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Until The Clock Strikes Twelve – Chapter Seven

It was 3 hours later that Remus finally sorted out the curse that Lily had jinxed Sirius with.

"Took you're time to find out the Counter curse was Moony." Sirius said checking his once boil covered face over in the mirror for about the seventh time.

"I knew it already Padfoot."

"WHAT!?" Sirius asked, whipping around to look at Remus who was sitting on the edge of the bath. "So why did you leave me looking… Slytherin-ish for 3 hours?"

"Because." Remus shrugged.

"Because what? To get a face as perfect as mine is very hard. Not everyone is naturally this handsome!"

Remus rolled his eyes. "Of course not Pads. But you did break Kathy's arm."

"She started it."

"Yeah and as always, you had to finish it didn't you?"

"Yeah. And? It's not like I meant to break it."

"Or completely humiliate her by hanging her underwear around the common room."

Sirius began to laugh, but a sharp look from Remus stopped him. "What? That was funny. I saw you laughing!"

"That's not the point…" Remus muttered, looking truly ashamed.

"Yes it is."

"No it's not. Yes at the time it seemed funny. But looking back it was actually rather embarrassing; I've never seen Kathy look so ashamed in all her life."

Sirius went and sat down next to Remus. "Trying to teach me a lesson were you? Teach me that being the victim isn't nice."

"Something like that."

"Or do you fancy her?"

"Who?"

"Steele of course."

"No."

"Oh yes you do." Sirius teased, poking Remus in the side.

"No I do not. Now leave me alone." Remus stood up rather quickly knocking Sirius off balance. He slipped and fell backwards into the bath.

"Oooff. Bugger now I'm stuck. Moooony?" he asked, holding up his hands and pouting, his eyes widening making his famous puppy-dog look.

"Help yourself." Remus muttered as he left the bathroom and closed the door.

"MOONY!"

"Hey Moony." James said as Remus entered the common room from the boy's dormitories. "Have you sorted Mr. Vain out yet?"

Remus nodded. "Yeah, but he's still being an ungrateful pig."

"Yeah. But we'd have him no other way."

"True. Kathy back yet?"

"No. But look! I've finished the common room for Lily. Do you think she'll be pleased?" he asked putting his hands on his hips and looking very pleased with himself.

Remus looked around, "I'm sure she will."

The common room was perfect. The decorations were up, the floor had been cleared for dancing and a table had been set at one end of the room for the food. Plates, knives, forks, cups and napkins all placed neatly at one end. At the other end of the room was a small stage for the nights act; a small band of Gryffindor 5th and 6th year students who had named themselves 'The Weird Sisters'. Around the edge of the room chairs so people could sit down when they weren't dancing.

"MOOOONY!" came a wail from upstairs.

"I thought you said you'd fixed him."

"I have. But he's now stuck in the bath."

"How?" James asked trying hard not to laugh.

"To put a long story short he annoyed me."

"Okay. Well I'd better go and help him then or he'll never shut up."

Remus nodded.

"Tell me when Lily and Steele get back."

"Will do."

A minute later a gleeful call of "PROOOONGS!" told Remus that James had found his best friend. Shaking his head and smiling he went and sat down near the stage.

"I am really going to humiliate that stupid Black tonight." Kathy mumbled as she and Lily began to make there way back to the Gryffindor common room. Her arm was wound in bandages, and though Madam Promfrey had mended her broken bones in a heart beat she had insisted that Kath should stay in the Hospital Wing.

"Just to make sure Miss Steele. I don't want you collapsing on the way back to Gryffindor Tower now do I?"

"Fine." Kath grumbled. "But do I have to have these stupid bandages?"

"Yes. You're arm is weak at the moment. It'll help stop it becoming damaged again."

"Oh please don't Kathy. Please don't ruin this evening." Lily begged. "I know Black can be an idiot, but that doesn't mean you have to get your own back all the time. Just leave it. Please?"

"Fine." Kath whinged, "But only because you asked Lils." She told her as they mounted the stairs up to Gryffindor Tower, but that didn't mean she couldn't before the party...

"Besides. If you win the bet, then you'll have all his money."

"And if I win my bet, you win yours and so does Potter. Then that means…" Kat said her face brightening with an evil grin.

"…that Black will be out on money…"

"…20 Galleons, 12 Sickles and 4 Knuts…"

"… and he will have to announce his undying love for…"

"SNIVELLUS!" Kath cried joyously. "Sorry, Snape." She added after a sharp glare from Lily. "You know what Lils."

"What?"

"With a glare like that, you might even beat Black. And he has a really evil glare. A Black Glare!"

"Thanks." Lily said, not sure if this was a good or bad thing. "I'll take that as a compliment shall I?"

"Noobely."

"I beg your pardon?"

"The password Lils. The password." Kat said pointing at the portrait of the Fat Lady that had just swung open in front of them.

"Oh." Lily muttered, her cheeks flushing slightly with embarrassment.

"And yes Lils. It was a compliment. Sort of." She told her friend as she climbed through the portrait hole and into the Gryffindor common room.

"Wow!" Lily gasped as she straightened up and saw the completed common room just as she wished it to be. "But how?"

"James did it." Remus told her from the stage to the left of the two girls.

"All of it? On his own?" Lily asked disbelievingly.

"Well not completely on his won. I think he organised it though. I'm not completely sure. I was upstairs trying to sort Sirius out."

"Who care's about that bastard?" Kat interjected.

"Surprisingly, me." Remus confirmed, jumping down off the stage and walking over. "Though I did pretend I didn't know the counter curse for 3 hours." He pointed out just to keep Kat from venting any anger she might still have out on him.

"Any particular reason for that?" Kat enquired.

"Maybe because I didn't agree with what Sirius did to you?"

"Oh."

Remus grinned and shook his head. "Anyway. Wait here, James wanted to know when you got back."

As the girls nodded, Remus turned and headed up to the boys dorms in search of his best friends.

Remus soon came back down the stairs James in tow, a grin on his face, waiting, hoping for a compliment from Lily.

"Hey Lily. Is the room to your taste?"

"Oh yes James!" Lily beamed happily her eyes alight with passion as she scanned the room again, a passion James noticed. He grinned as her emerald eyes sparkled in excitement. "It's perfect!"

"Is Black coming down?"

"I think so. Why Steele?"

"No real reason Potter." She told him, but it could plainly be seen she was up to something as she fingered her wand carefully.

"Kathy." Lily warned.

"Prongs? Moony? Are you down here?" Sirius's voice could be heard as he descended the boy's dorms stairs.

"Glisseo" Kathy murmed and at once a yell was heard as the steps on the boys dormiotry stairway flattened to form a slide. Three seconds later Sirius came flying out of the entrance to the boys dorms at a great speed on his bottom hitting a sofa moments later.

"Ouch!" he cried loudly as everyone in the common room began to laugh at him. He turned and saw Kathy with her wand out, his famous automatically moving into a famous Black glare he yelled "STEELE!"

Kathy grinned, grabbed Lily's arm saying something about getting ready for that night. They weren't seen for the rest of the afternoon.

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