"Where is he?" Sirius forcefully pushed his spoon into his plate of oatmeal, aggravated that Severus had yet to show up and soon they would need to leave for classes.
"I'm not really sure. He's usually here by now," Remus shrugged and looked around The Great Hall, seeing if there was any indication of why he wasn't there. There wasn't, of course: the usual group of Ravenclaws that were stalking Sirius were fluttering around and pointing at him, the Hufflepuffs were busily trying to complete their homework before class started, and the Slytherins seemed to be drowsy.
"There he is!" Peter said excitedly, and indeed, Severus Snape was sheepishly walking into The Great Hall.
"Guys," Elizabeth quickly interjected, "we don't have to do this."
James ignored Elizabeth's protests and pulled out his wand, flicking it underneath the table toward Snape.
The Marauders watched as a pair of those ugly emerald panties began appearing on him. He hadn't noticed, still walking toward the Slytherin table, until anyone who was looking that direction and saw began laughing hysterically and pointing. Severus looked around, his eyes flashing maniacally, looking for what was so funny. When he looked down, his eyes bulged at what he saw on him. He desperately attempted to pull them off, frantically searching for some help from the Slytherin table. As his distress was more apparent and more people noticed the scene, the laughter increased. Severus helplessly ran out of The Great Hall, managing to trip over a girl walking in, causing her to fall down.
"That. Was. Fantastic," Sirius bundled over his food and laughed loudly, along with the rest of the Marauders: all except Elizabeth.
"That was really cruel, guys," She sighed and took a bite of her pancakes, shaking her head slightly.
"He deserved it. It's called karma," James nodded and began laughing again. However, his laughter soon ceased as he saw Lily approach them, putting on a serious face.
"Why, hello Lily. Come to see my bulging muscles. The new Quidditch captain's bulging muscles," James winked at Lily as she rolled her eyes and faced Elizabeth, who was smiling at her sister.
"I hope you didn't have anything to do with that," She spoke.
"I didn't. It was all them," Elizabeth signaled to her friends, who refused to hang their heads in shame.
"That was really low. You guys are no better than him," Lily sighed and walked off, her short heels clicking against the stone floor.
"She's got a point," Elizabeth spoke as she took another bite of her food. The boys sighed, but James immediately got into defense mode.
"We are not anything like him! At all!"
"Well, you kind of are," Elizabeth shrugged and sipped on her ice water, eyeing the boys to look for any emotion.
"Gonna storm off like her?" Sirius looked at his girlfriend and discreetly placed his hand on her thigh, soothingly rubbing it.
"No, but it's only 'cuz I love you guys too much," Elizabeth smiled and pushed her food away, "so, it's Saturday. What are our plans for today?"
"Quidditch!" James said excitedly and Sirius rolled his eyes dramatically at his friend.
"Prongs, just because you're Quidditch coach does not mean you can talk us into playing Quidditch on a day when I could really go for Hogsmeade," Sirius groaned and shoveled food into the gaping whole he called a mouth.
"Actually," Elizabeth said before James could say something snarky in return, "I'm kind of in the mood for Quidditch. I didn't get any practice over the summer and I'm a little rusty. I could use some ass kicking to get me back into shape,"
"You don't kick anyone's ass, Paws," James said and Sirius, Peter, and Remus all looked at James like he had grown four heads in the last 10 seconds.
"Okay," James admitted, shrugging sheepishly, "you kick a lot of ass."
Elizabeth smiled and stood up, "I know I do, let's go before Sirius gets fat by eating so much food," Elizabeth pulled Sirius out of his chair, causing him to drop his fork with a loud 'clunk'.
"Hey, woman! I wasn't done there!" Sirius glared at Elizabeth, who smiled wickedly and shrugged, pulling up James and getting ready to go to the Quidditch pitch.
"Remus, Peter, you gonna join us? I could use some support in pointing out all of these boys failing Quidditch moves," Elizabeth winked and both Peter and Remus nodded, standing up with the rest of their friends.
The day was beautiful: there were few clouds in the sky, no wind, and the sun shined so brightly you practically needed sunglasses to be in the shade. Elizabeth loved it, however she couldn't help but wonder if the lack of wind would affect her use of hitting the bludgers with significant force.
