A Challenge Changes Everything
By: Destiney Weasley
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters, the marauders (MWPP) or Lily.
Summary: James and Sirius make a bet over two girls at Hogwarts which they call the ice queens and their names are Lily Evans from Gryffindor and Rhiannon Blithe from Ravenclaw.
Author's Note: First I would just like to say thanks for the reviews for the first chapter. They were greatly appreciated and they have inspired me to work on chapter two a little quicker than what I normally would have. Let me thank all the reviewers one last time before I continue with the story. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
-Chapter Two-
Sirius Black sat in 'Wendi's Malt Shop and Diner' located in Diagon Alley. The diner itself was set in a fifties era theme with tiny little juke boxes sitting on all of the tables. Fifties music was playing from the juke boxes. All of the waitresses were rolling around on roller skates wearing poodle skirts and ribbons in their hair, which was up in a ponytail, taking orders.
He was waiting for the arrival of Genna and Rin Blithe. More so on Rin, he planned to work his charm on her after sending Genna off on some sort of errand for him. He had the perfect plan or so he thought. Rin would be stuck for the day with Genna and himself.
He had owled her friends Marah, Eden and Sonya. He had promised Marah and Eden certain incentives, for himself and them, if they told Rin that they wouldn't be able to go to Diagon Alley with her. Sonya, Rin's other friend, had been promised a few galleons if she stayed away from Diagon Alley for the day which she had accepted without question.
He had all the angles covered. All of her friends were taken care of and he was sure that Rin would rather spend a day with him and her own sister than spend it alone.
Then he saw them, two girls just entered the diner.
Rin had her short auburn hair hanging limply at her shoulders like she had just done a once over on it and was satisfied with it. She was wearing a long dark jean skirt and a purple pheasant top.
Genna had her long auburn hair full of curls held in hair clips and her face was plastered with cosmetics. She had on a short black skirt and a tight hunter top that showed off her figure wonderfully at least to Sirius anyway.
Genna sauntered over to the table batting her long eyelashes while Rin followed behind, her face unreadable, but Sirius had the feeling that Rin didn't want to be there.
"Hey Genna" Sirius paused dramatically and turned to Rin while Genna concentrated on fixing her hair.
He looked Rin straight in the eyes using the look that caused the girls to blush and giggle "Rin I am glad you came."
He was startled to see her stare back at him using her own penetrating gaze.
"Actually Rin was just leaving" Genna piped up "weren't you."
""Really?" Sirius asked still staring at Rin he was becoming slightly baffled by her gaze, she wasn't affected by it which was weird this reaction had never happened to him before.
"As a matter of fact, I am" Rin replied stiffly.
"Where are you going?" Sirius asked seeing his perfect plan slip right threw his fingers. She wasn't spending the day alone but who could she possibly be meeting.
He continued to stare at her and she was staring back her face unreadable. He was beginning to wonder if her preference was even of the male variety, no, that was just being stupid.
"Meeting a friend" Rin replied.
"It's going to be just you and me" Genna replied in a sultry voice.
-Ignore her, ignore her- Sirius thought to himself -focus on Rin forget about Genna, remember the challenge remember the bet.-
"Who would that be?" Sirius asked ignoring Genna's flirting as he focused on Rin. His eyes still locked with hers, which hadn't changed.
"What? Don't think that someone like me can have friends?" Rin asked harshly, her eyes flickered dangerously from the penetrating gaze into a glare.
-Bloody hell where did that come from- he wondered -does she always take things so personally, if looks could kill I would be a goner.-
"No just being curious, is that a crime?" Sirius asked suavely.
"She is meeting up with Lily" Genna snapped scooting into the booth next to him.
"Lily?! Lily who" he asked confusedly, -I only know of the three friends Marah, Eden and Sonya and there weren't even any Lily's in Ravenclaw as far as I can remember.-
"Lily who" Rin replied mockingly. Sirius watched as her face turned into a smirk "why Lily Evans, Einstein."
"Seventh year Evans?" Sirius persisted perplexedly.
