Tricks Troubles and Tantrums
Chapter 2 - Halloween Dates
Disclaimer - No I do not own Harry Potter (even though he isn't even in this story) I don't own the Marauders or Lily either - only my characters... which are actually my friends so I don't really even own them...?!? ... only Laura coz that's ME!!!! :P
This fic iz dedicated to Lauren - I said I'd rite a Marauders fic an dedicate it 2 u an now I hav
: P luv ya
Hope u like it plz R&R
Chapter 2
As James walked slowly out of the common room next morning he met Lauren who was very bubbly and full of energy which made him feel even more upset
"Hey James," Lauren said "I was just wondering, do you want to go to the Halloween Ball with me next weekend"
"Yeah, sure whatever" James shrugged and walked off
Lauren stood there stunned 'Well, that was easy' she thought to herself, running off to tell her friends the good news. When she got back to the dormitory, only Laura was there so she told her but Laura wouldn't believe her.
Later on that morning, Laura went up to Sirius
"Is it true that James is going to the ball with Lauren?" she asked him but he seemed to know nothing about it.
"If he is then he hasn't told me about it" Sirius said sadly
Laura looked at him confused "Oh my god, you like her don't you?!?" she squealed
"Shut up Laura" Sirius put a hand across her mouth "If you tell anyone about this I swear, I don't know what I'm gonna do to you"
"You shouldn't swear, it's bad for your health" Laura said with a grin
Sirius glared at her "I mean it"
"Okay, okay, I won't tell anyone" she bit her lip before grinning again and walking away from him
She spotted Remus and asked him about Lauren and James
"Well if Lauren was the first person to ask him since last night then it must be true" Remus sighed. Laura looked very puzzled so he explained the whole thing
"Poor James" Laura said before walking off still slightly stunned. She met up with her sister in the corridor and told her the whole story
"Omigod" Emma was just as shocked as Laura "Wonder what Lily's gonna think"
"Yeah. Hey, have you told Luce 'bout you going out with Remus yet?" Laura asked
"No, I'm too scared of what he might do. I mean it was bad enough when we got put in Gryffindor instead of Slytherin but I don't think he'll be able to stand the fact that I'm going out with one of his worst enemies" Emma shuddered at the thought of her muggle-hating brother, Lucius, and his Slytherin friends
"Well he's gonna find out one way or another" Laura told her "It'd probly be better coming from you"
"Yeah, I spose" Emma sighed "Oh well, I gotta go meet Remus now" Emma blushed
"Oooh, don't let me keep you from your precious Remus" Laura teased as Emma hit her on the arm
"Ow, that didn't hurt" Laura exclaimed as Emma walked off with her nose as high up in the air as possible, to find her boyfriend, trying not to laugh
As she came around the corner she bumped into James.
"Sorry James," Emma grinned "Head in the clouds"
"Yeah, whatever" James muttered and kept walking
As he went to the dorm to get his books her felt hot tears starting to well up in his eyes. He pushed them away angrily. Why was everyone so bloody happy? He couldn't understand it. Walking into the room he bumped into Sirius coming out. Sirius smiled then his look turned to one of concern as he saw James expression and red eyes.
"James, what's wrong?" Sirius said as James sank down against the wall, tears now falling down his face
"I - I - I've given up on L - L - Lily ever going out with me an - an every one is just so- so happy an I just feel like c - curling up into a - a little ball and - and - and just dying" James choked as Sirius put his arm around his friend.
