Chapter 2- Lily's Rude Awakening-
The fire blazed as three girls sat around it that late Saturday night; Lily, Lizzy, and Char. Lily wore her bright red hair pulled into a tight ponytail revealing her beautiful green eyes, she let her robes drape around her body loosely. Lizzy was fixing her dark blonde hair also into a messy ponytail; squinting her hazel eyes as she accidentally pulled a little too hard. Char on the other hand was lying upside down on the armchair next to the couch the other two were sitting on letting her own pale blonde hair fall over the side.
"So Lily do you think that this war thing is as serious as everyone says it is?" Char looked up at the ceiling.
"Well yeah didn't you see how mad Tyson was when she found out Daemeon framed her?" Lily asked as she stared into the fire.
"Yeah she wants revenge bad." Lizzy smiled and got up moving to a window to check on the Quidditch team who was practicing for their next match.
"Hey Lizzy, do they look like they're coming in soon I'm tired of waiting for them, everyone is gone sept us to dinner." Char lifted her head enough to look at Sara.
"I can't tell, it's to dark. I wonder what the great hall looks like since it's Valentine's day." She leaned against the window as two other girls walked in; Aerith and Rielly. Aerith let her brown eyes search the common room to make sure there was no one else in the room before she sat down next to Lily. Rielly stood next to the armchair Char was laying in looking smug. Aerith's brown hair fell into her face as she pulled her legs up against her body. She flipped it back as she said hello,
"Hey Lils, where've ya been?"
"We were told to wait here for the James to get done with his Quidditch cause him, Peter, and Rory have a surprise for us." Lily smiled up at her best friend.
"Oh really, so Sirius isn't getting anything for Erayn?" Aerith looked a little too happy.
"I didn't say that, I don't know if he is or not."
"Hey Aerith, lets go look for him, I need to talk to Remus anyways." Rielly spoke up her bright blonde hair was twisted around her fingers.
"Remus, why?" Lizzy looked over at Rielly.
"I don't see how it's any of your business, but I need to give him something" Her bright blue eyes starred at Lizzy with a look of laughter in them. With that Rielly turned around and started for the portrait.
"Well Lils I'll see you at dinner if you make it," Aerith sort of smiled and got up following the blonde out of the common room.
The two girls walked out of the portrait in search of the two boys they liked, who cared if the boys already had crushes tonight they would surly start liking them instead. On the way down to the great hall they ran into three other girls; one was a blonde like Rielly and had hazel eyes, this was Whitney, the girl walking next to her had black hair just above her shoulders, pale blue eyes, and seemed to be very pale in comparison to the other two, this was Lindsay, and Sophie, who was walking slightly behind them by a few inches so she could hear both girls as they talked, had copper brown hair and matching brown eyes.
"Hey Aerith! Hey Rielly." Whitney smiled at the two girls as they came up to them, "What are you two up to?"
"Hey Whitney. We're looking for Sirius and Remus, have you seen them?" Aerith smiled back.
"They're at the dinner table, I think."
"Yeah I saw em'" Sophie confirmed Whitney's answer.
"Thanks, come on Aerith we have to go." Rielly gave the girls a quick thank-you and dragged Aerith off. Once out of sight from the three Rielly stopped Aerith,
"Look Aerith, we don't want the girls to know we're looking for the boys okay so could you not tell anyone else about what we're going to do?"
"Um okay, why can't we tell them that we got the boys presents?" Aerith looked confused.
"Because Aerith some girls already like the guys and they'll go against us saying that we're stabbing them in the back by trying to get the guys to like us."
"Well okay I guess"
"Now come on we have to talk to the boys before the others get done with Quidditch practice." And with that the two girls hurried off.
"Man if those two steal Sirius and Remus away from Erayn and Lindzi then there in for a beating."
"Lindsay lighten up would ya, they're not doing that, plus Erayn and Lindzi aren't even going out with Sirius and Remus." Whitney looked at Lindsay.