-Since when were Lily Evans and Rin friends- Sirius wondered -that's right they used to be best friends up until fourth year, how could he have forgotten that.
"Lily bloody Evans of Gryffindor as in L-I-L-Y Lily and E-V-A-N-S Evans" Genna replied angrily. Sirius knew that she was angry about being ignored.
"I didn't know that you and Lily were still friends" Sirius replied.
-Damn I have been outsmarted by a girl, that's a first- he thought -she was definitely more resourceful than what I thought she was.-
"It doesn't matter, does it? Who did you ask here, her or me?" Genna asked angrier than before.
-If Rin is leaving I better make the best use of my time and not piss Genna off then all of my planning would have been for nothing- Sirius couldn't believe that his plan had backfired on him.
"You of course" Sirius replied draping his arm over Genna's shoulder "I was just trying to be polite."
"See you later sis" Rin said giving her undivided attention to her sister. She then turned and headed for the exit of the little diner.
-Not even a good bye for me, that's bloody cold of her-
Sirius watched as Rin made her way out of the diner his eyes on her the whole time. Rin was definitely cunning she was going to take more of an effort but that is what he wanted, a real challenge. He would have to find out more about her before he planned his next strategy. This was becoming the challenge he had hoped for. In the meantime he had Genna to take his mind off of the challenge entirely.
~*~
Lily sat in Florean's Ice Cream Parlor waiting for Rin to show up. She was a bit nervous about spending the day with Rin what if they had nothing to talk about. The two of them hadn't carried a real conversation since fourth year. She was also excited to see Rin because she hadn't had a real conversation in so long. It would be nice to talk about something besides boys for once.
Lily looked down at her watch Rin was five minutes late. This wasn't usual Rin behavior she had always been on time, if not early. Lily was starting to get worried as she continued to look down at her watch fifteen minutes had just passed.
-Where could she be, something didn't happen to her did it- Lil wondered as she looked down at her watch yet again.
"Hey Lily, sorry I am late. I was er..held up"
Lily nearly fell out of her chair from fright her heart was beating so fast. She looked up from her watch and saw Rin towering over her. Her hear began to slow back to its normal pace.
"Hey Rin you scared me" Lily replied -you always were so quiet, nearly gave me a heart attack, breath in and out nice and slow.-
"Sorry about that, can't help it" she replied frowning at Lily. Her expression changed instantly "on a lighter note, thanks for coming and saving my day."
"No big" Lily replied casually "truth is I missed spending time with you even though you devote all of your time on your studies."
"Not all of my time, I am on the Ravenclaw Quidditch team" Rin replied proudly.
"Alright most of your time is spent on studies" Lily corrected -about ninety percent of your time.
"Yeah and it looks like all of my hard work didn't pay off" she replied bitterly.
-Okay, tell me this is a joke, she can't be bitter because I was made head girl and she wasn't. No that is just insane don't be stupid- Lily scolded herself - or could she?-
"Why is that?" Lily asked worriedly, she still wasn't sure if Rin was joking around or being honest with her, she still looked bitter in the face.
"Because Lily you are Head Girl and what have I got to show for all of those hours of hard work, nothing but a lousy little prefect badge" Rin replied jokingly as she grinned at Lily.
"It could be worse" Lily replied thoughtfully.
"I know it could, I could be like my sister. She actually went to meet up with Sirius, she will never learn, will she?" Rin asked worriedly.
"I honestly don't know" Lily replied honestly.
Lily could tell by the sound of her voice that Rin was concerned about Genna. She was also worried about Sirius hurting Genna like he had last time. That was the one thing that Lily hated about her friends no matter how much James and Sirius hurt them, they would always go back to them without giving it a second thought.
"Rin"
"You in there, Rin"
"RHIANNON"
Lily had been staring at Rin for several minutes now. She looked confused deep in thought and hadn't even heard Lily shout her name the first two times. The third time she finally snapped out of her trance.
"What's wrong?" Lily asked worriedly.
"Huh?" Rin asked in confusion.
"I asked you what was wrong" Lily repeated staring intently at Rin -she is worried about something and I am going to find out what that something is.-
"With me?" Rin asked stupidly.
