Chapter 2 - Nymphia Bell and Alissa Grant
It was the first of April, and a fresh, dewy morning met Remus and Sirius as they walked out of the castle and headed for the Quidditch stadium. James and the rest of the team would already be there practicing for their match against Hufflepuff next week, and Remus and Sirius were going to watch. Their arms were laden with flasks of icey pumpkin juice, breakfast muffins, toast and steaming bacon sandwiches wrapped in foil. As they neared the stadium Sirius said "So where's wormtail this morning?"
"Well, he said he was off to the Library to do all his NEWT revision..." sighed Remus.
"Look Remus I know you want to be there too, but there are going to be so many girls there today...and besides our NEWTS aren't even this year-"
"Our mocks are, and there very importa-"
"Ohh, Remus shut up! Who cares about mocks! We'll buckle down next year and actually bother but this year-"
"I doubt you'll ever buckle down..." Remus muttered "So you say girls are going to be there....what girls?" He felt it was time to change the subject from exams.
"Well Charlotte Brown...I told her we go down there to watch James, and she seemed pretty eager to come..." Sirius said as he took a swig from one of the flasks of pumpkin juice.
"Hmmm, well I asked Valentin to go to the ball so I don't think I shou-"
"You asked her!! Remus you never said, WOW! Thats so cool, I mean maybe you can take her behind the changing rooms like I did that one time with-"
"Sirius! I didn't tell you because I knew you'd make some stupid suggestion like that...I'm not going to degrade Valentin by getting off with her behind the changing rooms, thanks!"
"Okay...no need to get shirty...It was merely a suggestion..." He unwrapped a bacon sandwich as they reached the stands of the Quidditch stadium. They climbed the staris and found seats right in the center of the stadium. To Remus's suprise, Sirius had been right...he could see groups of girls seated all around the stadium. Most of whom were either giggling, shouting or prodding their friends then turning to look round at Remus and Sirius, then turning around again and giggling.
Remus had been too busy watching the different groups of girls that he hadn't noticed Charlotte Brown walk over accompainied as she always was by her group of giggly friends. She had sat down near to Sirius and Remus in the row in front.
"She wants me so bad! I mean she couldn't even wait until April 17th!!" Sirius laughed, and puffed out his chest. About five minutes later, when it was obvious to Charlotte that Sirius was not going to make the first move she got up and strolled over tailed by a short girl with sleek blonde hair and a tall girl with bushy brown hair and amazing hazel eyes.
"Hey Sirius," said Charlotte cooly.
"Oh, Hey Charlotte," said Sirius even more so.
"Thought I'd see you down here today," said Charlotte as her blonde friend coughed behind her back "Oh...yeah. This is Nimphyia Bell," she gestured towards the blonde girl, who nodded at Remus and her pale cheeks now began to fleck pink, "And this...." she turned to the tall bushy haired girl "...Is Alissa Grant," Alissa now beamed at Sirius and Remus, showing two rows of even white teeth.
"Uh, Hi..." said Remus nodding back at them both,
"How d'ya do," said Sirius not really paying much attention, and turning straight back to Charlotte. "Hey, fancing having a bit of fun?" he winked at her.
"Yeah, sure." said Charlotte, grinning, and without another word to Remus, Nymphia or Alissa, Sirius grabbed Charlotte's hand and pulled her of down the rows of seats and out of sight.
"Changing Rooms..." Remus muttered under his breath. The Gryfindor quidditch team had just walked onto the pitch and Remus leaned over the barrier to get a better look. Sure enough there was James striding confidentlty onto the pitch the tiny golden snitch clasped in his right hand, his broom in the other.
Remus spent the next five minutes happily sipping pumpkin juice and eating muffins, before he noticed Alissa and Nimphyia were still stood there watching him intently.
"Uh...." said Remus awkwardly. He didn't know how to put the phrase "Why the hell are you still stood here?" nicely.
Nimphyia giggled madly, then Alissa said "He's your friend isn't he?"
Nimphyia spoke next in a voice stiffled with giggles, "The tall, dark one...JAMES POTTER!!" they both burst into a fit of laughter. They were laughing so violently that Remus was actually quite worried.
"Uh...James...Yes he is my friend," said Remus placidly.
"You know what all the girls call you don't you? The Top Totty Trio!!!" Alissa burst out, followed by a fresh wave of giggles and snorts. Remus's jaw dropped.
