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Muggle Studies
Chapter One-New Classes and Future Fieldtrips
Flashback
"So, what classes do you want to take next year?" Thirteen year old Lily Evans asked her friend Remus.
"I'm taking whatever classes you're taking my dear Lilyflower." James assured Lily.
"I was talking to Remus, Potter." Lily replied scathingly.
"I'm so glad that they changed the amount of classes we can take; now I can take Ancient Runes and Arithmancy and Muggle Studies…"
"Oh, I know I'm so excited about Muggle Studies, I think it's just fascinating to study Muggles from a wizarding perspective." Lily said in an excited tone.
"Muggle Studies sounds interesting!" James said in what was clearly a poor attempt to get Lily to acknowledge him.
"You just want to stalk Evans." Sirius said with a grin.
"So?" James replied.
"Don't make me get a restraining order, Potter."
"A what?"
"I bet it's some muggle thing."
"You two really do need Muggle Studies." Remus said in an exasperated tone.
"Exactly, and with the knowledge I will gain, I will finally understand what my dear Lilyflower says about me." James concluded.
"My. Name. Is. Lily." Lily said, pressing her lips together in a frown and glaring at James. "And never call me your 'dear' again."
"So, what classes are you taking?" Remus cut in quickly, his eyes shining just a little too brightly and acting just a bit too excited about school.
Lily shrugged. "Same as you. I really don't fancy taking Care of Magical Creatures. And I hear Kettleburn is crazy."
James sighed when she said this. "That's a shame, I really wanted to take that class."
"Then why don't you do that?" Lily suggested. "I'll take Muggle Studies and you take Care of Magical Creatures."
"Never!" James exclaimed. "What would you do without me? You need me in your classes to brighten your sad, sad, sad scholarly life."
Remus frowned slightly when James said that.
"Hey, isn't that what you told me last week?"
"Your point?"
"Yeah, Moony, you'll still have us to brighten your sad, sad scholarly life, too." Sirius chimed in.
"That was not the point."
"Just ignore them, Remus." Lily said, grabbing the boy's arm as she spoke. "Come on, let's go to the library and talk about our classes."
James and Sirius just looked at the two of them strangely as they walked away.
"Wait!" James yelled when Lily and Remus were almost out of the Great Hall. "Since when was there a Library here?"
End Flashback
"Ugh, remind me again why we're still in Potions?" James questioned.
"Because I like potions, and you refuse to stop stalking me." Lily informed her boyfriend in a teasing tone.
"Oh. Okay. But did it have to be first thing for a double period every Monday?"
"Apparently, since that's what it's been for the past six years."
"Do you hear how mean she is to me?" James complained.
"Says the boy who stalked her for six years." Remus muttered from behind his newspaper.
"What're you implying, Moony?"
"I feel ignored." Sirius broke in.
"Every conversation doesn't need to revolve around you, Sirius."
"Yes, they do!" Sirius exclaimed crossing his arms childishly with a pouty face.
"Did you guys get the list of field trips for Muggle Studies?" Lily asked interrupting the argument between Sirius and Remus.
"List? What List?" Sirius asked. "I see no list."
"The sheet of paper right on the top of your time table, which says 'List of Muggle Studies Fieldtrips.'" Remus informed his friend in an exasperated voice without looking up from his newspaper.
"How'd he see that from behind his paper?" Sirius stage whispered to James.
"He can obviously see through things!" James said as though this were the most obvious conclusion in the world.
Remus finally lowered his morning edition of the Daily Prophet long enough to exchange a pained look with Lily.
"What's 'Build-A-Bear Workshop?'" Sirius asked, interrupting Remus and Lily from their silent discussion about the insanity of their 'acquaintances.'
"I love that place!" Lily squealed. "It's so much fun. You get to build a bear."
"Does it eat you?" Sirius asked worriedly.
"No, Sirius." James said. Remus and Lily looked at him hopefully, thinking he finally knew what he was talking about. "It teaches you how to have a second animagus form."
Alas, they were wrong.
"No…" Lily said slowly. "You build a stuffed animal."
"Does it move?" Sirius asked.
"No." Lily replied.
"Why not?" Sirius complained. "My teddy bears move."
Lily looked at Sirius as if he were crazy, not that this was a new occurrence.
"You have a stuffed teddy bear?" James sniggered.
"Shut up, James." Sirius shot back. "You have a stuffed goose."
"Well still, this Build-a-Bear place sounds interesting." Remus cut in. "We'll be able to learn all about the inner-workings of Muggle Toy Shops."
"I LOVE toy shops!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Only you, Sirius." Remus muttered, picking his newspaper up once more. "Only you."
"Why, thank you, Remus."
"That wasn't a compliment, mate." James informed his friend.
"Well, I'm going to pretend it was." Sirius said defiantly.
Lily glanced surreptisiously at James and Sirius, then leaned in closer to Remus so that her face was hidden behind his paper.
"Those field trips are going to be a disaster with the two of them." She whispered.
Remus glanced at them over the top of the paper and nodded quickly. Then he glanced down at his watch and his eyes widened at the time.
"Oh no, we only have ten minutes to get to Potions!" He said, looking worried.
Lily gasped. "What if we don't get the best cauldrons?! Everyone get up. We're leaving!"
In the bustle of the group of four getting up from the table, Sirius didn't notice that he left behind his list of field trips.
List of Muggle Studies Field Trips for Seventh Years
September 14th - Build-A-Bear Workshop
October 12th- Bowling
November 9th-Amusement Park
December 14th- Ice Skating
January 11th- Mall
February 8th- Museum/Art Gallery
March 14th-Muggle High School
April 11th- Bakery
May 9th- Football Match
June 13th- Power Plant