Bets&&Confusion

A/N: Sorry guys, it took a REALLY long time and it still isn't as good as the last ones, and not as funny, but I needed to write SOMETHING! Ugh, I guess it'll have to do for now…

Disclaimer: Same deal as last time. Yes? Does that mean I can start now? Yes? Awesome!

Lily quickly ran out of the bathroom after spending the last two hours in a stall. Maybe that was a little bit dramatic. But of course, who couldn't be dramatic if they accidentally revealed their feelings to the guy they like, and then ran into a door in front of him? Wait, did I just say feelings? Did I just say I like James? POTTER I mean! Of course not! Maybe I'll admit to a little teensy-weensy crush…but that's all! Just a crush, yah, that's right.

"LILY!" Tash shrieked. Shit, I've never noticed how loud Tash is until now. Of course, I never really cared if she brought attention to me by being loud before.

"Hey Tash, would you mind toning down the vocal cords?" Lily asked warily.

Tash looked scandalized, as if to say "how dare you ask me that!" but remembered how pissed Lily was before, and softened her look a little bit.

"So…are you talking to us now?" Ria asked timidly. "Or are you still mad?"

"Forget it; I was being a bitch. Now let's get a carriage before there all gone." Lily said with a "now that's the end of that" tone.

Even on the carriage James and Remus were STILL in discussion.

"Oh come on boys, lighten up! We either need to throw a huge party, or a HUGE prank!" This was what Sirius lived for, girls, the marauders, and P.P. (A/N: No, that doesn't mean pee…or anything else for that matter! It just means pranks and parties)!

Remus looked up. "How about a small joke, and a huge party?" He then smiled at James, who then smiled back.

"I have two things to say!" Announced Sirius. "First, that sounds good to me! I mean, we wouldn't want to get our little Prongsie boy in to much trouble on the first day back! And second, REMUS AND JAMES! How could you?"

"How could we what Padfoot?" James looked mischievous.

"Go behind our backs like that! Sure, if you're both bisexual, or even homosexual, we couldn't care less, but if your not going to tell us about things like this…I'm not sure what I'll do!"

Remus and James now couldn't stop laughing. Sure, from Peter they could expect this, since he was one of the stupidest in their grad, but not Sirius!

"Why are you laughing?" Sirius demanded.

"Because you think James and I am, well, a couple! As in, Remus & James!

"Well aren't you?"

"NO!" Both James and Remus said at the same time. "I was just discussing with Prongs here, how to win Lily over."

Sirius couldn't think of any other way to hide his embarrassment other then to change the subject. "Well mate, it doesn't really look like you'll need to. She admitted that she likes, someone, and got flustered and ran out the room!"

"Yah that's what I was telling him, I said: "it was either someone close to us, or in this room!" and that excludes Sirius and I. She also hates Wormtail!"

"HEY!"

"Sorry Peter, but it's true! And I also forgot you where here." Remus muttered that last part under his breath. "But back to the subject, also, all her other friends are girls! Well, that's possible, but she's made it pretty clear that she likes a boy…"

At the feast, Lily was babbling about something that her friends couldn't make any sense out of. And then, when the marauders came strutting in (OK, Sirius and James strutting, Remus walking normally, and Peter was tripping with every second step) and then Lily became unusually quiet. Her friends would ask her every five minutes "What the hell is wrong with you Lily? You where so loud before, and now your so quiet!" but she'd just always reply "I'll tell you later, guys."

Back at Tash, Ria, and most of the other seventh year girl's room, both the girls where looking expectantly at Lily.

"OK, OK. I'll tell you what's bothering me!" Lily said, slightly flustered. She then paused for a while, contemplating how exactly to come out with it.

"Just come out with it!" Tash screamed at Lily.

"Well, I might have said something to James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter. And it might've been really embarrassing. And I also might've ran into a wall while trying to get away from them. Yah, I think that pretty much sums it up." Lily said looking flushed.

"YOU DID WHAT?" Tash bellowed. She really did like being abnormally loud.

"Tash, shhh…let Lily finish." Ria always seemed to be the peace maker and could calm many people down.

"Well, I was daydreaming and staring out the window, so Sirius asked me what was wrong, and I said that I was thinking of someone. They all took it the wrong way and thought I was talking about James, so I ran. But not before running into the wall beside the door."

"Ooh Lily! How could you embarrass yourself like that?" Ria really was the one you went for if you needed sympathy.

"Well, it doesn't take much for me to screw up or fall right in front of anyone, it seems to be my skill (A/N: If any of you knew me, that pretty much sums me up in that sentence!). I eventually get over it." Lily shrugged.

"Do you realize that you just admitted what Ria and I have been trying to get you to say for the last three years in about, what? Two hours?" Tash sounded extremely pissed, but still kind of a smug ring to her voice.

"What did I just admit?" Lily was scared, Tash tricked her into saying many things, most of them where true also, but she would never admit them herself.

"That you like the very sexy, and very desirable, James Harold Potter! That's what!"

"You guys are hilarious! Yeah right, how could I like him?" Lily looked downright frightened.

"Why do you look so scared then if you don't like him? Hmm? Thinking that we might go tell everyone?"

"Vashti! Don't create fights on the first day! If she liked him she would tell us. Right, Lily?" There went Ria again, playing peacemaker.

"Umm, well, I guess I would," Lily looked like she was telling the biggest fib in the world. "Well, I'm a little bit hungry, I might go down to the kitchens… yeah, that's were I'll be."

Just before Lily crawled out of the common room, Ria and Tash could hear Lily swearing profanity and cursing her luck.

"I'll bet you 10 Galleons that she'll fuck him by the end of the year!" Tash exclaimed.

"VASHTI! That's a horrible thing to say, not to mention bet!"

"Yeah, but its true." Tash sulked.

"Fine, your on. I say they get together, but she won't, do that, with him."

"I say she will, I think she has to break free and do something wild sometime in her lifetime." Tash said.

"I disagree, but they would be cute together!" Ria squealed.

"If you go that high-pitched again I'll beat the shit out of you for permanently deafening me." Tash threatened.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you!"

"No shit, but 10 galleons she fucks him for me and 10 to you if she doesn't but they get together?" Tash asked.

"You bet!"

A/N: I know, terrible chapter. But I had to do something didn't I? Ohh well… I might not be updating as much. School started, two weeks ago? And homework is piling up. I'm in grade 7, but their making us do grade 8 work! Fair? I think not! I should so go against the system! Lol, again, kidding. But yes, I'm in grade 7, just a young one. So sue me. But don't, 'cause that wouldn't be cool. Wups, I'm babbling again. Notice I do that a lot? He he. Tell me what ya' think. Love it? Hate it? Hopefully love it? CONSTRUCTIVE criticism only! Well, gotta hit the ole dusty trail…

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