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said last chapter, it's mainly because I don't get much time to write, and
I try to get my chapters out as quickly as possible. But, I hope this one
is long enough for ur liking! By the way, if any of you have any
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Disclaimer: everything is JKR's except characters and events you don't recognize.
Chapter Three
Close Encounters
Lily woke the next morning in a haze of sleepiness. Sighing, she rolled over and opened her eyes. To see James Potter smiling at her.
"Aargh!" she cried, scrambling backwards on her bed to get away from him. "What the hell are you playing at?" she pulled her blanket up to cover her body.
"Anyone ever told you how cute you look when you're sleeping?" he said amiably.
She shook her head mutely. Was she about to get a compliment from James Potter?
"Coz they would be lying. You look really bad when you sleep. Maybe you should leave your make up on all the time," he continued.
"You have five seconds to get out of my sight or else there'll be hell to pay," Lily said with controlled anger. "One.........Two..........."
James got up and sauntered over to the curtain. "Trust me, I'd rather not hang around you for too long anyway. You smell awful," he said, shaking his head and pulling the curtains away to reveal Sirius, Remus and Peter all lying in different positions on their beds.
"That is it, Potter," Lily said, snatching her wand and rushing to her feet. "It's because of you that we're in this stupid situation anyway. If you don't start showing some manners soon, I'm going to have to blast a hole through your head. Luckily it won't make too much of an impact on your brains seeing as you don't have any!"
James shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.
"You can't go putting holes in the Head Boy, Lily. Even I know your threats are completely ridiculous," he sneered. "You couldn't hex the shell of a snail."
"Would you two shut up?" came Sarah's muffled voice from behind her bed hangings. "It's Saturday. Go fight somewhere else."
Sirius sat up suddenly in his bed.
"What? What? Who? What?" he said disjointedly. Then he fell back on his stomach and started snoring again.
Lily raised her eyebrows.
"Oh, he does that all the time," James reassured her. "You'll get used to it soon enough. Are you joining me for breakfast?"
"Draw the curtains, Potter," Lily snarled. "And shut the door on your way out."
James grinned, and ambled out without so much as touching the curtains.
"Aargh!" Lily growled under her breath. "He is the most arrogant, egotistical, stuck up, ass of a man I have ever met!"
She took a few minutes to breath in deeply with her eyes closed before yanking the curtains closed and pulling off her pajamas. Opening her trunk, she was just searching for some jeans when she heard the curtains open. She spun around in shock, clutching a shirt up to cover herself. Sirius stood in his boxers, gazing at her dazedly.
"Oh hey Lily," he said, quite unperturbed. "Nice........Bra."
"Get out," Lily gasped, pointing at the door. "Out. Now!"
"Ok," Sirius said, stumbling towards the door, quite unabashed of the fact that he was hardly wearing anything. But then again, that may have been because he was still half asleep.
Dragging on a pair of jeans and a shirt, Lily straightened her hair and sighed. That made two encounters with the boys already. And it wasn't even 9 o'clock.
**
"Sirius, what the hell are you doing?" Lisa said, climbing down the dormitory stairs to find him sitting in the common room in his boxers.
"Hey," Sirius said, rolling some gobstones around on the table in front of him. "Lily exiled me from the dorm. I'm not sure if it's safe to go in yet."
"Well I think you might want to go get dressed," Lisa suggested. "Lils already left for breakfast. Didn't you see her go past?"
"I just woke up," Sirius said, getting to his feet. "Thanks for letting me know." He flashed her a brilliant smile and wandered off up the staircase.
Lisa looked after him, shaking her head. Usually, Sirius was the strongest personality in the Marauders. He was the 'cool' guy, the smooth one that the girls fell after like a pack of dominoes. But really, he was just a normal seventeen-year-old guy. She smiled; maybe this little camp out with the boys would be an educational one after all.
**
Grace stood over Remus with her hands on her hips. He rolled over in sleep, and muttered something.
"Wake up," she said sharply. No reaction.
She pinched his shoulder. "Oi. Wake up. Now. I want you boys out of this room, and I want you out now!"
"You sound like my mother," He mumbled, grabbing a pillow and holding it over his ears. "Why don't you go pick on Peter?"
"If you're not awake by the time Peter is, I'll have to resort to hurting you," she said sweetly, picking her way through discarded clothing to Peter's bed.
"Peter, get up. You're late for your history exam!" she said urgently.
"What?" he said, sitting bolt upright. "Omigod! I'm late! Late! I'm going to fail my...... wait a minute. I don't have a history exam." He glared at Grace.
"It got you up, didn't it?" she said, shrugging unconcernedly.
