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A/N: This is a joint fanfic, written by orligrl and padfoot_prongs6
On to the story:
Chapter 3: The wild goose chase
James woke up to the sound of birds chirping. It took him awhile to
remember where he was. Morgan's house for her birthday party.
He looked around. There was an empty bed to the right of him.
'Wonder where Sirius is...' thought James. Then everything that had happened
yesterday came rushing back to him. Almost seeing Lily in the bathroom,
truth or dare, Jeremy dancing and Sirius' evil dare. The dare where Lily
was kissed by Remus. The Lily he fancied, the Lily he yearned to be with.
"Damn him!" James muttered getting out of bed.
He quickly dressed into clean clothes and walked out into the hallway. He
saw Remus out there. He walked up to Remus who started when he noticed
James.
"James mate, 'bout last night, I had no choice! I wish I hadn't! Everyone's
mad at me! What can I do? Please don't hurt me!" Remus backed away from
James as James advanced on Remus.
"Whoa! Who said I was gonna hurt you? I'm gonna kill Sirius though."
Replied James.
Remus sighed and relaxed. "Thank heavens for that!"
"What time is it?" asked James wondering where everyone else was.
"I think it's 8:49." Replied Remus, checking his watch. "Yep."
"That explains things. Jeannie won't be up yet, she always sleeps in. I
don't know about Morgan though. Is Jeremy up yet? Probably not."
"Nope, he's not a morning person either like Jeannie."
***
Morgan lay in her room. She was up unusually early.
5:50, her clock read.
She was thinking hard of what happened last night so she didn't get much
sleep.
~~Flash back~~
Dear Morgan,
I already told you that I like Lily, so stop bothering me! Leave me
alone! And don't you dare tell her!
Love, your handsome cousin, James
***
Dear James,
I don't care what you say, but I'm going to keep talking to you about
this. How badly do you want to date Lily? Because I am one of her best
friends. I can help you!
Love, Morgan
***
Dear Morgan,
I thought I told you not to write to me...EVER!!! Like I told you, I
really like Lily, so of course I want to date her! Can you help me?
Love, James
***
Dear James,
I promise that I will do everything in my power to help you and get you
with Lily! Nothing will get in my way!! I'll talk to you at my birthday
party!
Love, your favorite cousin, Morgan
~~End of Flashback~~
"Sirius was the one person who got in my way. How could he? He knew that
James liked Lily! He can be so clueless sometimes. I just pray that Lily
won't have feelings for Remus...or Remus for Lily!" Morgan thought.
Morgan couldn't fall back asleep, so she snuck down the hallway, careful
not to disturb anyone. She was heading towards Lily and Jeannie's bedroom,
when she saw Remus and James in the hallway.
"Hey, guys! Couldn't sleep?" Morgan said, trying to act
cheerfully, despite her mood.
"No, we couldn't sleep," James replied.
"I'm surprised to see you up so early!" Remus said.
"Ya, well, My thoughts kept me awake! I was just going to talk to Lily,"
Morgan replied.
"Ok, we'll see you at breakfast," James said.
"Ya, ok. Ummm...Remus? Can I talk to you for a quick second?" Morgan
asked.
"Ya sure!"
Morgan grabbed Remus into his bedroom. Jeremy was sprawled out on the bed,
still sleeping.
"What?" Remus asked.
"I just have to ask. Do you have feelings for Lily?" Morgan asked sternly.
"No! Of course not!" Remus said.
"I'm not James, Remus. You can tell me the truth!" Morgan said, looking
Remus in the eye.
"Lily is a wonderful girl, but I don't feel that way for her," Remus said.
"Good!"
"But why does that matter what I feel, anyways?" Remus asked.
"Well, because...your not supposed to end up with Lily, James is!" Morgan
explained.
"I realize that James has a crush on Lily, but it's not like Lily is
returning his feelings." Remus said, reasonably.
"I know, I'm just supposed to be helping James, that's all. I don't want
to disappoint him. Ever since I found out James liked Lily, I've been
routing for them to get together...they would be the perfect couple, don't
you think?" Morgan said.
"Ya, sure," Remus said, disappointed, and walked out of the room.
Morgan waited a couple moments so she wouldn't have to face James or
Remus. She snuck across the hall into Jeannie and Lily's room.
