Disclaimer: Hasn't changed except now I think I should have both Remus AND
Sirius in my room Mwha!
~~~~~~~***********~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 2- Making Friends
Harry's mind woke before his body and he sat for a few moments as the sun filtering through the blinds warmed his skin. Finally he opened his eyes only to shut them again as he misjudged the placement of the sun and received an eye full of morning light.
He tried again and this time he shielded his sensitive vision as he sat up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. He stretched and moaned happily when his back clicked satisfactorily. He swung his feet over the side and padded to the shower, flicking the Wizard wireless on as he passed. A female voice sang loudly over the top of what could only be described as Indie Rock and Harry found himself moving slightly to it.
He turned the shower on and stripped before climbing under it and sighing in bliss as the water cascaded down his sleep sluggish body. After he grabbed a pair of khaki Cargo's and threw them on accompanied by a black 'Weird Sister' T-shirt and a light black over shirt. Throwing his books into his bag he threw it over his shoulder and made his way to the first semester.
~*~
He walked in to the large theatre style classroom amongst the flood of students and looked for a seat. His gaze stopped as they came to rest on a lone figure sitting two rows from the back and he smiled...it was Cara.
Making his way up the steps he came to stand beside the boy who hadn't noticed him yet.
"Hi Cara." He said and like before the boy jumped but when he looked up he almost looked to be suppressing a smile.
"Hi Harry." He said quietly and Harry grinned.
"You remember me then?" He joked and Cara smiled a little wider.
"Yeah...sorry f-for running off like that. I'm not really g-good with social things." He said, still in that soft-spoken voice.
"Eh, you were late, not your fault. Can I sit here?" Harry gestured to the desk beside Cara and the young man nodded.
Harry slipped his bag under the table and settled himself onto the chair, aware that Cara was watching him thoughtfully. He turned to the blonde and smiled before turning his body to face Cara, giving him his full attention.
"So what are you planning to do with these studies?" He asked conversationally.
"Well I-I was hoping to become a desk worker for the Aurors, I don't think they'd let me be a...um, I mean I don't think I'd be a very good field Auror." He seemed to blush and look down into his lap and Harry cocked his head, watching him.
"Why don't you think they'll let you be a field Auror?" He asked, picking up on what the boy was going to say originally. Cara seemed to look at him wearily and then sighed.
"I didn't really do well in my exams is a-all." He all but whispered and Harry knew that wasn't the truth but left it for now as the blonde turned to him and said, "What about you? What do you want to do?"
"Me? Well I was hoping to become an Auror, the field one. But if not that well these studies help build a better CV as a Defence against the Dark Arts Professor and I have been offered that kind of job as a back up by a friend."
Cara seemed to get a wistful look on his face as he smiled. "I'd love to be a teacher, but I-I'm too shy and have a bit of a stutter."
Harry nodded and was about to say more when the Professor came in and called for attention. After a last smile between the two boys turned to their notes.
~*~
"So do you know anyone here, apart from me of course?" Harry asked as he and Cara walked down the path leading from the main building to one of the wing halls for their next lecture.
"I k-know people but I don't talk to them, I'm usually on my own. It's easier to think." He said with a small smile and Harry laughed.
"Amen to that, but I still have two friends that I hang out with. We've...we've been through a lot together." His face fell a little as he thought about Ron and Hermione. He sighed and was about to change the subject when he felt a hand on his arm.
Looking down he looked over at Cara who seemed to realise what he was doing and pulled his hand back with a blush but Harry just smiled.
"Thanks." He simply said and Cara smiled and nodded, his skin still a little flushed.
The two walked a little while longer in companionable silence before Harry suddenly turned to the blonde as an idea struck him suddenly.
"Hey, if you don't mind, how about we get together for a study group. I mean, we can get to know each other a little and learn at the same time. I don't really have any friends here so it would be nice to get to know the one I've made a little better." He proposed and Cara looked at him a little hopefully.
"Friends? I don't think I've.... Um I m-mean, sure. Are you doing anything t- tonight?" He asked a little timidly.
"No no, you want to come round?" Harry asked happily and Cara nodded with a small smile.
"Brilliant, my rooms 31/7A." The two grinned at one another and carried onto their next lesson.
~*~
"Hedwig, you're very chatty tonight." Harry said as he stroked the soft feathers of the snowy owls chest as she continued to chatter in clicks and screeches.
Harry looked over the letters she'd brought with her. One from Mrs Weasley asking the usual 'how are you? Are you eating well? Feel free to come round anytime.' Remus had sent one asking about his first day and Dumbledore sent a similar one.
He was currently reading the one from Ron as he munched on a pack of Bertie Botts.
"Hey Har,
Whatcha doing? How's the Uni world? I'm currently working as a shop clerk in Fred and George's shop, kinda fun when they invent new products, not so fun when tested on me Ha!
Hermione apparently is making a fair few friends, says she misses us though, isn't she sweet. Lets see, what else is happening at Fort Weasley?
