Chapter 4 – Food Fight
"Re—mus..." Lily moaned, as she squirmed around in her sleep.
"Oh my GOODNESS!" Steph sighed, exasperated. "You have been with him one night and you are already dreaming of him! Wake up, Lily!" Stephanie shook her (probably too violently) and finally managed to awaken sleeping beauty.
"Whatimesit?" She mumbled groggily, as she started to rise from her comforter.
"Late!" Steph shouted. "Breakfast is almost over and I have spent all of my time trying to wake you! Classes start in 25 minutes. Up, up, UP!"
Finally roused to action, Lily sprang out of bed and into the washroom. "You go on without me – have something to eat. I'll see you in the hall!" She called to her friend.
"Whatever you say, Lily." Steph mumbled, as she trod down the stairs, and across the castle to reach the Great Hall. "Geez... she didn't even want to use the Head Girl/Boy washroom."
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As Lily hopped into the cold shower, she thought to herself with regret, 'Gee! I really would have liked to try out the Head Girl/Boy Washroom! But it is too late for that right now...' She let the water pound down on her, waking her up completely. As she washed up quickly, her thoughts drifted to Remus, and her heart fluttered. She quickened her pace even more so, so as not to miss him at breakfast.
Lily stood in front of the mirror – "White, or black? White or black? Ugggh! I can't decide!" She wailed.
"Go with the black, honey." The mirror told her.
"Thanks." She replied, and slipped the black turtleneck over her head. It matched perfectly with her denim skirt and black robes. She hastily pulled her hair together at the base of her neck in a loose ponytail, draping it over one shoulder.
"Perfect." She said, after applying a layer of lip gloss. She proceeded to the great hall.
"What's this?" Dumbledore asked, as she entered the hall – everyone was already starting to leave. "Head Girl late for breakfast? My, my, my!"
"I'm sorry, Headmaster." Lily said, no more ruffled than before. "I won't say that it won't happen again, because it probably will, but I will try my best."
"Alright, Ms. Evans. Hurry up."
Lily rushed over to the Gryffindor table where she found Remus finishing his glass of pumpkin juice. She snuck up behind him and pecked him on the cheek. He jumped, but said, "Hello, gorgeous. Why so late?"
"Oh, you know. Slept in and such. Maybe it is you that is early?"
"You are something else, Lily." Remus said, and chuckling, she replied, "I will take that as a compliment. Now I must eat!" And so she did. In five minutes she managed to consume an egg and two slices of cold toast, finally being rushed to class by Dallas.
As they entered the potions room, they were greeted by the Slytherins whispering in their direction.
"Hush now!" Professor Rum, the potions teacher said firmly. "Come along girls. Slept in, I suppose? We'll let it slide today." Lily looked over to the Slytherins, they looked disbelieving.
Professor Rum continued by writing a complicated potion on the board in which the scholars were to brew by the end of class. Thankfully, they were allowed to work in pairs. Unfortunately, Snape and Lolort were beside Lily and Dallas.
"You got lucky this time, Evans." Snape hissed at her. "I shall tell the headmaster that Rummy let you slide. He will for sure be sacked." Chassie Lolort giggled along with her boyfriend. "Yeah, Rummy will get sacked."
"Oh spare us the pain, Chassandra, and shut your trap." Dallas shot back at her.
"Don't you dare call me Chassandra!" Chassie screeched, lunging at Dallas' throat.
"Ladies!" Professor Rum boomed, "Stop that this instant! 10 points from Slytherin, and 5 from Gryffindor!"
"Professor, why only 5? That is unfair!" Snape asked Professor Rum in a would-be polite voice.
"Because, Ms. Dawger was only instigating, whereas Ms. Lolort jumped upon Ms. Dawger." Rummy replied. "Oh, and by the way," he added, "another 5 points from Slytherin for your nosiness." Severus just gaped at him speechless. Lily gave him a smirk and turned around.
"You okay?" She whispered to Dallas.
"Yeah, more than okay. Slytherin lost 15 points! And we so totally got Snape and Lolort in trouble."
"But we need to watch them, now." Lily told her with a worried look on her face. "They'll be wanting revenge for sure."
"Oh pish posh." Dallas said giggling. "Let's bask in our triumph for a bit first."
And so they did. And because of their good mood, they managed to complete the potion perfectly.
"Top marks, girls." Professor Rum said, beaming at them as the bell rang. Dallas and Lily rushed to their next class, Defence Againt the Dark Arts, because this was the first class that they took with Michelle, Steph, and the Marauders. It was the only class that all eight of them took.
"Hey Ree-ree!" Lily said, as she sat down beside her new guy.
"Hey Lily." He replied, smiling at her. 'He is so cute!' Lily sighed to herself. "How was your first class?" He asked.
