The six walked into the gym of the school Tamari, Mandy, James, Remus, and
Sirius attended during August. There was a disco ball hanging in the middle
of the room with streamers flowing from it to all corners of the room.
There was already at least fifty other people there.
"This is great" Mandy shouted over the music. "Come on Sirius, let's dance." She said as she dragged him on to the floor.
"Let's go too Remus." Tamari said as they walked out too.
"So Lily," James said to her. "Do you feel like dancing?"
"Not right now." She said sincerely. "There are some pretty weird people out there." She said while gesturing towards their friends that were currently doing the traditional disco move to 'Disco Duck.'
"I see what you mean." James laughed. "Why don't we go get something to eat then. There's some food being sold at the cafeteria." He suggested.
"Why not?" She said as James put out her arm for her to interlock with. The two left the gym and walked down a hallway to a booth where there was a slightly old person behind it.
"What would you like Lily?" He asked.
"Um...A Sprite and some chips. Plain chips please." She requested.
"Alright then, two Sprites one plain chips and one barbeque" James asked the lady and gave him the needed money.
"Thanks James." Lily said as they sat on the stairs and began to eat. James just smiled a cocky grin at her and opened his chips. 'I can't believe this.' He thought to himself. 'I'm actually having a good time with Lily "the no longer a blimp" Evans. She's actually pretty with out that extra weight. Did I just think that?'
"So how did you and Mandy meet?" He asked Lily. "I know it wasn't through Hogwarts because I remember you teasing me getting bet up by her when I was nine."
"She stood up for me at the park one day. I was seven and heavy. She noticed. The kids were at least ten years old and she pushed them down and began to yell at them and when they grabbed her she just licked their arms and they left. Every since then I guess that it just came together or something."
"She still does that." James laughed as he opened his pop.
"How did you two meet?" She asked.
"We're neighbors. We were since I moved in when I was four and, I don't know, something kind of clicked that first time she put me in a headlock."
"Why did she do that?"
"I stepped on her chalk drawing." James shrugged. "I'm not sure really. But she does have some serious problems. I mean her dad, her brother, her mom.. I'm praying that you already knew about this because if you didn't then she'd kill me." He said quietly before eating another potato chip.
"Don't worry James, I knew. But Tamari is the only other person who does so I'd be careful." She warned as Mandy came through the doors with Sirius following her.
"There you are." Sirius said when he spotted the two. "We were looking all over for you."
"We didn't feel like dancing so we thought that we'd some here for a bit." James explained.
"Listen guys, I have to go." Mandy apologized. "James, I don't want to ruin your evening but.. "
"Don't worry Mandy; it's ok." James said as he got up. "I'm sorry Lily but I have to go."
"I understand." She smiled.
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"So your brother doesn't know that you and Sirius are going out?" James asked in a shocked tone.
"Chad doesn't even know that he or Remus lives." She confessed.
"Wait, you Sirius and Remus went to school together since you were five. And that's summer school, regular school and Hogwarts and he knows nothing?"
"Well he did see me with them once when I was four and he got really mad so I told him next week that they moved away. He thinks that you're the only guy that I hang out with and he doesn't mind. He likes you."
"That's great but what will you do if Sirius suddenly proposes to you?" He asked her.
"I'm praying that he won't" She said as he fell against the fence to a sitting position. "He'd probably kill him and me for not telling him."
"Don't worry; I doubt that it'd happen." He comforted as she helped him to his feet.
"Thanks James," She said. "Are you going back to the dance?"
"No I'm a little tired. I think I'll go to bed." He said through a yawn.
"Okay then."
"You're right Mandy; I did have a good time with Lily." He whispered as he hugged her goodnight. He finished the hug and spotted her older brother Chad peering through the curtains. The two walked up their pathways and into their houses.
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"James...James...wakey-wakey James. I need to talk to you?" Mandy's voice came from the walkie-talkie on his bedside table.
"What is it?" He mumbled into it.
"It's five in the morning." She stated simply.
"Oh, where was my mind? Here I was sleeping like someone normal at five in the morning." He said sarcastically.
"Shove it honey. We have to get going. Unless you want me to accidentally spill the beans to Remus, Sirius, and everyone else in Hogwarts."
"I hate you you know?" He asked her as he got out of his bed.
"Yeah, just hurry up. I'm already outside waiting." She requested before she shut off her end of the conversation.
James threw on a shirt, a pair of jeans, grabbed and apple, and met Mandy outside on his porch.
"You know that I'm going to have to get you back for this right?" He asked her.