"No with Tierney" Lily replied sarcastically.
"Nothing" Rin replied looking down into her hands.
-Nothing, yeah right then why are you avoiding my eyes, you are definitely hiding something from me- "Just spill Rin, you can tell me."
"Really it is nothing" Rin replied.
"I know you better than that Rin" Lily persisted -almost there, any minute now.-
Rin looked Lily straight in the eyes "you aren't going to quit till you get to the truth, are you?"
"No I am not" Lily replied honestly -so spill the beans already, confess.-
"Alright I will tell you" she paused to look at Lily who motioned her to continue "this is going to sound weird but here it goes. I went with Genna to meet up with Black and the masher stared at me the whole time. It was unnerving he broke the unwritten-unspoken rule and talked to me. It really did give me the willies and now I can't stop thinking about it. I know he is up to something" she ranted.
-She hasn't gone insane has she, this is just crazy, she must have fallen and hit her head on something- Lily began laughing she couldn't control it, Rin appeared to have gone temporary insane.
"You are definitely off your rocker Rin. Since when is it an unwritten- unspoken rule for Sirius to not speak to you" Lily asked as she continued to laugh.
"I am not crazy" Rin huffed crossing her arms over her chest.
"Oh yeah, then stop ranting like a lunatic" Lily retorted.
"All I am saying is that it is unnatural for Black to start a conversation with a bookworm, who I might add hasn't dated since fourth year" Rin clarified logically,
"Point taken" Lily muttered "but just so you know that is the life of Potter and Black they have never made any sense to anyone."
"Thank you" Rin said cheerfully.
"Oh Merlin, we are as bad as our friends, we are talking about Black of all people" Lily said as she started to laugh.
It was uncanny the one person she least expected to talk about Black had just been ranting about him although it wasn't the usual rant that she normally heard. Do you think he likes me? Did you see that look he gave me? Sirius is amazing. The comments go on and on until Lily feels like pulling her hair out and screaming in aggravation.
"Hex me now, my life is over" Rin said as she began laughing along with Lily.
They continued to laugh for several minutes receiving strange looks from people that were sitting in the little ice cream parlor trying to enjoy their sundaes and splits in silence.
~*~
James and Remus had gone to Diagon Alley with Sirius but had separated from him so that he could put his plan into action. The two boys were currently inside 'Quality Quidditch Supplies' just browsing, according to James.
Remus knew James wasn't just browsing he never just browsed in a quidditch store something was always bought no matter how much money James had brought along with him.
"Oh the latest 'Quidditch Weekly' a must have" James said eagerly taking one of the magazines from the rack.
"Just browsing you say" Remus said mockingly.
"Did I say that?" James asked.
"Yes" Remus replied.
"Does anyone ever take me seriously?" James asked walking up to the register to pay for the magazine then the two would be off on their way to the joke shop.
"Not likely" Remus said following behind James "did you hear Lily was made Head Girl?"
"Was she now?" James asked interestedly.
-This could be perfect. Lily and I will have to get along to do our Head duties the first step towards friendship and the perfect excuse- A grin was forming across James face.
"Er, do I even want to know what is going on in there?" Remus asked.
"It's perfect Moony, friendship leads to relationship and then relationship leads to me winning the bet and Lily being Head Girl makes my new plan work out perfectly" James replied.
"This can't be good" Remus said worriedly.
"Not good but perfect" James retorted.
"No good can come of this" Remus scolded.
-Yadda yadda yadda, I have heard this speech a million times already this summer, doesn't he ever give it a rest, and it's just a harmless little bet-
"Have you thought of the fact that Lily may have a boyfriend or that someone will ask her out this school year, she is quite popular with the guys" Remus continued.
-Hm, never thought of that suppose I could always threaten the guys with a Prank Fest if they even dare to ask Lily for a date. That will keep most of them away-
"I know what you are thinking and a Prank Fest won't work. Lily will become suspicious if her normal crowd of guys isn't hanging around her, fawning like normal" Remus added.
