Here we go on chapter 2, the more you review the faster I update.
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Chapter 2- The Plan
Lily and Macey walk toward Gryffindor Common Room after classes are over. Lucius is further down the hall, headed towards them, he looks at Lily with discuss.
" The vintage look is over, Lily." He said, remarking her granny-style dress. "Haven't you been reading your Witch Weekly?"
"Yeah, and I noticed the only part of you featured in your big 'model' spread was your elbow. Tough break." Lily said.
"They're running the rest of me next month." Lucius said, practically spitting.
He walks down the hall as the girls glare at his backside.
"The people at this school are so incredibly foul." Lily said, still watching Lucius.
"You could always go with me. I'm sure William has some friends." Macey said, referring to her dream of dyeing to be with William Shakespeare.
They watch Lucius's stop to talk to Violet and April as they walk toward the Common Room.
"Need an escort to your House ladies?" Lucius asks Violet and April.
Violet and April both grab one of Lucius' arms and they walk past Lily and Macey without so much of a look.
Macey lowers her sunglasses as they walk past.
"That's a charming new development." She said sarcastically.
Lily doesn't answer, but continues to walk.
Peter crosses in front of them, not seeing them he runs into Lily, then falls on the floor.
"Watch where you're going fag!" She yelled angrily, then stormed past him.
Remus rushes over to help Peter up.
"You all right?" He asks, offering a hand.
Peter takes it and hauls himself to his feet.
"Yeah, just a minor encounter with the shrew." Peter said coldly.
"That's her?" Remus asked in astonishment. "Violet 's sister?"
"The mewling, rampalian wretch herself." Peter said quietly, feeling braver now that Lily was gone.
"See you later." Peter said, walking away, leaving Remus to ponder this newly found knowledge.
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Later that day Lily knocked on the 4th year girl's dormitory door.
"Who is it?" Came the voice of her sister.
"Who do you think is?" Lily said, irritated.
"What do you want." Violet asked, obviously annoyed.
"Dad sent a letter." She answered; Violet opened the door abruptly.
"You didn't" She spat at Lily, grabbing the parchment in her hands and skimming it.
"I don't like it any more than you do, but Dad said to tell him everything that goes on." She said, and smiling, she left the room.
Violet flung herself on the bed and began reading the letter, skipping the first park that was addressed to Lily.
Dearest Violet,
Your sister tells me you let a boy walk you to your Common Room today, you know better thank that. You know my rules, and at school or at home they must be followed. I have come up with something that will make everyone happy. You're not dating until your sister starts dating. End of discussion. I know what you're thinking, what if she never starts dating, then neither will you. And I'll get to sleep at night.
She stopped reading there and began sobbing into her pillow, it wasn't fair her sister was a freak, she was popular, boys wanted to go out with her, and she couldn't because her sister hated boys. Remembering herself she dried her eyes and straitened herself up, talking one last look in the mirror she headed towards the library.
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Remus sits with an empty chair beside him, reading. Violet arrives in a flurry of blonde hair.
"Can we make this quick?" She asks, sitting down. "Roxanne Korrine and Andrew Barrett are having an incredibly horrendous public break- up on the pitch. Again.
Remus stares at her for a second, then, regaining his composure, clears his throat.
"Well, I thought we'd start with pronunciation, if that's okay with you." He said
"Not the hacking and gagging and spitting part. Please." Violet says, looking over her shoulder and out the window.
Remus looked down. "Okay... then how 'bout we try out some French cuisine. Saturday? Night?" He asked, hopefully.
Violet smiles slowly. "You're asking me out. That's so cute. What's your name again?" She asked, as if a eight-year-old were asking her out.
Remus blushed. "Forget it." He said quickly.
"No, no, it's my fault -- we didn't have a proper introduction ---" Violet said, waving her hand dismissingly.
"Remus." He said.
"The thing is, Remus" Violet said slowly " I'm at the mercy of a particularly hideous breed of loser. My sister. I can't date until she does." She said, obviously discussed by the whole ordeal.
"Seems like she could get a date easy enough..." Remus said.
She fingers a lock of her hair, not noticing how Remus was practically drooling.
"The problem is, she's completely anti-social." She said.
'Why?" Remus asked.
"Unsolved mystery. " She said, shrugging. "She used to be really popular when she started high school, then it was just like she got of it or something."
"That's a shame." Remus said
She reaches out and touches his arm.
