The week passed by quickly, and before anybody knew it, it was Friday morning. The sky was clear, birds were singing, Lily Evans was having Potter-free dreams, and the entire Griffindor Tower were about to be awakened.
"MY HAIR! MY HAIR! IT'S... IT'S..." May fell on her bed crying.
April ran out of the bathroom, having woken up early to do her makeup. Her jaw dropped when she saw May's hair. It was green. It was knotted. It was in a ball on the back of her head. "Oh my god..." She said, grabbing her wand and pulling May into her lap, starting to do hair charms.
"It's hideous! My hair! I have to meet Remus after supper today! I can't look like this!" May sobbed.
"Shhh, hon. It'll be black, long and beautiful again when I'm done with it," April said, soothing her sister. "Supper's hours away. There's still Breakfast, classes, Lunch, and more classes before you meet him."
"Wha-what if he sees me before it's normal again?" May sniffled, wiping a tear.
"Before what's normal?" Alice asked, emerging from her bed, grabbing some robes from her trunk, heading to the bathroom.
"Her hair!" April shouted, even though Alice had turned on the shower.
Alice came back out, toweling her hair, twenty minutes later. Lily got up, and without looking at April or May, dove for the bathroom, screaming "SCORE!" when she closed the door.
"What about her hair?" Alice asked, looking for her wand. Looking up, her jaw dropped.
"What?" May asked.
April sighed. "What, Alice? You're going to catch flies if you don't close your mouth."
Alice, shaking, picked up a mirror and handed it to April.
Whoever wasn't awake by the first shriek, was now awake by the second.
"EEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKK! MY HAIR! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH MY HAIR? IT LOOKS LIKE MAY'S!" April screamed, nearly in hysterics.
May hugged her sister, who, being the self-concious fashionista she is, collasped into tears in her sister's arms and was crying like a two-year old who had just lost their teddy bear.
Alice was shaking. What the hell had happened while she was in the shower? Grabbing her wand, she knelt by April and had begun to fix her hair.
April had lost it. First her baby sister, the youngest of the triplets, but now her? "This is horrible!" she blubbered.
Alice soothed her. "Don't worry. There's an hour left till breakfast."
Fifteen minutes later, Lily walked out, feeling like a model. Until she saw Alice, April, and May. Her eyes flashed, and she growled, "Potter."
Alice looked up, and guessed what had happened. "My hair...?"
Lily nodded.
Alice's face fell. Hugging her knees, she leaned against the two triplets.
Lily's eyes lit up with an idea. "It's the shampoo!"
"What?" April asked.
"May showered last night, and this morning she woke up with it. You showered early, so you got it next. Then Alice, and soon me!" Lily said happily.
"Why're you happy about this?" May asked angrily.
"BeCAUSE, we can strike back!" Lily said even more happily.
May's face fell. "Why would Remus do this?"
Lily shrugged. "He's a Marauder. Need any other reason? Now, if you excuse me, I need to get revenge." Grabbing the bottle, she ran out of the room.
Not a minute after she left, three first-year girls were at the door.
"DO YOU MIND? I HAD TO GET UP EARLY!" Charlie screamed.
"WE HAVE LIVES TOO, YOU KNOW!" Juliet shouted.
"By the way, I wouldnt go down to the common room for a while." Annie said, un-interested in her friend's complaints.
All the girls turned to look at her.
"Why not?" April asked, rubbing May's shoulder.
"Remus slugged Si because of some prank, and they started a fist-fight." Annie said.
"Why did Remus slug Sirius?" May asked, quietly.
"Sirius told Remus they were planning to prank the Slytherins, but it turns out, he lied. Lily told Remus that you guy's hair was green and knotty... Remus snapped. He started screaming at Sirius and last I saw, Remus was trying to beat the shit out of Sirius when he told him that he pranked you."
May's face lit up with a smile, and skipped out of the room.
oOoOoOoOo
Remus walked alone to Potions. He skipped breakfast, knowing Sirius would apologize and May would most likely slap him, along with Alice and April. He rubbed his cheek, where he had hit his head when James and Peter pulled him off Sirius. 'Why did this have to happen TODAY, of all days?' he thought. 'The day where I tell May everything... I give up.'
Kicking a wall, he said to himself, "Love stinks."
"You love her?" A voice said from behind him.
Turning, he saw Sirius still bore his black eye and bruise on his cheekbone. "I swear man, I didn't know... we were just testing it, see... I'm so sorry... but I swear I didn't mean for it to affect May!"
"Who, then?" Remus asked, slightly peeved Sirius followed him.