They sat there for another couple of minutes before James stood up shakily, wiped his red eyes and whispered to Sirius "I think we'd better go now before we're late to class"
"Are you sure you're ok?" Sirius asked him getting a nod in reply
"I spose I just gotta face the facts. I'm never gonna be with Lily so I may as well get on with my life" James sighed sadly as they walked to their Defence Against the Dark Arts class
During class James didn't hear a thing Professor Sharp said and when the bell rang for the end of the lesson, Remus had to pull on his arm to get him to stand up and leave the classroom
As they said goodbye to Sirius who wasn't in their Arithmancy class James just stood there like a zombie, staring into space and Remus nearly walked into him
Finally they got to class with Remus and Peter practically pushing James all the way there
Meanwhile, Sirius' Muggle Studies class was standing outside the door waiting for Professor Greeb to arrive. Sirius was leaning against the wall trying to think of something he could do to cheer James up and watching Emma, Laura and Natalie when Daniel Killburn, the guy Natalie had the hugest crush on walked up to his friends
"Omigod, omigod, omigod" Natalie whispered
"Go on Nat, ask him to go with you" Laura whispered to her
"Yeah, go on" Emma agreed "Imagine - you, going to the Ball with Daniel Killburn"
"Oh, ok, when you put it that way" Natalie grinned and walked over to Daniel and his friends "Ah, Daniel, could I speak to you?" Natalie asked "Privately"
Daniel looked her up and down "Yeah, whatever, whaddya want?"
"I was just wondering" Natalie turned bright red "Would you go to the Ball with me?"
"And why the hell would I wanna do that?" Daniel looked at her with a look of disgust on his face
Natalie felt tears brimming in her eyes "Because, because" she stammered "Oh just forget it" she span around and ran off in the opposite direction, tears streaming down her face
She bumped into Professor Greeb coming round the corner. The professor looked at her and turned to Sirius "You there" she pointed a finger at him "Take this girl to Madam Pomfrey immediately"
"Yes Professor" Sirius replied and walked over to Natalie who was now sitting against the wall around the corner, sobbing. He helped her up and walked with her to the Hospital Wing where Madam Pomfrey made her lie down
He sat next to her for about ten minutes before she stopped crying and rolled over surprised to see he was still there
"You know you could've left" she whispered shakily
"I know" Sirius replied "But I wanted to see if you were ok first"
"Thanks but why would you care" Natalie wondered "Nobody else does so why you?"
"You really think no-one cares about you?" Sirius asked her
"Why would they... I mean you heard what Daniel said" Natalie replied
"Yeah, that's one person" Sirius told her
"There's no way I'm going to the Ball now" Natalie whispered "Not after being humiliated like that" She felt more tears in her eyes and pushed them away
"Oh, well that's a real shame, coz I was just about to ask if you'd come with me" Sirius sighed "Just as friends, but that's ok, I can always ask someone else"
"What?" Natalie was shocked "Why would you want to go with me?"
"Coz you're my friend" Sirius replied "Daniel's only one person, don't let him put you off having a good time. Besides, it might even make people jealous" Sirius smirked thinking of his ulterior motive
(A/N ooooh ulterior motive... I wonder what that could be)
"You'd really do that for me?" Natalie whispered
"Yeah, course I would" Sirius smiled at her "Now come on, we'd better go, it's almost the end of the period an I gotta talk to James"
"Ok" Natalie smiled as Sirius helped her up
Emma and Laura met up with Natalie at the end of the period.
"Omigod! Are you okay?" they said at the same time "It's all our fault. If we hadn't convinced you to ask him this never would've happened"
"It's ok guys, really" Natalie surprised them "Coz guess what?"
"What?" the twins said together
"I'm going with Sirius!" Natalie said gleefully
"What! How?" Laura was speechless
"Omigod, that is soo cool!" Emma said "You guys make such a good couple!"
"Oh, no, we're just going as friends" Natalie told them
"Not for long I'll bet!" Emma squealed
"Have you told Lily yet?" Laura asked with a smirk
"Haven't seen her" Natalie told them as Lily and Lauren came round the corner
"Haven't seen who?" Lily asked
"You, coz I got some great news!" Natalie exclaimed excitedly
"What?" Lily asked
"I'm going to the Halloween Ball with... wait for it... Sirius Black!!!!!"
