(AN: I hope my chapters are getting better. I mean, I'm really trying.)
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~New Classes~
Karina bounded down the stairs from the dorm, dressed and ready for classes.
"You know, considering you get no sleep, you are unbelievably bouncy today." Lily said smiling, and bouncing down after her.
"I would say the same to you Ms. Evans."
"Well Ms. Karr, if don't hurry, we're going to miss breakfast, and you know how disagreeable I get without my cereal."
Kari laughed, and then shuddered. "Boy do I know."
"Hey, I resent that!" Lily landed a light punch on Kari's arm.
They scrambled out of the portrait hole and down to the Great Hall, where the mail was just beginning to arrive.
Lily and Kari sat down at the Gryffindor table and looked up to see if any owls were headed their way.
"Karina, is that your owl?" Lily asked.
"No… why?"
"Because it looks like it's going to land in front of us." Just then it landed in front of them and dropped an official looking letter, addressed to Karina.
Dear Ms. Karr,
The Muggle Ministry has requested that you give them a testimony on the events that happened on August twenty third. Please meet with the Ministry officials on Saturday, September ninth in Hogsmeade to discuss the events. Meet the official at the Three Broomsticks at three. Thank you for your time.
"Oh goody." Karina rolled her eyes.
"What?" Lily asked, her mouth full of cereal.
"Swallow please, that's not attractive."
Lily swallowed, and then said, "What?"
"I have to meet a Muggle Ministry official to 'discuss the events' of that night." Karina repeated, making quote marks with her fingers.
"Sounds like fun." Lily started back on her cereal.
"Hey Karina, can I talk to you."
Karina turned around and saw a Ravenclaw boy standing there, looking rather nervous. She recognized him as someone in their year. His name was Jason Myers.
"Sure Jason." Karina stood up and follow him out to the Great Hall.
"So, what did you want to say?" she asked looking directly at him
"Well…ummm…you know we can go to Hogsmeade this year, well, I was wondering if you would go with me." he looked up blushing.
She blushed too, "Well, sure. I'll go with you. When do we go?"
He smiled. "Its in three weeks."
"Okay, but I have to spend sometime with Lily, it is our first Hogsmeade visit."
"Alright. Sounds good." Jason said.
"Well, I'm going to go, I haven't eaten breakfast. I'll see you later on okay?" she kissed his cheek, and flushing, went back to the table.
~Lily~
Lily watched Karina leave with Jason, and wondered what was going on. She shrugged it off till Karina came back with her face almost as bright as Lily's hair.
"What happened?" Lily exclaimed. People looked down the table at them.
"Kari!" Liz screeched, came up and sat down with them. "You said yes! I'm so glad!"
"Well…" Karina blushed even more.
"WHAT HAPPENED!" Lily screamed, she was beginning to get angry.
"Well, Jason asked me to go to Hogsmeade with him, and I said yes, and I kissed him on the cheek." Karina said really quickly, turning redder and redder.
"WHAT!" two voices screeched, Lily and Sarah's. Sarah had just come up.
"WOW!" Sarah said and smiled.
"Good for you!" Lily laughed.
~Mauraders~
The Mauraders were just coming down to breakfast when they heard Karina and Jason's conversation, and looked up just in time to see Karina kiss him.
"WHAT!" Sirius yelped.
"Calm down mate." James said, running his hand through his hair, making the closest group of girls near them swoon.
"I was going to ask her!"
Remus snorted.
"What's so funny?"
"Nothing."
Peter looked up and said, "If you liked her, why did you bother her so much?"
"I didn't bother her that much." Sirius turned red as they walked into the Great Hall.
"What's wrong bitty baby cousin?"
"Go away Bella." Sirius growled.
"Aww, your little mudblood friend a little sore with you?" Snape sneered.
"Shove it Snivellus!" James jumped to Sirius' defense.
Snape had his wand out.
"Going to hex me Snivellus?" James smirked.
"No, but I will! Furnuculus!" Bellatrix yelled, and the hex hit James.
"BLACK, POTTER!" Professor Hasta's voice cut through the silence, as everyone looked towards the Slytherin table.
"Potter's a little preoccupied Professor." Sirius said, holding back his sarcasm as much as possible.
