Marauders Match-making Inc.
*Hullo, everyone.
Well…I kind of messed up the characters in the story (Davy Gugdeon isn't in the Order of the Phoenix) but hey…that's partly why this story is A/U and doesn't follow OotP. It's alright though. I kind of like it. LoL.
And yup, now you get to find out why Davy seemed so familiar. It's because he's mentioned in the Harry Potter books. I think all the guys Lily dates are going to be real characters from HP books. Don't take that to heart though, because I could be lying. I don't know yet.
Well…I started this chapter the day after I updated the story with the fifth chapter, so…I hope this is up to your standards.
Candidus-Astrum: About the whole italics and bold, well if you write this on MICROSOFT WORD, when you save the chapter on Microsoft Word, where it says "Save as type:" save the chapter as a WEB PAGE, not a Word Document, like it's listed as. That should give you all your italics and bold stuff…okay?
Someone said (I think it was Lalila) that James and Sirius seem evil. That's not really how I meant them to come off. James is…well…James is jealous, and Sirius is just a loyal friend, who's helping James out. Plus, I get the vibe that he's a little overprotective off Lily (as in…he doesn't want her to end up with someone who isn't right for her). But still…they both are sly, sneaky and mischievous, which is what makes them the Marauders.
And regarding their sneakiness…there might be a little confusion with "Charlie" (aka James) and "Henry" (aka Sirius). LoL…Maybe that will clear it up.
People keep talking about Remus, too, in their reviews. Be patient, Remus is just preoccupied with other things at the moment. He'll come around (and try and put James and Sirius in their place). Maybe he'll even be in this chapter…Who knows?
(Oh, wait…I know…just kidding, I don't mean to sound snotty…LoL, like I said…It's good to be the author)
-Kait*
Disclaimer: The plot of this story is based on the ABC Family movie, "See Jane Date." The characters are property of J.K. Rowling. The only thing that belongs to me, are the changes I made to the plot I borrowed, and the new characters that you don't know from the Harry Potter books. Is that alright with you then?
Chapter 6- The Maturity of a Nine-year-old
Lily sat at the Leaky Cauldron wondering how she'd gotten there. Damn, Sirius, she thought to herself, Setting me and Davy up. What was he thinking?
Of course, after Davy had asked her out, she couldn't very well say no, could she? Especially after that speech Sirius gave about her having a huge crush on Davy while she was at Hogwarts. This actually had held true, until she witnessed him trying to get past the Whomping Willow in 3rd year. I mean, how crazy can one person get?
But she supposed she should put this behind her. After all, Lily was the one who had told Sirius that she needed a date. Wait. Had she told him or had Marcia?
Eh, it didn't matter.
Either way, she was still stuck going on this date.
It wouldn't be so bad though, she guessed. He was willing to do anything Lily wanted to, so she had suggested the movies.
She supposed it might even be fun, since he had never been to a movie before and he had been eager to go.
Lily smiled to herself. Yes, maybe this wouldn't be completely horrible, after all.
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The Day Before…
"So you set her up with Davy Gudgeon?" James asked Sirius in disbelief, "Are you thick?"
Sirius sat uncomfortably in an armchair, in front of the fireplace at James' house. Remus, Peter, and James sat before him. He just grinned sheepishly at them.
"I dunno, Prongs. Davy could be good for Lily. She needs to date to figure out what a prat her old boyfriend was," Remus replied from his chair, having just listened to James and Sirius ramble on about breaking Lily and her date up. "And what do you have against Davy?"
James started to open his mouth to speak.
"Other than the fact that you two dared him to have a go at the Whomping Willow, James and that it got you in trouble," Remus interrupted his thoughts, looking over at James and Sirius with a serious glance.
"Nothing, I guess," Sirius chimed in, when James refused to speak.
"So then why go after him? What are you gaining?"
"The satisfaction of a job well done?" Sirius joked, grinning at Remus and trying to keep him from getting upset.
