A.N. All is revealed from last chapter.
Chapter 9
Lily sat on her bed and let the tears flow.
*Stupid Lily stupid stupid stupid!* she thought to herself.
*Why would he truly fall for you if he can have some one like Faye or Vanessa.*
Clarrisa and Rachel entered Lily's room to see her sitting on her bed with her knees pulled up and tears running down her face.
"Lil are you ok?" Asked Clarrisa.
Rachel rolled her eyes and glared at her.
"Oh right! Do you want to talk about it?" Said Clarrisa; picking up that obviously she wasn't alright.
"He was being so nice and I let him kiss me. I knew what a bastard he was and I let him kiss me." Sobbed Lily; looking at her friends through her tears.
"If it's any constellation we got the wool pulled over our eyes too." Said Rachel sympathetically.
Lily let out a small, sad laugh and replied "It's good to know we're all blind to love."
Rachel smiled and shook her head as she went to sit next to Lily. Clarrisa sat down on Lily's other side and both girls wrapped their arms around their friend.
"Sshhhh hun! Just act like it never happened and act as though it hasn't effected you. You do it all the time to other boys." Whispered Rachel in Lily's ear.
****
"James, Sirius what we did was stupid! I told you we shouldn't have taken the bet but noooo you just had to prove that you were manly." Remus yelled at his two friends.
"We know Remus we know. You don't have to tell us we're stupid we already bloody know." Spat back Sirius who was pacing around James' room.
After the three boys had left the ball they had come to James' room to discuss things but at the rate Sirius and Remus were going they would never get round to discussing anything.
"Sirius! Remus! If I recall the reason we're here is to discuss what to do about the problem at hand!" James shouted snapping under the pressure.
"Sorry." Muttered both boys and they sat down.
"Now! We all agree that taking that bet from Cane was stupid right?" Asked James.
"Right!"
"Ok. And we all agree that we a.) have to find a way to get back at Cane for blackmailing us into this and b.) find a way to say we're are sorry to the offended party. OK?"
"Yes!" Both Remus and Sirius answered.
"You know James I've never heard you use such big words. Have you been reading the dictionary again?" Said Remus in all seriousness.
Sirius broke down laughing.
James gave him a blackening look and Said to Remus "No actually. I heard it on a T.V. show so there!"
****
The next morning was the first for most of the Hogwarts students and they were all excited. The marauder's seemed to be pretending last nights events didn't happen and Lily, Clarrisa and Rachel followed their plan of ignorance as well.
James, Sirius and Remus were sitting at the table in the large modern kitchen, when Lily and her friends came in.
"Ok what do you want to do today?" Lily asked her brother who had come in with them and was sitting next to Remus, as she got out a jar of peanut butter.
"I don't mind" He said flicking through a magazine.
Lily opened the jar and put her knife in only to find there wasn't any left.
"Cal you've run out of peanut butter."
"What do you mean I've run out? You're then one who eats it."
"Geeze picky picky." Muttered Lily.
"Anyway why are you telling me?"
"You're the one who has the money and buys everything."
"Only, because you managed to get me to sign the deeds to our part of the house, when I was bloody drunk." Cal murmured.
Lily got an innocent look on her face "Are you accusing me of taking advantage of you when you were in an unfit state?"
"No I'm saying when I was pissed you got me to sign something which I wouldn't have done otherwise."
Lily rolled her eyes and dropped the empty jar into the bin.
"I think we should play croquet." Said Lily looking in the cupboard for another type of spread.
Cal gave Lily a grotesque look. "Croquet. Lily are you trying to turn us gay?"
"I'll pretend you didn't say that," Said Lily absently finding a jar in jerkins.
"How about tennis?" Suggested Clarrisa; entering the conversation.
"Great idea!" Lily said with a smile.
Cal groaned.
"Don't do that. The only reason you don't like it is because I always beat you!" Said Lily; giving her brother a patronising look.
"Errmm...what's tennis?" Remus asked avoiding looking at Clarrisa who was also trying to avoid eye contact with him.
"It's a muggle game where you have a racket and a small ball. We'll show you when we play." Lily said looking between her best friend and Remus. It was so obvious that Remus was really sorry and he liked Clarrisa.