-Damn how does he do it? Oh bugger! Anyway I can work out the boyfriend detail later- "okay Moony, you can stop scolding me, now."
"Are you going to give up this idea?" Remus asked.
"Not likely" James replied.
"Why do I even bother then?"
-Dunno, boredom or something- James just shrugged his shoulders in reply.
They walked out of the Quidditch store and found a crowd of kids huddled around three people. It looked like two of them were fighting then they heard:
"BITCH"
"MUDBLOOD"
Remus and James ran over to the crowd of people making there way to the front and were surprised at what they saw. (A/N: This would be a good place to stop but alas I am going to continue)
~*~
Rin and Lily had left Florean's Ice Cream Parlor and were walking around Diagon Alley window shopping. Rin had just mentioned to Lily that she needed to stop by Quality Quidditch Supplies to get a broom cleaning kit. They were talking to each other when someone approached them from behind.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Back-Stabbing-Bitch and Hides-Behind-Books, back together again. What were the odds of that happening?" a voice drawled from behind them.
-Oh no, I know that voice it can't be April Turner- Rin spun around and sure enough there was a girl with long black hair and olive eyes. She was dressed in black pants and top with black lipstick and nail polish.
"And if it isn't A-Slytherin-Wanna-Be" Lily replied coldly.
-God April what happened to you, how can you be so cruel to us?- Rin wondered as she watched Lily and April stare daggers at each other.
"Hardly, Slytherin is vastly overrated" April retorted in a bored sort of voice while smirking at Lily and Rin.
"Isn't your boyfriend from Slytherin?" Lily asked.
-Yes her boyfriend Daemon Ambrose a bastard if I ever knew one is from Slytherin- April turned to Rin at the mention of her boyfriend -you know all about him, yet you stay with him.-
"April" Rin acknowledged.
"Cut the formalities Blithe, I see that you and Evans are having a little reunion of sorts but dear me it looks like you forgot to invite someone to this little get together" April said sarcastically.
-Since when were we on a last name basis and it couldn't possible be because what I had said about Ambrose, did our friendship mean nothing-
"No one important" Lily retorted angrily.
"Touché, but then again there is also nothing important about a mudblood either" April spat back.
-Scream at them, stop them from fighting, don't just stand in silence like a pathetic idiot. You aren't going to just let them insult each other are you?-
Lily had stepped right up into April's face "better a mudblood than a heinous bitch" she spat venomously.
Rin watched, feeling helpless, as April brought her hand up and slapped Lily across the face. Lily returned the slap and soon the two girls were wrestling on the ground in an all out war pulling each others hair, clawing at each other and slapping each other.
-No, no, no, this can't be good, people are starting to stare. Everyone's attention is focused on April and Lily who are ripping each other apart-
A crowd gathered round some of the kids chanting "FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!"
"BITCH!"
"MUDBLOOD!"
The two girls continued to beat on each other those two words were the only two audible words coming from them as they continued to roll back and forth on the ground.
-God this is embarrassing, why are they so childish. Should do something: run, yell for help, pull them apart, watch helplessly, ignore them and the list goes on with endless possibilities. What to do, what to do?-
"APRIL!"
"LILY!"
"STOP IT!"
Before she knew it Rin had gotten involved in the fight and was currently pulling April off of Lily and was soon standing between the two girls.
"STOP IT!" Rin shouted desperately "I can't take this anymore. We used to be friends, why can't you two act civilized towards each other?"
-Damn them all for making me get emotional like this, I am about ready to cry as if I haven't been threw enough today with Black and his stupid mind games consisting of that stupid staring contest thing.-
"Things change Blithe, but you have never been up for change you just cower behind your books and block the big bad world out" April seethed.
-How dare she mention that, I confided in her and now she makes it so the whole bloody Alley can hear her- Rin didn't even think twice she brought her hand up and slapped April across the cheek as a tear slid down her own cheek.
-Oh my God, what have I done?- Rin backed away from April, who was in shock from the slap, Rin muttered that she was sorry, she turned and ran from the crowd not sure where she was going to go only knowing that she had to get away from everything and everyone.
