Of Fights Continued and Hostesses
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Last Chapter: Bria leaned in to kiss him… "Why?" Sirius asked himself. Right as he fainted.
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"Siiirius…"
What? What happened? Why am I on the floor? Oh. Right. Bria. Kissed the slimy one.
"Sirius!" He felt a sound slap on his cheek.
He opened his eyes. "Bria?" He asked groggily.
"Yes. Why are you on the floor?" She asked, looking down at him in amusement. "Oh! Wait! I still hate you!"
"Oh! You do? Why?"
"Oh, I don't know? Maybe because you SLEPT WITH MY ARCH ENEMY!"
"What?"
"Yeah! You remember Rose I trust?"
"Yeah. She is a little git!"
"Right, well, why did you sleep with her then?" Bria asked, standing back up. "I will never speak to you again."
And with that, she stalked off.
Sirius lay on the floor a while longer, wondering what he had done that had everyone so convinced that he had slept with that little blond wanker. And also, wondering if Bria and Snape were ACTUALLY going to go out.
"Why me?"
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"Brie, chill! We're right here." Lily said from next to the fire.
"SIRIUS WAS SPYING ON ME!"
"When?" Emma asked, quite reasonably.
"When I asked the slimy out. Well, I think that was when. It might have been when I was about to kiss him."
"You were about to kiss Sirius? But I thought you were mad at him?" Emma asked, perplexed.
"No! Snape!"
"Ew! Gross! Why?" Lily shuddered.
"To get back at Sirius for sleeping with Rose."
"Oh. Why does it matter?" Emma asked, trying not to shudder.
"Because! I hate Rose!" Bria looked horrified.
"Are you sure that's why you care?" Emma asked, trying not to give away that she knew.
"Yes. That is why."
"Okay. Change of subject, I have lost my mind." Lily said, catching on that something was amiss. "I told James that I would think about going out with him."
"Aw! Am I the only one who doesn't get a boy friend?" Emma asked, mock pouting.
"Well," Bria said with a sly smile. "There's always Remus!"
Emma blushed. "Yeah. But not. He doesn't know I'm alive. As anything but a friend."
"So you admit you like him?" Bria asked, sitting with her feet sprawled over Emma's legs.
"No, I never said that. All I said was that if I did like him, he doesn't like me, so nothing could ever come of it."
"Sure."
A lull in the conversation ensued. All the girls pondered their respective boys.
"I just can't—"
"And then I said—"
"I mean, it's just—"
All three girls stopped talking again. "Heh. You go first Emma." Bria said, with a laugh.
"No, no. You can go first. Really. I'll wait." Emma said, with a gesture toward Bria.
"No, no. You can g—"
"Oh for Merlin's sake! I'll go!" Lily burst out finally.
"No. It's all right. Emma should start."
"No. Bria, really. You should start."
"Ugh! Seriously! I'll just start!" Lily was beginning to get seriously fed up.
"No. Emma."
"Bria!"
"All right! Fine! I shall start my tale of woe!"
"Wow Bria. Where'd you learn a word like 'woe'?" Emma asked, thinking of her own source of information, being Remus.
"Um, from Remus actually."
"Aha! I thought as much!" Emma leaped triumphantly from her seat.
"Aha! And I thought as much! You were thinking of Remus!"
"I hate you. You tricked me into starting my own story first! How devious of you!" Emma sat back down, somewhat deflated.
"All right. So you surely feel like starting now!" Bria threw her legs across her friend again.
"All right. Well, it's not really a problem…"
"Emma." Bria warned.
"Fine. So. Oh, for Merlin's sake, I can't date Remus! He thinks he's a hostess!"
"Uh…" Bria blinked several times. "That's, uh…kinky."
"No! Not like that! I mean, he kept offering everyone bacon. AND! He was dubbed a mum!"
"Are you sure that this wasn't due to one of his mates?" Lily looked like she was about to totally lose it and crack up.
"Oh. Maybe. He did deny the whole thing. So, maybe he is not as hopeless as, say, Sirius."
