Matchmakers Inc. in Mission Impossible
By: Foxy Black
--Chapter Four--
Brianna and Sirius sat in McGonagall's office listening to her lecture them on their unacceptable behavior in the Great Hall. Sirius was used to this he was in her office at least once a week. Brianna on the other hand had hardly ever served detention, her mum had sent her a howler after her very first detention and Brianna didn't care to receive another howler.
"Miss Sloan I would have expected better from you and as for you Mister Black you have been breaking rules and crossing lines ever since first year. Therefore it is only fair to issue two days of detention for Miss Sloan and a week for you Mister Black."
"Two days?" Brianna questioned. That would mean two howlers from her mother. Life couldn't get any worse at the moment.
"Yes two days and you will be serving them with Mister Black, you two have to learn to get along. You are sixth years stop acting like childish first years."
"With him but professor-"Brianna interrupted appalled at the idea. Life had just gotten worse for her, two days of detention with Sirius wasn't even fair that was just cruel and heartless on McGonagall's part.
"No buts Miss Sloan, the first detention will be served tomorrow evening at eight. You will meet Mr. Filch in his office."
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Brianna was up in her dorm room it was seven thirty going on eight o'clock. She had received a howler over supper from her mother. Damn Black for ruining her almost perfect record, she had lost her temper because of him it was always because of him.
"Brianna you better get going" Lily said walking into the dorm room with Paige behind her.
"Damn him, I loath him with an ever increasing passion" Brianna muttered angrily.
Paige walked over to her bed and fell onto it "everyone knows you hate Sirius and Sirius hates you. What is McGonagall playing at making you serve detention together?"
"She said we needed to learn to get along. She can take those words and shove them where the sun doesn't shine up that arse of hers" Brianna seethed.
"Don't you think you better get going" Lily said.
"I am going. If I die from this horrid experience I am going to come back and haunt McGonagall for the rest of her miserable pathetic life" Brianna replied "if anyone ever even tried to put Black and me together in anyway I would personally deal with them myself."
That wasn't what Lily wanted to hear, that definitely wasn't what she wanted to hear. Lily knew without a doubt that she needed to give up on James idea before Brianna did something to her. She knew there was still time to get out of the mess that James had gotten them into it was just persuading James to give up on the idea. No that was hopeless James has never given up on anything before why would he start now.
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Remus had spent most of his evening in the library every once in a while he would come out of his trance finding that he had been staring at Lauren for the last few minutes. She kept sending him unnerving glances when he did this. He didn't know what it was about her but he felt this connection with her since the breakfast incident.
Next thing he knew he was walking over to her table. He didn't even realize he had gotten up from his table, he was surprised by his actions and so was Lauren judging by her expression.
"Hey Lauren" Remus said when he approached her table.
"Er, did you need something Remus?" Lauren asked looking up from her charms text.
"Not really" he replied.
"I was wondering if you would accompany me on the trip to Hogsmeade in October" Remus inquired without even realizing it. He didn't even know where that had come from.
"What?" Lauren asked in surprise did she just hear what she thought she heard.
"Nothing" Remus replied then walked away while he still could. He couldn't ask her again and he didn't even know why he asked her the first time. He quickly walked to the exit before he did something else.
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Meanwhile James was meeting the seventh year Gryffindor Prefect, Andrew Bell, who was also a chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch Team. James was planning on persuading Andrew into partnering up Brianna and Sirius for the ball. Lily had used the term bribing but that was such an ugly word to James persuasion sounded so much better.
"Potter, you wanted to see me?" Andrew asked walking into the library.
"Yeah I wanted to talk to you about the ball" James replied.
Andrew looked at James with confusion he pulled out the chair and sat across from James, wondering why James would want to talk to him about the ball.
"I know that you are in charge of partnering up the sixth years. I was hoping that you could partner up Brianna and Sirius" James said.
