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CHAPTER 25
"Finally." Marlene said, taking her head away from the door. Audrey and her had listened with their ears pressed, waiting for the boys to go downstairs and leave.
"Tell me about it, the last twenty four hours were odd being here without you, Lils, and Sarah. I felt so weird being out numbered."
"Eh, you could have taken those morons." Marlene said, waving her off. "How was it yesterday? What'd I miss?"
Audrey began to launch into a tale of what had happened after she had emerged from the Potters fireplace and Sirius' odd behavior.
"He carried me to my room last night, after I had fallen asleep."
"WHAT? Those gits actually let him take you upstairs?"
Audrey nodded.
"Did he try anything?"
"Not that I can remember, and I would have known. He just asked me if I hated him and I told him I didn't mean what I said when we were all outside in James' yard. But he doesn't think I remember, I told everyone this morning that I had a dream someone was talking to me. And now, today he's being super nice."
"…Probably because there hasn't been much mention of your boyfriend." Marlene grinned, bumping her hip.
"I suppose." Audrey mused. "Now tell me about camp!"
Marlene launched into a few stories about the witches and muggles at the camp, telling her about all the fun things they'd done and the rude girls here and there.
"Sounds intense, your legs look more jacked then the last time I saw you!" Audrey said, pointing to Marlene's legs.
"That's because literally from nine in the morning to six at night we had classes!" Marlene exclaimed. "It was madness. But yours are looking the same, and you grew! Did Darcy run you guys hard?"
Audrey groaned. "Yes, ridiculously. We had a two hour class the first day back, and then it went up to four hours the next day, then we topped off at eight every day. She's insane."
"Where'd you go in Russia?" Marlene asked, cocking her head.
"There's a Banshee colony not too far from the outskirts of the city, so I went there every other day early in the mornings. They don't do step as much as they do around here, they do a lot more barynya."
"Well it makes sense, you were in Russia after all." Marlene mused. "And if my memory serves me correctly, you were dancing barynya when you kissed Mr. Gregorovitch?"
Audrey giggled and nodded.
"Dahnce! The language of romance!" Marlene said grandly, imitating Madame Challier, one of the dance instructors at Hogwarts. Audrey laughed.
The girls had decided since the boys were playing Quidditch that they'd exchange some dance steps on the patio. They had nothing else to do while they waited around for Sarah and Lily.
In the distance, they heard the yells of the boys and laughter.
Marlene was showing Audrey a jig she had picked up at camp, a few tries later, Audrey had gotten it, and now she was showing Marlene a move that her friend Teagan had picked up and taught to her.
"Wait, what?" Marlene asked.
Audrey showed her the steps, slower.
"I don't know how Banshees do it, or you for that matter." Marlene laughed, attempting again.
"You've almost got it. Just need to put that foot back a bit more." Audrey pointed out.
"Yeah, Marly. You've almost got it." said Sirius coming out of nowhere, James and the others followed. All of them were sweating profusely.
"Shut it, Sirius. Or I'll step somewhere personal." Marlene shot at him.
"What, you're going to step dance on my face?" Sirius snorted, unimpressed.
"No." Marlene hissed, already annoyed with him enough.
"I think she means she's going to step somewhere else…" Audrey said, giving Sirius a look.
Sirius made a face, realizing what she meant. He looked horrified, but then he broke out into a grin. "Aw, Marly! You wouldn't do that."
"I will if you keep bugging me." Marlene replied, an evil grin crossing her face. Audrey laughed.
"What's that supposed to mean, Marly?" Sirius whined.
"It means, you guys can get on my nerves sometimes." Marlene replied calmly.
"I thought you loved us." James whined. "We're not that annoying."
"Yes you are." said a familiar voice.
Lily Evans was now walking out onto the patio, putting an arm around Marlene and Audrey, the three exchanged a smirk. Sarah York came out next.
"PUFFER!" The boys yelled excitedly, bombarding her with hugs.
"What's all this chatter about? You guys just now realized that you can be annoying?" Sarah grinned at the boys, then made her way over to her three other friends.
"Puffer, you too?" James whined.
"I thought you loved us, Huffapuff!" Peter smirked.
"Yeah, Sarah." Remus teased.
"Firstly, I love how Remus is the only one of you lot that calls me by my name, secondly, yes, you all can be gits from time to time."
"Well, you lot aren't so high and mighty yourself!" James retorted.
"Yeah! You act like youre all so innocent. Your bloody dancing and giggling gets on our nerves." Sirius added.
"And you act like you're so smart." Peter chimed in.
"Yeah!" James jeered.
The four girls exchanged glances, knowing glances. Marlene and Audrey seemed to read each others minds.
"Marly, I've got an idea." Audrey whispered.
"I think I know where you're going with this." She whispered back, then raised her voice, addressing everyone.
"Audrey and I are going to go leave you lot alone and help Lils and Sarah get situated in their rooms. We'll meet you back inside in a bit."
