Chapter 3: The party
Melanie walked down the stairs, wearing a long halter dress and her hair was half pulled up and the rest of her hair was cascading down her back. "I'll get it mum!" She said as she opened the door and saw her three friends standing in the doorway. She gasped feeling embarrassed for them to see her all dressed up. The three of them stood there stunned to see her looking as wonderful as she did. Remus lived down the street from Melanie and they were the best of friends. They had only seen her in her Hogwart's uniforms before, even though she did look cute in the uniform, she never looked as beautiful as she did now. James, Sirius and Remus's jaw dropped, and Melanie blushed. "So. How do I look?" She said spinning in a circle so they could look at her whole outfit. She looked breathtaking, her hair, her eyes, her dress, everything about her looked wonderful. She smiled at her three friends that were speechless and then her mum came to the door.
"Hello-" She said thinking it was one of her friends, she noticed it was three boys then eyed her daughter suspiciously, "Melanie would you care to introduce me to your friends?" Melanie rolled her eyes, and blushed when her father also came to the door.
"This is James, Sirius, and you know Remus since he lives down the street," She said pointing to each of the boys, "I know James and Sirius from school."
"Hello." Mrs. O'Connor said to the boys and Mr. O'Connor shook each of their hands, "Would you three like to come to the party tonight, there's only a few people Melanie's age attending, and it'd be wonderful for a few more faces to be there." Melanie sighed and blushed a little feeling embarrassed that her parents didn't know what trouble they were getting into by inviting the Marauder's to a party.
"Yes, that'd be nice." James said trying to be as polite as possible. They all went to Remus's home and changed into nice outfits and went back to Melanie's house. She let them in and Sirius and James stood in awe of Melanie's house. It was quite large, and they had a big fancy marble staircase leading upstairs. There was a living room, with elegant looking furniture, a dining room set up for about 100 guests, a ball room with a band setting up, and a sitting room, with chairs and some small tables.
"Are you two done staring or do you need more time?" Melanie said as she started walking up the stairs. They followed and looked at the paintings on the walls. She walked into a smaller room then the rest and sat down on a bed. "This is my room," She said smiling at them, "Don't mind the mess it's always like this in here." They smiled at her, despite her appearance she was the same person. Her room was messy, and she only had a plain bed, nothing like the rest of her house. She had a window open and there was a small roof off of it, that was big enough for a 10 people to sit on it, she had her books on there and it looked like she had been sitting out there some time that day. James sat on the bed with her and she smiled at him.
"So who's coming to this party?" Sirius said kicking away a pile of books into the corner of her room.
"People that my mum and dad work for, work with, neighbors, it's going to be so boring," She said rolling her eyes, but then she looked directly at James, "But you can't pull some huge prank, because my parents will die. It's enough they invited you to this party, but they can't be totally ruined, they'll go ballistic. So. James, Sirius behave yourselves."
"Hey hey hey! What about Remus?" James said almost insulted, Sirius laughed, knowing what the answer to that question was.
"Remus is more responsible then you two. He likes to play pranks but he knows when to stop," She said James glared at her not believing that his girlfriend was actually saying he didn't know when to stop a prank. "James, sweetie you don't know when to stop."
Sirius frowned when she said "sweetie", he still wasn't over her. He could never be. He kept telling himself that he was over the fact that the girl he loved was going out with his best friend, but he wasn't. James slid over close to Melanie and kissed her on the lips.
"James." She said as his kisses trailed to her neck. Sirius looked at the floor, he really wanted to cry, they were practically making out in front of him, and he knew that his heart was still clinging to Melanie even though his brain said he shouldn't.
"Mel' your friend is on the phone why don't you come down an-" He stopped when he walked in when walked in and saw James all over Melanie. 'Thank God he walked in' Sirius said to himself, 'it would have never stopped' Melanie turned around when she heard her father's voice.
"Daddy." She tried to avoid her dad's eyes; James turned away and mouthed 'Oh shit!' to the wall. "Um." Melanie looked like she was really embarrassed. Sirius wished he could say something to make it all better.
"Melanie could I talk to you downstairs for a minute." Her father said, he walked down the stairs and Melanie followed behind. James Sirius and Remus walked to the closest to the stairs they could get without being seen.
"Melanie Lynn O'Connor!" Her mother said as Melanie sat at the head of a large table set for many guests.
"Mum! Dad! Don't act like that I'm 16, I'm not a baby, and we weren't doing anything bad." Melanie said you could hear her father pacing up and down.
"But that's not appropriate! You're a lady Melanie! You have to act like one, I don't care how you act in school, but you need to act differently here." Her father said still pacing up and down the dining room. "I walk up there to see you kissing a boy I have never even seen before! Never!"
"He's my boyfriend! Mum, Dad how could you embarrass me like this?" Melanie yelled at them, "I love him! You can't even listen to me! I told you before James was my boyfriend! You flipped out then too!"
"This boy could be bad news!" Her mother said her father still pacing up and down the dining room.
"He's not! I'm not going to marry who you want me to marry anyway! I want to marry who I love!" Melanie shouted at her parents.
"Why couldn't you fall for someone like Remus?" Her father said slamming his fists on the table.
