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{A/N: Hey all! Yes, I KNOW it's been AGES since I've updated. I truly am sorry! Really! Hopefully I will update more, as it IS summer for me! I did update at least each story once during the school year. So SPOOF! You can also check out my live journal for updates and you can leave me comments (PLEASE!) and goad me into updating more. My user name is: auroraborialis or you can click on the link in my ff.net bio page. Thanks a million! Now without further adieu: Chapter 3: Escapades }

"HUZZAH!" Sirius yelled, as he jumped fully on to Lily's bed and began to jump up and down, quite exuberently.

"What the --" Lily started starring wide eyed at Sirius and quickly jolted upright, causing Sirius to fall off the bed with a thud. A well aimed pillow was thrown directly at Sirius's head from across the room. Sirius let out a squeal.

"Sirius! Why the bloody hell are you in here?" Jules shouted after her pillow.

"To answer that question…wait… I don't have the slightest idea! But I guess one can say I did it as I've never done it before. So I decided to give it whirl! And then … you ladies chased me last night…" Sirius rambled.

Zoë looked at him from her bed and threw her pillow at him. "Siri, shut up before you hurt yourself!" The three girls -- Brooke and Hilary were still asleep-- edged closer to him, pillows reclaimed.

"Never…" Lily started, coming dangerously close to his back.

"…wake us up.." Zoë seconded, closing in on his right arm.

"…like that again!" Jules finished, looking him straight in the eye, as the three Zodiacs started whacking Sirius with their pillows. Sirius let out a scarily high pitched squeal and bolted for the door of the dormitory.

"That will teach you Mister Black!" Lily called after him. The three girls looked at each other and burst into peals of laughter.

"Did you hear that squeal!?" Zoë gasped between laughs.

"YES!" Lily and Jules said in unison, while collapsing on to the pile of pillows, causing feathers to fly in every which direction.

The girls got dressed and headed down to the Great Hall, talking and calling out greeting to friends in different houses. Gracefully, the three Zodiacs entered the hall and sat down across from the Marauders. Sirius eyed them suspiciously; the girls glared mockingly back at him. James looked between the four of them, a grin spreading across him mouth. "Did Sirius go on an escapade again?" Sirius shuttered at the thought of being beaten with pillows. Seeing this, the Zodiacs burst out laughing.

James, taking that as a 'yes', continued, "Well anyroad, we do have detentions to serve for the rest of the week, and on a brighter note, we have history of magic with our beloved Professor Binns first thing this morning! Can you just feel the excitement!?" James was doing this all with a dramatic effect.

"Please tell me, for the love of Qudditch, your joking," Lily said, rubbing her temples.

He opened his eyes wide and put on an innocent face. "Does this face ever lie?" James asked, hurt. As soon as the words had left his mouth, he was bombarded with a n assortment of breakfast foods. "Hey!" he yelped, attempting to swat away a piece of well aimed toast by Zoë.

History of Magic went about as usual, Professor Binns droning on about aspiring wizards in the Renaissance. Lily, Jules, and Zoë had settled themselves in behind the Marauders to 'listen' to the lecture. As usual, the girls were passing notes to and fro about the improved selection of guys for their year. Jules passed Lily a piece of parchment which read, 'Oh my goodness, have you seen Dante Cartier lately? Has he finally started growing into himself or what?!' Lily scribbled back, 'I think you may be correct m'dear! But you are gonna have to watch out for evil twin, Aeron.' Both girls looked disdainfully across the room towards the sour looking Ravenclaw. As they looked straight ahead they noticed a face looking curiously at them from over his shoulder. Jules made a face and stuck her tongue out at Sirius. Arching an eyebrow, with a mischievous glint in his eye, he turned and faced the front. Jules faced Lily and they both shrugged and went back to Dante; completely unbeknownst that Sirius had directed his wand towards Jules's chair.

Sirius muttered quietly to himself, "Wingardium Leviosa!" The chair that Jules was in slowly started to raise a few inches above the ground.

Jules noticed that the force of gravity diapering, as Lily got shorter and shorter next to her. Lily abruptly took notice of her slowly ascending friend and glanced around the room. Finally, her eyes rested on an unusually still looking Sirius and a silently laughing James. Jules was close to two feet above the ground (Professor Binns, not seeming to have noticed anything, kept droning on about Ebither the Great) when Lily muttered the counter curse. Jules's chair plopped back down on the hard floor with a thud! Sirius glanced back and then he and James burst into peals of silent laughter. Glaring at the back of Sirius's head , she whipped out her wand and started to charm it a lovely shade of hot pink. Lily wasn't paying attention to Jules charm, but taking notice, for the first time, the way James's eyes, swirls of brown and green, light up like stars when he laughs . She watched him intently until Zoë -- whom had stopped chatting with the guy next to her-- started to poke her, rather hard, in the shoulder.

"Ow!" lily yelped, rubbing her shoulder, "Jeez Zoë! What was that for?"

"Lils class is over; you've only been looking at a certain someone for the past half an hour," Zoe said deviously.

Making a face, Lily replied defiantly, "I was not!" While inside her mind was racing. 'Was I just staring at James for half an hour straight? Lily! Get a hold of yourself! You cannot have feelings for James! NO NO NO!' The little voice inside her head questioned, 'Why not?' The bigger voice stomped out the other one, 'NO!'

"No!" Lily told herself firmly, as she walked out of the classroom, not realizing she had spoken out loud.

"What was that Lily?" Jules asked, looking at her curiously.

"Nothing!" Lily uttered quickly, walking hurriedly down the corridor.

"Mmmhhmmm…" Zoë murmured to Jules.

"You got that right, Zo," Jules said. They continued walking down the corridor after her.

{ A/N: I hope you liked it! I wont beg you to review, as if you feel it's worthy enough in your eyes, as a reader, you will review. Which I hope you do! That chapter is kinnda random, but it was kinnda fun to write. I know it's short please forgive me! We all know I'm incapable of writing long posts! In your review please tell me which story you would rather have updated: DMC or Anathema? Please read my other fics! Fallen Star could use some readers. Thanks a lot for reading! Please check out my LJ and leave me comments! Until next time!

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