"Oh! It was great! We got Snape and Lolort in so much trouble!" She squealed excitedly, and added as an afterthought, "Although they will most definitely seek revenge."
"Well that is okay, Lily. I will protect you from anything they try to do to you." Remus told her.
"Oh my god, you are so corny!" Dallas told Remus, and he laughed. "Well, I will." He simply said.
"Class! Attention, please!" Barked their dada teacher, Professor Grum. She was tall, burly, and imposing. She was, however, a very good professor. "Today we will be starting a very advanced defense charm. I do not expect you to work the charm at all today, as most adults find it difficult. But as this is an advanced class for NEWT exam students, you should be getting the charm in a few weeks, as it will surely be on the exam. The defense charm we are learning is to ward off dementers. Any guesses?"
A timid Ravenclaw, Jill Clearwater, raised her hand.
"Yes, Ms. Clearwater?" Professor Grum asked her.
"Are we going to be studying the patronus charm?" She asked frightfully.
"Yes, that is correct. 5 points to Ravenclaw. Today we are starting patronuses. They are whitish ghostly forms that protect you from dementers. Each person's patronus takes the form of an animal unique to himself or herself. EXPECTO PATRONUM!" He shouted, and a white kangaroo materialized before their eyes. It gaily hopped about the room and then disappeared. Everyone clapped.
"That, was a patronus." Grum explained. "Now, as I am sure you heard, the incantation for this charm is 'expecto patonum', but that is the easy part of this defense. You must think of an extremely happy thought, and focus on it. It will be much easier to do in this classroom, as there are no dementers. That is why we use classrooms to perfect our knowledge. But if you should ever need to ward one off in the real world, you will find it ten times more difficult to think happy when the dementers are making you think sad, bad, and tragic. Now, one at a time we will try this incantation. We should each get two tries at least before the bell. Questions? No? Alright then. Here we go. Melanie Allbright, you first."
Melanie Allbright stepped forward and nervously said, "E-expeto patromun" A loud bang erupted from her wand.
"No, no. Melanie, dear, it is 'expecto patroNUM, not MUN. Next please!" Said Professor Grum, and Sirius Black stepped forward.
"Expecto Patronum!" He bellowed in a deep voice. 'How can he look so good without trying?' Dallas asked herself, silently giggling at her absurdness. Nothing happened, but Sirius told the teacher it was probably because he hadn't experienced anything very happy that he could think of. 'Poor Sirius.' Thought Dallas. 'Maybe I should work on making him happy. He sure needs to be happy.'
In the meantime, three more people had gone and Dallas awoke from her thoughts to find it was her turn.
"Ms. Dawger, please pay attention!" Grum said, and Dallas stepped forward. "Expecto patronum." She drawled, and a wisp of smoke appeared in front of her.
"Oh good job, Ms. Dawger!" Professor Grum exclaimed. "A first sign of a real patonus today! Bravo! 10 points to Gryffindor! Lily Evans, please step forward."
Lily shouted the incantation but nothing happened. "It's okay, Lils." Remus said to her. "We're not supposed to get it today anyways." "Yeah, I know." Lily said. 'Boy,' Remus thought to himself. 'Nothing frazzles this girl, does it?' 'Nope.' Agreed Friz, his head voice. 'She is really cool and composed.'
A couple more people went, but they are irrelevant to our story. Finally Grum called, 'Remus Lupin, please.' And he stepped forwards.
"Expecto Patronum." He firmly said and a white coloured wolf shot out of his wand. Everyone clapped and cheered. "
"Oh wonderful!" exclaimed the professor. "30 points for Gryffindor! Simply superb!"
"That was so cool, Ree-Ree!" Lily exclaimed, kissing him on the cheek. "I believe that you will protect me." She whispered softly to his ear. He smiled, and turned his attention back to the class.
Stephanie, Peter, and James all took their turns – nothing. Next it was time for, "Michelle Seabrook, please." She stepped forward, thinking her happiest thought. "Expecto Patronum!" She pratically shouted. A white giraffe burst out and began to gallop around the class.
"Well, well, well!" Exclaimed Professor Grum again. "Gryffindor sure is on fire today, no? Take another 20 points. Class dismissed" she added as the bell rang.
"That was a fun lesson!" Michelle exclaimed to Remus.
"Yeah. Very cool. We actually made a patronus!"
"Remus? What were you thinking about when you conjured yours?" Michelle asked him suspiciously. He blushed a deep crimson and shook his head. "Well, go on! Tell me!" she urged.
"All right." He mumbled, clearly uncomfortable with the subject. "I was thinking about when Lily and I were kissing in the lake."
"Really? I was thinking about when you first said you would go out with me."
