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Disclaimer: I own… all new characters like Lara, Kat and Steven and anything you don't recognize from J.K.Rowling' s books. The song Stupid Girl belongs to the group Garbage. World of Our Own belongs to Westlife. I think
(A/N: 53 REVIEWS Ahhhhhhh! HOW UTTERLY AND WONDERFULLY MARVELLOUS! Well, I'm terribly sorry about the delay. Grins guiltily Did you miss me? Unfortunately, what happened was… at four am one fine…. SCHOOL night / morning, I found myself still up on Fanfiction, reading a L/J fic. The next day, I fell asleep in class. I pretty much freaked out the last couple of days. Man, am I addicted or what…. I got scared and decided to lay off the fiction for a couple of days.
Notes, Notes to my delightfully fresh reviewers!
Starborn: WONDERFUL! Although that wasn't anywhere near the lines of what is was thinking… Mine will be a major letdown after your full form! Not fair! Pouts
James' Brother: I know! But the lady of fate & destiny simply hasn't a window for me to pull a good prank. But don't worry. Snape & Malfoy do tie in with the plot of the story (Trust me, it does have a plot) but not until later.
Emma: By any weird chance, are you from the U.K.?
Windowseat Wonderer: Well, that explains…not much actually. Hope you like this chapter.
Crimson Girl: Well, I'm proud of it, too. THANKS!
Jenna: Welllllllllll, an O.M.S.A.G.S.S.O.I.T.E. is…why don't you read on and find out!
Miss Prongs: I think this chapter will probably explain it. Probably!
Jessie131346: Why 131346? Thanks for reading…
Lady of Masbolle: Aww…the puppy dog face doesn't work on ME! Ok, maybe it does. But don't tell my friends!
Padfoot4eva123: Well, I live in Maharashtra…near Mumbai/Bombay?
Becky6: Wow…you actually read the last author's note? I thought most people just skipped over them…Nice to have my assumptions proved incorrect!
AND NOW…I'm back again… with a vengeance! To Infinity, Tacky Glue and beyond!
Chapter 9Something Weird
At the WHEN? Timebefore dinnerall of the Marauders (except Sirius) were at the WHERE? Placetheir dormitory.
Sirius entered the room, his longish dark hair matted and wet. He shook it slightly, dirty water sprayed all around. He took off his dirt-coated cloak and dropped it on the floor, revealing a revolting shirt; a half-man/half beast with his insides outside and a gruesome portion of his brain being displayed to the world at large walked around on the tee screaming oaths noiselessly. Silencing charm, said the three Marauders in their minds. Sirius slid out of his even more disgusting sneakers, making icky squelching sounds as he walked. He looked at Remus, James and Peter, all with their clean-soled feet and assortment of just laundered clothes. They knew better than to ask. But something weird was going on.
"Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic." Sirius shook his head causing even more water to sprinkle around the room.
James looked at him, half questioning, half afraid to even guess.
"You three. Sitting around with your feet nice and moisturized… Pathetic." He elaborated kindly "We need to play a prank." He sat down and looked around, nauseated. "Soon."
They were unusually quiet for some time before Sirius interrupted the silence.
"Christ…I wasn't that serious."
Remus smiled weakly as a thought occurred to him. Sirius wasn't that serious.
The rest of the Marauders got the same looks, a few seconds apart, all thinking the same dumb thought. Peter last.
"SO!" said Remus loudly, "could you tell me what the hell an Om-sags-so-it-ee happens to be?"
"Not a Om-sags-so-it-ee, Moony. An O.M.S.A.G.S.S.O.I.T.E. And it happens to be" he paused, taking a deep breath. "An Official Marauder Summit About Girls, School and Secrets Or In Times of Emergency."
Remus looked at him skeptically.
"Ah. Makes sense." Sirius replied satisfied.
"So, is there any emergency regarding, er…" Remus scratched his chin. What was that James had said just now?
"Regarding, girls, school and secrets." Peter answered from his corner. Something weird was going on.
"Yeah…regarding…what he said." Remus said.
"Weh-el," James said slowly.
"Weh-el what?" Sirius demanded impatiently.
"Lily might just er…kinda sorta find out about us being…animagi."
"WHAT?" three Marauders yelled in unison.
"Er…yeah." James replied.
"What do you mean, James?" Remus asked, his voice suddenly very urgent and alert.
"Well…" he went ahead and narrated the entire episode to them; even Sirius was quiet and attentive.
"You all know how Lily is." He finished, "If I don't help her, she'll go do something with Lara and Kat." Sirius and Remus grimaced in turn.
"And if I tell her…" James went on.
"NO!" Remus shouted.
"If I tell her, Moony" he continued regardless, "she will not abandon you or anything like that. But she will want to become an Animagi along with us. Of that, gentlemen, I can assure you." He bowed and sat down.
"Hear, hear!" Sirius said.
"So? What's the plan?" croaked Peter.
