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She knows that behind the cheekiness, there lies more…

James lifted his arms up until it was perpendicular to the floor.

Yay!

And he flopped them down on top of his sheets.

Yay!

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In a months time James's condition was stable, but he had to regularly pop into the Hospital Wing for Madam Pomfrey to check him and to give him medication.

Of course Mrs and Mr Potter had heard from Dumbledore what had happened with their son and they were horrified. Yes, the understood that James always played pranks on other people but the consequences were never that serious. Yes, every now and then there was a few scratches here and there. It was normal for a prankster, or how James and Sirius preferred to be known, prankstars, the kings of pranks, the rulers.

'Well Mr Potter, you have made a very fast recovery.'

'Of course I did Poopy; my body has been exposed to curses and things for a very long time. You must remember that most of the times I come down here is because I'm hexed by Lily Evans.'

'Ah yes, the brainy one who knows how to defend herself,' Madame Pomfrey said, to herself, rather than to James.

'Excuse me?'

'All I mean is that she is the only one with common sense. She doesn't swoon over you like the other girls. Stick your arms out please.'

'Well, that's where you're wrong there,' said James, lifting his arms up, 'because she danced with me at the Ball.'

'Well that's that. And if she danced with you at them Ball, I expect that you won't be visiting here often.'

James thanked her and left the Hospital Wing, his spirits high.

'Hello Marauders, Lily,' James greeted as he slid next to Lily.

'Hi James,' Lily said without looking up from her piece of parchment, 'So what did Madame Pomfrey say?'

'That I made a quick recovery.'

Lily nodded. 'That's good.'

'Anyone fancy a game of wizards' chess?' James asked the group, but speaking mainly to Lily.

Unfortunately James's love of his life shook her head and mumbled a, 'sorry' and continued writing.

'Sure,' said Sirius, getting up to the Boys' dormitories to retrieve his set of old chessmen, the ones that had emeralds on it but was confiscated from Sirius when he was sorted into Gryffindor. The chessmen were given to Regulus, Sirius's brother, but Regulus was given a new set with diamonds, so he generously gave his old set to Sirius after being hit with several jinxes. 'Want me to get yours?'

But James did not answer because he was busy, talking to Lily.

'I know this sounds really awkward…'

'No, no…it's fine!'

'You sure? 'Cause, I mean, girls…'

'It's not a problem Lily, I mean girls do that all the time with me…'

'Yeah…but, you know…girls…I mean…I don't…'

'Hey, hey, hey…it's fine…it doesn't sound awkward, believe me.'

Lily smiled. 'It's a date then.'

Sirius, who was still standing at the foot of the stairs leading up to the boys' dormitories, felt the bottom of his jaw crash through the ground, through the crust of the Earth, through the mantles and cores of the Earth, then he finally felt it crash again through another layer of the Earth's crust.

Sirius rushed over to where James and Lily were and stood, towering over them. Remus and Peter at his heel. 'What did I just hear?' he demanded, looking at both James and Lily. James and Lily couldn't read the facial expression Sirius wore. Was he angry? Was he confused? Was he - surprised?

'I - uh - I - well - ' Lily stammered.

'She's agreed to tutor me in potions.'

Lily, who was staring at James, saw, in the corner of her eye, Sirius raise an eyebrow, Remus and Peter threw each other looks of … was it amazement?

'B-but your grades are near perfect!' Sirius said after a while.

'Well, I want to be on top and have perfect marks,' James said with dignity.

'I never thought James Potter would ask someone else to tutor him in something,' said Remus, shaking his head.

'What was that stuff about…dates?' he asked Lily. More like demanding me, Lily thought.

'Well, we just set a date when to meet up,' said Lily. She was finally getting the hang of becoming a good liar.

'You are the worst liar on Earth Lily Evans,' Sirius said smugly.

'Wh-what?'

'We all know what you were talking about,' smiled Peter.

'Yes,' Remus piped in, 'we know the whole story.'

'What whole story?'

'The story about – LILY EVANS HAS AGREED TO GO ON A DATE WITH JAMES POTTER!' Sirius yelled to the whole common room.

'SIRIUS BLACK!' Lily cried.

Sirius ran to the foot of the stairs to the girls' dormitories yelling, 'LILY AND JAMES ARE DATING!' Then he ran up and down the boys' dormitory stairs yelling, 'JAMES FINALLY HAS HIS LOVE OF HIS LIFE!'

