A/n: Hello all! I'm so sorry for not updating earlier, I don't have much time anymore ever since school started. But I will make time for my readers, anything for them. (Well, not anything...it's just an expression so don't get any ideas)
And um...this is only part one since I decided to split this chapter up since it was too long.
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Auntarctic: Yes, poor Stacy indeed. To be failing Transfiguration. At first, I though that she should fail either Charms or DADA but then I decided that Lily would kill her if she failed charms and DADA, well, that just won't do.
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Chapter 16
Bad moods and evil tempers. (Part 1)
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(I just wanna say that this will have a Lily and Maria argument, I would have put in James but then the chapter would have been humongous! So James is gonna be in the next chapter ok?)
A few weeks had passed and Halloween was drawing closer and closer. Lily, Stacy, and Remus were outside sitting under the big oak tree. Once again Peter was nowhere to be found and James was studying in the library. (Yes I'm putting him out of character, but he's depressed about the break up with Lily.)
"Man, what'd you get planned for us Lil?" asked Sirius.
"Planned for what?"
"Halloween."
"Oh yeah there's gonna be a festival and Hogsmeade."
"Nothing for couples?" asked Sirius.
"Well there's the Tunnel of Doom."
"Ooh, sounds scary."
"And what else?"
"Something else but it's secret."
"Do you have food stands?" said Remus.
"Yes."
"Free food?"
"No."
"Oh darn."
"But there's gonna be a bar with music."
"Cool."
"And what else?"
"Um...some rides, karaoke machine..."
"Karaoke machine?" said Stacy.
"Yep."
"Cool. Sirius we can sing a song."
"Noooooo..." moaned Sirius. "I hate singing. I'm a horrible singer."
"No you're not. You just need some confidence."
"Even confidence doesn't improve my singing."
"Rubbish."
"Stacy, he's right, you do not wanna hear him." said Remus.
"Yeah, I heard it once and it was horrible. He sounded like a badly tuned screeching violin." Said Lily.
"Nonsence."
"It's true Stacy. I have to admit, Sirius Black isn't perfect!" said Sirius dramatically.
"What? You thought you were perfect?" said Lily.
"To them I'm perfect." A group of fifth year girls passed them. Sirius winked at them. Half of them fainted right on the spot while others blushed a deep red color and accidentally tripped over one another.
"Okay, that is so lame." Said Lily.
"Wow, I never realized how many girls wanted you..." said Stacy.
"Quite a lot of them do..."
"But don't you even dare wink at another girl while I'm your girlfriend." Said Stacy.
"Sheesh, what is the world coming too? A guy can't even wink? I mean, it's not like I'm two-timing you."
Stacy paused. She still felt guilty about her date. "Right." Stacy went back to her essay.
"And have you ever seen how many guys give you looks?" said Sirius.
"But I don't wink at them."
"Right. But how many dates have you turned down this year?"
"Um...let me count...1, 2, 3, 4, 5..."
"So where's Maria?" asked Remus.
"10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15..."
"Um...dunno. She said she was busy."
"25, 26, 27, 28, 29..."
"Oh, okay."
"What's she doing?"
"Dunno."
"41, 42, 43, 44, 45..."
"Stacy we get it." Said Lily. "You can stop now."
"48, 49, 50..."
"STOP!" said Lily.
Stacy stopped.
"And to think, you could have accepted all those dates and go behind my back, but you didn't." said Sirius.
Stacy looked like she was about to burst and tell the truth.
"Sirius, listen, I..."
"Uh, right she didn't. Stacy lets go, I forgot my magazine in our dorm. Let's go."
"Uh..."
"Great." Lily dragged Stacy away form Sirius and Remus. "See ya'll later."
"Do you get the idea that Stacy's hiding something?" said Sirius.
"She is acting a little weird." Admitted Remus.
"Oh well, wanna "freshen up" the Slytherin wardrobe?" said Sirius.
"What'd you have planned?" Remus grinned.
"Oh, a little new "in" style." Said Sirius.
"Okay. Wanna go get James?"
