Don't Let Your Guard Down
chapter 4
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James sighed. "I'm an idiot."
"Now tell me something I don't know," Sirius muttered.
"I was completely wrong about the whole Lily and I kissing thing," James said.
"Well duh," Sirius said. "Anyone could have told you that."
"Well then why didn't you?" James asked.
"Because you were stubborn," Sirius said.
"It doesn't matter anyway," James said. "Why anyone would want a relationship with that bitch is beyond me."
"Um…if I recall, you used to want a relationship with that bitch—I mean Lily," Sirius noted.
"Well those days are definitely passed me," James muttered.
"So you're gonna continue having a relationship with Nancie?" Sirius asked.
"We don't really have a relationship per say. It's more of a friends with benefits thing. Friends with goooood benefits," James said.
Sirius looked at James and shook his head. "It's no wonder Lily hates you." Sirius paused. "But now that's she's available…"
"Sirius, you are not hitting on her," James said.
"Why not?"
"Because!" James cried out. "It's like the guy code."
"What? You don't hit on girls your best friend hates?" Sirius asked.
"Yes, and you don't hit on girls your best friend have made out with, or had sex with, or anything."
"That's not fair!" Sirius exclaimed. "James, if I have to stay away from every girl you've ever been with, that would leave me with...boys."
"And Gigi," James said.
"So, I hear Mikey Dumont is pretty good in bed," Sirius noted. James laughed. "Well…I don't blame Lily for hating you. I mean you did completely use her."
"You use girls all the time Si," James noted.
"I do not!" Sirius insisted.
"You're dating Gabrielle and Selma at the same time!" James said.
"Well that's completely different," Sirius said.
"How?" James asked.
"They wouldn't agree to a threesome," Sirius said.
"That has nothingto do with what we're talking about," James said.
"I know…I just wanted to tell you how upset I was about that," Sirius said. James rolled his eyes. "No, but really. Okay, yes, I use girls. But not girls like Lily. I use girls who know they're being used. I use girls who are also only in it for sex. But you and I both know Lily is different…and she has every right to hate you."
James sat up. "Don't tell me you hate me too."
"I can't hate you…you know too much about me," Sirius said. "You could blackmail me and ruin my reputation."
"That's true," James said with a laugh. "Like about the time you-"
"I'm starting to hate you," Sirius said.
"I'll shut up then," James offered.
"Good idea."
James smiled. "You know what's cool?"
"How girls can look down and see boobs whenever they want to?" Sirius asked.
James rolled his eyes. "Well yes, but besides that. It's cool how we can count on each other. We've been best friends through everything. Through our first dates and first fights. And we're gonna continue to be best friends through graduation and first marriages-"
"And second marriages," Sirius joked.
"I'm just glad that no matter what happens, no matter what comes along, no matter what girls come our way, we will always be best friends. We will always be sitting right here together talking."
"Hey James," Nancie said, passing by the couch.
"Hey Sirius," Gabrielle said with a wink as she walked by.
James and Sirius exchanged looks. "See ya!" they both said, running after the girls.
"He said that?" Kacie exclaimed. "I can't believe he really thought that him making out with a girl the very next day was something you'd want. That totally doesn't sound like him."
"Oh, so you're on his side?" Lily complained.
"Oh, I don't take sides when it comes to fights between friends," Kacie said.
"Yeah okay," Lily said. "…but who do you think was right?" Kacie rolled her eyes.
"They're all the same," Gigi muttered.
"Huh?"
"The Marauders," Gigi explained. "They would date all the girls in the world at the same time if it were possible."
"I think they've tried," Lily said.
"Just be glad you guys only kissed," Gigi said.
"Well it's not like I would ever think about having sex with…with that thing," Lily said.
Gigi gave her a weird look. "Running out of names to call James?"
"Yeah, pretty much."
"You know, I enjoy doing this," Gigi said, leaning back on her arms. "We should come out here and just lie around talking more often."
"Hey girls," Sirius said.
"Then again, I've always liked the indoors," Gigi said, sitting up.
"Hey Sirius," Lily said, showing no emotion whatsoever.
"Hey Lils, you wanna walk down to the kitchens with me?" Sirius asked.
"No."
"Do you want to walk down by the lake?"
"No."
"How about-"
"No."
"Do you want to lie around here bitching about James?" Sirius asked.
"It's what I do best," Lily said, not missing a beat. Lily sighed. "What are you doing here Si?"
"I live in this tree," Sirius said.
"No you don't."
"I'm the father of your child."
"No you're not!"
"I'm running away."
"No you aren't!"
"You're gorgeous," Sirius said.
"Okay, I'll give you that one."
