(Sorry this is such a short chapter, but I hope to make the next one a bit longer. Please rate and review! )
The Dare.
Cleo, Astra, and Draco had been thrown back in time, around the end of September. Now it was October, around the fifteenth, and a Saturday. The Snape thing was pretty much forgotten, as the next big thing would be the Halloween ball would be coming up. Currently the group and Marauders, except Peter who fell into the vanishing cabinet *cough* and couldn't be found, were sitting in the common room, and having a rather interesting conversation about James and Lily.
Cleo sat on one side of the couch, her back against the armrest, her legs up resting on the cushion, curled slightly. Sirius was on the middle cushion, leaning back and feet on the table. Draco had been getting used to them and sat on the other armrest. James sat on the carpet, using the small coffee table as a table for his elbows, and Remus and Astra sat on chairs, forming a bit of a circle with a couch. Sirius laughed.
"And the funniest time was when James tried to get her under the mistletoe. I never saw Evans run so fast. She managed to round up him and Lucy in the mistletoe!" The group laughed heartily, Lucy being Lucius.
"Ew, my father? That is sick." Draco stuck his tongue out, at the prospect of his father having to kiss someone other than his mother.
"And then there was the time when you DID kiss her under the mistletoe the year before, and she slapped you!" Remus chuckled, and James slid a hand up to his cheek.
"Yeah, yeah, but she has a good hand..." He said as he rubbed his poor skin. "I know she likes me though. Everyone wants James Potter." He grinned, winking at a group of third years who giggled from a corner.
Cleo sighed and patted him on the head understandingly, "Of course they do." The blonde smirked and rolled her eyes and then grinned wickedly. "I dare you to ask Evans to the Halloween ball."
"And what if I don't?" James glared at her, but in a friendly manner.
Cleo began. "If you don't, or she would accept, you have to.. have to..."
"Have to ask Snape on a date and wear a dress!" Sirius said when she couldn't think of anything. Then stared at himself.
"No way! That's - that's wrong!" James sputtered, now standing up. "That's just.. sick!" He stared at Sirius.
"What? Think she'll say no?" Sirius smirked at him, waggling his eyebrows. "You might look good in a pink dress.. but a black would match your hair!" Padfoot battered his eyelashes greatly.
"Yeah, yeah. I will ask her. And she will go with me." James said confidently.
"Well then, get moving! Go ask her!" Remus grinned, and shooed him with his hands.
James took a step back. "No, not today. Not Today." He stared in fear, and got a mental picture of himself in a dress. "Not today..." He repeated. Cleo changed the subject, for now.
"Why don't we get to lunch, shall we?"
"We shall!" Sirius grinned and jumped up. "I'm hungry, anyway." He added, rubbing his stomach and began heading for the portrait hole. "Last one there is a rotten egg!"(couldn't think of anything, lol) The group all got up and ran down the halls and into the Great Hall.
As the group ate their cheese sandwiches, the subject around them got into the dance. Who would wear what, who was going with who, etc. Sirius took his chance.
"Who hear wants to make a bet that Lily and James will be a couple to the dance? Any takers?" Some people quickly pulled out some money on which side they were betting. Some figured Lily and James would go together, some said they wouldn't. "Oh come on, anyone for ten sickles?" Someone called ten. "Eleven?" "Twelve?" He kept going on, James was getting slightly embarrassed.
"Sirius, knock it off!" Cleo grabbed his arm, giving him an eye. "Lay off."
"Aw, come on Cleo, I'm just having some fun." Sirius pouted.
Cleo glared at him.
Sirius mumbled and let it go. "You take the fun out of everything." He folded his arms and pouted harder.
"I do not!" Cleo narrowed her eyes.
"Do too." Sirius glared.
"Do not."
"Do too."
"Do not."
"Do too!" Sirius and James said together, but James only did it to tease her.
"Stay out of this Lily- lover!" Cleo snapped, but wasn't harsh about it. The group laughed. Lily-lover.
"I am not! Your just jealous because I'm going to have a date and YOU aren't." James stuck his tongue out at her. Sirius snorted and tried to hide his grin from Cleo. She glared at him.
"I could get a date faster then BOTH of you, Sirius included." She said confidently.
"Could not!" Sirius said. "Could too."
"Could not."
"I BET I could."
"Aha! I dare the both of you to see who can get a date first!" Remus had to stop them somehow.
"And the loser..?" Astra grinned happily from behind him.
"Has to be the other's slave for the night after the dance." James piped up. Cleo and Sirius looked at each other.
"No way." Cleo backed up.
"What Cleo? Afraid to lose?" Sirius grinned crookedly at her. The girl narrowed her eyes at him.
"Fine, I will."
"Deal." He said nodding. Before he could open his mouth Cleo whipped around.
