Some Like It Mild

By Kukaburry

Chapter 2- New Beginning

*Harry Potter Disclaimer*

-For those of you following my other Draco fanfic, I promise to have the next chapter up by the end of the week! -

The scarlet train finally came to a halt as Laurie was putting her long, black robes emblazoned with a raven over her uniform. She had shrunk her cardigans to fit tightly around her upper body, so as to enhance her bust. Pulling up her skirt slightly, Laurie hurried ahead of the trio to find her two girl friends Lily and Susan. She was sad that she hadn't seen her best friend Lily all summer long, even though they kept in touch by owls.

Laurie's dirty-blonde hair flew behind her along with her robes, giving the entire student body a copious view of her rear. She basked in the side-long glances emanating from either side of her. She heard a fair few 'Who is she?' But no one seemed to know. Laurie knew her plan had already succeeded.

A fair-headed girl with a tiny frame was getting into a carriage with a cluster of girls and guys. "Hey Lily! Wait up!" Laurie's yell landed on deaf ears. She was too far away. The carriage, now full, took off towards the castle. "Damn. Oh well, the surprise will have to wait."

The next carriage arrived and she lightly stepped in followed by a raven-haired boy from Hufflepuff whom she'd seen before. Laurie undressed him with her eyes and decided to make him her first victim. "Are you ready for a good time?" She asked quietly while adjusting her clothing.

The boy coughed and widened his eyes and stuttered, "Um.. well ..what? T-tonight?"

Laurie giggled and said faux-naively, "Oh, I meant a good time at school." The boy physically relaxed and chuckled, "Oh right. Yeah of course. I always have a good time at school."

"I can only imagine." She purred, getting into a routine. "You strike me as a Quidditch player. Let me guess, keeper?"

The boy beamed widely, "Yes! I am the team's keeper, at least I'm expecting to be again this year." He puffed out his chest proudly.

Laurie scooted closer, "Wow, I bet you have tons of fans. Girls must always be following you, especially considering how hot you are." Laurie pretended to blush then continued, "Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to say that out loud. I just couldn't help myself. I'm Rye Carter, by the way." She bowed her head and looked up at him through her eyelashes.

"Oh, I'm Justin Fletcher. Nice to meet you Rye," Justin grinned, his green eyes now shining with lust. The carriage shook as two more people stepped in: A pudgy, black-haired Slytherin girl called Pansy and the sleek-haird Malfoy looking smug.

'Come on. You have the worst timing ever Malfoy. You always ruin things for me.' Laurie bit back her snarl and spoke serenely. "We meet again Malfoy. I'm glad to see your robes didn't get too badly greased by your hair." She felt Justin chuckling next to her. Pansy looked at Laurie distastefully.

Draco sneered. "It's good to see your ego hasn't ripped your too-tight sweater." Pansy giggled liked an airhead.

"Oh, no I leave the big-head ego to you Malfoy." Draco growled and clenched his fists. "Anyway, I'm sure you'd like to see my sweater rip, considering how you were ogling me earlier." Laurie raised her eyebrows triumphantly. 'Oh yeah, I'm good'.

She turned her head dismissively and continued her conversation with Justin. "I'd definitely like to see you play sometime. I'm looking to get onto my house's team this year. I spent too much time…" she was about to say 'studying', but she remembered how unsexy nerds were. "Too much time socializing. I need to do something active, you know?" Lying about a little thing like Quidditch didn't hurt anyone.

Justin nodded eagerly. "Oh, I could help you train. If you're interested…" He added a bit hesitantly. 'I've already hooked one. Good start.'

"That's so sweet. I'd love to have you show me your moves." She saw Malfoy roll his eyes and pretend to gag, much to Pansy's amusement. The pig-like girl snorted with laughter.

Justin smirked and smiled confidently. "I can't wait, Rye". The carriage halted and everyone exited, now craving the start of term banquet. Laurie already knew what she needed to do, start by dating Justin and gradually find more attractive guys until finally she was dating the most popular. In her mind, it was a fool-proof plan. She didn't actually have to be the hottest girl at Hogwarts. She just had to act like it. That was the first thing she studied this summer with Matilda.

"So, want to hang out after dinner?" Justin asked quietly, leaning in towards Laurie. She took this as a particular invitation.

