Chapter 17: The dare put to practise
The next day Lily and her friends were quite surprised at their now down looking boyfriends. They had been perfectly fine the night before.
"What do you 'spose happened?" Anna asked, as they walked the corridor down to charms.
"I don't know, but it must be something really bad." Ellen said. Lily thought for a moment. She didn't think it could be anything too serious. But they did look upset about something.
"Maybe we should ask them." Alice offered.
"Hey, that's a great idea!" Ellen said, grinning. Alice smacked her head.
"Why am I surrounded by idiots?" She asked herself.
When they got into the charms classroom, Professor Flitwick was not there. They walked over to the three marauders, as Remus was yet to return, and sat down. Alice went to sit with Frank. Ellen smiled at Sirius.
"Hey, why so glum?" She asked.
"Were in mourning." Sirius stated, looking bleakly off into the distance as if he missed something dearly. Anna raised an eyebrow at Lily, who shrugged.
"What are you both in mourning for?" She asked. James sighed.
"It was so much fun." He stated, with that same daydreaming look in his eye.
"To think we will never see him hanging from the ceiling again." Sirius replied. Ellen gave a look at Lily clearly showing she thought their boyfriends had gone mad. Lily waved her hand in front of her boyfriends face.
"Who are we talking about here?" She demanded. James looked over at her sadly. Sirius hung his head.
"Snape." He replied. Ellen's eyebrow raised.
"Why would you be mourning Snape?" She asked. Sirius looked at her in disbelief.
"No, No. We're not mourning him. Why if he was dead, I'd be hanging decorations up in the great hall singing 'Ding Dong the Wicked Witch is dead', not mourning." He said.
"Well why are you moping then?" Anna asked.
"Were not allowed to play Pranks on him anymore." James said as if this pained him deeply. Sirius looked on the verge of tears.
"Why not?" Lily demanded.
"Blackmailed us." James said.
"The basturd," Lily stated. Everyone looked at her in shock. "What?" She inquired.
"Well, it's just, you've never said anything mean about Snape before." Anna said.
"Yeah, you're always sticking up for him." Sirius added.
"Well, blackmail's just low. It goes too far." Lily said, looking angry.
"Settle Darling, it'll be alright." Ellen said, trying to soothe the temper that looked about to burst from Lily.
"Don't worry about it, Lily. We have photos. Were just mourning over the loss. But we'll think of something. We always do." James reassured her.
"Yeah, don't worry about it." Peter piped in, attempting to join in the conversation. At this point The Professor came into the room, clambered up the pile of books he like to stand on, and started the lesson.
In history of magic, Lily and Anna were passing notes, while James, Ellen, Anna, Sirius and Peter were sleeping.
I hope you haven't forgotten about our little dare. Alice wrote to Lily. Lily grinned.
How could I forget, Anna?
So what are you going to do about it?
I have a couple of ideas. I managed to do something last night that worked, even before the dare.
Before we gave you the dare? Lily, you temptress! I didn't know you were capable of doing anything like that without a jab from your friends.
Thanks for believing in me, Anna. So kind of you.
Anytime, lils, Anytime.
You know, we should make you do it with Remus aswell…
No! Were not the type!
Oh? And what, prey tell is that?
Well, I don't know how to explain it. I guess Remus and I are both shy, and it would just be weird.
Ah, touché.
I miss him, even though he's been gone a couple of days.
Yeah, poor diddums. I'm sure he'll be back soon though.
Yeah, hopefully. Anyway! When are you going to start your dare?
Well you'll just have to wait and see.
The bell rung at this time, and the majority of the class sprung from their seats at the sound that woke them from their sleep. Anna scrunched up the piece of parchment they had been writing on as they gathered their things. Anna raised a quizzical eyebrow at Lily, who smiled mysteriously as she placed her things into her bag and left the room.
Remus returned at lunch time, still looking fairly pale, but otherwise well. Lily and the boys were the only ones to know what had really made him pale, and the fact that he had wounds from the previous full moon hidden under bandages and clothes. Anna greeted him, ecstatic to see her boyfriend once more. He had to make up an excuse that he had caught something at his mothers and felt weak, to explain why he winced as she hugged him. Lily cast a sad look at Remus, but was glad he was well enough to be back. Everyone was.
That night in the common room, they all finished their homework slowly, and by the time they had ploughed their way through essays and questions, they were the only ones left in the common room. They sat in the armchairs and loveseats next to the warm fire and talked. Peter excused himself as he had an important "meeting" at the astronomy tower.
