Chapter 10
James and Sirius made their way to the Great Hall, walking silently as they went. When the two boys walked together through the halls of Hogwarts, many people often stopped to stare, they weren't famous per say but James's parents were very well known as were Sirius's but for different reasons. But when they walked together, they strutted in the middle of the hall so everyone had to move around them, they were never rude, unless hey saw some gross looking Slytherin's or Snape but they radiated a confident energy that caused everyone to look in awe at the two most popular boys in school.
Entering the hall Sirius decided to trip James and left him to fall on his face as he ran down to the end of the Gryffindor table to sit with Remus and Peter who were waiting for him.
As he was running, he winked to a cute fifth year and was about to do a jump and heel click when his legs gave out from under him.
James was standing at the entrance of the hall with a scrape on his face that looked like it was going to bleed and a wand in his hand, pointed straight at Sirius.
"Gotta Steal me want, next time Padfoot." James smirked as he walked past Sirius wearing his win with a triumphant glow. The boys sat down opposite Remus and Peter and let out a collective sigh as their little scene had come to an end.
"I always forget the wand" Sirius huffed under his breath.
Not looking up from today's issue of the Daily Prophet, "how do you forget his wand every time, you have a wand, everyone here has a wand, it's the one thing we all have" Remus pointed out, being the only one to hear him.
Sirius let out another sign and turned to face the wall, upset with what Remus said.
"so" said Peter trying to change the subject "what are we doing after lunch, because I've got Divination and I really don't want to go?"
James let out a small laugh, he wasn't sure why Peter chose to do subjects like Ancient Runes and Divination when he hated them and wasn't very good at it either. But he did pose a very important question, "Wormtail has a good point, what shall we do after lunch?" asked James as he stuck into a Cornish pasties.
"well..." began Remus before Sirius piped up,
"I have a great idea and its going to make us look soooo cool, I swear" he said with way too much excitement for lunch time. Remus rolled his eyes, peter looked excited as he always was to be included, and James looked like he was scheming.
Remus not trusting Sirius making any kind of decision grabbed him by his tie and pulled him along, heading for the exit of the hall. Peter and James just stared with amusement in their eyes as mamma Remus took care of Sirius.
"what the hell Moony, let me go!" thrashing around like a small child having a tantrum, Remus ignored him, continuing to pull him along.
"let me go this is embarrassing!" still ignoring him Remus kept walking.
"fine" Sirius being sick of being pulled around for no reason decided to extend his neck and bite Remus on his hand.
"ow! What the fuck you bastard!" Remus yelled, quite loud, enough so that it caught the attention of Professor McGonagall.
McGonagall was talking with some students with no hat on before she heard the atrocious language from Remus's mouth which is probably why the boy didn't notice her. She strutted over to them, wearing her signature pursed lips and slight scowl, although she had a soft spot for the Marauders this was not one of those instances.
"and who may I ask was the one speaking such language that would make a troll blush?!" her piercing eyes were looking between the two boy who looked almost scared. Although Sirius was a trickster, he would never sell out Remus especially having bitten him.
Having just been bitten Remus felt differently towards loyalty, "It was Sirius" said Remus calmly, pointing at his best friend.
Hearing Remus blame him, Sirius turned wide eyed and mouth stuck open, surprised and betrayed by his very guilty friend.
"20 points from Gryffindor and detention tomorrow Black" awarded McGonagall and left heading to lunch herself.
"what the hell Moony!" exclaimed Sirius, still in shock that Remus would throw him under the bus.
"shut up, you can be mad later." Remus stated and pulled Sirius into a broom closet so no one would her them. "now what is this plan that will 'make us look cool'? were supposed to be getting Lily to like James."
"firstly, finger quotes are not in Moony, stop trying to make them in. Secondly, why are we in the broom cupboard, it's not exactly comfortable" Sirius turned in a small awkward circle as his body was pressed up against Remus's, given the small space they were in. "are you trying to make out with me!? because the fourth floor cupboard has way more room if you want to do this right" Sirius asked, accompanied by his signature smirk.
"shut up, I didn't want James to follow us and hear what we were talking about! Now what is your plan."
"fine" Sirius rolled his eyes, "okay so I stole these muggle sticks from a girl I met last summer, and she said only the coolest people use them, like rock stars and actors. So, if we go and sit by our secret tree and use them Evans will walk past and see us and then think James is really cool and then BAM! Instantly in love"
"are you talking about cigarettes?" Remus asked not matching Sirius's energy in the slightest, instead he had a very judgemental look on his face.
"yeah have you heard about them! so what do you think?" Sirius asked like a happy puppy hoping to please his owner.
"No."
"No?"
"No, Lily doesn't like cigarettes or people who smoke them, and she doesn't go out near our tree because its next to the quidditch pitch and she hates quidditch. So instantly a terrible plan." Remus stated annoyed that Sirius doesn't know Lily better by now.
"well what do you suppose?" Sirius asked, annoyed that Remus didn't approve of his idea in the slightest.
"Well...."
"See it's hard to come up with a plan that would make anyone like James" Sirius said, smirk on standby
"well Lily held Prongses hand when he was asleep and not talking! So maybe if he went to the library and did some studying Lily would see him and be impressed and he wouldn't ruin it because he can't talk" Remus said, proud with his brilliant plan that was much better than what Sirius proposed.
"fine whatever but i'm not going, I hate the library." Sirius stated with a sulky tone.
"you don't hate the Library; You've never even been in there" Remus answered with an amused tone.
"Yes, I have! it's the room with all the angry, ugly people who have greasy hair like Snivellus"
"Padfoot, that was the Slytherin common room" Remus said, rolling his eyes and making his way out of the cupboard. A small 'oh yeah' was heard but Remus kept walking back to the table, laughing to himself.