"Omigod, really?" Lauren squealed as Lily rolled her eyes
"Yep!" Natalie grinned
"That's so cool" Lauren told her " He's hot too!" Laura grinned
"I know" Natalie grinned "I still can't believe he asked me"
"So, who are you goin with Laura?" Lily wondered, attempting to change the subject off the Marauders
"At the moment, nobody and I don't expect that to change" Laura told her "But I'm used to that so... meh" she shrugged
"Don't say that" Lauren told her "I'll betcha someone asks you by Wednesday"
"Yep sure" Laura muttered to herself
The rest of the day went by in a bit of a blur. Wherever anyone turned all people were doing was talking about the Halloween Ball in 5 days time
The next day at lunchtime, Laura was sitting by the windowsill in the dorm thinking when her owl Freckle came flying up to her with a long stemmed red rose in her beak
Laura sat there stunned before Freckle put the rose on her lap and pecked her softly. Laura came out of her trance and picked up the rose. She held it up to her nose and breathed in its aroma.
She sighed and untangled the note that was tied around Freckle's leg
"For Miss Malfoy. From your secret admirer" she read out loud as Emma walked into the room
"Oh gee, I have a secret admirer? Thanks for telling me!" she joked as Laura put down the rose
"Well it can't possibly be for me then" she sighed
"What are you talking about?" Emma wondered
"Me, a secret admirer?" Laura sighed "How many guy's want to go out with someone with my reputation?"
(A/N has anyone ever noticed how hard it is to type with long fingernails? And no Emma that doesn't mean I'm gonna cut them... sozzi pplz)
"You wanna bet?" Emma asked "I'll betcha there's plenty of guys this could have come from"
"Oh yeah, name one" Laura challenged her
"Well, there's... well it could be... well I spose it might be..." Emma stammered
"See, I told you so" Laura said with a grin
"Well who gave it to you?" Emma asked her
"I dunno, Freckle just brought it to me" Laura told her
"Ooooh... Freckle an Laura, sittin in a tree" Emma started singing before Laura threw a pillow at her
"Shut up Em" Laura muttered
"Sorry" Emma grinned at her sister "Well anyways, I think that if you wanna know who sent it to you you should send a note back to them asking who they are"
"How?" Laura asked
"Easy, Freckle knows who it came from so just give her a note to send back" Emma said
"Wow" Laura muttered "An I thought you were supposed to be the dumb blonde!"
"Hey, I heard that" Emma said huffily "I'm not talking to you any more"
"Yay" Laura said sarcastically, picking up a quill and paper and thinking of what to write
"Hey, that's not very nice" Emma said sniffily
"I thought you weren't talking to me" Laura said innocently
"I... I'm not" Emma replied quickly sticking her nose high up in the air. She then went to leave but walked into the door
"Oww my nose" she shrieked "Owwww"
"Are you okay?" Laura asked
"I'm not talking to you" Emma said, standing up and crashing into the door again
"Owwww. My face" she screamed again
"You sure you're okay?" Laura asked, trying not to laugh
"I said I'm not talking to you and I meant I'm not talking to you" Emma turned and opened the door all the way then, spinning back around to face Laura, stuck her tongue out and fell down the stairs with a shriek
Laura shook her head laughing and went back to her note
Dear whoever sent this, she wrote
Who are you, why did you send me this
She then signed it and tied it to Freckle's leg and told her to deliver it
Finding a vase and filling it with water she put the rose next to her bed and went downstairs to the common room to wait for Freckle
Sitting in her favourite chair by the fire, Laura got a fright when Lauren came up behind her
"Heya Laura" Lauren greeted her as Laura nearly jumped out of her chair
"God Lauren, don't scare me like that that" Laura shreiked
"Sorry" Lauren said
"Did you want me for something?" Laura asked
"Yeah, I was just wondering if I could borrow Freckle for a while" Lauren asked "Cats aren't really that good at delivering mail"
"Ahh... sorry, I kinda just sent her off with a note about 5 mins ago" Laura said biting her lip
"Oh, ok then, I'll ask someone else" Lauren replied
"Sozzi" Laura said
"That's ok, it's not your fault" Lauren said flopping down on the couch as Freckle flew up and landed on Laura's shoulder
"Heya Freckle" Laura greeted her "That was quick"
She untied the note around Freckle's leg and read it to herself
To Laura
I sent this to you because I want to go to the Halloween Ball with you but I'm too afraid to ask as you're probably already going with someone else she read and re-read to make sure she wasn't seeing things
"What is it?" Lauren asked, looking at the piece of paper with interest. Laura told her about the rose and showed her the note, which she looked at confused then realised something
"I told you so" she said with a grin
"What?" Laura asked, confused
"I told you someone would ask you out by Wednesday" Lauren smirked "See, I was right!"
