A.N—I have to say people, that I am actually disappointed in you. Hardly any reviews AT ALL and only four people gave me ideas for the prank. The best one I got was from Blue Lover5000 and so I am using her idea. This chapter is dedicated to clw317 because of the review that she sent me about the prank. Please enjoy and I hope that this chapter makes you laugh. Also, PLEASE REVIEW!

Disclaimer—yeah yeah none of it is mine.

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Chapter Thirty Eight

Payback's a Bitch

I couldn't look any of the marauders in the eye the whole of the next day. It was humiliating to say the least. And it was also a little infuriating when they would look at me with knowing eyes. Especially Remus. He was the worst out of the lot.

Stupid boy brains and their boy thoughts and their arrogant boyish know-it-all-ness….Grrrrrrr!

Great now I'm growling in my head. What the hell is going on with me?

"Sophia? You got a minute?" I looked up at Remus who was looking at me with raised eyebrows and a bemused expression. "You know, when you're done scowling at your potions book."

My lips twitched despite myself and Remus sat down. "What's up, Remus?" I asked not looking at him.

"Why won't you look at me?" he asked, and I could hear the frown in his voice. I threw my quill down.

"Well, it could have something to do with the fact you eavesdropped on a private conversation and then teased me about it." I said sarcastically. Remus bit his lip and then sighed.

"It was wrong, I admit that and I'm sorry." He turned my face towards him. I avoided his eyes, looking down. "Any chance you can forgive me?" he said this so sweetly, I made the mistake of looking into his eyes and I felt myself drowning in the topaz stones that were the windows to his soul.

I sighed half-heartedly. "I can't stay upset with you. But, you have to lay off the jokes. It's really irritating." Remus nodded his head, holding his hands up in an innocent gesture.

"Fair deal." He looked around for a minute. "How long have you been in here?" he asked, looking around the library. It was a nice afternoon, the sun was shining and I had been cooped up amongst books since lunch.

"Lunch time. But I have the rest of the day free because Charms was cancelled and I had last period free anyway." I answered, picking up my quill to finish my essay. It was yanked out of my hand. "Hey!" I cried, reaching for it. Remus held it above my head.

"I am the studious one and even I know it's time for a break. Come on, we're going to get some fresh air into you." He grabbed my thinks and dragged me out of the library, my bag and his thrown over his shoulder. I couldn't help but smile. He and I walked down to the lake and into the surrounding trees for a while. We were a little far in before he stopped and cursed.

"Crap. Sophia, I'm sorry but I have to go. I promised James I would meet him after his meeting with McGonagall." He pressed a kiss to my cheek before racing off. I blinked and looked around at the trees before I heard shouting.

"Sophia!" I turned and saw Lily Mary and Marlene striding forward to me. I blinked and grinned at them.

"What are yo doing here?" I asked. Lily looked confused.

"James told me you needed to meet us here so we could talk about something."

"I didn't say that." I frowned. Something fishy was going on. "What are those boys up to?" I muttered as the wind changed course. The scents of Sirius, James, Remus and peter were coming from the trees and their blood was pounding with adrenalin.

Uh, oh.

"Run!" I cried, but too late. The boys sprang from the trees and started hurling water balloons at us, filled with icy cold liquid. We screamed and huddled together into a group, trying to avoid the wet missiles at we got soaked through. Then it stopped and we all looked towards the boys with murderous expressions. They were grinning and clapping each other on the back.

"We told you we would get you back for that prank you pulled on us last year." James said cheerily, as if he was discussing the weather.

"You thought we forgot didn't you?" Sirius asked rhetorically. I glared at him and struggled to keep from ripping his throat out.

"Paybacks a bitch." I heard Mary mutter. I looked over at her and had to stop myself from laughing. Her white shirt was now completely see-through and you could see the red lacy bra underneath. Peter was ogling her and she was too busy glaring at Sirius for her to notice.

"Mary." I cleared my throat awkwardly. "Your shirt it's a bit...um…" I trailed off and pointed to her chest. She looked down and then back up at me, then to Peter. She blushed a brilliant red and reached into her bag for a jumper, but there was none. She looked at me and I shook my head.