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By: Destiney Weasley
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters, the marauders (MWPP) or Lily.
Summary: James and Sirius make a bet over two girls at Hogwarts which they call the ice queens and their names are Lily Evans from Gryffindor and Rhiannon Blithe from Ravenclaw.
Author's Note: First I would just like to say thanks for the reviews for the first chapter. They were greatly appreciated and they have inspired me to work on chapter two a little quicker than what I normally would have. Let me thank all the reviewers one last time before I continue with the story. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
-Chapter Two-
Sirius Black sat in 'Wendi's Malt Shop and Diner' located in Diagon Alley. The diner itself was set in a fifties era theme with tiny little juke boxes sitting on all of the tables. Fifties music was playing from the juke boxes. All of the waitresses were rolling around on roller skates wearing poodle skirts and ribbons in their hair, which was up in a ponytail, taking orders.
He was waiting for the arrival of Genna and Rin Blithe. More so on Rin, he planned to work his charm on her after sending Genna off on some sort of errand for him. He had the perfect plan or so he thought. Rin would be stuck for the day with Genna and himself.
He had owled her friends Marah, Eden and Sonya. He had promised Marah and Eden certain incentives, for himself and them, if they told Rin that they wouldn't be able to go to Diagon Alley with her. Sonya, Rin's other friend, had been promised a few galleons if she stayed away from Diagon Alley for the day which she had accepted without question.
He had all the angles covered. All of her friends were taken care of and he was sure that Rin would rather spend a day with him and her own sister than spend it alone.
Then he saw them, two girls just entered the diner.
Rin had her short auburn hair hanging limply at her shoulders like she had just done a once over on it and was satisfied with it. She was wearing a long dark jean skirt and a purple pheasant top.
Genna had her long auburn hair full of curls held in hair clips and her face was plastered with cosmetics. She had on a short black skirt and a tight hunter top that showed off her figure wonderfully at least to Sirius anyway.
Genna sauntered over to the table batting her long eyelashes while Rin followed behind, her face unreadable, but Sirius had the feeling that Rin didn't want to be there.
"Hey Genna" Sirius paused dramatically and turned to Rin while Genna concentrated on fixing her hair.
He looked Rin straight in the eyes using the look that caused the girls to blush and giggle "Rin I am glad you came."
He was startled to see her stare back at him using her own penetrating gaze.
"Actually Rin was just leaving" Genna piped up "weren't you."
""Really?" Sirius asked still staring at Rin he was becoming slightly baffled by her gaze, she wasn't affected by it which was weird this reaction had never happened to him before.
"As a matter of fact, I am" Rin replied stiffly.
"Where are you going?" Sirius asked seeing his perfect plan slip right threw his fingers. She wasn't spending the day alone but who could she possibly be meeting.
He continued to stare at her and she was staring back her face unreadable. He was beginning to wonder if her preference was even of the male variety, no, that was just being stupid.
"Meeting a friend" Rin replied.
"It's going to be just you and me" Genna replied in a sultry voice.
-Ignore her, ignore her- Sirius thought to himself -focus on Rin forget about Genna, remember the challenge remember the bet.-
"Who would that be?" Sirius asked ignoring Genna's flirting as he focused on Rin. His eyes still locked with hers, which hadn't changed.
"What? Don't think that someone like me can have friends?" Rin asked harshly, her eyes flickered dangerously from the penetrating gaze into a glare.
-Bloody hell where did that come from- he wondered -does she always take things so personally, if looks could kill I would be a goner.-
"No just being curious, is that a crime?" Sirius asked suavely.
"She is meeting up with Lily" Genna snapped scooting into the booth next to him.
"Lily?! Lily who" he asked confusedly, -I only know of the three friends Marah, Eden and Sonya and there weren't even any Lily's in Ravenclaw as far as I can remember.-
"Lily who" Rin replied mockingly. Sirius watched as her face turned into a smirk "why Lily Evans, Einstein."
"Seventh year Evans?" Sirius persisted perplexedly.
