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But girls,
They wanna have fu-un,
Oh,girls,just wanna have
That's all they really want...
Some fun... (Cyndi Lauper- Girls just wanna have fun)

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I stifled a yawn, it was late on a Friday night, and I was spent. Even though it was only me and Mendara left in the Common Room, I was sprawled out on the floor, my charms essay spread out before me. Mendara had thrown herself in an armchair, her head propped up by one armrest, her legs dangling off the other one. "We never have any adventures anymore, Bill" she said wistfully, playing with a strand of her hair. "Whaddya mean?" I asked, managing to fight off another yawn.

"Remember when we used to sneak out in like fourth year" she asked with a wide smile. "Yeah, but that was when we had boyfriends" I said, laughing. I had dated Mendara's cousin Roger and she had gone out with Amos Diggory briefly that year. Both had been lanky and gangly, with voices that cracked frequently. "Man we had really low standards" Dara reminisced. "I remember Diggory told me I was gaining weight" "But that was okay because it was all going to your arse" I finished for her.

"Yeah, we're definitely better off" she said fiddling with the hem of her t-shirt. "I don't want a boyfriend, I just want a good snog" I said, heaving a sigh, proofreading my finished essay. "I hear ya, sister" Dara agreed.

I glanced up with a mischievous smile and sang, rather off-key mind you "Bow chicka wow wow" Mendara caught on quickly (Which was why I loved her) and said in a husky voice "You know we could always snog each other" unfortunately the portrait hole had swung open exactly a few seconds before she said her proposal.

"I have impeccable timing" James Potter said ruffling his hair with a shit-eating grin on his face. "Okay just take your tops off, and we're all set" Sirius Black joined in and Remus just looked embarrassed for both of our sakes.

"Oh we were just fooling, wankers" Mendara said rolling her eyes. "Besides" I spoke up, glancing at James "I thought you were saving yourself for Lily

James smiled "Maybe so, but I can still derive pleasure from a little girl on girl" Remus sat down in the Chair next to Dara and Sirius flopped down on the floor next to me, who I promptly scooted away from. "Yeah he also derives pleasure from the stack of nude mags under his bed" Remus muttered and Mendara and I cackled with glee.

This was what I dealt with all the time now. Only substitute Mendara for Lily, which was quite a difference. Usually I'd be the only one cackling with glee; Lily would sniff disapprovingly or close her eyes and take a deep breath, trying to regain some control. We'd been working on our project for four days and so far no dreams that revealed our inner thoughts, just a bunch of half remembered drivel from me and Lily and soft-core porn situations from James and Sirius.

"Well never fear girls, you won't have to make out with each other, the marauders are here!" Sirius cried, dramatically. "Alright" I said, as Sirius scooted closer to me again "But I get dibs on Remus" I called, glancing at Sirius as he fake pouted. "That's no fair, I wanted Remus" Mendara called, crossing her arms across her chest, while Remus turned a soft shade of pink.

Sirius exhaled a heavy breath and glanced at me; as I looked back arranging my features into a get of faux-innocent expression. "Come on I'm giving you an olive branch here" he said with a smirk. "I don't like olives" I said wrinkling my nose and blinking obliviously.

Mendara snorted with laughter standing up and heading towards the staircase. "You're not leaving me alone with them?" I asked incredulously, but she just yawned covering her mouth and climbing the stairs. "Correction" Remus said also standing up and James followed suit "We're leaving you alone with him" James jerked his head in Sirius' direction, who was lounging on the floor with his arms folded behind his head and a wide grin spread across his perfect lips.

"You planned this didn't you?" I asked with a smile, looking from his face to the flickering firelight before deciding to concentrate on proofreading my essay.

"Me?" he asked with an innocent flutter of his eyelashes, and I giggled, hating the way my laugh sounds in my ears. I sound like fecking Gidget.

"Stop flirting with me" I said sternly "You've got a girlfriend" I said raising my eyebrows and keeping my gaze firmly locked on my parchment.