She quietly closed the door and looked around. Jeannie was lost under all
her blankets in a deep sleep. Lily was sitting on her bed, still in
Sirius' clothes I might add (she had forgotten to take them off last
night), reading.
"Hey Lily!" said Morgan walking over to the bed.
Lily started and looked up. "Oh hey Morgan, what are you doing here?"
"Lily, I've come to talk to you about something." Morgan looked Lily
straight in the eyes and sat on the bed next to her.
"About what?" asked Lily.
"About last night."
There was a silence as Lily looked away. She was mad, upset, hurt and
feeling many other things. "What about it? The way I was humiliated?" Lily
was starting to get angry. "The way everyone keeps making fun of me?"
"No, well yes, kinda." Morgan looked at Lily who seemed to be on the verge
of tears.
"About what Remus did. I wanted to ask you something. Do you have
feelings for ...Remus?"
"WHAT?! NO!" Lily yelled. Jeannie grunted and rolled over but remained
sleeping.
"I mean it Lily! You have no feelings whatsoever for Remus?" Morgan studied
Lily's eyes for signs of lying.
"I told you already! NO! Why must you people constantly bug me?!" Lily was
getting a little crazy now. Morgan had witnessed Lily like this before and
let me tell you, it is not a pretty sight. Morgan ran to the bathroom
door.
"Lily calm down, you're going to wake everyone up if you don't settle
down."
Lily opened her mouth but was interrupted by a yell of frustration.
"ARGH!!!!!!! WHERE ARE MY CLOTHES? THEY WERE HERE YESTERDAY!"
Lily's eyes widened as she looked down at her clothes.
Morgan looked at Lily and it clicked. "Why are you..."
There was a knock at the door.
"LILY! I KNOW YOU HAVE MY CLOTHES!! LET ME IN!" Sirius pounded on the door.
Jeannie, incredulously, was still sleeping, even through all the yelling.
"Should I let him in?" whispered Lily to Morgan.
"You do and I'm going to kill him!" said Morgan, her eyes ablaze with a
fire like Lily had never seen before.
Lily grabbed Morgan's arm and dragged her into the bathroom.
There was more pounding from the room they had just left.
"Now what?" asked Lily. "I don't want Sirius to catch me in his
clothes...again."
"We could go into their room." Suggested Morgan.
"What about James?" asked Lily.
"He went down for breakfast." Replied Morgan sneaking through the door to
the boys' room.
*Sirius*
Sirius couldn't wait any longer. He was in his boxers and didn't care
whether anyone saw him or not. All he cared about was getting his clothes
back.
He broke down the door but no one was there. Or was there.
There was a pile or blankets on one bed and they were moving.
'I'm going to kill you Lily!' he thought, striding over to the pile.
He was just about to take off the blankets when he saw a head of blonde
hair hanging off the side of the bed.
"Jeannie?" he asked uncertainly. It was. She was still asleep.
'Hmm...where did Lily go?'
*Lily and Morgan*
"Wow this place is a mess!" said Morgan stepping across the clothes strewn
floor to the door.
"Hurry! I don't want Sirius to come back!" said Lily nervously.
"Quickly take off Sirius' clothes and then we can get you your own, he'll
never know you were in them." Morgan said.
"Yes he will, he already knows!" Lily pointed out.
"Just do it! Nothing bad will happen!"
Lily quickly stripped down to her bra and underwear and threw Sirius'
clothes on his bed.
"Let's go! I'm getting cold!" Lily said.
Morgan poked her head out of the door looking for any signs of Sirius. She
didn't see any because a second ago, Sirius had just walked into the room
they had just been in.
"Okay, it's clear!"
The two rushed out into the hall.
"Ekk!" cried Lily spotting someone coming towards them. And it just so
happened to be James.
"Huh?" asked Morgan. She looked and saw James. She frantically looked
around for somewhere to hide from him. She quickly ran into Jeremy's room
pulling Lily right behind her.
She closed the door and locked it.
There was a grunt from one of the beds and Jeremy sat up looking groggily
at Morgan and Lily.
"Huh?" he said.
Morgan, thinking fast, said, "This is all a dream Jeremy. Go back to bed."
Jeremy nodded and fell back on to his pillow.
"That was close!" said Lily. "What now? We're, or I should say I am, going
to be found, IN MY UNDERWEAR!"
