Disclaimer: The Marauders and the rest of the universe belong to Jo Rowling and I do not own them in any way.
"I can't believe I'm actually letting you idiots drag me to this place." Sirius just smiled at me in response, not saying anything. "What are you going to do if some cleaning lady hears Isobel barking, Black?"
"No one will!" I crossed my arms.
"Oh really? And how can you be so sure?" He smirked.
"I put a silencing charm around the room! And the 'do not disturb' sign up so no walks in!" I rolled my eyes.
"What a genius." I said, sarcastically, his eyes brightened.
"I know! Right?" I sighed, shaking my head.
"Pay no attention to him and James," I turned and saw Remus walking next to me, "they think they're smarter than they actually are." I smiled at him.
"I guessed that, and don't worry, I'm used to that." He smiled back at me. It was strange, I'd had countless conversations with Sirius and James so far, but Remus and Peter seemed more distant. For Peter I guessed that he was just another follower, he bid to James and Sirius' wishes, not saying anything. Remus was more difficult than that, I had already guessed that he was a werewolf, it's not that hard to spot one. There were tons in the States. He was something else though, I had gotten the feeling he didn't trust me, which I don't blame him for of course, it still got me curious though.
We finally walked up to the club and Sirius immediately groaned. "A line?" I rolled my eyes at him again.
"Yes, Sirius, a line, clubs usually have them." His nose wrinkled up.
"If this was a club that knew about us I could just show them my family crest then, they would probably let us in right away." I snorted.
"Oh, come on, I'm not going to wait around to get in if it means listening to him whine." They followed me up to the front of the line and I immediately flashed the guard a smile. I got my Muggle I.D. out of my purse and handed it to him. He took one look at it and handed it back, smiling at me.
"You and your friends can go right in, Miss Chandler," he said in a heavy French accent. I gave him a flirty smile.
"Merci, Monsieur," I said, leading the boys through the door. Once we were in I turned back to them and they were all gaping at me.
"Oh please, my dad does business with Muggles, too, that's not that surprising for a Ministry Official." That was the lie Sirius and I gave to them, that my dad was high up in the American Ministry, which wasn't really a lit at all, they just didn't quite know how high up he was. "Come on, you were the one who wanted to come here in the first place." Remus shook his head.
"Correction, they were." He said, nodding to James and Sirius. As we walked further into the club the music got louder, as did the people. They were everywhere, drinking, dancing, smoking, whatever. I had never been into nightclubs, too much smoke and sweat for my taste. Actually, Sirius seemed to be the only one of us that enjoyed what he saw, even James seemed a little cautious.
"I'm starting to think this wasn't much of a good idea." He said.
"Oh, sod off Prongs, this is great!" Sirius exclaimed, smiling wide. We all eventually started breaking up, Sirius went on his own, Peter followed James, who had gone off somewhere else, and Remus seemed content on leaning against the wall so I just decided to go to the bar. I ordered a drink and, with no surprise, they gave me one without asking for my age. I sat on the stool, sipping my drink and looking around. I half expected to see Sirius out on the dance floor doing some stupid moves, but wasn't surprised at all to see him standing against the wall with a couple of girls, sharing a cigarette. I shook my head at him, hoping he didn't do anything stupid. I turned around again, as I was getting up a girl bumped into me, causing me to spill my drink all over my dress.
"Ah shit." She looked startled.
"Oh! Um…. I'm désolé?" I laughed and waved it off.
"Oh its fine, it's not like I don't have countless other dresses!" She exhaled, looking extremely relieved.
"Oh thank Merlin! Someone who actually speaks English!" She blushed, "Sorry, I meant to say 'thank God.'" I shrugged at winked at her, I could tell now that she was British.
"It's alright, always nice to find another witch in Muggle places." Her eyes widened even more.
"Oh wow! That's odd, never would have thought that- I mean you just didn't seem like-" she sighed, "I'm sorry, I'm rambling." I laughed.
"That's alright, it's kind of nice meeting another witch around here, though, I'm traveling with these four boys, they're fine, but still." I made a face and she laughed.
