2Hiding Hickies and the Argument Of The Year
A/N: Ah, yes. Yet another chappie. You must review if you want more? Got it? I like SOOOO won't write if you don't review...well, I will...I might just post it at somewhere else gasp. Haha, nice grammar...It's like ... some sort of reality show, type thing, where u vote and see if you want more?? OK? Ok:D Now, in this chapter they have band practice...oh yes grins wickedly. Oh, and these songs are modern. Like, with Billy Talent, Dashboard Confessional, all those bands that are awesome in MY mind but SUCK really bad in yours. Oh, yes this will be fun...
After, that romance by the lake, Kris had started getting meaner, fighting more with Sirius, insulting Peter, and not being AS happy. Elena was right again. Sirius had helped Kris get over her sister. And Kris couldn't be more grateful. With one lost love, another begins. For every heartache, you grow stronger, for the next. To become happy, you must be sad. That's the way it is for us. For all of us. But we don't need the mushy stuff right now! Let's get on with band practice!
"Remus! Mena! Kris! Jer! Let's get a move on!" yelled Elena in the Common room. Kris coughed.
"Uh...Elena? Jerry's in Hufflepuff..." Kris said gently. Elena blushed slightly.
"Well?!? Let's go meet him in our band room!" Elena said, lifting Mena up by the shoulders. Mena sighed, as Elena tossed her on the couch.
"Fine...but Elena...It's only 9:30! We're not even supposed to be tuning up until 11:00..." she said glancing at her watch. Elena rolled her eyes.
"And when exactly did we establish THOSE rules?" she asked, hands on hips. Mena smirked.
"In second year-" she began but was cut off by an angry Elena.
"I'll go wake up Remus," she said, stomping up the forbidden Boys Dorms. Katie skipped down the stairs happily, in a pair of jeans, and a sweater, her hair in a wet ponytail.
"Hey guys-" Katie greeted, but a high pitch girl scream, echoed down from the boys staircase. Elena and Remus tumbled down the stairs, Elena practically dragging Remus who was still- in what it looked like- a wet towel.
"Let-go-of-me!" Remus screamed, between swatting at Elena. Kris sniggered, and burst out laughing. Elena laughed manically.
"Jeez, when did guys get to be so wimpy?" Elena said giggling in what was supposed to be an innocent tone.
"Elena! I was in the shower! And when I told you to go away, you FLUSHED THE TOILET!" Remus retorted angrily. "And when I got out you took my towel, got it wet and slapped me with it!" Elena smiled dreamily.
"Yeah..." she grinned, "You know I really like myself...I REALLY like myself for doing that..." she said smiling. Kris snorted and slung her guitar case over her back.
"I'm going to go say bye to Sirius..." she said smiling obliviously. Two minutes later when everyone was gathering up their bases, and guitars when they heard a shriek from upstairs, most likely from Kris.
"PUT SOME PANTS ON WILL YOU!?!" screamed Kris, sounding quite scared.
"You're not even supposed to BE up here!" Sirius yelled back. Kris started to run away, and Sirius sighed.
"What do you want?!?" he asked angrily. Kris coughed.
"Nothing, band practice, bye," she said laughing and running down the stairs shuddering.
"I will never...ever...be the same again..." Kris said her face completely scarlet, walking out the portrait hole. Elena snorted and covered her mouth.
