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This is chapter two to our story "Conspiracy Theory"... which, BTW, was NOT based on "Much Ado About Nothing"! It's all a coincidence! A rather freaky one, as well, as Ginny Ha-ha learnt that she's doing that one as her Grade 7 drama exam [she has to learn the part of 'Hero], the day after we posted the story. How weird is that? Maybe Professor Trelawney is rubbing off on us.

We'd like to say a huuuuuuuuuuge thank you to all the people who reviewed... it made us really happy! We got 15 in just one day! Keep that up!

Oh yeah, as usual, we don't own it... Ginny Ha-ha owns Fleureat and duva owns Sam and January (again, the character, not the month. It'd be cool to own a month though...)

Again, this chapter has been slightly changed from the original one, and again, it's duva's head you should bite off if something looks weird (which it probably will, since I'm mentally deranged when it comes to formatting, haha.)

On with the story... hope you like it.

Ginny Ha-ha and duva


Conspiracy Theory
Chapter 2: I don't even like bananananas!
By Ginny Ha-ha and duva

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Later that night, the boys were all sitting in their dormitory. Sirius was just waiting for James to go away so he could share the plan with the other two.

"I'm going to go and have a bath," James announced suddenly.

"In the prefects' bathroom?" asked Remus teasingly.

James nodded at him. "Yeah... so?" He looked completely lost.

"Haven't you already been there today?" Peter shot in.

"Yeah... and twice yesterday, if my memory serves me right," Sirius added. "What's the matter, Jamsie? Got a bad case of BO?"

James shot Sirius a dirty look. "Har har, very funny. You guys haven't seen this bathroom. If you had, you wouldn't question my motives," he said as he looked frantically for his slippers.

"The one good thing about being a prefect, eh James?" Remus asked.

"Something like that," James answered as he fished his left slipper out from underneath Peter's bed and walked out of the room.

Sirius watched him leave with a satisfied grin.

"Finally! I thought he'd never leave," he said to the other two.

Remus recognised this scene. Sirius was up to something. He watched the spark in Sirius' eyes and corrected himself; Sirius was up to no good.

"What is it this time, Sirius?" he asked in an amused tone.

"Well," Sirius began. "You know Fleureat Stonesfield?"

The others nodded.

"You know she talked to me today?"

They nodded again.

"Well... she has a plan. You see, she's convinced Lily Evans is really head over heels in love with our Jamsie boy..."

Peter choked on the muffin he'd been eating, and Remus had to hit him hard on his back several times before he could talk again.

"EXCUSE ME?!" he half-screamed when he finally got his verbal skills back.

"Yeah, I know, I know," Sirius said and waved his hand slightly. "I think Fleureat's a bit insane, to tell you the truth. But she had a plan, and it sounded like fun."

Peter and Remus listened attentively while Sirius told them the plan. After he finished, Remus was the first one to speak.

"I dunno, Sirius... that is pretty mean actually."

Sirius looked blankly at him.

"What do you mean?"

"Well," Remus said calmly, "they might get hurt. You shouldn't play with other people's emotions."

"Aw, come on, Moony!" Sirius exclaimed. "No one will get hurt; they hate each other!"

"Yeah, Remus," Peter added. "I think it sounds like fun," he said to Sirius.

Remus watched his two friends looking at him expectantly. He sighed. He didn't like this at all.

"All right, I'm in. What do we do now?"

Sirius gave a small yelp of victory before taking something out of his satchel.

He examined the paper.

"Well well," he said. "Looks like Jamsie boy is on his way back."

Remus pulled the paper our of Sirius' hands. The tiny dot marked 'James Potter' was slowly moving towards the Gryffindor common room. He gave the Marauder's Map back to Sirius.

"OK, Sirius. You do the talking." He looked at Sirius, who looked baffled.

"Me? Why?" he whined.

"Your idea. You do it." Remus looked sternly at Sirius, who broke into a huge grin. The dot that was James was almost at its goal. It had entered the common room and was moving up the stairs.

"So I heard Fleureat tell Sam how much Lily likes James," he said loudly. "Apparently she's liked him for years; she just doesn't like to let her feelings show, since she thinks he hates her so much..."

The tiny dot had stopped abruptly just outside the 5th year boys dormitory. Sirius grinned even wider. He knew James was listening.

"She actually mentioned that Lily considered asking James to go to Hogsmeade with her..." he added and fell silent as James walked through the door, looking very puzzled.

"Uh oh," Sirius said in mock surprise. "How much of that did you hear, James?"

James just looked at him in horror.

"What the hell is going on here?" he asked loudly.

Sirius smiled. Peter looked expectantly at James, and Remus just looked worried.

