September went by slow getting back into the groove of being in school. With late nights filled with piles of books and parchment, no one thought the marauders were going to strike but they did and they struck hard and outrageous. It was the third week in September Olivia remembers perfectly because it was the same day she finally gave Owen an answer.
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'Our timing must be off' James thought as they all got up to leave the great hall. Just then is when they heard the first pop go off the 4 trouble makers grinned as more pops were heard.
"OMM!" and other shrieks were heard immediately after. Everyone looked to be wearing large neon colored clown like wigs…that wouldn't come off. After the initial shock people started laughing at their friends. Even the teachers chuckled a little.
"Well it seems out resident pranksters have once again attacked" Dumbledore laughed standing up "How long does this last boys?" he looked straight at the foursome trying to sneak out.
"It lasts between a half hour and an hour, Professor!" Remus answered for them and they all ran away.
Dumbledore chuckled once more "Well off to bed, your new hair-dos will be gone soon enough."
Though most people were enjoying the frivolity of the prank there were a few that did not and one of them was Lily Evans.
The red head was very protective of her hair and was outraged to find a bright red afro instead of her long red curls.
"James Potter!" Lily glared at him the second she saw him in the common room.
"Yes my beautiful flower?" James happily antagonized.
"You get this—this Thing off me this instant!" she practically growled.
"But it looks so good on you!" James didn't back down nor did his grin waver.
"Get this bloody thing off me now!" she shouted louder.
"Fine, don't get your bloody knickers in a twist." James rolled his eyes and muttered the counter curse.
"Liv, let's dance!" Sirius turned up the radio and they started dancing in the middle of the common room. A few people joined them while others watched. No one noticed the scene about to happen near the dorm stairs.
"Lily it was just a bit of fun, you're acting like we harmed people." James watched her check her hair in the mirror. "I'm sorry if-"
Lily cut him off with a hard glare "Leave me the hell alone Potter." Her voice was low and dangerous.
"But Lily-" James tried again.
"I don't want to hear it! You pig-headed, arrogant, prick! I don't wantto hear what you have to say! I don't care! I'd rather you die and go to hell then even listen to another word come from that self-righteous, egotistical, idiotic, smart aleck, thing you call a mouth!" she growled and stormed up the stairs.
Everyone was staring at James waiting to see what he'd do, but he just stood there looking at where she was standing.
As Olivia rushed to James side every ones hair started to pop away. "Jamie, come on." She walked him up to his room.
Victorie and Elise rushed up to calm down Lily
She hates me, she rather me dead' James closed his eyes when he sat on his bed. Olivia sat beside him and rubbed his back.
"Jamie?" she bit her lip scared that he was so quiet.
"Why am I kidding myself with thinking she'd ever want me." He whispered heart broken.
"Oh Jamie, just give it some more time-" Olivia tried to reassure him but he cut her off.
"It's been 5 years Olive! 5 fucking years of torture, I love her but all I get are insults back."
"Not on Valentine's day." She proved him wrong in earnest.
"One day of 365," James shook his head and covered his face with a slight sniffle.
"No, no, no, Jam. Don't cry, she's not worth that not when she yells at you like that!" Olivia hugged him.
"It's hard when the woman you love throws it back in your face when all you wanted was a smile" James held onto her.
"shhh, she'll see the light soon" she kissed his head.
Remus and Sirius walked in soon after James calmed down and was just leaning on Olivia.
"How are you doing mate?" Sirius sat on his other side. James just shrugged.
"He'll be ok" Olivia kissed his head again "get some sleep." She rubbed his back softly before getting up. "Goodnight Remy." She kissed his head and Sirius walked her to the dorm door.
"What happened before we got up here?" he asked softly.
"He cried, he's a little depressed after this one." Olivia sighed and Sirius nods.
"Get some rest Hun, you look tired." Sirius kissed her head. Olivia nodded and walked down to run into Owen.
"Hey Olivia" he smiled softly at her "did you ever come to a decision?" he asked nervously.
Olivia just gave him a short kiss "you're on a thin rope Owen; please don't take a pair of scissors to this one." She muttered her hands resting on his chest.
"I promise I won't." he kissed her again.
"Good night" she smiled softly and went up to her room not even thinking about Lily and her normal I hate James rants.
"James Potter is insufferable! I can't believe the ass tries to make me believe he even likes me!" Lily was pacing.
Olivia's eyes darkened when she heard Lily "Will you shut up?"
"I can be as loud as I want to be, I'm not the one who follows James to comfort him. Oh I know you like him so stop acting like it is all innocent!" Lily turned on her.
"Oh you bi-" Victorie covered her mouth quickly "Guys, please don't fight." She pleaded.
