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James stomped the entire way to the Gryffindor common room.
'Wingardium Leviosa' He growled at the Fat Lady.
'There is no need to be so rude' the Fat Lady reprimanded as she opened up. James just blanked her and kept walking. With his head down, he made his way towards the dorms. When he had nearly reached the entrance to the boys dorm, he heard a small whimper coming from the corner. Turning around, he spotted his little sister curled up on the window ledge. Her head was on her knees and if it wasn't for her shoulders shaking, you wouldn't have noticed her crying. Immediately, James' heart broke at the sight of her and his anger melted away. Softly, he walked over to Diana.
'Hi' He whispered as he placed his hand on her back. Diana lifted her tearstained face towards him for a minute and then turned her head to look out the window. James sat down beside her and looked out the window as well. He could see as far as the Forbidden Forest and the Black Lake sparkling under the sun's rays. Since it was Saturday, there were students scattered all over the grounds. He spotted the rest of the Marauders sitting under the tree beside Black Lake and it looked like Sirius was trying to hit on a girl sitting with her friends a little way off. James noticed that one of her friends had bright red hair which the sun bounced off and gave it a fiery glare.
'Are you angry at me?' Diana's voice dragged him out of his daydream. He glanced over at her and took in her disheveled appearance. He rubbed a hand through his hair.
'No. I'm not angry.' He started 'I am just slightly disappointed. Why didn't you tell me you had gotten detention?'
'I was afraid of what you would say' Diana explained.
'Di, you are supposed to be the good one out of us. I'm the messer. You aren't supposed to get detention.' He replied with a teasing grin. Diana smiled.
'What did you do anyway?' He asked.
'I called Regulus Black a a lying, selfish little prick' She stated.
'McGonagall catch you?'
'Yep'
'When do you have detention?'
'Monday'
'Is it with McGonagall?'
'Yep'
'She won't be too hard on you. You just don't want detention with Filch!' James smirked.
'James, this is my first and last detention. You heard Mum's disappointment with the Howler' Diana turned her head back towards the window. James placed a hand on her knee.
'Hey. Don't worry. Mum and Dad don't care as long as it was for a good reason' He reassured her. 'C'mon, it's a lovely day and you shouldn't be stuck inside sulking' He got up and put his hands on his hips. Diana sighed and got up reluctantly. James slung an arm over her shoulder and guided her out the door. With their issues solved for the time being, the siblings walked out of Gryffindor together.
Over at Black Lake, the rest of the Marauders were lounging under the oak tree. They were all bored out of their skulls when Remus sat up
'Hey Padfoot, I bet you 10 fizzing wizzbees that you can't get a date with Marlene by using a cheesy pickup line' Remus challenged.
'With my handsome looks and dashing charm, you had better make it 15' Sirius retaliated.
'Deal' The two boys shook hands and Sirius turned around so that he faced the girls blanket a little way off.
'Hey Marlene' He shouted. Irritated, Marlene moved her head around to look at him.
'What?'
'If I could rearrange the alphabet, I would put U and I together' He said smoothly. Marlene looked disgusted.
'Why would you rearrange it when N and O are already besides each other' She shot down his attempt. Sirius' expressions changed from shocked to thoughtful to cocky.
'Ok. Well then did you eat a lot of Beryllium, Gold and Titanium?' He asked. She gave him a questioning look. Full' he finished. Marlene smiled.
'I have never heard that line before' She commented to the three other girls.
'I must admit, it's good' Lily complimented.
'So Marlene would you go out with me?' Sirius asked.
'Yes, I would. Even if it is for your originality' She replied. Remus groaned and fell backwards onto the grass.
'So what other pickup lines do you know?' Marlene asked.
'Here's a good one. Do you have the time?' Sirius replied.
'Yep. It's twenty past eleven.' Marlene stated looking at her watch. Sirius shook his head.
'No. I meant the time to write down my phone number.' He said with a cocky smile. The girls all giggled and even Remus cracked a smile.
'I have one' James' deep voice said from behind Lily. All heads turned towards him. He looked at Lily and softly said 'Excuse me, I think you have something in your eye' Subconsciously Lily rubbed her eye. 'Oh wait, it's just a sparkle I see' He finished with a slight smile and Lily couldn't help but smile back.
'Aw, that's soooo sweet' Marlene cooed. James grinned.
'Thank you Marlene. It always has been a favourite with the ladies' Lily's smile faltered slightly at the thought of James flirting with other girls but she quickly shook the jealousy away. 'So what happened since I left?' and with that the boys launched into the story of Sirius and Remus's bet and how the conversation of pick up lines came around.
Sorry it's so long since I last updated but I've had exams and loads of extra work from school for the last few weeks. Not entirely certain if this chapter is good or not but like always please Read and Review!
