Christmas with the Marauders
Chapter 10: The movies
Of course, they were in a very hyper mood after they got off the bus. They all marched straight into the cinema, with Lily in the lead. She and Casey both had trouble even before they went to buy the tickets ... well, that was expeced, they're with the Marauders.
When they were buying their tickets, Sirius suddenly glared at the ticket - man (or whatever you call him). "Why are the posters not moving?" he demanded.
"They're not?" said James.
The guy just looked at them weirdly. Sirius saw a pin hanging from his breast pocket, saying that his name was Tom. "Oi, Tom." he said. "I said, why are those posters not moving?"
Casey stared at him, but he didn't notice. "Sirius, I -"
"I think that we should talk to him before we enter, no?" Lily interrupted Casey hastily, pushing Sirius away from Tom, who was looking at them as if they all suddenly lost their minds.
"Sirius, what in the world do you think you're doing?" said Lily.
Sirius looked at her innocently. Before he had any chance to talk, Casey interrupted him.
"Oh, no. We are not falling for your I'm - so - innocent - I - didn't - know - what - I - was - doing - back - there - please - forgive - me look, Sirius." she said. "You know that those posters do not move."
"No, I - Ok, ok, yes, I did." said Sirius, after Casey gave him a death glare. James and Remus were sniggering behind him. Sirius turned to the both of them. "Some help you two are." he said. "You won't even come and help me here?"
"Immediately, James sprang to his side. "Lily, Casey," he said. "Sirius had no idea that those posters were not going to move. You both have to understand, he is a pureblood wizard afterall."
He said like Lily and Casey know nothing about anything, which made Casey and Lily all the more furious.
"And your point is?" Lily said coldly.
"My point is this:" said James. "Sirius is too dumb to understand the muggle world."
"Yeah, that's - HEY!" said Sirius.
In the end, Sirius and James had a fight a the street with Remus commentating like he usually does in a Quidditch match, and a bunch of kids cheering them on. Casey and Lily gave each other a look of defeat and started cheering with the other kids as well.
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In the end - because they do get tired - no one won. It was a draw. No, it did not end in a bloody mess, but they did get bruises. After all, it was just a friendly wrestling match.
They even got money out of it. Much to their surprise, some kids dropped money for them as a thanks for the entertainment. Sirius and James looked very very pleased with themselves, but Lily and Casey were getting impatient.
"Are we going to each the film or not?" said Lily.
"Yes, we are, we are." said James, putting a hand over her shoulder and they led the way to the ticket booth. Sirius, Remus and Casey gave each other a look and then turned to James and Lily. They were buying the tickets.
Remus could just hear the turning of Sirius' mind. He knows that he's got something cooked up to set up dear James and Lily and Remus was more than happy to play along.
Casey was lookind at the Lily and James and smiled slyly to herself. This is going to be very interesting.
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"Why is it so dark?" said Sirius.
"Because the movie won't show if there's light in here." answered Casey.
"Oh."
"'Oh?' What do you mean by 'oh?'"
"Nothing, nothing."
They found five seats easily and sat quietly for a few minutes. Then the adverts started coming in. It was very long and Sirius was geting impatient.
"When is the movie going to start?"
"In a few minutes." said Lily.
"More like a few hours." James grumbled.
Casey gave an impatient sigh. True, it was long, but she should have known that James and Sirius was going to act like a couple of five year olds, always getting impatient.
Then something happened.
"I lost my necklace!" said Lily. "Where's the usher?"
A man came running toward them.
"Are you the usher?"
"Yes, ma'am. And I suggest you keep your voice down." he said.
"But you're not the usher"
"I am so the usher." he said. "Keep your voice down."
"But my voice is down!"
"Your voice is not down!"
"You're not the usher!"
Casey sighed. "Look, just help us out here."
"What's the matter?"he asked
"I lost my necklace." said Lily
"You lost your necklace?"
"She lost her necklace." provided James.
"It could be anywhere ..." said Sirius.
"Where did you last see it?"said the usher.
"If I knew where it is, I wouldn't have lost it, have I?"
"What are you all on about?" said Remus.
"Lily lost her necklace." said Casey.
"She lost her necklace?"
"I lost my necklace ... somewhere." said Lily.
No one did anything.
"Well?"
"Well what?" said Sirius.
"Help me -"
"Shh ... the film's staring." said Casey.
"Don't worry, Lily." said James. "I'll buy you another one."
"No, it's ok, -"
"I insist."
"Ok."
Casey was sitting next to Sirius, then Remus, then James, then Lily.
"You took the necklace, didn't you?" Casey whispered to Sirius.
Sirius gave her a mischievous grin. "I had to do something. They both look so cute together. Look at them, can't you see it?"
Lily was smiling at James and James was smiling back. It was so obvious now that Casey wondered why she didn't see it before.
"So you're playing match maker now?" she said.
"No," said Sirius, "we're playing match makers."
"We - oh, no, no way. Lily would just get mad at me."
"Please?"
"No."
"Pretty please?"
"No."
"With sugar on top?"
"No."
"With cherries too?"
"N - with chocolate?"
"With chocolate?"
"Fine."
"Cool."
And so after the little begging and pleading had stopped, they watched the movie in peace.
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Did I say peace? I mean pure chaos.
"Who's that guy?" said James.
"The real guy or his role?" said Lily.
"Both?"
"Well, his name's Jackie Chan in real life. He's a muggle Chinese and he's really funny and famous. His character is called Inspector Lee and he's part of the police force."
"Police?" Sirius said to Casey. Casey was explaining the same thing to Sirius.
"Police is like the Aurors in magic"
"Oh,"
"Who's the other guy?" said Remus.
"In real life, his name is Chris Tucker. He's really famous in America and he's a comedian - someone who makes people laugh. In the movie, his name is Carter. He's part of the LAPD."
"LAPD?"
"Los Angeles Police Department, in America."
"oh."
After a bit more explaining about the other characters in the movie, which took a lot of explanation, espescially when it came to the Chineses actors, like Zhang Zhiyi ("why was she casted if she can't speak english? she's pretty though), they were finally able to watch the movie in peace.
For at least, five seconds.
In the movie, there was a bunch of bomb explosions, and Sirius and James and Remus acted like they were part of the movie and they were crying, mourning like Jackie Chan did when he thought that Chris Tucker was dead. (A/N: If you watched the ovie, you'd understand) And then they also acted the fighting scenes between Zhang Zhiyi and Chris Tucker in the end, jumping over chairs and earning a lot of loathing glares from every direction in the room.
Casey and Lily sank to the
floor because of humiliation while our three boys kept running up and down
the cinema shouting bloody murder.
A/N: This isn't as good as my other chapters, but it's a way to get rid of writer's block. Review!
Sirius: Yeah, what she said.
Me: What? What are you doing here?
Sirius: I'm here to complain.
Me: Why?
Sirius: You made me look like a fool.
Me: You are a fool.
Sirius: What was that?
Me: Nothing
James: You!
Me: Me!
James: You!
Sirius: Her!
Casey: Her!
Remus: Stop!
Casey: Why are you guys here anyway?
Remus: Because Sirius and James are compaining.
Lily: About what?
Me: Well, they say that I made them fools.
Casey: But they are fools.
Me: My point exactly.
James: You!
Me: Me!
James: I do not run around a cinema making a fool of myself.
Lily: Yes you do.
Casey: It said so right there, up a few lines.
James and Sirius: Oh, forget it.
Remus: Get on with the next chapter.
Me: Ok!
Lily, Casey, Remus, Sirius and James, and Me: REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimers: I only own Casey,
that's all.