"No you're not!" said Morgan. "Um we just have to wait until James is gone!
Then we can sprint down to my room!"
Lily didn't say anything, thinking she was doomed yet again.
Morgan and Lily waited silently as James walked into Lily and Jeannie's
room, wondering what Sirius was up to.
They heard some yelling from Sirius and then silence.
"Think it's clear?" asked Lily.
"I dunno." Said Morgan. "Well either way we can't stay here forever so on
the count of 3, we run as fast as we can towards my room. Okay?"
"Okay." Said Lily.
"1."
"2."
"3!"
"RUN!" Morgan flung open the door and sprinted down the hall, Lily at her
heels.
*Sirius*
Sirius was looking everywhere for Lily but couldn't seem to find her.
Just then James came wandering in.
"Um Sirius? Why are you in here in your boxers? And where is Lily?"
"I'M IN HERE BECAUSE LILY STOLE MY CLOTHES! IM TRYING TO FIND LILY SO I CAN
GET MY CLOTHES BACK!" Sirius yelled at James.
"Oh..." replied James. "Sirius....are they the clothes she was wearing...last
night?"
"Yes." Sirius grumpily replied.
"And it took you how long to notice this?" James was grinning.
"Shut-"
"RUN!"
"Huh?" said Sirius as he looked towards the door.
Two girls were running down the hall and one was in her underwear.
"LILY!" Sirius ran after the girls.
James looked as 'RUN!' was screamed and saw Lily, in her underwear, and
Morgan running down the hall. He just stood there; his eyebrows raised and
finally, followed Sirius, who was chasing the girls.
Lily and Morgan reached the end of the hallway, where Morgan's room was.
Sirius was still far away, but running after them. Morgan grasped the
doorknob and tried to pry it open, but it would budge.
"IT WON'T OPEN!" Morgan screamed.
"WHAT?!?" Lily yelled.
"IT'S STUCK OR LOCKED!"
"USE YOUR WAND!" Lily screamed, thinking fastly. Morgan searched for her
wand....
"I don't have it!" Morgan said, "What about yours?"
"I'M IN MY UNDERWEAR," Lily screamed.
"Right," Morgan said as she saw Sirius running closer, "quick, down the
stairs!"
The girls sprinted as fast as the could down the many staircases, Sirius
close to their heels.
"Into Kelsey's room, quick," Morgan said. They both ran to Kelsey's room
and slammed the door behind them. Kelsey was sound asleep in her pink bed
"Now what? We're trapped!" Lily said, panic stricken.
"Don't worry!" Morgan said. She opened Kelsey's closet door and was
hidden beneath the clothes.
"We're gonna hide?" Lily asked.
"No! Look here," Morgan said, pointing to a small door, inside the closet.
"Wha--" Lily started but was cut off by Sirius' voice.
"LILY! MORGAN! I KNOW YOUR IN THERE! LET ME IN! I'M GOING TO BREAK DOWN
THE DOOR!" Sirius screamed.
"quick, inside," Morgan whispered as she climbed through the secret passage
way. Lily followed and shut the closet door then the passage door behind
her. The girls stayed long enough to hear a crash of the door,
Kelsey's screams and the sound of Sirius in pain (Maybe by one of Kelsey's
dolls).
Morgan and Lily walked the passage way fairly quickly, it was short and
clean, like an undecorated hallway. Finally they reached a small door that
when opened, led into Morgan's closet and room.
"That was an experience," Lily laughed. The two girls sat on the bed and
started to giggle.
"Anyways, I'll get you some clothes," Morgan said. She handed Lily a pair
of pajamas and slippers.
"We'll pretend it was a figment of Sirius' imagination that you were in a
bra and that you were in my room the whole time," Morgan laughed.
"kay, Let's get out of here and eat some breakfast!" Lily suggested. The
two girls left the bedroom in their pajamas.
*Meanwhile* Just as Sirius and James left, someone stirred.
Jeannie sat bolt upright. "Potatoes anyone?" She shook her head and looked
out the door, where she could see right through to Jeremy's room where he
was sitting up looking straight at her.
"Good Morning!" he called.
"Ya, you too! Wanna get some breakfast?" Jeannie called back. "Everyone
else must be down there!"
"I'd love to!"
