CHAPTER 15: THE ALMOST-SILENCE
"Have a holly, jolly Christmas..." I sang, absentmindedly as I worked on my potions essay.
"Lily jeez, can you shut up! Christmas is OVER. We're going back to classes tomorrow and you're still singing those damn carols! You sound like Potter!" Lo grumbled. I flushed.
"Sorry, Scrooge." I said, grinning.
"Scrooge?" She asked.
"From 'A Christmas Carol." I said.
"Please Lily, she isn't muggle born like us." Haven said, rolling her eyes as she stared at the picture of her and Sirius from the ball.
"Its a play." I explained to Lo quickly.
"Oh." Lo nodded and returned to her own work. Haven continued to stare at her and Sirius. Lo noticed and giggled.
"What?" Haven asked defensively.
"Nothing..." Lo smirked.
"What?" She demanded.
"It's just that your so obsessive. You used to stare in the mirror 24/7, now you just look at that stupid picture." Lo said shrugging.
"It is NOT stupid." She said, looking scandalized.
"Whatever you say." Lo said, giggling again.
"Humph." Haven pouted. She shot Lo a dirty look, who Lo was only too happy to return. "Finished!" I exclaimed proudly, putting my assignments away.
"Great. Can I copy?" Lo asked holding out her hand. Bernadette laughed from her bed where she sat doing her own work.
"What is it, Shadow?" Lo asked sharply.
"Shouldn't Gryffindors be noble? Copying isn't noble...." Bernadette sneered.
"You know what else ISN'T noble? Joining up with the same people who want to kill your old best friends, so shut the hell up." Lo hissed.
"Aww you thought I was your best friend? How sweet is that!" Bernadette laughed again.
"Listen, Shadow, you know as well as we do that we were your best friends and only friends so, I advise you be quiet before we all decide to curse you hair off. Your hair, which by the way, that could seriously use conditioner." Haven said calmly and coldly. Glaring at us all, Bernadette threw her materials back in her bag and left the dorm.
"I can fight my own battles, Haven" Lo said, a little annoyed. Her face was still bright red from the confrontation.
"This is a battle for all of us." Haven said somewhat sadly.
"She's right." I patted Lo on the shoulder.
"Gods, I hate her." Lo seethed.
"We all do." Lark comforted, hugging Haven.
"I know something to get our minds off Bernadette and her stupid Slytherin mates!" I said, grinning.
"What?" Lo asked, looking disheartened
"Going to watch the Gryffindor team's quiddich game! It is starting in a half an hour. If we leave now we can get great seats. They are playing Ravenclaw." I said excitedly.
"Oh my god." Lo beamed at me. I smiled back, relived she was in a better mood.
"What?" I asked.
"You sound like Potter!" She exclaimed.
"Oh my god." I blushed. I did NOT sound like Potter. I couldn't sound like that arrogant little berk. Although, for an arrogant little berk he had such a cute smile...
"He wants you to go to the match to cheer him on, doesn't he?" Haven asked knowingly.
"Maybe, but that's not the point." I looked away from them all, smirking.
"So, what is the point, Mrs. James Potter?" Lo teased.
"The point is that we should go and support our house in it's quiddich match!" I replied.
"No, the point is that you wanna check out Potter while he is on the broomstick." Lo winked.
"Not true!" I could feel myself blushing still.
"Come on, I can copy your essay later. Let's go check out Potter." Lo lead us down to the quiddich field. I smiled to myself, it was great to have friends who knew me so well.
"Hey! Lo, Lily, Haven, Lark!" Sirius called to us from were he, Remus, and Peter were seated. Lo settled herself on Remus's lap and Haven sat next to Sirius.
"So, Sirius, who do you think is gonna win?" Haven said, batting her long eyelashes.
"Definitely us! You guys have seen Jamsie-kins on a broom, he's brilliant! He is gonna shake the dust of this school and become a professional player, one of these days." Sirius said glowing with pride for his best friend.
"Wow, your SO right!" Haven giggled and snuggled closer to Sirius.
"Wow, she is SO annoying!" Lo whispered to me. I fought to keep my face straight as the game began. It was hardly even a contest as Gryffindor won by 120 more points than Ravenclaw.
"Man, did you see me? I was brilliant! I was bloodily fantastic!" James said as he joined us on the stands where we had been waiting for him to change out of his quiddich robes.
