Marauder Mayhem

A/N: OKAY, NOW THIS CHAPTER WAS VERY HARD FOR ME TO WRITE, SO DON'T BE TOO HARSH, PLEASE. DON'T READ PAST THE LITTLE "3333333..." SYMBOLS (THOSE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HEARTS) IF SEXUAL MATERIAL OFFENDS YOU. IT'S NOT LIKE I DESCRIBE THE ACTUAL SEX, ONLY THE STUFF LEADING UP TO IT, REALLY, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OPTION.

Disclaimer: Yeah, I obviously don't own any HP stuff. you all know that cuz you're not stupid, and even if ya are, it's okay! However, I do own Raven McKinnon and a few other made up characters along the way.

Random Thought #1: Did you like those innuendos last time? Alright, well here's some more: "'He's having a go at my mother!' Seamus yelled." ~JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, page 218. Out of context innuendos are so hilarious!

Random Thought #2: "Harry's heart began to pump very fast indeed. Defense against external penetration?" (page 458) I actually spit out my coffee I was using to keep myself awake all night the first time I read that line.

Songs: Sometimes I have songs that a character is singing or dancing to. In this chapter there is "Tuesday Morning" by Michelle Branch. And I just wanted to mention that I've been keeping track, and November 13th turns out to be a Monday, so this song fits perfectly!

Chapter 31 - November 13th

After dinner, everyone had pulled Raven up to the common room to open her presents. They sat on the floor, amongst the roses that had finally settled to the ground, in her room in a circle, waiting eagerly for her to pick her first present.

Raven crossed her arms in front of her. "It's my birthday and I say I don't have to open them."

"Then we'll keep you awake until midnight and at 12:01 it will no longer be your birthday and we can force you to open them," said Lily mechanically.

Raven laughed. "Oh that's how it's gonna be, hey? Well, it's only 8:00, are you sure you wanna wait that long?" She sighed and picked up a present, surveying it with distrust. James and Sirius gave each other a mischievous wink as she tore open the parcel. She gave a loud shriek and before anyone could see what was inside, she quickly hid it behind her back. She looked directly at James. "You little prick!"

James smiled widely, "Sirius and Lily have already seen it."

"What is it?" asked Remus, interestedly.

"Nothing!"

Sirius quickly reached around her back with one hand and grabbed the picture free while tickling Raven's side with his other hand. He tossed it to Remus.

Remus' mouth dropped open. "Raven, I didn't know you were so...photogenic!"

Raven rolled her eyes. "Somehow I thought you would be above this, Remus Lupin."

Remus winked at Raven and then turned the picture frame around Peter could see it. The picture contained Raven at the age of about 4 or 5, stark naked, and dancing around James in the bathtub with suds flying in all directions of the room. Almost completely covered with bubbles, James was sitting down, applying suds to his chin to make a sort of Dumbledore-like beard.

"James, that is just cruel!" reprimanded Lily.

"Oh come on! She's only like 5 in that picture, she doesn't even have..." He trailed off as Lily gave him and icy stare.

"Give it back!" said Raven, holding her hand out to Remus. She snatched it and threw it under her bed.

"I thought it was cute," said Sirius, winking at her.

"Well I hope you enjoyed it while you could cuz you're never gonna see that again," she teased.

"'Cept for the next time we beat your ass at strip Quiddich," countered Sirius.

"Would you two shut up so she can open her next present?" said Peter.

Sirius gave James a look and then jerked his head toward the door. James took Lily's hand. "Lily, come here for a minute."

"Why? I don't wanna miss Raven opening her presents."

"We'll wait for ya, Lil," said Sirius reassuringly as James led her out of the portrait. As soon as the portrait closed, Sirius reached into a pocket of his robes and handed a package to Raven. "Quick, open this while Lily's gone."

"What are you talking about? You just said we'd--"

"That was the whole point; she can't see this. Just open it. It's from all of us."

Raven took the present and quickly ripped it open, expecting the worst. Into her hands slid a beautiful mirror about the size of a paperback book. "What is it?"

Sirius took Raven's fingertip and put it to her lips. "Say my name."

