Blue Suede Shoes
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Chapter 3
"Can't read my, can't read my, no he can't read my poker face."
"She's got to love nobody."
"Can't read my, can't read my, no he can't read my poker face!"
"She's got to love nobody."
"I wanna roll with him a hard pair we will be. A little gambling if fun when you're with me…"
"I love it…"
"Moony! Willows! Would you please for all that is good and holy in this world, shut up!"
James' outburst left me with my mouth wide open. I turn an incredulous face to Sirius as he cracks up. Lily pats James on the head to show her approval. He leans into her hand unconsciously, what a good little boy he is.
The five of us are playing poker with doubles and quite frankly, James and Sirius suck at the game. Lily is on their team as backup. She's a much better player then those two twits. Whenever Sirius has a good hand, his left dimple quirks an appearance. James has the tendency to shift his weight to the right when his hand is good. Remus and I discovered this in third year. Sitting in the middle, Lily runs a hand through her hair. That's a sure sign that they have lost. Yes!
James glances up from his hand. "What kind of name is Lady Gaga anyways? She pregnant or something?"
I opened my mouth to answer, but Sirius beat with his oh-so- witty remarks. "She's probably a babe and lives up to her name, Gaga." He snickers. "What a funny name. Gaga." Lily smacks the back of his head as he chortles. All right, it's time to end this game. Heehee
At once, Remus and I lay our hands down. We've won. James shakes his head in disgust, tossing his cards into the air and Sirius pouts. I burst into song again.
" Just like a chick in a casino, take your bank before I pay you out. I promise this, promise this; check this hand cause I'm marvellous!" I raise my hand for a high five, Remus gleefully obliges. Now Remus eagerly sweeps all the chocolate frogs and candies to our side of the table. Oh candies, the food that makes life worth living. Let us take a moment to truly appreciate the experience of possessing candy. Sigh, and we are back. It's time to sing! "We are the champions my friends- Oomph!"
That Oomph was a pillow thrown by Lily into my face, knocking me over onto my back, and candy flying everywhere. Remus giggles, yes giggles, and stuffs a chocolate frog into his mouth. I do believe he's a chocoholic. I tuck the thrown pillow under my head, munching on a frog's head.
"Hello my munchkin." Peppermint waddles over to join me, getting comfy on my tummy. Lily now rested against James' chest, playing with his fingers. "Did you finish your Potions essay Sal?" I swallowed my candy, nodding. Remus and Sirius were now setting up a game of chess. I do not like chess; my game pieces always shake their fists at me whenever I play. It's very depressing when your army wants to surrender and take up fighting against you. I play checkers, it's more my speed.
"I wrote it when you were being all smoochy with Potter." Lily raised an eyebrow.
"You finished it in that short of time?"
I also tried to raise my eyebrow but from Sirius' snicker, it does not hold the same affect. I glance at my reflection from the wall mirror. Nope, my face looks distorted. I peer closer at my reflection; it actually looks like a reflection in the distorted mirrors at carnivals. Hmmmm.
"Earth to Sally." Huh? Nobody calls me Sally!! Oh right, I'm having a conversation.
"You call two hours a 'short time' Lily? Man, you've got your hands tied James. Lily must be a smooching machine!" I unscrunched my face. Scrunching the face causes wrinkles. James chuckled as Lily turned her face away from me and pressed it against his neck. Remus and Sirius grin, eyeing the couple as their chess pieces fought it out.
"Don't go all shy on me now Lily darling." James murmured, rubbing his face into her curls. She pouted before snuggling closer against him. I smirked, focusing my attention back on Peppermint and burst into song. "Somebody once told me the wor-" Whump! Pillows are not my friends today… and neither is Peppermint. She just left me to avoid said flying pillow. I have no friends. I want Hannah back. Under the pillow, I could hear Sirius chuckling as his knight took Remus' rookie or something along those lines, his queen?
"Lady Gaga. Heeheehee." He's very easily entertained.
Wham! "I'm back!" There goes the door.
"Give me back my pickles!!" I shout. I feel my body slipping off the bed. Being a quick thinker, I grab onto my blankets… only to take them down with me as well as Peppermint. She has been a crabby puss as of late. PMS? Do ferrets PMS?
"Hey Hannah, do ferrets PMS?"
The girl looks at me funny. "I'm away for four weeks and all you can say is 'Do ferrets PMS?!'" Hannah? Hannah!!!!
"Hannah!!!" Twisted in my blankets, traitors the lot of them! I lunge for her, wrapping my arms around her waist and lifting her clear off the floor. " Anna- banana,you're back, you're back!! This is so exciting news!!! What time is it…Holy baloney it's 3:00 AM on a Sunday morning! Oh, you're back, you're back!!!!" I now set her on her feet. She looks a little tipsy. "Have you been drinking?" I sniff her. Nope no alcohol.
Hannah straightens her t-shirt, brushing herself off. "That's more like it. And no, I haven't been out drinking. Where's my Lily?" I glance over at Lily's bed. Her curtains are drawn closed. Hannah walks over to them and yanks the curtains over.
"Lily Evans! How dare you fall asleep in my classroom!" Did I ever mention she does marvellous impersonations? McGonnagal is her favourite. Lily bolted up, eyes wild.