"Hey Whitney, I think Lindsay is thinking in the right mind about this. I know Aerith is Lily's best friend and all but she's hanging out with Rielly way too much and getting to be like her, they just might try and do that." Sophie shrugged unfazed.
"Wow someone actually agrees with me!" Lindsay looked taken aback.
"Yeah Lindsay you are actually very smart!" Sophie laughed; Whitney just rolled her eyes,
"If you say so Rielly and Aerith can do what they please it's not like they're trying to break the four up." After that they dropped the subject and moved on to talk about their purpose for leaving the Great Hall.
"So what do you think the boys got Lily, Lizzy, and Char?" Sophie asked from behind the two.
"Don't know but I heard its something good. That's so unfair I wish I had a boyfriend who did these kind of things." Whitney pouted playfully.
"Don't we all?" Lindsay spoke up for the first time since the Rielly and Aerith issue was dropped.
"Hey Lindsay doesn't Snape like you? Why don't you go out with him?" Sophie pushed a loose curl out of her face. Whitney looked at her horrified.
"Sophie! How could you even ask her that?"
"Um because I thought she liked him too."
"Is this true Lindsay?"
"Well yeah" She did a quick sideways look at Whitney.
"What? How? Why?" Whitney didn't finish what she wanted to say so started another question, "Lindsay, he's a Slytherin and the boy's worst enemy along with Malfoy."
"So I like him it doesn't matter if he's a Slytherin, plus Tyson's going out with Malfoy."
"But Lin-"
"Whitney look I like him okay I don't care what house he's in so could you just please understand?" Lindsay interrupted her then walked off muttering, "This is why I don't like to hang out with people."
"Whitney!" Sophie looked at her shocked, "She's already feeling misunderstood as is why'd you make it worse. Oh God now I have to find her." With that Sophie went the direction Lindsay walked off in leaving Whitney standing there. After a minute she thought to herself, "What have I done? If she likes him, she likes him why should I care, now I'm acting like one of the Slytherins. I'm judging him because he's a Slytherin. But he's Snape I mean… Well we've only known him about 6 months so he could be different, doubtful but he could be. No it doesn't matter what I think I just need to be supportive, I mean I am her friend right? Well I'll try to be and oh man I'm so sorry Lindsay, I better go after them too." Whitney was walking slowly thinking to herself then deciding that she was wrong to have acted like that she went after the other two up to the Gryffindor common room.
Lindzi and Erayn, who were the Gryffindor keeper and seeker for the Quidditch team, sat on their brooms, Erayn holding the snitch that she had already caught, in the middle of the Quidditch pitch above everyone else talking and waiting for Denium Johnson, a chaser and the team's captain to blow the whistle that ended practice. Will and Rory, the team's beaters, were sitting in the stands trying to but the bludgers back in the box they came in, their brooms sat at their sides. Tyson, James, and Denium were finishing up their practice technique for passing the quaffle. Rory and Will shut the case and hauled it down to the floor using the stairs. James flew down to the ground as soon as the whistle blew for the end of practice, followed by the rest of the team who was also in a hurry to get warm. Then as soon as all the balls were put up the team headed in towards the locker rooms, James and Rory were ahead of everyone by far.
"James, Rory wait up," Lindzi and Erayn touched down to the wet grass. Everyone was wet because of the 'little shower' they had during practice but Erayn being the seeker was soaked, her grey eyes were barely visible behind her sopping wet hair that hung around her face. Lindzi wasn't soaked but wet none the less, her brown hair that casketed down her back clung to her and her aqua blue eyes tried to focus where everything was in the now almost pitch black night. Soon she was tearing after Erayn tried to keep up with her who was racing towards the two boys. As soon as Erayn and Lindzi caught up to James he started walking again to the locker room. Moments later Tyson was screaming at the team.
"Guys stop!!! There's a trap for the team at the doors to the castle!" Everyone turned around to look at the red head.
"Tyson what do you mean?" James looked at his friend very annoyed, yes, James was a prankster but him and Rory had a date planned and they couldn't be late, and they didn't have time for Tyson's little games.
