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Well guys, here we are again! The start of another chappie (drum roll) HERE WE GO!
Chapter 9 – New Year's Eve
New Year came fast. Lily, Pan, Maddi, and Lisa all went to buy dresses for the Potters' New Year's Eve party. The boys all brushed off their tuxedos.
When the girls got back, they packed an overnight bag each, and all walked to the station together.
"Tonight's gonna be great!" Sirius exclaimed
"But tomorrow night is gonna be better!" James replied, grinning
"Why will it be better?" Lily asked
"Because, my dear" James explained very slowly "How are you supposed to get totally pissed if your mother is stood behind you?"
Lily rolled her eyes. Sirius laughed
"It's not as if we haven't got pissed at yours before!"
On the train they had no trouble finding an empty compartment, most students were already away, or had just come back. They were practically the only people on the train.
"So!" James said, after five minutes of silence in the compartment "Seen as none of you are doing or saying anything interesting, Lily and I are going to do a spot of... erm... patrolling, y'know, making sure there's no trouble anywhere..." with that, he pulled Lily out of the compartment.
Remus groaned,
"I have wrong images in my head..."
Lisa laughed,
"Oh, come on Remmy, it's not like we haven't all done it before!"
"What?" asked Pan
"Rolled around kissing for an entire train journey!" Lisa laughed, Remus turned pink. Sirius grinned.
"I think that's a very good plan," he said, kissing Pan slowly and deliberately, her arms crept up around his neck as she kissed him back...
"OI!" Maddi interrupted "For a start, none of us need to see that! And secondly, if you all go and make out all over the train, I will be all on my lonesome self."
Sirius and Pan broke apart, and hung their heads like small children..
"Sorry Maddi" they said simultaneously.
Pan suddenly grinned, and leant forwards,
"Who was it you said you liked, Maddi?"
Maddi coloured
"Alistair McFarlane... I know him from my dance school"
"That's the one!" Pan exclaimed "So, description please!" she held out her hand as if asking for something, Maddi shook her head at her hyper active friend, and said
"I won't describe him, but you can see this picture" she dug around in her bag, and finally pulled out a photograph.
Pan looked closely. Alistair McFarlane had longish brown hair, down to just past his ears, he had clear green eyes, but a jade green as against the bright emerald of Lily's eyes. He was fairly tall, and a nice looking boy. Pan nodded,
"He looks gentlemanly enough for you!"
Maddi rolled her eyes,
"Y'know Pan, if you hadn't said that, I would never dare go out with him, even if he did ask, because I wouldn't have had your approval!"
Sirius glanced out of the door of the compartment, then shouted
"Hey, you..." he leapt out of his seat and raced off down the train.
"OH NO!" Maddi gasped... "Someone... heard..."
Sirius came back a few minutes later.
"I dunno where she went, sorry Maddi, but I think she heard every word we said"
Maddi looked crestfallen,
"Oh... the whole school will be saying it when we get back."
Apart from the small mishap with the eavesdropper, the rest of the journey passed happily and uneventfully.
As they got off Platform 9¾ they were filled with the feel of London, just after Christmas. The atmosphere was tired, but happy, as people went back to work, despite the bank holiday.
James and Lily, still a little rumpled from their mad make out session on the train, were the first to spot James' mum, she was a tall, graceful woman, still very good looking, but there were lines around her mouth and eyes, suggesting that she had laughed a lot, and cried a lot in her life. She was very motherly though, gathering all of them into her arms at once in a hug.
"James, Lily, I was wondering when you two were going to stop beating about the bush!" she exclaimed happily, as she spotted their linked fingers. "Pan, I believe?" she asked, Pan nodded "Oh, you are a pretty one aren't you? Well I am very happy to meet the girl that tamed Sirius, the young scallywag! Remus, Lisa, Maddi, it is wonderful to see you too! Come, let's all get in the car."
Pan grinned up at Sirius,
"Scallywag!" she laughed, Sirius grinned back and kissed her passionately. When he drew back, breathless, he said
"Yup, that's me!"
In the car they all chatted amiably about the events of that year,
"Well, we've still got ages before the summer, so we'll have more to tell you when we come then!" Sirius said loudly
Mrs Potter smiled at him, then began to examine Pan in the rear view mirror, the car knew where it was going. She could see from the way the girl sat that she had been brought up well, but then she knew that from James' letters, and even without them the girl was so obviously a Malfoy. She moved quickly, with fast reactions, that was similar to Sirius, and showed that quick reactions had been needed... possibly because of abuse? Mrs Potter smiled to herself, Pan had obviously done Sirius the world of good, he was no longer skipping through five girls a week, and he seemed much more relaxed. They were so perfect for each other, and such a handsome couple, that Mrs Potter felt that she was watching an old muggle romance film. She smiled.
