The One Who Gave Her Flowers || Remus Lupin x OC✓

XI

Arabella Campbell

"I'm gonna go wash my eyes now goodbye."
Sneered Julien with a grimace before walking back to the direction the trio came from. The three of them were supposed to walk around the castle today to find the missing Pernell, he ran away last night to who knows where.

It started with the group of three enthusiastically looking around and enjoying their walk until Eileen got whisked away by a Ryan Taylor (who she started dating about a week ago) and started making out against the wall a foot or two away from where Arabella and Julien stood.

And now I'm left alone, great.

She found herself being alone more than usual, with Eileen with her heartthrob boyfriend, Julien doing whatever she can to get as far as she can from their PDA, and Remus still shying away from her, she was alone.

She honestly missed Remus. It's been three weeks since she has last spoken to Remus and she had never felt so lonely. A couple nights ago, while verbally complaining about being so lonely, Eileen had pointed out how she was only lonely cause she spent 15 hours with Remus per day and now that Remus was gone, so was an activity in those 15 hours, and Arabella couldn't agree more.

Each time they crossed paths or locked eyes, Arabella had her fingers crossed that he would finally approach her and talk to her. She knew it wouldn't be smart to aproach first. She knew she was comfortable with the situation, she was comfortable with the fact Remus asked her out and she sadly said no, but Remus wasn't, and she knew she needed to wait for him to be. It would be like forcing Remus into something he doesn't like if she had just started talking to him like as if nothing had happened.

She had to admit it was difficult, waiting for Remus. Before, she hadn't realized just how much she crossed paths with Remus, now she had an exact count. And each time, Arabella didn't miss the sideway glances he sent.

She wished his glances that showed his feelings was just a simple crush, not down hard inlove. It would be easy to continue on their friendship if it was a small school crush. A crush would be easier to get over.

"Hello, Ms.Campbell."
Greeted Black with a smooth voice girls would faint for. Arabella would have swooned if she didn't find him painfully annoying. He and James walked on either side of her, looking as if they were assigned bodyguards because of the major height difference between them.

"What do you want?"
She questioned, with a firm tone to indicate she did not want to be in their glorious presence today.

"For you to come with us."
Potter answered.

"No."

"Yeah well, we're not really giving you a choice."
And with that, she was taken aback when she was scooped up from the ground onto Sirius' back.

"HEY PUT ME DOWN, YOU IDIOT."
She exclaimed while aggressively wriggling around to loosen his grasp and set her free. She didn't find herself to be in the proper mood to be manhandled right now.

"No, and could you please keep quiet. We're not gonna hurt you, relax."
James answered.

"Yeah, and savor the moment, not everyone can get a clear view of my fine ass for this long."
Sirius added, the smug smile on his face audible in his words.

"If it's needed for you to carry me, I'd prefer to be carried by Potter."

"Don't be picky now, Campbell"
Sirius grumbled, while in the corner of her eye she could notice James with an amused grin.

Asshole.

"You put me down right now or else I'll scream!"
She threatened, being carried by Sirius Black for who knows how long seemed like a nightmare.