"I mean I was told by my very reliable contacts that the Tagz put up a trap for us. I don't know what it is but we have to go through the lake side doors not the front ones. Not surprising they have it in for me…." She trailed off as she caught up.
"You mean we have to go all the way around the castle to get inside?" Adam looked pissed. Halo just looked at him and nodded.
"You think everyone's out to get you Tyson." Erayn rolled her eyes making Lindzi laugh.
"Just come on Rory the faster we change the faster we get there." James pulled him into the boy's locker room for the Gryffindor team as Tyson, Erayn, and Lindzi went to the girl's locker room all the while they heard Erayn and Lindzi complaining to Tyson that she got everyone into this mess she should have to stay out longer.
"So is Remus and Sirius gunna ask Erayn and Lindzi out tonight?" Rory asked James as he pulled his wet robes off revealing a red sweater and black slacks which were also wet.
"Well as far as I know yes, but we'll just have to see won't we?" James grabbed his wand and dried his jet black hair with a mutter of a certain word. Rory didn't have to use magic to dry his short brown hair; a towel over it a few times seemed to be enough.
"We're not too late are we?" Rory pulled down a new sweater past his dark green eyes. Slacks then his dress robes went on after them.
"No dinner just started about 5 minutes ago so we have a little time to get around the castle and back up to the tower to get the girls." James combed his hair and straightened his dress robes.
"Don't forget we have to get Peter." Will and Denium walked into the locker room
"I didn't, come on we need to go, you ready?"
"Don't forget boys; practice tomorrow too, same time." Denium informed the two right before they were to leave causing them to groan and Will to laugh.
"Yeah okay Denium," With that they raced out into the cold night towards the castle.
As they were going past the front doors someone walked out of them, it was Peter. Peter was tired and looked anxious; his gold hair fell into his blue excited eyes.
"Guys where are you going?" He called out to them. They stopped and turned around.
"Umm nothing happened to you when you came outside did it?" Rory rubbed the back of his neck.
"Umm no come on we're gunna be late!" Peter motioned for them to get inside the castle.
"I'm gunna kill Tyson." James ran up the stairs and through the doors.
"So much for her reliable contacts!" Rory shook his head and followed James.
"Tyson, it's your fault we're in this stupid war!" Lindzi pulled her own robes off and started changing into something dry.
"Yeah well I didn't mean to get you guys in it." Tyson pulled her wet hair off of her back and tied it up in a pony tail then clipped it to her head.
"I'm surprised you're still on the team since they haven't proven it was you yet with the bathroom." Erayn shrugged as she pulled on a warm sweater and then put her hair back in its usual bandana.
"Yeah well I get to eat and go straight up to the common room after this, if I even look suspicious of another prank I'm in trouble."
"So how'd your guys' extended lessons go?" Lindzi got off the subject.
"It went great! I love spending time with Will, but I think he found out that I already knew how to do all the spells I said I didn't" Tyson's blue eyes lit up at the mention of the lessons.
"Well that could be because you kept 'messing up' on them and it was quite obvious." Erayn laughed.
"That so sounds like you Tyson." Lindzi rolled her eyes playfully. Soon the three girls walked out of the locker rooms just in time to see the light flood out of the front hall onto the stair outside of it with Peter holding the door open, then James and Rory run up them and inside letting the door close softly.
"Tyson. I thought you said that those doors were rigged for a prank?" Lindzi said slowly through gritted teeth as her and Erayn gave Tyson the death glare.
"That's what my contacts said."
"Then how did the boys get through?" Erayn stepped up to Tyson which made her back up.
"Um I don't know."
"You better run…. fast!" Lindzi tried not to smile as Tyson took off running towards the castle.
"Shall we chase her? I mean she is a chaser maybe we should switch it up on her." Erayn looked at it as a completely sane idea
"Yes we shall." Lindzi and Erayn shook hands and started off chasing Tyson right as Will and Denium came out of the locker room.
