Chapter 16: Locked Away
Kierra ran down the hall. 'I could be running a lot faster if it weren't for this stupid skirt' she thought angrily to herself as she burst into Professor Flitwick's charms class five minutes late.
"Ah, there you are Miss Nakofsky! You're late again! One more and I'll have to give you detention, I'm afraid!" Professor Flitwick said sternly.
"Sorry, sir…" Kierra breathed as she glanced around for an empty seat.
"Just take the seat by Mr. Lupin" Professor Flitwick said, pointing to the only empty seat in the room and turning his attention back to the class, "Now, as I was saying, this charm is a bit difficult because…" Professor Flitwick continued with his lessons as Kierra sat down next to Remus, determined not to look at him. Remus however, smiled weakly at Kierra and spoke quietly to her.
"Hi Kierra…"
"Hi asshole"
"erm…right…" Remus turned back to his notes. He had completely lost Professor Flitwick. No matter, he had already mastered the inflamarous charm last week and could risk not paying attention for a few minutes. He pulled out a scrap piece of parchment, and scribbled a note to Kierra. He folded it over twice and placed it on her desk, glancing at her, though she pretended not to see.
"Alright everyone, let's have another go at it! Remember, we're aiming for small bursts of flames, not too large! Got that Mr. Potter?" Professor Flitwick said.
"Yes sir!" James replied eagerly as he pointed his wand at the small stone on his desk.
Kierra pulled out her own wand and tapped Remus's note lightly, muttered an incantation and instantly it burst into flames.
"Well done Miss Nakofsky!" Professor Flitwick exclaimed, "only I think you did the charm on one of your sheets of parchments, not on the stone I gave you! Try it again on that!"
"Sure thing professor sir!" Kierra replied, tapping her wand on the stone this time, sending that into an explosion of flames as well.
Remus stared at Kierra, then at his note, which was now a pile of ashes on Kierra's desk, then he looked back at Kierra again. He sighed hopelessly as he turned back to his work.
After class, Remus hastily packed his things in his bag and dashed out the door to catch up with Kierra. Just as he rounded the corner, he saw her walking alone. "Kierra!" he called out, quickening his pace. But she ignored him. Finally he had caught up with her and they were walking side by side. "Kierra…" he said again, but she walked on as if there was no one there. Annoyed, Remus stopped in his tracks and grabbed Kierra by the arm, halting her as well.
"How many times do I have to tell you I'm sorry??" Remus asked, looking at her steadily.
"You've said it enough." Kierra replied coldly.
"Well, it doesn't seem to be helping the situation…" Remus said in a slightly annoyed tone. "What do you want me to say to make things right? What do you want me to do?"
Kierra writhed free from Remus's slacken grip and turned away from him. "Bug off…that might get rid of my headache" she replied as she stormed off.
A group of boys, led by Sirius and Remus came crashing through the portrait hole at 11 pm.
"Got all we could carry!" Sirius shouted, "Those house elves in the kitchen are nice! They gave us a lot of food!"
"Dude keep your voices down!" Lily hissed, pulling out her wand. "Let me put some sound proof charms on the walls first!"
"James and Peter aren't back yet?" Remus asked, pulling out his own wand, and soundproofing and locking the doors that led to the dormitories so the uninvited students couldn't hear or crash the party.
"Nope," Dominique said, "They're still in Hogsmead…I wonder if they were able to get the firewhiskey…if we end up celebrating end of midterms with a bunch of butterbeers, I'm jumping out the window…"
"Never fear my dear, James Potter is here!!" shouted James, coming from the portrait hole with Peter and Kierra, "and we've got more than just firewhiskeys and butterbeers, we've got it all!"
"Excellent!" Dominique said.
"Paaarty!!" Sirius yelled, as he grabbed a drink and ran to the magical stereo and hit the music on. Instantly, the room was filled with loud disco music (a/n: remember what time period we're in! lol)
Lily waved her wand and bright, colorful lights lit the room up, and with another wave of her wand, a disco ball appeared at the ceiling.
"Brilliant!" Dominique said happily as she grabbed a firewhiskey and ran right into Sirius.
"Wanna dance?" Sirius asked.
