For the Love of Pranks
Disclaimer: The great JK owns all the characters, settings, etc. *All bow down and praise the great mind of JK*
Chapter four
Lily had noticed that Remus was looking particularly upset, and was not hanging around with James and Sirius. She also noticed that James and Sirius seemed to be furious with Remus about something.
She had been thinking about what could possibly have happened between the three of them, when she was startled from her thoughts by Remus' voice. "A knut for your thoughts," he said in a would-be cheerful voice, but Lily knew better.
"Remus, can I talk to you, please?"
"Well, you're talking to me now, aren't you?" Lily laughed at his reply, before becoming serious again.
"Remus, what's wrong? You seem down in the dumps."
"I, well." Remus looked up at her expectant face, and muttered, "Don't worry about it, it's nothing."
"Yeah, and Voldemort was a Gryffindor!" Lily retorted.
Remus glared at her. He really wasn't comfortable talking about it to anyone. "They found out about. Oh, never mind."
"They found out about." She lowered her voice, "Your condition?" Remus nodded. "And now they're ignoring you?"
"Lily, don't -" Remus started, but Lily had already got up and stalked determinedly over to James and Sirius.
*SLAP! SLAP!*
James and Sirius looked at Lily with their mouths open, each sporting a red hand mark on his cheek. Apparently, Lily was annoyed.
"If you can treat Remus like that, you don't deserve his friendship!" She yelled, and stormed up the stairs leading to her dormitory.
Remus glanced up at James' and Sirius' faces, and started laughing. Sirius and James glared at him, but then, both realised how silly they had been (they would have lied too, wouldn't they?), and joined in the laughter.
"Right, I'm going to bed. Remus? Sirius? You coming?" James asked meaningfully.
"Ok," answered Remus. Sirius, on the other hand, gave James a quizzical look, and shrugged.
Back in their dorm, Remus sat on his bed, and James and Sirius sat on Sirius' bed, faceing him. They stared at each other before Remus began to speak.
"I'll understand if you don't want to hang around with me anymore, -" but he was interrupted by James.
"Look, we're not angry because you're a werewolf. Quite frankly, we couldn't care less if you had three heads, and bright blue skin, and Merlin knows what else! The only reason we got angry is because you lied to us!"
"We're supposed to be your friends," Sirius agreed. "Anyone who knows you, knows what a great person you are, Remus! If anyone who was your friend rejected you because you're a werewolf, it just means that they weren't real friends in the first place!"
"We do still want to be friends with you. We just got cheesed off because you lied to us for three years!"
"Then," Remus started nervously, "You didn't tell anyone about, um. You know."
"Of course not!" James and Sirius exclaimed in unison, both with very fake looks of outrage on their faces.
The three of them broke out in fits of laughter, shortly before Sirius jumped on James. The two of them wrestled for a few minutes before Peter ran up the stairs to see what was wrong.
"I should have guessed," said Peter, rolling his eyes. "Guys, Lily's really worried about something, she said to come and get you."
The three less evil boys (sorry ppls, but I hate Peter) exchanged glances before heading back down to the common room, where Lily had assumed the worst when she had heard James' and Sirius' shouts.
"Remus, what happened?" Lily was frantic. "I heard shouts."
Remus cut her off to explain that everything was fine, and that they were talking again - it was just James and Sirius being themselves. Lily, looking a little confused, said that she was glad that everything had turned out all right, before leaving to finish her homework, obviously still with no idea what had just taken place up in the boys' dorm.
"So, how about tonight?" James asked with a grin.
"Huh?" Remus looked quite bewildered.
Lowering his voice, James replied, "Well, we were going to play that prank on Snape the other night, remember?"
"Yeah," Sirius agreed. "Tonight would be perfect - the teachers are all at a staff meeting, so we won't be caught!"
Remus thought of all the class work he had to catch up with, but, seeing the looks on his friends' faces, he knew he couldn't refuse them the opportunity to annoy Snape. They had been planning this prank for weeks, and were too excited to put it off any longer.
To be continued
A/N: There. I told you we'd update! The next chapter probably won't be up for at least a week, as the Garden Gnome and I are finding it hard to agree on where to place the 'goldfish scene.' We had heaps of fun writing it, and I (Sploogal) think it should go in the next chapter, but the Garden Gnome thinks it should wait until chapter eight! That's a long time. Please review, and tell us what you want to read (Lily/James or pranks, or the "goldfish scene" or. what? You tell us!), and we'll do our best to please you!
