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Chapter 6
"She is so full of it." Cate laughed as they made their way down the stairs from their Divination class. Neither her nor Samiya believed a word that came out of old Tamblyn's mouth. The professor was this tiny old lady who wore bright pink robes and was always loosing her glasses.
"Oh but you don't enjoy hearing about how you need to be wary of a gentleman wearing black?" Samiya laughed. She and Cate had taken Divination as a blow-off class, while Lilly wouldn't even think twice about stepping foot into that classroom. She found the class to be a complete waste of time. Which it was, but the other two were looking for an easy E for their final year.
"Yeah and you do realize that we all wear black robes as part of our uniform?" she replied rolling her eyes.
"Yes but there are hardly any gentlemen at Hogwarts. None that I have come across anyway."
"Very true." Cate laughed. They had just been passing by a small broom closet on the second floor, when the next thing they knew they were locked inside. The light was dim inside the closet and they could just make out the dusty shelves piled high with cleaners and a pile of brooms and mops in the far corner.
"You have better have a good explanation for this Potter." Samiya glared, noticing the Marauder grinning at them with his wand in his hand.
"You both should consider yourselves lucky being locked in a broom closet with me." James grinned, winking at the two girls.
"You have got to be kidding me." Cate sighed, rolling her eyes. She turned to open the door to leave but found that it wouldn't budge. "If you do not open this door now, I won't think twice about castrating you." She glared advancing on James, her wand ready in her hand.
"Wow and I thought you were the non-violent one." James gulped backing up slightly. There was a reason why Cate was put into Slytherin after all. Samiya had to bite her tongue to keep from laughing out loud at his face, as Cate continued to threaten him.
"So is there a reason why you locked us in here or were you really expecting a snog?" Samiya grinned. She really hoped that he wasn't that dense and they all knew he was hopelessly in love with Lily anyway.
"Well there's something but it's not that big of a deal." James casually shrugged, running his hands through his hair. Samiya eyed him carefully.
"You're up to something."
"I have no idea what you are talking about." James replied trying to look as innocent as possible.
"If this is about another prank on Snape I will have to hurt you." Cate glared, hoping that he wasn't trying to include them in on his fued with Cate's housemate.
"Aww does someone have feelings for Snivelly?" James laughed, teasing her. He quickly stopped when both girls had their wands at the ready.
"This is about Lily, isn't it?" Cate asked lowering her wand back to her side. The look of surprise on James' face confirmed it.
"Let me guess, you need some help in trying to win her over." Samiya grinned.
"And none of Sirius' advice has been working?" Cate laughed. Of course it wasn't working. Anything James did seemed to push Lily farther away. He ruffled his hair nervously. The looks on the girls faces did not seem to bode well.
"Yeah I guess you could say that." He shrugged, trying to not make a big deal out of it. But it was, in fact, the real reason why he had sought out Lily's best friends. He needed help and why not get help from the two that knew her the best?
"Well if you are serious about winning her over, you are going to have to follow our instructions. No questions asked." Samiya stated firmly. James needed a personality makeover and these were the girls to do it!
"First off, you need to stop trying so hard! You are such a show off that it's rather annoying. Especially because Lily knows you are showing off to try to impress her. Believe me, it's not working." Cate explained. Before James could defend himself, the girls continued refusing to let him argue.
"Also, what is with the snitch? I mean yes you play quidditch. I do too but you don't see me constantly playing with one. Ditch it!" Samiya stated firmly. Him playing with the snitch constantly was rather annoying. Plus it was always a pain when they would find it missing from the supply shed when they needed to practice.
"Also, stop acting like you rule the school." Cate said.
"But I don't…" James began but was quickly cut off as if he hadn't said anything at all.
"You walk around here like some pompous git and you are always abusing your headboy duties. Especially against Slytherin. There is no reason for you to take off that many points for the same things you let your housemates get away with! Use your power for good, not evil."
"Speaking of Slytherin, you need to stop picking on Snape so much." Samiya chimed in.
"Now wait a minute!" James said loudly, forcing the girls to stop their tirade. "That is just asking too much!" There was no way he was going to stop picking on Snape. This had been going on since their first year and he was not about to back down to him! Cate and Samiya rolled their eyes. Of all things to protest.
