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Chapter 5

Another One Bites The Dust

Now there were two members of the Marauders lost in thought about girls.  This was especially unusual for Sirius because he was with a different girl every week.

Sirius had girls knocking each other down to be his next flavor of the week, so why was this girl having such an odd effect on him?  He just couldn't understand it.  Maybe it was because she had barely looked at him, whereas other girls would stare...and stare...and stare.  It got quite unnerving to be honest.  All those eyes...

"Padfoot, look out!"

CLANG!

"That was graceful." commented Remus, looking down at suit of armor lying on the floor in pieces.

Sirius rubbed his forehead. "Who charmed that thing to jump out in front of people?" he demanded.

"Um, no one?" said James, who had been brought back to the real world at the noise.  "Someone wasn't watching where he was going..."

"Someone was lost in thought..." commented Remus.

"About a GIRL!" chimed in Peter unnecessarily.

Sirius blushed. "Was not."  Now he knew how James had felt when they were torturing him about Lilly.

"Look, he blushed." said James. "He's lying."

"It's Lily's friend isn't it?" asked Remus knowledgeably.

Sirius knew there was no point in fighting them.  It was either give in or be subjected to a long few weeks of pestering. "Yeah." he said as nonchalantly as possible in an attempt to hide his embarrassment.

Remus rolled his eyes. Another one bites the dust. His mouth quirked into a smile as the line from the Muggle song ran through his head.  How true.

*

On the way to Potions, Lily couldn't stop thinking about James' request.  Maybe he did like her.  Maybe her friends were right.  She stopped at that thought. Had hell frozen over? She didn't think so, but you never know. She was still kind of in shock.  James Potter, the hottest, most popular guy in school, wanted to spend time with her.  She attempted to psyche herself up. She refused to become a bumbling, snotty idiot in front of or because of him.  He probably got that all the time anyway. 

"Anyway, Kiara, since we're not gonna get much conversation out of Lily, did you see Sirius Black staring at you?" asked Jordan.

"What?" Kiara exclaimed. "Don't be ridiculous." She paused. "Yeah, I did.  Did I have something in my teeth?  Or a really huge zit on my face?"

"No and no! He had the kind of look on his face that Lily and James always have when they're staring at each other."

"Maybe you need to get your eyes checked." said Kiara, rolling her eyes, and then perking up, said, "Did he really?"

"Yes!" cried Jordan.

Lily jumped. "I'm here! What? Sorry!"

Jordan snorted. "While you were off in I-Love-Jamesland, I was busily informing our dear friend Kiara that Sirius Black was staring at her."

"Really?!" exclaimed Lily. "K, that's great!"

Kiara's cheeks tinged pink.  She wasn't a blusher...usually. "Well, we only have Jordan's word for it..."

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Jordan.

Lily put up her hand as they neared the corner. "And we have Peter's, Remus', and James' word for it as well.  Shh!"

The three girls leaned against the wall, as close to the corner as they could without being seen. 

*

"Someone was lost in thought..." came Remus' voice from around the corner.

"About a GIRL!" chimed in Peter unnecessarily.

 "Was not." said a voice Lily recognized as Sirius'. 

"Look, he blushed." said James. "He's lying."

"It's Lily's friend isn't it?" asked Remus knowledgeably.

 "Yeah." he mumbled.

*

Jordan turned her head to Kiara. "I TOLD you!" she whispered loudly.

"Jordan, shush! Do you want them to hear us?" reprimanded Lily.

"I don't think we have to worry about that." she responded. "They're too busy trying to find out who 'she' is."

*

It was true. Remus was asking James if he knew Kiara's name. "Come on, Prongs! You're always trying to talk to Lily, surely you should have picked up her name by now!"

"No, I didn't." he apologized. "She—"

"That's because he was to busy staring at Lily to notice any of his surroundings!" exclaimed Sirius, desperate to get the attention off him, but at the same time dying to find out the mystery girl's name.

A thud at the other end of the hallway distracted the guys for a moment. 

"What was that?" asked James, noticing a flash of red hair that vanished so quickly he thought he'd imagined it.

*

The reason for this was that Lily was shocked into losing her balance by Sirius' outburst and fallen.  Jordan, who was leaning on top of her, fell also, bringing down Kiara, who was leaning on top of her.  There was a flurry of activity as the girls all tried to get up at the same time, realized that wasn't going to work, and got up one at a time.

"Let's go!" whispered Lily, who, by this time, was bright red.  She grabbed Jordan, who was still trying to get up, and tugged on her sleeve. "Hurry up!"

Unfortunately, this action, instead of having the desired effect of getting Jordan up quickly, Jordan lost her balance and fell again, pulling Lily down with her.

"Honestly!" whispered Kiara.  "You guys are like a pair of clowns!"

"It was her fault." grunted Jordan as she clambered to her feet.

"If you had gotten up quicker, it wouldn't've happened." shot back Lily.

"Whatever!" moaned Kiara. "Let's just get out of here! They're coming!"

