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Chapter 5 – Little Miss Prissy Pants.

James walked down towards the horseless carriages with Sirius, Matt, Remus and Peter when he noticed a group of girls standing near one of the carriages and his had flew to his hair.

He put it down right away when he recognised one of them.

It was a red head. The same red head that had been scowling at him since last year. Not that he was intimidated by her at the least but she was always looking at him as though she was angry with him for some reason. He did even know her name he always called her Miss Prissy pants in his head because he never paid attention to her name when they were in class.

But always at lunch or breakfast and even dinner there she was scowling at him as though he was a mean dog going after am innocent cat. He turned his attention back towards his friends. He and Sirius had noticed a while ago that Remus was walking slowly as if nursing an ache but they didn't say anything.

They didn't even mention anything about his disappearances every month. And he did disappear every month. No one really seemed to realize that it was odd for a twelve year old boy to be disappearing into the night for a day of two then coming back to look like a giant attacked him. He let Remus, Peter and Matt go up into the carriage first before following with Sirius.

'Fellows?' Sirius whined.

They all looked at him and knew what was bugging him. He got like that last year and apparently this year wasn't any different.

'Yes.' The all chorused.

'I want to pull a prank.'

None of them were surprised but they looked at him as though he was a child.

'Oh come on you know you want to. I even know James has been planning some great ones over the summer.'

'How do you know that? I wasn't planning on showing you any until we reached in school. I even hid it when you came over.'

'Ah my good lad. I know where you hide everything.' Sirius replied in an all-knowing voice and the boys snorted with laughter and threw pieces if parchment at him.

At the sorting ceremony things were sort of different than the other year. For instance there was a new girl in school. Not like any of the first years but a girl who was going to be in her third year.

Stephanie Aurora Parker.

While she walked up to the stool and put the hat on her head James and Sirius made catcalls at her. A few seconds later the hat shouted that she would be placed in Ravenclaw and while the table who got a new third year cheered James, Sirius and Peter booed.

James looked and saw the red headed girl glaring at him again. What did he do? Oh.

Then he remembered they were booing at her table. Well whatever. It was not as though they were dragging the girl kicking and screaming to their table because it was better and it was. James was sitting there contemplating whether or not he should go up to her and ask if she wouldn't mind point her nose somewhere else.

He then decided that it would be better if he ignored her. After all what did he care if some female didn't like him? There were plenty who did and that's not boasting. Before he ignored her though he turned around again and waited for a while to get eye contact and when he did he stuck his tongue out at her. He saw her face get a shocked look and then turned away.

But it was when he turned his attention towards the head table where the headmaster was about to speak that he recalled her abnormally bright green eyes. They were beautiful and it was a wonder he could have seen them at all from that far away but he did and it was a memorable thing those green eyes.

Yeah her green eyes were memorable but she sure wasn't. He didn't even know her name. It was no skin off his back if he ignored her for the rest of the school years. As he started to plough through his food a brilliant thought came to him and he looked at Sirius who was too busy stuffing himself to see what an opportunity this was.

He'd tell him and the others tonight.


Lily was surprised when they got a new girl in their dorms but she seemed nice. Stephanie Aurora Parker was taller than Lily by about half an inch and had golden blonde hair to her red. She would be the only blonde out of all the third year Ravenclaw girls.

'Hi there.'

'Hey.' They all chorused.

'Its nice to meet you all.' She said.

Anna grinned at her. 'Yeah its nice now but you won't feel the same once you get to know us.'

Stephanie laughed and Hannah continued, 'Yeah but you'll still love us. We like to give a nice impression on people. By the way Stephanie, I'm Hannah Walker, this is Anna Borucka, that one there stuffing chicken into her mouth is Sasha Dhanaram'—who immediately dropped the chicken and smiled sheepishly at Stephanie—'Her cousin Jessie Adams is next to her and that Lily Evans across form you. All five of us are in the same year.'

'Don't call me Stephanie only my parents call me that. Stefi will do just fine.' She said look at all of them.

That evening the girls showed Stefi around the main areas of the school before leading her back towards the Ravenclaw tower. It was early the next morning that Stefi got her introduction to the boys of Gryffindore year three. Anna was walking with her towards the great hall when Matthew and Remus stopped them.

'Hi there girls. We'd like to introduce ourselves.' Remus said smiling at the two of them.

'Yes Stefi, that's Ashton and that's Lupin, there introduction complete.' Anna said hurriedly because she didn't like the looks on their faces and turned to go when she heard someone mutter a spell.