Raven gave Sirius a confusing look, but said, "Sirius," with her finger still against her lips. Sirius then placed her finger in the center of her mirror. A quiet buzzing sound issued from Sirius' robe pocket and he drew an identical mirror from it. Raven's face appeared on it, and Sirius' face appeared on Raven's mirror. Raven gasped. "Where did you get these?"

"Well, we found two of them in James' parents' basement a few years ago, and then we bought some more in knockturn alley so we could each have one," explained Remus. "Aren't they cool?"

"Yeah, they're cool!" said Raven, excitedly. "How do I get rid of you?"

Sirius laughed. He put his hand over his own mirror and moved it to the side, as though he were wiping her face off of it. Raven did the same with her mirror. "You can't tell Lily. She'll freak out and ask us where we got them and say they're not safe and shit like that."

"Okay," said Raven.

A while later, the six of them were sprawled along the floor, laughing at the present Raven had just opened.

"Alright, now it's time for your real present," said James as he nodded to Sirius.

Sirius began to dig into his pockets again. He pulled out a small box and handed it to Raven. Raven lifted the lid and picked up a miniature guitar, about three inches long. A smile slowly crept along her face and she looked up at the five of them.

"Think you can play that?" asked Sirius. He pointed his wand at it. "Engorgio!" The guitar grew to its normal size. "How about that?" Sirius took off his robe and put his wand back in one of its pockets.

Raven was speechless for a few seconds. "Oh my God! Is this what I think it is?"

"Jonny Lang Signature Model? Yeah," said James, smiling widely.

"Holy shit! There were only 111 of these made!"

"You like it then?" asked Sirius.

"I love it! You guys!" She hugged each of them in turn for a very long time.

(A/N: I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ONE, BUT I HAVE AN ELECTRIC OF HIS THAT HE AUTOGRAPHED FOR ME.)

"Padfoot, let's go get the cake," said James. "We left it in the kitchens."

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot!" said Sirius, following James out the door.

"So..." started James, on their way back with the cake.

"So what?" asked Sirius, looking sideways at his best friend.

"Is tonight the night?"

Sirius knew what James meant, but decided to play dumb. "I don't know what you're talking about, Prongs."

"You do, too."

"I don't know, okay?" said Sirius, quickly. "I think for once I'm not gonna decide beforehand."

"That would be a first."

"Yeah... I thought you said you didn't wanna know."

"I don't, I just...I don't, nevermind."

"Okay," said Sirius as they came to Lucy's portrait and it opened for them.

After eating their cake they decided to play a few games of exploding snap.

"Oh, it's almost midnight," said Lily as she picked up Raven's clock. "We need to go to bed."

"Do we have to?" whined James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter in unison.

Lily looked at Raven and rolled her eyes. "Night, Rave. Happy Birthday."

Raven smiled and gave Lily a hug. "Night. Thanks for everything, you guys."

James, Remus, and Peter followed suit. Raven turned to find Sirius picking up the half-eaten cake from the floor. He carried it to her desk and set it down. Raven did the same with the plates and cups.

"Oh here, I'll help you." As Sirius reached for them, he slid on a plate full of cake next to the bed and went down. He landed with a thud on top of the plate, knocking the rest of the plates and cups out of Raven's hands on top of him.

Raven's reaction was delayed. Her hand had gone to her mouth and she was trying not to laugh. She suddenly snorted and then started chuckling.

"Excuse me, did you just snort?"

Raven stopped laughing and shook her head. "Mm-mm." She snorted again and then started laughing again, harder.

Sirius scoffed as Raven put out a hand to help him up. "What do you think it is, your birthday? You think you can laugh at Sirius Black and get away with it?"

Raven nodded and smiled at him. They both picked up the plates and cups from the floor.

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"Oh God, you have cake all over you," said Raven as Sirius turned to set the plates on the desk.

Sirius glanced over his shoulder and tried to wipe the cake from the back of his shirt. Then his eyes found Raven and he winked. "Hungry?"

"No. Take off your shirt."

Sirius smiled widely, "Only if you take off yours."

"You have cake all over it; take it off."

