A/N: And now, the highly anticipated new installment of the "A Trip to the
Ranch" series. . . YAY! Sorry, I haven't updated this story for a while,
I've been too involved with my other main fic, "In the Dictionary", which,
by the way, barely anyone is reviewing. ::sigh:: I guess I can't have it
all. . . This fic seems to be more popular though. I have about 20
reviews for two chapters. That is really good for me! I'm sure I've just
bored you so here we go.
Disclaimer: I own the plot and some of the names that you don't recognize. Don't sue. It will make me feel like poo. Look! I rhymed! Yay! Go me!
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A Trip to the Ranch
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Chapter Three: Did I Just See What I Think I Saw?
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Yvonne was looking at Petunia with the utmost anger. She was moving her hand, as if she wanted nothing more than to wrap them around Petunia's neck and squeeze the life out of her.
"Yvonne, I-I-I'm-I'm-"
"You're what? Sorry? Well sorry doesn't cut it! You used up half a bottle of my make-up! Now, I don't have anything to wear on my date with that guy from the gift shop!" Yvonne had met a thirty year-old man yesterday at the snack bar. It was the only man that she could snag for the trip, so she set up a date with him.
"No, Yvonne, that was my make-up. And anyways, it wasn't doing you any good. I, however, was the life of the party last night. I didn't invite you, because I thought that you might ruin my chances with the most gorgeous guy at this whole God-forsaken ranch!" Petunia was very angry now.
"I'm sorry Petunia. You are my best friend in the whole world. Let's never fight again," said Yvonne.
Petunia got a blank look on her face and then stupidly said, "Okay. Let's go to the gift shop and buy more make-up."
The two left, and they left a group or teenagers almost hysterical. Lily, James, Sirius, Emily, Remus and Bridget were all hidden under James's invisibility cloak. Lily had enlarged it, to make it cover all of them.
"Lily, what was your mum on when she was pregnant with Petunia?" asked Sirius playfully.
"Please tell me she is the victim of some mutation in the gene pool," implored Emily.
"Let's just hope she doesn't have children. I would hate to be the aunt of such daft offspring," responded Lily.
"Let's just hope you don't have children. There's about a twenty-five percent chance of the poor child resembling that thing that you call your sister," James teased.
Lily hit him on the arm jokingly, but it still was a bit painful. Lily didn't look it, but she was very strong when she wanted to be.
"Ouch! Hey, I was only joking you."
"I know, but it wasn't very funny. Imagine, me parading about with some awful baby that has a strange resemblance to an unsightly horse! I would rather die an old maid than mother a child like that!"
"Your mother mothers a child like the one you just described," Bridget pointed out.
"Well, she also has me. And I more than make up for it," replied Lily.
"Somebody's got a big head," mumbled Sirius, just loud enough for Lily to hear. She hit him-hard.
"Yeouch!" exclaimed Sirius. "What was that for?"
"Hurt's, doesn't it?" added James.
"Ha!" laughed Remus. "She got the both of you and I remain unharmed!" Lily made a move to hit him, but he moved out of the way. "Come on, Bridget. Let's get out of here before Lily turns dangerously violent."
The two left the room.
"Well," drawled James, in what he thought was a sultry voice, "Now that we're alone, Lily we can have some real fun."
"Oh yes! I've been waiting all morning for this," responded Lily in the same tone.
"Ahem," Sirius cleared his throat. "You aren't i entirely /i alone. I'm afraid Emily and I have not exited yet."
Lily and James broke apart; they had previously been rather involved in some intense snogging. Neither of them seemed remotely abashed. "He's got a point there," concluded James.
"That's nothing that we can't change." Lily caught James's eye and their eyes agreed. Before Sirius and Emily knew what was happening, the couple had pushed them out of the room. They then locked the other two out.
"I am outraged!" Sirius began, "How dare they force us out? And we call them our best friends! That's two people I can cross off of my Christmas card list!" He was faking indignation, and Emily found it very amusing.
"Well. . . We can always go off in search of some single horseback riders."
"Now then, what are we waiting for? Let's get on with it!" The two set off, holding fast to the belief that not all the people here could be old and/or ugly.
