Chapter 33: And Things Get a Little Crazy

The weeks passed by quicker than they ever had. Between NEWT classes, being Head Girl (and doing the duties that come with it), spending time with friends, and then spending time with James, I barely had any time to breathe! Before I knew it, our second Hogsmeade weekend had come and gone, Gryffindor swept through the first match against Slytherin, and we were already welcoming the crisp fall weather.

"Is it just me or have we not done anything fun this year?" Sirius complained as we all went down to the Great Hall for breakfast. "I mean, it's the middle of October and all I can remember doing is work!" He sighed. I exchanged a worried look with James. Sirius wasn't used to working this much; his natural talent for every subject he was taking guaranteed him good grades. Even Peter was having a better time with it, since he was used to putting in extra effort for his school work.

"This is going to sound surprising, but I agree with Padfoot." Remus yawned, rubbing his eyes.

"Me too." Peter nodded. I found myself nodding, too.

"I mean, the most fun we've had was the night of the last full moon. Other than that, we didn't really let ourselves loose this year at all." Sirius grumbled as we walked through the Great Hall's large, brass doors.

"Well, why don't we sneak into Professor Slughorn's office, steal some Firewhiskey, get stoned, and experience a hangover for the first time in our lives?" I suggested sarcastically. Sirius gaped at me as we sat down at the table. I was guessing he was too tired to realize the sarcasm.

"Well, second for me. First was Longbottom's wedding. But seriously- haha, get it? - can we do that?" He asked eagerly. I chose to ignore the pun.

"No!" I told him sharply as I reached for a piece of bread.

"Party pooper!" Sirius pouted as he piled his plate with food.

"I suggested the idea!" I exclaimed in disbelief. You can't win with these people! "And, I'm Head Girl! 'Party pooper' is my middle name." I added him, pointing to the badge pinned to my robes.

"Whatever." He shrugged dejectedly.

"You know what I've always wanted to do?" I asked, looking at them all.

"It better not be another great idea you're going to shoot down because you're Head Girl!" Peter warned.

"No, no. I promise." I told them. I had four sets of eager eyes on me. They were desperate, weren't they? They were willing to listen to my idea. For all they knew, it could have been to read every book in the library! "I've always wanted to have a pickup line fight." I admitted. The eager eyes turned from confused and then to shocked. James was the first to recover.

"What about all the times I said cheesy pick up lines to you? You never shot any back!" James whined. I smacked him on the shoulder.

"It was because they were cheesy!" I told him incredulously. "I wouldn't have minded magic-related ones." I admitted sheepishly. He smacked a hand to his forehead.

"Why didn't I think of that earlier?" He shouted, causing heads to turn. "So I guess we can start now, eh?" He asked with a wink.

"You're on, Potter." I smirked. I took a breath. Sirius wanted a fun day? Well he was about to get one. "Is that your wand in your pocket? Or are you just happy to se me?" I said to James. Remus groaned loudly.

"Ssh. This is going to be interesting!" Peter said eagerly, quieting him down.

"I don't have an invisibility cloak, but do you think tonight I could visit your restricted section?" Sirius jumped in.

"You know, Hagrid's not the only giant on campus." James said shooting me a cheeky smile. I laughed. This was going to be interesting.

"I'm like the spine on a Care of Magical Creatures book; if you stroke me right I'll open wide for you." I whispered seductively to James. I heard him gulp.

"I want to get my basilisk into your chamber of secrets!" Sirius chirped.

"Padfoot, why are yours about sex?" Remus groaned.

"You know Platform 9 and 3/4? Well I know something else with the same exact measurements." James said to me huskily.

"Have you been using Accio? Cause I've been coming to you every night." I said to James right back.

"Ha. Only in his dreams." Peter scoffed, causing Remus to laugh and nod.

"WAIT." Remus said loudly. We all shot him an annoyed look for interrupting. "Class?" He reminded us. Oh…right. We got up and I started walking, racking my brain for more pick up lines that I've heard.

"Have you been using Petrificus Totalus? Because you've made me stiff." Sirius snickered.

"That one was pretty good." Peter laughed.

"This one's better: You're like a bottle of Skele-Gro: You're growing me a bone." James said.

