Honest or Challenge

"Alright, Evans, who do you think is the most fanciable?"

The forth year girls of Gryffindor were having their monthly sleepover party and opted to play the game every slumber party have to take part in … Truth or Dare. Dorcas Meadowes was itching to ask this question to Lily Evans all night and it was just her luck that the redhead picked Truth.

"In any house?" asked Lily as she shifted around the bed she was sharing with Mary Macdonald.

Dorcas pretended to think about it, humming thoughtfully. "Good question. In Gryffindor and in our year,"

Lily let out a groan. The only boys in her year were the Marauders and they were absolute nightmares. She couldn't pick Potter because he was an arrogant bully. She couldn't pick Black because he was also an arrogant bully. And she couldn't pick Pettigrew because he went along with their arrogant bully-ness. So that left only…

"Remus Lupin. He's the only boy in our year that doesn't make me want to throttle. Plus he sorta cute, in a bookish way, you know?"

Mary let out an angry huff at the proclamation causing one of the girls to look over.

"Oooh, looks like our little Mary fancies Lupin!" Marlene McKinnon giggled, partly because she knew she was right and partly because Mary had shoved her off the bed.

The forth year boys in Gryffindor were bored.

It was Saturday night and they had absolutely nothing to do that would either land them in detention or get chased by an angry mob of students.

James and Peter were playing chess by the fire when Peter suddenly jumped up from his chair, eyes wide. "I win!" he shouted, happy that he beat his friend for once in something.

"Great job, mate," said James, slapping him on the back, and not revealing to the boy that he actually let him win. They joined Sirius and Remus who were sitting on the couch.

"I'm so bored," complained Sirius, attempting to make a sugar quill balance on his nose.

"Same here," added Remus, who looked liked he was about to doze off.

"Hey, none of that, guys," interrupted James. "We're the Marauders – we don't do boring. Let's play a game, yeah?"

Peter sighed, "Games are for children!"

"Not this game… I think. It's called, uh, Honest or Challenge." James grinned when he noticed he'd gotten their attention, and hurriedly made the rules up. "I pick a person and they have to either pick the two options. If you pick Honest, then I ask you a question and if you have to tell me your honest answer. If you pick Challenge, then I pick something you have to do, and you have to do it."

"What if we don't do the Challenge?" asked Remus, hoping James would say they could pass it up. James' idea of fun usually led them into several nights at the Hospital Wing and he didn't want that to happen to him again.

James looked around and found a stick placed strategically by his chair. "Strange," he mused, but decided later to ponder on this. "If you don't do the Challenge then… I burn you with the stick!"

"Cool!"

"Wicked!"

"Oh dear… "

Alice Withers was having the time of her life. She had just finished completing a complicated dare that consisted of her sticking her head out the window and screaming to the world that she was in love with Frank Longbottom.

That was lie, of course. Alice Withers didn't do love.

"Lily, Truth or Dare?" inquired Alice, hoping her friend with choose the latter and make this slumber party even more fantastic.

Oh, what the hell! Lily thought. They're my friends. It's not like they're going to make me do something stupid, or anything… "Dare!"

Lily Evans apparently didn't know her friends at all.

"I dare you to – I dare you to ask out Remus Lupin right now."

The room was filled with silence. And then:

"Your days are numbered, dear Alice, for I am going to freaking KILL you!"

Ironically, that didn't come from Lily, but gentle, quiet Mary Macdonald instead.

"Challenge!"

"Propose to Minnie!"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because when I really do propose to her, she'll think it's a trick and refuse!"

"Where's the stick?"

The boys had quickly given up on choosing Honest because James claimed it was beginning to get a little girlie, so they stuck with Challenge. The Challenges, though, were starting to get more rambunctious as the night went, but no one wanted to stop the game.

Just as Peter took the burning hot stick out from the fireplace to undoubtedly burn Sirius, the forth year Gryffindor girls descended from the staircase spilling into the common room. The boys straightened up immediately, fixing their dishevelled appearances. There were future dates to Hogsmeade present and they wanted to look their best - even at 3 AM.

Sirius decided to make the first move. "Hello, ladies. What brings you here this fine, uh, early morning – ? "

"Go-out-with-me-Remus-Lupin?" asked Lily quickly. She put her head in her hands, obviously mortified, as she ran up the stairs before she could get a response. Her friends quickly followed her, laughing so hard they found it difficult to climb the stairs.

A silence was cast across the room then, and Remus blushed deeply as he tried to avoid James' gaze. James seemed strangely calm for someone whose crush just told his friend that she wanted to go out with him.

Maybe he won't severely injure me, Remus thought hopefully.

James turned towards Remus, a large smile plastered on his face as he said, "Your days are numbered, my old friend." He stood up, grin still fixed on his face as he snatched the flaming stick out of Peter's hand, and made his way upstairs, whistling a merry tune as he twirled the weapon around.

Remus' heart sank as he thought about the many shields he would have to lace around his bed tonight. Darn… so close!

A/N: Thanks to shadowkat678, bloodyhell-ronald, HoangMai, skHermione, Hpdwlotr24, shadowkat678 and Remus' daughter for reviewing!

You guys are like the best and - since I haven't done this in awhile - you each get a Marauder!

Yes, that's right, a Marauder. A real, live Marauder. The jig's up, I suppose. You see, they've been living in my basement since I started these drabbles and were loads of help with them. These are all actual events that actually happened to them. But they're starting to get pretty annoying what with all the explosions going on down there so I think it's time to sell - ahem, give them away - !

-James snatches away keyboard-

Please help us! This girl is insane! She's been feeding us this weird thing called pizza and marshmallows! Also, if any of you has seen Evans, ask her out for me, okay? Oh, and tell her that I love her -

Boom!

Yes, well that's enough out of him. I'm giving him away first! Review! :DD