Sirius POV:

Sirius watched his new friend, Jayce, as she browsed through Gambol and Japes like an excited kid. She had dragged him into three clothing stores and made him wait while she and her friend, Gen, tried on clothes. He's not really sure why he stayed. Normally, he wouldn't, but there was something different about Jayce.

First, she didn't seem fazed by his charms. Second, she insulted his mother, and anyone who can insult his mother and live to tell the tale is a hero in his books. Third, she was hilarious. While they where clothes shopping, Jayce would put on ridiculous fashion shows for him. She would come out completely mismatched and make funny faces as she struck equally funny poses. At one point, Jayce had Sirius rolling around on the floor. The store manager was not too happy with them and kicked them out shrieking, "I don't have time to deal with unmanageable little brats!" Him and Jayce had a heyday about that. Gen scolded them, but Sirius detected a small smile.

Jayce and Gen were a strange pair, Sirius thought. One wouldn't naturally put them together has friends. Jayce was tall, tan, had light brown hair and blue eyes that looked gray at times; her hair fell a few inches below her shoulders. Gen, on the other hand, was short, pale with lots of little freckles, had chocolate-brown hair that fell in waves down her back and big, bright blue eyes.

It wasn't just their physical appearance, though. Their personalities were very different as well, but they balanced each other out.

Coming to Gambol and Japes joke shop was Sirius' choice. He demanded it after having had to endure the torture of clothes shopping. When he told them he was taking them to a joke shop, Jayce got really excited and started bouncing on the balls of her feet. Gen looked on in horror. She started protesting saying that she would rather die than step into a joke shop with the likes of Sirius and Jayce.

He was sure Gen was going to get her way, she was protesting so much, but Jayce calmly shut her up. Jayce just shrugged and said, "Fine, you don't have to go. You can stay here all alone surrounded by strange people in a not-so-familiar place. Did I mention you would be all alone?"

Gen stubbornly held her ground.

Jayce raised an amused eyebrow, shrugged, and stated, "Suit yourself."

She grabbed Sirius by the arm and started walking away. Gen caught up with them before they even took five steps.

Jayce didn't say a word; she just smirked at her friend who glowered back. They were such an amusing pair, Sirius smiled to himself.

Sirius looked on with great amusement as Jayce picked up a toy curiously before grinning. She then turned and tapped her best friend on the shoulder. Gen eyed Jayce warily. She didn't trust Jayce, and she shouldn't. He had used that particular prank toy in many pranks (mostly Remus because it was just so funny to watch his face get all red). It was black with fancy runes and strange images all over. It was quite the interesting little box, which made it immediately suspicious.

Gen gingerly took the box-like toy from Jayce, who grinned like the Cheshire cat. Sirius waited in suspense. Gen shook it trying to figure out what it did.

"Jayce, come on. What does it do? Just tell me," Gen sighed.

Jayce shook her head. "Nope. You have to figure it out yourself."

"I could just go and look at the display," Gen replied sounding eerily like Remus.

"But that's cheating!" Jayce sulked. Gen rolled her eyes and continued to play with the toy.

"Gah! Gen, it opens. It has a lid. Take it off!" Jayce muttered impatiently.

Gen glared at Jayce but pulled the lid off. Suddenly, a loud, blaring noise blasted Gen in the face. She dropped the intricate little box in shock. When the toy hit the ground, green goop shot out spraying Gen in the face.

"Aahh!" Gen cried as she tried to wipe the goop off her face.

Jayce laughed so hard she had to lean against the wall for support. Gen sent a death glare at Jayce who didn't seemed at all fazed. If anything, she laughed harder.

"Isn't that a great prank toy? See, it does what the victim worse expects. Meaning, that was the worse thing you expected me to do to you. It works of the imagination of its beholder," Jayce explained between bouts of laughter.

Gen's glare intensified. She started to reach towards some of the other prank merchandise. Jayce's eyes widened, and she bolted for the door. She grabbed Sirius and pulled him out with her.

"Come on, Sirius. We can wait for her over here across the street. She won't be able to get us with any of that stuff out here."

"Unless she buys it," he remarked.

Jayce chortled, "Crooks? Buying joke products? That's funny! She wouldn't know what to do with it. I'm probably the only one she would even consider pranking. She's too kind and sensitive to other's feelings."

"Really?"

"Really. Oh, here she comes."

Jayce didn't seem the least bit worried that Gen was marching over looking like she wanted to kill someone. No, Jayce was smiling like a mad woman.

"Gen, I got you some peanut butter chocolate," Jayce offered innocently before Gen could get in a word edgewise.

Sirius looked at her incredulously, "How did you get that?"

She shrugged, "Magic."

Gen stared at Jayce a moment longer as if contemplating her options before snatching the candy bar and stating, "You're forgiven."

Sirius looked at Jayce in awe. He was really starting to love this girl. Sure, he had really only agreed to hang out with her because he wanted to get away from his family, but he had actually had a good time. He felt strangely close to Jayce like he had known her for year and not hours.

Sirius continued to watch Jayce as she talked animatedly with Gen. He believed that him and Jayce could be really good friends. He hoped they would be able to meet again.

Merry Christmas y'all! Hope you enjoyed that! Pleaseplease review. I welcome constructive criticism. I really hope the prank wasn't lame or too confusing. Let me know if it was and then give me ways to make it better. Anyway, I wish everyone a most wonderful Christmas!

P.S. I have a bunch of one shots that are based off of this story. If you're interested, the one shots are all on my page. Most of them hint at possible couples, and they are all from Gen's POV.