Disclaimer: Still own nothing...please review.
Remus and Bethany woke up the next morning to a chorus of 'aws' Bethany opened her eyes to see James and Lily standing over them and a tired Sirius behind them. Bethany looked to her right and realized that she and Remus had fallen asleep on the couch. They looked pretty close. She mumbled something and closed her eyes again trying to sleep.
"Come on Beth, Quidditch in 30 chop chop," James said. Bethany groaned and shuffled to her room to change. She emerged with her new Gryffindor Quidditch uniform on and her dark brown hair in a ponytail.
"So, Bethany, you and Remus looked pretty comfortable this morning," James smirked.
Bethany rolled her eyes, "Honestly. We both couldn't sleep so we talked and finally fell asleep."
"Well, let's head down to the field," James said. Bethany nodded in agreement and Sirius followed close behind.
With their brooms in hand they made it down to the field. They all mounted their brooms and ascended into the air. Their first exercise was to pass the quaffle to all of the team members. To everyone's surprise Bethany was quite good. Their next exercise was to practice their roles. Bethany was a chaser.
"Ok, James, when I say now release the snitch," Sirius said. James nodded. "Now!" The snitch was released and everybody started.
Everyone started playing their roles. James was looking around for the snitch while Sirius and Bethany zoomed around passing the quaffle back and forth. After a good 10 minutes James was chasing after the snitch dodging bludgers as he went. Bethany and Sirius were scoring goal after goal. Sirius smiled. She wasn't as bad as he thought she would be. After an hour of this they all stopped to take a breather.
"Ok," James said. "We're going to run, not walk, 2 miles. They all set aside their brooms and took off their Quidditch cloaks and extra clothing. Bethany stood there in black sweat pants and a tight blue shirt. For some reason Sirius couldn't keep his eyes off of her. He shook his head to get rid of the thoughts.
"You did a good job," Sirius said to Bethany.
"Thanks, you did too," she said.
"You like Remus, I can tell," he whispered.
Bethany tilted her head to the side and looked at him, "Jealous much?" And with that she ran with the rest of the team. Sirius groaned and ran after her.
"Sirius, don't assume things. I don't date someone I hardly know," Bethany said.
"You called me by my first name," He said smirking.
She rolled her eyes; "I figured we were on friendly terms now. I could call you Black if you wanted me to."
"No, no," he shook his head. "Sirius is fine."
She smiled, "I thought so."
After about a mile of running James told them they could walk for the next few minutes. Sirius looked at Bethany she was wiping the sweat off her face with the bottom of her shirt. 'Two can play this game' He took off his shirt and wrapped it around his neck.
Bethany saw this out of the corner of her eye. Her eyes widened and Sirius smirked. It took all of Bethany's concentration to not stare at him. She closed her eyes and opened them trying to get rid of the thoughts. Loads of girls would have killed to be in the spot that she was. To her relief James told them to start running again so her mind went to the pain she was feeling in her leg muscles and not the shirtless Sirius who was to her right.
After finishing their two-mile run everyone went back into the castle. They all entered the common room to see everyone awake and heading towards the great hall. Bethany went into the bathroom to take a cold shower but little did she know Sirius was doing the same.
Sirius and James ran into the great hall and started chowing down. Bethany sat in the seat that Remus saved for her which was in-between himself and Sirius once again. She ate calmly as the boys' shoveled food into their mouths. Most of their breakfast was spent doing this and making fun of Remus and Bethany for falling asleep on the couch together. Somewhere in-between the hassling and eating Georgia joined them.
"What's this I hear about you and Remus?" Georgia asked.
Bethany sighed, "God how many time do I have to tell you people. We fell asleep on the couch talking. That's it. No more, no less."
"Hmm and I was going to congratulate Remus," Georgia pondered out loud. The guys laughed and Remus turned pink.
"Well, its time to head out to the field," James said stuffing one last sausage in his mouth. Sirius and Bethany nodded and followed him out the door.
Within 20 minutes the stands were packed and the players were heading out to the field. They were playing against Slytherin. This was Bethany's chance to show them what they were missing even though Slytherin did play dirty and cheated. Everybody mounted their brooms and the whistle blew sending the snitch and bludgers flying upwards.
James was busy looking out for the snitch while Sirius and Bethany zoomed down the field sending the quaffle into the middle hoop. 10 points for Gryffindor. The crowd applauded and Sirius grinned. Slytherin was obviously very upset over this. They glared at the back of Sirius's head. The quaffle was sent into play again as the players were flying around the arena trying to do their jobs. James spotted the snitch and dove for it with excellent speed.