"Without you I feel like I'm in Azkaban and Dementors are sucking away my soul." I thought up.

"You don't have to say 'Lumos' to turn me on!" Sirius yelled, causing many people to look at us in confusion.

"Be quieter about this, please?" I said, looking around cautiously. "I mean, I'm Head Girl, and James is Head Boy. We're not supposed to be participating in this type of activity." I explained.

"Oh lighten up. Where does it say you can't?" Sirius asked. "It's not like we're being too disruptive." He added. I shrugged. Fair point.

"Engorgio! Oh wait I don't need magic to enlarge this!" James laughed. I giggled.

"A couple nights with me and Moaning Myrtle will have to get a new nickname!" Sirius yelled. "YES! That was good." He huffed proudly. I rolled my eyes.

"You can have the portkey to my heart." I said.

"Yours is girly." Sirius said dismissively.

"You mean clean?" Remus asked, eyeing him apprehensively.

"Yeah, same thing." Sirius rolled his eyes.

"Want to have a Tri-Wizards Tournament? Well I was thinking more one wizard and two witches." James smirked proudly, throwing open the door to Potions class.

"I guess we'll stop it during class…" I decided. "Unless you happen to come up with a really good idea." I added after a second thought. Sirius laughed.

"Really Lily-flower. I thought I'd never see the day." He said, shaking his head as we went in. I hit him on the upside of the head and went to my usual seat near the front of the room with James. Also at our table were Snape and some other Slytherin girl. It was Slughorn's genius idea to put the two of us, (me and Snape) who are doing the best in the class, at the same table. He seemed unaware that we stopped talking to each other a long time ago. Sirius' table was next to us, Peter's was behind us, and Remus' was all the way in the back of the classroom. Alex and Marlene were also at his table.

"Lily, dear, what happened?" Slughorn asked, frowning as he handed me my test from last week. It had just a few points lower than I usually score. I wasn't that sad about it; I did really well on a Transfiguration test the other day. Transfiguration wasn't a strong point. "Is it Mr. Potter's influence? Is he distracting you?" Slughron asked disapprovingly, shifting his gaze from me to James. Sirius snickered loudly next to us.

"Er…I'm not sure Professor." I told him, shifting in my seat uncomfortably. He shrugged and turned to Snape. "But you, Severus, you seem to be doing a lot better than usual. Good job!" Slughorn told him, patting him on the shoulder.

"Prongs, I think you have competition." Sirius said, coming over to us once Slughorn left our table.

"Get out of here." I told him, not liking what he was hinting at. I shuddered in disgust.

"I don't have competition! Slughorn's all…old…and Slughorn-y." James said, crinkling his nose.

"Ha! I get it. Horny. Nice one." Sirius snickered. I hit Sirius on the arm.

"Shut up!" I whispered.

"That's the second time in ten minutes! Watch it, Evans!" Sirius said loudly, so a few heads turned in our direction.

"Mr. Black, do sit down. You are causing quite a disruption. And especially with your grades…" Slughorn tsk-ed. "Mr. Lupin!" Slughorn boomed to Remus in the back.

"Yes, sir?" Remus asked slowly, fearing what was coming next.

"You're going to be tutoring Mr. Black from now on!" Slughorn told him. Remus simply nodded slowly. Sirius opened his mouth to object. "Or Mr. Black will be coming to Remedial Potions class!" Slughorn finished quickly, and Sirius promptly shut his mouth. James and I exchanged an amused glance.

"Sirius! What do you want?" I yelled. It was near the end of the class. James and I were just cleaning up and he was calling my name about a hundred times over.

"Some temper you have…" Sirius muttered, his face falling a little bit, and I felt kind of guilty.

"I'm sorry." I said, struggling to keep the sarcasm out of my voice. "What did you want?" I asked again, this time a bit more softly and nicer.

"Does Moony have to help me? Can't you help me?" He asked, sticking out his bottom lip in a pout as he slowly batted his eyelashes. It reminded me of a five-year-old who wanted the out-of-reach cookie jar. I felt momentarily bad for him.

"Don't even pull that, Padfoot." Remus said harshly, suddenly appearing next to Sirius. "Don't fall for it, Lily. He uses that face with McGonagall…and pretty much every Professor, for that matter." Remus said, shooting Sirius a nasty look.