"Looks like SOMEONE'S going to be in trouble..." she said rolling her eyes, and walking out the door, with her guitar, everyone following behind her. When they all reached the band room, they muttered their password, and clambered through the rickety chamber door. The band room was quite modern looking when it came to magical appearances. Although, it was rather plain it still managed to crack a smile out of many psh that sounds like it's out of doctor Seuss or something.... The room followed along a straight hallway and opened up into a room of chairs and a stage. The chairs were all big fluffy armchairs that faced towards the dimly lit stage. The stage floor was made out of dark red cedar wood, where a huge piece of transparent plastic was nailed to the wood. It also had a classic scarlet velvet curtain hung behind the stage, which brought us to a whole different area-backstage. The backstage area was a dark, slightly musty place. It had cobwebs and spiders-all of which Kris was deathly terrified of. Elena and Mena constantly teased her and blew in her ear, which created a creepy-crawly feeling. The backstage also had a bunch of equipment, tuning devices, spare instruments, and a catwalk. Elena said it looked like their old elementary, where Brook and Katie had tried to walk the catwalk, but indefinitely, got caught by their wicked old hag of a teacher, Monsieur Thomas. Sirius and James had sniggered, and asked why his name wasn't something like Saint-Louis. "Because he wasn't French, you idiot," Elena had snapped. "He TAUGHT French Immersion! He was Hispanic, to tell the truth."
"Holy crap...my bass is way outta wack..." Mena complained adjusting something on her bright green electric bass again, I know, that in the 70's that you probably wouldn't have heard of 'electric' musical instruments unless you were super rich, which in Marlena's case is true. She IS rich, in this remember? I THINK I might've mentioned it in earlier chapters...maybe not.... Kris giggled manically.
"Outta wack...mwahahahah!" she said evilly, matching up tone with her guitar, to a keyboard. Elena rolled her eyes and started setting up speakers. Just then, Jerry walked in the door, looking flustered and confuzzled (aka confused...that's one of the words I've made up over the years...just ask Danielle:DOh wait...nvm...SHUT UP). Jerry was tall and scrawny. He had wavy brown hair, and a straight nose. He wasn't bad looking but he wasn't a prize.
"Hey guys," he said quickly walking backstage, and dragging out his drum set.
"You ok, Jer?" asked Remus from the ground having a flicking fight with Kris, who tried to take his bracelet, that was for allergies. Kris, oblivious, called him a nancyboy.
"What? I'm fine!!! Why the hell'd you ask?" he said, acting a little too paranoid. Remus shrugged.
"Tell me when you're ready," he said calmly, snatching his bracelet back, from Kris who stuck her tongue out. Kris clapped her hands.
"Oh my gosh! You guys listen to this song I made up!" Kris laughed, thinking back a bit. Elena laughed.
"Oh yeah! You sang this to me yesterday! Go on!" Elena said grinning eagerly. Kris nodded.
"Okay...To the tune of somewhere over the rainbow...somewhere, over her make up, and an ugly girl lies! Hating this two-faced girl is hard, so we can't be bothered! So we'll see you later you ugly stupid BITCH!" Kris sang, gently, and completely went berserk, at the end of the horribly written song. "See? Isn't it pretty?" Kris said smiling sweetly. Mena dissolved into fits of giggles. Remus coughed out something resembling 'MERCEDES'.
"What do you have against Mercedes?" asked Jerry incredulously. Kris shrugged.
"Oh, I don't know. Just maybe the fact that she makes our lives miserable, and takes advantage of gay people..." Kris said sarcastically. Jerry looked angry. "She does not!" he yelled.
"What the hell Jer? Since when have you started liking Clarke?" asked Elena curiously, reaching for her ever-present notebook filled with gossip. Jerry now looked livid.
"Leave me the hell alone, with your stupid gossiping crew! Get the hell out of that habit! God! And you know what? I don't think I can be in a band with someone who hates Clarke as much as you!" Jerry bellowed.
Elena looked hurt. "Gossip is an ART!" she muttered forcibly, playing a few angry chords on her guitar.
Kris leaned backwards.
"Aw, come on Jer. We were just jokin' around!" Kris said casually. Jerry shook his head.
"No! I quit!" and with that he dropped his drumsticks on the ground and walked out the door. Suddenly he came back in, face red, and muttered, "I forgot my drumsticks." He picked them up and attempted to have another dramatic exit.
The rest of The Spaz just sat there, eyes wide.
"What the hell just happened?" asked Mena jaw slightly ajar. Elena shrugged.
"But what are we going to do about a drummer? Hold more auditions?" Remus asked rubbing his temples. Kris sighed.