"Fine by me." James grumbled. The other boys nodded, and turned their backs to the girls to go back to their Quidditch match.
The girls quickly and quietly went inside, took Lily and Sarah's trunks upstairs, and had what they liked to call a "Group Conference" in Sarah's room.
"What are you plotting?" Sarah asked, closing the door and sitting on the bed.
"They think we're so annoying. I say we show them what they look like to us." Audrey smirked.
"I was thinking along the same lines." Marlene smirked, giving Audrey a high five.
"So you mean to say, we're going to mimick them?" Lily asked, placing a finger on her lips, in thought.
"Mhm." Marlene had an evil glint in her eye.
"Oooh! I love dress up!" Sarah squealed. "I want to be Peter."
"I'll be Remus." Marlene grinned.
"I'll take Sirius." Audrey stood triumphantly.
"I guess I'm stuck with James then." Lily had an odd grin on her face. The others knew they'd enjoy this.
"I suppose we should steal some stuff then…" Marlene said, casually opening the door.
"I suppose you're right. Got to be quick and clean though, we cant ransack their stuff otherwise they'll get us back good." Sarah said.
"Righto!" Audrey replied, mimicking Sirius' strut exactly and walking out the door. Lily followed, imitating James' strut, Marlene walked out with dignity just like Remus, and Sarah scampered out like Peter would.
The first of the boys' rooms was James' and they went through a few of his clothes to find something for Lily to wear.
"This!" Sarah said, holding up James Quidditch jersey and some of his old jeans.
"And these!" Audrey said, finding a pair of James' old glasses that he'd grown out of.
"But wait, what will I do with my hair?" Lily bit her lip.
"We'll figure that out after everyone else's outfits are picked." Marlene replied, in a Remus like manner and walked out of James door.
"Onto the next room!" Audrey drawled, like Sirius would and strutted.
"Excalibur!" Sarah squeaked, Peter had never said that but she figured he would.
The next room was Peter's and the outfit for Sarah was by far the easiest. Peter always dressed simply, and the girls had picked out a Gryffindor teeshirt and some muggle cargo shorts.
After Peter's room, came Sirius' and of course it was a little messy.
"Typical." Audrey snorted as they entered the room.
"What to pick for you…" Marlene said, lurking around the room.
"How about we keep it simple?" Sarah suggested, picking up a white v-neck and some dark blue jeans.
"That'll work!" said Lily, holding up a beanie. "And this, for Audrey's hair."
Sirius seldom wore hats, but Audrey had too much hair to hide in order to imitate him as close to perfection as possible. All the girls were going for that.
Finally, they had reached Remus' room, unlike the other three boys, his was the most tidy and organized. They went through his trunk delicately and picked out a three quarter sleeved cream shirt and a black vest. Audrey had found a pair of slacks to go with them.
"I think we're ready, girls…" Lily grinned.
"Don't you mean boys?" Sarah asked.
"Yes." Lily replied awkwardly as the four made their way to Marlene's room. Every girl had brought their make up and other various items. They wanted to be as authentic as possible.
Before any of us could change, we had to make a few alterations…
Marlene whipped out some gauze bandages, and pointed at her chest "Gonna need to tape these down."
The girls nodded in agreement, it was rather difficult, and they ended up having to help each other and use Spello-tape to make sure the bandages didn't fall.
"Last thing any of us need is a nip slip in front of James or Sirius." Sarah muttered. The other girls murmured in agreement.
For extra measure, Audrey, Lily, and Marlene had taped wads of cloth on their shoulders to make them look broader. As for their hair, Sarah had shoved her hair into a ponytail on the crown of her head and let it fall all around in a circular motion. Her hair was so thin that this worked for her, and you could barely see the pump from where her hairtie was under all of her hair.
"Woah." All the girls said, looking at Sarah. In the distance, she really did look like a boy, like a smaller version of Peter.
Marlene had a little more difficulty with her hair, and the girls had decided to improvise and borrow some hair products that surprisingly were in James bathroom.
It made me wonder if James' signature messy hair was really messy or if he used gel…or if Sirius had rubbed off on him in some way.
They borrowed a bottle of Warlock's Hair Gel and Marlene slicked her hair back, keeping her bangs forward in a decent imitation of Remus Lupin.
Audrey used the beanie that Lily had picked out, managing to shove most of her hair into it. Enough was hanging out so that it swept across her forehead slightly and stuck out on both sides.
For an imitation of James Potter…well that was going to be difficult seeing as Lily had firey red hair.
"Hey Moony, hey Peter!" Audrey mimicked Sirius' voice, and sauntered over to the other two girls. "Where's my man crush James Potter?"
"Being a git and primping himself up in the bathroom." Sarah answered, mimicking Peter.
"I am not!" Lily replied in a James-like voice. "My hair's perfect for once and I hate it because I'm a snotty Quidditch player!"
"Oh!" Sarah as Peter replied.
Lily strutted out of the bathroom, just as James would. Even with the added shoulders, James' Quidditch jersey was ridiculously long on her.