"Amazing" Laura said slightly sarcastically
"So, you gonna send another note back?" Lauren asked
"But you said you needed to borrow Freckle" Laura replied
"Oh, there's plenty of people I can borrow owls off" Lauren said "I wanna see who this is from"
"Okay, if you insist" Laura shrugged "What should I write in my next note?"
"Find out what his name is, an that sorta stuff" Lauren told her
"I asked for his name in my last note but he didn't tell me" Laura replied
"Well how 'bout you tell him that you're not going with anyone already but you won't go with him if he doesn't tell you who he is" Lauren suggested
"Okay" Laura replied while finding a quill and parchment
Dear whoever sent me this and still didn't tell me their name,
Who are you? No I'm not going to the ball with anyone already but I also won't go with you if you don't tell me who you are. Plz write back.
Laura.
Tying the note to Freckle's leg, she sent her to deliver it and turned to Lauren
"So are you really able to predict the future or was that just a weird coincidence?" she asked
"I'm not exactly sure" Lauren thought out loud "I mean I've predicted a few small things before but never anything major"
"Hmm" Laura muttered "I spose it could just be a coincidence then"
"Oh. My. God!" Lauren breathed looking past Laura towards the other side of the room
Turning around slowly towards the door of the common room and peeking around the side of the chair, she saw a really cute guy sit down with Freckle on his shoulder
"Yeah, oh my god" she whispered to Lauren who was still staring at him "Oi, Lauren, quit staring, you're kinda obvious" Laura whispered before peeking around the chair again
"Oh, my god" Lauren whispered after snapping back out of her staring
"Mmmmn" Laura sighed "Wonder who he is"
"Ummmn... I kinda know who..." Lauren said with a gulp
"Who?" Laura said excitedly
"Ahhh, my brother" Lauren told her emabarrased
"That's your brother!" Laura said, amazed "You never told me you had a brother. Or that he was so hot!"
Lauren rolled her eyes "Half brother. And he still hasn't noticed you're here" she looked over at him again
"Who is he?" Laura asked her "Like what's his name?"
"Will" Lauren said shortly as Laura went into a trance
"I can't believe my brother likes my best friend" Lauren said shaking her head
"Hey!" Laura said, snapping out of her trance and pretending to be insulted "What's that supposed to mean?"
"Ahhh... Nothing" Lauren said quickly "It's just a bit of a surprise, that's all"
"Yeah, sure, whatever" Laura said sarcastically "I still can't believe it"
"C'mon, we'd better hurry before we're late to class" Lauren said, changing the subject "You know how angry Sharp gets when we're late" Getting up and walking across the common room to the portrait hole Will looked up and smiled at them but said nothing
Walking down the corridor, Laura felt the hairs on the back of her neck prickle and felt like someone was watching them. She turned around quickly but no one was there
Turning the corner, her bag got caught on a nail and ripped causing all her books to scatter on the floor
"Oh no" she muttered as Lauren turned around to see what was wrong. As Laura bent down to pick up her books she told Lauren to go on without her and tell the teacher she was going to be late
"Okay" Lauren said walking off "Good Luck!"
