A/N: Just so it doesn't catch you off-guard, this first part is about
Jennifer and Sirius' trip to Hogsmeade after the treasure hunt. I figured I
should say a little bit about it, so here I go....
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Chapter 28- A Normal Evening
It was slightly strange for Sirius- going to Hogsmeade with actual permission, and without James' invisibility cloak and the map. He was rather enjoying it, though he decided that sneaking around was definitely more fun than being *allowed* to do something. Grinning to himself, he glanced to the girl at his side.
Jennifer always looked beautiful to him, with her golden hair and shining azure eyes which reminded him of pools of crystal clear water. She was amazing, something he hadn't known until he started dating her. He recalled exactly when it had all started, and his grin widened.
(flashback)
Sirius sat alone in the common room, not talking or smiling or laughing. Normally this would have bored him, but his eyes were staring, fixed on someone, and what they saw was enough to keep his attention.
Jennifer had been holding his eye for some time now, well, since they had come back to Hogwarts for their seventh year. He was surprised that he had never noticed her before now. As he stared at her, he thought about what Dumbledore had said a few days before about the upcoming dance and carnival. After hearing that, his immediate thought was that he would ask Jennifer to go with him. This was normally not a problem at all for him; he wasn't too shy of a guy. But he was scared that she would say no and he would feel stupid. She seemed, and asking her seemed, different than all of those other girls. Oh well he sighed quietly to himself. If I don't ask her now, she'll already have a date...if she doesn't now...
He proposed to himself the idea of going up and asking her right then. But for some reason, he didn't exactly relish the thought of her friends snickering at him. So he resolved to wait until he could get her alone, and ask her then.
This came sooner than he had expected, and his palms felt slightly sweaty as he rose from where he had been sitting and went to speak with her.
She was just turning away, towards the stairs, when he caught up to her and spoke.
"Er, Jennifer, could I have a word with you?"
"Sure." she turned and looked up at him with inquiring eyes. "What do you need?"
"I-" he cleared his throat, and smiled a little nervously. "wanted to ask you about the dance and carnival. Please go with me?" he puckered up his lips in a pouting way, pleading with her.
She laughed, and threw her arms around him, hugging him close. After she realized what she was doing, though, she pulled away, blushing ever so slightly.
"Um, sorry about that, didn't mean to." then she smiled. "I'd love to go with you."
He beamed his usual 'Sirius' smile and replied, "Great, I'll be looking forward to it."
"Uh-huh." she said, turning again and ascending the stairs. She waved and said a quiet goodnight before disappearing around the corner.
(end flashback)
Ah, the good old days. he thought humorously to himself.
"Here we are." Jennifer announced, grabbing his hand. Sirius looked up from his thoughts to see the village of Hogsmeade lying before him. He didn't normally see it from this view, since he always came out in Honeydukes.
Nevertheless, he turned to Jennifer and grinned as usual, grabbing her arm and pulling her along as he wildly ran for the town. They reached the street rather quickly, faces red from effort and Jennifer not looking too happy about having been pulled around. She narrowed her eyes and reached up, attempting to smooth her hair. They glanced around, wondering what to do first.
"Want to shop for, say, and hour then go eat dinner at that new restaurant?" (A/N: Obviously, I have made the restaurant up....) Sirius asked, still peering about him eagerly.
"Sure." was her only reply. The two of them walked past the well- known Three Broomsticks and Jennifer was about to pass Zonko's (because she knew the mood it put Sirius in), when she felt a hand upon her arm and the next moment was inside the store.
He scampered quickly to the section labeled 'New Tricks and Pranks', while she watched him from the sidelines, crossing her arms and shaking her head.
"You'll never grow up." she commented, and he simply looked up and grinned at her, shrugging indifferently.
They spent, as they had planned, around an hour shopping. By the time they were finished, they had both spent all of their gift certificates, on candy, pranks, and other random items. It was then that Sirius calmed down a little, a noticeable feat for him, and led them to Klinno's Magical Restaurant, which was just across from the Shrieking Shack.
