Dangerous Liaisons
Summary: James and Sirius have fun ruining the lives and reputations of many girls at Hogwarts. However, James gets tired of sleeping with girls that'll do it with him the moment he starts to seduce them-he wants a challenge. He hears a rumor that one Lily Evans is saving herself for marriage (or at least true love). That's the kind of challenge he's looking for. There's just one problem: she's heard rumors about him too. Based on the movie Cruel Intentions and the book Dangerous Liaisons.
Rating: R for language, sexual themes, sensuality, and possible violence
Disclaimer: I don't own any of JK Rowling's characters or settings, nor do I own any plot elements taken from Cruel Intentions.
Chapter 3: Crash and Burn
Out of the corner of his eye, James saw a girl with auburn hair shooting through the air on her broomstick just outside the dormitory window. James started. Without thinking, he ran out the dormitory door, and onto the grounds to meet her.
As he opened the oak front doors, he saw that she had landed by a maple tree near the lake. He sprinted over to her.
"Good job!" he told her, "you fly well-really, you do. You might want to lay a little bit flatter on your broom-you'll find it gives you a little extra speed."
"Thanks." Lily replied, impassively.
"No problem." James said, ignoring her uninterest. "You have a great build for speed flying though," James said, looking her over, "you should seriously think about trying out for the team next year."
Lily snorted. "Me? Play Quidditch?" she asked sarcastically.
"Why not?"
"I'm not good enough-I'd be a complete letdown to the team."
"I'm sure you're good." James said, honestly. "Anyways, I could give you some private lessons, if you like." Edging closer and closer to her as he spoke.
"No thanks!" Lily said politely and she walked right by him to the broom shed.
He has some nerve, Lily thought, did he really think that I was fool enough to fall for that shit? God he's more of an idiot than people let on.
She was half-way to the broom shed when he caught up with her.
"So I heard you plan to wait to have sex." James said randomly, as nothing else to say came to his mind.
"You did?" Lily asked, surprised.
"Yes," James confirmed, "and I must say I find it rather appalling."
"Really?" Lily asked, only somewhat surprised. "That's a first, most people praise me for it."
"Who are you to criticize something you haven't experienced?" James asked, deciding it might be a sore point to bring up her boyfriend who had dumped her because of her choice.
"I wasn't criticizing anything. It's just my belief that people shouldn't experience an act of love until they're actually in love. And I just don't think people our age are mature enough to have those kind of emotions." Lily explained.
"Are you a lesbian?" James asked.
"No." Lily retorted, quickly flipping her head around to meet James with narrowed eyes.
"I didn't mean to offend you," James said quickly, "I just picked up on a little bit of that lesbian vibe."
"Listen, I wouldn't expect a man you your experience to understand my beliefs."
"What's that supposed to mean?" James asked, genuinely confused.
"I've been very well informed of your reputation."
"What have you heard?" James asked quickly.
"That you promise girls the world just to get them in bed with you."
"Who told you this?" James asked, he was pretty sure he'd done a good job at covering up all his conquests. Except for the school nurse, but that was a different story, and Lily had definitely said "girls."
"A friend wrote me." Lily replied shortly.
"That's a little tacky." James said curtly.
"Why do you sound so surprised?" Lily asked, "It's the truth isn't it?"
"If you say so," James said, trying to get her to ask more questions. When she didn't, he returned to an old subject. "Why can't you just give it a chance?" James asked, "I seriously think you'd be really good on the team."
"Because I can't give you a chance, Potter." She replied.
.*.*.*.
"Unbelievable!" James scoffed. Pacing through the dormitory, and ranting to Sirius about his latest discovery. "Some freak, wrote a letter to this chick describing my seditious tactics."
"Any ideas who it could be?" Sirius asked casually, laying on his bed, reading a love letter from one of his most recent conquests.
"Sirius, if I knew who it was, that person would be in a momentous amount of pain." James stated obviously.
"Did you say the little girl was a prefect?" Sirius asked, alluding to their friend Remus.
"Yeah…" James said thinking, "but who the hell do I know that's a prefect?"
"C'mon Potter, think!" Sirius said, now giving his full attention to his idiot friend.
"REMUS!" James shouted finally, "He's been dying to get back at me ever since I slept with that girl he was eying in Transfiguration last year."
