Chapter 10
Prank Number 2
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In case you're wondering, Julio owns himself. He's an actual person. The real Julio isn't quite as brainy as THIS Julio, but it's still the same dude.
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"Idiots," muttered Julio.
"Who's an idiot?" asked Severus.
Severus and Julio were sitting in the common room, quizzing each other for the big Charms test on the 17th of November. Severus had discovered that he and Julio had a lot of things in common-they both liked to study their brains out, they liked to be sarcastic, and they both had annoying older brothers.
"The teachers," groaned Julio. "Why can't they give us a break? Sure, I like homework, but give me too much and my brain will explode."
"I feel the same way," agreed Severus. "It's like they think we have nothing better to do than do their stupid assignments."
"Yeah," said Julio. "We have to wash our feet!"
"And scrub our ears!"
"And clip our toenails!"
"And sleep!"
"And bathe!"
"Oh, how could we possibly fit in HOMEWORK with all of our other glamorous activities?" sighed Severus dramatically, and fainted backwards in his chair. Julio laughed.
"Get up, we have to finish studying," said Julio. Sev sighed. Once Julio had his mind set on something, there was no going back. Severus wished he were like that too. He could be distracted so EASILY.
Severus got up and opened his Charms book to page 103.
"Okay, Julio," said Severus in a game show host voice. "Are you ready for the first question?"
Julio laughed, then nodded and said, "Yes."
"Okay," said Severus, still talking in the game show host voice. "If you answer this question correctly, you win-a brand new box of Every Flavor Beans!"
Julio's eyes lit up. "Really?"
"No."
Julio glared at him, and then gave a soft laugh.
"Anyway, here it is: What is the spell to levitate objects?"
"Wingardium Leviosa," said Julio without the slightest hesitation.
Severus was impressed. "Good. Now, ask me a question."
It will be of no interest of you for me to describe the rest of their evening studying for the test. They basically looked up a question and an answer in their textbooks, ask the other, and the other would try to answer without looking, then vice versa. By the time they went to bed, they were feeling refreshed and prepared for the test next week.
* * * *
The next morning, Severus headed to the common room, when Dave greeted him instantaneously.
"We have a problem," said Dave.
"Gee, doesn't anyone say 'Good morning, how are you' anymore?" said Severus with a smirk.
"Never mind that," said Dave hurriedly. "We have a MAJOR problem."
"What is it?"
Dave sighed. "Well, you know Potter and his crew?"
Severus' eyes flashed in annoyance at the mere mention of them, but replied calmly "Yes."
"Well, Bill was in the library yesterday, you know? And he was getting a book, and all that jazz? Well, Potter and his friends were behind a nearby bookshelf, and heard them talking about their plan."
"What plan?" Severus asked, his voice rising in anger. "Is it another scheme to ruin my life?"
Lately, Potter, Lupin, Black, and Pettigrew seemed all bent over the fact Sev didn't hate his life. They were trying to reverse it as best as they could, but so far they hadn't succeeded, thanks to Dan and Bob, the resident pranksters of the group.
"Sort of," said Dave. "More like…a prank they're gonna pull on all of us."
"What's the prank?"
"That's just it," said Dave. "Bill never found out. Madame Pince kicked him out before he could hear what they were up to."
Severus gazed at his obscure friend thoughtfully.
"Uh oh," said Dave. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Never mind," said Severus. "Let them pull their prank." And then Sev walked down the stairs, smirking to himself.
"I don't like this," Dave said to no one. "I don't like this one bit."
* * * *
Later that day, Severus and his comrades were walking along the grounds, merrily, la la la, swinging baskets…okay, maybe they weren't swinging baskets, but they were happy all the same.
"Let's sit," said Esquire after a while. "I'm tired of walking."
"Esquire, we've only been walking for two minutes," said Severus, while Bob laughed.
"So?" said Esquire belligerently. "I'm still tired. I wanna rest."
Severus was about to reply, when he felt something slimy on his shoulders and in his hair.
"Eew!" shouted Bill, pointing at Severus. Suddenly, Bill had a bunch of…whatever it was on him too.
"Look whose 'eew' now," sniffed Severus.
"Ah! Get it off me! My hair, my hair!" yelled Bill, dancing, trying to get the gunk off him.
In a couple of seconds, everyone was covered in the stuff.
Severus heard loud laughter from above him, and looked up.
It was Potter. And his stupid, stupid friends. Severus glared up at them, and then suddenly remembered his plan.
"It's okay!" he shouted at the laughing baboons in the tree. "Really, this is quite all right! We can take a joke!"
The laughter died instantly.
"Come on you guys," said Severus, a little too cheerfully. "Let's go wash up."
The second they had gotten into the common room, Dan asked him "Okay, what's up?"
"Whatever do you mean, Dan?" asked Sev in a mock innocent voice.
"For a second, you looked like you wanted to murder those guys," explained Dan. "The next second, you're all 'This is okay, I don't mind, I can take a joke?' Come on Sev. Give it up. You're up to something."
Severus gave a mischievous smile. "Maybe I am, maybe I'm not," he said airily. "That's for me to know and for you to wonder about." Sev gave a small laugh and went upstairs to study more for the Charms test.
And to make sure what he was about to do was legal.
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