Valentine's Day
Chapter 2
"Jamsie! Oh Jamie Boy!" Sirius bounced into the Great Hall, looking very excited about something. James tried to pretend he didn't hear him.
"So, James. Do you have someone in mind for the Valentine's Day Dance?" Sirius asked.
"Ugh. Go away, Sirius. Can't you see I'm moping here?" James replied, staring into his oatmeal.
"Oh, I see, you still haven't gotten over your break up with Louise," Sirius said, as if reading James's mind.
"Unnng. If you must know, yes," he said, still looking at his oatmeal.
"Oh, what's this I hear? The biggest player in the school doesn't have a date for Valentine's Day?" asked Annie, coming to sit down next to Sirius.
"No, I don't," he replied shortly.
"James, James, James. The Valentine's Dance is tonight! You gotta ask someone!" Annie said, acting like it was the biggest thing in the world. "Is there anyone you would like to ask?"
~Yah…Lily Evans. But she would never like me. She thinks I'm a big headed jerk.~ "Well, there is someone…" He trailed off.
"Ok, we're making progress," Sirius said happily. "Annie happens to be the best guesser around."
"Yah. I found out who…someone…likes this morning," she replied, thinking it would not be good to say Lily's name.
"Go ahead. This is someone you would never guess."
"Ok, same routine as this morning. Ravenclaw?"
"No"
"Hufflepuff?"
"No"
"Not yucky Slytherin!"
"EWW! NO WAY! I would never like those sluts!"
"Ok. Gryffindor. Um…I take it it's not me."
"Right"
"Is she in our year?"
"Yup"
"Ok. Arabella?"
"Nope. I told you you'd never guess."
"Mandy?"
"Nope."
"Leslie?"
"Nope."
"I saved the best for last. Lily?"
James just stared into his oatmeal again.
"You do?! This is the best news we have heard all day!" Sirius exclaimed loudly, making a few heads turn. "Sorry, I just found out that…um…Annie's eyes are blue!"
A couple people laughed and turned away. They all knew Sirius almost always made a lot of noise.
"We have class in a couple of minutes. Come on Sirius, you know, McGonagall won't like it if we're late again." Annie said dragging Sirius out of the room. No doubt to go make out in a closet.
Laughing to himself about his friends, he didn't notice that Lily was talking to him.
"Um, James? Jaaames…Can you hear me?" she asked, asking like he was some kind of crazy person.
"Oh! Sorry! I was just laughing at Annie and Sirius," he said, blushing. He was amazed at how green her eyes were, and how perfect her hair was.
"Oh, what did they do now?" she asked, sounding interested.
"Annie dragged Sirius out of the room, saying we had class. Class doesn't start for 30 minutes."
"Oh, you know them. They're hopelessly in love."
"I know. You wouldn't even know they had been going out for a week."
"So…I can't wait till the Quidditch match. We are so gonna beat Slytherin. I can't wait to see their faces…" Lily said, happily imagining the fallen looks on Snape's face.
"Do you wanna play a prank on them?"
"Like right now?"
"Duh. I've been sitting here waiting for the perfect moment. One came when I was talking to Sirius and Annie about…well…stuff, but I couldn't, cuz my oatmeal was very interesting at the time."
"What was so interesting about your oatmeal? It's always the same."
"Never mind!" James said, turning crimson.
"They didn't say anything about…me…did they?"
"Nah. It was more about me."
There was an akward silence. Both were hoping that their best friends didn't tell the other their conversations this morning.
"So, what's the prank?" Lily asked, breaking the silence.
"Oh! I was gonna turn all the Slytherins pink. You know…for Valentine's Day."
"That's great! Why didn't I think of that. I'll help you! I'm better at Charms you know." Both of them got incredible marks, being the best in their year, followed closely by Annie, Sirius and Remus. But Lily excelled at Charms, and James excelled at Transfiguration.
"Right now is perfect. Snape, Malfoy, Avery, Nott, Crabbe, Goyle and the Slytherin sluts are all there. On three. One…Two…THREE!" James whispered.
Two seconds later, the entire Slytherin table was pink. One half flashed red and magenta, the flashed pale pink and dark pink.
"POTTER!" McGonagall screamed.
"It wasn't me!" he said, looking shocked that she would think of him first.
"Ms. Evans? Is this true?" McGonagall asked, hardly daring to believe it.
"Yes. I'm sorry. I convinced James to help me. It was my fault. I've never liked Valentine's Day, so I decided to take out my anger on the Slytherins. It took me a while to convince James to help me. If you punish someone, punish me. It was my idea," Lily said, looking very sincere.
"Well, since you are taking the blame, I'll give both you and Potter detention. If I really believed you, I would only give you detention. But I don't believe a word of what you just said."
"You didn't need to do that, you know," James said to Lily. "You didn't need to get detention."
"Hey, don't worry bout it. I don't care. It was too good of a trick not to take the blame for."
"Well, detention won't be quite as lonely as usual."
"Oh, you go there a lot?" Lily asked.
"Yah. I have the detention record. Well, me and Sirius share it."
They looked over, and McGonagall was trying to change the Slytherins back to their normal color. It wasn't working
"What did you do?" James whispered.
"I put an Everlasting Charm on. It won't wear off until this evening right before the dance. I decided it would be to mean to make them be pink during the dance."
"You are a genius! I need to plot with you more often."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Sirius and Annie stood outside the Great Hall's door, watching.
"Well, that went well," Annie said.
"That trick was incredible! Why didn't James tell us?" Sirius asked, looking impressed and hurt at the same time.
"Obviously, he wanted Lily to help."
"Cuz he LOVES her."
Both of them broke into helpless giggles.