Carefully and quietly, they walked through the large double doors, which were held open by two smiling people on either side. It was a pretty fancy restaurant, and neither of them had been there before. They felt a little out of place in their plain, everyday clothes, but the waiters and waitresses didn't seem to notice. Approaching the little table where a waiter stood behind taking reservations, Sirius smiled appropriately and opened his mouth to say something. But before he could, the waiter before him said,
"Hogwarts winners, correct?" he asked congenially, grabbing two menus. Sirius nodded, and followed the tall man toward their table near the windows. The couple seated themselves at the small, circular table, accepting the menus and opening them.
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Remus ran back into the Great Hall, carrying rather large, long tongs. (A/N: You know, like the things you use when you grill things.)
He was slightly out of breath as he came to a stop next to James. "The house elves gave me these when I asked and I figured they would work okay." he handed them over to James.
James reached down, opening the tongs and enclosing them upon the heart boxers. He scrunched up his nose, looking at the boxers with a sickened expression. He raised them up to shoulder level, holding them before the two boys. Remus looked at James, making eye contact, and they nodded to each other.
Making their way out of the Great Hall, still clutching the boxers in between the tongs, there were faint grins apparent on each of their faces. Even if the idea of the boxers was quite gross, they couldn't let a prank object go to waste, could they? And so it was that after the dinner, they had stayed back, thinking of ways to transport them without having to make physical contact. Remus had gone to the house elves, who had eagerly supplied the tongs, telling him he didn't even have to return them. But he thought it would be a good idea if he did; he didn't want anything that might remind him of Snape lying around.
The two boys walked into the Entrance Hall, where a long and skinny silver pole was lying- one that James had quickly acquired from who knows where. They erected it, working to attach the boxers to the top. It didn't take them too long, and they settled the pole, with a little magical help, so that it would stand tall and upright. The boxers now hung like a flag on a pole, right in the middle of the Entrance Hall. They then set up a pre- made sign in front of the flag, reading in clear, glittering letters the words 'Severus Snape's Boxer Shorts. Fashionable, aren't they?'
Stepping back a few feet, they surveyed their work, grinning the whole time. Remus muttered a quick charm that would keep anyone except the staff at Hogwarts from coming within two feet of the flag and sign- for twenty-four hours, at least.
It wasn't more than fifteen minutes before almost the whole school was crowded around, more people coming every minute. People were laughing and pointing, having a thoroughly good time. James and Remus stood on the sidelines with everyone else, playing innocent and laughing along.
Snape appeared then, pushing through the crowd frantically to get to the flag. His face was red with embarrassment as he stood before everyone. He ran towards the flagpole, wanting to tear it down, but was promptly thrown back as he reached the charm barrier. He cursed, and the two Marauders looked at each other, laughing harder.
They were a little worried that Dumbledore or one of the teachers would take it down before the full day was over, but their worries quickly slipped from their minds as they spotted the wise old man standing near them. His white hair ran down his back and his glasses were slipping down his nose slowly, as he bent over laughing as hard as he could. A tear of mirth slipped down his cheek as he continued to crow with laughter. He looked over at James and Remus, his azure eyes bright and smiling, and gave them a thumbs up that only the two of them saw.
While they were enjoying all of these, the girls (Lily and Chloe) were upstairs having a little fun of their own. They laughed as they set up the triggers, meant only for the Marauders, in the Gryffindor common room.
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Sirius was a little nervous as he stared at his menu, eyes scanning over his options. He wanted this evening to be perfect for Jennifer; so he planned on acting civil and not like his usual self.
"What would you like?" he asked her politely. She looked up at him, smiling and replied,
"How about spaghetti? It's just about the only thing on this menu that I can pronounce." she added jokingly. She was right though, Sirius noticed, as he read through the dishes. He finally decided spaghetti was the best idea.
"You know, that sounds good. I think I'll get the same." he grinned at her over the top of his menu. She peered over the top of hers, only her light eyes showing, but he could tell that she was smiling too.
Suddenly, the waiter appeared again, with a pen and pad of paper.
"What would you fine people like tonight?" he asked, looking to Sirius with a polite smile.