"No (and that means a whole lot coming from the one that set them up)," Remus sighed, wanting James's conscience to come into play here, "Don't you think Lily can take care of herself?"
James just looked at him, in complete surprise.
"Of course Lily can take care of herself. We all know that."
Everyone looked out the window and nodded in mutual agreement. Lily could definitely take care of herself. That girl was like "super-witch."
Part human. Part witch.
And totally petrifying when she wanted to be.
"Then what are you trying to do, Prongs?" Remus asked him, almost challenging him to speak, as he looked back at him, not breaking eye contact.
James simply glanced at him and then back out the window, where he could see snowflakes softly hitting the ground.
"I don't know."
Well, Remus sure knew how to bust their bubble and make them feel guilty. Not one person in the room could bring themselves to look Remus in the face. But even if he felt guilty, James wasn't about to ruin his chances with Lily. (A/N- selfish, I know, but a guy's gotta do, what a guy's gotta do)
"So are you in, or not?" James inquired plainly, staring at the floor and the carpet in front of the fire feeling very remorseful for putting his friends in a situation to choose. Normally he wouldn't do this, but Lily normally didn't drive him so bloody insane.
And James would do anything for Lily.
"I'm in," Sirius said quietly, not even bothering to crack a laughing smile, for once.
"Me too," Peter replied, looking at the mug of hot chocolate in his hands.
"Not me," Remus stated, starting to get up from his seat, "I refuse to take advantage of Lily in that way."
They watched as Remus went to the front hall and got his winter coat from its place on the coat hanger. Then he returned to the room, appearing to be very grave. He raised his hand to apparate out of the house when—
"Remus, wait," James said, sending his friend a pleading look and getting up from his own chair, "I'm not doing this to advantage of Lily or hurt her or anything…And we really could use your help."
He just sighed; Remus did, and glanced up at the ceiling.
"It's not that I don't want to help you…it's just…." He stopped briefly, at a loss for words, "Well….when you come up with a better reason call me, okay?"
"Remus—don't—" Sirius started to say.
And with that, Remus apparated to his own home.
"Great…now what are we going to do?" James asked his remaining friends, looking at them sadly.
"Put on a smile and laugh at the world—?" Sirius asked, once again trying to make light of the situation, as he got up from his seat and joined James.
"That's kind of a nine-year-old thing to do…" Peter said, staying in his own armchair and taking a sip of his hot chocolate.
"What did you say, Wormtail?" James asked, a spark suddenly lighting in his eyes.
"I said, 'That's kind of a nine-year-old thing to do'…" Peter trailed off again, stirring his cup. "And where are you going with this?"
"Sirius, where did you say they're going again?" James asked, not meaning to but ignoring Peter, his mind working overboard as he paced through the room ending up back at his armchair where he sat down.
"Uhh…you mean Lily and Davy?"
James nodded.
"Oh, well…they're going to the movies, I think. Yeah, because Lily said it was that new one down on 34th and Prospect. Where ever that is…" Sirius said, shaking his head at the muggle parts of London and sitting down next to James. "Although, they agreed to meet up at the Leaky Cauldron beforehand at like five o'clock."
"Alright," James said, taking in all the new information he had received, "I think…I…yes…I think I have a plan."
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Back to the Present…
Lily walked through the entry doors of the movie theater with Davy and had to admit, the date wasn't going too badly after all. He seemed like an agreeable person, maybe too willing to please at times, but it wasn't so bad. He appeared to be a very sweet person for the most part and Lily was enjoying herself.
She led Davy through the ticket booth, the concession stand and into the theater without noticing two men following her, of whom she would have found very familiar had she turned around.
"James and Sirius have entered the building!" Sirius called as James paid for the tickets, using his skills from Muggle Studies.
"Shh!" James said to him, pulling at his sleeve, "We don't want Lily to see us!"
The man at the ticket booth looked very warily of letting them in.