"Oh." He replied. "I'm sorry, Michelle."
"It's o-"but just then she was interrupted.
"Come on Ree-Ree!" Lily shouted. "I got us some sandwiches, do you wanna go get our afternoon books and just eat in the common room?" she asked.
Remus gave Michelle a regretful look, and said to Lily, "Alright then. Lets go." And he took her by the hand and walked her to the commonroom.
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"Hey James!" Dallas exclaimed as she plopped herself between Sirius and him. "Hey Sirius." She then cooed to him, taking advantage of her position by giving him a quick look-over. She was clearly deciding which one of these gorgeous boys to hit on. "Well Sirius, I think someone has been working out."
"Yeah." Sirius replied to her. "Peter has." James and Sirius chuckled.
"You are so dense." Dallas scoffed at him. "How am I supposed to flirt with you when you have such an attitude?"
"You don't." James couldn't help it – he snorted into his pumpkin juice.
"Honestly, James," she continued, "You will never get a girl with such manners. Snorting. How disgusting."
"I'll show you some manners." James said, laughing, as he picked up a grape from their fruit bowl and threw it at her. Of course, this was the start of an all-out fruit war. Before the three knew what was happening the whole of the Gryffindor table was throwing fruit at each other.
"STOP!" Professor Dumbledore bellowed. "That is enough. Dawger, Potter, Seabrook, Pettigrew, Pandersun, and Black, please go to your common room where your head of house, Professor Thum, will attend to you. Everyone else, lunch is now over. Please go wash up."
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"Oh my gosh!" Michelle screeched as they walked down the hall. "I wasn't even doing anything!"
"Oh lighten up, Mich. Thum will let us off, I'm sure."
"Yeah Michy." Steph agreed. "Lighten up."
"Hmph."
"What now?" they all asked her.
"Nothing." She replied coldly. "Just you all think I am too uptight just because I don't want to get a bad rep for something I didn't do."
"Oh come on. You were too throwing food. I saw you whip a whole cantaloupe at Melanie Allbright." Sirius told her, laughing.
"Ok, FINE! You caught me." She said giggling. "I just don't want to get in trouble."
"Oh Michelle. You are so goody-goody. Thum will let us off- I am head boy!" James told her, reassuringly.
"Oh Jamsie, you are so kind." Dallas cooed to him. "You are such a great guy – how can you not have a girlfriend? You are amazing." James blushed so hard he looked like a beet.
"Gee...I dunno." He finally said, suppressing the urge to say that he was just waiting for her to realize he liked her. 'Hasn't she got the hint yet?' he wondered to himself. 'I mean, what about at the lake? Weren't we soooo flirting? I wonder...."
Meanwhile, Dallas was inwardly giggling to herself. 'I like Sirius-a lot, but James is really good looking, and he so totally likes me.' She was thinking to herself. 'But I can't decide who to choose. I mean, I am sure I could get either of them. I guess I will just have to appeal to both of them.' She actually giggled this time, and everyone looked at her.
"What's so funny about flying carpets?" Stephanie asked her.
"Oh- uh- nothing!" She said, still giggling. She so obviously was not paying attention. 'This is going to be fun!' she squealed inside her head.
"Oops!" she said as she got her foot stuck in the stair. "Sirius-help me!" she screeched over-exaggeratedly. 'Part one, plan one in action.' She told herself as Sirius backtracked and hoisted her up.
"You are so out of it today, Dallas." He chuckled at his friend. No sooner had they started walking when Peeves showed up and dropped a bag of marbles on the floor. Everyone avoided them but –"eeeeeeee! Sirius! Help me!" Dallas screeched again as she slipped on the marbles.
"Geez girl. You are crazy. I don't think it is very safe to let you walk around." Sirius muttered.
"No, I don't think so." James agreed and picked Dallas up, slinging her over his shoulder.
"James! Put me down now!" she demanding, not wanting to be put down at all.
"Not this time, girly. Over my shoulder you stay." James told her, grinning 'Fine by me.' Dallas thought. 'Gives me a chance to work you a bit.' She struggled and tried to get away, causing James to hold her tightly. He had to readjust her to keep her balance and he accidently grabbed her ass.
"James!" She yelled. "Do not touch my ass you pervert and put me down!" Dallas was not really angry, but she had to act like it.
"No." he said. James was not going to lose the opportunity to hold the girl he liked even if she was mad. "You are a danger to us all."
"Hmmmph." She angrily hmphed and was quiet the rest of the way.
'Oh my god.' Steph thought to herself. 'I practically hand her Sirius and yet she continues to flirt with James. I don't know what has gotten into her. On the train she said he disgusted her, and she liked Sirius. Now that her choices are open, she is acting terribly villainous. Well, two can play at that game. I will make her have Sirius because by the time she makes up her mind I will have James. Just you wait Dallas. You won't know what has hit you.'
