Chapter 5:

James moaned. Why in the name of all things holy had his mum turned on his light? He opened his eyes, his vision blurred. As he went to get up he felt something soft lying beside him. He laid his hands upon the object, slowly working his way up. His fingers made out a short dress. Then a mouth, a nose, and eyes. It was a person. Oh fuck, had he slept with some random girl? Whoever it was they were definitely manly in features. His hands had felt rough skin almost like the girl had to shave a beard. 'The worst thing that could happen is that I have slept with a transvestite,' he thought wryly. He waited for his eyesight to return. It only took this long when he had been totally wasted the night before. After waiting a few more minutes he could see. He turned in order to identify his companion. James sighed. It was only Sirius. Then James' eyes widened. It was Sirius in a tutu. He looked down to see himself dressed in an identical one. At that moment Sirius yawned, rubbing his eyes. In a short time he too noticed their unusual choice of dress.

They simultaneously whispered, "not good."

As they looked around they realized they were outside in a muggle community. It looked to be midmorning and a few muggles who were taking an early stroll were casting curious glances at James and Sirius.

At that moment they heard a door slam behind them. To their surprise Audra appeared, a large grin on her face. "Hello lads, lovely morning isn't it?" At this she put on some shades.

Sirius stared at her gaping, "What the bloody hell are you doing here?"

Audra blinked, it dawned upon her that they did not remember a thing from last night. Instead of answering she called for Lily to come out and join her.

"Lils," said Audra slyly, "Sirius and James wanted us to regale them with last night's adventures."

Lily sighed, pretending to wipe away an imaginary tear. "Words cannot describe the magical event that took place last night. I believe that only a demonstration can show the pure beauty of James' and Sirius' sing and dance recital. At this she began to smack Audra's ass repeatedly. "Does this bring back memories?" At this Audra and Lily went into a slightly exaggerated rendition of the songs that James and Sirius had did. At one point they wildly humped the ground and called each other sexy beasts. James and Sirius were now looking at each other a little uncomfortably and slowly increasing the distance between them.

Lily smiled, "Well we'd love to stay and chat but we have a train to catch." With this she put her trunk in her yellow beetle and Audra followed suit.

"Train…" repeated Sirius stupidly.

"Yeah, to Hogwarts." She sighed, "I would like to apparate but my parents aren't comfortable with the idea." At James' and Sirius' dumbstruck look she laughed. "Well bye," with that Lily and Audra left.

James looked at his watch they had a little over an hour before the train left. "Let's get back to my house. Now."

A few minutes later…

James and Sirius were quickly running back and forth in James' room, unceremoniously throwing things into their trunks. Sirius couldn't help but laugh at the situation they had gotten themselves into. It was wild. At this he glanced at James who was muttering "Lily," "embarrassing," and "transvestite" at odd intervals. Every time he bent over to put something in his trunk Sirius got a view of his ass. "James," said Sirius as he put his owl, Fritzi and James' owl, Dory in their separate cages, "I'm sure Lily likes you more now than she did before we did our own version of Footloose." Finally, becoming businesslike, he continued, "Besides I don't see why you want to be tied down. This is our last year at Hogwarts. We should be partying with a different girl every night."

James didn't seem to be listening. "Ready to go?"

Once Sirius nodded they both apparated to platform 9 ¾.

It wasn't until Sirius and James hit the concrete of the station and went through the invisible barrier to platform 9 ¾ that they realized that they were receiving catcalls and whistles from fellow Hogwarts students.

James looked at Sirius, "We didn't change our clothes before we left did we?"

"Nope." said Sirius, "Let's just go along with it though." With this, Sirius leapt upon a pile of nearby trunks and motioned for James to do the same. Then with a smile he bowed and he and James did a small jig. As a crowd began to gather James announced, "Prepare to find Filch wearing this tutu in less than a week." At that the crowd cheered. As they jumped down Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew joined them.

"That was lovely," Remus said dryly.

"Thanks," replied Sirius. He didn't seem to be listening and was eyeing the crowd with interest. He tried to act casual as he asked if anyone had seen Audra. Remus and James exchanged significant looks. Both of them knew that Sirius was a player and loved to charm girls into going to bed with him. He always tried to keep things fresh. Sometimes acting like the sweet, sensitive guy, other times acting the popular jock. But despite all of this he always seemed to work his way back to Audra. She was the only girl who seemed to see right through all of his acts and she always made him stop that sort of bullshit. Also she loved to fuck with guys' minds almost as much as Sirius liked to fuck with girls' bodies. With that in common they were quite the match. When nobody offered him an answer Sirius sighed, "Well we might as well find a compartment."