-Since when were Lily Evans and Rin friends- Sirius wondered -that's right they used to be best friends up until fourth year, how could he have forgotten that.
"Lily bloody Evans of Gryffindor as in L-I-L-Y Lily and E-V-A-N-S Evans" Genna replied angrily. Sirius knew that she was angry about being ignored.
"I didn't know that you and Lily were still friends" Sirius replied.
-Damn I have been outsmarted by a girl, that's a first- he thought -she was definitely more resourceful than what I thought she was.-
"It doesn't matter, does it? Who did you ask here, her or me?" Genna asked angrier than before.
-If Rin is leaving I better make the best use of my time and not piss Genna off then all of my planning would have been for nothing- Sirius couldn't believe that his plan had backfired on him.
"You of course" Sirius replied draping his arm over Genna's shoulder "I was just trying to be polite."
"See you later sis" Rin said giving her undivided attention to her sister. She then turned and headed for the exit of the little diner.
-Not even a good bye for me, that's bloody cold of her-
Sirius watched as Rin made her way out of the diner his eyes on her the whole time. Rin was definitely cunning she was going to take more of an effort but that is what he wanted, a real challenge. He would have to find out more about her before he planned his next strategy. This was becoming the challenge he had hoped for. In the meantime he had Genna to take his mind off of the challenge entirely.
~*~
Lily sat in Florean's Ice Cream Parlor waiting for Rin to show up. She was a bit nervous about spending the day with Rin what if they had nothing to talk about. The two of them hadn't carried a real conversation since fourth year. She was also excited to see Rin because she hadn't had a real conversation in so long. It would be nice to talk about something besides boys for once.
Lily looked down at her watch Rin was five minutes late. This wasn't usual Rin behavior she had always been on time, if not early. Lily was starting to get worried as she continued to look down at her watch fifteen minutes had just passed.
-Where could she be, something didn't happen to her did it- Lil wondered as she looked down at her watch yet again.
"Hey Lily, sorry I am late. I was er..held up"
Lily nearly fell out of her chair from fright her heart was beating so fast. She looked up from her watch and saw Rin towering over her. Her hear began to slow back to its normal pace.
"Hey Rin you scared me" Lily replied -you always were so quiet, nearly gave me a heart attack, breath in and out nice and slow.-
"Sorry about that, can't help it" she replied frowning at Lily. Her expression changed instantly "on a lighter note, thanks for coming and saving my day."
"No big" Lily replied casually "truth is I missed spending time with you even though you devote all of your time on your studies."
"Not all of my time, I am on the Ravenclaw Quidditch team" Rin replied proudly.
"Alright most of your time is spent on studies" Lily corrected -about ninety percent of your time.
"Yeah and it looks like all of my hard work didn't pay off" she replied bitterly.
-Okay, tell me this is a joke, she can't be bitter because I was made head girl and she wasn't. No that is just insane don't be stupid- Lily scolded herself - or could she?-
"Why is that?" Lily asked worriedly, she still wasn't sure if Rin was joking around or being honest with her, she still looked bitter in the face.
"Because Lily you are Head Girl and what have I got to show for all of those hours of hard work, nothing but a lousy little prefect badge" Rin replied jokingly as she grinned at Lily.
"It could be worse" Lily replied thoughtfully.
"I know it could, I could be like my sister. She actually went to meet up with Sirius, she will never learn, will she?" Rin asked worriedly.
"I honestly don't know" Lily replied honestly.
Lily could tell by the sound of her voice that Rin was concerned about Genna. She was also worried about Sirius hurting Genna like he had last time. That was the one thing that Lily hated about her friends no matter how much James and Sirius hurt them, they would always go back to them without giving it a second thought.
"Rin"
"You in there, Rin"
"RHIANNON"
Lily had been staring at Rin for several minutes now. She looked confused deep in thought and hadn't even heard Lily shout her name the first two times. The third time she finally snapped out of her trance.
"What's wrong?" Lily asked worriedly.
"Huh?" Rin asked in confusion.
"I asked you what was wrong" Lily repeated staring intently at Rin -she is worried about something and I am going to find out what that something is.-
"With me?" Rin asked stupidly.
