Sirius marched down the hall, muttering to himself.
I'll just have to let him go! I mean, theres no way I could actually LOVE him! And Besides, he's my friend!
Once Sirius had
successfully convinced himself that there was no way he loved one
Remus Lupin, he found himself running into a rather large, hard
object.
Called a wall.
"FUCK!" he barked, hand jumping to his head. There was laughter coming from the students around him, and he threw him the bird with as little emotion attached as possible. He rubbed his head, wondering what had possessed him to think he could walk through walls. After the laughter died away, and the ache in his head became more a throbbing pain, Sirius made his way to the Gryffindor Common room.
"Hey James!" he
greeted, spotting the nest of dark hair that was his best friend.
"Afternoon, Sirius."
James waved his hand grandly, and made a show of being proper.
Because a fucking
nutter…
DO NOT INSULT MY BEST
FRIENDS!
Who ARE YOU ANYWAYS?!
AND WHY ARE YOU IN MY
HEAD?!
"Erm.. Sirius?"
James prodded, poking him in the leg with his quill.
"Wh-What?" he
replied, jumping slightly at being spoken too.
"Why.. are you
staring at you head?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.
Oh. Good question. Why was he staring at his head? It couldn't be that there was a voice there that he had never heard before, and it was a RUDE voice, a very very, RUDE voice!
Okay, you're the
nutter now.
I don't even
KNOW you, so SHOVE IT!
Of course you know
me, I'm your conscious.
Cos-Cos-whatnow?
Con- Shunts.
Conscious. You know, the thing that tells you right from wrong, the
thing you've been IGNORING for seven years…
Oh that thing.
Yeah.
He shook his head
wildly, willing the voice to go away. Why does all this happen to
him? First, he loses his favorite quill, then he falls in love witrh
his best friend, and now theres a voice.
How dandy.
Its not love.
He slammed his head on
the table. Why didn't god just strike him down now? It would be
better then this torture! After several bangs, a hand slid between
his head and the table.
"You know, there
seems to be this trend going around, where men wear women's
clothing. What do you think?"
Sirius raised his head
slowly, his neck not willing to lift its weight.
Remus smiled back at
him, and removed his hand from the desk. He, with his hair like spun
gold, and that smile…
You're talking
poems again.
WOULD YOU BE
QUIET?!
Don't worry. I'm
here to help you with this.
With What?
With this. It is
times like now, when a person is in great peril, thet I, your
counscious-
Get on with it.
Fine. I'm here to
keep you from screwing up other peoples lives by acting on this
INSANE notion that you love Remus Lupin.
It is not love.
See? It's working
already.
What's scary, is that
this exchange took only a matter of milliseconds, so that when Sirius
smiled, and mumbled an incoherent answer to Remus' question, it
made the slightest bit of sense.
"Yeah, I know."
Remus sighed, and laid his bag heavily on the table. He dragged out
what seemed to be half the library, a parchment, quills, and ink.
Holy fuck this kids a nerd!
As Sirius sat in wonder
at his best friend, the voice inside his head screaming long bouts of
swearwords mixed in with the occasional threat, he wondered where
Remus got the strength to carry it all. Or, in other terms, why he
did it at all.
"Whatchya working
on?" he asked, leaning over the large library in front of them.
"Ancient Runes."
Remus replied, hands busy amongst the books, "We're supposed to
find –"
"You lost me at Ancient Runes." Sirius said, blinking.
"So… Whatchya
doin?" he asked again, waiting for a simple answer. Remus sighed,
and threw his hands in the air.
"Reading." He
declared, rubbing his eyes. Suddenly, he turned on Sirius, Eyes
completely serious, and void of all joking.
"You do know what reading is don't you?" His serious mouth gave way to a small smile, and Sirius found himself breathless.
DAMN THAT SMILE! I
DON'T THINK IM BREATHING!
THEN BREATHE
IDIOT! IF YOU DIE, SO DO I!
WELL MAYBE THAT'S
A GOOD THING!
Sirius took a deep
breathe, and stood up.
"Well" he said,
brushing the wrinkles from his jeans, " I have to uhm…"
Remus stared
expectantly.
"Quidditch practice."
He blurted out, suddenly heading for the door.
"I need to teach him
grammar…" he heard Remus' muttering as he left.
TO THE QUIDDITCH
FEILD! You know how those adoring FEMALE fans get
when you're late!
There's no
stupid quidditch practice you stupid voice. I just lied to my best
friend! THIS IS GETTING TOO COMPLICATED!
EXACTLY! And this is before you two are even DATING! Imagine how things would be once he KNEW! It would completely devastate your friendship!
"Shut up…" Sirius
growled, walking aimlessly through Hogwarts. HE passed Peeves on the
way, who pointed him down to the great hall.
For what reason, remains unknown.
"Attention!
Attention!" a speaker was coughing, and standing on one of the
four long house tables. Students bustled around, and stood quietly,
waiting for something
But what?...
"We, The Herbology Club, have started a petition to keeping a Whomping Willow on school grounds! It is-" the burly brown hair youth was pushed off the table by a young girl.
"We believe," the
girl stated, red hair shimmering in the candlelight, " That it is
inhumane to the species, which is native to Northern Russia and
Transylvania! It Is utterly insensitive to-" the girl was cut off
by several shouts in agreement.
"It is an eyesore!"
"Those limbs are
murder!"
"I'll sign!"
"Me first!"
"You people are mad!"
The last shout came from Sirius himself, as he pushed his way out of the mob.
Gotta tell Remus and James.
Isn't it wonderful how you always say Remus first?
