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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.

(A/N: Mixed Reviews for the last chapter. Half said they were confused about it—kinda like me! The others said it was funny! Yay…I was reading some other fics and I realize how ridiculous mine is. Nothing serious. Barely a plot. I'm feeling bad. SO! I'm adding some emotions…thoughts…other slightly serious stuff. Anyway…. Onwardsà By the way, none of you tried to guess the title of this chapter! Waah.)

Chapter 10 Tacky Glue

Recap: 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?

Remus sighed again. The havoc these people wreaked when he was away! When would they learn? He studied them, trying to find out where he should start. Start the 'fixing upping' as he called it. He finally decided on James. He wasn't acting like he was involved in the rest of the group.

Moving behind James, he shook him roughly. "James? James get up and off that settee."

James smiled at him dreamily. "Of course, Lillikins. I'll take James Jr. to the park. And Jamesina? She's sleeping." He paused. "Of course, darling…Anything for you."

Remus groaned. Maybe James was just as whacked out as the rest were.

"Jamesipoo?" he asked, sickly sweet. "I'm not Lillikins…Don't you remember, honey-pie? You and Lily broke up. We decided to get together after we graduated. Yes! Both of us will never forget the day, you took me in your arms…" Remus paused, a) for greater dramatic effect and b) to glace at James look of anger, humiliation and astonishment. "And, uh, will you be taking Remus Jr. to meet Uncle Lucie? Uncle Lucius? Yes, you remember…he was the one that married Lily…"

James glared at Remus as the rest tried desperately not to snort with laughter. Except for Lily. She was looking at Remus, seriously displeased.

Remus smiled teasingly while she made some angry gestures.

"Well, well! What do we have here? Miss" he glanced at James, "Lillikins can't talk! Cat got your tongue? Or rather…Sirius got your tongue?"

Sirius stopped snickering abruptly. "What are you going on about, Remus?"

Remus paced the room, looking very intimidating. "After a large amount of careful research and investigation…I've concluded…that the criminal…the guilty party is…. Sirius!"

Sirius jumped. "What?" He put a look of innocence on his face. "I didn't do anything!"

Everyone stared at him. Sure, he didn't. They all knew him too well to believe him.

James stood up. "Sirius…what did you do?"

Sirius shrunk back. "Nothing, nothing at all Prongsie…"

"I told you not to hex her."

"So? I didn't hex her!"

"Aha! So you admit you had something to do with it!"

"Er…no…did I say that?" he edged away, preparing to run.

James pulled out his wand but Lily was quicker.

Unfortunately, she couldn't say any spell. Not ready to have her own hex misfired, she put her wand down.

"Thamba!" James yelled at Sirius' hastily retreating figure.

Sirius came scooting back to them.

"Sirius…" James asked seriously "What did you do to Lily?"

"ME? ME? Whyever do you think I had anything to d with this?"

"Sirius?"

Sirius began thinking…James had called him Sirius about three times now. Not Padfoot, Siirus. Three into forty-three and adding thirteen…Dividing by sixty-two…adding fifty-three…. Holy Shit. James was pretty much going to curse him into oblivion.

"Well…" he smiled weakly, "The only thing I did was sithdhipglowithetakglu…"

"I didn't hear you, SIRIUS!"

"Maybe you should get your hearing chec" James twisted his ear.

"Oww! OW! I SWITCHED HER LIP GLOSS FOR TACKY GLUE! OK! THAT'S WHAT I DID AND THAT'S WHAT ANY SANE PERSON… AAHHHHHHHH!" One look at James' and Lily's red faces, he started to run, both of them chasing after him wildly.

"AAHHHH!"

About 1 week, 5 days, 18 hours, 37 minutes and 59 seconds later
"So…do you think I did it correctly?" asked a bold first year girl next to Sirius. He couldn't even remember her name properly but all the same, he nodded his parrot-feathered head, scratching his dirty yellow beak dazedly. CRAP! 1 week, 5 days, 18 hours, 37 minutes and 60 seconds later and the effects of Lily's and James' hexes still hadn't gone away properly. It was killing his influence with the ladies. Even Lara refused to be seen with him outside the common room. He shook his head, sadly. The first year wondered whether he was agreeing or disagreeing with her because he had both nodded and shook his head. Whatever.

The sound of voices from James' and Lily's corner wafted their way to him. (Yeah right. More like an earlier version of the Weasley's Ear Extensions.

"Hey…are you free tomorrow?" James asked. Well, duh, thought Sirius. Stupid question, Jamesiboy. It's Sunday!

"Well, duh…it's Sunday. No classes. And since I'm your girlfriend, I don't think I'm entitled to be spending the entire day at Hogsmeade with some other guy." Hehee. Good answer, Lily!

"So, you wanna go with me…on a date?"

"A date?" Lily looked up, slightly surprised.

"Uh-huh…You know, where a guy gets to take his fave girl out for dinner and a couple of good sn" James grinned lopsidedly."

"Yeah, Potter, I know."

James looked up, his eyebrows high. "Potter, eh? I thought we had progressed past that stage?"

"Well, Potter, if you talk like that…" She hit him on the head with a book.

James grinned again. "SO, anyway, wanna come?"

"Sure thing." She smiled prettily.

He leaned in to her slowly. "Not now." She said, amused, hitting him again.

"OW! Girl, you have got some problem… OW! OW! OW! Do you know that that—ow—hurts?" He yelled as she hit him, repeatedly and then once more.

"You deserve it!" she defended.

"Oh yeah? For what?"

"Oh, nothing…just being…you." She replied softly.

Sirius took the earpiece out of his ear.

Katrina was sitting in the astronomy tower watching the fiery red sun set. She liked to come here… but only on the nights the tower wasn't 'booked'. Quiet and peaceful. Uncomplicated. Unlike her life. So unlike her life.

She lay down, trying desperately to sort out her feelings and thoughts.

She was sure Remus was hiding something from her. But then of course, he had no reason to tell her. After all, she wasn't his mom or something…she wasn't his girlfriend or something. And after all, she wasn't going around confessing her heart out to him either. She didn't want to tell him. She didn't want to tell anyone. No one would ever trust her. Right now, she had so many friends…she didn't want to lose that. She was worried…nothing had happened…yet.

Remus was wandering through the passage to the Shrieking Shack. He used hated it here. It would remind him of the full moon nights…what he became…what he used to become, now. With the Marauders helping him through those horrible times, he sort of got used to this place. He didn't mind it much, anymore. Dirty, shabby, torn up. But a good place to think. To think. He wanted to tell someone…to tell… Katrina. Of course, she would tell Lily and Larika too. Three friends would be lost…lost in a single moment. But, no…he argued with himself. They're not like that. They would stick with him…but did he want to take that risk? And if it got out? Out to the entire school? The other parents would hunt him down….

(A/N: A good sort of a chapter. And chapter eleven is half-done already. Yippee.

So, Compeer voice what is Katrina's secret? Will Remus spill all? Find out in the next episode of The Hogwarts FilesBefore Harry Potter)