Author's Note: All right, obviously the Alabamans are only reading the seventh chapter and they choose to remain anonymous so that there's no way I can contact them to set them straight. As a reminder, I have family in AL, and I am basing this on someone I met once, and most of all... I AM A SOUTHERNER! I am poking fun at my own culture, you know! Argh. Anyway, if you leave anonymous comments, I shall delete them. But I am philosophical; after all, if you don't get a few flames, it means you aren't making an impact.
CHAPTER ELEVEN-- THE KISS
Millie leaned ever closer, and Remus stared, in wide-eyed shock. Sirius tried to stifle a giggle. Peter was squinting, trying to see what was going on. "Curse my dependence on eye-charms," he muttered.
"Shut up, Wormtail!" Sirius hissed.
Meanwhile, Remus was beginning to panic. "Millie!" he exclaimed in a rather panicky voice. Panicking.
"Yes?" she asked sweetly.
"Erm, what are you doing?"
"Why, I am merely expressing my love for you," she replied, blinking rather often.
"Well, I am very, um, honored. But!" Remus added quickly, "But, I'm afraid that I do not reciprocate those feelings."
"Wh-what?"
"Reciprocate. It means--"
"I know what reciprocate means, you idiot!" Millie snapped. In the bushes nearby, Sirius stifled a laugh. Above, Tinkerbell flew by, distracting Sirius effectively.
"Oh. Well, erm--"
Remus was cut off by a tall, dark, and fairly handsome, he supposed, man. "Millicent!" the man cried.
His clothes were cut remarkably like the Armani suit worn by some guy in one of Lily's fashion magazines. Not, mind you, that Remus was looking.
Millie turned up her nose at the man. "Rhett," she said in a dignified voice, "I do not care to speak to you."
"Oh, Millicent!" he cried.
Remus looked curiously from one person to the other. "May I ask a question here?" he asked politely.
"Whatever," Rhett said distractedly, kissing Millie's hand.
"Who are you?"
Rhett started to answer and then his eyes turned red. "Who am I?" he repeated dreamily. "I am no one. No one, that is, without the love of my life that is the fair, beautiful, charmingly-voiced Millicent!" He sniffled. "Who are you?"
"Er..."
"He is my new love!" Millie said rudely. "And although he does not reciprocate my feelings, they do not change!" She flung her arms around Remus, who really wished he'd stayed in England, where he belonged.
"Curse my dependence on eye-charms!" Peter exclaimed again, with more sincerity. He pointed his wand at his face and promptly gave himself pinkeye.
"Shhhh!" Sirius hissed.
~
Meanwhile, James and Lily having the time of their lives watching the fireworks. No, not the fireworks over at Remus and Millie's piece of ground, but the normal ones.
James leaned over and kissed Lily just as a red, heart-shaped firework exploded above their heads. And since I don't write PG-13 romance, we'll stop there and run back over to Remus.
~
"WHAT?" Rhett exploded, not unlike the fireworks above. "Your-- your NEW LOVE?" Out of nowhere, he pulled out a deck of cards and thrust it in Remus' face. "Choose--your--card!" he hissed menacingly.
Sirius leaned in closer to hear and see better.
"My what?"
"CARD, card, you fool!"
"Oh. Right." Remus drew a card.
"Now," Rhett continued, "we-shall-DUEL!"
Millie gasped. "Nooooo! Rhett! Don't be rash! Think with your head, not your heart!" she wept. It was all really rather touching and angsty.
"Erm... I'm not from the United States, could you explain what you mean?" Remus asked nervously, bewildered by what he thought duelling was, but inexplicably holding a Jack of Spades in his hand.
Rhett grinned maliciously. "Whoever has the highest card," he said softly, "wins Millie."
Millie sobbed.
"And whoever has the lower card?" Remus swallowed. He hoped he could excape with his life.
"Has to live with the fact that he did not win the most beautiful, charmingly-voiced woman on God's good, green earth!" Rhett finished triumphantly. At that moment, thunder crashed overhead. It was very ominous. The fireworks stopped, and the costumed creatures began to run to their trailers, griping about impossible work conditions. Remus, Millie, Rhett, Sirius and Peter all sat spellbound, however.
Remus lay down his card, which was, if you'll recall, the Jack of Spades. Rhett paled slightly, but drew steadily.