"Milian, Parker! What are you doing to my Chaser?" Denium screamed jokingly after the two girls.
"Don't worry Denium we won't hurt her…" Lindzi called back over her shoulder.
"Too much!" Erayn finished up the joke. Will and Denium just laughed.
Tyson was waiting at the bottom step of the staircase to the front door when Erayn and Lindzi arrived winded.
"Why didn't you go in?" Erayn managed between large gasps of breath.
"I wanted to make sure Rory and James were long gone so they wouldn't kill me too." Tyson got up and dusted off her robes shivering.
"Tyson you're freezing get inside." Lindzi looked at her still breathing hard.
"Fine I will" Tyson lead the way up the stairs and grabbed hold of the door knob and pulled the door open. As soon as she opened it a bucket became visible above her and dumped over onto her. The contents of the bucket were disgusting; moss, pond water, mud, fish guts and heads, snails minus the shells, and bird crap.
"OHHHHHHHHH MY GOD TAGLEN!!!!!!!!" Tyson's hands bawled up and she went screaming through the doors and into the Great Hall, letting the door close behind her and the other two looking silently at the mess on the ground, then at each other, then bursting out laughing.
"She kind of deserved it huh?" Erayn laughed getting out of breath again.
"I would have to say yeah." Lindzi agreed. After a moment she was able to talk again and managed,
"Come on its cold out here lets go in."
"I don't know Lindzi, look what happened to Tyson." Erayn looked at the mess again.
"It didn't do it to the boys only Tyson maybe it was just meant for her." Lindzi reassured her.
"Okay but if anything happ-" At that moment Lindzi opened the door and another bucket came spilling down on her barely missing Erayn.
"Oh Tyson and Daemeon are sooooooooo dead." She muttered trying to keep her mouth shut so not to let any of the slimy contents get in it. She still had hold of the door handle so Erayn laughed and slipped between Lindzi's arm and the door getting away without the bucket slope appearing. Slowly Lindzi followed. Once inside the castle they could hear Tyson's yells from inside the Great Hall, soon Remus and Sirius came running out laughing but stopped in their tracks when they saw Lindzi.
"He got you too?" Sirius burst out into a new fit of laughter.
"Hush Sirius, Lindz are you okay?" Remus couldn't hold the laughter in.
"Man Lindz you stink!" Sirius was almost on the floor dying of laughter.
"Hey Sirius, Hey Remus!" Rielly and Aerith walked down the stairs that lead up to the Gryffindor common room.
"Hey girls" Sirius managed then looked back at Lindzi and started laughing again.
"SHUT-UP Sirius!" Lindzi hit him in the arm and marched pass Rielly and Aerith who were both suppressing giggles.
"Lindz where are you going I needed to talk to you." Remus looked hurt.
"Rem I'll be back after I take a shower you can wait till then can't you?"
"Yeah sure" With that Lindzi left up to the common room to change. Remus sighed then turned to Sirius who was on his knees laughing.
"Sirius get up we'll talk to them later, come on" He turned back to the Great Hall where Tyson was still screaming with a weak attempt to shut her up by the professors, both Tyson and Daemeon were taken into the room behind the head table as Sirius who was now off the floor, Belen, standing next to Sirius, and Remus all walked in then followed by Aerith and Rielly who both tried to stand next to their crush.
"Okay look Aerith; apparently Sirius doesn't like you, so stop trying to flirt with him!" Erayn stopped and screamed at Aerith after getting aggravated by Aerith trying to push Erayn away from Sirius and trying not to do it noticeably.
"What? What makes you think that I think that? And anyways it's not like he likes you either!" Aerith flipped her hair out of her face.
"I never said I did think that, just that you're pissing me off!" With that Sirius 'coughed' but sat down next to Erayn who had sat down in frustration. Remus was quick to make sure he sat on Sirius' other side. Rielly and Aerith were forced to sit next to Remus, though Rielly didn't mind that.
Lindsay walked up the stairs thinking she would go up to the common room so she could get Lily, Char, and Lizzy ready for their night but decided against it and turned down another hall almost running into Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape.
