Title: Just for Tonight
Author: Mad Amecom PTE
Email: mad_amecom_pte@hotmail.com
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, locations, or anything that has to do with Harry Potter. I wish I did though...
Notes: This is a revision of a story I wrote last summer (titled "Just Friends"). I realized what I wrote was really crappy because I was just trying to write as much as I could in the shortest amount of time. Quantity so does not equal quality. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this story and I'd like to thank monster_within for (sort of unintentionally) reminding me of this story. Well, that's it. Read and review, please! There's more to come.
It was about five minutes until 11:00 at Platform 9 3/4. Five minutes until the Hogwarts Express made its way towards Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The large crowd that stood on the platform hustled and bustled. There were parents of ten-year-olds waving frivolously to the children whom would be leaving home for the first time. There were scattered cliques of teenagers pulling up their robes to show each other the latest fashion of trousers among London muggles that seemed to flair out from the ankle. There were friends catching up with each other for the first time in all of the summer hugging and slapping each other's backs in good cheer. All of this activity seemed normal to the indifferent honey-eyed boy stepping into a cart on one of the scarlet engine's cars. After five years of going to Hogwarts, anyone would most likely become accustomed to the yearly ritual. He dropped his thin body onto a seat near the window, barely indenting the soft cushion. Just as he turned to examine the few students that rushed onto the train, which had started to chug along the track, a nest of messy black hair with some glasses barely visible underneath shot into the doorway.
"Remus Lupin! What are you doing sitting in this cart all by your lonesome self?" The boy under that mess of hair plopped himself onto the seat opposite Remus. "C'mon, mates! He's in here!" He shouted out the door. In rushed another black haired lad (though his hair was noticeably groomed better) and a rosy cheeked, chubby one. The chubby one sat down beside Remus. "Ah! It's great to have the Marauders together again! So, how did summer treat you?" The messy-haired boy asked.
"Not too bad," stated Remus, "And you, James?"
James put on a devilish grin and pushed his thick, black rimmed glasses up. "Bloody marvellous. Sirius and I snuck up to a girl's camp while we were camping. There was some wanking off that night!" He elbowed Sirius hard in the side. Sirius flashed his eyes up to Remus's grimacing face and back down to the floor.
"I certainly didn't enjoy it. Besides, the girls heard you panting before they even showed a bit of skin." Sirius quickly spat. "You really shouldn't have mentioned this around Peter. Look at his face change fifty shades of red!"
"It is not!" the round, blonde haired boy yelled, covering his blushing with Remus's Defence Against the Dark Arts textbook.
"You didn't enjoy-" Remus started but was cut off by Sirius hurling himself at Peter, trying to pry the book from away from his face. Peter squealed and fell to the floor and James announced another victory for the 'All-Powerful Sirius'. They all laughed as Remus sat and forgot his question, watching the scenery outside his window pass.
Once they arrived at Hogwarts everything preceded normally. The four crowded into a cart and chattered until they reached the huge ancient-looking castle that they would call their home and school for the next year. All of the students scurried to the great hall and placed themselves at their respective house tables. The Sorting was done fairly quickly and the Gryffindores table cheered as the Sorting Hat announced that Charles Zhambria would be placed in their house (mostly because he was the last first year and the feast would start now the Sorting was done). Magnificent amounts of food appeared along the tables and it all began disappearing into the student's mouths faster than it appeared. James continued to tell Peter and Remus about the girl's camp caper while Sirius rolled his eyes and started introducing himself to first year Gryffindores. Remus felt himself tuning out what James was excitedly jabbering about and didn't notice his eyes stray over to Sirius. That is, until he introduced himself to a shiny-haired first year, who was particularly mature and attractive looking for her age. Remus suddenly felt his face getting hot and his mouth frowning. He turned away from the flirting girl and grinning Sirius to listen (or at least, pretend to listen) about the caper.
After the feast was over, the crowds of kids slowly started draining out of the Great Hall, following their house Prefects. The Marauders made their way up the steps to the room labelled "5th Years", which contained four beds and bed tables with their luggage sitting on each bed. All of them, started unpacking their things, except Sirius, whom was lying lazily on his mattress. He sighed, "Damn. Can you believe us four have been together for five years? It blows my mind how we survived all of those fights and detentions and accidents."
James nodded in agreement, "Yeah, but we're still best friends! That's all that matters right?" He looked around at the other three. Peter was the only one who seemed to respond, which he did with a hearty 'thumbs-up'. Remus, who seemed to be drifting along in his own little world, continued unpacking. Sirius looked over to the wiry boy putting various coloured jumpers in a drawer and let out a long sigh into his pillow.
"Right. Friends."