"The plan? The plan is to make sure she doesn't go off anywhere on her own to try her hand at making any potions. And to dissuade her as thoroughly as possible. And to stop her from spreading the idea to Lara or Kat. And to make sure she gets a wonderful birthday gift from me And a few dozen roses on Valentine's day And to treat her better than any other girl I've been with And to make sure to never kiss her forehead And never to touch her"
"Ahem. We get the picture." Peter interrupted shortly. Ughh. His friends and their girls. Too cuddly and lovey-dovey for his taste. Too innocent. Now he, on the other hand preferred someone spicy & hot…Mmm. Maybe Padfoot's cousin from Slytherin…But she probably wouldn't go for him…No, she liked the Malfoy type with their sleeves dripping in dark magic. Hmmm…
After dinner
"We got a little world of our own
I'll tell you things that no one else knows
I let you in where no one else goes
What am I doing without you
And all of the things I've been looking for
Have always been here outside of my door
And all of the time I'm looking for something new
What am I doing without you" sang Lily loudly, earphones over her ears, blocking out groans from everyone in the vicinity of the common room.
She paused, getting sighs of relief from all of the students.
"Just a change of song." Murmured Lara darkly.
"Just…just a change of song?" Sirius replied, highly disbelieving.
Lara nodded, grimacing slightly. "God, I hate it when she gets like this…"
"Guys, lay off my girlfriend's back!" James said.
"Dude, you're the one with the ear-muffs on!"
James rolled his eyes, "Why don't you get a pair too?"
"I have a better idea…if she doesn't shut up now…"
"Padfoot, you dare not hex her!"
"Oh, I'm not going to hex her." Sirius gritted his teeth.
"Stupid Girl…
Stupid Girl
You pretend you're high…
You pretend you're everything just to be adored.
What you need is what you get.
Don't believe in fear,
Don't believe in fate,
Don't believe in everything that you can't break…
Stupid Girl…
Aaahaa Stupid Girl…
All you had is wasted…
All you had is wasted…"
Lily began to croon again, breaking off, in a very off-pitch high key as she realized that Sirius saying something furiously to her.
"What did you say Sirius?" she said, still singing it to the tune of the song.
He made some rude gestures, muttering, "Damn muggle music. DAMN IT!"
He opened his mouth something to James, but James interrupted, "NO PADFOOT! Whatever you do, you are not going to hex Lily!"
"Party pooper" Sirius retorted, sticking out his tongue.
"So…" he continued under his breath. "No hexes, he said? Fine then. NO hexes…mwhahaha! MWHAHAHAHA"
"Er…Siri, darling? Why are you…er…laughing and talking to yourself?" Lara asked.
"No reason. No reason at all." He smiled very maliciously.
Very manically, it seemed to Lara.
About a quarter of an hour later, Sirius came back, his hand clutching something tubish and shiny. He had the statement memorized. He had searched through all of the waste baskets for it. Ew…the number of gross things girls threw out. Luckily, he had used a spell, so he didn't actually have to touch the icky stuff.
He sat down next to James, speaking quietly so that the girls wouldn't hear.
James looked at him (a bit too blankly thought Sirius later) for ten minutes as Sirius explained.
At the end of his utterly long statement, he stared at James.
"SO? What do you say?"
James pointed to his earmuffs and motioned to Sirius. Great and Almighty God. Prongs hadn't heard a word he had said.
Without warning, Padfoot snatched the earmuffs off his ears, startling him.
"What? Hey, what're you doing?"
"Listen!" He yelled, everyone around looked up, except Lily of course. Sirius began again, fighting with himself to make his voice softer. "Take this."
He handed a tube to James. James examined it, turning it over as he read, 'Lip smacking Flavouriccious Shimmer and Sparkle Lip Gloss. Strawberry Delite.'
James gaped at Sirius. What was wrong with him? He was giving him lip-gloss? Was he all right? Maybe…
Sirius gaped back. He had suddenly realized what James was thinking. He whacked James' shoulder sharply, bringing him back to earth.
"What was that for?"
"Prongs, I can't believe that you of all people…my best friend, for Pete's sake!"
"Who's Pete?" asked someone nearby.
Without bothering to answer, Sirius said, "Alright. Give this to Lily."
"Lily? You expect me to give this to Lily? You know, Padfoot, you're an almighty fool sometimes."
"Listen, I was giving this to Lara. But I found out that she hates strawberries. That's why I'm giving it to you. To give to Lily."
"Haha, Sirius. You expect me to fall for that? How do I know that you haven't hexed it?"
Sirius made a weird figure with his right hand and placed it on his heart.
"Marauder's Honor."
"There's no such thing." Peter said.
Sirius turned to him, a frown on his face, "There is NOW!"
James studied his face carefully. He knew Sirius. If he was lying, he could tell.
He sighed and opened the tube carefully. Bright sticky delicious smelling liquid. Nope, Sirius hadn't put a hex on the gloss. Lucky him. He happened to know that Lily loved strawberry. Odd coincidence. Maybe something weird was going on. Probably not.