Jus then they arrived at the portrait of the Fat Lady. "asasda" Peter said and the portrait swung forwards. James walked over to a couch and put Dallas down.
"There you go." He said. "You are free."
"Oh well." She said tom him. "Now it is my turn to capture someone." And she dragged him onto the couch with her. As if on cue, they both started tickling each other, screaming with laughter.
"Those two." Sirius muttered to himself, inwardly glad. 'Gosh, I thought she was hitting on me at first. I am so glad that she seems to like James – I would never want to ruin our friendship. Besides, I am still in love with Stephanie.' He walked over to the bulletin board and looked at a new notice.
"Hey guys! Look at this!" he exclaimed, and Peter, Michelle and Steph rushed over.
"Cool!" Steph said. "Four Hogsmeade weekends in a row!"
"Yeah." Michelle agreed, thinking longingly of when her and Remus used to go together. "Hey guys?" She asked them. "Do you know where Remus and Lily went?"
"Knowing them, they are probably outside hiding behind a tree or something." Peter told her. "Probably kissing. Uggh!" he added.
"Oh" Said Michelle, not at all cheered up. "Do you want to go get our books?" She asked Steph.
"Sure." She replied, and they set off up the stars to their dorm. They quietly entered and at the same time both of their jaws dropped. Lily and Remus were in there – making out – on a bed – Steph's bed!
"Ugggh!" Steph screeched. "Get off of my bed!" Lily looked up at her, face bright red. She was clearly in shock, and looked uncomfortable.
"Oh, u-u-h, yeah. Right!" she said still quite breathless. She grabbed her book bag and ran out of the room. Remus just lied on the bed, apparently dazed and confused about what had just happened.
"Remus?" Michelle asked quietly, very sore about what she had just witnessed.
"Ummm. Right." He too said. "I was just leaving." He straightened his shirt and brushed his hair back.
"Then go. Go!" Michelle ordered him harshly. "Go find your girlfriend!" She screeched shrilly, also running out of the room.
"So your lunch was good?" Steph asked him, feeling sorry for her friend.
"Uh, yeah." He muttered. "Best lunch in a long time."
"Well you're just lucky we barged in when we did!" She was now yelling too, out of anger for making Michelle see him after he broke up with her. "Do you have no decency?" she asked him. "No- don't answer. Just go." Remus stood up, utterly perplexed.
"What just happened? I really don't understand..." He mumbled to Steph.
"Oh! Don't you?" She screeched back at him, now pissed.
"Well, it's not like Mich and I never made out!" He shot back at her, starting to un-daze himself.
"Yes I know!" She said, exasperated at having to explain herself when all she wanted to do was comfort her friend. "But don't you see? YOU just broke up with HER and the next day SHE sees YOU making out with LILY! How would that make you feel?"
Remus stood there and stared into Steph's steely blue eyes, and for a moment they were glued like this, understanding each other. Finally Remus replied to her.
"Oh. I see your point. I will go apologize." And he too rushed from the room. Stephanie just sat down for a moment, wondering what the hell just happened. She couldn't think why she hadn't noticed his brilliant eyes before. Suddenly the image of a face broke into Stephanie's thoughts, and she sighed dreamily. The face of James. 'Oh, if only he didn't like Dallas!' she furiously thought. 'Oh, and if only she didn't lead him on so! Can she not be content with the gift of Sirius? If I could read her mind...'
Steph stood up in a daze and walked out to meet her friends. She had just barely sat down beside a still-crying Michelle when Professor Thum walked though the portrait hole. She took one look at Michelle and rushed to her side.
"It' okay! It's okay Ms. Seabrook! I am not going to punish you!" she consoled to the girl. None of them bothered to correct her about why she was really crying.
"I would really like to congratulate you on getting a banana in Professor Dum, head of Slytherin's, face! Although I would most surely get in trouble for doing so, I cannot. I have to tell you that however thoroughly enjoyable it was, it was still wrong and you should not repeat it." She told them, and then added, 'Well, at least not in the next few months!" She gave them a quick smile, and left the room.
"She is so cool." A third year girl named Lyndsie Logan told them.
"Yeah. Neat." Steph replied, grinning.
"So, Steph, how are things with you and Sirius?" Lyndsie asked her, unaware of their break-up.
"Well...we...uhh..." Steph started, but was interrupted by the ever-so nosy Sirius.
"She broke up with me and broke my heart." He told her matter-of-factly.
"What?" Lyndsie cried, loudly enough for everyone in a one-mile radius to hear. "Stephanie Pandersun and Sirius Black broke up? The world is coming to an end!" and she rushed out of the common room, probably to tell everyone the latest news.
