Lives and Loves of Ravenclaw Girls
Chapter 20 – Happy Birthday Julie! Part II
By Julie
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The two continued snogging for a while after, but finally broke apart as the other Marauders entered the room.
"Hey Walshy, feeling' better?" asked Sirius.
"Cant complain!" she said happily.
"Perky little bugger aren't ya?" asked James, laughing.
"Only today Potter. Only today!"
"Here, I got you a present," said Sirius, chucking a few chocolate frogs at her.
"Here, me too," said James, chucking some Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans Boxes at her. Julie pretended not to notice Sirius giving Peter some candy.
"Here, me too," said Peter, putting a dozen of Sirius' sugar quills on top of the piles in her arms.
"Haha! Thanks guys! But do you really think I need more sugar today?" she started laughing.
"Good point. Give 'em back!" said James.
"No way! I'd love to stay but, alas, i must go find my own friends. I'll see you all tonight though. Love you sweetie," she added, reaching up and kissing Remus good bye.
Julie closed the door behind her, but still hearing Sirius' voice inside the room.
"Love you sweetie," he mimicked her, making kissing sounds.
"Shut up you prat," came Remus' voice, followed by a soft thump.
"Was that your pillow?"
Julie rolled her eyes and began descending the stairs. Just as she reached the bottom the same blonde boy from the hospital wing appeared.
"Hullo," he said, in his deep voice.
"I ... I ... uh ... whatever," was all Julie could say before brushing past him.
"Happy Birthday," he called over his shoulder.
"Not when your around," she retorted back angrily, before leaving and slamming the fat lady behind her.
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Julie had calmed down long before reaching her own Gryffindor common room. She said her password happily, before piling through the door. She bounded up the stairs, two at a time, only stopping when she reached her own room. She pushed open the room and entered it for the first time since that morning.
All the girls looked up from their respected activities and all chorused together "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Julie laughed happily before depositing her candy supply on the bed.
"Who are those from?" asked Shannon.
"The Marauders," said Julie simply, before opening a frog.
"Wow, so did Remus get you the nice Sugar Quills, or did he get you the frogs?" asked Sam.
"Shut up you prat." she laughed. "He got me this," she said, pointing to her neck.
"Aww, darling! That's so cute!" said Shannon, getting up and examining the necklace closer.
"Even I admit it's nice, and i'm not into the whole 'cutesy' thing," admitted Megan.
"He's so sweet! I love him so much!" admitted Julie, grinning so much.
"Haha! Enough of this! Time for our presents! Now sit down and get ready!"
Julie did as she was told, and sat on her bed, ignoring the matching innocent smiles on her friend's faces.
"Mine first!" said Sam, throwing a lumpy package at her.
Julie tore back the wrappings and let out a laugh. She pulled up the leather jacket that lay inside.
"Well, you said I shouldn't get you one, but you never said anything about Sam getting you one," said Megan innocently.
"Point taken. Thanks Sam!" said Julie putting the jacket to the side.
"Now Mine!" said Megan, whipping another squishy package at her.
Julie tore back the wrappings and began to laugh again. She pulled out a pair of Leather pants, and held them up for the others to see. "Thanks Megan!" she called to her giggling friend.
"Here," said Heidi, tossing her another squishy package. Julie laughed and rolled her eyes, already guessing what was inside.
Julie pulled up a short, black leather, strapless shirt. She laughed as she looked it over and noticed all the fine points.
"It's – got a – built in – push – up bra," said Heidi, between choked breaths.
"Thanks Heidi," said Julie, laughing along with them.
"Here Julz," said Shannon, plopping down beside Julie. She handed her a rectangular box.
"Did they not pull you into the prank?" asked Julie.
"You ran out of clothes to wear," pointed out Shannon. Julie laughed before tearing back the wrappers, and opening the box.
"So what'd you get?" asked Megan, although Julie new she already knew what was in the box.
"Boots actually," said Julie, pausing for effect. "Made out of leather."
All the girls cracked up laughing again. Julie pulled out the leather boots that rose up to her knees. She looked around at the girls who were cracked up in laughter.
Julie put all her presents aside and stood up beside her bed.
"I'm bloody ashamed of all of you."
All the girls went immediately quiet, looking at her angry face.
