Chapter Ten
James had been sitting in the Hogs Head for the past hour, staring at his mug of firewhiskey. One of the nice things about the Hogs Head was no one asked questions. There were too many questionable.entities in the bar for anyone to be casting judgments.
He was contemplating leaving when he saw Sirius and Remus enter the pub.
"Do you think he's mad at me?" asked Sirius looking around for an empty table. James had shrunk back into a corner to avoid detection.
Remus looked concerned when he answered, "It doesn't really matter does it? James could be anywhere, and if he gets hurt it's going to be our fault."
"Do you think I went to far when I asked Lily to pay up her side of her challenge?"
"Personally, no, but I do think you took it over the top when you added that little bit of theatrics that night."
"You're probably right. I just hope James is okay so I can apologize."
"You had better hope not. Knowing James you're in deep dipsh*t. There is no way he's going to let you off easy." Looking at his watch Remus said, "We have to go. McGonagall's doing bed checks."
"Since when?"
"Well, it's only for the sixth and seventh years, but I think it's because she caught you sneaking out every night you didn't have detention last year."
"Okay, I just hope James comes back soon."
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James crept out of the corner, he got a few glances, but he wasn't doing anything dangerous so no one gave him the time of day. I wonder what they mean bed checks. I hope they'll cover for me because I'm not going back there tonight. His mind made up he walked over the Shrieking Shack. Finding some blankets he curled up on the cold bed and fell asleep.
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Lily was starting to panic. She didn't know where to find James she needed to speak to him about last night.
"Sirius where is James?"
"I don't know. He didn't come back last night."
"Well, if you were James and you were angry where would you go?"
"The Hog's Head to get drunk."
"Well he can't have stayed all night, can he?"
"Probably, Joey don't really do anything about all-nighters, he just lets them sit, or sleep off the alcohol, and in the morning if they don't get up he moves them so he can clean."
"Well, you were there last night. Was he there?"
"No, wait how did you know where we were?"
"Sirius there are very few things that go on in this castle that I don't know about."
"Okay, um, this probably isn't the best time, but I wanted to settle the terms of our date. I want to bring James along, and Remus, and sort of make it a group thing, not a date, just a bunch of friends going to Hogsmeade."
"That's fine."
"Okay, I have to go find James."
"Let him know that I need to talk to him."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
James woke with a pounding headache. When he opened his eyes he saw Remus standing over him with a steaming cup of coffee in his hand.
"Good morning James. You probably aren't feeling very well."
"Urg."
"Here's your coffee," seeing James' slightly pained, curious look he explained, "This is where I come too when I need to be alone. You seem to have realized just as well as I that our map doesn't really leave us anywhere to find solitude. And I figured that since you probably weren't at the Hog's Head anymore that you would be here."
"Ermph."
"My nose, I could smell you a mile away. You have a very distinct smell when you are drunk. It's hard to forget. Don't worry it's not just you. Sirius is worse, and Peter, well he has this rather odd aura when he drinks, even if it's just butterbeer."
"Up you get, we have to get back to school. Lily wants to talk to you."
"I don' wanna talk 'o 'er."
"She needs to explain why she did it. And you need to hear what she has to say."
A/N: Sorry to leave you with a cliffy, but I find myself with at a complete lack of inspiration.
James had been sitting in the Hogs Head for the past hour, staring at his mug of firewhiskey. One of the nice things about the Hogs Head was no one asked questions. There were too many questionable.entities in the bar for anyone to be casting judgments.
He was contemplating leaving when he saw Sirius and Remus enter the pub.
"Do you think he's mad at me?" asked Sirius looking around for an empty table. James had shrunk back into a corner to avoid detection.
Remus looked concerned when he answered, "It doesn't really matter does it? James could be anywhere, and if he gets hurt it's going to be our fault."
"Do you think I went to far when I asked Lily to pay up her side of her challenge?"
"Personally, no, but I do think you took it over the top when you added that little bit of theatrics that night."
"You're probably right. I just hope James is okay so I can apologize."
"You had better hope not. Knowing James you're in deep dipsh*t. There is no way he's going to let you off easy." Looking at his watch Remus said, "We have to go. McGonagall's doing bed checks."
"Since when?"
"Well, it's only for the sixth and seventh years, but I think it's because she caught you sneaking out every night you didn't have detention last year."
"Okay, I just hope James comes back soon."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
James crept out of the corner, he got a few glances, but he wasn't doing anything dangerous so no one gave him the time of day. I wonder what they mean bed checks. I hope they'll cover for me because I'm not going back there tonight. His mind made up he walked over the Shrieking Shack. Finding some blankets he curled up on the cold bed and fell asleep.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Lily was starting to panic. She didn't know where to find James she needed to speak to him about last night.
"Sirius where is James?"
"I don't know. He didn't come back last night."
"Well, if you were James and you were angry where would you go?"
"The Hog's Head to get drunk."
"Well he can't have stayed all night, can he?"
"Probably, Joey don't really do anything about all-nighters, he just lets them sit, or sleep off the alcohol, and in the morning if they don't get up he moves them so he can clean."
"Well, you were there last night. Was he there?"
"No, wait how did you know where we were?"
"Sirius there are very few things that go on in this castle that I don't know about."
"Okay, um, this probably isn't the best time, but I wanted to settle the terms of our date. I want to bring James along, and Remus, and sort of make it a group thing, not a date, just a bunch of friends going to Hogsmeade."
"That's fine."
"Okay, I have to go find James."
"Let him know that I need to talk to him."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
James woke with a pounding headache. When he opened his eyes he saw Remus standing over him with a steaming cup of coffee in his hand.
"Good morning James. You probably aren't feeling very well."
"Urg."
"Here's your coffee," seeing James' slightly pained, curious look he explained, "This is where I come too when I need to be alone. You seem to have realized just as well as I that our map doesn't really leave us anywhere to find solitude. And I figured that since you probably weren't at the Hog's Head anymore that you would be here."
"Ermph."
"My nose, I could smell you a mile away. You have a very distinct smell when you are drunk. It's hard to forget. Don't worry it's not just you. Sirius is worse, and Peter, well he has this rather odd aura when he drinks, even if it's just butterbeer."
"Up you get, we have to get back to school. Lily wants to talk to you."
"I don' wanna talk 'o 'er."
"She needs to explain why she did it. And you need to hear what she has to say."
A/N: Sorry to leave you with a cliffy, but I find myself with at a complete lack of inspiration.