Standing There By You

Ch. 53- The Effect of Adding Acid

A/N: Hi... Remember me? Yes, I am still alive. I'm too ashamed to go back and actually see how long it's been since I updated last, but hopefully it hasn't been so long that you have forgotten what went on in the last chapter.

Come to think of it, I can't even remember, so:

Julie received an invitation to 'Marietta Aubine's First Annual Holiday Extravaganza'

Girls found out that boys were making a potion to spill on them, but rather unfortunately they weren't aware this was the exact thing the boys wanted.

Girls concocted potion, Lily spilled some of the itchy dye on her hand.

Grace and James serve a detention, and Severus acts all Snape-like and shifty.

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Once Lily had simmered down a bit from the traumatizing blue and itchiness that had followed, she and her friends reasoned to go through with the prank, but perhaps on a smaller scale.

"Maybe in their dormitory?" Julie suggested. "That way it won't be so public."

"All right," Lily nodded slowly over a small cauldron of bubbling, white liquid. "The cap recommends it to be performed in an open space and if possible near the outdoors, but I reckon it'll be okay if their windows are cracked a bit."

Grace shrugged, smirking. "The fumes can't be that toxic."

Julie laughed, peeking over Lily's shoulder at the potion. "That's comforting."

Lily sighed. "Isn't it though? All right, scrounge around then and see if you can find some flat basins. They'll need to be easy to manage and small enough to fit partially under their beds."

Grace's eyes glistened. "They aren't going to know what hit them."

"Right then, does everyone know the plan?"

Peter looked up at his messy-haired friend. "Mostly..." he said slowly. "But, maybe you should go over it one more time."

James sighed. Peter really had to work on his focusing skills, or lack there of. "The girls think they're one up on us because they've got the stuff to make the potion," he began briskly, marking off the points on his fingers, "but they don't know that we know, and are therefore going to concoct the potion to perform on us, but since we know about it we are going to trick and cause it to backfire on them, the beauty of it being of course that they've spent the time fetching the ingredients and brewing the potion, while in the end we're going to be the ones with the advantage and last laughs. Got it?"

"Yes," Peter answered with too much assurance. "Every word."

"This is going to be bloody brilliant," Sirius grinned, rubbing his hands together. "And I was thinking," he continued, "while we're at it, why don't we use some of the extra on the Slytherins? Get 'em both at the same time, eh?"

"I don't see why not," James grinned in return. "We'll just have to nick a bit of the girls' potion and set it up in hall. Piece of cake."

"Speaking of cake..." Remus smiled, shifting above the desk he so idly rested his feet upon. "December the twentieth is on its way- but I like vanilla sweets, remember."

"December the twentieth?" James implored wonderingly. "Sorry, doesn't ring a bell."

Sirius shook his head. "Of absolutely no significance to me."

"Ha ha," Remus responded with a wry grin. He brightened and it grew into an authentic smile. "This is the first year I'll be able to stay for my birthday, you know. The Holidays miss the full moon by a good couple of days- you know how mum always wants me home if I'm able; she likes to make a right old fuss over me. I think I can get her to let me stay, though."

"Great," Sirius said enthusiastically. "We can plan an excellent bash for you." He cocked his head toward James. "You think you're parents'll let you stay?"

James waved a hand and nodded, Peter following suit as Sirius turned to him as well. "Smashing." He grinned broadly and rubbed his hands together, swinging his legs over the end of the bed. "And I know my parents won't mind, they might pay Dumbledore to keep me, actually. Oh, that's only a month and half away! I'd better start making plans..."

Remus watched as Sirius stood up and ventured into the mysterious depths of his closet, and attempted not to chuckle as an object could be heard booming against the ground. "Maybe I should go home," he said with a good-humored grin. "I don't think mum would consider planting a dungbomb in my pajamas an adequate birthday present."

Surprisingly, Lily found it rather hard to sit and discuss which arithmancy problems derived from the Chaldeans and which originated in Greece- as improbable as it would seem- while she had a batch of SernumentSolution waiting to be dealt with in her dormitory upstairs.