Rhett closed his eyes and threw down his card. Millie gasped. Rhett fainted. And Remus just sat there, relieved.
It was the Ace of Diamonds.
~~~
Wow, can you feel the drama or what?
CHAPTER ELEVEN-- THE KISS
Millie leaned ever closer, and Remus stared, in wide-eyed shock. Sirius tried to stifle a giggle. Peter was squinting, trying to see what was going on. "Curse my dependence on eye-charms," he muttered.
"Shut up, Wormtail!" Sirius hissed.
Meanwhile, Remus was beginning to panic. "Millie!" he exclaimed in a rather panicky voice. Panicking.
"Yes?" she asked sweetly.
"Erm, what are you doing?"
"Why, I am merely expressing my love for you," she replied, blinking rather often.
"Well, I am very, um, honored. But!" Remus added quickly, "But, I'm afraid that I do not reciprocate those feelings."
"Wh-what?"
"Reciprocate. It means--"
"I know what reciprocate means, you idiot!" Millie snapped. In the bushes nearby, Sirius stifled a laugh. Above, Tinkerbell flew by, distracting Sirius effectively.
"Oh. Well, erm--"
Remus was cut off by a tall, dark, and fairly handsome, he supposed, man. "Millicent!" the man cried.
His clothes were cut remarkably like the Armani suit worn by some guy in one of Lily's fashion magazines. Not, mind you, that Remus was looking.
Millie turned up her nose at the man. "Rhett," she said in a dignified voice, "I do not care to speak to you."
"Oh, Millicent!" he cried.
Remus looked curiously from one person to the other. "May I ask a question here?" he asked politely.
"Whatever," Rhett said distractedly, kissing Millie's hand.
"Who are you?"
Rhett started to answer and then his eyes turned red. "Who am I?" he repeated dreamily. "I am no one. No one, that is, without the love of my life that is the fair, beautiful, charmingly-voiced Millicent!" He sniffled. "Who are you?"
"Er..."
"He is my new love!" Millie said rudely. "And although he does not reciprocate my feelings, they do not change!" She flung her arms around Remus, who really wished he'd stayed in England, where he belonged.
"Curse my dependence on eye-charms!" Peter exclaimed again, with more sincerity. He pointed his wand at his face and promptly gave himself pinkeye.
"Shhhh!" Sirius hissed.
~
Meanwhile, James and Lily having the time of their lives watching the fireworks. No, not the fireworks over at Remus and Millie's piece of ground, but the normal ones.
James leaned over and kissed Lily just as a red, heart-shaped firework exploded above their heads. And since I don't write PG-13 romance, we'll stop there and run back over to Remus.
~
"WHAT?" Rhett exploded, not unlike the fireworks above. "Your-- your NEW LOVE?" Out of nowhere, he pulled out a deck of cards and thrust it in Remus' face. "Choose--your--card!" he hissed menacingly.
Sirius leaned in closer to hear and see better.
"My what?"
"CARD, card, you fool!"
"Oh. Right." Remus drew a card.
"Now," Rhett continued, "we-shall-DUEL!"
Millie gasped. "Nooooo! Rhett! Don't be rash! Think with your head, not your heart!" she wept. It was all really rather touching and angsty.
"Erm... I'm not from the United States, could you explain what you mean?" Remus asked nervously, bewildered by what he thought duelling was, but inexplicably holding a Jack of Spades in his hand.
Rhett grinned maliciously. "Whoever has the highest card," he said softly, "wins Millie."
Millie sobbed.
"And whoever has the lower card?" Remus swallowed. He hoped he could excape with his life.
"Has to live with the fact that he did not win the most beautiful, charmingly-voiced woman on God's good, green earth!" Rhett finished triumphantly. At that moment, thunder crashed overhead. It was very ominous. The fireworks stopped, and the costumed creatures began to run to their trailers, griping about impossible work conditions. Remus, Millie, Rhett, Sirius and Peter all sat spellbound, however.
Remus lay down his card, which was, if you'll recall, the Jack of Spades. Rhett paled slightly, but drew steadily.
Rhett closed his eyes and threw down his card. Millie gasped. Rhett fainted. And Remus just sat there, relieved.
It was the Ace of Diamonds.
~~~
Wow, can you feel the drama or what?