Party Games
Chapter 3: Spin The Bottle
"Everyone sit in a circle," Alice declared. The numerous students milling about the common room all the looked over, barely interested in what she had to say.
"Now," she added.
The Gryffindors formed a scraggly circle, looking somewhat perplexed.
"We're playing 'Spin the Bottle'," Alice told everyone. There were numerous noises of protest and enthusiasm within the group as someone set an empty Butterbeer bottle in the center.
"I'll go first," Alice said. She took the bottle between her two forefingers and her thumb, twisting it clockwise. It spun wildly on its side before coming to a stop. Tthe bottle pointed towards Frank; immediately lice swooped over and pecked him on the mouth, bright red. She returned to her seat.
The game went on for awhile, some people choosing to sit out if they felt uncomfortable kissing he whom the bottle had "chosen".
Lily reached forward and spun the bottle. It spun briefly and landed on Sirius, who looked pleased and apprehensive all at once.
"No!" James protested.
"What?" Lily paused.
He looked at a loss for words. "I - er - you didn't..." James swallowed. "You didn't spin it enough."
Lily rolled her eyes. "All in play, Potter." She leaned across the circle and kissed Sirius enthusiastically. Sirius - the neatly-groomed but not over-extravagant best mate of James - responded just as playfully, much to the dismay of James.
He looked quite disgruntled throughout the rest of the game - James, that is. Sirius looked rather satisfied with himself.
All in play.
I was quite surprised and glad to check my inbox and find 13 reviews, 10 alerts, and 3 favorites. :) Thank you everyone who has taken an interest in this story!
Now to address particular reviewers (because I know it's always fun to get a little reply, and this is knowledge everyone can share):
-S3v3rusIsMin3-: Personally, I always saw Sirius as like James, but milder and a bit better-looking. :) For all sakes of humor, yes, he might show everyone his tattoo...but I'm in favor of keeping his arse out of the story. Lol. Also, I suppose he never thought of kissing Remus on the cheek or something equally platonic. XP And, well...he's just not the type to go around kissing people of the same gender. Heck, he doesn't even kiss people of the opposite gender.
Thank you for the insightful review.
HPfan1: Care being a little more specific? Which part did you think was gross? Then I can explain to you my reasons for its inclusion. :)
Demented Banana: Hey, sometimes simple words are the only way to describe things. Thanks for such a great review:) Made my day.
IAMaMUDBLOOD and Konflickted: Well, as you can see, here is "Spin the Bottle". :D