"No with Tierney" Lily replied sarcastically.
"Nothing" Rin replied looking down into her hands.
-Nothing, yeah right then why are you avoiding my eyes, you are definitely hiding something from me- "Just spill Rin, you can tell me."
"Really it is nothing" Rin replied.
"I know you better than that Rin" Lily persisted -almost there, any minute now.-
Rin looked Lily straight in the eyes "you aren't going to quit till you get to the truth, are you?"
"No I am not" Lily replied honestly -so spill the beans already, confess.-
"Alright I will tell you" she paused to look at Lily who motioned her to continue "this is going to sound weird but here it goes. I went with Genna to meet up with Black and the masher stared at me the whole time. It was unnerving he broke the unwritten-unspoken rule and talked to me. It really did give me the willies and now I can't stop thinking about it. I know he is up to something" she ranted.
-She hasn't gone insane has she, this is just crazy, she must have fallen and hit her head on something- Lily began laughing she couldn't control it, Rin appeared to have gone temporary insane.
"You are definitely off your rocker Rin. Since when is it an unwritten- unspoken rule for Sirius to not speak to you" Lily asked as she continued to laugh.
"I am not crazy" Rin huffed crossing her arms over her chest.
"Oh yeah, then stop ranting like a lunatic" Lily retorted.
"All I am saying is that it is unnatural for Black to start a conversation with a bookworm, who I might add hasn't dated since fourth year" Rin clarified logically,
"Point taken" Lily muttered "but just so you know that is the life of Potter and Black they have never made any sense to anyone."
"Thank you" Rin said cheerfully.
"Oh Merlin, we are as bad as our friends, we are talking about Black of all people" Lily said as she started to laugh.
It was uncanny the one person she least expected to talk about Black had just been ranting about him although it wasn't the usual rant that she normally heard. Do you think he likes me? Did you see that look he gave me? Sirius is amazing. The comments go on and on until Lily feels like pulling her hair out and screaming in aggravation.
"Hex me now, my life is over" Rin said as she began laughing along with Lily.
They continued to laugh for several minutes receiving strange looks from people that were sitting in the little ice cream parlor trying to enjoy their sundaes and splits in silence.
~*~
James and Remus had gone to Diagon Alley with Sirius but had separated from him so that he could put his plan into action. The two boys were currently inside 'Quality Quidditch Supplies' just browsing, according to James.
Remus knew James wasn't just browsing he never just browsed in a quidditch store something was always bought no matter how much money James had brought along with him.
"Oh the latest 'Quidditch Weekly' a must have" James said eagerly taking one of the magazines from the rack.
"Just browsing you say" Remus said mockingly.
"Did I say that?" James asked.
"Yes" Remus replied.
"Does anyone ever take me seriously?" James asked walking up to the register to pay for the magazine then the two would be off on their way to the joke shop.
"Not likely" Remus said following behind James "did you hear Lily was made Head Girl?"
"Was she now?" James asked interestedly.
-This could be perfect. Lily and I will have to get along to do our Head duties the first step towards friendship and the perfect excuse- A grin was forming across James face.
"Er, do I even want to know what is going on in there?" Remus asked.
"It's perfect Moony, friendship leads to relationship and then relationship leads to me winning the bet and Lily being Head Girl makes my new plan work out perfectly" James replied.
"This can't be good" Remus said worriedly.
"Not good but perfect" James retorted.
"No good can come of this" Remus scolded.
-Yadda yadda yadda, I have heard this speech a million times already this summer, doesn't he ever give it a rest, and it's just a harmless little bet-
"Have you thought of the fact that Lily may have a boyfriend or that someone will ask her out this school year, she is quite popular with the guys" Remus continued.
-Hm, never thought of that suppose I could always threaten the guys with a Prank Fest if they even dare to ask Lily for a date. That will keep most of them away-
"I know what you are thinking and a Prank Fest won't work. Lily will become suspicious if her normal crowd of guys isn't hanging around her, fawning like normal" Remus added.