Andrew laughed wondering what James was playing at "let me get this straight you want me to partner up two people that absolutely.. with out a doubt loath each other?" He had seen their argument over breakfast the other day but then again who hadn't.
"They don't loath each other" James mumbled "just a strong mutual dislike."
"Why?" Andrew asked curiously.
"Pardon" James replied confusedly.
"Why do you want those two to be partnered up?" Andrew repeated.
"Long story, can you just do this favor for me?" James asked.
Andrew took a moment to debate this over in his head "James, Victoria and I have already partnered you sixth years up. Sirius is partnered up with Lauren and Brianna is partnered up with Remus."
"Switch them" James replied logically.
"Alright, can you at least tell me why?"
"Okay here is the story. Lily and I suggested the ball in order to set Brianna and Sirius up because we.. or I should say I feel that the two are perfect for each other." James said.
"Those two.. perfect for each other. Where the hell did you come up with that logic?" He paused "never mind I don't want to know. But I will tell you this some of the seventh year girls have a little wager going on when you and Lily are going to get together."
"Lily and I are just friends" James replied hurriedly trying to convince himself more than Andrew "why would they wager on us?"
"Victoria's exact words 'James and Lily make the cutest little couple' and Olivia said 'they are perfect for each other' I don't know.. you know women, they see things that the rest of us can't" Andrew replied.
"Apparently" James replied, they knew a little too much. He looked down at his watch "gotta go. I am meeting Lily and I am already five minutes late."
"Man you two aren't even dating and that woman already has you whipped" Andrew said shaking his head.
"No she doesn't and you have never seen Lily when she has been kept waiting. It isn't a pretty sight and I don't intend to see it again, any time soon." James got up and walked out of the library. Sirius and Brianna partnered together, check. Everything was right on track, nothing could go wrong.
James walked up to the common room where Lily was waiting for him. He found her pacing in front of the fire a determined expression on her face "James I don't want any part in this plan anymore."
"What?" James asked confused.
"I give up I don't want to do this anymore. You should have heard Brianna" Lily paused and shivered just remembering the threatening tone and the pure expression of loath Brianna had when she had stated that she would personally deal with the person. "James it just isn't right."
"Lily we are so close to finalizing the ball. It is all set there is no going back now" James replied.
"I won't do this anymore you saw the way they acted over breakfast yesterday. This isn't worth losing my best friend over" Lily said.
"If I can prove that they are perfect for each other, will you reconsider?" James asked.
"Why not" Lily replied there was no way, none at all, that he would be able to prove that Brianna and Sirius were perfect for each other.
James ran up to his dorm room, grabbed his invisibility cloak and ran back down to where Lily was waiting for him "come on I am going to prove it."
He grabbed Lily's hand and pulled her out of the portrait hole before she could even object. She was too stunned to even react, when they reached the staircase Lily pulled free of James grip finally coming to her senses.
"Where are we going?" she asked "we are going to get into trouble it is getting close to curfew."
"We are going to go spy on Brianna and Sirius using my invisibility cloak so we won't be seen and we won't get into trouble" James replied draping the cloak over both of them.
They walked down to the trophy room it was a Thursday meaning anyone in detention would be cleaning the trophy room. James knew the detention schedule like the back of his hand he had served plenty of detentions.
He didn't know exactly how he was going to prove that Brianna and Sirius were perfect for each other but he didn't want to give up any of his time with Lily. He liked her a lot but his family would never approve of her, it was pointless to date her. He would have to break up with her in the end. At least with Brianna and Sirius they are both pureblood they stand a chance with the Potter family standards.
Lily had no idea where James was taking her. She wondered how he even knew where they would be serving detention but then again this was James he knew everything about everyone or so it seemed. She felt comfortable with James, he was everything she was looking for in a boyfriend but unfortunately he didn't see her that way.
"James, what are we doing here?" Lily whispered when they reach the trophy room.
"Sh, just watch" James replied.
