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OT3 Challenge - Day 12 - Night

Hogwarts - Potions Assignment 1 - Task: As the lesson says above, a baby Mandrake's cry can Paralyze you for a few hours, your task is to write about someone being Paralyzed. PROMPT - Phrase: I'll do anything!

Pokemon Go - Hogwarts

Cinema Challenge - "Do I really look like a guy with a plan?"

Alone... ish

James checked the time, noting that he had about forty-five minutes before he was supposed to meet Lily to study. He was quite glad that she was being nice to him, after all, it hurt to watch Sirius and Remus together, and at least hanging out with Lily took his mind off them.

Giving up on chasing her had really made the difference. James was shocked to realise that the pair were something akin to friends these days.

He looked at the potion he had made earlier that day, noticing the pale blue colour that was supposed to be a darker shade of blue. Reading through the books, all he could find was something about the wrong shade of blue changed how effective the potion was.

The dose they had planned was supposed to paralyse Snape for 30 minutes, and James really needed to know how long it lasted, so he knew how many doses to spike Snape's chocolates from Lily with.

There was only one way to test it. He poured a spoonful out and used one hand to close the bottle. Setting a pillow behind him, James put the bottle away and prepared himself. He brought the spoon to his lips, pouring it into his mouth and dropping the spoon.

He only had a couple of seconds before his whole body was paralysed.

...oOo…

James was certain that it had been over half-an-hour, which made him internally panic, because that meant he'd be late to meet Lily.

The door opened and he felt relieved, hoping his friends would find him and set him straight. After all, it was Marauder business and there was no pranking each other during Marauder business.

"Fuck, let me close the door before you… get off the floor, we're not even near the bed."

James' eyes widened (if possible) at the words. It sounded like… no. They weren't going to shag.

"How long do we have?" Sirius growled.

"He'll be studying for a couple of hours, and Peter's in the hospital wing tonight. An hour and a half at the most?"

"And whatever will we do with that time?" Sirius asked, his voice husky. Remus responded with a whimper.

"Right, if you still want to… want to go on your knees," Remus whispered. "I'll do anything!"

...oOo...

James was sure that he would die horny and desperate. His friends had finally let up a little bit, and he could only imagine how good they looked.

"Shame that James was will Lily tonight," Sirius sighed, breaking the short silence that had fallen.

"Yeah. Imagine if he just walked in on us. I mean, we haven't even cleaned off yet," Remus murmured.

"What do you think he'd do?" A new excitement had filled Sirius' voice and James wished—for the millionth time that night—that he could see the pair.

"Join us?"

"Filthy Moony, I bet you'd love that." James listened as feet hit the floor. "I bet you'd love to watch him and me together. How do you think he'd like your giant…" Sirius was suddenly standing, staring at James. James only had a moment to admire his beautiful nakedness, before Sirius covered himself with the sheet from James' bed.

"Alright Jamie… having a nap on the floor?"

James stared at him.

"Prank gone wrong?"

"I bet he was just there so he could watch us?" Remus peered over Sirius' shoulder at James. "He's not moving. Frozen?"

Sirius glanced around, his eyes falling on the potion. "You didn't take that, did you?"

James wasn't able to roll his eyes, unfortunately. How did Sirius expect him to answer?

The pair disappeared, before Sirius returned with an antidote. Remus had found a blanket for himself, and James sat up, grimacing at the taste. "It was supposed to last half-an-hour."

Sirius picked up the spoon. "A teaspoon was an hour. This isn't a teaspoon. This is a large spoon. About two hours worth of potion."

"Oh," James replied.

"So, you didn't even have a back-up plan? You were just going to lay there until someone found you?"

"Do I really look like a guy with a plan?" James retorted, earning a snort from Remus. "So if I had woken up earlier, you would have"—James drew up his infamous Gryffindor courage—"let me join in?"

There was a long silence as Sirius turned back to Remus, having one of their annoying silent conversations. Finally he turned back. "You'd want to join in? I thought… you and Lily?"

"Friends," James replied.

"Ah." Sirius turned to Remus again.

"You're looking a bit sweaty from the potion, Prongs. We're about to get in the shower. Do you want to help us?"

James jumped up eagerly, stripping his top off. "I thought you'd never ask!"

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Thanks Dina :D