La di dah, it's chapter 37 :)
Btw, lol I update so much, don't I. It's mostly cos I've just been on holiday with my parents, which obviously resulted in me filling up my little blue book with many many chapters of fanfiction. Since I've come back though, I haven't been writing much. I've only got a few more, and then I'll run out, but I'll probs write a lot more after my exams this week.
"I want ice-cream," Sirius pouted, late on Sunday evening.
"No!" James scolded, "Absolutely nothing unhealthy for you. We have a match in 36 hours and counting, and I will not lose against that team, okay?!"
"No unhealthy food!" laughed Izzie, "For Sirius?! Oh I wonder how long that'll last,"
"Hey!" Sirius protested, a bag of Cockroach Clusters on his lap, "I can go for ages without anything unhealthy!"
"Yeah, I'll believe that when I see it!" chuckled Remus.
"I bet you thirty whole galleons, that I will only eat healthy food," he said, looking very pleased with himself, and the others scoffed.
"Yeah, we'll all pay you thirty galleons if you eat only healthy food," Lily smirked, and Sirius sat up straight.
"Ooh, I could make a lotta money!" he said devilishly.
"Or you could lose a lotta money," Kathy pointed out, and they all laughed.
"Let's shake on it," he said, ignoring their wisecracks, and holding his hand out. They all piled their hands on top of his and yelled wildly.
"Tomorrow's going to be interesting," James grinned.
*
"Nu-uh-uh Sirius," scolded James, as Sirius happily reached for a handful of sausages, at the breakfast table.
"What?" he said, tiredly.
"No unhealthy food, remember," Kathy grinned, and Sirius groaned.
"Have some cereal," offered Lily.
"EURGH, NO WAY!" he yelled.
"An apple?" asked Remus, "Or just any fruits at all?"
"WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!"
"How about some pumpkin juice," Izzie tried, and his face contorted in disgust.
"I hate pumpkin juice," he growled, "It makes me sick,"
"Jeez, he's cranky without food," smirked Kathy.
Sirius wailed and put his face into the tablecloth.
"Perk up Padfoot, we have another practice, McGonagall said we can skip the lessons today," James said, as he drained his goblet and dragged Sirius to his feet and out of the hall.
"It looks like a lovely day today," Remus commented, looking up to the enchanted ceiling, "Bright sun, fluffy clouds, etc. etc,"
"Ooh, since when did you become Hogwarts weather-lady?" grinned Lily, and Remus pouted.
"You girls will be the death of me," he sighed, "Especially after last Saturday,"
"Saturday?" asked Izzie.
"Remus was rather harassed by you and Kathy on Saturday, after you managed to get yourselves abso-bloody-lutely pissed," Lily explained.
"Ooh, we harassed him," exclaimed Izzie, high-fiving Kathy, "Go us!"
"Oh, let the torture continue! Please!" he said sarcastically, rolling his eyes, and Kathy put an arm around him, grinning.
"No worries Remus, we've sobered up," she winked.
"Who's to say you won't continue, despite your apparently healthy state!"
"So are you two going to the ball together?" asked Izzie, looking at Kathy and Remus.
"Yeah, but just as friends," she replied, and he nodded.
"Cool," Izzie said distractedly, "I need to find a date, I'm the only one of us who's still going solo,"
"Who're you going with Lily?" asked Remus, sipping his pumpkin juice.
"James," she said, and Remus sprayed Izzie, head to toe, in his drink.
"WHAT?!" he yelped, as she gingerly dried herself down.
"Honestly Remus, that's yesterday's news," Kathy sighed, "Keep up!"
"We're only going together so Ronnie Fox will keep off his back," she said haughtily, glaring at him.
"Ah I see," he nodded wisely, trying to keep a straight face.
"What about Sirius?" asked Kathy.
"He decided to go with Fox," Izzie chuckled, "She's captain of the Northwood quidditch team, and she is not going to be happy when they lose,"
"Oh my god, you have too much confidence in our boys," Lily said, shaking her head, "What if we lose! Nobody's considered that!"
"It's unforeseeable," Kathy shrugged, as Izzie smirked.
Suddenly, Sirius stumbled towards them, looking very dizzy and disorientated.
"Sirius, are you alright mate?" asked Remus, pulling his into a seat.
"What's the matter?" asked Lily.
Sirius gulped.
"I passed out on the quidditch pitch. James says it's lack of food. He said to come eat, or else I'll die. And I owe you all thirty galleons," he said, groaning, his eyes twinkling slightly.
"You know, if I was you, I wouldn't have mentioned the bit about owing us money," laughed Izzie, rubbing Sirius on the back, as Kathy piled some sausages and bacon onto a plate and shoved in his direction.
He devoured it hungrily, the colour returning to his cheeks.