"And you're also amazingly modest." Lo said sarcastically.
"That too!" He grinned so wide he face could have cracked.
"Calm down, buddy, we are all very proud, but you don't need to smile like a loony because of it." Remus said smiling.
"You think I'm a loony?" James sniffed and looked as though he had been seriously offended.
"Nah, Prongs, I KNOW your a loony." Remus smirked.
"Whoa, ol' moony is being awfully smart today, huh prongs?" Sirius asked.
"You are rubbing off on him Padfoot, I think you two should separate for a while." James bickered.
"Shut up Prongs." Sirius yawned. The pale yellow winter sun had sunk behind the mountains as darkness cloaked the castle making the freezing grounds, even colder. I shivered.
"Chilly?" James asked.
"A little." I nodded. He flung his arm around my shoulders. I leaned into him, absorbing his warmth.
"Let's get inside before Lily freezes."
"It would be kinda cool to have a frozen person, though, Prongs... Everyone would want to see her! We could sell tickets!" Sirius said following us reluctantly into Hogwarts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next weekend the entire castle was blanketed by almost two feet of snow, with large flakes still floating to the ground in a lazy fashion. "We have got to go outside today!" Sirius said running down the boys stair case adorned in two hats, mittens, two scarfs, a jacket, and boots.
"What's with all the stuff your wearing?" Lo asked laughing. Sirius shrugged.
"I don't wanna catch a cold. I'm not nearly as handsome with a red, stuffy nose." He grinned. "I think you would still look handsome." Haven said firmly. "Yeah, but not AS handsome and not AS pretty, and we CAN'T let that happen." James joked.
"He knows me too well." Sirius smiled at James.
"Are we going outside, or shall we just stay in the common room all day, discussing Sirius's prettiness?" James asked.
"I say we discuss my prettiness!" Sirius said excitedly.
"How about not." I suggested as we went outside. Lo and me made snow balls while no one else was looking and threw them at James and Remus.
"HEY!" they both shouted together and whipped around to see me and Lo giggling.
"That does it! This is war!" James grabbed a handful of snow and threw it in our direction.
"Violent temper you have there, Jamsie-kins!" I teased.
"Your gonna get it Lily!" he said making another snowball.
"Get what?" I challenged.
"This!" he hit me in the face with a handful of snow.
"Its cold!" Haven shrieked as Lo hit the back of her neck with a snowball.
"No shit, Haven. It IS snow, der." Lo said as we all laughed. I shut my eyes, completely happy for a moment, even with snow dripping from my face. I brushed the snow from my nose and cheeks and tackled James in a snow drift. We pressed the snow down about three feet and lay there, breathless.
"That is what you get for hitting me in the face with a snowball!" I said smirking at him, triumphantly.
"I should hit you in the face with a snowball more often then. I really have no problem with you tackling me." He said pushing a piece of hair away from my face and kissing me.
"Get a room!" Lo called.
"Or at least a more private snow drift! Jeez!" Sirius said chortling. A snow ball hit us and we broke apart from our kiss, laughing.
"Who threw that?" James said getting ready for attack. The rest of the afternoon flew by. Some days are just so perfect it's hard to remember the details. You just remember a feeling. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I left transfiguration on Thursday of the next week after getting an "E" on my human transfiguration essay. James walked behind me, being quitter than usual.
"Hi." I said smiling at him.
"I got a 'P.'" he said glaring at his essay.
"Calm down, its not so bad. It is way better than getting a 'D'." I said while trying to sound understanding.
"What did you get?" he asked.
"An 'E". I replied quickly, not looking at him.
"You don't even understand how it feels to get a 'P', when you worked your arse off for something." James said frustrated.
"Can you re-write it?" I asked.
"Sure I can, but what's the point? I'll just get another 'P', for 'Poor." He said disgruntled.
"I'll help you! I know you can get an 'A', at least." I said encouragingly.
"All right, fine." He shrugged.
"Great! We can start tonight, in the library, its quieter than the common rooms."
"Okay, what time?" he asked.
"Right after dinner." I replied.
