Matchmakers Inc. in Mission Impossible
By: Foxy Black
--Chapter Two--
Lily went up to bed but remained awake most of the night thinking about James absurd plan. If Brianna had any idea what Lily was planning on doing to her, no, Lily couldn't think like that. She kept running the conversation that they would be having in the morning over in her head. She finally fell asleep at three in the morning. Her last thought Brianna was going to kill her if she ever found out about the plan. It wasn't what you would call comforting.
Now it was morning, Lily got out of bed and realized that all the other sixth year girls had already left the dormitory. That was odd her friends didn't even bother to wake her up. She got dressed and headed down to the Great Hall for breakfast. She found Brianna and Paige sitting by the marauders, Sirius on one end Brianna on the other end.
"Lily!" James exclaimed upon seeing her arrival.
The others followed suite, everyone saying their good mornings. Lily nodded sleepily and took a seat next to Brianna who was stabbing at her eggs murderously muttering incoherently under her breath.
"What is wrong with you?" Lily asked.
"Black" Brianna muttered not looking up from her eggs. She set her fork down and got up from the table "I am going down to the lake. I need some fresh air, talk to you later."
Lily watched as Brianna walked out of the Great Hall, she then turned to James. He was sitting by Sirius who Lily noticed was scowling. She caught his eyes and asked him what happened. He shrugged his shoulders in reply having no clue himself. Lily grabbed two pieces of toast and got up from the table as well.
"Where are you going?" Paige asked.
"Outside to talk to Brianna" Lily replied "care to join me?"
"No, I am going to sit with Kevin in Ravenclaw. Brianna will cool off and everything will be peachy again" Paige said getting up as well.
Lily walked out of the Great Hall and found Brianna sitting at the edge of the lake on a large rock. She was throwing small stones into the lake and it looked as if her mood hadn't improved yet.
"Hey, mind if I join you?" Lily asked cautiously.
"It's free territory, do what you want" was Brianna's icy reply.
Lily stood for a minute weighing her options. Brianna didn't look in the mood to talk but this was an opportunity to find out what Brianna was looking for in a boyfriend and it may help in taking her mind off of Sirius.
"You know Brianna, I was awake most of the night trying to figure out what I was looking for in a boyfriend and you know what my conclusion came too?" Lily asked working up to the conversation.
Brianna didn't take her eyes off of the lake and Lily took this as an approval to continue "I got nothing I don't have any idea what I want in a boyfriend. Do you know what you want in a boyfriend?"
Brianna continued to stare at the lake "what I want, no one has ever asked me what I actually wanted before. I am always told what to do because it is what is best for me.. but it is definitely not Black" was Brianna's reply "I assure you it is definitely not Black."
Okay that wasn't the answer that Lily was looking for "so you want someone that is dull, stupid and ugly" Lily said playing with Brianna's words. Sirius was funny, smart and damn good looking.
"Don't be stupid" Brianna shot back "you are putting words in my mouth."
"Come on" Lily said pushing Brianna lightly on the shoulder "it will take your mind off of Sirius."
"What I want in a boyfriend. He has to be smart I don't want one of those dumb jocks, they are useless when it comes to having an intelligent conversation."
"I think most of us want a smart man, what else?" Lily asked.
"Well he needs to be funny but he also has to know when to be serious. I don't want him to be joking around when I want to discuss something important."
"And" Lily continued this was going better than what she thought it would.
"I don't really care if he is hot but he does need to be decent looking and he has to be able to dance. I love to dance. Oh and he needs to be passionate and kind, caring, considerate-
"You dance" Lily questioned. She had never seen Brianna dance before and was she blushing.
"Well I do dance, during the summer mum makes me take dance lessons. I can samba, mambo, meringue, rumba.. just about anything but I really love to Salsa."
"How come you never mentioned this before?" Lily asked curiously.
"I didn't like dancing till this past summer where I learned to Salsa. You know James dances too he has been my partner over the summers. His parents forced him to dance as well."
Lily looked at Brianna in shock, not sure what to say.