Sirius was back to the position he was in prior in five seconds. A crash of doors and the rumble of footsteps told the Gryffindors in the common room that everyone upstairs were pushing and shoving their way down the stairs and would arrive in five seconds.

They were wrong.

They were down in two.

Apart from the stomping and doors slamming, there was total silence, not a sound was made orally. All heads were turned and were staring at Lily, if not, James.

'Go on,' said Sirius slyly, 'tell 'em.'

Lily opened her mouth, 'I-' she closed it again. What was she suppose to say? 'I j-'

Then she saw the crowd around her smile. A grin spreading on each face.

Finally, someone whistled and said, 'finally Potter! So many years of asking and you finally get her to go out with you! Way to go dude!'

Everyone else joined in the cheering.

'Whoo! You're the man Potter!'

'Finally James!'

'You've agreed to go out with one of the best looking guys Lily!'

'You're gonna have the time of your life.'

After the hubbub silenced, Sirius cleared his throat and said, 'Actually, I think its was Lily Evans who asked James Potter out.'

There was a moments silence then the whole common room sounded with one, 'she what?' from each and everyone of the mouths apart from Lily and the Marauders.

A sixth year girl stepped forward, breaking the perfect circle around the spotlight and edged over to Sirius. 'Are you serious, Sirius?'

'Course I'm Sirius. Dead serious, but not a dead Sirius.'

'That joke is so old Sirius! Seriously!' Remus chuckled.

The girl edged closer to him, staring at him straight in the eye. 'Tell me the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.'

'That's the truth.'

The girl edged closer, until her nose was touching his. 'You are such a bad liar Sirius Black!' Then faster than a lightening bolt she snogged Sirius and let go and yelled. 'HAH! I WIN! TEN GALLEONS TO ME!' and she marched back into the ground, with her hand stretched out in front of her.

'But I wasn't lying! Even ask Evans! She's the worst liar ever!'

'Did you ask him out on a date?' said a first year looking up at her. The first year's big, shiny, black eyes, sparkled, in the light. Her short hair, so sleek and shiny, was tied up in two high pigtails that she resembled Boo, in the movie, Monsters' Inc.

Lily just couldn't resist those innocent eyes and nodded. 'Yes I did,' she said softly, holding her soft hand gently in hers. What happened next wasn't expected.

'DID YOU HEAR THAT EVERYONE? LILY'S ADMITTED THAT SHE ASKED HIM OUT! SO YOU CAN ALL CLEAR OFF NOW! LEAVE THE COUPLE ALONE!'

Lily didn't know what to think as the crowd dispersed, was the girl teasing her? Or was she telling everyone not to embarrass her?

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'Lily, are you sure you asked James out?'

'Yes, I am sure Ruth.'

'Dead sure?'

'Yes, dead sure.'

'Are you sure that you're dead sure?'

Lily sighed; there was no point in continuing talking to Ruth, going back and forth arguing with Ruth about if she had really asked James out.

I did ask him out. What's the big deal?

There is a big deal, a voice said from the back of her head, you hated him and refuse every single time he ask you at and the all of a sudden you ask him?

So?

Exactly. Everyone thinks that it's weird.

Well maybe I've changed!

Which is what everyone else will think. What's gotten into you?

'Look Ruth, look everyone, so what? I think he's actually changed this year and I think maybe I've also changed. I've put up with him for half a year already! That's a huge improvement from last year!'

'Respect her decisions. She's who she is. Let her live and make her mistakes, then learn from then. Unless it's a mistake you once made and don't want her to make the same mistake,' said Ai.

'Ok Lily…'

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'Are you sure you haven't done anything to Evans, James?' Remus said in a serious tone.

'I am dead sure. Why would I want to do a thing like that?'

There was no reply and James knew that Remus was thinking that James would do something like that.

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Lily banged on the door of James's bedroom. 'James! Are you ready yet?' God, boys take a long time just to prepare for something like this. Lily checked her watch again. Ten minutes to go. 'James! Hurry up! There's only ten minutes left!'

There was a muffled voice.

'What did you say?'

'Hold on,' was the only answer she got.

'I've held on for ages!'

'Fine, fine, fine,' said James opening the door, and stepped out and shut the door with a click! 'Let's go! Lily! Don't just stand there gawking at how handsome I look! Get going!'