"I do?" he asked sounding confused. I heaved a loud sigh. "You know blonde, big boobs, a total idiot" I said, refreshing his memory.

"Sounds like you just described yourself" he said with a smirk and shook some of his hair out of his eyes.

"Ha ha" I said sarcastically, as I noticed a splotch of ink on the corner of the page and swore under my breath. "I was thinking more of Gidget" I said, frowning, seeing as I put "lorge" instead of "large". I was so overtired and irritated. Who the fuck can't even spell large? Honestly. I started to furiously cross out the misspelled word, muttering curses under my breath.

"Whoa, Whoa, Whoa" Sirius exclaimed, sitting up and resting a hand on my shoulder. "Calm down, let me look at that" he said taking my essay from me, his eyes scanning over my neatly written words. I was acutely aware his hand was still resting on my shoulder. I pulled a Lily and did what I often saw her do, close her eyes and take a deep breath. I still felt edgy and this was no help at all. Like since Lily is always more serene afterwards, I had assumed it must have worked, but I may as well did a headstand and sang "If Your Happy And You Know It" because I felt no shift out of a complete anxiety attack. Instead, I know I looked like a spazz, breathing heavily through my nose and my eyes darting around the room.

He did something with his wand to my essay before resting his wand behind his ear and turning to glance at me again. I met his eyes cautiously. He passed my essay over to me, and my eyes scanned down to find the infamous "Lorge" but instead it read large in a neat script, the ink splotch the corner was gone as well. "Alright Malone?" he asked with a smile. I nodded and managed a weak smile. "Sorry, I'm just worn out" I said rubbing my eyes, tiredly "I mean look at the bags under my eyes" I added as an afterthought.

"Hmm" he said leaning in, studying them, carefully. "Interesting, now would you classify those as lorge?" he asked, the corners of his mouth grinning.

"Shut up!" I said, grinning even though I knew he was teasing me. I stood up and brushed off the seat of my pajama bottoms in a rather un-lady-like fashion, which probably wasn't a good idea, since Sirius' eyes were now locked on my ass. I hated my butt; I would have preferred a slightly smaller one since I was so short. That and my sizeable boobs made me look not proportioned correctly. "I'm going to tuck in" I said, climbing the steps. I spun around, thinking about how rude I must seem. My Mummy raised me right, after all. "Hey, thanks by the way" I managed to stutter out, with only a minor level of awkwardness.

"Don't worry about it" He said with a knowing grin "But you didn't expect something for nothing did you?" he asked in a mock serious voice. "You have to be my love slave now" he called cheerily.

I rolled my eyes, so much for manners. But what had I been expecting honestly. My dormitory was dark. Lily was snoring softly. Mendara was still awake. I climbed into her bed for a moment, staying above the covers. She shifted her position so she was facing me. "Done shagging Sirius?" she whispered, I could barely make out the grin evident on her lips in the pitch dark. "Ha ha" I said, fighting off another yawn and stretching my arms up and over my head. "I'd think you guys would be cute" she whispered again and her bony elbow connected with my side.

I hopped off her bed, whipping off my top and changing into an oversized t-shirt. "Yeah, well you think I'd be cute with Flitwick" I said, Mendara was always telling me to get back out there. "You're both so tiny" She giggled, as I climbed under the covers. "Night Dara" I said, closing my eyes.

"Sweet Dreams" were the last words spoken and they hung in the quiet air, the words reverberated in my ears over and over until I found sleep.

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Seriously, is there nothing better than sleeping in? I'm pretty sure there isn't. I opened my eyes, and closed them again leisurely. I could stay in bed for a few more hours. Not doing anything except bargaining with myself.

"WHO STOLE MY SODDING MONKEY SOCKS?" I heard Gidget bellow and my eyes snapped open. Maybe not. Gidget gets very temperamental about missing socks. And sometimes to mess with her, Dara and I (and Lily when she's feeling particularly adventurous) hide them around the dormitory. Once we even left her a ransom note.

