Punk Gone Prep
Confessions
After lunch the group broke up. Lily and Kaitlyn went to Ancient Runes while the Mauraders went to muggle studies.
Lily and Kaitlyn started talking when they got there. "I can do the charm for the hair singing and the color. Can you make a potion for their voice to change and make them laugh?" Lily asked.
"Piece of cake, so when do you want to pull the prank of all pranks?" Kaitlyn asked with a dangerous glint in her eye.
"How about tomorrow can you have them done by then?"
"Easy. So why do we need the cloak?"
"We have to go to the kitchens and put the potion in their goblets. Then we have to go to the Slytherin dungeons and wait for them to come out. We charm their hair then take a few shortcuts and make it to the great hall before them."
"Simple. We can make the potions tonight and get up at 5 put them in the goblets in the kitchens, grab a snack, and then go to the dungeons. Wait for Snape and Malfoy and charm their hair."
When they got to dinner the Mauraders came and sat with them. All the tables stared. The four most popular guys in school are sitting with the outcasts. "You know you will harm your rep sitting with up right?" Kaitlyn asked.
"Or we will improve yours. But who cares you two are more fun to be around with the blunt comments and certain spark in your eye." Sirius said.
"So the poem of Emily Dickinson holds true for you?" Lily asked.
"What poem?" James questioned.
"And who's Emily Dickinson?" Sirius asked.
"Only one of the best poets of all time," Kaitlyn replied.
"Well the poem applies to us 'social outcasts' but one line is for you guys." Lily went on.
"Just tell me the whole poem" James said.
"Ok here it is:
I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody too?
Then there's a pair of us- don't tell!
They'd banish us you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!"
"Wow that's deep. What's it mean?" Sirius asked.
"It means that the writer would rather not be popular and have people always looking at her. She would rather fade into the background." Remus explained.
"Oh" Sirius said still absorbed what Remus had said.
"You like Emily Dickinson Remi?" Kaitlyn asked.
"Ya she was a witch did you know that?"
"You constantly amaze us Remi. Its amazing you don't have a girlfriend and that those two always have girls drooling over them." Kaitlyn added.
"Hey I heard that" Sirius exclaimed acting offended.
"Well if most girls heard about my 'illness' they would scream and run the other way."
"Screw all the idiots and bimbos well find you a girl but she may not be that popular." Lily said
"No. Its ok don't worry about me." he started blushing.
"You want to have some fun?" Kaitlyn asked.
"Are you thinking what I am?" Lily replied.
"Oh ya," Kaitlyn answered then stood on her chair along with Lily. "Excuse me please." All heads turned and conversations stopped. "Excuse us professors."
"We are starting a screening process for a girlfriend for Remus Lupin." Lily started.
"He's handsome, smart, sweet and gentle to name a few of his good qualities." Kaitlyn added.
"The girl we are looking for is smart, nice and understanding. To apply send an owl to Kaitlyn or me. State your name, year and why you think you should get a date with him."
"That's all. Thank you." Lily and Kaitlyn got off their chairs. Remus was blushing profusely. Sirius and James were in awe. Many girls ran out of the great hall.
"You know your going to have tons of owl's right." Sirius asked.
"Of course" Lily said.
"Are you going to read them all?" James asked.
"No" Kaitlyn replied.
"Then why did you tell them to owl?" James asked.
"Look around. All the popular girls are gone, write down these names. Night, Diamond, Chase and DeLoach."
"Why?" James asked.
"Just write them down. I'll explain in the common room." Lily told him. When they were done eating they got up and went to potions.
As they arrived in the dungeons the Slytherin were already there waiting. "What's this Potter? Lowering your social requirements to talking to a mudblood social outcast?" Snape asked. James, Sirius and Remus were all ready to fight, "even If the mudblood has fine legs like this one."
Lily smiled, "oh Snappy I didn't know you cared." Lily walked up to him and ran her hand down his chest. Snape was startled and went to touch her shoulder. She pulled her wand and got him in the stomach, he turned pale but none saw her wand. Lily pretended to whisper into his ear but said, "Now say you are sorry to them and ask them how their day was." Lily backed away but not before muttering a charm.
"I am quite, sorry Pot-" he saw lily's glare. "James. How has your day been besides conversing with two lovely and gentle ladies" He asked. Lily was hiding her laughs at everyone's faces. James was stunned, Slytherin's looked sickened and Kaitlyn looked revolted.
At that time the professor appeared. "What are you all doing out here get inside?"