A/N: This is a joint fanfic, written by orligrl and padfoot_prongs6
On to the story:
Chapter 3: The wild goose chase
James woke up to the sound of birds chirping. It took him awhile to
remember where he was. Morgan's house for her birthday party.
He looked around. There was an empty bed to the right of him.
'Wonder where Sirius is...' thought James. Then everything that had happened
yesterday came rushing back to him. Almost seeing Lily in the bathroom,
truth or dare, Jeremy dancing and Sirius' evil dare. The dare where Lily
was kissed by Remus. The Lily he fancied, the Lily he yearned to be with.
"Damn him!" James muttered getting out of bed.
He quickly dressed into clean clothes and walked out into the hallway. He
saw Remus out there. He walked up to Remus who started when he noticed
James.
"James mate, 'bout last night, I had no choice! I wish I hadn't! Everyone's
mad at me! What can I do? Please don't hurt me!" Remus backed away from
James as James advanced on Remus.
"Whoa! Who said I was gonna hurt you? I'm gonna kill Sirius though."
Replied James.
Remus sighed and relaxed. "Thank heavens for that!"
"What time is it?" asked James wondering where everyone else was.
"I think it's 8:49." Replied Remus, checking his watch. "Yep."
"That explains things. Jeannie won't be up yet, she always sleeps in. I
don't know about Morgan though. Is Jeremy up yet? Probably not."
"Nope, he's not a morning person either like Jeannie."
***
Morgan lay in her room. She was up unusually early.
5:50, her clock read.
She was thinking hard of what happened last night so she didn't get much
sleep.
~~Flash back~~
Dear Morgan,
I already told you that I like Lily, so stop bothering me! Leave me
alone! And don't you dare tell her!
Love, your handsome cousin, James
***
Dear James,
I don't care what you say, but I'm going to keep talking to you about
this. How badly do you want to date Lily? Because I am one of her best
friends. I can help you!
Love, Morgan
***
Dear Morgan,
I thought I told you not to write to me...EVER!!! Like I told you, I
really like Lily, so of course I want to date her! Can you help me?
Love, James
***
Dear James,
I promise that I will do everything in my power to help you and get you
with Lily! Nothing will get in my way!! I'll talk to you at my birthday
party!
Love, your favorite cousin, Morgan
~~End of Flashback~~
"Sirius was the one person who got in my way. How could he? He knew that
James liked Lily! He can be so clueless sometimes. I just pray that Lily
won't have feelings for Remus...or Remus for Lily!" Morgan thought.
Morgan couldn't fall back asleep, so she snuck down the hallway, careful
not to disturb anyone. She was heading towards Lily and Jeannie's bedroom,
when she saw Remus and James in the hallway.
"Hey, guys! Couldn't sleep?" Morgan said, trying to act
cheerfully, despite her mood.
"No, we couldn't sleep," James replied.
"I'm surprised to see you up so early!" Remus said.
"Ya, well, My thoughts kept me awake! I was just going to talk to Lily,"
Morgan replied.
"Ok, we'll see you at breakfast," James said.
"Ya, ok. Ummm...Remus? Can I talk to you for a quick second?" Morgan
asked.
"Ya sure!"
Morgan grabbed Remus into his bedroom. Jeremy was sprawled out on the bed,
still sleeping.
"What?" Remus asked.
"I just have to ask. Do you have feelings for Lily?" Morgan asked sternly.
"No! Of course not!" Remus said.
"I'm not James, Remus. You can tell me the truth!" Morgan said, looking
Remus in the eye.
"Lily is a wonderful girl, but I don't feel that way for her," Remus said.
"Good!"
"But why does that matter what I feel, anyways?" Remus asked.
"Well, because...your not supposed to end up with Lily, James is!" Morgan
explained.
"I realize that James has a crush on Lily, but it's not like Lily is
returning his feelings." Remus said, reasonably.
"I know, I'm just supposed to be helping James, that's all. I don't want
to disappoint him. Ever since I found out James liked Lily, I've been
routing for them to get together...they would be the perfect couple, don't
you think?" Morgan said.
"Ya, sure," Remus said, disappointed, and walked out of the room.
Morgan waited a couple moments so she wouldn't have to face James or
Remus. She snuck across the hall into Jeannie and Lily's room.
