A/N: Um... I have a correction to make. I've gone back and changed Lily's
hair color to reddish. If you see any more times when I call it brown, plz
tell me exactly where so I can fix it. Thanks!
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Chapter 6: A Friendly Little Game
The weeks afterward continued in much the same fashion. Lily and James would pretend to have a fight. The fights never lasted very long because Lily and James always had an almost irresistible urge to burst out laughing. After a while the fights decreased in numbers and the two groups started hanging out together more often. Kit, Lucille, Remus, and Sirius were all suspicious however. Especially when the number of fights began to dwindle and the hatred between the two also seemed to fade.
Rose of course was blissfully oblivious to the changes. She noticed that Lily and her friends were spending more time with the Marauders and of course she was always WITH the Marauders, but she thought nothing of it. The twins Tina and Carla were Rose's best friends and they too were hanging out with the group.
So, when one day, about a month after the Herbology Class, Sirius (of course it was Sirius) suggested that they all played Truth or Dare, this was who sat down to play.
It was late on a Saturday night when they all camped out in the Gryffindor Common Room in their pajamas. This too was Sirius' idea.
"Only you would suggest this Sirius," Lucille said punching his arm with a smile.
Sirius placed one hand where she had punched him and the other over his heart. "I'm... dying! She's killed me!" he shrieked as he fell over landing on the couch. Everyone laughed hysterically as Lucille launched a sneak tickle attack. Sirius tried to tickle her back and ended up pulling her down on his lap. She narrowed her eyes at him then made herself comfortable and showed no sign of moving. Sirius' face was slightly flushed but otherwise he looked perfectly composed and Lucille was without a hair out of place.
A few of the group looked at Kit. Kit had always been after Sirius and since she was so very like him, most thought they would make a good couple. Both were troublemakers, comedians, and the ones who laughed the most. However, at the moment, Kit was trying in vain not to laugh.
Lucille looked at her then turned to Lily and said coolly, "Kick her for me will you Lil? I can't reach her from her," causing everyone to laugh as Kit dove away from Lily.
Lily then turned to Lucille. "I really hate that nickname," she said peevishly.
"Well, what would you prefer?" said Kit from her refuge behind the comfy chair.
A sly smile grew on Lily's lips. "Talon," she stated.
The group was mystified. "Talon?" Lucille said, her eyebrows furrowed. "Why?" Lily merely smiled in response and the group sighed knowing they would get no more out of Lily tonight.
"So... like... who's going first?" Tina said glancing around.
"I will," James said with a devious smile. "Lucille, truth or dare?"
Lucille looked at him "I should probably say truth considering that its YOU. But... dare," she said laughing.
James's smile grew even wider. "Good!" he said enthusiastically while Lucille eyed him apprehensively. "I dare you..." he paused for dramatic effect. To go 'redecorate' the Slytherin Common Room," he finished triumphantly.
Everyone laughed at this, even Lucille. "But I don't know where it is!" she said her shoulders relaxing as she smiled.
Sirius grinned evilly at her. "We do."
She shot a glare at him and everyone laughed again. "Um... what about the password?" she asked hopefully.
Again he smiled. "We know that too. And I have the perfect things you can use to redecorate. In fact, I'll escort you myself," he said gently moving her aside so that he could stand up. He then dashed upstairs and came back caring a huge box filled with the usual tricks and snares.
Lucille sighed as the room was engulfed in gales of laughter again. "Alright, let's get this over with," she said turning to leave.
"Wait!" Lily plunged into the bag at her feet and started rummaging through it. She stood up triumphantly and pulled out a camera. She passed it to Lucille. "Take a few good pics while you're there," Lily said with an impish smile.
Lucille sighed mournfully and she and Sirius left the room. The group waited for about fifteen minutes before Lucille dashed back into the common room laughing hysterically. She collapsed onto a couch with a flushed face and messy hair as she continued to laugh. Sirius came in laughing too and collapsed on the couch next to her.
"That was so much fun!" Lucille said still gasping for breath.
"So?" Rose asked impatiently. "What did you do?"