"They're on your fucking trunk!" Mendara exclaimed from her own bed, where she was propped up with a text book and an annoyed expression on her face that I recognized. Lily walked out of the bathroom, drying her hair with a towel. And Gidget promptly walked in, that was how it was with our bathroom. It was never unoccupied. "Billee" she said and plopped down on my bed. "Will you fix my hair?" she said motioning to her damp, mass of red hair. "Braids okay?" I asked as she turned around and I started brushing her hair out with just my fingers. "Yeah, French though".

Everyone has some talent that is purposeless, used only at slumber parties when everyone's gotten themselves in a rowdy mood. Lily can blow up a balloon with just her nose and Mendara can take off her bra using no hands. Me, I'm a champion French braider, along with other hidden gifts. Lily was chattering on nervously as I fixed her hair into two braids with capable hands. "What's got you all riled up, Madam Evans?" I asked, finishing one and reaching into a night table drawer for elastics.

"Okay, but I'm only telling you guys, yeah?" she said and I saw her wringing her hands, anxiously. "Yeah go on and spill it then" I ordered as I continued on. "Well yesterday James… I mean Potter… I mean James… Potter" she said weakly and I smiled as Mendara looked up from her textbook and let her jaw go slack, luckily Lily was too busy picking fuzzies from my bedspread to notice. "Well he held the door open for me and kind of smiled, like sort of soft?" Lily said motioning with her hands. "Well anyways I got this kind of whoosh-y feeling in my stomach and then last night I had this dream"

"A dream!" I mouthed to Mendara and she grinned broadly. "A sexy one?" she asked. "No!" Lily exclaimed vehemently "God, you lot are a bunch of pervs". "Hey!" I piped up, still braiding along like the good little girl I am. "I like a good, dirty dream as much as the next girl" Lily huffed disapprovingly "And Mendara likes them a lot" I supplied, to which I got her Teddy Bear, Mr. Swinkles thrown at me.

"Anyways" Lily said sternly, steering the conversation back on track. "It was at the Hogsmeade entrance for the shrieking shack, and the sun was setting and James and I were like cuddling or something, his arms were wrapped around me and I was like leaning against him" Mendara raised and eyebrow, and I wrapped an elastic around the second braid. "Ooh!" We chorused together, in our girlie girl voices. "That's not it, when I woke up I felt really happy and at peace" she finished, standing up and wandering over to her bed, lifting up a compact and looking at the mirror, before powdering her nose. "Your in love" I said, flopping back down onto my bed. She snorted, before applying some mascara. "Why are you getting all gussied up?" Mendara asked, closing her textbook with a snap and standing up, stretching her arms over her head, and revealing a good couple of inches of her bare stomach. "Quidditch game today" Lily answered. "Gotta support Gryffindor" she said and looked at the pair of us who looked like she had just spoken a foreign language. "What you guys aren't going to the game?" she asked incredulously.

"Oh we're going" Mendara said absently, as she pulled her hair back in a ponytail. "We'll look like crap but we're definitely going" I finished for her. Gidget walked out of the bathroom, chomping on her Drooble's like it was cud. Honestly, I know she's the most sought after girl in the castle, but sometimes I don't understand it. She paused in front of her full length mirror (You know how some people have models on their mirrors? Well Gidget has pictures of herself. Enough said) and yanked her tank top down to expose more of her cleavage before promptly walking out of the room. "How does she function?" Mendara wondered out loud.

I felt someone staring at me and turned to face Lily, who was looking at me with squinty eyes and a wide smile. "You know what would be fun" she said more as a statement than a question "Uh-oh" I said, biting my lip. "Makeovers!" She screeched.

Dara and I tried to get away but Lily Evans is surprisingly spry.