Lily hurried up to the retreating back and gently punched James's right arm. 'Yeah right I was gawking and Jamie-poo!'

James scowled, but it had a smile in the corners. He didn't mind Lily calling him Jamie-poo.

When they got to the end of the portrait hole, James held his arm out. 'Ma'am,' he said.

Lily linked her left arm into his right. 'Sir,' she said, giving a small nod.

The pair, in their best clothing, made their way down to the dungeons, holding their heads up air, and grinning at each other.

James knocked on a large oak door and waited patiently. Professor Slughorn opened the door.

'Well, well, well. I never thought that Lily and James would come down here arm in arm!'

'Sorry we're late professor,' Lily said.

'Not at all, not at all. In fact,' said Professor Slughorn, opening the door wider, 'I invited you two earlier, after all, James, you are out guest of honour.'

The pair stepped inside, unhooked their arms and rolled their eyes. This time the dungeon looked like the inside of a magnificent palace. Obviously, Professor Slughorn had used magic to make the inside expand and look like it had more room.

'So you two can be familiar with the room, not that you need to,' Professor Slughorn chuckled. James and Lily had been invited all the times Professor Slughorn had organised a party. Lily was grateful that there was a Ball at Christmas, ungrateful that James had gotten hurt and now there was a 'get well soon' Slug Club party.

The Slug Club members had started trickling, so did Slughorn's other guests from outside Hogwarts.

'James! I was wondering if I could borrow Lily for a minute, there's someone I would like her to meet.'

Lily turned and with her eyes pleaded James for help. She did not want to be a trophy that Slughorn was showing off. She didn't fell like being a lump of metal this evening. She was having so much fun with James. Talking to Sirius (he was part of the Slug Club because of his ancient pure bloodline), dancing and basically just hanging around.

'Oh, erm, actually, I was about to, er, take Lily to er..'

'See a friend of his! I mean, we've only just got together and we thought that we should get to know each other's friends,' finished Lily quickly, stepping gently on James's foot.

'Ah yes, I should know!' Professor Slughorn, a little dejected, 'well, I'll come fetch you later then Lily, when you're free.'

'Actually, we were planning to spend the whole night … catching up with friends…'

'Catching up with friends? You spend your whole year with friends!' Professor Slughorn said.

James was slowly dragging Lily away while shouting, 'Yeah well I spend most of my time…studying!' and in a flash, he was gone, Lily being pulled on the arm with him.

Once they were out of sight of Professor Slughorn and also out of earshot, James let go of Lily's arm and breathed out. 'That was close, I can't stand Slughorn, and him dragging me around like a trophy.'

'Well, I suppose that maybe we should go and "catch up with friends", that way Slughorn won't get us and …well … you know…'

'Good idea.'

James and Lily weaved their way in and out, saying hi and basically doing what they were doing on the night of the Ball, only this time Lily kept an eye on James so he wouldn't get into any trouble.

They finally sat down at a table, and Lily drummed her fingers, trying not to look as if she was keeping a track of every move James was doing.

'Lily,' said James in an amused voice, 'you're staring at me.'

Lily, who was actually admiring James's dashingly good looks snapped out of her daydream and said, 'no I'm not!'

'Oh yes you are Lil! You were hanging in there with your mouth open, dribbling on the table. Check the table for proof! There's a wet patch there.'

Lily, slightly embarrassed, looked down and saw a wet patch on the moss green table cloth. 'Oops,' she said.

After about a while, Lily was starting to feel drowsy but positively happy. One reason was that she was having a wonderful time, like at the Ball, the other was that James seemed to still have his cheeky self, but he was trying to contain himself. Every now and then pouring blocks of ice down people's backs, then ducking and crawling through legs to get away.

Lily, from the side of the room, laughed each time James played a minor prank and he, James, always winked at Lily before and after doing so.

'Well Evans, looks like you're enjoying yourself.'

Lily jumped up from her seat. 'What do you want Malfoy? You think it's okay to come and talk to me now? When you know that I know that you hurt James!' Lily said coldly.

'Ah, love…first love is it?' Malfoy said, looking down at the sitting Lily.

'What would you know about love Malfoy?'

Malfoy sneered at Lily and then called Narcissa Black over. 'Yes Lucius?'

'Do I know anything about love?' He asked her.