"Julie, we didn't think--" started Megan.
"No, you didn't think, did you?" she asked, looking at all of them.
"I'm disappointed in all of you," she said, looking each of them in the eyes.
Julie started smiling and laughing again.
"You all forgot the leather whip!"
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The girls finalized there outfits for going out to the party that night. Upon the others insistence Julie dressed in her all leather outfit, including the whip that Heidi had so willingly transfigured for her after they had finished laughing.
Her clothes were very tight, and very revealing. Of coarse, that was due to the fact the shirt showed her abdomen, along with her shoulders. The leather jacket wore tightly against her curves, and ended at her waist. The necklace Remus had given her lay on her neck.
"Lupin's gonna have such a great night as soon as he sees you," laughed Sam, standing beside Julie in the girls washroom.
"You're all insane!" sighed Julie, playing with her hair.
"And your one of us," chided Heidi, walking past them. Sam and Julie both laughed before entering the main dorm room.
"Time to go!" announced Megan, grabbing her own leather jacket and heading towards the door. Julie suddenly became reluctant.
"I don't know guys! Wearing it up here is fine, but not in public!"
"Do it for Lupin. You DO love him don't you?" asked Megan.
"Yes of course!" said Julie indignity.
"Oh, so you just don't want to see him happy then?" asked Heidi.
"Well, yeah I do b –"
"Do you deny that what your wearing makes guys happy?" asked Shannon.
"Well yeah, bu--"
"Excellent! Time to go then!" said Sam, pushing Julie out to door. They filed down the staircase into the common room.
"Aren't you guys supposed to be getting drunk?" asked Chris, not looking up.
"We are, just not here," replied Megan, heading out the door.
Julie came following into the common room, but catching sight of Chris, she gave a terrified squeak of embarrassment. Hearing this Chris looked up.
"What the ..." he said, gaping at her.
"It's Ten! You should be asleep by now!" she said, trying to change from her beet red face.
"Uh-huh," was all he said in reply.
"Night Pocket!" said Shannon, grabbing Julie by the arm and leading her out of the room.
"Shh! If we're caught, we will be dead!" whispered Megan. They all crept along the halls towards the supposed meeting point with the marauders.
"I think this is the hall. Turn right," whispered Julie, as they reached a corner.
The girls did as told and were met with the sight of three figures hunched over a piece of parchment, while three more leaned against the wall.
"Hullo ladies," called Sirius.
"'Lo Gents. We've brought the birthday girl. All dressed up and spiffy, i must say," said Megan walking towards the boys.
Julie stood behind Shannon and Sam, so no one could see her outfit. Megan, catching on to what she was doing, pushed Sam and Shannon to the side revealing Julie for the first time.
Julie turned bright red at the expression on Sirius, James, and Remus' faces and looked down. The three openly gawked at her, not taking notice of anything else.
Julie swallowed a lump in her throat, make the best of it. Don't get embarrassed. She cleared her throat before saying, "So, you like?" She turned from side to side.
Remus started nodding dumbly, but still store at her. Megan, Heidi, Sam, and Shannon were laughing insanely.
"Uh boys," choked out Shannon. "You have quite a bit of drool."
Julie started laughing with them, before walking up to Remus and putting her arms around him. "You really like?" she asked innocently.
"Mmm," he said pressing his lips up against hers.
"Alright, so you said you know a way to Hogsmeade?" asked Heidi, trying to get the boys attention. She poked Sirius in the side, finally pulling him out of his thoughts.
"Uh, yeah. Come on James," he said, smacking his best friend in the gut.
"Yeah, yeah. Bar," James turned around and poked the other three people. "Time to go," he said to Peter, Kassie and Lily.
The three got up and brushed themselves off. They opened the passage way behind the mirror and one by one they all went through until only James, Sirius and Remus were left outside.
"You are one lucky guy, Moony. Without a doubt!" said James, slapping him on the back.
"Plus, she's going to get drunk! Always a bonus," added Sirius, grinning.
"Aww, Remus and his leather wearing, drunken girlfriend. We are so proud of you, Remmy," cooed James before laughing and entering the passage way.
"Eleven Firewhiskey's my good man!" said Sirius, slapping down his money. "First round's on me."