"See you then." He said walking off. I looked around for Lo, Haven, or Lark and couldn't see them anywhere in the crowded hallway. I had been so proud of my "E" I forgot to wait for them Like Lo told me "Lily, you're a blonde at heart." when I forgot to put my name on my potions essay before turning it in. I wondered where all my friends had gone without me, feeling slightly hurt and headed back to the common room when I changed my mind and headed to the library. I needed to finish some homework for Potions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~When I entered the great hall for dinner, I found myself sitting with James. \ "Where is everyone?" I asked confused.
"I don't know, I haven't seen Rem, Sirius, or Pete, all day. I was at Quiddich practice." he said in-between large bites of shepherds pie.
"Have you seen Lo, Haven, or Lark anywhere? I can't find them." I said sulkily.
"I'm sure there around here, somewhere." He said confidently. I looked up at the black, star less ceiling, reflection the night sky and felt dread well up in my stomach. I knew in all likely hood they were just all hanging out somewhere, maybe they were planning someway to get me and James to date. But, maybe, they were somewhere outside the castle... Held prisoner, being tortured. I shuddered, wishing there was a star in the sky to make a wish on.
James and I finished eating and went to the library. It was a quiet night and the library's inhabitants were whispering, or absorbed in their own work, and the almost-silence was unnerving. James and I sat at a table, setting up our quills and parchment. I took out the book I used to give myself background information and turned to the first chapter, highlighting useful segments with my wand.
"This stuff is perfect. I might manage a better grade next time." He smiled.
"Of course you'll manage a better grade." I smiled back.
"Because I'm brilliant?" he whispered.
"No, because I'm helping you." I teased. He brought his lips to mine briefly, our faces illuminated by the candlelight. The shadows outside and in my mind couldn't touch me, for the second our lips connected. We broke apart., my heart racing quickly.
"I think we have just about finished." I said standing up. We had been working for almost two hours.
"Yeah, I'm sleepy. Let's go back to the common room." He agreed. The hallways were almost empty, with the occasional whisper of a painting, or the patter of footsteps, that went by quickly. The almost-silence was, once again, unnerving. I didn't say anything to James, because I couldn't think of what to say, and I felt like I was being watched, I didn't want to make a sound to trigger the watcher. I knew I was being paranoid, but I couldn't help it. It seemed like forever until we reached the portrait of the fat lady and said the password. I entered the common room, and knew at once that something was terribly wrong. There were two people staring vacantly into the fire, no one else was there. The fire crackled, it was the only sound besides my nervous breathing. This time, the almost-silence was driving me mad. I tried to speak, to ask what was wrong, but suddenly I didn't want to know. Bernadette's dead brother flashed briefly before my eyes.
"We have some bad news." Sirius said, looking up from the fire.
"A lot of bad news." Remus corrected. I wondered vaguely where everyone else was
"No shit." James said sarcastically.
"What is it?" I squeaked anxiously. "Well, there are a few things." Remus cleared his throat.
"For one, my parents-" Remus faltered.
"They're dead." Sirius croaked with his face hidden behind his hands.
"And your parents are in St. Mungos. They have been attacked. They are going to be okay, but its pretty serious." Remus gulped, James paled instantly.
"Lo has been attacked. She is in the hospital wing. Its not too serious. She has been there almost all day with Haven and Lark. It was something involving Bellatrix Black." Remus said gently. I felt dizzy. I heard Sirius mumble curse words about his cousin.
"And lastly, Me and Lo broke up." Remus said, a small note of bitterness in his voice. Sirius said something muffled by his hands, which were still covering his face.
"January 16th is the worst day ever. I'm calling it 'Black Thursday'." James said soothingly, patting Remus on the back. His eyes looked troubled, he was undoubtedly thinking of his parents laying a bed at St. Mungo's.
"There was a massacre. So many other people's parents died. People are either going home for a bit or, upstairs in the dorms comforting their friends, or crying, or worrying about who is next. It's hell. This is hell." Remus said before loosing himself to tears. James put his hand on Remus's shoulder. A million incoherent questions burst forth in my mind. The common room was quiet except for soft sobs from Remus, the dying fire, and my constant, maddening, heart-beat. The almost-silence was killing me.
AN: I am a bad, bad, bad author I kept you guys waiting WAAAAY too long. *sniff* I;m sorry... I promise I'll post sooner next time as long as I get reviews (Reviews are the only way I know my readers haven't deserted moi.) So how did this chappy turn out?
