Chapter 2: The World of Girls
"So are you going to tell us?" Sirius asked as the Marauders were sprawled across their beds after the feast.
"Tell you guys what?" Remus asked looking up from the book he was reading.
"Well one, why are you reading first night back and two why did Mimi run off like that?"
"She said she was full and tired," Remus said ignoring the first question.
"I say she's full of baloney," James said from across the room.
"I second that," Sirius said.
"She did get very snappy. Something's bugging her she didn't even mention anything on the train?" Sirius and James thought for a moment. James shook his head but Sirius piped up.
"Oi! She did she said 'I am just not looking forward to another long year of James chasing after Lily and Lily rejecting him and complaining about him.' That was a direct quote. So obviously you're the problem James, which leaves only one solution."
"What's that?"
"Throwing you off the astronomy tower!" Sirius found himself being pelted by pillows.
"I guess that explains most of it though. I still feel like theirs something else…" Remus sighed.
"And Mimi was supposed to help us understand girls, not confuse us more," James complained. The boys agreed and eventually Peter's loud snoring was heard and the boys dropped off into a heavy sleep.
"Why do you think Mimi left?" Mimi heard Lily ask as they came into the room after the feast. She was cuddled up in her bed pretending to be asleep.
"I don't know. She left so suddenly and in a huff," Arabella replied.
"Well it was definitely weird, but unexplainable," Sarah agreed.
"Well let's try and explain it," Lily urged her friends. Sarah and Arabella sighed.
"They're only three things that bother Mimi. One of them is people not laughing at a perfectly good prank or joke, the other is someone eating her food, and the third one is the way you and Potter bicker- OH!" Sarah realized and Lily dropped onto the bed.
"Are you telling me I am the reason she ran away?" Lily asked.
"Well no, but I am just saying that would be one way to explain it."
"Forget I brought it up," Lily mumbled and the girls began getting ready for bed.
"Good Morning!" Mimi cried as she threw herself off the girl's dormitory stairs and onto Sirius's back. A good night's rest had done her well, and she was in a great mood excited for the new school year.
"Agh!" Sirius cried as he pretended Mimi was crushing him. He tossed and turned until he finally wriggled her loose and she fell back. James caught her before she hit the ground and they all started laughing.
"Sirius! How many times do I have to tell you to be careful when you throw Mimi off?" Remus asked smiling.
"I am sorry, I thought I was getting attacked by a giant cinnamon bun," Sirius claimed making the Marauders crack up again. Mimi always spelled like cinnamon buns, one time last year Sirius had even licked her claiming she had to taste as good as she smelled. He was sadly disappointed.
"Glad you're in a good mood this morning," James pointed out as they made their way down to breakfast.
"It's the first day back! I know how you guys get so excited over those and I didn't want to be a wet blanket," Mimi joked.
"Well, then you should've stayed later last night. We had a pre-studying study party!" Sirius joked back.
"You do know that sentence totally contradicted itself right? A study party?" Remus asked.
"Moony, my boy parties never have and never will contradict anything."
"Whatever you say Padfoot."
"What do you guys have first?" James asked.
"Transfiguration," they all replied.
"Oh cool same."
"Yes extremely cool, there is nothing I like more than McGonagall in the morning," Sirius grumbled, but perked up as a sultry brunette Ravenclaw sashayed by.
"Except maybe that," he said with interest.
"Oi! Clark looking good this year," he called out to the girl with a heartbreaking smile and a wink. She threw him a flirtatious smile before continuing on her way. Then, Amos Diggory, the Hufflepuff Quidditch captain, walked by and he threw Mimi a smile, "Hey Mimi," he said with a wink. Mimi giggled and waved back much to the Marauders disgust.
"You have got to be kidding Meems," Sirius objected.
"What? You just did the same thing to Eleanora Clark!" Mimi glowered.
"Yea, but Eleanora Clark is not my best friend, and I do not care who she has sex with. Scratch that, I don't care if she has sex as long as it's with me," He explained. Mimi rolled her eyes and went ahead to walk with James.
"Way to get her mad Padfoot, she was in a good mood too!" Remus said to his friend.
"She's mad?" Sirius asked confused. Remus smacked him upside the head and he too went ahead with Mimi and James, leaving Sirius rubbing his head and looking confusedly at Peter.
"Will you pass the butter?" Mimi asked Sirius who was shoving porridge into his mouth.
"Nnghasi," he mumbled.
"Thanks," Mimi held at her hand as Sirius passed her the butter dish.
"You understood that?" Lily asked in shock. Mimi looked up from buttering her toast and nodded, "Yup Lily. He clearly said, 'of course I'll pass you the butter.'"
"Funny how I missed that."
"I miss things to Lily don't worry. I miss you all the time," James said from the other side of Mimi.
"Hmm, you also seem to be missing your brain," Lily retorted and even Mimi couldn't help but giggle. Sirius paused from his eating and looked under the table.
"What are you doing?" Remus asked him.
"Looking for James's brain," Sirius told him matter-of-factly. Everybody sighed as Sirius continued to look around.
"Ooh, what do you think is more perverted finding Dumbledore in a closet with a girl or Monsieur Hooch having sex on his broom?" Mimi asked, bored with the silence. She knew this would get the boys talking.
"It depends," James said.
"On what?" Remus asked.
"The type of broom."
"Okay well what is a perverted broom?"
"Hmm, a Shooting Star is pretty kinky, but I think the Nimbus 1940 comes in a close
second."
"I disagree. I think it depends on the closet," Sirius said.
"How so?" Remus asked.
"A broom closet would be pretty normal, but if it were say a potions cupboard I think that
could get pretty steamy."