Sirius obeyed, clawing his shirt up over his head and throwing it at her. Raven dodged the shirt and it fell to the floor beside her. "Now you," he said, sitting on her bed, swinging his legs up, and putting his hands behind his head. "C'mon, I see cake right there." He pointed to a spot on her shirt.

"Sure you do," said Raven as she quickly lifted her shirt over her head. "Happy?" She balled up her shirt and turned her back on him, bending down to pick up his shirt, too.

Suddenly, Sirius had her around the waist. He spun her around to look at him and took their shirts from her hands. "You move pretty fast, Mr. Black."

"Only when I see something I really want," he said softly.

Raven became a bit nervous as he ran a hand down the middle of her back. She started to ramble. "And perhaps on the Quiddich field when you're getting ready to send a bludger straight for Lucius Malfoy's high and mighty, abnormally large nose?" Sirius nodded. "And perhaps when you feel like hexing the Slytherins in the hallw--"

Sirius suddenly pulled her up to him, kissing her strongly and throwing their shirts into a corner. He pulled away a few seconds later and traced her bottom lip with his finger. "I need for you to stop moving those lips now." He kissed her again, more vigorously. Raven started backing him towards her bed. He jumped as his calves hit the matress but leaned in for another kiss.

Raven put her hand to his chest to stop him. "Wait," she clicked on the radio, "I need for you...to stop playing me now." She shoved him backwards onto the bed. She turned up the volume and then climbed on top of him, leaning down to kiss him.

After a few seconds, Sirius rolled over on top of her. "What makes you think I'm playing you?"

Raven smiled. "Aren't you?"

"You like it," he said, raising his eyebrows twice, "you love it, don't you? You love everything about me, admit it!"

"It's always about you, isn't it?"

"Oh, you love it and you know it!" He took her arms and pinned them behind her back. "You wouldn't know what to do without me."

"Oh really?" she attempted to lean away from him, but he held her securely. "God, you and your ego! You're absolutely hope--"

He pulled her up and silenced her with a firm kiss. She tried to resist for a moment but gave in as Sirius' tongue found its way into her mouth again. He released her hands and pulled her closer. Raven tangled her fingers into the hair at the back of his head. Sirius' mouth moved down her jaw line to her neck. His hand was sliding up her stomach when he jerked away suddenly.

"Rave, if you want me to stop, you'd better tell me now."

"Don't even think about stopping." She pulled his lips onto hers again.

"I remember the stormy weather, the way the sky looks when it's cold. And you were with me, content with walking, so unaware of the world. Please don't drive me home tonight, cuz I don't wanna feel alone. Please don't drive me home tonight, cuz I don't wanna go. Tuesday morning in the dark, I was finding out who you are. I took your picture while you were sleeping, and then I paced around the room. If I had known then that these things happen, would they have happened with you? Please don't drive me home tonight, cuz I don't wanna feel alone. Please don't drive me home tonight, cuz I don't wanna go. Tuesday morning in the dark, I was finding out who I was. And if you turned to see me and I was gone, you should have looked outside your window cuz the sun was coming up. The sun was coming up. Please don't drive me home tonight, cuz I don't wanna feel alone. Tuesday morning in the dark, we were finding out who we are."

They made short work of removing the rest of their clothes. Although strong and hard, Sirius moved slowly and paid close attention to Raven's reactions. He pulled her tighly to his body and she clung to him until he finally collapsed, panting onto her neck. He rolled off of her but shifted and leaned in for a long ending kiss.

"Wow," he said, lazily and wrapped his arm around her.

Raven smiled widely and relaxed onto his chest. "Better than all your other women?"

Sirius laughed. "Hey, no teasing in the afterglow!" They laid in silence for a few minutes and then Sirius took a long breath and let it out. "You tired?"

Raven nodded her head against his chest. Sirius kissed her forehead. "Happy Birthday. Goodnight."

Raven lifted her head and pulled herself up so she was level with him. "Thank you, baby. It was the best birthday I ever had, I mean it."

"You're welcome."

"Goodnight."

A/N: GOD, I HATED THAT...DID YOU GUYS THINK IT WAS CRAPPY? I DIDN'T REALLY LIKE IT, BUT MAYBE I'LL EDIT IT LATER. PLEASE REVIEW!