"I think we'll both be having the spaghetti, please."
The waiter nodded, scribbling down their orders and collecting the menus.
"A good choice. It should be out in no time." he scampered away.
Sirius turned to Jennifer, drumming his fingers on the table and not knowing what to say. For the first time in his life, he was at a loss of words. Damn. he thought to himself. It's a lot harder to make conversation when you're actually trying to sound good.
Jennifer seemed to know what he was doing, and shook her head at him for the second time that day, but this time she was smiling.
"I'm glad we won, Sirius. It's nice to eat a private dinner with you."
"Yeah, I don't think we've ever been able to eat alone before." he replied.
"Uh-huh." she said, and they both looked a little uncomfortable, having nothing to talk about. "Sirius, I-" she started, but was cut off as a steaming plate of spaghetti was put before her on the table. The waiter left again, after asking if they needed anything else at the moment, and Jennifer immediately started twirling the noodles around her fork.
Sirius, however, was awkwardly picking his fork up, vainly trying to act composed and well-mannered. In his attempt to achieve this, he accidentally knocked over his glass of water, spilling it all over the crisp white tablecloth. Jennifer rested her forward in her hand, closing her eyes in amusement. Sirius' eyes widened, and he franticly rose from his chair, knocking it backwards.
It was then that another waiter appeared, with a rag to clean the mess up. Sirius wouldn't let him, he insisted that he would clean everything up, that it was all his fault. So he took the rag and promptly began scrubbing, his cheeks a little flushed.
He wasn't paying enough attention as his right hand grabbed the table cloth. He somehow managed to give it a good tug, causing it to slide off and fall on top of him as he toppled backwards. Spaghetti, water, silverware, and everything else slid down, landing atop him.
The poor brown-haired boy looked thoroughly disgruntled as he rose, his face covered in tomato sauce. He looked at Jennifer apologetically, and she shook with laughter at the whole episode, still seated in her chair.
It took awhile to get everything, including Sirius, cleaned up. They received new plates of spaghetti, and started to eat in silence, except for Jennifer's occasional bouts of quiet laughter. She sobered eventually, when they were almost finished with dinner.
Sirius looked at her seriously and bowed his head. "I wanted this to be a nice evening for you, but I guess I ruined it. I'm sorry..." he trailed off, frowning.
It surprised Jennifer to see him so downhearted. It hadn't been that big of a deal to her, but then again, she hadn't been the one lying on the floor covered with tomato sauce while everyone stared at her. She grabbed his hand and squeezed it, her blue eyes penetrating his. "It *was* a nice evening for me, Sirius. Much more so than if it had been very serious. Believe me, I knew what I was getting myself into when I first started dating you." She added and his face split into a grin.
"*That* is a very true statement. You should always take care to remember that."
"Oh, believe me, I don't think you'll let me forget it." she replied, laughing again.
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Lily and Chloe walked into the Entrance Hall, smiling and knowing that their job was done. The crowd from before had dwindled a little, and only small groups of people remained.
The two girls spotted James and Remus near the flagpole, and quickly ambled over. Jennifer and Sirius also appeared from the other side, approaching at just the same time as the two girls.
"Have a nice time?" Chloe asked.
Jennifer and Sirius looked at each other and grinned, responding, "Of course we did."
Then Jen whispered to the other girls so that the Marauders couldn't hear. "Did you do it?"
"You bet we did. Everything's ready to go." Lily replied, brushing a strand of red hair behind her ear.
And so, after everyone had another good laugh at the flagpole, they marched towards the Gryffindor common room, the boys indifferent and the girls anticipating.
Chloe, Lily, and Jennifer made a point of walking through the portrait hole first and turning to watch the other four enter. They stood a little way off, so that they wouldn't catch any of it.
When the four boys walked through, they were instantly pelted with dung bombs and water balloons. They ducked and tried to fight the attack off, but were unsuccessful. The girls stood of the side, watching with loud cackling.
Brushing themselves off, James and Sirius straightened and glared good-naturedly at Lily and Jennifer. They launched at them, and so began a chase around the common room (the younger students carefully kept out of the way).