James took Lily's hand and pulled her to the back corner. Kaitlyn sat on the other side oh her. "What possibly possessed you to touch let alone be within 5 feet of Snape?" James asked in an outraged whisper.
"I wanted to see how big a chicken he was and to have him compliment you."
"What did you do to get him to do that?"
"Wands poking him in the stomach work quite well."
James and Kaitlyn laughed. "Just don't touch him again anytime soon." James told her.
"Oh is James jealous?" Kaitlyn asked.
"I am not" he said indigently.
Lily touched his arm "are you sure?" she asked and he blushed. "You're much more handsome, manly, nice, gentle and desirable than Snape." With every word Lily had moved her hand farther along his arm and gotten closer to his face. When she was done she was whispering in his ear and his face was scarlet. Some girls were giving Lily the evil eye. "But it's not like you should be protective over me it's not like were going our or anything."
"I just don't want Snape to try anything. That slimy git would get to many ideas from you being so pretty."
"James I didn't know you cared. Plus I think I taught him a lesson today."
"Or made him want you more by turning him down," James replied.
"James cool it. I can take care of myself and have been for the past five years with out you." Lily turned her back on him. A weird expression crossed his face but she didn't see. The rest of the class passed with out much excitement Lily still wouldn't look at James.
That night Lily continued not talking to James. He was sitting by the stairs so she couldn't go to her dorm. Slowly the common room emptied. Lily wouldn't look at James. James finally walked over "Lily please listen to me." she turned away. "I'm sorry, I over reacted in potions. Its just that when I think about what Snape could be thinking in that twisted mind of his I get worried for you." Lily went to say something. "Wait I know you can take care of yourself and that you're a big girl. It's just that I like you and don't want you to be hurt."
Lily smiled at him "I'm sorry I snapped at you. It's just that I feel pathetic when people try to defend me like I can't do it myself."
"I know what you mean and I am sorry that I was trying to go all macho on you. I understand if you don't want to talk to me any more." James stopped for a minute trying to decide whither to look at Lily of not. He couldn't look at her, he was afraid he made a fool of himself. "I'm sorry I will leave you alone now. I just had to say that and get it off my chest." He turned to walk away.
Lily had been shocked this whole time. She finally snapped out of it but James was already upstairs. She sat there looking up the stairs for a while. Kaitlyn finally came down to get her, and tell James to leave her alone but found Lily all alone. She walked up to her.
"Hey what's wrong tiger?" she asked.
"James," she paused for a minute, "James just told me he liked me but didn't know what to do. It was so nice but I was shocked and didn't say anything and so he went up to his dorm." Lily finished Kaitlyn was also shocked.
"So do you like him?" Kaitlyn asked.
"Yes, no, I don't know. You know I've never had a boyfriend or really trusted guys because of that Christian thing." Lily was shaking her head. "I think I do but why would he like me when he could have anyone?"
"Here let's go to bed and you can talk to him in the morning." Kaitlyn said as she pushed back the prank a day. Kaitlyn took Lily's arm and led her to her room like a little girl.
When lily finally went to sleep she was even more confused than when she went to her room.
The next morning Lily woke up earlier that usual and couldn't go back to sleep so she grabbed her notebook and went down stairs. She curled up and started writing. At seven she couldn't stand it anymore she got up and walked up the stairs to the boys' dorm. She knocked on the door hoping no one would answer. Unfortunately Remus opened the door. He looked at Lily strangely only then did she realize she still had her nightgown on. "Can I talk to James?" she asked.
"Sure hold on." Remus went in to get James but he wouldn't answer or leave his bed. Remus returned. "I'm sorry Lily he won't leave his bed."
"Do you mind if I come in and see if I can talk to him it's important." She said in one big breath.
"You can try." Remus stepped aside.
Lily walked in the dorm all the guys were just in their boxers but had no shame. Remus pointed to James bed. Lily walked over and tried to open the bed curtains but they wouldn't budge. "James please come out I need to talk to you its important."
"No. Please forget wheat I said last night I made a fool of myself," was the muffled reply.
Lily motioned Remus over and whispered in his ear "let me borrow your wand for one moment." He was baffled but gave it to her. She muttered something and James bed curtains disappeared. All the guys' jaws dropped. James hadn't noticed his head was buried under a pillow. Lily walked over to the bed and sat on it and recreated the curtains and made the bed sound proof. James finally realized there was extra weight on his bed and looked up.
"What, how?" he started, Lily put her hand over his mouth.
"I just wanted to say sorry for not responding last night. I was shocked. That was the first time a guy told me he liked me. I didn't know what to say." Lily said in one big breath.
James looked at her for a moment. "You mean you have never had a boyfriend?" He asked.