Kirk's eyes glowed and his perfectly cropped blonde hair seemed to ruffle slightly with excitement. "This passage says it's Dowsing," he told her, and then chuckled, "it's at least more plausible than that article on Iching; honestly, it doesn't have a hint of oracular divination."

Lily gazed back at him, eyes slightly unfocused. "Kirk," she said, causing him to start as she disturbed his intellectual ramblings. She shifted in her seat towards him. "Don't you ever-," she paused, frowning. "Have you ever read anything exhilarating- something you can't stop reading until you've finished, that just grips you, and takes you out of reality and into the next, until you can't even remember where you-,"

"Ah, let me stop you there," Kirk held up a hand, smiling knowingly. "I know exactly what you're talking about. I just finished a book precisely like that, as a matter of fact."

"Really?" Lily slumped against her chair with relief. "Which was it?"

Kirk straightened up in his own chair eagerly. "The Great Pyramid: Its Construction, Symbolism and Chronology, by Basil Stewart; it's fascinating, really, the way it records the dimensions, magnitude and proportions-,"

"No, no," Lily frowned, waving her hands swiftly to stop him. "I mean novels... the ones that invoke vision and caprice; Wuthering Heights, or- or The Hidden Life in Freemansonry, or," she released a soft laugh, "The Princess Bride, even."

"The Princess Bride?" he repeated skeptically.

Lily nodded enthusiastically. "It's an excellent love story with death, pirates, princes, princesses, not to mention Humperdink-,"

"Humperdink?" Kirk wrinkled his nose. "That sounds a bit fantastical to me."

Lily sighed, surrendering and reaching back for her Advanced Arithmancy book. "That's the point," she whispered despondently, but looked down and continued her pending homework nonetheless.

A chilly, hard floor scraping against one's feet in the dark morning was not at all a pleasurable ordeal, but, as James's toes dug through slime and his ankles occupied themselves with a creeping, sticky sort of gook, he decided he rather preferred icy toes after all.

He was quite swift in class, James was proud to profess, but the brink of the morning often found him to be a bumbling, incoherent fool; despite Sirius's contends he couldn't see any difference from his normal inept self, Remus and Peter agreed, especially after the repeated instances involving James and a syrup bottle exchanged for his shampoo.

Taking into account his very sad history of morning blunderers, 17.4 seconds was a remarkable time for him to realize his feet hand landed in a tub full of a very familiar solution.

"Huh," James said, watching as a prominent blue hue appeared from his ankles down. He winced when he remembered the next itchy step, leaping up and in the direction of the bathroom; he shut the door just as he heard his friends rustling behind him, and hurried to hop in the shower before they could try and beat him to it- water might increase the itch, but it was nothing a little ice-water-numbness couldn't solve.

Twenty minutes later James re-entered the dormitory, greeted by a few very itchy and irritable boys. He smiled at them from underneath a sopping mop of brown hair. "Reckon they decided to go through with it, eh?"

Remus gave a grimace in response. "I thought you said this was a flawless plan," he grumbled, still scratching mindlessly the bottom of his foot. "Now they're not going to fill the basins in the hall, and therefore won't be waiting underneath for your master plan to unravel... Well, I,"

"That's all right," Sirius waved his hand dismissively. "We can get them back some other way, and besides, we still have the solution set up to fall on the Slytherins. Now James, do you think this looks like more of a cobalt or navy blue?"

"Navy," James decided, taking a few steps back from his friend's propped up foot. "Though I'm not so sure it's the appearance you should be worried about..." he scrunched up his nose and waved his hand rapidly to further emphasize his point.

"Agreed," Remus said, taking a step back as well.

Sirius brought his foot back down with a resentful smirk. "You're just bitter because you said cobalt," he determined, sniffing indignantly. Though when this slight sniff sent him nearly gagging, he assented and quickened to the showers himself.

"I hope he hurries," James said, crawling across the floor to retrieve a fallen sock. "If Snape is the one to land under the basins, I absolutely don't want to miss it."

"I wonder if they'll be angry," Julie said, her eyes darting the halls as they roamed in the musky morning. "Itchiness can really lead to madness, you know."