"We'll see, shall we?" Laurie purred, waltzing away to her own table.

Laurie spotted Lily and Susan and quickly sat down between the two. Face beet red, Lily began shouting, "Excuse me. I was talking to my friend. Who do you think you are?"

Smiling coyly, Laurie replied, "I'm Laurie of course. We've been best friends since we were eight?"

Lily blinked once, twice, three times, not believing it. "Merlin's beard! I know you said you'd changed a bit, but I didn't think you'd have become a completely different person!"

That was not the greeting she was expecting. "What? You don't like it?" Laurie hadn't thought her friend's wouldn't approve. "Susan?"

Susan swallowed and coughed. "I mean, you're very pretty. It's just..different I guess." She looked questioningly at Lily who sighed.

"What was wrong with the old you? I mean you weren't a prom queen or anything, but you weren't ugly."

Laurie tried to hide her disappointment. "I understand. I like it though, so can you just try to accept the new me?"

Lily smiled finally, seeing that she needed to support her best friend. "Of course! You're gorgeous Laurie, don't worry. That plan you told me about this summer will definitely work." 'I just hope you're strong enough to deal with the consequences.' Lily thought sadly.

As she turned her head slightly, Laurie thought she saw Malfoy eavesdropping. 'What a weirdo.' She hushed her voice and whispered to the girls, "Hey, I'm going by Rye now. I thought it sounded kind of hip, is it too corny?"

Susan clapped her hands, "I've always wanted to call you Rye. It totally suits you." Lily nodded in agreement. "I'm jealous. I wish I had a sexy nickname. Lil is so little sister."

Laurie, trying to hold back her studious self, couldn't help it. "Do you know what classes you'll get to take this semester? I passed all my O.W.L.S with straight Os, how about you guys?"

She watched Lily and Susan exchange grins. "Oh you can take the nerd out of the library, but you can't take the library out of the nerd. We passed our O.W.L.S too. I got a couple of Os and the rest were Es except potions, but who cares about that class?" Lily shrugged.

Susan got only two Os and eight Es with two As. "So how do you plan on being popular and a smarty pants?"

Laurie blanched for a second. She hadn't thought about how this would affect her grades. "I'll just keep my scores to myself, that's all. Or lie and say I did dreadful?" They agreed that this was an excellent plan. They quieted for a few minutes while Dumbledore spoke then they began stuffing themselves as lady-like as possible with every delicious food before them.

Several guys at the Ravenclaw table finally noticed the 'new' girl and asked Lily and Susan to introduce them, which they readily agreed to while internally giggling. "You are a sex magnet Laur… I mean Rye. Even Roger Davies is drooling behind his fork." Susan whispered.

Laurie grinned sneakily at Susan and winked in Roger's direction. "Oh you are such a tease now. It's too much for me to watch," Lily laughed nervously, watching one of her crushes try to chat Laurie up.

Laurie caught on and flatly put the guy down. "Sorry, I'm enjoying the company of my awesome and amazingly sexy friend Lily." Lily blushed, embarrassed but pleased.

Finally Laurie felt full and she stood up, stretching, searching for Justin. "Later boys. I have a hot date. Sweet dreams." She smirked over her shoulder and fluttered her eyelashes.

Lily looked over at Justin and mouthed 'He's hot' to Laurie. Laurie hugged Lily and Susan goodnight and walked smoothly over to meet Justin at the door. She turned to wave at the girls and the twins, but caught a glance of Malfoy glaring at her haughtily. She smiled sweetly and blew a kiss in his direction. 'He has no idea' she thought wickedly.

Laurie and Justin managed to sneak out to Hogsmeade and grab a round of Butterbeers. They laughed and flirted until Justin looked at Laurie glassy-eyed and said, "Rye you are so hot." He leaned in and kissed her warmly on the lips. The mix of Butterbeer and mint made him taste delicious.

"You're in for a good night," Laurie replied, breathing heavily. In the back of her mind, Laurie felt weird about her new image of sex. It was casual. A slip of Justin's hand under her shirt, however, drove all of these negative thoughts out of her mind.

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Another chapter down. I hope it's progressing in a way you're enjoying!

~Don't get caught with your pants down! ~ Kukaburry