"Gosh, if only we could find Lily a boyfriend..." She said hopefully.
"Let me see what I can do." Remus said, oblivious to how blind he is.
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The next day in Transfiguring Remus had just told Peter his luck in the library.
"You're in school for one day and you ask out the most beautiful girl? Do you have no concept of the schools social code?" Peter asks, trying to turn a frog into a chair.
Remus just grins.
" I teach her French, get to know her, dazzle her with charm and she falls in love with me." He said plainly.
"Unlikely, but even so, she still can't go out with you. So what's the point?" Peter asked as he failed to transfigure the frog.
Remus motions with his head toward James, a few seats away. He's transfiguring his frog into anything that pops into his mind at the moment.
"What about him?" Remus asks
"You wanna go out with him?" Peter asks, obviously confused.
The others around them raise their eyebrows.
" No" Remus said impatiently "He could wrangle with the sister."
Peter looks even more confused.
"What makes you think he'll do it?" He asks
"He seems like he thrives on danger' Remus said, matter-of-factly.
" No kidding." Peter said, shivering. "He's a criminal. I heard he lit a state trooper on fire. He just got out of Azkaban..."
"They always let felons sit in on Advance Transfiguring?" Remus asked
" I'm serious, man, he's whacked. He sold his own liver on the black market so he could buy a new broom." Peter said, his breathing irregular.
"Forget his reputation." Remus said, rolling his eyes. "Do you think we've got a plan or not?"
"Did she actually say she'd go out with you?" Peter asked, disbelievingly.
"That's what I just said" Remus said
Peter thought for a moment, which looked very painful.
"You know, if you do go out with Violet, you'd be set. You'd outrank everyone. Strictly A-list. With me by your side." He said
" I thought you hated those people." Remus said, surprised.
"Hey -- I've gotta have a few connections to get a job." Peter said.
"So now all we gotta do is talk to him." Remus said, pointing at James, who is now torturing his frog with fire from his wand.
" I'll let you handle that." Peter said, visibly shaking.
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James sits in Herbology with Scurvy, carving something that looks like a machete out of a stick.
Remus approaches, smiling way too big to be real.
"Hey, there" Remus says
In response, James waves his stick in Remus' direction, making him jump back.
"Later, then. " Remus said, trying to play it cool.
Peter watches, shaking his head.
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Lucius and his pals take turns carving non-appropriate gestures in the Slytherine table's wood.
Peter walks up and sits between them, shaking visibly/
"Hey." Peter said, his voice shaking.
"Are you lost?" Lucius asks, his stare cold.
" Nope - just came by to chat" Peter said, trying to act normal.
"We don't chat."
" Well, actually, I thought I'd run an idea by you. You know, just to see if your interested."
"We're not."He grabs Peter by the side of his head and starts drawing on his face with a quill.
"Hear me out." Peter said, grimacing and cowering at the same time. "You want Violet don't you?"
Lucius stops drawing, sits back and laughs.
" But she can't go out with you because =her sister is this insane head case and no one will go out with her. right?" Peter asks, continuing.
"Does this conversation have a purpose?" Lucius cut in.
"So what you need to do is recruit a guy who'll go out with her." Peter said, his voice squeaking. "Someone who's up for the job." Peter points to the Gryffindor Table at James, who makes a disgusted face at his food before he rises and throws it at a nerdy 7th year Hufflepuff.
"That guy?" Lucius asks, nodding at James. "I heard he ate a live duck once. Everything but
the beak and the feet."
"Exactly" Peter said, ecstatic Lucius wasn't killing him.
"What's in it for you?" Lucius asked, looking suspisious.
"Oh, hey, nothing' man. Purely good will on my part." He said, leaving as fast as he could
"I have a dick on my face, don't I?" He asks Remus as he sat down.
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Peter stands at the sink in the boys lavatory, trying to scrub Lucius's artwork off his face as Remus watches.
"You got him involved?" Remus asked, astounded Peter would do something like that.
"Like we had a choice? We let him pretend he's calling the shots, and while he's busy setting up the plan, you have time to woo Violet." Peter said
Remus grins and puts an arm around him
"You're one brilliant guy" He says
Peter laughs openly. "That's something no one has ever said to be before." He said, continuing scubbing.
