Spilled Coffee

Chapter 1: A beautiful Morning

It was a sunny Monday morning. The grass was green, the birds were chirping in the sky, the dogs were running around and barking. Children were playing in the park.

Some people were rushing to their jobs and some were, on the other hand, drinking coffee on terraces trying to soak up some of the sun which was not often shining on the sky above England.

More often than not, the days were wet, rainy and not necassarily cold, but certainly not warm either.

But not that day, that particular May, Monday morning was one of the nicest days of the year so far.

But even though the weather was nice, that did not mean that the day would be a good one for everyone.

For Remus Lupin the morning did not start off well. Firstly, his alarm clock did not go off so he ended up waking up later than he was supposed to. Because of that he wouldn't be able to drink his tea, nor eat his breakfast and without his morning fuel Remus was often grumpy.

Then, while in a hurry he didn't realise that there again wasn't any warm water so he stepped into a freezing shower."Bloody hell", he exclaimed in a higher pitched voice than he would admit, but showered all the same.

By the time he came out of the shower it was already 9:15 and at 10 he had a scheduled job interview.

He put on some clothes that he managed to find, a white button up shirt and brown slacks, looked over himself in the mirror and put a hand through his short light brown hair and stepped out of his apartment which was on the 15th floor. He walked to the elevator and saw a yellow paper with big black letters saying "OUT OF ORDER", glued to the elevator doors.

"BOLLOCKS", he cursed for the second time that morning, which was strange because Remus usually tried not to cuss at all. He ran down the stairs and by some miracle he managed not to trip and fall down flat on his face.

It was already 9:30 and Remus mentally thanked whatever god there was that the building where his interview was held was relatively close. He hopped onto his bicycle and rode it as fast as he could.

It was then that he finally realised what a beautiful day it was outside. And in record-breaking 15 minutes he arrived to his destination. He parked his bike and locked it with two chains.

Remus then looked up at the building of the Quibbler.

The Quibbler had once been a small independent newspaper which was often made fun of and looked down on from the more powerful The Daily Prophet. But not anymore, after the affair with a big business tycoon, Tom Riddle, the owner of Horcrux corporation, who used his influence at The Daily Prophet to hide his illegal misdeeds, among which were even some murders, was discovered by one of the Quibbler's journalists, an old and quirky but genius man called Albus Dumbledore, The Quibbler became one of the most respectable newspapers around.

They had some ups and downs but they never lost their integrity. That was one of the reasons why Remus always dreamed of working there. Ever since he decided to become a journalist he had admired Albus Dumbledore and this sometimes still weird, but really good newspaper.

And now he was here, just two years after leaving university, in front of the building on his way to his dream job interview. By some miracle he wasn't late and the day was beautiful. Nothing could go wrong anymore.

He took one deep breath and mumbled to himself "Remus, you can do it. You are as strong as a wolf and nothing can stop you. You will get that job."

Remus stepped toward the door and put his hand on the doorknob. Before he had time to think the door was opened from the other side and a man who wasn't looking in front of himself, bumped into Remus and dropped a paper cup with coffee from his hand directly on Remus' chest. It opened and spilled all over his white shirt.

All that Remus could do at the moment was stare at the mess and think "Fuck my life."

AN.

This is my first fanfiction, and I apologise for the chapter being as short as it is. Any way I hope you like it because there is more to come. Reviews are always welcome

Cheers