"You see our parents are into the whole aristocratic nonsense and pureblood bullshit. It is important for you to have a proper upbringing and dancing is a sign of elegance and grace and all that posh. Sometimes I just feel like telling mum it is all a load of dung, aristocracy doesn't matter anymore."
"You know Lily mum is still stuck in the old days, where pureblood meant so much more than it does now. Truthfully pureblood is just a label, I mean look at us. I am pureblood and you are.. muggle born. You get better grades than me and can perform the most complex charms and you are the top student in sixth year."
Brianna looked away from the lake and at Lily for the first time. Lily had never seen Brianna look so serious before "look at me, I am rambling. You probably didn't even care to hear any of that bull.. but thanks for listening anyway."
"What are friends for" Lily replied both girls smiling at each other.
"So, you have no idea what you want in a man?" Brianna asked raising an eyebrow.
"Basically the same as you: he needs to be smart, have a sense of humor, trustworthy, romantic and treats me as an equal not like I am inferior. I want a guy that appreciates me and looks out for me. He has to be kind and considerate, not thinking he is better than everyone else. It would be nice if he was good looking but I can live without looks" Lily replied.
"For someone who has no idea what they are looking for you seem to have a decent list already" Brianna retorted.
Lily knew one thing for certain she now looked at James and Brianna differently. There was so much of their lifestyle that she knew nothing about and would never understand. Growing up as a wealthy pureblood wasn't all house elves obeying your every command and living the life of glamour. It was being told what to do and how to live your life, believing that you are better than everyone else. Now she understood why James, Sirius and Brianna sometimes acted like arrogant socialites.
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The marauders made their way back up to the Gryffindor Tower, with it being Sunday they didn't have to worry about classes just yet. They had been talking about their summers. Peter, James and Remus had spent their summers doing nothing or the usual and Sirius was currently talking about his summer in the Caribbean.
"Meet anyone interesting?" Peter asked.
"Actually I did meet this gorgeous dancer" Sirius replied.
"A dancer" James inquired curiously his hopes rising.
"She was a great dancer and she taught me a few moves while I was in the Caribbean. She was drop dead gorgeous with a stunning face, a very slim figure and plenty of energy" Sirius replied.
"I'll bet" Remus muttered a twinkle of mischievousness in his eyes. He knew that Sirius meant the plenty of energy part in more ways than one.
"So, this was one of those use them and leave them relationships?" James asked.
"Yeah, what else is there?" Sirius retorted.
"What about looking for someone more permanent" Remus paused "like a real girlfriend that you actually take the time to get to know."
"Do you even know what you would look for in a more permanent relationship? The girls you date now are all blonde ditzy bimbo's" James added glad that Remus brought up the issue first.
"I never really thought about it.. someone who is smart.. and beautiful.. and independent-I don't want any of those clingy little superficial dolts who need me to solve all of their problems for them" Sirius replied after thinking about it for a minute "a passion for dancing and someone who is trustworthy and loyal-I don't want to bother with the idea of her cheating on me or keeping things from me."
James was ecstatic the more he talked the more Sirius was describing his very own cousin. Brianna was smart, beautiful, very independent maybe a little opinionated and a tad self-centered but she definitely wasn't superficial or clingy. She also had a passion for dancing and he considered her both trustworthy and loyal. James knew the Salsa was done in the Caribbean meaning Sirius and Brianna both shared the same passion for the same dance style.
"What are you so happy about?" Sirius asked James after seeing the smile on his face and the far away look in his eyes.
"Nothing" James replied "just doing some thinking."
"So, I told you what I wanted in a girlfriend, what do you want?" Sirius asked turning the tables on James.
"I don't know someone intellectual that can hold a real conversation with me, she needs to be independent but not overly so.. you know I want her to be able to lean on me and count on me. She needs to be able to confide in me and I need to feel comfortable confiding in her. I don't want none of those stuck up pricks that mum keeps sending to see me, she should be down to earth and practical. What about you Moony?"
"Definitely someone I can confide my monthly trials with and won't run when they find out what I truly am, I suppose that would be trust and an open mind. Intelligence is a must along with patience and understanding. One who likes to be courted before throwing themselves at me, I believe in the idea of courtship. I suppose it all boils down to a friend that I feel that special connection with" Remus replied.