"sure"—
"Ahem…." It was Lily, standing with Alice. "We need to do something with Kierra! I thought you had a plan, Black!"
"Oh right…ok, come on…" Sirius said, leading the girls to the portrait hole. They stepped outside, where Peter stood as the doorman.
"Listen Peter," Sirius said in a whisper, "you know Remus's girlfriend Megan? Don't let her in ok? She shouldn't be coming anyway…none of us invited her…"
"Oh shit…" Peter said, stomping his foot.
"What?" Dominique asked.
"Er…I already invited her…yesterday…"
"What?? Why?"
"Well, Remus was going to tell her about the party anyway…but he told me to invite her if I saw her…so I did…sorry!"
"Oh great!" Sirius said, "well, maybe we can keep her from getting in…"
Lily rolled her eyes. "Black, how thick ARE you? She's in our house! She doesn't have to come through the portrait hole!"
Sirius looked at her blankly. "oh, right…she IS in our house, isn't she? I totally forgot…"
"wow…" Lily muttered as they went back inside the common room.
"So we'll just try to keep them away from each other during the night…and…try to include him and Kierra in the same conversations so they can be around each other…" Sirius said.
"Well…we might have some difficulty keeping him and Megan apart…" Dominique said, pointing to the middle of the common room, which was now a dance floor. The couple seemed to be quite engrossed by the music and by each other.
"Ooh boy…this is gonna be a long night…trying to make them get along…" Alice said, pointing at Kierra, who stood at the drinks table with James, glaring at Remus and Megan.
"Listen guys, this party is to celebrate end of those wretched exams! We're supposed to enjoy ourselves!" said Sirius, "If the opportunity arises to get them together, go for it…but let's not stress ourselves over it! Ok?"
Lily sighed. "Yea, you're right…ok…let's enjoy ourselves…let's have some fun!"
"You sure you know how to do that Evans?" came a voice from behind them. It was James, holding bottles of firewhiskey for all of them. "Want one Lily? Or would you prefer a butterbeer?" he asked with a grin.
The others turned to Lily, who smiled back and grabbed a bottle of firewhiskey from James. "This'll do fine." She said, popping the bottle open.
James watched in awe as Lily chugged down half the bottle in a few seconds.
"wow…" he stammered. "Wanna dance?"
"Er…ok" Lily said, smiling shyly. 'Why am I blushing? It's only James…' Lily thought nervously as James led her to the dance floor.
"Right…I'm gonna go find Frank." Alice said, nodding at Sirius and Dominique before leaving them.
"Shall we?" Sirius asked, taking a sip from his drink and placing it on a nearby table.
"Yes, lets." Dominique answered, pulling Sirius onto the dance floor.
Kierra watched as all her friends paired off and went dancing. She was standing by herself, sipping a butterbeer. (she vowed to herself to never drink anything strong, ever again..) Her grip on her bottle tightened as she saw Remus's hand slide from Megan's back down to her butt.
'That should be my ass…' she thought viciously. 'I should be there with him…and this is my favorite song too!' Suddenly her thoughts were interrupted by someone's loud cough. It was Kyle.
"Oh, hey Kyle!" Kierra said. "How's it going?"
"Good, you?"
"Ah…yea…great…"
"Why aren't you dancing? I thought you liked this song"
"Yea…well, no partner…"
"Want to dance with me? I mean…if it's not awkward for you"—
"Oh no..not at all! I'd love to!" And without further ceremony Kyle and Kierra went over to dance. Soon, Kierra forgot about her anger with Remus; she was having such a good time with Kyle.
"So um…are you seeing anyone right now?" Kyle asked.
"No….are you?"
"no…"
"oh…"
"But that guy…you liked…what happened to him?"
"Oh…well…I guess…things took a different turn…for both of us…so…I don't think it's going to happen…" Kierra replied, glancing shortly at Remus and Megan, who had stalked off to get drinks.
"Oh..sorry.."
"No, it's alright."
"Er…hey…." Someone said from behind them.
"Sirius! Um…what do you want?" Kierra asked, slightly put off.
"Er, can I steal Kierra away from you Kyle? I wanted to talk to her about something…really important…"
"Er..yea, ok.." Kyle said. "I'm just gonna get something to eat" he said, smiling at Kierra.