The rest of the morning passed rather normally. Sirius had offended some girls, earning him four slaps and endless teasing from Emily. Lily and James were continuing what they had started. Mr. and Mrs. Evans spent the day at the café, sipping iced tea. Petunia and Yvonne were looking at the make-up in the gift shop. It must have been ten years old, at least, and held chemicals that had been banned right after the product hit the stores. They were trying to choose which one would last the longest and go on the thickest. Remus and Bridget hadn't been seen since they had run from Lily.
Lunch came. Everyone was supposed to meet at the café where Lily's parents had spent their morning. The adults were shocked at the appearance of the others. Lily and James were looking very ruffled. Lily even had some ugly bruises spotting up around her neck. James's chin was bright red, as was Lily's, he also had some traces of lipstick on his face. Sirius face was showing four oddly shaped welts. Emily's mascara was running because she laughed so hard at Sirius, that she cried. Petunia and Yvonne never showed up; they were too busy contemplating over make-up. Remus and Bridget also were absent- they had said something about taking a picnic lunch and riding some of the horses.
"My, oh my, dears! What happened to you?" questioned Mrs. Evans.
"James put a curse on me! Look! It gave me all of these bruises," exclaimed Lily.
"Well, she tried to put make-up on me! I tried to make the spell backfire, but it just smudged both of ours."
"That's not even the worse part! I tried to turn James's skin bright red, but he had a Reflector Charm on his head, so I only got his chin! Then, It backfired on me and turned my chin red!"
"You brought this on yourself, Evans!"
"Ha! You cast the first hex! The red chin will fade in a couple of minutes, but these bruises are going to stay for days!"
"Children, children, please stop this bickering. I want you both to act as mature as I know you can be, and have a nice lunch with us." Lily's parents were not very observant. Most parents would have been suspicious when they saw their daughter with hickies scattered about her neck, but they believed that it was just symptoms of some wizard duel. Besides, Lily and James were doing an excellent job of pretending to hate each other. No one who didn't otherwise know would have thought that they were a couple.
"Good God, Sirius. What happened to you?" Mr. Evans's question was enough to send Emily into hysterics.
"He got slapped by four different girls! Four! It was hilarious! One girl looked as if she couldn't even swat at a fly, and she slapped him the hardest." It was hard to understand what Emily was saying because she was laughing so hard. Everyone at the table chuckled at Sirius's antics.
Lunch was an enjoyable affair for everyone. The dominating topic of conversation was what everyone was going to do with the rest of his or her day. Lily said she was going to retreat to her room and see what she could do about the hickies. James needed to, first, wash his face free from the make-up, then, he would explore the ranch a bit more. Sirius would try again with the ladies, and Emily would flirt with some of the attractive stable boys. Mrs. Evans would be working on her tan, and Mr. Evans would be joining her.
As soon as the check was paid for, they all went their separate ways. James actually went to Lily's cabin, so that they could wash up and then explore the place together.
"Ready?" asked Lily. She was dressed in jeans and a turtleneck sleeveless shirt, to hide the "bruises".
"Yeah, come on," said James. "Let's go off and search for Remus and Bridget. We'll probably only find them picking daisies and blushing but it's worth a shot."
"Oh, be nice now," reprimanded Lily. "They seem to be perfectly happy with that. Anyways, I notice that I you /I don't take me out to pick flowers or any of those romantic things."
"But we spend out time in a much better fashion." James raised his eyebrows in a suggestive way. Lily couldn't help it- she giggled in spite of herself.
The two left the cabin and decided to ride some horses on a horse path to find Remus. Lily was riding a beautiful chestnut horse with hazel eyes. James was riding a black horse with a white star on its forehead. The horses' names were Rosetta and Windblaze.
They had been riding for about ten minutes when they heard some strange noises.
James asked Lily, "Do you hear that?"
"Yes, it sounds like- but it couldn't be. Could it?"
"There's only one way to find out. Come on"
"I just hope we don't walk in on anything that's too personal. . . You know what-" Lily stopped in mid-sentence. She stared ahead. James followed her gaze and felt his jaw drop in short order.
It was Remus and Bridget.