James pulled Lily close to his body, and Lily looked at him and smiled softly. He conjured a blanket that he placed over the both of their bodies, so that only their torsos were above its warmth. Alice and Anna caught her eyes and gave her meaningful looks. A smirk played across her lips, as she nodded slightly. Underneath the blanket, Lily's hand moved to James' thigh. She brushed her fingertips lightly against the top of his thigh and felt James' body stiffen at the touch. She knew he had looked at her in curiosity, but she didn't look at him, just looked innocently at the fire. Her hand trailed down to near his knee, and then she waited for a moment as she felt James breath out in anticipation, until her hand started to walk slowly up the inside of his thigh.
Anna and Alice were watching for any signs of what Lily may have been doing, and noticed the change in James' features. He looked slightly shocked, also as if he was finding it hard to breath. They both exchanged looks of curiosity, then watched more. Lily was still staring innocently into the fire, whereas James' face went redder and redder. He seemed to be biting his lip.
"Do you reckon she's giving him hand?" Anna asked in a hushed tone. Alice seemed to assess the situation.
"Nope. He would look a whole lot redder if she was." She stated.
"Well, what's she doing then?" Anna whispered.
"She may not be giving him hand now, but I bet he thinks she's gonna be."
Meanwhile Lily had slowly made her way up James' thigh. James let out a soft groan as she reached the top, and felt his growing erection harden more. She still looked into the fire, as if nothing was going on under the blanket. How the hell can she do that when I'm dying under here? He thought. James was proud of him for showing so much self control, though didn't know how long it could go on for. It was then that Lily's hand squeezed his thigh and he lost all control. He leapt onto her, pushing her down under him on the couch. Lily let out a slight gasp at the force he used, and looked up at his eyes, there depths cloudy with desire.
"Since when have you been such a temptress?" He whispered in her ear. She smirked seductively, and then before James knew it, he had been flipped over and on top of him was the fiery red head he loved, inches from his face.
"Since Now." She whispered. It was then when James thought it was due time for a kiss, when Lily got off of him, and walked over to the staircase.
"I'm going to bed, goodnight everyone!" She said. Everyone said goodnight to her, except James who was in such a state of shock that he had lost all control of speech. When everyone had turned and no one was watching her but James, she suddenly did something that you would not expect Lily to even think about doing. She moved onto one of the pillars and grinded her body against it slowly, smirking suggestively at James. James just goggled. Though this strange un-Lily-like behaviour stopped soon after it begun and she made her way up the staircase. James seriously thought about following her up there, but decided against it. Everyone would know what he was up to if he went up now.
Alice and Anna had watched the whole scene being played out and were amazed at what Lily would do when she set her mind to it. This was a whole new side of her that they had never seen before.
"Maybe she does have a good chance of winning after all,' Anna stated.
"Well, the bets only just started, and Ellen has had a lot of experience in this area." Alice replied.
"Yes, but she is also one to be a sex-maniac." Anna said, with a smile on her face.
"Alright there, Prongs?" Asked Sirius, who had seemed to notice the look on his friends face. James gulped and turned his head to Sirius. The whole group were looking at him strangely now, but he couldn't string a sentence together.
"Wait a minute, I know that face," Remus said, peering at his friend. "It looks like a Lily-is-in-control-and-I'm-not-getting-any face."
"Wow, that's tough," Sirius said, leaning back and putting his arm around Ellen. "I know though, that Ellen would never do anything like that, would you?"
Ellen smiled at him, then proceeded to draw circles on his chest with her finger. Sirius grinned and then moved in for a kiss. It was then that Ellen put a finger to his lip.
"Shh, what was that?" She said, looking up the stair well. Sirius seemed to listen intently for the sound that was stopping a good snog.
"The wind?" He offered. Ellen shook her head.
"No, I think Lily wants me." She said, getting up. Sirius got up hastily after her, slightly flabbergasted.
"What?"
"Lily. Wants. Me." She replied slowly.
"But, But, can't you just go and see her after you've kissed me goodnight? I mean, isn't that more important?" He asked desperately. Ellen smirked seductively and touched his face lightly.
"Maybe tomorrow." She said proceeding up the stairs. Sirius stood there like an idiot until Remus burst into laughter.
"I would just love to know what you find so funny, Moony." Sirius said through his teeth.
"Man, has she got you whipped!" He said. Alice and Anna looked at each other, grinning.
This could get interesting.
A/N: ok so its not as long as other chapters…but I thought I should get this out as I am hitting a spot of writers block and thought I should attempt to please you all with at least something! Well as soon as I can think of what to write…I will write it and get it out as soon as possible.
Love you all!
Bohemian Revolution
