Author's Note: Okay, third chapter is up! God, I am spewing out chapters so fast my keyboard is going to explode! This story is basically the product of me locking myself in my room and pretending to study for finals... Anyways, read and review!!! I won't write more until I get reviews. they are what keeps me going!

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Chapter 3

Gryffindor Common Room- 6:13pm September 6

"Hey! Lils! You're going to the party tonight right?"

Lily looked up from her charms essay to answer the squeaky voice. A mousy third year boy looked down at her expectantly.

"Um, yeah. How do you know about it?" she asked slowly.

The kid laughed, trying to look cool. "I got connection," he smirked. Another small boy called to him from across the room. "Yeah, so maybe I'll see you there!"

Great, now third years are getting brave enough to start hitting on me. Potter really needs to step up his game if they aren't terrified anymore, Lily thought. She was actually getting quite worried about the party. It was originally just supposed to be the marauders, her, Paisley, and a couple of seventh-year Hufflepuffs that Pais was friends with. It seemed like a lot more people had found out about it. She had really been hoping she'd get a chance to be alone with James. So far, Paisley's idea of "playing hard to get" was not working at all. She thought she was doing a great job of it though. She hadn't spoken to James once since school started! Lily bit her lip, sighed, and dipped her quill in some more ink. She was no good at the relationship thing. She would have to consult Paisley later.

Sirius Black slid into the chair next to hers.

"What up Evans?" he leaned back in the chair, drumming his fingers on the table.

"Did you write this paper yet? I am having some major problems. Oh, hey, Black, did you know that your party is being over-taken by half the school?"

It was true; half the common room was talking about the party.

Sirius looked at her in shock. "What the hell? How'd anyone find out about it? I was very incognito about the whole thing! Oi! Sanders!" he shouted over to a cute, blonde fourth-year. "What's going on tonight?"

She looked at him this he was insane. "Um, your party…"

Sirius swore. "Who invited you?"

She looked annoyed now. "Rebecca Wolfe. She's a Slytherin in my year," the girl got up to leave. Sirius Black was fuming by this point, and she was getting slightly scared.

Lily laughed, "Why didn't you just uninvited her?"

"Are you crazy? She's adorable! But why am I the last to know that my party has permeated throughout all the houses? I do not have nearly enough booze!" He moaned and collapsed onto the table. "There's no way to make this party good enough in time. I can't be affiliated with such a G-rated disaster!"

Lily though for a moment, "Butterbeer!"

Sirius turned his head on the table to look at her through his long hair. "What?"

"You can get butterbeer from the kitchens and give that to the lightweights. It's not strong, but it'll get them buzzed, and then save the hard stuff for the people you like," she smiled at him.

He shot up, "Lil you are a genius! Okay, I'm off to fix the party. I'll see you at eleven!" he ran off.

As soon as he left, Paisley came running down the stairs from their dorm. Her crazy hair was piled on top of her head in a huge Geisha girl like bun, and she was only wearing a red string bikini.

"Lily!" she shouted from across the room, attracting more than a few stares and catcalls. She winked at her admirers, and beckoned Lily to come upstairs with her.

"We need to get ready!" she shouted, and turned to run back up the stairs. About twenty pairs of eyes watched sadly as their eye candy departed.

Lily sighed, and gathered up her books. It was almost cruel the way her friend tormented the male population of their school. Although, it's not exactly like she's keeping what she's got all to herself, Lily thought. She then felt bad for thinking such mean things about Paisley, and hurried upstairs to meet her.

The Hallways of Hogwarts- 11:24pm, September 6

"Oh my god I am freezing!" Lily hissed to Paisley as they stealthily crept down the corridors that led to the prefects' bathroom. She clutched her towel tighter around her. "I can't believe I'm wearing this!"

"Lily, shut up! You look great," Paisley rolled her eyes. She loved Lily dearly, but her modesty and humbleness were really annoying. It was already the tenth time she'd had to reassure her she looked fine in her white, ruffled two-piece. "Okay, it has to be around here somewhere," she looked around for the hidden door.

Lily looked behind herself nervously, terrified that they were going to be caught. "How do you even know where this place is?"

Paisley, having spotted the door behind a statue of Merlin, smirked at her friend.

"I had quite the little adventure with Zane Miller last year in this very bathroom. Mermaid tails!" Merlin opened the door for them as Paisley said the password. Lily and Paisley quickly rushed through the portal.