"And it was just about to work, Moony!" Sirius yelled, throwing his arms up and stomping away. I rolled my eyes, and packed up my stuff.

"Lily, dear, can I talk to you for a moment. And you too, Severus." Slughorn said, calling us both over a little before class was over. "The rest of you can leave early." Slughorn said to the rest of the class.

"We'll wait outside then." James said, pointing to himself and the rest of the Marauders. I nodded. Slughorn waited patiently until the last person left. I was afraid he was going to try to pair me with Snape.

"I wanted to speak to you two about a new idea I had." He said. Oh no, he was going to put us together!

"Yes sir?" Severus asked politely, in a voice I'd rarely heard from him these days.

"Well, I was thinking of starting my own club here. It'll be called the Slug Club and only the best students will be invited to join." Slughorn said proudly. I highly doubted that. More like the best students and any student with good connections or with famous backgrounds.

"It sounds like a wonderful idea, professor." I told him, mostly just to stay on his good side.

"Thank you, Lily. I'll let you two go to class now. Professor McGonagall will have my throat if you're late." He chuckled. I adjusted the strap on my bag before turning around to leave the class. "Oh, and Lily?" He called after me. I turned around. "Please try not to get distracted by Mr. Potter." He requested sadly. I heard Snape snicker as he passed me.

"I'll try, sir." I promised. "Have a good day." I said, and left before he could say anything back.

"Finally, and Prongs was worried that Slughorn was raping you." Sirius huffed.

"I was not!" James protested. I rolled my eyes.

"I believe it's my turn?" I clarified, looking at Sirius and James. They nodded. "Interested in making some magic together? My wand is at the ready." I smiled.

"Let's practice Alohamora...you can be the door so I can slam you all I want!" Sirius said without skipping a beat. Remus shook his head shamefully.

"I bet you've been waiting to use that one." He said warily. Sirius nodded proudly.

"Have you been using Petrificus Totalus? Because you've made me stiff!" James said to me with a wink. I blushed.

"Oh Merlin, not here." Peter groaned.

"Shut it, Wormtail." James said with a frown. I rolled my eyes.

"I must have had some Felix Felicis, because I think I'm about to get lucky." I said.

"Wait, we're going to Transfiguration now, aren't we?" Sirius asked, suddenly stopping in his tracks. We all exchanged exasperated looks.

"Yes, Padfoot, we are." Remus said slowly.

"YES!" Sirius screamed, pumping a fist in the air. He shot off towards Transfiguration, not even stopping to apologize to everyone he knocked into. Remus was shaking his head again.

"I suppose we should hold this off until we get Sirius back?" James guessed. I shook my head. We were going to continue this. "In that case, I don't know a thing about Merlin's pants, but I'd love to get into yours!"

"You must be magical, because I've fallen under your spell." I said to James, struggling to weave through the people.

"Girls call me 'Aguamenti.' Every time they hear my name, they get wet." James snickered. I raised an eyebrow.

"Gross, Prongs." Remus said, crinkling his nose.

"If you were a Dementor, I'd become a criminal just to get your kiss." I said to James.

"OKAY we're here." Remus felt the need to announce, clearly still feeling uncomfortable about all this. I laughed as I pushed open the door. We found Sirius in the middle of serenading McGonagall.

"And when I touch you I feel happy, inside
It's such a feeling
That my love
I can't hide
I can't hide
I can't hide.

Yeah you, got that something
I think you´ll understand
When I feel that something
I wanna hold your hand
I wanna hold your hand
I wanna hold your hand." Sirius finished. The entire class was staring. Professor McGonagall was wearing an unreadable expression.

"Right…" Professor McGonagall started awkwardly. I could see a slight blush creeping up on her cheeks, and I bit my lip to keep from laughing out loud. By James' contorted expression, I could tell he was trying to do the same. I dragged James over to our usual seats: Sirius usually sits on the other side of James, and Remus on the other side of me. McGonagall had unfortunately moved Peter up to the front. "Mr. Black, kindly go to your seat." She said, nodding her head in our direction.

"I know we're not in Professor Flitwick's class, but you still are charming." Sirius said to her, smiling sweetly. Professor McGonagall's eyes widened and she definitely was blushing more.