"Is it my fault that you agreed to do this? No. Now let's go." She said as they began to walk the three block walk to the school.
"Come on. Our uniforms are supposed to be in today and I want to get into mine as soon as possible." She said as they entered. Mandy left James and met him outside the gym with a bundle. She passed it to him as they walked to the locker rooms. James slipped on the silver pants and the green and white shirt and looked at him self in the washroom mirror.
By the time he got in the gym, Mandy and Brianna were already in the cheerleading uniform.
"Remind me why I became a cheerleader Man." He requested as the put her in to a double base.
"Because you wanted to build muscle, balance, and you wanted to look up skirts. And if you're looking up mine, I'll kick you." She explained as she jumped down. "Now do you remember?"
"But why did I have to agree to wear uniforms and compete?"
"Because girls swoon over male cheerleaders. Duh. Anything else?" She asked.
"I was looking up your skirt. Nice spanky pants." He smirked as Mandy kicked him.
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"This is stupid." James said for the tenth time in the past few minutes. "Why did I agree to this?" He asked as he rubbed white foam on his legs.
"Because it makes your eyes pretty. Now, take your razor, start at your ankle, and work your way up. Got it?" she asked as she began to shave her legs outside by the pool. "Just be sure to rinse off in the kiddy pool."
"What happens if I cut myself?" James asked as he carefully moved the razor up his leg.
"I'll pour peroxide over it and it'll hurt so much you'll never do that again, that's what." She said as she went to rinse herself off. "Easy as that."
"Now I'm afraid to mess up." James said as he slowed down.
"It's also easier to but on your tights for ballet and gymnastics with shaven legs." Mandy smiled.
"Just remember to not breathe a word to anyone else about this. Or I'll kill you Mandy, I swear. Besides, ballet and gymnastics are just to keep my physique and balance." James said modestly.
"Yeah, of course James," she said as she rolled her eyes.
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A/N: Alright, a very weird chapter that took forever to post. Get combination there. I didn't want James to sound gay in the last half but I think that a bit my have slipped in there. Oh well, better then the first draft. And I'm sorry again that it took so long, I've been caught up in a lot.
MegHarts - Yeah, they are mean but that's kind of the point of the story. Well, the reason behind it or something. Um. yeah.
Shree - Once again, the meanness is the thing behind it all. It's like the prince is falling for the lowly servant.
Candygirl - Thank-you
Super Poet Gurl - Thank you. (Oh and the new story should be up in a month)
"This is great" Mandy shouted over the music. "Come on Sirius, let's dance." She said as she dragged him on to the floor.
"Let's go too Remus." Tamari said as they walked out too.
"So Lily," James said to her. "Do you feel like dancing?"
"Not right now." She said sincerely. "There are some pretty weird people out there." She said while gesturing towards their friends that were currently doing the traditional disco move to 'Disco Duck.'
"I see what you mean." James laughed. "Why don't we go get something to eat then. There's some food being sold at the cafeteria." He suggested.
"Why not?" She said as James put out her arm for her to interlock with. The two left the gym and walked down a hallway to a booth where there was a slightly old person behind it.
"What would you like Lily?" He asked.
"Um...A Sprite and some chips. Plain chips please." She requested.
"Alright then, two Sprites one plain chips and one barbeque" James asked the lady and gave him the needed money.
"Thanks James." Lily said as they sat on the stairs and began to eat. James just smiled a cocky grin at her and opened his chips. 'I can't believe this.' He thought to himself. 'I'm actually having a good time with Lily "the no longer a blimp" Evans. She's actually pretty with out that extra weight. Did I just think that?'
"So how did you and Mandy meet?" He asked Lily. "I know it wasn't through Hogwarts because I remember you teasing me getting bet up by her when I was nine."
"She stood up for me at the park one day. I was seven and heavy. She noticed. The kids were at least ten years old and she pushed them down and began to yell at them and when they grabbed her she just licked their arms and they left. Every since then I guess that it just came together or something."
"She still does that." James laughed as he opened his pop.
"How did you two meet?" She asked.
"We're neighbors. We were since I moved in when I was four and, I don't know, something kind of clicked that first time she put me in a headlock."
"Why did she do that?"
"I stepped on her chalk drawing." James shrugged. "I'm not sure really. But she does have some serious problems. I mean her dad, her brother, her mom.. I'm praying that you already knew about this because if you didn't then she'd kill me." He said quietly before eating another potato chip.
"Don't worry James, I knew. But Tamari is the only other person who does so I'd be careful." She warned as Mandy came through the doors with Sirius following her.
"There you are." Sirius said when he spotted the two. "We were looking all over for you."