Grace chanced a glance at Lily and smiled. "Yeah, I know." Her friend smirked in response, peering down at the vague blueness left to lightly layer her hands. "It really is too bad, though," Grace continued, "I mean, sure they'll have itchy feet all day, but it would've been much lovelier if we could've given them a nice patch of blue across their nose, or something."

"No, this is good," Lily said, cradling her books lightly in the crook of her arm. "We reacted, they have itchy toes, and there's no evidence in plain view. It's perfect."

"Yeah, I," Grace paused and shifted her weight to stand on her tip toes, a smile creeping across her lips. "There they are now," she announced to her friends, and then turning back, continued, "And walking alone seems to be a very uncomfortable task."

Lily folded her arms. "What are they doing?" she asked, raising a dubious brow at the slightly suspicious boys before them. "They're acting really shifty."

Julie frowned curiously, peering forward as well. "Let's go check it out."

"All right, here they come," Sirius jabbed James in the side as a group of Slytherins emerged briskly on their routine path from the staircase adjacent to the hall that led to the house's common room.

James nodded and raised his wand, casting a spell on the basins they had planted on a windowsill high above; they radiated a bit at the enchantment before engaging in a gradual tip. "There," he whispered. "By the time they get over here it'll,"

"Potter," Professor McGonagall snapped, craning her neck around the doorframe of her classroom. Setting a pair of stern bespectacled eyes upon the student, she stepped swiftly forward in his direction. "If I recall, you didn't make the effort to,"

It seemed to be in slow motion, the boys thought, as the solution from the above basin gooped down onto their unsuspecting professor instead of its intended victims. James watched as her face turned so red that the rising blue caused it to turn a violent shade of purple.

"Oh... bugger," Sirius spoke for them all, taking a precautious step back as a stunned crowd began gathering around them.

Among the crowd three girls' expressions reflected the boys' shock, as Professor McGonagall remained in a trembling silence. "Who..." she started evenly, blinking a blue eye open to stare at the awestruck students around her. "Who..."

"It wasn't me," James and Sirius chorused immediately, holding their hands up to emphasize their supposed innocence.

Professor McGonagall looked as if she was ready with a harsh response, but a strange expression came about her face and it became evident the itchiness had commenced. "Somebody hand me my parchments," she instructed stiffly, fighting to scratch her ridiculously blue face.

At once Lily moved to sweep up the papers that had scattered near her feet, springing up and thrusting them at McGonagall. "Here you go, Ma'am," she gave a forced smile and moved to step backwards. Before she could retreat fully, however, the professor, with eyes round, bulging, and slightly maddened, reached out a thin hand to grasp Lily's wrist.

"Miss Evans," she admonished, pushing down the startled girl's sleeve and raising her arm high above. "Why," her nostrils flared dangerously, "...why is your hand stained blue?"

Lily seemed incapable of movement as she stared slack-jaw at the place where the solution had spilled across her hand three days prior. "No," she managed to squeak. "I-,"

"Come with me," she straightened up and pulled the most dignified face she could muster. "We'll work out your punishment in my office."

Lily gulped and involuntarily clutched her Prefect badge. "But-,"

Before she had a chance to protest further Professor McGonagall tightened her grip on her arm and began briskly walking down the hallway, leaving a crowd of stunned and gapping students in her wake.

"Lily's... in trouble?" Sirius whispered, dumbfounded.

James's eyes followed the awkwardly advancing pair as they rapidly made their way down the corridor. "We pulled the prank," he pondered aloud the perplexing situation. "And she's going to get in trouble for it."

"You're both geniuses," Remus quipped dryly. He turned to James. "You're not going to let her take the blame for it, are you?"

James frowned. "Aren't I?"

Remus sighed despairingly, chancing a glance at his other friend and quirking a hopeful brow. Sirius mimicked him and lifted a derisive brow in response. "Isn't he?"

"She'll despise you even more," Remus told him.

James cocked his head. "But-,"

"She's a Prefect."

"What's that got to do with anything?"

Remus shifted his weight tiredly. "An incident like this will ruin her reputation."