"The first person to come down the stairs will be hit with 30 or 40 fireworks, 15 dungbombs, and a bucket of pond scum! And I improved the Slytherin banner too," Lucille said smugly while everyone laughed. She held out a picture of the banner. It was no longer green, it had been turned hot pink and the snake was no longer menacing because it was dressed in drag and dancing to some chick music. "I can't WAIT to see the faces of the Slytherins in the morning!" Lucille said enthusiastically with a bright gleam in her brown eyes.
"Goodness James! What have you created? The prim and perfect Miss Ames enjoying mischief!" Kit said. She jumped up and ran to the window. "And look!" she said pointing out the window. "I think I see some pigs flying too!"
"Very funny Kit," Lucille said loudly over the shouts of laughter. "Just for that I pick YOU next. Truth or dare?
Kit came back over and sat down. "I'm so not going to let you dare me. Truth."
Lucille for the first time ever smiled in such a way that you would expect horns to sprout out of her head. "Wonderful! Lily told me what happened on Christmas Day but she also said that she didn't see who it was. So, your truth is who was it?" Lucille finished triumphantly.
Kit's jaw dropped and her face went the bright red shade of her hair. "Um... is it too late to choose dare?" she said weakly while everyone laughed again.
"Oh DO tell Kit!" Lily said laughingly. Kit mumbled something unintelligible. "I'm sorry Kit. Didn't quite catch that," said Lily brightly.
"Remus. It was Remus," Kit replied blushing more if that was possible.
James, Sirius, Lily, and Lucille were in absolute stitches. "Remus? God you're JOKING!" Sirius said as Remus smiled in a silly way.
"Nope, but you'll be sorry you said that Sirius. Truth or dare?" she said trying fervently to stop blushing.
"Dare," said Sirius with his usual smile. "I'm a dangerous man," he said his smile widening.
"Oh, you're going to regret that," Kit said with an evil smile. "Sirius, I dare you to write AND send a love letter to Tara Minkley."
Someone outside the room might have thought that an explosion had taken place the laughter was so loud. Sirius went white, moaned, and buried his head in his hands. A moment later, his head shot up again and he smiled a sly smile.
"Wonderful dare, really," he said jumping up and grabbing a quill and parchment while his friends looked on curiously. He sat down and wrote a gushy, mushy, sappy, romantic love letter. Then he signed it with a flourish and handed it to Kit to read. She laughed hysterically until she got to the signature because it didn't say Sirius Black; it said, "Your Secret Admirer".
"Loophole!" Sirius shouted cheerfully. "You never said that my name hadda be on it," he said exultantly.
Kit glowered at him. "Spoil sport," she muttered as she tied the letter to her owl's leg and watched it fly off.
Sirius smiled at her angelically then sat back down next to Lucille and turned to Remus. "Moony, truth or dare?"
Remus looked at him. "Truth, I think. Its usually safer," he said looking quite composed. Remus hardly ever did dares. He just wasn't the type.
"Not when given by Sirius Black it isn't!" said Lucille jokingly.
"Damn right, me girly," he said suddenly using an Irish accent as he put an arm about her shoulders. She settled into his embrace and glanced lazily around looking quite content. Lily and Kit caught each other's eyes and smiled then looked back at Sirius waiting for Remus' truth.
"Mr. Moony, I heard from a very reliable source that you happen to be quite fond of Ms. Marium. Would you please confirm or deny that statement," Sirius said in a very formal tone.
Without even batting an eye or blushing Remus replied, "Why Mr. Padfoot, I would have thought that a man of your intelligence and wit would be able to see the answer to that quite easily. The answer of course is a resounding yes." There was a shout of laughter and while Remus remained quite composed, Kit again colored violently. "Ms. Marium, that color goes quite horribly with your hair," Remus observed gravely. Kit glared at him then threw a pillow at him full force. Remus adopted a shocked look. "Ms. Marium! That was completely uncalled for!" Kit glared at him some more than got up, walked over to his side and kissed him quite seriously on the lips. By the time she pulled back, Remus' face was flushed as hers had been before.
"The color doesn't really suit you either Mr. Moony," she said smugly as she sat down next to Lily again.
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A/N: This chapter was too long for one chapter. At least, that's what I think. So I split it into two. I might post the next chapter right away I might not. Actually, it may even end up being three chapters long. I don't know at the moment. This IS an important chapter tho...