Oh, Dad got a promotion finally, so he's getting a little more wage now and Mum is going mad making all the traditional Christmas Sweaters, she has like 9 to make in 4 months, that's including one for you and Hermione. I bet she'll do it though, she's a mum.
Percy is seemingly trying to make amends but I'm still pissed at him, so is Fred George and Ginny but the rest of the clan seem to be accepting, pft.
But how about you? Friends, hot babes and campus partys. Had or made any yet? Missing you a ton mate, I'm like a musketeer without his two comrades, it sucks but Mum insists it gets better. Still up for Saturday?
Well, syanara buddy,
Ron "
Harry grinned at the letter and was about to pick up a pen and parchment to reply when a quiet knock sounded at his door. Placing the letter down carefully he put the quill beside it so he wouldn't forget to answer to it.
Standing up and brushing sweet crumbs off his lap he went to the door and opened it to find Cara there, arms full of books and a shoulder bag hanging from his shoulder.
"Hi. I'm g-glad I remembered the door 'cause it sounds like they're having a party next door and THAT would've b-been embarrassing." He smiled and Harry laughed, stepping to the side to invite the boy in.
"Just pop your books on the bed if you like." He said and clicked the door shut and opened the curtains a little further to let in more of the evening sunshine.
Cara placed his burden on the bed and looked awed around the room at Harry's possessions. Harry had kept a lot of things from the war, Gryffindor's sword, the Dark detectors and the Auror Battle Robes the Ministry had made him wear during the final battle hung on the inside of his slightly open wardrobe door.
"Wow," Cara muttered and then his eyes landed on the lunar chart on the wall, "O-oh do you keep track o-of the moon phases do you?" He asked quietly and Harry looked over at it.
"Yeah, I have a friend who... well I like to know when he's not feeling well so I can send him a letter to cheer him up, habit." Harry said, trying to avoid mentioning Lupin's condition in front of a slight stranger.
Cara looked at him in a searching manner, as though trying to read him and cocked a head thoughtfully as he continued to look.
"I-I remember a newspaper article back when I was 14 t-that said you, or t- they kept saying 'The Boy who Lived', had befriended giants and Werewolves."
Harry looked up a little startled but Cara simply put his hand up.
"It's alright, I d-don't think you're weird or anything it just seemed to fit what w-with the chart." He said and smiled reassuringly at the raven- haired boy.
"B-besides, I know someone too who suffers from that problem so I'm not prejudice."
Harry breathed a sigh of relief and scratched his head a little embarrassed. "Well that's alright then. Should we get studying then?"
Cara chuckled a little, a soft enchanting sound, and nodded as they both settled onto the bed.
~~~~~~~***********~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 2- Making Friends
Harry's mind woke before his body and he sat for a few moments as the sun filtering through the blinds warmed his skin. Finally he opened his eyes only to shut them again as he misjudged the placement of the sun and received an eye full of morning light.
He tried again and this time he shielded his sensitive vision as he sat up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. He stretched and moaned happily when his back clicked satisfactorily. He swung his feet over the side and padded to the shower, flicking the Wizard wireless on as he passed. A female voice sang loudly over the top of what could only be described as Indie Rock and Harry found himself moving slightly to it.
He turned the shower on and stripped before climbing under it and sighing in bliss as the water cascaded down his sleep sluggish body. After he grabbed a pair of khaki Cargo's and threw them on accompanied by a black 'Weird Sister' T-shirt and a light black over shirt. Throwing his books into his bag he threw it over his shoulder and made his way to the first semester.
~*~
He walked in to the large theatre style classroom amongst the flood of students and looked for a seat. His gaze stopped as they came to rest on a lone figure sitting two rows from the back and he smiled...it was Cara.
Making his way up the steps he came to stand beside the boy who hadn't noticed him yet.
"Hi Cara." He said and like before the boy jumped but when he looked up he almost looked to be suppressing a smile.
"Hi Harry." He said quietly and Harry grinned.
"You remember me then?" He joked and Cara smiled a little wider.
"Yeah...sorry f-for running off like that. I'm not really g-good with social things." He said, still in that soft-spoken voice.
"Eh, you were late, not your fault. Can I sit here?" Harry gestured to the desk beside Cara and the young man nodded.
Harry slipped his bag under the table and settled himself onto the chair, aware that Cara was watching him thoughtfully. He turned to the blonde and smiled before turning his body to face Cara, giving him his full attention.
"So what are you planning to do with these studies?" He asked conversationally.
"Well I-I was hoping to become a desk worker for the Aurors, I don't think they'd let me be a...um, I mean I don't think I'd be a very good field Auror." He seemed to blush and look down into his lap and Harry cocked his head, watching him.
"Why don't you think they'll let you be a field Auror?" He asked, picking up on what the boy was going to say originally. Cara seemed to look at him wearily and then sighed.
"I didn't really do well in my exams is a-all." He all but whispered and Harry knew that wasn't the truth but left it for now as the blonde turned to him and said, "What about you? What do you want to do?"
