Attack of the Preppy Cheerleaders

Chapter Four: Ooooh... I Like Pom Poms...

"We have to plan our course of action much more carefully from now on," Lily said. "They might start getting suspicious.

Roslyn nodded, as did Haleigh, but something behind Lily's back caught her eye. She choked back a laugh.

Lily and Roslyn eyed her carefully for a moment, before turning to see James, Sirius, and Remus entering the common room, all completely drenched.

"You had to rig the water cooler," James said mournfully to Lily as the three boys approached, pointing to his soaking wet Quidditch robes.

Lily grinned. "We said mild acts of mayhem," she reminded him.

Remus shook his head. "That was a big act of mayhem. Especially with Sirius around all those wet cheerleaders,"

"WHAT?!?!" Roslyn exploded.

"Thanks Remus," Sirius muttered. "Now she's ready to kill me,"

"Sirius, she's been ready to kill you for the past week," Haleigh said exasperatedly.

"I'll come to your funeral," James volunteered meekly.

Sirius groaned. "Thanks, James. That makes me feel so much better,"

"Anytime," James replied, turning back to Lily, indicating his soaked robes again. "What could have possessed you to do this?" he moaned.

Lily's grin broadened. "Revenge,"

"Oh, please don't go off on the revenge thing again," Remus groaned.

"And you taught us everything we know," Roslyn said to the boys, trying not to laugh.

James sighed. "Somehow, that doesn't make me feel any better,"

"The cheerleaders aren't that bad," Remus said after a pause.

Haleigh glared at him, but Sirius brightened. "Yeah, maybe you'd like to meet them," he offered.

Lily stared at him for a moment, then spoke. "Hold, please," she turned to her friends, and the Anti-Preps gathered in a huddle. "So what do you think?" she whispered.

"Well, if we meet them, at least we'll know what we're up against," Haleigh said thoughtfully.

"Good point. All in favor say 'aye',"

"Aye," the three girls whispered, and Lily turned back to the boys.

"We accept the offer," she said.

James inwardly groaned at the tone of voice she was using. "I knew that was a bad idea," he muttered to Sirius, who shrugged.

Ten minutes later, on their way down to the Quidditch field, Lily turned to the other two Anti-Preps. "Okay," she said, with the attitude of an army general reprimanding troops. "We're about to come face-to-face with the enemy. Haleigh, you're in charge of holding the guys back. Or at least ordering James and Remus to hold Sirius back. Ros, whatever you do - don't blow anything up,"

James raised an eyebrow at his girlfriend. "Jeez, Lily, they're just cheerleaders," he reminded her.

"To you, they're blond bimbos doing gymnastics in short skirts. To us, they're pom pom wavers from the tenth level of Hell," Lily replied venomously.

"Right..." James shook his head. "My girlfriend has gone insane," he said to his friends, who nodded.

"I'm glad to see you still remember that you have a girlfriend," Lily snapped, and James backed off.

***

It wasn't until after the girls had been introduced to all the cheerleaders, that Roslyn noticed Sirius gravitating towards a certain one of them - the Captain - Victoria Ashbourne.

What kind of a name was 'Victoria Ashbourne' anyway?

She watched the cheerleader casually flirting with Sirius for several minutes, until she finally walked up to her and said "You know, he happens to be my boyfriend,"

"Really?" she asked, faking surprise. "Well, he hasn't been acting like he has a girlfriend,"

Sirius ducked behind James and pushed him forward. "Curse him! He's willing to sacrifice himself for his best friend!"

"No, I'm not," James countered, ducking behind Sirius again.

"Um... Hi..." Sirius said, once faced with his angry girlfriend. "Victoria and I aren't together together... we're really good... friends..."

"Yeah," Victoria added. "Really, really, really, good friends," Victoria turned to Sirius. "Right, honey?"

"Excuse me? Why are you calling me honey?"

"Oh, come on, I call you honey every day," she said with a sugary smile.

At this point, Sirius seemed to be shocked into telling the truth. "What?"

"You said you weren't even going out with her anymore," she indicated Ros, with something near contempt. "You said you broke up with her,"

Sirius gaped, trying to remember if he had ever said anything of the sort, which didn't seem very likely.

At this point, Roslyn totally lost any self-control she'd harbored through the day.

Two seconds later, the pom poms in Victoria's hands had exploded to a fine dust.

"Those were my favorite pom poms!" she whined, and then added. "Those were my only pom poms!"

The Anti-Preps and the Marauders had gathered around her, James and Remus restraining Sirius, and Haleigh and Lily restraining Roslyn.

Sirius was eyeing Victoria, his gazed slipping down a foot or so from what would be eye level, seemingly forgetting the ordeal she had just put him through.

"I wouldn't say they were your only pom poms..." he said quietly.

It was enough for Roslyn to hear him, however. She wrenched her arms free of Lily and Haleigh's grasps, and turned to face him. "Shut up, Sirius!" she hissed through clenched teeth.