"Well, Thats nice to...er...know..." said Remus.
"So," said Alissa "Will you go with-"
"NO ALISSA!!" cried Nimphyia tugging on Alissa's robes furiously, and going scarlet.
"Nimmy wants to know...will you go to the ball with her!! She thinks your SO cute!! Way cuter than James...or Sirius!!" screamed Alissa, now howling with laughter and having to hold her self up on Nimphyia for support. Nimphyia looked as though she was about to burst into tears.
"Um...Well you see the thing is I sort of asked Valentin yesterday..." said Remus awkwardly.
"What do you mean...you sort of asked her?" said Alissa, but before Remus had time to answer she had continued to ramble on "Valentin...Valentin Collet? Of course!! How typical of her! She takes anyone she knows we want before we can get our hands on them!! What a stupid cow!" Alissa was positivly shouting now, and Remus felt a sudden surge of rage as Alissa slagged of Valentin.
"Well, I think," Remus said standing up "Valentin, is the prettiest girl in our year....our school!! By far!!"
Alissa had stopped laughing now, and was looking at Remus as though he was mad. "Valentin Collet the prettiest girl in school?" she gave a snort of laughter "Well now I've heard it all! Come on Nimmy..." she grabbed Nimphyia's arm and was about to storm off when she turned on her heel and said "Oh, by the way Remus your little girlfriend is behind you!" and with one flick of her bushy hair she was gone.
Remus's heart gave a slight jump as he turned round to see Valentin wandering up the row of seats her blonde hair up in messy bun and her blue eye's beaming in the fresh morning sunlight.
"Hey Remus," she said casually, her voice ringing like a pheonix song around the stadium.
"Valentin...How come your here!" he beamed at her.
"Well, a load of people in the library told me you were here so I decided I'd come say 'hi'" she said shielding her eyes from the sun with one elegant hand.
Remus didn't know what to say, then hearing a shriek from the group of girls behind him he said "It's getting crowded in here why don't we go for a walk?"
"Oooh, yeah it's such a nice day! There's even a Hogsmeade visit today, why don't we walk down there?" suggested Valentin.
"I'd love to," said Remus, and as his heart gave a giant leap they left the stadium together.
It was the first of April, and a fresh, dewy morning met Remus and Sirius as they walked out of the castle and headed for the Quidditch stadium. James and the rest of the team would already be there practicing for their match against Hufflepuff next week, and Remus and Sirius were going to watch. Their arms were laden with flasks of icey pumpkin juice, breakfast muffins, toast and steaming bacon sandwiches wrapped in foil. As they neared the stadium Sirius said "So where's wormtail this morning?"
"Well, he said he was off to the Library to do all his NEWT revision..." sighed Remus.
"Look Remus I know you want to be there too, but there are going to be so many girls there today...and besides our NEWTS aren't even this year-"
"Our mocks are, and there very importa-"
"Ohh, Remus shut up! Who cares about mocks! We'll buckle down next year and actually bother but this year-"
"I doubt you'll ever buckle down..." Remus muttered "So you say girls are going to be there....what girls?" He felt it was time to change the subject from exams.
"Well Charlotte Brown...I told her we go down there to watch James, and she seemed pretty eager to come..." Sirius said as he took a swig from one of the flasks of pumpkin juice.
"Hmmm, well I asked Valentin to go to the ball so I don't think I shou-"
"You asked her!! Remus you never said, WOW! Thats so cool, I mean maybe you can take her behind the changing rooms like I did that one time with-"
"Sirius! I didn't tell you because I knew you'd make some stupid suggestion like that...I'm not going to degrade Valentin by getting off with her behind the changing rooms, thanks!"
"Okay...no need to get shirty...It was merely a suggestion..." He unwrapped a bacon sandwich as they reached the stands of the Quidditch stadium. They climbed the staris and found seats right in the center of the stadium. To Remus's suprise, Sirius had been right...he could see groups of girls seated all around the stadium. Most of whom were either giggling, shouting or prodding their friends then turning to look round at Remus and Sirius, then turning around again and giggling.
Remus had been too busy watching the different groups of girls that he hadn't noticed Charlotte Brown walk over accompainied as she always was by her group of giggly friends. She had sat down near to Sirius and Remus in the row in front.