Remus propped himself up on his elbows. "You are so evil," he said conversationally.
"How do you live like this?" Grave said distastefully, ignoring his comment. "It's disgusting!'
Remus shrugged.
"Live like what?" he glanced around at the room. Clothes littered the floor, dirty socks were still stuffed into shoes, which lay near their beds, and several pieces of food were dropped on the ground near Sirius' trunk. "This is normal."
Grace shook her head in disgust.
"Just get dressed and get out, would you?" she said, turning her back on them. "We want to have a couple of hours boy-free."
Remus sighed and got out of bed. Grace turned and watched as he sifted through a pile of shirts in his topsy-turvy trunk. Wearing nothing but a pair of pajama trousers, he looked pretty good. His skin was paler than most guys, and he was more lean than muscular. He noticed her looking and grinned knowingly. She glared and walked briskly back to her bed.
"Right, we're going," Remus said when he reached the door. "Have a good day."
"You too," Grace muttered, not looking at him. There was something about him that made her uneasy. And she didn't like the feeling. It almost made her feel...........vulnerable. Like there was something going on that she had no control over.
She walked over to Sarah's bed and yanked the hangings open.
"Get up," she snapped, and repeated the procedure on Andrea. "I managed to get the boys out of the room so we have privacy to change."
Sarah mumbled something and Andrea sat up.
"Boys?" she said blankly. "Oh.........those boys." She sighed and got up.
Grace nodded glumly.
"'Those boys' is right," she confirmed. She was just grabbing clothes out of her trunk when the door banged open again and Sirius wandered in. she sighed,
'Here we go again', she thought wearily
**
James glanced up from his magazine to see Lily Evans and the rest of the seventh year girls climbing through the portrait hole. He watched the group split up, nodding to each other as they went to different parts of the common room. Andrea and Lisa walked over to where Sirius was playing chess with Peter and said something to them in what sounded like a commanding tone. Sirius raised and eyebrow and said something back. Andrea rolled her eyes and lowered her voice. Sirius' eyes went wide and he stood meekly.
James smiled. No doubt she had threatened to tell their mother something or other.
Grace walked over with Remus in tow, and Sarah, chatting amiably with Peter joined the group. They looked at Lily pointedly. She sighed and turned to face James. He grinned. This was going to be good.
"Could you come up to the dormitory?" she asked shortly. James leaned back in his chair.
"You forgot the magic word," he said in a singsong voice. Lily breathed in deeply.
"Please," she muttered.
"Louder, Lily," he said.
"Just do it Potter," she said through gritted teeth.
"Not unless............you go out with me," he said, as if he had just had a sudden flash of inspiration.
"Have it your way then," she said, turning to go.
"Oh, fine, I'm coming," he said, rolling his eyes. He stood and followed her up the stairs.
The curtains had been opened in the dormitory, and the contrast in the different sides of the dorm was striking. James was quite proud of the mess he and his friends had created in less than 48 hours.
The boys were sprawled on the floor, and the girls were either sitting on their beds or standing on their side of the dorm when he and Lily arrived. He flopped down on his bed and looked around at them all as Lily joined her friends.
"What's all this about?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"We've decided that if we're all going to have to put up with these living arrangements, we'd better get a few things straight," Lily began. She looked over at Grace, who came and stood beside her.
"Yeah. You see, for you guys, getting changed and stuff isn't much of an issue, seeing as you don't really care how much skin you show," she said. Unable to hide the contempt in her voice. "For us, it's a different matter. So from now on, you do not draw the curtains at any time. If they're closed, leave them closed."
"Also," Sarah said from her position on her bed. "Keep your mess restricted to you side of the dorm. If I find one more sock or pair of boxers near my bed, you will pay for it."
James looked away in disdain. These girls were awful at threatening people.
"And don't come into our side of the dorm unless you absolutely have to," Lily added, staring pointedly at James. "We don't want to wake up to see you staring at us."
"Anything you'd like to add?" Lisa suggested.
The boys glanced at each other.
"Girls, we know that this isn't really comfortable for you," Remus began. "So we'll stick by your rules. It's our fault you're in this situation in the first place." The girl's nodded in agreement. "Let's just try and be friends, yeah?"
The girls glanced at each other, and then nodded.
"Agreed,' Lily said, smiling.
James scowled. He didn't like the way things were happening. They weren't all meant to live in peace and harmony. He wanted some action. And he knew just what to do about it..........
*******
A/N: so, you like? If there are any typos or anything you think I could improve, just let me know. Hope u noticed how long this chapter was! It took a little while, so I hope it was good. So, ten more reviews, and I'll love you all forever and ever!!!