The party was already in full swing when they arrived. The prefects' bathroom, which was already beautiful to begin with, what with its fifty foot ceiling, huge stained glass windows, marble statues, and Olympic swimming pool sized bathtub, was decked out for the occasion. The lights were off, but someone had charmed the room so that fireworks were silently exploding high above their heads, illuminated the room in different colors. There were about a hundred students at the party, some hanging out in the pool, others lounging by the edges. Sirius seemed to have done a good job of providing the refreshments, as everyone seemed pretty happy, and there were trays full of chocolate frogs and sugar quills floating all over the place.

"I'll catch up with you later Lily!" Paisley yelled to her friend over the loud music, and ran off. "Look out!" she screamed as she cannonball into the pool.

"Hey Lily, come hang out with us!" Lily turned around to see who was talking. It was Sapphire Brown and Eliza Santi. They were both Hufflepuffs, and had been part of the originally invited group. They were sitting on the edge of the pool, reading some magazines pretending that they were annoyed with the boys who kept splashing them. Lily walked over and sat down.

The Prefects' Bathroom- 12:39am September 7

James Potter yelled and screamed as he tried to keep Paisley Divens from falling off his shoulders. She was wrestling Rebecca Wolfe, trying to push the girl off Sirius Black's shoulders. Rebecca was putting up quite a fight, and James kept being dunked under the water. He tried to help Paisley out by trying to dunk Sirius whenever the opportunity arose, but Sirius was intent on keeping Rebecca's vice-like thigh grip around his neck for as long as possible. The Potter-Divens team stood no chance, and Paisley yelped as she fell down.

The group of people watching cheered as Rebecca raised her arms victoriously, and dismounted Sirius. As soon as the game was over, the two ventured off to a corner of the pool to start snogging pornographically. Needless to say, Sirius was enjoying his own party.

"Ha, god, we suck Pais!" James hopped up onto the side of the pool. She climbed out and sat next to him, ringing out her hair.

"We just need practice!" she laughed.

"Ha, too painful! Look, I am already bruising from where that snake chick kicked me." He turned so she could see the black and blue blotch on his back.

Paisley giggled, and then hated herself. Why did she act like such an idiot in front of James? And why couldn't she just leave him alone? She knew Lily liked him. Well, maybe she doesn't anymore, Paisley thought. Lily had been acting sort of cold around James lately. She wasn't even making eye contact with him anymore. If she really liked him, she would be playing hard to get, which involved a lot of flirting and then pretending you weren't. Maybe after all these years of being friends, James was actually starting to like Paisley!

"Here look, you can see just how she hit you. Your bruise is practically an outline of her foot!" Paisley told him, and slowly starting tracing the bruise lightly with her fingers. She bit her lip seductively and looked at him through her eyelashes while she did it. "Here's the heel, and the arch, and her toes!"

James watched her, smiling, and then became very serious.

"Hey Paisley, can I ask you a question?"

She stopped and looked at him. He looked so sexy shirtless. They guy was seriously toned from all his Quidditch, but the water dripping off his bare chest made his whole body glisten like a god. She was having trouble controlling herself.

"Um, yeah, sure, whatever," she stammered, swallowing. She was right. He did like her!

"You're friends with Lily. What's up with her lately, she'd been acting so strange ever since school started. I've been meaning to ask her out, but I don't want to just humiliate myself again. Do you know if she's seeing anyone?" he looked at her expectantly.

Paisley felt her mouth go dry, and he eyes swell up with tears. She could not have been more wrong about what he was feeling. She tried to compose herself before he noticed, but there was a loud scream from the other side of the bathroom.

A group of unpleasant seventh-year Slytherin guys had showed up, and one of them seemed about ready to sock Sirius.

"What are doing scum? If you think you can snog my girlfriend and get away with it? Huh? You're going to pay!" The guy held onto Rebecca angrily.

"She's not your property asshole!"

"Aw shit, this is not good! Moony, c'mon!" James stood up quickly, and gestured toward Remus, who was still hanging out in the pool.

"Prongs! Man, get over there!" Remus started to make is way over to the edge of the pool as fast as he could, but there were a lot of people in the way. "Paisley, help me out!"

She jumped into the water to help clear a path for Remus, and James ran over to try and calm things down.

As soon as Paisley hit the water, the fight broke out. In about four seconds, all the guys at the party had taken sides, and the girls were screaming, trying to get the hell out of the way.

Suddenly, the doors to the bathroom flew open and Professor Slughorn, Flitwick, and McGonogal rushed in. "What on earth is going on here?!"

At this point, someone had the good sense to charm the fireworks so that they started going off all over the room, exploding loudly, and blinding everyone in the process to create enough mayhem for the students to escape back to their dorms. Someone must have accidentally hit Paisley in the head, because that was the elast thing she saw before she blacked out.