She quietly closed the door and looked around. Jeannie was lost under all
her blankets in a deep sleep. Lily was sitting on her bed, still in
Sirius' clothes I might add (she had forgotten to take them off last
night), reading.
"Hey Lily!" said Morgan walking over to the bed.
Lily started and looked up. "Oh hey Morgan, what are you doing here?"
"Lily, I've come to talk to you about something." Morgan looked Lily
straight in the eyes and sat on the bed next to her.
"About what?" asked Lily.
"About last night."
There was a silence as Lily looked away. She was mad, upset, hurt and
feeling many other things. "What about it? The way I was humiliated?" Lily
was starting to get angry. "The way everyone keeps making fun of me?"
"No, well yes, kinda." Morgan looked at Lily who seemed to be on the verge
of tears.
"About what Remus did. I wanted to ask you something. Do you have
feelings for ...Remus?"
"WHAT?! NO!" Lily yelled. Jeannie grunted and rolled over but remained
sleeping.
"I mean it Lily! You have no feelings whatsoever for Remus?" Morgan studied
Lily's eyes for signs of lying.
"I told you already! NO! Why must you people constantly bug me?!" Lily was
getting a little crazy now. Morgan had witnessed Lily like this before and
let me tell you, it is not a pretty sight. Morgan ran to the bathroom
door.
"Lily calm down, you're going to wake everyone up if you don't settle
down."
Lily opened her mouth but was interrupted by a yell of frustration.
"ARGH!!!!!!! WHERE ARE MY CLOTHES? THEY WERE HERE YESTERDAY!"
Lily's eyes widened as she looked down at her clothes.
Morgan looked at Lily and it clicked. "Why are you..."
There was a knock at the door.
"LILY! I KNOW YOU HAVE MY CLOTHES!! LET ME IN!" Sirius pounded on the door.
Jeannie, incredulously, was still sleeping, even through all the yelling.
"Should I let him in?" whispered Lily to Morgan.
"You do and I'm going to kill him!" said Morgan, her eyes ablaze with a
fire like Lily had never seen before.
Lily grabbed Morgan's arm and dragged her into the bathroom.
There was more pounding from the room they had just left.
"Now what?" asked Lily. "I don't want Sirius to catch me in his
clothes...again."
"We could go into their room." Suggested Morgan.
"What about James?" asked Lily.
"He went down for breakfast." Replied Morgan sneaking through the door to
the boys' room.
*Sirius*
Sirius couldn't wait any longer. He was in his boxers and didn't care
whether anyone saw him or not. All he cared about was getting his clothes
back.
He broke down the door but no one was there. Or was there.
There was a pile or blankets on one bed and they were moving.
'I'm going to kill you Lily!' he thought, striding over to the pile.
He was just about to take off the blankets when he saw a head of blonde
hair hanging off the side of the bed.
"Jeannie?" he asked uncertainly. It was. She was still asleep.
'Hmm...where did Lily go?'
*Lily and Morgan*
"Wow this place is a mess!" said Morgan stepping across the clothes strewn
floor to the door.
"Hurry! I don't want Sirius to come back!" said Lily nervously.
"Quickly take off Sirius' clothes and then we can get you your own, he'll
never know you were in them." Morgan said.
"Yes he will, he already knows!" Lily pointed out.
"Just do it! Nothing bad will happen!"
Lily quickly stripped down to her bra and underwear and threw Sirius'
clothes on his bed.
"Let's go! I'm getting cold!" Lily said.
Morgan poked her head out of the door looking for any signs of Sirius. She
didn't see any because a second ago, Sirius had just walked into the room
they had just been in.
"Okay, it's clear!"
The two rushed out into the hall.
"Ekk!" cried Lily spotting someone coming towards them. And it just so
happened to be James.
"Huh?" asked Morgan. She looked and saw James. She frantically looked
around for somewhere to hide from him. She quickly ran into Jeremy's room
pulling Lily right behind her.
She closed the door and locked it.
There was a grunt from one of the beds and Jeremy sat up looking groggily
at Morgan and Lily.
"Huh?" he said.
Morgan, thinking fast, said, "This is all a dream Jeremy. Go back to bed."
Jeremy nodded and fell back on to his pillow.
"That was close!" said Lily. "What now? We're, or I should say I am, going
to be found, IN MY UNDERWEAR!"