"Honestly, he goes without breakfast for a mere twenty minutes, and he passes out," chuckled Remus, "What will we do with you Sirius?"
"Who knows," laughed Kathy looking at her Gucci wristwatch, "Oh, we'd better get to Transfiguration,"
They all murmured in agreement, and stood up, stuffing the last of the toast into their mouths.
"You know Lily," grinned Sirius, back to his usual self, "Seeing as James can't do the honours of pestering you to death and being a general pain in the arse, I think I shall do the honours,"
Before Lily even took his word in, she found herself being thrust upon a pair of shoulders, her legs dangling either side of Sirius' head.
"OH MY GOD, PUT ME DOWN!" she screeched, as the others roared with laughter.
"Nope," he grinned cheekily, and she tugged his hair and banged on his head like a child.
"I HATE YOU BLACK!" she shrieked, attempting to cause some sort of damage to his head.
"Woah Sirius, if she breaks you, you won't be able to play quidditch tomorrow," warned Izzie, winking up at her friend.
"Oh yeah!" gasped Sirius, setting Lily down in her transfiguration seat.
"Oh deary me, she seems to be having nervous breakdown," Kathy said, as Lily sat cross-legged in her chair, closing her eyes calmly, her palms resting on her knees.
"What's with her?" asked Remus, attempting to transfigure a shoe into a teacup.
"Oh I see, she's trying out some new muggle thing," explained Izzie, reading the signs, "Yo-go or something..."
"Yoga!" Lily hissed out of the corner of her mouth, as Sirius snickered.
"She's relieving all of her extra stress," added Kathy, "Most likely brought on by TMS syndrome,"
"You mean PMS," Sirius said, pointing a finger at her, knowingly.
"Nope, she means TMS, Too Much Sirius syndrome," chuckled Remus and they all cracked up with laughter.
"Stop it!" Sirius cried, "WILSON HATES YOU!"
They fell silent and stared at him blankly.
"Wilson?" asked Izzie.
"He's sitting right there," Sirius pointed to Professor McGonagall's desk, which was empty except for a few quills and sheets of parchment.
"Ah, I see," Remus said, nodding enthusiastically and Sirius sat back triumphantly.
"He's lost it," Remus muttered into Kathy's ear.
"NO! I CAN SEE HIM TOO!" she giggled, as Izzie cocked an eyebrow.
"They've both lost it," she mumbled to Remus, who laughed, his wand faltering slightly.
The boot that he was trying to transfigure suddenly leapt into the air, zooming around the classroom. Kathy rolled her eyes, jokingly.
"Remus, honestly, watch what you're - "
"Kathy!" he exclaimed, as she fell to the floor, mid-sentence, a deep gash in her head.
A pool of blood filled the classroom floor, and several girls screamed at the sight of it.
"Nobody panic!" shouted Professor McGonagall, rushing to Kathy's side, "Mr. Lupin, could you possibly take Miss. Green to the hospital wing? Carefully please," she said, as Remus swept Kathy into his arms, and ran out of the classroom in a hurry.
"Back to work!" called Professor McGonagall, as they all stared, gawping.
"What happened," asked Lily, coming out of her trance-like state.
*
"Give her a moment," said Madam Pomfrey, as Remus sat, slightly nervously at Kathy's bedside, "She'll wake up in just a tic,"
The gash in her head was healed and she lay peacefully in the bed, her eyes closed.
"Thanks," Remus said distractedly, as the matron moved on to see to some other students, "Kathy, you little idiot, wake up,"
On cue, her eyelids fluttered open and she looked around confusedly.
"Why do I always wake up to see you? she groaned, and Remus pouted.
"Oh very nice!" he exclaimed, "You're in the hospital wing. You got hit on the head with a shoe,"
She chuckled, wincing slightly.
"Does it hurt?"
"Only a little. Who's the genius who threw the shoe at me?"
"That would be me," he grinned and she prodded him, sitting up, "Ouch! Feisty!"
"I am injured and in need of bedrest," she laughed, "Hey, where're the others?"
"Still in transfiguration," he replied
"Oh. So you took me here?"
"Yeah,"
"Thanks," she grinned.
"Are you ready to go?" he asked, standing up nervously
"Yeah, I'm fine," she pulled the covers off and got out of bed, "Let's go,"
Suddenly, the door opened, and James walked in, looking around.
"Hey, what're you guys doing here?" he asked, "Ooh, what'd you do to your head?"
"Long story," she said, "What are you doing here? Did quidditch practice end?"
"Yeah, I came to see Sirius," he replied, "Where is he?"
"What do you mean, he's in transfiguration," frowned Remus.
"What?! I told him to come up here and get better! And what does he do! He ignores me!"
"He came to the Great Hall saying that you told him to get breakfast," Kathy smirked.
"Oh he'll say anything for food," James laughed, "Should we go back to the common room? I can't really be bothered to go to Transfiguration. Quidditch stars like myself need to rest ourselves!"
