~*~GREEN EYES~*~
Chapter 34- Band Practice
"Sirius, what the hell are you doing?" asked James as Sirius clumsily tried to plug his bass guitar into Peter's keyboard.
"What does it look like I'm doing? You have to plug this thing in to make it work. You obviously don't know anything about muggles!" exclaimed Sirius, still trying to jam the cord into a hole on the keyboard where it obviously would not fit.
"I'm just thinking that maybe yours should look like Remus', seeing that his works and all," explained James, motioning over to Remus, who was strumming the strings on his guitar and making a less than plesant noise.
"Okay fine, but when it doesn't work it's your fault," said Sirius, connecting the cord to his amp and pluging his amp into the magical electricity system that he had made. A very loud noise that somewhat resembled Snape's greasy fingers against the chalkboard resounded through their practice area, which happened to be the Maurader's secret headquarters.
"HOW DO I MAKE IT GO AWAY?" yelled Sirius. "SEE I TOLD YOU THIS WHOLE PLUGING IT INTO THE AMP THING WOULDN'T WORK!"
"Step away from the amp!" exclaimed Remus, who appeared frustrated with Sirius.
"WHAT?" yelled Sirius.
"STEP AWAY FROM THE DAMN AMP OR THAT SOUND IS GONNA KILL US ALL!" screamed Peter, who had apparently heard what Remus had said. Sirius took a few steps backwards and then the noise stopped. He used his guitar pick and strummed a few notes.
"See I knew you weren't supposed to plug the bass into the keyboard," said Sirius, grinning happily.
"I thought you said that wouldn't work!" exclaimed James. Sirius gave him a look.
"Did I say that? I meant that you should go practice your drums shouldn't you?" said Sirius. James groaned.
"I don't want to practice the stupid drums. I don't even want to be part of this stupid band!" exclaimed James. Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Didn't your mommy tell you that it's not nice to call people stupid?" he asked jokingly.
"Didn't your mommy tell you that you shouldn't go out in public with that face?" replied James, very seriously.
"What's your problem James? PMS? Seriously because you're acting like an asshole right now, and you have been all day," said Sirius. Remus stopped his playing and looked over at Sirius.
"Can't you just leave him alone Sirius? He just broke up with his girlfriend of almost a year. I mean, I know that you're all happy because of Lauren and everything, but he's your best friend. Shouldn't you have some sensitivity?" asked Remus.
"The voice of reason speaks! Yeah, you're right Remus, I'm sorry James," said Sirius, not sounding too sorry on accont of his complete hyperness.
"You know what, I don't want to be around you guys right now. You can practice for your stupid band on your own. I'll be somewhere else," said James. He then picked up his wand and walked out the door.
***
"Lily? Lily are you in there? Come on Lily will you please answer me?" asked Jamie, knocking on the door to the prefects' bathroom. Lily was, of course, in there, soaking in a vanilla flavored bath in her new white bikini. She wanted to be alone, and Jamie being loud wasn't helping.
"Yes I'm in here, and obviously I want to be alone, so please go away!" yelled Lily. Jamie ignored her.
"I'm just glad I know the password!" exclaimed Jamie happily. Lily sighed as she muttered "body shampoo" and walked in. "Oh hello Lily, I didn't know that you were in here, what a plesant suprise."
"Shut up Jamie," replied Lily.
"You know, I think that bath looks so inviting that I am going to join you," said Jamie, taking off her Hogwarts robes and revealing a red bikini. She got into the bath and swam over to Lily. "You've missed three days of classes you know. Professor McGonagall says that if you miss two more she'll take away your prefect badge and privilages."
"It's not like I care. It just means that there's less chance of me running into James at the prefects' mettings," said Lily. Jamie sighed.
"Come on Lily, I know this is a big deal for you but you need to start getting over this. You need to act like yourself, and you don't want to give James the satisfaction of thinking that he ruined your life."
"I don't care what James thinks. I am done with him."
"So why does your transfiguration folder still have Mrs. James Potter written all over it? And why do you still have all the letters that he wrote you? And why-"
"Shut up Jamie, I know. I know that I need to get over him but you know what, it's harder than it sounds. So don't pressure me about it. Aren't you supposed to be my best friend?"
"Yeah, I am, that's why I'm trying to mend your heart instead of letting you make it even more broken. You're the one that's doing this to yourself."
"I am not! It's all James and that stupid bitch Jeanine's fault!"
"Get over Jeanine! This was falling apart long before Jeanine and James had that little fiasco. We all knew it."
"You know what, I don't think so. I think that-" but at that moment Brandon Sullivan, a sixth year Ravenclaw prefect, walked through the door with his swim trunks on, saving the two girls from immenent disaster. His short, somewhat spiky brown hair was messy but adorable, and his musclar arms and six pack came from his long career as the Ravenclaw chaser and quidditch captain. Next to James and Sirius, he was probably the most wanted guy at Hogwarts.
