Among the Stars

    Fabian was sitting in Charms in between his brother and James when he was invited to James’ birthday party. He accepted and then look up at Wisteria who was sitting on the other side of the room in between Jane and Penelope.

    Have you been invited to James’ birthday party yet? He jots down on the desk in front of him. They’ve put the charm on their desks in all the classes they have together now.

    Of course I have. She responds a few moments later. The Marauders asked Lily and I this morning. I think James figured she was less likely to say no if I was with her when he asked.

    Did she say no?

    Of course not. And even if she had, I would drag her along anyway. I did have to convince her out of inviting Severus though.

    She wanted to invite that snake?

    Wisteria looks up to give him a small glare from across the room. Keep in mind that ‘that snake’ is my friend too. And yes, she wanted to invite him. I know that it only would have ended in a fight, so I shut that idea down quick. The rest of the girls are coming though, Lily’s friends and mine.

Fabian takes a moment to lean over to James and whisper, “What are we gonna do at the party anyway?”

“I dunno, play Truth or Dare or Spin the Bottle or some other party game probably.”

Two nights later on the night of the party the lot of them were sitting in a circle in the Room of Requirements trying to figure out a game to play.

“We could play Spin the Bottle.” Sirius suggest.  

“Of course that’d be your request.” Penelope says rolling her eyes.

“What can I say.” Sirius says with an unashamed shrug accompanied by his signature smirk. “I’m always in the mood to kiss pretty girls and tonight they outnumber the guys enough to where I like my chances.”

Jane and Emmeline scrunch up their noses at that while Marlene glances at Sirius with renewed interest. “You mean that we wouldn’t play it where only guys could kiss girls and vice versa?” Jane asks.

“Why would we?” Sirius responds. “It’s no fun unless you run the risk of having to platonically kiss your best mate. Not that I wouldn’t mind kissing any of the Marauders.” He winks at each of them in turn. Emmeline, looking uncomfortable, suggests that they find something else to play instead.

“What about Never Have I Ever?” Marlene suggests.

“No offense Mar,” Lily says, “But I’m pretty sure that the only people in our group to have done anything remotely interesting enough to make that game fun are you and Sirius.”

Marlene shrugs. “I suppose that’s true.”

“Okay then, what else do we have?” Christine asks.

Fabian smirks “How about Truth or Dare?”

“Oh come on Fabs.” Alice says. “That game’s only fun when you’re drunk.”

“Actually I like the sound of playing that.” Remus says. “I’m sure we can keep it interesting while sober, seeing as we’re underage.”

A massive smile spreads across James’ face. “Alright then, lets play. I’ll start, it is my birthday after all. So, Sirius, Truth or Dare?”

“Dare.” Sirius responds, no hesitation.

“You said you wouldn’t mind kissing one of the Marauders, prove it. I dare you to kiss one of us.”

Sirius mentally weighs his options for a moment before scooting closer to Peter. “Alright then, come on Peter buddy, pucker up.”

Peter’s eyebrows shoot up in alarm as he squeals loudly, “WHAT!”

“You heard my dare, I’ve gotta kiss one of you! James has already sworn himself to Lily, so he’s off limits,” Lily scoffs at that. “And I’m already so attracted to Remus that I might actually get a boner if I kiss him.” All the girls but Marlene react to that with wide eyes and screeches of protest, but Sirius continues, undeterred. “So that leaves you. It’ll be over quick, I promise.”

Peter simply sits there shell shocked with his jaw hanging open, so Sirius rolls his eyes, reaches over, grabs his jaw to close his mouth and gives him a quick peck on the lips. This act leaves Peter sputtering and bright in the face, Sirius smirking, and everyone else either cracking up or looking uncomfortable.

Sirius, not so much as blushing, immediately moves on. “Gideon, truth or dare?”

Gideon thinks for a moment and then says wit a determined look in his eye, “Dare.”

“Alright, I dare you to…” He pauses, considering the endless options before finally deciding on one. “Dress up in drag for the rest of the game.”

Gideon narrows his eyes. “Where am I even going to find the stuff needed to dress in drag?”

“We’re in the Room of Requirement aren’t we? Just think about need a dress, heels, makeup, a wig, whatever. I’ll even be nice and say the girls can help you with your makeup.”

Gideon glares slightly and chews at his bottom lip before shrugging and accepting his fate. “Alright, fine. I’ll dress in drag, just know that my vengeance will be coming. Watch your back Black.”

Sirius smirks. “I look forward to it Prewett.”