They waited and watched but Sirius and Brianna were at opposite ends of the room working in silence although they were working their way over to each other. Lily and James had managed to sit on the ground in an area that Brianna had already cleaned. Lily was resting her head on James shoulder almost asleep but then something woke her up.
"It's the last plaque you can clean it" Sirius said coldly.
Lily looked up and saw them standing in front of a plaque in the middle of the hall. They were facing each other glaring murderously at each other.
"You clean it" Brianna spat back.
"You got us into this mess, you clean it" Sirius replied angrily "if you hadn't lost your temper and thrown your breakfast at me we wouldn't be in this mess."
"Black it is your fault and I am not cleaning the bloody plaque" Brianna said outraged. He had insulted her and gone too far she might add. And here he was trying to blame it on her.
"You are a stuck up bitch" Sirius said venomously.
"And you are an arrogant egotistical self-righteous bastard" Brianna shot back.
They were now inches away from each other this was the part where one of them turned and stormed away or someone broke them apart. Unfortunately no one was around to break them apart and they didn't look as if they were going to storm away from each other.
The tension was building in the room as they glared at each other. Lily could feel it any minute now Brianna and Sirius would be in an all out war. She had to do something to stop it. They were just staring at each other neither one of them talking it was truly unnerving, then something happened that Lily least expected.
Sirius didn't know how long that he and Brianna had been glaring at each other. It seemed like an eternity. She was just so infuriating at times. Brianna got to him unlike other girls and he hated seeing her with other guys although he didn't know why. It wasn't as if he liked her or anything.
There wasn't even anything to like about her she was self centered and bitchy.. ah, but she's also beautiful, funny and independent. Where the bloody hell did that come from her beautiful-not bloody likely.. er, maybe a little.. alright maybe a lot. He didn't know where this was coming from he tried forcing it out of his head.
He looked into her eyes they were a rare pale purple color, very enticing. Before he realized it he was kissing her and she was kissing him back. It wasn't a normal kiss with other girls this one was full of something but what that something was he wasn't sure, probably lust...... no him lusting over her, impossible.
She pulled away from him and slapped him hard across the face "what the bloody hell are you playing at Black?" she fumed.
He didn't know what to tell her and he could feel his cheek stinging from the slap, no doubt her hand print reddened there. Thankfully Filch walked into the trophy room at that very moment and saved him from her questioning. He never thought he would see the day where he would be thanking Filch for anything.
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Author's Note: Well, what do you think? I think Lily and James are going to need some help when it comes to getting them together. Me thinks payback is going to be in store for Lily and James. I tried to get all three marauders in here, to spice it up a bit. Now I want to thank each and every one of my reviewers.
Mackenzie: I have been told I am nuts and I do try to post everyday whether that helps my sanity I have no clue.
Princess Ella: Thanks a bunch. I appreciate cuteness.
Beauty Full: Accidentally set Remus and Lauren up?! *Grins Evilly* I don't do anything on accident, and it looks like they have been *accidentally* set up. I hoped I clarified the Lily and James situation but what do I have in store to pair them up?
Aprodite71685: Hi, I am glad you find this funny. What can I say I try and I also try to post almost everyday.
Pyscho-Kitty-Purra- Thanks for filling me in on Lauren and Lily. I was opting for shy on Lauren and I suppose you are right with Lily as well. I would have had a mental breakdown by now if my guy friend suggested things like this.
Destiney: Lily and James aren't going to be getting any kind of action anytime soon, unfortunately probably not till after the ball. Men never know when to shut their mouths
Jem Fal: There, there no more tears. Actually this story is sort of based on real life, so I already know how everything is going to turn out. I think a lot of people can relate to Lauren in one way or another.
Nola: Can't say that I have any little sisters. Although if one of my brothers tried to read my diary they would be as good as dead and I am glad you like it.
Eleanor: Thanks, I am glad you like it.
Spankies *Special Thanks* to all of my reviewers you peeps are great.. all of you are my muse.