How sweet, Lily thought. James really amazed her sometimes. Just the day when her favorite strawberry lip-gloss had finished off, too. Really wonderful.
She wandered over to a mirror and applied it carefully.
She sat down for another round of personal karaoke. As opened her mouth to sing, almost instinctively, she glanced at James on the couch at the far end of the room. She went back to singing and then looked back suddenly. Had she really seen that? A pretty girl, her back to Lily, was leaning over to James, actually nibbling on his ear, James not minding in the slightest.
She stood up and walked over there, pursing her lips. Something weird was going on.
Lily had stopped singing. Wonderful, for the two minutes it took her to say thank you and apply the lip-gloss, the common-room was in peace. These people had so much to thank him for.
James sat down, replacing his earmuffs. As much as he loved Lily…he couldn't stand the singing.
Larika and Sirius were sitting near him.
Sirius was talking under his breath, Lara looking at him greatly alarmed. Something weird was going on.
"Mwhahaha. No hexes. Fine. Let's see what happens now. Mwhawahahaha!"
She turned to James, wanting to whisper, "James, did you slip something in Siri's goblet?"
Missing her aim, her mouth planted on one of his ears. I mean…on of the ears of his earmuff.
It came out something like "Mames, idu lipsimting in Siee'sgoblt?"
Luckily, James hadn't noticed anything. He was too engrossed in his book. It would have been so embarrassing for her, otherwise. Someone, someone might actually have thought that she was hitting on her best friend's boyfriend. How sick was that?
She moved back, practically spitting out yucky earmuff strands. She happened to bump into someone while moving back. Lily.
Lily looked at the pretty girl. Lara. James. Her wide eyes went back and forth in surprise. And why the heck was Lara spitting and James…why was he wearing EARMUFFS? Something weird was going on…Maybe James… and Lara?
She opened her mouth furiously. Well, not opened. More like, tried to open.
Lily waved her arms around wildly, looking absolutely desperate for some reason. Sirius was trying to control his increasing laughter. Lara could tell he was almost at his bursting point. James was unconcernedly reading a book, happy in his own wonderland. Lara stared at them, very perplexed. Something very weird was going on.
James was reading Quidditch Through the Ages. He had read it so many times, he had almost memorized it. But he still loved it. Currently he wasn't even paying attention to the book. He was thinking, rather fantasizing about his and Lily's kids. The boy would be called James Jr. and the girl…hmm. Maybe Jamesina? Perhaps… He'd think over it. Something arose him and he sniffed the air, wondering. Something very very weird was going on. But anyway back to fantasy world, the boy would be a wonderful Quidditch player. So would the girl of course, but she would also be….
Ha! Sirius was on the floor rolling with laughter. Lara was somewhere in the middle of being confused and worried and joining Sirius' highly infectious laughter. And James the great prat was still unaware anything had occurred. The stupid prat. He should have known better. Something very very weird was going on. HAHAHA! Sirius knew it & loved it.
Remus entered the common room, very tired but also very curious as to why Sirius' rollicking laugh was so loud that he had heard it in the Hospital Wing.
Lily was standing, gesturing angrily. She heard Remus and turned, waving her hand slightly, and gave him a look that said, 'HI! So great to see you again! Where were you for such a long time? I'm so glad you're here. You see, our friends have gone crazy. Totally crazy. Look for yourself.' Lara was looking around blankly, almost as though she had lost her memory. Sirius was just being himself. James was reading a book, totally oblivious. Probably daydreaming again. Lily was staring at him ferociously, waiting for him to pass judgment. She started gesturing again. Why wasn't she saying anything? Something very very very weird was going on. He sighed. Ah. Wasn't it lovely to be home?
(A/N: Longish chapter. Thoroughly pointless though. Sorry for the time delay. To find out what weird stuff was going on, check out my next chapter….the name of which is…well, it's somewhere in this chapter. I'm just not telling you where.
Gotta go. P.S. I'm ending it here with my regular excuse. Something weird is better than Nothing at ALL! Peace OUT
Oh, by the way. (P.S.S.)
Please please review! Pretty please with everything that you luv on it.
That includes….chocolate and er….chocolate and uh…more chocolate.
PLUS….whatever you like. Or if you don't like chocolate…(you mean, sick people! XD) whatever you DO like…ok, I'm rambling…er…before I go…HAPPY BIRTHDAY to those people whose b'day is today. (My fave uncle, for instance) Otherwise, happy Advance and Belated B'DAY (Niki S.)!)
So…Review. & on to chapter 10
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Well, I got some of the reviews for this chapter…Apparently, the readers were extremely confused. Sorry about that. I was in a hurry to get this chapter up. Don't worry though, some of the mess will clear up in the next chapter. You'll find out why in the world Lily is so speechless. And the dirty Sirius part in the beginning was just to lead up to a good prank in the next couple of chappies. Any other confusing-ness? Please tell me specifically.
