"Are we almost up, yet?" Peter asked excitedly.
"You're going to have to relax. You won't get it right if you don't," Remus assured.
"I know." He looked nervously around him. "I just wanted to know how much time I've got left before we go up there."
"We're behind quite a few people, Pete. We're next to last. Then we might as well just stay on stage after that," James informed.
People got back in their seats for the second third of the show.
"This song is sung by Flora Benning."
"My grades are down from A's to D's
I'm way behind in history
I lost myself in fantasies
Of you and me together
I don't know why - I - I but dreaming's all I do
I won't get by-I-I on mere imagination
Upside down
Bouncing Off the ceiling
Inside out
Stranger to this feeling
Got no clue what I should do
But I'll go crazy if I can't get next to you
"What in bloody hell does she think she's doing?" Sirius asked in disgust.
"She obviously likes you, mate," James joked. "Let me just remind you that I'm going to be the best man at your wedding."
"I'm not getting married to her," Sirius said softly. "It seems like she's got no personality other than boy-crazy tendencies. I don't like her at all."
"Oh, but Chory you do like?" Remus questioned slyly.
For the first time, in a very long time, Sirius blushed slightly. Only his three friends would have seen it, and they had to look closely. "Possibly."
"She's continuing with that ruddy song! She can't sing worth a lick!" said James.
My teacher says to concentrate
So what- his name was Peter the Great
The kings and queens will have to wait
Cuz I don't have forever
I wish that I - I - I could walk right up to you
Each time I try- I-I the same old hesitation
Upside down
Bouncing Off the ceiling
Inside out
Stranger to this feeling
Got no clue what I should do
But I'll go crazy if I can't get next to you
Somehow someday
You will love me too
One day will be the day when all my dreams come true
Ha..ha ha ha ha and so on... I think there celebrating
Upside down
Bouncing Off the ceiling
Inside out
Stranger to this feeling
Got no clue what I should do
But I go crazy if I can't get next to you!"
The four sighed in relief as she got off stage.
"What are those muggle things they use to pull people off stage?" Sirius inquired.
"No idea, but we could have used one of those, right, Padfoot?" James replied.
"Definitely."
"Next up are Lily Evans, Norma Johnson, and June Smith."
They came out, June first, then Norma, and then Lily. Each was wearing pastel colors. Lily was in pale yellow, Norma in pink, and June in sky blue. Their hair-do's were ponytails that were high on the head. Norma started off. Each one of them sang a verse.
The audience applauded as the three girls skipped off stage.
"If I ever have to act that girly, again, I'm protesting," Lily grumbled.
"The audience loved it, though," Norma reassured. She beamed happily.
"This next song is performed by Severus Snape."
The Marauders looked up to see Snape come out, in plain, black, wizard robes. They were shocked to find his hair less greasy than normal, and it was pulled back. He shot them a sneer before he started his song.
"She studies hard and she don't know,
He's owlin' everybody else,
She'll take her tests,
His Quidditch balls are all he gives to her,
And he's got paintings on the wall,
Of all the girls he wished she was,
And he means everything to her.
Her boyfriend, he don't know,
Anything about her,
He's flyin too much,
I wish that I could make her see,
She's just the flavor of the week.
"I'll kill him," James growled. "I'll bloody kill the bastard."
"How d'you know he's even talking about you, Prongs?" Remus asked soothingly.
"Quidditch? The fact that she's a bookworm? The point that I have paintings on my wall of every other girl I've dated? Pick your choice, Moony."
"Do you have paintings on your wall?" Peter inquired curiously.
"Of course he doesn't!" Sirius defended. "Do you?"
"No!" James denied hotly. "Why would I like looking at other girls when my girlfriend's easily the prettiest girl in Hogwarts?"
It's the weekend and she's goin' alone,
He's whole Hogwarts away,
She's dressed to kill,
And she's waiting,
He's attracted by her looks.
And he's got pictures on the wall,
Of all the girls he's 'loved' before,
And she knows all his favorite teams.
"That git heard what I just said." James couldn't believe it.
"Obviously he didn't. He couldn't hear you, Prongs. You're all the way down here!"
Her boyfriend, he don't know,
Anything about her,
He's flyin too much,
I wish that I could make her see,
She's just the flavor of the week.
Yeah!
Her boyfriend, he don't know,
Anything about her,
He's flyin, he's flyin,
He's flyin, he's flyin,
Her boyfriend, he don't know,
Anything about her,
He's flyin too much,
I wish that I could make her see,
She's just the flavor of the week
Yeah she's the flavor of the week.
She makes me weak."
"That's just sick," Sirius muttered.
"Excuse me while I go retch in the loo," Remus said, and then disappeared.
"Snivellus likes Lily? No way!" James was in denial. Had Snape liked Lily this whole time? Is that why he hated James? But he had hated James since before they thought girls had cooties.
There were a few minutes appointed for scene changes before the next song.
"We're going to have one more break before we finish this concert. And one more song before the last break. I present to you, the audience, the four Muse sisters, Terpsichore, Euterpe, Polyhymnia, and Thalia!"
The four girls appeared suddenly on stage. They had borrowed James' invisibility cloak. They were all wearing Muggle graduation gowns with mortar boards. They held papers that were rolled up and tied with a black ribbon.
Chory began.
"And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives,"
Thally: "Where we're gonna be when we turn 25,"
Polly: "I keep thinkin' times will never change,"
Euterpe: "Keep on thinking things will always be the same,"
Kept rotating: "But when we leave this year we won't be coming back,
No more hanging out cause we're on a different track,
And if you got something that you need to say,
You better say it right now cause you don't have another day,
Cause we're moving on and we can't slow down,
These memories are playing like a film without sound,
And I keep thinking of that night in June,
I didn't know much of love,
But it came too soon,
And there was me and you,
And then we got real cool,
Stay at home talking on the telephone with me,
We'd get so excited, we'd get so scared,
Laughing at ourselves thinking life's not fair,
And this is how it feels,"
All of them:
"As we go on we remember,
All the times we had together,
And as our lives change come whatever,
We will still be friends forever,"
Started rotating: "So if we get the big jobs,
And we make the big money,
When we look back now,
Will the jokes still be funny?
Will we still remember everything we learned in school?
Still be trying to break every single rule,
Will that old Severus Snape be the Death Eater man?
Can we ever find a job that won't interfere with a tan,
I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye,
Keep on thinking it's a time to fly,
And this is how it feels,
As we go on we remember,
All the times we had together,
And as our lives change come whatever,
We will still be friends forever,
La, la, la, la…
Yeah, yeah, yeah
La, la, la, la…
We will still be friends forever
Will we think about tomorrow like we think about now?
Can we survive it out there?
Can we make it somehow?
I guess I thought that this would never end,
And suddenly it's like we're women and men,
Will the past be a shadow that will follow us 'round?
Will these memories fade when I leave this town,
I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye,
Keep on thinking it's a time to fly,
As we go on we remember,
All the times we had together,
And as our lives change come whatever,
We will still be friends forever,
As we go on we remember,
All the times we had together,
And as our lives change come whatever,
We will still be friends forever,
As we go on we remember,
All the times we had together,
And as our lives change come whatever,
We will still be friends forever!"
They disappeared just as quickly as they appeared. The last of the notes faded out, and several of the seventh year girls were crying.