*Time to play Cupid.* Thought Lily.
"Do you want something to eat?" Rachel asked the boys with slight coldness.
Cal looked up and said "pancakes!" with a grin.
"Oh god..." Grumbled Lily.
"Come on Lils you make the best pancakes in the world."
Cal, Clarrisa and Rachel were practically on their knees begging before she gave in. "Fine! But you are all helping."
"YEY!!!" Shouted the three grovlers (A.N. is that a word? Oh well it is now.) getting up from their places on the floor.
Lily began to take out the equipment.
****
Three minutes into the pancake making process trouble began.
"So this is flour. Hhhmmm interesting reminds me of ground fossilised phoenix pooh." Said Remus; happily looking at the flour.
Everyone looked at him and then down at their bowls of flour. Each one of them backed away from their mixtures.
"I said it reminded me not that it was! Honestly!"
After this incident they got back to work. Lily was working quietly when
Splat.white floor landed on her head.
Lily glared round looking for the perpetrator.
"Strangely enough I am not amused." Growled Lily. Her eyes rested on Cal who was trying desperately not to laugh.
"CCCAAAALLL!!!!!" Screamed Lily grabbing some of her own flour and began to chase him round the kitchen.
In a matter of seconds everyone except for Sirius had joined in.
Ten minutes later all of them were covered in flour and exhausted.
"Sirius why didn't you join in? Usually you jump at the chance of a food fight." James said looking over at Sirius who was clutching his bowl of pancake mixture.
"What and ruin all my hard work I don't think so!" He cried out in outrage.
"Who would of guessed that Sirius was a softy for cooking." Lily whispered in Rachel's ear with a smile.
"Mmmm..." Murmured Rachel gazing at Sirius with a slightly star struck look.
*God I am good two friends in one day. I have set them up with their future husbands. God I should be given cupids job. Wait a sec aren't they the friends of my worst enemy? Damn!*
"Sirius would you like to try and cook the pancakes?" Lily questioned as though he was a two year old.
"Yes please." Sirius replied sullenly. "Please could you tell me how to work the cooker?"
Lily smiled and proceeded to explain how to work it.
****
Thirty pancakes later all the students were ready in tennis clothes including those who had previously not been in the kitchen.
All of then walked to the courts.
"Okay people. This game is brutal only the best survive! Half of you girly wimps won't get through the first game let alone a whole day of matches..." Shouted Clarrisa.
"Oh God She's gone into major general mode again.." Muttered Rachel to Lily.
Clarrisa swung her racket up under her arm like a baton.
"There are only rules to live by out in the wild! ONE...." Clarrisa proceeded to explain the game. "Do you understand!?"
They all muttered yes.
"I said do you understand!?" Shouted Clarrisa.
"Yes SIR err MAM!" Everybody shouted.
Clarrisa split then in to doubles teams and paired them up in games.
"Lets move it soldiers!"
"Errm Clarrisa you aren't a general in the army! Snap out of it." Lily said snapping her fingers in front of Clarrisa's face.
"Oh right." Clarrisa said blushing.
****
Clarrisa was paired with Cal against Sirius and James.
"So I throw the ball in the air and hit?" Asked Sirius for the third time.
"Yes." Clarrisa replied becoming inpatient.
"So I throw this ball in the air and hit it with this giant and funny shaped beaters bat?"
"For the last bloody time YES."
"So I hit this ball with this.."
"Sirius just shut up and serve!"
"Right and I do that how?" Sirius questioned looking very confused.
"EEEhhhhhh!!!!" Cried Clarrisa in frustration; hitting her head against her racket.
"You know you shouldn't do that you could get brain damage!" Sirius said.
Clarrisa gave him a withering glare.
****
Over on the next court were Lily and Faye against Remus and Jackie.
"Faye!" Snapped Lily. "I don't give a bloody damn about your nails. All I am asking is for you to hit the friggin ball!"
"Lily I have already told you that once my nails have dried that I will hit the ball. Honestly you could try and be a little patient I mean it is dry in 60 seconds nail polish."
"I know it's dry in 60seconds nail polish but you keep adding another bloody coat once it's dried!"
Remus and Jackie looked at Faye and Lily wondering if Clarrisa had been out of her mind when she had paired them up together.