"You quidditch players think you're so amazing," she teased.
"We are!" James laughed.
"Oh no Prongsie, did no-one tell you, the girls really go for the... wait for it... the..." Remus said dramatically.
"Spit it out,"
"The commentators!"
"Ew," Kathy wrinkled her nose, jokingly, "Who'd love a commentator like you!"
"Yeah, she'd much rather party it up with a handsome quidditch star," James added suggestively.
"Actually I think I'd rather take my chances with microphone-boy here,"
"Hey! That was rude and uncalled for!"
--
Meanwhile, Sirius sat at his seat in Transfiguration, a vivacious redhead on one side, a raven-haired grinning witch on the other.
"Looking good," Lily smiled, looking at Sirius.
"Wow, thanks Evans," he grinned, looking pleased with himself.
"I meant your teacup," she laughed.
"But you're looking good, anyway," added Izzie.
"Aw, thanks kiddo," he grinned, ruffling her hair.
"Kiddo?" she gasped, in mock-horror, "You little – "
"Hey Iz, we need to get you a date for the ball!" Lily said, cutting in.
"Ooooh yeah!" she squealed, "I want an Irish one,"
"Must you treat boys like your playthings?" Sirius asked.
"Must you treat girls like your playthings?" Izzie retorted, smirking as he looked quite lost for words.
"Okay, at lunchtime, we can find you someone," Lily said, business-like, and Izzie laughed.
"It's usually the other way round. I'm always trying to find you a date," she chuckled, "My little Lilykins has grown up!"
"Ugh, I told you, I'm only going with him as a favour," Lily groaned, blushing.
"Okay, whatever, we're going boy-searching at lunch," she grinned.
"OOH, CAN I HELP?!" Sirius yelled, attracting a lot of attention.
"Are you suddenly converting to homosexualism or something?" asked Lily.
"No!" he protested, "I've never seen it through a girl's point of view before!"
"Aw bless!" cooed Izzie, "We got a gay best friend!"
"Yay, he can help us boy-hunting," Lily squealed, and Sirius frowned, unsure of whether or not he'd won this one.
As the bell rang, the three of them piled out of the classroom, looking around for any suitable boys.
"What about that one?" asked Sirius, pointing to a blonde boy who was sitting reading a book at a table in the Great Hall.
"Ew Sirius, are you kidding?" Lily gasped, while Izzie wrinkled her nose.
"What?!"
"He's alright, but he's not hot!" Izzie rolled her eyes.
"Jesus, girls are bitches!"
"What makes you say that?" asked Remus, as he, James and Kathy came up behind them.
"Just Izzie looking for a date," he sighed, scratching his head, as Izzie and Lily rushed towards that dark-haired boy, Jack Tomkins.
"You allowed this?" gasped James, watching his cousin flirt with Tomkins.
"Sorry," Sirius shrugged, "Honestly James, she's older than you are!"
"By a month!"
"Less than a month, actually," Kathy pointed out.
"Oi you, keep quiet!" Sirius hissed, as they sat down.
"Now we've all got dates," grinned Izzie, as she and Lily rejoined them at the table.
"For the last time, it's not a date!" Lily moaned.
"Yeah whatever, same difference," Kathy said, clapping her hands excitedly.
"What's this afternoon?" asked Remus.
"Free periods," grinned Sirius.
"You mean study periods," Lily sighed, "Honestly, when do you find the time to do your homework Sirius?!"
"I manage," he said casually, shovelling food into his mouth.
"Come on, eat up," James said, patting Sirius on the back, his own plate empty.
"What happened to the bet?" asked Izzie.
"Forget the stupid bet, he needs his energy levels up," James said distractedly.
"Does this mean I don't owe you all that money?" asked Sirius, his mouth bulging.
"No!" Kathy protested, "A bet's still a bet!"
"Come on, have some potatoes. You need carbs," James offered, spooning more and more onto his plate.
"You're gonna make me fat, Prongs," Sirius grumbled.
"You're already fat," muttered Lily, and the others smirked into their plates.
"What was that Evans?" he asked, while James attempted to feed him, "Get the hell away from me James!"
"Sorry, but we can't have a repeat of today now, can we," he said, "Cause that was absolutely pathetic,"
"Oi," Sirius gasped, spraying food at them all.
"Ooh, we gotta go!" Remus exclaimed suddenly, and the girls shot out of their seats, grabbing their bags.
"Where're you going?" asked James.
"Library," lied Kathy.
"You just keep feeding the fatty," Izzie laughed, before running out of the hall.
"I am no fatty," muttered Sirius, leaning backwards, "Ok, I can't eat any more,"
"Alright, you can have some more at dinner," James said, and he groaned.
"You'll be the death of me Potter..."
"They're all planning something," James chuckled, ignoring his last comment.
