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James slammed down his book in exasperation, the level of noise in the Gryffindor common room made studying impossible. Even though it was only the second week of school, his professors had felt the urge to jump right into their units and James found himself swamped with homework.
Sirius sat on the couch next to him deeply immersed in a chess match with Remus. He had been caught cheating during the first round by Remus and was now scowling deeply. Probably, James thought, because the game was not in his favour.
"Check, mate." Remus said grinning as he moved his knight into the square that formerly been occupied by Sirius' king.
"Either of you planning to do any homework?" James asked.
"Yeah, I'll get around to it eventually," Remus said as he packed up the chess board.
"Why bother." Sirius snapped moodily, "I'll never finish it all, so I might as well not do any of it, that way the teachers don't think I'm playing favourites."
"I don't think that's a very good philosophy." said a girlish voice behind them.
The boys whirled around. A short girl stood frowning at them, her hair was in neat briads and her eyes were locked on Sirius. James could detect a definite look of displeasure in her green eyes.
"Excuse me," said Sirius irritably, "But I was talking to James, not you."
"Well!" huffed the girl her cheeks going red, "If your going to talk loud enough for the whole common room to hear, you have to be ready to allow someone else to join your conversation!"
"No one else has!" Sirius yelled, "They all know to mind their own bloody business!"
"Don't shout at me! I've a right to enter any conversation I've a mind too.6" The girl hollered, projecting her voice loud enough for everyone to hear, all of Gryffindor house turned to stare.
"I'LL SHOUT AT YOU IF I WANT TO, BITCH!" Sirius hollered back rising from the couch, "WHY DON'T YOU JUST PISS OFF, YOU LITTLE COW!"
Remus got up and pulled Sirius back down onto the couch, "Sirius, shut up, act your age."
"Well then, tell that little she devil to." Sirius mumbled
Suddenly, without any warning what so ever, the short girl began to cry. She didn't cry loudly, but tears flowed silently down her cheeks.
James stared horrified, he couldn't help but feel a bit responsible, and he had never seen a girl cry before, "Oh.please.stop." he stammered very unsure of what to say.
Remus took charge of the situation, grabbing Sirius by the collar he hauled him off the couch and ordered, "Apologize to the girl, you've hurt her feelings."
"I don't give a shit." Sirius murmured
James and Remus turned to stare at Sirius, "SIRIUS!" they said together, "APOLOGIZE NOW!"
"Yes, Marissa, I think you ought to, too." this voice was different, it was melodic, it sounded like angel. James turned, it was an angel, his angel, his little red haired angel from the sorting ceremony.
"After all," she continued, brushing a strand of her red hair behind her ears, "You did start the fight by eavesdropping."
"Fine," muttered Marissa giving Sirius a look of pure loathing, "I'm sorry."
Remus kicked Sirius in the leg, "OUCH! I'm sorry too, I guess."
The angel put a hand on her friends' back, and smiled at James (at least James liked to imagine that she had smiled specifically at him) "I'm Lily Evans, and this Marissa Hagman. As we haven't been properly introduced, perhaps we could do that now? It would benefit Missi here, and your friend with the temper, to at least know the names of their new arch enemies." She smiled again, revealing all of her perfect white teeth to James, in a heavenly smile. He stared at those teeth.
"Remus Lupin." Remus stepped forward and looked at Missi, "I'm terribly sorry about my friend, he has no manners. We're trying to educate him, but he's like a puppy - a very slow learner."
Sirius narrowed his eyes at Remus, "Sirius Black, and it is a pleasure to meet you, Miss Evans." it was obvious to everyone that he had skipped out Marissa on purpose.
Lily took this brilliantly, "Pleased to meet you too. This is Missi, I don't believe you addressed her, perhaps you forgot?"
"Yes," said Sirius through gritted teeth, "Nice to meet you, Bitchy? Was it?"
"Pleased to make your acquaintance butthead." Marissa spat.
"Hey, take it easy!" Remus interjected before another harsh word could be said, "We all want to be friends here, declare a truce, if you please?"
"Truce." said Marissa, holding out to her hand to shake Sirius's.
Grudgingly, Sirius took it, "Truce."
"There now," said Lily giving Sirius a warm smile that made James' stomach do a flip, "That wasn't so bad, was it?"
She looked at James, "What's your name, then?"
"Umm.Umm." James felt like an idiot, but he couldn't concentrate on her question, only the beautiful lips that formed it.
"His name is James Potter and he likes you." Sirius supplied helpfully, then looking at Remus with a mischievous glint in his eye, he said, "He's like a puppy - we're trying to teach him how to answer simple questions, but he's such a slow learner."
Lily giggled, "Does he now? Well I must confess, I'm honoured. James, do you think you could explain the potions homework to me? Over there?" She pointed to a couch on the other side of the common room.
"Yes!" said James quickly, very quickly.
"Thanks! I'll owe you one. Get your stuff and meet me over there.". James went bright red. Lily and Marissa returned to the other side of the common room, leaving James to gave up his materials.
"Not bad, Potter." Sirius commented, "Second week of school, and you've already got yourself a girlfriend."
"She's not my girlfriend." James mumbled flushing a deeper shade of red.
"Oh, but she will be." Sirius sounded like a prophet of doom, "She likes you, I can see it."
"Shut up, Sirius." James finished packing up and ambled over to the other side of the room.
"He's been bewitched." Sirius said to Remus.
"Poor bastard, he can't even see it happening. There should be a law against the kind of spell Lily's put on him."
Sirius smiled knowingly, "The most powerful spells are the ones that don't require books, wands or cauldrons."