"You betcha. This is one prank James has gotta participate in."
"What if he says no? I mean, he hasn't done any pranks ever since he and Lily broke up." Said Remus.
"True. Then we'll make him."
"Okay, this'll be fun."
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"Phew, that was so close." Said Lily.
"No that was ironic. How does he know exactly what to say to make me feel guilty?" said Stacy.
"He doesn't. He just says things like that cause he knows, correction, he thinks he knows that you're not two-timing him."
"It's as though he does it on purpose!"
"Hey guys." Said Maria cheerfully.
"I told you not to go, but no, you didn't listen, you never listen..."
"Guys?"
"What if he knows?"
"Like last year when I told you not to go to that Hufflepuff party, you knew that there was gonna be drinks and naughty things. Like that Strip Poker that, that guy, what's-his-name, wanted you to play. You barely got out of that party in your clothes. And I had to help you that time...now I have to cover up for you since you look like you're about to burst any second now with the truth..."
"I mean, I wasn't exactly secretive, anyone could have seen me fly down to Michael..."
"And how many times did I have to save your butt this year? Like a thousand, or a million..."
"Or maybe Sirius saw me at the club. Or someone else did and told him. Who knows what kind of people are at the club?"
"GUYS!" yelled Maria.
"WHAT!" said Lily and Stacy at the same time.
"Okay, I didn't understand the conversation at all, in fact, you weren't even talking about the same thing. What happened?"
"I was about to tell Sirius the truth." Said Stacy. "It's been eating me up."
"Oh."
"Stacy? I don't get it. When you're with Sirius, you almost always crack. Luckily, I save you. But what about when you're alone with him?"
"We don't talk much, just snog."
"Are you sure you don't do anything else?" said Maria mischievously.
"You have a dirty mind Maria." Said Stacy.
"Stacy, you're gonna crack sooner or later. I guess it better be sooner."
"Or later." Said Stacy.
"I got an idea." Said Maria. "Why don't you make a life size statue of Sirius and confess everything to him?"
"Yeah, but it's just gonna not say anything."
"We can charm it."
"And you can confess to it. And then this torture will be over." Said Lily.
"Okay." Said Stacy brightly. "Um, I'll go look for something that I can charm to look like Sirius."
"All right."
Stacy went.
"Actually, the torture isn't over." Said Maria.
"It will be after Stacy confesses."
"No, it won't be over even then."
"What are you talking about?" asked Lily.
"When are you gonna get back together with James?"
"When are you gonna get together with Remus?"
"Don't change the subject."
"When are you gonna get together with Remus?"
Maria sighed. "When I gather up the courage to ask him out."
"Which will be—
"Never."
"Oh look whose losing hope. Maria, you have always been so confident in yourself."
"That's because I never thought about asking the guy that I have liked since last year out."
"Oooooh, since last year? Then you could have been together with him since last year. Why are you wasting your time on other guys?"
"I don't know, I could ask you the same question. Why are you wasting your time on Orlando when James is perfect for you and vise versa?"
"Since when did this become about me and James?"
"Since I asked you a question. Lily, okay, almost the same thing is going on between you and James as between Remus and me. You just don't see it."
"It is completely different form what you and Remus are doing. Me and James dated, then he two-timed me, and now he wants to be back together again."
"Have you actually considered that he didn't two-time you? That he was set up? That Ashley had a grudge against you for being James's girl?"
"Well......no...but—
"Have you actually considered that you were wrong?"
Lily remained silent.
"That's what I thought. And have you considered how James feels since you've been ignoring him and blaming him for something he'd never done in the first place?"
"Why are you siding with him?"
"Because you're judging him by something that he has never done. And you're miserable without him."
"I am not. I like Orlando much better."
"What is James's favorite muggle TV show?"
"Friends. I mean...I didn't know I knew that."
"What is James's favorite broom?"
"SuperStar99 because of it's flexibility and weight. During a storm, it does not get blown of course even though it's extremely light and speedy." Lily sounded as though she swallowed a Broomstick Encyclopedia.
