Don't Let Your Guard Down
chapter 8

Sorry this is later then usual, I was in Philadelphia since Friday and just got back. After doing homework, I figured I would post something for all of you who are waiting for the next chapter.

To answer questions people posed in the reviews of the last 7 chapters: I used to have 15 stories, but 5 of them had song lyrics in them and so the fanfiction people took them off saying they were against the honor code.
Nope, no Remus/Kacie relationship last chapter or this chapter...sorry to disappoint, you'll just have to wait and see what happens...
Gigi (aka Gillian)'s name is pronounced G-G (act like the G in Gillian is a J, it's pronounced just like you would pronounce Jillian). It's not a "Ga" sound, it's a"Gee" sound.
The "see ya" quote is similar to something that occured in Boy Meets World.

disclaimer: you should know by now what belongs to be and what belongs to JKR.

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"Why don't you just tell her the conversation you overheard?" Remus asked.

"It's not like she'd believe me," James mumbled. "She thinks I don't give a damn about anyone but myself."

"She doesn't think that," Peter said.

"Yes she does," James murmured.

"What gives you that idea?" Remus asked.

"When she said I didn't give a damn about anyone but myself," James repeated.

"Oh…yeah, that'll do it," Remus said.

"Wow, I really wish I hadn't left," Sirius noted. "That sounds a lot more exciting than watching Peter and Remus do homework."

"Sirius," James said. "Anything is more exciting than watching those two do homework."

"I wish you would have told me this sooner," Sirius moped.

"She's such a hypocrite," James exclaimed.

"Who?" Sirius asked.

"Lily! Who else?"

"Oh, we're still talking about her?" Sirius asked.

"She always tells me that she'll be friends with me and she swears that I'm not a bad person," James said. "And then she turns around and yells at me, telling me that everything I do is wrong and that I'm self-centered and obnoxious, etc."

"It sounds to me as if she doesn't trust being friends with you," Remus said with a shrug. "She's scared of trusting you, so the moment something happens that could remotely be your fault, she yells at you for it. That way she doesn't have to worry about whether she can trust you or not."

"But that's ridiculous," James exclaimed. "I honestly just want us to get along."

"It doesn't seem like that'll ever happen," Remus said sadly.

"Well now I'm not so sure I give a damn anymore," James muttered. "Why would I want to be friends with someone who only thinks of me as a selfish prat? I'm better off without her."

"That's what I like to hear!" Peter claimed.

"That's horrible," Sirius said.

"That is not what I like to hear," Peter corrected.

"You and Lily should be able to get along," Sirius said. "You just have to change the way she looks at you."

"I've tried, Padfoot. Nothing's working," James muttered.

"Ugh, remember back to all your fights," Sirius said. "No matter what, you've been able to work it out. Even after you put tiny toads in her bed and she woke up with one in her mouth. Remember that?"

James smirked. "Yeah…she gave me the silent treatment for two weeks," James reminisced. "That was a great two weeks."

Sirius rolled his eyes. "You know you like the girl."

"Never have I ever liked that girl," James said.

"Even when you kissed her?"

"Okay that doesn't count."

"And when you spent an entire year asking her out?" Sirius noted.

"That doesn't count either."

"And when you wrote I love Lily Evans all over your parchment?"

"Okay, you remember waaaay too many things," James said.

"It's obvious that you've liked her in the past and you should be able to get along with the girl you're obsessed with," Sirius said with a shrug.

"I'm not obsessed with her," James cried out. "And I'm tired of her always thinking I'm a bad person. Why would I want to be friends with someone who thinks that? I should take her advice and stay out of her life."

"Or you could just go up to her and say you paid that Trevor guy to ignore Kacie because all he wanted was to sleep with her," Sirius said.

"Or you could mind your own business and we can talk about this upcoming Christmas party," James insisted.

Sirius paused to think about it. "You're lucky I like talking about Christmas and parties."

"What day do we want it?" James asked.

"Tomorrow," Sirius answered instantly.

"Sirius, that's two weeks away from Christmas," Remus pointed out.

"So?"

"Well, it wouldn't be a Christmas party," Remus noted. "It would be a 'two weeks before Christmas party.'"

Sirius paused. "What's wrong with that?"

"It's not Christmas!" Remus exclaimed.

"I'm still not following," Sirius said blankly.

Remus shook his head. "When you have a party on February 2nd, is it a Christmas Party?"

"No," Sirius said.