"No" Lily blushed, "I was really good friends with a guy once before I came to Hogwarts and he really hurt me. I guess I have never been able to trust or be friends with a guy since."
James mouth was open "how could someone hurt you? You're so nice. Who is the guy I'll kill him."
"He's no one important. I wouldn't want to give him the satisfaction of knowing he hurt me so much."
"Ok. But wait. Does this mean you have never kissed anyone either?" he got a sly grin on his face.
Lily blushed again "yes."
James looked dumbfounded "but what about the bet? What were you going to do?"
"I was going to hope the guy would either teach me how to kiss or just go with the flow and hope I don't screw up to much." Lily looked away.
"You couldn't be that bad at kissing. Um Lily will you, um." James trailed off he was thinking why is this so hard to ask a girl out I've done it tons of times but Lily's different. He finally managed to spill it out. "Do you want to go to Hogsmead with me this weekend?"
"Sure I would love to." Lily smiled. "Now come on get up." Lily banished the curtains. The other Mauraders were all pushed up to the curtains so they fell on the bed, Lily laughed. James got off the bed and helped Lily down. She skipped out of the room then stuck her head back in and threw Remus his wand. As she walked down the boys' dorm stairs a couple of heads turned but she paid no attention, grabbed her notebook and walked up to her dorm. As Lily walked in the dorm she smiled. Kaitlyn saw and knew something was up.
"Spill, what happened?"
"Well I am going to Hogsmead with James this weekend" Lily grinned.
"Oh girl congrats, so have you won the bet yet?"
"No but I did tell him I have never been kissed."
Kaitlyn smiled "that's the first time I have ever heard you admit it even though I knew it was true."
"You knew?" Lily was astonished
"Of course you couldn't keep it from me."
"I guess your right. So anything happen with Sirius?"
"Nothing really" she smiled.
"You like him don't you." Lily stated more than asked.
"Maybe a little, kinda, sorta, yes."
"So do you think we should tell them about us being "special"?" Lily asked.
"No let's make it a surprise."
"Ok when they admit should we?"
"Either that or go out on the full moon. Which ever comes first."
Lily quickly got dressed. When they were walking down she realized something. "You didn't wake me up so we could prank snape and Malfoy."
"I figured you needed to think. We can do it tomorrow morning. No prob."
"Thanks"
When they got down stairs the Mauraders were waiting. James took Lily's hand and she blushed. "So the Great and Powerful Lily blushes. I would have never known." Sirius teased.
Some girls were shooting lily death glares "come on let's get out of here." She prodded.
James laughed "afraid of the horde of angry chicks?"
"Ya I never thought they were bad but when they all glare it looks like they were planning your death."
"Stay by me and I will protect you." James joked.
"Ya I could stand behind your big head and they would never see me." Lily grinned.
"You're gonna make me cry" James pretended to cover his eyes.
"Oh poor baby, I'm sorry. Come here and let me give you a hug." Lily replied. They were still in the common room so the girls glared at Lily even more. They finally made it out of the common room. On their way down to breakfast all the girls were glaring at Lily and they guys James. "You know this is freaky. I've never had this many people look at me in one day except when I dressed up like a hooker and dyed my hair blue last Halloween."
"I remember that. All the girls were jealous and the guys wouldn't stop looking at your in you skimpy outfit. May I say you looked wonderful." Sirius had to jump back not to be hit. Lily tripped in her attempt but James caught her.
"I still haven't gotten the hang of these shoes."
"Is the bet really that important to you?" James asked.
Lily shook her head yes. "So who do you have to kiss anyways?" Remus asked.
"For me to know and James to wish it was him." Lily grinned evily.
"So how longs the time limit?" Sirius asked.
"I don't know we never set one." Kaitlyn replied
"So who do you think will win?" Sirius asked
"Me" lily said, "the guy Kaitlyn has to kiss is a little slow." Lily and Kaitlyn laughed.
"He must be if he hasn't kissed her yet" Sirius said making them laugh even harder.
"What's so funny?" Remus asked.
"Just what Sirius said is so true." Kaitlyn answered
"I know I'm just smart that way." Sirius though he was bragging. Lily and Kaitlyn finally couldn't help it they had to sit down they were laughing so hard. They sat down in the middle of the hall. People were walking by them and starring at two girls in hysterics with the guys looking amused.
"What did I say?" Sirius asked.
Lily and Kaitlyn finally got their laughter under control. When they stood up they were holding their stomach. The guys helped them up and helped them walk to the great hall. The rest of the week to Lily seemed to fly by.