"What on earth happened to you?" Lily asked her boyfriend as he came into the Dining Hall for breakfast. His hair was always messy, but it was even worse this morning. He had huge bags under his eyes and he did not look happy.

"He snores. He fucking snores all night long." James said darkly.

"Oh, didn't I tell you that my brother snores? I guess I'm just so used to it I forgot to mention it." Sara said brightly. Her plan was in action.

"Yeah, slipped your mind, right?" James said sarcastically. Before it was just a guess, but now James knew. Sara wanted to break Lily and him up. Why else would she drag her brother back to Hogwarts? Well, James Potter was not in the mood for it and he was certainly not going to let Sara win. The war between Mallot& Mallot against Potter& Evans had begun. Eric walked in, looking rested and fresh.

"Morning everyone! Whoa, James, what happened to you? Didn't you sleep last night?" Eric asked and James just glared at him.

"Now that we have the prankster here, what will this stupid prank thing be about?" Norma asked. She tried to act like she was totally not interested in anything that had to do with Eric, when in reality; he was all she could think about.

"We were thinking of putting a Truth Telling Potion in the punch." Eric said, actually trying to impress Norma. 'Stay on your project,' Eric thought, looking at Lily. When he looked back at Norma, she wasn't looking at him anymore. Like he cared...did he?

"It's the perfect prank, right?" Lily said, very proud of the new prank and the fact that James wasn't jealous of Eric or anything.

"Planning on pulling a prank, Miss Evans?" Professor Dumbledore, by far the best teacher at Hogwarts, asked the table.

"Dumbly, dumbly, Dumbledore." James sighed. He may not look good, but that doesn't mean he could tease his favorite teacher, did it? "Why would you ever suspect that we would pull a prank? I am just as innocent as Sirius here." James said, putting his arm around his best mate.

"By the way, Dumbledore, did you like the new scent in your office?" Sirius asked.

"This new Dungbomb is from you, of course. I should have known." Dumbledore said with a twinkle in his eyes. "Then you wouldn't mind coming to my office tonight at seven o'clock to help me get the scent out, would you, Mr. Black?"

"With all the homework, tests and stress of an adolescence life," Sirius sighed. "I don't know if I can make it, Dumbledore."

"I think you can," Dumbledore said smiling and walking away.

"That Dumbledore is a good guy." Sirius said. "Pity I won't be able to see him tonight at seven. Ah well."

"Professor Dumbledore is a very good teacher. Shouldn't you go to at least one of his detentions?" Remus asked.

"And ruin my reputation? Never." Sirius said, scoffing at the idea. "Once you have a reputation as something other than the goody-goody that you are, you'll understand, Remus ol' chap." Sirius put his arm around Remus as if he were his mentor in those cheesy CNN documentaries.

"Yeah, couldn't you just see Remus as the outlaw in this group?" James said. Leave it to Sirius to cheer him up.

"So, Lily, who are you going to the Halloween dance with?" Eric asked Lily in a quiet voice so James wouldn't overhear.

"Well, I figured I would go with James. He is my boyfriend and all." Lily said.

"Did he ask you yet?" Eric asked.

"Well, no, not yet." Lily said. "But I'm sure he will."

"And if he doesn't?" Eric asked.

"He will." Lily said, ending the conversation. She turned to Norma. "Are you wearing lipstick?"

"Yeah, so what if I am?" Norma said.

"Sorry Miss Moody, I didn't realize it was that time of the month." Lily said.

"Just, shut up, okay Miss Perfect?" Norma said. "Or should I say Mrs. Potter?"

"What is up with you lately?" Lily asked. Norma could be a little harsh during her period, but never this mean.

"Maybe I don't like you hanging all over James all the time. Maybe nobody does." Norma said bluntly. "The only reason you're not now is because Eric is here and you want to keep your options open. I speak for everyone when I say it's plain sick."

"What?" Lily said, hurt by her friend's bluntness and harsh words.

"Will you stop being so innocent? God, it's so annoying." Norma said. Lily started tearing up and ran out of the Dining Hall without another word.

"Yes, it works!" Peter said happily.

"What works, Peter?" James said slowly.

"Well, the Truth Telling Potion of course. I put it in Norma's drink to see if it would work in other liquids. It does!" Peter said excitedly.

"Good idea Peter, wrong time." Sirius said.

"What did you put in the potion?" Eric asked.

"Everything the our Potion book says." Peter said.

"Tell me you didn't put in any bitter herbs." Eric said.

"I put in parsley." Peter said, suddenly afraid he did something wrong again.

"Well, that does it." Eric said. "A regular Truth Telling Potion plus any bitter herb equals a Bitterness Potion."

"And this would mean...?" Sirius said. "You have to realize, the only time I pay attention is class is.... uh...wait, I know I paid attention once..."

"This may take a while." Sara said. "So, what is a Bitterness Potion?"

"Well, it's basically a Truth Telling Potion only the person's bad feelings, or bitterness comes out on the first person whose offends them." Eric said. "In this case, it was Lily."

"Dumb ass!" James said as he smacked Peter in the back of the head.

"Instead of hurting your friends, why aren't you running after her?" Eric asked. 'Some boyfriend you are,' Eric wanted to add, but he didn't.

"Because every time I run after her, it gets worse." James said. "I can't seem to do anything right anymore."

"I'll go after her." Sara said. She went up to her friend.

"What do you mean you can't do anything right? Lily's crazy for you." Sirius said. "I mean, have you heard yourselves lately? 'I love you more,' 'No, I love you more,' and on and on and on. I mean, Eric, you've only been here a day, how many times have they done that?"

"Three, I think." Eric said. "You do mean in thousands, right?"

"Very funny, guys. Look, I'm going to go out to the Quidditch fields." James said. "And get this dumb spell off Norma." He walked out and all Eric could think was, 'How can Lily stay with Him when she could have me? Or should I let Norma have me?' Eric looked at Norma and winked. Norma winked back and then started talking to Remus. Could these people just pick someone and stick with it?

(Thanks for your reviews! Sorry this chapter took so long. I was in a total Last Five Years mode and started writing that story. This story will end after the Halloween dance, and then I'll do the sequel, cause this story is getting long. Please Review!)