CHAPTER 4:
Lily and Mae were true to their word. With the help of the Marauders they worked to make Trish's life a living nightmare.
News was going around the school that Trish had broken up with Malfoy.
Lily and Mae wondered whether to keep playing pranks now that she had broken up with Malfoy or whether stop. They quickly made up their minds however when Trish sent Lily and Mae a letter with frog spawn in it.
Lily and Mae's hands had turned a nasty greenish color and had swollen. Madam Tarty had given them medicine to help them get better.
Then they got news that there was going to be a Hogsmeade weekend. The Marauders heard that Trish was going to ask Derrick Malfoy out and had threatened to prank him if he accepted her.
He didn't accept. Mae and Jeff had decided that they were best as friends much to Sirius's relief.
James and Lily had given up on the Mae/Sirius thing, as neither of them had been able to get Sirius or Mae to admit to liking each other. They had also run out of ideas.
They tried to lock Sirius and Mae in a cabinet but managed to lock themselves in there until they yelled loud enough that Sirius came to their rescue.
He still teased them about coming out of a broomstick cupboard together.
They also tried setting up a dinner for them but Sirius had broken his ankle and only one person was allowed to visit him in the Hospital wing so Mae went. James, and Lily had a dinner together instead and later visited Sirius in the Hospital Wing.
Lily couldn't wait till their first trip to Hogsmeade of that year. She loved the views. Plus there was candy and CLOTHES, and MAKEUP there to buy.
She and Mae decided to have a day where they went out and shopped together without the boys. They would meet up with them at the Three Broomsticks at the end.
Besides James, and Sirius decided to spend the whole time at Zonko's and at a bar that Sirius had discovered.
Lily and Mae didn't even want to think about what the boys did while they were drunk, especially not Sirius.
Remus had told the girls that he couldn't come because he was visiting his aunt who was sick. Mae and Lily were suspicious because it seemed like Remus always had to go somewhere to see a sick family member. When he came back he always looked like it had been he who had been sick. The boys were usually out during the night when he was gone. The girls suspected they were pranking innocent people.
"Oh," said Lily suddenly. Mae jumped she had been falling asleep against her textbook. "I think I just figured something out," said Lily. "I have to go to the library."
By this time Mae had almost fallen asleep again. Lily ran into the library hoping for once she was wrong about her suspicion. She skimmed through books murmuring to herself.
Suddenly she shut the book and ran to find Mae. "Mae!" she shouted once they were back in the girls dorms. "I figured out Remus's secret!" said Lily. "He's a werewolf," she said.
Mae just sat there in shock. Lily was glad she hadn't told her best friend her suspicion about the other 2 boys being illegal animagus. "But he cant be," said Mae. "I mean he doesn't look like a monster.
"Werewolves only assume the shape once a month after they've been bitten," Lily explained to her friend patiently. "That's why Remus has been gone so much," said Mae in realization.
Lily nodded sadly. "Poor Remus," said Mae. "We should tell him that we know and are still there for him," said Lily. "Why wouldn't we be?" asked Mae frowning.
"A lot of people are predjedus about werewolves," said Lily darkly. "Oh," said Mae. "But Remus is still the same sweet guy," she said. "I know," said Lily. "But a lot of people think that they're to dangerous to befriend."
"Do you think the Marauders know?" asked Mae. "I am guessing they do," said Lily. "They are pretty smart and they hang out with Remus all the time." "It would probably be pretty hard not to notice."
Remus was planning a prank for Malfoy with Sirius and James when Lily and Mae came up to them. "What can we do to help you lovely ladies?" asked Sirius.
Mae giggled, momentarily forgetting what they had come there to do. Lily nudged her. "Actually," said Mae back to business, "We came here to talk to Remus."
Remus got up and followed them up to their dorm and watched as they shut the door. "What's up?" he asked politely.