"I don't-,"

"And don't forget all those romance novels she reads," Sirius piped up knowingly.

James stared back blankly. "Sirius, what do romance novels have to do with an angry blue McGonagall?"

Sirius leaned in and whispered with a growing grin, "In every romance novel the man saves the damsel in distress and she complies by giving him a big, fat, sloppy-," he paused as James turned into a sudden blur and disappeared down the other end of the hallway. He smiled. "Atta boy."

Lily knew she was fifteen and known for her maturity, she knew she was a Prefect, and she knew she was highly capable of acting like a proper young adult; but at this very moment she had the inconceivable desire to stop her professor in the middle of the hall, fling herself onto the ground and pound her feet and fists until someone understood the perverse and unjust affair this truly was.

Soundlessly, save the ominous tapping of McGonagall's quick feet, they entered the professor's subdued chambers into an atmosphere that was so tormented by silence Lily could hardly stand it. Even when she lingered before the familiar yet stiff high-backed chairs and was quite certain her professor would give a rare smile and offer kindly a sweet like she was apt to doing whenever Lily would stop by for a quick visit, her professor merely walked past her and retreated to a separate room in the back. Though she assumed this was a sign for her to sit down, she hardly dared act upon it. Instead she stood as still as she could and crossed her arms tightly, searching for anything in the room that could distract her from the awful happenings.

"Oh my," she whispered out loud, tapping her foot fretfully. "Oh... Oh my."

Professor McGonagall reappeared several minutes later, a thin layer of white now replacing the deep blue stain. Some sort of lotion had pacified the intense color, but by the look on her professor's face it had yet to sooth the itchy irritation. "Have a seat, Miss Evans," she instructed, her voice unnervingly calm.

Promptly Lily obeyed, lowering herself rapidly to perch onto the nearest chair. "Professor McGonagall-,"

"I must say, Miss Evans," the professor cut in swiftly. "I did have a higher perception of you."

Lily bit her lip. She had, of course, the option to spill out everything that had been going on, and the ability to pin the entire awful occurrence on James- even though she was still rather confused about the situation, she had no doubt the it was Marauders that were behind it- but somehow it just didn't feel right.

"I don't know, professor," she mumbled somberly. "I,"

"Mr. Potter?"

"What?" She ogled her professor with amazed round eyes. "How did you...?"

"Excuse me, professor," a deep voice panted from behind Lily. She whipped around, only to view James Potter with one hand gripping the doorframe and the other outstretched toward the room's occupants. He tipped his head. "Evans."

"I don't have time for any of your nonsense, Mr. Potter," McGonagall snapped, blue tinged lip twitching.

"Of course not," James nodded his head understandingly. "I just thought you should know... Evans wasn't involved with the prank at all."

Professor McGonagall remained un-phased "Oh?" she implored. "Then explain to me, why are her hands stained blue?"

James didn't hesitate a second. "We spilled some of the potion on the staircase," he alleged, "she slipped and put out her hands to stop her, and that's er," he nodded toward her blue fingers and wrist, "the only reason her hands are colored that way."

Professor McGonagall narrowed her eyes at a particularly stunned Lily. "Is that true, Miss Evans?"

For a moment she thought herself too confounded to answer, but fortunately she quickly found her voice and delivered an adequate response. "I would never pull a stunt that could possibly harm you," she spoke as honestly as she could- without getting in trouble, of course.

For a few moments of tense silence Professor McGonagall looked intently between the two, deliberating in the soundless and unnerving manner she always did. "Very well then," she finally spoke. "Miss Evans, you're free to go," she nodded her head at the girl and it seemed as though a very vague look of relief had set across her features. It was much easier to reprimand a renowned mischief maker than a top student, after all. She looked across the room. "Mr. Potter, have a seat."

Lily Evans was very perplexed. On one hand she was happy... very, very happy; it would've been a highly unpleasant battle if McGonagall had attempted to take her badge away. Not to mention the look of unbearable disappointment that had laced her professor's normally cool face.

But on the other hand... she shuddered to think about it. Had James Potter- infamous swank and ever-so pretentious idiot- taken the blame for something he could've clearly gotten away with no punishment at all?

