Chapter 13: Amber Eyes.
Remus, Sirius, James and Peter had spent the entirety of lunch talking of their incredible prank. Even the smallest details had been figured out and absolutely nothing could go wrong. 'I can't wait until Monday', thought Remus, 'Solis won't know what bit him! Oh no, what a terrible pun, maybe Sirius has been rubbing off on me...'.
History of magic was their next class, Remus had been seated next to Aldric. Aldric seemed really nice, though he hadn't spoken to Remus: he hadn't spoken to anyone, actually. The only exception was when Remus had saw him whispering to his kitten, she was usually hidden inside his sleeve, or resting on the palm of his hand. Pets were forbidden in class, however Aldric possessed more than enough Slytherin cunning to avoid the consequences.
Remus watched Aldric conjure some string out of the end of his wand, allowing the tiny kitten to play on his lap. He smiled, he had always wanted a pet; he was far too afraid of becoming attatched to anything he could accidentally harm, however.
Remus leaned over, "Hello cutie, what's your name?", Aldric grinned. Remus knew that if anything was going to make Aldric talk it was a mutual interest in the kitten.
" Umm... her name, it is Amber, umm, because her eyes are a beautiful shade of amber, like yours", Aldric had gone bright pink, he had barely kept eye contact and he was recoiling slightly. Remus felt slightly startled, he hadn't realised how soft Aldric's voice was, there was something strange about the way every word lingered. It felt as if you could miss it, were you not focused on him and him only.
"May I pet Amber?", Remus felt just as shy as Aldric, "And was that a compliment?", Remus personally detested his eyes; he couldn't imagine anyone else liking them.
" Well, I guess, it must have been, were it not an insult", Aldric gave a sheepish grin, "Of course you may, if she dislikes you I imagine she will tell you. Though, I must warn you, not even my brother can win her affection...".
Remus put out his hand, allowing her to take in his scent, he saw something in her eyes, 'could she smell it?', he panicked slightly, 'could she tell?'. No sooner had the thought occurred than she had decided to slide onto his lap, nuzzling a scar (barely a month old) that ran across his hand. He sighed.
" I can't believe it... You must have a way with animals", Aldric looked over at Remus' desk, trying not to give away that he did not know his name, "You have certainly charmed her, Remus Lupin".
" Class dismissed", Professor Binns said in a toneless voice.
Aldric and Remus left together, laughing as Amber nestled her way under Aldric's hat. Aldric stopped, like a fox, caught in the headlights.
"Oohhh Aaaaaldriiic, who's your boyfriiiend?", Bellatrix cackled, " Did you have to get a new saviour after Lucius and I put your brother in the hospital wing?".
"He's not...", Aldric started.
"Prove it!", she grinned manically, it was evident how much she enjoyed toying with him.
" Don't say that! He's mine!", a girl with sharp green eyes to match her sharp tongue appeared behind Remus, her light brown hair fell over her face slightly as she laughed.
"Makaila... mmm!" Aldric was petrified. With a flick of her hair, she leaned forwards, kissing Aldric with as much passion as any eleven year old could muster. She winked at Bellatrix and dragged the boys away.
"Are you b-both?", Remus stuttered, he could not understand what had just happened.
" Nooo, bad luck little Aldric! Your boyfriend really is cute though", with that she chuckled and vanished out of sight, just as fast as she had appeared.
"Wait! He's not my...", both boys shouted after her.
" I demand you come back here right now Mikaila Carter!", Aldric had crossed his arms at this and huffed.
Author's Note: Poor Aldric! At least Mikaila saved him, though I imagine he and his 'boyfriend' will be the talk of the Slytherins for a while.