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"Have a holly, jolly Christmas..." I sang, absentmindedly as I worked on my potions essay.
"Lily jeez, can you shut up! Christmas is OVER. We're going back to classes tomorrow and you're still singing those damn carols! You sound like Potter!" Lo grumbled. I flushed.
"Sorry, Scrooge." I said, grinning.
"Scrooge?" She asked.
"From 'A Christmas Carol." I said.
"Please Lily, she isn't muggle born like us." Haven said, rolling her eyes as she stared at the picture of her and Sirius from the ball.
"Its a play." I explained to Lo quickly.
"Oh." Lo nodded and returned to her own work. Haven continued to stare at her and Sirius. Lo noticed and giggled.
"What?" Haven asked defensively.
"Nothing..." Lo smirked.
"What?" She demanded.
"It's just that your so obsessive. You used to stare in the mirror 24/7, now you just look at that stupid picture." Lo said shrugging.
"It is NOT stupid." She said, looking scandalized.
"Whatever you say." Lo said, giggling again.
"Humph." Haven pouted. She shot Lo a dirty look, who Lo was only too happy to return. "Finished!" I exclaimed proudly, putting my assignments away.
"Great. Can I copy?" Lo asked holding out her hand. Bernadette laughed from her bed where she sat doing her own work.
"What is it, Shadow?" Lo asked sharply.
"Shouldn't Gryffindors be noble? Copying isn't noble...." Bernadette sneered.
"You know what else ISN'T noble? Joining up with the same people who want to kill your old best friends, so shut the hell up." Lo hissed.
"Aww you thought I was your best friend? How sweet is that!" Bernadette laughed again.
"Listen, Shadow, you know as well as we do that we were your best friends and only friends so, I advise you be quiet before we all decide to curse you hair off. Your hair, which by the way, that could seriously use conditioner." Haven said calmly and coldly. Glaring at us all, Bernadette threw her materials back in her bag and left the dorm.
"I can fight my own battles, Haven" Lo said, a little annoyed. Her face was still bright red from the confrontation.
"This is a battle for all of us." Haven said somewhat sadly.
"She's right." I patted Lo on the shoulder.
"Gods, I hate her." Lo seethed.
"We all do." Lark comforted, hugging Haven.
"I know something to get our minds off Bernadette and her stupid Slytherin mates!" I said, grinning.
"What?" Lo asked, looking disheartened
"Going to watch the Gryffindor team's quiddich game! It is starting in a half an hour. If we leave now we can get great seats. They are playing Ravenclaw." I said excitedly.
"Oh my god." Lo beamed at me. I smiled back, relived she was in a better mood.
"What?" I asked.
"You sound like Potter!" She exclaimed.
"Oh my god." I blushed. I did NOT sound like Potter. I couldn't sound like that arrogant little berk. Although, for an arrogant little berk he had such a cute smile...
"He wants you to go to the match to cheer him on, doesn't he?" Haven asked knowingly.
"Maybe, but that's not the point." I looked away from them all, smirking.
"So, what is the point, Mrs. James Potter?" Lo teased.
"The point is that we should go and support our house in it's quiddich match!" I replied.
"No, the point is that you wanna check out Potter while he is on the broomstick." Lo winked.
"Not true!" I could feel myself blushing still.
"Come on, I can copy your essay later. Let's go check out Potter." Lo lead us down to the quiddich field. I smiled to myself, it was great to have friends who knew me so well.
"Hey! Lo, Lily, Haven, Lark!" Sirius called to us from were he, Remus, and Peter were seated. Lo settled herself on Remus's lap and Haven sat next to Sirius.
"So, Sirius, who do you think is gonna win?" Haven said, batting her long eyelashes.
"Definitely us! You guys have seen Jamsie-kins on a broom, he's brilliant! He is gonna shake the dust of this school and become a professional player, one of these days." Sirius said glowing with pride for his best friend.
"Wow, your SO right!" Haven giggled and snuggled closer to Sirius.
"Wow, she is SO annoying!" Lo whispered to me. I fought to keep my face straight as the game began. It was hardly even a contest as Gryffindor won by 120 more points than Ravenclaw.
"Man, did you see me? I was brilliant! I was bloodily fantastic!" James said as he joined us on the stands where we had been waiting for him to change out of his quiddich robes.
"And you're also amazingly modest." Lo said sarcastically.