Lily frowned down at her shoes. The soles were scuffed- probably from the pacing she had done since she had left McGongall's office- and the tops were dull and slightly fading. Lowering herself to the ground to better inspect her shoes, a task she cherished as a chance to avoid thinking about that morning, she leaned against the brick wall and tried not to think about why she had stayed to linger outside of McGonagall's office instead of enjoying her free period in the library like she should have been.

Just as she decided she was acting loopy and the best choice would most definitely be to run away while she still could and retreat to the wonderful realm of books, the Transfiguration door swung open and James re-entered the hallway.

Looking up, she noticed he didn't appear at all surprised to see her. "Potter," she acknowledged, quickly standing up off the ground. "You,"

James made some sort of noise she assumed he emitted to silence her, as he shifted his bag to his other shoulder and leaned against the wall with his free one. "Hey," he said, shrugging one shoulder as a grin tweaked his lips. "You don't have to say anything."

She waved her hand. "Well just,"

Lily could not complete her protest, however, because as soon as she opened her mouth to begin it a pair of quick lips swooped down to cover her own.

If it was a passionate reaction James had wanted, it was a passionate response he got.

"Ow!" James yelped, ducking for cover as Lily's bag came thumping down onto his head. "What are you doing?"

"What am I doing?" she shrieked, not pausing in her book-bag pummel. "You're such an idiot!"

"What are you talking about?" he swerved quickly to avoid a sound blow in the head. "It's not as if you weren't expecting it."

Lily froze for a few stunned seconds. "What?"

"I saved you," he said, taking advantage of her lack of concentration to step back and straighten his robe indignantly. "You know, prince charming... damsel in,"

"I swear if you finish that sentence with 'distress'," Lily growled, "I'll clobber you. I didn't ask you to help me out- and besides, you know this, this and everything else was your entire fault! I should be angry with you for getting the solution on my hands in the first place!"

"Now listen," James cut in, holding a hand up to stop her.

"No you listen," Lily said, grabbing his immodest hand and twisting it out of her way. "Until I get every single disgusting germ off my lips I'm going to,"

"Evans, Evans," James attempted to pacify the nearly snarling girl, "it's all right, I'm sure Kirk will understand that this was a perfectly-,"

"Kirk?" After a moment Lily's eyes widened. "Oh- oh right, you didn't even consider that I have a boy-,"

James stared at her imploringly, eyes twinkling. "You forgot about him, didn't you? Ah, it's all right, I know the effect of my lips can startle anyone out of recalling dull and meaningless relations."

"Actually," Lily countered hotly, sending her bag into his stomach for one final blow, "I don't know what you're so bloody cocky about. I'd expect it was worse than kissing an ape; terribly sloppy and breath so acidic I would certainly consider investing in a toothbrush."

With that she turned swiftly around and stalked down the corridor, leaving a stunned and rather bewildered boy in her wake.

"Turquoise or plum?" Grace pondered aloud, dangling two half-filled bottles of nail-polish in front of inquisitive blue eyes. Clicking her tongue contemplatively, she unscrewed the two tops and peered inside. "Maybe I'll just go with,"

If her dorm-mates had wondered or cared which polish color she had finally decided upon, it was in vain; they watched in stunned silence as their door came crashing open and Grace in turn- nail-polishes included- went tumbling backwards and onto the ground.

"Oh," Lily shook her head, snapping out of a distracted state and peering down at the mess she had created. "I'm really sorry Grace,"

"Ah ha!" Grace triumphed, absently brushing away a turquoise streaked tress and sitting upright. "Thanks, Lily; this is a brilliant color."

Julie giggled and joined her friend on the floor, taking a glance at the mixed polish the collision had created. "Interesting," she commented airily, pointing her wand at the vibrant puddles around them and charming them away.

After bottling a bit of the combined colors, Grace hopped up, heading toward the bathroom to scrub off the specks that had landed on her skin.

"Lily," Julie said slowly, inspecting her dazed friend with interest. "Have you been reading Kirk's books again?"

Lily started. "What?"