"Mr. Black, kindly go to your seat." She repeated, just a little more forcefully. Sirius shot her another smile before coming to his seat in the back.

"Suck up!" James and I whispered together once he sat down next to James. He smirked at us.

We managed to get in a few more throughout the class, since we sat in the back of this class. No one really noticed, until it was Sirius' turn. He decided to shout out his lines to McGonagall, but he made sure to keep them clean, of course. He'd already told her that "His love for her burns like a dying phoenix." and that "Being without her was like being shot with the Cruciatus Curse." Both times, McGonagall simply turned a little red and chose to ignore him and decided to keep teaching.

"Professor, if I were to look into the Mirror of Erised, I'd see the two of us together." He told her. She sighed and spoke up for the first time.

"Mr. Black, I'd appreciate if you'd-"

"THE THOUGHT OF YOU MAKES SOMETHING VAST AND SILVER ERUPT FROM MY WAND!" Peter yelled out randomly. It sent the four of us in the back into huge fits of laughter, and the rest of the class was just confused. Through the tears in my eyes, I could see McGonagall looking absolutely stunned, and turning a bit red. I was surprised when she patiently waited for us to stop laughing.

"Now that you're done laughing, will any of you kindly explain what you're doing and why?" She asked, peering at us quizzically. We exchanged looks.

"Well you see, Professor," James started. "It all started when Sirius was complaining about not having any fun this year. And then Lily said that she agreed - which probably made his day much more interesting right there - and then said she'd always wanted to have a pick up line fight." James explained.

"A pick up line fight?" McGonagall asked, quirking an eyebrow.

"Yeah, we simply shoot pick up lines at each other." Sirius jumped in.

"And I'm guessing this is between you," She said, looking at Sirius, "Mr. Potter, Ms. Evans, and Mr. Pettigrew?" She asked. We shook our heads.

"That was Peter's first one." I said.

"It was me, Sirius, and Lily." James added.

"Remus interrupts with his sarcastic comments here and there, though." Sirius somehow felt the need to add.

"Right. Just keep quiet for the rest of the class, will you?" McGonagall asked slowly, probably deciding it was better to not question any further.

"'The thought of you make something vast and silver erupt from my wand'" Sirius laughed. "That was genius, Wormtail!" He clapped Peter on the back. We were walking back from our last class of the day. It was different for Peter and Sirius. Remus simply didn't let me and James continue after that.

"That was definitely the best one." I agreed.

"So, say I used that one on you two year ago. Would it have worked?" James asked raising his eyebrows in surprise. I shrugged.

"If I happened to be in a good mood, probably." I smiled.

"Hello Miss Evans and Mr. Potter." Dumbledore greeted, suddenly appearing in front of us. I was face-to-face with his lilac robes and his white, long beard. I looked up and saw his half-moon spectacles were bridged on his crooked nose. Behind that were his deep blue eyes, now holding something in them that I couldn't recognize.

"Good afternoon, Professor Dumbledore." James and I said together.

"I need to speak to you two privately in my office." He said, waving his hand elegantly behind him, in a way only Dumbledore could. I glanced behind him. We were actually in front of his office. Why hadn't I noticed?

"Of course, sir." James answered for the both of us.

"We'll head back then?" Sirius said, and he, Peter and Remus walked away. Dumbledore turned around and faced the gargoyle expectantly. It opened for him, revealing a large, spiral staircase. The three of us stepped on to one of the bottom steps in sync, and it took us all the way up to a door. It was already open, so we just walked in. Dumbledore sat behind the desk as James and I sat in the chairs across from him. He removed his glasses and suddenly, his eyes were grave. There was no longer the light in his blue eyes that I was accustomed to. He definitely didn't call us up here for a Heads meeting. My stomach dropped. I had a bad feeling about this…

"Now Lily, there's no easy way to say this…" Dumebldore started, looking only at me. "I hate to be the one to tell you," He continued, making me which he'd just get to the point already. I wiped my sweaty hands on my jeans. "Lily, your parents are have passed away."

A/N: I got this chapter in! And it's a decent length! I'm not too proud of it, and I don't know why. Probably because I just killed off her parents.
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