Thirty minutes of random chatter and arguing over what dress, heels, and makeup to put Gideon in, he’s finally dressed in full drag and everyone sits back down in their original circle, chuckling over Gideon who makes quick work of moving on with the game.

“Wisty, truth or dare?” Wisteria pretends to think about it, but she learned her lesson a long time ago to never say dare in this game.

“Truth.” She says finally, ignoring the slight ping in her chest as Christine, Marlene, and Alice all roll their eyes with mumbles of ‘lame’ under their breath.

Gideon considers this for a moment and then smirks. “What was your first kiss like?”

“Oh come on Gideon. That’s so personal.” Lily complains

“Lily, it’s truth or dare. The truth’s are supposed to be personal. Besides, I don’t mind talking about it at all.” Wisteria says.

Lily’s eyes widen. “What? But you never even told me about your first kiss.”

“You never asked. Anyway, it wasn’t really anything special. I’m sure I’ve mentioned my ex before, right? John?” The others nod. “It was after school, we were at the arcade and he kissed me. Honestly the most noteworthy part of the whole experience was the fact that one of his fangirls saw it and the entire school was buzzing about it the next day. I got some pretty nasty looks until he kissed me again, this time in front of everyone, and told them all to shut up. Needless to say, they listened to him. It’d be like Sirius telling his fangirls to shut up about something, they’d do it.”

“There you go again, comparing me to your ex. Got a secret thing for me Wisty?” Sirius asks, winking.

“In case you haven’t heard, I’m dating Fabian.”

“I know, but he could always be a cover up.”

Out of the corner of her eye Wisty sees a look of self doubt and panic sweep over Fabian’s face and gets angry at Sirius for taking it too far. “Sorry to burst your egocentric bubble Sirius, but that’s not how I roll. I like Fabian, I’m dating Fabian, end of story.”

Sirius seems to get the message because he shoots Fabian and apologetic look and puts his hands up in mock surrender. “Okay, okay, sorry. I was just joking around.”

Satisfied with his apology, Wisteria continues with the game. “Sirius, truth or dare?”

“Oh come on!” He groans loudly. “How is that fair, why is everyone picking on me! That’s practically twice in a row for me! Choose someone else!”

“Nope, now answer the question Black, truth or dare?”

He pouts dramatically and mumbles “Dare.” Lily rolls her eyes, already knowing what her twin in planning, since she does this every time they play this game.

“I dare you to sneak into the kitchen and get me a pizza.” Wisteria says with a confident smile.

His eyes widen and he looks at her with some interest before chuckling. “I like the way you roll Wisty, nicely played.” And he stands up, leaving the room to carry out his dare. He returns a while later and places the pizza down next to Wisteria who smiles broadly and starts digging in.

Sirius plops himself back down and scan the group. “Before I continue, I’m gonna say it right here, right now, once someone has already been asked, you can’t ask them again until everyone has gotten their share.” They all nod in silent agreement and he continues. “Marlene, truth or dare?”

“Dare.”

“I dare you to kiss Peter.”

Peter squeaks again, “No! I am not being kissed again!”

Sirius rolls his eyes, feigning annoyance. “Fine, I suppose I’ll have to take one for the team. Marlene, I dare you to kiss me.” She smirks and him and crawls across the group until she sits in front of him and wraps her arms around his neck as his come around her waist. They kiss for a few moments before she draws away and sits back down in her normal seat.

Penelope rolls her eyes at them and mumbles “Whores…” under her breath, earning a light smack from Wisteria.

“Emmy,” Marlene moves on, “Truth or dare?”

Emmeline swallows nervously, “Truth.”

“What is the most childish thing you still do?”

“Well… I still sleep with my baby blanket?”

Marlene laughs good naturedly. “Yeah, that’s pretty childish.”

Emmeline smiles and turns to Jane. “Jane, truth or dare?”

“Dare.”

“Act like a dolphin until the next question is fulfilled, you can ask your question first though.”

Jane grins wolfishly and turns to Christine. “Christy, truth or dare?”

“Dare.”

“I dare you to belly dance until the next question is fulfilled.” Jane tells her and then immediately flops onto the floor and starts making her high pitched attempt at dolphin noises.

Christy smiles a bit and begins tucking her shirt up into her bra. “Fabian, truth or dare?”

“Dare.”

“I dare you to drop ice cubes down your pants.” And with that Jane sits back up and Christine throws her arms up in the air and rolls her exposed belly as best as she can manage.

Fabian sighs and mumbles “I should’ve seen this coming.” While waiting for the room to supply him with the ice cubes he now needs. “Penelope, truth or dare?”

