Author's Note: I wasn't doing anything too important at the moment, so I decided to go ahead and type the next chapter. As usual, please read and review. Don't be afraid to give me constructive criticism. I promise not to get offended.

Chapter 2: Vacation Day

Remus Lupin

It was soon Friday morning. In the Potter house, three boys, ranging from the ages of seventeen and eighteen, were still sleeping. The fourth had already awoken, and was doing his best to wake up his friends. Remus Lupin shook his head at the other three Marauders, who seemed to be trying to out-snore each other. So far, Sirius seemed to be winning. Remus had learned, long ago, to tune out the dog-like snores of his best friend. Crossing the room, Remus reached over to the lightswitch, and turned on the light. There was a resounding groan from the three that were still trying to sleep. James groaned and pulled the blanket over his face. He was the only one sleeping in the bed. He refused to share the bed with his friends because, according to James, girls did that sort of thing with each other, guys didn't.

"Moony, it's too early to get up!" Sirius groaned, as he sat up and rubbed his eyes. His shaggy black hair, which reached his collarbone, was quite a mess. The sleeping bag fell down to his waist, revealing his bare chest. He fixed his grey eyes on James's bedside clock. It read 8:00.

"You're insane! No person in their right mind would get up this early during the summer!" Sirius protested as laid back down, and turned over.

Remus chuckled. It seemed that his friends had forgotten that today was the day they would be going on vacation with Sophia and her family. "Padfoot, Prongs, get up," Remus said, calling his friends by their nicknames. "You too, Wormtail," he added to a shorter, and slightly more plump boy with mousey brown hair, who was still asleep. Then again, Peter could sleep through just about anything. "It's Friday. We have to meet Sophia and her parents in just a few hours. I'm sure Lily is probably over there, struggling with her luggage. You wouldn't want her to hurt her back in the process, would you, Prongs?" he asked his friend in the bed.

Like a spring, James sat up abruptly and threw the blanket off, revealing red and gold plaid boxers underneath, and stood up, suddenly full of energy. However, like a lot of boys his age, he had a certain early morning dilemma with a rather stiff body part. Remus covered his mouth with his left hand, trying not to laugh, but his eyes crinkled at the ends.

"Something tells me that Prongs was having a pretty good dream," Sirius said, smirking and pointing to James's little "problem".

James stared at his friends, then looked down, scratching his unruly black hair that always seemed to stick up in the back. "Oh...er...right. I just can't help it. It happens every time I dream about you, Padfoot," James said winking playfully at Sirius, who threw a pillow at him.

"I think that we should hurry. Padfoot and Prongs didn't pack yesterday, like they were supposed to. We need to get there about half an hour earlier to help with the luggage," Peter pointed out, as he began to roll up his sleeping bag.

Remus nodded. "That's right, so the two of you," he pointed to James and Sirius, "get started on right now."

Sirius ran his hair through his rather long dark hair. "Pfft, easy enough when you're of age," he said. He non-verbally summoned his wand, which was laying on the bureau. It flew into his outstretched hand. He pointed his wand to his trunk, which wasn't the one he used for Hogwarts, but a slightly smaller one. Sirius had never been very neat, always throwing his clothes on the floor, and not hanging them up like he should. He began directing the clothing into the trunk with his wand, not even bothering to fold them.

James, who was slightly neater, and usually put away his clean clothes most of the time, walked to his closet and pulled out quite a few casual clothes to wear, plus some dress shirts just in case he and his friends went out somewhere nice. Like Sirius, James also used his wand to levitate the clothing, and drop it into his own trunk.

Remus shook his head. "You know your clothes are going to be all wrinkled," he said, pointing at James and Sirius' clothing, which were filling the two trunks, as he got dressed, putting on a simple navy blue t-shirt and some jeans. He then sat down on the end of James's bed and pulled on his black and white trainers. "Hey, Peter, let's go put our stuff in the boot of James's parents car," he said as he stood up.

Peter, who was already dressed in a simple brown shirt and jeans frowned. "Wait, we're all able to apparate. Why can't we just do that?"

"Sophia lives in a Muggle neighborhood," Sirius said as he, too, dressed in a red and white button up top that was rolled up to his elbows. He had left it unbuttoned to reveal a solid black sleeveless muscle shirt underneath. "So, being of age doesn't exactly mean anything where Muggles are concerned.