"Yes, Remus is such a nice boy," Her mother said trying to comfort her upset daughter. "We don't know this boyfriend of yours. We don't want you to fall for the wrong person."
Sirius and James looked at Remus when his name was mentioned. He blushed and smiled sheepishly at James who was just as surprised as Sirius. "That's why we invited some boys your age. so you can get to know them better." Mrs. O'Connor said drumming her fingers on the table.
Melanie ran out of the dining room and grabbed the phone that was put on hold. "JUST KILL ME NOW!" She yelled as she ran up the stairs and ran into the three boys who had been listening to the conversation. "You three were listening?" She said rolling her eyes, "Hello." She said exasperated into the receiver. She walked into her room and sat down.
"Lilly you can't spend your whole life looking in a mirror! You're going to look good no matter what you wear, but I'd suggest the emerald strapless dress, and tell Angelina that she should wear the white spaghetti strap one. Ok see you at the party bye." She sighed and plopped on her bed.
Sirius walked in and sat on the end of the bed. "So your parent's aren't to happy with the idea of you dating someone they don't know. I mean they did say they'd rather have you date Remus." Sirius said Remus blushed and rolled his eyes; he hated the attention he was getting.
"Ha ha! Very funny." Melanie said sarcastically while sitting up and punching Sirius on the arm, "They just want to have a good reputation, so they want me to date a guy they know so they know that he's a good guy who wouldn't ruin they're precious reputation. So now they're going to have guys like Amos Diggory, Harold Abbott, and. oh great Lucius is coming since my parents work for him."
"Good, because I want to show that piece of scum not to mess with-" James said leaning up against the wall.
"No, you can't play a trick on him or hurt him," Melanie said sitting up and leaning on Sirius's shoulder. Sirius sighed and put his hand on her shoulder. She looked up at him and her eyes sparkled, she quickly drew her eyes away from his and looked at James. James was looking at Sirius confused that his friend was holding his girlfriend. The doorbell rang and Melanie ran down to answer it.
She opened the door and two pretty girls were standing in the doorway. It was Lilly Evans and Angelina Jones. Angelina and Lilly were best friends and the most popular girls in Hogwarts.
"Hi Melanie," Angelina said brushing her thick blonde straight hair, showing her deep brown eyes. Lilly took of her coat and pulled at her dress a bit. Lilly was wearing an emerald green strapless dress that made her look wonderful. Lilly's red hair was up in a bun and her bright green eyes filled with emotion. Angelina was wearing a spaghetti strap white dress with an umpire waist. It had some glitter on the top and her long blond hair was down.
Melanie walked down the stairs, wearing a long halter dress and her hair was half pulled up and the rest of her hair was cascading down her back. "I'll get it mum!" She said as she opened the door and saw her three friends standing in the doorway. She gasped feeling embarrassed for them to see her all dressed up. The three of them stood there stunned to see her looking as wonderful as she did. Remus lived down the street from Melanie and they were the best of friends. They had only seen her in her Hogwart's uniforms before, even though she did look cute in the uniform, she never looked as beautiful as she did now. James, Sirius and Remus's jaw dropped, and Melanie blushed. "So. How do I look?" She said spinning in a circle so they could look at her whole outfit. She looked breathtaking, her hair, her eyes, her dress, everything about her looked wonderful. She smiled at her three friends that were speechless and then her mum came to the door.
"Hello-" She said thinking it was one of her friends, she noticed it was three boys then eyed her daughter suspiciously, "Melanie would you care to introduce me to your friends?" Melanie rolled her eyes, and blushed when her father also came to the door.
"This is James, Sirius, and you know Remus since he lives down the street," She said pointing to each of the boys, "I know James and Sirius from school."
"Hello." Mrs. O'Connor said to the boys and Mr. O'Connor shook each of their hands, "Would you three like to come to the party tonight, there's only a few people Melanie's age attending, and it'd be wonderful for a few more faces to be there." Melanie sighed and blushed a little feeling embarrassed that her parents didn't know what trouble they were getting into by inviting the Marauder's to a party.
"Yes, that'd be nice." James said trying to be as polite as possible. They all went to Remus's home and changed into nice outfits and went back to Melanie's house. She let them in and Sirius and James stood in awe of Melanie's house. It was quite large, and they had a big fancy marble staircase leading upstairs. There was a living room, with elegant looking furniture, a dining room set up for about 100 guests, a ball room with a band setting up, and a sitting room, with chairs and some small tables.
"Are you two done staring or do you need more time?" Melanie said as she started walking up the stairs. They followed and looked at the paintings on the walls. She walked into a smaller room then the rest and sat down on a bed. "This is my room," She said smiling at them, "Don't mind the mess it's always like this in here." They smiled at her, despite her appearance she was the same person. Her room was messy, and she only had a plain bed, nothing like the rest of her house. She had a window open and there was a small roof off of it, that was big enough for a 10 people to sit on it, she had her books on there and it looked like she had been sitting out there some time that day. James sat on the bed with her and she smiled at him.
"So who's coming to this party?" Sirius said kicking away a pile of books into the corner of her room.