Chapter 2
"Jamsie! Oh Jamie Boy!" Sirius bounced into the Great Hall, looking very excited about something. James tried to pretend he didn't hear him.
"So, James. Do you have someone in mind for the Valentine's Day Dance?" Sirius asked.
"Ugh. Go away, Sirius. Can't you see I'm moping here?" James replied, staring into his oatmeal.
"Oh, I see, you still haven't gotten over your break up with Louise," Sirius said, as if reading James's mind.
"Unnng. If you must know, yes," he said, still looking at his oatmeal.
"Oh, what's this I hear? The biggest player in the school doesn't have a date for Valentine's Day?" asked Annie, coming to sit down next to Sirius.
"No, I don't," he replied shortly.
"James, James, James. The Valentine's Dance is tonight! You gotta ask someone!" Annie said, acting like it was the biggest thing in the world. "Is there anyone you would like to ask?"
~Yah…Lily Evans. But she would never like me. She thinks I'm a big headed jerk.~ "Well, there is someone…" He trailed off.
"Ok, we're making progress," Sirius said happily. "Annie happens to be the best guesser around."
"Yah. I found out who…someone…likes this morning," she replied, thinking it would not be good to say Lily's name.
"Go ahead. This is someone you would never guess."
"Ok, same routine as this morning. Ravenclaw?"
"No"
"Hufflepuff?"
"No"
"Not yucky Slytherin!"
"EWW! NO WAY! I would never like those sluts!"
"Ok. Gryffindor. Um…I take it it's not me."
"Right"
"Is she in our year?"
"Yup"
"Ok. Arabella?"
"Nope. I told you you'd never guess."
"Mandy?"
"Nope."
"Leslie?"
"Nope."
"I saved the best for last. Lily?"
James just stared into his oatmeal again.
"You do?! This is the best news we have heard all day!" Sirius exclaimed loudly, making a few heads turn. "Sorry, I just found out that…um…Annie's eyes are blue!"
A couple people laughed and turned away. They all knew Sirius almost always made a lot of noise.
"We have class in a couple of minutes. Come on Sirius, you know, McGonagall won't like it if we're late again." Annie said dragging Sirius out of the room. No doubt to go make out in a closet.
Laughing to himself about his friends, he didn't notice that Lily was talking to him.
"Um, James? Jaaames…Can you hear me?" she asked, asking like he was some kind of crazy person.
"Oh! Sorry! I was just laughing at Annie and Sirius," he said, blushing. He was amazed at how green her eyes were, and how perfect her hair was.
"Oh, what did they do now?" she asked, sounding interested.
"Annie dragged Sirius out of the room, saying we had class. Class doesn't start for 30 minutes."
"Oh, you know them. They're hopelessly in love."
"I know. You wouldn't even know they had been going out for a week."
"So…I can't wait till the Quidditch match. We are so gonna beat Slytherin. I can't wait to see their faces…" Lily said, happily imagining the fallen looks on Snape's face.
"Do you wanna play a prank on them?"
"Like right now?"
"Duh. I've been sitting here waiting for the perfect moment. One came when I was talking to Sirius and Annie about…well…stuff, but I couldn't, cuz my oatmeal was very interesting at the time."
"What was so interesting about your oatmeal? It's always the same."
"Never mind!" James said, turning crimson.
"They didn't say anything about…me…did they?"
"Nah. It was more about me."
There was an akward silence. Both were hoping that their best friends didn't tell the other their conversations this morning.
"So, what's the prank?" Lily asked, breaking the silence.
"Oh! I was gonna turn all the Slytherins pink. You know…for Valentine's Day."
"That's great! Why didn't I think of that. I'll help you! I'm better at Charms you know." Both of them got incredible marks, being the best in their year, followed closely by Annie, Sirius and Remus. But Lily excelled at Charms, and James excelled at Transfiguration.
"Right now is perfect. Snape, Malfoy, Avery, Nott, Crabbe, Goyle and the Slytherin sluts are all there. On three. One…Two…THREE!" James whispered.
Two seconds later, the entire Slytherin table was pink. One half flashed red and magenta, the flashed pale pink and dark pink.
"POTTER!" McGonagall screamed.
"It wasn't me!" he said, looking shocked that she would think of him first.
"Ms. Evans? Is this true?" McGonagall asked, hardly daring to believe it.
"Yes. I'm sorry. I convinced James to help me. It was my fault. I've never liked Valentine's Day, so I decided to take out my anger on the Slytherins. It took me a while to convince James to help me. If you punish someone, punish me. It was my idea," Lily said, looking very sincere.
"Well, since you are taking the blame, I'll give both you and Potter detention. If I really believed you, I would only give you detention. But I don't believe a word of what you just said."
"You didn't need to do that, you know," James said to Lily. "You didn't need to get detention."
"Hey, don't worry bout it. I don't care. It was too good of a trick not to take the blame for."
"Well, detention won't be quite as lonely as usual."
"Oh, you go there a lot?" Lily asked.
"Yah. I have the detention record. Well, me and Sirius share it."
They looked over, and McGonagall was trying to change the Slytherins back to their normal color. It wasn't working
"What did you do?" James whispered.
"I put an Everlasting Charm on. It won't wear off until this evening right before the dance. I decided it would be to mean to make them be pink during the dance."
"You are a genius! I need to plot with you more often."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Sirius and Annie stood outside the Great Hall's door, watching.
"Well, that went well," Annie said.
"That trick was incredible! Why didn't James tell us?" Sirius asked, looking impressed and hurt at the same time.
"Obviously, he wanted Lily to help."
"Cuz he LOVES her."
Both of them broke into helpless giggles.