Have fun, and read my other fics if you have time, (you all rock, Thanx for reading this far!)
~Jaizar
Disclaimer: everything is JKR's except characters and events you don't recognize.
Chapter Three
Close Encounters
Lily woke the next morning in a haze of sleepiness. Sighing, she rolled over and opened her eyes. To see James Potter smiling at her.
"Aargh!" she cried, scrambling backwards on her bed to get away from him. "What the hell are you playing at?" she pulled her blanket up to cover her body.
"Anyone ever told you how cute you look when you're sleeping?" he said amiably.
She shook her head mutely. Was she about to get a compliment from James Potter?
"Coz they would be lying. You look really bad when you sleep. Maybe you should leave your make up on all the time," he continued.
"You have five seconds to get out of my sight or else there'll be hell to pay," Lily said with controlled anger. "One.........Two..........."
James got up and sauntered over to the curtain. "Trust me, I'd rather not hang around you for too long anyway. You smell awful," he said, shaking his head and pulling the curtains away to reveal Sirius, Remus and Peter all lying in different positions on their beds.
"That is it, Potter," Lily said, snatching her wand and rushing to her feet. "It's because of you that we're in this stupid situation anyway. If you don't start showing some manners soon, I'm going to have to blast a hole through your head. Luckily it won't make too much of an impact on your brains seeing as you don't have any!"
James shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.
"You can't go putting holes in the Head Boy, Lily. Even I know your threats are completely ridiculous," he sneered. "You couldn't hex the shell of a snail."
"Would you two shut up?" came Sarah's muffled voice from behind her bed hangings. "It's Saturday. Go fight somewhere else."
Sirius sat up suddenly in his bed.
"What? What? Who? What?" he said disjointedly. Then he fell back on his stomach and started snoring again.
Lily raised her eyebrows.
"Oh, he does that all the time," James reassured her. "You'll get used to it soon enough. Are you joining me for breakfast?"
"Draw the curtains, Potter," Lily snarled. "And shut the door on your way out."
James grinned, and ambled out without so much as touching the curtains.
"Aargh!" Lily growled under her breath. "He is the most arrogant, egotistical, stuck up, ass of a man I have ever met!"
She took a few minutes to breath in deeply with her eyes closed before yanking the curtains closed and pulling off her pajamas. Opening her trunk, she was just searching for some jeans when she heard the curtains open. She spun around in shock, clutching a shirt up to cover herself. Sirius stood in his boxers, gazing at her dazedly.
"Oh hey Lily," he said, quite unperturbed. "Nice........Bra."
"Get out," Lily gasped, pointing at the door. "Out. Now!"
"Ok," Sirius said, stumbling towards the door, quite unabashed of the fact that he was hardly wearing anything. But then again, that may have been because he was still half asleep.
Dragging on a pair of jeans and a shirt, Lily straightened her hair and sighed. That made two encounters with the boys already. And it wasn't even 9 o'clock.
**
"Sirius, what the hell are you doing?" Lisa said, climbing down the dormitory stairs to find him sitting in the common room in his boxers.
"Hey," Sirius said, rolling some gobstones around on the table in front of him. "Lily exiled me from the dorm. I'm not sure if it's safe to go in yet."
"Well I think you might want to go get dressed," Lisa suggested. "Lils already left for breakfast. Didn't you see her go past?"
"I just woke up," Sirius said, getting to his feet. "Thanks for letting me know." He flashed her a brilliant smile and wandered off up the staircase.
Lisa looked after him, shaking her head. Usually, Sirius was the strongest personality in the Marauders. He was the 'cool' guy, the smooth one that the girls fell after like a pack of dominoes. But really, he was just a normal seventeen-year-old guy. She smiled; maybe this little camp out with the boys would be an educational one after all.
**
Grace stood over Remus with her hands on her hips. He rolled over in sleep, and muttered something.
"Wake up," she said sharply. No reaction.
She pinched his shoulder. "Oi. Wake up. Now. I want you boys out of this room, and I want you out now!"
"You sound like my mother," He mumbled, grabbing a pillow and holding it over his ears. "Why don't you go pick on Peter?"
"If you're not awake by the time Peter is, I'll have to resort to hurting you," she said sweetly, picking her way through discarded clothing to Peter's bed.
"Peter, get up. You're late for your history exam!" she said urgently.
"What?" he said, sitting bolt upright. "Omigod! I'm late! Late! I'm going to fail my...... wait a minute. I don't have a history exam." He glared at Grace.
"It got you up, didn't it?" she said, shrugging unconcernedly.
Remus propped himself up on his elbows. "You are so evil," he said conversationally.
