck…why is it that every time I turn around, there always seem to be a group of girls looking like they're ready to marry me or something. Okay conscience…shut up! I know I used to like this adoration….the key word being USED TO…Its absolutely sickening. This completely ruins my morning. However…looks like I'm not the only one on everyone's mind this fine morning. Looks like Lily's admirers are still as captivated as ever…God, why not? Why the hell does Lily have to encourage them by tossing her hair like that? Its not even pretty…its all red….and silky…and….damn! I am not thinking this!"
Sirius thoughts:
(rolling around on the floor in a fit of laughter) "Snape…curly…birdy…floaty…git…ugly…itchy…oily…Snape!"
"DETENTION!" screamed a furious McGonagall.
Sirius immediately sat up, rearranged his face into an angelic smile and draped a casual arm around the Professor. As Sirius was no dwarf, he towered over the professor.
"Awww…Minnie, have a heart. It was only in good fun." He said as he batted his eyelashes in an exaggerated manner. Minerva McGonagall stared stonily at him for a minute or two before sighing resignedly.
"No, Mr. Black. Detention it is. Heaven knows why I even bother. But since you did break the rules YET AGAIN, you will go to Filch this evening for your detention." She sighed resignedly and removed herself from Sirius' arm. "Is that clear?"
"Yes Professor!" chorused the irresponsible Marauders.
*
After breakfast, the group went their separate ways. As there were no classes that day, they were free to spend it as they liked. Remus, Skye and Peter went to the library to finish their homework so that they would be free for the rest of the afternoon. Sirius and James had Quidditch practice while Lily, who had already finished her homework, decided to visit Hagrid.
"So Flame Head, what do you intend to do with those poor slobs following us?" James asked with a jerk of his thumb to the 3 or 4 guys tailing them, looking at Lily with a lovesick expression on their faces.
Lily was jogging along and trying to keep up with Sirius' and James' long legged strides so she had a rather hard time carrying on a conversation with the 2 boys.
"I don't know Four Eyes. Probably the same thing YOU plan on doing with your fan club." Lily retorted, reminding James of the well-known fact that he had dated half the girls in school and it was quite a real possibility that the other half was lusting after him.
James just shrugged.
"You are so mean! All you do is ignore and make fun of them. No wonder you deserve all the crap about being the so-called 'King of Heartbreak'. I mean, don't you ever get tired of hearing day in and day out how you're some big man on campus, how you're the single best captain the Gryffindor Quidditch team ever had and how smart, brave and handsome you are? (here Lily snorted as if to prove she totally disagreed with this)"
"Yeah right. At least I don't lead them on. It really makes me wonder what they see in you when all you do is act bitchy and high and mighty all the time." James snorted.
Lily stopped walking.
James did too and gave her a quick glance. What he saw made him do a double take. Lily's eyes, which a few minutes ago had been snapping with amusement and irritation, were now clouded over with hurt and her chin was thrust forward.
"I…would appreciate it if…you kept your opinions of me to yourself…James." She said slowly and quietly.
James was taken aback. ("Did I actually hurt her feelings…and wait….did she just call me…James?!" thought James incredulously)
"I think you've hurt her feelings." Sirius said, echoing James' thoughts.
"Nah…" James said, trying to sound confident and sauntered towards the Quidditch pitch. Lily just walked away in the other direction, towards Hagrid's hut. Sirius was left standing in the middle.
"Yup. James my man….you're dead." He told the grass and then hurried after his best friend.
*
"Dammit Brown! What kind of flying was that?" he shouted at Arnold Brown, a 6th year as well as the Gryffindor Keeper.
"Sorry Captain Potter!" Arnold rolled his eyes and did a loop to relieve his emotions.
James was being especially crabby during the practice. They had an upcoming match against Ravenclaw and they needed all the practice they could get. He had been looking forward to this afternoon's practice…until that blowup with Evans. From the moment that Lily looked at him as though he had kicked her in the gut, everything had been off color.
"Oy! James! Are you all right?" Sirius flew towards him, quite concerned.
"I'm fine Padfoot. Why shouldn't I be?" he said a little defensively.
"Whatever you say Prongs. Whatever you say." Sirius said, looking doubtful, and flew off to harass Derek Lantern, a 2nd year trainee.
James gave a frustrated growl and whizzed around the field at a devil-may-care speed.
James thoughts:
"There she goes again…overreacting as usual! I didn't really hurt her feelings…did I? I mean…when did she get off being so sensitive? Its an almost unspoken rule between us that nothing we say to each other is actually taken seriously. Doi. Uh-oh. If I don't do something to fix Lily's little…episode…I'm not gonna have any date for the Ball! Wait James…you could ask any girl at Hogwarts. Except…I don't want to. I mean…I don't want to spend the entire night having some doll clinging to my arm. Ahhh…shit. Why
does Lily have to be that way?"
*
Meanwhile, Lily stormed to Hagrid's hut, muttering all the while.
"Stupid Potter. If he thinks he got the better of me, he thought wrong. Hurt my feelings my foot! I am TOTALLY unaffected by what he said. Bitchy indeed! And I certainly don't act high and mighty!"
She didn't notice Hagrid coming up to meet her. (A/N: I am no good at duplicating Hagrid's speech…therefore: I won't. Bear with me please!)
"Whoa there! What are you all worked up about?" asked Rubeus Hagrid, the Hogwarts gamekeeper.
"I'm not worked up!" Lily said a tad bit too defensively.
Hagrid chuckled and invited her inside.