"Damn, would you look at us we are talking like girls, guys our age should be talking about sex, brooms and quidditch" Sirius said jokingly.
"If you think about it next year is our last year and then we are out in the real world. It would be nice to have someone to share that experience with" Remus retorted.
The marauders spent the rest of the day goofing off in the common room, playing exploding snap, chess and gobstones. The girls hadn't shown up all day. James was starting to wonder what had happened to Lily and Brianna, he knew that Paige was off somewhere with Kevin the Ravenclaw.
His mind kept drifting back to breakfast his cousin had never looked so angry and Lily had never looked so worried about Brianna. He knew he was getting worked up for no reason but they still should have shown up by now. Then an idea formed in his head, one that he wanted to run by Lily.
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Lily and Brianna finally made it back to the common room shortly after curfew. Brianna had talked Lily into spending the day in Hogsmeade. They had done some shopping which increased Brianna's mood one hundred percent.
Brianna had decided to call it a night and head off to bed. Paige showed up an hour later and went to bed as well. Lily pulled out her book and sat in the same chair as the night before and began reading. She got so wrapped up in the book she lost track of time.
"Hey Lily, I was hoping you would be down here" James said after he crept down the dormitory staircase.
Lily literally jumped from her seat and pulled out her wand her book lying forgotten on the ground "James you scared the shit out of me" she whispered putting her wand back away.
"I have another brilliant idea" James replied sitting on the arm of the chair.
"I don't really know if your last idea was brilliant, I thought about it and Brianna would kill me if she found out what I was trying to do" Lily said pushing him off of the arm of the chair. He fell to the ground.
"What was that for?" James asked picking himself up off of the ground and dusting himself off.
"You are going to break the armchair" Lily replied "so, what is your new idea?"
"Well I was thinking-
"That is never a good sign" Lily interrupted jokingly.
"And I know Brianna has a passion for dancing and as it turns out so does Sirius. So, I was thinking of a ball" James said walking over to the sofa.
"A Ball?" how in the world is a ball going to get Brianna and Sirius together "Okay, let's say we have this ball, how are you going to get them to go with each other?" Lily asked stating the obvious.
"I thought about that too. Halloween, we could have a masquerade ball.. where people are partnered by the prefects. They won't know who they are with because the students would be wearing masks." James replied logically.
"James they aren't going to fall for each other just by dancing with each other" Lily retorted logically.
"No but the Salsa will help them. Brianna's passion is the Salsa and so is Sirius's. We get Dumbledore to do the last dance of the evening with Salsa Music. It will definitely give them mixed feelings and we can work with that" James said.
"Are you planning on inviting the whole school?" Lily asked. It was all too much for her to take in. This was worse than actually considering setting them up in the first place, although it would be nice to have a ball, just for fun.
"No, I was thinking of fourth years and up" James replied.
"I don't know James this is even more far fetched than actually planning on setting them up" Lily replied uncertainly.
"Oh posh, it will work, you just wait and see. I am going to bring it up at our next prefect meeting" James said determinedly. James walked over to the boys staircase, he turned around "Night Lily" then was gone.
Lily walked up to her dorm room, the feeling of doom and disaster worse than the night before. She couldn't understand how James came up with his absurd and ludicrous ideas. Anyone could see that Brianna and Sirius hate each other and that nothing but disaster, destruction and mayhem was going to come from James and Lily's meddling.
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Author's Note: I would like to thank all those who reviewed on the first chapter. Thanks peeps, I mean it. Thanks to Psycho-Kitty-Purra, Tzipora, Beauty Full, Maru and Destiney.
This chapter was one of those character development chapters. Find out a little about what each of them is looking for in a relationship, and a little about James and Brianna's lifestyle. Imagine how James aristocratic mother would feel if she found out James was into Lily in anyway but platonic. Now there is an idea Lily meeting James mother. Maybe later in the story, but the next chapter will have the plans for the masquerade ball for Halloween and how the school reacts to it.
