Chapter 14

Lily walked slowly up the spiral staircase to her dormitory after arriving back to the castle with James, carefully thinking about what had nearly happened. Had she almost kissed James right there in the middle of the road in Hogsmeade? Was she losing in her mind? Probably not, she reminded herself, she lost it long ago when she met Peyton. Lily opened the door to her room and someone came flying out of nowhere and pounced on her.

"WELL WHAT HAPPENED TELL ME EVERYTHING WOMAN!" Peyton shouted, Lily thought it could have been loud enough for all of Hogwarts to hear.

"Quiet down will you? I don't want everyone to know! Ugh I don't even know!" Lily said frustrated. "I know you planned that Peyton Lecosia Starr and you have some explaining to do."

"I thought it was a good idea…" Peyton said. "Forgive me?" she threw in some irresistible puppy eyes.

"Maybe, I haven't decided yet." Lily replied huffily. "I nearly kissed Potter right in the middle of the street for all of Hogsmeade to see! It's your fault it almost happened too! I barely managed to save myself down there, I nearly lost it."

"Well you must WANT to kiss him then." Peyton smirked. "Since you apparently had such a hard time resisting."

"I dunno maybe something in my subconscious wanted me to kiss him…who knows? It just felt really right to be standing so close to him but so utterly wrong at the same time." Lily grumbled, with a sour look on her face.

"Maybe it's time you gave James Potter a chance?" Lynsay asked hopefully.

"Lynsay don't be daft. Potter only wants to date me because I'm the only girl in the school who WON"T date him. It's all about the conquest, once you get what you fought for it's no fun anymore. James Potter and Sirius Black like the chase." Lily answered matter of factly.

"Ahem I haven't dated them thank you very much." Peyton said indignantly.

"Yeah but you haven't even been here a year. Give him time." Lily laughed. "Besides one Marauder never goes after another Marauder's girl that they like."

"Peter likes me?" Peyton asked horrified.

"Honestly Peyton I seriously wonder about you sometimes." Lynsay laughed. "It's not Peter, its Sirius!"

"Si?" Peyton laughed. "You've both gone off your rocker. He only likes me as a friend."

"Well you're blind then if I ever saw it. That boy's been infatuated ever since he saw you for the first time. Trust me on that one." Lily said. "James made it pretty clear."

"They pranked you guys good this time!" Peyton continued laughing. "Sirius liking me…haha that's insane."

"Hey when it hits you that we are right just remember, we told you so," Lynsay told her. Peyton rolled her eyes in response.

"Well sounds like we all have problems, except Lynsay who seems to have a pretty nice relationship going on with Remus." Lily said smiling. Lynsay's face blushed bright red.

"It kinda seems like he's keeping something from me though. Like something's always bothering him but he can't tell me. Any ideas?" Lynsay asked.

"Nope, but I noticed he was a little uncomfortable around the shrieking shack today." Lily commented. "Just ask him Lynsay. I'm sure he'd tell you if he realized you noticed something seemed to be bothering him."

"I suppose you're right." Lynsay sighed.

"ANYWAY let's stop talking about this and throw a killer party in the common room." Peyton shouted. "Let's go women we haven't got all night to just sit up here like bumps on logs. Lily you take Lynsay to the kitchens with you and find out a way to get some food up here. I'm going to the common room to throw some decorations up, set up a table, and blast some music. Meet you there in about 10 minutes, run if you must. ONWARD!" Peyton shouted, overjoyed. Lily and Lynsay shrugged and left for the kitchens, while Peyton practically sprinted past them and slid down the railing into a packed common room, making quite the entrance.

"Alright people listen up. This common room's looking a little boring. We are supposed to be the party house for goodness sake. Let's keep the tradition alive. When was the last time you people had a party that wasn't caused by a Quidditch victory?" Peyton asked, standing on top of a study table. Everyone looked around muttering. They couldn't remember the last time they had a party just for the heck of it. "That's what I thought. Now everyone go get the people in your dorm rooms, grab your food and favorite games, prank items, and whatever else and bring it our here cause we are having a party tonight!" she jumped off the table and began transforming the common room, enlisting the help of James and Sirius who were good at Transfiguration.

"So why party tonight Peyton?" James asked.