"Ok, cool" Kierra replied, as she turned back to Sirius. "Ok, what's up?" she asked.
"Why on earth are you dancing with him?" Sirius asked.
"Well, I like this song…I like to dance…and he asked me…"
"So what?"
"What the hell is your problem?" Kierra asked.
"I don't have a problem…I just don't think it's a good idea to dance with your ex! I mean…scenes might rise unpleasant…"
"What are you talking about, Black? We're perfectly o.k…"
"That's what you think…" Sirius said as he turned to leave.
"What??" Kierra followed after him.
"Never mind…Oy, there you are Dominique! Later Kiki!" Sirius said, going up to Dominique.
"What a weirdo…" Kierra thought as she turned around to find Kyle.
"What are you doing?" Sirius asked as he watched Dominique shake a bottle of butterbeer.
"oh…nothing…just spiking Lily's drink…giving her butterbeer a little kick…"
Sirius laughed. "Why would you do that?"
"So she can loosen up! Look at her!" Dominique said, pointing to Lily, who was dancing rather stiffly with James, who also looked slightly nervous.
"Ah…I see…aren't you a good friend.."
"Yes, I am, thank you!"
Kierra finally found Kyle, but he was chatting with Alice and Frank, so she decided to let them alone. 'Probably talking about quidditch or something else dull…' she thought as she glanced around the room. Suddenly her eyes stopped at the couch that rested a few meters away from her. There on the couch, Remus was making out with Megan. She sighed in disgust as she watched Megan pull Remus down on her and they disappeared from her view. 'stupid slut' she thought angrily, but quickly turned her attention to some shouting she just heard. It was Peter. He was standing on top of a table, emptying a bottle of firewhiskey.
"Look at meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I can flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!" he shouted as he jumped off the table, spreading his arms out like a bird would spread its wings. The crowd of students that had gathered around him quickly backed away as he jumped, allowing him to crash hard on the floor.
"oooh…" Peter groaned in pain. Kierra looked around. Everyone had gone back to their dancing, talking or eating. No one seemed to care. She looked back at Peter, who lay unconscious, and went over to him and checked to see if he was ok. 'Out cold…way too much to drink…' she thought as she tried pulling him up. 'oh duh…' she thought, pulling her wand out, 'I'm a witch!! Oh gosh…I AM ditzy…' she thought sadly.
"Wingardium leviosa" she muttered and Peter's body hovered a few feet off the ground. Suddenly, a wonderful idea popped into Kierra's head. Praying that no one was looking, Kierra carefully directed Peter's body towards the couch that Remus and Megan were occupying. They clearly seemed too busy to take notice that there was a large body floating right over them.
Kierra smiled at the idea of what she about to do. As Peter hovered directly over the snogging couple, Kierra let down her wand and quickly backed away several feet into the crowd of people to blend in so no one could blame her.
"ARGH!!!"
Peter landed on top of Remus and Megan with a heavy thud. "Peter!!! What the hell is your problem?!" Remus said, pushing Peter away from him. As Peter slumped over against the couch Remus realized that he was not conscious.
"Er…what…what happened?" Megan asked. "Where did he come from?"
"No idea…" Remus answered as he glanced around the room for some sign of a person with a wand out.
"Oh my…."
Remus looked to where Megan had pointed. There on the same table from which Peter had jumped from, was Dominique and Lily.
"Oh good gosh…" Remus breathed. The two girls were grinding their bodies against each other in beat with the music. He suddenly turned his attention to a loud crashing noise coming from the other end of the room, where Sirius and James were wrestling. Sirius had just charged at James, sending them both crashing into a group of abandoned chairs. But they too turned their attention to the make-shift stage and quickly ran to join the other students.
"Wooo take it off!" Sirius heard some boy shouting at Dominique.
"Who were you saying that to?" Sirius growled.
"Er, Dominique! Why do you care"—
"Well you see," Sirius said, grabbing the boy by his collar and lifting him off the ground, "she's my woman, so you better just close your eyes, got it?"
"I don't have to"—
"Yea, you do…your only other alternative is I rip out your eyes for you!" Sirius said, but stopped shortly when a shirt landed on his head. He peeled off the soft pink shirt and stared wide eyed at the scene. Lily had just followed Dominique's suite and ripped her top off as well, tossing it at the cheering crowd.