"Me? Well I was hoping to become an Auror, the field one. But if not that well these studies help build a better CV as a Defence against the Dark Arts Professor and I have been offered that kind of job as a back up by a friend."
Cara seemed to get a wistful look on his face as he smiled. "I'd love to be a teacher, but I-I'm too shy and have a bit of a stutter."
Harry nodded and was about to say more when the Professor came in and called for attention. After a last smile between the two boys turned to their notes.
~*~
"So do you know anyone here, apart from me of course?" Harry asked as he and Cara walked down the path leading from the main building to one of the wing halls for their next lecture.
"I k-know people but I don't talk to them, I'm usually on my own. It's easier to think." He said with a small smile and Harry laughed.
"Amen to that, but I still have two friends that I hang out with. We've...we've been through a lot together." His face fell a little as he thought about Ron and Hermione. He sighed and was about to change the subject when he felt a hand on his arm.
Looking down he looked over at Cara who seemed to realise what he was doing and pulled his hand back with a blush but Harry just smiled.
"Thanks." He simply said and Cara smiled and nodded, his skin still a little flushed.
The two walked a little while longer in companionable silence before Harry suddenly turned to the blonde as an idea struck him suddenly.
"Hey, if you don't mind, how about we get together for a study group. I mean, we can get to know each other a little and learn at the same time. I don't really have any friends here so it would be nice to get to know the one I've made a little better." He proposed and Cara looked at him a little hopefully.
"Friends? I don't think I've.... Um I m-mean, sure. Are you doing anything t- tonight?" He asked a little timidly.
"No no, you want to come round?" Harry asked happily and Cara nodded with a small smile.
"Brilliant, my rooms 31/7A." The two grinned at one another and carried onto their next lesson.
~*~
"Hedwig, you're very chatty tonight." Harry said as he stroked the soft feathers of the snowy owls chest as she continued to chatter in clicks and screeches.
Harry looked over the letters she'd brought with her. One from Mrs Weasley asking the usual 'how are you? Are you eating well? Feel free to come round anytime.' Remus had sent one asking about his first day and Dumbledore sent a similar one.
He was currently reading the one from Ron as he munched on a pack of Bertie Botts.
"Hey Har,
Whatcha doing? How's the Uni world? I'm currently working as a shop clerk in Fred and George's shop, kinda fun when they invent new products, not so fun when tested on me Ha!
Hermione apparently is making a fair few friends, says she misses us though, isn't she sweet. Lets see, what else is happening at Fort Weasley?
Oh, Dad got a promotion finally, so he's getting a little more wage now and Mum is going mad making all the traditional Christmas Sweaters, she has like 9 to make in 4 months, that's including one for you and Hermione. I bet she'll do it though, she's a mum.
Percy is seemingly trying to make amends but I'm still pissed at him, so is Fred George and Ginny but the rest of the clan seem to be accepting, pft.
But how about you? Friends, hot babes and campus partys. Had or made any yet? Missing you a ton mate, I'm like a musketeer without his two comrades, it sucks but Mum insists it gets better. Still up for Saturday?
Well, syanara buddy,
Ron "
Harry grinned at the letter and was about to pick up a pen and parchment to reply when a quiet knock sounded at his door. Placing the letter down carefully he put the quill beside it so he wouldn't forget to answer to it.
Standing up and brushing sweet crumbs off his lap he went to the door and opened it to find Cara there, arms full of books and a shoulder bag hanging from his shoulder.
"Hi. I'm g-glad I remembered the door 'cause it sounds like they're having a party next door and THAT would've b-been embarrassing." He smiled and Harry laughed, stepping to the side to invite the boy in.
"Just pop your books on the bed if you like." He said and clicked the door shut and opened the curtains a little further to let in more of the evening sunshine.
Cara placed his burden on the bed and looked awed around the room at Harry's possessions. Harry had kept a lot of things from the war, Gryffindor's sword, the Dark detectors and the Auror Battle Robes the Ministry had made him wear during the final battle hung on the inside of his slightly open wardrobe door.
"Wow," Cara muttered and then his eyes landed on the lunar chart on the wall, "O-oh do you keep track o-of the moon phases do you?" He asked quietly and Harry looked over at it.
"Yeah, I have a friend who... well I like to know when he's not feeling well so I can send him a letter to cheer him up, habit." Harry said, trying to avoid mentioning Lupin's condition in front of a slight stranger.
Cara looked at him in a searching manner, as though trying to read him and cocked a head thoughtfully as he continued to look.
"I-I remember a newspaper article back when I was 14 t-that said you, or t- they kept saying 'The Boy who Lived', had befriended giants and Werewolves."
Harry looked up a little startled but Cara simply put his hand up.
"It's alright, I d-don't think you're weird or anything it just seemed to fit what w-with the chart." He said and smiled reassuringly at the raven- haired boy.
"B-besides, I know someone too who suffers from that problem so I'm not prejudice."
Harry breathed a sigh of relief and scratched his head a little embarrassed. "Well that's alright then. Should we get studying then?"
Cara chuckled a little, a soft enchanting sound, and nodded as they both settled onto the bed.
