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The Problem with Teenagers
~Chapter Two~ The Other ProblemRemus Lupin awoke with a hearty yawn. That summer he sent with James and Sirius at the Potter's castle home. The three boys shared a room together. James obviously slept on his own bed, Sirius slept on the spare bed, which left Remus with the couch, not that he minded anyway. He stretched and walked to the bathroom to freshen up.
When he was done, he came out and saw the two boys in awkward positions but still asleep.
"Do they do extensive martial arts while they sleep or something?"
Remus pulled off his pyjamas and started dressing. He put on a white shirt and blue jeans and, as quietly as he could, opened the door and slipped outside and closing the door behind him. He walked down to the dining room where he found James' father, Christopher Potter having breakfast while reading the newspaper. He looked over the newspaper to see who came down. He smiled warmly at Remus and set aside the newspaper.
'Good morning Remus,' he said.
'Good morning Mr. Potter,' replied Remus as he sat down and food magically appeared on the plate.
"Damn James for being so wealthy."
'Did you sleep well?' Remus asked.
'Yes, thank you. Did you?' said Mr. Potter.
'Quite fairly,' replied Remus as he started eating his pancakes.
'Hello son. Good morning Sirius,' said Mr. Potter absently while reading the newspaper.
'Morning dad,' said James as he walked into the dining room in his pyjamas.
'Good morning Mr. Potter,' said Sirius sleepily.
The two plopped down on either sides of Remus and immediately started eating. Remus shook his head and gave a sigh. Mr. Potter snickered slightly but Remus heard him. They exchanged smiles and went back to eating breakfast.
'Dad? Whoere dod mum goo?' said James with his mouth full of pancakes.
Mr. Potter raised his eyebrow and looked at his son sceptically.
'James, swallow your pancakes then talk. Your dad doesn't understand what you said,' said Remus.
'I do,' said Sirius.
James grinned with his mouth still filled with pancakes.
'Swallow,' said Remus again.
James swallowed and repeated his question.
'Dad? Where did mum go?' said James as he ate some more pancakes.
'She went to Hogsmeade,' said Mr. Potter. 'Said she wanted to meet a friend.'
'Oh,' was James' only reply.
Remus got up after finishing his breakfast and headed for the grounds. He found it relaxing to take a refreshing walk on the grounds of the Potter's castle.
"James has no idea how easy he's got life."
Remus strolled around the grounds and was startled by a sudden hooting sound. He turned around and saw three Hogwarts owls soaring towards the castle. One detached itself from the group and dropped the letter on Remus' outstretched hand. As he was skimming through the contents of the letter, he was startled once more by a distant shout he recognized was James'.
Remus ran up the castle steps and went through the doors and into the dining hall where he saw James dragging Sirius into a dance and shouting happily as his father read his letter and smiled.
'Jaaaammmmeessssss… lllettt ggooo of mmeeeeeeeeee,' said Sirius clearly getting dizzy.
James let go and started prancing around the room. Sirius landed of the floor in front of Remus with a bewildered look on his face.
'I'll kill James when I can focus me eyesight on him,' Sirius mumbled.
Remus looked at Sirius with a sceptical look and turned to James.
'What made you so happy that Sirius has to kill you?' Remus said blandly.
'I'M A GRYFFINDOR PREFECT!!!!!!!!!' James chimed happily.
'Obviously. Then what? You're a Slytherin prefect?' said Remus sarcastically.
'Being sarcastic just isn't you Remus,' Sirius said getting up.
'Yeah, that's Sirius' trait,' said James.
'Don't push your luck prefect boy,' said Sirius.
'James, it says here that you are invited to go to Hogwarts today for a meeting and of course stay there until school starts,' said Mr. Potter pointedly.
'Of course I'll go!' said James as he dashed up to his room.
'I'll get the Floo Powder,' his father called after him.
''Kay,' James called back.
'Maybe you two should go along. I'm not up to having to baby-sit the both of you,' said Mr. Potter as he exited the room.
Sirius and Remus grinned and raced up to James' room to pack as well. The three were soon packed and left for Hogsmeade village. The three saw the horseless Hogwarts carriage and soon were on their way up to the castle.
The three boys, each carrying their own luggage, walking towards the steps from the castle gates. James was humming "When the saints go marching in" loudly. Sirius mouthed 'why is he humming this song?' and Remus shrugged.
The three, once inside, straight headed for the Gryffindor Tower and into their dormitories. They dumped their trunks at the end of their beds and went back down to the common room. James was at the front followed by Sirius then Remus. Just as they reached the bottom of the stairs, James abruptly stopped causing Sirius to bump into him and Remus to bump into Sirius but James didn't even flinch.