"Okay, well then a party two weeks before Christmas wouldn't be a Christmas party either, now would it?" Remus asked.

Sirius stared at him. "I still don't get it."

"No party tomorrow. Party in two weeks," Remus said.

Sirius nodded. "Okay…why didn't you just say that in the first place?"

Remus hit himself over the head. "I always forget to use small words in simple sentences around you."

"So who are we inviting?" James asked, glad to interrupt.

"No guys," Sirius said immediately.

"Why not?" Peter dared to ask.

"They always get in the way," Sirius said with a shrug. "It's hard for me to get all the girls if those girls are distracted by other guys."

"So does that mean we're uninvited?" Remus asked.

Sirius thought about it. "Nah, you can come. Just stay away from all the girls."

"So basically," James said slowly. "You want us to hit on each other?"

Sirius looked at his three best friends. "Whatever floats your boat."

"Other guys are coming," James said right away.

"So should we get Kacie, Gigi, and Lily to help us plan?" Remus asked.

"Giliba's not invited," Sirius said instantly as James said, "Lily's not invited."

Remus turned to Peter. "This party is going to be impossible to plan."

Peter sighed. "What food should we get?"

"Chocolate cake," Sirius and James answered simultaneously.

Remus grinned and turned to Peter. "Maybe it won't be so hard."

Sirius walked into James and Lily's commons room the next day and instantly regretted it. "Is James here?"

Gigi looked up and groaned. "No." She then looked back down at her book, expecting Sirius to leave.

Sirius looked at her, waiting for more information. "Do you know where he is?" he asked after several seconds of silence.

"Prefect meeting."

"Do you know when he'll be back?" Sirius asked.

"Later," Gigi said, not bothering to look up.

"When later?"

Gigi shrugged. "Soon, it started an hour ago."

"Do you have a ballpark figure of when the meeting will be getting out?"

Gigi slammed her book down and looked up at Sirius. "Don't you think a prefect meeting is more important than planning your stupid Christmas party?"

"Who said I was here to plan the party?" Sirius asked.

"Because it's a week and a half before the party," Gigi said. "Of course you're planning it. You're probably ignoring piles of homework and other responsibilities just so this party has your full attention just like every other year."

"What the hell is your problem?" Sirius argued. "Every year you come to that party and have a great time. So why do you care if I enjoy spending my time planning it?"

"What the hell is your problem?" Gigi asked. "I was sitting here minding my own business doing homework and then you come in and ask me hundreds of questions."

"I only asked a few questions and that's because I need to find James," Sirius said.

"Well, do I look like James?" Gigi asked.

"No…you're a lot hotter than he is," Sirius said with a smirk.

Gigi chose to ignore his comment. "So we've established that I'm not James, and that I have no idea when James is coming back. So why don't you leave before I do something I'll regret?"

"If my mind serves me correctly, it seems that you and I have already done something that you regret," Sirius said.

Gigi gathered her stuff in a hurry and stared at Sirius with hatred. "Why do you like bringing that up? Do you like talking about times when you were an asshole? Do you enjoy proving to me that you are a complete asshole?"

"No," Sirius said. "I just want to make you understand that-"

Gigi put her hand up to stop him from talking. "Stop. I don't want to hear it."

"Giliba, you have to hear me out," Sirius insisted.

"Why? So you can humiliate me some more?" Gigi asked. "I don't care anymore Black. That was a year ago. Let's just continue hating each other." Gigi started walking to the exit.

"But I don't hate you," Sirius explained. "I don't want to keep fighting."

Gigi turned around and sighed. "Well then maybe you should have thought about that before." And with that said, Gigi left the room.

"Oh," Kacie said as she turned the corner and ran into James a few days later. "Bye."

"Don't you mean hi?" James asked.

"No, saying hi signals that I want to start a conversation," Kacie said. "And I don't want to. So…bye."

"Kace," James said.

"Don't Kace me," Kacie accused. "You don't live in my shoes James Potter! You don't sit there and watch guy after guy take out our two best friends. I finally get a chance to be happy and you ruin it!"

James sighed as he watched Kacie walk away. "Don't you trust me?"

Kacie stopped and slowly turned around. "What?"

James sighed again and walked over to Kacie. "Kacie, I may seem like a huge idiot sometimes and I may be a total prat when it comes to girls and I may seem cocky and selfish and I may-"

"Not that I don't enjoy hearing you bad mouth yourself James, but get to the point," Kacie said tiredly.