By: Foxy Black
--Chapter Two--
Lily went up to bed but remained awake most of the night thinking about James absurd plan. If Brianna had any idea what Lily was planning on doing to her, no, Lily couldn't think like that. She kept running the conversation that they would be having in the morning over in her head. She finally fell asleep at three in the morning. Her last thought Brianna was going to kill her if she ever found out about the plan. It wasn't what you would call comforting.
Now it was morning, Lily got out of bed and realized that all the other sixth year girls had already left the dormitory. That was odd her friends didn't even bother to wake her up. She got dressed and headed down to the Great Hall for breakfast. She found Brianna and Paige sitting by the marauders, Sirius on one end Brianna on the other end.
"Lily!" James exclaimed upon seeing her arrival.
The others followed suite, everyone saying their good mornings. Lily nodded sleepily and took a seat next to Brianna who was stabbing at her eggs murderously muttering incoherently under her breath.
"What is wrong with you?" Lily asked.
"Black" Brianna muttered not looking up from her eggs. She set her fork down and got up from the table "I am going down to the lake. I need some fresh air, talk to you later."
Lily watched as Brianna walked out of the Great Hall, she then turned to James. He was sitting by Sirius who Lily noticed was scowling. She caught his eyes and asked him what happened. He shrugged his shoulders in reply having no clue himself. Lily grabbed two pieces of toast and got up from the table as well.
"Where are you going?" Paige asked.
"Outside to talk to Brianna" Lily replied "care to join me?"
"No, I am going to sit with Kevin in Ravenclaw. Brianna will cool off and everything will be peachy again" Paige said getting up as well.
Lily walked out of the Great Hall and found Brianna sitting at the edge of the lake on a large rock. She was throwing small stones into the lake and it looked as if her mood hadn't improved yet.
"Hey, mind if I join you?" Lily asked cautiously.
"It's free territory, do what you want" was Brianna's icy reply.
Lily stood for a minute weighing her options. Brianna didn't look in the mood to talk but this was an opportunity to find out what Brianna was looking for in a boyfriend and it may help in taking her mind off of Sirius.
"You know Brianna, I was awake most of the night trying to figure out what I was looking for in a boyfriend and you know what my conclusion came too?" Lily asked working up to the conversation.
Brianna didn't take her eyes off of the lake and Lily took this as an approval to continue "I got nothing I don't have any idea what I want in a boyfriend. Do you know what you want in a boyfriend?"
Brianna continued to stare at the lake "what I want, no one has ever asked me what I actually wanted before. I am always told what to do because it is what is best for me.. but it is definitely not Black" was Brianna's reply "I assure you it is definitely not Black."
Okay that wasn't the answer that Lily was looking for "so you want someone that is dull, stupid and ugly" Lily said playing with Brianna's words. Sirius was funny, smart and damn good looking.
"Don't be stupid" Brianna shot back "you are putting words in my mouth."
"Come on" Lily said pushing Brianna lightly on the shoulder "it will take your mind off of Sirius."
"What I want in a boyfriend. He has to be smart I don't want one of those dumb jocks, they are useless when it comes to having an intelligent conversation."
"I think most of us want a smart man, what else?" Lily asked.
"Well he needs to be funny but he also has to know when to be serious. I don't want him to be joking around when I want to discuss something important."
"And" Lily continued this was going better than what she thought it would.
"I don't really care if he is hot but he does need to be decent looking and he has to be able to dance. I love to dance. Oh and he needs to be passionate and kind, caring, considerate-
"You dance" Lily questioned. She had never seen Brianna dance before and was she blushing.
"Well I do dance, during the summer mum makes me take dance lessons. I can samba, mambo, meringue, rumba.. just about anything but I really love to Salsa."
"How come you never mentioned this before?" Lily asked curiously.
"I didn't like dancing till this past summer where I learned to Salsa. You know James dances too he has been my partner over the summers. His parents forced him to dance as well."
Lily looked at Brianna in shock, not sure what to say.