"We found out about your secret," said Lily. "What secret?" whispered Remus turning pale. "We know you're a werewolf," said Lily. "Shh…" said Remus looking around.
"I guess you won't want to hang out with me anymore," said Remus glumly. "We're not like that," said Mae indignantly. "We still want to be friends with you," added Lily.
"It's not your fault that you got bit by a werewolf anyway," said Lily. "Thanks guys," said Remus brightening up.
A FEW WEEKS LATER:
"Lily!" whined James as they sat down for breakfast. "Please will you help us prank Malfoy?" asked James. "We're desperate for ideas since Remus is gone," said Sirius.
"Why won't you tell us where he is?" asked Lily avoiding his question. "He's visiting his sick aunt," said Sirius. "We know about him being a werewolf," said Lily not thinking.
"You do?" asked Sirius in surprise. "Yeah, we've known for weeks," said Mae. "We talked to Remus about it," said Lily. "Didn't he tell you?" "No, he doesn't usually talk about it," said James.
"I can see why," said Mae shuddering. "That would be awful."
The bell rang and they all headed to Transfiguration. This is how they sat. Sirius on the outside of the row, Mae next to him, Lily in the middle next to Mae, James next to Lily, and usually Remus sat next to James.
Professor McGonagall droned on like usual. She announced that she would be reading to them from the textbook. Everyone groaned but the Marauders took this as a sign that they could talk the whole class time.
"Why can't they teach us about girls instead of Transfiguration?" asked Sirius thickly to the rest of them. Lily let out a snort and Mae giggled.
Professor McGonagall glared at them. "I must ask you four to pay more attention in my class," she told them sternly.
"What made you say that?" asked Lily after McGonagall went back to reading. "Well…" said Sirius. "I like this one girl and I don't think she likes me back," he said.
"That's nonsense," said Mae. "Anyways, almost all the girls in the school want to go out with The Famous Sirius Black," said Lily.
"Hey what about me?" asked James pretending to be hurt. "All the girls want to go out with you too," said Lily comfortingly. "Oh so I'm not the famous?" asked James taunting Lily. Lily rolled her eyes.
"Anyway who is this mystery girl?" Mae asked Sirius. Sirius looked at her strangely. "Why are you looking at me like that?" asked Mae. Lily and James snorted with laughter at the look on Sirius's face.
"That's it, I've had enough!" shrieked Professor McGonagall. "Mr. Black you move up here," she said pointing to a seat in the middle of two blond haired girls.
"Audios!" said Sirius grinning to the rest. They rolled their eyes at him for being so happy about sitting in between two girls. Especially since he had been just talking about his crush.
"Mr. Potter you sit here," she said pointing to a seat. James hadn't been quite as lucky as Sirius. He sat by two ugly Slytherin girls.
"Miss Evans, you come up here and Mae you may stay where you are. Lily sat by Becka and Lisa. She smiled at them and sat down.
Sirius was pretending to pay attention when a note from Lily hit him in the back of the head. Wondering what she wanted he opened the piece of paper and read.
Do you like the joke?
Lily
Two women friends had gone out for a Girls Night Out, and had been decidedly over-enthusiastic on the cocktails. Incredibly drunk and walking home they suddenly realized they both needed to pee. They were very near a graveyard and one of them suggested they do their business behind a headstone or something. The first woman had nothing to wipe with so she took off her panties, used them and threw them away. Her friend however was wearing an expensive underwear set and didn't want to ruin hers, but was lucky enough to salvage a large ribbon from a wreath that was on a grave and proceeded to wipe herself with it. After finishing, they made their way home.
The next day the first woman's husband phones the other husband and said, "These damn girls nights out have got to stop. My wife came home last night without her panties." "That's nothing," said the other. "Mine came back with a sympathy card stuck between the cheeks of her butt that said, 'From all of us at the Fire Station, Well never forget you!'
Sirius fell onto the floor laughing. "I didn't think it was that funny," commented Lily looking down at Sirius who was still laughing.