"Despite all of that, you trust me, don't you?" James asked.

Kacie looked him in the eyes. "Perhaps…"

"Do you really think I would make a guy stay away from you if he wasn't a real jerk and up to something?" James asked.

Kacie kept looking into his eyes and after what seemed like an eternity, she sighed. "I do trust your judgment."

"So can you please just trust me on this one and realize that there are hundreds of other guys out there who are waiting for their chance with Kacie Hunter?" James asked, putting his arms around Kacie and giving her a hug.

Kacie smiled. "I don't understand why Lily hates you so much."

"And I don't understand Lily at all."

"So tell me," Kacie said, walking up to the commons room with James. "Just how much do you intend to spike the Christmas punch this year?" And Kacie joined in as James laughed.

"Bad news Padfoot," James said a few days later, walking into the commons room.

"All the girls at Hogwarts are being transferred to another school?" Sirius asked, obviously worried.

"Um…no," James said.

Sirius breathed out a sigh of relief. "Oh thank god."

James rolled his eyes. "My parents are going away for Christmas, so we're not going home this year."

Sirius shrugged. "That's fine. We haven't had a Christmas here at Hogwarts for awhile."

"Do you guys know if Evans is going home?" James asked. His friends shrugged. "Ugh, I hope so."

"If she is, we can celebrate our Christmas in your commons room," Peter noted.

"I'm sure Evans would come back and dust for fingerprints or something," James muttered.

Just then, Kacie and Gigi walked in and Sirius let out a groan. "I really hope Giliba goes home."

"Okay, I need to know once and for all, what the hell happened with you two?" Remus asked. "You two were good friends and inseparable up until last year."

Sirius shrugged, obviously not wanting to talk about it. "She's a bitch. She's self-centered, arrogant, uses all the people she dates, and thinks she's the queen of the world."

James, Remus, and Peter exchanged glances and burst out laughing. "What?" Sirius asked.

"She's you in a skirt," James noted.

"Giliba and I are nothing alike!" Sirius asserted.

"You're the same person but with different body parts," Remus said. The other three looked at him in astonishment. "What? It's true."

"But I never expected that phrase to come out of your mouth," James said and then turned to Sirius. "Do you think the girls are coming to the party?"

"Do you really think Giliba would miss an opportunity to get really drunk, strip dance on the tables, and have sex with random guys?" Sirius asked.

James rolled his eyes, not wanting to get into an argument about Gigi. "But what about Lily? Last time I checked, she didn't like getting drunk, dancing on tables, or having sex with guys."

"She'll still come," Sirius said. "Giliba and Kacie will make her."

James groaned, but didn't say anything else on the subject. He turned back to his other friends. "What are you guys getting the girls for Christmas?"

"I know what I'm getting Lily," Sirius said with a smirk.

"A blow up doll is not an acceptable gift," Remus said.

"It can be!" Sirius insisted.

Remus rolled his eyes. "I have to go into Hogsmeade and find something for them."

"We should all go," James offered.

"Don't we always go together?" Sirius asked.

"True," James said.

"Maybe I'll just get them all books," Peter suggested.

"That's a bad idea," Sirius said. "May as well get them socks. No one likes getting books for Christmas."

"Lily does," Remus said.

"That's a good idea Peter," Sirius rephrased.

"You're late," Lily said, not bothering to look up from what she was doing.

"Aren't I always?" James mumbled, sliding into a seat in the corner.

"Don't you know the meaning of punctual or do I need to buy you a dictionary?" Lily asked.

"Why bother? I can just ask you. I'm sure you read it front to back every day," James mumbled.

"I spend my days studying and doing homework to get good marks," Lily said stubbornly.

"So do I," James said. "I can get good marks in my sleep."

"Which you usually do," Lily muttered.

"What is your problem Evans?" James cried out.

Lily glared at him. "How does it make us look if we are here after the prefects? Wait, let me rephrase that. How does it make us look if you are here after the prefects?" Lily burst out.

James looked around to see that the only one there was Lily. "I'm not here after the prefects."

"Well now there's no one here," Lily said. "But if you keep showing up late, you will arrive after the prefects at some point."

"And so what?" James asked.

"What?"

"If I come here a little after a prefect, will a huge black hole swallow the Earth? Will I get hit by lightening? Will thousands of locusts start eating away at our bodies?" James asked.

