Chapter Four

Pathetic Accents

Sirius POV

I shoved my breakfast down my throat, listening to Remus rant about the amount free periods the sixth years received.

"Honestly, how do they expect us to pass our exams if they give us free periods in which most people muck around in?" Remus exclaimed. "I mean, some people want to get good marks and have a good future and how is that going to happen, if we have a free period per day!"

"Drama queen," Peter muttered, wincing at the sharp glare Remus sent his way.

I swallowed a large amount of beacon and choked when it didn't go down properly. James laughed and thumped me on the back. "Cheers, mate. I don't know what you're worrying about, Moony. You study every spare second you get anyway."

"Well, yes, I know that. It's just I don't like having free time during the day. It confuses my mental schedule," Remus said, as if it were obvious.

"Mental schedule? Man, you're worse than my friend, Keira, and she plans her trips to the bathroom." An American voice laughed from behind us.

Remus scowled. "I'm organised person. Leave me alone."

Lily snorted. "Please. You could Lord Mayor of Organised Land."

"Lord Mayor of Oragnised Land? That's not very creative," Josefine said.

"Like you could come up with better." Josefine stuck her tongue out at Lily. James' favourite red-head rolled her eyes. "Bye Remus!"

"Have you guys got Charms first?" Josefine asked.

"Yup. I'm taking you do to?" James said.

Josefine nodded. "Awesome! See you there." She flashed me a dazzling smile before turning on her heel and heading over to where Lily, Lisa and Alice were sitting. My eyes trailed from the back of her head to much further south.

Merlin, she's bloody gorgeous. I thought. Josefine glanced back at me and I looked away.

"Padfoot's in love, Padfoot's in love," Peter sang.

I picked up a plate of scrambled egg and shoved it right in his round face.

Josefine POV

I felt uncomfortable as I felt someone's eyes on me, during Charms. I had always hated attention, it made me self conscious. I shifted uneasily and glanced around the room. James was waving a hand in my direction. I looked at him, strangely. He held up his hand and scribbled something on a piece of paper, balled it up and catapulted it at me. I caught it.

How's your first day going?

I grabbed my black quill and dipped it in the inkpot that lay on my desk. Good, thanks. I think I'm going to like it here.

I, unlike James, levitated the crumpled up parchment and dropped it gracefully in front of him. No less than five minutes later, the note hit the side of my head. Show off. The Marauders and I were wondering if you wanted to meet us in the common room at 11 tonight? We think you seem like nice person and we'd love to get to know you better. What do you say?

-J, S, P & R

I grinned and gave them a thumbs up sign. They smiled broadly and returned to their work.

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"Come on, Lils!" I pleaded. "It'll be so fun!"

Lily sighed. "But I hate them."

"I know you do, but come for me?" I asked. "They've made me feel so welcome and they're so nice to me."

Lily took one look at my puppy dog eye and sighed again. "All right."

I whooped, loudly and pulled Lily out of the sixth years dorm. My red headed friend complained, until I'd had enough and cast a silencing charm on her. Lily glared at me and I smiled at her. I heard laughter from the common room and made my way through the archway. The guys greeted us and Lily threw herself down on an empty armchair looking thoroughly put out. Sirius patted the piece of sofa next to him and I sat down, with a smile.

"How are you feeling, Lily?" James asked. Lily gave me a meaningful look. I flicked my wand and the silencing charm was taken off.

"Please don't talk to me, Potter," Lily snapped. James' shoulders sagged in defeat. However nasty her snap sounded, she had a strange look in her eye. Did she like James? I set it as my mission to find out.

A slightly awkward silence fell around the room. Sirius broke it. "So…" The silence continued.

"So?" I prompted.

"I don't actually know," Sirius said, sheepishly.

"Typical. Josefine, can you say something in Spanish?" Peter asked, eagerly.

"I guess…" I said, slowly. "What do you want me to say?"

"Hi, my name is Josefine and I'm sixteen years old," James said.

"Hola, me llamo Josefine y tengo dieciseis años." I grinned and watched in amusement as the boys looked at me, impressed.

"Mira, como estan los tontos. Si no cieran sus bocas van a tragar moscas," Lily added, grinning.