-Damn how does he do it? Oh bugger! Anyway I can work out the boyfriend detail later- "okay Moony, you can stop scolding me, now."
"Are you going to give up this idea?" Remus asked.
"Not likely" James replied.
"Why do I even bother then?"
-Dunno, boredom or something- James just shrugged his shoulders in reply.
They walked out of the Quidditch store and found a crowd of kids huddled around three people. It looked like two of them were fighting then they heard:
"BITCH"
"MUDBLOOD"
Remus and James ran over to the crowd of people making there way to the front and were surprised at what they saw. (A/N: This would be a good place to stop but alas I am going to continue)
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Rin and Lily had left Florean's Ice Cream Parlor and were walking around Diagon Alley window shopping. Rin had just mentioned to Lily that she needed to stop by Quality Quidditch Supplies to get a broom cleaning kit. They were talking to each other when someone approached them from behind.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Back-Stabbing-Bitch and Hides-Behind-Books, back together again. What were the odds of that happening?" a voice drawled from behind them.
-Oh no, I know that voice it can't be April Turner- Rin spun around and sure enough there was a girl with long black hair and olive eyes. She was dressed in black pants and top with black lipstick and nail polish.
"And if it isn't A-Slytherin-Wanna-Be" Lily replied coldly.
-God April what happened to you, how can you be so cruel to us?- Rin wondered as she watched Lily and April stare daggers at each other.
"Hardly, Slytherin is vastly overrated" April retorted in a bored sort of voice while smirking at Lily and Rin.
"Isn't your boyfriend from Slytherin?" Lily asked.
-Yes her boyfriend Daemon Ambrose a bastard if I ever knew one is from Slytherin- April turned to Rin at the mention of her boyfriend -you know all about him, yet you stay with him.-
"April" Rin acknowledged.
"Cut the formalities Blithe, I see that you and Evans are having a little reunion of sorts but dear me it looks like you forgot to invite someone to this little get together" April said sarcastically.
-Since when were we on a last name basis and it couldn't possible be because what I had said about Ambrose, did our friendship mean nothing-
"No one important" Lily retorted angrily.
"Touché, but then again there is also nothing important about a mudblood either" April spat back.
-Scream at them, stop them from fighting, don't just stand in silence like a pathetic idiot. You aren't going to just let them insult each other are you?-
Lily had stepped right up into April's face "better a mudblood than a heinous bitch" she spat venomously.
Rin watched, feeling helpless, as April brought her hand up and slapped Lily across the face. Lily returned the slap and soon the two girls were wrestling on the ground in an all out war pulling each others hair, clawing at each other and slapping each other.
-No, no, no, this can't be good, people are starting to stare. Everyone's attention is focused on April and Lily who are ripping each other apart-
A crowd gathered round some of the kids chanting "FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!"
"BITCH!"
"MUDBLOOD!"
The two girls continued to beat on each other those two words were the only two audible words coming from them as they continued to roll back and forth on the ground.
-God this is embarrassing, why are they so childish. Should do something: run, yell for help, pull them apart, watch helplessly, ignore them and the list goes on with endless possibilities. What to do, what to do?-
"APRIL!"
"LILY!"
"STOP IT!"
Before she knew it Rin had gotten involved in the fight and was currently pulling April off of Lily and was soon standing between the two girls.
"STOP IT!" Rin shouted desperately "I can't take this anymore. We used to be friends, why can't you two act civilized towards each other?"
-Damn them all for making me get emotional like this, I am about ready to cry as if I haven't been threw enough today with Black and his stupid mind games consisting of that stupid staring contest thing.-
"Things change Blithe, but you have never been up for change you just cower behind your books and block the big bad world out" April seethed.
-How dare she mention that, I confided in her and now she makes it so the whole bloody Alley can hear her- Rin didn't even think twice she brought her hand up and slapped April across the cheek as a tear slid down her own cheek.
-Oh my God, what have I done?- Rin backed away from April, who was in shock from the slap, Rin muttered that she was sorry, she turned and ran from the crowd not sure where she was going to go only knowing that she had to get away from everything and everyone.
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