"Uh…he has a—," James paused for a second, pointing at Sirius, "—problem with blurting out random tangents."
Sirius looked very insulted, as he arched his eyebrows at James, questioningly.
The guy in the red vest who held their tickets just nodded and let them through, "Please try and keep him under control."
"Yes, of course," James replied, grinning at him, "I will."
As they walked through the doors and headed to the concession stand a few places behind Lily and Davy, you could hear Sirius mutter under his breath, "You suck, James."
"I'm not the one with the 'random tangents' problem remember?" James said, smiling at him and laughing a bit. "I've got myself under control."
An incoherent "I hate you" could be heard from Sirius's lips. This just made James grin some more.
He watched as Lily and Davy departed from them, finding their way into Theater 8. Then it was their turn to order.
"Can I help you?" the teenage girl behind the counter asked, giggling a bit at the two hot young guys who stood before her, smiling at her.
"Sure," Sirius grinned, sending her a flirtatious glance, "We'll have some gummy bears, Tootsie Rolls, Snickers, pretzel bites, and a large Coke." Then he glimpsed back at James. "Anything for you, mate?"
James beamed at the girl, "I'll just have a large popcorn."
As the girl went off to get their food James felt it necessary to address his friend.
"I hope you have a large bit of money to pay for that huge lot," he smirked, as she brought back the popcorn and the gummy bears and then going off to fetch the rest.
Sirius turned an odd shade of white.
James sighed at him, shaking his head.
"No worries, Padfoot. I've got you covered,"
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Upon entering the theater, Sirius and James found themselves almost in a sticky situation. A couple of young boys thought it would be funny to pour popcorn on the unsuspecting heads of adults. Fortunately (for the boys), James and Sirius were narrowly missed as the boys dropped the buttery mixture on the man and woman that had gone into the theater before them.
"Cheap muggle prank," Sirius whispered to James, laughing a bit, "But affective, I suppose."
James just grinned at him, remembering their own silly pranks when they were at Hogwarts.
"Lucky they missed us," Sirius smirked, "Because I would have retaliated."
And he would have, too.
Thus, this gave James a thought.
"Padfoot…." He said, grabbing his arm and attempting to lead him out of the cinema, "I have an idea. Follow me…"
He led Sirius to the loo, leaving a trail of gummy bears behind him.
"Exactly what is your addition to our plan, Prongs?" Sirius asked, as he was pushed through the door.
"I'll explain it to you, just get in. We don't have much time."
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As the movie was about to start, two eleven-year-olds burst through the theater doors, carrying Tootsie Rolls, Snickers, pretzel bites, popcorn, a half-eaten bag of gummy bears and a large Coke.
"Shouldn't we form new names and everything?" one of the boys muttered to the other, as they made their way through the entrance doors.
"If it sinks your ship, I suppose." The other replied, looking very aggravated, as he rolled his eyes.
"Alright," the first smirked, "I'll be Henry."
"Okay, then, Henry," the second grinned, "I'm Charlie."
"Charlie?" Henry mocked him.
"Oh, shut up, Henry."
"Will do, mate," and with a sneaky smile aimed at one another, the pair made their way up the steps to find seats.
Henry and Charlie took seats a couple of rows behind Lily and Davy, of whom were intently watching the previews, until Davy whispered something into Lily's ear that made her giggle.
Charlie had his fists clenched and gritted teeth as he watched Lily conversing with Davy in a very happy manner.
"Hey, cool it, Romeo, she's not about to go off with him," Henry said, laughing. The woman behind him with her husband looked curiously upon him. That wasn't a very normal thing for a young eleven-year-old boy to say.
"Thanks for telling me. Now tell me something I don't know," Charlie replied, once again rolling his eyes and settling into his chair as the credits for the movie began to roll.
"Like that your pants are unzipped?" Henry questioned, grinning at his companion.
"What?!" Charlie whispered, beginning to blush, and reached for his zipper to find it fully zipped, "You little liar. Thanks a lot."
