moon-bound ♤ wolfstar

chapter//two

so... i know nothing about new york. i'm looking things up and stuff but i'm not comfortable writing detailed examples of these things without the knowledge of it. so just bear with me? though, i did try to make up for it with flashbacks. so i really hope that works out.

art by b-illustrations on tumblr!

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Much to Remus's relief, the rest of the night was dreamless, for the most part. He dreamt of flying, but that was all. No transforming, no Sirius, no... no flashbacks. Remus groaned through his half-asleep state and draped an arm over his eyes, shielding them from the sun's harsh rays. He felt the bed next to him move, so Lily must be getting up and out of bed- he could hear the rustling of the sheets and the blankets. Did this mean he also had to get up now? Oh Merlin, he hoped not, he couldn't do that right now.

Well, he could, but he certainly didn't want to.

He didn't move until he heard Lily's voice through the pounding in his own ears. "If you don't get up now, you're going to miss breakfast," She told him. He moved the arm from his face and cracked his eyes open, looking at Lily who was pulling her hair back into a ponytail. He shut his eyes again tightly. "Remus, you really don't want to miss breakfast. We're going to leave right after and try to go to a couple tourist attractions before coming back here for the night."

"Where are we gonna go?" He sat up tiredly, once again looking over at Lily who was now tying her shoes. 

"I'm not sure, probably a museum on our, well your, behalf and a few cafes and shops," She explained, standing up and setting some clothes on the bed. "Here, I grabbed some clothes for you, I hope you don't mind. They were right on top so I didn't dig through your things."

"On my behalf?" He wondered, throwing back the covers and climbing out of the bed. He grabbed his clothes and slipped into the bathroom to change. "And don't worry about going through my clothes, I have nothing to hide in there, unlike the others."

"You're an art lover! Well, I mean, I am too, but not as avidly as you are. And I know, but you still deserve your privacy. So do they." Remus grinned, tugging on his jeans. She respected him, his privacy, that meant a lot. None of the guys had the same respect. Well, James did now that he was older but during his Hogwarts years? Anything in their dorm was shared and nothing was private. He sometimes wondered how Frank put up with having the four of them as roommates.

"Would you do the same for James?" He heard her scoff.

"Of course I would!" Remus didn't reply as he slipped on his shirt. "Alright, maybe not." He opened the bathroom door and sat on the bed, pulling on his socks and shoes.

"I didn't think so. I wouldn't blame you. There, are we ready now?" Remus asked. 

"Yes, but I want to make sure the others are up first," Lily said with a sigh. He couldn't blame her, they were known to sleep in until noon. "They should be up by now anyway because it's already three in London and I'd be surprised if they weren't affected by the jetlag. Merlin knows I am." 

"What about me?"

"It's different for you, I can tell. You don't sleep properly anyway, so I would imagine any sleep that you can get you'll take, regardless of when or what time it happens to be." Remus couldn't argue with that. So, after checking that at least he had his hotel room key, they went to the room across from theirs, where the other three were staying. Lily knocked on the door and waited for an answer, but she never got one.

"I didn't think they'd be awake."

"God, they're like bears! All they ever do is sleep!" She knocked on the door louder this time, and this time there was a loud thud. Remus imagined one of the two sharing a bed (if they had, in fact, shared a bed like Remus thought) had been shoved out of it. A moment later, a sleepy, disheveled Sirius opened the door. Remus immediately looked away, the sight of Sirius like this would fill him with a sense of nostalgia he'd never be able to feel again. He could feel Sirius's eyes burning holes in him.