"Five points from each of you! And be glad it isn't detention for egging students on to duel you." Hasta walked away and was just out of earshot when Sirius let out a stream of cuss words.
"Baby Black shouldn't be saying such words." Bella mocked him.
"Don't forget we are the same age Bella." Sirius helped James up and dragged him out of the hall, hoping no one would notice his face.
"OY! BLACK!"
"What Evans!"
"STOP!"
Sirius stopped, turned around and was face to face with Lily, Karina, Sarah, and Liz.
Lily muttered the counter curse under her breath and walked on to class.
"You know James, you should thank her." Remus said.
"Let's just go to class and forget this ever happened." he mumbled and walked on to Transfiguration, first class of the day.
~Karina and Lily~
"Bye Sarah! Bye Liz!" Lily and Kari called walking into the Transfiguration classroom.
They sat at their regular seats in the middle of the room.
"So, Lily. Do you like Potter?"
"What! Why would you think such a ridiculous thing like that?"
"Well, you just helped him…"
"What would you have done?" Lily demanded.
"The same. Alright. You win." Kari smiled.
"I knew there was a decent person under there." Lily patted Kari's head.
"Don't push it."
"Settle down class." McGonagall's voice snapped through the room.
Karina took out a piece of parchment and wrote on it,
Lils,
Just wait til after class!
~Kari
Lily looked at it, smiled and mouthed, "You're on!"
~Mauraders~
"Maybe I should ask Evans to Hogsmeade." Sirius said shortly after she walked off.
"No!"
"What, do you like her Jamesie?"
"Well, you like Karr, right?" Remus said, looking at Sirius from the corner of his eye.
"Well, I wouldn't say that I like her…" Sirius said uncomfortably.
"I would. You've been staring at her since we got back." Peter said absently.
Sirius blushed and James snickered.
"Is there something you find funny Mr. Potter?" McGonagall asked.
"No Professor." James started laughing.
"Potter, what have I been talking about for the past ten minutes?"
"Animagus wizards." James said confidently.
"What about them?"
"Laws, signs, things that can go wrong…"
"Alright Mr. Potter." McGonagall eyed him.
~Lily and Karina~
"We get to go to Muggle Studies now! New class and it's with Sarah and Liz!" Lily smiled and linked arms with Karina.
"I know, but we have to do a two foot essay on Animagus for McGonagall. Due tomorrow!" Karina whined.
"We'll get it done, it can't be too hard. There's plenty of books out there on it."
"Yeah, I guess you would know." Karina sighed and walked into classroom.
"LILY! KARINA!" two voices yelled. Liz and Sarah were there already and pointing at two seats behind them, indicating that Lily and Karina should sit there.
"Hey. Thanks for saving us seats."
"No prob Lils." Sarah smiled.
"Hey, look, it's Jason, Kari! Ask him if he wants to sit with us." Sarah whispered.
"Yeah, and his cute friend." Lily giggled.
"Alright," Karina whispered, "JASON!" He turned around and smiled.
"Hey Karina!"
"Why don't you come sit over here."
"Alright." Jason came over and sat in the desk next to Karina, while Michael sat in the one in front of him.
"Who's your friend?" Karina asked him.
"That's Michael. I think he knows you… don't you?"
"Yeah, I do." he looked at Lily, and they both blushed.
"Hello girls! It seems we have a class together!"
Four groans were heard as Sirius sat down behind Karina.
"Do sound so disappointed! We know you love us."
"Shove it Potter!" Lily said as James sat next to Sirius behind her.
"Don't mind them." Remus' said, his voice cool and collected. He sat in front of Liz and Peter sat next to him.
At that time, the Professor walked in, cutting their conversation off.
"Hello class. I'm Professor Lawrence, welcome to Muggle Studies. How many muggle borns do we have in here?" she asked, looking around.
Karina and Lily were the only two people who raised their hands.
"Is any one half?"
No Liz, Sarah, Jason, and Michael, and some other people raised their hands.
"Well, two muggle borns and some half bloods. I guess that'll do."
Half way through the class, they were taking notes on the muggle Darwin, and his theory of evolution, which everyone laughed at.
"He thinks we 'evolved' from monkeys?" Sirius let out a bark like laugh.
"He's a muggle, it's what he thinks, and it's not up to you to judge him." Karina snapped and went back to copying the notes.
