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On with the random-ness!
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Hogsmeade is surprisingly dark considering it's only just past six, so the boys manage to get all the way to the end of the road, past the bustling shops and taverns, without drawing any attention to themselves.
"Damn lucky Sirius's flat is in town." Remus remarked, leaning against a fence post. Peter nodded
exuberantly. James smirked and continued kicking an empty butterbeer bottle around, hands stuffed in the pockets of his
jeans.
The three of them were gathered at the base of the mountain, where it's mostly grass and rocks and forgotten fence
posts to lean on. Sirius was off sweet talking his landlady into getting the bike, and Lily was supposed to be along
soon under James's invisibility cloak. It was only natural that she took longer to get ready than the boys had-
this was Evanesco, for gods sake, and she had to look perfect.
"Do you suppose we have a better chance getting caught coming back in the morning as opposed to very late at
night?"
"Well," James replied, kicking the bottle to Remus now. "I'm guessing we won't be back until
four or five o'clock in the morning, anyhow. Lily and I were thinking that since Padfoot's got extra robes at
his place- when we get back we can crash there, shower, change, take a few nice healthy energy potions-"
"-We should take the Honeydukes passage, Marky never goes down the cellars that early and it's always cleared out and unlocked-"
"-Take the Honeydukes pass, pop out in school like good little boys-"
"-and girls-"
"-and sit in at breakfast like we hadn't spent all night out having the times of our lives."
Remus shook his head and kicked the bottle back to him, Peter cheering them on.
"This is insane."
The sun sank behind the tip of the mountain, looming above them, and James smiled.
"Isn't that the point?"
They stopped what they were doing when a significant rumbling noise met their ears.
Instinct made them search the streets- but then they remembered to look up and just missed Sirius landing on top of
them. Scurrying out of danger, the boys had time to note that the bike was abnormally large and made Sirius look
abnormally small. It was an amusing sight, especially when paired with the triumphant smirk on the little mans
face.
He shut off the engine and Peter unclamped his ears reluctantly.
"Well lads," He rubbed the shining chrome before him, still wearing that ridiculous, toothy smirk. "What
do you think?"
James and Remus exchanged amused looks.
"As long as it gets us to Bristol without breaking down and sending us to an early grave." Remus replied.
James started to laugh, but then Lily appeared from under his invisibility cloak and he forgot too.
"I think it's really brilliant Sirius," Peter urged. "Really wicked-"
"LILY ANNE EVANS!"
They all jumped and turned to see what the commotion was about.
James was staring at his girlfriend with his mouth ajar, horror written on his face. The others couldn't understand
why- she looked bloody gorgeous. Sure her skirt was a bit too short and her top could cover a bit more of her, but
really, why complain? Lily was perfection walking around on two legs and lace up stilettos.
"What is it?" She looked irritated and maybe a little hurt. She had done something with her make-up, oh wait,
she'd actually put some on, and her teeth looked even whiter than usual against the dark lipstick on her mouth. She
was wearing a lot of black around her eyes and when she blinked her eyelashes sparkled.
"Beautiful, lovely, precious slag of mine!" Recited Sirius from his perch on the motorbike.
"You look like you walked straight off the cover of Witch Weekly! And that's a compliment, so please don't
throw anything at me. My eyes still all twitchy from earlier."
"You do look Lovely, Lily." Remus assured her, smiling. Peter nodded his agreement.
"Lovely isn't the word I would use, Moony. I was thinking more of a word that starts with an S and ends with a lag, if you know what I mean-"
After she whacked Sirius mercilessly with her handbag, Lily turned her eyes to James, which were standing out
sensationally against the black. He looked like he couldn't settle on one place to stare at, which would have been
okay if it weren't for the angry opening and closing of his mouth every few seconds.
He exploded.
"How am I going to keep them away from you?!"
Lily looked confused.
"Wha- who?"
James gestured with his arms wildly.
"I don't know- groping prats in the crowd, pervy bodyguards, insane lesbian fan-girls, hell, the boys
of Evanesco themself!"
The boys snickered quietly in the background as Lily continued to look confused.
"But, why would they want me?"
"Because you're a bloody sex-bomb!"
She flashed that smile of hers and he could only smile back.
"Alright, alright!" Sirius called, eager to interrupt them before any snogging commenced. "Let's get
the fucking show on the road!"
Everyone cheered.
But then came the obvious problem of fitting five full grown boys and girls on the back of a flying motorcycle.
"Well-" Sirius looked at the stretch of space behind him pensively. "Let's see how many we can
squeeze on before attempting an expanding charm." He grinned at Lily and patted the space behind him. "Hop
on, Slag. You're smallest, you can get squeezed in the middle."
She frowned, now realizing the inconvenience of her short skirt and their current mode of transportation.
"Oh, what the hell."
She slid around behind him and rolled her eyes as the others looked uncomfortable by the sudden shrinking of her skirt.
James muttered something under his breath and got on too, squeezing in close and putting his arms around her waist.
"Hold on to Sirius, Lily- Go on and put the charm on Moony, there won't be enough room for both of
you."
Remus muttered the charm- tried again cause it only expanded a few inches- and then got on behind James, leaving Peter
to clamber aboard last, clutching desperately at the back of his jacket.
Sirius revved the engine and whipped around to grin at Lily.
"Hold tight, dearest!"
She circled her arms around his waist and shouted above the noise- "This thing has an invisibility booster,
right?"
"Of course! What kind of wizard do you take me for?"
He hit a switch and it was like a cloak draped over them. They could see each other and the bike just fine- but the
shield was almost tangible around them, and if someone from below were to look, all they would see is sky.
"Very nice, Black!" She praised, but she sounded nervous. "Now, please don't kill us!"
He laughed out load as they started into the star-strewn sky.
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