Disclaimer: The great JK owns all the characters, settings, etc. *All bow down and praise the great mind of JK*
Chapter four
Lily had noticed that Remus was looking particularly upset, and was not hanging around with James and Sirius. She also noticed that James and Sirius seemed to be furious with Remus about something.
She had been thinking about what could possibly have happened between the three of them, when she was startled from her thoughts by Remus' voice. "A knut for your thoughts," he said in a would-be cheerful voice, but Lily knew better.
"Remus, can I talk to you, please?"
"Well, you're talking to me now, aren't you?" Lily laughed at his reply, before becoming serious again.
"Remus, what's wrong? You seem down in the dumps."
"I, well." Remus looked up at her expectant face, and muttered, "Don't worry about it, it's nothing."
"Yeah, and Voldemort was a Gryffindor!" Lily retorted.
Remus glared at her. He really wasn't comfortable talking about it to anyone. "They found out about. Oh, never mind."
"They found out about." She lowered her voice, "Your condition?" Remus nodded. "And now they're ignoring you?"
"Lily, don't -" Remus started, but Lily had already got up and stalked determinedly over to James and Sirius.
*SLAP! SLAP!*
James and Sirius looked at Lily with their mouths open, each sporting a red hand mark on his cheek. Apparently, Lily was annoyed.
"If you can treat Remus like that, you don't deserve his friendship!" She yelled, and stormed up the stairs leading to her dormitory.
Remus glanced up at James' and Sirius' faces, and started laughing. Sirius and James glared at him, but then, both realised how silly they had been (they would have lied too, wouldn't they?), and joined in the laughter.
"Right, I'm going to bed. Remus? Sirius? You coming?" James asked meaningfully.
"Ok," answered Remus. Sirius, on the other hand, gave James a quizzical look, and shrugged.
Back in their dorm, Remus sat on his bed, and James and Sirius sat on Sirius' bed, faceing him. They stared at each other before Remus began to speak.
"I'll understand if you don't want to hang around with me anymore, -" but he was interrupted by James.
"Look, we're not angry because you're a werewolf. Quite frankly, we couldn't care less if you had three heads, and bright blue skin, and Merlin knows what else! The only reason we got angry is because you lied to us!"
"We're supposed to be your friends," Sirius agreed. "Anyone who knows you, knows what a great person you are, Remus! If anyone who was your friend rejected you because you're a werewolf, it just means that they weren't real friends in the first place!"
"We do still want to be friends with you. We just got cheesed off because you lied to us for three years!"
"Then," Remus started nervously, "You didn't tell anyone about, um. You know."
"Of course not!" James and Sirius exclaimed in unison, both with very fake looks of outrage on their faces.
The three of them broke out in fits of laughter, shortly before Sirius jumped on James. The two of them wrestled for a few minutes before Peter ran up the stairs to see what was wrong.
"I should have guessed," said Peter, rolling his eyes. "Guys, Lily's really worried about something, she said to come and get you."
The three less evil boys (sorry ppls, but I hate Peter) exchanged glances before heading back down to the common room, where Lily had assumed the worst when she had heard James' and Sirius' shouts.
"Remus, what happened?" Lily was frantic. "I heard shouts."
Remus cut her off to explain that everything was fine, and that they were talking again - it was just James and Sirius being themselves. Lily, looking a little confused, said that she was glad that everything had turned out all right, before leaving to finish her homework, obviously still with no idea what had just taken place up in the boys' dorm.
"So, how about tonight?" James asked with a grin.
"Huh?" Remus looked quite bewildered.
Lowering his voice, James replied, "Well, we were going to play that prank on Snape the other night, remember?"
"Yeah," Sirius agreed. "Tonight would be perfect - the teachers are all at a staff meeting, so we won't be caught!"
Remus thought of all the class work he had to catch up with, but, seeing the looks on his friends' faces, he knew he couldn't refuse them the opportunity to annoy Snape. They had been planning this prank for weeks, and were too excited to put it off any longer.
To be continued
A/N: There. I told you we'd update! The next chapter probably won't be up for at least a week, as the Garden Gnome and I are finding it hard to agree on where to place the 'goldfish scene.' We had heaps of fun writing it, and I (Sploogal) think it should go in the next chapter, but the Garden Gnome thinks it should wait until chapter eight! That's a long time. Please review, and tell us what you want to read (Lily/James or pranks, or the "goldfish scene" or. what? You tell us!), and we'll do our best to please you!