"Oh wow…" James said in bewilderment. "Oh no!!!"
Lily and Dominique had both thrown themselves into the crowd.
"Ok ladies, right this way!!!" James could hear Sirius shouting over all the students. James finally found him and saw that he was struggling to pull Dominique and Lily out of the crowd. Quickly, James made his way to them and wrapped an arm around Lily and pulled her away from everyone.
"Just what in hell's name do you think you two were doing??" Sirius scolded them as he searched the floor for Lily's shirt which he found within seconds.
"Dancing, silly!" Lily replied with a giggle.
"Are you guys crazy??" came a voice from behind them. It was Kierra. "What the hell was that all about?? I mean, I know we like to play around when we're in our dorms, but REALLY…in front of everyone…" Kierra stopped shortly when she realized that two more people had joined their conversation.
"You guys do that in your dorm rooms?" Megan asked with an amused look.
"Never mind," Kierra said, blushing when she saw Remus laughing. She turned back to the girls, who were being helped back into their shirts by James and Sirius. "You two were out of line! Dancing on tables and whatnot…you're not strippers!!!" She turned back angrily at Remus and Megan, who had started to laugh.
"Sorry…I thought it was kind of funny…" Megan giggled.
Kierra sighed. "Yea, well when you're already a slut…doesn't matter, does it?" she said under her breath as she walked away.
"Er…what'd she say?" Megan asked Remus.
"No idea…" Remus replied, though he heard every little word that came out of Kierra's mouth.
Dominique smiled as she saw Megan excuse herself from Remus to go sit with her friends.
"Hey Remus!" Dominique said as she walked up to him. "Dance with me, would you?"
"Sure" he replied as Dominique took his hand.
"So, having fun?" she asked.
"Yea…great time. Yourself?"
"Yes, absolutely…" Dominique said, closing her eyes and smiling as if she were in a utopia.
"Er…you're quite drunk aren't you?" Remus asked.
"yea I think so…why?"
"Er no reason, just curious."
Dominique glanced around the room and smiled when she found what she was looking for.
"Hey, let's get some drinks!" Dominique said suddenly, pulling Remus over to the drinks table.
"Um….you sure you need any more?" Remus asked uncertainly.
"I meant water!"
"Oh…of course…" Remus said, making a grab for the pitcher of water, but instead grabbed someone's hand.
"Oh! Sorry!" Remus said, quickly withdrawing his hand. "Didn't notice you were there" 'damnit why'd I say that??' Remus thought angrily.
"It's alright." Kierra replied callously. Remus watched as Kierra poured water into her glass, and wondered which was colder, the icy water or Kierra's mood.
"Having fun?" Dominique asked, extending her glass out to Kierra.
"oh yes, lots." She replied.
"Really? Doesn't look like it!" Dominique said sweetly.
"What are you talking about?"
Dominique paused and squinted an eye, apparently deep in thought. "I dunno…" she finally said.
"You have had way too much do drink D, I'm sorry to say." Kierra replied, stifling a laugh.
Dominique frowned at her and Remus, sighing loudly as she stomped her foot on the ground. "Ugh!!"
"Er…sorry?" Kierra asked, backing away.
"You two!! You're so annoying!! Just get together and get over it would you??" Dominique exclaimed.
"What??" Remus asked.
Dominique sighed exasperatedly. "Look, I'm trying to think of some clever way to put you two together…and it's too hard because you are being so bloody difficult, and I'm too bloody pissed to think!" With another frustrated grumble, Dominique pulled out her wand and pointed it at Remus and Kierra.
"What are doing??" Kierra asked, taking a step backwards.
"alohamora!"
"Huh??" Remus and Kierra said together. The door behind them swung open, revealing the broom closet. They both looked back questioningly at Dominique, only for a moment before she shoved them both into the tiny closet.
"Work out your differences in there!!" Dominique said as she slammed the door shut and put a locking charm on it and set a chair underneath the doorknob, in case they tried using any magic.
'I am a lot cleverer than I give myself credit for!' Dominique thought cockily as she tucked her wand away and headed back to find Sirius.
