Strangest Friends
By: Hanna Weasly
E-mail: boy_bandz_suck@hotmail.com

A/N: Thanks so much for replying! I feel loved...

Chapter 3:

It was the next morning, and Lily was sprawled onto the couch in the Gryffindor Common-Room, using Sirius's leg as a pillow.
"You do know that I feel extremely uncomfortable right now, right?" Sirius asked her, flipping through "Which Broomstick."
"Yep," she said, reading yet again, another copy of "Teen Witch."
"Ok, as long as we're all straight about that," he replied.
On the other side of the room, James and Jamie were playing Wizards Chess, with Remus watching them, giving them each hints.
"Oh, Jamie, he could put your king in check if you don't do anything about it," he was saying.
"You, twit, what do you think I was TRYING to do?" James said irately.
"Hey, thanks, Remus," Jamie responded, happily telling her pawn to take down the knight.
They were watching the pawn beat mercilessly on the knight and drag him off the board, looking quite pleased with himself, when Tessa ran into the room dancing around with a flier in her hand.
"Ok, what's going on?" James said, ripping the parchment from her hand. He read, "Attention years 4-7, the first dance is going to be held on September 21. Please be reminded that no years below the fourth will be allowed to attend, unless accompanied by an older year. Thank you, Professor Dumbledore."
"The 21, that's tomorrow," Jamie said, looking at a calender hanging on the near wall.
"I take it we'll have to wear dress robes, right?" Lily asked. She had rushed over when Tessa ran in. "I really don't like mine. I'm going to have to go to Hogsmeade."
"Oh, poor Lily with no robes that match her new shade of eyeshadow," James said, rolling his eyes.
"Well, what about yours, Potter. No offense, but putrid green, really isn't your color," said Sirius.
"It was the only color left at Madam Malkin's!" James insisted.
"Come on, James," Remus said. "We could all do with a Butterbeer, what do you say?"
"As long as you all don't laugh at me when I'm getting fitted."
"What's so embarrassing about being fitted for robes?" Tessa said, her eyebrow raised.
"Nothing, but I also happen to know that you five are the largest lunatics I have ever known," James said.
"Yes, and look who hangs out with us," Sirius said, putting his arm around James, smiling.
"I know, yet, luckily, it hasn't rubbed out on me yet," he said, his head tilted and a faraway expression on his face.
"You are such a freak," Jamie said. "Ah, check-mate."
"What!?" James said, looking at the board as a Jamie's Queen's bishop walked in front of his own king, and beat on him.
"Should have been paying attention there, Prongs," Sirius said, smiling.
"That was fun, thanks, Remus," Jamie said and tilted back in her chair.
From under the table, James kicked Jamie's chair out and she fell backwards, landing on the floor. There was a sudden hush that fell over the whole common room, and all eyes were on the table that James was sitting at, looking at Jamie on the floor, a smirk planted on his face.
"You do know you look like Snape when you smile like that," Jamie said, glaring at James while standing up. "What's wrong with you people? Go away, skat, go to your classes! I'll beat the out of James later!"
Everyone turned around, sadly, clearly wishing there would have been a fight to form right in front of them.
"Oh, Jamie, did you fall? So sorry," James said.
"You are such a poor loser," Lily said.
"I know."
"As well as a freak," she added.
"Nah, maybe not that."
"Yeah, actually, James, you are," Sirius said.
"Thank you, oh best friend of mine," James said, smiling sardonically at Sirius.
"So, are we all still going to Hogsmeade, or are the guys all mad at the girls and vice versa, or something?" Remus asked them.
"Nah, just the girls against James. But, it's normally like that, isn't it?" Tessa said.
"Too true," said Sirius. "Well, we best be off to class. Flitwick, right?"