"He's on duty tonight." Sirius said lazily, going back to his letter.
"Brilliant, thanks mate!" James said, leaving the dormitory and heading for the Great Hall.
.*.*.*.
That night after dinner, James caught up with Remus as he was patrolling the corridors for his prefect duties.
"Hey Moony," James said, "I haven't seen much of you lately."
"Yeah," Remus replied, "Dumbledore's safety conditions require a lot more work for us prefects. Also its OWL year and the teachers are giving us tons of homework."
"Really? It hasn't seemed like too much to me." James said.
"I'm probably miles behind you guys-two days ago it was a you-know-what." Remus explained.
"Doubt it-Sirius and I have hardly done any work lately. And you know Peter, he tries really hard, but achieves nothing. Nope, you're the brains in our group, Moony."
"I don't get it. You and Sirius never do the work, or if you do you do a half-ass job on it, but you always seem to pass the tests and do alright on the tests. Why don't just do the work if it's so easy for you?" Remus asked.
"Waste of sodding time." James answered, "Anyways, down to business."
"You mean you had a reason for seeking me out rather than to say hi to an old friend?" Remus asked, "I never would've guessed."
"Yeah, I did." James said, not catching the sarcasm. "Erm…I was wondering if you knew Lily Evans."
"Yeah, of course I know her, she's the other Gryffindor prefect."
"Are you friends?" James asked.
"Well, sorta." Remus said, "We're friendly, but I don't know her that well."
"Did you warn her about me?" James asked suspiciously.
"What? No! Of course not!" Remus said, "Why the hell would I do that?"
"Could you find out who did?" James asked.
"Probably all the girls in her year-you have somewhat of a reputation, there's about a thousand rumors flying around this place about you."
"No, it sounded to me like one specific person had warned her about me." James explained, "Could you do me a huge favor and ask her?"
Remus sighed.
"Please Moony?" James asked, he didn't like pleading, but his broomstick was on the line if he couldn't nail this virgin.
"Sure," Remus obliged, "if the right moment comes up."
"Thanks, Moony." James said before heading off to the Gryffindor common room.
That sodding bastard, thought Remus, he gets what he wants from people and then leaves them-it's not only women he uses.
.*.*.*.
Sirius was sitting on his bed, writing down some crap for his Defense Against the Dark Arts essay, when he heard the door creak open-it was Melanie.
"Leave Wormtail!" Sirius ordered.
"You can't make me go," Peter complained, "it's my room too!"
"Oh I can and I will," Sirius threatened, pointing his wand at Peter. Peter looked at Sirius frightfully and scampered out of the room. Melanie laughed airily.
"So," Sirius said, pulling Melanie towards himself. "Come back for more?" he asked before starting to kiss her forcefully. Melanie, however, broke away.
"I've come to discuss your part of the deal," Melanie said.
"Sure, whatever you want," Sirius replied, gently lying her down on the bed and closing the hangings behind them.
Melanie however got up and opened the hangings around Sirius' bed. "Bloody hell, Sirius," she said, "You've got to listen to me-you offered to do me a damn favor."
"Yeah, something about getting back at an old boyfriend of yours?" Sirius asked.
"Yes, that's the one-Court."
"He's from Durmstrang, right?" Sirius asked and Melanie nodded. "Bunch of sodding gits."
"Well that's what I think too." Melanie said, "But back to my story. After three months of going out with Court, I grew quite attached to him. I kept the son of a bitch occupied and coming back for more. However, after term started last year, he fell for some mother fucker named Florence and didn't bother to tell me about it until Christmas."
"So what are you going to do about it?" Sirius asked.
"I am going to turn her into Hogwarts' premiere tramp." Melanie smirked.
"Why should I care?" Sirius asked.
"Because you, Black, are going to seduce your young Florence." Melanie explained. "She's quiet cute, you know."
Sirius raised his eyebrows and Melanie smiled.
"Why do I have to sleep with her?" Sirius asked.
"Because we had a deal, Sirius Black," Melanie explained compellingly.
"But you didn't fill me in on the particulars beforehand."
"You didn't ask for them." Melanie laughed airily before climbing onto Sirius' bed and pulling the velvety red hangings shut.