The One with the Dare
Every year after the feast, the Marauders would sit around the fireplace and talk about anything and everything. It was an old tradition ever since first year when James and Sirius conversed about the many pranks they could pull on Snape, as Remus looked at them disapprovingly. This year James plotted how he could win over Lily, Sirius nodded whilst Remus gave James tips. Sirius watched, as the other two debated on when James were to ask her out. James said tomorrow morning, but Remus argued that he should wait- deflate his head- and ask Lily out when she stopped hating him. After an intense dispute, they finally agreed. They stopped talking as they heard giggles coming from the staircase. The giggling stopped abruptly before turning into intense whispering. Hayley bounded down the stairs with a trail of giggling girls behind her; stopped at the bottom of the stairs. She was wearing short, satin shorts and one of James' old, oversized t-shirts.

"Hey," James said, as she came running up to Sirius and taking a place on his lap, "What's going on?"

James and Hayley had made up at the feast when he apologised profusely. James had never been able to stay angry at Hayley for long and couldn't stand it when she gave him the cold shoulder. He offered to eat the whole turkey if Hayley would forgive him. She forgave him after he finished his first bite. She had never been known to hold grudges and was very quick to forgive.

"Oh nothing, me and girls were just bored," Hayley grinned, leaning back on Sirius' chest. He wrapped his arms around her.

"So you decided to give Sirius a lap dance?" James asked.

"Does it look like I'm giving a lap dance, dear brother?" her grin growing a little wider.

James stayed quiet, "Get off him- you're making him horny, I can see it in his face."

"Okay, okay," She jumped off Sirius but before she ran back up the stairs she gave him a quick kiss on the lips.

James gasped, "WHAT WAS THAT?" fuming as he jumped up.

Hayley smiled, "You see James," she said, "We're playing truth or dare,"

"Oh," James said sitting back down, ignoring Sirius' expression of slight euphoria, "Don't do that."

She nodded gleefully and began to leave.

"Wait a moment," Sirius stopped them, "We want to play as well."

The girls looked at each other with doubt; "Okay." said one of them, nodding. They joined the boys around the fire.

"Okay my turn!" Hayley said, "Corrine." The girl began giggling; Sirius thought she was choking, "Truth or Dare?"

Corrine was one of those girls who wouldn't stop giggling if someone hit her over the head with a beaters bat. Sirius and Remus exchanged glances. Remus looked like he was about die if he held onto his laughter any longer. Sirius grinned and mouthed to him, "I know you like her." Remus looked like he was going to be sick. Everyone knew that Remus liked the smart girls from Ravenclaw, the ones that didn't giggle so much as theydidn't have time for much else. He had broken up with his last girlfriend- Brooke Ashton- as she wouldn't stop gossiping and sniggering of anything and the fact that she was in Ravenclaw.

Corrine looked around at everyone, "Dare," She started giggling again, as some other girls joined her.

Hayley thought for a while, "I dare you to walk into the boys dorm asking – wait no – yelling for them to give back your clothes."

"My clothes?" She asked confused.

"Did I mention you have to do this naked?" Hayley said tilting her head.

"Hayley Potter, you're a genius," Sirius beamed, he turned to face Corrine, "Well, come on!"

Corrine sighed, she climbed up the stairs and into the seventh year boys' dorm, pulled her nightgown over her head and slipped off her underwear, handing them over to Hayley. She flicked on the lights, and yelled, "OY! WHICH ONE OF YOU THOUGHT IT'D BE FUNNY TO TAKE MY CLOTHES? DON'T PRETEND YOU'RE SLEEPING!" Slowly the boys one by one, woke from their sleep, to find Corrine standing at the door, tapping her foot impatiently - nude.

Hayley pulled Corrine out of the room and flicked the lights off, she handed back her clothes, shaking with laughter. James and Sirius still hadn't finished laughing when they reached the bottom of the stairs.

Corrine looked around thoughtfully, she pointed her finger to James, "James, in nothing but your boxers – climb into bed with Lily Evans."

James' obsession with Lily Evans was obvious to everyone except for perhaps Lily, herself. All the girls knew this, but that didn't stop them from asking him out. One girl was so desperate she dyed her hair red and changed her eye colour to green so that James would say yes. She bugged him for weeks to ask her out, when he finally said yes, she somehow mysteriously forgot to turn up to their 'date'.

James grinned at Corrine, "I will, but how do I get in?"

"Your head boy, you have access to any dorm," she replied.

James slipped out of his pyjama pants and shirt and wandered upstairs.

He crept into the dorm and spotted Lily sleeping soundlessly at her bed. He climbed in beside – shaking her awake.

The rest of them waited in the common room, until James came bounding down the stairs with Lily's yells after him, "JAMES POTTER! YOU CREEP!"

James grinned, "Lily looks so hot in her nightgown," He sighed, "My turn, Audrey, truth or dare?"

Audrey thought for awhile, "Truth."

"I truth you to what is the dirtiest thing you've done and with who?"