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James slammed down his book in exasperation, the level of noise in the Gryffindor common room made studying impossible. Even though it was only the second week of school, his professors had felt the urge to jump right into their units and James found himself swamped with homework.
Sirius sat on the couch next to him deeply immersed in a chess match with Remus. He had been caught cheating during the first round by Remus and was now scowling deeply. Probably, James thought, because the game was not in his favour.
"Check, mate." Remus said grinning as he moved his knight into the square that formerly been occupied by Sirius' king.
"Either of you planning to do any homework?" James asked.
"Yeah, I'll get around to it eventually," Remus said as he packed up the chess board.
"Why bother." Sirius snapped moodily, "I'll never finish it all, so I might as well not do any of it, that way the teachers don't think I'm playing favourites."
"I don't think that's a very good philosophy." said a girlish voice behind them.
The boys whirled around. A short girl stood frowning at them, her hair was in neat briads and her eyes were locked on Sirius. James could detect a definite look of displeasure in her green eyes.
"Excuse me," said Sirius irritably, "But I was talking to James, not you."
"Well!" huffed the girl her cheeks going red, "If your going to talk loud enough for the whole common room to hear, you have to be ready to allow someone else to join your conversation!"
"No one else has!" Sirius yelled, "They all know to mind their own bloody business!"
"Don't shout at me! I've a right to enter any conversation I've a mind too.6" The girl hollered, projecting her voice loud enough for everyone to hear, all of Gryffindor house turned to stare.
"I'LL SHOUT AT YOU IF I WANT TO, BITCH!" Sirius hollered back rising from the couch, "WHY DON'T YOU JUST PISS OFF, YOU LITTLE COW!"
Remus got up and pulled Sirius back down onto the couch, "Sirius, shut up, act your age."
"Well then, tell that little she devil to." Sirius mumbled
Suddenly, without any warning what so ever, the short girl began to cry. She didn't cry loudly, but tears flowed silently down her cheeks.
James stared horrified, he couldn't help but feel a bit responsible, and he had never seen a girl cry before, "Oh.please.stop." he stammered very unsure of what to say.
Remus took charge of the situation, grabbing Sirius by the collar he hauled him off the couch and ordered, "Apologize to the girl, you've hurt her feelings."
"I don't give a shit." Sirius murmured
James and Remus turned to stare at Sirius, "SIRIUS!" they said together, "APOLOGIZE NOW!"
"Yes, Marissa, I think you ought to, too." this voice was different, it was melodic, it sounded like angel. James turned, it was an angel, his angel, his little red haired angel from the sorting ceremony.
"After all," she continued, brushing a strand of her red hair behind her ears, "You did start the fight by eavesdropping."
"Fine," muttered Marissa giving Sirius a look of pure loathing, "I'm sorry."
Remus kicked Sirius in the leg, "OUCH! I'm sorry too, I guess."
The angel put a hand on her friends' back, and smiled at James (at least James liked to imagine that she had smiled specifically at him) "I'm Lily Evans, and this Marissa Hagman. As we haven't been properly introduced, perhaps we could do that now? It would benefit Missi here, and your friend with the temper, to at least know the names of their new arch enemies." She smiled again, revealing all of her perfect white teeth to James, in a heavenly smile. He stared at those teeth.
"Remus Lupin." Remus stepped forward and looked at Missi, "I'm terribly sorry about my friend, he has no manners. We're trying to educate him, but he's like a puppy - a very slow learner."
Sirius narrowed his eyes at Remus, "Sirius Black, and it is a pleasure to meet you, Miss Evans." it was obvious to everyone that he had skipped out Marissa on purpose.
Lily took this brilliantly, "Pleased to meet you too. This is Missi, I don't believe you addressed her, perhaps you forgot?"
"Yes," said Sirius through gritted teeth, "Nice to meet you, Bitchy? Was it?"
"Pleased to make your acquaintance butthead." Marissa spat.
"Hey, take it easy!" Remus interjected before another harsh word could be said, "We all want to be friends here, declare a truce, if you please?"
"Truce." said Marissa, holding out to her hand to shake Sirius's.
Grudgingly, Sirius took it, "Truce."
"There now," said Lily giving Sirius a warm smile that made James' stomach do a flip, "That wasn't so bad, was it?"
She looked at James, "What's your name, then?"
"Umm.Umm." James felt like an idiot, but he couldn't concentrate on her question, only the beautiful lips that formed it.
"His name is James Potter and he likes you." Sirius supplied helpfully, then looking at Remus with a mischievous glint in his eye, he said, "He's like a puppy - we're trying to teach him how to answer simple questions, but he's such a slow learner."
Lily giggled, "Does he now? Well I must confess, I'm honoured. James, do you think you could explain the potions homework to me? Over there?" She pointed to a couch on the other side of the common room.
"Yes!" said James quickly, very quickly.
"Thanks! I'll owe you one. Get your stuff and meet me over there.". James went bright red. Lily and Marissa returned to the other side of the common room, leaving James to gave up his materials.
"Not bad, Potter." Sirius commented, "Second week of school, and you've already got yourself a girlfriend."
"She's not my girlfriend." James mumbled flushing a deeper shade of red.
"Oh, but she will be." Sirius sounded like a prophet of doom, "She likes you, I can see it."
"Shut up, Sirius." James finished packing up and ambled over to the other side of the room.
"He's been bewitched." Sirius said to Remus.
"Poor bastard, he can't even see it happening. There should be a law against the kind of spell Lily's put on him."
Sirius smiled knowingly, "The most powerful spells are the ones that don't require books, wands or cauldrons."