"Alright, you heard the girl, go away," Gigi said.
"She never said that," Sirius pointed out.
"Are you sure? I could have sworn I heard her say it loud and clear," Gigi said.
"No, I'm pretty sure-"
"Go away Si," Lily interrupted.
Sirius turned to Gigi. "I definitelyheard it that time."
"How do you find the right person for you?" Sirius asked a week later. Remus and Sirius were sitting in the commons room of the Head Quarters.
"Well, you have to feel comfortable around the person. You have to be able to talk with the person and laugh with the person. You have to be able to have a good conversation," Remus said with a shrug.
"Yeah, but James is already taken..." Sirius said. "But what about you Rem? Are-"
"Do not finish that sentence."
Sirius pouted and went back to his crossword puzzle. "Hey Remus?" Sirius asked, looking up from his crossword puzzle. "What's a four letter synonym for potion?"
Remus thought about it. "Brew."
"Noo, it starts with Z and ends with an X," Sirius said. "Hopefully with an AB in the middle."
"Oh yeah, you know, now that I think about it. A four letter synonym for potion is zabx," Remus joked, rolling his eyes. "So can I ask you a question?"
"Sure."
"When are we supposed to be meeting James here?"
"We're not meeting him here…" Sirius said slowly.
"Then what the hell are we doing in his common room?"
"Spying on Lily and seeing what she is saying about him," Sirius said.
"Sirius?"
"Yes?"
"You're not doing a very good job of it," Remus said. "Lily's been in her room for over an hour and you haven't been trying to listen to her talk."
"I didn't think she was here!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Why'd you say yes if you didn't think Lily would be here?"
"Because it seemed like an easy job," Sirius said with a shrug. "Do nothing, eat his food, sit on his couch."
Lily walked in from her room just then. "Hey guys."
Sirius looked up. "Hey Lily, hey Giliba," Sirius said.
Lily looked strangely at Sirius. "That's not Gigi, that's a bag of garbage."
"Oh, silly me. How could I make that mistake?" Sirius said. "...twice."
"Sirius?" Lily asked sweetly.
"I didn't take your blanket," Sirius immediately said.
"Then how'd you know I was going to ask if you took my blanket?" Lily wondered.
"Because every day I tell you that I didn't take your blanket," Sirius said tiredly.
"And every day, you take it."
"You got me there," Sirius said with a grin, tossing Lily her blanket.
"Hey guys," Gigi said, entering the common room.
"Yay! Gigi's here, we can start!" Lily exclaimed to Kacie.
Remus looked up from his book. "Start what?"
"Oh, you know girls," Sirius said with a shrug. "They're always...starting something."
"I hate it when they do that," Remus said sarcastically.
James walked in then and froze when he saw Lily. "Hi."
Lily groaned. "Hi."
Sirius whispered to Remus, "Any chance they didn't see each other?"
"Jerk," Lily muttered.
"Bitch," James mumbled back.
Remus turned to Sirius. "I can safely say the answer to your question is no."
"Who are you calling bitch?" Lily cried out. "I'm not the one who completely used me."
"I didn't use you!" James shouted.
Remus turned to Sirius. "Perhaps we should, um, go. Because that way, you know, we won't...be here."
"Shhh, I'm trying to listen," Sirius said, waving his hand frantically at Remus.
"You really need to look up the word 'use' in the dictionary," Lily cried out.
"I know what it means! And I can use it in a sentence: James did not use Lily!" James shouted.
"I hope you rot in hell," Lily sneered and then stormed into her room, Gigi and Kacie following.
"Ugh, that girl makes me so mad," James exclaimed to his friends.
"Oh really? I couldn't tell," Sirius said sarcastically.
"Come on SiriusJames, let's go into James's room," Remus said, getting up from the couch.
"SiriusJames?" Sirius questioned. "What, we aren't special enough to separate our names?"
"Yeah!" James exclaimed. "At leastput my name first."
"No, what I mean is how come it's always SiriusJames? We are two separate people ya know! It's always SiriusJames bring the alcohol, SiriusJames stop hitting on girls, SiriusJames come to the party," Sirius said in disgust. "Just once I want it to be Siriusgirl."
"I know! It's like we're married or something," James exclaimed.
"Well let me tell you, we are having serious marital problems because Mr. Black is getting lots of action on the side," Sirius noted. "People always assume we do everything together. Why is that?"
"Um perhaps because you do do everything together," Remus said.
"Oh, I knewthere was a reason," Sirius said. "But I just wish for once I had my own life and it wasn't SiriusJames."
Remus looked up. "Does that mean you're not coming into James's room?"
"Oh no, I'm definitely coming. What else would I do?" Sirius asked.