"Oh sorry." Lindsay looked at the ground her dark hair hiding her eyes and red cheeks.
"No it is quite alright, right Severus?" Lucius smiled at her.
"Yes quite alright, where might you be off too Lindsay?" Severus looked at her sideways.
"Away from my so called friends." She sighed.
"Does this include Tyson? If not do you know where I might find her?" Lucius ran a hand through his hair.
"Umm I think I heard some screaming in the Great hall but I'm not to sure but you know when there's screaming it's usually her or she's causing it."
"Why thank-you, aw Severus; I'm going to find my incredibly hard to track down girlfriend. Why don't you walk Miss Greene to her destination, after all it is not safe for young ladies such as yourself to be walking around with all these smiling good for nothing Gryffindors walking about, no offence to you of course."
"None taken, I should have been put in Slytherin anyways."
"Well then I shall be off, and I trust that you will take good care of her Severus?"
"Of course!" Lucius walked off after a good-bye to both of them in search of his girlfriend, letting the two be alone.
"So what'd your friends say to make you walk off by yourself, if I may ask?" Severus asked as soon as Lucius was out of hearing distance, the two resumed a slow walk to no where unparticular.
"They were um kind of teasing me." Lindsay could feel her cheeks grow warm again.
"Aw now what could they possibly tease you about."
"Um they don't exactly agree with me on a certain matter."
"And that matter would be?"
"Well I kind of like this certain guy… and well they really can't stand him." She looked back at her feet.
"Hum, well maybe if you tell me who this guy is I could tell you if he likes you and maybe hook you two up."
"Um yeah well you see the guy I like um yeah.." She really didn't know what to say.
"Okay well maybe I could ask some questions and find out with the answers?" Severus suggested.
"Um okay."
"So do I know this guy?"
"Umm yeah really well actually." She felt really stupid playing this game with him but she couldn't just come out and tell him that she liked him.
"So then he's in Slytherin eh?" He smiled hoping his guess was right.
"Um yes."
"Is he on the Quidditch team?"
"No."
"Okay umm what year is he in?"
"Um 1st like me."
"Is he popular?"
"Well he does hang with the popular Slytherins."
"Were you just talking to him?" Severus asked very disappointed thinking that she didn't actually like him but in fact liked his best friend.
"Um well yeah but I still am." Lindsay managed to smile more than blush. Severus looked up with bright eyes.
"Really?"
"Yeah"
"So um your crush is me?" She nodded. "That's funny because I've had a crush on you since day one, and um was wondering… would you go out with me?"
"Yes." They both smiled, "Well you made me feel better but I do gotta help my friends do something so I gotta get up to the common room, and"
"And this is as far as I need to go. Yeah okay well will you come down later?"
"I'll try." With this she leaned over and kissed him on the cheek the slowly turned around and walked off in the direction of the common room smiling bigger than she had all year.
"Lily I'm sorry to say it but; Aerith is changing and it's for the worst." Char sighed as she sat up straight; her face bright red.
"Yeah, I know" Lily looked at the fire.
"I think you should talk to her." Lizzy agreed with the other two.
"I… I just can't. She was the first one to want to be my friend at the beginning of this year; she brought me into this group."
"What does that have anything to do with talking to her, it's not like you're breaking up with her." Char looked at Lily as her face turned back to normal.
"I know. But you know how Aerith is; she'll be hurt and ask how we think she's turning into Rielly. I'll have to tell her that this guy she barely likes is basically taken and that she already knows that yet she insists on still going after him trying to steer him away from Erayn. Which is like breaking the girl's code of friendship. She'll never talk to me again." Lily looked on the verge of tears at the last comment.
"Oh Lily," Lizzy got up off the window sill and moved towards her friend, taking her in her arms, "If Aerith really wanted to be friends with you then she wouldn't let Rielly boss her around. She's better at letting people rule over her and you're not like that, you let her make her own decisions. She's scared to do that, so she follows someone that will boss her around." Lizzy pushed the hair out of Lily's face.