James closed in on Lily eventually, falling on top of her. They stared at each other a moment, and Lily prepared for a kiss. But James just grinned and pulled a dung bomb out from behind his back, jumping up and pelting her with it.
Sirius, however, had tripped and grabbed Jennifer's foot, pulling her down also. He wasted no time in soaking her with one of the largest water balloons known to mankind.
Meanwhile, Chloe and Remus were standing off the side. She laughed hysterically at his state. Against her will, she managed a wide smile at him, and he rewarded her with a grin. He was seemingly debating whether he should step closer to her or not, but before he could, she turned back towards the scene, her smile fading when she realized what she was doing.
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A/N: I tried to make this chapter a little longer, and interesting. I hope I succeeded ;) Please let me know what you think- just press that little button and take a moment. Thanks a lot!
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jazz- Well, let's just say that they don't ( I didn't even think about it), but thanks for reviewing!
Min Hee Ha- I'm glad you thought it was a good idea, and that you like (or love if you'd rather =) my writing, though I think I've said that one too many times...anyway, thanks again for your opinion!!
phoenix6545- Lol, I'm glad you found that funny, it was rather amusing to write. Thanks again!
Kase- Thanks for reviewing! I hope this chapter was also up to your standards!
kristatwen- ;) I'm happy you thought it was funny, and as always, thanks a lot!
libertygrl413- Lol, thanks for the comments! And I promise you more will happen with the two of them.
Tess- A new reviewer and reader! I'm glad you liked it and I hope you continue to! Thanks a lot!
amy- I'm glad you thought it was funny ;) hope you liked this chapter!
heehee- 10 billion stars?! Well thanks a lot, I'm happy you liked it that much- you made me smile =)
SMAC- Hehe, sorry if I fooled you about the two of them...but I promise there's more to come with them...and I'm happy you thought last chapter was funny. Thanks again!
Beltane- Thanks for your comments of the whole story, I really appreciate it! I agree, the thought was a bit disturbing, but I couldn't resist ;) Anyway, I'm glad you liked it so far and I hope you continue to. Oh, and enjoy your summer!
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Chapter 28- A Normal Evening
It was slightly strange for Sirius- going to Hogsmeade with actual permission, and without James' invisibility cloak and the map. He was rather enjoying it, though he decided that sneaking around was definitely more fun than being *allowed* to do something. Grinning to himself, he glanced to the girl at his side.
Jennifer always looked beautiful to him, with her golden hair and shining azure eyes which reminded him of pools of crystal clear water. She was amazing, something he hadn't known until he started dating her. He recalled exactly when it had all started, and his grin widened.
(flashback)
Sirius sat alone in the common room, not talking or smiling or laughing. Normally this would have bored him, but his eyes were staring, fixed on someone, and what they saw was enough to keep his attention.
Jennifer had been holding his eye for some time now, well, since they had come back to Hogwarts for their seventh year. He was surprised that he had never noticed her before now. As he stared at her, he thought about what Dumbledore had said a few days before about the upcoming dance and carnival. After hearing that, his immediate thought was that he would ask Jennifer to go with him. This was normally not a problem at all for him; he wasn't too shy of a guy. But he was scared that she would say no and he would feel stupid. She seemed, and asking her seemed, different than all of those other girls. Oh well he sighed quietly to himself. If I don't ask her now, she'll already have a date...if she doesn't now...
He proposed to himself the idea of going up and asking her right then. But for some reason, he didn't exactly relish the thought of her friends snickering at him. So he resolved to wait until he could get her alone, and ask her then.
This came sooner than he had expected, and his palms felt slightly sweaty as he rose from where he had been sitting and went to speak with her.
She was just turning away, towards the stairs, when he caught up to her and spoke.
"Er, Jennifer, could I have a word with you?"
"Sure." she turned and looked up at him with inquiring eyes. "What do you need?"
"I-" he cleared his throat, and smiled a little nervously. "wanted to ask you about the dance and carnival. Please go with me?" he puckered up his lips in a pouting way, pleading with her.