"What did you say?" Sirius demanded.

"I said: 'Look at them, the idiots. If they don't close their mouths they're going to swallow flies." Lily smirked at the astounded looks she received.

"You speak Spanish?" James' eyes were full of admiration.

"No, duh," Lily said. She seemed to be blushing a bit. I caught Sirius' eye and I laughed. "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing." I smiled, innocently. "How long do you think it'll be before those two get together?" I said to Sirius, quietly.

Sirius smiled. "Soon enough."

"Stop whispering, you two. It's rude," Remus said, drawing out the 'u'. Sirius stuck his tongue out at him and Remus ignored him.

Lily looked at her watch. "OK, guys, what exactly was the point in gathering us all here if we're just going to sit around and speak Spanish?"

I held up my hands. "It wasn't my idea, it was THEM," I said, glowering in the direction of the boys.

Sirius shuffled a bit. "Well.. like we said, we just wanted to get to know you a bit better."

"And how exactly do you intend on doing that?" asked Lily. "More to the point, how long? I have two essays to write for next Monday."

James sighed. "God, Lily, you and your essays."

I winced. Lily was not going to be happy.

"Well, fine then," said Lily getting up and pouting, puckering up her usually pretty face. "I'll just go off and do my precious homework."

Sirius POV

James, mate, you are going to have to better than that if you want to have a chance with this girl, I thought.

"No… Lily, wait… I didn't mean it. You like homework in a good way!" He jumped up and ran after Lily who was going out of the portrait-hole. The door swung shut in his face.

"OW!" he cried, before pushing it open once more and scarpering after Lily.

After he was gone, I burst out laughing. Jo also was barely concealing her grin.

"He's got it real bad, that one," she grinned at me.

"Totally," I said, mimicking her American drawl to perfection. (Even if I do say so myself).

She swatted my arm, sending shivers all up and down my spine. "You're so mean." Then she grinned. "Two can play at that game!" She stood up and offered me her elbow. "Care for a str-OH-l, m-AR-ster Black?"

"Like, totally," I grinned jumping up and catching her elbow.

Jo doubled over with laughing. "OK, OK you win."

At that moment, James came back in, rubbing his cheek.

It doesn't take a genius.

"She slapped me," he said, a tone of complete bliss in his voice.

Jo giggled. "Um, James. No offence, but you're pathetic!"

James looked at her in surprise. "But she never slapped me before," he said. "This is a good sign, right?"

Jo rolled her eyes. "I better go find Lills." She said. "She's most likely distraught," she sprung over to the portrait-hole, her gorgeous hair streaming out behind her.

"Cyaaaaah, Jo," I said, once again taking on her accent.

"F-AAH-rewell, my c-OH-mrades," she grinned waving her hand gently.

"So," I said, turning to James. "What happened with you and Lily?"

James looked a bit sheepish. " I tried to…um…kiss her."

Remus and Peter sighed, and I put my head in my hands. "Prongs. You FOOL!"

"It seemed like a good idea at the time," James argued.

"OK, James, NO!" I said. "Usually it's better to wait until you're actually together. As in a couple."

"Well, I did ask her out before I kissed her," said James.

OK, this guy needed SIRIUS help.

Hang on… "You actually kissed then?" Peter asked, voicing my thoughts.

"Uh, no." said James, inspecting dust grain hovering somewhere above our heads. "She, um, slapped me beforehand."

"James," I said, getting up and clapping a hand on his shoulder. "Jo is right. You are PATHETIC."

A/N: Okay, people. It took me ages to update because of a bloody writers block(AGAIN)… I was completely stuck. My wonderful friend, A. Fan, gave me a hand. Quite frankly, without her… Um… it wouldn't be here. The last 540 words (EXACTLY) were written by her. So once again, WE SHARE THE CREDIT GIVEN. :) Oh and uh, the A/N underneath is written by said friend. :P

A. Fan's Author's Note: So, the fab padfootgirl-111 kindly let me have the use of her awesome characters. Hope you like the outcome. And, also. My friend Nadj would LOVE some feedback, so PLEASE leave reviews. For her sake. Hannah xxx