"But I don't want to stop being friends with her, she's my best friend." Lily let one tear fall, and Char got up and sat on her other side putting a hand on Lily's knee.
"Look Lily, we're having to comfort you because she's not here, because she ditched you to follow Rielly. What kind of best friend is that?"
"You're right you guys are much better friends then me and her." Lily smiled and sat up, Lizzy's arms still draped around her.
"Now you know Lily if the other girls were here they would help make you feel better too, like Whitney, Sophie, Lindzi, Erayn, even Tyson and Lindsay. And those two aren't good with drama stuff like this." Lizzy laid her head against Lily's and they looked at each other smiling.
"Yeah I know." They all laughed, "Wait did you hear a whistle?"
"Yeah practice must be over." Lizzy got up and went to the window to see if she could see anything in the night. Just then Whitney and Sophie walked in.
"Hey did Lindsay come in yet?" Whitney looked around the deserted common room.
"Umm no, no one has." Lizzy looked away from the window, "Why was she supposed to?"
"Well the boys told us to come and get you but we had to wait a few minutes after the whistle we'd hear then bring you to the place we talked about. But on the way here I said some stuff I really shouldn't have and Lindsay walked off." Whitney said rather fast and looked at her feet ashamed.
"But Whitney wanted to say she was sorry and we had hoped that she had come here." Sophie finished, though a little bit slower.
"Oh man, no sorry we haven't seen her and we've been here since you guys left the first time for dinner." Lizzy replied.
"What place did you talk about?" Char looked over at the two girls suspious.
"Um well the place that we'll take you to in about five minutes." Whitney grinned.
"But we're gunna wait for Lindsa-" Right when Sophie said the name, Lindsay walked in smiling.
"Lindsay! Oh I'm so sorry for wha… you're smiling!" Whitney trailed off when she saw the huge smile plastered to Lindsay's face.
"Yep and I forgive you for what you said, I shouldn't care what other people think of me… and I don't!"
"Lindsay who have you been talking to?" Lizzy jumped away from the window skipping over to Lindsay smiling, "You talked to him, didn't you?" Lindsay, who usually didn't do all the normal girly stuff when it came to boys, giggled and nodded. Then realized what she was doing and stopped but kept smiling.
"He asked you out didn't he?" Lizzy jumped up and down squealing.
"Yes" Lindsay couldn't help it she took hold of Lizzy's hands and jumped with her giggling.
"Okay miss congeniality we have to go get the boys." Sophie laughed as she pushed everyone out the door.
As all six girls made their way down the long hallways Lily was still a little depressed about the whole Aerith thing but didn't really show it. Lily had felt this way before and it was just at the beginning of this year too. Lily and her older sister Petunia were the best of friends, no one could separate them. But on the day Lily found out she was a witch Petunia betrayed her and disowned her. How Lily got over the heartbreak of losing her best friend she didn't know but she didn't want to do it again but it tore at her. The other girls were all giggly and happy even though Lindsay tried not to show it. As they came around the landing of a back staircase from the third floor Lindzi came into view. At the sight of her all the girls' mouth dropped, not one smiling anymore, because unlike the boys and Tyson (who would have laughed if she had saw and had it not happened to her) the girls were nice enough to not laugh at each other.
"Oh my God Lindz, what happened to you?" Sophie asked as her eyes got big.
"Tyson and Daemeon are happened to me!" She had wiped all the muck off of her face on the way up the two floors.
"Oh did you get caught in one of their pranks?" Lizzy looked horrified.
"Yes." was all she got back
"You poor thing." Lizzy was clearly discussed with her best friend, Tyson and her one of her worst enemies.
"Yeah I know."
"So yeah you need to change want me to come with you?" Sophie shook her head.
"If you don't mind the smell but I would like to have some company on the walk there and back I need to rant though so yeah…"
"Hey that's fine, you deserve to rant, and you two can manage to take these three to their 'destination' right?" Sophie laughed at her joke as she turned her question to Whitney and Lindsay.
