CHAPTER 11: All thanks to a Resume
A/N: ok, this chapter you learn what the potion was! Ok, and I don't own 'NSYNC, just tellin ya
Lily and James ran into the portrait hole one after the other, laughing.
Remus was still at his post, under the couch. "Having fun?"
Lily wasn't expecting his voice and jumped about a foot in the air her candy zinging across the room. Remus reached out an arm and furled his fingers around a chocolate bar and fast as hell pulled it to his hiding spot.
"You know, his chocolate obsession still freaks me out," Lily said, raising her eyebrows.
"I know what you mean, I've gotten used to it."
"So...you never answered my question, how was your date," Remus inquired, an evil grin probably crossing his face.
"Remus, come out from under the couch, this is too weird."
"Fine, Lily. But if Geni comes in and finds me, I hope you have a fun time explaining why she saw me just jump out the nearest window."
Both Lily and James raised their eyebrows, exchanging disturbed expressions.
"Ok...so I had a great time, we went to get ice cream and then to Honeydukes'. You will never guess who we ran into..." Lily started.
Remus cut in, obviously bored, "Katie and Sirius, yeah, and they were probably on a sugar high and singing songs from a musical."
"Yeah, that's exactly what happened. How did you know?" James asked.
"I saw them leave. And apparently Katie thinks my name is Fremus."
"Wow...what was the potion you gave me. I was going to ask Sirius, but he wasn't in his right mind,"
"Sirius is never in his right mind."
"Good point. It's a good thing I asked you then, isn't it?"
"Yes, it was."
"Ok, why is it taking us to long to finally get to the question?"
"To tell you the truth I don't know."
"ARG! I'm getting irritated. Enough small talk and backtracking. What was the potion you gave me?"
"Now we're getting somewhere! The potion we gave you is a little something Sirius likes to call, 'funky fresh gangster puppet show down'. Don't ask me why. It makes you show your true feelings. You can't lie when it's in you."
"YOU GAVE HER THE FUNKY FRESH GANGSTER PUPPET SHOW DOWN?" James exclaimed.
"Uh, yeah James, he did. Weren't you listening to anything he said?" Lily sighed.
"WHOO-HOO! This means you actually had a good time! Oh my god, I must go write in my man-diary!" James ran off making Lily feel quite awkward.
"That's why I couldn't be my usual snarky self!"
"Yes, that is why."
"YOU DOLT!" Lily screamed and knocked him off the couch. "NOW HE'S GONNA THINK I LIKE HIM!" Lily wrestled him to the ground, and kept kicking/poking/hitting Remus.
It's too bad that McGonagall walked in to see this. "LILY EVANS! What are you doing to poor Remus Lupin? Stop attacking him this instant! Detention tonight in my office. You will be joined my Potter. He made a wise-crack remark in Transfiguration on Wednesday. He though he could mess with the McG ! HA! See you at 9..." She stalked out of the room, leaving Lily open mouthed.
"Remus, what just happened?"
"Lily, I think...I think you just got detention..."
"Oh no."
-- meanwhile, back in 'Homgeese' --
"Katie...can't stop twitching...too much candy..."
"Yeeeeeeahhhhh...the firewiskey ice cream was g-g-good too."
"I knoooooooow," Sirius said, grinning like a loon.
-- back to Madame Puddifut's --
Voldy took a sip from his chai latte and spoke to Peter again.
"Remember Peter, you must still stay near to the blood traitors. Report to me with any new knowledge. At the end of the year we will brandish the Mark on your arm, and then you shall be one of us, completely and fully."
"Thank you Voldy for accepting me in your ranks. There is nothing I wish more than to have my revenge, oh my sweet revenge."
"Yes, you shall have your revenge now that you are with me! I can make anything you want happen, all your dreams come true Peter!"
"Really?" Peter said with wonder.
"Would I lie to you?" Voldy said grinning wickedly.
-- back to Sirius & Katie, some time later... --
"Sirius, why are you dressed like a scare-crow?"