"How do you live like this?" Grave said distastefully, ignoring his comment. "It's disgusting!'
Remus shrugged.
"Live like what?" he glanced around at the room. Clothes littered the floor, dirty socks were still stuffed into shoes, which lay near their beds, and several pieces of food were dropped on the ground near Sirius' trunk. "This is normal."
Grace shook her head in disgust.
"Just get dressed and get out, would you?" she said, turning her back on them. "We want to have a couple of hours boy-free."
Remus sighed and got out of bed. Grace turned and watched as he sifted through a pile of shirts in his topsy-turvy trunk. Wearing nothing but a pair of pajama trousers, he looked pretty good. His skin was paler than most guys, and he was more lean than muscular. He noticed her looking and grinned knowingly. She glared and walked briskly back to her bed.
"Right, we're going," Remus said when he reached the door. "Have a good day."
"You too," Grace muttered, not looking at him. There was something about him that made her uneasy. And she didn't like the feeling. It almost made her feel...........vulnerable. Like there was something going on that she had no control over.
She walked over to Sarah's bed and yanked the hangings open.
"Get up," she snapped, and repeated the procedure on Andrea. "I managed to get the boys out of the room so we have privacy to change."
Sarah mumbled something and Andrea sat up.
"Boys?" she said blankly. "Oh.........those boys." She sighed and got up.
Grace nodded glumly.
"'Those boys' is right," she confirmed. She was just grabbing clothes out of her trunk when the door banged open again and Sirius wandered in. she sighed,
'Here we go again', she thought wearily
**
James glanced up from his magazine to see Lily Evans and the rest of the seventh year girls climbing through the portrait hole. He watched the group split up, nodding to each other as they went to different parts of the common room. Andrea and Lisa walked over to where Sirius was playing chess with Peter and said something to them in what sounded like a commanding tone. Sirius raised and eyebrow and said something back. Andrea rolled her eyes and lowered her voice. Sirius' eyes went wide and he stood meekly.
James smiled. No doubt she had threatened to tell their mother something or other.
Grace walked over with Remus in tow, and Sarah, chatting amiably with Peter joined the group. They looked at Lily pointedly. She sighed and turned to face James. He grinned. This was going to be good.
"Could you come up to the dormitory?" she asked shortly. James leaned back in his chair.
"You forgot the magic word," he said in a singsong voice. Lily breathed in deeply.
"Please," she muttered.
"Louder, Lily," he said.
"Just do it Potter," she said through gritted teeth.
"Not unless............you go out with me," he said, as if he had just had a sudden flash of inspiration.
"Have it your way then," she said, turning to go.
"Oh, fine, I'm coming," he said, rolling his eyes. He stood and followed her up the stairs.
The curtains had been opened in the dormitory, and the contrast in the different sides of the dorm was striking. James was quite proud of the mess he and his friends had created in less than 48 hours.
The boys were sprawled on the floor, and the girls were either sitting on their beds or standing on their side of the dorm when he and Lily arrived. He flopped down on his bed and looked around at them all as Lily joined her friends.
"What's all this about?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"We've decided that if we're all going to have to put up with these living arrangements, we'd better get a few things straight," Lily began. She looked over at Grace, who came and stood beside her.
"Yeah. You see, for you guys, getting changed and stuff isn't much of an issue, seeing as you don't really care how much skin you show," she said. Unable to hide the contempt in her voice. "For us, it's a different matter. So from now on, you do not draw the curtains at any time. If they're closed, leave them closed."
"Also," Sarah said from her position on her bed. "Keep your mess restricted to you side of the dorm. If I find one more sock or pair of boxers near my bed, you will pay for it."
James looked away in disdain. These girls were awful at threatening people.
"And don't come into our side of the dorm unless you absolutely have to," Lily added, staring pointedly at James. "We don't want to wake up to see you staring at us."
"Anything you'd like to add?" Lisa suggested.
The boys glanced at each other.
"Girls, we know that this isn't really comfortable for you," Remus began. "So we'll stick by your rules. It's our fault you're in this situation in the first place." The girl's nodded in agreement. "Let's just try and be friends, yeah?"
The girls glanced at each other, and then nodded.
"Agreed,' Lily said, smiling.
James scowled. He didn't like the way things were happening. They weren't all meant to live in peace and harmony. He wanted some action. And he knew just what to do about it..........
*******
A/N: so, you like? If there are any typos or anything you think I could improve, just let me know. Hope u noticed how long this chapter was! It took a little while, so I hope it was good. So, ten more reviews, and I'll love you all forever and ever!!!
Have fun, and read my other fics if you have time, (you all rock, Thanx for reading this far!)
~Jaizar