It was Remus and Bridget- only, Remus and Bridget as no one had ever seen them before. They were in a clearing, on top of a blanket that had obviously been used for the picnic. They were still clothed, ("Thank God!" exclaimed James) but it wasn't certain how long they would stay that way. Remus had his hands up Bridget's shirt. Was this really the same Remus who would blush whenever he just touched Bridget's hand? Bridget was flooding his face with hot, wet kisses. It seemed as though Lily and Bridget would be having identical necks tomorrow.
"James, let's go. I don't think we should be here right now," suggested Lily.
James could only nod his head.
When they reached Lily's cabin, James finally was able to talk. He had just been mouthing wordlessly for the whole ride back.
"Remus?" he asked. "Remus? I would never have guessed this. This is something you would expect from I us /I not I them!" /I
"Indeed. Bridget is always blushing when Emily and I talk about our dates. What next? Is Snape going to ask you to be his steady?"
James frowned at the thought, "I hope not."
"Let's not mention this to them or anyone else. I don't want to make them talk about it if they don't want to. I'll leave it to Emily to tease Bridget about her hickies. Plus, I don't want them to think that we were spying on them."
"I think that they heard us. I don't think that they knew it was us, but they must have heard the horses and stopped. I looked back and that's what they had done." James was right. Moments later the front door was opened and in walked Remus and Bridget. They had obviously tried to fix themselves up. They looked much neater than they had in the clearing. Both were looking extremely happy.
"Are you guys ready for dinner?" asked Bridget.
"Erm, yeah," said Lily and James at the same time.
The magical members of the group all went out for some Muggle fast- food. They drove in Lily's car to the nearest McDonald's. Everyone was too tired to do anything after dinner so they all headed back.
It was too awkward for Lily and James to be in the same room as Remus and Bridget, so the two went for a walk. They stopped at a park bench to rest. Lily rested her head on James's chest. She was very comfortable. They talked about how strange their day was and before she knew it, Lily could barely keep her eyes open. She fell asleep.
James didn't even realize how exhausted he was until Lily fell asleep. He didn't have the heart to wake her up, for she looked very peaceful. Besides waking her up, walking her back to her cabin, then, going back to his cabin, energy that he just didn't have. He closed his eyes and, just as Lily had done, was soon sound asleep.
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A/N: Did you like it! I made Remus a kind of bad boy! Yay! Review!
I need help people. When you review my story, can you please tell me how to make words bold and italic? Nothing seems to work for me!! It's driving me insane!
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A Trip to the Ranch
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Chapter Three: Did I Just See What I Think I Saw?
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Yvonne was looking at Petunia with the utmost anger. She was moving her hand, as if she wanted nothing more than to wrap them around Petunia's neck and squeeze the life out of her.
"Yvonne, I-I-I'm-I'm-"
"You're what? Sorry? Well sorry doesn't cut it! You used up half a bottle of my make-up! Now, I don't have anything to wear on my date with that guy from the gift shop!" Yvonne had met a thirty year-old man yesterday at the snack bar. It was the only man that she could snag for the trip, so she set up a date with him.
"No, Yvonne, that was my make-up. And anyways, it wasn't doing you any good. I, however, was the life of the party last night. I didn't invite you, because I thought that you might ruin my chances with the most gorgeous guy at this whole God-forsaken ranch!" Petunia was very angry now.
"I'm sorry Petunia. You are my best friend in the whole world. Let's never fight again," said Yvonne.
Petunia got a blank look on her face and then stupidly said, "Okay. Let's go to the gift shop and buy more make-up."
The two left, and they left a group or teenagers almost hysterical. Lily, James, Sirius, Emily, Remus and Bridget were all hidden under James's invisibility cloak. Lily had enlarged it, to make it cover all of them.
"Lily, what was your mum on when she was pregnant with Petunia?" asked Sirius playfully.
"Please tell me she is the victim of some mutation in the gene pool," implored Emily.
"Let's just hope she doesn't have children. I would hate to be the aunt of such daft offspring," responded Lily.
"Let's just hope you don't have children. There's about a twenty-five percent chance of the poor child resembling that thing that you call your sister," James teased.
Lily hit him on the arm jokingly, but it still was a bit painful. Lily didn't look it, but she was very strong when she wanted to be.
