Dancing Queen - ABBA
-Remus POV-
"Bloody hell mate, what's wrong with you?" Sirius asks James after Lily runs out. "It's supposed to be Lily Potter, not Gwenog Potter!" Then he mumbles quietly to himself, "You know, now that I say it out loud, Gwenog Potter doesn't sound half bad-"
I hit Sirius upside the head.
"Sirius is right. What're you going on about 'not liking Lily anymore'? I mean, this changed in what, one night? That's hardly believable-" I point out.
"Also because you obsess over Lily's every move, and for entertainment you stare at her, and you know stupid little facts about her that she doesn't even know about herself, so-" Sirius says.
"No. That was the old, childish me. Gwenog Jones surpasses her in every way. I mean, think about it"-James starts speaking in a dazed, dreamy voice at this point-"Just think about that girl on a broom. Enough to make your legs feel like spaghetti noodles and your heart feel like honey..."
James goes on and on and on.
Why the hell did he suddenly take such an interest in Gwenog Jones, and was now obsessing over her every feature? I mean, he is currently obsessing over Gwen more than how much he used to obsess over Lily. And that is saying quite a lot.
I rack my brain for anything that would cause this behavior.
Sudden obsession over someone.
I snap, and point my finger.
"Love potion! It's love potion, you wanker!" I yell at no one in particular.
"Woah... bloody hell times two," Sirius says.
"Wow! Times two! Things must be really bad!" Marlene quips sarcastically, coming down the stairs from Lily's room.
"What were you doing in Lily's room?" Sirius asks.
"Sleeping, you daft dimbo," Marlene replies in a duh tone.
"Shut up! I want to go see Gwenog!" James whines. Marlene raises an eyebrow.
"What's with the sudden interest in Jones?" Marlene asks.
"I think he's been given a love potion-" I begin.
"And it didn't go down well with Lily," Sirius finishes.
"Oh Merlin, what happened? Where is she?" Marlene asks worriedly.
"She ran off when James started rambling on about how much better Gwenog is than her," I say, wincing. "It wasn't good."
"Where?" Marlene asks.
"Um..." Sirius trails off.
"You didn't follow her?!" Marlene asks.
"...No..." Sirius answers.
"Where'd she go?!" Marlene asks yet again, in quite a fret.
"Um... Marlene, I understand she's upset-" I begin.
"I swear to Merlin, you bloody dildos, where did she go?" Marlene insists.
"We don't know, Marls," Sirius says.
"Ugh! I know my girl won't admit it, but I know she's probably hurting! I mean, it'll be just like with her sister, and Snape!" Marlene tries to explain. "She gets close to them, then they push her away! I gotta go find her, and-and comfort her. Or better yet, James does!"
There's a long pause (James whining for Gwen in the background).
"Alright, I'm going to go try and find her, you all hurry up and make the antidote! We need to make this right!" Marlene tells us, and then rushes out of the common room.
Obeying Marlene's orders, I get moving quickly, and rush to the bookshelf to find Potion Making: Advanced. I skim the table of contents as fast as my eyes allow, and find Love Potion Antidote by all of the L's.
I hurriedly bring the book over to the desk with a cauldron on it. I see it's filled with something, so I turn to the other desk and find an empty cauldron. I lay the book down on the desk.
"Sirius. I need you to go sneak into the dungeons and take some ingredients for this. Stat," I instruct. "8 Wiggentree twigs, a bottle of Castor oil, and a bottle of extract of Gurdyroot."
Sirius nods his head and trips his way out, grabbing the Map off the coffee table. I quickly fill the cauldron, and set it over the fire.
James keeps whining, and starts to get up, so I promptly put him in a leg locker curse, and he falls into the couch.
10 minutes later, Sirius comes in, handing me the ingredients. I read the directions, and put the ingredients in and stir as instructed. 10 more minutes later we have a cauldron of fully functional love potion antidote.
"Sirius, hold his arms behind his back," I demand. Sirius grasps James's struggling arms and forces them back, muttering something like I guess quidditch really does give you muscles, and I couldn't tell if he was talking about himself or James.
I retrieve a spoonful of the antidote, and walk forward.
I force open the squirming James mouth, and pour the liquid into his mouth. Choking, James is forced to swallow. Sirius and I back, and stare at James, waiting for a reaction. He's still for a moment.
James blinks, and shakes his head, and looks to us.
"Please tell me that was a dream," James says, eyes wide. Me and Sirius both sigh in relief.
"You remember what happened, right?" I ask.
"Vaguely... I"-his face scrunches up and he wipes his lips with the back of his hand-"kissed Gwenog Jones... I mean, sure she's a good beater, but... ew. Then... oh no... I said all that stuff to Lily and she ran out..." James trails off. "That's all I've got."
"Marlene's out looking for Lily. Come on, we should too," I say. "You should go explain things to her!"
"I don't know... Marlene seems to be much better at these things..." James says.
"Mate, it's be better if you did-" Sirius insists
"Are you-" James starts.
"We're sure! Just go," I push.
I know how much the Petunia and Snape situation hurt Lily; I don't want her to think another person is bailing on her.
James finally nods, and speedily makes his way out of the Head common room, racing down the corridor, stopping to open doors.
"Sirius, come on, let's go look too."
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-Amelia