"People that my mum and dad work for, work with, neighbors, it's going to be so boring," She said rolling her eyes, but then she looked directly at James, "But you can't pull some huge prank, because my parents will die. It's enough they invited you to this party, but they can't be totally ruined, they'll go ballistic. So. James, Sirius behave yourselves."
"Hey hey hey! What about Remus?" James said almost insulted, Sirius laughed, knowing what the answer to that question was.
"Remus is more responsible then you two. He likes to play pranks but he knows when to stop," She said James glared at her not believing that his girlfriend was actually saying he didn't know when to stop a prank. "James, sweetie you don't know when to stop."
Sirius frowned when she said "sweetie", he still wasn't over her. He could never be. He kept telling himself that he was over the fact that the girl he loved was going out with his best friend, but he wasn't. James slid over close to Melanie and kissed her on the lips.
"James." She said as his kisses trailed to her neck. Sirius looked at the floor, he really wanted to cry, they were practically making out in front of him, and he knew that his heart was still clinging to Melanie even though his brain said he shouldn't.
"Mel' your friend is on the phone why don't you come down an-" He stopped when he walked in when walked in and saw James all over Melanie. 'Thank God he walked in' Sirius said to himself, 'it would have never stopped' Melanie turned around when she heard her father's voice.
"Daddy." She tried to avoid her dad's eyes; James turned away and mouthed 'Oh shit!' to the wall. "Um." Melanie looked like she was really embarrassed. Sirius wished he could say something to make it all better.
"Melanie could I talk to you downstairs for a minute." Her father said, he walked down the stairs and Melanie followed behind. James Sirius and Remus walked to the closest to the stairs they could get without being seen.
"Melanie Lynn O'Connor!" Her mother said as Melanie sat at the head of a large table set for many guests.
"Mum! Dad! Don't act like that I'm 16, I'm not a baby, and we weren't doing anything bad." Melanie said you could hear her father pacing up and down.
"But that's not appropriate! You're a lady Melanie! You have to act like one, I don't care how you act in school, but you need to act differently here." Her father said still pacing up and down the dining room. "I walk up there to see you kissing a boy I have never even seen before! Never!"
"He's my boyfriend! Mum, Dad how could you embarrass me like this?" Melanie yelled at them, "I love him! You can't even listen to me! I told you before James was my boyfriend! You flipped out then too!"
"This boy could be bad news!" Her mother said her father still pacing up and down the dining room.
"He's not! I'm not going to marry who you want me to marry anyway! I want to marry who I love!" Melanie shouted at her parents.
"Why couldn't you fall for someone like Remus?" Her father said slamming his fists on the table.
"Yes, Remus is such a nice boy," Her mother said trying to comfort her upset daughter. "We don't know this boyfriend of yours. We don't want you to fall for the wrong person."
Sirius and James looked at Remus when his name was mentioned. He blushed and smiled sheepishly at James who was just as surprised as Sirius. "That's why we invited some boys your age. so you can get to know them better." Mrs. O'Connor said drumming her fingers on the table.
Melanie ran out of the dining room and grabbed the phone that was put on hold. "JUST KILL ME NOW!" She yelled as she ran up the stairs and ran into the three boys who had been listening to the conversation. "You three were listening?" She said rolling her eyes, "Hello." She said exasperated into the receiver. She walked into her room and sat down.
"Lilly you can't spend your whole life looking in a mirror! You're going to look good no matter what you wear, but I'd suggest the emerald strapless dress, and tell Angelina that she should wear the white spaghetti strap one. Ok see you at the party bye." She sighed and plopped on her bed.
Sirius walked in and sat on the end of the bed. "So your parent's aren't to happy with the idea of you dating someone they don't know. I mean they did say they'd rather have you date Remus." Sirius said Remus blushed and rolled his eyes; he hated the attention he was getting.
"Ha ha! Very funny." Melanie said sarcastically while sitting up and punching Sirius on the arm, "They just want to have a good reputation, so they want me to date a guy they know so they know that he's a good guy who wouldn't ruin they're precious reputation. So now they're going to have guys like Amos Diggory, Harold Abbott, and. oh great Lucius is coming since my parents work for him."
"Good, because I want to show that piece of scum not to mess with-" James said leaning up against the wall.
"No, you can't play a trick on him or hurt him," Melanie said sitting up and leaning on Sirius's shoulder. Sirius sighed and put his hand on her shoulder. She looked up at him and her eyes sparkled, she quickly drew her eyes away from his and looked at James. James was looking at Sirius confused that his friend was holding his girlfriend. The doorbell rang and Melanie ran down to answer it.
She opened the door and two pretty girls were standing in the doorway. It was Lilly Evans and Angelina Jones. Angelina and Lilly were best friends and the most popular girls in Hogwarts.
"Hi Melanie," Angelina said brushing her thick blonde straight hair, showing her deep brown eyes. Lilly took of her coat and pulled at her dress a bit. Lilly was wearing an emerald green strapless dress that made her look wonderful. Lilly's red hair was up in a bun and her bright green eyes filled with emotion. Angelina was wearing a spaghetti strap white dress with an umpire waist. It had some glitter on the top and her long blond hair was down.