Elizabeth pondered over how long it had been since she had played Quidditch as she pulled off her loose shirt and put on her tight Quidditch uniform. The captain of their team was always responsible for the size of the Quidditch uniforms, and of course because Elizabeth had stopped growing third year, yet her breasts seemed to get larger, she had not been able to convince any of the captains in the past years to get her a new uniform. Too much money, they would say. No, she knew that wasn't the truth: they wanted her to look like a prostitute.
Elizabeth ruffled her hair and stared at herself in the mirror, pulling it back into a tight ponytail before grabbing her bat and heading out. As she pushed the girl's locker door open to run outside, she saw Sirius standing about 15 feet away from the locker room.
She ran up to him, her hair swishing with her step, and when she finally stopped in front of him, a smile was apparent on her face.
"Ready to get your ass kicked? You can play Slytherin, I'll play Gryffindor," Elizabeth winked and Sirius glared.
"No way I'm getting my ass kicked. Slytherin would rock if I was on their team: all of their beaters suck," Sirius said truthfully and Elizabeth laughed, nodded her head in agreement.
"I never noticed how hot you look in your Quidditch uniform," Sirius spoke, grabbing Elizabeth's hands and pulling her closer to him. Elizabeth smiled and stared into his swirling gray eyes.
"Probably because you were always busy flirting with McKinnon," Elizabeth said and Sirius shook his head, smirking slightly.
"Shut up and kiss me," Before she could respond, or even act, Sirius pulled her closer and into a deep kiss. Elizabeth was caught off by the intensity of the kiss - the urgency and the hotness seeping through their lips. She wrapped her arms around his neck and swished her hands through the back of his hair, moaning quietly as Sirius's tongue licked across her bottom lip. Sirius smirked into the kiss and took this as a key to go further, pushing her lips open to play a game of 'tonsil hockey'.
"Well, this is a surprise," James's voice spoke from behind Elizabeth, startling the couple. They pulled away quickly and looked at James awkwardly, pulling away from each other. Elizabeth dropped her jaw slightly in surprise and moved her arm to her neck, massaging it slowly as to try and avoid an awkward situation.
"So," James trailed off before starting up again, "when did this happen?"
"Two days ago. Recent," Sirius said and James nodded in comprehension. There was a short silence before he responded.
"It's about bloody time, mates!" James broke out into a smile and hugged both of his friends. Elizabeth laughed and hugged her friend tightly.
"It looks like Peter is shocked to find out," She said, tilting her head toward the Quidditch stands. Peter was shaking Remus and Remus appeared to be laughing in response.
"Peter is the last to know everything," Sirius nodded and James laughed, agreeing with him.
"Hey, let's go play some Quidditch," James said, mounting his broom and shooting off into the sky.
Quidditch practice was rough for the three. They all were out of shape from a lazy summer, and seemed incapable of really being able to do anything correctly for the first half hour. Soon, however, the game came into a swift pattern and they caught back up on their skills.
And when the Marauders arrived back to the Gryffindor tower late that evening after grueling hours of Quidditch practice, everyone seemed to know that Sirius and Elizabeth were now dating. Elizabeth wasn't surprised: a lot of people were outside and probably saw Elizabeth and Sirius kissing in between scores, not to mention the amount of girl frolicking over him on the stands. And with every step, Elizabeth felt like more and more girls were glaring holes into the back of her head.
"I didn't realize that dating you came with such a price, Sirius," Elizabeth laughed, reaching for his hand as the two straggled behind the three boys, quickly pacing up the stairs to go play a game of Wizard's chess.
"Everything that has to do with me comes with a price," Sirius winked at his girlfriend, who smiled and pushed into him.
"I suppose so, but Jesus Christ. It's like within a matter of hours I've become the most hated person on the planet,"
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"You probably have," Sirius agreed, "there are probably cults all around the world who have devoted their existence to destroying you to get to me."
"Jerk," Elizabeth said and pulled away from him, racing to the Gryffindor tower. Sirius caught on her heels quickly, and as they both burst through the common room at the same time, Sirius leaped to tackle her. Right before Sirius was going to tickle Elizabeth in a frenzy, a voice boomed across the room.
"Elizabeth, we need to talk," Lily Evans stood close to Elizabeth, her arms crossed and her foot tapping impatiently.
"Oh boy, here we go," Elizabeth mumbled and glanced at Sirius who smiled apologetically and watched Elizabeth walk toward her sister.
"Yes, my lovely sister?" Elizabeth smiled brightly and only received a hostile glare from Lily.