"Complain?" Remus asked.
"Wait no, he's already done with that," James said.
Sirius pouted. "Sometimes I get the feeling you guys don't appreciate me."
Remus and James exchanged looks. "That's probably because we don't appreciate you."
"Oooh okay, it's all making sense now," Sirius said, following his friends into the room.
"It's been a month Lily, don't you think it's about time to stop hating James?" Gigi asked.
"It's been a year now, don't you think it's about time to stop hating Sirius?" Lily retorted.
"Good point," Gigi said.
"Well, today is your lucky day Lily," Kacie said.
"Potter has decided to fall off the face of the earth?" Lily asked excitedly.
"Oookay, today is your second lucky day," Kacie rephrased. "I've got a guy for you."
"She'll take him," Gigi said quickly.
"No I won't," Lily said and then turned to Kacie. "I don't know, I'm not a fan of blind dates."
"Trust me, he's perfect for you," Kacie insisted.
"She'll take him," Gigi answered.
"Slow down there Gi," Lily said and then turned back to Kacie. "What makes him perfect?"
"He's gorgeous, he's sensitive, and he's available," Kacie said.
"She'll take him," Gigi said.
"Gi! Stop!" Lily exclaimed and then turned to Kacie. "I'll take him."
From across the way James was groaning. "Why does she have to be so peppy? It's 8 in the morning. What could possibly be going well at 8 in the morning?"
"Ugh, just forget about her okay?" Sirius pleaded. "I am tired of hearing Lily is so awful. Lily is so terrible. Lily is such a bitch."
"Lily is such a bitch," James insisted.
"I totally understand why Lily hates you," Remus muttered.
"What? Why?" James asked.
"Because all you so is whine and complain," Remus said.
"I do not!" James insisted and then looked over at Lily. "Ugh! She's smiling again…that's so annoying!"
Sirius rolled his eyes. "You're right, you never whine or complain," Sirius said sarcastically. "James, can I ask you a question?"
"No."
Sirius paused and then shrugged. "When has that stopped me before? Why is it that all I ever hear about anymore is Lily? And yet you're going out with Nancie. How come I don't ever hear anything about her?"
"For the last time, Nancie and I aren't going out, we're-"
"Just friends with benefits," Sirius concluded. "I know, I know. But why don't we ever hear about her? I'm tired of only hearing about Lily and never hearing about Nancie."
"Nancie and I had sex last night," James said.
"So, we hate Lily huh?" Sirius asked. James rolled his eyes and went back to scowling at Lily.
"His name is Geoff," Kacie said. "He's from Hufflepuff."
"How come I haven't heard of him?" Lily asked.
"Because he's new," Kacie said. "He's perfect for you."
"Fine," Lily said with a shrug.
James was walking down the hallways when he heard this conversation. He groaned and walked back to the Gryffindor commons room.
He walked up to Sirius and said, "How do you ask a girl out?"
"Simple, you open the door and tell her to get out, go away, get the hell away from you," Sirius said with a shrug. James gave him a look. "Oooh, you mean ask a girl out out."
"Duh."
"Well I usually flash my gorgeous smile, and girls tend to know that means wanna go out Saturday night," Sirius said.
"What happens when you wink at them?"
"That means that you should stay out of the bedroom," Sirius said with a sly grin.
Remus rolled his eyes and tried hard to ignore Sirius. "James, why do you need to know how to ask a girl out?" Remus asked.
"Because I think it's about time to ask Nancie out on a real date. It's stupid to just be friends with benefits, we should actually be dating," James said with a shrug.
"Why?"
"What do you mean why?" James asked.
"What I mean is what is making you do this," Remus said. "You've never had a real girlfriend."
"That's not true!"
"For longer than a week," Remus finished.
James opened his mouth to protest. "You got me there."
"I hate studying," James groaned the next afternoon in the Gryffindor Commons Room.
"Who doesn't?" Peter asked.
"I hate essay writing," Sirius added.
"Maybe if you had done it two weeks ago when it was assigned, you wouldn't be sitting here doing it the night before it's due," James said.
"Yes, but if I had done so two weeks ago that would imply that I am not a procrastinator," Sirius said. "And that implication would be dead wrong."
"Don't we know it," Remus muttered.
It was quiet as James read the chapter assigned, Sirius wrote an essay, Peter studied for an upcoming test, and Remus reread the notes he took in one of his classes.
Finally, Peter spoke up, throwing his pencil down in frustration. "I'm sorry, but who really needs to know about an external urethral sphincter?"
"External urethral sphincter?" James asked. "Wow, that's a mouthful."
"Yeah, if you're lucky, it is," Sirius said with a wink.
