Asking For Trouble

Chapter 2:

Disclaimer: As much as I would love to own Harry Potter...or a certain Draco Malfoy, I do not own a thing.

"Prongs," Sirius violently shook James' arm. "Prongs, mate, wake up!"

"What? What's wrong?" James said, flying up from bed, brushing his untidy black hair from his eyes.

"You're going to miss breakfast!" Peter said excitedly.

James stared blankly at the three of his friends. "That's the reason why you woke me up?" He asked, slightly irritated.

Peter, Sirius, and Remus nodded. "Plus you were really starting to creep us out, hugging your pillow and talking to it as though it were some girl." Sirius added with a grin.

"You know," Peter grinned. "He could have been dreaming about Evans."

"Why the bloody hell would I be dreaming about that bookworm?"

Peter shrugged his shoulders. "Just a thought."

Sirius wrapped his arms around Remus and Peter and smiled at James. "Are we ready to go down to the Great Hall and cause some disturbance or are we going to just sit here and talk about Jamie's little girlfriend, Evans?"

James sighed, pushing the blankets from his legs. "Give me a second, I have to fix my hair." Running his hands through his hair, he smiled. "Ready."

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"Mornin' Sirius," A pretty brunette haired girl said sweetly as the group walked by her, Sirius giving her a wink. A group of girls stood at the doors to the Great Hall as they entered, each of the girls smiling brightly at James and Sirius.

Remus noticed Katie sitting with her friends at her table and gave her a small wave. Katie smiled, and turning to her friends, grabbed her books from the table and hurried over to Remus.

"Do you think it would be all right if I sit with you?" She asked shyly, hugging her books to her chest.

Remus nodded with a smile. "Of course." Taking her arm, they proceeded to follow the rest of the gang to the table, where they plopped down on the seat and pulled all of the food towards them.

"Eggs?" Remus asked Katie, holding a plate of eggs towards her. Katie nodded and took an egg from the plate.

"You know Mooney," Sirius said, pieces of eggs flying from his mouth. "It's really nice to see that you have found yourself a very lovely girl."

Katie blushed.

"Your mother would be very proud of you." James said in a very motherly tone.

"So Katie, tell us a bit about your lovely self." Sirius said, taking a couple pieces of toast from the plate in front of him.

"Well, I'm Ravenclaw, and I absolutely love to read and write."

Sirius and James nodded. "Sounds like you're a perfect match for our little Mooney." James said, patting Remus on the back.

Remus smiled, taking a mouthful of eggs and shoving them into his mouth.

"You know, since we are on such a roll with finding mates, we should set little Jamie up with Evans." Sirius said with a grin.

James shook his head. "Get off it, Padfoot. Evans is nothing but a freakin' teachers pet."

"Now Jamie, watch your language, there is a lady in our presence." Sirius said, smiling at Katie.

"By Evans, do you mean Lily Evans?" Katie said.

Sirius nodded. "Are you friends with her?"

"Well, I don't really hang out in the same group as her but we have hung out a few times. In fact, the last time that I have talked to her, she has mentioned something about a James Potter."

Sirius grinned. "She has, has she?" Sirius folded his hands on the table. "Well boys, it looks like we have a job to do."

Remus and Peter smiled at each other. James, on the other hand, looked horrified. "No, no you really don't have to do tha-"

Sirius nodded. "Yes my friend, we do."

"Bloody hell Padfoot, if you go over there and ask Evans out for me, you better sleep with your bloody eyes open." James said through his gritted teeth.

Sirius laughed. "You don't have to hide it, mate, we know you like her."

"Prongs, you know as well as I do that Padfoot's not going to rest until he gets Evans to go out with you." Remus said.

"Just let him do it, James." Katie spoke up.

James dropped his head in his hands and nodded. "Go do it, Padfoot." He sighed.

Remus got up from his seat with a smile spread across his face. "I'll be back in a minute or two." He said before strolling over to Lily and her friends.

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"Excuse me," Sirius said, tapping on Lily's shoulder.

Lily turned around and rolled her eyes. "What is it, Sirius?"

Sirius sat down next to Lily and smiled. "I have a very important question to ask you."

Lily turned back to her foot and stabbed her egg with her fork. "What is it?"

"How would you like to go on a date with my good friend James?"

Lily dropped her fork and started to laugh. "You want me to go out with James Potter?"

Sirius nodded.

"Are we talking about the same James Potter, you know, the arrogant, inconsiderate, conceited, self-admiring jerk?"

Sirius nodded.

"Let me think," Lily looked back at her friends and then at Remus. "Sorry, but no."

Sirius bowed his head as he got back to his feet. "All right then. It was nice talking to you ladies." He said with a smirk as he turned on his heel and strode back to his friends.

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"What did she say? What did she say?" Peter said, bouncing on his seat.

"Whoa, Whoa, calm down Wormtail." Remus slapped his hand on Peter's shoulder.

"Yeah, what did she say?" James asked, squinting his eyes.

Sirius sighed. "I'm sorry, mate. It doesn't look good for you." He replied, squeezing his eyes shut to look as though as though he was crying.

James rolled his eyes. "What exactly did she say?"

Sirius laughed. "She sure did say a lot of great stuff about you, Prongs, like that you're self-admiring, arrogant, conceited, you know, the usual."

"Our James, conceited? No, no I think she has the wrong person. James is nothing like that." Remus joked.

"You know, I could always talk to her." Katie said sweetly.

Sirius looked over at Katie and smiled. "What a wonderful idea, Katie. What a wonderful idea indeed."

Author's Note: Hey there! You know, I think that this is probably my favorite chapter thus far. Thanks a bunch to everyone that has reviewed! I really appreciate it! Oh, and Kyp, I absolutely love your story, and I am going to miss it dearly!

Jess