Kierra ran down the hall. 'I could be running a lot faster if it weren't for this stupid skirt' she thought angrily to herself as she burst into Professor Flitwick's charms class five minutes late.
"Ah, there you are Miss Nakofsky! You're late again! One more and I'll have to give you detention, I'm afraid!" Professor Flitwick said sternly.
"Sorry, sir…" Kierra breathed as she glanced around for an empty seat.
"Just take the seat by Mr. Lupin" Professor Flitwick said, pointing to the only empty seat in the room and turning his attention back to the class, "Now, as I was saying, this charm is a bit difficult because…" Professor Flitwick continued with his lessons as Kierra sat down next to Remus, determined not to look at him. Remus however, smiled weakly at Kierra and spoke quietly to her.
"Hi Kierra…"
"Hi asshole"
"erm…right…" Remus turned back to his notes. He had completely lost Professor Flitwick. No matter, he had already mastered the inflamarous charm last week and could risk not paying attention for a few minutes. He pulled out a scrap piece of parchment, and scribbled a note to Kierra. He folded it over twice and placed it on her desk, glancing at her, though she pretended not to see.
"Alright everyone, let's have another go at it! Remember, we're aiming for small bursts of flames, not too large! Got that Mr. Potter?" Professor Flitwick said.
"Yes sir!" James replied eagerly as he pointed his wand at the small stone on his desk.
Kierra pulled out her own wand and tapped Remus's note lightly, muttered an incantation and instantly it burst into flames.
"Well done Miss Nakofsky!" Professor Flitwick exclaimed, "only I think you did the charm on one of your sheets of parchments, not on the stone I gave you! Try it again on that!"
"Sure thing professor sir!" Kierra replied, tapping her wand on the stone this time, sending that into an explosion of flames as well.
Remus stared at Kierra, then at his note, which was now a pile of ashes on Kierra's desk, then he looked back at Kierra again. He sighed hopelessly as he turned back to his work.
After class, Remus hastily packed his things in his bag and dashed out the door to catch up with Kierra. Just as he rounded the corner, he saw her walking alone. "Kierra!" he called out, quickening his pace. But she ignored him. Finally he had caught up with her and they were walking side by side. "Kierra…" he said again, but she walked on as if there was no one there. Annoyed, Remus stopped in his tracks and grabbed Kierra by the arm, halting her as well.
"How many times do I have to tell you I'm sorry??" Remus asked, looking at her steadily.
"You've said it enough." Kierra replied coldly.
"Well, it doesn't seem to be helping the situation…" Remus said in a slightly annoyed tone. "What do you want me to say to make things right? What do you want me to do?"
Kierra writhed free from Remus's slacken grip and turned away from him. "Bug off…that might get rid of my headache" she replied as she stormed off.
A group of boys, led by Sirius and Remus came crashing through the portrait hole at 11 pm.
"Got all we could carry!" Sirius shouted, "Those house elves in the kitchen are nice! They gave us a lot of food!"
"Dude keep your voices down!" Lily hissed, pulling out her wand. "Let me put some sound proof charms on the walls first!"
"James and Peter aren't back yet?" Remus asked, pulling out his own wand, and soundproofing and locking the doors that led to the dormitories so the uninvited students couldn't hear or crash the party.
"Nope," Dominique said, "They're still in Hogsmead…I wonder if they were able to get the firewhiskey…if we end up celebrating end of midterms with a bunch of butterbeers, I'm jumping out the window…"
"Never fear my dear, James Potter is here!!" shouted James, coming from the portrait hole with Peter and Kierra, "and we've got more than just firewhiskeys and butterbeers, we've got it all!"
"Excellent!" Dominique said.
"Paaarty!!" Sirius yelled, as he grabbed a drink and ran to the magical stereo and hit the music on. Instantly, the room was filled with loud disco music (a/n: remember what time period we're in! lol)
Lily waved her wand and bright, colorful lights lit the room up, and with another wave of her wand, a disco ball appeared at the ceiling.
"Brilliant!" Dominique said happily as she grabbed a firewhiskey and ran right into Sirius.
"Wanna dance?" Sirius asked.