"Yeah sure you go ahead." Whitney and Lindsay both nodded and agreed.
"Okay come on Lindz." With that Sophie and Lindzi went back up the stairs Sophie had just descended. Mostly Lindzi just told of the incident that happened and Sophie just listened. But when Lindzi was done they continued with small talk and what all was going on with Lily, Lizzy, and Char.
Once they reached the common room they had decided that while Lindzi got into the shower Sophie would get clean cloths out for her. It took Lindzi ten minutes just get all the crap out of her hair then another five just washing her body trying to rid herself of the smell of the fish. Finally Lindzi came out with a towel wrapped around her body and one around her long brown hair. Like she had promised, Sophie had a new set of cloths ready for her.
"Thanks Soph this sucks this is my fourth time changing today; one to get out of my pj's, once before practice, once after practice, and now. Oh well I got my shower for tonight out of the way, I wanted to shower before dinner but I was too hungry to actually go through with it." Lindzi explained everything as she looked over what Sophie had got out for her.
"Hey it's cool; I'll be in the common room when you get done." Sophie shrugged and left Lindzi so she could change in private. When she emerged from their dormitories Lindzi was wearing a cool blue sweater that went with her eyes and tan jeans with tennis shoes and her robes over everything, her long hair was pulled half way back by two big burettes. The two girls made their way down to the Great Hall, when they were on the Grand stair case in front of the front doors they heard screaming again. But this time it wasn't Tyson or Erayn but it sounded like Denium's and Daemeon's voices. Once they walked into the Great Hall and took in what was going on they couldn't help but laugh even though Lindzi had just been in the same mood and look. There in the middle of the Great Hall was Denium covered in the slope from the bucket yelling at Dumbledore who was just nodding with Daemeon at his side trying to defend himself with remarks to the headmaster, Tyson was no where in site.
"I'M TIRED OF HIM MESSING WITH MY CHASER AND THE REST OF MY TEAM, HE HASN'T BEEN HERE A WHOLE YEAR AND HE'S ALREADY A NEUCENCE HE NEEDS TO LEAVE US ALONE!" Denium was yelling.
"I' am NOT a neucence! I didn't even mean for it to get the rest of you it was meant for Tyson! Plus I'm not just messing with her; she's been pulling pranks on me left and right all year!"
"Hmm, I wonder where she is." Sophie looked at the odd scene.
"I'm not sure I want to know." Lindzi replied neither one of them taking their eyes off of the screaming 6th year as they quietly walked over to their table and sat down. Lindzi sat next to Remus who made Rielly and Aerith scoot over for her, and Sophie joined Erayn on her other side.
Sirius watched the scene trying not to burst out laughing. Soon Dumbledore got Denium to calm down along with Daemeon and took them in the direction of his office.
"So what happened?" Lindzi asked as Dumbledore left their line of sight, Filch was starting to clean all the muck off the floor that Tyson and Denium left behind.
"Denium had enough of Daemeon's crap and blew up." Sirius smiled very ounce of it filled with sarcasium.
"Thank-you captain obvious." Lindzi smiled.
"Lind, let me explain." Remus put his hand on hers which lay on the table.
"Yes please do."
"No I will!" Sirius sounded as if he was five. Erayn smiled and told Sirius to calm down, "I don't need to calm down" He flipped his black hair out of his face giving Erayn a look that should have hinted to her that he liked her but she didn't notice things like that when it was her they were given to.
"So anyways what happened?" Sophie laughed noticing Sirius' look to Erayn.
"Anyways," Sirius turned back to the group, "Tyson came in here screaming her head off at Daemeon saying she'd kill em' and he laughed and said that she deserved it," At this Lindzi and Erayn looked at each other and laughed, Sirius looked at them but went on, "Then Mag and Dore," Sirius refereed to Professor McGonagall and Headmaster Dumbledore, "Came and took them into the room behind the head table everyone could hear Daemeon and Tyson yelling at each other still for a while. Then Daemeon and Dore walked out they were headed somewhere when we heard Denium yell, I don't know exactly what happened but-"
"I do," Will spoke up, "We were walking back from practice and weren't paying attention to Tyson and the girls so we didn't see em' get hit and we forgot bout Tyson's warnings before we changed and-" This time Aerith interrupted him,
"You mean all of you knew it would happen yet you still fell for it?" She looked at them as if they were stupid.