"Do you think we're ever going to start playing?" Jackie asked.
"Probably.. in a few minutes." Remus said.
A loud scream came from the other side of the court. Remus and Jackie looked over. Lily and Faye had grabbed each other by the hair and were rolling around on the floor.
"I've re thought that question and now my answer is no not in a million years."
****
On the last court there seemed to be the only game that was going on. Rachel was paired up with Callum and they were playing against Vanessa and Josh.
The game seemed to be going fine and the ball was whizzing between the courts; only problem was that it also seemed to be between only two players.
"Take that slut queen." Rachel yelled as she hit the ball to the other side of the net.
"Some one call the fashion police there is a long time offender here of the fashion code!" Vanessa cried back as she hit it back.
"What fashion code is that? Whores 'R' us or New Slut?"
"I hope your customer's pay you well for the favours you do them otherwise you would be broke!"
The ball was moving faster and faster.
"Hey Rachel, can I get the next one?"
Rachel ignored Callum's question and carried on playing.
The other games had finished well that is if they had even begun and everyone was crowded around the court.
"Don't you know when to shut up bitch?" Vanessa asked.
"Look who's talking!"
"Eeerrr guys? You can stop now." Cal said. "Guy's?"
The two girls ignored him.
"Hello? I think one of you is going to get.."
THACK THUD " .Hurt." Rachel fell to the ground having been whacked by a tennis ball in the head.
"Oh my God! Rachel? Rachel? Are you ok?" Clarrisa cried out running to her friend's side. (A.N. She seems to ask the same stupid question doesn't she?)
All of the other except for Vanessa ran to Rachel.
"People let her get some air." Sirius said. "Now Rachel. How many fingers am I holding up?" Sirius held up two fingers.
"Ummm two no wait four no.. oh my god their multiplying!" Cried Rachel.
"Oookay. Close enough." Sirius shrugged his shoulders and slid his arms under her so he could carry her.
Everyone traipsed back to the house.
"HEY!!! Isn't anyone going to congratulate me on my win?" Vanessa cried out in despair.
"I thought you did great!" Jackie said with a smile.
Vanessa glared at her and snarled.
Chapter 9
Lily sat on her bed and let the tears flow.
*Stupid Lily stupid stupid stupid!* she thought to herself.
*Why would he truly fall for you if he can have some one like Faye or Vanessa.*
Clarrisa and Rachel entered Lily's room to see her sitting on her bed with her knees pulled up and tears running down her face.
"Lil are you ok?" Asked Clarrisa.
Rachel rolled her eyes and glared at her.
"Oh right! Do you want to talk about it?" Said Clarrisa; picking up that obviously she wasn't alright.
"He was being so nice and I let him kiss me. I knew what a bastard he was and I let him kiss me." Sobbed Lily; looking at her friends through her tears.
"If it's any constellation we got the wool pulled over our eyes too." Said Rachel sympathetically.
Lily let out a small, sad laugh and replied "It's good to know we're all blind to love."
Rachel smiled and shook her head as she went to sit next to Lily. Clarrisa sat down on Lily's other side and both girls wrapped their arms around their friend.
"Sshhhh hun! Just act like it never happened and act as though it hasn't effected you. You do it all the time to other boys." Whispered Rachel in Lily's ear.
****
"James, Sirius what we did was stupid! I told you we shouldn't have taken the bet but noooo you just had to prove that you were manly." Remus yelled at his two friends.
"We know Remus we know. You don't have to tell us we're stupid we already bloody know." Spat back Sirius who was pacing around James' room.
After the three boys had left the ball they had come to James' room to discuss things but at the rate Sirius and Remus were going they would never get round to discussing anything.
"Sirius! Remus! If I recall the reason we're here is to discuss what to do about the problem at hand!" James shouted snapping under the pressure.
"Sorry." Muttered both boys and they sat down.
"Now! We all agree that taking that bet from Cane was stupid right?" Asked James.
"Right!"
"Ok. And we all agree that we a.) have to find a way to get back at Cane for blackmailing us into this and b.) find a way to say we're are sorry to the offended party. OK?"
"Yes!" Both Remus and Sirius answered.
"You know James I've never heard you use such big words. Have you been reading the dictionary again?" Said Remus in all seriousness.