"What's James's favorite book?"
"War and Peace."
"Really? What's James's favorite Quidditch Team?"
"The British Bears."
"What is Orlando's favorite color?"
"Um......White?"
"Wrong. It's Black. Haven't you noticed, he always wears black. Everybody knows that."
"Oh."
"Admit it, you're not interested in Orlando, You're more interested in James."
"Maybe I am."
"The get back together with James."
"No."
"Why?"
"Because I know I can't have him. You had never seen the glares that other girls gave me when I was dating James."
"Why do you care what everybody else thinks? And those girls glared at you because they knew that James was taken. That was it."
"Well I don't want that either way."
"Then what do you want?"
"I wanna get over him and move on with life. It's over, it's done with and next subject."
"What do you like about Orlando?"
"Um...his looks?"
"What do you like about James?"
"Uh, his smile and how he makes people laugh." Said Lily.
"Let's compare Orlando's looks to James's smile and sense of humor... Hmm...which one wins? Uh, let's see, James of course."
"Uh uh."
"Lily, you can't fight with destiny."
"How many times do I have to tell you? It's not destiny." Said Lily.
"Why are you being so stubborn?"
"I'm not stubborn, you're the one who's stubborn."
"Oh really? How am I stubborn?"
"You try to get me and James back together. Well don't. Don't do anything. Just worry about asking Remus out and leave my relationship with James alone."
"I can't do that. You're my BF and I have to do something."
"Look! Just don't do anything. Let it go. It's in the past. And the past doesn't come back. The future, that's what you should worry about. Your future with Remus."
"And what about James?"
"What about him?"
"Is there any future for you and James?"
"No. There's nothing there."
"There could be if you would just stop playing this idiotic game."
"What game?"
"This "James two-timed me so I hate him" shit."
"It's not a game. And I don't hate him. I know that he was innocent."
"Then get back together with him?"
"NO."
"For heavens sake why?"
"I-I never noticed how many girls sent me glares before when I was with James. I can't compete, I don't wanna compete."
"What? You're afraid of a little competition? You know you'll win, you're like the most prettiest girl in school."
"I'm not afraid of competition. I just don't want the competition. I don't wanna have to fight over the boy that I like. I-I just don't want it. So will you let the matter go?"
"I can't."
"Why?"
"Because I can't. I can't stand to see my friend depressed."
"Wha? I am not depressed."
"Your eyes tell everything about you. You laugh, but there's no friendly happy spark. You act exited, but instead you are sad. Don't try to cover up your feelings, because me and Stacy will always truly know how you feel."
"Why can't you just bug off?"
"Bug off? Here I am, trying to help you, but instead, all you do is push people away."
"I'm not pushing anybody away. Just don't mention my break up with James in front of me."
"Okay. Fine."
"So are we cool?"
"No, we're not." Said Maria.
"Huh? Wha-
"I try to help you out but you just snap. Lately everything you've done has been in a bad mood. You know, your bad mood is rubbing off on everybody. Now everybody's in a bad mood. James has taken up studying, the marauders haven't played a prank in a week!"
"And that's my fault?" Heat was rising to Lily's cheeks.
"It is! You've driven everyone into a bad mood. Great, now I'm in a bad mood too!"
"Well, if I'm giving off a negative vibe towards you, then why don't we just forget we were ever friends?"
"FINE!"
"FINE!"
The two girls walked off in different directions.
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A/n: Wow, long chapter. awwwww, now Lily and Maria aren't friends. Look how much trouble boys cause. Aren't I right? I mean, they were basically fighting about a relationship that wasn't working out and Maria's shyness towards Remus. I'm sorry, depressing chapter, are James and Lily ever gonna get together? Well they do have to of course or otherwise Harry isn't gonna be born and that's not gonna work at all. Well, enough of babbling, "here ye, here ye! Your queen (that's me, lol) is asking you to review! No, she's demanding it! You have 3 seconds to press that button you mangy reader! Lol. I hope you got the message. :-) (I'm sorry, I just love smileys!)