Toodles,
Theblackfox
By: Foxy Black
--Chapter Four--
Brianna and Sirius sat in McGonagall's office listening to her lecture them on their unacceptable behavior in the Great Hall. Sirius was used to this he was in her office at least once a week. Brianna on the other hand had hardly ever served detention, her mum had sent her a howler after her very first detention and Brianna didn't care to receive another howler.
"Miss Sloan I would have expected better from you and as for you Mister Black you have been breaking rules and crossing lines ever since first year. Therefore it is only fair to issue two days of detention for Miss Sloan and a week for you Mister Black."
"Two days?" Brianna questioned. That would mean two howlers from her mother. Life couldn't get any worse at the moment.
"Yes two days and you will be serving them with Mister Black, you two have to learn to get along. You are sixth years stop acting like childish first years."
"With him but professor-"Brianna interrupted appalled at the idea. Life had just gotten worse for her, two days of detention with Sirius wasn't even fair that was just cruel and heartless on McGonagall's part.
"No buts Miss Sloan, the first detention will be served tomorrow evening at eight. You will meet Mr. Filch in his office."
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Brianna was up in her dorm room it was seven thirty going on eight o'clock. She had received a howler over supper from her mother. Damn Black for ruining her almost perfect record, she had lost her temper because of him it was always because of him.
"Brianna you better get going" Lily said walking into the dorm room with Paige behind her.
"Damn him, I loath him with an ever increasing passion" Brianna muttered angrily.
Paige walked over to her bed and fell onto it "everyone knows you hate Sirius and Sirius hates you. What is McGonagall playing at making you serve detention together?"
"She said we needed to learn to get along. She can take those words and shove them where the sun doesn't shine up that arse of hers" Brianna seethed.
"Don't you think you better get going" Lily said.
"I am going. If I die from this horrid experience I am going to come back and haunt McGonagall for the rest of her miserable pathetic life" Brianna replied "if anyone ever even tried to put Black and me together in anyway I would personally deal with them myself."
That wasn't what Lily wanted to hear, that definitely wasn't what she wanted to hear. Lily knew without a doubt that she needed to give up on James idea before Brianna did something to her. She knew there was still time to get out of the mess that James had gotten them into it was just persuading James to give up on the idea. No that was hopeless James has never given up on anything before why would he start now.
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Remus had spent most of his evening in the library every once in a while he would come out of his trance finding that he had been staring at Lauren for the last few minutes. She kept sending him unnerving glances when he did this. He didn't know what it was about her but he felt this connection with her since the breakfast incident.
Next thing he knew he was walking over to her table. He didn't even realize he had gotten up from his table, he was surprised by his actions and so was Lauren judging by her expression.
"Hey Lauren" Remus said when he approached her table.
"Er, did you need something Remus?" Lauren asked looking up from her charms text.
"Not really" he replied.
"I was wondering if you would accompany me on the trip to Hogsmeade in October" Remus inquired without even realizing it. He didn't even know where that had come from.
"What?" Lauren asked in surprise did she just hear what she thought she heard.
"Nothing" Remus replied then walked away while he still could. He couldn't ask her again and he didn't even know why he asked her the first time. He quickly walked to the exit before he did something else.
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Meanwhile James was meeting the seventh year Gryffindor Prefect, Andrew Bell, who was also a chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch Team. James was planning on persuading Andrew into partnering up Brianna and Sirius for the ball. Lily had used the term bribing but that was such an ugly word to James persuasion sounded so much better.
"Potter, you wanted to see me?" Andrew asked walking into the library.
"Yeah I wanted to talk to you about the ball" James replied.
Andrew looked at James with confusion he pulled out the chair and sat across from James, wondering why James would want to talk to him about the ball.
"I know that you are in charge of partnering up the sixth years. I was hoping that you could partner up Brianna and Sirius" James said.