"sure"—
"Ahem…." It was Lily, standing with Alice. "We need to do something with Kierra! I thought you had a plan, Black!"
"Oh right…ok, come on…" Sirius said, leading the girls to the portrait hole. They stepped outside, where Peter stood as the doorman.
"Listen Peter," Sirius said in a whisper, "you know Remus's girlfriend Megan? Don't let her in ok? She shouldn't be coming anyway…none of us invited her…"
"Oh shit…" Peter said, stomping his foot.
"What?" Dominique asked.
"Er…I already invited her…yesterday…"
"What?? Why?"
"Well, Remus was going to tell her about the party anyway…but he told me to invite her if I saw her…so I did…sorry!"
"Oh great!" Sirius said, "well, maybe we can keep her from getting in…"
Lily rolled her eyes. "Black, how thick ARE you? She's in our house! She doesn't have to come through the portrait hole!"
Sirius looked at her blankly. "oh, right…she IS in our house, isn't she? I totally forgot…"
"wow…" Lily muttered as they went back inside the common room.
"So we'll just try to keep them away from each other during the night…and…try to include him and Kierra in the same conversations so they can be around each other…" Sirius said.
"Well…we might have some difficulty keeping him and Megan apart…" Dominique said, pointing to the middle of the common room, which was now a dance floor. The couple seemed to be quite engrossed by the music and by each other.
"Ooh boy…this is gonna be a long night…trying to make them get along…" Alice said, pointing at Kierra, who stood at the drinks table with James, glaring at Remus and Megan.
"Listen guys, this party is to celebrate end of those wretched exams! We're supposed to enjoy ourselves!" said Sirius, "If the opportunity arises to get them together, go for it…but let's not stress ourselves over it! Ok?"
Lily sighed. "Yea, you're right…ok…let's enjoy ourselves…let's have some fun!"
"You sure you know how to do that Evans?" came a voice from behind them. It was James, holding bottles of firewhiskey for all of them. "Want one Lily? Or would you prefer a butterbeer?" he asked with a grin.
The others turned to Lily, who smiled back and grabbed a bottle of firewhiskey from James. "This'll do fine." She said, popping the bottle open.
James watched in awe as Lily chugged down half the bottle in a few seconds.
"wow…" he stammered. "Wanna dance?"
"Er…ok" Lily said, smiling shyly. 'Why am I blushing? It's only James…' Lily thought nervously as James led her to the dance floor.
"Right…I'm gonna go find Frank." Alice said, nodding at Sirius and Dominique before leaving them.
"Shall we?" Sirius asked, taking a sip from his drink and placing it on a nearby table.
"Yes, lets." Dominique answered, pulling Sirius onto the dance floor.
Kierra watched as all her friends paired off and went dancing. She was standing by herself, sipping a butterbeer. (she vowed to herself to never drink anything strong, ever again..) Her grip on her bottle tightened as she saw Remus's hand slide from Megan's back down to her butt.
'That should be my ass…' she thought viciously. 'I should be there with him…and this is my favorite song too!' Suddenly her thoughts were interrupted by someone's loud cough. It was Kyle.
"Oh, hey Kyle!" Kierra said. "How's it going?"
"Good, you?"
"Ah…yea…great…"
"Why aren't you dancing? I thought you liked this song"
"Yea…well, no partner…"
"Want to dance with me? I mean…if it's not awkward for you"—
"Oh no..not at all! I'd love to!" And without further ceremony Kyle and Kierra went over to dance. Soon, Kierra forgot about her anger with Remus; she was having such a good time with Kyle.
"So um…are you seeing anyone right now?" Kyle asked.
"No….are you?"
"no…"
"oh…"
"But that guy…you liked…what happened to him?"
"Oh…well…I guess…things took a different turn…for both of us…so…I don't think it's going to happen…" Kierra replied, glancing shortly at Remus and Megan, who had stalked off to get drinks.
"Oh..sorry.."
"No, it's alright."
"Er…hey…." Someone said from behind them.
"Sirius! Um…what do you want?" Kierra asked, slightly put off.
"Er, can I steal Kierra away from you Kyle? I wanted to talk to her about something…really important…"
"Er..yea, ok.." Kyle said. "I'm just gonna get something to eat" he said, smiling at Kierra.
