No More

By FieryPhoenix21

Summary: Lily and James are in their 7th year at Hogwarts. Can she resist his charms? Especially when her friends fall in love with his friends…

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except a handful of characters and the plot.

Pink and Green

Remus' POV

"Sirius was definitely crazy!" Stella exclaimed, walking beside me.

I had to agree with her. After coming out of the compartment, our arms were covered in his scratches. Some were bleeding. I mean, doesn't he ever cut his nails? Or clean them for that matter?

"Do your arms still sting?" I asked. Some of the scratches on her arm were bleeding pretty badly.

"A little. But these are nothing Ad can't heal. She wants to be a Healer."

"Oh. You?"

"What about me?" She turned to me, with a half-smile playing along her lips and her dark brown eyes looking at me with a curious yet playful expression...

"Hello? Earth to Remie..." A hand waved in front of me.

"Oh... Erm... Sorry 'bout that. I was asking what occupation you would choose." I can't believe I blushed.

"Me? I don't know. Maybe a Quidditch player. Or maybe an Auror," she replied thoughtfully.

Wow. A Quidditch player. Don't trust a book by its cover, I see.

"Really? Which team do you support? Magpies?"

"Erm… Well, I like the Arrows. They're pretty good." She grinned sheepishly. I chuckled softly. Her father had been in the Arrows. Now her eldest brother was Chaser on the team.

"What about you Rem?" she asked softly. "What do you want to be?"

How could I answer her question? Should I tell her, "I'm a bloody werewolf, how can I get a job?" Obviously not. I kept silent as we climbed into the carriages. Lily and Adrienne Moon were beside Stell. James and Sirius were sitting beside me.

"Where's Peter got to?" I asked Padfoot. Stell looked at me, hurt and bewildered that I didn't answer her question. I couldn't look at her.

" No idea." He looked pretty gloomy. I caught Prongs' eye and winked. He raised both eyebrows (he still can't grasp the art of raising one only) and grinned. It was going to be a Marauders' night back.

Sirius' POV

How in the bloody name of Merlin did this happen? How did I, Sirius Black, aka Hogwarts' Hottest Heartthrob, manage to have bored feelings first day back? Where are the pranks?

I stared unblinkingly across at Adrienne Moon as the carriage began its journey. She had changed. A lot. In a good way.

Her once closely cropped hair was down, falling beyond her shoulders. She had gown taller and I could imagine long legs under those robes-

"Watcha smiling at, Black?" Shit. I had been giving her a goofy smile while I, erm, eyed her. Yeah. Shit.

"Nothing, Moon. Just thought you looked nice."

"Bugger off." Hey, that was a compliment I gave her!

"Temper, temper. You know-" I was cut off.

"You know what, Black? I'm a little pissed off right now, so a little advice. Stop. Talking. To. Me." She snapped.

"Okay." I 'zipped' my mouth shut.

And opened it again to talk to Prongs.

"Prongsie boy, what's the schedule this year?"

"Quidditch? Erm, we need a new Chaser. Bell left end of last year."

"Oh, okay. Who're we up against first?"

Prongs groaned. "Paddy, there've been no changes in the order in which we play since first year, when we saw our first match. First the Puffs, then the Birds, then the Stinks."

"Ah. Hey, any of you girls want to try out?" I asked.

"No," Lily shot back immediately, shooting a glare at Potty's direction, in return for his pleading look.

"Shut up, Black." Guess that's a no then.

"Sure, why not?" The girl (what's her name?) sitting next to Lily replied.

"WHAT?" Moon and Lily looked rather shocked.

"I'm just gonna try, whazza matter?"

"Ok, then, Miss er…" My voice trailed off as everyone shot me a dirty look, except for Miss what's-her-name.

"I'm Stella Wilson. Nice to meet you." Nice girl. "Hope you remember my name." She grinned cheerfully.

"So Stella. You interested in Quidditch?" I asked.

"Her dad once played Keeper for the Arrows," a quiet voice beside me said. I turned to Moony, then back to Stella, mouth wide open.

"Keith Wilson's your brother? Chaser? Arrows? No kidding?" Prongs asked in awe. I was too busy gaping and making sure I didn't drool at the same time.

"Shut your mouth, Blackie Paddy." I shut it. "No, she's not kidding." Moon said.

Back To Hogwarts

"I've got to go. Got to use the, ah, restroom." Moony said as we reached the Great Hall.

"Er, yeah. Me too!" Prongs bolted after him.

I knew they shouldn't have drunk so much water.

Poor me, left all alone with Peter and- Peter? Where the heck did he pop from? Whatever. I should stop talking to myself like this. It'll ruin my reputation as Hogwarts' Hottest Heartthrob.

"-start the feast." Dumby had ended his speech already? Gosh.

Where'd the pranks gotten to? Where is the prankish Marauder spirit in the first place? I stabbed moodily at the steak on my plate.

Unfortunately, it gave off a tantalizing aroma that made my doggy sense twitch. It was too much to resist. In less than a minute, the steak was gone. Gone down my throat, that is.

I looked up to see three disgusted faces. I grinned at them. Just in time, Prongs and Moony came back. Both shared a wink. What were they up to?

"Enjoyed your steak?"

"Yeah. Very well done."

The girls started giggling. I could see that Moony and Prongs were suppressing their own laughter.

"What's the matter?" I asked. "Is my hair too messy?"

The girls were hooting with laughter by now. Moony was, shamefully, laughing with them. Prongs couldn't hold out much longer.

I looked into my licked-to-a-shine gold plate. I very nearly screamed. My hair had become long. And it had turned a bright pink, with GREEN highlights.

I screamed. Witness my humiliation. Hooray. Note the sarcasm.

And the two laughing the hardest were no other than Prongsie and Moonsie.

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