Bria blushed. "Sirius is hopeless. I agree."
"Or James." Emma continued, unfazed by her friend's reaction.
"Yes! James is absolutely hopeless. Which is why I think it's so odd that I said I might go out with him!"
"Right. So we all have completely hopeless love lives." Emma sighed.
"So, you DO admit it!" Bria was feeling quite triumphant. She was winning on all accounts. If only she was still friends with Sirius. She had had a couple of pointless bets with him. One being that Lily would come around and like James before Halloween, and the other that Emma and Remus would finally fancy one another this year. Or at least realize that they fancied one another. And she had now won them both.
"No! I never said that! I DON"T like him. I am just relieved that one of my friends at least is somewhat sane. Even if it does seem that he thinks himself to be a hostess. Perhaps he was just raised in a strict household or something! I don't know!"
"Riiiiiight. That is so not what's going through your head. Now can I tell you my problem?" Lily asked, feeling rather impatient. They were just both so stubborn. Neither could admit they liked one of the Marauders. When SHE liked someone, she admitted it.
"Right. Of course you may Lils. We would never try and stop you. I am sure that your problems should take precedence. What are they though?" Emma was talking very fast, and trying to hide the fact that she was blushing slightly. She wasn't even sure why she was blushing. But she was sure that Bria would make it about her fancying Remus. And that just wasn't true.
"Okay," Lily began, settling down in her chair. This was going to be a long one. "So my problem is the most pressing because, if you've forgotten already, I've lost my mind!"
"That certainly is troubling."
"Shut up, Brie, I'm talking here. So, here's the problem. I told James I'd think about going out with him, and of course I won't, so now I have to tell him this without hurting him. Which will be nearly impossible, as that boy is always sad about something."
"Well, you've never seemed to care before about hurting him. I mean, that's why he's always so sad. Because you refuse to go out with him." Bria put in when Lily stopped for breath.
"Well, I never said I'd think about it before. So this time it would be worse."
"I think you miss Bria's point. Her point is you have never cared before about hurting James's feelings. You do it all the time in fact."
"Well, yes. But I do care now! And that is because I am just a compassionate person. NOT because I care about Potter in the least."
"Sure. I am so sure that's why you don't want to hurt the poor bloke. I personally think that you're coming around. I think you should go to the Halloween carnival with him." Bria said, winking at Emma.
"What Halloween carnival?" Lily asked.
"The one I think you should plan now. Go! Go and plan now! NOW! Why are you still here? I said PLAN!"
"Bria! Chill! I think Lily should go and plan it too, but why are you so worried about it?"
"I have to take Snape! Yes! It is brilliant! Lily! Go! Now! Plan! Why aren't you planning?" Bria was acting slightly hysterical, and beginning to scare her mates. She never acted like this. She must be really mad about Sirius.
"I am not planning a carnival just so you can take Snape. That would just be silly. However. Maybe I COULD go with James, to make up for being such an arse. Yes! It will be to make up for being horrible for 6 years! It's perfect! Thanks for the idea Bria! I must go and find him."
With that Lily ran off in search of James.
"Let me guess. You think I should take Remus."
"Yes! Oh! It's perfect. We'll all take our respective blokes! You take Remus, Lily takes James, and I take Severus."
"Yes, but wouldn't your man be Sirius? I mean, otherwise we don't all get Marauders. So you really SHOULD take Sirius. I'll tell you what. You take Sirius, and I'll take Remus. Or at least try to. I make no promises."
"Well, I would, but I hate him. So I must take someone I don't hate. Being Severus."
"Bria, last week you called him Snivellus. Surely you aren't trying to convince me that now you are head over heels in love with him."
"Of course not! I am just saying maybe I COULD be, and don't I deserve a chance at love? I mean, you and Lily both do. The only people I know who don't deserve a chance even are Sirius, and Rose."
"Bria, before this year you would never have lumped Sirius and Rose together in any way, shape or form."