"I think you guys are both bonkers, and Mimi you know better then to bring stuff like that
up," Remus said as Sirius and James began arguing over where it was better to have sex,
a closet or a broom.
"Prongs I know what I am talking about! I have sex on a broom, in a broom closet, and in the potions cupboard and the potions cupboard was the best!" Sirius cried.
"I have too and I say the broom is the best!" Mimi blinked twice.
"How do you have sex on a broom?" She asked.
"You're never going to find out," James and Sirius told her before continuing. She needed to get them distracted again.
"So what's our first prank going to be?" Mimi asked innocently and instantly she regained the boy's attention.
"I think we should make the Slytherin's hair change color every time they say something mean. Haha, just picturing Snape with rainbow hair makes me crack up!" Mimi told them and watched as they grinned evil grins.
"Oi! Moony," Sirius called.
"You rang?"
"How do you make somebody's hair change color every time the say something mean?"
"Oh no, I sense the first prank of the year. Who are the victims?" Remus asked warily.
"Slytherins."
"Count me in!"
"Welcome back everybody!" McGonagall announced as they settled into their seats in Transfiguration. Sirius groaned next to Mimi, but quickly got distracted when Eleanora Clark shook back her hair and gave him a wave. He slouched down in his seat, pushed his thick dark hair out of his eyes and winkled back. Eleanora giggled before returning to her friends.
"Meems?" Sirius whispered.
"Yes?"
"I am going to ask Clark out after class."
"You're telling me this why?"
"Well I was hoping you could answer two of my questions."
"Which are?"
"One do you think she will say yes? And if the answer to question one is yes will you tell
James, Remus, and Peter to stay out of the dorms tonight?"
"You're asking me this why?" Mimi asked trying to keep her attention on McGonagall.
"Don't worry about McGonagall Meems, she enjoys talking to herself. Now, I am asking you this because you are a girl and you know all about the world of girls, which means you'll no if Clark will say yes or not."
"Fine! Yes, Eleanora will say yes."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"How?"
"Because I am a girl."
"Gotcha." Satisfied at last Sirius turned forward to show off his being disinterested and Mimi was finally able to take her notes on transfiguring people into furniture. When class let out Sirius rushed ahead to ask out Eleanora.
"Where's he off to?" James asked Mimi as Sirius flew by them.
"He's Sirius where do you think he's going?" Mimi asked.
"That reminds me. Oi Lily! Wait up," he took off.
"Where's he off to?" Remus asked coming up behind Mimi.
"After Lily."
"Where's Sirius?"
"After Eleanora?"
"Where's Peter?"
"Uhm?"
"Look's like it's just you and me for Charms."
"It always is, Remus, it always is." Remus and Mimi made their way to Charms, not even looking up when James and Sirius walked in late. Sirius looked proud and happy while James look hurt. Obviously, things had gone just the way Mimi had said they were. But then again, she knew those things being a girl.
"Told ya so," Mimi whispered as Sirius walked past. He grinned and slouched down in his seat. Content with being next to Remus, who actually liked to learn Mimi was able to take notes and perform her Charm perfectly by the end of class which put her in a good mood when she skipped off to Astronomy.
"I'll see you guys in DADA," she called to the Marauders who waved back. Mimi was climbing the long stairs to the Astronomy tower when her foot slipped. She fell forward but felt a pair of strong hands wrap around her thin arm before she and the stairwell could get intimate. She blushed her long hair out her eyes and looked up her cheeks burning in embarrassment when she saw her savior was Amos Diggory.
"Thanks," she mumbled looking down. He started to laugh and she looked up angry.
"Don't worry about it, me and these stairs have gotten to know each other really well over the past few years," Mimi relaxed and cracked a smile.
"I'd also like to get to know you, say on Friday at 7?" Amos asked. Mimi was about to roll her eyes at the cheap pick up line, but one look into Amos deep brown eyes and she totally forgot about it.
"Yea sure, Friday at 7," she gave him a flirty smile and waved goodbye. A few more steps on and Mimi jumped about and squealed.
"YES! YES! YES!" She laughed triumphantly, now Sirius and James weren't the only one's with dates that Friday night.
Divination passed by in a blur, Mimi did not understand the wooly subject and instead doodled hearts all over her parchment until it was time to go. She met up with the Marauders who were waiting for her at the bottom of the stairs.
"Is divination that good of a subject?" Peter asked curiously noticing her ear to ear grin.
"No but Amos Diggory and a date this Friday is!" Mimi squealed at them.
"I thought I told you-" He began but was cut off by Mimi.
"Ohmygosh? Is that a naked girl eating cake?" She asked pointing to a far off corner and
Sirius was off like a shot.
"Never gets old," Mimi laughed and even James and Remus couldn't help but grin before
turning back to Mimi.
"You know, he's not the only one who doesn't want you going out and I am not going to get distractd by naked girls eating cake so don't try," Remus told her and Mimi pouted.
"You guys have a new girl in your bed every night and I have a date for once and you act
like it's a huge out of this world deal!" Just then Lily, Arabella, and Sarah came prancing up.
"Mimi we heard about you and Amos that's so cute!" They squealed giving her a hug.
"How did you guys hear? It just happened?" Remus asked obviously confused. Sarah gave him a look that clearly said she thought he was brain dead and answered, "Duh Remus. Julia Kase overheard Amos telling Carl and she told Penelope who told Lena who told Ashleigh and Clem overheard them and told us." James and Remus looked at each other in shock.
"Excuse me?" Remus asked blinking. Sarah just shook her head and the girls began talking about the details of Mimi's date.
"What should I wear?" "Where is he taking you?" "He is so cute!" was all they caught in the conversation that offered little insight to the world they would never understand. The world of girls.