As Laura leaned over to get her DADA book she felt a prickle on her neck again and turned around to see Will leaning against the wall watching her
She sighed and turned back around to her books scattered all over the floor. Hearing footsteps she looked up and saw Will bend down and help pick up some of her books
"Thanks" she whispered as he stood up and put out his hand to help her up
"So why me?" she asked "I mean there's a whole heap of girls out there that are... I dunno... I mean, have you never heard the rumours?"
"No?" he replied shortly
"Well do you think maybe you should?" she asked while starting to walk down the corridor
He started walking beside her and grinned slightly "Why, you got a deep dark secret?"
Laura bit her lip as he raised an eyebrow
"Look, I gotta go now but I'll talk to ya later" Laura said awkwardly before going through the classroom door
"Hey, what's up with you?" Emma asked Laura who was sitting on her bed staring into space with a pen in her hand and her diary open on her lap
"What?" Laura muttered, coming out of her trance
"You. What's up?" Emma repeated
"Nothing" Laura muttered
"Yep sure. Spill" Emma sat down on the edge of the bed
Laura shook her head "It's nothing
"Mmn-hmmn" Emma nodded "So did you find out who that rose was from?"
Laura bit her lip and looked away, tears forming in her eyes
Saturday Afternoon
(The night of the ball... duh)
"Okay, on the count of three everyone come out" Lauren said "One..."
"Two..." everyone joined in "Three!" they said as they came out from behind the curtains and saw each other in their dresses for the first time (A Beauxbatons tradition which Lauren convinced them to try)
Seeing each other their jaws dropped open at how gorgeous everyone looked
Lauren was wearing a black strapless dress which went down to just above her knees. Her blonde streaked hair was out and wavy and the long gold earrings she was wearing sparkled in the light. Her gold bracelets jingled together when she moved and her silver nailpolish on her toes matched perfectly with her black strappy shoes
Emma was in a pink diamond studded dress with long white gloves that also had diamonds around the top. Around her neck was a pink diamond necklace with a matching ring. Her blonde hair was out and flowed down her back and her pink shoes (also diamond studded) were the exact same colour as her dress
Laura wore a dark blue dress that changed colour in the light, down almost to her knees and had a diamond teardrop necklace and the silver charm bracelet she had gotten a few years ago. Her light brown hair was up in a bun with curls and crimped bits coming out of it. Her extremely long fingernails were painted with dark blue nailpolish that matched her dress and silver strappy high-heeled shoes finished it off
Lily was wearing a long forest-green dress with long sleeves that flared out at the bottom to reveal the diamond ring she had once gotten for Christmas without knowing who it was from. Her red hair was curled and her eyes really stood out with the colour of her dress
Natalie was in a light blue dress that faded to dark blue at the bottom and her dark brown hair was braided with ribbons through it. A gold bracelet sat on her wrist and her toenails were dark blue underneath her silver shoes
After everyone had stood there staring at each other for a couple of minutes, Emma broke the silence
"Well, I gotta go now" she said excitedly "I'm meeting Remus in 5 mins so..." she trailed off
"Have fun tonight Em" Laura gave her sister a hug "You look gorgeous"
Emma grinned "Thanks, you do too" she walked over and opened the door
"Watch out for those stairs" Laura said cheekily
"Very funny Laura" Emma replied sarcastically "See ya'z later, have fun" she said to all of them before going out the door to meet her boyfriend
"Well, you wanna go now?" Lauren asked after Emma left
"Good idea" Natalie replied as she walked over to the door "Halloween Ball here we come!!"
A/N Yes I know that was a really lame ending but i promise the nxt chappie will b better - i promise... i hope
Thanx 2 all mi reviewers - aka Emma and Lauren x3 (or possibubbly more)
Lauren, ur gonna b happi bout nxt chappie coz yes he's gonna b with u
Emma u'll probly b happi with n-e chap tht has u an Remus in it so...
Next chapter - who's gonna get together, who's gonna split up, who's gonna have a huge fight and who's gonna start to put an evil plot to work???
PLUS - Enter the Marshmallow!!! (yuk)
