Cast:
Sirius Black - Julian Schratter
James Potter - Francisco Lachowski
Remus Lupin - Dylan O'Brien
Peter Pettigrew - Logan Lerman
Lily Evans - Daria Sidorchuk
Marlene McKinnon - Erin Heatherton
Emmeline Vance - Lyndsy Fonseca
Aditi Chopra - Genelia D'Souza
Chapter Two: The Bets
"Right so the ingredients for the Polyjuice potion are?"
"Um, lacewing flies, leeches, powdered bicorn horn, knot grass, a bit of the person they want to turn into, fluxweed which has to be picked at the full moon and…" Emmeline said thinking about the last ingredient.
"The last one is shredded boomslang skin."
"Oh right! Can't believe I forgot that." Just then she looked up to see Lily and Marlene walking over to where they were sitting which was in back of the library. As they got closer, it was noticeable that Marlene was crying. Emmeline immediately got up to go over to hug Marlene.
"Oh my god, what's wrong?" Emmeline asked concerned for her friend.
"He broke up with me!" Marlene said going into another round of tears. They pulled chairs up to their table, ignoring the other girl who was sitting there and watching them.
"That jerk! It's only been a three days!" Emmeline said furiously. Lily shook her head as she kept stroking Marlene's hair to calm her down.
"I thought *sniff* that he might actually like me for more than a freaking one night stand." Marlene said burying her head in her hands.
"Or in this case, a three night stand." Emmeline said mumbling. Lily elbowed her to be quiet.
"Is it me?" Marlene said ignoring Emmeline's comment. Immediately the girls went into assurance mode and tired to comfort the girl. It was then Lily noticed the other girl who was sitting there, watching them. On the second that Lily looked up, the girl was rolling her eyes.
"You have something to say?" Lily said rather coldly. She didn't appreciate people mocking her friend. Her friends looked up to see her sitting there.
The girl's eyes grew large. "Oh um no." The girl said rather meekly. She had long black hair with dark brown eyes so dark that it could have been black. Her small eyes were adorned with darker region at the bottom of her eyes. She had glasses on and a pen [the muggle kind] tucked into her ear. Being of Indian heritance, she had that light brown skin mixed with a slightly darker undertone.
"Yes, yes you did which is why you rolled your eyes. Why don't you share it with us?" Lily said again with the same tone. Emmeline looked Lily with a disapproving stare as she was stuck in the middle for which friend to stick up to.
The girl immediately sat up and stared at Lily, with a shaky yet confident stare. "You want to hear exactly what I think?" She said with a matter-of-fact tone. "I think your friend here is a bit stupid to fall for Black's tricks. Let me see if I get this right – he asked you to a romantic spot – the astronomy tower or the lake perhaps. Then he let you talk about what you are passionate about, agreeing with every statement. He does it a way that makes you believe that he's also passionate about the same things."
"How'd you know that?" Marlene asked in bewilderment.
The girl scoffed. "It's the same trick he pulls for every girl. He finds out what they are interested in and pretends to be interested in the same thing. Then he uses his so called charm to lure you in. And also, did he call sweet names like "babe," "sweetheart."
"Yeah he did."
"Yeah that's not because he's in love with you. It's so that in case he forgot your name he won't mess anything up." The girl said taking off her glasses.
"Let me guess now. You went out with him before?" Emmeline asked looking at the girl as if she grew two heads.
"Oh I'm not that stupid." The girl said before thinking and then looked apologetically at Marlene. "A couple of girls in my dorm went out with him and it's the same story. I just notice these things."
"So what if he called me babe and sweetheart. He did love me, I'm sure of it." Marlene said stubbornly.
"That's what every girl says" The girl said shaking her head. "Even after he broke your heart, you still are hopeful towards him, instead of being angry. I have to give him credit – he manages to get that same response from every girl he dumped. It makes you wonder if he'll ever feel what he makes these girls feel." The girl saw the trio staring as her if she grew antlers. The girl immediately felt awkward and stood up to leave.
"Anyway, I have to go Emmeline. I'll tutor you another time." She stuffed all her of her stuff in the bag and moved to leave. She put on her Ravenclaw robes and went by Marlene. "I am sorry." She said sweetly before leaving the library.
"But Padfoot what's has your longest relationship been?" Remus asked as he waiting for house elves to bring their food. They were currently in the kitchens as they had missed lunch. Before they knew it, the food appeared and all four of them started to eat.
"Uhm,prohlyfordyas" Sirius said as he was eating.
"What?" Remus said as he slowly ate his food. He had the same appetite as his friends but he just had learned manners and eats at a slower pace rather than Sirius' pace of "the world is ending in the next minute so I have to stuff myself."