Meanwhile, unaware that James' mum was reading them like a book, Sirius and Pan were sat next to each other, their foreheads resting together, whispering to each other and kissing softly in between sentences, Sirius was beginning to really need some alone time with her, they hadn't been alone together for so long, little did he know that Pan was thinking the same thing. The others were ignoring them, playing cards on the other side of the magically enlarged car.
As the car drew up outside the Potters' mansion, Pan gasped, it was no bigger than Malfoy Manor, but it was much more beautiful.
"It's wonderful!" she exclaimed as they walked up to the front door, their trunks hovering behind them.
"In-side's better" Sirius whispered.
Pan was shown to her room, and was left for a while to sort out her things, after five minutes there was a knock on the door. She opened it and found Sirius out side the door.
"Come in" she said brightly.
As soon as the door was shut, Sirius kissed her hard, backing her up against the door, running his hands up and down her body. Pan kissed him back with as much passion as she could muster, slipping her tongue into his mouth. Sirius moaned, grabbing her tank top and pulling it over her head, her soft skin wonderful to his touch. Not to be outdone, Pan pulled Sirius' t-shirt over his head and ran her hands over his toned chest. By this time they were over by the sofa on one side of Pan's room. Sirius fell backwards onto it, Pan on top of him. As Sirius undid the button on Pan's jeans and pulled them down she did the same to his. Then she pulled back a centimetre.
"Stop," she gasped "No further"
Sirius nodded, and continued to kiss her, he would wait forever if her had to, he would do anything for her.
Eventually they just lay there, Pan on Sirius' chest, her arms around his neck, his arms encircling her waist.
"I love you" he muttered
"I know" she answered
As the clock struck 6 o'clock, the girls went upstairs to get ready.
Pan went back into her room, smiling at the thought of Sirius. She pulled the dress out of its box. It was beautiful. It was jade green, and strapless, fitted around her torso, and then full and floaty from the waist down. She pulled her hair into a messy up do, with little tendrils falling around her face, she curled these, then put a rose, charmed mint green, into her hair. She redid her eye make-up, and pulled on her mint green shoes.
Lily's dress was pale gold and strapless, made out of many layers of gauzy material, it had a sash of the same colour, and she curled her hair and left it down, with an intricate gold headband holding it off her face.
Lisa had gone for a dusky pink, silk dress, with a fitted bodice and a straight skirt, it was very elegant, but not overly showy, just how she like it. She brushed her hair into a neat bun at the base of her neck, and added a pink, beaded hairslide.
Maddi had a midnight blue dress. A fitted bodice, and full skirt and no straps. There were many tiny beads sewn on that made the whole dress shimmer when the light caught it at a certain angle. She pulled her curly locks into a half ponytail, leaving some around her face. She added dark blue eyeshadow, and pulled on black court shoes.
The boys were all in their tuxedos, ready, and helping Mrs Potter when the girls came down. Sirius, James and Remus' mouths dropped open.
Mrs Potter smiled benevolently
"You look beautiful" she smiled.
When the guests had all arrived, the ballroom was full. Everyone sat down to a glorious dinner first, then the dancing began. Remus and Lisa were sat talking in a corner, James, Lily, Sirius and Pan were all dancing. Maddi felt very alone. She sat, drinking a glass of fruit cocktail and cursing them all, suddenly and voice startled her.
"Maddi? Maddi Foster?"
She looked up to see who had spoken, and froze. Alistair McFarlane was standing right in front of her.
"Yes?" she asked, sounding a little squeaky
"It is you? Oh thank goodness, I've been all on my own y'know, I don't really know anyone here" Alistair sounded relieved
"Well, I do know people here, but I have been abandoned for their boyfriends or girlfriends!" Maddi shrugged
"Oh yeah, of course! Poor you," he paused for a moment "Do you want to dance? We could show them how it's done!"
Maddi blushed prettily "I would like that very much"
Lisa nudged Remus,
"Look"
Remus smiled as he spotted Maddi and Alistair dancing
"ahh, I was wondering when she'd notice that he was here!" he laughed
Lisa shook her head smiling
"She didn't realise he was here. He went over to her!"
Remus smiled,
"Ah, bless'em!"
Pan squealed as Sirius twirled he around again,
"Stop, Siri, stop, I'm dizzy!"
Sirius stopped and led her over to the drinks table,
"Tomorrow night's gonna be ACE!" he grinned
"You won't remember it though!" Pan laughed "You'll be wasted after an hour!"
"And so will you!" Sirius replied, "It's very naughty, but very fun!"
Pan tutted like a teacher or angry mother,
"Honestly, getting pissed at school, you naughty boy!"
Sirius smirked
"And you love me for it!"
And he kissed her.
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