"Yeah, I guessed," he grinned, signing a couple of autographs for a gang of giggling girls.
"Rather obvious, I must say," he said.
"How long shall we give it, before we go and see what's up?"
"I think... another thirty seconds?" he grinned, and Sirius nodded.
"One hippogriff, two hippogriffs, three hippogriffs," they counted in unison, much to the amusement of those around.
"... twenty-nine hippogriff, THIRTY! LET'S GO!"
The two of them raced through the corridors, their bags slung lazily over their shoulders, in anticipation of what was waiting for them.
Laughing to themselves, they yelled the password to the Fat Lady, and climbed through the hole.
"Surprise," they all yelled, as James and Sirius looked around to see the common room decorated with bright colours and posters of the seven Hogwarts team members, grinning around.
"Potter, Black," said Jacob Isaacs, grinning at them with a bottle of butterbeer in his hand, "We're going to kill them tomorrow!"
Sirius yelled happily, and thrust an arm around Jacob, while James made his way over to their friends.
"Wow, did you guys do all this?" he asked, smiling.
"Yep," grinned Kathy, "We decided to have it in the afternoon, because we figured you'd want to make everyone sleep early,"
"We were going to have the other players, but Izzie forced us against it," chuckled Remus.
"I am not having Adam Davies anywhere near here!" she muttered, darkly.
"And what about you, did you have anything to do with this?" James grinned at Lily.
"I am a prefect," she said simply, a smile playing on her face, "I do not condone any unapproved school activities,"
"Can someone say hypocrite," Remus muttered under his breath, covering it up with a cough.
"Oi," she said, "Alright, we've got food coming up from the kitchens later, and then you can go straight to bed,"
"Ooh, anything you say Miss Evans," he teased, taking a butterbeer from her, "No firewhiskey?"
"James!"
"Kidding, kidding,"
"Sirius! Jacob!" he yelled suddenly, turning to the boys on the other side of the room, "How many drinks have you had?"
"Just the one," Jacob said, and Sirius nodded.
"Alright, no more," James said sternly, and the boys' faces fell.
"Aww come on!" they begged and pleaded, but James stood firm at his word.
"Drink some pumpkin juice!" he said, and they groaned at him.
--
"POTTER! BLACK! ISAACS! DAY! DIGGORY! DAVIES! WALTERS!" the room chanted, as the evening went on, and people were getting more and more excitable. The Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs had managed to find their way towards the party, and the Hogwarts team was together, standing on the sofas.
"ALRIGHT," James yelled, "We are going to BEAT these bunch of fags, and we'll WIN THIS TOURNAMENT!"
The room cheered, and Sirius flopped onto the couch, his stomach grumbling.
"I'm kinda hungry," he moaned, and right on cue, a gaggle of house-elves walked into the room, trays of food held high over their heads.
"Eat up Sirius," James commanded, and Sirius happily helped himself to a good third of all the food.
"What a pig," Izzie scoffed, looking at Sirius stuffing his face.
"He needs his energy, apparently," Lily laughed.
"So he says," Kathy chuckled, "I reckon he just pretended to faint, as an excuse to eat,"
"That sounds like something you might do," Remus pointed out and she shrugged.
"Great minds think alike,"
"Erm, you think Sirius is a great mind?"
"Ah, good point,"
"OKAY, EVERYONE TO BED," James shouted, and the whole team groaned, "WOULD YOU RATHER FALL ASLEEP ON THE PITCH AND LET THE NORTHWOOD BITCHES WIN?!"
They grumbled in agreement, and the common room slowly emptied of Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs, and James, Sirius and Jacob went up to the boys dormitories.
Before long, it was only Remus, Lily, Izzie and Kathy left downstairs.
"Why do I always find myself surrounded by you girls?" he asked, wearily.
"Because, it's proven that people feel more comfortable amongst their own kind," Kathy said, without skipping a beat.
"Oi. Stop with the insults!"
"Why?" she smiled, and he rolled his eyes.
"Have you guys got outfits for the ball? It's film star themed, you know!"
"You sound excited," smirked Izzie.
"Yeah, we went shopping last week," Lily cut in, before Remus could reply.
"Oh, I'm quite tired too," he yawned.
"Go to bed," Lily said, as she lingered at the bottom of the stairs, itching to go to her room.
"I don't want to go up yet, James will be giving Sirius a bunch of last-minute ideas, and you have no idea how hard it is to sleep through that!"
"Well anyway, sleep tight, tomorrow is going to be a very long day," Kathy forewarned, climbing the stairs after the others.
Bless 'em.
This chapter is dedicated to Wilson, who lives in the science room :)
Me + my friends are way too hyper for our own good at times.
Spanish exam was ite, today, much easier than expected, in case anybody cares. Others were alright too.
Lol at Remus. He is amaze.
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