"You see our parents are into the whole aristocratic nonsense and pureblood bullshit. It is important for you to have a proper upbringing and dancing is a sign of elegance and grace and all that posh. Sometimes I just feel like telling mum it is all a load of dung, aristocracy doesn't matter anymore."
"You know Lily mum is still stuck in the old days, where pureblood meant so much more than it does now. Truthfully pureblood is just a label, I mean look at us. I am pureblood and you are.. muggle born. You get better grades than me and can perform the most complex charms and you are the top student in sixth year."
Brianna looked away from the lake and at Lily for the first time. Lily had never seen Brianna look so serious before "look at me, I am rambling. You probably didn't even care to hear any of that bull.. but thanks for listening anyway."
"What are friends for" Lily replied both girls smiling at each other.
"So, you have no idea what you want in a man?" Brianna asked raising an eyebrow.
"Basically the same as you: he needs to be smart, have a sense of humor, trustworthy, romantic and treats me as an equal not like I am inferior. I want a guy that appreciates me and looks out for me. He has to be kind and considerate, not thinking he is better than everyone else. It would be nice if he was good looking but I can live without looks" Lily replied.
"For someone who has no idea what they are looking for you seem to have a decent list already" Brianna retorted.
Lily knew one thing for certain she now looked at James and Brianna differently. There was so much of their lifestyle that she knew nothing about and would never understand. Growing up as a wealthy pureblood wasn't all house elves obeying your every command and living the life of glamour. It was being told what to do and how to live your life, believing that you are better than everyone else. Now she understood why James, Sirius and Brianna sometimes acted like arrogant socialites.
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The marauders made their way back up to the Gryffindor Tower, with it being Sunday they didn't have to worry about classes just yet. They had been talking about their summers. Peter, James and Remus had spent their summers doing nothing or the usual and Sirius was currently talking about his summer in the Caribbean.
"Meet anyone interesting?" Peter asked.
"Actually I did meet this gorgeous dancer" Sirius replied.
"A dancer" James inquired curiously his hopes rising.
"She was a great dancer and she taught me a few moves while I was in the Caribbean. She was drop dead gorgeous with a stunning face, a very slim figure and plenty of energy" Sirius replied.
"I'll bet" Remus muttered a twinkle of mischievousness in his eyes. He knew that Sirius meant the plenty of energy part in more ways than one.
"So, this was one of those use them and leave them relationships?" James asked.
"Yeah, what else is there?" Sirius retorted.
"What about looking for someone more permanent" Remus paused "like a real girlfriend that you actually take the time to get to know."
"Do you even know what you would look for in a more permanent relationship? The girls you date now are all blonde ditzy bimbo's" James added glad that Remus brought up the issue first.
"I never really thought about it.. someone who is smart.. and beautiful.. and independent-I don't want any of those clingy little superficial dolts who need me to solve all of their problems for them" Sirius replied after thinking about it for a minute "a passion for dancing and someone who is trustworthy and loyal-I don't want to bother with the idea of her cheating on me or keeping things from me."
James was ecstatic the more he talked the more Sirius was describing his very own cousin. Brianna was smart, beautiful, very independent maybe a little opinionated and a tad self-centered but she definitely wasn't superficial or clingy. She also had a passion for dancing and he considered her both trustworthy and loyal. James knew the Salsa was done in the Caribbean meaning Sirius and Brianna both shared the same passion for the same dance style.
"What are you so happy about?" Sirius asked James after seeing the smile on his face and the far away look in his eyes.
"Nothing" James replied "just doing some thinking."
"So, I told you what I wanted in a girlfriend, what do you want?" Sirius asked turning the tables on James.
"I don't know someone intellectual that can hold a real conversation with me, she needs to be independent but not overly so.. you know I want her to be able to lean on me and count on me. She needs to be able to confide in me and I need to feel comfortable confiding in her. I don't want none of those stuck up pricks that mum keeps sending to see me, she should be down to earth and practical. What about you Moony?"
"Definitely someone I can confide my monthly trials with and won't run when they find out what I truly am, I suppose that would be trust and an open mind. Intelligence is a must along with patience and understanding. One who likes to be courted before throwing themselves at me, I believe in the idea of courtship. I suppose it all boils down to a friend that I feel that special connection with" Remus replied.
