Chapter Four

Thick as Thieves and Gossipy School "Girls"

A/N only four reviews really? You make me sad! I refuse to update unless I get more! LOL love you all! This chapter is dont have lily yet, sry, shes in the hosital wing, im using it to develop James's relationships with his friends!

Sam and Sirius sat whispering in the corner of the Common Room. They would laugh, flirt, and then proceed to insult teach other loudly. Then one would stop off and eventually return for James' sake.

James was very worried. Beside himself, they were the two master pranksters of the school. Sirius would anything no matter how crazy, and Sam would think of things so crazy it frightened James himself.

"OK let operation Wooing Lily commence." Sirius said quite seriously.

"Hey, who said you got to chose the name."

"Me, 'cuz it's awesome name!"

"It sucks."

"You suck!"

"That's true, but you swallow!"

"Fuck you Samantha."

"You wish you could." She said venomously. Their voice were rising once again.

"I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole."

"Well of course not, what would that do? You'd touch it with your two inch 'pole'." She smirked

"Two inches? More like two inches form the floor!"

"Only because you're on you knees so much."

"No, that's your job." By now everyone in the Common Room stopped and stared.

"And I'm damn good at it!"

"Keep telling yourself that love." He said with an evil smile.

"I can prove it!"

"Please do." He said it in a seductive manor, his voice going soft and his eyes darkening.

They shared a very intense connection of the eyes. Then they both laughed nervously.

"So operation Woo Lily, yeah?" Sam muttered playing with her hair.

"I knew you'd come around about the name love."

"Hush up Siri!"

She quickly slapped her hand over her mouth and blushed.

"Did you just-"

"Shut up you prat!" She screamed and quickly stomped away.

James made is way over to the bewildered Sirius.

"That was…bizarre. What did you do?"

"I have no idea Prongs. We were practically flirting…then.." He shrugged, upset.

"Yeah but you guys are always flirting, then yelling, then flirting while yelling, yeah?"

"It was different." He paused thoughtfully. "She called me Siri…" He smiled sadly. "The last time she called me that was the and of fourth year."

"What ever happened?"

"You know I don't keep secrets mate…but I can't tell you. She'd kill me…then resurrect me and kill me again."

"I don't believe even wizards can bring people back from the dead Padfoot." James said with a laugh.

"She'd find a way…" SIrius muttered and tousled up his hair. "So how are we gonna fix this without the witch with the capital 'B'"

"Well, I don't know if you have any ideas. But I am going to go bed Sammi to help." He said jumping up. "I think I'll bribe her with Pumpkin Pasties."

He start heading to the Dorms.

"Hey, Prongs!"

"Yeah?" James said and turned around a bit shocked.

"Use Chocolate Frogs," He said with a wistful smile, "they're her favorite."

"Oh Sammi-wammi-kins!"

"Fuck off James!" She said bitterly throw pillow at his head. He successfully dodged it and hoped off his broom.

"You know there's a reason that the stairs turn into a slide. And you could always just transform, it works just as well."

"What are you talking about?" He said far to quickly.

"I know."

"What's to know?"

"Jamie!"

"You're too smart for your own good. How much do you know?"

"It's what the nicknames are from. He's a dog, you're a stag..and Peter…turns invisible?"

"Close. He's a rat."

"That's good for his self esteem."

"We'll it's all he could manage."

"I'm a cat."

"Yeah, a sex kitten!" He said jokingly. "Wait…what?"

"I'm black cat, with amber eyes…and I'm told I look purple tinted in the sun."

James cracked up.

"What? It's true, since third year."

James just kept laughing.

"What's so damn funny?"

"You're a cat, and Sirius is a dog-"

"Don't say it!" She interjected.

"-That's why you fight like c-"

Whack! She wasn't a beater for nothing. She hit him straight between the eyes with a pillow.

After a laugh and long moment of silence James spoke up again.

"You know you and Sirius would make the perfect couple…you're both determined to a point where its dangerous. Brilliant. Witty…"

"Yeah well there was a time when we thought that too."

"I had an inkling…What changed?"

"I fucked up." She paused. "Then he fucked up worse."

"Was it that bad?"

"Yes."

Another moment of grave silence passed.

"I'll help you with Lily you know." She said softly.

James smiled, "'Cuz you lurrrrrvvve me."

Sam laugh. "Hardly" She stuck her tongue out. "Love is hard to come by, I missed my shot, there's no way I'm letting you miss yours."

"People get second chances."

"He hates me."

"He loves you."

"I'm not his type. I'm not a tiny, blonde, blue eyed babe, I'm a curvy bookworm."

"Don't say that, you know your pretty. Plus I say so, and what I says goes."

"You might be the only one who thinks so Jamie my love." She replied sadly.

"Not true! I can name a fair amount of guys who want to get into your pants, cough Sirius cough cough."

"Yes but if the giant squid had boobs they'd want to get into it's pants too."

"I guess…Sirius thinks you're beautiful, you know that."

"I'm not his type."

"Sam.."

"I'm not! I'm not a beauty queen, I have a big nose and big hips, I-"

"Come off it, you're sexy and you know it!"

"I wish!"

" Well you sure as hell act like you are. Every pore in your body screams confidence."

"Ha! An act and nothing more I assure you. I hate how I look."

"Your gorgeous!"

"My curves are to big!"

"It's sexy!"

"Sirius doesn't think so...I mean…you know what I mean!"

"Thats not true and you know it."

"Oh yeah?" She said defiantly.

"Yeah! Why do you think he makes it his business who you sleep with?"

"I don't sleep with anyone!"

"Of course you do!"

"No…James..I don't." She said sullen all of a sudden.

"Wait really?"

"Yeah..neither has Lily for the record. You now have have 3 seconds to think about deflowering your flower, then imagination time is over."

About an minute passed before….

SMACK

"What the bloody hell was that for?"

"I gave you 3 seconds, that's plenty of time. Now stop picturing my best mate naked!"

"I will if you will." James said sticking out his tongue and laughing.

"Oh hahaha, Very funny."

"I see you two checkin' each other out in the locker rooms."

She just giggled. She and James had always gossiped about the people they liked like school girls.

"I don't think so."

"Mhmmm the Beaters have it going on." He winked.

She just laughed more.

"You know your the best team of Beater's Gryffindor has had in years."

"That's because we each picture the bludger as each other head."

"Actually Sirius picture it as his mums…and you-"

"Can we get back to you and Lily? Please!"

"Do you think she'll ever go out with me?"

"Well you have until the end of the year…then we graduate."

"But I'll still see you!"

"Yes, and I promise that I'll drag Lily to visit you!"

"And I'll drag Sirius!"

"Ha! "

"You still love him don't you?"

Her smile disappeared.

"What do you mean still?"

"Sam…I know you."

"Well…you love Lily" She said pointing a finger at him accusingly.

"Yeah but I'm willing to admit that!"

She just smacked him playfully in the head with a pillow again.

plz review! even is its only 1 word!