"Why not? Do you need a REASON to party? I think NOT! I really just want something to do and this will be fun." Peyton said excitedly.

"Yeah Prongs you can dance with dear Lillian." Sirius smirked.

"Ha we both know that's not going to happen." James said disappointedly.

"Well…you never know. She seems to be in a good mood today. She hasn't yelled at you once, and you guys even went shopping together. If she didn't yell at you then, then you're probably good to go for the rest of the day." Peyton reasoned, while dimming the lights and getting some better "party" lighting.

"Riiight." James said sarcastically. "Who's going to play the music? Are you going to be the DJ?" he asked looking at Peyton.

"Hey don't look at me, I'm here to dance my arse off not entertain you with music James." Peyton laughed.

"I'm sure Levi Jordan will do it." Sirius said, referring to the Gryffindor Quidditch commentator. "I'll go ask."

Ten minutes later, music was blaring and people were dancing, eating and who knows what else. Levi played the funky chicken song, requested by no others than Sirius and Peyton. You had to admit, they did a pretty mean chicken dance.

"And now for the Cha Cha song!" Peyton said excitedly.

"Noooooo NO MORE SONGS WITH PRE-CHOREOGRAPHED DANCES!" shouted some weird first year, who ran up to his dorm beating his head and covering his ears.

"…ok then." Levi Jordan announced. "Guess I'll just pick something else, unless anyone is up for karaoke?"

Sirius grinned mischievously. Lily and James saw this face and feared for everyone's ears. Peyton found it funny, imagine that.

"Ah-thank you dahlings, I'd just like to dedicate this song to my closest friends, who believe I can not sing for beans so just sit back my children and get ready for this." Sirius smirked, finally ready to show them all up. He made a large show of clearing his throat and warming up with a few scales, which he purposely made sound horrible. People were actually wincing in preparation for this performance, except of course for his fan club that looked ready to faint when he conjured up a guitar with his wand, and began.

"The dawn is breaking

A light shinin' through

You're barely waking

And I'm tangled up in you

Well I open your clothes

Where I follow, you'll go

I worry I won't see your face, light up again

Even the best fall down sometimes

Even the wrong words seem to rhyme

Out of the doubt that fills my mind

I somehow find

You and I collide

I'm quiet you know

You make a first impression

I found I'm scared to know

I'm always on your mind

Even the best fall down sometime

Even the stars refuse to shine

Out of the back you fall in time

Somehow find

You and I collide

Don't stop here

I lost place

I'm close behind

Even the best fall down sometime

Even the wrong words seem to rhyme

Out of the doubt that fills your mind

You finally find

You and I collide

You finally find

You and I collide" Sirius finished singing.

Everyone was in shocked silence. Either he wasn't too bad of a singer or they had been expecting something so horrible that it wasn't half bad. Peyton was the first one to start clapping and catcalling before his fan club snapped out of their stage of shock and practically jumped the magical stage and tackled him down. James jumped on the stage to try and get Sirius out but they just pulled him down too. Lily, Peyton, and Lynsay were the only girls not in the pile and found the scene quite hilarious. They continued with the karaoke for a long time and the party came to a close with James' and Sirius' version of "I'm To Sexy". The guys were thoroughly disgusted but the girls were swooning, save 3 who were laughing hysterically. Everyone headed back to their dorm rooms and only James, Sirius, Remus, Lily, Peyton, and Lynsay were left.

"Now that was a party." Peyton said collapsing on the couch still laughing.

"Sure was." Sirius said distractedly, sitting down next to her. The others shot each other knowing looks. Peyton continued laughing and Sirius stared in a daze.

"Snap out of it Si, you're looking at me as if I've sprouted daisy's on my head or something." Peyton remarked, waving her hand in front of his face.

"That could be arranged you know." James said, shifting Peyton's attention away from Sirius.

"Try it and die." Peyton joked.

"I'm tired, let's go to bed; we'll meet you guys for breakfast." Lynsay said, kissing Remus on the cheek and making him blush.

"Try not to grope each other tonight boys." Lily winked and laughed as she headed up the stairs.

"I THOUGHT HE WAS PEYTON JEEBUS!" Sirius yelled after them. He could have sworn he heard a faint "that's my word damnit" coming from the girls dormitory that sounded like Peyton. He just grinned and followed the others to bed.