Left With YOU
Chapter 10
By Mrs. Prongs
Author's Note: I really like this chapter. It's the result of a spontaneous burst of creativity at 2 AM. Hope you enjoy. Oh, and it's long. Isn't that just AMAZING? =D
And we're sorry for adding ourselves in the story so much, but we really do have a point to it, so hold tight. Oh, and there will never be any Steph!James, for all you Jamesey and Lilikins fans. We could never do that, even with how much that would be awesome through my eyes. I mean, James and I are perfect for eachother...Okay, on with the chapter.
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"They're boxers," Steph said, inspecting the red and green striped underpants.
"And they're quite holiday-ish, too," Alexandra added.
"Boxers?," Jenny asked.
"It's a muggle thing," Stephanie said dismissively.
Jenny had a confused look on her face. "But you're a pureblood."
"Yes, well."
Alex thought for a moment. "Hey, so's James."
"Do you have a point?," Steph asked, annoyed.
"Well-," Alex began.
Sirius cut in. "Of course she does! Alexandra is the most intelligent person I know!"
Alex blushed. "Thank you, Sirius. But I was just beginning to say that, no, I don't."
Stephanie chuckled and looked at Sirius. "Dontcha feel smart now?"
"Actually-"
Remus cut Padfoot off this time. "Could you hand me the underpants, now, please?," he asked Stephanie.
"You know, it's not nice to keep cutting people's sentences off, guys," Stephanie said, ignoring Remus's question.
Remus cleared his throat. "Stephanie-"
"HEY! I've got a brilliant idea," Steph said, being the one to cut off someone this time.
Sirius smiled. "WOW! I have a lot of those, too."
"Yes, but do you want to know the difference?," the girl asked.
"Sure."
"My plans actually have meaning. And not to mention, they work."
Sirius frowned and turned to Alex.
Alex looked at Sirius, then at Steph, then back to Sirius. "Well...you know, they do. Most of the time..."
"Everyone's against me," Sirius said huffily.
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"So we just put it into a container," Lily said, turning the knob back into the off position.
"So do we have a container?," James asked.
Lily looked around.
"Er...no. But we can find one. I mean, we could use, you know, a thing that holds things..."
James looked at her as if she was insane. "Right. A thing that holds things."
Lily stood and went over to the bathroom cabinet. Opening it, she pulled out a tarnished silver soap dispenser.
"And this is a thing that holds things," she said triumphantly. She unscrewed the cap and filled the container with the apple scented shampoo.
"James?" He didn't answer. "James?," she asked again, a bit louder to get his attention. "JAMES!"
The Marauder jumped from his position from under a tap.
"What in god's name were you doing?"
"I was smelling the coconut shampoo," he stated, lifting up off of the ground.
"WHY? Didn't you get a big enough wiff of it when Stephanie "accidentally" fell into you?," the redhead asked, truly bothered.
"Someone's jealous."
"Shut UP."
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The five were making their way down the first floor corridor.
"What happened to your plan?," Alex asked Steph.
"I never had one."
Remus stopped in the middle of his tracks. "Do you hear that?," he asked the group of people behind him.
"Hear what?," Alex asked.
"That noise."
Sirius looked confused. "I don't hear a noise."
"There's a noise, dammit!," Remus said.
"THAT noise?," Stephanie asked, pulling her attention away from chatting with Jenny.
"YES!," Remus said, thankful that someone else heard it.
"I don't hear a noise," she said, smiling.
Remus rolled his eyes.
Off in the distance, the group heard two people talking. And it sounded an awful like James and Lily arguing.
"I hear it!," Jenny said.
Stephanie looked at her. "Obviously."
"Gosh, Steph, you don't have to be so-." Alex wasn't able to finish her sentence.
"HIDE!," Remus said.
"Where?," Sirius asked.
There was a very familiar tapestry on the wall. "Behind here of course," he said, leading them through it.
In the fuss, Stephanie dropped the underpants.
And James and Lily were coming that way.
"ALEX!," Steph hissed through the dark.
"Ouch!," Alex exclaimed when someone's elbow nudged into her ribcage. "What?"
"I dropped the boxers!"