She had managed to slick her hair up and around her head using the Warlock's gel and colored it using some black hair grease she'd found in James' bathroom. Why it was there, the girls didn't know.
"I think we're ready, gents!" Audrey said, adjusting her v-neck.
"The girls are downstairs, I can hear them…those obnoxious witches." Sarah crinkled her nose. "Lils- er, I mean, James, go first. It's your house after all."
The others agreed and pushed Lily towards the door, they made their way down the hallway. The boys had to be in the living room, which was closest to the stairs.
Creak.
"Oi, Girls! Are you coming down yet?" James called.
At the top of the stairs, out of their view, the girls exchanged grins and Marlene spoke in her normal voice.
"Yeah, buddy. We'll be down in a second."
"Buddy? What where you girls even doing up there anyway?" James called back.
"Oh, you know." Marlene replied, a smirk on her face that the girls nearly broke into giggles over. "Nothing really, just girl things."
With that, Lily strutted down the stairs.
"What the-?" James begin. Sirius, Peter, and Remus began to howl with laughter. Peter fell off the couch. "What is this?"
"I'm James Potter, and I'm so awesome, I'm the youngest guy on the Quidditch team." Lily said, looking triumphant, just like James.
James laughed a bit.
"She's pretty good, mate." Sirius grinned, elbowing him.
At that moment, Audrey decided to strut down the stair case.
"Oh…my…merlin." Remus grinned, seeing Audrey first.
"What, Moony?" Sirius was confused.
"Turn around, Sirius."
Audrey came down and stood next to Lily, just as Sirius would, she put an arm around "James".
"What is this?" Sirius exclaimed, half amused and half shocked.
"I'm Sirius Black, man. Who are you?" Audrey replied incredulously, she then turned to Lily. "James, who are these blokes?"
"I don't know, man." Lily replied. "They're awfully hideous."
"They're like us, but the troll versions." Audrey said, in a Sirius-like manner. She even cringed in the right way.
I was actually really impressed.
"Yo, Remus!" Lily called up the stairs. "Check these guys out, they look just like us."
"Except they're not dashing like we are. Not at all. I mean…I just cant get over how bloody hideous they are." Audrey chimed in, mimicking Sirius once more.
"Really?" Marlene replied, coming down the stairs. "How fascinating."
Remus began to chuckle, Sirius and James wore identical expressions of shock. Their mouths were open in perfect O's.
"Where's Pete?" Lily as James said, turning her head.
"I'm coming!" Sarah yelled, running down the stairs and purposely tripping. The real Peter laughed, James and Sirius howled with laughter, and Remus shook his head amused.
"What is this?" Sirius asked.
"What is what?" Audrey replied, still in character.
"Well, if you were the real Sirius Black…" Sirius began, but Audrey cut him off.
"I am the real Sirius Black."
"No, you're not."
"I am the real Sirius Black." Audrey repeated again. "I've shagged every girl in Ravenclaw house except for the underclassmen."
James roared with laughter. Marlene sat down at the couch and picked up a book purposely reading it upside down.
"Remus, what are you doing?" James asked, still shaking with laughter.
"I'm reading, sir." Marlene replied, not looking up from the book.
"Upside down?" Peter asked.
"Yes, I'm so smart I read everything backwards and upside down because I can dicipher it easily." Marlene replied.
Sarah as Peter was rolling around on the floor.
"What are you doing?" Sirius asked, taking his eyes off of Audrey for a moment.
"What aren't I doing?" Sarah as Peter replied, still rolling.
"So what's this all about?" James asked, confused.
"Whats this bloke talking about, Sirius?" Lily asked Audrey.
"I don't know, James. I think that guy in the spectacles is jealous of your mighty Quidditch skills and is trying to impersonate you." Audrey replied, smirking.
"Wow…I must be a Quidditch god." Lily replied, in mock-awe.
"You are, James." Audrey replied, looking at Lily. "And I'm so gay for you."
"Oh good, because I'm in love with you too." Lily replied.
The real James and Sirius both made gagging noises as Remus and Peter were hysterically laughing.
"But I thought you liked that muggle ginger." Sarah as Peter called to James.
"Oh, yeah. Evans…yeah, but she's too good for me." Lily said.
"Yeah, every girl I've ever met is too good for me." Audrey said, then turned to James. "That's why I love you, mate!"
"I know, Sirius. We're so wonderful!" Lily as James said.
"I like peas!" Sarah squeaked as Peter, still rolling around on the floor.
"WILL YOU ALL SHUT UP!" Marlene as Remus growled. "I'M A WEREWOLF TRYING TO READ!" She threw down her book and stormed upstairs.
"Remus, come back! I love you!" Audrey as Sirius called, running up the stairs after her.
"Sirius?" Lily as James said, sad. "I thought you loved me!" She bellowed, following the others.
Sarah as Peter sprung up from the floor and looked at the boys. "Bye strange people!" She then scampered up the stairs.