"Hey Lily, I was kinda hoping I would find you here. I noticed that you haven't been in class lately, so I took some notes for you," he said as he got into the water. "So how are you, are you sick?"
"Something like that. Thanks for taking notes for me," said Lily. "How have you been?"
"Oh I've been pretty good. Hey Jamie, I didn't see that you were here," he said.
"I was just going to leave. I'll see you later Lily, bye Bandon," she said quickly, getting out of the bath.
"Bye Jamie!" said Brandon. He then turned his attention back to Lily. "So the break up has been pretty hard for you?"
"Yeah. It's just, I don't know," said Lily.
"I know what you're going through. I broke up with my girlfriend a couple of months ago. It was hard to just get over it."
"Yeah, tell me about it. Everyone keeps telling me to get over it, but it's only been a few days."
"I know, it's hard. But I'm sure you'll be able to do it. You've always struck me as one of those strong girls. I think you could get over anything."
"Thanks," said Lily, blushing. There was in awkward silence, filled with anticipation, and then something that Lily definaltly did not expect happened.
"Listen Lily, I was wondering if maybe you would go to the Halloween Ball with me, that is if you don't already have a date," he said, very quickly. Lily smiled.
"I'd love to go with you," she said.
***
James had gotten all the way to the prefects' bathroom and was about to open the door when he heard Brandon Sullivan's voice.
"Listen Lily, I was wondering if maybe you would go to the Halloween Ball with me, that is if you don't already have a date."
James just started at the door, hoping that Lily would say no. He wanted to go up to his dorm room and die when he heard the words that came out of Lily's mouth.
"I'd love to go with you."
James didn't wait at the door to hear anything else. He took the short walk from the prefects' bathroom to the Maurader Headquarters, where the band was still practcing.
"So you decided to join us again," said Remus, who was obviously not very happy with James.
"Trust me, the only thing that would be good for me right now is banging loudly on some stupid drums," said James. Sirius smiled.
"That's the James I know and love!" he said, but James didn't hear him. He was too busy playing his drums and wallowing in self pity and dispair to care.
A/N- So the good news is that I got a brand new computer for Christmas *yay* the bad news is that I don't have a phone jack in my room so it's not connected to the internet yet. So I'm still on my old stupid computer for fan-fic. A new devlopment in this story (for me) is that I've gotten over three hundred reviews. Thank you to all of you that have reviewed, you really make my day.
Disclaimer- Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling. If you're looking for her, you're about a continent away.
Chapter 34- Band Practice
"Sirius, what the hell are you doing?" asked James as Sirius clumsily tried to plug his bass guitar into Peter's keyboard.
"What does it look like I'm doing? You have to plug this thing in to make it work. You obviously don't know anything about muggles!" exclaimed Sirius, still trying to jam the cord into a hole on the keyboard where it obviously would not fit.
"I'm just thinking that maybe yours should look like Remus', seeing that his works and all," explained James, motioning over to Remus, who was strumming the strings on his guitar and making a less than plesant noise.
"Okay fine, but when it doesn't work it's your fault," said Sirius, connecting the cord to his amp and pluging his amp into the magical electricity system that he had made. A very loud noise that somewhat resembled Snape's greasy fingers against the chalkboard resounded through their practice area, which happened to be the Maurader's secret headquarters.
"HOW DO I MAKE IT GO AWAY?" yelled Sirius. "SEE I TOLD YOU THIS WHOLE PLUGING IT INTO THE AMP THING WOULDN'T WORK!"
"Step away from the amp!" exclaimed Remus, who appeared frustrated with Sirius.
"WHAT?" yelled Sirius.
"STEP AWAY FROM THE DAMN AMP OR THAT SOUND IS GONNA KILL US ALL!" screamed Peter, who had apparently heard what Remus had said. Sirius took a few steps backwards and then the noise stopped. He used his guitar pick and strummed a few notes.
"See I knew you weren't supposed to plug the bass into the keyboard," said Sirius, grinning happily.
"I thought you said that wouldn't work!" exclaimed James. Sirius gave him a look.
"Did I say that? I meant that you should go practice your drums shouldn't you?" said Sirius. James groaned.
"I don't want to practice the stupid drums. I don't even want to be part of this stupid band!" exclaimed James. Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Didn't your mommy tell you that it's not nice to call people stupid?" he asked jokingly.
"Didn't your mommy tell you that you shouldn't go out in public with that face?" replied James, very seriously.
"What's your problem James? PMS? Seriously because you're acting like an asshole right now, and you have been all day," said Sirius. Remus stopped his playing and looked over at Sirius.
"Can't you just leave him alone Sirius? He just broke up with his girlfriend of almost a year. I mean, I know that you're all happy because of Lauren and everything, but he's your best friend. Shouldn't you have some sensitivity?" asked Remus.
"The voice of reason speaks! Yeah, you're right Remus, I'm sorry James," said Sirius, not sounding too sorry on accont of his complete hyperness.