The keeper blocked the quaffle from going in Gryffindor's hoop and threw the ball to Bethany. She zoomed down the field at top speed dodging the bludgers on the way. She zigzagged left and right and threw the quaffle into the right hoop scoring a goal. James made a final swoop and captured the snitch. The crowd cheered. An overwhelming pain came over Bethany as a bludger hit her side. She cried out in pain and fell off of her broom landing in the sand 10 feet below.
James and Sirius flew down to her side while Lily, Peter and Remus ran down from the stands. Bethany winced and groaned holding her side. Sirius saw Lucius Malfoy smirking on the side watching his friend in pain. Sirius's expression hardened and he ran up and started yelling and cussing Malfoy out. It took Peter and James to hold him back.
Remus checked Bethany's side to blood seeping through her uniform. He pushed the uniform aside to see a hideous black and blue bruise forming that was in the shape of a bludger. Blood was seeping through the wound and Remus looked away. This looked bad. Professor McGonagall was yelling at Sirius and Lucius telling them to watch their language.
"Mr. Lupin can you please carry Miss O'Keefe to the hospital wing right away?" McGonagall asked. He nodded and picked her up walking off towards the castle with a pissed off Sirius behind him.
A few minutes later they reached the hospital wing and Madame Pomfrey instructed Remus to set her in one of the beds. Madame Pomfrey saw Sirius and Remus's sad faces and told them not to worry. She sifted through one of the cabinets and brought out a hideous black and brown looking potion that none of them would ever drink. Bethany was still wincing and crying out in pain.
Her hair stuck to her sweat-covered forehead as Madame Pomfrey poured the mixture into a glass. "Don't you worry she'll be better in a jiffy. Bruised livers are easy to heal they just take time."
"Bruised liver?" Remus asked as he exchanged a glance with his friends.
Madame Pomfrey nodded, "That bludger went pretty deep. I can mend organs in a heartbeat. This is the wizarding world after all not some muggle hospital. Here deary drink this." She brought the glass to Bethany's lips and she grimaced as she drank the bad tasting potion. "She'll have to stay overnight but you're free to visit."
"Will she be better by Monday?" Lily asked.
"I'm not sure Miss Evans but she's a tough one," Madame Pomfrey shook her head sadly as she went to take care of another patient.
They all looked at Bethany's sleeping form as she tossed and turned. They couldn't bear to see her like this. They may not have known her for that long but she was still their friend. The rest of the day was spent looking over Bethany. They would each take a different shift and keep her company even though she was sleeping.
Madame Pomfrey walked around the wing making her rounds. She smiled when she saw Remus asleep next to Bethany with her hand in his. She took an extra blanket from one of the unoccupied beds and put it on him. She smiled knowingly as she left to get some sleep of her own.
***
Bethany slept until Sunday afternoon. She opened her eyes as the rays of sunlight cascaded through the window. She saw the whole gang there watching her. She yawned and slightly stretched still feeling a little sore from the game yesterday morning.
"You're awake," Lily said smiling. "You've been asleep for almost 2 days. We were worried about you. How do you feel?"
"I've felt better," she wrinkled her nose. "All I remember is getting hit and then all I saw was darkness."
Madame Pomfrey walked by them smiling, "Your free to go Miss O'Keefe but do be careful around those bludgers." She nodded in agreement as her friends walked her back to the common room.
"So," Bethany began. "Did I miss anything exciting?"
"Nope, just James making an ass out of himself like usual," Sirius, said smirking. Bethany snickered.
Before they knew it night time had approached and they all headed to their respectable rooms. Bethany went into the bathroom and looked in the mirror. Her skin looked pale. Her eyes were neither green nor blue and they had a yellowish tint by the pupil. Her hair was a dark brown and was cut an inch or so above her shoulders. Freckles dusted across her nose and cheeks. She had freckles and lots of them. To some people she would be called Goth. She liked darker colors. Of course every once in a while she'd wear paler colors. She had nothing against blue or white. Blue was her favorite color. Being Goth is more a state of mind instead of how you dress. Most of the time she just picked out random comfortable clothes when she didn't have to wear her school uniform. She always wore long sleeves though whether she was wearing her uniform or whatever she wanted she wore long sleeves as if she was hiding something. She sighed. She was.
She exited the bathroom. Lily was asleep and Bethany knew she wouldn't be able to do the same. She walked down the stairs and into the common room. Remus was once again sitting there starring into the fire like she found him a few nights before.
"Couldn't sleep again?" She asked.
"Nope," he smiled back. "We should do this every night. It'll be our bonding time." She nodded in agreement and smiled.
A/N: Thank you so much for the review. I hope to get more in the future. Thank you for reading and remember the reviews opinion counts tell me if you like it, hate it, or if there are some typos. Thanks for reading.
R3ckl3ss: Yay my first reviewer! Thanks so much; hope you liked the next bit. I'll try to post more soon.
