James looked over at the clock. It read 1:34am. He sighed and rolled over. This cant keep happening otherwise I will never sleep again. It was a week after the first day of school. James and his friends were now in 6th grade and the workload was already huge. People were already stressing and school had hardly begun. James in particular was stressed more than anyone else, because it seemed no one else had a secret like his. He turned and checked the clock again. Three minutes had passed since he last checked.
'James, mate, if you check that clock again I will kill you' Sirius whispered, James had thought he was asleep but was happy to have someone in the same position as him,
'And I thought I was the only one who was having trouble sleeping, how come you can't sleep?' James asked in a hush,
'How come you can't sleep?' Sirius said avoiding the question,
'I asked first, so why?' James whispered back,
'I can't tell you, but what about you?'
'I can't tell u either' James giggled nervously imagining what Sirius would say if he told him the truth, and also wondering what on earth he was hiding. What could be as serious as the secret that he had? He turned away from Sirius and tried again to fall asleep, this time succeeding.
Sirius's P.O.VHe couldn't stop dwelling on that night. He knew why he himself couldn't sleep but what about James? He wasn't willing to tell his best friend why he couldn't sleep? What could have been that bad that the one person who knew everything about him wasn't allowed to know? Sirius sighed and refocused on transfiguring his Rabbit into a frog. He waved his wand and said that words but instead of the black rabbit becoming a frog it exploded spraying the room and everyone inside it with blood. He looked around to see everyone staring with their mouths wide open, suddenly he began to laugh a crazy and hysterical laugh that echoed around the silent room. The lack of sleep had obviously gotten to him. He had watched James fall asleep but had been unable to do so himself so he had lain awake the entire thinking about the problem that he had. Prof. McGonagall swept across the room to his side.
'Sirius I think you should go to the hospital wing, here Potter you take him.'
Sirius nodded and walked outside James by his side, both of them covered in the rabbit's blood.
'Mate, what happened in there? I noticed you were a bit distant but your rabbit exploded? What is going on first you also couldn't sleep and now this? What's wrong?' James muttered,
'Nothing, don't worry' he sighed back,
'Sirius' James said, stopping and grabbing Sirius's shoulders forcing him to face him, 'I am worrying, something isn't right and I think you should tell me what's going on!'
"Don't worry! I'm fine!' he shot back almost yelling.
James growled but let it go and continued to walk towards the hospital wing.