"I can imagine, are you here with them now?" I nodded.
"Yeah, there around here somewhere, hey! You probably go to Hogwarts, right?" I asked in a low voice, she nodded. "The boys I'm traveling with do, too! Maybe you'll know them!" She shrugged.
"Maybe." I looked around for them and caught Remus' eye, I waved him over. Before he got to me I saw James' eyes widen as he looked over. He quickly rushed over. And took a long look at the girl, her eyes widened as well.
"Potter!?" He immediately went normal again and smirked at her, leaning against the bar.
"Stalking me now, are you Evans?" Her face grew angry.
"Funny, I was thinking the same about you!" I looked between them.
"So I'm guessing you two do know each other then?" They both nodded.
"Lily? What are you doing here?" I heard Remus say, she actually gave him a smile.
"Hello, Remus, I'm just visiting some family, my cousin dragged me here but I'm beginning to think she's abandoned me." I laughed.
"That's a shame, but maybe while you're here you can help me keep these boys from getting is kicked out?" She stared at something behind me, looking amused.
"I think it's a little too late for that." She said, nodding in the same direction. I turned around and saw Sirius being held up by some big guy, I groaned.
"What's going on now?" I asked, exasperated. I went over there and tapped the big guy's shoulder, him, Sirius, and the girl next to them looked at me; Sirius looked relieved. "There a problem here?" He nodded.
"This little beauf was trying to baiser my bijou," he had a heavy French accent and it took a few seconds to process what he was saying.
"Uh… well, I'm désolé, mon amie here is very… um… bourré, and uh," I got close to the guy, "between you and me, he has very petit bourses, a little excès de confiance." I guy looked at me for a moment before laughing. He shoved Sirius away from him.
"You are a very funny American, just keep your friend away from me." I nodded.
"Will do!" I grabbed a hold of Sirius' arm and jerked him away from them. "What were you thinking!?" He shrugged away and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Hey! It wasn't my fault! The git jumped out of know where, how the bloody hell was I supposed to know she was with him!?" I sighed and shook my head. "What did you say to him anyway?" I bit my lip.
"Oh…. Nothing important, that's not the issue though, come on." I led him back to the others, Peter had joined them since I left. I saw Sirius smile wide.
"Hey Evans! When did you get here?!" She shook her head.
"You are an idiot." He continued to smile.
"Well, never mind that, how about we get some drinks!" He soon forgot about the guy and his girlfriend and started drinking. Eventually he came over to me and threw his arm over my shoulders, obviously drunk. "You're awesome, you know that, not as stuffy as I thought." I shook my head, laughing at him.
"Okay, Sirius."
"We should dance!"
"I'm going to have to pass." He stuck out his bottom lips.
"Why?" Before I could answer, he quickly turned around, bumping into someone else and spilling his drink all over him.
"Oh shit!" I tried pulling Sirius back.
"Hey! Watch where you're going Mate!" The guy he bumped into turned around and we were suddenly staring at the guy from before.
"Um, Sirius?" He ignored me.
"Oh, it's you!" Sirius poked the guy's chest.
"Sirius!" It was too late.
"I can't believe you got us thrown out."
"That git had it coming to him!" I snorted.
"Please, you barely even touched the guy, they probably threw us out because they couldn't handle watching you get your ass kicked anymore." Sirius' black and blue eyes glared at me.
"I can't believe I got thrown out with you." I looked at Lily, who looked pissed.
"Sorry." She looked back at me.
"I don't blame you, I still am curious as to why you're traveling with these dunderheads." James and Sirius looked insulted.
"They're just keeping me company for the summer, we're going to Bulgaria for the Quidditch World Cup." James smiled at her.
"You should come with us Lily-flower!" She grimaced.
"I'll pass."
"Oh, come on, it would be nice to have another girl around! And do you really want to spend the rest of the summer with your aunt?" She looked at me for a few seconds, biting her lip.
"Not really…" I smiled.
"Then why not?" He eyes traveled over the five of us, we were all staring at her. Finally, she nodded.
"Alright, I could use an interesting vacation."