"I've had enough!" shrieked Professor McGonagall. "Out all of you!" "You five have detention every night this week with me," she said pointing at Lily, Sirius, James, Remus, and Mae.
Lily and Remus helped support a still laughing Sirius out the door. James reached out to read the note that Lily had written.
He too burst out laughing. "Wow, I never knew it was that amusing," said Lily looking at the two boys. She grabbed the note before Remus could read it.
"Sympathy card- butt cheeks," said Sirius breaking into new fits of laughter. Remus was looking at Sirius like he was crazy.
He looked at Lily who shrugged innocently as if saying, "Are you blaming me?" Remus gave her a pointed look that told her that's exactly who he was blaming.
"Tell us another joke," said James. "Uh uh!" said Lily. "Not after how you reacted to the first one!" "We'll be good," pleaded Sirius.
Mae snorted. "The Marauders trying to be good?" "I didn't think I'd ever see the day," she said sarcastically. Sirius rolled his eyes at her.
"Okay, but only one more," said Lily. The boys nodded solemnly waiting for her to tell them a joke.
A man has six children and is very proud of his achievement. He is so proud of himself, that he starts calling his wife,"Mother of Six " in spite of her objections.
One night, they go to a party. The man decides that it's time to go home and wants to find out if his wife is ready to leave as well. He shouts across the room at the top of his voice, "Shall we go home Mother of six?'"
His wife, irritated by her husband's lack of discretion shouts right back, "Anytime you're ready, Father of Four."
Sirius stood there trying to work it out while Remus, Mae and James laughed. Then he got it and started to roll on the floor.
"That was so funny Lily," he said still laughing. "Were they that funny?" asked Lily surprised. "No!" said a snobby voice from behind them
"Nothing you could ever say would be funny," said Trish. Sirius immediately stopped laughing. "No one asked you," he said coldly. "Besides," said James.
"You wouldn't know funny if it jumped up and danced naked right in front of you."
"Are you volunteering?" asked Trish in a sneering voice. James looked up at her in astonishment. "Don't you get it?" he asked her.
"You act shitty to Lily and Mae, and the Marauders act the same way to you." "Even Sirius who flirts with every girl in school hey said Sirius wouldn't flirt with you," said Remus eyeing her coldly.
That night Mae begs Lily to tell her one more joke. Lily tells her the last joke she'll ever tell to her friends.
John invited his mother over for dinner one evening. During the meal, she couldn't help but notice how attractive his roommate Judy was.
She had been suspicious of a relationship between her son and his roommate for quite some time, but this only made her more curious.
She watched the two of them interact over the course of the evening and began to wonder whether there was more between John and Judy than met the eye.
Realizing only too well what his mother was thinking, John said, "I can see your wheels turning Mom and I know what you're thinking. Rest assured Judy and I are strictly roommates."
A few days later, Judy went to John and said, "You know the beautiful silver gravy ladle? Well, ever since your mother came to dinner I can't seem to find it. You don't think she would have taken it, do you?"
"I doubt it, but I'll write her a letter just to be sure," replied John.
John then sat down and wrote his mother the following letter: "Dear Mom, While I'm not saying you 'did' take a gravy ladle from my house, and I'm not saying you 'didn't' take a gravy ladle, the fact remains that ever since you were here for dinner one has been missing. Love, Your son."
Several days later, John received a reply from his mother which read: "Dear John, While I am not saying you 'do' sleep with Judy, and I'm not saying you 'don't' sleep with her, the fact remains that she would have found the gravy ladle by now if she were sleeping in her own bed. Love, Mom."
Mae giggled. Then Lily heard voices laughing from under hers and Mae's bed. She looked under them and saw the Marauders laughing again!
"Get out from under the beds!" she said in exasperation. James and Remus manage to get out but Sirius is still laughing and keeps bumping his head on the bed. Lily watched amused.
