You Complete ME

By: stargirlr

Disclaimer: I own what I own and don't own anything except for my original characters and any original plots or phrases.

Chapter 4: Questions

Just a few days were left for the dance and James and Sirius still hadn't asked their would-be dates.

"Okay, okay, today IS the day!" James began.

"The one and only." Sirius agreed, nodding his head furiously.

"Today, we grit our teeth and do it. We're men not mice."

"Amen." Added Remus reverently.

James and Sirius raised their eyebrows.

"WHAT?" Remus exclaimed.

They simply shrugged.

"ANYWAY," Remus changed the subject, "What about Peter? We have to figure out what we're going to do to… you know… change him." He finished weakly, thoroughly disgusted.

"Why don't we just transfigure him? We could…" Sirius started discussing the possibilities with James.

Later, after Dinner, in the Common Room

"Well, did you do it?" questioned Remus.

Sirius pretended not to notice.

"Hel-oh? I asked, did you guys do it?" repeated Remus waving his hand in front of Sirius' face.

"Do what, Remi?" asked James, poked in.

"If I do remember correctly, and I'm pretty sure I do, you two were supposed to ask two SOMEONEs to the dance today…. So did you?"

"See, the thing was, we had Quidditch practice and we had a ton of potions homework and a 10,000 word History of Magic report and some studying to do in the Library and plus we have to have a good dinner, you know and…" James went on explaining.

"So, you didn't." Remus interrupted, flatly.

"Well, technically, we, er, we, you're right, we didn't."

"I can't believe you guys! The two most popular, loved, handsome, great, daredevil and so on and so forth men in Hogwarts are AFRAID to ask two GIRLS to the dance! For God's sake! Get off your arses and ASK them." Remus yelled.

Sirius and James jumped up, startled at the normally-very-quiet Remus' very loud AND very humiliating outburst.

Remus stood up and steered his shocked friends to a sofa where three very lovely girls were whispering and giggling about something.

Lily suddenly noticed the threesome headed their way and gestured to the other girls. Lara and the pretty brunette next to her stopped laughing hastily.

Lara said, "Hello, boys. I don't think you've met Katrina. She's a Ravenclaw, same year as us."

Katrina inclined her head a bit.

Sirius and James just nodded their heads slightly and then continued to admire their shoes and the flooring.

Remus stared at her and then realizing what he was doing, blushed.

The sides of Katrina's mouth upturned slightly.

Suddenly remembering what he had come here to do, he motioned testily." Siri, James…" and left them.

They waited uncomfortably for a few minutes, conversing awkwardly.

Katrina stood up, "I'd better join Remus, don't you think?" looking meaningfully at Lily and Larika.

She went to join him, elbowing Sirius in the process.

"Ow! Whad'ya do that --- oh."

He hesitated. "Larika," using her full name for the first time, "may I please talk to you for a minute…"

He paused.

"mmm, sure Sirius…." She replied awkwardly.

Now , at this point, Lily and James were left alone, Lily lounging on the sofa, James standing, still marveling at the wonderful Hogwarts flooring.

"Potter, would you like to sit down?"

James sat down silently.

"Sooo…" Lily said trying to strike up a conversation, "here we are."

"Yeah." He grunted.

"Yeah." She said, rolling her eyes. "Well, I guess I'm going up to my dorm now."

"No. Sit." James said bluntly.

"Sit? That sounds like an order. Are you ordering me, Mr. Potter ?" she asked, batting an eyelash.

James looked up, a lopsided grin on his face. "What if I am, Ms. Evans?"

"Do you dare to order about moi ?"

"YEAH! I do dare."

She ran up to her dormitory, screaming fakely.

James followed managing to get up to the fifth step, before the staircase became smooth and flat.

"Aahhh! Slide!" he yelled as he slid down.

He bumped to Sirius.

"OW man! Why do people always hurt ME!" he whined.

Lowering his voice, he added, "Asked her?"

"No."

"WHAT?"
"No. N-O. No. You know, Sirius, I think you have a problem recognizing this word. Even the other day, when Lara said it to your face…"

"Well, she didn't say it this time, did she?"

"You mean," he looked up at Sirius' face.

"Uh-uh. She said YES."

"WHAT?"

"Yes. Y-E-S. Yes. You know, Prongs, I think you have a problem recognizing this word" he retorted grinning annoyingly.

James sighed as he continued.

"Well, like, getting away from my very like glamorous and abundant love-life…like what's up with yours?"

"What? With Evans? Ugh… no way…virgin…" he said cringing.

"Dude. You are blind. She is so totally James Potter material!"

"No, she isn't. She's annoying and dominating. And you trying to make me believe she is 'James Potter material' is not going to help."

As an afterthought, James added, "By the way. Stop talking like a cheerleader surfer guy hybrid. You freak me out."

Sirius began to pout. People were so blind sometimes.

Lily ran to her dormitory, screaming fakely. She turned and watched as James slid down.

'What an idiot…' she thought as the slide molded itself back into stairs.

She was about to walk down when she heard her name. She listened closely to Sirius' and James' conversation. 'So, I'm an annoying, dominating virgin, am I?' she said to herself, her bottom lip trembling. 'Well, that's what I get for eavesdropping.'

She went back to her dormitory as she should have done in the first place.

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