"Damn, would you look at us we are talking like girls, guys our age should be talking about sex, brooms and quidditch" Sirius said jokingly.
"If you think about it next year is our last year and then we are out in the real world. It would be nice to have someone to share that experience with" Remus retorted.
The marauders spent the rest of the day goofing off in the common room, playing exploding snap, chess and gobstones. The girls hadn't shown up all day. James was starting to wonder what had happened to Lily and Brianna, he knew that Paige was off somewhere with Kevin the Ravenclaw.
His mind kept drifting back to breakfast his cousin had never looked so angry and Lily had never looked so worried about Brianna. He knew he was getting worked up for no reason but they still should have shown up by now. Then an idea formed in his head, one that he wanted to run by Lily.
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Lily and Brianna finally made it back to the common room shortly after curfew. Brianna had talked Lily into spending the day in Hogsmeade. They had done some shopping which increased Brianna's mood one hundred percent.
Brianna had decided to call it a night and head off to bed. Paige showed up an hour later and went to bed as well. Lily pulled out her book and sat in the same chair as the night before and began reading. She got so wrapped up in the book she lost track of time.
"Hey Lily, I was hoping you would be down here" James said after he crept down the dormitory staircase.
Lily literally jumped from her seat and pulled out her wand her book lying forgotten on the ground "James you scared the shit out of me" she whispered putting her wand back away.
"I have another brilliant idea" James replied sitting on the arm of the chair.
"I don't really know if your last idea was brilliant, I thought about it and Brianna would kill me if she found out what I was trying to do" Lily said pushing him off of the arm of the chair. He fell to the ground.
"What was that for?" James asked picking himself up off of the ground and dusting himself off.
"You are going to break the armchair" Lily replied "so, what is your new idea?"
"Well I was thinking-
"That is never a good sign" Lily interrupted jokingly.
"And I know Brianna has a passion for dancing and as it turns out so does Sirius. So, I was thinking of a ball" James said walking over to the sofa.
"A Ball?" how in the world is a ball going to get Brianna and Sirius together "Okay, let's say we have this ball, how are you going to get them to go with each other?" Lily asked stating the obvious.
"I thought about that too. Halloween, we could have a masquerade ball.. where people are partnered by the prefects. They won't know who they are with because the students would be wearing masks." James replied logically.
"James they aren't going to fall for each other just by dancing with each other" Lily retorted logically.
"No but the Salsa will help them. Brianna's passion is the Salsa and so is Sirius's. We get Dumbledore to do the last dance of the evening with Salsa Music. It will definitely give them mixed feelings and we can work with that" James said.
"Are you planning on inviting the whole school?" Lily asked. It was all too much for her to take in. This was worse than actually considering setting them up in the first place, although it would be nice to have a ball, just for fun.
"No, I was thinking of fourth years and up" James replied.
"I don't know James this is even more far fetched than actually planning on setting them up" Lily replied uncertainly.
"Oh posh, it will work, you just wait and see. I am going to bring it up at our next prefect meeting" James said determinedly. James walked over to the boys staircase, he turned around "Night Lily" then was gone.
Lily walked up to her dorm room, the feeling of doom and disaster worse than the night before. She couldn't understand how James came up with his absurd and ludicrous ideas. Anyone could see that Brianna and Sirius hate each other and that nothing but disaster, destruction and mayhem was going to come from James and Lily's meddling.
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Author's Note: I would like to thank all those who reviewed on the first chapter. Thanks peeps, I mean it. Thanks to Psycho-Kitty-Purra, Tzipora, Beauty Full, Maru and Destiney.
This chapter was one of those character development chapters. Find out a little about what each of them is looking for in a relationship, and a little about James and Brianna's lifestyle. Imagine how James aristocratic mother would feel if she found out James was into Lily in anyway but platonic. Now there is an idea Lily meeting James mother. Maybe later in the story, but the next chapter will have the plans for the masquerade ball for Halloween and how the school reacts to it.