Sirius broke down laughing.
James gave him a blackening look and Said to Remus "No actually. I heard it on a T.V. show so there!"
****
The next morning was the first for most of the Hogwarts students and they were all excited. The marauder's seemed to be pretending last nights events didn't happen and Lily, Clarrisa and Rachel followed their plan of ignorance as well.
James, Sirius and Remus were sitting at the table in the large modern kitchen, when Lily and her friends came in.
"Ok what do you want to do today?" Lily asked her brother who had come in with them and was sitting next to Remus, as she got out a jar of peanut butter.
"I don't mind" He said flicking through a magazine.
Lily opened the jar and put her knife in only to find there wasn't any left.
"Cal you've run out of peanut butter."
"What do you mean I've run out? You're then one who eats it."
"Geeze picky picky." Muttered Lily.
"Anyway why are you telling me?"
"You're the one who has the money and buys everything."
"Only, because you managed to get me to sign the deeds to our part of the house, when I was bloody drunk." Cal murmured.
Lily got an innocent look on her face "Are you accusing me of taking advantage of you when you were in an unfit state?"
"No I'm saying when I was pissed you got me to sign something which I wouldn't have done otherwise."
Lily rolled her eyes and dropped the empty jar into the bin.
"I think we should play croquet." Said Lily looking in the cupboard for another type of spread.
Cal gave Lily a grotesque look. "Croquet. Lily are you trying to turn us gay?"
"I'll pretend you didn't say that," Said Lily absently finding a jar in jerkins.
"How about tennis?" Suggested Clarrisa; entering the conversation.
"Great idea!" Lily said with a smile.
Cal groaned.
"Don't do that. The only reason you don't like it is because I always beat you!" Said Lily; giving her brother a patronising look.
"Errmm...what's tennis?" Remus asked avoiding looking at Clarrisa who was also trying to avoid eye contact with him.
"It's a muggle game where you have a racket and a small ball. We'll show you when we play." Lily said looking between her best friend and Remus. It was so obvious that Remus was really sorry and he liked Clarrisa.
*Time to play Cupid.* Thought Lily.
"Do you want something to eat?" Rachel asked the boys with slight coldness.
Cal looked up and said "pancakes!" with a grin.
"Oh god..." Grumbled Lily.
"Come on Lils you make the best pancakes in the world."
Cal, Clarrisa and Rachel were practically on their knees begging before she gave in. "Fine! But you are all helping."
"YEY!!!" Shouted the three grovlers (A.N. is that a word? Oh well it is now.) getting up from their places on the floor.
Lily began to take out the equipment.
****
Three minutes into the pancake making process trouble began.
"So this is flour. Hhhmmm interesting reminds me of ground fossilised phoenix pooh." Said Remus; happily looking at the flour.
Everyone looked at him and then down at their bowls of flour. Each one of them backed away from their mixtures.
"I said it reminded me not that it was! Honestly!"
After this incident they got back to work. Lily was working quietly when
Splat.white floor landed on her head.
Lily glared round looking for the perpetrator.
"Strangely enough I am not amused." Growled Lily. Her eyes rested on Cal who was trying desperately not to laugh.
"CCCAAAALLL!!!!!" Screamed Lily grabbing some of her own flour and began to chase him round the kitchen.
In a matter of seconds everyone except for Sirius had joined in.
Ten minutes later all of them were covered in flour and exhausted.
"Sirius why didn't you join in? Usually you jump at the chance of a food fight." James said looking over at Sirius who was clutching his bowl of pancake mixture.
"What and ruin all my hard work I don't think so!" He cried out in outrage.
"Who would of guessed that Sirius was a softy for cooking." Lily whispered in Rachel's ear with a smile.
"Mmmm..." Murmured Rachel gazing at Sirius with a slightly star struck look.
*God I am good two friends in one day. I have set them up with their future husbands. God I should be given cupids job. Wait a sec aren't they the friends of my worst enemy? Damn!*
"Sirius would you like to try and cook the pancakes?" Lily questioned as though he was a two year old.
"Yes please." Sirius replied sullenly. "Please could you tell me how to work the cooker?"
Lily smiled and proceeded to explain how to work it.