She thought for a while, "I had sex in the Quidditch shower room, with Sirius." She blushed while Sirius grinned wildly. He glanced over to see Hayley's reaction who had a smile playing on her face as Kate mouthed something.

"Ew! That's where I have my showers after practice!" James yelped.

"Good for you James," Sirius grinned, ignoring his perplexed reaction.

Audrey looked around at everyone and her eye landed on Sirius, "Truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"I dare you to make out with either Remus, James or Hayley for five whole minutes."

"That's not funny," Sirius, said, "I can't make out with James or Remus!"

"Then Hayley it is," she shrugged casually.

Sirius grinned at Hayley who bit her lip nervously, "Sorry babe, a dare is a dare."

Sirius' POV

It was the first morning of the seventh year. I piled pancakes onto my plate and drowned them with maple syrup.

"Surely you don't need that much syrup?" Hayley smiled, as James snatched the bottle out of my hands.

"Looks better than what you're eating," I replied playfully, pointing my fork at her porridge. The kiss we shared last night was still lingering on my lips, I could suddenly feel my cheeks burning up. When did I become such a girl? Next I'd be complaining about blisters from wearing high heels. Before she had a chance to reply to my comment or my dazed expression, a loud screech came from behind me.

"Potter!" I turned around to find Lily standing behind James. She whacked him with the morning paper, he grinned, she whacked him a few more times, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING LAST NIGHT?"

"Making myself comfortable in your arms!" James said looking abashed.

"Potter you better hope-" Lily began.

"Mr. Potter and Miss Evans just the couple I need to speak to," Mcgonagall said, she looked over the top of her glasses at them. Lily tucked the paper under her arm.

"Couple!" I snorted, Lily gave me a glare before whacking me with the paper as well.

"OW!" I yelped. Mcgonagall gave me a death stare.

"Are we done?" Mcgonagall asked stiffly, "The Heads are in charge of organising the annual Christmas ball, you two need to get straight on that, of course anything you decide will need to go through Dumbledore, so you two will need to meet up and organise that."

Lily nodded dutifully, whilst James gave a casual shrug. Mcgonagall continued, "You'll also have monthly meetings with Dumbledore, I believe every first Sunday of each month," She paused, "Potter I hope you do take this seriously, I was certainly surprised when Dumbledore gave you this responsibility please don't –"

"Embarrass me," James finished off for her, "I know, I won't."

I exchanged glances with Remus, we both grinned. All of James' conversations with Mcgonagall ended the same way. Mcgonagall gave him a long lecture and James always said, "I know, I won't."

Mcgonagall tapped on the blank piece of paper and handed James his timetable, she gave out identical timetables to me, Remus, Hayley and Peter.

"Potter, Black - behave yourselves in classes, I don't want to hear complaints from other teachers that you set something on fire," Mcgonagall said, she tapped her wand on another blank piece of paper and handed it over to Lily.

"We know, we won't," James and I said at once, she smiled and walked away.

"Hey Lily we're doing all the same classes!" James exclaimed, "You wanna become an Auror too?"

"No!" She snapped, "A healer."

"My mum was a healer," Remus said casually, "Too stressful."

"Oh, well I'll see you in class Remus," Lily said and walked off.

I grinned at James' expression. I know he hoped that Lily would say bye to him as well. I sighed, I finished off the last of my pancakes and looked up at Remus who was sitting opposite me.
"All done!" I said, pushing my plate (which was still covered in maple syrup) away.

"That's going to make you sick," Remus said, as he finished his cereal.

I looked over towards Hayley, she was immersed in her magazine and only half way through her porridge. She looked up at me and smiled. I responded with a lopsided grin. She went back to reading her magazine. I mentally hit myself. Stupid, stupid. I went back to just staring at her as she continued to read her magazine. She's hot. NO. NO. NO. She's fine looking for James' younger sister who I had no feelings for. Maybe she has feelings for me? Maybeee… should I ask her? NOT NOW!!! I corner her before lunch? Yeahh… she's totally hot… maybe James won't mind us going out… yeah right… he'd punch me out… meh… why the hell am I suddenly attracted to her? Maybe because the first couple of buttons on her shirt were undone and I could see her bra? Or maybe because her skirt is -

"Sirius!" Hayley said, shaking my shoulder, "You alright?"

"Yeah, yeah," I said and smiled at her. She smiled back, giving me butterflies… butterflies? Never had them before… GET A GRIP.

"Hey Hayley," It was the Quidditch Captain for Hufflepuff, he smirked at her – he looked like a turkey for all I knew.

"Hey Sheldon, what's up?" Hayley asked him, smiling back at him.

"I was wondering if you'd like to come with me to Hogsmead?"

Yeah right… she's not gonna go out with a prat like you… hahaha..

"Yeah, I'd like that," she smiled.

"Okay, cool," he grinned and walked off.

"SERIOUSLY? SHELDON MONK?" James exclaimed, "He's competition!"

"Oh shut-up," Hayley snapped.

Sheldon Monk! I'm better than him! Stupid. Blonde. Chaser. Stupid turkey -looking human. WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS?