A Fairy Tale | Chapter 10
Andie and Ronnie descended the staircase leading from the girls' dormitory to the Common Room. They spotted Remus and Sirius sitting in the corner, playing chess.
"Hey," Ronnie said.
"Hey," Remus said, giving her a gentle smile. "Hi Andie."
"Hi Andie," Sirius said.
Andie frowned. "Hello Remus," she said, ignoring Sirius.
Remus leaned over towards Sirius and whispered, "What's up with her?"
"Ah, well, I would assume that she is still upset about the X-ray glasses incident, but assumptions are bad, so I shall say nothing."
"Well, that was pointless since you did say something. So that was why you bought the glasses. To annoy Andie?"
"Well, I wouldn't say annoy…"
"I would."
"Would you?"
"I would."
"Would you really?"
"I really would."
"Would you really would really?"
"Stop," Ronnie said. "Look, we just want to ask you guys if you know what's up with Lily."
That got Remus and Sirius to shut up.
"What?" Sirius asked.
"Do--you--know--what--is--wrong--with--Lily?" Andie said, breaking up the sentence for Sirius slowly.
"Er…" What to say, what to say?? Sirius thought. Oh! I know. Play dumb. "What?"
"What about you, Remus?" Ronnie tried.
"I--we haven't noticed anything."
"Really…" Ronnie arched an eyebrow, observing her boyfriend carefully. "But you must've noticed some things."
"No, nothing."
"Nothing? Don't you think it's weird the way she's been acting around James?"
"Nah. Maybe…maybe she finally realized that she really likes him?"
"Maybe…" Ronnie eyes looked over her surroundings. It landed on Sirius's book bag. "Or maybe not." She bent over and grabbed a folded parchment that was sticking out of the bag.
"Wait!" Remus said. "That's--I mean, why did you take that? It's just a scrap parchment."
"Scrap parchment? Is that why "Project Extraterrestrial: Potions Ingredients and Plan Hairbrush" is written on outside?"
Remus leaned over towards Sirius again and whispered, "Damn it, Padfoot! Why did you label that?"
"Because," Sirius whispered back, "I thought that our project should be more organized. Professors usually like it when our work is organized. Sometimes they give extra points."
"Yes, but no teachers are looking at our project, are they?"
"Yeah, so?"
"So we don't get any extra points!"
"Ahem." Ronnie cleared her throat while Andie tapped her foot expectantly. "You guys know we heard every single word, right?"
"Er…"
"You guys had better tell us what's going on right this instant!" Andie yelled.
"Well…you see…"
And the boys began telling the girls everything that had happened since Remus made the horrifying mistake of asking Sirius what was the plan.
"…And that's what happened," Remus finished up. "Are…are you girls going to tell Lily?"
"We could and we should," Ronnie said.
Sirius and Remus groaned.
"But," she continued, "We're not."
"Really?" Sirius asked.
"Really. As much as it's awkward seeing Lily acting like this, I can't say that it's been a bad thing."
"Yeah," Andie agreed. "She seems really…happy around James and although it might just be the effects of the potion, we don't want to take it away from her. Not yet anyway. You guys said that I should wear off in two days right?"
"Right," Sirius said, actually acting serious. "Three top."
"I just hope that everything would be back to normal after this whole project of yours is over…"
Isn't it funny how things never turn out the way you wish? Well, for these Gryffindors, this certainly won't be normal…and not exactly funny either.
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(Continued from above)…which is sort of ironic since this is a humor fic, but the author had said too much, so she will just end the chapter here and go right ahead into the author's notes and thank you's.
Author's notes: Not exactly the way I had pictured this chapter, but it turned out quite all right. Please leave a review. Thanks in advance.
Thank you everybody for reviewing the previous part of A Fairy Tale (A Sirius Interlude). There are not a lot of personal replies this time. Just two people that I should leave a little note to:
American Mione: Oh, oops! I'm so sorry! I can't believe I made such a stupid mistake. ::Laughs:: Well, I'm glad you don't mind. Thanks.
Pat: I didn't see your review! Honest! ::Laughs:: Well, it might've been a bit over-exaggerated, but from what I've heard from my guy-friends, nothing is worst than getting kicked in…well, the…the part--well, you know what I mean.
Thank you everybody else too. I would list everybody, but sometimes people review after I'd written this and I don't want to leave anybody out. It's best that I say thanks in general and just reply personally to a few people. If you have questions or comments that I feel I should respond to, I will. Don't worry. I read every single review myself.
Disclaimer: None of the characters in this fan fiction belongs to me. They're owned by J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros and a whole lot of other companies and people, but certainly not me. The only ones that belong to me are those that you don't recognize.