Mind u she could make out exactly what the spell was but she knew an incantation when she heard one. Turning she was just in time to see Stefi squeal slightly clamp her hands to her mouth. Anna hadn't gotten to see what was the spell about but she glared at the retreating backs of the two boys.

'Stefi what did they do u you?'

'They gave me bearty botts every flavoured bean.' Stefi said. But that should have come out like nothing. Instead what shot out from her mouth was fire.

Which almost hit Anna but missed an ended up bouncing off the wall near a painting,

'Hey watch it.' A painting called glaring angrily at the two girls.

Anna ignored it and focused on Stefi who looked as though she was getting angry. Poor girl, second day at the school and now she had to go the infirmary. After taking her to the hospital Anna went to get the others.


'That was brilliant James.'

'I know it was wasn't it?' James replied to Peter's compliment after they got back to the Gryffindore common room.

'Yeah yeah, Jamie but when did you make those?' Sirius asked. Keene on knowing where his friend got the time to make them. He was there at James house all the time.

James smirked at him. Remaking Bertty Botts every flavoured beans was pure genius on his part.

The red bean they gave to Stephanie Parker was supposed to be pepper flavoured but all James had to do was dip it in a potion—one that his grandfather made for him without the knowledge of his grandmother who wouldn't approve—and say the spell after the person eats it. Then poof you're breathing fire.

'Aw poor Sirius. Did I not tell you?' then he laughed. 'You thought you saw all my ideas this summer but you didn't. I cooked this baby up a month after summer holidays started.'

Sirius looked put down.

'Don't look at me like that. I know you don't tell me everything that you think up, why should I tell you?

Sirius conceded. 'Okay fine James but I have to admit I love those.' And smiled sheepishly before adding, 'Want to try remaking chocolate frogs?' and raised an eyebrow.


Lily and Hannah had walked into the hospital wing ten minutes after Stefi was admitted. Anna had practically run to the dormitories to tell them. Hogwarts was a big place. While they had gone to the hospital to be with Stefi Anna had gone to find Jessie and Sasha in the great hall to let them know what had happened.

When they too arrived Madam Nolfi had everything under control. Well as under control as she could have everything under the circumstances. Stefi was breathing fire anymore but steam was come from her mouth.

'Who were those awful boys?' she asked once she was able to.

'You have even seen all of them. There are five of them, they are the Gryffindore boys.' Anna informed her.

'Yeah well they're a horrible bunch.' She muttered as she drank the last bit of potion that was set out for her.

'The two you saw were Matthew Ashton and Remus Lupin as I told you before but the three others are Peter Pettigrew, Sirius Black and James Potter.'

'Yes and I must add that this little prank has Potter written all over it.' Lily added.

'Oh my word aren't there any decent boys around here?'

'They aren't all bad,' Jessie defended. 'Remus is nice.' She said a bit defiantly.

They all turned to stare at her.

'It's true he is.' She said as if the look they gave her contradicted what she had just said.

It was Lily turn to speak and she said almost the same thing as Jessie. ' I have to admit Jessie is right. I've talked to him a couple of times last year. He was nicer than the other boys.'

'You all can think what you want but I don't like any one of them.'

The girls nodded. They had to agree that the boys shouldn't have done what they did. This time Lily pointed out that she knew that they shouldn't have done all those things to people and it was finally time someone sided with her. Although Anna, Hannah, Sasha and Jessie had never really liked them they were disappointed at what they did to Steffi.

But Jessie still felt that Remus shouldn't be included in that and it became evident on Lily that her friend seemed to have a different view of Remus Lupin from what they had altogether.


Jessie had walked up to her dorm room when she saw Lily there, who looked as though she was anxious about something though she was sure it wasn't a bad anxious like she was in trouble or something but rather she was excited about something and that made Jess nervous.

Lily looked and saw her then grinned madly.

'Jessie darling, come on and have a seat.'

Jessie looked at her friend warily. 'Uh yeah sure.' And moved slowly to where Lily was motioning on the bed.

'Now Jessie, I've learned something about you that I feel that you should know that we know.'

'We you just said I, and whatever are you talking about. You make it seem as though I have a big dark secret hidden way into my trunk at the bottom of my bed.'

'And you're saying you don't have any kind of secret?' Lily replied smirking a little.

When Lily looked at her like that she started to get even more nervous. No she didn't have a deep dark secret lurking in the shadows of her trunk, what on earth was Lily talking about? Jessie wracked her brain to figure out why Lily could be acting so weird and came up with nothing. She hadn't done anything devious that she never told anyone about.