"Fine. At least don't do it in front of her. She really doesn't like it and it makes you look like a jerk. Lily doesn't date jerks." Samiya sighed.
"Above all else, you need to start showing her who you really are. James you are smart. Show her that in class. Actually try to pay attention instead of goofing off with Sirius. Also trying being nice to her and getting her to be a friend. That's what girls really want. They want to start out as friends and then that relationship will start to grow. Give her real compliments instead of cheesy pickup lines." Cate explained.
"I give her real compliments!" James protested. He had used every compliment Sirius had ever taught him.
"Hm let's think. The last compliment you gave Lily was at Hogsmeade, I believe. What was it?" Cate said thoughtfully, thinking back to a few days prior.
"You said that she had won a date with you for being voted the most beautiful girl in Hogwarts." Samiya laughed. "I give you points for being creative but that is no way to win a girl's heart."
"Well it's worked for Sirius!"
"Yeah well look at the girl's Black dates." Cate smirked. "You're lucky if they have half a brain." James went to protest but then stopped. It was mostly true after all.
"You need to focus more on her personality and achievements rather then her looks. Yes she's beautiful. We all know that you think so. But what about the rest of her?" Samiya continued.
"Try a compliment like this. The first years are lucky to have such a good example in their head girl. The headmaster really did make a good choice in choosing you for the position." Cate suggested, playing off on Lily's role at Head Girl which was a position she had worked hard for.
"That's actually not bad. Do you think she would really like to hear something like that?" James asked earnestly. It did actually sound a bit better then the corny one liners he always shouted at her in passing.
"Trust me. She would probably fall over dead if something like that came out of your mouth. But make sure you don't do it in front of a lot of people. It's more sincere when she knows you're not doing it to show off for your friends." Samiya explained. James nodded thoughtfully.
"I really appreciate the help." He said thanking them earnestly. It was a lot of information for him to process over. Saying a quick goodbye to the girls he set off back to the common room before his last class of the day.
"Bet you five galleons he botches it somehow." Cate grinned at Samiya as they continued heading down the stairs towards the kitchens; their destination before getting pulled into the closet,
"You're on!" Samiya laughed, having faith that James just may be able to pull this off.
"And I thought betting was against the rules here at Hogwarts." A snide voice remarked from behind the girls. Cate and Samiya recognized the voice instantly. Turning around they found Narcissa and a few of Cate's roommates a few feet behind them. "You know, I bet the headmaster would just love to hear about how two of the most prized students are breaking the rules."
"Oh get over yourself." Samiya said rolling her eyes. Narcissa broke more rules then any of the girls in their year. She and Cate continued walking down the stairs, trying their best to ignore the girls following them.
"Cate I really don't understand why you were made a Slytherin at all. I mean, all you do is hang around with these Gryffindor brats. You are such a disgrace to our house!" Narcissa continued, her followers laughing maliciously.
"What I do and who I am friends with is really none of your business." Cate said coolly, refusing to look at the blonde girl. Inside, she was fuming. Narcissa was starting to get on her last nerve.
""It didn't surprise me when I heard that Sirius stooped down to the gutters for a quick snog. But I mean when they come that easy, it's pretty convenient." Narcissa continued, referring to some rumors she had heard. Samiya turned whipping her wand out from her pocket but she was too slow. Narcissa was already flying through the air and landed in a heap against the wall. The other girls ran towards here screeching in worry about their leader. They stopped and let out a large gasp as Narcissa clamored to her feet.
"Oh no!" they gasped, staring at her in horror. Cate and Samiya could not contain their laughter. Narcissa whipped out a mirror from her pocket and let out a scream. Her once long white-blonde hair was now bright neon green.
"Change it back!" she screeched, advancing on the girls.
"Sorry no can do. It will wear out in a day or so." Cate said gasping from laughter.
"You will pay for this Bajer!" Narcissa glared and then ran off with the other girls trailing behind.
"Good job, Cate!" Samiya said clapping her friend on the back.
"I have been wanting to do that for a long time!" she agreed. They both burst out laughing again remembering the look on Narcissa's face.
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