'Of course you do Lucius. Your money and purity bought my love.'

'Excuse me? Money cannot buy love.'

'How would you know mudblood?'

'You can't love someone because of their money and purity. Love is when you fell that you are attracted to a particular person for who they are. Their personality, how they act-'

'Why are you talking to us mudblood?' Narcissa Black said.

Lily stood up, glared at the pair and stormed off in a rage. She found James near Professor Slughorn.

'Bloody prat,' she muttered.

James dropped his glass and it shattered. With a quick repairing charm, a cleaning charm and a summoning charm, the glass was back in his hand.

'What did you just say?'

'I just said that Malfoy is a prat.'

James grinned. 'So how many times have you used the word "prat"?'

'Oh, heaps!' You were just never around!'

'Well Lily! James! I hope I can borrow Lily just for a few minutes!' Slughorn said. He had stepped out of the crowd and saw that James and Lily were just talking and weren't really "catching up with friends".

Lily sighed. She knew that she was going to have to be shown around by Professor Slughorn. 'I'll see you in a bit then, James,' she said.

'That's it Lily! I have someone I'd like you to meet.' Professor guided Lily away. 'Here we are. Lily, this is Bene de Venemum. Bene, this is Miss Lily Evans, the one I was talking to you about.'

'Ah yes, hello Lily, as Horace said, I am Bene de Venemum. Horace says that you are the top student in potions.'

'Well,' said Lily modestly, 'I suppose so…'

'You suppose so? You know that you are the best my dear, Lily,' Professor Slughorn said. 'Always modest.'

'So,' said Bene de Venemum, 'what do you learn in potions?'

'Oh, we're learning lots! At the moment we're doing a closer study on truth potions, like Veritaserum. We've just finished studying about Metamorphis potions.'

'Ah yes, and what does that do?'

'It changes the look of someone. For example, Polyjuice potions, it changes one's image into someone elses image and takes about a month to brew. We took ages studying that potion and brewing it.'

Bene de Venemum and Lily chatted a while longer about different potions and potion ingredients. Professor Slughorn grew impatient and thanked Lily for coming to talk to Benen de Venemum, and guided her away to meet Swerve Rabnott, a descendant of Madam Rabnott.

Lily learnt that Madame Rabnott was a lady who told off a Quidditch referee, in 1269 because during a Quidditch match, a snidget was sighted and all players stopped the game to catch the snidget. The one who was to catch the snidget was to be given one hundred and fifty galleons.

Lily found all the information boring, but tried hard to keep her eyes open and not shuffle her feet too far-away. James would enjoy this, Lily thought.

Professor Slughorn took her around to a few of other his friends. Lily finally managed to excuse herself, by saying that she needed to visit the bathroom.

'Hey, Lily. How was your tour around the room with Slughorn?' Lily turned around and greeted James.

'I'm not going to mention it. Bad as usual.'

'There, there, Lily, dear.'

'I'm still skilled at hexing.'

'I am very well aware of that.'

'What time is it?'

'Err,' said James checking his watch, 'it's ten.'

'I'm going, I don't like this and if Slughorn asks why I left so early, just say that I was tired.' Lily left the dungeons.

James levitated himself into the air and guided himself to where Sirius was.

'Hey, Padfoot.'

'Hi Prongs.'

'Look, I'm just leaving, this is party is boring, even for me.'

'You haven't stuffed up the party yet. You always to that remember? Or am I just going to have to create chaos myself?'

James grinned. 'I'm with you.' He punched Sirius's shoulder in a friendly fashion. 'Let's get started.'

Sirius winked at James and they started making plans.

After only half an hour of preparation the pair of troublemakers were ready to begin making trouble.

'Ok,' whispered James, 'you go get the drinks, I'll get the food. Meet outside in the corridor in ten minutes.'

Sirius saluted James and marched off to the table where the cordial and other beverages were, while James set off to the long table of delicious looking desserts.

'Mm…yum…food…'

James glanced around to see if anyone was looking at his end of the table. Most people of the Slug Club were already full, only Crabbe and Goyle, Malfoy's friends, were pigging out at the other end of the table, too engrossed in their food to notice James. James grinned and conjured a small backpack. He shoved as much food as he could into it, helping himself to jelly, cakes, and whatever he could get.

'One spoon for you,' said James scooping jelly into the bag, 'one for me, one for you, one for me.' James shoved cheesecakes, licking his fingers after each one he touched.

