A/N: I'm hyperventilating!!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!! So many reviews!! (this is a new feeling for me, as you will notice from my other stories) Thank you, all you nice people! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! *blows kisses* And now, on with the story!!!
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Lily allowed herself a smug smirk as she walked back to her table, Kat and Becca hard on her heels.
Kat grinned mischievously.
"Phase one of plan: check."
Becca giggled.
"This is so much fun! I had no idea annoying James could be so easy! And then there's his friends, of course. Especially Sirius . . . He's sooo cute when he gets in trouble!" she sighed.
Lily missed a step.
"What?! Sirius? The idiot who doesn't care about anyone's feelings? That Sirius?" she said incredulously.
"She's right, Becca. Sirius is nothing but a troublemaker who shouldn't be befriended! Remus, though . . ." Kat bit her lip, as if having said too much.
Lily goggled.
"You too?! What is wrong with my friends?!"
Kat and Becca just smiled at one another, knowing exactly how the other felt. Lily threw up her hands and shook her head.
"You know what? I don't think I can take this much longer," she said, adding a gagging noise for good measure. "I'll be in the library in case you guys come to your senses!"
She stalked off, leaving her two giggling friends sneaking glances at Sirius and Remus, who were doing their best to look as if they didn't notice.
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James sat in the library, wondering what he could possibly do – besides read, anyway. He picked up a book on a shelf nearby and opened it to a random page.
Sirius and Remus had better not be serious! He
thought to himself while flipping through the book. They'll give everything away to stupid Becca and Kat! Lovesick idiots.
He heard footsteps and looked up; not many people came into the library during the Christmas holidays. Except the ones who've been abandoned by their friends, he thought wryly.
None other than Lily Evans walked into the room, bristling like a cat doused with water.
Her green eyes shot icicles around the room and her hands had her robes in a white-knuckled grip.
Well, well, James thought, smiling, It looks like some unlucky soul got her on her bad side. . . .Probably me, He added as an afterthought.
Lily caught site of him and gave a start, then narrowed her eyes to slits. James laughed.
"Well, Lily dear, has someone stepped on your tail?"
"You! I knew it! You cast a spell on them! Didn't you? Didn't you?! Admit it, rat-boy!" she bellowed, earning a sharp look from the librarian.
James decided to play along. If she thought he had cast a spell on whomever, he might as well use it.
"Well of course I did! That didn't just happen by itself, did it? I told you not to mess with me, Evans."
Her hand twitched towards her wand, but she stilled it and set it on top of the other.
"Well, Potter, perhaps who would like to grace us with a countercurse."
It was not a question, it was a demand. From someone who knew it would be fulfilled.
"Oh, I don't think so. There is none."
Right eye twitching, she stepped forward quickly – reaching him in three strides - grabbed both his cheeks (A/n: his face cheeks, you sick people!) and pulled them opposite ways, making James look very much like a frog.
"What. Did you say?"
James smiled at her; or tried to, with his stretched out face. He then pulled out his wand and poked her right in the stomach.
"Gonflurimus!" he shouted when she let go of his face in surprise.
He smiled as the spell began to take effect. Lily seemed to have a little more baby fat than usual. And more. And more. And more.
She puffed up like a balloon until she could no longer have gotten out he door.
"I'll get you for this!" she shrieked. "I swear, I will!"
James just snickered and slipped out the door.
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Lily sat in her pajamas with her two friends and a potion in her hands, hammering out the final details of the "master plan".
"Ok, so tomorrow, you two walk over and get Sirius'" – Becca giggled – "Remus'" – Kat giggled – "and James' attention. Do whatever you need to do, just make sure they don't turn around until I'm ready!" This brought sly winks and nudges from Becca and Kat.
Lily rolled her eyes and continued.
"Anyway! While their backs are turned, I'll put this potion into James' glass. He drinks it, falls in love, bla, bla, bla. All clear?"
"Clear as glass, captain!" Becca exclaimed with a mock salute.
"Right. Anyway, I made the potion after Madam Pomfrey released me from the hospital wing, so now all we have to do is charm it. Would our expert charmer, Kat, please step up to the podium?" she said grandiosely with flourishing gestures.
Kat smiled and pulled out her wand.
"Okay, I studied this all last night. It's kind of elaborate, you know. The potion should turn bright pink after the spell; that's how we make sure it works."
Becca and Lily nodded impatiently and Kat took a deep breath.
"Okay, here goes! Haisen daisen amur nut, hajene noop!"
She swirled her wand elaborately – wand movements were just as important as the spell in charms – and finally pointed it at the blue potion.
They all stared at it as it bubbled up, swirled around, and finally, with a slight "pop," it turned pink.
Becca squealed loudly, Kat let out a breath she did not know she had been holding, and Lily grinned like mad chesire cat.
"Tomorrow," she said happily, "he'll pay!"
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A/N: Wooo! What will happen? Will it go as planned? Or will a twist of fate ruin it all? Review and find out! Bwahahaha! By the way, Cho, I like your idea very much, but I already had one for this particular prank, so I'll use it later in the story! Thanks to all my reviewers:
Cho ~~ Like I said, I'll use it later J
JoyofPotter ~~ Revenge is such a great name! Thank you!
Shel ~~ Yes, humor is so fun to write!
Queen of sheba ~~ spiffing idea! Thanks
Pink Gelpen ~~ yeah, im not all angst and seriousness!
Heather ~~ Dumbledore's cool J
Trista Setsuna ~~ well, if you REALLY want to read it ahead of time, id be happy to send it to you . . . . .but im not giving anything away! Bwaahahahaha!
Lady Ev ~~ im not going to say anything because I might give something away J
~Skydancer ~~ being on a roll is fun J it never happens to me………….
PheonixGrl*** ~~ I like to think so . . . .but that's kinda arrogant…..