She laughed, and threw her arms around him, hugging him close. After she realized what she was doing, though, she pulled away, blushing ever so slightly.
"Um, sorry about that, didn't mean to." then she smiled. "I'd love to go with you."
He beamed his usual 'Sirius' smile and replied, "Great, I'll be looking forward to it."
"Uh-huh." she said, turning again and ascending the stairs. She waved and said a quiet goodnight before disappearing around the corner.
(end flashback)
Ah, the good old days. he thought humorously to himself.
"Here we are." Jennifer announced, grabbing his hand. Sirius looked up from his thoughts to see the village of Hogsmeade lying before him. He didn't normally see it from this view, since he always came out in Honeydukes.
Nevertheless, he turned to Jennifer and grinned as usual, grabbing her arm and pulling her along as he wildly ran for the town. They reached the street rather quickly, faces red from effort and Jennifer not looking too happy about having been pulled around. She narrowed her eyes and reached up, attempting to smooth her hair. They glanced around, wondering what to do first.
"Want to shop for, say, and hour then go eat dinner at that new restaurant?" (A/N: Obviously, I have made the restaurant up....) Sirius asked, still peering about him eagerly.
"Sure." was her only reply. The two of them walked past the well- known Three Broomsticks and Jennifer was about to pass Zonko's (because she knew the mood it put Sirius in), when she felt a hand upon her arm and the next moment was inside the store.
He scampered quickly to the section labeled 'New Tricks and Pranks', while she watched him from the sidelines, crossing her arms and shaking her head.
"You'll never grow up." she commented, and he simply looked up and grinned at her, shrugging indifferently.
They spent, as they had planned, around an hour shopping. By the time they were finished, they had both spent all of their gift certificates, on candy, pranks, and other random items. It was then that Sirius calmed down a little, a noticeable feat for him, and led them to Klinno's Magical Restaurant, which was just across from the Shrieking Shack.
Carefully and quietly, they walked through the large double doors, which were held open by two smiling people on either side. It was a pretty fancy restaurant, and neither of them had been there before. They felt a little out of place in their plain, everyday clothes, but the waiters and waitresses didn't seem to notice. Approaching the little table where a waiter stood behind taking reservations, Sirius smiled appropriately and opened his mouth to say something. But before he could, the waiter before him said,
"Hogwarts winners, correct?" he asked congenially, grabbing two menus. Sirius nodded, and followed the tall man toward their table near the windows. The couple seated themselves at the small, circular table, accepting the menus and opening them.
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Remus ran back into the Great Hall, carrying rather large, long tongs. (A/N: You know, like the things you use when you grill things.)
He was slightly out of breath as he came to a stop next to James. "The house elves gave me these when I asked and I figured they would work okay." he handed them over to James.
James reached down, opening the tongs and enclosing them upon the heart boxers. He scrunched up his nose, looking at the boxers with a sickened expression. He raised them up to shoulder level, holding them before the two boys. Remus looked at James, making eye contact, and they nodded to each other.
Making their way out of the Great Hall, still clutching the boxers in between the tongs, there were faint grins apparent on each of their faces. Even if the idea of the boxers was quite gross, they couldn't let a prank object go to waste, could they? And so it was that after the dinner, they had stayed back, thinking of ways to transport them without having to make physical contact. Remus had gone to the house elves, who had eagerly supplied the tongs, telling him he didn't even have to return them. But he thought it would be a good idea if he did; he didn't want anything that might remind him of Snape lying around.
The two boys walked into the Entrance Hall, where a long and skinny silver pole was lying- one that James had quickly acquired from who knows where. They erected it, working to attach the boxers to the top. It didn't take them too long, and they settled the pole, with a little magical help, so that it would stand tall and upright. The boxers now hung like a flag on a pole, right in the middle of the Entrance Hall. They then set up a pre- made sign in front of the flag, reading in clear, glittering letters the words 'Severus Snape's Boxer Shorts. Fashionable, aren't they?'
Stepping back a few feet, they surveyed their work, grinning the whole time. Remus muttered a quick charm that would keep anyone except the staff at Hogwarts from coming within two feet of the flag and sign- for twenty-four hours, at least.
