A/N: First of all, Happy Birthday, Thalia! Our wonderful little bookworm is now seventeen! Isn't that lovely! On another note, this chapter is 1.4k words long and is quite humorous in my opinion. I also tried a little bit of a different format with my writing, you'll catch on! Note that the photo above was just a random photo from Pinterest since I don't have an aesthetic that fits this chapter xD.

𝕾𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖚𝖘' 𝕻𝖔𝖎𝖓𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖁𝖎𝖊𝖜:

Severus shook his bangs from out of his eyes as Harley stood glaring at James. Severus could see the little equations forming in Harley's mind about how to stand and angle their body so that the glare from the sun onto the silver pendant on their choker would reflect right into James' eyes.

"I'm going to fuc--" Harley started to say, but James grinned that stupid egotistical grin of his.

"Nah-ah-ah Kelly," he said, wagging a finger in Harley's face. Severus was sure that if he waved his finger in their face any longer, Harley would've bitten his finger right off, or perhaps punch him in the nose, it was always a surprise. "You lost the bet, no cussing for the rest of the day."

Severus heard Harley practically growl at James, with a little shine in their eye that Severus knew probably meant they were going to go and punch someone. He thought it was kind of attractive in a way.

"I'm going to kill you one day Potter, just you wait," Harley said, and Severus could see the physical pain it was causing them to not be able to cuss.

"Yeah, yeah, of course, you will. Not like you'll be arrested, though I'm sure you aren't afraid of that, are you?" James said grinning like a fool.

"Alright that's enough," Pandora butted in, dragging James away from Harley. Severus knew very well that Pandora didn't like either of them and pretty much despised him. She probably just didn't want her twin brother to end up dead or in the Hospital Wing.

Severus just tapped Harley's shoulder, once he got their attention he pointed over to the dark corner where there were two lovely chairs to sit in. Harley got the memo and scowled at James before walking over to one of the chairs and sitting down with a good plop. Severus, on the other hand, just curled up in his chair and watched as Harley seemingly planned James' murder.

"We've tried pushing him off fu-- freaking cliff, what's another idea, for the dam-- darn basta-- boy?" Harley said, then aggressively pressed their black lips together in an effort not to cuss, since, with Harley, Severus found out the best way to make them not cuss, was to have them not speak at all. But Severus loved listening to Harley's voice, was that weird?

"Poisoning?" Severus suggested quietly, already flipping through his book to find an undetectable poison. He had another book in his dorm that might help.

"I don't think that'll work because how do we get the shi-- stuff in his food without him knowing if we're in different fuc-- friggin houses?" Harley asked, and Severus got their point.

"Drown him?" Severus suggested.

"Not bad, we just have to figure out how to get him fu- friggin alone, but with his shi-- show of a Marauder can't and his twin, might be hard, but we'll find a way," Harley said.

"How about we feed him to the Dark Ones?" Severus asked, then realized his mistake "Nevermind they don't like him."

Harley shrugged as they agreed and then sighed as Severus saw the little plans form in Harley's mind about how to get away with murder. Then Severus thought back to the cause of the wanting to murder -- the motive per se.

"What was the bet about again?" Severus asked quietly.

"Huh? Oh," Harley said, then they began to explain.

𝕳𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖊𝖞'𝖘 𝕻𝖔𝖎𝖓𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖁𝖎𝖊𝖜:

Harley mumbled about a million different very creative curses under their breath as they walked through the halls, trying to get to class. Unfortunately, there were living beings walking around (how revolting) which meant getting to class was harder.

Harley noticed Severus was having trouble keeping up, so they slowed down for him just a bit. Harley tried to steer around the crowd, find the way with the least amount of people. Unfortunately for them, finding the way with the least amount of people meant finding couples snogging in dark corners, which made them gag. It was a price they had to pay though if they didn't want to push through the crowd.

Surprisingly though, the snogging couples weren't even the worst part, nope, the worst part was that they bumped into James fucking Potter, how very brilliant.

"Why hello there Kelly, Snivellus," James said grinning, "Whatcha doing?"