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"Re—mus..." Lily moaned, as she squirmed around in her sleep.
"Oh my GOODNESS!" Steph sighed, exasperated. "You have been with him one night and you are already dreaming of him! Wake up, Lily!" Stephanie shook her (probably too violently) and finally managed to awaken sleeping beauty.
"Whatimesit?" She mumbled groggily, as she started to rise from her comforter.
"Late!" Steph shouted. "Breakfast is almost over and I have spent all of my time trying to wake you! Classes start in 25 minutes. Up, up, UP!"
Finally roused to action, Lily sprang out of bed and into the washroom. "You go on without me – have something to eat. I'll see you in the hall!" She called to her friend.
"Whatever you say, Lily." Steph mumbled, as she trod down the stairs, and across the castle to reach the Great Hall. "Geez... she didn't even want to use the Head Girl/Boy washroom."
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As Lily hopped into the cold shower, she thought to herself with regret, 'Gee! I really would have liked to try out the Head Girl/Boy Washroom! But it is too late for that right now...' She let the water pound down on her, waking her up completely. As she washed up quickly, her thoughts drifted to Remus, and her heart fluttered. She quickened her pace even more so, so as not to miss him at breakfast.
Lily stood in front of the mirror – "White, or black? White or black? Ugggh! I can't decide!" She wailed.
"Go with the black, honey." The mirror told her.
"Thanks." She replied, and slipped the black turtleneck over her head. It matched perfectly with her denim skirt and black robes. She hastily pulled her hair together at the base of her neck in a loose ponytail, draping it over one shoulder.
"Perfect." She said, after applying a layer of lip gloss. She proceeded to the great hall.
"What's this?" Dumbledore asked, as she entered the hall – everyone was already starting to leave. "Head Girl late for breakfast? My, my, my!"
"I'm sorry, Headmaster." Lily said, no more ruffled than before. "I won't say that it won't happen again, because it probably will, but I will try my best."
"Alright, Ms. Evans. Hurry up."
Lily rushed over to the Gryffindor table where she found Remus finishing his glass of pumpkin juice. She snuck up behind him and pecked him on the cheek. He jumped, but said, "Hello, gorgeous. Why so late?"
"Oh, you know. Slept in and such. Maybe it is you that is early?"
"You are something else, Lily." Remus said, and chuckling, she replied, "I will take that as a compliment. Now I must eat!" And so she did. In five minutes she managed to consume an egg and two slices of cold toast, finally being rushed to class by Dallas.
As they entered the potions room, they were greeted by the Slytherins whispering in their direction.
"Hush now!" Professor Rum, the potions teacher said firmly. "Come along girls. Slept in, I suppose? We'll let it slide today." Lily looked over to the Slytherins, they looked disbelieving.
Professor Rum continued by writing a complicated potion on the board in which the scholars were to brew by the end of class. Thankfully, they were allowed to work in pairs. Unfortunately, Snape and Lolort were beside Lily and Dallas.
"You got lucky this time, Evans." Snape hissed at her. "I shall tell the headmaster that Rummy let you slide. He will for sure be sacked." Chassie Lolort giggled along with her boyfriend. "Yeah, Rummy will get sacked."
"Oh spare us the pain, Chassandra, and shut your trap." Dallas shot back at her.
"Don't you dare call me Chassandra!" Chassie screeched, lunging at Dallas' throat.
"Ladies!" Professor Rum boomed, "Stop that this instant! 10 points from Slytherin, and 5 from Gryffindor!"
"Professor, why only 5? That is unfair!" Snape asked Professor Rum in a would-be polite voice.
"Because, Ms. Dawger was only instigating, whereas Ms. Lolort jumped upon Ms. Dawger." Rummy replied. "Oh, and by the way," he added, "another 5 points from Slytherin for your nosiness." Severus just gaped at him speechless. Lily gave him a smirk and turned around.
"You okay?" She whispered to Dallas.
"Yeah, more than okay. Slytherin lost 15 points! And we so totally got Snape and Lolort in trouble."
"But we need to watch them, now." Lily told her with a worried look on her face. "They'll be wanting revenge for sure."
"Oh pish posh." Dallas said giggling. "Let's bask in our triumph for a bit first."
And so they did. And because of their good mood, they managed to complete the potion perfectly.
"Top marks, girls." Professor Rum said, beaming at them as the bell rang. Dallas and Lily rushed to their next class, Defence Againt the Dark Arts, because this was the first class that they took with Michelle, Steph, and the Marauders. It was the only class that all eight of them took.
"Hey Ree-ree!" Lily said, as she sat down beside her new guy.
"Hey Lily." He replied, smiling at her. 'He is so cute!' Lily sighed to herself. "How was your first class?" He asked.