Andrew laughed wondering what James was playing at "let me get this straight you want me to partner up two people that absolutely.. with out a doubt loath each other?" He had seen their argument over breakfast the other day but then again who hadn't.
"They don't loath each other" James mumbled "just a strong mutual dislike."
"Why?" Andrew asked curiously.
"Pardon" James replied confusedly.
"Why do you want those two to be partnered up?" Andrew repeated.
"Long story, can you just do this favor for me?" James asked.
Andrew took a moment to debate this over in his head "James, Victoria and I have already partnered you sixth years up. Sirius is partnered up with Lauren and Brianna is partnered up with Remus."
"Switch them" James replied logically.
"Alright, can you at least tell me why?"
"Okay here is the story. Lily and I suggested the ball in order to set Brianna and Sirius up because we.. or I should say I feel that the two are perfect for each other." James said.
"Those two.. perfect for each other. Where the hell did you come up with that logic?" He paused "never mind I don't want to know. But I will tell you this some of the seventh year girls have a little wager going on when you and Lily are going to get together."
"Lily and I are just friends" James replied hurriedly trying to convince himself more than Andrew "why would they wager on us?"
"Victoria's exact words 'James and Lily make the cutest little couple' and Olivia said 'they are perfect for each other' I don't know.. you know women, they see things that the rest of us can't" Andrew replied.
"Apparently" James replied, they knew a little too much. He looked down at his watch "gotta go. I am meeting Lily and I am already five minutes late."
"Man you two aren't even dating and that woman already has you whipped" Andrew said shaking his head.
"No she doesn't and you have never seen Lily when she has been kept waiting. It isn't a pretty sight and I don't intend to see it again, any time soon." James got up and walked out of the library. Sirius and Brianna partnered together, check. Everything was right on track, nothing could go wrong.
James walked up to the common room where Lily was waiting for him. He found her pacing in front of the fire a determined expression on her face "James I don't want any part in this plan anymore."
"What?" James asked confused.
"I give up I don't want to do this anymore. You should have heard Brianna" Lily paused and shivered just remembering the threatening tone and the pure expression of loath Brianna had when she had stated that she would personally deal with the person. "James it just isn't right."
"Lily we are so close to finalizing the ball. It is all set there is no going back now" James replied.
"I won't do this anymore you saw the way they acted over breakfast yesterday. This isn't worth losing my best friend over" Lily said.
"If I can prove that they are perfect for each other, will you reconsider?" James asked.
"Why not" Lily replied there was no way, none at all, that he would be able to prove that Brianna and Sirius were perfect for each other.
James ran up to his dorm room, grabbed his invisibility cloak and ran back down to where Lily was waiting for him "come on I am going to prove it."
He grabbed Lily's hand and pulled her out of the portrait hole before she could even object. She was too stunned to even react, when they reached the staircase Lily pulled free of James grip finally coming to her senses.
"Where are we going?" she asked "we are going to get into trouble it is getting close to curfew."
"We are going to go spy on Brianna and Sirius using my invisibility cloak so we won't be seen and we won't get into trouble" James replied draping the cloak over both of them.
They walked down to the trophy room it was a Thursday meaning anyone in detention would be cleaning the trophy room. James knew the detention schedule like the back of his hand he had served plenty of detentions.
He didn't know exactly how he was going to prove that Brianna and Sirius were perfect for each other but he didn't want to give up any of his time with Lily. He liked her a lot but his family would never approve of her, it was pointless to date her. He would have to break up with her in the end. At least with Brianna and Sirius they are both pureblood they stand a chance with the Potter family standards.
Lily had no idea where James was taking her. She wondered how he even knew where they would be serving detention but then again this was James he knew everything about everyone or so it seemed. She felt comfortable with James, he was everything she was looking for in a boyfriend but unfortunately he didn't see her that way.
"James, what are we doing here?" Lily whispered when they reach the trophy room.
"Sh, just watch" James replied.
