A/N: We should all be v. proud because anyanka00 were extremely excited when she realized how well the Rolling Stone song fit in this story. As always reviews are highly appreciated.
"In the town where I was born, there was a maaa-aaaan who said to sea. And he lived beneath the waves in his yelllllow submarine," sang Sirius loudly through the halls on the way to lunch after an especially difficult History of Magic test.
"Would you shut the heck up already, Sirius? That's a Muggle
song, but I bet the whole school has it memorized by now," Remus snapped. He was usually very calm, but unlike the
others, he really cared about his grades, and the recent History of Magic test
had made him grumpy. His grumpiness only made Sirius sing louder and with more
gusto, although he did have the courtesy to sing a different song. This time,
it was the Rolling Stones.
"I see a red door and I want it painted black. No colors anymore, I want
them to turn black." Sirius loved nothing better than a play-on-words,
especially when it was his name and in a Rolling Stone song. Even Remus had to smile, although he had heard this song quite
frequently also.
A tall black-haired Slytherin girl with
serpent-shaped earrings had just left the Transfiguration classroom and was on
her way to lunch.
"Hey
Victoria," James said casually.
"Sirius you see the girls walk by, dressed in their summer clothes,"
Peter supplied Sirius with the next line of the Rolling Stones song while
indicating Victoria. Sirius nodded shortly to the girl, who rolled her
eyes and smirked back.
"I'm gonna wait for Tricia," she said,
nodding toward another Slytherin girl who was just
emerging from the classroom. "See you guys in potions this
afternoon."
"James! Why do you keep talking to her? She's a Slytherin!"
Sirius demanded as soon as they were out of earshot.
"Yeah, but she's all right. We've been over this before. Be a little more
open-minded. People will start thinking you, I don't know, hate Slytherins."
"James. We DO hate Slytherins."
"Well, yeah. But she's ok. Ambitious. As befits a Slytherin. And
although they're not too common, good people can be ambitious. And of course,
twits can get into other houses besides Slytherin."
Sirius rolled his eyes. They'd had this conversation many times, every time
James was civil to Victoria in the halls.
The four sat down to lunch, with James across from Lily. Sirius mouthed the
words "She's quite fit" to Remus and Peter,
mocking James' truly eloquent attempt to describe the pretty redhead the first
time he saw her at the Sorting Ceremony. Lily threw an empty cup playfully at
Sirius. Sirius never lost an opportunity in mocking James so both he and Lily
were used to it.
The Fab Four made their way to potions after lunch.
Professor Austin nodded to them as they walked in and she handed back their
grades for their last tests. For the most part, the Marauders liked Professor
Austin with her cynical humor. She expected them to work hard, but she was
fair.
"All right, class. I've noticed that some partners don't seem to be
working together quietly enough and are distracting to the rest of the class."
She looked meaningfully at James and Sirius before continuing.
" So
I decided it is in the best interest of those students who find themselves
getting sidetracked from their work that new potion partners be assigned."
"For how long?" asked a Gryffinder girl.
"Until I decide you may change. Couple months. A month. We'll see how this works out."
James and Sirius rolled their eyes. Professor Austin assigned Peter to partner
with Lily, Remus to partner with a quiet Slytherin boy, James to Ariadne Perkins,
a girl in Lily's dormitory and Sirius to Victoria. Sirius looked around the room and thanked Professor
Austin silently that none of them were with Snape.
When James was civil to Victoria,
it annoyed him, but if he ever tried to be civil to Snape,
Sirius would punch him. Luckily, James hated Severus
just as much as Sirius did. So all was well.
"Great. As if being related to Slytherins isn't
enough, let's partner with them." Sirius groaned to James, Peter, and Remus.
Sirius spent the class period being sullen and doing his best to not talk to Victoria, except when it was absolutely necessary. She just
kept smirking. He couldn't decide if the smirk made him angrier or not. This
girl could almost outsmirk
him.
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