Chapter 2: Cristina Misty Lips and Porn Stars
When Cristina got out of the bathroom she passed by a group of boys chatting in the corridor and laughing like crazy. But the moment she walked next to them they all fell silent.
"No way..." someone muttered.
"It can't be true!" another one whispered.
She even heard someone whistle at her. Her face went all blank, she tried to ignore them, pretend she didn't hear them. She tried to convince herself that she didn't know what they were talking about.
When she opened the door back to their compartment Sirius ran to hug her.
"Merlin! I knew you looked familiar to me!" He screamed and let her go, jumping from the excitement. "You are Cristina Misty Lips! From Sexy Witch magazine!"
What? They also read those magazines in here?! Shit! She thought.
"I- um... yeah, that's me" she smiled at him. "I see you found out why I looked familiar."
"Oh my God, do you know I am a huge fan of yours?!" Sirius yelled, still jumping from the excitement. "I have every magazine you appear in!"
That comment made her blush and she sat down, trying to hide her embarrassment.
"How is it that you already have a job and you are studying?" Sirius asked, closing the door behind him and sat next to her, grinning widely.
"Oh, um... let's just say that being a model is just a hobby to me."
"If you can call posing half-naked in front of a camera a hobby" Sirius snorted.
"Sirius... I... um... I pose for others magazines, you know?" Cristina muttered, trying to hide her embarrassment.
It was awkward talking to someone who only knew you from an erotic magazine where girls posed half-naked so boys could please themselves watching them. She started posing for Urban Street Witch magazine when she was fifteen and a half. She loved posing for them and getting paid with the clothes she posed with during the photo shoot. Until it became more than a hobby, it became her job outside Los Santos. She left every Saturday morning to pose for a clothing magazine until one day, when she was sixteen; she received an offer to pose for Sexy Witch magazine. She wanted to decline, but while playing a game of Truth or Dare, Carlos, her friend, dared her to accept the job, telling her she wouldn't because she was afraid of showing her body to people, as she always wore big sizes clothes. And she did. And she liked hearing people say that she had a nice body. But since then, most people remembered her from Sexy Witch magazine and that annoyed her a little.
"Well, obviously I'm not the kind of guy who buys fashion magazines" Sirius joked, trying to make the awkwardness go away. "Do I look like one?"
"No" Cristina laughed. "Definitely not."
Once the tension between them was gone they started talking and making jokes, telling each other about themselves.
"And- And when our teacher opened the door he saw the whole classroom painted in pink and didn't know how to change it back to its original colors, but to top it all, Ernesto, the teachers' pet was also covered in pink!" both laughed at Cristina's anecdote.
"I see you're one hell of a prankster too" Sirius said, still laughing. "The boys will like hearing about it. We could use you to pull some pranks this year, if you'd like to."
"That would be an honor" Cristina said and laid back on the window, resting her legs on Sirius' lap.
"There should be more girls like you around Hogwarts" Sirius admitted. "They're so much more fun to be around than those daddy's spoiled girls!"
"Well, you only say this because I'm different than most girls, I'm a tomboy and I'd rather be friends with a boy than a girl, because most girls only give you headaches. But if all girls were tomboys like me, you'd want them to be more girl-like."
"Good point well made" said Sirius. "Then I'm okay with you being the only tomboy girl friend I have."
"Oh, so you consider me your friend?" she asked cautiously, making fun of him.
"Well, I- uh- yes, I do" he admitted, playing with her shoe-laces. "I mean, we just met and all but I think you're nice and I kinda wish you'll be around The Marauders a lot, really often to be honest."
"The Marauders?" Cristina asked.
"Yeah, uh... it's the name we call our group of friends."
"How many are there?"
"Just the four of us" Sirius explained. "Remus, Peter, James and I."
She nodded and smiled.
"Well, I'd love to hang out with The Marauders really often" she said, honestly. "You've been the only ones to be nice with me since I got into this train."
"Yeah, Hogwarts Express rides can be a torture if you don't have anybody to talk to."
She nodded and the door opened at that same time. Remus got in and closed the door behind him.
"Thank Merlin, it's over!" he yelled, throwing her hands in the air in exasperation. "I swear if I have to presence any other fight between the two of them I'm going to kill myself."
"It's okay, Moony" Sirius tried to comfort him. "We all wish they'd stop fighting already and confess their secret love to each other."
"Huh?" Cristina asked, confused.
"Remember James? The one who was arguing with the red head before?" Sirius asked. Cristina nodded and waited for him to proceed. "Well, he's been madly in love with the red head, Lily Evans, for almost five years now. It began during first year, he loved teasing her and making fun of her because she was a ginger, then, when second year was almost over, he realized he liked it when she was mad. That she looked cute when angry. After then, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth year have been a nightmare to us. He always found a way to make her angry to see how cute she looked, then realized she was always cute, not only when she was mad at him. Then he started to ask her out to Hogsmade and she'd decline is proposition every time, which made James realize she wasn't like all the other girls who would kill to go out with him. And it's been like this since then."