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I know, it's a lot shorter than the first chapter, I'll have another one up as soon as I get a few reviews for this one. ~~Mystery
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Chapter 2- The Plan
Lily and Macey walk toward Gryffindor Common Room after classes are over. Lucius is further down the hall, headed towards them, he looks at Lily with discuss.
" The vintage look is over, Lily." He said, remarking her granny-style dress. "Haven't you been reading your Witch Weekly?"
"Yeah, and I noticed the only part of you featured in your big 'model' spread was your elbow. Tough break." Lily said.
"They're running the rest of me next month." Lucius said, practically spitting.
He walks down the hall as the girls glare at his backside.
"The people at this school are so incredibly foul." Lily said, still watching Lucius.
"You could always go with me. I'm sure William has some friends." Macey said, referring to her dream of dyeing to be with William Shakespeare.
They watch Lucius's stop to talk to Violet and April as they walk toward the Common Room.
"Need an escort to your House ladies?" Lucius asks Violet and April.
Violet and April both grab one of Lucius' arms and they walk past Lily and Macey without so much of a look.
Macey lowers her sunglasses as they walk past.
"That's a charming new development." She said sarcastically.
Lily doesn't answer, but continues to walk.
Peter crosses in front of them, not seeing them he runs into Lily, then falls on the floor.
"Watch where you're going fag!" She yelled angrily, then stormed past him.
Remus rushes over to help Peter up.
"You all right?" He asks, offering a hand.
Peter takes it and hauls himself to his feet.
"Yeah, just a minor encounter with the shrew." Peter said coldly.
"That's her?" Remus asked in astonishment. "Violet 's sister?"
"The mewling, rampalian wretch herself." Peter said quietly, feeling braver now that Lily was gone.
"See you later." Peter said, walking away, leaving Remus to ponder this newly found knowledge.
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Later that day Lily knocked on the 4th year girl's dormitory door.
"Who is it?" Came the voice of her sister.
"Who do you think is?" Lily said, irritated.
"What do you want." Violet asked, obviously annoyed.
"Dad sent a letter." She answered; Violet opened the door abruptly.
"You didn't" She spat at Lily, grabbing the parchment in her hands and skimming it.
"I don't like it any more than you do, but Dad said to tell him everything that goes on." She said, and smiling, she left the room.
Violet flung herself on the bed and began reading the letter, skipping the first park that was addressed to Lily.
Dearest Violet,
Your sister tells me you let a boy walk you to your Common Room today, you know better thank that. You know my rules, and at school or at home they must be followed. I have come up with something that will make everyone happy. You're not dating until your sister starts dating. End of discussion. I know what you're thinking, what if she never starts dating, then neither will you. And I'll get to sleep at night.
She stopped reading there and began sobbing into her pillow, it wasn't fair her sister was a freak, she was popular, boys wanted to go out with her, and she couldn't because her sister hated boys. Remembering herself she dried her eyes and straitened herself up, talking one last look in the mirror she headed towards the library.
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Remus sits with an empty chair beside him, reading. Violet arrives in a flurry of blonde hair.
"Can we make this quick?" She asks, sitting down. "Roxanne Korrine and Andrew Barrett are having an incredibly horrendous public break- up on the pitch. Again.
Remus stares at her for a second, then, regaining his composure, clears his throat.
"Well, I thought we'd start with pronunciation, if that's okay with you." He said
"Not the hacking and gagging and spitting part. Please." Violet says, looking over her shoulder and out the window.
Remus looked down. "Okay... then how 'bout we try out some French cuisine. Saturday? Night?" He asked, hopefully.
Violet smiles slowly. "You're asking me out. That's so cute. What's your name again?" She asked, as if a eight-year-old were asking her out.
Remus blushed. "Forget it." He said quickly.
"No, no, it's my fault -- we didn't have a proper introduction ---" Violet said, waving her hand dismissingly.
"Remus." He said.
"The thing is, Remus" Violet said slowly " I'm at the mercy of a particularly hideous breed of loser. My sister. I can't date until she does." She said, obviously discussed by the whole ordeal.
"Seems like she could get a date easy enough..." Remus said.
She fingers a lock of her hair, not noticing how Remus was practically drooling.
"The problem is, she's completely anti-social." She said.
'Why?" Remus asked.
"Unsolved mystery. " She said, shrugging. "She used to be really popular when she started high school, then it was just like she got of it or something."
"That's a shame." Remus said
She reaches out and touches his arm.