They waited and watched but Sirius and Brianna were at opposite ends of the room working in silence although they were working their way over to each other. Lily and James had managed to sit on the ground in an area that Brianna had already cleaned. Lily was resting her head on James shoulder almost asleep but then something woke her up.
"It's the last plaque you can clean it" Sirius said coldly.
Lily looked up and saw them standing in front of a plaque in the middle of the hall. They were facing each other glaring murderously at each other.
"You clean it" Brianna spat back.
"You got us into this mess, you clean it" Sirius replied angrily "if you hadn't lost your temper and thrown your breakfast at me we wouldn't be in this mess."
"Black it is your fault and I am not cleaning the bloody plaque" Brianna said outraged. He had insulted her and gone too far she might add. And here he was trying to blame it on her.
"You are a stuck up bitch" Sirius said venomously.
"And you are an arrogant egotistical self-righteous bastard" Brianna shot back.
They were now inches away from each other this was the part where one of them turned and stormed away or someone broke them apart. Unfortunately no one was around to break them apart and they didn't look as if they were going to storm away from each other.
The tension was building in the room as they glared at each other. Lily could feel it any minute now Brianna and Sirius would be in an all out war. She had to do something to stop it. They were just staring at each other neither one of them talking it was truly unnerving, then something happened that Lily least expected.
Sirius didn't know how long that he and Brianna had been glaring at each other. It seemed like an eternity. She was just so infuriating at times. Brianna got to him unlike other girls and he hated seeing her with other guys although he didn't know why. It wasn't as if he liked her or anything.
There wasn't even anything to like about her she was self centered and bitchy.. ah, but she's also beautiful, funny and independent. Where the bloody hell did that come from her beautiful-not bloody likely.. er, maybe a little.. alright maybe a lot. He didn't know where this was coming from he tried forcing it out of his head.
He looked into her eyes they were a rare pale purple color, very enticing. Before he realized it he was kissing her and she was kissing him back. It wasn't a normal kiss with other girls this one was full of something but what that something was he wasn't sure, probably lust...... no him lusting over her, impossible.
She pulled away from him and slapped him hard across the face "what the bloody hell are you playing at Black?" she fumed.
He didn't know what to tell her and he could feel his cheek stinging from the slap, no doubt her hand print reddened there. Thankfully Filch walked into the trophy room at that very moment and saved him from her questioning. He never thought he would see the day where he would be thanking Filch for anything.
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Author's Note: Well, what do you think? I think Lily and James are going to need some help when it comes to getting them together. Me thinks payback is going to be in store for Lily and James. I tried to get all three marauders in here, to spice it up a bit. Now I want to thank each and every one of my reviewers.
Mackenzie: I have been told I am nuts and I do try to post everyday whether that helps my sanity I have no clue.
Princess Ella: Thanks a bunch. I appreciate cuteness.
Beauty Full: Accidentally set Remus and Lauren up?! *Grins Evilly* I don't do anything on accident, and it looks like they have been *accidentally* set up. I hoped I clarified the Lily and James situation but what do I have in store to pair them up?
Aprodite71685: Hi, I am glad you find this funny. What can I say I try and I also try to post almost everyday.
Pyscho-Kitty-Purra- Thanks for filling me in on Lauren and Lily. I was opting for shy on Lauren and I suppose you are right with Lily as well. I would have had a mental breakdown by now if my guy friend suggested things like this.
Destiney: Lily and James aren't going to be getting any kind of action anytime soon, unfortunately probably not till after the ball. Men never know when to shut their mouths
Jem Fal: There, there no more tears. Actually this story is sort of based on real life, so I already know how everything is going to turn out. I think a lot of people can relate to Lauren in one way or another.
Nola: Can't say that I have any little sisters. Although if one of my brothers tried to read my diary they would be as good as dead and I am glad you like it.
Eleanor: Thanks, I am glad you like it.
Spankies *Special Thanks* to all of my reviewers you peeps are great.. all of you are my muse.
Toodles,
Theblackfox