"April. She told a bunch of third-years I'm gay!"
"Sirius, do you care that much about your reputation?"
"Yes, I do!"
"You're unbelievable." Rolling his eyes, Remus went back to walking. Sirius followed him.
"Remus, May was asking for you at breakfast." Sirius said after a few minutes of awkward silence.
"Probably to slap me."
"She says that she wants to talk to you."
"Probably to slap me."
"Judging by the look in her eyes, she wants something very different."
"Probably to kill me." Reaching the Potions doors, he sighed.
"Do you care about this bird THAT much?"
"Sirius, I think I love her!"
"You're worse then James."
"How is he worse then ME?" James said, running up to the two, Peter behind him.
"Lily hates your guts and you still ask her out?" Peter guessed.
"Don't remind me." James groaned.
"Something happen at breakfast?" Remus asked, slightly worried.
James pointed to a large red handprint on his cheek.
"Ouch."
James put his arm around Remus. "We're in the same boat, my friend."
Peter scoffed. "No, he actually has a chance."
oOoOoOoOo
It was evident to everybody in Remus' classes how paranoid he was. When June walked up to him in Potions to borrow his silver knife, he squeaked and handed it to her. When she went to sit next to May, she looked up and smiled at Remus. Remus nearly went insane trying to figure out what the smile meant.
"He looks like he's about to snap." Lily said.
"June, what did you say to him?" May asked, turning away from Remus.
"It wasn't me, I swear!" June said defensively.
"Maybe skipping breakfast wasn't such a good idea for him." May said, a little sad.
Later, in Herbology, where Remus was partnered with Alice, he was jumpy the entire time.
"Remus, can you open the stump for me? I forgot to grab some of the roots on the inside..." Alice asked, head in book.
"Sure Alice, anything you want! Is this good! Do you need it wider? How bout now?" Remus asked, voice nearly an ocave higher then usual.
"That's... fine..." Alice said, slightly creeped out.
"He looks so scared!" May said, nearly having her Shooting Stump fire a goo that makes people erupt into itchy hives.
Lily rolled her eyes, and went back to collecting the roots. "I don't see why you're so fussed. You're still meeting after dinner, right?"
May's faced paled. "Are we? Oh my god- What if he doesn't show?"
"Breathe, May. Deep breaths. Come on." Lily coached. "You can do it."
A few spots away, James and Sirius were watching, a little weirded out.
"Why is Remus talking like that? She's not going to kill him or anything." James asked.
"You'd be surprised on what he thinks." Sirius muttered, and continued to prod his stump with a large stick.
"I'm going to go ask Evans." James said, and left. He returned a minute later, rubbing his cheek.
"What did you do now?" Sirius asked, sceptical on James' views of the 'I hate you' dilema.
"I asked her if I could talk to her. She said no, sent me an evil look. I asked her why Remus was so jumpy. She asked me why I don't go curl up in a hole and die. I told her if I did that, She would be without a husband in the future years. She slapped me."
"You're so clueless."
"I don't care."
"I take what I said before, you're worse then Remus." Sirius retorted.
"Well maybe he is better with girls then you and me!" James spat.
"No way, Jamie. Remus is NOT better with girls then us. He just KNOWS what to say and what to do. Tip Numero Uno, Do NOT suggest going on a date, marriage, and children every time you see the object of your affections!"
"Okay, don't be advising me on how to talk to girls. You have a hickey and it's barely a week since school started. Besides, she mesmerizes me... it all just sort of, slips out." James sighed. "Do I even have a chance?"
Peter and Frank, who were walking to Proffesor Sprout with their roots, burst out laughing.
oOoOoOoOo
"This is plain ridiculous! He won't even look at me!" May complained in Transfiguration. She looked at the porcupine she was supposed to turn into a pincushion with disdain.
"Here's a tip: Grow a backbone! Leave him a note! I don't care! Just stop talking about him!" Sirius, May's partner, groaned. "He's my best mate, and him worrying about you and James obsessed with Lily is driving me NUTS!"
May was taken aback. "Does he still want to meet me?"
"Blimey, Zelan, you're supposed to be the smart one!" Sirius cried, earning him a sharp jab from his porcupine.
"He's going?"
"Yes! So shut up, and concentrate, supper's right after this class and I'm starving!"
Thankfully, before May could retort, the bell rang. Grabbing her books, she stormed out of the class, upset by what Sirius had said. "You're supposed to be the smart one... what is that supposed to mean... 'Shut up and concentrate'..." She turned into an empty corridor and hid against the wall, where nobody could see her cry. The curse of being misunderstood is being sensitive.