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"You look so unpatriotic" Lily sniffed, her cheeks were pink in the crisp air, and she and Mendara were dressed in red and gold. I however was in cords, my favorite pink t-shirt and a faded denim jacket, as an afterthought I slung my Gryffindor scarf around my neck, and least I forget my pink, fuzzy earmuffs. "I like to stand out" I said, the truth was, red or gold didn't go well with my complexion. "Besides, I don't need to get dressed up, my Boyfriend's not on the team!" I said sticking out my tongue. "Yeah but your future boyfriend is" Mendara taunted. "Who?" Lily asked obliviously. "Sirius Black" Dara answered back, smugly. As for me I just tried to tune them out.

That was until a red-headed Hufflepuff, shoved me from behind, sending me tripping forward and I grabbed onto Lily's arm to steady myself. "Watch it you, cow" Mendara warned, turning around to glare at Sirius' fan. The players started to whiz onto the field, Slughorn was announcing, which was kind of irritating because he always rolls his r's (must think it makes him sound more sophisticated. I personally think he sounds like a jackass) so when Sirrrrrrrrius Black flew onto the pitch, the three of us looked at each other.

"Shall we pull a Gidge?" Lily suggested and we all nodded. "We love you Sirius!" we yelled in a high falsetto, to which got a few laughs in the Gryffindor section. And the cocky arsehole actually blew us a kiss. I nudged Lily as Gidget turned around a few rows down and gave us the stinkeye.

"Oh look James looks jealous!" Lily cackled, as a moody Potter frowned in our general direction. "Oh poor bloke" Mendara said with a tiny grin spread across her face, one I knew well. I cleared my throat dramatically. "Potter I want to have your babies!" I screamed as loud as I could. A few seconds later Mendara screeched "Marry me James!" James instantly beamed, doing a few loops before flying over towards the Ref and the Ravenclaw team captain. Dara and I exchanged a high-five, as we glanced over at Lily, covering her face. "You two are so embarrassing" she said, her voice muffled by her fingers.

"Jealous" I said, sticking my tongue out.

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Quidditch is actually quite a fun sport to watch, when you're watching it with two girls who know nothing about it. During the game our conversations were usually something like this "What just happened?" "I think he got the thing-y?" "Which thing-y?" "You know which one, don't be daft". Dara actually stood up and clapped when Gryffindor got a penalty, which Lily and I had a good laugh at until I started booing when we got a goal. So all in all great game. It went on for three hours, but Gryffindor was victorious in the end.

I was glad we won, later as I stood in the dorm; I had been coaxed to get changed by Dara and Lily. The Victory parties are so much better than the defeat parties, whenever we lose everyone just gets piss drunk and makes out with everyone else, well when we win we basically do the same thing, but the atmosphere is much more cheery. I sighed, spreading a thin layer of lip gloss across my wide, clownish mouth, before rubbing my lips together.

I nearly got away with going down stairs in my black stretchy pants but Mendara accosted me on the stairs and vowed if I wore sweats to a party she could not be my best friend any longer.

So I hear I was dressed in a pair of dark jeans (Mine, Lily and Dara's legs are too long for me to borrow their pants), a form fitting red strapless top (Dara's, it was form fitting, cause my tits are bigger than hers) and a pair of cute black flats of Lily's. My make-up was minimal and I made my way down the stairs, I could hear the bass thumping from the music playing, and people were already dancing. Nearly everyone was wearing red or gold, Peter Pettigrew made the mistake of wearing a green sweater vest and was booed back up to the dorms (Slytherin colors AND a fashion tragedy).

I had left my hair in my two messy plaits, but I guess they weren't acceptable either since almost as soon as I set foot in the common room, Mendara quickly began to undo them, her fingers working their way through my hair, leaving it falling in kinky curls falling down my back. I would have protested, but I love it when people play with my hair so I kept quiet.

Another one of my slumber-party-talents is dancing like a slapper. Me and Mendara probably look like the skankiest girls ever. Skankier than Gidget, which really says something. It's a proven fact that it's more fun to dance dirty than just normal. I look at the girls who are worried to give off the wrong impression, with their stiff hips and limp arms and just feel sorry for them.