"Ok, cool" Kierra replied, as she turned back to Sirius. "Ok, what's up?" she asked.
"Why on earth are you dancing with him?" Sirius asked.
"Well, I like this song…I like to dance…and he asked me…"
"So what?"
"What the hell is your problem?" Kierra asked.
"I don't have a problem…I just don't think it's a good idea to dance with your ex! I mean…scenes might rise unpleasant…"
"What are you talking about, Black? We're perfectly o.k…"
"That's what you think…" Sirius said as he turned to leave.
"What??" Kierra followed after him.
"Never mind…Oy, there you are Dominique! Later Kiki!" Sirius said, going up to Dominique.
"What a weirdo…" Kierra thought as she turned around to find Kyle.
"What are you doing?" Sirius asked as he watched Dominique shake a bottle of butterbeer.
"oh…nothing…just spiking Lily's drink…giving her butterbeer a little kick…"
Sirius laughed. "Why would you do that?"
"So she can loosen up! Look at her!" Dominique said, pointing to Lily, who was dancing rather stiffly with James, who also looked slightly nervous.
"Ah…I see…aren't you a good friend.."
"Yes, I am, thank you!"
Kierra finally found Kyle, but he was chatting with Alice and Frank, so she decided to let them alone. 'Probably talking about quidditch or something else dull…' she thought as she glanced around the room. Suddenly her eyes stopped at the couch that rested a few meters away from her. There on the couch, Remus was making out with Megan. She sighed in disgust as she watched Megan pull Remus down on her and they disappeared from her view. 'stupid slut' she thought angrily, but quickly turned her attention to some shouting she just heard. It was Peter. He was standing on top of a table, emptying a bottle of firewhiskey.
"Look at meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I can flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!" he shouted as he jumped off the table, spreading his arms out like a bird would spread its wings. The crowd of students that had gathered around him quickly backed away as he jumped, allowing him to crash hard on the floor.
"oooh…" Peter groaned in pain. Kierra looked around. Everyone had gone back to their dancing, talking or eating. No one seemed to care. She looked back at Peter, who lay unconscious, and went over to him and checked to see if he was ok. 'Out cold…way too much to drink…' she thought as she tried pulling him up. 'oh duh…' she thought, pulling her wand out, 'I'm a witch!! Oh gosh…I AM ditzy…' she thought sadly.
"Wingardium leviosa" she muttered and Peter's body hovered a few feet off the ground. Suddenly, a wonderful idea popped into Kierra's head. Praying that no one was looking, Kierra carefully directed Peter's body towards the couch that Remus and Megan were occupying. They clearly seemed too busy to take notice that there was a large body floating right over them.
Kierra smiled at the idea of what she about to do. As Peter hovered directly over the snogging couple, Kierra let down her wand and quickly backed away several feet into the crowd of people to blend in so no one could blame her.
"ARGH!!!"
Peter landed on top of Remus and Megan with a heavy thud. "Peter!!! What the hell is your problem?!" Remus said, pushing Peter away from him. As Peter slumped over against the couch Remus realized that he was not conscious.
"Er…what…what happened?" Megan asked. "Where did he come from?"
"No idea…" Remus answered as he glanced around the room for some sign of a person with a wand out.
"Oh my…."
Remus looked to where Megan had pointed. There on the same table from which Peter had jumped from, was Dominique and Lily.
"Oh good gosh…" Remus breathed. The two girls were grinding their bodies against each other in beat with the music. He suddenly turned his attention to a loud crashing noise coming from the other end of the room, where Sirius and James were wrestling. Sirius had just charged at James, sending them both crashing into a group of abandoned chairs. But they too turned their attention to the make-shift stage and quickly ran to join the other students.
"Wooo take it off!" Sirius heard some boy shouting at Dominique.
"Who were you saying that to?" Sirius growled.
"Er, Dominique! Why do you care"—
"Well you see," Sirius said, grabbing the boy by his collar and lifting him off the ground, "she's my woman, so you better just close your eyes, got it?"
"I don't have to"—
"Yea, you do…your only other alternative is I rip out your eyes for you!" Sirius said, but stopped shortly when a shirt landed on his head. He peeled off the soft pink shirt and stared wide eyed at the scene. Lily had just followed Dominique's suite and ripped her top off as well, tossing it at the cheering crowd.