"We didn't feel like dancing so we thought that we'd some here for a bit." James explained.
"Listen guys, I have to go." Mandy apologized. "James, I don't want to ruin your evening but.. "
"Don't worry Mandy; it's ok." James said as he got up. "I'm sorry Lily but I have to go."
"I understand." She smiled.
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"So your brother doesn't know that you and Sirius are going out?" James asked in a shocked tone.
"Chad doesn't even know that he or Remus lives." She confessed.
"Wait, you Sirius and Remus went to school together since you were five. And that's summer school, regular school and Hogwarts and he knows nothing?"
"Well he did see me with them once when I was four and he got really mad so I told him next week that they moved away. He thinks that you're the only guy that I hang out with and he doesn't mind. He likes you."
"That's great but what will you do if Sirius suddenly proposes to you?" He asked her.
"I'm praying that he won't" She said as he fell against the fence to a sitting position. "He'd probably kill him and me for not telling him."
"Don't worry; I doubt that it'd happen." He comforted as she helped him to his feet.
"Thanks James," She said. "Are you going back to the dance?"
"No I'm a little tired. I think I'll go to bed." He said through a yawn.
"Okay then."
"You're right Mandy; I did have a good time with Lily." He whispered as he hugged her goodnight. He finished the hug and spotted her older brother Chad peering through the curtains. The two walked up their pathways and into their houses.
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"James...James...wakey-wakey James. I need to talk to you?" Mandy's voice came from the walkie-talkie on his bedside table.
"What is it?" He mumbled into it.
"It's five in the morning." She stated simply.
"Oh, where was my mind? Here I was sleeping like someone normal at five in the morning." He said sarcastically.
"Shove it honey. We have to get going. Unless you want me to accidentally spill the beans to Remus, Sirius, and everyone else in Hogwarts."
"I hate you you know?" He asked her as he got out of his bed.
"Yeah, just hurry up. I'm already outside waiting." She requested before she shut off her end of the conversation.
James threw on a shirt, a pair of jeans, grabbed and apple, and met Mandy outside on his porch.
"You know that I'm going to have to get you back for this right?" He asked her.
"Is it my fault that you agreed to do this? No. Now let's go." She said as they began to walk the three block walk to the school.
"Come on. Our uniforms are supposed to be in today and I want to get into mine as soon as possible." She said as they entered. Mandy left James and met him outside the gym with a bundle. She passed it to him as they walked to the locker rooms. James slipped on the silver pants and the green and white shirt and looked at him self in the washroom mirror.
By the time he got in the gym, Mandy and Brianna were already in the cheerleading uniform.
"Remind me why I became a cheerleader Man." He requested as the put her in to a double base.
"Because you wanted to build muscle, balance, and you wanted to look up skirts. And if you're looking up mine, I'll kick you." She explained as she jumped down. "Now do you remember?"
"But why did I have to agree to wear uniforms and compete?"
"Because girls swoon over male cheerleaders. Duh. Anything else?" She asked.
"I was looking up your skirt. Nice spanky pants." He smirked as Mandy kicked him.
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"This is stupid." James said for the tenth time in the past few minutes. "Why did I agree to this?" He asked as he rubbed white foam on his legs.
"Because it makes your eyes pretty. Now, take your razor, start at your ankle, and work your way up. Got it?" she asked as she began to shave her legs outside by the pool. "Just be sure to rinse off in the kiddy pool."
"What happens if I cut myself?" James asked as he carefully moved the razor up his leg.
"I'll pour peroxide over it and it'll hurt so much you'll never do that again, that's what." She said as she went to rinse herself off. "Easy as that."
"Now I'm afraid to mess up." James said as he slowed down.
"It's also easier to but on your tights for ballet and gymnastics with shaven legs." Mandy smiled.
"Just remember to not breathe a word to anyone else about this. Or I'll kill you Mandy, I swear. Besides, ballet and gymnastics are just to keep my physique and balance." James said modestly.
"Yeah, of course James," she said as she rolled her eyes.
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A/N: Alright, a very weird chapter that took forever to post. Get combination there. I didn't want James to sound gay in the last half but I think that a bit my have slipped in there. Oh well, better then the first draft. And I'm sorry again that it took so long, I've been caught up in a lot.
MegHarts - Yeah, they are mean but that's kind of the point of the story. Well, the reason behind it or something. Um. yeah.
Shree - Once again, the meanness is the thing behind it all. It's like the prince is falling for the lowly servant.
Candygirl - Thank-you
Super Poet Gurl - Thank you. (Oh and the new story should be up in a month)