They all sat around the dingy pub, grinning like maniacs. Sirius and James returned with the drinks and everyone grabbed a glass.
"A toast, to the lovely birthday girl," said James, waving a tankard in Julie's direction. "And to her lovely friends, and their birthday gifts to her," ended James, before Lily hit him in the side. Everyone laughed together good-naturedly.
"Cheers," said Megan, raising her glass into the middle.
"Cheers!" the others chorused together. They each clanked against someone else's mug before downing their Firewhiskey's.
The drinking had commenced.
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Several rounds later, (Having lost count after 6), eleven severely drunk teenagers were staggering around the Hogs Head Pub. The bartender had retreated to the back room, doing who knows what, leaving them alone in the deserted bar.
"Whurr ish everyone?" slurred Samantha, trying to get a hold of someone. Unfortunately the first thing her hand hit was none other than Peter Pettigrew. She staggered into him, causing them both to fall to the floor in a tangled mess. Somewhere Sam let out a muffled cackle.
"I always knew she was a bitc – witch, WITCH!" said Heidi, barely coherent. She started pointing at Sam accusingly. "WITCH! AHHH! WITCH!"
"IF I'M A WITCH, WELL, YOU'RE AN EVEN MORE WITCH!" yelled Sam, across the bar.
"Hey Shannonon?" asked Megan sweetly. "If a duck has feet, how does it walk?"
"I ... dunno ..." replied Shannon, trying to think.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!" Julie started singing as loudly as she could. Megan soon joined in, slinging her arm over the other girls shoulder, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!"
Remus was passed out underneath a table near the windows, while Lily and Kassie were giggling madly in a distant corner. James and Sirius were busy trying to stack some empty tankards up into a castle.
"TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE!" screamed Heidi.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MEEE/JULIIEE.... HAPPY BIRFDAY TO YOU/ME!!" chorused the two singers. Julie broke away from Megan's grip and crawled under the tables. She flopped down on top of Remus, causing him to wake up.
"Urrg?" he asked groggily.
"SHANNON! Less make a fort!" screamed Megan suddenly. Shannon ambled over to her and slunk onto her knees. Together they toppled over all the surrounding tables and pulled them close together.
Peter got up of the ground before stumbling again and falling into James and Sirius' tankard castle. When around 50 empty wooden tankards fell on his head he passed out.
Sirius and James were slightly put out that there creation had been destroyed. Sirius looked around for something more entertaining to do.
"WHO WANTS ANOTHER DRINK?" Sirius yelled to the bars inhabitants. A range of cheering came from those coherent enough to make a noise.
Sirius ran up to the bar and slammed his fist. When the bartender never came he took it upon himself to hop the bar.
"FREE DRINKS ALL AROUND!" he yelled. Sam scrambled up to the bar, as soon as Sirius had poured the first shot. She downed it in one swallow, before tapping the glass for another.
She took so many shots she eventually slipped off the stool and onto the ground. James leaned over her, "You okay?"
"Eh?" was all she said before being pulled into the table fort.
Julie pulled Remus out from under the table and started kissing him passionately.
Sirius put a full bottle of firewhiskey into his cloak pocket, along with a handful of shot glasses.
They didn't know how much time had passed, but eventually the bartender had come back.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO MY BAR?" he screamed with rage. All ten people looked at him, not including the passed out Peter. They stood stark still, hoping to go unnoticed.
"WHOS GOING TO PAY FOR ALL THIS?" he yelled again.
That flew them into action.
Sirius hopped the bar and grabbed Peter by the robes. Lily and Kassie stood up and began running for the door. All ten coherent people, and Peter on Sirius' back, ran as fast and as far down the road from the bar as they could go.
Eventually they came to a halt near the steep slopes near the shrieking shack. They each sat down in the snow and looked around for something to do. They figured it was still early (Unknown to them it was around one in the morning) so were trying to come up with something entertaining.
"Who wants a drink?" asked Sirius, pulling out his stolen bottle and shot glasses.
"Lets play i never again!" slurred Julie.
"Kay!" they all agreed.
"I'll start! I never wet the bed!" said Heidi. Each and every one of them took a swig of their glasses.
"Me next!" said Sam. "I never had a cat!" Again, each of them brought the liquid up to their lips and took a swig.