"Boys, did you by any chance take our jumpers?" Lily asked, crossing her arms to preserve some kind of modesty. If James were a dog, he would have been drooling like a kid in a candy shop.

"No! Why would you think that Lily-flower?" Sirius replied in a shocked tone. Despite this, he still reached behind him into a bush where our jumpers were bundled. Marlene reached for it and Sirius waved his wand and the bundle vanished. Lily was glaring so fiercely I was awed at the fact that the boys weren't begging for mercy.

"I swear, Sophia, you're trying to kill me." Remus sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. I blushed and looked down at my feet, crossing my arms around my chest. "Here."

I looked up as Remus tugged his jumper over his head and handed it to me. I smiled gratefully and pulled it over my head, breathing in the smell of Remus's cologne. It was warm from his body heat and I felt protected against the chilly air, especially since it was so big it fell halfway down my thighs.

"Remus!" Sirius cried, "The whole point of this is that they were supposed to be drenched when we went back up to the castle!"

"I don't know about you guys, but I don't want any other guy to look at my girl that way. I shudder to think what would be running through those Death Eater cronies' minds." Remus reasoned. I smiled gratefully up at him as he wrapped an arm around me and continued to keep me warm.

James sighed heavily and offered his own jumper to Lily. She took it grudgingly but put it on all the same. Peter offered his jumper and cloak to Mary while Marlene had simply borrowed Sirius's cloak.

We walked up to the castle in silence. When we got to the girls dormitories, we raced for the showers so we could get warm. I pulled on old woollen shorts and a t-shirt as well as Remus's thick jumper. I knew I should return it but it was so warm and it smelled like him…

"I'm going over to return this," Lily said shaking James's jumper. "You want me to take yours?" she asked us. Mary and Marlene nodded and handed her the clothes. She turned to me and I shook my head.

"I'm going to keep it." I explained. Lily raised an eyebrow but said nothing.

"Will you some with me?" she asked and I nodded. I followed her up to the 7th year boy dorms and we knocked, coming in when peter called out "We're decent!"

Lily proceeded with caution because she had never been in here before, but I went in with ease, plopping down on Remus's trunk.

"I came to give these back," Lily explained, handing the bundle to James. "Except for yours, Remus, Soph kind of wants to keep it." she winked at me.

"It's warm." I said, hugging myself. Remus chuckled and wrapped his arms around me from behind.

"You look hot in my clothes." H whispered in my ear. I smiled and blushed.

"Thanks," I said. I twirled my hair in my hands.

"Shit!" James cursed. I looked up and saw he was cradling his hand, which was bleeding.

I saw red. My eyes glazed over and my fangs set in. Hunger ripped at my throat as I saw the scarlet droplets oozing down his hand. I wanted nothing more than so bring that warm liquid into my mouth and drain him dry, but I fought it off.

I couldn't sit there anymore. I moved faster than the eye could see so I was leaning on the wall, taking deep breaths through my nose, because if I opened my mouth, I would latch onto James's arm. I closed my eyes and willed myself to relax. I felt hands on my shoulders but I didn't open my eyes.

"Is she okay?" I heard Lily asked worriedly. I let out a long breath and let my eyes crack open. they were still red, but hopefully they would fade soon.

"Sorry. Fresh blood." I said shortly. Lily nodded, frowning. Remus was studying my face critically. "I'll be fine in a minute." As I said the words, my eyes faded back to blue and I was able to breathe easier.

"Sorry Sophia." James apologized and I snorted.

"It's not your fault. Accidents happen." I replied. He smiled and I shook Remus's sleeves back so I could tuck a strand of hair behind my ear. "We should go."

I grabbed Lily's hand and dragged her from the room. We were about to enter our dorm when a scream came from inside. I pushed the door open and saw that Marlene was the one who screamed. She had tears running down her face.

Lily and I burst into laughter and Marlene stomped her foot angrily. "It's not funny!" she exclaimed.

It was very funny actually.

Because the marauders had turned her hair bright, bubble-gum pink.