"Been wandering about with Lily Evans have you?" James jumped and turned to find his best friend Sirius Black grinning up at him from his bed.
"Shut it mate. We.. just got into a bit of trouble that's all."
"That's all?" Sirius laughed. "Mate we basically all heard McGonagall screaming at you from the common room. Sneaking out to see Hagrid again? Or maybe to give Snivellus a little more of what he's got coming? And without us? Tut tut mate that's sad." James rolled his eyes as the light in the dormitory flickered on and James found himself facing not only Sirius, but Remus Lupin as well who was grinning madly.
"Oh not you too Remus!" Remus sniggered.
"Or maybe out to snog that pretty girl you talked to this morning at breakfast?" James slapped Sirius upside the head.
"I said shut it. I was just wandering about and Evans decided it'd be smart to follow me, she had it coming, but getting me caught. I promise that girl will be the end of me guys." James sat on his bed cross legged.
"But really James, what were you doing?" Remus inquired, as if he suspected James wasn't telling the entire truth, which he wasn't.
"None of your business Moony. Mate I promise if it was I'd tell you, but it's not so I won't." James slipped into his pajamas and climbed into bed. Sirius came over and sat on his bed cross legged. James couldn't help but laugh.
"You like like a franky first-year schoolgirl Padfoot." Sirius waggled his eyebrows.
"I know you're not telling us something Potter."
"Since when am I 'Potter'?"
"Since you won't tell us the truth." James sighed. His friends, were, his friends, but very prying. He smiled and laid his glasses on his bed and switched off the light. Sirius took out his wand. "Lumos". The room was filled with the light from his wand.
"There are somethings mates, that must be told. Then there are those things that no one can ever know about. This is one of those times, and I, for one, and not telling. It's not like I ask Padfoot to recount the gory details when he's found snogging a girl. And in the name of Merlin's baggiest Y-fronts we all know thats more than one hand."
Remus outright burst into laughter as Sirius knocked James upside the had and clamored back to his bed as with a flick of his wand, the light went out.
"Night Padfoot, Moony." James smiled and turned onto his side as the word in unison came.
"Night Prongs."
"Aww how cute."
"Shut up."
Lily crept into the girl's dorm as quietly as possible and slipped onto her bed.
But not quietly enough.
"Lily Evans where have you been?" Lily sighed as her best friends Molly MacDonald and Alice Frank grinned up at her from their adjacent beds in the newly lit room. Lily rolled her eyes.
"You two, pry too much. Maybe it's none of your business."
"Oh come on Lily, tell us, we could hear you being ratted out by McGonagall. And we might have heard a certain James Potter's name in the conversation."
"James Potter is a git and nothing else. He is an arrogant git. I was simply trying not to get him into bigger trouble than he's already in. And obviously I somehow got mixed up in his sad little endeavors. She took twenty point from each of us you know. Twenty!" The girls gasped and looked horrified at Lily Evans, of all people, having any points taken away. Much less twenty.
Molly stuttered. "T..tw...twenty points? She must be off her rocker!" Alice chimed in.
"Now way she could do that, you never broken a rule like, ever." Lily bit her lip.
"LILLIAN EVANS!" Lily chuckled at the girls shock. "You, haven't really... You just yanking our wands..."
She smiled mischievously. "I wish that was true, but sadly it is not." Molly and Alice came and sat on Lily's bed.
"Come now Lily tell us, did he snog you?" Lily looked disgusted.
"NO way in the namesake of Merlin's saggiest Y-Fronts would I EVER snog James Potter. EVER."
"Oh come on Lily, he's not that bad looking. Give the chap a chance. He could be nice..."
"No. And that's set. No you two don't you dare try to set anything up because I know how and will hex the both of you into oblivion." Lily nodded, her point made. She wanted nothing more to do with James Potter ever again. All he ever did was get her into trouble.
"All he seems to be able to do is get himself into trouble. Severus caught him the other day trying to weasel my Potions essay to copy and he threatened to tell Slughorn. Not that that inarticulate bumble knows anyway I doubt he know the potions he's brewing half the time." The girls giggled at the thought of their blundering Potions Master.
"Beside I don't ask when you two come back in late. And don't think I don't know what you're up to. Molly its obvious you fancy Arthur, and Alice everyone know you and Frank are an item." Lily's companions blushed at the thought of their crushes.
"Come now Lily it's not like we're anything exciting. Now the brilliant and fiery Lily Evans is another flame to be toiled with. Everyone know James fancies you."
"WHAT? HE DOES NOT-"
"SHHH Lily you'll wake the entire dorm!" Molly put a hand over her best friend's mouth which Lilly pushed away laughing.
"I'm tired of everyone's hands seeming to find their way onto my face."
"I thought my hands smelled rather nice thank you."
"Goodnight Molly. Goodnight Alice." The two girls climbed back into bed and with a swish of a wand the light went out.
"But seriously Lily,-"
"Go to bed Molly."
"Night to you too sunshine."
"Goodnight Molly."
