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(A/N: The last chapter went a bit off track at the end, but I reread and actually felt amused! How astonishing! Usually my humor sort of bores me coz….um…I think its coz….BLOODY HELL IT'S WRIITEN BY ME! MHWHAHAHA! OOOhhhhkkkkaaay. HA! I've read some of the reviews for the last chapter. I think the majority of reviewers didn't like that conversation part. Maybe I'll put it in the bloopers or something. If I get that far. Hmmmm. Notes to reviewers:
LimeJuiceTub: yeah, I agree with you. But, I think when I wrote the last chapter, I was feeling a bit / wacky, so to speak. So, it sort of reflected my mood.
Becky6: Sorry you didn't like that part. It was out of character for Lily. D'you think I should replace all the Lily: with Lara: and vice versa? It's more a Lara thing…
NymphadoraNatala: I'm so glad you like it. I spend a lot of time on the fanfic and your reviews are the only rewards I get. Thank you so so much!
Jenna: Really? You think I'm funny? That's one of the sweetest things anyone has said to me! Thanks and continue reading. We should start an I LOVE JAMES club or something. (Kidding) But, you know, after writing about him and creating his character profile & other things, I realize it was only a crush. Hehehee.
Leiko: I like you, I like you, I like you for liking my story!
Nik: Luv ya reviews. Peace out…hehehee. Cya
MissProngs: You are one of the first people who actually liked the skiti thing. THANKS!
TheClarius1212: I'm glad you liked it. You know, I agree with you. I really don't like the Harry-Ginny stories anymore. It'd be good of J.K. to write a book about the Marauder's schooldays. That would be… interesting, to say the least.
Windowseat Wonderer: Thanks yourself & tell me, what does a s/n happen to be? I'm not quite sure. That means I don't have the faintest clue
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lara: Well, now you CAN yell at me coz I haven't updated in a LONG TIME SORRY! You know, b'day celebrations and practical preps & V.Ed. exams
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Chapter 8:
School was more or less back to normal.
The news that James and Lily were officially together had seeped through each nook and corner of Hogwarts the day after the dance. Girls had taken to sending howlers, anonymous hate mail and undiluted bobo(whatever)tuber pus to Lily, while some of the braver guys glared and flexed their muscles threateningly whenever James was around. (The other cowards didn't want to be the victims of a Marauder "Prank Fest") Between James and Lily though, they didn't give a damn. Their world was perfect.
Almost.
"Double Transfiguration again," sighed Lily at breakfast.
Lara, who was used to these comments, decided not to reply.
"Come on, Lily. After all, we have it every week. It's not the end of the world." James replied.
"Not for you, it isn't. You're not the one failing horribly in it, are you? Every damn week…"she trailed off to herself.
"Lily, whatever you say, I refuse to believe that you're failing in Transfiguration!"
Larika gave James a warning look. Didn't he have enough sense not to provoke her this early Monday morning?
She glared at him. "Oh yeah?" she conjured up a previous term report.
"Okay…so…you're not, exactly passing with flying colors…" he looked uncomfortable, "but you can definitely improve by the end of the term!" He raised his eyebrows suggestively before he continued, "You do remember who your personal Transfiguration tutor is, don't you?"
Lily smiled slyly, "Tell me, when do these personal, um, lessons begin?"
"Oh, soon enough. Even now, if you want." He grinned, edging towards her.
Just as they leaned in, Sirius interrupted, "Oh, cut it out, you two…" his toast frozen in midair.
Before James could come up with a smart answer, Brittany Murphy, the girl he had been making out with when Lily saw him in the Astronomy Tower, walked up, her I-luv-James fan club following close behind. She was wearing an obvious "I-wanna-seduce-you" outfit, which made both Lily and James very uncomfortable.
"Oh, Jamsie," she sidled up to him, "Are you busy tonight? I need some help in Transfiguration…Could you tutor me? Like you did last time?"
Lily mouthed the words "Last time" to James, acting as though she was hurt.
But she knew that James' past was going to be ever surprising and that as long as the past didn't become the present, she didn't really mind.
Unhesitantly, James replied, "NO!"
Brittany looked at him a bit shocked, then looked at Lily, before she winked at James and said, "All righty. Whatever you say, Jamsie."
She leaned over and whispered in his ear, "8pm in the trophy room okay with you? See ya."
James shook his head when she had left, "Bitch".
That evening, Lily and James had their first tutoring session
"So. Shall we begin?" asked Lily.
James nodded his head slowly. "Okay, transfiguration. Transfiguration…hmmm transfiguration." Hopelessly, he tried to concentrate on the matter at hand. "Aw, can't I just kiss you?"
