Chapter 3
Two days had passed and still nothing happened. Sirius thought this strange but he shrugged it off. -Maybe she thought it was funny…Nah. Oh well though, I'm not going to kick a gift horse in the mouth. - That was where he went wrong.
"Is it ready?" James asked as he slipped into the Room of Requirement.
"It should be. I'm not sure if it'll work exactly right though. The aging potion might have some peculiar side effects." Remus said a bit nervously. He still had no idea what the potion was going to do.
"Don't worry about it. I read up on it a bit and the spell will only enhance it, if it has any effect on the potion at all." Lily said as she slipped through the door as well.
"What are you going to make him do?"
Lily smiled mischievously. "You'll see."
James rolled his eyes. "Forget it, mate. She won't even tell me."
"As if you're important enough in the first place."
Remus smiled as they started to bicker. It was so obvious they were meant for each other. He really wished they would just go out already. -It'd probably solve a lot of problems. -
"Hey! Now who's the married couple?" he looked at pointedly at James, who started to blush. "We should probably go wait in the Great Hall. It'll be a while until everyone else is up but I think he would start suspecting something if he saw us pouring a vial full of something into the pitcher."
They nodded their heads and, after Remus filled a vial with the potion, they leisurely walked down the eight flights of stairs between them and the Great Hall.
It was 8:15 and the Hall was actually at least half-full. Thankfully though, Sirius wasn't up yet. So Remus, Lily, and James sat down and Remus discreetly poured the potion into the pumpkin juice pitcher. A few people looked over at the threesome curiously. The general consensus was that two of the Marauders had paired up with Evans to get revenge on Black. This was going to be good.
As soon as the vial was out of sight, Sirius burst through the door. -It's amusing how he can be so energetic, even at 8 in the morning. -
"Hey guys." He smiled at James and Remus. "Lily." He looked quizzically at Remus, who just shrugged. "What's up?"
"Nothing really. Me and Remus were on our way down and ran into Lily, who so kindly agreed to sit with us."
"Pity, Potter. Don't ever forget that."
"Why Lily, how can
you say such cruel things to your knight in shining armor who has
protected you against a great many evils." James
said dramatically.
"Knight in shining armor my ass! You're the cause of most of the so called 'great many evils' that have happened to me." Lily retorted.
"Oh. You wound me. Who knew redheads could be so cruel."
She smirked and looked down the table. "Oi Arthur! Tell James just how cruel redheads can be."
Arthur looked up from the book he was reading and smirked at Molly Tucker, his longtime girlfriend. "We can be terribly harsh, mate. Just ask Molly."
She rolled her eyes. "Dear god. You wouldn't believe some of the things he did to get my attention. Way worse than what you've done Potter. I was in the process of killing him when he-"
Arthur put his hand over Molly's mouth. "Now, now Molly. Don't need to go around telling them everything. Let them find out for themselves."
She pouted behind his hand and removed it. "Alright, alright. But it would save them so much trouble…"
"It would save them hell but they should go through it so they can be like us."
James's widened his eyes. "Molly tell us! The idea of being like the two of you almost makes me cringe."
Molly raised her eyebrow. "Arthur dear, I do think you're right. Let him be on that leash for a while longer."
"I do not have him on a leash!" Lily said indignantly.
All but Lily and James rolled their eyes. Any further arguing was stopped by the food and drink that appeared before them. Peter started to reach for the pumpkin juice but James kicked him and just barely shook his head. Peter, being unintelligent as he was didn't get it and was about to start going for it again but Sirius grabbed the jug himself. Remus and James let out collective sighs.
Lily, James, and Remus watched intently as Sirius poured himself a goblet and jugged it. When he finished he looked at them inquisitively.
"What? Do I have something on my-" He stopped and got a glazed look in his eyes.
Lily sat back and said with wicked smile, "Let the show begin."
James and Remus looked at her alarmed but jerked their heads back to look at Sirius, as he stood up suddenly.