'Hey James! Watch it! We're walking here,' Sirius' tone dropping to silence. Remus saw that the two were looking at something in the common room but from where he was standing, he couldn't see what it was.
'Hello?' Remus said as he waved his hand in front of Sirius' face.
Sirius caught the offending hand obstructing his view and Remus winced a bit but Sirius didn't even look away. Remus managed to wrench his hand away from Sirius. Remus didn't have to wait long before James and Sirius moved from the spot they were standing on.
'What were you two staring at?' Remus asked curiously as he looked around the common room.
'Nothing,' the two said but threw each other dirty looks and then walked out of the common room.
'Quidditch Chasers. I'll never understand them,' Remus muttered as he followed the two to the Great Hall. At the Great Hall, Remus spotted Lily and Phoenix talking and having breakfast. Surprisingly, James and Sirius sat down in front of the two girls, said their short greetings and started eating. Remus sighed and placed his head on his hand. He sat down next to Phoenix and sighed again.
'What's up, Lupin?' said Phoenix as Lily watched the two boys stuff their faces.
'I'm just amazed,' Remus said.
'Amazed at what?' Lily said with a smile directed to Remus.
'Amazed at how they can still eat so much after having stuffed their faces ten minutes ago and not grow fat,' said Remus.
Phoenix and Lily started laughing and Sirius gave Remus a smug look.
'Thaffs joos becuos my hormoons arf bettoor theen yoours,' said Sirius with his mouth full of food.
'Sirius, how many times do I have to emphasize on the phrase "Swallow your food before you speak", Remus said as he brushed off a piece of chewed up bacon of his robes.
Sirius merely grinned at him and continued eating.
James finished his "second breakfast" and started talking with Lily while Remus talked with Phoenix and Sirius kept eating. Remus and Phoenix were startled and Sirius choked, as Lily and James started shouted excitedly.
'Let me guess, James is a Gryffindor prefect,' said Phoenix as she scratched her head with her head bowed then looked up to Remus.
'Yup. Lil?' Remus replied
'Yes. I could hear her from my room when she practically screamed it out loud back in her house. It'd easily reach about 150 decibels. Noise pollution by Muggle standards, which is 80 decibels or higher,' Phoenix said.
'James wasn't that bad. I could barely hear him from his garden on the grounds but the shout was still there,' said Remus as a smile crept back on his face as he looked at where the two prefects were now dancing with glee.
Phoenix turned to see Sirius slowly inching away from James with a look of sheer terror on his face. Remus and Phoenix both fled the scene and once a good distance from the Great Hall they both started laughing.
'That was priceless!' Remus exclaimed.
'I always knew hidden cameras were a good idea,' said Phoenix as she reached up to remove her right earring. It was a silver phoenix. Remus paled slightly and didn't touch the earring (he is a werewolf after all and they can't touch silver objects. The earring wasn't pure silver mind you) as Phoenix tapped the earring with her wand. A rolled up paper was soon in her hands as she said "Processium" and flicked her wand over her hand. The earring Remus noticed changed to red and gold and stared at it for a while. Remus blinked as the light hit the diamond that was the Phoenix's eye and turned back to silver again. Remus backed away from the earring, which Phoenix set down on the floor next to her when she tapped her wand on it. Phoenix turned to see Remus leaning on the wall, staring intently at the floor. She turned to see what he was staring at, saw her earring and smiled. She once again tapped the earring and said "Processium" and then put her earring back on. She picked up the two rolled up papers and helped Remus back up on his feet.
'Erm…Phoenix? What's your earring made of?' Remus asked cautiously.
'Hmm? Oh my earring. It's made of a special kind of germanium alloy,' Phoenix said offhandedly.
'Oh,' Remus gave a sigh of relief.
'Why'd you ask?' Phoenix asked.
'Oh. Um… No particular reason,' said Remus quickly.
'All right. If you say so,' Phoenix said as the two made their way back to the Great Hall.
When they reached the Entrance Hall, Phoenix went up the staircase to her mother's office and Remus walked into the Great Hall. There he saw James and Lily talking quite cheerily and Sirius was just getting up to leave. Remus chuckled as Sirius walked towards him.
'If I were you, I wouldn't get too close to James. He sang "Insatiable" just now and I think he's thinking of doing an encore,' Sirius said grimly.
'But you're not me, are you?' said Remus.
'I'm going back to the dorm before Mr. Music Lover starts another ear-splitting high-pitched song,' said Sirius.
'Come on. I'll follow you. I like "Insatiable" but sung by Darren Hayes not James Potter. He's just not made to sing high-pitches,' said Remus with a laugh as he walked with Sirius back to Gryffindor Tower.
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