'No,' she affirmed.

'You're sure now. I don't want to tell you something that you're going kill me for knowing.'

'Yes, what are you talking about?'

'The fact that you're in love with Remus Lupin.'

'Where in the cold bloody hell did you here that?' Jessie asked. She for one didn't tell her.

'So you don't like Remus?'

'I never said that. In fact I never said anything that even remotely indicated that I liked anyone.'

'Oh yes you did.'

'When? When did I say I like a boy?'

'This morning.'

Still Jessie couldn't fathom what her best friend was saying.

'I still have no idea what you are talking about Lily.'

'I saying that you nearly declared your feelings for Remus without really meaning to.'

'Huh?'

'You know what I mean.'

'See you don't even know what you're talking about. Talking in round about phrases as though it means something.'

'And it doesn't? You have a crush on him admit it. You've defended him valiantly and I must say I have seen that look ever pass across a girl's face unless she has a certain something for a guy, or the guys she was talking about.'

While Lily was saying all this Jessie was muttering dark things under her breath, not wanting to admit to her friend that she did have any sort of feelings for any boy especially Remus. Well what she felt for him wasn't exactly feelings per Ce but just stuff. Okay fine she did like him. Not that he would ever ask her out or anything, far as she knew he doesn't have a girlfriend but that didn't mean something.

A lot of people in school didn't have and sort of relationship with the opposite sex. Besides she was too young. Well she kept telling herself that and she believed it. It didn't matter that she wanted a boyfriend. Women were independent.

'What's it to you who I may or may not like?' Jessie finally replied and couldn't help but smile at Lily's exuberance.

'I knew it.' She practically squealed and rushed over and grabbed her arms. 'Come on you have to ask him out.'

'Me ask him out? Are you mad?' She exclaimed but way in the back of her mind a voice berated her, like if you haven't thought of that yourself and Jessie pointedly ignored it.

'Do I look mad Jessie?' Lily returned.

Jessie wasn't sure if she should answer her best friend right now. Lily wouldn't like the answer because she already looked sort of off her rockers.

'Never mind don't answer that.' Lily muttered because Jessie was looking as though she might agree with the question.

'I don't want to ask him out Lily.' Jessie said returning to the subject at hand after a few seconds.

'Ha! You admit it you like him.'

It was then Jessie realised she should have just said she didn't like him. Shoot it wasn't as though she had stars in her eyes or something. Or did she? She thought and looked at the mirror to the side of her. She couldn't see any stars. Then she sighed with resignation she might as well admit it.

'Yes I like him is that what you wanted to hear?'

'Yes, of course I do but I already knew that. Sash suspects something but she hasn't put it together yet. So why won't you ask him?'

'I have thought of asking him but I don't know for sure. I flirt with him to see if you know, he flirts back but I don't think he does sometimes so I don't know.'

'So you're basing al this on the fact that he doesn't flirt with you?'

'Well...yes.'

Lily shook her head as though she thought Jessie was doing this all wrong before saying, 'you should ask him, boys are at this stage where they won't go up to somebody and ask them out.'

'But Potter and Black do it.'

'Jessie, I'm talking about normal people.' She said and Jessie laughed.

'Lily so what, I just go up to him and ask him out? I ran it over a dozen times in my head it won't work and I would look like a total obsessed-can't- let-a-bloke-to-ask-her-out-dork.'

'You won't trust me.'

'I'll think about it.'

'Great that's all you need to do ... for now anyway.'

It was still fresh in her mind as she looked at Potter. What was still fresh was the harsh prank he pulled on Steffi. She had never seen a more conceited git in her life. She looked at Potter who was sitting under a tree with his friends and the new girl in his life, some poor misguided girl in Lily's opinion. Black's new companion was there as well. Lily then recognised the two girls as Kim and the other one was Jenna. How like boys to go out with a Hufflepuff and a Slytherin.

Remus and Peter weren't there with any girls so that still made it clear that Remus didn't have a girlfriend. Next to her Jessie and Sash was going on and on about their cousin Sarah who was three years older than themselves and was in sixth yeah.

It didn't do well that she snubbed them around her Gryffindore friends. That was another thing she thought she was better than them because she is the only one in their generation to get into Gryffindore.

Steffi was with them as well she kept shooting glares at Potter and his gang. It was about fifteen minutes later that the marauders as they announced they would liked to be called because it was their dear Professor McGonagall who gave them that name were alone from their girlfriends.

