Disclaimer: I don't own this. Although, according to my friends, I do own monkey blubber (don't ask).
Lily blinked as she thought of a comeback. Then one came to her.
"JUST A PARTY?! Try the LOUDEST party in history, which, of course, just HAPPENS to be next door to me! And Potter, quit jumping, you'll hit your oversized head on the ceiling, and even I don't want that." James abruptly stopped hopping. There was an awkward silence.
Then, out of the blue, Dobby's hog said, "Merry Christmas to all and to all a biodegradable night!" Lynette Pungerby dropped her slice of pizza as the hog flew out the door (which Lily had left open).
"OY -- it's JULY!" someone yelled in a rather delayed response. Then, after that exceedingly strange moment, everything was back to normal. Well, it was back to how it had been, anyway.
James looked bemusedly after the hog for a second, but seemed to come to himself and next responded to Lily the way he always did.
"Will you go out with me?
"ARGH, Potter, how long will it take for you to figure out that I DON'T WANT TO?!
"I don't know, shall we say, five years at least?" James quipped, grinning.
Lily sighed. "Oh, fine, I'll stay. BUT! Only if YOU" -- she gestured to James -- "stay away from me.
James cheered again, causing Remus to sincerely wish he knew a spell to put James in a cheerleading outfit.
And...everyone left. Well, not left... DISPERSED. Agnes the Hufflepuff, who had returned to spectate, headed to the pool again. Lynette dusted off her slice of pizza. Peter grabbed another chip. Alice Wells resumed talking to Frank. Steven Stebbins did a small jig. Oh wait, you didn't have to know that.
And Remus went off to ask Sirius if he knew anything about Cheerleader Charms.
He found Sirius still in the pool (although very shrivelled-looking by now) with Andromeda and Jenn, Nikki having left. Having recovered the ball, they were now playing monkey in the middle. Well, they were making a valiant effort to. The Black cousins were having rather a hard time because their "monkey" Jenn kept leaving to swim laps.
Remus sat at the edge and waved his feet in the water. "Sirius!
"Yeah, Moony?" came the reply from off where they were trying to capture Jenn.
"C'mere! You think I want to yell across the pool?"
"Well, mate, seeing as you just were, I kinda assumed you wouldn't mind," Sirius panted, grinning, after swimming over. Behind him, Andie tried to tackle Jenn, but she slid away underwater.
Remus gave him "the look." "Well, anyway, I was wondering if you knew a hex or something we could use on James. To put a cheerleader outfit on him, I mean.
"Cheerleader outfit? Why?" Sirius looked puzzled.
"Evans showed up, and -- oh -- you should have seen Prongs! He was jumping and yelling and stuff." Remus smirked as he said this.
"Evans? HERE?
"Yes, here. She does live next door, you know, Padfoot.
"Oh, yeah," said Sirius, looking sheepish.
"But anyway, DO you know the spell?
"I think I might.... but first I need to see the book.
"And where exactly to you intend to get that book? It's not like we can just walk to the school library.
"James's collection. Remember that time we all came over last summer and he spent ages showing us his spellbooks?
"Well, no, not really, but if you insist... Anything to get James in that pleated skirt.
"That's the spirit!" Sirius dried off and without further ado set off for James's personal section of his family library. He turned around before turning the corner. "And one more thing, Moony?
"Yeah?" "Be sure to cast this one around Evans.
Meanwhile, Lily was having an almost perfectly normal time. Except the occasional time when James would brush against her on purpose, she was enjoying herself talking to Nikki on the sidelines of the dance floor. They discussed everything from Sirius's hair (though Lily was rather keen to get away from this subject) to the resignation of the Muggle president of the United States to how ill Professor Binns had been looking lately. And therefore, no one noticed Sirius sneak into the room.
And once again meanwhile, Kaylee was back to being all philosophical-ish. ÔMaybe he's really not that incompetent after all. I mean, the other Marauders are, like, the elite. Anyone would seem dumb next to them.
"Hey, Peter...
"Um-hmm?" he replied with his mouth full of pizza.
"Oh...nevermind," said Kaylee, getting flustered.
"Okay.
ÔSo agreeable...unsuspecting,' she thought. This stiffened her resolution. ÔDo it,' she told herself. ÔNow!' And she did.
"Say, Wormtail... would you want to go to Hogsmeade on Wednesday?
Peter's face lit up visibly. "Sure! Like a date?
"Well...I dunno. I suppose you could call it that. It's not like Jen's going to be standing right there or anything. So...
A/N: OK, that was, without a doubt, the hardest thing to write that I've ever encountered. I told myself to quit procrastinating about the PK in the challenge, so after about a week of thinking about how to do it, I tried. I know, it wasn't very good. Trust me, the JamesLily part is going to be way better! I was working on this a lot, but I kept getting writer's block after small parts, so that's why it took me ages to update. SORRY! Please review, pplz! It really makes my day! Pickles to everybody who reviewed my other chappies and/or stories (except ostrich in sox aka Ali)! Thanks a million and nineteen! OK, sorry, I always get a little hyper when it comes to the reviews.... remember, review! [:-)
Lily blinked as she thought of a comeback. Then one came to her.