"Well, since you already know, I might as well tell you the whole story," Sirius said, trying to hide his smile.

"I'd appreciate it," James answered, still looking rather petrified. "Spill the beans."

As Sirius told him the entire story, James mouth opened wider and wider. This couldn't be real. Lily Evans, liking him? This was just too weird. It was weirder than weird. It was...

His thoughts were cut off as Sirius stuffed a banana muffin into his mouth. James almost choked on it and looked angrily at Sirius.

"Hey man," Sirius said, still smiling. "I did you a favour. You looked like a hungry troll with your mouth open like that. Couldn't let anyone see you like that... it'd ruin your reputation forever."

James did his best not to choke to death, before giving Sirius a half- playful, half- serious thump, "I don't even like bananananas!"

Remus stared at him with a weird look in his eyes. James just shrugged - he had always called bananas that, and, quite frankly, he couldn't really stop himself from doing it.

Sirius, who was used to James' odd verbal skills, just smiled happily. "I know.... so, Jamsie, whatcha gonna do about dahling Lily?"

"I reckon Fleureat is going mad. Lily hates my guts, and everyone knows it."

"Ah, well, you're wrong there," Peter chipped in. "She fancies you something rotten! Well, so Fleureat said."

"S'true," Sirius continued, "Er... Brownie's Promise?"

Remus look at him and shook his head. "That's the girl version," he said. "The boys is Scout's Honour."

"OK, so I don't know much about muggles!"

"I think the girl version suits you better, Padfoot," James grinned.

"Oh, cheers, Jamsie boy."

"Do you have to call me that?"

"Yup."

James sighed. He wondered what to make of the whole Lily Evans thing. Sirius was probably going mad - again. And Fleureat, if she even told him anything, fancied herself as the Official Hogwarts' Matchmaker. She probably thought it would be funny. Both of them probably did...

On the other hand... you never knew.

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Fleureat, Sam and January sat together in the Gryffindor common room, talking happily and randomly amongst themselves. Lily was sitting a little way away, intent on doing her Charms homework. The three friends exchanged glances.

"Let's do it!" Fleureat announced, judging correctly what the looks on the faces of her friends meant. They moved a little closer to Lily, so as to be within hearing range.

"I know, it's amazing!" Fleureat said loudly. "Who'd have thought that James Potter felt like that about Lily?"

Lily's head moved a little, as she was alerted by the sound of her name. She did not, however, look around.

"I know!" January agreed. "I can't believe it! James seriously thinks she's cute! He's terribly cut up about Lily hating him as much as she does..." She let out a sigh. "If I were Lily, I'd at least be nice to him. He is kind of good looking."

"In a chimpanzee sort of way," Fleureat muttered, too quietly for Lily to hear, but the three friends burst into gails of laughter.

Lily looked around at them, half suspiciously.

"Oh!" Sam exclaimed, as if in surprise. "Lily! We... didn't see you there... did you hear what we were talking about?"

Lily nodded, the expression on her dimpled face unreadable. "Yes."

"Oh... I say, Lily, don't tell James that you found out from us, right?"

She stood up, frowning with thought. "All right." Still frowning, Lily pushed all her books into her bag, turned, and left the common room, via the stairs to the dorm.

Fleureat, Sam and January grinned at each other, each hoping that their plan had been a success.

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Lily wandered up the stairs, still frowning to herself. She felt confused.

So, James liked her.

That couldn't really be bad, after all, she quite liked him. Sort of.

On the other hand, Fleureat, Sam and January weren't exactly a reliable source.

But why would they make something like this up? Entertainment?

Something told her that this answer wasn't quite right. Well, why then? Who knew?

But why would James like her? She'd always professed to hate him! Maybe he just felt the same as her. Maybe. January was right, he was good looking. And he was funny. And he was just... different. Something special. And, Lily allowed herself to think this for the first time in ages, maybe she really did like him.

But then common sense cut across.

No! She didn't like him, she didn't and she couldn't! She wasn't going to let herself like him, in any way, shape or form! Boys... they caused too much trouble.

Lily remembered how it had been with her last boyfriend. He'd been sweet, kind, wonderful in every way ... he'd treated her like a princess.

Lily realised that she was crying. Everything had gone so wrong with him. She really had believed that he was something special... and then she'd caught them.

Him and her.

Down by the lake, gazing into each other's eyes, him looking at her as he had used to look at Lily.

Lily stifled a sob. She wasn't going to let James Potter get to her. He was just some guy, another idiot, another cretin like they all were. She'd end up being just another stud on his belt.

But she did like him... she really did...

Lily lay down on her bed. This was really awful... she lay there for another hour, her face buried in the pillow.
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