"She wants me so bad! I mean she couldn't even wait until April 17th!!" Sirius laughed, and puffed out his chest. About five minutes later, when it was obvious to Charlotte that Sirius was not going to make the first move she got up and strolled over tailed by a short girl with sleek blonde hair and a tall girl with bushy brown hair and amazing hazel eyes.
"Hey Sirius," said Charlotte cooly.
"Oh, Hey Charlotte," said Sirius even more so.
"Thought I'd see you down here today," said Charlotte as her blonde friend coughed behind her back "Oh...yeah. This is Nimphyia Bell," she gestured towards the blonde girl, who nodded at Remus and her pale cheeks now began to fleck pink, "And this...." she turned to the tall bushy haired girl "...Is Alissa Grant," Alissa now beamed at Sirius and Remus, showing two rows of even white teeth.
"Uh, Hi..." said Remus nodding back at them both,
"How d'ya do," said Sirius not really paying much attention, and turning straight back to Charlotte. "Hey, fancing having a bit of fun?" he winked at her.
"Yeah, sure." said Charlotte, grinning, and without another word to Remus, Nymphia or Alissa, Sirius grabbed Charlotte's hand and pulled her of down the rows of seats and out of sight.
"Changing Rooms..." Remus muttered under his breath. The Gryfindor quidditch team had just walked onto the pitch and Remus leaned over the barrier to get a better look. Sure enough there was James striding confidentlty onto the pitch the tiny golden snitch clasped in his right hand, his broom in the other.
Remus spent the next five minutes happily sipping pumpkin juice and eating muffins, before he noticed Alissa and Nimphyia were still stood there watching him intently.
"Uh...." said Remus awkwardly. He didn't know how to put the phrase "Why the hell are you still stood here?" nicely.
Nimphyia giggled madly, then Alissa said "He's your friend isn't he?"
Nimphyia spoke next in a voice stiffled with giggles, "The tall, dark one...JAMES POTTER!!" they both burst into a fit of laughter. They were laughing so violently that Remus was actually quite worried.
"Uh...James...Yes he is my friend," said Remus placidly.
"You know what all the girls call you don't you? The Top Totty Trio!!!" Alissa burst out, followed by a fresh wave of giggles and snorts. Remus's jaw dropped.
"Well, Thats nice to...er...know..." said Remus.
"So," said Alissa "Will you go with-"
"NO ALISSA!!" cried Nimphyia tugging on Alissa's robes furiously, and going scarlet.
"Nimmy wants to know...will you go to the ball with her!! She thinks your SO cute!! Way cuter than James...or Sirius!!" screamed Alissa, now howling with laughter and having to hold her self up on Nimphyia for support. Nimphyia looked as though she was about to burst into tears.
"Um...Well you see the thing is I sort of asked Valentin yesterday..." said Remus awkwardly.
"What do you mean...you sort of asked her?" said Alissa, but before Remus had time to answer she had continued to ramble on "Valentin...Valentin Collet? Of course!! How typical of her! She takes anyone she knows we want before we can get our hands on them!! What a stupid cow!" Alissa was positivly shouting now, and Remus felt a sudden surge of rage as Alissa slagged of Valentin.
"Well, I think," Remus said standing up "Valentin, is the prettiest girl in our year....our school!! By far!!"
Alissa had stopped laughing now, and was looking at Remus as though he was mad. "Valentin Collet the prettiest girl in school?" she gave a snort of laughter "Well now I've heard it all! Come on Nimmy..." she grabbed Nimphyia's arm and was about to storm off when she turned on her heel and said "Oh, by the way Remus your little girlfriend is behind you!" and with one flick of her bushy hair she was gone.
Remus's heart gave a slight jump as he turned round to see Valentin wandering up the row of seats her blonde hair up in messy bun and her blue eye's beaming in the fresh morning sunlight.
"Hey Remus," she said casually, her voice ringing like a pheonix song around the stadium.
"Valentin...How come your here!" he beamed at her.
"Well, a load of people in the library told me you were here so I decided I'd come say 'hi'" she said shielding her eyes from the sun with one elegant hand.
Remus didn't know what to say, then hearing a shriek from the group of girls behind him he said "It's getting crowded in here why don't we go for a walk?"
"Oooh, yeah it's such a nice day! There's even a Hogsmeade visit today, why don't we walk down there?" suggested Valentin.
"I'd love to," said Remus, and as his heart gave a giant leap they left the stadium together.