"That too!" He grinned so wide he face could have cracked.
"Calm down, buddy, we are all very proud, but you don't need to smile like a loony because of it." Remus said smiling.
"You think I'm a loony?" James sniffed and looked as though he had been seriously offended.
"Nah, Prongs, I KNOW your a loony." Remus smirked.
"Whoa, ol' moony is being awfully smart today, huh prongs?" Sirius asked.
"You are rubbing off on him Padfoot, I think you two should separate for a while." James bickered.
"Shut up Prongs." Sirius yawned. The pale yellow winter sun had sunk behind the mountains as darkness cloaked the castle making the freezing grounds, even colder. I shivered.
"Chilly?" James asked.
"A little." I nodded. He flung his arm around my shoulders. I leaned into him, absorbing his warmth.
"Let's get inside before Lily freezes."
"It would be kinda cool to have a frozen person, though, Prongs... Everyone would want to see her! We could sell tickets!" Sirius said following us reluctantly into Hogwarts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next weekend the entire castle was blanketed by almost two feet of snow, with large flakes still floating to the ground in a lazy fashion. "We have got to go outside today!" Sirius said running down the boys stair case adorned in two hats, mittens, two scarfs, a jacket, and boots.
"What's with all the stuff your wearing?" Lo asked laughing. Sirius shrugged.
"I don't wanna catch a cold. I'm not nearly as handsome with a red, stuffy nose." He grinned. "I think you would still look handsome." Haven said firmly. "Yeah, but not AS handsome and not AS pretty, and we CAN'T let that happen." James joked.
"He knows me too well." Sirius smiled at James.
"Are we going outside, or shall we just stay in the common room all day, discussing Sirius's prettiness?" James asked.
"I say we discuss my prettiness!" Sirius said excitedly.
"How about not." I suggested as we went outside. Lo and me made snow balls while no one else was looking and threw them at James and Remus.
"HEY!" they both shouted together and whipped around to see me and Lo giggling.
"That does it! This is war!" James grabbed a handful of snow and threw it in our direction.
"Violent temper you have there, Jamsie-kins!" I teased.
"Your gonna get it Lily!" he said making another snowball.
"Get what?" I challenged.
"This!" he hit me in the face with a handful of snow.
"Its cold!" Haven shrieked as Lo hit the back of her neck with a snowball.
"No shit, Haven. It IS snow, der." Lo said as we all laughed. I shut my eyes, completely happy for a moment, even with snow dripping from my face. I brushed the snow from my nose and cheeks and tackled James in a snow drift. We pressed the snow down about three feet and lay there, breathless.
"That is what you get for hitting me in the face with a snowball!" I said smirking at him, triumphantly.
"I should hit you in the face with a snowball more often then. I really have no problem with you tackling me." He said pushing a piece of hair away from my face and kissing me.
"Get a room!" Lo called.
"Or at least a more private snow drift! Jeez!" Sirius said chortling. A snow ball hit us and we broke apart from our kiss, laughing.
"Who threw that?" James said getting ready for attack. The rest of the afternoon flew by. Some days are just so perfect it's hard to remember the details. You just remember a feeling. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I left transfiguration on Thursday of the next week after getting an "E" on my human transfiguration essay. James walked behind me, being quitter than usual.
"Hi." I said smiling at him.
"I got a 'P.'" he said glaring at his essay.
"Calm down, its not so bad. It is way better than getting a 'D'." I said while trying to sound understanding.
"What did you get?" he asked.
"An 'E". I replied quickly, not looking at him.
"You don't even understand how it feels to get a 'P', when you worked your arse off for something." James said frustrated.
"Can you re-write it?" I asked.
"Sure I can, but what's the point? I'll just get another 'P', for 'Poor." He said disgruntled.
"I'll help you! I know you can get an 'A', at least." I said encouragingly.
"All right, fine." He shrugged.
"Great! We can start tonight, in the library, its quieter than the common rooms."
"Okay, what time?" he asked.
"Right after dinner." I replied.
"See you then." He said walking off. I looked around for Lo, Haven, or Lark and couldn't see them anywhere in the crowded hallway. I had been so proud of my "E" I forgot to wait for them Like Lo told me "Lily, you're a blonde at heart." when I forgot to put my name on my potions essay before turning it in. I wondered where all my friends had gone without me, feeling slightly hurt and headed back to the common room when I changed my mind and headed to the library. I needed to finish some homework for Potions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~When I entered the great hall for dinner, I found myself sitting with James. \ "Where is everyone?" I asked confused.