"Oh! It was great! We got Snape and Lolort in so much trouble!" She squealed excitedly, and added as an afterthought, "Although they will most definitely seek revenge."
"Well that is okay, Lily. I will protect you from anything they try to do to you." Remus told her.
"Oh my god, you are so corny!" Dallas told Remus, and he laughed. "Well, I will." He simply said.
"Class! Attention, please!" Barked their dada teacher, Professor Grum. She was tall, burly, and imposing. She was, however, a very good professor. "Today we will be starting a very advanced defense charm. I do not expect you to work the charm at all today, as most adults find it difficult. But as this is an advanced class for NEWT exam students, you should be getting the charm in a few weeks, as it will surely be on the exam. The defense charm we are learning is to ward off dementers. Any guesses?"
A timid Ravenclaw, Jill Clearwater, raised her hand.
"Yes, Ms. Clearwater?" Professor Grum asked her.
"Are we going to be studying the patronus charm?" She asked frightfully.
"Yes, that is correct. 5 points to Ravenclaw. Today we are starting patronuses. They are whitish ghostly forms that protect you from dementers. Each person's patronus takes the form of an animal unique to himself or herself. EXPECTO PATRONUM!" He shouted, and a white kangaroo materialized before their eyes. It gaily hopped about the room and then disappeared. Everyone clapped.
"That, was a patronus." Grum explained. "Now, as I am sure you heard, the incantation for this charm is 'expecto patonum', but that is the easy part of this defense. You must think of an extremely happy thought, and focus on it. It will be much easier to do in this classroom, as there are no dementers. That is why we use classrooms to perfect our knowledge. But if you should ever need to ward one off in the real world, you will find it ten times more difficult to think happy when the dementers are making you think sad, bad, and tragic. Now, one at a time we will try this incantation. We should each get two tries at least before the bell. Questions? No? Alright then. Here we go. Melanie Allbright, you first."
Melanie Allbright stepped forward and nervously said, "E-expeto patromun" A loud bang erupted from her wand.
"No, no. Melanie, dear, it is 'expecto patroNUM, not MUN. Next please!" Said Professor Grum, and Sirius Black stepped forward.
"Expecto Patronum!" He bellowed in a deep voice. 'How can he look so good without trying?' Dallas asked herself, silently giggling at her absurdness. Nothing happened, but Sirius told the teacher it was probably because he hadn't experienced anything very happy that he could think of. 'Poor Sirius.' Thought Dallas. 'Maybe I should work on making him happy. He sure needs to be happy.'
In the meantime, three more people had gone and Dallas awoke from her thoughts to find it was her turn.
"Ms. Dawger, please pay attention!" Grum said, and Dallas stepped forward. "Expecto patronum." She drawled, and a wisp of smoke appeared in front of her.
"Oh good job, Ms. Dawger!" Professor Grum exclaimed. "A first sign of a real patonus today! Bravo! 10 points to Gryffindor! Lily Evans, please step forward."
Lily shouted the incantation but nothing happened. "It's okay, Lils." Remus said to her. "We're not supposed to get it today anyways." "Yeah, I know." Lily said. 'Boy,' Remus thought to himself. 'Nothing frazzles this girl, does it?' 'Nope.' Agreed Friz, his head voice. 'She is really cool and composed.'
A couple more people went, but they are irrelevant to our story. Finally Grum called, 'Remus Lupin, please.' And he stepped forwards.
"Expecto Patronum." He firmly said and a white coloured wolf shot out of his wand. Everyone clapped and cheered. "
"Oh wonderful!" exclaimed the professor. "30 points for Gryffindor! Simply superb!"
"That was so cool, Ree-Ree!" Lily exclaimed, kissing him on the cheek. "I believe that you will protect me." She whispered softly to his ear. He smiled, and turned his attention back to the class.
Stephanie, Peter, and James all took their turns – nothing. Next it was time for, "Michelle Seabrook, please." She stepped forward, thinking her happiest thought. "Expecto Patronum!" She pratically shouted. A white giraffe burst out and began to gallop around the class.
"Well, well, well!" Exclaimed Professor Grum again. "Gryffindor sure is on fire today, no? Take another 20 points. Class dismissed" she added as the bell rang.
"That was a fun lesson!" Michelle exclaimed to Remus.
"Yeah. Very cool. We actually made a patronus!"
"Remus? What were you thinking about when you conjured yours?" Michelle asked him suspiciously. He blushed a deep crimson and shook his head. "Well, go on! Tell me!" she urged.
"All right." He mumbled, clearly uncomfortable with the subject. "I was thinking about when Lily and I were kissing in the lake."
"Really? I was thinking about when you first said you would go out with me."
"Oh." He replied. "I'm sorry, Michelle."
