A/N: I feel bad for what I did to Sirius in this chapter...
Disclaimer: don't own noffin Harry Potter related... all I own is my amazing plot... heh... xD
That
afternooon, as Lily started to make lunch, rain started to drip
gently onto the windowpanes. Lookng out into the gloom, she saw that
it was cloudy as ever. Seeing that there as nothing she really wanted
to do in the rain, she decided she would spend today catching up on
her reading. She hadn't done much recently.
When she called the
boys down for lunch, she wasn't surprised when Sirius and Remus were
the first two to respond. Dogs were more likely to run for food, she
found. James was nearly as fast, but this time HE was behing THEIR
roadblock instead of Remus being behind his and Sirius'. He took a
page out of Remus' book andcasually shoved them both through the
doorway. As Remus and Sirius crashed to the ground, James casually
stepping over them, Remus looked up at Lily.
"Well isn't this
unusual?" he pondered strenuously as Sirius lay atop him, "It's
not often that I end up in James' place!"
Lily laughed and
helped him up. Sirius simlpy lay on the floor.
"Bring it down
to me, will you Lils?" he asked yawning, "Im too tired to
get up! It was a looo-oo-ooo-oong night." he yawned the last
words.
"If you say so Sirius," she shrugged, plopping
his plate down in front of him.
As
Sirius lazed on the floor, munching happily on the bacon and eggs
Lily had so graciously set in front of him, he glanced out the
window, "So I guess the beach would be pointless today," he
pouted slightly, "So what should we do?"
"I'm going
to catch up on my sleeping as soon as im done eating," Remus
stated, swallowing a mouthful, "Im drained."
"We
figured you would be Moony," James smiled slightly, "It's
fine, we understand."
Remus nodded and continued his lunch in
silence.
"That still leaves the issue of what to do though,"
Sirius pondered, poking the yolk of his egg and watching it
jiggle.
"Well, I'm going to be reading all day," Lily
stated, "Well, except when I come out to cook supper, since none
of you can cook to save your lives." No one argued, and Remus
smiled weakly, but James had a shocked upset expression.
"There
goes my 'spend-the-day-cuddling-and-snogging-Lily' plan," he
pouted, jabbing an egg, "Now what'll I do?"
Lily shot a
glance at him but decided to keep quiet. Sirius on the other hand,
was a different story. After quickly hiding a grin, he looked up at
James seriously.
"Well... since that was shot down... we'll
have to find something else to do, won't we?" Sirius looked
extremely determined as he looked James in the face, "Got any
more 'make-an-idiot-of-myself' plans? That first one seemed to be
pretty bad, so why not come up with another?"
James,
completely clueless, simply looked at his friend, "Well... we
could go out and play catch or something," he suggested.
Lily
and Sirius exchanged a 'he didn't catch that' look and Sirius stood
up, dropping his plates in the sink as he passed.
"Why not
mate, why not? Hurry up you," Sirius stretched, "Just
remember, it's gunna be wet out there, so don't whine about your hair
getting wet."
"Same to you mate."
"...
Yeah... well... sod off Prongs."
The boys finished up lunch
and headed outside.
As
Lily sat cozily in the library and Remus slept soundly, James and
Sirius stood on the poorch looking out into the gentle falling rain
that was really no more than a shower. James was tossing and catching
a baseball as Sirius cosidered something.
"What's on your
mind?" James asked, "You look more thoughtful than
usual."
"I'm just wondering why the Death Eaters haven't
attacked yet... I mean, there was that one in the forest, but why
havent others come near the house?"
"Faher was a smart
man," James shrugged, "There's a ton of protective charms
around the place. Not to mention that to anyone who hasn't seen
pictures or been inside before, the outside looks like a shabby old
run-down shack."
"That is clever," Sirius agreed,
"So is it safe to be in the yard then?"
"Of course!
Now lets get playing, unless you really ARE afraid to get your hair
wet," James raised an eyebrow.
"Not at all mate!"
Sirius laughed, running into the yard.
They played so that the
first to miss a catch was the looser. After a short while of tossing
the ball back and forth, with a loy of cheating on both their parts,
James decided he felt like winning.
"Catch this one Padfoot!"
he called gleefully, a mischevious grin spreading wide across his
face.
"Alright, no problem mate!" Sirius grinned back,
preparing himself for a spectacular throw.
James had exactly that
planned. He touched the tip of his wand to the ball secretly and
shoved it quickly back into his pocket.Still grnning broadly, he
threw the ball high in the air, angled toward Sirius. Aparently,
James had done something wrong when he chamed the ball because he
wanted it to simply spin around his friend and drop to the ground. On
the contrary, the ball span around Sirius six or seven times and
swiftly and deliberately...
Smashed him in the nose, knocking him
to the sodden ground.
As
Sirius lay on the ground, spread eagle, his hand shot quickly to his
nose. Sitting up slowly, he let James see the damage he had done.
Blood was staining his front already, and even though his hand
covered his nose, James knew it was broken.
"James,"
Sirius growled dangerously.
"Sirius! I'm sorry mate! I didn't
mean for it to do that!" he explained hurriedly.
"You
broke my bloody nose!"
"Yeah it is kinda bloody..."
"I
realized that Prongs... what're you gunna do about it?"
"Ahh...
cose my eyes and hope it goes away?"
"Try again."
James
thought for a moment, "Well, I dont think you want me to fix it,
since I'd probably do it wrong," he said.
"Yeah, put it
on my forehead or something."
"... so lets go see Lily."
