Hey, guys! And thank you, PrincessAmelie09 and KnockturnSeller, for your continued support and kind reviews. Now that I distinguished Judy enough (I hope), I'm going to make this a little less sorrowful and self-pitying then the others. So, yeah- hope you enjoy the chapter!
SIRIUS'S POV, 3RD PERSON
"Oi, Sirius! Wake up- we've missed almost a half-hour of Charms already!"
James's desperate voice woke Sirius up from his happy dream that included a girl and that closet on the second floor. He moaned at him to go away, but James smacked him on the cheek until he woke up.
"OKAY, JAMES, I'M UP ALREADY!" Sirius roared, and James rolled his eyes as he threw clean-but-wrinkled black robes at him. He was sweating bullets, much to Sirius's amusement.
Just to get on his nerves, Sirius slowly shrugged on the robes and tried to smoothen out every single wrinkle on it. Then, he shuffled like an old man across the room to his shoes and carefully slipped them on his feet. James was watching the whole thing with a nervous scowl on his face.
By the time Sirius trudged back to him, his face was covered with a thin sheet of sweat.
"WHY'D YOU DO THAT- YOU KNOW CHARMS IS THE ONLY CLASS I HAVE WITH LILY, YOU GREAT BIG PRAT!" James yelled, smacked him on the head, and, grabbing his arm, dragged him out of the dormitory, across the Common Room, and made a dash to Charms class, which was in classroom 2E. Sirius opened the door with a flourish.
Professor Flitwick looked up from where he was demonstrating a simple Cheering Charm spell on a lucky Lily Evans, and smiled at them. Unlike Professor McGonagall, he didn't mind if they were late or not- just not so late that there were only about 5 minutes left in class.
"My boys, please take a seat! I was just instructing the class on how to make Cheering Charms…" He turned back to Lily, who was sporting a look of great peace and happiness.
"As you can see here," He gestured to Lily, who was gazing, moony-eyed, out the window, "it makes the, ah, victim, to be quite happy and peaceful, but when overdone, it can cause the victim to be overcome with hysterical laughter."
Sirius and James snorted.
"Do you want to add something, boys?" Professor Flitwick asked earnestly. They shook their heads, suppressing laughter as they did.
All of a sudden, the doors flew open and in rushed Mute, looking like a horrible mess, with her ink-black even more disheveled then usual and her eyes bloodshot.
"Ah, Miss Hallows! Come in, come in," Professor Flitwick called over with a smile on his face. Judy smiled politely back and took a seat next to Lily's ink, parchment, and quills. Lily joined her, and they were soon deep in conversation- or, at least, Lily was, whereas Judy looked as if she had something stuck in her eye, she was blinking so rapidly.
. . .
"So, where've you been, Mute?" Sirius asked Judy later that day as they were beginning to eat their lunch in the Great Hall. Judy glared at him and flicked some of her roasted cheese balls at him. He chuckled and caught the cheese-ball in his mouth, letting out a large (and especially unattractive) belch, which made James clap appreciatively. Remus, who was jerking his nose into a book, gave him a look of disgust, but James was grinning like a Muggle mum's kid who got a perfect score on their report card.
"Well done, mate," He said proudly, clapping Sirius on the back.
"That's disgusting," Lily wrinkled her nose as she took a seat next to Judy. James immediately faked a look of disgust.
"Er, right- that's disgusting, Padfoot, for shame!"
Sirius rolled his eyes and gulped down a few swings of pumpkin juice.
"Oh, shut up, Potter," Lily rolled her eyes and lowered her voice to talk to Judy.
"Don't listen to Black, he's a foul little prat," She muttered under her breath. Judy just shrugged and stared at Lily with blank eyes, blinking five times fast. Lily patted her arm sympathetically and turned to her cream puffs. James stared at her, a look of lust evident in his eyes, before Sirius flicked him on the arm.
"Oi, lovebird," He snapped, annoyed, "where's Peter?"
James looked around. The plump boy was nowhere to be seen. But James was glad for it- the usual admired ramble of Peter's had always irritated him more than he could say.
"I don't know- I think he left early to get a start on his Potions homework back in the Common Room," James replied, and continued to wolf down his poorly-cut steak. Sirius sat there for a moment, before his thoughts were interrupted by a squeal of a wooden chair on the floor. He looked up and saw Judy gathering her things from the table, looking exhausted. He didn't know what made him do it- maybe sympathy at her evident lack of friends, maybe just because he was bored out of his mind- but he got up, too, and pulled a few of Judy's books into his arms.
At her glare, he shrugged and flashed a half-smile at her.
"May I please escort you back to the Common Room?" He asked with a slight, mocking bow. She scowled and crossed her arms, but allowed him to follow her back to the Common Room.
"So, Mute, where were you today? You know, at Charms?" He asked, then scolded himself mentally. It wasn't any of his business- and personally, he didn't really want to know.
Judy let out a tiny sigh and jerked her thumb over to the library door, where they very conveniently were walking past at the moment. Sirius stopped, though, at the threshold, and grinned at her.
"What's your favorite book?" He asked her, tone sincerely genuine for once. Judy stared at him, eyebrow raised, before stepping inside of the library and leading him forward, to the 'Muggle Fairytale' section of the library. Sirius bent down and dropped Judy's books on an empty table, then trailed after her to the corner of the section. She selected it a book and practically shoved it in his face.
The Little Match Girl, it read.
"Oh," Sirius said, "I've never read this one before- what's it about?"
For the first time ever, Sirius saw Judy smile at him. Granted, it was a very half-hearted smile, and the corners of her mouth barely flicked up- but it was a smile nonetheless. She pantomimed opening a book and reading it, then gave him a little shooing gesture.
He laughed quietly and opened the cover of the book.
Hey, guys! How was the first chapter? I hope it's not too cheesy for your taste- I mean, cheesy is a darned good flavor, but in some cases…
Ugh. Enough with my rambling- I'll just end this short. Reviews would be appreciated!
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