"I would never…" Lily shook out her hair before leaping from the bed, throwing her body against Hannah in a bear hug. Only unlike me, Lily is smaller than Hannah. "You're here! You're here! At such an ungodly hour… but you're here!" Hannah choked on Lily's flyaway curls.
"Yeah Egypt was great. You would not believe the sights and the weather was so hot and the boys there are ripped! Like I'm talking call a plumber because these pipes are about to burst, ripped. It's so easy to burn there and I've been applying sunscreen like mad and mom got this really cool bracelet that's an exact replica of Cleopatra's!" She managed this in one breath. Hannah likes to talk, a lot. Even Peppermint missed her. Hannah stroked Peppermint's head while telling us about her vacation. She hadn't changed much.
Her chestnut brown shoulder length wavy hair now held blonde highlights, from the sunlight no doubt. Her bright eyes held the usual sparkle and her freckles weren't as prominent with her tan. Unlike Lily, Hannah has freckles all over her face, not just her nose. She's 5"7 and is very curvy. Hannah's always worries about being fat when clearly she isn't! Girls are supposed to be curvy in the waist and hips but what do I know? I'm the one with frickin gigantic boobs! Anywho, she hasn't changed much at all. Hannah still loves to talk.
We eventually crashed at 5:00 AM. Somehow, I never made it to my bed and camped out with my blankets on the floor. Bad decision on my part. Do you know why?? I will tell you why. When Sirius Black, James Potter, and Remus Lupin come barging into the room at 9:00 AM and are not watching their feet, they fall on some poor helpless squatter, that's why! That's right! They stepped on me!! And then they fall because they are startled when a bushy blonde head yells for them to 'get off or heads will roll' and holding an angry looking Peppermint who immediately squirms out of her owner's hold.
"Ow!" That was Remus, who is now jumping up and down clutching his sock foot. Peppermint just bit him.
"Good Peppermint." I pat her head. She's my hero.
"How did you guys get up here?" Lily's question follows a yawn, smiling sleepily as James presses a kiss to her cheek. Awww, isn't that so sweet. Lucky girl that one is.
Sirius arched his fingers together. "Marauders never give away their secrets." I roll my eyes, glancing towards the door.
"They flew up here, Lily dear." Sirius gives me a disgruntled look before joining me on the floor, scratching Peppermint behind the ears.
"What are you doing on the floor?"
I sigh. "What does it look like? My invisible friend Medusa and her boyfriend have come for a visit and hasve taken over my bed and are now getting at it! Duh!" Speaking of friend…I leap to my feet, startling Sirius and leap into Hannah's closed curtains. A large squeal erupts before I stick my head out of the curtains. "Look who's back!!!"
Hannah's grumpy voice sounded behind me. "Someone had better be dead or dying Sally Marlena."
"Why does everyone keep calling me Sally?" That's not my name. Sally is a sissy name. I am no sissy. In a house with four other boys, I can't afford to be sissy. Apparently my question is to be ignored.
"Hannah?" Remus' face perks up before striding towards her bed. Yanking the curtains back, his face goes into a full-blown grin. Christmas has come early. Hannah grins.
"Hey Moony!" She throws her arms around his neck in a quick hug, before hugging Sirius and James. "How are you three?" She sat back on the bed, Remus following suit. He was so in love with her! It was so obvious, just like James looked at Lily. Hannah smiles at him, blushing pink in the cheeks.
"Well," Sirius stated, tripping me so I was laying half on him and half on the floor. "A lot has happened while you've been away, Hannah." He drapes an arm around my shoulder to keep me still. "James and Lily are making out 15 hours of the day, Sal sucks at chess, Peppermint just bit Remus in the toe, Remus has been working out lately, have you noticed?" He waggled his eyebrows suggestively, causing Remus to shake his head while Hannah turns a deeper shade of pink. I smirk. "And I've now seen Sal without a shirt on and I'm still a sexy beast."
I laugh. "Ha! You are not a sex…" He's seen me without a shirt? When? I look down. Oh crap. "Yipe!" Sirius' barks a laugh as I dive under the protection of my blankets. As spring has approached, I've begun wearing a sports bra and PJ plaid pants to bed every night.
My nose peeks up from my protective barrier as well as my finger. "You tell anyone else about this and I will chop your balls off and serve them to you on a plate with ketchup and record your screams to send to James' mother." He stares at me, shocked speechless. I had gotten him to shut up. I am amazing.
Everyone knew Sirius had long left his household, the pureblood evildoers of Voldermort. What kind of name is Voldermort anyways? He reminds me of Hitler and the Nazis. Hitler wanted to get rid of all Jews and Voldermort and his Death Eaters want to rid the world of muggleborns. Just the thought of his name gives me a headache. If he ever tries hurting Lily I will personally stab him in the eye with my quill. Anyways, back to issuing threats. "The same goes to all of you. Girls, I know where you sleep at night so don't think you're safe."
James had long ago snuggled into bed with Lily, playing with her untamed hair. His confusion started off as sincere. "How come it's my mother that receives all these tape recordings?" Until I watch his knowing smirk grow, then I know all threats will go unnoticed.
Beside me, Sirius gaffed. Covering my chest with my blankets, I pointed my wand at his lower region. My smirk grew as Lily and Hannah chuckled. When I have been stepped on, I tell no jokes. Peppermint gave him the evil eye, she does not forgive easily.
This one's longer than all the rest! Don't abandon me now Purpleabsofsteal! Stay with me! :)