"Umm yeah Aerith we did but we're not smart enough to not fall for it." Erayn rolled her eyes, "Continue Will."
"Okaaay, well we went up the steps and Denium opened the door and was about to go in when a bucket appeared over the door and sloshed down on him, so I went around him laughing and came in-" Will was gunna go on but Sirius interrupted him.
"Yeah I got it from here!" Sirius looked at Will with a face that said ha-I-won-now-I-get-to-tell-the-story-so-shut-up, "So Denium blows up and starts yelling coming in just as Dumbledore and Daemeon are walking down the main walkway. Denium starts cussing Taglen out and Dumbledore tells him to hush but all Denium does is stop cussing. Then Daemeon tries to defend himself then you walked in." He wore a look of triumphant.
"Yeah okay who cares Sirius" Rielly pretended to yawn, "Remus love, I want to show you something can you come with me?"
"Um Ri I'm really sorry but I need to talk to Lindzi, maybe after?" He tried to let her down easy.
"Yeah whatever." She went back to her food.
"Yeah Erayn I need to talk to you too." Sirius looked at Rielly shaking his head and got up. Erayn and Lindzi exchanged confused glances, shrugged and followed Sirius and Remus over to the edge of the Great Hall, Sirius leading Erayn to the right and Remus with Lindzi to the left.
As she followed her crush Lindzi looked around her and finally noticed the valentine decorations the professors had put up between lunch and dinner. It was wonderful, soft pink and red hearts hanging everywhere that said things like 'I love you' and 'would you be my Valentine'. With many other streamers and balloons.
"So Erayn um I wanted to ask you, and yes I know the day is almost over but for what's left… would you be my Valentine?" The prankster looked serious for once.
"Yes." Erayn blushed
"And um to go along with that, on a more permanent basis, would you go out with me?" He blushed.
"Um yeah, I'd thought you'd never ask!" Erayn laughed relieved and hugged him. Sirius let a breath he had been holding and hugged her back.
"So can I hold your hand walking back to the table or is that moving to fast?" Sirius returned back to his usual jokester self as he teased her.
"Yes I think that would be fine." She giggled with her reply Sirius took her hand and lead her back to the table everyone smiling at the new couple with an exception of Aerith and Rielly who were both glaring at Erayn who just smiled sweetly back at them.
Lindzi followed Remus over to the other side of the Great Hall away from the crowed and noise.
"So what'd you want to talk to me about?" She smiled when the stopped and faced each other.
"Actually I wanted to ask you something." He started then looked at something behind Lindzi for a moment causing her to turn around, Erayn was hugging Sirius and he took her hand. On the way to the table Sirius winked at Remus who nodded and took a deep breath.
"Okay shoot." Lindzi turned back around facing Remus.
"Okay um I wanted to know if you'd like to gooutwithmeandbemyvalentine." He mumbled all together.
"Could you possibly repeat that?" Lindzi smiled.
"Okay, Lindz, would you go out with me and be my valentine?" He repeated slower as if every word hurt to say.
"Really? Oh, I mean yes!" Lindzi squealed and hugged him. Remus smiled and let himself breathe again. Instead of him taking her hand she took his as they walked back to the table with the same glares from Aerith and Rielly. As they sat down again Sirius leaned over to Remus and whispered,
"Yes?"
"Yep, you?"
"Yep!" The two smiled and gave a low, high five.
"Nervous were we?" Sirius smiled knowing how nervous Remus actually was about doing what he just did.
"Duh, you?" Sirius looked around real quick to make sure no one was watching and nodded. Both smiled and went back to the many different conversations and food on the table.