Lily and Jordan froze, heard the voices coming closer, and started walking away very quickly.

"Wait up a bit!" called Kiara in a low voice, hurrying to catch up.

*

"What was that?" repeated James.

"I don't know." said Remus, looking down the hallway.  "Peeves, maybe?"

"Maybe." agreed Sirius. "Let's go see."

The Marauders sauntered down the hallway with Peter tagging along behind.  They rounded the corner to find three girls turning the corner at the other end of the hall.  One of them had bright red hair.  "It's Lily and her friends!" said a rather embarrassed James. "Do you think they heard us?"

"Maybe." said Remus, not making either James or Sirius feel any better. "They are walking awfully quickly."

"Let's go catch up!" exclaimed an excited Peter.

"Yes, lets!" agreed Remus.  "We can find out that girl's name."

"Alright." Sirius nodded. "I'll just use my charm and debonair wit to make her fall into my arms."

"You have debonair wit?" teased James, but inside he was freaking out.  What if Lily had heard them?  Then she would surely know he liked her.  What if it freaked her out so bad that she didn't want to ever talk to him again?

"Prongs! Hurry up!" called Remus over his shoulder. The other three Marauders were racing down the hallway, attempting to catch up to the girls.  James sighed. Here went nothing.

*

"YO! LILY! LILY'S FRIENDS!" Sirius' voice echoed down the hallway.

The three girls turned around slowly, like a kid caught with her hand in the cookie jar.  Lily wondered just how much blushing her face could take before it exploded.  "Yeah?" Jordan called down the hallway.

"Wait up!" said Remus.

"What do you want?" asked Kiara once the guys had caught up to them.

"Your name." said Sirius.

Kiara raised an eyebrow. "And what if I should chose not to give it to you?"

"Then I'll bug you for the rest of your life."

"He will, too." commented James, tearing his eyes away from Lily.  "I'd advise that you tell him your name and spare us the annoyance."

Kiara grinned. "Nah, I don't think I will."

"Oh, come on!" said Sirius. "Why not?"

"Because."

"Because why?"

"Because I don't feel like it."

"That's no reason!"

"Yes it is."

"No its not."

"Then what, in your opinion, is a good reason?"

"Having an absolutely horrible name, not having a name, amnesia..." Sirius listed all the reasons he could think of.

"Fine.  I don't have a name due to having hit my head against the wall too hard, giving me amnesia.  My friends won't tell you because it is an 'absolutely horrible' name, as you so nicely put it."

"But.. Why... Errgh!" Sirius opened and closed his mouth several times in an attempt to think up a snappy retort, growling when he couldn't.

"Nice job!" exclaimed James. "We've been trying to do that for years!"

Remus gave her a high five and Sirius stood there looking furious.

"Well, I hate to interrupt the celebration," said Jordan, as calmly as if she was announcing the weather. "but Potions is starting in two minutes and as I recall, it takes five to get down there."

There was immediate pandemonium at this statement as everyone realized she was right. Sirius grabbed Kiara by the wrist and started running down the hall. Kiara was busily slapping his hand and trying to keep up. James and Lily held hands and sprinted towards the stairs after Kiara and Sirius, with Jordan, Remus, and Peter chasing after them.

*

"Late, late, late, late, late, late, and look! Late!" said Professor Athole dryly as the seven of them crashed into the classroom, hair flying and out of breath. Professor Athole was a tall, forbidding man with crazy gray hair that stuck out in all directions, giving him the appearance of a mad scientist.  Following in the pattern of all other Potions masters, he was disliked by the majority of the school, but loved by the Slytherins.  Fancy that.  His name, Athole (pronounced Ath-ole) was an inspiration for many jokes around the school for the obvious reason...

"Sorry, Professor, it's just that I-we, ah..." Kiara trailed off.

"We got lost." bulled Sirius.

"And Lily and I foun—" put in James.

"Lost!?" interrupted Professor Athole mockingly. "Lost!  You're in seventh year and you got lost?! My, my, my."

"No, it wasn't entirely that, you see..." Jordan trailed off at a glare from Professor Athole.

"Enough blabbering.  Ten points from Gryffindor!"

They groaned.

"Each!"

"But, Professor!" cried Lily.

"Enough! If I hear any more out of you people I shall make it twenty each and you'll all have detention! Now to your seats!" he commanded.

Ignoring the Slytherins' smirks, they made their way to the remaining empty seats (located in the front, unfortunately) and settled in for what was surely going to be a long class.

*A-a-and it's done! ::cheers:: I kind of like this chapter.  Did anyone get the Professor Athole thing or was that too vague.  For any of you who've seen America's Sweethearts (no I don't own that either...sigh) it was motivated by the Spanish guy (hector)...he calls john cusak's character an "atholebathtard". Don't ask, but it worked, surprisingly. Review, review, review review!! Several times if necessary! Please?*

~One other thing...would it be too cheesy if I got Jordan and one of the remaining Marauders together? I feel bad for her, she's the only one without romantic potential so far. Comments are welcome!~