"Well your face," Julie explained, "it's all flushed like last time. It must've been a really good book, because your-,"

"It wasn't a good book!" Lily interrupted hurriedly and a bit louder than necessary. She attempted to calm herself when Julie and their dorm-mates jumped at her startling outburst. "I- I mean, well it wasn't even a- okay sure, let's just-,"

A twinkle came about Angie's wide eyes. "You have been snogging!" she exclaimed. "Val, get out the camera," she ordered, "this is a moment worth preserving."

"No," Lily protested, but to no avail as a blinding light flashed crudely into her eyes. "Trust me," she growled, rubbing at her eyes. "This is a moment I do not want to remember."

"Oh," Val frowned sympathetically. "Kirk's that bad, huh?"

Lily paused. "Um."

Both Val and Angie raised their eyebrows, prying curiosity radiating as they gave a collective gasp of shock. "It wasn't Kirk!"

Lily began to grow frantic at the predicament she had drowned herself in. "No. Well, yes. I-I mean-," she groaned; either way she was stuck- she didn't want Kirk to be deemed degradingly, but the option of telling them who it truly had been was too horrible to even consider.

"Lily!" Julie exclaimed suddenly from her spot on the ground. The two girls halted their inquiry and looked down at her. She, however, remained adamantly staring at Lily. "We're late," she said rapidly, bouncing up and grabbing her friend's arm as she lunged across the room. "Camaraderie with the house-elves is early today; I do believe we might've already missed the crumpets!"

"What?" came from each girl's mouth, but she didn't give them time to ask anything else as they flew out the door and down the staircase. Once they had safely reached the base of the common room, she released Lily's arm and leaned against a low tattered couch.

"Camaraderie with the house-elves?" Lily questioned, trying to catch her breath. "Since when are we in that?"

"We're not," Julie responded. "Sorry, it just looked like you didn't want to stay there much longer."

"Oh," Lily gave a deep sigh of relief. "Thanks." Suddenly she remembered where she was, and began to dart paranoid glances around the room in search for her present adversary. "I appreciate it," she continued distractedly.

Julie glanced at her, worried. "Do you want to go outside?" she offered. "It's a bit chilly but-,"

Lily was headed toward the exit before Julie could even finish. "That sounds like an excellent idea to me."

"Escape! Escape! It's James, the ape!"

Sirius, Remus and Peter stopped abruptly, inclining their heads towards the source of the cackling song.

"Peeves?" Sirius questioned, his eyes meeting a jovial, bouncing flash of light.

"Take flight at once to Argentina! Montana!

Away from the boy with breath de banana!"

"What are you up to, Peeves?" Remus asked.

The buoyant menace hooted in delight. "Know any words that rhyme with toothbrush?"

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sblomie- Swedish history for 5 hours, that definitely sounds yucky! Thanks for the awesome review, and enjoy this chapter!

theQuibbleringQuibblerer- Wow, thanks for the smashing review, and enjoy this chapter!

Ophelia Drowning- psst, here take this…hands opaque bottle with blue stuff inside Thanks bunches for the awesome review!

Blueseal- Hey Jessica! It's me Angela again, getting stuck with the review responses :) Thanks for the awesome review and enjoy the next chapter!

Dulcis- Thanks for the review, princess band-aids and she wouldn't let you get them, what kind of cruel and unusual punishment is that!

Tamsididi- hehe, glad you enjoyed the chapter! Thanks for the smashing review!

newsieduckling- They are in 5th year, and thanks for the awesome review!

Abby- Sorry about the long wait, but enjoy the next chapter! Thanks for the awesome review!

Sister Golden Hair- thanks for the smashing review, I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Under-the-Moonlight- hehe it might happen! Thanks for the review!

Adnilem- Wow! Thanks for the smashing review! I'm glad this story could bring happiness to you, since your review makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!

x4eyedblondiex- Wow I'm glad you enjoy this story so much, your review means so much to me! And it was all part of the marauders master plan!

Also big THANKS to idea-expander (aka beta) for helping me write the review responses, I read all of the reviews and love them bunches but I wanted to get this out as quick as possible, so she offered a helping hand and we split up the bunch. : )