"Oh! I 'never been bitten by an animal!" said James. Everyone took a swig.
"I'm a girl!" said Megan. Again, everyone took a swig (including the boys).
"I go to Hogwarts!" declared Heidi. Another swig from all.
Julie looked at Heidi with astonishment, "SO DO I!" Everyone took a drink.
"I never made out with a tree!" admitted Sam. Everyone took a swig.
No one really cared that there were missing the concept of the game. Or they did, but just wanted to get even more hammered. Either way, they each took a drink as soon as anyone finished any statement.
Their insane little game, if that's what you want to call it, finally reached its end when the overly large bottle ran out of its content.
"Now whada we do?" asked Megan sullenly.
Julie suddenly perked up.
"What is it Lassie? Is Timmy stuck in a well again?" asked Megan, patting Julie on the head.
"BEER-BOGGINING!" she yelled suddenly.
"What?" asked Remus, his arm around her waist.
"BEER. BOGGINING!" she said as if it were the simplest thing in the world. When no one else responded she elaborated for them. "Get drunk! Go sledding! Beer. Tobogganing. Beer-boggining!"
The other quickly caught on and joining in transfiguring fallen tree branches into make-shift sleds.
They each jumped onto the biggest sled transfigured. The tangled mess of limbs hurdled down the sloppy snow-covered hills.
What their drunken perceptiveness never clued into was that while they were hurdling down the hills at top speed, they were on a straight path into a clump of trees.
Impact was made between the tangled mess of ten people crammed on one toboggan, and the thick oak tree. James, Sirius, and Sam, the ones on the top, went flying straight into the tree, causing several cuts and bruises.
They all ran back up the hill, (Only Kassie had remembered to bring the sled) and continued sledding down the hill over and over. They also hit the trees, over and over.
In the end, no-one came out unscathed. There were bloody noses and lips, black eyes, fractured ribs; yes it was a glorious birthday that not one of them would remember come morning.
When they finally started the trudge back up to the castle they were forced to make a few detours on the way.
When they had come across an old playground, Julie, Lily and Kassie all started playing on the swings. Heidi and Shannon and Megan began a snowball fight, and the Marauders watched them all laughing.
Eventually Julie stopped swinging and tapped Sam on the shoulder.
"Cutie checking you out!" she whispered excitedly.
"What? Where?" asked Sam, turning around frantically.
"Right there!" said Julie pointing openly towards the middle of the park.
'Right There' turned out to be a snowman made by the local village children. Sam nervously flattened her hair, staring at the man, who never seemed to blink. "Go! Talk to him!" encouraged Julie.
"Kay," said Sam, getting up and wondering over to the snowman. Even at a distance it was obvious Sam was hitting on him. Slowly she reached up and gave him a peck on the cheek.
And that was how Sam started making out with the snowman. Sam didn't seem disgruntled when the carrot nose came off, nor when she wrapped her arms around his big, cold and wet neck, only to have the head fall off.
No, Sam only got a tad upset when she suggested to the headless snowman that they go somewhere that they could be 'alone'. When she pressed her body up against his, made of snow, she only succeeded on falling to the ground, having crushed him.
"Sam, are you okay?" called Sirius, looking at her oddly.
"I CAN'T BELIVE HE JUST DISAPPERATED ON ME LIKE THAT!" she wailed in return. Julie tried to comfort the poor, crushed girl. She tried telling her he was just some sleaze that didn't deserve her, but she wouldn't listen as she cried her heart out over her (unbeknownst to her) dead lover.
Some how, after Sam and started smoking her cigarette, they were finally able to press onwards towards the secret tunnel.
They finally arrived at the tunnel entrance and slipped inside. After alot of moaning and complaining they reached Hogwarts and stumbled out the mirror exit. Julie had fallen asleep on the way back, forcing Remus to carry her.
Everyone awake enough to talk said their goodbyes and head off to their dorms. Remus carried Julie to Gryffindor tower, knowing she would be safe there. They all crawled into their nice warm beds and passed out almost immediately. Julie shed her jacket and crawled up to Remus' side. She buried herself into his chest and muttered, "Best birthday ever."
"Happy Birthday love," he whispered back before they both fell asleep.
--End Chapter 20