"Gosh, if only we could find Lily a boyfriend..." She said hopefully.
"Let me see what I can do." Remus said, oblivious to how blind he is.
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The next day in Transfiguring Remus had just told Peter his luck in the library.
"You're in school for one day and you ask out the most beautiful girl? Do you have no concept of the schools social code?" Peter asks, trying to turn a frog into a chair.
Remus just grins.
" I teach her French, get to know her, dazzle her with charm and she falls in love with me." He said plainly.
"Unlikely, but even so, she still can't go out with you. So what's the point?" Peter asked as he failed to transfigure the frog.
Remus motions with his head toward James, a few seats away. He's transfiguring his frog into anything that pops into his mind at the moment.
"What about him?" Remus asks
"You wanna go out with him?" Peter asks, obviously confused.
The others around them raise their eyebrows.
" No" Remus said impatiently "He could wrangle with the sister."
Peter looks even more confused.
"What makes you think he'll do it?" He asks
"He seems like he thrives on danger' Remus said, matter-of-factly.
" No kidding." Peter said, shivering. "He's a criminal. I heard he lit a state trooper on fire. He just got out of Azkaban..."
"They always let felons sit in on Advance Transfiguring?" Remus asked
" I'm serious, man, he's whacked. He sold his own liver on the black market so he could buy a new broom." Peter said, his breathing irregular.
"Forget his reputation." Remus said, rolling his eyes. "Do you think we've got a plan or not?"
"Did she actually say she'd go out with you?" Peter asked, disbelievingly.
"That's what I just said" Remus said
Peter thought for a moment, which looked very painful.
"You know, if you do go out with Violet, you'd be set. You'd outrank everyone. Strictly A-list. With me by your side." He said
" I thought you hated those people." Remus said, surprised.
"Hey -- I've gotta have a few connections to get a job." Peter said.
"So now all we gotta do is talk to him." Remus said, pointing at James, who is now torturing his frog with fire from his wand.
" I'll let you handle that." Peter said, visibly shaking.
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James sits in Herbology with Scurvy, carving something that looks like a machete out of a stick.
Remus approaches, smiling way too big to be real.
"Hey, there" Remus says
In response, James waves his stick in Remus' direction, making him jump back.
"Later, then. " Remus said, trying to play it cool.
Peter watches, shaking his head.
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Lucius and his pals take turns carving non-appropriate gestures in the Slytherine table's wood.
Peter walks up and sits between them, shaking visibly/
"Hey." Peter said, his voice shaking.
"Are you lost?" Lucius asks, his stare cold.
" Nope - just came by to chat" Peter said, trying to act normal.
"We don't chat."
" Well, actually, I thought I'd run an idea by you. You know, just to see if your interested."
"We're not."He grabs Peter by the side of his head and starts drawing on his face with a quill.
"Hear me out." Peter said, grimacing and cowering at the same time. "You want Violet don't you?"
Lucius stops drawing, sits back and laughs.
" But she can't go out with you because =her sister is this insane head case and no one will go out with her. right?" Peter asks, continuing.
"Does this conversation have a purpose?" Lucius cut in.
"So what you need to do is recruit a guy who'll go out with her." Peter said, his voice squeaking. "Someone who's up for the job." Peter points to the Gryffindor Table at James, who makes a disgusted face at his food before he rises and throws it at a nerdy 7th year Hufflepuff.
"That guy?" Lucius asks, nodding at James. "I heard he ate a live duck once. Everything but
the beak and the feet."
"Exactly" Peter said, ecstatic Lucius wasn't killing him.
"What's in it for you?" Lucius asked, looking suspisious.
"Oh, hey, nothing' man. Purely good will on my part." He said, leaving as fast as he could
"I have a dick on my face, don't I?" He asks Remus as he sat down.
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Peter stands at the sink in the boys lavatory, trying to scrub Lucius's artwork off his face as Remus watches.
"You got him involved?" Remus asked, astounded Peter would do something like that.
"Like we had a choice? We let him pretend he's calling the shots, and while he's busy setting up the plan, you have time to woo Violet." Peter said
Remus grins and puts an arm around him
"You're one brilliant guy" He says
Peter laughs openly. "That's something no one has ever said to be before." He said, continuing scubbing.
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I know, it's a lot shorter than the first chapter, I'll have another one up as soon as I get a few reviews for this one. ~~Mystery