Lily shook her head, shaking from silent giggles. "No, come on… I really need to improve. We'll save the especial stuff for later."
"Please?" he put on his puppy dog face.
Lily hit him lightly, scolding. "No!"
"All right. What topics do you have trouble with?"
"Well, one of the things I can't really grasp is animagus transformation." James looked up, surprised. "I mean, I sort of get the transformation part… but the other things are still a bit unclear…" she trailed off.
"Hmmm." James bit his lip, concentrating.
Lily looked at him thoughtfully. He looked so cute when he bit his lip.
"Well, animagi are basically just…"
Half an hour later
"Wow. How do you know so much about animagi? We don't have this much information in our textbooks." Lily asked, amazed.
James looked a mix of arrogance, modesty and pure uncomfort. "Animagi is…well, it's a pet subject of mine."
"Really? I didn't know that…If you were an animagi, what animal do you think you'd be?"
James didn't pause to think. "A stag."
Lily looked a bit surprised at his quick reply. "And what do you think I'd be?"
"I'm not quite sure…Maybe a pig. Or no, a cow." James kicked himself.
"Pig?"
"Well, it's they're the only two animals I could think of that are anything like you."
"James?"
"Actually, I think you'd be a hawk. Yeah. A hawk." This time, however, he said it with real conviction.
"A hawk?" Lily paused to let the idea sink in. "Yeah. You're right. A hawk."
"Beautiful, yet alert. Proud but natural." James expanded the idea.
"Yeah." Lily said, smiling to herself. "We should become animagi…What do you think?"
Uh-oh…James thought. He didn't like where this was headed. She sounded quite serious. "No way, I'm letting you do anything dangerous like that, m'dear."
"Yes, well… I don't think so either." Lily replied faintly, still smiling unawares.
James groaned. He knew Lily. This idea was going to stick like um…molasses..no, glue, um …anything stickier?
He groaned again, causing Lily to worry over his stomachache.
He was going to have to call an O.M.S.A.G.S.S.O.I.T.E.
The Next Day in the corridors
"Oy, Prongs! What's this about an Om-sags-oi-te?" Sirius was holding a parchment, reciting the last part slowly.
" It's not Om-sags-oi-te, it's O.M.S.A.G.S.S.O.I.T.E."
"OH! An O.M.S.A.G.S.S.O.I.T.E. Big difference it makes to me."
"Sh! Shhhh!" James hushed him. "Just be there, then Ok?" and left for Herbology.
"Be where?" shouted Sirius at him.
"There." Remus said from behind him.
"Where there?" asked Sirius loudly.
"There, there, you fool." Peter said.
"Where there, the—Oh there, there!" Sirius replied finally catching on. "And when did he say?"
"Then, you idiot."
"When, when?"
"Then!" shouted Remus.
"When?" Sirius strained to hear.
"THEN!" Remus yelled at the top of his voice.
Just as Sirius opened his mouth again, Remus took his head in his hands and screamed breathlessly. " PADFOOT, YOU DUMB ASS! IF YOU ASK ME ONE MORE TIME, I WILL PERSONALLY MAKE IT SO YOU WILL NEVER HAVE CHILDRENA AGAIN! NOW FOR THE LAST AND FINAL TIME, JAMES TOLD US TO MEET HIM THERE AND THEN FOR AN O.M.S.A.G.S.S.O.I.T.E.! DID YOU GET THAT IN TO YOUR HEAD?"
A passing prefect stopped at this outburst and said, "Lupin! Really! I never expected this from you! 5 points from Gryffindor for the inappropriate language." She looked at Sirius. "Sirius, I expect you to help others be just as well-behaved as you are."
"Of course, Sandra." Replied Sirius graciously.
"It's Sandy."
"Of course, of course, Sandy."
Remus clutched his forehead silently, shaking with disbelief.
As soon as the prefect went away, Sirius mimicked him, "Lupin! Really! I never expected this from you."
Remus looked up, "An old girlfriend?"
"Not even."
" Padfoot, how is that you get all the smart girls as well as the fun ones? I thought that the smart ones would be smart enough to stay away from you."
"I'm not sure…" He looked thoughtful. "Maybe my charm gets to them, or maybe my masculinity."
"Yeah. Maybe." Remus snorted skeptically.
Maybe, indeed.
(A/N: Short chapter. Actually, I wanted to start another…line of the story, so to say, but it was slightly too angsty for my mood…so it'll come in later. To find out what in the world an O.M.S.A.G.S.S.O.I.T.E. is, stay tuned to You Complete ME!)