Remus agreed with Sirius. Like Lily, Sophia was also a muggle-born. However, unlike Lily's parents, who seemed to accept the fact that their daughter was a witch, it took a little longer for Sophia's parents to come around. But now they seemed pretty all right with it.

"Right, so you too hurry up," Remus said, pointing to his two dark haired friends who were taking their sweet time. James hadn't even gotten dressed yet. He nodded to Peter, then towards the door to indicate that the slightly shorter boy should follow him out to the car.

It looked just like any other muggle mode of transporation, except Mr. and Mrs. Potter had put it a few enchantments on it, such as a magically expanded backseat, and a few other things. "Good morning, boys," Mr. Potter said in a hearty voice, setting the wizarding newspaper down. "All ready for the big trip?"

"Yes, sir," Peter said politely.

"Ah, such fun times, you know I met Mrs. Potter while vacationing at the beach," he said looking up at his wife lovingly, who smiled affectionately.

Remus felt a little uncomfortable. He had nothing against romance stories, but it was always strange when older people spoke of it. It was like he had forgotten that they, too, had once been young. James's parents were a little older than most parents. They were both in their early sixties. It was hard to imagine them ever being young.

"Peter and I need to put our trunks into the boot of the car," Remus said.

Mr. Potter set his paper down and dug the car keys from his pocket. He handed them to Remus, holding the keyring by the boot key. "You two go ahead. I'll tell James and Sirius to hurry up if they want to eat a decent breakfast before we leave."

Remus took the keys and walked outside with Peter. He unlocked the boot and heaved his trunk in, helping Peter with his trunk, as well.

About an hour later, after Mrs. Potter had scolded James and told him to get a move on, or else he wouldn't be going, everyone was piled into the car. Mr. and Mrs. Potter sat up front. Mr. Potter would drive. James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter all sat in the back, quite comfortable, due to the enlarging charm placed on the inside of the car.

"Everyone got their seatbelts on?" Mrs. Potter asked.

There was a resounding yes from the backseat. Mr. Potter put the key into the ignition and started the car. They were soon on their way to Sophia's house. She lived about half an hour away, but it felt much shorter due to a slight speed boosting enchantment that had been placed on the car. When they reached Sophia's house, Mr. and Mrs. Potter parked in the driveway. Sophia lived in a very simple brick house that was similar to the other houses in the neighborhood. Sophia ran outside just as the four boys were grabbing their trunks and wheeling them up the driveway. Sophia's parents came outside as well. The Potters spent a few minutes talking with them while Sophia greeted the four boys.

Sophia had thick black hair that was slightly curled at the ends and dark brown eyes. She had light brown skin with a slightly round face. Her nose was slightly squashed and rounded at the tips. She had a rather large mouth and a rounded chin. She was rather tall, and just a little bit on the lanky side. Sophia was dressed in a light green spaghetti straps romper with a sheer white long sleeve button up shirt worn over it, unbuttoned and tied in a little knot on the end. She wore a simple pair of nude ballet flats. Her hair was drawn back into a simple ponytail, and the only make-up she wore was a tiny bit of eyeliner and some clear lipgloss.

"Where's Evans?" James asked, ruffling his hair.

"She's inside," Sophia replied as she leaned down a few inches to hug Peter, who she was slightly taller than. "Jessica and she spent the night."

At the sound of Jessica's name, Remus shifted his feet uncomfortably. Jessica and he had had a brief relationship in their fourth year at Hogwarts. They had even gone to the Christmas Ball together. However, Jessica soon found out Remus's secret that he was a werewolf. She refused to speak with him out of anger for the rest of their fourth year, and a little more than half of their fifth. She eventually forgave him, but there was still a little bit of unspoken tension between them.

Mr. and Mrs. Potter finished speaking with Sophia's parents and said good-bye to the four boys, warning James to behave himself before they climbed back into the car and drove away leaving the four boys to help finish getting everything packed into the minivan.

Author's Note: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I haven't decided whose point of view I'm going to write in next. It'll probably be either Sophia or Jessica's, as I'm going in a girl, boy, girl, boy pattern. Please read and review. Remember, don't be afraid to be really honest about what you think, and give me a little bit of constructive criticism if I need it.