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Chapter 5: Sing a Song

Lily spent the rest of the time before dinner trying to find out what work she'd missed and starting to make it up.

James went to talk to the Hufflepuff twins and let them know what story they were supposed to stick to if Remus, Peter, or Sirius asked any questions. Then he had to go patch things up with Alice. He couldn't let Lily have her best friend mad at her all week and have to deal with it when they switched back. It wouldn't be fair.

Finally it was dinner. Lily and James had agreed that to keep things seeming normal, Lily would eat with James's friends and he would eat with Alice.

Lily had no idea what guys talked about. She decided to sit back and let them introduce the topics. They didn't talk until dinner was nearly over. She never expected what they chose to throw at her when they did start talking.

"James, give."

"Huh?" asked Lily.

"What's the real reason you and Lily put on that little show today?"

"And just why was she so keen on taking care of you?"

"And why did you faint in the first place?"

Lily bristled and said irately, "We told you why we acted up in Transfiguration. If you don't believe me asked the Hufflepuffs."

"We did. They stick to your story but nobody can lie to us and get away with it. We can always tell when somebody is being less than truthful."

"I don't know why she was so keen on taking care of me. She's just a helpful sort of person and she saw that I need help."

"Not toward you she's not a helpful person…unless something's changed?" Remus raised an eyebrow.

"Changed how?" asked Lily.

"Like her starting to like you as more than a friend?" he asked slyly.

"She doesn't even like me as a friend. She barely tolerates my existence so put an end to any thoughts about her and me as a couple ever."

"Whatever you say, Jamesie." Sirius's tone made it clear that he wasn't believing a word of what "James" said.

"What made you faint?"

"I just didn't feel well."

"This from the man who took a Bludger to his shin two minutes into his first Quidditch match on the Gryffindor team and still played spectacularly the rest of the game? I don't believe it for one minute."

"I've got to go," Lily said, standing up.

"Detention?" asked Remus.

"Worse. Glee club. I don't know when I'll get my detention done with."

She ignored their howls of laughter and walked up to James. "We should be going," she said.

"Right," he agreed miserably, following her out of the hall without even so much as a goodbye to Alice.

Sirius turned to Peter and Remus. "Isn't the Glee club open to anybody who wants to sing?" he asked.

"Yeah."

"I think I feel like singing tonight."

"What are you getting at?"

"Well, Pete, I think we ought to go to the meeting and make sure the two of them are properly chaperoned." He grinned at his friends.

"You're not going without me, are you?" asked Alice, coming to them as they got up.

"Why are you so interested?" asked Sirius.

"You're not the only ones who wants to find out what's going on with the two of them. Lily's my best friend," she told them.

Sirius shrugged. "C'mon then."

Lily and James ran into McGonagall in the hall. "Professor, about our—"

"Your behavior in class, or your detention?"

"Our behavior. We're very sorry, Professor. Really. Aren't we, Lily?" Lily asked, nudging James in the ribs.

"Oh yeah. Real sorry."

"It won't happen again."

"That's good to hear, Potter," McGonagall said dryly.

"About our detentions…"

"The Headmaster has already informed me that he has arranged something for you tonight that he insists you do." Her tone indicated that she clearly had no idea what it was and wished she did.

"Does that mean we don't have detention?" asked James.

"No, Miss Evans. It simply means that your detention will be tomorrow evening instead of tonight. Be at my classroom directly after dinner."

"Yes, Professor," they said.

She watched the students walk off, wondering where they were going. This time they had a legitimate excuse for being together; they were off to take care of a punishment. But that didn't explain this morning. Curiosity got the best of her and seeing that no one was around, she did some shape shifting and padded along silently behind them as an adorable tabby.

Sirius, Remus, Peter, and Alice followed behind their Professor.

Of course, Lily and James were oblivious to all of this.

James (who appeared to those following to be Lily) smacked the heel of his hand against his forehead.

Lily (who of course appeared to be James) told him, "Don't worry. It doesn't matter how bad you sing. Not in your present state anyway."

"I don't sing bad. I just don't sing in front of crowds."

"You did today in class."

"That was completely different! Nobody really knew…but I was serious about what I said in Dumbledore's office. About singing when there's nobody around. I like it. Okay? But you can't tell! You tell, you die."

Lily grinned. "Singing like Sirius singing in the shower singing?"

"No. I mean seriously singing. Sounding good too, I think."

"Oh."

"What about you? Did you mean what you said?"

"What did I say?"

"You like to sing when nobody's in earshot?"

"Yeah. It's comforting," she admitted.

"Well, then I guess we both learned something. This is the room. You ready?"

"As I'll ever be." She stared at the door nervously. She muttered, "The only reason I was able to sing this morning is because they thought I was you."

"Same here. Let's take comfort in the fact that they still think that."

"Right."

They looked at each other and went in together. The room was just an ordinary classroom with the desks pushed back against the walls and a few music stands setup and a couple of couches. There were only about 5 or so students who met on a regular basis. Sometimes other students joined them just for fun. Tonight it was just the five of them. Plus Lily and James. Plus a cat who entered as Lily and James did. And four more students who entered about two minutes later.

"James, Lily, welcome. The Headmaster said you'd be coming. It's good to see the Head Boy and Head Girl taking an interest in our club," said the leader, a tall freckle-faced boy with sandy hair. He was the only boy and the other four were girls. He shook hands with the person he thought was James and then Lily. "We were just getting started. We thought we'd start with something fun. Do you know Yesterday?"