"Ouch! Hey, I was only joking you."
"I know, but it wasn't very funny. Imagine, me parading about with some awful baby that has a strange resemblance to an unsightly horse! I would rather die an old maid than mother a child like that!"
"Your mother mothers a child like the one you just described," Bridget pointed out.
"Well, she also has me. And I more than make up for it," replied Lily.
"Somebody's got a big head," mumbled Sirius, just loud enough for Lily to hear. She hit him-hard.
"Yeouch!" exclaimed Sirius. "What was that for?"
"Hurt's, doesn't it?" added James.
"Ha!" laughed Remus. "She got the both of you and I remain unharmed!" Lily made a move to hit him, but he moved out of the way. "Come on, Bridget. Let's get out of here before Lily turns dangerously violent."
The two left the room.
"Well," drawled James, in what he thought was a sultry voice, "Now that we're alone, Lily we can have some real fun."
"Oh yes! I've been waiting all morning for this," responded Lily in the same tone.
"Ahem," Sirius cleared his throat. "You aren't i entirely /i alone. I'm afraid Emily and I have not exited yet."
Lily and James broke apart; they had previously been rather involved in some intense snogging. Neither of them seemed remotely abashed. "He's got a point there," concluded James.
"That's nothing that we can't change." Lily caught James's eye and their eyes agreed. Before Sirius and Emily knew what was happening, the couple had pushed them out of the room. They then locked the other two out.
"I am outraged!" Sirius began, "How dare they force us out? And we call them our best friends! That's two people I can cross off of my Christmas card list!" He was faking indignation, and Emily found it very amusing.
"Well. . . We can always go off in search of some single horseback riders."
"Now then, what are we waiting for? Let's get on with it!" The two set off, holding fast to the belief that not all the people here could be old and/or ugly.
The rest of the morning passed rather normally. Sirius had offended some girls, earning him four slaps and endless teasing from Emily. Lily and James were continuing what they had started. Mr. and Mrs. Evans spent the day at the café, sipping iced tea. Petunia and Yvonne were looking at the make-up in the gift shop. It must have been ten years old, at least, and held chemicals that had been banned right after the product hit the stores. They were trying to choose which one would last the longest and go on the thickest. Remus and Bridget hadn't been seen since they had run from Lily.
Lunch came. Everyone was supposed to meet at the café where Lily's parents had spent their morning. The adults were shocked at the appearance of the others. Lily and James were looking very ruffled. Lily even had some ugly bruises spotting up around her neck. James's chin was bright red, as was Lily's, he also had some traces of lipstick on his face. Sirius face was showing four oddly shaped welts. Emily's mascara was running because she laughed so hard at Sirius, that she cried. Petunia and Yvonne never showed up; they were too busy contemplating over make-up. Remus and Bridget also were absent- they had said something about taking a picnic lunch and riding some of the horses.
"My, oh my, dears! What happened to you?" questioned Mrs. Evans.
"James put a curse on me! Look! It gave me all of these bruises," exclaimed Lily.
"Well, she tried to put make-up on me! I tried to make the spell backfire, but it just smudged both of ours."
"That's not even the worse part! I tried to turn James's skin bright red, but he had a Reflector Charm on his head, so I only got his chin! Then, It backfired on me and turned my chin red!"
"You brought this on yourself, Evans!"
"Ha! You cast the first hex! The red chin will fade in a couple of minutes, but these bruises are going to stay for days!"
"Children, children, please stop this bickering. I want you both to act as mature as I know you can be, and have a nice lunch with us." Lily's parents were not very observant. Most parents would have been suspicious when they saw their daughter with hickies scattered about her neck, but they believed that it was just symptoms of some wizard duel. Besides, Lily and James were doing an excellent job of pretending to hate each other. No one who didn't otherwise know would have thought that they were a couple.
"Good God, Sirius. What happened to you?" Mr. Evans's question was enough to send Emily into hysterics.
"He got slapped by four different girls! Four! It was hilarious! One girl looked as if she couldn't even swat at a fly, and she slapped him the hardest." It was hard to understand what Emily was saying because she was laughing so hard. Everyone at the table chuckled at Sirius's antics.