It wasn't more than fifteen minutes before almost the whole school was crowded around, more people coming every minute. People were laughing and pointing, having a thoroughly good time. James and Remus stood on the sidelines with everyone else, playing innocent and laughing along.
Snape appeared then, pushing through the crowd frantically to get to the flag. His face was red with embarrassment as he stood before everyone. He ran towards the flagpole, wanting to tear it down, but was promptly thrown back as he reached the charm barrier. He cursed, and the two Marauders looked at each other, laughing harder.
They were a little worried that Dumbledore or one of the teachers would take it down before the full day was over, but their worries quickly slipped from their minds as they spotted the wise old man standing near them. His white hair ran down his back and his glasses were slipping down his nose slowly, as he bent over laughing as hard as he could. A tear of mirth slipped down his cheek as he continued to crow with laughter. He looked over at James and Remus, his azure eyes bright and smiling, and gave them a thumbs up that only the two of them saw.
While they were enjoying all of these, the girls (Lily and Chloe) were upstairs having a little fun of their own. They laughed as they set up the triggers, meant only for the Marauders, in the Gryffindor common room.
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Sirius was a little nervous as he stared at his menu, eyes scanning over his options. He wanted this evening to be perfect for Jennifer; so he planned on acting civil and not like his usual self.
"What would you like?" he asked her politely. She looked up at him, smiling and replied,
"How about spaghetti? It's just about the only thing on this menu that I can pronounce." she added jokingly. She was right though, Sirius noticed, as he read through the dishes. He finally decided spaghetti was the best idea.
"You know, that sounds good. I think I'll get the same." he grinned at her over the top of his menu. She peered over the top of hers, only her light eyes showing, but he could tell that she was smiling too.
Suddenly, the waiter appeared again, with a pen and pad of paper.
"What would you fine people like tonight?" he asked, looking to Sirius with a polite smile.
"I think we'll both be having the spaghetti, please."
The waiter nodded, scribbling down their orders and collecting the menus.
"A good choice. It should be out in no time." he scampered away.
Sirius turned to Jennifer, drumming his fingers on the table and not knowing what to say. For the first time in his life, he was at a loss of words. Damn. he thought to himself. It's a lot harder to make conversation when you're actually trying to sound good.
Jennifer seemed to know what he was doing, and shook her head at him for the second time that day, but this time she was smiling.
"I'm glad we won, Sirius. It's nice to eat a private dinner with you."
"Yeah, I don't think we've ever been able to eat alone before." he replied.
"Uh-huh." she said, and they both looked a little uncomfortable, having nothing to talk about. "Sirius, I-" she started, but was cut off as a steaming plate of spaghetti was put before her on the table. The waiter left again, after asking if they needed anything else at the moment, and Jennifer immediately started twirling the noodles around her fork.
Sirius, however, was awkwardly picking his fork up, vainly trying to act composed and well-mannered. In his attempt to achieve this, he accidentally knocked over his glass of water, spilling it all over the crisp white tablecloth. Jennifer rested her forward in her hand, closing her eyes in amusement. Sirius' eyes widened, and he franticly rose from his chair, knocking it backwards.
It was then that another waiter appeared, with a rag to clean the mess up. Sirius wouldn't let him, he insisted that he would clean everything up, that it was all his fault. So he took the rag and promptly began scrubbing, his cheeks a little flushed.
He wasn't paying enough attention as his right hand grabbed the table cloth. He somehow managed to give it a good tug, causing it to slide off and fall on top of him as he toppled backwards. Spaghetti, water, silverware, and everything else slid down, landing atop him.
The poor brown-haired boy looked thoroughly disgruntled as he rose, his face covered in tomato sauce. He looked at Jennifer apologetically, and she shook with laughter at the whole episode, still seated in her chair.
It took awhile to get everything, including Sirius, cleaned up. They received new plates of spaghetti, and started to eat in silence, except for Jennifer's occasional bouts of quiet laughter. She sobered eventually, when they were almost finished with dinner.
