Boys will be Boys

"I hate you, James Potter!!!"

Lily Evans' cry echoed down the hallway. The sound soon reached the two boys walking away from her. Upon hearing this, they gave each other a high five much to Lily's aggravation.

"And you too, Sirius Black!"

The two were probably the most interesting boys in the school. After all, they had their good points… somewhere they had to have good points… Well, they were both very smart without, it seemed to Lily, trying hard at all. (This, in her opinion, was totally unfair. All the more reason to hate them!) James Potter was the schools best flier. He was a chaser and was soon to be captain next year, their seventh. He was cute in an odd way. Especially how his hair was never tidy. It looked like the aftermath of a hurricane. He was just a little bit shorter than his best buddy, Sirius Black. Sirius was somehow very like James, but not like him at all. He also had dark hair, but besides the fact that it fell over his eyes at times, it was a lot neater than James'. Sirius was also attractive and even more so than James. He didn't play Quidditch, however. He didn't mind flying, as he said, just not in brooms. He was forevertrying to enchant things to fly. These two were the bane of her life.

She had to admit that they made life…exciting- in a way. But that did not stop her from trying to kill them. She was held back by her best friend, Dara Reynolds. Dara may have been a beautiful girl with all the things that guys look for, but she was STRONG.

Dara brushed her black hair out of her face, "Lily…"

"Let me kill them! Let me rip them to shreds and strew their blasted bodies all over the Quidditch field!!!"

"Tempting, but- no," Dara replied, "this is the maddest I've ever seen you when they're concerned, I think."

"Dara!" Lily cried wretchedly, "They dyed my owl pink! PINK! I hate that color! It clashes horribly with my hair! And if that wasn't enough, they did it without magic. I'm bloody stuck with a bloody pink owl!"

Dara held back a laugh. Lily looked so angry and so ridiculous. Her red hair was flying in all directions and her cheeks were dark red. Her eyes flashed with fury. A sound escaped Dara.

"Oh," Lily said slowly, eying her friend, "I see. You think it's funny."

Dara composed herself, "Of course not. Well, yes! Boys will be boys!" She laughed merrily.

Lily looked at her smugly, "Oh, I forgot to tell you something! You didn't think that they'd overlook you, did you?"

Dara stopped laughing immediately, "Don't tell me! No, no, no!"

"Yes, yes, yes! You are now the proud owner of a-"

"Don't say it, it's not-"

"-green owl!" Lily finished triumphantly, "Slytherin green," she added.

Dara was grinding her teeth, treating the direction that James and Sirius had gone off in to a particularly evil glare.

"Alright," she hissed, "Bet you five galleons I get to their throats first."

"You're on."

*~*~*~*~*~*

There were, however, no bodies strewn about the school. James and Sirius had escaped to somewhere leaving the girls to store up their anger. Lily and Dara were, at the moment, on their way to Hogsmeade. They wouldn't encounter the boys there since they had been forbidden by McGinagall to go after the"Frog Incident" at Honeydukes.

They were walking quietly down a corridor to meet the others at the front entrance and part for the village. Suddenly, Dara shoved an arm out in front of Lily, causing her to stop. Lily opened her mouth, but Dara shushed her.

"Listen," she whispered.

And, sure enough, Lily could hear voices. FAMILIAR voices. Peering around the corner, the girls saw Sirius Black and James Potter. The two were standing in front of a statue of what looked like a one-eyed witch. Sirius had his wand out.

"Dissendium," he muttered. Amazed, the girls watched them climb into the witch's statue. They soon disappeared from sight. They looked at each other for a second and then went up to the witch.

"Where do you think it goes?" Lily asked.

"I dunno, but whatever it is, it can't be legal, knowing them."

"Well?" Lily asked, eyeing the witch.

"Well, what? Of course I'm game," Dara looked over her shoulder, took out her wand, and tapped the witch.

"Dissendium."

Lily cautiously went in, followed by Dara.

"Where do you think this goes?" Lily whispered.

"I don't have any idea," Dara answered and her voice showed her excitement, "Let's go!"