"It's o-"but just then she was interrupted.
"Come on Ree-Ree!" Lily shouted. "I got us some sandwiches, do you wanna go get our afternoon books and just eat in the common room?" she asked.
Remus gave Michelle a regretful look, and said to Lily, "Alright then. Lets go." And he took her by the hand and walked her to the commonroom.
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"Hey James!" Dallas exclaimed as she plopped herself between Sirius and him. "Hey Sirius." She then cooed to him, taking advantage of her position by giving him a quick look-over. She was clearly deciding which one of these gorgeous boys to hit on. "Well Sirius, I think someone has been working out."
"Yeah." Sirius replied to her. "Peter has." James and Sirius chuckled.
"You are so dense." Dallas scoffed at him. "How am I supposed to flirt with you when you have such an attitude?"
"You don't." James couldn't help it – he snorted into his pumpkin juice.
"Honestly, James," she continued, "You will never get a girl with such manners. Snorting. How disgusting."
"I'll show you some manners." James said, laughing, as he picked up a grape from their fruit bowl and threw it at her. Of course, this was the start of an all-out fruit war. Before the three knew what was happening the whole of the Gryffindor table was throwing fruit at each other.
"STOP!" Professor Dumbledore bellowed. "That is enough. Dawger, Potter, Seabrook, Pettigrew, Pandersun, and Black, please go to your common room where your head of house, Professor Thum, will attend to you. Everyone else, lunch is now over. Please go wash up."
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"Oh my gosh!" Michelle screeched as they walked down the hall. "I wasn't even doing anything!"
"Oh lighten up, Mich. Thum will let us off, I'm sure."
"Yeah Michy." Steph agreed. "Lighten up."
"Hmph."
"What now?" they all asked her.
"Nothing." She replied coldly. "Just you all think I am too uptight just because I don't want to get a bad rep for something I didn't do."
"Oh come on. You were too throwing food. I saw you whip a whole cantaloupe at Melanie Allbright." Sirius told her, laughing.
"Ok, FINE! You caught me." She said giggling. "I just don't want to get in trouble."
"Oh Michelle. You are so goody-goody. Thum will let us off- I am head boy!" James told her, reassuringly.
"Oh Jamsie, you are so kind." Dallas cooed to him. "You are such a great guy – how can you not have a girlfriend? You are amazing." James blushed so hard he looked like a beet.
"Gee...I dunno." He finally said, suppressing the urge to say that he was just waiting for her to realize he liked her. 'Hasn't she got the hint yet?' he wondered to himself. 'I mean, what about at the lake? Weren't we soooo flirting? I wonder...."
Meanwhile, Dallas was inwardly giggling to herself. 'I like Sirius-a lot, but James is really good looking, and he so totally likes me.' She was thinking to herself. 'But I can't decide who to choose. I mean, I am sure I could get either of them. I guess I will just have to appeal to both of them.' She actually giggled this time, and everyone looked at her.
"What's so funny about flying carpets?" Stephanie asked her.
"Oh- uh- nothing!" She said, still giggling. She so obviously was not paying attention. 'This is going to be fun!' she squealed inside her head.
"Oops!" she said as she got her foot stuck in the stair. "Sirius-help me!" she screeched over-exaggeratedly. 'Part one, plan one in action.' She told herself as Sirius backtracked and hoisted her up.
"You are so out of it today, Dallas." He chuckled at his friend. No sooner had they started walking when Peeves showed up and dropped a bag of marbles on the floor. Everyone avoided them but –"eeeeeeee! Sirius! Help me!" Dallas screeched again as she slipped on the marbles.
"Geez girl. You are crazy. I don't think it is very safe to let you walk around." Sirius muttered.
"No, I don't think so." James agreed and picked Dallas up, slinging her over his shoulder.
"James! Put me down now!" she demanding, not wanting to be put down at all.
"Not this time, girly. Over my shoulder you stay." James told her, grinning 'Fine by me.' Dallas thought. 'Gives me a chance to work you a bit.' She struggled and tried to get away, causing James to hold her tightly. He had to readjust her to keep her balance and he accidently grabbed her ass.
"James!" She yelled. "Do not touch my ass you pervert and put me down!" Dallas was not really angry, but she had to act like it.
"No." he said. James was not going to lose the opportunity to hold the girl he liked even if she was mad. "You are a danger to us all."
"Hmmmph." She angrily hmphed and was quiet the rest of the way.
'Oh my god.' Steph thought to herself. 'I practically hand her Sirius and yet she continues to flirt with James. I don't know what has gotten into her. On the train she said he disgusted her, and she liked Sirius. Now that her choices are open, she is acting terribly villainous. Well, two can play at that game. I will make her have Sirius because by the time she makes up her mind I will have James. Just you wait Dallas. You won't know what has hit you.'