“Truth.”

“If you had to date anyone in this room, who would it be?” With that, he dumps the ice cubes down his pants and squeezes his eyes shut as Christine untucks her shirt and sits back down.

Penelope rolls her eyes and takes a scan of the room. “I dunno. Either Remus or Wisteria I guess, but Wisteria’s got Fabian, so I guess Remus.”

Wisteria doesn’t miss the slight blush that comes to Penelope’s cheeks and makes a mental note to talk to her about it later.

“Mary,” Penelope continues. “Truth or dare?”

“Truth.”

“What are you most self-conscious about?”

Mary looks taken aback and sit in silence for a moment before saying, “Well, my voice is kinda annoying.”

“Everyone finds their own voice annoying Mary.” Lily assures her. “Besides, there are plenty of students and teachers here who have way more obnoxious voices than yours.”

Mary smiles at her. “Peter, truth or dare?”

“Truth.” “If you had to make out with someone in this room, who would it be?”

Peter turns as red as his house colors and buries his head in his arms. “Why is everything about kissing with you people?”

“Because we’re horny teenagers who never get any action.” Penelope says bluntly.

“Speak for yourself.” Marlene and Sirius reply at the same time and

Peter groans before mumbling something. “What was that old buddy old pal?” James asks. “Was that a name I heard? Could you repeat it a little louder for me?”

Without taking his head out of his arms Peter says, “Wisteria.”

The girl in question freezes and out of the corner of her eye she sees Fabian’s hand twitch possessively toward her own sitting right next to it, but he doesn't grab it. Why doesn’t he grab my hand? Wisteria frowns slightly and Peter mumbles an apology to both her and Fabian before deflated asking

“Remus, truth or dare?”

“Dare.”

“Take a shower with your clothes on, shoes and everything.” Remus looks annoyed, but without another word he gets up and waits for the room to supply him with a shower. When it does he hops in, turns the water on, waits until he is thoroughly soaked and then rejoins the group in all his soppy wetness.

“This good enough for you?” He asks as Peter chuckles and nods his head. “Alice, truth or dare?”

“Truth.”

“What’s your worst habit?”

“I bite my nails.”

“That it? Boring!” Marlene exclaims.

“Well what did you expect Mar? That I have some weird secret addiction to BDSM without you somehow finding out despite us sharing a room?”

“Point taken.”

Moving from looking at Marlene to look at Shay, Alice asks, “Shay, truth or dare?”

“Truth.”

“What is your biggest turn on.”

Shannon’s eyes grow wide and while she doesn’t blush, she does stutter for a minute before managing to ask, “What?”

“Your biggest turn on. You know, what really gets the girls excited?”

“Oh merlin, dont word it like that!”

Alice laughs. “Just answer the question already.”

“I don’t know!”

“Okay, okay, I’ll change the question a bit. What feature do you find the most attractive on guys?”

Shannon breaths a small “thank you” before answering. “Back muscles I guess.”

Penelope smirks and nudges her sides, “Now that you mention it, Will does have some really nice back muscles doesn't he?”

Now Shannon does blush and she hits Penelope’s arm. “Shut up!”

Penelope laughs, “I’m just saying girl. You guys better be a thing before the end of this year or you don’t stand a chance, seeing as he’s graduating and stuff.”

“I know…” Shannon mumbles.

“Okay, I’m tired, let's get on with this game already so that I can get my beauty sleep.” Marlene says.

“Oh, uh, right. Lily, truth or dare?” Shannon asks.

“Truth.”

“How many kids do you want someday, and what genders?”

A soft smile comes to Lily’s face. “Two.” She answers. “One of each gender.”

“Oh and our children will certain be wonderful, won't they Lils?” James says loudly, getting a deadly glare from Lily.

“Keep talking to me like that and you just might lose the ability to someday have kids of your own, got that Potter?”

James swallows nervously. “Got it.”

“James, truth or dare?” Lily continues as if she hadn’t just threatened to sterilize him.

“What do you think Lily-Pad? Dare.”

“I dare you to not talk for the rest of the night.”

“What? That’s not fair Lily-kins, it’s my birthday!”

“I am well aware of what day it is, my dare stands. Besides, it’s way past curfew, so you only have like half an hour until tomorrow. Now, if you all don’t mind, I’m gonna go ahead and cut this party short and go to bed. Good luck sneaking back everyone.” She leaves the room and is quickly followed out by everyone else (after they help Gideon get out his outfit and makeup), all of them sneaking off the their own dorms and praying they won't get caught.