"You know what, I don't want to be around you guys right now. You can practice for your stupid band on your own. I'll be somewhere else," said James. He then picked up his wand and walked out the door.
***
"Lily? Lily are you in there? Come on Lily will you please answer me?" asked Jamie, knocking on the door to the prefects' bathroom. Lily was, of course, in there, soaking in a vanilla flavored bath in her new white bikini. She wanted to be alone, and Jamie being loud wasn't helping.
"Yes I'm in here, and obviously I want to be alone, so please go away!" yelled Lily. Jamie ignored her.
"I'm just glad I know the password!" exclaimed Jamie happily. Lily sighed as she muttered "body shampoo" and walked in. "Oh hello Lily, I didn't know that you were in here, what a plesant suprise."
"Shut up Jamie," replied Lily.
"You know, I think that bath looks so inviting that I am going to join you," said Jamie, taking off her Hogwarts robes and revealing a red bikini. She got into the bath and swam over to Lily. "You've missed three days of classes you know. Professor McGonagall says that if you miss two more she'll take away your prefect badge and privilages."
"It's not like I care. It just means that there's less chance of me running into James at the prefects' mettings," said Lily. Jamie sighed.
"Come on Lily, I know this is a big deal for you but you need to start getting over this. You need to act like yourself, and you don't want to give James the satisfaction of thinking that he ruined your life."
"I don't care what James thinks. I am done with him."
"So why does your transfiguration folder still have Mrs. James Potter written all over it? And why do you still have all the letters that he wrote you? And why-"
"Shut up Jamie, I know. I know that I need to get over him but you know what, it's harder than it sounds. So don't pressure me about it. Aren't you supposed to be my best friend?"
"Yeah, I am, that's why I'm trying to mend your heart instead of letting you make it even more broken. You're the one that's doing this to yourself."
"I am not! It's all James and that stupid bitch Jeanine's fault!"
"Get over Jeanine! This was falling apart long before Jeanine and James had that little fiasco. We all knew it."
"You know what, I don't think so. I think that-" but at that moment Brandon Sullivan, a sixth year Ravenclaw prefect, walked through the door with his swim trunks on, saving the two girls from immenent disaster. His short, somewhat spiky brown hair was messy but adorable, and his musclar arms and six pack came from his long career as the Ravenclaw chaser and quidditch captain. Next to James and Sirius, he was probably the most wanted guy at Hogwarts.
"Hey Lily, I was kinda hoping I would find you here. I noticed that you haven't been in class lately, so I took some notes for you," he said as he got into the water. "So how are you, are you sick?"
"Something like that. Thanks for taking notes for me," said Lily. "How have you been?"
"Oh I've been pretty good. Hey Jamie, I didn't see that you were here," he said.
"I was just going to leave. I'll see you later Lily, bye Bandon," she said quickly, getting out of the bath.
"Bye Jamie!" said Brandon. He then turned his attention back to Lily. "So the break up has been pretty hard for you?"
"Yeah. It's just, I don't know," said Lily.
"I know what you're going through. I broke up with my girlfriend a couple of months ago. It was hard to just get over it."
"Yeah, tell me about it. Everyone keeps telling me to get over it, but it's only been a few days."
"I know, it's hard. But I'm sure you'll be able to do it. You've always struck me as one of those strong girls. I think you could get over anything."
"Thanks," said Lily, blushing. There was in awkward silence, filled with anticipation, and then something that Lily definaltly did not expect happened.
"Listen Lily, I was wondering if maybe you would go to the Halloween Ball with me, that is if you don't already have a date," he said, very quickly. Lily smiled.
"I'd love to go with you," she said.
***
James had gotten all the way to the prefects' bathroom and was about to open the door when he heard Brandon Sullivan's voice.
"Listen Lily, I was wondering if maybe you would go to the Halloween Ball with me, that is if you don't already have a date."
James just started at the door, hoping that Lily would say no. He wanted to go up to his dorm room and die when he heard the words that came out of Lily's mouth.
"I'd love to go with you."
James didn't wait at the door to hear anything else. He took the short walk from the prefects' bathroom to the Maurader Headquarters, where the band was still practcing.
"So you decided to join us again," said Remus, who was obviously not very happy with James.
"Trust me, the only thing that would be good for me right now is banging loudly on some stupid drums," said James. Sirius smiled.
"That's the James I know and love!" he said, but James didn't hear him. He was too busy playing his drums and wallowing in self pity and dispair to care.
A/N- So the good news is that I got a brand new computer for Christmas *yay* the bad news is that I don't have a phone jack in my room so it's not connected to the internet yet. So I'm still on my old stupid computer for fan-fic. A new devlopment in this story (for me) is that I've gotten over three hundred reviews. Thank you to all of you that have reviewed, you really make my day.
Disclaimer- Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling. If you're looking for her, you're about a continent away.