Sirius looked at her seriously and bowed his head. "I wanted this to be a nice evening for you, but I guess I ruined it. I'm sorry..." he trailed off, frowning.
It surprised Jennifer to see him so downhearted. It hadn't been that big of a deal to her, but then again, she hadn't been the one lying on the floor covered with tomato sauce while everyone stared at her. She grabbed his hand and squeezed it, her blue eyes penetrating his. "It *was* a nice evening for me, Sirius. Much more so than if it had been very serious. Believe me, I knew what I was getting myself into when I first started dating you." She added and his face split into a grin.
"*That* is a very true statement. You should always take care to remember that."
"Oh, believe me, I don't think you'll let me forget it." she replied, laughing again.
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Lily and Chloe walked into the Entrance Hall, smiling and knowing that their job was done. The crowd from before had dwindled a little, and only small groups of people remained.
The two girls spotted James and Remus near the flagpole, and quickly ambled over. Jennifer and Sirius also appeared from the other side, approaching at just the same time as the two girls.
"Have a nice time?" Chloe asked.
Jennifer and Sirius looked at each other and grinned, responding, "Of course we did."
Then Jen whispered to the other girls so that the Marauders couldn't hear. "Did you do it?"
"You bet we did. Everything's ready to go." Lily replied, brushing a strand of red hair behind her ear.
And so, after everyone had another good laugh at the flagpole, they marched towards the Gryffindor common room, the boys indifferent and the girls anticipating.
Chloe, Lily, and Jennifer made a point of walking through the portrait hole first and turning to watch the other four enter. They stood a little way off, so that they wouldn't catch any of it.
When the four boys walked through, they were instantly pelted with dung bombs and water balloons. They ducked and tried to fight the attack off, but were unsuccessful. The girls stood of the side, watching with loud cackling.
Brushing themselves off, James and Sirius straightened and glared good-naturedly at Lily and Jennifer. They launched at them, and so began a chase around the common room (the younger students carefully kept out of the way).
James closed in on Lily eventually, falling on top of her. They stared at each other a moment, and Lily prepared for a kiss. But James just grinned and pulled a dung bomb out from behind his back, jumping up and pelting her with it.
Sirius, however, had tripped and grabbed Jennifer's foot, pulling her down also. He wasted no time in soaking her with one of the largest water balloons known to mankind.
Meanwhile, Chloe and Remus were standing off the side. She laughed hysterically at his state. Against her will, she managed a wide smile at him, and he rewarded her with a grin. He was seemingly debating whether he should step closer to her or not, but before he could, she turned back towards the scene, her smile fading when she realized what she was doing.
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A/N: I tried to make this chapter a little longer, and interesting. I hope I succeeded ;) Please let me know what you think- just press that little button and take a moment. Thanks a lot!
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jazz- Well, let's just say that they don't ( I didn't even think about it), but thanks for reviewing!
Min Hee Ha- I'm glad you thought it was a good idea, and that you like (or love if you'd rather =) my writing, though I think I've said that one too many times...anyway, thanks again for your opinion!!
phoenix6545- Lol, I'm glad you found that funny, it was rather amusing to write. Thanks again!
Kase- Thanks for reviewing! I hope this chapter was also up to your standards!
kristatwen- ;) I'm happy you thought it was funny, and as always, thanks a lot!
libertygrl413- Lol, thanks for the comments! And I promise you more will happen with the two of them.
Tess- A new reviewer and reader! I'm glad you liked it and I hope you continue to! Thanks a lot!
amy- I'm glad you thought it was funny ;) hope you liked this chapter!
heehee- 10 billion stars?! Well thanks a lot, I'm happy you liked it that much- you made me smile =)
SMAC- Hehe, sorry if I fooled you about the two of them...but I promise there's more to come with them...and I'm happy you thought last chapter was funny. Thanks again!
Beltane- Thanks for your comments of the whole story, I really appreciate it! I agree, the thought was a bit disturbing, but I couldn't resist ;) Anyway, I'm glad you liked it so far and I hope you continue to. Oh, and enjoy your summer!