"Oh" was all Cristina could manage to say.
"Yes, oh" Remus agreed. "It's impossible for one to be around the other without finding any stupid reason to fight for."
Sirius chuckled and said, "Even when James stands up for her when a Slytherin calls her a mudblood, she finds a reason to get mad at him. And James is a jerk and is always hanging out with different girls almost every night with the purpose of getting laid, which just makes Lily hate him even more and gets him nowhere."
"Well, well, Padfoot, here I have to say that you're also a jerk" Remus stated. "James is not the only one who's great at complimenting girls to get them in your pants and leaving them on the same night; in fact you're even better than him. You're the master of womanizers."
"As if you have never done it, Moony" Sirius protested.
Remus sat down, his face turning red.
"Moony?" Cristina asked. "Is that a nickname?"
The two boys looked at her, both of them feeling a little tense, and nodded.
"And Padfoot is yours?" she questioned, pointing at Sirius.
He nodded and sent her a warm smile. "James is Prongs and Peter is Wormtail" he added.
"You know guys, you chose the weirdest nicknames ever" she stated and looked at them.
They laughed, a sense of relief running down their spines.
"We wanted our nicknames to be funny and mysterious at the same time" Remus said.
The door opened and James stormed in, feeling more annoyed than ever.
"Merlin, that woman is impossible to deal with!"
"Give her a break, Prongs" Remus said. "Don't expect her to be nice to you after all those years of getting her out of her nerves."
"But I- I-"
"If you really like her and want her to stop being so mad at you, maybe you should stop annoying and teasing her" Cristina said.
The three boys looked at them confused.
"I- I'm sorry, I know it's none of my business, I just wanted to... I'm sorry" she apologized, looking at James.
"No, don't be" he said and sat on the seat opposite hers. "I could use your help, you're a girl right? and you know what girls want, right?"
"What? I'm a girl? I thought I was a unicorn! Thank you for ruining my childhood!" She said ironically.
James just laughed and looked warmly at her. "I think I'm liking you better as the seconds run by" he admitted and high fived her. "Please, will you help me?"
She couldn't say no to those beautiful brown eyes behind those glasses. He looked like a kid lost in the mall.
"Okay" she sighed. "But I don't guarantee you any results because as Sirius said, I'm different than the other girls."
James looked confused at Sirius.
"She's such a tomboy, James. She loves pulling pranks on people, playing Quidditch and getting dirty!"
Cristina coughed at his last statement and the boy realized what he just said when he saw the two boy's faces.
"Oh, no, no! Not in that way you pervs!" He said before correcting himself. "I mean by playing in the mud wild and free!"
"You know what? It'd be better if you just shut up" Cristina cut him off. "You're giving them an image of me that is completely wrong!"
"Well, but you do pose for Sexy Witch magazine!" Sirius protested and grinned, winking at her.
Cristina couldn't believe he just did that. The other two boys stared at her in awe.
"YOU WHAT?!"
"What's the problem with posing half-naked for a magazine so boys can please themselves?" she blurted out loud.
The three boys stared at her like she had just said she was born inside a dragon's egg.
"Okay, I think I see the problem" she admitted looking at her feet, embarrassed.
"It's okay, little porn star, we won't judge you for your job" Sirius said embracing her with all his strength.
"I AM NOT A PORNSTAR!" She protested pulling him away and ignoring the other two smirks.
"James, if I were you I would not laugh at Sirius' stupid comment if you really want my help!"
His face went completely serious although he let out a comment "Well, as you and Sirius said, maybe your help won't get me anywhere as you're a tomboy porn star and you don't act much like a girl."
Cristina lunged herself to James but Sirius stopped her before she could kill him.
"I hate you" she said, a smile on her face.
She knew they were just playing, she knew they liked to tease each other and that made her feel part of their little group, even though she wasn't.
It was getting dark outside, they were almost in Hogwarts. Cristina wondered which house she'd be sorted in. She hoped it would be Gryffindor, where her only friends were.
The door flew open and Peter stood there, shocked and with a grin on his face.
"I can't believe what I just heard! A bunch of fourth year kids are spreading the rumor. Is it true, Cristina? Are you a-"
"A porn star?" Sirius asked. "Yes, she is."
The puzzled look on Peter's face made the rest of the Marauders and Cristina laugh so hard that they almost died there for lack of air in their lungs.
"What have I missed?" Peter asked himself, annoyed that he didn't know what was going on.
"It's okay Wormtail, next time you won't leave when James and Lily have a fight" Remus said, brushing the tears off of his cheeks with the back of his hands.
"If we have another fight" James stated, winking at Cristina.
She smiled back at them and was grateful she had the courage to ask them if they would let her sit with them, because she had the feeling that they were going to make her seventh year at Hogwarts the best of her life.