As the four of them made their way to the back of the train looking for an empty compartment Lily stuck her head out of the last compartment on the train that her and Audra had already snagged. "Hey James. Why don't you and everyone else come sit with me and Audra." James looked at her startled. The girl who had hated him since first year was now offering him a seat right next to her? James grinned. This may turn out to be a good year. He looked at Sirius who was obviously thinking the same thing. Both of them ran towards Lily with Remus and Peter trailing behind.

Lily couldn't believe she had just asked James to sit with her. What was she thinking? As if in answer she thought of James holding her hand, kissing her, doing rather dirty things to her. She shook her head. No. She was not going to fall for James Potter. She didn't want to be like all those bimbos she held in such contempt. She wasn't going to be so boy-crazy she'd forget about all her other goals in life. She silently listed them to herself as James brushed up against her to get into the compartment. 1) Help Dumbledore defeat Voldemort and avenge the deaths of many of her friends. 2) Become an Auror. 3) Live in a house with flower boxes below the windows (yes that really was an important priority to her). She was about to continue her mind's list when she caught James staring at her. A faint blush flushed her cheeks. Stop! Don't fall for him. She wanted James to stop staring at her so to break his reverie and hopefully bring back a sense of normalcy to herself she asked him about his plans for Quidditch this year.

James smiled, "Really it's all up to Audra to plan our strategy this year. She is the Captain."

Lily had known this. To Audra Quidditch was as important as breathing. She had been a Chaser on the Gryffindor Team since 2nd year and was by far the best in the school. Lily loved Quidditch too, but more as a spectator than anything else. As she thought this she glanced at Audra who was sitting beside the window with Sirius. Sirius was whispering in her ear, and whatever Audra was hearing she seemed to like it. She was laughing and rubbing Sirius' thigh. Sirius seemed to understand the implication and rose saying he wanted to get something from the snack bar. Audra followed him shortly after saying she had to use the toilet.

James grinned wickedly, "They must really think we're daft."

Remus rolled his eyes. "Who wants to bet that we won't see them again until we reach Hogwarts?" Peter let out a high-pitched giggle. This caused Lily to look at him. She had nothing against Peter. In fact she always felt a little sympathetic towards him. He was a friend with some of the most talented, good-looking boys in the school. It made him look so much worse by comparison. Peter hadn't noticed her staring at him since he was too busy staring at James, a look of utmost admiration on his face. How cute! Lily realized that it had become uncomfortably quiet in here. Looking at James she asked, "Any pranks I should be forewarned about?"

James was silent for a moment. He feared that he was treading on dangerous ground. But as he glanced at Lily he saw nothing but curiosity and openness in her gaze. So he began a detailed description on what he planned to do to Borgus and Filch. Lily laughed at his ideas and came up with a few good one's herself.

James was surprised and it must have shown on his face because Lily asked him what was bothering him.

"I just thought that you hated it when I pulled pranks."

Lily was frowning and she hesitated in her answer, "I don't mind when you pull pranks on Filch or Borgus. They are crabby old geysers and most of the things you do to them are funny and pretty harmless. But…well…when you pick on innocent first years or other students it just always seems…well…cruel and pointless. Like you're showing off."

James looked at Remus and Peter not wanting them to overhear. Remus caught his look and gave an understanding nod. He looked over at Peter, "Come on Peter. Let's go find Audra and Sirius. I'm sure they'd appreciate our company."

Peter made a motion as if to protest but Remus tugged him out of the compartment. "Stop whining. If you're good I might get you a chocolate frog."

Peter squealed, "Really? If I'm super good can I get two?" Remus sighed.

"Please, Remus, Please."

"Oh, alright. But only if you stop treating me like your mother."

Peter whooped for joy (he does make quite a lot of noises) and slammed the door behind him.

James didn't even crack a smile about Peter's childish antics. He couldn't believe that Lily had thought that about his pranks. No wonder she hated him. "Lily…The way you describe them you make me sound like a Death Eater." His eyes became desperate; he needed to make her understand. "I'm not like that at all."

Lily looked at him and reached out to hold his hand and she gave it a reassuring squeeze. "I know."

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Sweet, isn't it? This was my longest chapter yet. It's mainly this long because I felt really guilty that it took me forever to update. I was on vacation and when I came back I was facing some major writer's block. This chapter was just filler. Once we get to Hogwarts the real fun will begin. Please REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! How do you like it? I need to know. Peace Out.