Poor Professor Lily sympathized. It was her first year teaching transfiguration at Hogwarts and she had already blown a fuse. Unfortunately this year they had more classes with the Gryffindore House. Transfiguration was one of them. The others were History of Magic, Charms and Care of Magical Creatures.

The Professor had deemed them Marauding Juveniles when they pulled a prank on her. That was yesterday their last day of the month of September. Four weeks had passed and Jessie still hadn't gotten up the courage to ask Remus out. She was debating back and forth. By now Sasha had figured it out and then the others found out from there.

They told her that she should. She had said yes she should as well one minute and when the time came for her to actually do it she backed away. Turning back to look at them Lily noted that they were laughing. She didn't know why but looking at Potter laughing made her angry.

Getting up she stalked over to them. His hand shot to his hair when he saw her but as a bolt of recognition passed through his eyes he lowered it slowly.

'Listen Potter, I'm only going to tell you this once. You had better not pull any more curses and pranks on other unsuspecting students again otherwise I would personally tell the Headmaster what you're up to.'

James who by now had learned her named was amused. In all their classes together she had always been the first to put up her hand in response to a question form the teacher. Evans was who she was though it really didn't matter to him what her first name was he could tell she was a goody too shoes. It was obvious from her stance and the fire that flashed through her eyes.

'Listen Little Miss Prissy Pants; I don't care what you think. You should learn to mind your own bloody business. I never did anything to you personally so you should keep out of my way.' He said before getting up and leaving her in his dust. He knew his friends would follow eventually.

One by one they did get up to follow him. Peter and Sirius passed with out so much as a word. By this time the rest of the girls had heard and came over to where Lily was standing shell-shocked.

When Remus passed he shot an apologetic look in Lily's direction before turning to follow the rest of them.

'Of all the bloody nerve.' She grounded out after they left.

'Now Lily calm down.' Hannah said.

'I am calm Hannah love, don't I look calm?'

Seeing their looks she quickly added, 'never mind don't answer that.'

'You should not have confronted him. Now he'll prank you for sure.' Anna remarked.

'Oh just let him try, arrogant prat and I'll show him.'

The girl knew better than to argue with Lily when she got into that mood but when Lily remembered Remus just left she suddenly turned back into her old self.

When she looked at Jessie with that glint in her eye the girl knew what she was thinking.

'No Lily, no I won't go. I'm not prepared. No.'

'But Jessie, you should better than anyone that making up things on the spot gives the best information.'

'Go on couz what can it hurt.' Sash remarked.

'It can hurt plenty. What if I embarrass myself? I know I would want to dig an early grave if that's the case. You guys don't want me to die from embarrassment do you?' she asked her grasping at straws for them to tell her that she shouldn't do it.

'Jessie the best advice I can give you is get it over with. If you won't you'll be wondering about it the rest of your days. If all else fails you can always use obliviate.' Stefi said wisely.

Her eyes lit up. Yes that's the ticket. She would do that.

'Okay Steffi, I agree I'd better go. Wish me luck guys.'

Jessie hurried in the direction Remus was heading in. she nervously clutched her wand with her left hand before calling out to him.

'Lupin?' she called out first. '... Remus?' she called again when he didn't answer.

He turned and smiled when he saw her. 'Hello.'

She was a little breathless when she caught up to him but she smiled in response. 'Hi.'

He looked at her expectantly and she wondered if she should. She did notice that she was loosing her nerve. She needed to ask now otherwise she wouldn't ever ask again.

'Um Remus, would you mind if I asked you something personal?'

'I don't know I guess that depends on what it is.' Remus replied. He was slightly nervous. The last time some one asked if they could talk to him about something personal was James and he had been with Sirius and Peter.

They knew now what he had been hiding from everyone except the headmaster since he got into the school.

He really tried not to let his anxiety show. For that reason and another. There was something else that made him nervous but he couldn't show it.

'Well you see the thing is... its not a thing really it's a situation.'

'What is it?'

'Um would you like to go to Hogsmede with me?' Jessie asked still clutching her wand ready to draw it.

Remus grinned that cheeky grin that made her like him in the first place.

'Sure.' He answered and felt an odd sense of relief. One for not guessing his secret and the other for making his other nervousness evaporate.

He was too inhibited to ask her out in the first place. He flirted with her a few times, or what he thought was flirting watching James and Sirius do it all the time and even went as far as too help her with her books but he couldn't get the words to ask. He was glad she did.

He was impressed.

It was the beginning of a great relationship.