"Hmmm, I don't know. Why are we on the ground?" Sirius said, getting up and looking around. They were on the ground outside a shop called Gelatina's.
"This seems oddly familiar..." Katie said staring at the sign with glee.
"Yeah, I know..." Sirius cocked his head to the side and looked at his watch. He spasmed when he saw the time. "KATIE! Holy crap, it's 7:30! We were supposed to we back at Hogwarts two hours ago! This makes it difficult... we need to take the passage way."
Sirius grasped Katie's and and led her to Honeydukes. He led her in and when no-one was looking brought her to the room with the passageway. He shifted the floor tile aside and gestured for her to get in.
They walked down the dark passageway for about half an hour, stopping every once in a while to talk.
"Sirius, do you have a date to the ball yet?"
Sirius thought for a while, not really sure if he had a date yet or not...
"I don't think so... would you like to go with me, fine lass?"
"Sure! Good thing I brought a dress from home, otherwise I would have missed my chance today."
-- back at Hogwarts... in the hallway... at about 9... --
"Don't say the D word James!"
"You mean damn?"
"NO! I meant," Lily dropped her voice to a horse whisper, "detention..."
"What's so bad about detention?"
Lily spasmed slightly when James said the 'D' word.
James' eyes widened, "OK, I am so not going to bring it up again..."
They walked down the hallway silently on the way to McGonagall's room.
"What do you think she'll make us do?"
"Probably just clean, or, I dunno. You can never be too sure with the McG... That reminds me, why are you in detention anyway?"
Lily spazmed and then frowned, averted her gaze. James could barely make out the words, 'tackled Remus...poking...evil McG...'
They reached the room and looked inside, expecting to find McGonagall tapping her foot or something and waiting for them. She wasn't.
"Sick and tired of hearing, all these people talk about.
What's the deal with this pop life? And when is gonna fade out?
The thing you got to realize, what we doing is not a trend.
We got the gift of melody, we gonna bring it till the end"
Lily stared in horror as McGonagall belted out the NSYNC lyrics into a microphone as she looked at the blackboard where the lyrics were magicked to appear.
"Oh my god, McGonagall is doing karaoke. This is disturbing."
James couldn't answer on account of his mouth hanging open in terror.
"It doesn't matter 'bout the car I drive or
What I wear around my neck. All that matters, is that you recognize
That it's just about respect. It doesn't matter
'bout the clothes I wear, and where I go and why!
All that matters, is that you get hyped and
we'll do it to you every time, COME ON NOW!"
Lily and James turned out of the classroom and ran but everywhere they ran they could still hear McG's voice singing.
"Do you ever wonder why? This music gets you high?
It takes you on a ride, feel it when your body starts to rock.
YOUR BODY STARTS TO ROOOCK!
Baby you can't stop, you can't stop!
And the music's all you got. Come on now, this must be, pop"
They rounded a corner just to hear more.
"Dirty pop, baby bet you can't stop!
I know you like this dirty pop.
This must be, POP!"
"AHHH! NOT THE DIRTY POP!" they yelled as the ran trying to escape the catchy tune sung by the old lady.
All of a sudden they smashed into something squishy and that smelled like tuna.
"James? What did we bump into?" Lily asked, rubbing her eyes.
"I dunno," said James massaging his arm, "but it was soft and smelled like tuna."
They listened silently but couldn't hear the music anymore. "Hey...when did the music stop?"
"Good evening Miss Evans. Good evening Mr. Potter." Their heads whipped around at the sound of the unfamiliar voice.
Professor McGonagall was the soft, tuna smelling 'wall' they had bumped into. She grinned. "My singing scared you, I can see. Just as I expected. Your detention is over. I wanted to see how you would react to this, and I must say it is quite amusing! Now, if you don't mind, I will join the rest of the staff for a round of karaoke dance-off. TA-TA!" McG walked off back towards her classroom.
"That was weird,"
"Hell yeah."
A/N: woop woop! Ok, this chapter was a lil shorter, only about 4 pages. Hope ya like it! You will see who Lily goes with to the ball soon.
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