"You're not taking me seriously," Lily said sternly.

"That's because it looks to me as if you're not serious," James muttered. "It's not a big deal if I arrive after everyone else."

Lily slammed her book down. "Yes it is! You're supposed to set an example! A good Head Boy should be able to arrive at the right time!"

"And a good Head Girl shouldn't let her personal life interfere with running prefect meetings!"

"What are you talking about?" Lily demanded to know.

"You're just picking a fight with me," James said. "Just because you're angry at me."

"I am not picking a fight with you," Lily said. "It's just about time I told you off for always being late."

"You can't tell me what to do Evans," James snapped. "That's what my mom is for."

"Well it looks as if you didn't listen to her ever because look how you turned out," Lily yelled.

"I turned out better than you!" James shouted. "What the hell did your mother do to make you turn out this way?"

Lily slapped James hard across the face as a few prefects started piling in.

"Uh…is this a bad time?" one of them asked.

Lily and James just glared at each other but didn't say anything.

"I'd take that as a yes," the other prefect whispered.

"I'm such an idiot," James said, pacing back and forth the next morning.

"Okay, you've said that ten times now," Sirius noted. "We all know you're an idiot, so you're going to have to elaborate."

James stopped pacing and looked his friends in the eyes. "I kind of ridiculed Lily's mother."

Peter, Remus, and Sirius all stared at him wide eyed with dropped jaws. "You're not just an idiot, you're a jerk."

"I didn't mean to!" James wailed. "She was making fun of my mum so it just slipped out."

"Well it was a very jerky remark," Sirius pointed out. James glared at him. "Right, right. I'm not helping."

"She's never gonna talk to me again," James mumbled.

"She wasn't talking to you anyway," Remus said. James glared at him. "Right, right. I'm not helping either."

"She slapped me. She actually slapped me," James said.

"You deserved it," Peter said. James glared at him as well. "Okay, I think it should be established that none of us are helping."

"I might as well be talking to a brick wall," James said. "At least I could hit my head on that and hopefully forget what I did."

"If you came closer to me, I could hit you," Sirius suggested. James gave him a glare. "Is there any point in mentioning that I am absolutely no help?"

"No, we pretty much already know that," Remus said.

James started pacing again. "It's not so bad when Evans and I are both mad at each other but when I say something like that, I'm not mad at her anymore. I'm mad at myself. It doesn't matter how mad I am at someone or how much I don't want to be around them, there is no justification to say something like that."

"Can't you just apologize?" Peter advised.

"Evans refuses to be anywhere that is fifty feet near me," James said. "She even skipped breakfast because she didn't want to be in the same room with me. Ugh, I'm such an idiot!"

"Don't forget how you're such jerk," Sirius said. All three of his friends looked at him. "I don't know why you guys are friends with me."

"Me neither," James muttered jokingly.

"I'm sure Lily would understand if you profusely apologized," Sirius said. "But I would do it in a note…that way she can't slap you again."

"She won't understand," James said, flopping into the chair. "I made fun of her parents. Her parents died a year ago and I made fun of them." James buried his head in his hands. "I'm so awful."

"Some might call you an idiot and a jerk," Sirius said. James looked up from his hands and glared at Sirius. Sirius turned to Remus. "Okay Remus, you say things now."

Remus looked to James. "I think it's best to just leave her alone for awhile. She obviously doesn't want to talk to you and if you bug her trying to apologize, she's just going to get more annoyed."

Sirius stared at Remus in amazement. "Why don't you talk more often?"

"Because you're too busy talking over me," Remus said.

"I don't talk over you," Sirius insisted.

"Yes you do. You always-"

"When have I ever talked over you?" Sirius asked.

"Well, right now yo-"

"Am I really that annoying?" Sirius asked.

Remus turned to James. "You really need a new best friend."

"Hey!" Sirius exclaimed. "Don't talk when I'm talking!"

James rolled his eyes and turned to Remus. "I guess it's best to just stay clear of Evans," James muttered. "It won't be hard."

"Why?" Sirius wondered.

"Because she's staying clear of me."

"It's like hide-and-seek!" Sirius exclaimed. "Well, without the seek part."

"In no way is this hide-and-seek," James said.

"I know, but hide-and-seek is fun," Sirius said. "And no offense James, but your life is boring. I was just trying to make it seem more exciting."

"Hey, what's wrong with Nancie?" Remus asked, watching as Nancie stomped into the commons room and up the stairs to her room.