"No you're not!" said Morgan. "Um we just have to wait until James is gone!
Then we can sprint down to my room!"
Lily didn't say anything, thinking she was doomed yet again.
Morgan and Lily waited silently as James walked into Lily and Jeannie's
room, wondering what Sirius was up to.
They heard some yelling from Sirius and then silence.
"Think it's clear?" asked Lily.
"I dunno." Said Morgan. "Well either way we can't stay here forever so on
the count of 3, we run as fast as we can towards my room. Okay?"
"Okay." Said Lily.
"1."
"2."
"3!"
"RUN!" Morgan flung open the door and sprinted down the hall, Lily at her
heels.
*Sirius*
Sirius was looking everywhere for Lily but couldn't seem to find her.
Just then James came wandering in.
"Um Sirius? Why are you in here in your boxers? And where is Lily?"
"I'M IN HERE BECAUSE LILY STOLE MY CLOTHES! IM TRYING TO FIND LILY SO I CAN
GET MY CLOTHES BACK!" Sirius yelled at James.
"Oh..." replied James. "Sirius....are they the clothes she was wearing...last
night?"
"Yes." Sirius grumpily replied.
"And it took you how long to notice this?" James was grinning.
"Shut-"
"RUN!"
"Huh?" said Sirius as he looked towards the door.
Two girls were running down the hall and one was in her underwear.
"LILY!" Sirius ran after the girls.
James looked as 'RUN!' was screamed and saw Lily, in her underwear, and
Morgan running down the hall. He just stood there; his eyebrows raised and
finally, followed Sirius, who was chasing the girls.
Lily and Morgan reached the end of the hallway, where Morgan's room was.
Sirius was still far away, but running after them. Morgan grasped the
doorknob and tried to pry it open, but it would budge.
"IT WON'T OPEN!" Morgan screamed.
"WHAT?!?" Lily yelled.
"IT'S STUCK OR LOCKED!"
"USE YOUR WAND!" Lily screamed, thinking fastly. Morgan searched for her
wand....
"I don't have it!" Morgan said, "What about yours?"
"I'M IN MY UNDERWEAR," Lily screamed.
"Right," Morgan said as she saw Sirius running closer, "quick, down the
stairs!"
The girls sprinted as fast as the could down the many staircases, Sirius
close to their heels.
"Into Kelsey's room, quick," Morgan said. They both ran to Kelsey's room
and slammed the door behind them. Kelsey was sound asleep in her pink bed
"Now what? We're trapped!" Lily said, panic stricken.
"Don't worry!" Morgan said. She opened Kelsey's closet door and was
hidden beneath the clothes.
"We're gonna hide?" Lily asked.
"No! Look here," Morgan said, pointing to a small door, inside the closet.
"Wha--" Lily started but was cut off by Sirius' voice.
"LILY! MORGAN! I KNOW YOUR IN THERE! LET ME IN! I'M GOING TO BREAK DOWN
THE DOOR!" Sirius screamed.
"quick, inside," Morgan whispered as she climbed through the secret passage
way. Lily followed and shut the closet door then the passage door behind
her. The girls stayed long enough to hear a crash of the door,
Kelsey's screams and the sound of Sirius in pain (Maybe by one of Kelsey's
dolls).
Morgan and Lily walked the passage way fairly quickly, it was short and
clean, like an undecorated hallway. Finally they reached a small door that
when opened, led into Morgan's closet and room.
"That was an experience," Lily laughed. The two girls sat on the bed and
started to giggle.
"Anyways, I'll get you some clothes," Morgan said. She handed Lily a pair
of pajamas and slippers.
"We'll pretend it was a figment of Sirius' imagination that you were in a
bra and that you were in my room the whole time," Morgan laughed.
"kay, Let's get out of here and eat some breakfast!" Lily suggested. The
two girls left the bedroom in their pajamas.
*Meanwhile* Just as Sirius and James left, someone stirred.
Jeannie sat bolt upright. "Potatoes anyone?" She shook her head and looked
out the door, where she could see right through to Jeremy's room where he
was sitting up looking straight at her.
"Good Morning!" he called.
"Ya, you too! Wanna get some breakfast?" Jeannie called back. "Everyone
else must be down there!"
"I'd love to!"