Author's Note: Sorry this is so short, but I have a lot of homework. (Not that that's ever stopped me before, but I wasn't feeling particularly inspired.) Thanks to Lethal and WriterChicMs for your reviews, you guys are the best!

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Remus was staring suspiciously at the jam Sirius had just spread on his toast. "Sirius," he began cautiously, "I have never in my life seen jam that color, and I don't find it particularly appetizing, so if you don't mind I'll just have some cereal..."

Sirius smiled innocently. "What's wrong with the color? I think it looks delicious."

"It's rainbow striped."

"So?"

Across the table, Lily was unfolding a letter that her owl, Henry VIII, had just dropped off.

Dear Lily,
I know I haven't written since school started, but I've been very busy with homework and all. You are soo lucky not to have to take any normal subjects, Chemistry and Algebra II are impossible! Luckily, my history teacher is very nice and I think that class will be a lot of fun. Lily grimaced. Only Petunia could like history, she thought affectionately. And my phys ed teacher is sooooo cute! Maybe he'll take his shirt off sometime...
Oh yeah, know how I told Kendall that you were so smart you got a scholarship to a boarding school in Kent? Well she's going to the seaside with us over break, so if she asks you any school related questions, you'd better be prepared to answer. Sorry to spring this on you, hon, but I'm sure you'll be able to talk your way out of it. I did warn her you were a little strange. Hehe.
Owls really are the grossest animals, by the way. Stupid Henry VIII just left a little present on my english essay. Grrr.
Love, your sis,
Petunia


Lily groaned aloud. "I can't believe she's doing this to me!"

James, sitting across from her, looked up from his toast. "What?"

"My darling sister is making me pretend to be some genius muggle this Christmas so her friend doesn't find out I'm a witch," Lily complained, rolling her eyes.

Sirius, momentarily abandoning the cursed jam, snickered. "Sounds like fun."

"Sirius, it's not funny! What if she asks me about school? Muggle schools are completely different!"

"You know," Sirius remarked thoughtfully. "I've heard that."

Lily just stuck her tongue out at him. Her friends couldn't help laughing.

"Very mature," James muttered.

"What do we have next?" Clarissa asked them, sorting hopelessly through her messy bag for a schedule.

Peter consulted his. "Potions with Ravenclaw." He let out a small squeak. "My Potions parchment!" He jumped up from the table, causing several scones to fall to the floor, and dashed out of the Great Hall.

Eve Adensen couldn't help giggling. "Think he 'accidently used irreversible invisible ink' again?" Her friends all laughed as well. Peter's homework excuses were notorious. Lily didn't join the laughter though, and it was only partially due to worry about Kendall Grant. She felt sorry for Peter, who seemed to walk perpetually in his friends' shadow, and was too often the subject of ridicule, however harmless.