Olivia pulled away "you know what Lily, go ahead and think you're all high and mighty right now with this bullshit excuse for righteous anger. In the end I had to go up and hold James that was heartbroken by what you said. You don't see it but that boy loves you and I have no idea why." Olivia's eyes flashed red and Lily's green eyes flashed as they glared at each other.
"James Potter doesn't know what love is, and if he's heartbroken it's only because I cut his ego down" With that Lily closed the bathroom door.
'And now starts the week of no talking' Victorie and Elise shared the same thought as they watched Olivia get ready for bed and close her curtains.
It was later that night that you can find James in the common room playing his guitar unable to sleep. He hummed a slow sad song while he stared out the window it was late by the time he actually went to bed.
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Now it's October and the whole scene became a memory behind all the homework. Olivia and Lily started talking a week later like nothing happened just like Victorie and Elise predicted. James got out of his funk with a little prank on the Slytherins but still hasn't tried talking to Lily yet. Most were still in classes when Remus and Victorie were in the marauders room studying.
"Victorie," Remus stopped reading and sat up looking at her.
"Yes Rem.?" She looked up at him still lying on her stomach.
"There's something I really want to tell you, but I'm kind of scared of how you'll take it." He looked at her.
"You can tell me anything Remus, you know that." She sat up curious.
"Well you see I've been lying to you about something pretty important" he gulped softly.
"y-you've been lying to me?" her eyes went wide with hurt 'how has he been lying to me?' she wondered nervous to hear what he has to say.
"Once a month, how I say I go see my mom?" Victorie only nodded in acknowledgement and Remus went on. "I go to the shrieking shack instead. Th-that where I have my transformations. I-I'm a werewolf." He tells her softly watching her eyes grow wider.
Victorie took a second to process what Remus said then couldn't help the grin that spread on her face before she leaped and hugged him. 'He's only a werewolf, why did he scare me like that!'
Remus wasn't ready for the smile or the hug and so he tumbled back by the force of it. 'She's hugging me? Oh please merlin, tell me she doesn't think I'm joking' Remus hugged her back just in case it was the last one he'd get.
"You scared me I thought you were going to say something much worse" Victorie sighed and kissed his cheek.
"You-you don't care?" Remus blushed. 'Wait she's kissing my cheek? Why would she do that…' he turned a darker red.
"No I love wolves and werewolves are so fascinating to me, my uncle, he's part of a pack and everything and they let me hang out and kind of study them. They laugh when I start asking question like I am." Victorie giggled softly to herself. "I miss them I should write Uncle Liam soon." She said to herself.
Remus just took it all in. Not only was she not scared of him but she's spent time with other werewolves. She is one of the most interesting girls he's ever met. She's a Quidditch playing, book worm acting, werewolf loving, awkward beauty that this werewolf could easily fall for.
"Rem. Uh you're staring," Victorie bit her lip nervously with a light blush. "Is everything ok? It's not weird that I like werewolves is it?"
"No, it's not that at all, that was just the most positive reaction I ever gotten to that news." He smiled at her. "It's weird I had to take it all in."
Victorie frowned softly and closed her book and scooted closer to Remus, "I'm sorry you had to put up with people being idiots. I guess you never found a pack?"
"Depends on your definition of a pack…" Remus closed his book and leaned on his head board with her. "Sirius, James, Peter and Olivia became my pack a year or two ago." He tells her easily.
"How did they do that?" Victorie leaned her head on his shoulder. It just seemed natural and right so she gave into the urge.
Remus was first struck at seeing this side of Victorie but just smiled on and put his head on hers feeling oddly relaxed for the moment.
"They became animangi, so they can join me on full moons." Remus told her their biggest secret between them.
"If I was an animangus w-would you mind me joining you?" Victorie looked up at him.
Remus gulped silently "I don't think Moony would mind that one bit." He looked at her "but I don't want you to put yourself at risk to do that." He added gently.
"To become an animangus or to go out on the full moon?" she looked away leaning back on his shoulder.
"Becoming an animangus of course." he put his head in her hair.
"Well then you don't have to worry about that, I already am one, I'm a wolf close to the size of a female werewolf but not a werewolf." She smiled when she felt Remus tremble from his chuckle.
"Of course you are." He shook his head and kissed her head gently. Neither of them knew what to say after that but that was fine silence was fine for now.
Not too much later Sirius and Olivia found them in the same position.
"Look at what we have here." Sirius announced picking up his Quidditch bag. Remus blushed and Victorie yawned from dosing off.
"It's not like that and you know it," She mumbled and Olivia laughed. "Time for Quidditch?" she sat up.
"Yup come on vi, nap times over time to be murdered by Jimmy." The two got up from the bed. Olivia linked her arms with Vi and walked behind the boys "so u and Remus?"