"Oh. My. God. Why in the hell did you do that?!," Alex asked, panicking.
"It's not like I did it on purpose. It wasn't 'Oh, let's drop James' underpants in the middle of the corridor so he can stumble over them'," she retorted.
Alex groaned.
The group could hear James talking. "I'm sorry that I like smelling girls' hair Lily. Especially of girls I like, but -"
"YOU LIKE ALEXANDRA AND STEPHANIE?!," Lily exclaimed, outraged at simply the thought of this idea.
"Well, Alex is a bit uptight, but Steph is extremely nice and lovely, and not a typical Ravenclaw," James answered. "But not as lovely as you, Lily, my dear."
"Ugh."
Stephanie smiled behind the tapestry.
Remus' eyes widened while realisation dawned on him while he was standing there waiting for Lily and James to pass. "Stephanie?," he asked.
"Hmm?," she answered, still thinking of how James said she was nice and lovely.
"Where are the underpants?"
"Oh, right," Stephanie said. "I...er...dropped them. They're in the middle of the floor."
"WHAT?," Remus yelled.
"Moony?," James called. "Is that you?"
"Er...no!"
"Come on, I'm not Sirius. Where are you?"
"HEY! I THINK THAT'S AN INSULT!," Sirius exclaimed.
"No, he's complimenting you on your great wit," Stephanie said, sarcastically.
"Sirius? Steph?," James said, heading towards the tapestry, and slipping in. Lily slipped in behind him.
"OOF! That's my shoulder!," Alex said, rubbing the injured part.
"You're just getting beat up everywhere, aren't you, Alex?," Jenny said sympathically.
"Hey, what is everyone doing back here?," James asked, quite clueless to the tragedy afoot.
"Er," Steph said, dropping to the floor. "Be right back." She crawled out from under the large rug on the wall.
"Just, you know, hanging out," Alex answered.
Stephanie snatched James' boxers from the floor and tucked them in her robe pocket. "There," she said to herself, and went back under the rug.
"Where did you go?," Lily asked.
"Nowhere," Remus, Sirius, Alex, Jenny and Steph all said at the same time.
"Right."
Chapter 10
By Mrs. Prongs
Author's Note: I really like this chapter. It's the result of a spontaneous burst of creativity at 2 AM. Hope you enjoy. Oh, and it's long. Isn't that just AMAZING? =D
And we're sorry for adding ourselves in the story so much, but we really do have a point to it, so hold tight. Oh, and there will never be any Steph!James, for all you Jamesey and Lilikins fans. We could never do that, even with how much that would be awesome through my eyes. I mean, James and I are perfect for eachother...Okay, on with the chapter.
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"They're boxers," Steph said, inspecting the red and green striped underpants.
"And they're quite holiday-ish, too," Alexandra added.
"Boxers?," Jenny asked.
"It's a muggle thing," Stephanie said dismissively.
Jenny had a confused look on her face. "But you're a pureblood."
"Yes, well."
Alex thought for a moment. "Hey, so's James."
"Do you have a point?," Steph asked, annoyed.
"Well-," Alex began.
Sirius cut in. "Of course she does! Alexandra is the most intelligent person I know!"
Alex blushed. "Thank you, Sirius. But I was just beginning to say that, no, I don't."
Stephanie chuckled and looked at Sirius. "Dontcha feel smart now?"
"Actually-"
Remus cut Padfoot off this time. "Could you hand me the underpants, now, please?," he asked Stephanie.
"You know, it's not nice to keep cutting people's sentences off, guys," Stephanie said, ignoring Remus's question.
Remus cleared his throat. "Stephanie-"
"HEY! I've got a brilliant idea," Steph said, being the one to cut off someone this time.
Sirius smiled. "WOW! I have a lot of those, too."
"Yes, but do you want to know the difference?," the girl asked.
"Sure."
"My plans actually have meaning. And not to mention, they work."
Sirius frowned and turned to Alex.
Alex looked at Sirius, then at Steph, then back to Sirius. "Well...you know, they do. Most of the time..."
"Everyone's against me," Sirius said huffily.
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"So we just put it into a container," Lily said, turning the knob back into the off position.
"So do we have a container?," James asked.