Jus then they arrived at the portrait of the Fat Lady. "asasda" Peter said and the portrait swung forwards. James walked over to a couch and put Dallas down.
"There you go." He said. "You are free."
"Oh well." She said tom him. "Now it is my turn to capture someone." And she dragged him onto the couch with her. As if on cue, they both started tickling each other, screaming with laughter.
"Those two." Sirius muttered to himself, inwardly glad. 'Gosh, I thought she was hitting on me at first. I am so glad that she seems to like James – I would never want to ruin our friendship. Besides, I am still in love with Stephanie.' He walked over to the bulletin board and looked at a new notice.
"Hey guys! Look at this!" he exclaimed, and Peter, Michelle and Steph rushed over.
"Cool!" Steph said. "Four Hogsmeade weekends in a row!"
"Yeah." Michelle agreed, thinking longingly of when her and Remus used to go together. "Hey guys?" She asked them. "Do you know where Remus and Lily went?"
"Knowing them, they are probably outside hiding behind a tree or something." Peter told her. "Probably kissing. Uggh!" he added.
"Oh" Said Michelle, not at all cheered up. "Do you want to go get our books?" She asked Steph.
"Sure." She replied, and they set off up the stars to their dorm. They quietly entered and at the same time both of their jaws dropped. Lily and Remus were in there – making out – on a bed – Steph's bed!
"Ugggh!" Steph screeched. "Get off of my bed!" Lily looked up at her, face bright red. She was clearly in shock, and looked uncomfortable.
"Oh, u-u-h, yeah. Right!" she said still quite breathless. She grabbed her book bag and ran out of the room. Remus just lied on the bed, apparently dazed and confused about what had just happened.
"Remus?" Michelle asked quietly, very sore about what she had just witnessed.
"Ummm. Right." He too said. "I was just leaving." He straightened his shirt and brushed his hair back.
"Then go. Go!" Michelle ordered him harshly. "Go find your girlfriend!" She screeched shrilly, also running out of the room.
"So your lunch was good?" Steph asked him, feeling sorry for her friend.
"Uh, yeah." He muttered. "Best lunch in a long time."
"Well you're just lucky we barged in when we did!" She was now yelling too, out of anger for making Michelle see him after he broke up with her. "Do you have no decency?" she asked him. "No- don't answer. Just go." Remus stood up, utterly perplexed.
"What just happened? I really don't understand..." He mumbled to Steph.
"Oh! Don't you?" She screeched back at him, now pissed.
"Well, it's not like Mich and I never made out!" He shot back at her, starting to un-daze himself.
"Yes I know!" She said, exasperated at having to explain herself when all she wanted to do was comfort her friend. "But don't you see? YOU just broke up with HER and the next day SHE sees YOU making out with LILY! How would that make you feel?"
Remus stood there and stared into Steph's steely blue eyes, and for a moment they were glued like this, understanding each other. Finally Remus replied to her.
"Oh. I see your point. I will go apologize." And he too rushed from the room. Stephanie just sat down for a moment, wondering what the hell just happened. She couldn't think why she hadn't noticed his brilliant eyes before. Suddenly the image of a face broke into Stephanie's thoughts, and she sighed dreamily. The face of James. 'Oh, if only he didn't like Dallas!' she furiously thought. 'Oh, and if only she didn't lead him on so! Can she not be content with the gift of Sirius? If I could read her mind...'
Steph stood up in a daze and walked out to meet her friends. She had just barely sat down beside a still-crying Michelle when Professor Thum walked though the portrait hole. She took one look at Michelle and rushed to her side.
"It' okay! It's okay Ms. Seabrook! I am not going to punish you!" she consoled to the girl. None of them bothered to correct her about why she was really crying.
"I would really like to congratulate you on getting a banana in Professor Dum, head of Slytherin's, face! Although I would most surely get in trouble for doing so, I cannot. I have to tell you that however thoroughly enjoyable it was, it was still wrong and you should not repeat it." She told them, and then added, 'Well, at least not in the next few months!" She gave them a quick smile, and left the room.
"She is so cool." A third year girl named Lyndsie Logan told them.
"Yeah. Neat." Steph replied, grinning.
"So, Steph, how are things with you and Sirius?" Lyndsie asked her, unaware of their break-up.
"Well...we...uhh..." Steph started, but was interrupted by the ever-so nosy Sirius.
"She broke up with me and broke my heart." He told her matter-of-factly.
"What?" Lyndsie cried, loudly enough for everyone in a one-mile radius to hear. "Stephanie Pandersun and Sirius Black broke up? The world is coming to an end!" and she rushed out of the common room, probably to tell everyone the latest news.
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