"Having a little trouble there Padfoot?" asked Remus sweetly. Sirius stopped laughing, glared at Remus and got out from under the bed.
Mae was still giggling. "I got an idea!" said Sirius. "Wow, you must be so proud of yourself!" said Lily sarcasticly. Sirius glared.
"I never knew how funny you were," he commented. "Haha." Mae giggled. Sirius glared again. "Seems like your glaring a lot tonight mate," said Remus.
"I am not!" said Sirius glaring at Remus. He sighed. "Anyways, I was thinking maybe we could sneak into Hogsmeade and go to that one bar and party.
"That's a good idea!" said Lily. "That one with the private party rooms?" asked Mae. "Yeah," said Sirius looking proud at having such a good idea.
"We could invite some other Gryffindors," said James thoughtfully. "But only the ones who wouldn't tell and the ones who aren't Trish," added Lily.
They all agreed and went down to ask a few people. They invited Becka, Lisa, Mallery, Jake, and Jeff (who they met on their way).
Once they got to Hogsmeade they went to the Bubbled Cauldron (a bar). Sirius was the only one who was 17 (the wizard age for drinking) so they went in and went into one of the party rooms.
They put on some music and went to dance. "Wanna dance?" Sirius asked Mae once a fast song came on. "Sure," she said giggling.
Lily danced with Sirius, Remus, Jeff, and last for a slow song she danced with James.
After that they decided that they needed to play truth or dare.
Sirius dared Lily to say the three jokes from before. Lily groaned but said them. By the time she was done everyone was holding their stomach in laughter.
Then it was Lily's turn. "Remus," she said. "Dare," said Remus nervously. "I dare you to kiss the prettiest girl in the room," Remus paled.
"Hoping it's you, Evans?" teased James. "No!" said Lily indignantly. Remus went up and kissed Becka on the cheek.
Lily groaned. "Remus, that's cheating," she whined. Remus stared at her innocently. "You never said where to kiss," he reminded her.
Everyone rolled their eyes. "Okay, my turn," said Remus. "Lily truth or dare?" "Dare," said Lily confidently.
Remus thought for a moment. "I dare you to kiss Sirius on the lips," he said. Lily got up and went up to Sirius.
They kissed. "Okay!" "Break it up," said James. Lily stopped and went to sit down. "My turn," said Lily.
"Becka!" she said. "Dare," said Becka nervously. "Tomorrow morning you have to go up and kiss Malfoy in the Great Hall." "You can tell him it was a dare."
Becka groaned. "Why Malfoy?" she asked. Lily smiled. "Mae," said Becka. "Truth," said Mae. "Why did you and Jeff break up?" asked Becka. "Cause we were just friends," said Mae.
"Jeff," said Mae. "Dare," said Jeff. "Tomorrow morning I dare you to go up to Trish tell her that you hate her and kiss her on the lips."
Jeff groaned. "I hate Trish though," he whined. "Lisa," he said. "Truth, she said.
They went on till it was Lily's turn. "Truth," said Lily. "Is Sirius a good kisser?" asked Mallery. "Hell yeah," said Lily grinning.
Then they brought the drinks out. They were all pretty drunk by the time they were done. They hobbled back to the castle.
Lily woke up and found herself in someone else's bed. She looked around and saw James next to her. Lily didn't have a hangover cause of the kind of bear they were drinking.
"James, wake up," she said shaking him. "What are you doing in my bed?" asked James seeing Lily.
"I don't know, I think it was cause of last night," she responded. "Did anything happen?" asked James in concern. "I don't think so," she said.
James looked at her. Her lips were so close. He leaned in and gave her a passionate kiss on the lips. She groaned.
Sirius poked his head in and quickly poked it back out. "Eww!" he said. "Get a room!" said Sirius. "We have a room and you're in it," growled James.
"I gotta go James, bye," said Lily.
I did not make up the poems! Review.