Eeek! Sorry, this ones a little short.
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"Oh my god!" Alice cried, looking in horror at the monstrosity in her hand. "They don't actually expect us to wear these do they?"
"Its looks like a horrible designer stole it off a Irish bagpiper!" Abigail, who told everyone to call her 'Gale', surveyed her new outfit.
"A blind Irish bagpiper." Rain said, buttoning up her starch white shirt.
"Did you know bagpipers don't wear underwear under their kilts?" Alice asked them.
Over the complaints of 'We really didn't need to know that!' and 'They do expect us to wear underwear, right?', Lily was woefully dressing, "Uniforms create unity."
When the four roommates had awoken late in the morning, they'd all found uniforms laid out on top of their trunks. The uniform consisted of a button up, collared, white shirt, red and gold striped tie, and a golden and red plaid short skirt. The other first year girls room across the hall, were making similar noises of disgusted. Earlier they'd hear James screech "We have to wear ties?" and after that Peter saying "Do you think they come in a bigger size?". It was clear that the uniforms weren't at all popular among the students.
"Okay, well, I'm heading down to breakfast anyone coming?" Rain asked them, Lily nodded, but their new roommates shook their heads and continued complaining about their clothes. The trip down to the dining hall was much more uneventful compared to the last time they had walked the halls. They found James in the great hall, Rain sitting next to him and across from Lily.
"Two lovely ladies, joining me for breakfast?" James caught Lily's eye across the table. "Could it be that you've fallen for me, Evans?"
Lily huffed, "Are you bloody serious?"
"How many times do I have to tell you?" Sirius pushed James and Rain apart, shoving himself down between them. "I'm bloody Sirius!"
Lily buttered her toast, sticking her nose in the air. "Those name jokes are getting really old, really fast."
"No the ir not! My name jokes will never get old!" Sirius mock glared at her, while Rain laughed.
"Whose side are you on?" Lily shot Rain a mocking look before returning to her bacon.
After a minute of munching, Rain leaned over to tug on Sirius's loose tie. "Nice uniform." she commented. The boys uniform was a white button up shirt similar to the girls, and a tie with their house colors, with black slacks.
"I think I prefer yours." He looked pointedly at the exposed legs of some Hufflepuff girls walking past, snatching his tie from her grasp.
Rain tugged self-consciously on her skirt. "I have an extra, would you like one?"
"I don't know, I'm not sure I have to legs for it." He confirmed, stealing James toast
"An extra what?" Remus settled next too Lily, his untied tie hanging limply from his neck.
Lily fixed his tie, ignoring James's jealous glare. "Don't ask. I was thinking about exploring the library today, would you like to come, Remus?"
He shrugged, "Sure, actu-"
Sirius yelped. "What? You can't go to the library!"
"Why not?"
"Its sunny! Look at outside, its a beautiful day! We were going to go swimming!" Sirius spread his arms wide, an invitation to look at the enchanted ceiling, where cottenball clouds were drifting over the blueberry-colored sky.
"I can't swim." Lily reminded him.
Sirius snorted, shoving three apples into his pocket as he got up, he gestured for the guys to follow him. "So we'll find somewhere shallow. I'll meet you in the common room in twenty minutes."
In the middle of trying to escape before she could say no, Lily called out "What if I don't have a bathing suit?"
Sirius laughed, calling over his shoulder only when he was far enough so that he'd have to yell over the entire hall. "Then come in your birthday-suit!" Everyone glanced over a them and Lily seemed to shrink, tr ying to hide from the curious glances and glares from the faculty.
Rain raised amused eyebrows and offered, "I can lend you a bathing suit."
Lily shrunk lower in her seat and glared at Rain, "I'm not going."
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Twenty five minutes later found five towel-clad friends climbing down the hill onto the rocky beach.
"Geez, The waters freezing!" Remus said, crouching on the waters edge so he dip his fingers in the water.
"Great, you can test it out for us!" Sirius put a seemingly comforting hand on his shoulder, and without any detectable regret, shoved Remus into the icy water.
When Remus surfaced after throwing his wet towel at Sirius he glared at him, "I'm going to get sick!"
Sirius ignored him, turning to his companions. "Okay, who doesn't want to go in?"
"Me!" Rain said, draping her towel over soft sand, revealing a black and silver swimsuit. Sirius gave her a sharp look and she surrendered, wading into the lake to join Remus.
"I'm defiantly not going in. No matter what you do, you can't make me!" Lily shrieked as Sirius lunged for her, she ran down the bank. Sirius shrugged, and looked at his new best friend.
James glanced between the water and Sirius, weighing out what would be more entertaining, finally he grinned and raced toward the water. "CANNONBALL!"
Sirius ignored the surprised calls and sounds of a huge splash from behind him and ran after Lily, who was well ahead of him.
"Are you alright?" Remus asked a dripping Rain.
"Yep, its just colder than I thought it would be."
"At least you were prepared." Remus joked.
He felt himself blush as she inspected his uncovered chest. "Where did you get all those scars? Do your-" She cut off abruptly when James waded over to them, his eyes on the beach where Sirius had the edge of Lily towel in hand as she desperately tried to re-obtain it, while still running.
"Do you think he'll catch her?"
Remus laughed, "I think its obvious." They floated and watched as Lily tripped and was pounced on, eventually Sirius carried Lily back over his shoulder and tossed her like a sack of potatoes into the the water.
She emerged shivering, "Just so you know, I'm never hanging out with any of you, ever again."