'Mm…the taste of canned strawberries and peaches…strawberries and peaches!' James tipped the whole bowl of fruit into his already full, dripping bag. Then he saw cream buns. He tried to squash one into his drooping backpack, but he failed. Fine then, be that way, James thought. He used his palms and squashed the bun, creaming oozing through his fingers.

'Squishy,' he said.

After successfully stuffing the cream bun into his bag, James washed his hands in the other bowl of fruit, he quickly dried his hands on the table cloth and ducked out into the corridor just outside. Sirius was already waiting there, with a few hundred glasses of beverages.

'How'd you get so many glasses out without getting noticed?' James asked amazed.

Sirius snorted. 'Stupid git. I transfigured them into beads, then I came out here and transfigured them back.'

'Smart,' said James.

'I have to admit I am, compared to what you did with the food,' Sirius said, his eyes glancing at the wet bag.

'Er, yeah, maybe we should go and get more food…and use transfiguration.

'Smart, let's go.'

The pair slipped back in, after vanishing the sloppy backpack and its content.

The pair gradually moved up the table, transfigurating the food into beads then slipping them into their pockets, making sure to leave traces of crumbs here and there.

'My pockets are full Prongs, same with my shoes. How much have you got?' Sirius whispered.

'Mmnhph,' said James, a couple of beads dropping from his mouth and clicking down on the ground.

'I think you just said "enough". Am I right or am I right?'

James nodded.

'Let's go then.'

James and Sirius headed back out the door, walking as stiff as they could so the clinking of the beads wouldn't sound.

Once outside, they hid in a nearby broom cupboard.

'Okay, I think we've got enough, does it look enough?'

James looked down at Sirius. 'Well let me think, this is a pretty big broom cupboard and you still have to carry me on your shoulders. I think we've got enough.'

'Let's get started then, start with the food, then we'll do the drinks.'

'Lower me down first,' said James, 'I don't want to be stuck up here. In fact, I don't trust you; get out of this room first, can't risk breaking everything.'

Sirius went outside and dropped James on the ground.

'Let's-'

'get-'

'Cracking!' they ended together.

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'Well, the drinks are done, and the food is done.'

'All we have to do is to start it, then sit back and enjoy the movie. Popcorn ready?'

'Ready.'

James and Sirius went back in the dungeon for the fourth time that evening. James and Sirius walked to the back of the dungeon, the furthest side from the door. James and Sirius glanced around the room, at the dance floor, and at the ceiling. Then, they moved their eyes to the right, on the ground, and kicked a bottle full of liquid.

The bottle crashed onto the ground, its content spilling. The bottle hit a bottle next to it and created a chain reaction. James and Sirius had placed bottles around the room, all filled to the brim. The domino effect happened rapidly that when it was half-way finished, the girls only then realised that their feet were wet and screamed at how their shoes were wrecked. The girls were hopping up and down, slipping, and jumping onto chairs and tables.

'MY SHOES! MY SHOES! LOOK AT MY SHOES!'

'YOUR SHOES? TAKE A LOOK AT ME DRESS! IT'S RUINED! IT TOOK ME FIVE WHOLE SECONDS TO CONJURE THIS UP!'

'Now, now, ladies, please, mind the decorations.'

James and Sirius chuckled at the scene from the corner. They saw Charlotte White prancing around the room, in her six-inches-high high heel shoes.

'Amazing…absolutely amazing…It's a wonder that White's shoes haven't broke yet…'

'Well…not for long…' replied Sirius cheekily. 'Diffindo!'

CRACK!

'MERLIN'S BALD BEARD! WHAT HAPPENED TO MY SHOES?' James and Sirius heard White shriek.

Sirius chuckled at his little trick.

'Ventusia!'

An invisible force blew up and a wind swept White's dress up, as if there was a gust of wind from below.

'MY LEGS! MY LEGS ARE SO COLD!'

White used her hands to try and push her dress down. People around her were no longer worried about themselves slipping over, as they had made there way to the tables, and sat there, enjoying the show.

James pointed at the chain reaction. Nearly all the bottles had toppled over.

'It's just about to get worse…' James murmured.