"Well...no band practice today I guess," Kris said, in a very ditsy manner. The band looked at her grumpily.
"Fine, fine. I'll do the posters, you do the scheduling..." Kris said irritably.
"Come on-Let's get our stuff..." muttered Elena, starting unhook all the equipment. When they finally finished up, they were walking down the hall, back to the common room, to go ask everyone if they wanted to go polar swimming, when they walked into something unpleasant.
"Well, well, well. Look who's lost another friend," Mercedes spat, with hatred. Kris smirked.
"Well, isn't it Mercedes look-what-the-cat-dragged-in Clarke," Kris said with just as much hatred.
"Well, isn't it Kristin the-only-thing-I'm-good-for-is-that-I'm-paying-Sirius-Black-to-be-my-boyfriend Robenson." she said looking at her up and down, disgustedly. Kris smiled sweetly.
"Well, at least I'm not a skanky slut, unlike YOU, Clarke!" Kris said not playing anymore, but being fairly straight forward.
Mercedes scowled.
"Filthy little mudblood," she said smirking. A smile played at Elena's lips as she joined the indecent conversation.
"Filthy little PUREBLOOD!" Elena yelled, laughing slightly. Kris sniggered. Mercedes stomped her foot.
"Freaks," Mercedes spat viciously. Mena, laughed insanely while Remus chuckled softly. Elena shrugged.
"Come on, guys. We can't waste our time with uselessness like this," Elena said menacingly, gesturing to the offended looking teen. Mercedes grabbed Elena's shoulder just as she was turning to leave.
"Come here, and say that to my face, WHORE!" Mercedes scolded. Elena turned around slowly with a look of disgust on her face.
"Well, it's pretty damn hard since you have so MANY! And did YOU just call ME a whore?" Elena asked incredulously. Mercedes nodded, looking slightly afraid of what was coming. That must have been it for Elena, as she, without notice, brought her fist up to Mercedes face, and smashed it into her over-eyelined eye.
"And that is how it's done!" Kris cheered, as Mercedes fell to the ground. Remus coughed.
"You guys, maybe we should-" Remus started.
"LOPEZ! COME HERE!" screamed Mcgonnagall. Elena looked at her friends nervously, as she followed Mcgonnagall, down the hall to her office...
"Bloody brilliant!" Sirius cheered. Elena, Mena, Remus, and Kris had just told the Marauders, and The Ixies what had happened. Kris grinned, who was sitting on Sirius' lap, in an armchair.
"It was totally, awesome! I mean, we've never had a better fight with Clarke!" Kris exclaimed happily. Elena scowled.
"Well, it may be good for YOU, guys, but I have to serve a month's detention for that..." she said gloomily looking down. James clucked his tongue.
"Aw, come on Elena. We all get in trouble all the time! It's no different than when we sabotaged the Slytherins' uniforms!" James said. Elena hmphed.
"You know, she started it. She called me a whore, pretty much called Sirius a hooker, and Kris a hookee, and I still got more time to serve, JUST because gave her a black eye," Elena said eyes wide, and looking at everyone while she talked. Brook pouted.
"It's not fair!" she whined. Kris leaned forward.
"Come on...let me see that smile..." Kris said consolingly. Brook pouted even more.
"I don't wanna..." she said arms crossed over her chest.
"Come on..."
"I wanted to hit Mercedes!" she whined smashing her fist down, hitting Peter in the leg. Kris sniggered as Peter, almost cried.
"Come on! We'll get to hit her again!" Kris said, smiling. Brook smiled a bit.
"Promise?"
"I promise," grinned Kris, sitting back. James sighed and sat up.
"Well, I should go get ready for Quidditch," he said quickly kissing Lily on the cheek, and grabbing his broom.
"Bye James!" everyone chorused. He turned back, and winked at everyone ew..., and left. Ten minutes after James left, the portrait door swung open, and revealed Jared Smase (a Gryffindor 6th year) carrying a large rectangular box. He was panting, telling the rest of the group, it must be heavy.
