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A/N: Hey! It's my b-day today! So this is my birthday chapter, sorta. I actually wrote this last weekend, but I'm just typing it up now. Well, I hope you enjoy. There actually is some romance in this chapter. *listens to some cheers and maybe boos* I'm actually turning 15 tomorrow, instead of 14, but name is Kate, and I wish I could be going out with Sirius :). hehe. Well, this year gets more entertaining. I have it all written so please just hang in there with me.
The Rivalry of James and Lily
Year 3 - Chapter 3
The Unexpected Kiss
It was February 24th, Kate's birthday, and the whole gang had snuck off to Hogsmeade. Well, actually, Peter and Sybill had stayed behind because Sybill "claimed" she Saw herself staying in the common room, and Peter didn't want to leave her all alone, even though the rest of the school was going to be there.
Over the past few months, Alex and Remus had grown quite close. Alex seemed to be fascinated by Remus being a werewolf. She constantly asked him questions about his transformations, and for some reason, Remus seemed to enjoy them. Lily, however, knew that if someone asked her so many questions on the same subject matter, she would probably punch them in the gut. James and Lily were still fighting as usual. They were constantly insulting each other, and pelting curses at each other. And Kate and Sirius flirted with each other non-stop, but still denied they liked each other.
When the gang arrived at Hogsmeade, Alex and Remus decided to go the shrieking shack. Alex really wanted to get a tour of the place where Remus visited every month. And so, the other four, who preferred to stay in town, were stuck together.
"So Kate, how does it feel to be 14?" James asked.
SPLAT!
"Feels wet," she replied. Sirius had just plastered her with a snowball. Kate dug her hands down into the snow and started mashing a handful of it together.
"You're going down Mr. Black!" Kate yelled.
"Oh yea!" he yelled back, while running in a zigzags so Kate couldn't peg him. But she patiently waited for him to run out of breath, and the moment he stopped, she pelted him in the back. Soon they were both dripping wet, but the snowballs were still flying. They were practically rolling in the snow laughing, when an extremely large ball hit Kate in the face.
"Ouch! I'm totally going to get you for that, Sirius!" and she started to round up a huge pile of snow. But when she looked up, Sirius was standing over her with an odd look in his eyes. And then he did something extremely unexpected. He grabbed her hand and pulled her into a kiss.
When the pulled away, Kate simply stated smiling, "And you think that's going to stop me from getting you?" And she dropped the giant snowball which she had been hiding behind her back in her other hand on his head.
Both immediately started laughing, and didn't stop until they were lying in a pile of snow in hysterics. It hadn't even been that funny of a statement.
"Happy Birthday, Kate," said an extremely wet Sirius, who was now faced towards Kate in the fresh white snow.
"Thanks, Sirius," she replied, flashing a smile that matched perfectly with his. And with that he pulled her into another kiss. When she pulled away, they stared into each others eyes dreamily.
Finally, Kate snapped out of it. "Hey, where have James and Lily gone?"
"Huh? Ohhh! Wow, I have no idea!" he stated, blankly. The both looked around, but James and Lily were no where to be seen.
James and Lily, who weren't interested in being soaking with freezing snow, had slipped off long ago to Honeydukes, not realizing they were going to miss Kate and Sirius become overrun by hormones.
"No offense," said Sirius, "but I'm rather glad they missed that. I would never hear the end of it from them two."
"Haha! You're telling me!" laughed Kate, nodding. They looked at each other, laughed again, and then set off to find their friends.
Sooner than expected, they ran into Remus and Alex.
"What have you two been up to?" asked Sirius to Remus and Alex.
"Nothing really, just looked around the Shrieking Shack," stated Alex, glancing briefly at Remus.
"Sure, sure..." stated Kate. "You know, I wonder what Lily and James are doing."
At Honeydukes, James and Lily were arguing once again.
"This sucks. I wanted to spend time with Kate, not you," she said to James.
"And I obviously didn't come to Hogsmeade for you," he curtly replied back.
Lily was about to retaliate with a comeback when Professor Karkaroff walked in.
"Ahh! Hide!" Lily ushered quietly to James.
"What's he doing in Honeydukes?" asked James, as they ducked behind a crate of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans.
They soon found out, however. Instead of buying any sweets, Karkaraff placed a note in a sliver in the wall. After the professor had left, Lily and James went over to the wall to the investigate, but the note was gone. When they looked into the sliver, an evil red eye glared back at them.
Lily yelped, and James grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the store. But in their panicked state, they ran smack into an old warty green witch eating some Bertie Botts. She had been separating all of the disgusting flavors, such as sardine, horseradish, and grass. Unfortunately, when James and Lily crashed into her, the gross beans had somehow been forced into her mouth!
Lily and James yelled apologizes and left the scene quickly before they burst out laughing.
"Did you see her face! She looked like she had eaten dragon dung!" laughed James.
"And may I remind you, those probably tasted worse than even the smelliest dung on this planet!" she giggled back.
Lily then spotted Kate, Sirius, Alex and Remus down the road.
"Hey guys!" yelled Lily, still laughing with James.
The group just gawked at her. James and Lily laughing together? What was happening?
"We're going to head back up to the castle," James said.
The group just stood there.
"I've got tutoring. It was changed to Saturday this week, remember?" Lily said.
The group still just stared at her in shock.
"Alright, we're leaving," said James slowly, looking at the group, suspiciously. He wondered what had gotten into them, but shrugged, and turned back to Honeydukes with Lily to use the secret passage.
"We have got to get them to go to that dance togther," Kate stated, still staring at her two friend's retreating backs. Her statement was followed by nods of agreements from everyone else around her.
A/N: That's it for this chapter! I hope you like it. The romance is pretty sappy. I can't write romance at all! I'm sorry, I tried. Please send me some constructive criticism if you have any, or just review in any old way. :) I love reviews! (hint, hint) Hey, review for my birthday! PLEASE! Well I g2jet! Later days