Lily stepped inside and instantly felt a slight lightening of her mood. Being at Hagrid's hut never failed to do that to her. She often came here to get peace. Hagrid understood that.
"Would you like some rock cakes, Lily? Fresh out of the oven they are." He offered her some of his infamous pastries which, according to Sirius, could be used to drill holes into the ground because of their incredible hardness.
"Uh…no thanks."
"So…anything on your mind?"
"Umm…yes…no…er…"
"Out with it girl. You best be telling me what's bothering you. Blest if I ain't done it often enough." Said the kindly gamekeeper. Lily finally gave up and told him about her argument with James.
"Well now. Haven't you and James been at each other's throat since first year?"
"Pretty much. But Hagrid…it just seems different when he said it this time. As soon as he said it…I felt as though he was right…that I AM a bitchy, high and mighty hag."
"He called you a hag?" asked an amused Hagrid.
"No…but he might as well have said it."
"It seems to me Lily…now don't you get mad at me…but it seems to me that you're beginning to care about what James thinks of you."
"Why, of course I do! I mean…technically, he IS my friend."
"I mean, Lily, you care as more that friends." Hagrid's words hung in the air. Lily was silent as she got up.
"Uh…I have to go Hagrid. Thanks for listening to me and for tea." She said rather uncertainly and dashed off.
Hagrid thoughts:
"That girl's got it bad. I wonder how long that has been going on? Shucks…now I feel all emotional…Oh Norbert! Mommy misses you! Hmm…at least the rest of my babies haven't left the nest yet. (he was referring to his Blast-Ended Skrewts and other creepy crawlies). Lily and James…"
*
HOURS LATER…
"Okay. Would anyone mind telling me what's up with those two?" Skye asked as she entered the common room.
Remus looked up from the book he was reading.
"Which two?"
"You know very well who! I mean James and Lily! I met James out in the Hall and he's really spaced out. Meanwhile, Lily-flower over there seems no better." Skye said and indicated Lily, who was sleeping on one of the couches. Her face was troubled in her sleep and she kept muttering incoherent things.
"My dear Skye, its obvious you know nothing about love." Said Sirius with a superior air from his pouf beside the fire.
Skye rolled her eyes.
"Okay. What was their fight about THIS time?"
"Lets just say that in one of their ritual pre-lover's quarrels, James said something that more than hit home. Ever since this morning, they haven't even acknowledged each other's presence" Sirius explained.
Suddenly, James appeared.
"Hi guys." He greeted. His eyes swept the room and briefly rested on a certain red-headed girl before hastily looking elsewhere.
"Hi yourself. What did you say to Lily, Romeo?" demanded Skye. As Lily's best friend, she felt it her duty to clear the matter up as soon as possible.
"Nothing!"
Sirius, Remus and Skye all snorted (A/N:Peter was in the infirmary…don't ask me why)
"Fine! Don't believe me. I'm outta here." James threw up his hands and stalked up to the boys' dormitory.
"Oh that went well." Commented Remus.
Sirius started pacing noisly around the room, much to Remus' annoyance.
"Our two friends are on the outs with each other, right?" he asked
"No duh, Si." Skye said and rolled her eyes.
"I'm trying to reason in a logical manner, Skye. Work with me for a minute."
"Fine…"
"Okay… where was I? Oh yeah. Lily and James aren't speaking to each other at the moment. Reason why? Because of a few barbs that hit their mark. Now…looking at this logically, the said barbs shouldn't have affected our dear friend Lil as much as it did, right?"
"I guess…" Remus mused, wondering where Sirius was headed with this.
Skye thoughts:
"Wow! I've never seen Sirius so…well…serious! Okay fine, fine…not to mention so logical, so analytical, so…wow…"
"Right. And, in case you two haven't noticed, James seems rather shaken up over the fact that Lil has been ignoring him the entire day. So…I'm thinking that James' asking her to the ball and Lil's accepting has more to do with attraction than they let on." Sirius continued.
"Oh come on, Sirius. James and Lily? Sure, we tease them a lot about their liking each other, but that's just it! It's just pointless teasing and nothing more. You can't really think that they like each other in THAT way." Skye exclaimed
"Oh yeah? Then why did James ask Lily to the Ball in the first place? He could have had any girl in school." Sirius challenged
"God only knows the motives of James Potter…but love is definitely NOT one of them." Skye said firmly.
"I don't know, Skye…maybe Sirius' logic is right. ("Gasp! Did I really just say that?!" thought Remus in disbelief) Maybe they DO have more-than-platonic feelings for each other." Remus said slowly.
"Arrgggh! Why does being friends with those two always end up in one big headache!" exclaimed Skye and buried her head in her hands. "I'm going to bed."
"Ooohh! Can I tuck you in?" Sirius leered at her suggestively. Skye whacked him on the head with a pillow though inside, her heart was pounding wildly.
"You are such a pervert, Black!"
"Just doing my job, ma'm. C'mon Moony. Why don't we head up as well. We've got detention first thing in the morning." Said Sirius and tried to drag Remus up the stairs.
"What about Lily?" asked Remus
"As James probably won't appreciate us carrying the love of his life to bed, I think we just better leave her here." Sirius said. He conjured a blanket and covered Lily snugly with it.
As soon as she heard the door to Sirius and Remus' room closing, Lily cracked one eye open. Seeing that no one was around, she sat up and stared into the fire.
"What on earth are they saying? James doesn't care for me. I mean…we're hardly civil to each other these days." She mused aloud.