"Hey...Jared..." Sirius said awkwardly. Kris sniggered. Sirius winked at her.
"Whatcha got there, Jare?" Elena asked laughing slightly.
"Well...my mom sent me a ping pong table! Course if took 30 owls to bring it here," he winking at Elena. Elena blushed. It was a known fact between Lily, Mena, and Kris, that Elena had a crush on Jared. Jared knew too. And it was suspected that he liked her too. Jared was atleast 5"11, and looked quite a bit like his brother, . His hair was white blond, and his eyes were a crystal clear sea green. He had a bit of freckles that were sprinkled under his eyes. He was not very popular, but friends with the Marauders.
"Ping what?" asked Sirius curiously. Jared sighed, setting the box down.
"A ping pong table..." he said panting. Lily jumped up.
"I love ping pong!" she said enthusiastically. Kris giggled.
"Me too! Lils, member last year, when we went to Campbell River, and played ping pong on my grandma's table? And how we beat Ryan so bad we almost made him cry?" Kris asked eyes bright, with happiness. Sirius laughed.
"Who's Ryan?" Sirius asked, failing to contain his jealousy. Kris ruffled his hair.
"EWWWW! HE'S MY BROTHER!"she said scrunching her eyes. Sirius shuddered, and shook his head.
"Anyway, back to the point. What IS ping pong?" Sirius asked sitting up, making Kris fall on the floor. He laughed and picked her back up, but she glared.
"Well...it's a muggle game, with a rectangle type piece of wood. And there's a net in the middle. There are two players, and each person gets a paddle, and they hit a ball like this," he said taking a small white hollow ball out of his pocket," back and forth over the net...It's awesome..." he said putting the ball back.
"So do you guys wanna play?" he asked. Elena shrugged.
"Wanna?" she asked. Kris paused, considering.
"Sure!" she said grinning. Jared drummed on the box.
"Anyone gonna help me with this?" he asked impatiently. Sirius got up, along with, Kris, Katie, Mena, and Elena. But Lily stayed in her seat, who'd surprisingly...fallen asleep... twilight zone music we'll find out more coming up!. Brook said she didn't want to play as it would cause damage to her 'beautiful' nails, so she went upstairs to make a mud mask. Remus said he had some studying he needed to do and when they asked why since it was Christmas break, he said it was extra important. After a lot of looking at instructions and attacking each other with spare ping pong balls, they'd finally set up the seven feet, long, 3 feet across, ping pong table.
"What teams should we be in?" asked Elena. Kris shrugged.
"Pairs of two. I pick Elena," Kris said walking over to where Elena was hitting the ball with the paddle. Katie chose Mena, and Sirius was left with Jared. Sirius didn't end up being that great, considering he came from a strictly pureblood family, and didn't hear much of muggle devices. Elena and Kris ended up being great. Mostly because they already knew how and had played lots before, at Kris' grandma's house. Katie and Mena, were great too. Elena and Kris, and Katie and Mena ended up tying for first. Jared was ok, but couldn't beat the girls' talent and style (aka cheap shots, and psychology tricks). The current standings: KrisElena: 4 games won
MenaKatie: 4 games won
JaredSirius: 0 games won
Since Jared and Sirius were out of the chance of winning, they forfeited, as they saw no chance, and had no hope. Kris and Elena, were on fire now. Mena and Katie were struggling to keep up, and yelling monstrosities at their opponent.
"NERF!"
"NARK!"
"HOSER!"
"POSER!"
"LOSER!"
"TWIT!"
"BERK!"
"PRAT!"
"TWINK!"
"MERCEDES WANNABE!"...this was all in rhythm to the pingpong hits.
"DUMBA-" retaliated Elena, taking her paddle, and wacking it forwards.