"Hey, baby. Where's your friends?" a voice sneered.
May opened her eyes to see Andrew Douglas, of Hufflepuff staring at her.
"Go away, Douglas." She muttered.
"No, baby, I don't think so. Comforting pretty girls in distress is what I do best." He winked, and started walking towards her. Grabbing her arm, he whispered in her ear, "Why don't you ditch that loser Lupin for a real man?"
Trying to get out of his grip, she said, "I said, Go away. I don't need comforting from somebody like you!"
"Aw, babe, why not? I can offer a shoulder to cry on, a bed to sleep on, and more." Leaning in, he spoke in her ear, "You don't need a sensitive guy, sweetheart, you need a man, with experience."
May's eyes widened in fear. 'Where the hell is everybody? Why don't I hear anything? What's going to happen?' she thought, panicked. 'I'm only fourteen, for christ's sake!'
"L..leave me alone!" She screamed, and jerked out of his grip. She ran right into somebody else.
"You heard her, leave her alone." A dark voice growled.
"Aw, Lupin, always coming to save the day. But she doesnt need rescuing. She needs some excitement. I can offer her that." Andrew sneered.
"Yes, she needs some excitement. Is that why she's scared? Is that why she was telling you to go away?" Remus snarled. "Leave us alone. Got that?"
"Nah, how about you just stay put, and me and May can go somewhere? Locomotor Mortis!"
"Protego!"
After a moment, Remus said, "C'mon May, let's go."
Casting a glance back, she saw Andrew trying to run after them, but only succeding in falling on his arse.
"Why were you alone with Douglas?" Remus asked, spitting out the last word with hatred oozing off it.
"I... I was trying to be alone... I guess he followed me." May shivered.
"Why didn't you do anything?" He asked, eyes full of concern.
"Because I was scared..." May bit her lip.
"Do you want to go to Hogsmeade with me on Halloween?"
"What?" May froze.
Remus blushed, and rubbed the back of his neck. "Want to go to the lake?"
"I have a better idea..." May said, grinning, and thinking, 'April would be proud.'
Remus blanked. "What?"
May grabbed his hand and pulled him into a broom closet.
oOoOoOoOo
"Have you guys seen May anywhere? As far as I knew, she was going to the Lake AFTER dinner." April asked Sirius, James and Peter at dinner, with Lily behind her.
Peter shook his head. "Where's Alice?"
Lily rolled her eyes, and said, "With Frank, most likely in a broom closet."
James looked up at Lily. "Say Evans, how 'bout we take a page out of their book, eh?"
"No. Shod off." Lily walked away, and sat down next to Owen and Annie, who looked at her a little oddly.
Sirius laughed, and brought out a pad of paper. "Strike one down for rejected!"
April shot Sirius a look.
"What?" He asked.
"You made my hair GREEN!"
"It's back to black! That's good, isn't it?""
"BUT IT WAS GREEN! GREEN!"
James coughed. "So, have you seen Remus?"
April turned from Sirius to look at James. "No. What if..."
While April was contemplating things, Andrew Douglas burst through the Great Hall doors and hopped over to the Hufflepuff table, and sat down next to June.
"Last time I saw Remus he was swearing about Douglas and followed him. Maybe we should ask Douglas where Remus is." Peter offered.
"Good idea. OI! JUNE!" Sirius shouted. "GET OVER HERE!"
"Mr. Black, please refrain from shouting." Reprimanded McGonagall.
"Yes, Proffesor." Sirius chorused.
"Sirius, what do you want?" June hissed, sitting next to Sirius.
"Did Douglas say anything about Remus or May?"
"Something about how Remus jinxed him and ruined his booty call, but nothing else. Why?"
"We havent seen May. Or Remus." April answered.
Alice and Frank burst into the Great Hall.
"Ohmigosh!" Alice exclaimed when she got to the group, Frank behind her.
"What?" James asked.
"We were looking for a broom closet, and.. and.." Alice was overcome by a fit of giggles.
"We basically burst in on Remus and May, liplocked, doing some serious snogging." Frank finished.
"I knew it!" Sirius jumped up.
"No you didn't," April said, pulling him down.
"Well I did in my mind." He defended.
"You don't have a mind."
An iniside look to chapter four!
"Miss Zelan, please come with me." Proffesor McGonagall said, poking her head through the door.
"Why?" April asked. "I didn't do anything!"
"Lily, why do you hate me?" James pleaded.
"Because you're an arrogant toerag!" She shouted, and stormed up the stairs to the Girl's dormitories.
"But... but... I..."
And there you have it!