He held his hand up as a wait sign and then swallowed. "I said, probably four days."
Remus shook his head. "That's really sick you know that?"
Sirius just shrugged. "It's not my fault that I just get bored. But given the right girl, I'm sure I can stay for longer."
"Is that a bet then?" Remus said proving that he was a marauder. He knew that Sirius didn't mean what he said but he used it against him. He was tired of seeing girl after girl cry because of Sirius. "I bet you that you can't stay with a girl for longer than three weeks."
Sirius looked up in horror. One girl for three weeks? He could never manage that.
"I'd understand if you don't want to do it." Remus said with a smirk. "I know it can be hard for you."
Sirius immediately stood up. "I'll do it!" He said with a proud voice. "And I'll add something to the bet. I'll bet that I'll make her fall in love with me." He said arrogantly.
"Fine. At breakfast tomorrow, James, Peter and I will choose the girl. By the Christmas ball in exactly three weeks from this Saturday, you have to make her fall in love with you. The hogsmeade trip this Saturday starts the clock. Throughout these three weeks, you have to make an honest effort – no cheating or straying eyes. You can't blow her off." Remus said challengingly. He knew that if he spun his words the right way, Sirius would fall for it. Remus looked at Sirius finally understand the reality of the situation.
One Girl. Three Weeks.
An hour before dinner, James and Remus were sitting in the common room, finishing their homework in a comfortable silence.
"Why did you bet Sirius to do that?" James asked, breaking the peace.
Remus looked up from his work, to see James gazing at him with a curious stare. "Did you see the way that girl left the great hall? She was devastated. And what about Marlene? Sirius needs to learn a lesson."
"But I do the same thing. My relationships don't last that long either." James replied a little confused.
"Right but you are more kind about it. You let down the girl easily." Remus said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Sirius on the other hand likes to pretend that the girls have no feelings and just dumps them really harshly. Like remember that one where he dumped one girl by kissing another one?"
"Oh yeah I remember that one. You didn't talk to him for a week." James nodded along. He thought it was a pretty good idea. "But what if he doesn't learn?"
"He will." Remus reassured. "Sirius is a good guy. He's just a little slow when it comes to feelings. I know he'll learn."
"Why did you ask Aditi to tutor you? I could have done that!" Lily said accusingly.
"Oh come of it Lily." Emmeline replied rolling her eyes. "Just because she's at the top of our class along with you doesn't mean you have to hate her." They retreated back to Lily's dorm as it was the only spot of privacy. "Besides, you tried to tutor me in the past. We just gave up remember?"
Lily crossed her arms and sighed. It was true. Aditi and Lily always competed in studies and it was said that Aditi did have higher scores. Aditi was a major candidate for Head Girl and it was rumored that she might have even gotten it but she turned it down. But it was only a rumor.
"Beside she said something else that's more important." Emmeline stage whispered for dramatic effect. She had the mischievous face on. The three girls looked at her in puzzlement. Emmeline continued. "Too many girls have fallen for the Black Charm and got their heart broken. I think we should put a stop to it."
All of the girls looked at Emmeline with interest and with encouragement. This edged Emmeline to continue.
"Ever since he got to Hogwarts, he's been breaking hearts. Girls have cried over it too much. This time, it should be him that does the crying. He needs to know what it's like to feel heartbroken by someone he love."
"But how do we do that?" Marlene asked.
Lily, who understood where Emmeline was going with this, picked it up. "We'll find a girl who can make him fall in love with her and then have her dump him."
"That. Is. Pure. Genius!" Marlene squealed.
"But he hasn't been a relationship for longer than like a week, if that! How will he say with one girl?" Lily asked.
"We'll just have to make sure that this girl is extra alluring" Emmeline said with a twinkle in her eye. There's no turning back now.
"Okay so we should have a time set for when she should break up with him." Emmeline said thinking about it. "And it should be a little longer than a week just because it's Sirius Black we are talking about and making him fall in love will take longer."
"How about by the Christmas Ball?" Marlene suggested. "That way there's a break after it for things to cool down."
"Evil child. Breaking up with someone on a ball during Christmas no less." Emmeline said shaking her head. "You hang around us too much."
The girls laughed and were all planning the next two weeks. However, Lily broke the silence.
"Wait guys, who's the girl going to be?" Lily, the logical one of this entire thing, asked.
"Me" both Emmeline and Marlene shouted at the same time.
"It should be me! It was my idea!" Emmeline cried out loud.
"Yes but you can't stay in a relationship for that long." Marlene said rolling her eyes. "Besides it should me. I'm the most charming."
"Are not!" Marlene said.
"Are too."