"What are friends for?" he whispered back, laughing just a bit.
The woman behind them finally got the urge to speak up, from having been annoyed to the brink of things. She leaned forward, and skillfully interrupted their conversation.
"Excuse me, young gentlemen, but could you please not talk while others are actually trying to watch the show?"
"Of course, ma'am," Sirius said, stifling his laughter pretty well, but adding internally, Why don't you not talk while others are trying to watch the show, yourself?
Neither of them spoke for the movie.
Until it got to the point where it was incredibly boring.
This happened to be the climax of the show, when everyone else in the theater was crying, along with the leading man in the movie.
"I will hold your memory in my heart forever, and when I'm not, I'll be thinking of Paula, Charlene, or even Emmy."
Yeah, right, Charlie thought. Like that happened in real life. How naive were these people?
He happened to notice Davy Gudgeon weeping on Lily's shoulder, as she comforted him. She seemed to be very unhappy about the fact that her date was so horribly gullible.
"Now," Charlie hissed to Henry who was holding the popcorn in question.
"Now?" he asked, double-checking with his friend's instructions.
"Yes, now."
Henry nodded, and began the operation.
"Ready, aim….fire!" he muttered, tossing a handful of popcorn in Lily and Davy's direction. Then, as the kernels hit Davy softly in the back, he offered the carton over to Charlie, "Going to take a go?"
"Of course," he replied, grabbing a handful, and chucking them at Davy's head.
At this, Davy turned around, murmuring to Lily, "Those kids keep throwing stuff at me," he scratched his head, "At least, I think they are…"
Lily just looked at him.
"Well…Aren't you going to do something about it?"
The woman behind the two boys appeared to be very annoyed with their display of rude behavior.
"Didn't you ever learn to respect your elders?" she scolded them, glaring.
"I dunno, did we, Ja—I mean Charlie?" Henry asked, looking fairly amused.
"Of course we did," Charlie replied, flinging more popcorn aimlessly at Davy's head, "Hence why we're not throwing any at you."
The lady seemed to become very offended by this.
"Er…." Charlie stumbled at a loss for words, as Henry took over the task of lobbing popcorn at Davy and Lily.
"Would to two just stop?" Lily asked, trying to keep her cool and reason with the kids. You can't murder kids. It doesn't look very good. "Please?"
"No." Henry said simply continuing to toss the buttery food, as Charlie was trying to tell the woman behind them he was sorry.
"I'm sorry, really I am…I definitely didn't mean it that way." Charlie said, looking upon a very upset woman.
"No…I see where you're going with this. I'm old. Next thing you'll start saying is that I'm fat…" She glared at him again.
Her husband finally decided that it was time to intervene.
"You get away from my wife right now," he said menacingly, appearing to be very mad.
"Henry," Charlie whispered, nudging him, "I think it's time that we got out of here."
Lily looked very disgusted, which brighten Charlie's mood a bit. "You're not even going to stick up for yourself?"
"Well, he might have a reason for throwing popcorn Lily…" Davy said, trying to stand up for himself a bit.
Lily snorted, "Right."
"Well…actually," Charlie chimed in, "We're conducting a survey on how much popcorn we can toss at people's heads until they get angry and say something…but now that we've gotten our proof…" he glanced at the threatening-looking man behind him comforting his wife, "…We can go now…"
Then he pulled Henry up by his sleeve and lead him down the steps and out the doors, while all the other people in the theater glaring at the pair for making such a racquet.
"Ah…see, Lily? They had a perfectly good reason," Davy said to her quietly, obviously pleased with himself.
"Oh please," she rolled her eyes angrily, "Don't tell me you believed that."
He just looked down at his feet, clearly embarrassed with himself for buying into their lies.
Lily just sighed in a huff and crossed her arms around her chest. Then she just looked up at the theater screen in hopelessness.
Date number two, down the drain.