Chapter 14

(Note: All things underlined are inside jokes that Pence will explain at the end of the chapter.)

One Friday night, the six were sitting around the common room trying to figure out what they should do. Just then, the Head Girl came in and posted something on the Notice Board. Pence and Maj raced over to see what it was.
"Yay, a Valentine's Day dance!" Maj said happily.
"When is it?" asked Remus, squinting at the flyer.
"Don't worry, we're not sick then," Pence answered, "It's a week from now."
The girls went and sat down again.
"Maj, you wanna go to the dance with me?" asked James in a serious voice, looking over at Maj.
"WHAT!" Sirius and Maj yelled together. James sat there for a moment looking hurt, before cracking up laughing.
"I'm kidding! God, the look on your face, Padfoot! I thought you were gonna kill me!" he laughed harder as Sirius threw a pillow at his head.
"Not funny…" he muttered, "But to prevent something like that from happening…you wanna go with me right?" Sirius gave Maj his charming smile and raised his eyebrows.
"How can anyone say no to a face like that?" she said smiling.
"I know a few good ways," Remus muttered, then looked at Pence, "Do you want to go to the dance with me?" Pence smiled,
"Course I do," she stood up and went to the stairs, "I'm gonna go get a book."

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Throughout the week, all anyone talked about was who they were taking to the dance. Quite frankly, the Marauders were tired of hearing about it…except, of course, James.
It was Wednesday, and James was being dragged outside, after asking Lily for the third time that day to go with him to the dance. He failed again, and was hexed so his legs wouldn't move. As Sirius and Remus dropped him by the lake, Maj sat down to offer her advice.
"You should jut forget about Evans," she said. (Maj was not very close friends with Lily.) "You're spending too much time trying to get her. There are girls in this school that would give limbs just to go out with you!"

"But why does she hate me?" James asked, starting to gain control of his limbs, "I'm smart, funny, athletic…extremely handsome," at this last remark, Pence choked on the chocolate she was eating and started coughing. Remus hit her on the back, trying to help,
"And you wander why Lily hates you? Your ego's so big it made my girlfriend choke." Remus shook his head as Pence stopped coughing and said,
"Prongs, you're a great guy," Remus gave her a look, but she ignored him and continued, "You just need to learn to be a little more grown up, and not think about yourself as much." James muttered something, and with great difficulty, got up and walked back towards the castle.
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That evening, they all went to Hogsmede along with the other students. When they got there, Maj and Pence left the boys so they could shop for their dresses. As they looked through clothes racks, a question popped into Pence's mind.
"Are you coming back here next year?" she asked, glancing over at Maj. Maj sighed and said,
"If I can I will. I'm gonna try and stay here during the summer, find an apartment or something…what about you?"
"I'm definitely coming back…I don't plan on leaving, actually. I've nowhere else to go…my parents are dead, my only friends are you guys, and the American Ministry hates me." Pence said, putting a dress back on its hanger. Maj sat there for a moment, she'd never heard Pence talk about her family…
"Awkward Silence," Maj said, making Pence laugh. Then, she pulled out a black and gold dress, "Oooh, should I try this one?" she asked.
"Yea," Pence said, and then held up a red dress, "I'm gonna go try this one on."
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After they bought their outfits, Pence and Maj burst into the Shrieking Shack, where the boys were.
"Akay, Guy-time equals officially over!" Pence said, taking the firewhiskey from James and taking a drink of it. Remus came up to Pence and hugged her.
"Thank God you're back," he said, "They locked me in the bedroom, and then pushed me down the stairs."
"Twice!" Sirius said as he and Maj started making out …again. Pence laughed,
"Aw, poor Remmy!" she kissed him and then whispered something. He took out his wand and muttered something, then, he drew his arm back and threw something at Maj and Sirius. It was a pickle. Maj pushed away from Sirius, and stared at Remus.
"Moony…did you ju-"
"No, I didn't just throw a pickle…" he said quietly, then went out the front door, Pence followed. Seconds later, everyone else came out. Maj came and attacked Remus, who started laughing.
"What the hell, Moony? You got pickle juice on my shirt!" Maj said in a mock-angry tone.
"Hey," Remus said, as they made their way back towards Hogwarts, "It was Pence's idea, not mine…"
"Oh yea, blame it on the werewolf!" Pence said, pretending to sound offended.
"Uh…Pence?" James tapped her, and then pointed at Remus. Pence stood there for a moment, sent a mental vibe to Maj, and then they both said,
"You're a werewolf!" They all laughed and kept walking back to Hogwarts.
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Hallo. Pence here to clarify a few inside jokes.
1. Awkward Silence: Whenever we're having a conversation, and no one says anything for awhile, Majhica will say, "Awkward Silence". Hehe, just putting a little truth into this.

2. …again: You've probably noticed, that in almost every chapter we have the phrase "…again." This is something Maj says a lot and she's got me saying it now too. We now make it an effort to put that in every chapter! .

3. No, I didn't just throw a pickle: This is a quote from me actually. At lunch the other day, the people at our table started throwing a pickle at each other. When it got to me, I threw it to the table behind us and said the sentence above.

4. Mental Vibes: sigh Mental vibes, something between me and my friends. Sometimes after class one of us will say, "Why didn't you talk to me?" or something. And then we'll reply, "Well, I was sending mental vibes, but you must not have got them…"
Hehehe
Chapter 15'll be up as soon as Maj is finished with it.
Bye
Pence Auryion 9.23.05
I.W.R.M. # 7315