A/N: Okay so this summer I have been really buissy, I have a full time job, and school work (that is a first for my summers) and on top of that swimming and a boyfriend. It's amazing I have a life. So hear is the next chapter of this story. I'd also like to mention I designed a myspace account specifically for my fan fic account. ( www . myspace . com / ffcrazylily ) feel free to add me (just take the spaces our of that…) lol anyway on with the story…
Previously: Remus lashed out about Sirius' family, and Natalie established the closeness between the three.
"Relax Sirius he didn't mean it." Niki cooed to the boy that had chased her around for so many years.
They were situated on his bed, his head was bowed low and she had her arm around his shoulders and was making feeble attempts to get him to look at her.
"Niki you wouldn't understand." Sirius drawled in a sad voice. His stormy grey eyes had tears in them as he finally met her eyes. "I don't understand why Remus had to bring that up. He knows I hate it, and do take that seriously." Niki held back a snicker as Sirius glared at her. "I'm sorry it just hurts still sometimes. You know?"
Niki gave him a small smile not really having any idea what in the name of anything he was dragging on about. Though luckily for her, as Sirius's personality is, he recuperated quickly.
"So do you think I can get Natalie to go out with me? She's really hot." Sirius stated enthusiastically. Niki was ever so tempted to hit him in the back of the head, but instead just stared at the floor and spoke quietly.
"Don't bother, she loves James." And without further explanation, she left a very confused Sirius to his thoughts on the bed.
She walked into the common room to see Nat and James talking about Quidditch. This was a conversation Niki always loved to get into.
"What position do you play?" She asked as she walked in the room and watched both visibly jump.
"Seeker." Natalie stated in a clear cut voice.
"Keeper." Niki replied. "Hey we just need two more chasers and we could have a team!" Niki stated happily.
Natalie did her best to look rather confused at this.
"Sirius and Remus are both beaters." James explained shortly. "And of course you already know I'm the best chaser Hogwarts has ever seen."
"Yeah we had a pretty sick team back then. Remus and Sirius were always so in sync with each other that they could blindly hit the ball and it'd arrive at the other person in mere seconds. James well he could get pass any keeper in a second and had the best aim ever, well any keeper but me. I think in my Hogwarts career less than ten goals ever got by me." Niki boasted proudly. "Oh and our seeker, well we're not really sure what happened to her, but she holds the record for quickest amount of time taken to catch a snitch at Hogwarts… Second in the professional Quidditch league." Niki marveled.
"How fast?" Natalie asked trying to sound surprised. She looked at a dazed Niki for an answer.
"Four seconds flat." Remus and Sirius said as they both entered the room from different doors. There was a moment's uneasy pause before they smiled at each other and sat down.
"Dam that's fast." Natalie said with a smile on her face. They were wrong; the fastest was four and a half seconds. She wasn't second, but they couldn't rank a Hogwarts player, so she had to be placed second.
"Yeah so now I assume you see what we mean by dumb and dumber being in sync." James said and smirked as they both protested. "Yeah, yeah tell your selves that…" James said waving them off.
"So what do you guys do around here? I'm bored out of my mind!" Natalie stated wanting desperately to change the subject. Though she regretted it immediately as she saw identical grins reach the faces of the four surrounding her.
"Well Natalie," Remus stated in a seductive voice.
"We always start the year off with… what are the words I'm looking for prongsie?" Sirius continued.
"Well Padfoot my friend, we start the year off with some fun." James continued.
"A prank." Niki said half laughing, half rolling her eyes. "They hold the title and we want to uphold it.
"I'm in." Natalie said immediately. She watched as the three boys and one girl exchanged a curious look. "Listen I have master spell work and am great at fool proofing plans, I can only help." Natalie stated and regretted it immediately as everyone turned and looked at her, then looked at each other and came to a silent agreement.
"We'll work on it tomorrow." James spoke for the group. "Right now why don't you tell us about yourself?"
Natalie sighed before speaking. "I'm muggle born, traveled the world. Went to school at Beauxbaton, and Durmstrange, best or worst of both worlds I guess. I'm the best at what I do, and nothing stands in my way." She needed to push them away, and new this could be a productive way too.
She took a moment to admire her handy work on her former friends.
"Well not to be rude or anything but I think I'm going to go off to get some rest so we can plan tomorrow before the youguns show up." James stated and Remus and Sirius decided to go with him.
"I'm sorry Natalie, I'll be up in a minute I need to go talk to those knuckle heads." And with that Natalie was left to her own thoughts as she took head towards her room.
"Remus you see it right?" Niki asked as soon as she entered the room. The boys looked startled as they stood there in their boxers. Niki rolled her eyes at the insecurity within them.
"Yeah uncanny resemblance, but the hair and eyes are so different, yet exactly the same." Remus stated matter of fact-ly.
James and Sirius looked between the two as if they've lost their minds.
"I don't get it." James finally stated. Remus looked at Sirius and Niki heard a distinct "ooo" from Sirius.
"You idiot that's Lily Evans!" Sirius said to his best friend. James tackled him on an instant.
"Down Prongs, I'm pretty sure he's not joking." Remus stated. James glared at him. Niki smirked.
"Now that Sirius understands why I told him that 'Natalie-Anne' is already in love with our James, we just need to make him understand." Niki said James glared at her. "James you are so fricken thick! Honestly you think I wouldn't know my best friend if I saw her. They're too similar." She sated calmly while taking a seat at the edge of Sirius' bed before he pulled her to lay with him.
"Remus, tell me those two have completely lost their minds." James said as they observed Niki fighting to get out of Sirius' tight embrace.
"Sorry James, but I must agree. My werewolf instincts tell me that her eyes are really a deep emerald green, masked by the cerulean. Come on James you can't say you didn't think you've met her before." Remus said trying to get his friend to understand.
"I did." James said in defeat. "I just don't want to get my hopes up."
This was all Natalie could bear to hear as she quietly walked to her room and changed into her pajamas and settled into her bed.
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