"All right, but this was the year that Sirius betrayed me fully. Not any of the other years I've known him. And for that I can never forgive him. It's time for me to move on. I don't need the Marauders to hang out with. I have you and Lils, and I have Severus. He can make me forget about Sirius."
"Right. And that is what I am afraid of. Bria, Sirius is one of your BEST FRIENDS! You don't WANT to forget him! You just want to have him apologize for "Sleeping with" Rose."
"What's with the quotation marks?"
"Are you even sure that they did sleep together?"
"Yes. I am."
"Fine. Then there is nothing I can do. I hope you're happy with your decision." And with that Emma got up and walked away.
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"Why hello Lily! Fancy meeting you here."
"James! I was just looking for you! Where have you been?"
"I've been in the kitchens. Why were you searching for me?"
"Well, Bria had an idea for something we could do for a Halloween. She suggested a carnival! Isn't that a great idea? I was thinking we could plan it, and then go together! Don't you think that's a great idea?"
James looked like he was about to faint. Lily wanted to go to a carnival with HIM? Could it be? It was like a dream come true! "Yes! I love it! Let's go and talk to Dumbledore right now! And then we can get right down to planning! Yes! It's brilliant."
Lily smiled. "Good." They headed toward the Headmaster's office.
"So, er."
"Yes, James?"
James really hoped he wasn't going to jinx anything, but he had to know. "Er, why would you want to go with me?"
Lily stared ahead. "Um."
"I see." Said James, who really didn't.
"I… I realize I've been a bit of an arse for the last… Well, for the last six years. And I'm sorry."
James nearly died. Right there, in the corridor. "You — wow. That's…"
"Strange?"
"I was thinking more along the lines of 'absolutely bloody terrific', but you know, whatever."
"Right, well, you'd like to go with me then?"
"Yes! Abso-bloody-lutely!"
"All right then. It's a date! So to speak. Well, actually, I suppose it is a date. How odd. I have a date with James Potter. There's something I never thought I'd be saying."
"Well, I've always hoped you would." James said with a smile. He looked so cute that Lily couldn't help but smile back.
"Right. Well, it's not as bad as I thought it would be."
They arrived at the gargoyle, and suddenly remembered that they would need a password.
"I don't suppose you know the password, do you?" Lily asked, hopefully.
"Um, not, but we could always guess."
"All right. Um, Fizzing wizzbes?" The gargoyle did move.
"Droobles best blowing gum?"
"Cauldron cakes?" The gargoyle moved aside, and admitted the two teens. "Yay! I guessed it." Lily did a little happy dance.
"You know, you're cute when you do happy dances."
"Why thank you, Potter."
The two walked up to the top or the staircase where Dumbledore's office was, and knocked softly.
"Yes, Lily, James?"
"Um, we have an idea for a fun Halloween festivity."
"All right. You can come in."
The two walked in, and just stood there awkwardly. "You may sit down."
They both sat and James said hesitantly, "Um, we were thinking of a carnival. We could hold it before the feast. And we could do stuff at it. Um, Lily, why don't you tell him about the carnival?"
Lily rolled her eyes. It was actually Bria's idea. She was thinking we could hold a carnival, and we could do all sorts of things. We could have a couple of rides, and games, and maybe some performers. And it could be either an all day thing, or it could start around noon, and it would go until the feast. We could sell tickets, and donate the money to St. Mungo's too. They always need money."
"Well, I think that sounds like a fine idea. If you two tell me what you'll need, I'll go ahead and get the supplies. You should round up some volunteers to put it on. Both student and teacher alike should help out. Since it was Miss Travystar's idea, she should certainly help. Please get volunteers from all the houses as well. Not only Gryffindor."
"All right. We'll go ahead and get started with that then. Thank you, Professor."
So the two left. "We should get together every night to plan. And maybe we could put up flyers requesting help. I can work on those, and you can look into what supplies we'll need, and we can meet tonight in the room of requirement." Lily looked at James for confirmation of her plan.
"Right. That sounds fine. See you tonight then. Bye."
"Right. Bye James."
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