"Not"
"Too"
"No"
"Yes"
"No"
"YES"
"I can make a guy fall in love with him right away." Emmeline said arrogantly.
"Hah yeah right. He'd be interested in your body, not you honey." Emmeline said with a mean tone. The room silenced for a second. It was a known fact that Emmeline was a little… wild would be the word. However for her friend to say that was hurtful.
"THAT'S NOT TRUE AND YOU KNOW IT."
Pretty soon the entire room erupted into argument. Most of the things that were being said didn't even make sense. Lily was the only one not shouting. Well she was shouting but for the reason of getting their attention. Finally she took her wand and whispered a spell.
"STOP IT BOTH OF YOU." Her voice boomed out and all three heads turned her way. She took off the spell and shook her head.
"Look it can't be either of you." Lily said. They started to protest but Lily held up her hand to stop them so that she could finish. "Marlene, he just went out with you and broke up with you. We'll all know that he's not interested in the same girl again… well at least not for a little while." Lily turned to Emmeline. "As much as I hate to say it, your reputation is on the wild side. Even though you don't want it to happen, it'll turn into a physical relationship with him since you don't really like him." Emmeline looked hurt at first but then her face turned into one of understanding. Sirius wasn't anything special to her and Lily was right: it would end up as physical relationship. "And besides, he knows you hate him. It would be odd if you did a 180."
"Okay you make sense but who will it be? The only one left from the group is you Lily." Emmeline said looking at her pointedly.
"HAH. Yeah right. I will never willingly go out with him. He knows I hate him as much as I hate Potter. Besides, I'm pretty sure Potter wouldn't let him live if I do." Lily said rolling her eyes. Her eyes traveled past the three girls head and at the clock. "How about this? Breakfast tomorrow, we'll go down and narrow down our choices since everyone would be there. Who knows? He might have already selected his next victim by then."
Unusually early, the four boys were in the Great Hall even before breakfast started. As soon as the food appeared on the table, they dug into the food like there was no tomorrow. Pretty soon the hall filled up with and there was noisy chatter everywhere.
"Alright mates; time to choose one unlucky girl." James said finishing his food.
"Unlucky? What the hell do you mean by unlucky? Any girl would kill to be with me." Sirius said winking at one of his "fans." The receiver of that wink immediately started to giggle and turned to her friend to recount what had happened.
"How about Emmeline?" Remus said smirking.
"Are you kidding? That girl hates my guts! Come on, be nice to me." Sirius pleaded putting on his puppy face. "How about that one" Sirius said pointing rather rudely at a Hufflepuff girl who was known to be in love with Sirius.
James rolled his eyes. "The whole point of this is to make her fall in love with you. Not already have that starting out."
"What about Lily?" Peter, unintelligently suggested. This immediately got pudding thrown at his face.
"SHE'S MINE!" James shouted, standing up. The entire hall quieted down and looked at James with an amused face.
"Mr. Potter. Is there something you'd like to share with us?" Dumbledore asked, with an amused expression.
"Nope Al. Just wanted to let Peter here know that Lily is off limits to every guy here." James said smiling. He was looking around with a threatening stare, making sure everyone knew that. Sure everyone did but it was nice to reinforce it. He sat down with an arrogant look at Lily.
Right after that comment was said, two female voices rang out.
"Mr. Potter. Five points from Gryffindor for addressing a professor in such an informal way!" - McGonagall.
"I am not "yours" as you put it nor will I ever be." – Lily
Sirius burst into laughter as James sat back down, shaking his head. "Man you need to think before you act." He said.
James shook his head in amusement. "You are the one to talk."
"True. True. But I had to say something since the one who usually says something is currently staring at something." Sirius said looking at Remus who didn't notice Sirius talking about him.
"What are you looking at?" Sirius asked following his line of sight. He grinned when he saw that the reason behind Remus' distraction was in fact a girl. "Oo does wickle Remie have a crush?" He smirked looking at the girl. "A little below your standards but does have a little appeal."
Remus looked at Sirius and smiled. It was one of those evil genius smiles which never suit a guy like Remus. Sirius immediately grew worried.
"Gentlemen, I have found the girl for Sirius."
"What? Her?"
"I was right. It looks like Sirius has already found a new girl" Lily remarked as she looked at Sirius staring rather intensely at a girl. Everyone knew that look – it was the one that indicated that he found his target and is ready to pounce.
"What? Who?" Marlene said as the girls followed Sirius' line of sight. There was someone standing in their way and the girls impatiently tried to crane her heads to see them. Finally the person moved and the girls' mouth dropped.
"Her?"
Hi guys! Here's the second chapter. I hope you enjoy! Please please read and review. I could really use feedback. :)
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