James looked up and shrugged. "I have no idea."

"Uh…don't you think you should find out?" Peter asked.

"Why?"

"Because usually when your girlfriend-" Peter started.

"She's not my girlfriend."

"Oookay, but usually when the girl you're having sex with is upset, you should act like you care about her a little bit," Peter said with a shrug. "I mean, you do spend almost three to four nights a week with her."

James shrugged. "I'm sure she'll tell me when she wants to."

"You are such a pig," Remus muttered.

James looked shocked and turned to Sirius for help. Sirius just shrugged. "Don't look at me, Remus is talking for me, remember?"

"Care to explain that comment Moony?" James asked.

"Why are you with Nancie if you don't care about Nancie?" Remus asked. "You can't even bother to take five minutes out of your non busy schedule to find out what's wrong."

"It's not like I can go up there. Guys aren't allowed in girls rooms," James said.

"If that was Lily upset, you'd find a way up there," Remus mumbled to himself.

"Excuse me?" James asked. "I heard that!"

"That's because I said it out loud," Remus answered smugly.

"What's your problem?" James demanded to know.

Remus sighed and closed his book. "Do you not remember talking with me at the party in October and you realized that you liked Lily?"

"That was like a million years ago," James said.

"That was two months ago," Remus corrected.

"Yeah, whatever. Same thing," James mumbled.

"You never actually faced those feelings Prongs. You never-"

"'Faced those feelings?' What are you, my therapist?" James asked. "Face what feelings? I liked Evans for like two minutes one evening. And then I found Nancie, a girl I actually did like, and realized that there was no way in hell that I liked Evans. In fact-"

"You found Nancie? A girl you actually did like?" Remus repeated in disgust. "Puh-leaze. You just found the first thing wearing a skirt and decided to have sex with it so you could bury the feelings you had for Lily."

"Stop acting like you know me Remus!" James cried out. "You can't tell me who I like and who I don't like!" James gathered his books and trampled back to his room.

Remus watched James walk away and then turned to Sirius and Peter. "He so likes Lily."

James and Remus didn't talk for two days, until Remus realized that it was stupid to be fighting over something as stupid as whether James liked Lily or not.

"Oh, hey Lily," Remus said, walking into the Head Commons Room. "Is James around?"

"I hope not," Lily muttered.

Remus sighed and sat down on a couch. "He didn't mean it, you know."

Lily didn't say anything, knowing full well what Remus was talking about and hoping that he would drop the subject.

"It just slipped out," Remus continued. Lily still didn't say anything; she made no motion to show that she had heard Remus. "He's just aggravated that you don't even try to be friends with him. The moment he slips up, you get angry at him. He's just upset that you don't give him a chance and-"

"Remus," Lily said, trying to say it as politely as possible. "I thought me not talking would give you the idea that I don't want to talk about it."

"I just thought you were deaf," Remus said with a shrug.

"And you kept talking anyway?" Lily mumbled.

"Look, he just-"

"And what do you mean I don't even try being friends with Potter? And that I don't give him a chance?" Lily asked, angry at herself for not ignoring Remus like she wanted to. "I have tried multiple times to be his friend. Either he hexes me, plays a prank on me, asks me out a hundred times, kisses another girl not twenty four hours after kissing me, ruins my dates, or ridicules my mother who died a year ago. I think I've given him ten times more chances than he deserves."

"Wow…you make him seem like a horrible person," Remus said. Lily gave him a look. "Okay, so maybe he's not the smartest guy, or the nicest guy, or even the most charming guy. But he does all of that because he doesn't know how to act around a girl he has real feelings for. He just-"

"He what?" Lily asked.

"He does all of that because…" Remus trailed off, realizing what he said. "Oh, what I mean is that he does all of that because he…well…erm…"

"You think Potter has feelings for me?" Lily spat out with a laugh.

"He does?" Remus exclaimed. Lily gave him a look and Remus sighed. "Okay, so maybe he does but-"

"The last time I checked when a guy has feelings for a girl, he doesn't make fun of her mum, annoy her to death, or go have sex with another girl."

"James did all of that because that's what he thinks he's supposed to do," Remus said. "I mean, look at who's best friends with! He learns all of that from Sirius."

Lily cracked a smile. "I think hearing this just makes the situation worse."

"Huh?"