A few minutes later, a note was going under Karina's nose towards Lily. Lily opened it, and blushed, it was from Michael.
Lily,
Will you go to Hogsmeade with me?
Michael
Lily smiled and nodded back at him. They both flushed.
The bell rang soon and Karina went out holding Jason's hand and Lily went out holding Michael's hand. Liz and Sarah followed them giggling the whole way to lunch.
~Mauraders~
Sirius was looking at the notes on the board, when he realized what Darwin meant.
"He thinks we 'evolved' from monkeys?" he let out a bark like laugh, which earned him a retort from Karina.
"He's a muggle, it's what he thinks, and it's not up to you to judge him."
He stopped laughing. She hadn't even turned around to say it.
He finished copying down the notes, mumbling all the way. The bell rang, and he heard James swear.
"Damnit!"
"What is it?"
"That prat Michael asked Lily to go to Hogsmeade with him, and she said yes."
"You should have asked her first." Remus said, burying his face in a book.
"That's easy for you to say. I don't see you trying to get a girl to go with you."
Remus blushed.
"There's a girl you want to ask?" Sirius asked, dumbfounded.
"Well…I want to ask Liz.," he mumbled, turning even redder.
"You should ask, I heard her talking about you. I think she likes you." Peter said, sitting on the bench and piling food onto his plate.
"Yeah, you should, and when she says yes, get Karr and Evans to break up with those idiotic guys and go wit us."
"How about I go with the first part of your plan, the part about me asking Liz, and her saying yes, and skip all the rest. Sound good Sirius?" Remus laughed and sat down.
"Well, you better ask her out quick before someone else does." James said, looking over at the Ravenclaw table.
"I think I'll go now." Remus got up rather nervously and headed over to the Ravenclaw table.
"Uh, Liz, could I ask you something?" he started blushing. 'Don't blush, not know…' he thought to himself.
"Sure Lupin, I mean Remus." she blushed too.
"Well, I was wondering if you would go to Hogsmeade with me…"
"Yes!" she squeaked, then blushed even redder.
"Alright then. See you." Remus walked back to Gryffindor table smiling.
"Aw man! She said yes! Now we all have to find a date."
"Don't whine Sirius. We'll just ask one of our adoring fans." James said, winking at some girls down the table.
"Yeah, I guess so." Sirius ran his hand through his hair, and it fell back into place, making some girls giggle.
"You two are impossible." Remus sighed as he started eating a chicken leg.
"What class do we have next?" Peter asked.
"Double History of Magic. Binns'll just have a lot of notes for us. Oh joy." James finished sarcastically.
"Hey, Quidditch try outs tonight so no worries!" Sirius smiled, and winked at James, making him choke on the pumpkin juice he was trying to swallow.
*Cough* "Sirius, mate, never do that again!" *cough*
"Why, the girls tend to like it." he gave the girls down the table a roguish wink, one fell out of her seat, "See mate, you should be considered lucky."
"I can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun…" came a voice from down the table, and it was Karina and Lily singing to a group of sixth years.
"Out on the road today I saw a black flag sticker on a Cadillac a little voice inside my head said don't look back you can never look back…"
"Why are they singing?" Peter asked, looking down at them in awe.
"I don't know, but they aren't bad." Remus said looking up.
Pretty soon the whole Hall was staring at them.
~Lily and Karina~
"Look, Remus went to ask Liz!" Lily exclaimed.
"They're both so red!" Karina laughed.
"Hey, Karina, Lily?"
"Yeah?" they answered at the same time turning around. It was Meredith Green.
"Um, I had this project for Muggle Studies I was supposed to do over the summer, and I totally forgot, and since you muggle borns, I was wondering if you would help me out."
"Sure. What is it?" Karina asked.
"Wait, you have to help me to." Helen Farthers said.
"Alright, what is it?"
"Well, we were supposed to memorize a muggle song…" Meredith started.
"Oh goody! I can so do this!" Karina exclaimed.
"Which song?" Lily asked.
"Let's do… 'Boys of Summer'"
"Alright, will you sing it, that's part of it, knowing how to sing it." Helen said, taking out a piece of parchment.
"What's it called again?" Meredith asked.