Lily looked around.
"Er...no. But we can find one. I mean, we could use, you know, a thing that holds things..."
James looked at her as if she was insane. "Right. A thing that holds things."
Lily stood and went over to the bathroom cabinet. Opening it, she pulled out a tarnished silver soap dispenser.
"And this is a thing that holds things," she said triumphantly. She unscrewed the cap and filled the container with the apple scented shampoo.
"James?" He didn't answer. "James?," she asked again, a bit louder to get his attention. "JAMES!"
The Marauder jumped from his position from under a tap.
"What in god's name were you doing?"
"I was smelling the coconut shampoo," he stated, lifting up off of the ground.
"WHY? Didn't you get a big enough wiff of it when Stephanie "accidentally" fell into you?," the redhead asked, truly bothered.
"Someone's jealous."
"Shut UP."
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The five were making their way down the first floor corridor.
"What happened to your plan?," Alex asked Steph.
"I never had one."
Remus stopped in the middle of his tracks. "Do you hear that?," he asked the group of people behind him.
"Hear what?," Alex asked.
"That noise."
Sirius looked confused. "I don't hear a noise."
"There's a noise, dammit!," Remus said.
"THAT noise?," Stephanie asked, pulling her attention away from chatting with Jenny.
"YES!," Remus said, thankful that someone else heard it.
"I don't hear a noise," she said, smiling.
Remus rolled his eyes.
Off in the distance, the group heard two people talking. And it sounded an awful like James and Lily arguing.
"I hear it!," Jenny said.
Stephanie looked at her. "Obviously."
"Gosh, Steph, you don't have to be so-." Alex wasn't able to finish her sentence.
"HIDE!," Remus said.
"Where?," Sirius asked.
There was a very familiar tapestry on the wall. "Behind here of course," he said, leading them through it.
In the fuss, Stephanie dropped the underpants.
And James and Lily were coming that way.
"ALEX!," Steph hissed through the dark.
"Ouch!," Alex exclaimed when someone's elbow nudged into her ribcage. "What?"
"I dropped the boxers!"
"Oh. My. God. Why in the hell did you do that?!," Alex asked, panicking.
"It's not like I did it on purpose. It wasn't 'Oh, let's drop James' underpants in the middle of the corridor so he can stumble over them'," she retorted.
Alex groaned.
The group could hear James talking. "I'm sorry that I like smelling girls' hair Lily. Especially of girls I like, but -"
"YOU LIKE ALEXANDRA AND STEPHANIE?!," Lily exclaimed, outraged at simply the thought of this idea.
"Well, Alex is a bit uptight, but Steph is extremely nice and lovely, and not a typical Ravenclaw," James answered. "But not as lovely as you, Lily, my dear."
"Ugh."
Stephanie smiled behind the tapestry.
Remus' eyes widened while realisation dawned on him while he was standing there waiting for Lily and James to pass. "Stephanie?," he asked.
"Hmm?," she answered, still thinking of how James said she was nice and lovely.
"Where are the underpants?"
"Oh, right," Stephanie said. "I...er...dropped them. They're in the middle of the floor."
"WHAT?," Remus yelled.
"Moony?," James called. "Is that you?"
"Er...no!"
"Come on, I'm not Sirius. Where are you?"
"HEY! I THINK THAT'S AN INSULT!," Sirius exclaimed.
"No, he's complimenting you on your great wit," Stephanie said, sarcastically.
"Sirius? Steph?," James said, heading towards the tapestry, and slipping in. Lily slipped in behind him.
"OOF! That's my shoulder!," Alex said, rubbing the injured part.
"You're just getting beat up everywhere, aren't you, Alex?," Jenny said sympathically.
"Hey, what is everyone doing back here?," James asked, quite clueless to the tragedy afoot.
"Er," Steph said, dropping to the floor. "Be right back." She crawled out from under the large rug on the wall.
"Just, you know, hanging out," Alex answered.
Stephanie snatched James' boxers from the floor and tucked them in her robe pocket. "There," she said to herself, and went back under the rug.
"Where did you go?," Lily asked.
"Nowhere," Remus, Sirius, Alex, Jenny and Steph all said at the same time.
"Right."