James looked at Sirius in disgust. "Did you just wink at me?"
"I really need more girl friends," Sirius said.
"You're an idiot Sirius," James muttered.
"I'm not an idiot," Sirius pouted and then looked down at his essay. "Crap...what's another word for small?"
"Little," James responded.
"Tiny," Peter added.
"Petite," Remus said.
"Thanks," Sirius said and then looked back up at James. "Now, what was I saying? Oh right, I am not an idiot!"
James looked over at Sirius's parchment. "You spell little with two t's."
"And idiot is spelled with one t," Remus mumbled and all the guys laughed.
"I'll be back, I have to get some more notes from my room," Sirius said. He passed Kacie and Lily studying and stopped to bother them. "Whatcha guys up to?"
"Already finished with that essay due tomorrow, that's for sure," Lily teased.
"Okay, I get it. I procrastinate!" Sirius exclaimed. "Hey, where's Giliba?"
"Awww, look at that. Sirius actually cares where Gigi is," Kacie teased.
"No I don't," Sirius said. "It's just more fun to make fun of her when she's actually here."
Lily and Kacie rolled their eyes and went back to studying. Sirius shrugged and went up to his room.
Sirius opened the door to his room. "AGH!"
Gigi whirled around. "Oh, hi," she said innocently. "Um…sorry for scaring you."
"No, you didn't scare me. I just thought you were a girl I left in here and forgot about," Sirius said. Gigi gave him a weird look. "Hey, it has happened."
"I don't doubt it," she mumbled.
"So what are you doing in here?" Sirius demanded to know.
Gigi shrugged. "No reason."
"Okay, you can't just barge into my room and not tell me what you're doing here," Sirius exclaimed.
"Doesn't matter," Gigi said. "I'm leaving."
Sirius ran over to the door and blocked it. "No…you're going to tell me why you're here."
"Why the hell do you care?" Gigi asked.
"Because my enemy is snooping through my stuff!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Don't flatter yourself," Gigi said haughtily. "I'm looking through Peter and Remus's stuff."
"You are not," Sirius accused. "Seriously, what the hell are you doing in here?"
"Remember that night when we…" Gigi trailed off.
"When we what?" Sirius asked.
"You know very well what I'm talking about," Gigi said.
"Hmmm, nope, I have no idea," Sirius said.
"Oh c'mon! We kinda…" Gigi trailed off again.
"We kinda what?"
"We had sex!" Gigi exclaimed, throwing her hands up in frustration.
Sirius grinned. "Yeah, I totally knew what you were talking about."
Gigi glared at him. "I wouldn't doubt it if you didn't have any idea what I was talking about. You have sex with every living thing. It's hard to keep track."
"Hey, that is not true!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Yes it is! You only have sex to fulfill your needs. You don't give a damn about anyone else's feelings!" Gigi cried out.
"That is so not true!" Sirius cried out. "You don't know me at all so stop making assumptions!"
"Assumptions?" Gigi cried out. "I'm speaking from experience!"
"What the hell are you talking about Giliba?" Sirius cried out, placing his hands on his hips.
"Does sleeping with another girl not even 24 hours after having sex with me ring a bell?" Gigi burst out.
Sirius stopped all movement. "You-you-what?"
Gigi sighed. "I saw you kissing Hayden just a few hours after we…well, you know."
"Yeah, but-"
"And then I saw you bring her up to your room," Gigi said.
"Okay, but-"
"And then I overheard James and Peter talking about you and Hayden having sex," Gigi finished.
"Yeah, but you don-"
"Save it," Gigi cut off. "I don't really want to hear what you have to say about it." And with that she shoved Sirius out of the way and left the room.
Sirius stood there trying to comprehend what just happened. "She never told me what she was doing in my room." Sirius shook his head, annoyed at himself for caring. He grabbed his notes, and walked back downstairs.
Sirius groaned as he plopped down next to James. He turned to him and said, "Please do something stupid this weekend."
"Why?" James asked.
"I need someone to mock."
"Mock yourself," James said with a shrug.
"God knows there are a lot of things you could mock about you," Remus added.
"The point is to make me feel better," Sirius said.
"Oh," Remus said.
"Then I guess bringing up that time you gave Gigi a strip dance when you were drunk would not be a good thing to bring up right now?" James asked.
Sirius glared at him. "You better do something really stupid this weekend." He snuck a peek at Gigi sitting next to Lily and Kacie. She glanced up at him with no expression on her face and then went back to talking to Lily and Kacie.
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So now you know why Sirius and Gigi hate each other so much...will they ever become friends? And what about Lily and James...will they ever become nice to each other again? review and find out!