When he stood up, he knocked over a goblet and it hit the floor ringing; that got the Hufflepuff's attention. When he climbed from the bench and onto the table, which attracted the Ravenclaw's attention as well. The dancing is what drew the whole Hall's attention. He began to dance, sexily. He was moving his hips slowly and sensually one moment, quickly and erotically the next. He slid his shirt up his chest, rubbing himself as went, causing half the Hogwart's population to salivate. At least half the Hogwart's population started to salivate. He finished removing his shirt, and let it fly. It landed on the Ravenclaw table and there was a frantic scuffle to get it. A blonde girl that was practically the Sirius Fan Club's president snatched it and screamed gleefully.
"Mr. Black, cease and desist!" McConagal cried out in horror.
He had taken off his belt and was slowly moving his pants down his hips. Sometime during his dancing, he had kicked off his shoes. He had all the heterosexual males watching him in horror and the rest of the school, excluding the teachers, was foaming at the mouth with their eyes bulging out of their heads. He got his pants down and kicked them off. The only thing left now was his black silk boxers.
Poor Remus was sitting there hard as a rock already when Sirius dropped gracefully to his knees in front of him and started doing things only strippers should know how to do. Remus's eyes widened in horror, and excitement, and Lily was laughing her ass off when suddenly Sirius's eyes lost their glazed look. He stopped dancing and a look of confusion overtook his face. Confusion turned to horror as he realized he was kneeling, practically naked, on the Gryffindor table with the whole school watching. He leaped off the table and sped out of the Great Hall faster than you could say "Oh shit."
The Great Hall sat stunned for a moment before many broke out laughing. Remus was among the few who didn't. He was stunned to say the least. -Oh my god. If I had known that's what she was going to do… never would have helped. Nope. No siree. And what am I supposed to do about my goddamn hard-on! Class starts in 15 minutes. That is not enough time to get it done and clean up, regardless of what anyone says. –
Lily looked over at Remus and realized he wasn't laughing. Or even smiling. He looked horrified, surprised, and something else she couldn't name. She had seen that look in James's eyes, and Sirius's as well, a great many times. She knew what it was but she couldn't quite place it… -Oh gods. D-does he- does he want Sirius? No. It couldn't be… could it? – She barely glanced down and, to her consternation, saw a bulge in his pants. –Whoa… He's big. – She shook her head to clear it. –Away from those thoughts. Why on Earth is he hard? Is he…? No. He's straight. I mean, it's Remus, the nicest, smartest, shyest guy in our year. I've never known him to have a girlfriend but that's because he's too shy to ask a girl out, right? – Lily's eyes were losing focus as she tried to concentrate on the "problem" at hand. Remus hadn't yet noticed Lily's lapse of mind. He had his own problems to deal. –I know he's had that "I really like/want someone" look since third year… Around the time the rest of his slime ball friends started having relationships. Hm. Food for thought…-
Remus looked up and around to see if anyone had noticed that he hadn't joined in on the laughing when he noticed Lily looking at him perplexedly, as if he were a puzzle she wanted to solve. Worry crept into his mind before being knocked out by the arguing voices in his head. –She couldn't know, or even guess, that I like Sirius. I've been almost obsessive compulsive about keeping it secret. But, then, why is she looking at me like that? -
"Hey, Evans. Can I walk you to class?" James asked automatically as the bell rang. He asked everyday, even though he knew she would say no.
"Sure…" Lilly answered in a detached voice. She was still trying to sift through all her knowledge of Remus and his love life.
James gaped at her in astonishment. "Are you serious? You'll let me walk you to class?"
"Mhmm. Yea."
He about leapt for joy but caught himself just in time. –My lucky day! –
As they stood up and walked out of the Great Hall, Remus began to worry again. This time, it was much worse. –She's got to be in la-la land if she's letting James walk her to class. What if she noticed my hard-on? What if she knows! If she doesn't know, she might soon. She's a smart girl; she'll figure it out eventually. – He sighed and stood up. I'll just need to be extra-careful. -