"JUST A PARTY?! Try the LOUDEST party in history, which, of course, just HAPPENS to be next door to me! And Potter, quit jumping, you'll hit your oversized head on the ceiling, and even I don't want that." James abruptly stopped hopping. There was an awkward silence.
Then, out of the blue, Dobby's hog said, "Merry Christmas to all and to all a biodegradable night!" Lynette Pungerby dropped her slice of pizza as the hog flew out the door (which Lily had left open).
"OY -- it's JULY!" someone yelled in a rather delayed response. Then, after that exceedingly strange moment, everything was back to normal. Well, it was back to how it had been, anyway.
James looked bemusedly after the hog for a second, but seemed to come to himself and next responded to Lily the way he always did.
"Will you go out with me?
"ARGH, Potter, how long will it take for you to figure out that I DON'T WANT TO?!
"I don't know, shall we say, five years at least?" James quipped, grinning.
Lily sighed. "Oh, fine, I'll stay. BUT! Only if YOU" -- she gestured to James -- "stay away from me.
James cheered again, causing Remus to sincerely wish he knew a spell to put James in a cheerleading outfit.
And...everyone left. Well, not left... DISPERSED. Agnes the Hufflepuff, who had returned to spectate, headed to the pool again. Lynette dusted off her slice of pizza. Peter grabbed another chip. Alice Wells resumed talking to Frank. Steven Stebbins did a small jig. Oh wait, you didn't have to know that.
And Remus went off to ask Sirius if he knew anything about Cheerleader Charms.
He found Sirius still in the pool (although very shrivelled-looking by now) with Andromeda and Jenn, Nikki having left. Having recovered the ball, they were now playing monkey in the middle. Well, they were making a valiant effort to. The Black cousins were having rather a hard time because their "monkey" Jenn kept leaving to swim laps.
Remus sat at the edge and waved his feet in the water. "Sirius!
"Yeah, Moony?" came the reply from off where they were trying to capture Jenn.
"C'mere! You think I want to yell across the pool?"
"Well, mate, seeing as you just were, I kinda assumed you wouldn't mind," Sirius panted, grinning, after swimming over. Behind him, Andie tried to tackle Jenn, but she slid away underwater.
Remus gave him "the look." "Well, anyway, I was wondering if you knew a hex or something we could use on James. To put a cheerleader outfit on him, I mean.
"Cheerleader outfit? Why?" Sirius looked puzzled.
"Evans showed up, and -- oh -- you should have seen Prongs! He was jumping and yelling and stuff." Remus smirked as he said this.
"Evans? HERE?
"Yes, here. She does live next door, you know, Padfoot.
"Oh, yeah," said Sirius, looking sheepish.
"But anyway, DO you know the spell?
"I think I might.... but first I need to see the book.
"And where exactly to you intend to get that book? It's not like we can just walk to the school library.
"James's collection. Remember that time we all came over last summer and he spent ages showing us his spellbooks?
"Well, no, not really, but if you insist... Anything to get James in that pleated skirt.
"That's the spirit!" Sirius dried off and without further ado set off for James's personal section of his family library. He turned around before turning the corner. "And one more thing, Moony?
"Yeah?" "Be sure to cast this one around Evans.
Meanwhile, Lily was having an almost perfectly normal time. Except the occasional time when James would brush against her on purpose, she was enjoying herself talking to Nikki on the sidelines of the dance floor. They discussed everything from Sirius's hair (though Lily was rather keen to get away from this subject) to the resignation of the Muggle president of the United States to how ill Professor Binns had been looking lately. And therefore, no one noticed Sirius sneak into the room.
And once again meanwhile, Kaylee was back to being all philosophical-ish. ÔMaybe he's really not that incompetent after all. I mean, the other Marauders are, like, the elite. Anyone would seem dumb next to them.
"Hey, Peter...
"Um-hmm?" he replied with his mouth full of pizza.
"Oh...nevermind," said Kaylee, getting flustered.
"Okay.
ÔSo agreeable...unsuspecting,' she thought. This stiffened her resolution. ÔDo it,' she told herself. ÔNow!' And she did.
"Say, Wormtail... would you want to go to Hogsmeade on Wednesday?
Peter's face lit up visibly. "Sure! Like a date?
"Well...I dunno. I suppose you could call it that. It's not like Jen's going to be standing right there or anything. So...
A/N: OK, that was, without a doubt, the hardest thing to write that I've ever encountered. I told myself to quit procrastinating about the PK in the challenge, so after about a week of thinking about how to do it, I tried. I know, it wasn't very good. Trust me, the JamesLily part is going to be way better! I was working on this a lot, but I kept getting writer's block after small parts, so that's why it took me ages to update. SORRY! Please review, pplz! It really makes my day! Pickles to everybody who reviewed my other chappies and/or stories (except ostrich in sox aka Ali)! Thanks a million and nineteen! OK, sorry, I always get a little hyper when it comes to the reviews.... remember, review! [:-)