"Oh wow…" James said in bewilderment. "Oh no!!!"
Lily and Dominique had both thrown themselves into the crowd.
"Ok ladies, right this way!!!" James could hear Sirius shouting over all the students. James finally found him and saw that he was struggling to pull Dominique and Lily out of the crowd. Quickly, James made his way to them and wrapped an arm around Lily and pulled her away from everyone.
"Just what in hell's name do you think you two were doing??" Sirius scolded them as he searched the floor for Lily's shirt which he found within seconds.
"Dancing, silly!" Lily replied with a giggle.
"Are you guys crazy??" came a voice from behind them. It was Kierra. "What the hell was that all about?? I mean, I know we like to play around when we're in our dorms, but REALLY…in front of everyone…" Kierra stopped shortly when she realized that two more people had joined their conversation.
"You guys do that in your dorm rooms?" Megan asked with an amused look.
"Never mind," Kierra said, blushing when she saw Remus laughing. She turned back to the girls, who were being helped back into their shirts by James and Sirius. "You two were out of line! Dancing on tables and whatnot…you're not strippers!!!" She turned back angrily at Remus and Megan, who had started to laugh.
"Sorry…I thought it was kind of funny…" Megan giggled.
Kierra sighed. "Yea, well when you're already a slut…doesn't matter, does it?" she said under her breath as she walked away.
"Er…what'd she say?" Megan asked Remus.
"No idea…" Remus replied, though he heard every little word that came out of Kierra's mouth.
Dominique smiled as she saw Megan excuse herself from Remus to go sit with her friends.
"Hey Remus!" Dominique said as she walked up to him. "Dance with me, would you?"
"Sure" he replied as Dominique took his hand.
"So, having fun?" she asked.
"Yea…great time. Yourself?"
"Yes, absolutely…" Dominique said, closing her eyes and smiling as if she were in a utopia.
"Er…you're quite drunk aren't you?" Remus asked.
"yea I think so…why?"
"Er no reason, just curious."
Dominique glanced around the room and smiled when she found what she was looking for.
"Hey, let's get some drinks!" Dominique said suddenly, pulling Remus over to the drinks table.
"Um….you sure you need any more?" Remus asked uncertainly.
"I meant water!"
"Oh…of course…" Remus said, making a grab for the pitcher of water, but instead grabbed someone's hand.
"Oh! Sorry!" Remus said, quickly withdrawing his hand. "Didn't notice you were there" 'damnit why'd I say that??' Remus thought angrily.
"It's alright." Kierra replied callously. Remus watched as Kierra poured water into her glass, and wondered which was colder, the icy water or Kierra's mood.
"Having fun?" Dominique asked, extending her glass out to Kierra.
"oh yes, lots." She replied.
"Really? Doesn't look like it!" Dominique said sweetly.
"What are you talking about?"
Dominique paused and squinted an eye, apparently deep in thought. "I dunno…" she finally said.
"You have had way too much do drink D, I'm sorry to say." Kierra replied, stifling a laugh.
Dominique frowned at her and Remus, sighing loudly as she stomped her foot on the ground. "Ugh!!"
"Er…sorry?" Kierra asked, backing away.
"You two!! You're so annoying!! Just get together and get over it would you??" Dominique exclaimed.
"What??" Remus asked.
Dominique sighed exasperatedly. "Look, I'm trying to think of some clever way to put you two together…and it's too hard because you are being so bloody difficult, and I'm too bloody pissed to think!" With another frustrated grumble, Dominique pulled out her wand and pointed it at Remus and Kierra.
"What are doing??" Kierra asked, taking a step backwards.
"alohamora!"
"Huh??" Remus and Kierra said together. The door behind them swung open, revealing the broom closet. They both looked back questioningly at Dominique, only for a moment before she shoved them both into the tiny closet.
"Work out your differences in there!!" Dominique said as she slammed the door shut and put a locking charm on it and set a chair underneath the doorknob, in case they tried using any magic.
'I am a lot cleverer than I give myself credit for!' Dominique thought cockily as she tucked her wand away and headed back to find Sirius.