October 11 – Sirius
"It was as far as I could go" (for KaseyO)
Lily Evans took class the most seriously. James Potter took Lily Evans the most seriously. I like to maintain that no one should take anything more seriously than I do, because it's my name. The solution, then, was to annoy both James and Lily. I try every day, of course, but I will never top History of Magic, last May.
"Psst. Evans." I hit her in the back of the head with a ball of parchment, and James, next to me sniggered. "You're not actually taking notes are you?"
"Some of us actually care about our futures. Once more parchment ball, Black, and you'll be without yours." Now it was Alice Thomas' turn to snigger, and James snorted very unflatteringly.
"Why would you ever need History of Magic when you can make a great living elsewhere Lilyflower?" I trailed off as suggestively as I could, waggling my eyebrows at her when she whipped around to glare at me.
"Shut up." She snapped, turning back around.
"I'm just saying," I drawled, pulling my words out as long as I could. "You would look hot in Warlock Quarterly. Wearing nothing but the hair." I could actually feel her glaring, even though she didn't turn around. The back of her neck got really red. James shifted uncomfortably.
"You could get discovered anywhere really. One shoot, 'Hogwarts Grads,' and you'd be famous. Centerfold in no time. Witch of the Month. December, of course, wearing a little bit of holly and looking very festive. From there you'd be unstoppable. Seen eventually with the Minister of Magic himself. People would speculate about your magic." I wigged my eyebrows at James now, who was glaring at me. "Of course, you would then settle down with some Quidditch player and have lots of hot…" I didn't get to the word "children" before Lily literally knocked me out of my chair with a Bat-Bogey Hex, just as James was drawing his wand. Alice was doubled over in laughter and Binns hardly flinched when Remus announced that he was taking me to the Hospital Wing, because I had been overcome by a lethal bout of stupid. The key to annoying one's friends is finding the fine line between being vexing and being suicidal. And James took Lily very seriously.