The last bottle, which was in the corner to the right of the mischief makers, fell with a clunk. It rolled forward, James and Sirius's eyes only, following it. The bottle pushed over a plank of wood that was standing upright. The plank of wood fell on top a pair of scissors which was wide open and had a piece of string in between the blades, and was also standing, with only the tip of the bottom blade touching the ground. The board fell. The scissor handles closed, and the blades cut the string. The string wriggled away.

Two pairs of eyes followed the long piece of string; it stretched up the wall to the ceiling. There was a slight pause in the string. James and Sirius dived underneath a table and poked their heads out. The string proceeded again and out of the blue, food started falling from the sky.

SPLAT!

'OH MERLIN, HELP ME FOR THE LOVE OF YOUR BEARD!' Cried White. She tried to fling her head underneath her arms, then realising that her task was stupid, she flung her hands up to cover her head. She was too late.

The two pranksters' plan had not gone to plan. The two had created a net above the heads of everyone inside, and made sure that it was securely floating. Then, carefully, but quickly, levitated the food in bunches, up to the ceiling and rested them on the net.

'That wasn't suppose to happen,' said Sirius after licking the liquid chocolate that had landed on his face from the impact of the food. 'The food was suppose to come falling down like rain, not in one gigantic … splat…'

'Don't complain Padfoot, old friend! Look at White! She's a gigantic ice-cream of many flavours, and a head for a cherry.'

'By Merlin she is! Just look at all that cream!'

'By jolly gum! A giant would just love to have her for desert!'

'JUST LOOK AT ME! I'M AN – AN – ICE-CREAM!' White struggled to pull out her arms from the cream to wipe her face, but was unsuccessful.

'Looks like she's trying to get her arms out,' stated James. 'Crudus duco,' James said and drew a small circle with his wand. On White's face, appeared two green circles around her eyes.

'rufusia duco!' Sirius muttered and drew big red lips on White's.

'Clownish eh? Ateratratrum duco!' James drew black crosses on White's eyes.

White caught a glimpse of the laughing crowd around her as she tried to wipe the cream off her face.

'WHAT ARE YOU ALL LAUGHING AT?'

'It's a bit obvious isn't it Padfoot? Even if she doesn't know about her makeover.'

'WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME? WHO DID THIS PRACTICAL JOKE ON ME? SOMEONE HELP ME!'

'Okay White, come one, calm down. That mess can be cleaned in a few hours, and your hair, maybe about three hours more, and then it would look just the way it normally is.'

'A couple of hours? Thank Merlin!'

'Here, let me help you out. Wingardium leviosa!'

White slowly rose up; the thick cream didn't particularly want to let White escape.

After about fifteen minutes of work, and about fifteen wands working together, White finally managed to land in a heap on the floor next to the giant ice-cream.

'Oh thankyou! I love you all for helping me get out of that mess! Who's idea was it to levitate me out?'

'That would be mine,' said a panting James.

'THANKYOU SO MUCH JAMIE-POO! I KNEW MY LITTLE DARLING WOULD COME BACK TO ME!' White attempted to fling her creamy arms around James.

'Get a grip White. I'm not crawling back to you,' said James in disgust. He didn't want white … stuff … on his dress robes. Especially from White.

'Then what are you doing here? Saving me fwom dat wetched cweam.' White made a puppy face.

'Oh shove off White. Get a grip.'

'Oh but Jamie-poo, darling, I want to tell you that I'm grateful!'

James's temper was starting to rise. 'Yeah whatever White. Apology accepted.'

'But I haven't apologised yet.'

'Well you're about to, right?'

'Well…yes, but that's not the point-'

'Well den what is da point Jamie-puh-ooh?' White batted her extra-long, over exaggerated, fake eye-lashes.

'Like, Ew!' James pushed White off him. Sirius grinned at him. 'I'm going to bed. You just don't get the point do you? Rhetorical question White. You aren't suppose to answer it,' James added, seeing as White had started to open her mouth.

James pushed past the crowd and walked straight into the giant "splat" of cream. He emerged from the other side fully covered in white but kept trudging nobly to the exit.

A/N I know i haven't updated in a while...(two months or something?) but there you go, chapter 20. I'm not allowed to go on the computer as often anymore and my sister has downloaded Maple Story (a game) and she goes on it nearly 24/7 so its a bit hard for me to go on. Then, if she's on, the my brother goes on the other computer...so yeah...working on chapter 21...I'm up to page 6...and hopefully, I'll get to update soon (not like last time)

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