The next day, Jamie and James were back on speaking terms, but neither of them would play chess with each other. Lily, on the other hand, wanted them to still be angry at each other.
"You enjoy us being p.o.ed at each other?" James asked Lily, unbelievingly.
"No, I just think that you should apoligize to her," Lily responded.
"Lily, do you honestly think that I would even acknowledge his presence if he hadn't apoligized?" Jamie asked her.
"Oh, never thought of that one," Lily said.
"You should be the blond one," James said.
Jamie grabbed a fistful of James' jet black hair, and pulled it back so he was pulled backward.
"Ow... please let go, Jamie," James was saying, almost doing a backbend.
"What's wrong with being blonde?" Jamie asked him, eyeing him through as his glasses fell off.
"Nothing, it's just that most people are really dumb when they are," Jamie pulled harder. "Well, most certainly not you, but you know what I mean!"
"Watch it, Potter," Jamie said, smiling, letting go of his hair.
"That hurt," he said, rubbing his scalp.
"Oh, poor baby," Sirius said.
"You messed up my hair, Jamie," James said, trying to flatten his always unruly hair.
"Um, James, in case you didn't notice, your hair always looks like you've been dragged backwards by a centaur who is running through a thicket of rose bushes with really really really sharp thorns," Remus said. He then ruffled James' hair, just to make his really angry.
"Are we at Hogsmeade yet? I might get a haircut too," James said, looking at the town at the end of the dirt path they were walking on.
"Yeah, you're about due," Tessa spoke up.
"Ok, enough hair jokes!" James said demandingly.
"Hey, you brought it on yourself, Jamesie-poo," Sirius said.
"And you are such an easy target, being as fragile as you are," Lily said.
"Ok, I am not fragile, ok?"
"Yeah you are, Mr I-Have-To-Stay-In-The-Hospital-Wing-For-Five-Days-Because-Of-A-Small-Fall-Off-Of-A-Broomstick," Lily said.
"Hey, the Seekers always get a bad reputation. After all, it hurt, falling 50 feet," James said.
"Yeah, and landing on top of me because I happened to be trying to stop a Slytherin from scoring, right under where you were falling," Jamie said. She was the Gryffindor Keeper.
"Yes, but you do notice that he didn't score, right?" James said as they strode up to the Three Broomsticks.
"Ah, it's my favorite Hogwarts troop," they were greeted by Madam Rosmerta. "Six butterbeers?"
"Thanks, Madam Rosmerta, that would be great," Remus said to the very young bartender.
"There, let's sit at that booth," James said, sliding in. Sirius and Remus slid next to him, the girls across from them. Just then-
"Oy! It's Wormtail! About time, boy, where've you been?" Sirius said when Peter walked up, looking nervous.
"Hospital wing, mainly. Um, Lily, I was wondering, would you, um, like to go to the dance with me," Peter asked, his cheeks flushing bright mauve.
"Uh," Lily said, looking around wildly, trying to think of an excuse to not go with Peter.
"Sorry, Peter, but she's going with, um, Sirius," Jamie said, coming to her friend's rescue.
"What?! I mean, oh yeah," Sirius said, shooting Jamie a look of death.
"Maybe next time, ok, Peter?" Lily said, smiling at Peter. "But, I do think that Marcia from Ravenclaw has been fancing you. Maybe you should ask her."
"Thanks, Lily, later, guys," Peter said, looking not as disappointed anymore.
When Peter was out of earshot, Sirius exploded, "I'M WHAT?"
"Sirius, come on. You don't have a date anyway. Might as well go with Lily," Jamie said. "Besides, I wanted to save my best friend's hide, and you were the first person to come to mind, due to the fact that you are sitting directly across from me." She added the ending to rule out any ideas with Tessa about her having a "thing" for Sirius Black.
"Come on, Sirius, it's not that bad. We don't even have to dance. Just go with me so Peter won't pester me," Lily said, pleadingly.
"Fine. Jamie, next time say Moony or Prongs, ok?"


It was about an hour later, and James and Lily were trying to find dress robe fabric. Lily decided on a dark emerald green, that made her eyes stand out, while James was still deciding.
"I'm not sure. The dark blue or the red?"
"Go with the blue," Jamie said.
"Why? I need a solid explanation in case someone asks me, you know," James said.
"Right. Ok, one, it brings out your blue eyes. Two, red just isn't your color, no offense. To bloody, I guess. Even though, it is one of our House colors. But still, the dark blue brings out your bright blue eyes," Jamie said, looking at him, her head tilted.
"Think so?" James asked.
"Take it from me. I have lived in Lily's dorm for the last seven years. I know what I'm talking about," Jamie said, waving her hand dismissivly.
"Ok, but what type of fabric-"
"My God, James! Let's go! You're worse than Lily," Sirius said, grabbing the nearest dark blue fabric to where he was standing, and throwing it at the shop owner.
"Fine then," James said, standing on the stool, while the shop owner measured him up.
"You know, I was thinking-" Lily started.
"That's new," James interupted. "I'll send you a card to commemerate the moment.
"Shut up. As I was saying. Since Sirius and I are going to the ball together, why don't the rest of us go together, like Tess and Remus, and James and James?"
"What have I said about calling me that?" Jamie said.
"Hey, my name rules," James said.
"That sounds good, what do you say, Remus?" Tessa asked him.
"Sure," Remus said.
"What do you think?" James asked Jamie.
"Hmm..." Jamie said, while circling James, as if sizing him up, and deciding what to do. "Well, you have a nice butt," she said, and slapped his butt when he got off the stool, holding his robes.
"Hey, no touchy," James said, grabbing Jamie's hand.
"Sure," Jamie said. "After all, you have really nice eyes."
"Do I, now?" James said. "Well, you have really curly hair."
"That's a compliment? I've spent half my life trying to straighten it out," Jamie said, running her hand through her extremely curly blonde hair.
"Well, I like it," James said.
"Ok, now, before you two kill each other, let's go," Sirius said, pulling the door open to the robe shop.
As they walked through the door, a boy with dark brown hair and brown eyes was standing in front of it, looking somewhat flushed. It was Andy Peters.
"Hey, Andy, what's up?" Remus said.
"Er, not much, I was just, er, wondering, could I talk to, Jamie?" he said, his eyes landing on Jamie.
"Crap," James said under his breath.
Jamie grabbed James' hand, so Andy would be able to at least think they were a couple. "Sure, Andy," Jamie said, holding onto James' hand until their arms were streched, so it was pretty convincing they were going out.
Jamie walked with Andy about a few meters away. "You, guys, go on. I'll be there in a couple minutes," Jamie told her friends.
They walked away, but Andy didn't say abything until they were at least three shops away.
"Um, uh, Jamie, are you and, um, James, you know..."
"A couple?" Jamie suplied for him.
"Yeah," Andy said.
"Um, yeah, I guess you could say we are," Jamie said. "And, don't tell me, you were going to ask me to the ball, right?"
"Yeah," Andy repeated.
"Well, Andy, how about if I promise you a dance, ok?" Jamie said, smiling at the boy.
"Ok!" Andy said, his face brightening.
"Alright, see you then," Jamie said, turning and briskly walking back to her friends.
"Well, you're still going with me, right?" James asked her.
"Yep. I have to dance with him for one dance, though," Jamie said.
"That's not that bad," Tessa said. "At least you were asked by someone other than your date." Just then Severus Snape walked up.
"Um, Tessa?"
"We have to go, right, Remus, honey," Tessa said quickly.
"Yep, sweetie," Remus said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.


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I know, it's short, but my notepad wouldn't let me type as much as I had on there before!