"Oh c'mon. If Potter likes me, why is he so horrible to me? He can't just face his feelings and talk to me instead of using me, making fun of me, and yelling at me? I mean, what the hell is wrong with that boy?" Lily cried out.

"Okay, this was supposed to be a nice happy conversation…"

"Well, then you shouldn't have started talking about Potter!" Lily exclaimed.

"Yes, I know that now," Remus murmured.

"Can you do me a favor and just drown him in the lake?" Lily asked angrily.

"But he's my best friend…" Remus pointed out.

"I don't care!" Lily burst out.

Remus looked up at her. "I'll even persuade the giant squid to attack him."

Lily gave a slight smile. "Thanks Rem."

Just then, James walked in to see Remus and Lily hugging. James scowled. "Oh, what a lovely picture. If you guys start making out, can you please go somewhere else. Preferably somewhere near a high up rocky cliff."

"James-" Remus started.

"Why don't you go somewhere else?" Lily snapped. "I think that big rocky cliff is calling yourname."

"Evans, you-"

"Don't talk to me," Lily said immediately and then got up. She turned to Remus. "Nice talking to ya…although I still think you're dead wrong." And with that, she stomped out of the room to go find her friends.

"I don't know what she's talking about, but I bet she's correct when she says you're dead wrong," James muttered, walking towards his room.

"James," Remus said calmly. James stopped but didn't turn around. "I didn't mean to get on your case about Lily. Your love life is none of my business. I'm sorry for butting in."

James turned around and sat next to Remus. "It's fine, you're just looking out for me. Maybe I did have feelings for Lily, but when a girl completely yells at you and ignores you because she hates you, you learn to get over her."

Just then Sirius walked in and saw Remus and James talking to each other. "Aww, this is so cute. In about two minutes, you'll be holding hands!"

"Sirius," James said. "If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all."

"But then I wouldn't ever talk again," Sirius said.

"Exactly," James saidand the three friends laughed together.

The portrait hole reopened to reveal Gigi and Lily standing there. Lily narrowed her eyes, "Potter."

"Evans," he answered coolly.

"Black," Gigi said haughtily.

"Giliba."

The girls turned on their heels and headed into Lily's room.

"Do you guys know their first names?" Remus joked.

Peter walked in at that moment. "Oh, hey guys."

The guys all narrowed their eyes. "Pettigrew," the answered meanly (obviously joking).

Peter looked at them in confusion as they started cracking up.

James practically fell off of Sirius's bed as Sirius walked out of the bathroom. "What the hell are you wearing?"

"It's an elf costume," Sirius said with a grin.

"Looks more like a dwarf costume," Remus said with a snicker.

"Yeah, and I'd say you're looking like Dopey right now," James said with a laugh.

"I'm trying to get into the Christmas spirit!" Sirius cried out.

"I thought you did that by ignoring homework and instead you drink eggnog while singing Christmas carols at the top of your lungs," James said.

"I decided to mix it up a little this year," Sirius said with a shrug.

Peter looked at him suspiciously. "Which girl is making you do this?"

"What?" Sirius asked. "What makes you think a girl is forcing me to do this?"

James looked him over and turned to Remus and Peter. "I'm guessing it's Gabrielle."

"Gabrielle is not making be do this!" Sirius cried out. "…Susanna is."

The three boys burst out laughing. "You must really like this girl," Remus said.

"Nah," James said. "He just really wants to get lai-"

"I'm gonna go change now," Sirius said.

"Hey James?" a voice asked, walking into the room. Gigi stopped when she saw what Sirius was wearing. She burst out laughing and was almost rolling on the floor. "You totally just made my day Black."

"Go away Giliba," Sirius muttered.

"I never thought seeing you would actually make me happy," Gigi said between laughter.

"Leave us the hell alone," Sirius said through gritted teeth.

Gigi turned to the other boys. "Did you get a picture of this?"

"I knew there was something we were forgetting!" Remus cried out, digging in his desk for a camera.

"No pictures!" Sirius cried out. "I'm getting out of this thing."

"Okay Dopey!" James yelled after him.

"Shut the hell up," Sirius mumbled.

Remus turned to the others. "Someone's Grumpy."

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The more reviews I get, the faster I'll write and post the next chapter! In the next chapter a huge party will occur, maybe people will realize the feelings they have for each other (will it be lily/james, sirius/gigi, remus/kacie, or any of those people and another character?), perhaps a little kissing will occur, and someone will leave Hogwarts (permanently or just for a little while? review and find out!)