"Uh...Marlena?" asked Trevor Wood, Gryffindor's Quidditch captain, who was what it looked like, coming back from practice, in a muddy robe. Mena's head automatically snapped up to his face, which gave Elena the chance to hit the pingpong table and it bounced, and smacked her face. Mena didn't even flinch. Katie looked angry, and started screaming at Mena, who...just stared at Trevor. Trevor grinned wide, and it made Mena's heart flutter. Trevor was 6"2, and a 6th year, not to mention easy on the eyes. He had dark brown hair, that was messy, in a classy kind of way. His eyes were a nice browney-green, and he had incredible muscles. It wasn't a gross bulky muscle, but a nice barely noticeable six pack. Mena shook her head and turned herself back to the game.
"Uh, yes?" she said smacking the pingpong, which hit Kris in the stomach, without hitting the table. Trevor cleared his throat.
"Uh, would you like to accompany me to the ball?" he said smiling, without teeth, in a charming way. Marlena beamed.
"Sure!" she giggled, panting a bit. Elena snickered, and grabbed her notebook joting down a few notes, letting Kris take over. Trevor swallowed.
"Cool," he said nodding. Mena giggled a bit.
"So I'll see you then," he said, waving awkwardly. Mena smiled.
"Ok," she said uncomfortably. "Bye!" she waved Katie again getting angry because Elena and Kris scored another point.
"DAMNIT MARLENA!" Katie yelled slamming the pingpong ball, rousing Mena who was waving dreamily at the spot where Trevor HAD been, but who left two minutes ago...
"She's a lil slow huh?" Kris giggled to Elena. Elena nodded scoring another point.
"Next point for us wins!" Kris said grinning evilly. Katie scowled and served. Everything fell into slow motion...Kris looked at Elena and nodded. She pulled her paddle back and swung forward.
"NOOOOOOOOO!" Katie screamed as the ball whizzed past her paddle and knocked Lily in the face, who immediately woke up, startled. Kris and Elena through up their paddles in triumph, and gave each other a hug. Kris ran over to Sirius, and gave him a big fat kiss on the lips and ran over to Lily and shook her, still thinking she was asleep.
"LILY! WAKE UP-" Kris screamed in her face, but dropped her when she saw something on her neck. An evil looking expression came across her face.
"What do you have on your neck?" Kris asked grinning wickedly. Lily blushed, and hastily sat up and fixed her hair so it was surrounded her neck.
"Nothing! Nothing at all!" she said running upstairs. Kris laughed manically, and chased her upstairs.
"IT'S A HICKY!" she screamed and there was a thump, and Kris tackled Lily to the ground.
"LET ME SEEEEEEEE!" she yelled. Lily shrieked.
"NO! NEVER! EVIL DOER!" she yelled throwing books at Kris who dodged them ungracefully.
"HOW BIG IS IT!??!" Kris asked/screamed. Lily shrieked.
"THERE'S NOTHING THERE HOZO!" she said running into the bathroom and locking it. Kris calmly walked down the stairs, as if nothing had happened.
"Lily's hiding her hickies again..." she concluded flopping down on Sirius' lap who swatted at her. Elena grinned and began writing furiously in her notebook (again, always handy in her back pocket).
whoa...you know somethin? These guys are more immature now, then they were when they were 10...hahaha. Just goes to show that my writing techniques are a little random and crazy
Well, the groups continued to prank, for the next week. One which involved Snape, in a hawaiian outfit that consisted of a hula skirt and a coconut bra...best not to clarify. In which time Lily got very angry with James, for doing that to someone as innocent as Snape.
"JAMES!" Lily screamed, her face red with anger. James turned around innocently.
"What is it Lily flower?" he asked grinning. Lily squealed in annoyance.
"Don't Lily flower me, HOZO!" she screamed. James looked serious now. "Why did you do that?!?!?!" she screamed angry tears flowing down her face.
"Lily! He DESERVES it!" Jamees answered, starting to get angry. Lily glared at him disgustedly.
"I can't STAND you!" Lily yelled stomping up to the castle. James flopped down on the grass, and covered his eyes with his hands. Brook was poking at Snape's potential hula skirt, giggling insanely. Kris sat down beside James.
