Next chapter up! Whoop whoop!
The beginnings of a friendship are starting to grow... yush!
Harry Potter and Foster the People are most very super obviously not mine. If they were, well, I wouldn't be here
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CHAPTER TWO - FREEDOM CAN MAKE US FEEL CONTAINED
Eventually the minutes passed into an hour, Remus had finished the small booklet his father had made him of rules and regulations for attending school, and the sun had long since dropped down to peer from below the horizon. The sky had transformed from blue to a deep purple and cold had begun to creep into the boys's bones. Sirius complained loudly to James about the chill, while Remus pulled out his brown suitcase and lifted out a black trench coat. He took the almost uniform style coat, muggle like the rest of his clothing, and stood to pull it on.
Popping up the collar to his ears and settling back down again, this time with a new book, he ignored the wolf-whistle Sirius gave and the grin on James's face.
Remus sighed lightly under his breath and allowed himself to dwell on the fact that even though he did despise his father, if it wasn't for him forcing his son into learning how to gamble and become an expert at poker, he wouldn't have been able to hide his emotions. He would've even made friends.
And no werewolf deserved that.
By the time they reached Hogwarts, the three boys in the compartment had already changed into their school robes and Remus had dozed off somewhere in the middle of his book. The werewolf even felt thankful that he had fallen asleep there, because he wouldn't have been able to forgive himself if he cried in front of the two other students. And 'The Fault in Our Stars' is just one of the many books that reduced Remus into a sobbing mess.
He was beginning to rethink even bringing the masterpiece with him.
Beside him James was literally shaking with excitement, his eyes wide and a jaw splitting smile on his face. Sirius was bouncing around happily and rattling off his joy without restraint.
Remus couldn't help the small chuckle that forced itself past his lips as he looked at the goofy grin on the Black's lips. Then he had to pretend not to notice the looks of disbelief on the other two's faces afterward.
The train slowly trembled to a stop, and by then even Remus had to try hard to hide his growing anticipation. Hogwarts had everything he could have ever asked for, and he wasn't going to let this chance slip away.
The three boys filed out of the compartment with Remus taking the lead and disappearing quickly into the crowd of students as they were lead down to the lake. Sirius and James shared eager looks when the first-years were lead away from the rest of the children and taken down to the boats at the edge of the lake.
An almost impossibly huge, boyish looking man with a smooth face and a large smile waved around to all the little faces below him, helping them onto the boats with a kind shine in his eyes. As he introduced himself as Hagrid, James and Sirius both decided that they were going to befriend him at some point in the year.
James and Sirius clambered into a boat, grinning as the sides tipped and swayed with their new weight.
"This is so awesome. " Sirius grinned, his eyes glowing in the dark.
James laughed in response and dropped a finger to brush the glassy water of the lake. The artistic castle towered over them, its beauty undimmed by the fog.
Just then a small, familiar voice made James snap his head up, curiousity bringing him away from the water.
"Hello again." Remus Lupin nodded to the two already in the boat, amusement shadowing his face. "We just keep running in to each other, don't we? Hagrid told me to come and sit with you, I hope you don't mind?"
"Not at all, kind sir." Sirius bantered, sending Remus a teasing grin.
The werewolf twitched with dislike, but he still forced a blank face and a polite thank-you, taking a seat in the boat as far away from James and Sirius as possible. Neither of them noticed how the boat did not sway or even tremble from Remus's added weight, but instead floated on as though he was not there at all.
Hagrid called out from a boat up ahead in his funny accent, and the wooden contraption lurched forward, making James and Sirius bonk heads as they swayed from the sudden movement. They both let out howls of pain and hunched over, holding their heads with both hands.
Remus, on the other hand, had remained quite stationary with a expression somewhere in between a smile and a frown, as though he was deciding whether or not he should be sympathetic or amused.
By the time they got to the shore, Remus had had enough of the two pranksters for a life time.
Because he knew that whatever happiness and comfort he felt in their presence was something that he knew was precious, and he would never come by again.
Poor poor Remus just doesn't even know... heheheheheee X33
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