Hello!! *grins cheekily* Time for my wonderful disclaimer which I have to do or otherwise someone might sue me and I will be left out on the street with no house, no teddy, no cheese and no Harry *sob* Potter book!! *breaks down*

DISCLAIMER:              Twinkle twinkle little… dart,

                                       Harry Potter loves to uhhh…er…um…shop at K-mart.

                                       I do not own him, if I did

                                       I would be getting drunk and spending lots of quid

                                       But I don't live in England you see

                                       So I can't spend quid so instead I'll make Harry some tea. (Watch him run!!!)

*bows* oh thankyou…. You're too kind…. *bows again* roses, my favourite! I accept all gifts of flowers, cheques and credit cards…

oooohhhh…. I am so happy cause I just bought a book and read it and then I ate a pixy stix then I had another one cause they're so yummy and then I had one more cause the red ones taste like cherry-poppersssss *giggles madly*

ok, enough of my crazed ramblings… oooooooooonnnnnn wiiiiiiiith the shoooooowwwww--- I mean chapppptttteeeeeeeerrrrr!!!!!!!!!

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Lily yawned, and stretched her arms. She felt strangely deflated. After last night's show (picture Snape with pink frills) Sirius and Kiki had involved themselves in a heavy make-out session, and Remus and James had talked well into the night, leaving Lily alone. Though it did have its advantages, Lily now had lots of ammunition to use against Kiki.

"Hi Shnuggly," she said teasingly to Kiki, who was still asleep.

A smile spread across Kiki's face. "Sirius?" she yawned. Kiki opened her eyes to see Lily's grinning face hovering above hers. She let out a yelp.

Lily's smile grew wider. "Shnuggly shnuggly shnuggly," she teased.

Kiki's face grew red. "Shut up!" she yelled, throwing a pillow at Lily.

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"— so how good was that? I mean, Snape as an ice cream sundae, pure genius—"

"— who's idea was it, anyway?— "

"— it was so mine—"

"— yeah, if your name happens to be Remus, Sirius!— "

"— well, um… yeah, uh—" 

"— exactly as I thought—"

Sirius stopped in his tracks. He turned and looked at James in amazement. "James. Thinking?"

Remus rolled his eyes. "Yes, Sirius, we all realise it's a foreign concept—"

"Hey!" James who was looking surprisingly hurt interjected this.

"But we're about to be late for Charms," Remus continued, oblivious to James's pout.

James grimaced. "Who needs good friends when we have ridicule and mockery?" he asked, slinging an arm over each of their shoulders.

Sirius swept a strand of shaggy black hair behind his ear, and shot a quick grin to Remus. Without so much as a nod, they both swept James up onto their shoulders, and marched him to Charms, ignoring his protests of, "Hey, guys, put me down! Put me down! Sirius! Get your hand away from that area!"

"Sorry James."

"Yeah, right you're sorry… put me down!"

***

Lily swept a strand of red hair behind her ear, and pointed her wand towards the stuffed elephant standing in the middle of the Charms classroom. "Poiriot Meniculus!" she said squarely, waving her wand in a circle and pointing it at the toy. Almost immediately a swarm of golden sparkles encased the toy, and then the sparkles vanished.

Lily frowned.

"Pppphhhhherroooooo!!!" The toy elephant trumpeted proudly.

Lily grinned.

"Wonderful, Miss Evans!" Professor Flitwick said excitedly. "Class, you will see that this is the correct use of the Poiriot Meniculus Charm, which, when used correctly can charm a stuffed animal or toy into behaving like it's real counterpart. Wonderful, Miss Evans!"

She smiled again, and went back to her seat. Faintly, outside she thought she could hear yells of, "Sirius Black!", but then again, when couldn't she hear yells of people yelling at Sirius?

***

James struggled, and nearly fell flat on his face on the floor as Remus and Sirius simultaneously let him go. "Thanks guys," he said with his face and nose squished up against the floor.

"Anytime," Sirius said breezily, stepping over him to look at a pinned-up notice. "Hey… what's this?"

James sent him a false smile, and got up too, brushing dirt of his robes. "Hey, Hogwarts is having a ball! Excellent!"

"So, James…" Remus asked nonchalantly, sending a look so quickly to Sirius, that James wasn't sure if he noticed it. "Gonna take… Lily?"

James went red. His face turned red. His cheeks became the colour of raspberries. His forehead… ok, ok, I think you get the picture.

Sirius looked at him and laughed. "You know, the hairy tomato look is really coming back in, James," he joked, earning himself a punch in the arm.

Rubbing his arm and glaring at James, he turned to Remus, who was looking at the poster more carefully. "What is it Moony?" he said, shoving Remus out of the way.

Glaring at Sirius from where he had pushed him, Remus stood up. "It's a masquerade ball, Padfoot."

Sirius's eyes lighted up.

James looked up, saw Sirius's eyes and groaned. "Moony, look at his eyes."

Remus looked, and sighed. "Not again. Last time he looked like that we got six detentions apiece."

"Masquerade…" Sirius drooled, his eyes glazing over. Then, suddenly, he snapped back to attention. "Guys… think of the fun we could have with Snape!"

James's, Remus's and Sirius's eyes all gleamed.

***

And that was how Lily found them. Sitting quietly on the floor, their eyes gleaming.

"Oh, no…" she groaned. "Not again!"

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SSS!!! Sorry So Short!! I have to get off the computer and have dinner *tummy rumbles* shut up, stomach!

I hope you like! Next chapter… we get the ball!! Maybe. Possibly not. We'll see. If I get enough reviews, THEN WE JUST MIGHT GET THE BALL!!!

You'll have to wait and see! And please review! I am very sad, because I have no life, and reviews of my work are the only thing that gets me through the day. Please!!

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- FeatherQuill

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