A/N: Okey dokey

A/N: Chapter seven! *rubs hands together* Bwahahaha. So sorry this took so long to get out, but I had writer's block *sob* and school and everything . . . . anyway, super-thick James might actually figure something out! *all stare, amazed* Oh, and Kat is't JKR, but it's an interesting idea! She's actually based roughly on me :) But anyway, on with the story!

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Lunch Hour

James stared in disgust at Becca sitting on Sirius' lap, both of them making repulsive noises and fluttering their eyelashes. Sirius was saying something in Becca's ear, and she was laughing daintily while trying to kiss him at the same time. All in all, it was a very sickening sight. He turned away and talked to Remus instead.

"Mooney, I still can't figure out what happened this morning. . ."

Remus gave a start and peered at James, then cleared his throat a smidgen too loud. James knew what he'd been staring at.

"What? Oh, yeah. That."

"I mean, it has to connect. First Severus and Lucius up there. Everyone knows they can't apparate and dissaparate on the school grounds, so how did they just vanish? Then Lily looks totally freaked out when Sirius drinks my orange juice, and finally, Padfoot comes back with Becca hanging on his arm! Are you going to tell me that's all a coincidence?"

"A coincidence? Maybe . . .Some of it, anyway. What I think," Remus said, biting off his sandwich, "what I think is that Becca isn't a coincidence. That's too . . . natural. You'll understand later." His tone implied that James would never understand, as if Remus was the love expert in the group - making James scowl darkly. Remus did not seem to notice. "So, I think that Lucius and Severus and Lily are all connected, though. It's too . . .weird to mean anything else."

Remus looked very satisfied with himself – he had obviously thought this through some time ago – and took another bite before looking at James for a comment.

"I guess you're right," he admitted sullenly.

Remus beamed.

"First things first. How did Lucius and Severus appear like that?"

"Well . . . er . . . they couldn't have apparated, that's for sure. So . . . . ." James glanced sideways at a smirking Remus.

Obviously he just wanted to watch James flounder for answers when he already had one. Sirius and Becca seemed to have done something to his former meekness. It was very annoying on Remus' part.

"So," Remus said in extremely satisfied tons, "the used the invisibility cloak."

James gaped.

"Impossible!"

"You better believe it."

"No way. They wouldn't just steal my cloak! Besides, the chest needs a key."

"Well they obviously found some way around that, didn't they?"

Remus said innocently.

"Ok, fine. Hypothetically, let's say you're right. Why in the world would they want my cloak?"

"Because," Remus said as though it was the most obvious thing in the world, "they . . . uh . . . I mean . . . ."

He blinked, realizing it had not been the question he had expected. James felt slightly smug that he had out-witted Remus, then embarrassed he had thought of it that way.

"Ok, so we don't know. Maybe . . . . maybe we could ask them?"

Remus spluttered and sprayed Sirius and Becca with food. Amazingly, they did not seem to notice. Remarkable.

"Ask them? Are you out of your mind?! 'Hey, Snape and Malfoy, we know you stole our invisibility cloak, and we just want to know why.' That's being real circumspect, James."

"Well, I still think it might work. We'll just ask them . . .why they were on the stage. Maybe they'll answer, and maybe they won't. I mean, come on. What's the worst they could do to us?"

Remus looked at him in a considering way for a moment, then sighed and nodded.

"Fine. But I hope you know we're gearing ourselves up for disaster."

James smiled and stood up, motioning Remus to follow.

"Sirius, we're going to look for Severus and Lucius. Don't wait up."

Sirius waved an absentminded hand without taking his eyes off Becca. It made James sick.

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Lily looked at Kat incredulously.

"So he came up here and fell in love with Becca??"

"Yup," Kat said, smiling.

"So, you're telling me that all our planning went to waste."

"Uh, yeah," Kat said, her smile faltering a little.

"Well this is great! Just great! Spiffing, in fact! WHY does that moronic four-eyes always have to ruin it??"

"Ruin it? What do you mean?"

"He knew all along, Kat! He let Sirius drink it on purpose! He's so cruel!"

"He knew," Kat said flatly. "He knew, and he didn't do anything t sabotage our plans."

"You mean besides ruining it," Lily said, her voice fairly dripping with sarcasm.

"That's not what I meant. If he knew, then why didn't he turn us in? We would've been in detention for the rest of our lives!"

"Hmph. Who knows why guys like him do anything?"

Kat sighed. Sometimes Lily was so stubborn! She decided to redirect the conversation.

"So . . . now that the prank is ruined, you're going to play another one, right?" She was surprised at how eager she sounded. Usually she didn't like pranks that much. Maybe the last one had given her a taste of what it was really about.

"Of course," Lily said, her emerald eyes glittering. "But this time . . . .this time, it needs to be foolproof."

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That Evening

"So he said what?" Kat asked Becca, her eyes wide.

Becca grinned from ear to ear.

"He said that Remus like you! Isn't this great! Now we can double date! It's going to be so cool!"

Kat leaned back on her bed, wrapping her arms around her legs.

"Wow," she breathed. "I never would've believed it."

Becca smiled and hugged her, sharing the feeling.

"It's gonna be great!"

Kat smiled and unlaced her hands.

"By the way, where did Lily go?"

"Lily? Oh, she went to the library again. Something about teaching James a lesson."

Kat smiled and leapt up, grabbing her notebook off the nightstand and pulling out a pencil from her hair. (A/N: You know how you can stick pencils in your hair when it's in a ponytail? That's wat she did :) Yek yek yek.)

"What'cha writing?" Becca asked as she craned her neck to see.

Kat huddled over the notepad and smiled a secretive smile.

"Oh, you'll find out in due time."

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A/N: ARRRRRGGGGG!!!!! I wish I knew how to end stories!!! ARRRRRRGGGGG!!!!! Anyway, I hope this chapter left you with some questions needing to be answered :) What will Remus and James do when they find Severus and Lucius? What is Lily's new master plan? How will Kat, Becca, Sirius, and Remus impact the story? And what is Kat writing, for Pete's sake!!!!! All this and more in the chapters to come! R/R!