"I don't know, I haven't seen Rem, Sirius, or Pete, all day. I was at Quiddich practice." he said in-between large bites of shepherds pie.
"Have you seen Lo, Haven, or Lark anywhere? I can't find them." I said sulkily.
"I'm sure there around here, somewhere." He said confidently. I looked up at the black, star less ceiling, reflection the night sky and felt dread well up in my stomach. I knew in all likely hood they were just all hanging out somewhere, maybe they were planning someway to get me and James to date. But, maybe, they were somewhere outside the castle... Held prisoner, being tortured. I shuddered, wishing there was a star in the sky to make a wish on.
James and I finished eating and went to the library. It was a quiet night and the library's inhabitants were whispering, or absorbed in their own work, and the almost-silence was unnerving. James and I sat at a table, setting up our quills and parchment. I took out the book I used to give myself background information and turned to the first chapter, highlighting useful segments with my wand.
"This stuff is perfect. I might manage a better grade next time." He smiled.
"Of course you'll manage a better grade." I smiled back.
"Because I'm brilliant?" he whispered.
"No, because I'm helping you." I teased. He brought his lips to mine briefly, our faces illuminated by the candlelight. The shadows outside and in my mind couldn't touch me, for the second our lips connected. We broke apart., my heart racing quickly.
"I think we have just about finished." I said standing up. We had been working for almost two hours.
"Yeah, I'm sleepy. Let's go back to the common room." He agreed. The hallways were almost empty, with the occasional whisper of a painting, or the patter of footsteps, that went by quickly. The almost-silence was, once again, unnerving. I didn't say anything to James, because I couldn't think of what to say, and I felt like I was being watched, I didn't want to make a sound to trigger the watcher. I knew I was being paranoid, but I couldn't help it. It seemed like forever until we reached the portrait of the fat lady and said the password. I entered the common room, and knew at once that something was terribly wrong. There were two people staring vacantly into the fire, no one else was there. The fire crackled, it was the only sound besides my nervous breathing. This time, the almost-silence was driving me mad. I tried to speak, to ask what was wrong, but suddenly I didn't want to know. Bernadette's dead brother flashed briefly before my eyes.
"We have some bad news." Sirius said, looking up from the fire.
"A lot of bad news." Remus corrected. I wondered vaguely where everyone else was
"No shit." James said sarcastically.
"What is it?" I squeaked anxiously. "Well, there are a few things." Remus cleared his throat.
"For one, my parents-" Remus faltered.
"They're dead." Sirius croaked with his face hidden behind his hands.
"And your parents are in St. Mungos. They have been attacked. They are going to be okay, but its pretty serious." Remus gulped, James paled instantly.
"Lo has been attacked. She is in the hospital wing. Its not too serious. She has been there almost all day with Haven and Lark. It was something involving Bellatrix Black." Remus said gently. I felt dizzy. I heard Sirius mumble curse words about his cousin.
"And lastly, Me and Lo broke up." Remus said, a small note of bitterness in his voice. Sirius said something muffled by his hands, which were still covering his face.
"January 16th is the worst day ever. I'm calling it 'Black Thursday'." James said soothingly, patting Remus on the back. His eyes looked troubled, he was undoubtedly thinking of his parents laying a bed at St. Mungo's.
"There was a massacre. So many other people's parents died. People are either going home for a bit or, upstairs in the dorms comforting their friends, or crying, or worrying about who is next. It's hell. This is hell." Remus said before loosing himself to tears. James put his hand on Remus's shoulder. A million incoherent questions burst forth in my mind. The common room was quiet except for soft sobs from Remus, the dying fire, and my constant, maddening, heart-beat. The almost-silence was killing me.
AN: I am a bad, bad, bad author I kept you guys waiting WAAAAY too long. *sniff* I;m sorry... I promise I'll post sooner next time as long as I get reviews (Reviews are the only way I know my readers haven't deserted moi.) So how did this chappy turn out?
okie-dokie, sorry for the wait! REVIEW PLS ^_^ -xoxo-
Aprilsummer, (Your very sorry author!!)