"Come on James...she'll get over it," Kris said gently, patting his arm sympathetically. James groaned.
"Why...why did I do it?" he said horrified. Kris clucked her tongue rubbing his arm. James moaned falling back on the grass. Kris shook him, by the stomach .
"BeCAUSE, you're a prankster. It's what we do, James," Kris explained. James whined.
"JAMES! SHE'LL GET OVER IT! NOW GET YOUR ASS UP HERE AND GO APOLOGIZE TO LILY!" Kris shouted, her gentle therapy fading away. James, a little scared of Kris, slowly got up, and ran towards the castle, looking back at Kris, who smiled sweetly, and waved gently. Kris sat there and she saw a shadow of a girl form behind her.
"Robenson," said Mercedes disgustedly. Kris smirked from where she sat and stood up facing Jerry, Aidan, Taylor, Mercedes, and Maria. From where Elena, Brook, and Katie were they saw this approach on their friend.
"Uh oh...here comes trouble," mumbled Katie, as Sirius, Peter, and Remus joined them walking over to Kris.
"Hello Clarke...Parks...Pobran...Bariosso...Morgan," Kris said smacking her lips together. Mercedes faked a scared look as she saw the Ixies and the Marauders.
"Well, look! It's the supposed-to-be-popular losers," Aidan Parks said stupidly. Kris rolled her eyes.
"I'm pretty surprised all you guys are Canadian..." Kris said glancing at her fellow canadians. "Because, well, from what I've heard we're free-loving hippy draft dodgers...Isn't that supposed to be peaceful? This is not. Leave us the hell alone, Parks," Kris said angrily. Aidan smiled sourly.
"Screw off whore," he said, as Kris went to tackle him, being held back by Sirius, Remus, and Elena.
"Come-on-Kris!" panted Sirius, "He's-not-worth-it!". Taylor raised his eyebrows.
"Well, isn't it Robenson's new 'boyfriend'," Taylor said disgustedly. Sirius raised his eyebrows menacingly.
"Yeah, gotta problem with that?" he asked glaring at him letting go of Kris, who tackled Aidan to the ground and started punching him mercilessly. Taylor shrugged.
"Just didn't think she could trust anyone anymore. She's acting slightly FOOLISH to go into another relationship, don't you think?" Taylor asked.
"What are you talking-" Sirius started but everyone's attention turned to Kris and Aidan. Kris was sitting on Aidan's back and had his arm twisted in deformed way, behind his back. Kris was struggling and Aidan was kicking and screaming, in a girly way.
"TAKE IT BACK!" Kris screamed. Aidan moaned.
"NEVER!" he yelled, and Kris did some sort of manouver (help me with this word Elena...), and it made Aidan scream even louder.
"TAKE IT BACK!" Kris repeated, but Elena and Brook grabbed each of her shoulders, and dragged her off him, but she was kicking and screaming, as Aidan jumped up from the ground nursing his arm. As Aidan was held back by Mercedes, Taylor, and Maria, Kris was held back by Sirius, Elena, and Brook.
"HOZO!"
"HOSER"
"LOSER!"
"FART BRAIN!"
"STUPID COMEBACKER!"
"FAT ASS!"
"WHORE!"
"WANNABE PLAYAH!"
"I HATE YOU!"
"I HATE YOU MORE!"
"YOU'RE SO STUPID!"
"I CAN'T BELIEVE I WENT OUT WITH YOU!"
"I HAD TO GO OUT WITH YOU!"
"I CAN'T STAND YOU!"
"YOU-" Aidan started but Mercedes hushed him up.
"Shut up Aidan," she said smacking him across the face. Kris was panting now.
"I hate you," she said walking up to the castle.
"What was that about?" asked Sirius.
The Ixies exchanged glances.
"I don't know," replied Elena simply, walking towards the castle, stopping for a few seconds to change Snape to his normally ugly appearance.