MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING
CHAPTER 4: A Bar
Later that night, a large group of us headed to a pub in town. It was a muggle pub and we had to table the muggle way, by automobiles. Lily drove the car full of us magic folk to explain things to us.
"Why do the muggles have to come?" Peter whined.
"Because the just do," Lily retorted. "The pubs are pretty much the same," she told us. "But there's no Butterbeet or Firewhiskey so don't bother asking for it. You'll probably just end up getting beat up," she said. Sirius was sitting next to her staring at her. I felt my stomach give a strange lurch again and I felt myself wishing I were sitting in his place. I shook my head to get the thought out of my mind.
"No Firewhiskey!" I exclaimed. "But that's my favorite drink."
"Then, order something else," she said, a bit annoyed.
"But I don't know any muggle drinks," I said innocently.
"Just order a whiskey sour, then," she said. "Now as I was saying," she continued, "no wands! You must all leave your wands in here. I assure you they will be safe."
"No wands!" I said trying to sound astonished. "But I can't live without my wand," I whined. Remus groaned and stared out the window.
"You'll be fine," Lily said quickly. "Now-"
"But what if someone steals it?" I interrupted. I wanted to get a rise out of her.
"No one will steal it," she said, her voice rising.
"How do you know?" I challenged, childishly. Through the mirror I could see her face turn a little pink.
"Stop being such a wanker, Prongs," Sirius interjected placing a hand on her leg. My eyes widened at this. For some reason it didn't seem right. He shouldn't be touching her on the leg.
"Fine," I gave in, allowing Lily to continue.
We parked next to the muggles from our party. The blond I had noticed at lunch stepped out of the car. I smiled at her as she stepped out. She smiled back at me as she took the hand of the man with the mustache. Remus elbowed me in the ribs as I did so.
The bar was dark and musty. The waiters moved a couple of tables together for our party. I sat down next to Lily and Remus. I could feel her tense up as I sat down. When Sirius left to get drinks and Remus was fully entranced by Mary Macdonald, I knew it was my only chance.
"Remember me?" I whispered into her ear.
Her eyes widened and she looked surprised that I had brought it up. "Vaguely," she said defiantly. I rolled my eyes.
"You know you do," I said, "It was the best sex you ever had, wasn't it?"
She turned toward me and glared at me. "No it wasn't," she said slowly annunciating each word. I smiled at her and looked into her green eyes. "Stop," she said looking away from me and around the room. "Sirius can never know," she said very seriously and quietly.
I felt my face fall at the mere mention of his name. I moved away from her. It was at that moment that I knew. Don't as me how I knew it, because I don't know, but I knew that she had to marry me. I knew at that moment we were destined for each other.
I cleared my throat. "Who is that blond girl with the fat man with the ugly mustache?" I asked, changing the subject.
"That's my sister, Petunia and her husband Vernon," she said. "Why?"
"Your sister?" I repeated raising my eyebrows.
"Yeah, my sister. Why?" she asked again.
"How long have they been married?" I asked, avoiding her question.
"About four years. Why do you care?" I could tell she was getting annoyed but whether it was because I was talking about her sister rather than her or if it was because I wasn't answering her question I didn't know. At that exact moment Petunia caught my eye and stood up and walked away. AS she reached the hallway to the bathrooms she looked back at me, a moment longer and then disappeared. I stood up and could feel Lily's eyes on me. "If you'll excuse me," I said politely moving to leave and follow Petunia to the bathroom.
"Wait," Lily exclaimed grabbing my wrist and pulling me back down into my seat. "Where are you going?" she snapped.
"Bathroom," I said matter-of-factly.
"Oh really?" she said.
I looked at her and raised and eyebrow. "Do I sense a hint of jealousy in your voice?" I said sulkily.
"Jealously?" she repeated snatching her hand back to her. "I-I'm not jealous," she said immediately.
I smiled at her and moved my face in towards hers. "Go ahead and keep telling yourself that," I said smiling. "But while your doing that, I am needed in the bathroom." Her eyes widened and I stood up walking towards the bathroom without looking back. Petunia wasn't in the bathroom corridor when I arrived there, but I knew where she had gone. I took a deep breath in and looked around to make sure I was alone in the hallway before pushing open the door labeled 'Ladies.' Inside, I saw Petunia standing in front of a mirror reapplying her lipstick.
"Hello cowboy," she said glancing at me. I took a few steps until I stood behind her and put my hand on her neck. She closed her eyes and moaned lightly. I moved her hair and put my lips on her skin. I kissed her as my hand traveled down to the opening of her shirt.
I emerged from the ladies room fifteen minutes later, resuming my position between Remus and Lily. Remus was too immersed with Mary Macdonald to notice I had even left. Lily shot me an icy cold look as I sat back down. Sirius handed me a beer.
"Where did you get off to?" he asked raising his eyebrows at me.
"Nowhere," I said mysteriously as Petunia returned to her seat next to Vernon. Sirius peered at me as he drank a gulp of beer. He looked at Petunia and me curiously and I just smiled back at him drinking from my own mug. Even after all these years, Sirius and I could still read each other like an open book.