~Teva~
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Chapter 6: A Friendly Little Game
The weeks afterward continued in much the same fashion. Lily and James would pretend to have a fight. The fights never lasted very long because Lily and James always had an almost irresistible urge to burst out laughing. After a while the fights decreased in numbers and the two groups started hanging out together more often. Kit, Lucille, Remus, and Sirius were all suspicious however. Especially when the number of fights began to dwindle and the hatred between the two also seemed to fade.
Rose of course was blissfully oblivious to the changes. She noticed that Lily and her friends were spending more time with the Marauders and of course she was always WITH the Marauders, but she thought nothing of it. The twins Tina and Carla were Rose's best friends and they too were hanging out with the group.
So, when one day, about a month after the Herbology Class, Sirius (of course it was Sirius) suggested that they all played Truth or Dare, this was who sat down to play.
It was late on a Saturday night when they all camped out in the Gryffindor Common Room in their pajamas. This too was Sirius' idea.
"Only you would suggest this Sirius," Lucille said punching his arm with a smile.
Sirius placed one hand where she had punched him and the other over his heart. "I'm... dying! She's killed me!" he shrieked as he fell over landing on the couch. Everyone laughed hysterically as Lucille launched a sneak tickle attack. Sirius tried to tickle her back and ended up pulling her down on his lap. She narrowed her eyes at him then made herself comfortable and showed no sign of moving. Sirius' face was slightly flushed but otherwise he looked perfectly composed and Lucille was without a hair out of place.
A few of the group looked at Kit. Kit had always been after Sirius and since she was so very like him, most thought they would make a good couple. Both were troublemakers, comedians, and the ones who laughed the most. However, at the moment, Kit was trying in vain not to laugh.
Lucille looked at her then turned to Lily and said coolly, "Kick her for me will you Lil? I can't reach her from her," causing everyone to laugh as Kit dove away from Lily.
Lily then turned to Lucille. "I really hate that nickname," she said peevishly.
"Well, what would you prefer?" said Kit from her refuge behind the comfy chair.
A sly smile grew on Lily's lips. "Talon," she stated.
The group was mystified. "Talon?" Lucille said, her eyebrows furrowed. "Why?" Lily merely smiled in response and the group sighed knowing they would get no more out of Lily tonight.
"So... like... who's going first?" Tina said glancing around.
"I will," James said with a devious smile. "Lucille, truth or dare?"
Lucille looked at him "I should probably say truth considering that its YOU. But... dare," she said laughing.
James's smile grew even wider. "Good!" he said enthusiastically while Lucille eyed him apprehensively. "I dare you..." he paused for dramatic effect. To go 'redecorate' the Slytherin Common Room," he finished triumphantly.
Everyone laughed at this, even Lucille. "But I don't know where it is!" she said her shoulders relaxing as she smiled.
Sirius grinned evilly at her. "We do."
She shot a glare at him and everyone laughed again. "Um... what about the password?" she asked hopefully.
Again he smiled. "We know that too. And I have the perfect things you can use to redecorate. In fact, I'll escort you myself," he said gently moving her aside so that he could stand up. He then dashed upstairs and came back caring a huge box filled with the usual tricks and snares.
Lucille sighed as the room was engulfed in gales of laughter again. "Alright, let's get this over with," she said turning to leave.
"Wait!" Lily plunged into the bag at her feet and started rummaging through it. She stood up triumphantly and pulled out a camera. She passed it to Lucille. "Take a few good pics while you're there," Lily said with an impish smile.
Lucille sighed mournfully and she and Sirius left the room. The group waited for about fifteen minutes before Lucille dashed back into the common room laughing hysterically. She collapsed onto a couch with a flushed face and messy hair as she continued to laugh. Sirius came in laughing too and collapsed on the couch next to her.
"That was so much fun!" Lucille said still gasping for breath.
"So?" Rose asked impatiently. "What did you do?"