"'Boys of Summer.'" Lily answered.
"Who's it by?"
"DJ Sammy."
"Alright, tell us the lyrics, then sing it, please." Helen said.
"Alright."
Karina proceeded to tell her the words. (AN: not telling, if you want to know, email me, or look it up!)
"O…k, now, sing it please."
Lily and Karina looked at each other, then sang at the top of their lungs.
"Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach. I feel it in the air, the summer's out of reach…"
As soon as they finished, they looked at each other and busted out laughing.
"Maybe you should head to class." Helen said, grinning.
Grabbing their bags, and still laughing like there was no tomorrow, they walked to the History of Magic classroom, stopping every few feet to catch their breath, then laugh even harder. It too them a total of twenty minutes to get there, and they were gasping for breath and clutching their sides when everyone started coming in. Even when Professor Binns floated in, their were laughing, and by now, wiping tears from their face. He continued on as usual, not noticing that everyone was watching Karina and Lily.
"That…*more laughter* was the…*laugh* stupidest thing…*laugh* we've EVER done!" Lily started laughing even harder, if it was possible.
"I don't…*laugh* know about…*laugh* that. *Laugh* We've done…*laugh* some pretty…*loud laugh* damn stupid things before!" Karina was laughing harder than Lily now. Lily started to fall out of her seat, grabbed Karina, but instead of helping her up, they both fell. They erupted in even more laughter.
Class ended an hour and a half later with Karina and Lily still giggling.
"How can we laugh so much and Binns not notice?" Karina asked, looking back at him.
Lily laughed, "Ouch, I don't know, but not only does my side and face hurt from laughing so much, but my ass does too."
"Mine too! If it wasn't for you though, my ass would be fine!"
"Hey, if you hadn't been laughing so hard, you would have been able to help me. " she gave Karina a small push.
"That wasn't very nice," the Fat Lady said, frowning.
Lily and Karina started a laughing spell again.
"What's so funny?" she asked indignantly.
"Don't mind them, I think someone slipped them something." Sirius' voice came from down the hall.
"Password?" she asked.
"Wayfarers." James said.
Lily and Karina laughed even more at that, but managed to climb into the portrait hole.
"That's…*laugh* part…*laugh* of the SONG!" Karina said, then fell onto a couch laughing.
"I know!" Lily fell next to her and they laughed and laughed for about half an hour. People were coming back from dinner now, and were staring at them.
"Get a grip!" Gina snapped to them.
"Fuck off!" Karina snapped.
"Kari!" Lily gasped. They weren't laughing anymore.
"Now that my mood is spoiled, we should start on our homework, but let's get some dinner first." Karina got up and Lily followed.
~Mauraders~
"How do they do it?" James asked, gaping at them all during History of Magic.
"I do not know." Sirius replied, after watching them fall on the floor.
"They haven't laughed this much since we met them."
"Well, James, maybe it's cause they don't find anything that happens around here too funny." Remus said, looking up from the girls.
"We do plenty of funny things." Sirius replied haughtily.
"They seemed to be above that, but I don't know anymore." Remus said skeptically.
After class, they followed the girls up to the common room, but finally gave the password.
"What is up with them?" Peter asked in awe, as Lily and Karina fell on the couch.
"I dunno, let's go down to dinner and see if this scene changes before we come up." James said, not turning his head from them.
They went down to diner, and passed Jason and Michael along the way, after giving them glares, they sat at the table and started picking through dinner.
James had just picked up a treacle tart, when Lily and Karina came storming into the Hall with looks to kill.
"Looks like someone ruined their mood." Sirius muttered.
"Doesn't look like it's going to get better, Snivellus has a look on his face." James said, pointing to Snape.
"Perfecitus Totalus!" Lily and Karina yelled, and Snape was snapped together so hard even over all the talking, the Gryffindors, all the way across the hall could hear.
"MS. EVANS AND MS. KARR!" McGonagall and Hasta yelled at the same time.
Over all the commotion, the professors yelling, Snape being sent up to the hospital wing, and the Slytherins cat calling, it was understood that they both lost fifty points from Gryffindor and had detention for a week.
A few hours later, James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter were laying in their dorm, when Sirius commented with a yawn, "You can't say today wasn't interesting!" Three pillows were thrown at him.