Remus and Bethany woke up the next morning to a chorus of 'aws' Bethany opened her eyes to see James and Lily standing over them and a tired Sirius behind them. Bethany looked to her right and realized that she and Remus had fallen asleep on the couch. They looked pretty close. She mumbled something and closed her eyes again trying to sleep.
"Come on Beth, Quidditch in 30 chop chop," James said. Bethany groaned and shuffled to her room to change. She emerged with her new Gryffindor Quidditch uniform on and her dark brown hair in a ponytail.
"So, Bethany, you and Remus looked pretty comfortable this morning," James smirked.
Bethany rolled her eyes, "Honestly. We both couldn't sleep so we talked and finally fell asleep."
"Well, let's head down to the field," James said. Bethany nodded in agreement and Sirius followed close behind.
With their brooms in hand they made it down to the field. They all mounted their brooms and ascended into the air. Their first exercise was to pass the quaffle to all of the team members. To everyone's surprise Bethany was quite good. Their next exercise was to practice their roles. Bethany was a chaser.
"Ok, James, when I say now release the snitch," Sirius said. James nodded. "Now!" The snitch was released and everybody started.
Everyone started playing their roles. James was looking around for the snitch while Sirius and Bethany zoomed around passing the quaffle back and forth. After a good 10 minutes James was chasing after the snitch dodging bludgers as he went. Bethany and Sirius were scoring goal after goal. Sirius smiled. She wasn't as bad as he thought she would be. After an hour of this they all stopped to take a breather.
"Ok," James said. "We're going to run, not walk, 2 miles. They all set aside their brooms and took off their Quidditch cloaks and extra clothing. Bethany stood there in black sweat pants and a tight blue shirt. For some reason Sirius couldn't keep his eyes off of her. He shook his head to get rid of the thoughts.
"You did a good job," Sirius said to Bethany.
"Thanks, you did too," she said.
"You like Remus, I can tell," he whispered.
Bethany tilted her head to the side and looked at him, "Jealous much?" And with that she ran with the rest of the team. Sirius groaned and ran after her.
"Sirius, don't assume things. I don't date someone I hardly know," Bethany said.
"You called me by my first name," He said smirking.
She rolled her eyes; "I figured we were on friendly terms now. I could call you Black if you wanted me to."
"No, no," he shook his head. "Sirius is fine."
She smiled, "I thought so."
After about a mile of running James told them they could walk for the next few minutes. Sirius looked at Bethany she was wiping the sweat off her face with the bottom of her shirt. 'Two can play this game' He took off his shirt and wrapped it around his neck.
Bethany saw this out of the corner of her eye. Her eyes widened and Sirius smirked. It took all of Bethany's concentration to not stare at him. She closed her eyes and opened them trying to get rid of the thoughts. Loads of girls would have killed to be in the spot that she was. To her relief James told them to start running again so her mind went to the pain she was feeling in her leg muscles and not the shirtless Sirius who was to her right.
After finishing their two-mile run everyone went back into the castle. They all entered the common room to see everyone awake and heading towards the great hall. Bethany went into the bathroom to take a cold shower but little did she know Sirius was doing the same.
Sirius and James ran into the great hall and started chowing down. Bethany sat in the seat that Remus saved for her which was in-between himself and Sirius once again. She ate calmly as the boys' shoveled food into their mouths. Most of their breakfast was spent doing this and making fun of Remus and Bethany for falling asleep on the couch together. Somewhere in-between the hassling and eating Georgia joined them.
"What's this I hear about you and Remus?" Georgia asked.
Bethany sighed, "God how many time do I have to tell you people. We fell asleep on the couch talking. That's it. No more, no less."
"Hmm and I was going to congratulate Remus," Georgia pondered out loud. The guys laughed and Remus turned pink.
"Well, its time to head out to the field," James said stuffing one last sausage in his mouth. Sirius and Bethany nodded and followed him out the door.
Within 20 minutes the stands were packed and the players were heading out to the field. They were playing against Slytherin. This was Bethany's chance to show them what they were missing even though Slytherin did play dirty and cheated. Everybody mounted their brooms and the whistle blew sending the snitch and bludgers flying upwards.
James was busy looking out for the snitch while Sirius and Bethany zoomed down the field sending the quaffle into the middle hoop. 10 points for Gryffindor. The crowd applauded and Sirius grinned. Slytherin was obviously very upset over this. They glared at the back of Sirius's head. The quaffle was sent into play again as the players were flying around the arena trying to do their jobs. James spotted the snitch and dove for it with excellent speed.