"Upstairs, now," Lily pulled on her sister's arm and dragged her up the long staircase and into their dormitory, pushing her in and slamming the door.
"You're dating Sirius?" Lily shouted unusually loudly for her, and Elizabeth glanced toward the ground before back up at her sister.
"Okay, chill out, Lils. It's not even a big deal,"
"A big deal?" Lily laughed sarcastically before continuing to talk, "this is a huge deal! He is a player, Elizabeth, and you are not getting your heart broken!"
"Lily, really, he's not a player. You're a little biased. Don't even worry about it, it'll be fine. We have it all under control," Elizabeth kept her calm and leaned against her bed post, waiting for Lily to respond.
"This is ridiculous. I can't believe you're dating such a - such a... a dunderhead!" Elizabeth chuckled slightly at Lily's choice of words before responding.
"Really, Lily, you need to go take a Valium. No hearts are gonna break, I promise. Sirius and I decided we liked each other and we acted on it, and here we are," Elizabeth shrugged and sat down on her bed, staring across the room.
"I am so disappointed in you," Lily shook her head and quietly stepped out of the room. Elizabeth momentarily sat in shock, digesting what her sister had said to her. She couldn't remember the last time her and Lily had a fight; nor if she had ever claimed she was 'disappointed' in her. Elizabeth felt slightly ashamed, understanding why Lily was upset: she was dating a boy who did have the reputation of being a player, and could break her heart. Not only that, but was the best friend of the guy who has been stalking Lily for the past 5 years. She understood, but couldn't help but feel hurt.
Elizabeth sighed and laid down on her bed, breathing in deeply. As her thoughts consumed her, the door to the dormitory opened. Elizabeth cracked her head up to see one of her roommates, a French transfer student named Aurelia Donét, walk into the room.
Aurelia was the essence of beauty in Elizabeth's opinion: her dark chestnut hair curled around her shoulders and her perfectly sculpted face harvested cerulean eyes that seemed to house innocence. Elizabeth had always wanted to speak to her, but it seemed as if they were rarely in the same dormitory at any given time.
"Oh, hello Elizabeth," Aurelia said in her thick accent, smiling toward the distressed girl on the bed. Elizabeth smiled back before putting her head back down.
"Hey Aurelia," Elizabeth said somewhat lifelessly. Aurelia raised an eyebrow as she sat down on her bed, pulling out her book work.
"What has got you upset?" Aurelia said gently.
"Just problems with my sister," Elizabeth spoke truthfully and Aurelia nodded knowingly.
"I figured. She came 'unning in the common room as I walked up. She appeared upset. What has you two fighting?" Aurelia opened her Charms book and took out a sheet of paper, doing her homework but glancing back at Elizabeth often.
"She's just upset about who I'm dating. I honestly understand it, and Lily has a tendency of overreacting anyways, but she said she was disappointed in me and I don't think that's necessarily fair considering that it's all because I'm dating a boy she disapproves of," Elizabeth was slightly surprised that she was revealing this all to a girl who was practically a stranger, but it felt natural and welcoming to discuss her feelings.
"Siriouz, right?" Aurelia pronounced his name awkwardly but Elizabeth nodded, knowing who she was discussing, "well, he does 'ave a reputation. Maybe 'tis better to just let her... how would you say it? Cool down for awhile? I'm sure she will understood with time. Ma soeur and I once got in a fight because I was dating a boy who used to like her and she felt he was just trying to use me for her. He was not, but it take her time to realize it. Now, we never let a silly boy get in da way of any problems,"
Elizabeth sat up and smiled at the exchange student, nodding knowingly, "Yeah, I think you're right. However, Lily has a temper so it might take her longer than usual, but I'm sure once she calms down and we have a discussion about how I feel about him, she'll understand. Thanks, Aurelia,"
"You are welcome, Elizabeth. I'm 'ere to 'elp," Aurelia smiled and looked back down at her bookwork. Elizabeth watched her before speaking.
"You and I should talk more often. I don't have many girl friends here, and it would be nice to have one who isn't my sister and who doesn't hate me. You seem like a nice person," Aurelia glanced up and smiled brightly.
"Of course, 'owever we do not have any classes together. But we shall hang out tomorrow, yes? Since it is Sunday?"
"Okay, that works for me," Elizabeth smiled again and collapsed on her bed, thinking an early bed time wouldn't be such a bad thing.