The Odd Couple:
Chapter Five: I Can't Think of A Title
Disclaimer: I own
nothing but the plot. Must we go through this again?
"How are you going to get back?" Lily asked.
Pulling away from James was very hard to do, no matter how much she thought she
hated him. At first, he smiled from their kiss. But then, he smirked. "Well?
You certainly can't go the way you came! And using your dad's
InvisibilityMachine! You are going to get in sooo much trouble... And I don't
appreciate.." She was stopped suddenly by James kissing her again.
He pulled his wand out. "Mrs. Evans?" He
called. Mrs. Evans stuck her head out the open kitchen window. "Yes, James?"
"Can you bring me my broom?" He asked, putting on his innocent face. "Of
course, dear." She brought out the broom. Attached to the InvisibleStrap was
the Invisibility Cloak. He took some sandwiches and stuffed them in his mouth.
"Thanks, Mrs. Evans, for the sandwiches." His voice was muffled.
He stuck his wand out. All of a sudden, a
horrible, huge, purple bus came into view. A young wizard named Ernie (A/N: I
decided that Ernie was once conductor, pimply like his follower, Stan) began
his formal speech, but seeing who it was, he dropped it. "Eh, it's you Jim,
what didja do now?"
"Nothing, Ernie. How much would it be to
get to London?" "'leven Sickles, as always! Yeh should know, yeh've been in the
area before, 'cept yeh were more towards a window 'round this place, eh?" He
said, causing James to blush. He beckoned for Lily to come closer. "I thinks
the young gentl'man likes yeh, li'l lady. Come on, now Jim. We gots to get to
yehr parents' place."
Blushing again, James got on board the huge
bus and wave merrily goodbye to Mrs. Evans and Lily. "See you at school, Lily!
Lovely meeting you and you family, Mrs. Evans!"
"Lily, dear, that charming young man
should visit again." Said Mrs. Evans, looking at a confused Lily. And all of a
sudden Lily realized she was falling madly in love with him. And Sirius was
going to have his Christmas present late.
~~~~~~~~~Back at
Hogwarts~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"You kissed JAMES!!!!!!!" Was Sirius's
short and shocked greeting. "Correction. James kissed me, Sirius and I believe
you wouldn't be one to talk about the kissing game. I believe you were in
Paris, the city of lights and of love?" Lily snapped. "You kissed JAMES!!!!" He
said again, more shocked than before. "You kissed James?" Remus asked, suddenly
appearing out of nowhere. "She kissed
who?" Asked Peter, who also joined them. By this time, they had reached the
Great Hall. It was New Year's Eve, and the Hogwarts Express had arrived just in
time for dinner. "Lily kissed JAMES!!!!!" Sirius yelled, and every head turned.
"If I have to say this again, I will bite your head off and spit it out into
Filch's office! James kissed me!!!" Lily bellowed, before storming off. She
stopped at the entrance of the Great Hall, and turned on one heel. Everyone in
the Great Hall took a deep breath in unison, and she was able to whisper and be
heard. "And how did you know?" Everyone in the Great Hall looked like they were
about to burst.
"I didn't. I just guessed." Sirius said,
smirking. She stormed off again, while the entire Hall was nearly doubled up in
laughter.
Bertha Jorkins, a ditzy girl full of
gossip, was in Lily's dormitory and was jabbering about how Sirius had spread
to the entire student body that Lily had allowed a tad more than a kiss. Lily
was flabbergasted. "If I ever, ever, EVER get my hands on that James Potter and
his stupid little friend..." She began, before she was rudely interrupted by
Bertha. "But Sirius only started a rumor!" "Who would have he gotten his
information from, huh? Sirius is clever, but he isn't stupid enough to come up
with something entirely untrue." Bertha looked like she had gotten an early
birthday present.
The next morning everyone was back, and
Lily was having a hard time getting to her classes. The girls threw her looks
of loathing. The boys all asked: "How about a date, Evans? Heard you give out a
lot more than a good night kiss." Lily didn't know how she survived until lunch
until she realized: She hadn't met any Slytherins yet.
"Jamsie boy, what on earth were you
thinking? Going to Lily's house in the middle of winter, having a romantic
picnic and not telling her you were going to kiss her??? And not telling us??"
Sirius was bouncing around the corridors, heading towards Transfiguration with
James, Remus and Peter.
"Sirius, would you just shut up?" James
snapped. "Why, Jamsie boy? Don't you want to know she's got the hots for you?
Huh, Jamsie boy?" Now Sirius was pretending to drop books on Peter's head.
"She knows."
"Ow!" Peter said, because this time Sirius
did drop books on Peter's head. "And if you don't stop teasing her, she might
tell McGonagall." "Prongs, did you tell her?" Remus asked, in a tone way to
serious for a boy of sixteen. "No. She had seen us way back. When we first did
it. She had thought they were just Hagrid's creatures. But the essay we had to
write for McGonagall on Animagi..." "I knew I forgot something!" "Shush,
Sirius. She wanted me to explain, and I lost control."
"You lost control???? You lost control????
In the past six years, you could have 'lost control' on any girl, but you
choose the one who knows about us?? You idiot!" They were almost at the
Transfiguration classroom.
"You know, for once in his life, Padfoot's
right." "Hey!" Remus continued. "You and Padfoot better squash those rumors
before Lily gets really mad."
The other three
agreed. Peter looked at his watch. "We're early. Let's get good seats before
the Slytherins ruin the atmosphere. I'd rather sit up front than look at Snape
and vomit my lunch."
They walked in, got two tables near
Professor McGonagall's desk, and there she was, talking to McGonagall.
Professor McGonagall looked mad, and she glared at Sirius, who was trying to
finish his essay. Soon the Slytherins walked in, and the only seat left for
Lily was next to Snape.
James was never nervous during
Transfiguration. At least not until now. It was his best subject, after all.
But when Professor McGonagall was glaring at the four of them, and hearing Lily
laugh, he turned. There she was, next to his enemy, laughing. Having fun. They
had already transfigured their raccoons, so McGonagall didn't mind. James
couldn't stand it.
After class, he pulled Lily by the arm
toward the Astronomy tower. "Look! There they go! Evans and Potter, sitting in
a tree..." Screeched the Slytherins, all laughing in unison. Even Sirius had
joined in, and Remus was trying not to smile.
"What did you tell McGonagall, Evans?" "Oh
is it Evans now? I thought it was James Potter's girlfriend!" She spat. "You
know I didn't start those rumors, and just because everyone's believing them
don't mean they're true. You and I both know what happened, that's why it
shouldn't bother you."
"Potter! Get Mr. Black and come up to the
Headmaster's office. We have something to discuss with the two of you!"
Professor McGonagall's voice boomed through the tower.
That's the end for you people! I love getting reviews! Remember that! 'Ello: This is new: There are two series that are spin-offs of this.. Diary and Diary.. Read the summaries to figure out which is before and which is after.