So Dara and I moved further into the crowds of dancing bodies, and found our rhythm and just started to let loose. Usually boys tried to butt in but I stuck with Dara, my preferred dancing partner. Just as we started to really get into it, Remus made the mistake of walking buy. Dara grabbed his hand, and pulled him into the vortex of gyrating hips. "C'mon Remus, dance with us" she said, and looped her Gryffindor scarf around his neck, dancing closer to him. The look on Remus' face was priceless. I didn't really mind being ditched for a boy; I knew Dara had already been into the fire whiskey.

The idea of fire whiskey distracted me from dancing and I wondered over to the coffee table, a big bowl of punch was perched on it, plastic cups stacked neatly next to it. I ladled myself a cup. The punch was always spiked (courtesy of the Marauders) despite Lily's rants about it, the next morning as she was suffering from a hang-over (Everyone knows the punch is always spiked, even Lily. She just didn't want to ruin her good girl rep) I seriously doubted that they would stop.

I saw Sirius sitting on the couch, Lily and James were sitting next to him, deep into a heated discussion. That's what Lily preferred to call their arguments; she felt she was too mature to be fighting. I made my way over to them and perched on armrest, I was just in time for the grand finale. "Well if you think that you're wrong!" Lily shrieked and James just smirked "Oh get that stick out of your arse, Evans" he chided. Lily made a strangled noise and threw her cup of punch in James' face before storming off.

James sighed, clasping Sirius' shoulder. "I'm going to go get cleaned up mate" he said, sounding resigned. "Later" Sirius said, and we both watched James dejectedly traipse up the dorm steps. "Lily is such a badass" I muttered, with a grin on my lips and Sirius laughed. "I like you're new do, Malone" he said reaching up and maybe accidentally, maybe purposely brushing his fingers against my neck, before curling his calloused fingertip around one of my strands of hair. If he meant to or not, I still got a tingly feeling down my spine. "Thank you" I said with a soft smile, as he dropped his hand.

He was wearing a tight-red t-shirt and his biceps looked huge, and his shoulder's broad, and I managed to concentrate on looking at his face (Which was just as distracting, to be honest) "So I just came to congratulate you on a great game" I managed to say. "Thank you, darling" he said, as the song changed into a slow one. I saw Mendara draw Remus even closer, and I knew they'd be making out in a dark corner by the end of the night, if I knew Dara at all. And I certainly did. Sirius was saying something to me, I recognized the teasing tone in his voice but I was distracted by Peter asking Gidget to dance. She laughed and spun around, her blonde hair swishing around her shoulder. I felt something stir in my stomach and launched myself off the chesterfield, saying "Excuse me" determinedly to Sirius as I made my way through the bustling crowd till I found Peter. "Peter, do you want to dance with me?" I asked confidently. And when he smiled and said yeah, I felt myself smile just as big and said "okay"

He rested his hands respectfully on my waist and I looped my hands around his neck. With me being so short, he stood an inch or two taller than me, which I was happy about. Maybe this boosted his ego a little more. I'm guessing usually his dancing partners are taller than him.

I got the feeling in my stomach that someone was watching me. I turned my head around and saw Sirius standing up, his eyes on the two of us. Something was different. A smirk of a grin, as usual wasn't on his lips. Instead it was a smile, a real smile. It fit him, I decided. I turned my head back around. I didn't want Peter to see me staring at his best friend instead of paying attention to him. I allowed myself to imagine dancing with Sirius instead of a second, my head resting on his broad chest, before ushering the thought out of my mind with great haste.

"You're a good dancer, Billee" Peter said and a smile worked its way onto my lips again. He really was a sweetheart. Gidget could go jump off the Astronomy Tower. "Thanks Peter" I said.

The music played on and we swayed gently, in the same gentle movement.

I felt his eyes on me the whole time.