The keeper blocked the quaffle from going in Gryffindor's hoop and threw the ball to Bethany. She zoomed down the field at top speed dodging the bludgers on the way. She zigzagged left and right and threw the quaffle into the right hoop scoring a goal. James made a final swoop and captured the snitch. The crowd cheered. An overwhelming pain came over Bethany as a bludger hit her side. She cried out in pain and fell off of her broom landing in the sand 10 feet below.
James and Sirius flew down to her side while Lily, Peter and Remus ran down from the stands. Bethany winced and groaned holding her side. Sirius saw Lucius Malfoy smirking on the side watching his friend in pain. Sirius's expression hardened and he ran up and started yelling and cussing Malfoy out. It took Peter and James to hold him back.
Remus checked Bethany's side to blood seeping through her uniform. He pushed the uniform aside to see a hideous black and blue bruise forming that was in the shape of a bludger. Blood was seeping through the wound and Remus looked away. This looked bad. Professor McGonagall was yelling at Sirius and Lucius telling them to watch their language.
"Mr. Lupin can you please carry Miss O'Keefe to the hospital wing right away?" McGonagall asked. He nodded and picked her up walking off towards the castle with a pissed off Sirius behind him.
A few minutes later they reached the hospital wing and Madame Pomfrey instructed Remus to set her in one of the beds. Madame Pomfrey saw Sirius and Remus's sad faces and told them not to worry. She sifted through one of the cabinets and brought out a hideous black and brown looking potion that none of them would ever drink. Bethany was still wincing and crying out in pain.
Her hair stuck to her sweat-covered forehead as Madame Pomfrey poured the mixture into a glass. "Don't you worry she'll be better in a jiffy. Bruised livers are easy to heal they just take time."
"Bruised liver?" Remus asked as he exchanged a glance with his friends.
Madame Pomfrey nodded, "That bludger went pretty deep. I can mend organs in a heartbeat. This is the wizarding world after all not some muggle hospital. Here deary drink this." She brought the glass to Bethany's lips and she grimaced as she drank the bad tasting potion. "She'll have to stay overnight but you're free to visit."
"Will she be better by Monday?" Lily asked.
"I'm not sure Miss Evans but she's a tough one," Madame Pomfrey shook her head sadly as she went to take care of another patient.
They all looked at Bethany's sleeping form as she tossed and turned. They couldn't bear to see her like this. They may not have known her for that long but she was still their friend. The rest of the day was spent looking over Bethany. They would each take a different shift and keep her company even though she was sleeping.
Madame Pomfrey walked around the wing making her rounds. She smiled when she saw Remus asleep next to Bethany with her hand in his. She took an extra blanket from one of the unoccupied beds and put it on him. She smiled knowingly as she left to get some sleep of her own.
***
Bethany slept until Sunday afternoon. She opened her eyes as the rays of sunlight cascaded through the window. She saw the whole gang there watching her. She yawned and slightly stretched still feeling a little sore from the game yesterday morning.
"You're awake," Lily said smiling. "You've been asleep for almost 2 days. We were worried about you. How do you feel?"
"I've felt better," she wrinkled her nose. "All I remember is getting hit and then all I saw was darkness."
Madame Pomfrey walked by them smiling, "Your free to go Miss O'Keefe but do be careful around those bludgers." She nodded in agreement as her friends walked her back to the common room.
"So," Bethany began. "Did I miss anything exciting?"
"Nope, just James making an ass out of himself like usual," Sirius, said smirking. Bethany snickered.
Before they knew it night time had approached and they all headed to their respectable rooms. Bethany went into the bathroom and looked in the mirror. Her skin looked pale. Her eyes were neither green nor blue and they had a yellowish tint by the pupil. Her hair was a dark brown and was cut an inch or so above her shoulders. Freckles dusted across her nose and cheeks. She had freckles and lots of them. To some people she would be called Goth. She liked darker colors. Of course every once in a while she'd wear paler colors. She had nothing against blue or white. Blue was her favorite color. Being Goth is more a state of mind instead of how you dress. Most of the time she just picked out random comfortable clothes when she didn't have to wear her school uniform. She always wore long sleeves though whether she was wearing her uniform or whatever she wanted she wore long sleeves as if she was hiding something. She sighed. She was.
She exited the bathroom. Lily was asleep and Bethany knew she wouldn't be able to do the same. She walked down the stairs and into the common room. Remus was once again sitting there starring into the fire like she found him a few nights before.
"Couldn't sleep again?" She asked.
"Nope," he smiled back. "We should do this every night. It'll be our bonding time." She nodded in agreement and smiled.
A/N: Thank you so much for the review. I hope to get more in the future. Thank you for reading and remember the reviews opinion counts tell me if you like it, hate it, or if there are some typos. Thanks for reading.
R3ckl3ss: Yay my first reviewer! Thanks so much; hope you liked the next bit. I'll try to post more soon.