"He told me about visiting his mom once a month. And that you, Sirius, James and peter join him at night." Victorie smiled, "he said I can join."
Olivia grinned and let her go to tackle Remus with a hug. "YOU FINALLY TOLD HER!" Remus laughed hugging her back practically carrying her as they kept moving.
Victorie laughed at Olivia.
"Now, when are you two going on a date?" She grinned letting him go.
"We're still friends; we're not going on a date Mrs. Nosey body."
"If I'm Mrs., whose Mr. Nosey body?" Olivia looked at Remus.
"Of course that title goes to Sirius!" Victorie laughed.
"Hear that Siri? We're married." Olivia laughed. Sirius laughed softly with her.
"Well my blushing bride" Sirius lifted her up "we have a practice to get to." He ran off with her.
"Ahh!" she squealed holding on to him tight.
"You think they'll ever get together?" Victorie smiled.
"Starting to sound like them talking about us," Remus smiled back.
"Well we just might." Victorie winked then raced off. Remus smiled wider and chased her to the pitch before sitting down to watch the particularly brutal practice.
Jimmy wood is a slave driver of a captain I swear! Olivia groaned in thought. We already won the last 5 house cups under his and his cousin's reign…but no we still need to be bloody and bruised after every practice.
"Team good practice, I think WE have a chance this year!" Jimmy announces behind the team as they walk back to the great hall for dinner.
"Well WE always have a chance but now WE are bruised and tired and WE aren't going to win with this kind of practice," Olivia says irritated and Owen rubs her back.
The rest of the team cheered weakly, Victorie laid her head on Remus's shoulder as Remus kept her walking.
"Oh well practice is still on for tomorrow," Jimmy shrugged and left to sit with his girlfriend.
Sirius whimpered, "Can we skip it?" He looked to James who sadly just shook his head.
Later in the Gryffindor Common Room
Good merlin, I'm sore" Olivia rolled her shoulders. Owen got up stretching and giving a loud long yawn.
"I think I'm gonna go to bed early day and all." He kissed Olivia and left quickly.
Olivia rolled her eyes and winced as she stretched.
"Here let me" Sirius sat behind her and rubbed her shoulders.
"Yeah right there." Olivia sighed as Sirius kept massaging. Olivia groaned relieved of the pain.
Sirius smiled to himself and rubbed her back a bit before stopping.
"Oh, you stopped." Olivia pouted.
"Yes, I was kind of hopping you'd do me a favor too…" he turned.
"Of course dear." She gave him a massage. Sirius groaned as well.
James laughed from the couch "You two sound like you're having sex."
"Uh oh yeah!" Olivia moaned playfully and busted out laughing with Sirius.
"I hope that's not the noises you make" Sirius laughed and relaxed back against Olivia as she played with his hair. James smiled at the two softly and left to bed.
Next Day in the Library
Sirius P.O.V.
Most people seem to be shocked when they see all of us in the library, but it's not like we can pass our classes and know how to do half the spells we know from pranks without stepping a foot into the library. Plus, Moony refused to do all the researching so we split it up and it's a much better system.
Sadly today I'm having a terrible time trying to concentrate, due to a specific blonde haired violet eye girl who's sitting a few tables away from me.
Olivia has been going through my mind a lot recently. I swear she asks for my attention just sitting there, so what else is there for me to do. I sit and watch her, it's giving me quite a view into her and Owens relationship. They used to be sickeningly sweet with each other but they've seem to grow out of that. Now, it's more like Olivia talks and he just nods along not even listening. If it were me I'd listen to her.
Oh no, James noticed.
"Mate who are you giving that look to?" James chuckled looking in the direction I was, sadly for me only Olivia was in that line of sight.
"Olive?" He raised an eyebrow.
"I was just checking on them." I went back to my book.
"Sirius you were giving her James's Lily look." Remus butted in.
"I was not!" I was just bloody watching how did I have a look!
I saw Remus raise an eyebrow, and heard James sigh. "It's ok if you like Olivia."
"Well I don't." Liar.
Out of nowhere James started glaring at me!
"Oh give it up! I've seen you stare at her all the fucking time! Why can't you just say you like her, or is it the who shag 'em and leave 'em life style you try to portray?" James snapped at me.
I glared back, I don't know why, but I did. Then I snapped back the biggest lie I ever told my best friend…
"I could never like her, she's like my sister and why the hell should I leave my ways for that? If you'll excuse me, I have a date." I stormed out, what else was for me to do? Then I found a random girl and a broom cupboard. She had blonde hair and dark eyes, it was the closest I could get to Olivia Hunter so I'll take it.
"I love you more than could be put into words.
And that is why it hurts so much to hear your voice,
to look into your eyes, and to hold you in my arms.
It hurts. It's the greatest pain I've ever known.
But it is a pain that I could never live without..."