"The first person to come down the stairs will be hit with 30 or 40 fireworks, 15 dungbombs, and a bucket of pond scum! And I improved the Slytherin banner too," Lucille said smugly while everyone laughed. She held out a picture of the banner. It was no longer green, it had been turned hot pink and the snake was no longer menacing because it was dressed in drag and dancing to some chick music. "I can't WAIT to see the faces of the Slytherins in the morning!" Lucille said enthusiastically with a bright gleam in her brown eyes.
"Goodness James! What have you created? The prim and perfect Miss Ames enjoying mischief!" Kit said. She jumped up and ran to the window. "And look!" she said pointing out the window. "I think I see some pigs flying too!"
"Very funny Kit," Lucille said loudly over the shouts of laughter. "Just for that I pick YOU next. Truth or dare?
Kit came back over and sat down. "I'm so not going to let you dare me. Truth."
Lucille for the first time ever smiled in such a way that you would expect horns to sprout out of her head. "Wonderful! Lily told me what happened on Christmas Day but she also said that she didn't see who it was. So, your truth is who was it?" Lucille finished triumphantly.
Kit's jaw dropped and her face went the bright red shade of her hair. "Um... is it too late to choose dare?" she said weakly while everyone laughed again.
"Oh DO tell Kit!" Lily said laughingly. Kit mumbled something unintelligible. "I'm sorry Kit. Didn't quite catch that," said Lily brightly.
"Remus. It was Remus," Kit replied blushing more if that was possible.
James, Sirius, Lily, and Lucille were in absolute stitches. "Remus? God you're JOKING!" Sirius said as Remus smiled in a silly way.
"Nope, but you'll be sorry you said that Sirius. Truth or dare?" she said trying fervently to stop blushing.
"Dare," said Sirius with his usual smile. "I'm a dangerous man," he said his smile widening.
"Oh, you're going to regret that," Kit said with an evil smile. "Sirius, I dare you to write AND send a love letter to Tara Minkley."
Someone outside the room might have thought that an explosion had taken place the laughter was so loud. Sirius went white, moaned, and buried his head in his hands. A moment later, his head shot up again and he smiled a sly smile.
"Wonderful dare, really," he said jumping up and grabbing a quill and parchment while his friends looked on curiously. He sat down and wrote a gushy, mushy, sappy, romantic love letter. Then he signed it with a flourish and handed it to Kit to read. She laughed hysterically until she got to the signature because it didn't say Sirius Black; it said, "Your Secret Admirer".
"Loophole!" Sirius shouted cheerfully. "You never said that my name hadda be on it," he said exultantly.
Kit glowered at him. "Spoil sport," she muttered as she tied the letter to her owl's leg and watched it fly off.
Sirius smiled at her angelically then sat back down next to Lucille and turned to Remus. "Moony, truth or dare?"
Remus looked at him. "Truth, I think. Its usually safer," he said looking quite composed. Remus hardly ever did dares. He just wasn't the type.
"Not when given by Sirius Black it isn't!" said Lucille jokingly.
"Damn right, me girly," he said suddenly using an Irish accent as he put an arm about her shoulders. She settled into his embrace and glanced lazily around looking quite content. Lily and Kit caught each other's eyes and smiled then looked back at Sirius waiting for Remus' truth.
"Mr. Moony, I heard from a very reliable source that you happen to be quite fond of Ms. Marium. Would you please confirm or deny that statement," Sirius said in a very formal tone.
Without even batting an eye or blushing Remus replied, "Why Mr. Padfoot, I would have thought that a man of your intelligence and wit would be able to see the answer to that quite easily. The answer of course is a resounding yes." There was a shout of laughter and while Remus remained quite composed, Kit again colored violently. "Ms. Marium, that color goes quite horribly with your hair," Remus observed gravely. Kit glared at him then threw a pillow at him full force. Remus adopted a shocked look. "Ms. Marium! That was completely uncalled for!" Kit glared at him some more than got up, walked over to his side and kissed him quite seriously on the lips. By the time she pulled back, Remus' face was flushed as hers had been before.
"The color doesn't really suit you either Mr. Moony," she said smugly as she sat down next to Lily again.
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A/N: This chapter was too long for one chapter. At least, that's what I think. So I split it into two. I might post the next chapter right away I might not. Actually, it may even end up being three chapters long. I don't know at the moment. This IS an important chapter tho...
~Teva~