Lunch was an enjoyable affair for everyone. The dominating topic of conversation was what everyone was going to do with the rest of his or her day. Lily said she was going to retreat to her room and see what she could do about the hickies. James needed to, first, wash his face free from the make-up, then, he would explore the ranch a bit more. Sirius would try again with the ladies, and Emily would flirt with some of the attractive stable boys. Mrs. Evans would be working on her tan, and Mr. Evans would be joining her.
As soon as the check was paid for, they all went their separate ways. James actually went to Lily's cabin, so that they could wash up and then explore the place together.
"Ready?" asked Lily. She was dressed in jeans and a turtleneck sleeveless shirt, to hide the "bruises".
"Yeah, come on," said James. "Let's go off and search for Remus and Bridget. We'll probably only find them picking daisies and blushing but it's worth a shot."
"Oh, be nice now," reprimanded Lily. "They seem to be perfectly happy with that. Anyways, I notice that I you /I don't take me out to pick flowers or any of those romantic things."
"But we spend out time in a much better fashion." James raised his eyebrows in a suggestive way. Lily couldn't help it- she giggled in spite of herself.
The two left the cabin and decided to ride some horses on a horse path to find Remus. Lily was riding a beautiful chestnut horse with hazel eyes. James was riding a black horse with a white star on its forehead. The horses' names were Rosetta and Windblaze.
They had been riding for about ten minutes when they heard some strange noises.
James asked Lily, "Do you hear that?"
"Yes, it sounds like- but it couldn't be. Could it?"
"There's only one way to find out. Come on"
"I just hope we don't walk in on anything that's too personal. . . You know what-" Lily stopped in mid-sentence. She stared ahead. James followed her gaze and felt his jaw drop in short order.
It was Remus and Bridget.
It was Remus and Bridget- only, Remus and Bridget as no one had ever seen them before. They were in a clearing, on top of a blanket that had obviously been used for the picnic. They were still clothed, ("Thank God!" exclaimed James) but it wasn't certain how long they would stay that way. Remus had his hands up Bridget's shirt. Was this really the same Remus who would blush whenever he just touched Bridget's hand? Bridget was flooding his face with hot, wet kisses. It seemed as though Lily and Bridget would be having identical necks tomorrow.
"James, let's go. I don't think we should be here right now," suggested Lily.
James could only nod his head.
When they reached Lily's cabin, James finally was able to talk. He had just been mouthing wordlessly for the whole ride back.
"Remus?" he asked. "Remus? I would never have guessed this. This is something you would expect from I us /I not I them!" /I
"Indeed. Bridget is always blushing when Emily and I talk about our dates. What next? Is Snape going to ask you to be his steady?"
James frowned at the thought, "I hope not."
"Let's not mention this to them or anyone else. I don't want to make them talk about it if they don't want to. I'll leave it to Emily to tease Bridget about her hickies. Plus, I don't want them to think that we were spying on them."
"I think that they heard us. I don't think that they knew it was us, but they must have heard the horses and stopped. I looked back and that's what they had done." James was right. Moments later the front door was opened and in walked Remus and Bridget. They had obviously tried to fix themselves up. They looked much neater than they had in the clearing. Both were looking extremely happy.
"Are you guys ready for dinner?" asked Bridget.
"Erm, yeah," said Lily and James at the same time.
The magical members of the group all went out for some Muggle fast- food. They drove in Lily's car to the nearest McDonald's. Everyone was too tired to do anything after dinner so they all headed back.
It was too awkward for Lily and James to be in the same room as Remus and Bridget, so the two went for a walk. They stopped at a park bench to rest. Lily rested her head on James's chest. She was very comfortable. They talked about how strange their day was and before she knew it, Lily could barely keep her eyes open. She fell asleep.
James didn't even realize how exhausted he was until Lily fell asleep. He didn't have the heart to wake her up, for she looked very peaceful. Besides waking her up, walking her back to her cabin, then, going back to his cabin, energy that he just didn't have. He closed his eyes and, just as Lily had done, was soon sound asleep.
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A/N: Did you like it! I made Remus a kind of bad boy! Yay! Review!
I need help people. When you review my story, can you please tell me how to make words bold and italic? Nothing seems to work for me!! It's driving me insane!
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