"Draco, want to go to the dance with me?"
The Dare.
Cleo, Astra, and Draco had been thrown back in time, around the end of September. Now it was October, around the fifteenth, and a Saturday. The Snape thing was pretty much forgotten, as the next big thing would be the Halloween ball would be coming up. Currently the group and Marauders, except Peter who fell into the vanishing cabinet *cough* and couldn't be found, were sitting in the common room, and having a rather interesting conversation about James and Lily.
Cleo sat on one side of the couch, her back against the armrest, her legs up resting on the cushion, curled slightly. Sirius was on the middle cushion, leaning back and feet on the table. Draco had been getting used to them and sat on the other armrest. James sat on the carpet, using the small coffee table as a table for his elbows, and Remus and Astra sat on chairs, forming a bit of a circle with a couch. Sirius laughed.
"And the funniest time was when James tried to get her under the mistletoe. I never saw Evans run so fast. She managed to round up him and Lucy in the mistletoe!" The group laughed heartily, Lucy being Lucius.
"Ew, my father? That is sick." Draco stuck his tongue out, at the prospect of his father having to kiss someone other than his mother.
"And then there was the time when you DID kiss her under the mistletoe the year before, and she slapped you!" Remus chuckled, and James slid a hand up to his cheek.
"Yeah, yeah, but she has a good hand..." He said as he rubbed his poor skin. "I know she likes me though. Everyone wants James Potter." He grinned, winking at a group of third years who giggled from a corner.
Cleo sighed and patted him on the head understandingly, "Of course they do." The blonde smirked and rolled her eyes and then grinned wickedly. "I dare you to ask Evans to the Halloween ball."
"And what if I don't?" James glared at her, but in a friendly manner.
Cleo began. "If you don't, or she would accept, you have to.. have to..."
"Have to ask Snape on a date and wear a dress!" Sirius said when she couldn't think of anything. Then stared at himself.
"No way! That's - that's wrong!" James sputtered, now standing up. "That's just.. sick!" He stared at Sirius.
"What? Think she'll say no?" Sirius smirked at him, waggling his eyebrows. "You might look good in a pink dress.. but a black would match your hair!" Padfoot battered his eyelashes greatly.
"Yeah, yeah. I will ask her. And she will go with me." James said confidently.
"Well then, get moving! Go ask her!" Remus grinned, and shooed him with his hands.
James took a step back. "No, not today. Not Today." He stared in fear, and got a mental picture of himself in a dress. "Not today..." He repeated. Cleo changed the subject, for now.
"Why don't we get to lunch, shall we?"
"We shall!" Sirius grinned and jumped up. "I'm hungry, anyway." He added, rubbing his stomach and began heading for the portrait hole. "Last one there is a rotten egg!"(couldn't think of anything, lol) The group all got up and ran down the halls and into the Great Hall.
As the group ate their cheese sandwiches, the subject around them got into the dance. Who would wear what, who was going with who, etc. Sirius took his chance.
"Who hear wants to make a bet that Lily and James will be a couple to the dance? Any takers?" Some people quickly pulled out some money on which side they were betting. Some figured Lily and James would go together, some said they wouldn't. "Oh come on, anyone for ten sickles?" Someone called ten. "Eleven?" "Twelve?" He kept going on, James was getting slightly embarrassed.
"Sirius, knock it off!" Cleo grabbed his arm, giving him an eye. "Lay off."
"Aw, come on Cleo, I'm just having some fun." Sirius pouted.
Cleo glared at him.
Sirius mumbled and let it go. "You take the fun out of everything." He folded his arms and pouted harder.
"I do not!" Cleo narrowed her eyes.
"Do too." Sirius glared.
"Do not."
"Do too."
"Do not."
"Do too!" Sirius and James said together, but James only did it to tease her.
"Stay out of this Lily- lover!" Cleo snapped, but wasn't harsh about it. The group laughed. Lily-lover.
"I am not! Your just jealous because I'm going to have a date and YOU aren't." James stuck his tongue out at her. Sirius snorted and tried to hide his grin from Cleo. She glared at him.
"I could get a date faster then BOTH of you, Sirius included." She said confidently.
"Could not!" Sirius said. "Could too."
"Could not."
"I BET I could."
"Aha! I dare the both of you to see who can get a date first!" Remus had to stop them somehow.
"And the loser..?" Astra grinned happily from behind him.
"Has to be the other's slave for the night after the dance." James piped up. Cleo and Sirius looked at each other.
"No way." Cleo backed up.
"What Cleo? Afraid to lose?" Sirius grinned crookedly at her. The girl narrowed her eyes at him.
"Fine, I will."
"Deal." He said nodding. Before he could open his mouth Cleo whipped around.
"Draco, want to go to the dance with me?"
