19: Truth Be Told

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Man, I really hope you're not sick of Remus's POV.
Also lwk keep forgetting this is supposed to be winter break so let's just say loads of people stayed at Hogwarts over Christmas that year.

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{-21st DECEMBER 1975-}
{-REMUS LUPIN-}

"Four days! Four days! Four days!" The boys chanted as we walked into the Great Hall at lunchtime.

"We get it, now be quiet!" Marlene snapped at us as we sat down.

Sirius chortled. "I'll be quiet when I'm dead. But until then, my sweet, Christmas is in four days!" He declared, slapping the table in emphasis.

She just rolled her eyes. "I hate you, Black."

He pressed a sloppy kiss to her cheek.

"Where's Y/n?" I asked once the laughter subsided.

"And Lily too?" Prongs added.

Marlene and Mary exchanged a look.

"I'm not sure," the latter shrugged, a little performatively. "They might have mentioned doing some revision in our common room though."

"Oh, cool. I'll go up and join them in a bit," I remarked. "But right now, I'm starving."

For a while, lunch continued as normal, until, from across the hall, Barty Crouch Jr lept from his seat and yelled.

"Don't you talk about my mother!"

Before shoving Evan Rosier onto the ground and climbing on top of him.

"Oh, shit!" James gasped, jumping out of his seat to get a better view of the fight.

Soon every student hall was leaning over eachother, hopping into the tables and their friends to get a better look at the scrap. In their curiosity, I felt someone bump into my legs from where I was stood up on the bench.

It was barely two minutes before they were separated by Professor Crowley and dragged away for a bollocking.

"Aw, man, they didn't draw any blood," Sirius sulked.

"Cowabummer, dude," Wormtail deadpanned as he took another bite of his food.

"I wonder what that was all about," Mary pondered aloud.

I shrugged as I took a sip of my pumpkin juice, before frowning.

"This tastes a bit weird," I stated.

"That's because it's pumpkin juice," Peter remarked.

"What's wrong with pumpkin juice?!" Prongs asked incredulously.

"Pumpkins are an objectively weird thing to juice," Wormy replied.

"Pumpkin juice is great. You're just a lunatic," James spat, as though he'd just assaulted his bloodline.

Blocking them out, I frowned down at my cup. I leaned down and sniffed the liquid. It smelt of just ordinary pumpkin juice, but I could taste something else too.

Out of nowhere, I was tapped on the shoulder. I spun around and saw-

"Alright, Snivellus!" Padfoot greeted obnoxiously.

Severus rolled his eyes.

"Do you need something?" I asked.

"I wanted to ask you some questions, Lupin." He said, in the same tone he said everything. "About the Defense homework."

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