****
Thirty pancakes later all the students were ready in tennis clothes including those who had previously not been in the kitchen.
All of then walked to the courts.
"Okay people. This game is brutal only the best survive! Half of you girly wimps won't get through the first game let alone a whole day of matches..." Shouted Clarrisa.
"Oh God She's gone into major general mode again.." Muttered Rachel to Lily.
Clarrisa swung her racket up under her arm like a baton.
"There are only rules to live by out in the wild! ONE...." Clarrisa proceeded to explain the game. "Do you understand!?"
They all muttered yes.
"I said do you understand!?" Shouted Clarrisa.
"Yes SIR err MAM!" Everybody shouted.
Clarrisa split then in to doubles teams and paired them up in games.
"Lets move it soldiers!"
"Errm Clarrisa you aren't a general in the army! Snap out of it." Lily said snapping her fingers in front of Clarrisa's face.
"Oh right." Clarrisa said blushing.
****
Clarrisa was paired with Cal against Sirius and James.
"So I throw the ball in the air and hit?" Asked Sirius for the third time.
"Yes." Clarrisa replied becoming inpatient.
"So I throw this ball in the air and hit it with this giant and funny shaped beaters bat?"
"For the last bloody time YES."
"So I hit this ball with this.."
"Sirius just shut up and serve!"
"Right and I do that how?" Sirius questioned looking very confused.
"EEEhhhhhh!!!!" Cried Clarrisa in frustration; hitting her head against her racket.
"You know you shouldn't do that you could get brain damage!" Sirius said.
Clarrisa gave him a withering glare.
****
Over on the next court were Lily and Faye against Remus and Jackie.
"Faye!" Snapped Lily. "I don't give a bloody damn about your nails. All I am asking is for you to hit the friggin ball!"
"Lily I have already told you that once my nails have dried that I will hit the ball. Honestly you could try and be a little patient I mean it is dry in 60 seconds nail polish."
"I know it's dry in 60seconds nail polish but you keep adding another bloody coat once it's dried!"
Remus and Jackie looked at Faye and Lily wondering if Clarrisa had been out of her mind when she had paired them up together.
"Do you think we're ever going to start playing?" Jackie asked.
"Probably.. in a few minutes." Remus said.
A loud scream came from the other side of the court. Remus and Jackie looked over. Lily and Faye had grabbed each other by the hair and were rolling around on the floor.
"I've re thought that question and now my answer is no not in a million years."
****
On the last court there seemed to be the only game that was going on. Rachel was paired up with Callum and they were playing against Vanessa and Josh.
The game seemed to be going fine and the ball was whizzing between the courts; only problem was that it also seemed to be between only two players.
"Take that slut queen." Rachel yelled as she hit the ball to the other side of the net.
"Some one call the fashion police there is a long time offender here of the fashion code!" Vanessa cried back as she hit it back.
"What fashion code is that? Whores 'R' us or New Slut?"
"I hope your customer's pay you well for the favours you do them otherwise you would be broke!"
The ball was moving faster and faster.
"Hey Rachel, can I get the next one?"
Rachel ignored Callum's question and carried on playing.
The other games had finished well that is if they had even begun and everyone was crowded around the court.
"Don't you know when to shut up bitch?" Vanessa asked.
"Look who's talking!"
"Eeerrr guys? You can stop now." Cal said. "Guy's?"
The two girls ignored him.
"Hello? I think one of you is going to get.."
THACK THUD " .Hurt." Rachel fell to the ground having been whacked by a tennis ball in the head.
"Oh my God! Rachel? Rachel? Are you ok?" Clarrisa cried out running to her friend's side. (A.N. She seems to ask the same stupid question doesn't she?)
All of the other except for Vanessa ran to Rachel.
"People let her get some air." Sirius said. "Now Rachel. How many fingers am I holding up?" Sirius held up two fingers.
"Ummm two no wait four no.. oh my god their multiplying!" Cried Rachel.
"Oookay. Close enough." Sirius shrugged his shoulders and slid his arms under her so he could carry her.
Everyone traipsed back to the house.
"HEY!!! Isn't anyone going to congratulate me on my win?" Vanessa cried out in despair.
"I thought you did great!" Jackie said with a smile.
Vanessa glared at her and snarled.