"I do."

"Yeah. Isn't that a Muggle song?"

He laughed sheepishly. "This club is really just an excuse for us to get together and sing our favorite Muggle songs and talk about them," he admitted.

"How do you get music? Muggle music players wouldn't work in Hogwarts."

"The WWN has a station that plays Muggle music," one of the girls replied.

"But we usually managed to get lyrics together over the summer and then just sing a cappella."

"What bands do you like?" Lily asked. "I'm particularly into Muggle music."

"The Beatles, I love them," said the first girl.

"Queen! This Wednesday is Queen night," said the second.

"Led Zeppelin is great," said the third.

"Even some old Elvis stuff," added the fourth. "We all like all of it."

"But tonight we're starting with Yesterday. Ready to start?" asked the boy. "I forgot to tell you, my name is Trevor."

"Nice to meet you, Trevor. Sure."

He handed song sheets to both of them. "Okay, we're going to start on three. Got it? 1, 2, 3."

They were nearly finished singing Yesterday when the four people, who had been leaning against the door, trying to listen through the thick wood, accidentally pushed the handle and fell inside.

"Did you want to join the meeting?" James asked viciously.

"Stow it, Evans," Sirius said lightly. "As a matter of fact we are here because we enjoy the music and the atmospheric."

"Uh-huh," James said skeptically.

"Do you want song sheets?" asked Trevor. "We're doing Stairway to Heaven next."

"Actually, I've been told my singing sounds like a cat dying or a peacock being castrated with a rusty knife. I prefer to enjoy other people's musical talents. I think we'll just sit on the couch over here," Sirius said. He led the other 3 to the couch and sat on the cat's tail.

There was an angry hiss and a scratch. "Ow!" screamed Sirius.

"Aw! What a cute cat," said one of the girls.

"Wait a second, that looks a little like Professor McGonagall," said James.

"What makes you say that, Lily?"

"I'd know that glare no matter what body it was in," he said vehemently.

"I thought the cat belonged to one of you," said another girl. "But come to mention it that does look like Professor McGonagall's animagus form, doesn't it?"

Professor McGonagall, shape-shifted to normal. "Just a routine inspection. Besides, I like good music too. Goodnight everyone." With all the dignity she had, she walked out of the room.

When she was gone, they all laughed. It was funny. Just too funny. Their transfiguration professor had scratched Sirius.

Sirius sat down sullenly on the couch with Peter. Remus and Alice took parchments and joined the singing group and started Stairway to Heaven.

After Stairway to Heaven the rest of them sat down on the couches, drank coffee, and talked about the music and their favorite bands and did some more singing just sitting there. Mostly random tunes that just came into their heads. About an hour after they'd started, they were done. They all had other things to do now.

"Lily" was due to tutor a third year for charms in the library. "James", Sirius, and Remus all had Quidditch practice. Peter had homework he had to get to. Trevor and the other for girls in the club had their own things to take care of as well.

Trevor asked Lily and James to stay after as everyone was leaving. "I don't know if Dumbledore told you, but next Monday is the day we're performing for the school at breakfast. The Bearded One has requested that you both take part in it."

They were all aware that if the Headmaster requested something, it was done, no questions asked. Lily and James stood there, mouths slightly open.

"I take it he didn't tell you?" Trevor asked.

"No, he didn't," Lily said faintly.

"I'm sorry. If you don't want to do it, then you've got to take it up with him. I know he forced you to come tonight and he's forcing you to come on Wednesday too. But you both sounded great and looked like you were enjoying yourselves. You're welcome to come back anytime. If you can't talk him out of it here's your song sheets. There's costumes involved too I think." He handed them papers with lyrics and they didn't even look at them. He clapped them both on the back. "Goodnight."

Lily and James looked at each other, horrified. Singing? Monday? By Monday they'd be themselves again. This was not good.

"You've got to go to Quidditch practice."

"You've got to get to tutoring Patsy."

They didn't move. "I'll meet you in the common room at midnight. 'Til then act like me."

"Same to you."

They went outside to meet their waiting friends. Sirius and Remus brought Lily up to get their Quidditch field from the Tower and then out onto the Quidditch pitch where the rest of the team was waiting for practice. She was fairly sure she was going to be sick.

Disclaimer #2: The "sounds like a peacock being castrated with a rusty knife" belongs to Marie a.k.a. FrightninglyObsessed. Completely her line, not mine, I just loved it and used it. Marie, if you want I'll take it out, I just thought it was really funny and wanted to use it. I would have asked you if I could first, but you weren't online and I only just thought about putting the line there when I was giving it a final proofread before uploading.

Disclaimer #3: I do not own The Beatles or Yesterday.

Disclaimer #4: I do not own Led Zeppelin or Stairway to Heaven

I had the lyrics to both songs in here, but I deleted them so that wouldn't delete my story.

Next update coming soon (hopefully). Just to let you know, I've started to write the chapter about James and his, er, womanhood. It won't appear for a while but I started writing it. For anybody who doesn't want to read it (in case it might make some people uncomfortable) I'm going to put a warning at the top and include just what happens plot-wise so they don't have to read it if they don't want to. Then everyone else can enjoy torturing James!