The Marauders: Time of Our Life || Jily (JamesxLily) & Wolfstar (RemusxSirius)

8. Hallowe'en pt. 1

The morning of October 31st was gloomy and cloudy; rain was hanging in the air, and the Hogwarts grounds were covered by thick fog. Remus also suspected that there would be thunder since he had woken up with a headache.

The dormitory was rather cold; the window had been left open overnight. James was sitting on his bed, still in pajamas, wrapping his duvet around himself. He yawned and reached for his glasses on the bedside table.

"Morning', Moony," he greeted when he saw that Remus was already up.

"Good morning," Remus responded with a slight smile.

James was even more tired than usual this morning. Remus and Sirius had both fallen asleep fairly early the night before; James and Peter, on the other hand, had both been bored. That's how they ended up playing cards until 2 in the morning; this was also the reason why Peter was still tucked up in his bed, snoring loudly.

Remus had woken up a while before James, only to notice that Sirius wasn't there. He hadn't reflected too much over it but was still a little curious as to where he had gone. Since he was freezing, he decided to put on a white knitted jumper to warm himself.

"Where's Padfoot?" James asked in between yawns and looked towards Remus, who had now walked over to the window.

"I don't know ... He wasn't here when I woke up," Remus responded, absent-mindedly as he observed the sunrise in the foggy sky.

The door made a creaking sound as it was carefully pushed open. Sirius poked his head inside, beaming as he noticed that James and Remus were now awake. "Morning'" he said in a lilting, teasing voice.

"Morning' Padfoot," James replied with a grin, his voice a bit raspy from tiredness. He stretched his arms and tilted his head to the side, yawning once more.

"Good morning," Remus said, smiling to himself when he noticed that Sirius had returned to the dormitory.

"Here," Sirius said. Remus turned to see that Sirius was offering him a hot cup of tea. A surprised look spread on his face.

"I know you like tea in the morning, and I was already up, so ..." Sirius's voice trailed. Remus nodded slowly and smiled.

As he reached for the cup, their hands touched lightly. Remus pulled his hand back as quickly as possible, almost spilling the tea, and Sirius looked the other way.

"Good morning," a squeak was heard from Peter's bed. He had just awoken.

Remus and James greeted Peter happily, whereas Sirius was more impatient, probably because he had been up for a while.

Peter sat up on the bed, pulling his duvet around himself as a protection from the cold.

"Peter, get up already. I'm hungry," Sirius said, gesturing for Peter to get out of bed.

"Right, sorry," Peter said and started dragging himself out of bed.

While Remus and Sirius waited for Peter and James to get dressed, Remus sat on his bed and sipped on his tea.

"Slept all right?" Sirius asked Remus as he approached him.

"I did, thank you," Remus responded, "And you?" he asked, smiling.

"Yes, um, thanks," Sirius replied, trying to match Remus's politeness.

Neither of the two could come up with something else to say, so they remained quiet.

"I should, um, put this away," Remus said, showing the cup. "Oh," Sirius responded and moved out of the way as Remus reached to put down the cup on the bedside table.