"Nome of your fucking business, " Harley grumbled, as they protectively started to inch on front of Severus, just a habit.

"Aw c'mon, barely anyone comes here, there's gotta be some reason you're here, " James prodded, smirking.

"If you insist on knowing, we're here to get to out damn class, now move before I punch your fucking nose inside your head, " Harley growled.

"Aw, that's it? You two are boring, " James said, then pulled out his wand and did a few spinning tracks with it, "I'll move if you make a bet with me, " he offered.

"Yeah that's going to be a no from me dumbass, now move, " Harley said.

"C'mon, it'll be fun!" James exclaimed smiling.

"Hard fucking pass, " Harkey said and pronounced each word clearly as if James we're seven, though, Harley was sure mentally he was seven. They could feel Severus behind them just itching to get away from James and to class, and Harley felt the same way despite hating class. Sorry class, but James was worse.

"Just listen to the bet, " James said, and Harley just folded their arms across their chest, willing to listen to James if it meant that they got to fucking leave. "I bet that Sirius will have less than four hickeys on his neck by the end of the day, class wise. If I win, you have to stop cursing until tomorrow. If you win, I'll run three laps around the courtyard stark naked Saturday afternoon."

Haley's narrowed their eyes, "Does Black know about this little bit of yours?"

"Hasn't a clue I swear on my life, " James said grinning.

Harley sucked on their teeth in thought, on one hand, Sirius was a little playboy who Harley was sure fucked a new person every period, so he was bound to have a lot of hickeys. That meant that James was bound to lose, and Harley would get to watch happily as James ran around the courtyard naked. On the other hand, there was still that small per cent that they may lose the bet, which meant that they would have to not cuss for the rest of the day, which was just about as painful to the soul (not that they had one, it was just a good comparison object) as running naked through the courtyard was.

Harley felt Severus gently poke their shoulder, they were probably already late to class, and the feeling of being around James for too long was getting disgusting.

"Fine, I'll take the bet, as long as you swear two things," Harley said, letting their hands fall as they raised one black-nailed, silver-ring covered finger (the middle one if anyone was curious), "One, swear to the River Styx that Black has no idea about this bet."

James shrugged, "Fine, I swear on the River Styx and to God!"

Thunder boomed outside, so Harley assumed the swear was in, they held up another beautifully decorated finger (this time pointer), "Swear that you will keep up your end of the bet."

James scoffed, "Oh fine, I swear to God and I swear to River Styx that I will hold up my end if you hold up yours," he said.

Harley smirked, "I swear it."

Thunder boomed outside and Severus spoke to Harley again, they were probably very late to class. Well fuck it, being late would be worth it.

"Bye," James said with a shit-eating grin on his face as he stood out of Harley and Severus' way as the two went and headed to class.

...

Classes were finally fucking over and Harley sat down in a chair, Severus sitting at their feet (they had no idea why he did that) leaning on them as James inspected Sirius.

"Aw c'mon mate! What're you doing!" Sirius whined like a baby.

"Haha! Three hickeys! Right Hel?" James asked.

Hel just scoffed, "Yes, three hickeys," she said, then turned to Harley, "Please do not tell me you made a bet with him."

Harley just kept their mouth shut and glared at James with the intensity of a thousand dying suns, "I'm going to fuc--" Harley started to say, but James grinned that stupid egotistical grin if his.

"Nah-ah-ah Kelly," he said, wagging a finger in Harley's face. "You lost the bet, no cussing for the rest of the day."

Harley growled at James, oh they were going to get that stupid little bastard back, they would. But for now, they would settle on planning the murder.

Question For Your OC: Do they even like the holidays? The break, the celebrations, all of it? 

Hel herself absolutely adore the holidays! She does celebrate Christmas (it was technically a pagan holiday corrupted by the Christians after all) but the gods really just use it as an excuse to have extravagant balls every day and show off their wealth through gifts. She finds the holiday so much fun and she loves to celebrate with her family!

Characters Used in This Chapter:

Harley Kelly

Pandora Potter

Hel Lokidottir

Severus Snape

James Potter

Sirius Black