Dancing with a Werewolf
Disclaimer: I realize I've forgotten to put a disclaimer on this story, but just so you know, I am not J.K. Rowling writing under a pseudonym. But wouldn't it be snazzy if someone was?
Chapter Three – PMS
-Rozlyn P.O.V.-
She lay down on her pillow and cried. Why? Why did he never notice her? How come he never said more than two words to her? And why did he seem so sad all the time?
She sat up suddenly. "Where did that thought come from?" she whispered to herself. "Remus isn't sad all the time, is he?" She reached over the edge of her bed and pulled out her diary. She opened it to a random page.
October 30
It's one more day before Halloween, and R.L. still isn't here. He looked pale before he went away. I wonder if that has anything to do with it?
October 31
Halloween. I hate this day. People dress up and try to scare each other with fake monsters and stuff. Don't they realize that monsters really exist, and they're absolutely nothing to laugh about?
Rozlyn shook her head. She was terrified of monsters and things like that. She still hated Halloween, even though this diary entry was dated two years ago. She felt the tears well up in her eyes again. If Remus knew what a baby she was, he definitely wouldn't want to go out with her. She turned the page again.
November 27
R.L. is gone again. I overheard Lily and some other Gryffindors talking about it. They say he goes to visit some sick relative every month, but if you ask me, he's the one who looks sick. His face was really green before he left, and he looks a lot thinner.
Rozlyn shook her head. Was it just her imagination, or was there a pattern here? She turned a few more pages.
November 30
Oh my God! I saw something I wasn't supposed to see! I was sitting beside a statue in one of the hallways and it suddenly jumped in front of me. I heard this shuffling sound, so I stood up because the statue was in blocking my view and I saw R.L. and the nurse! His clothes were all torn and he wasn't moving. I can't write anymore. I think he might be – I can't finish this sentence.
Rozlyn closed her eyes. That was one of the worst nights of her life. She had gone into a deep depression thinking that something happened to Remus.
January 1
It's New Year's Day. He's gone again. I don't mean to be mean, but you'd think that a relative who has been sick ever since we were 1st years would be dead by now. Know what? I don't think he's visiting a relative at all.
(A/N: I know the full moon doesn't always come at one particular time of the month, but I mean, who really wants to go look at calendars to find out all this stuff? Not me – lol.)
Rozlyn's eyes went wide. Why had it taken her so long to figure this out? Remus definitely wasn't visiting any sick relative! If he were, then why would everyone be trying to keep it a secret? It made no sense.
-Remus P.O.V.-
Remus clutched at his stomach. 'No!' his mind screamed. 'No, no, no, no, no!' He didn't want this to happen. He never wanted it to happen. But it was time again.
"Hey, Lupin, are you okay?" Lily Evans asked.
Remus groaned loudly. She was one of the last people he wanted to see. "I'm fine," he managed to say. "I just need to get to the hospital wing."
"Let me walk you," she insisted.
"No. Why must everyone insist on walking me? I said I'd be fine! Don't you people listen?" he snapped.
Lily's eyes widened in shock. Remus felt a wave of guilt overcome him.
"I'm sorry," she said, hesitantly. "But, no." Her voice was firm. "I'm walking you, and that's it."
Remus sighed as Lily lifted his arm and placed it over her shoulder. 'Well,' he thought. 'At least this way, I can walk upright.'
-Rozlyn P.O.V.-
Rozlyn crept down the dormitory stairs. She wasn't trying to be sneaky. It was the way she always walked – softly. Everything she did was soft.
"So it's that time again?" James Potter was saying, a somber tone to his voice. Rozlyn stopped where she was on the stairs. 'What time again?' she thought.
"Yep. Full moon and all," Sirius replied. "And we're not even done with the potion, yet!"
"Damn it!" James said, slamming his hand on one of the tables. "I knew we should have started it earlier."
"It's not your fault, James. These things take a while. Remus'll just have to wait 'till next month," Sirius said.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," James said. "He'll just have to stay in the shrieking shack all alone tomorrow night. Again. Damn it to hell! I was so ready, too!"
Sirius sighed. "I know. Me, too." Rozlyn leaned forward as Sirius's voice had suddenly gone down. "He'll just have to handle being a –"
Rozlyn lost her grip on the banister, and fell face first down the stairs. She landed with a crash. She stood up shakily, noting the absolute silence in the room. Her face was as red as an overripe tomato.
"S-Sorry," she whispered. "I didn't mean –"
"Were you spying?" Sirius demanded harshly. Rozlyn blanched and stepped back at his tone.
"I didn't m-mean to," Rozlyn stammered. "I-It was an accident – "
"How much did you hear?" James interrupted. Rozlyn blinked.
Before she could answer, a leg popped through the portrait hole, followed by the rest of Lily's body. Rozlyn sighed in relief. They really couldn't keep questioning her with Lily in the common room. Obviously they realized this too because they echoed her with frustrated sighs of their own.
Lily quickly surveyed the people in the room. She seemed satisfied to find it consisting of only Sirius, James, and Rozlyn.
"I just thought you all should know," she announced, "that Remus is in the hospital wing. I think he has a stomach ache or something quite like it."
Rozlyn turned crimson. 'Again?' she wondered. 'Why?' She glanced at Sirius and James to find them looking at each other in concern. Then, simultaneously, they both turned and looked at her.
Involuntarily, Rozlyn shivered.
Eeeeeep! Is it just me, or are they acting a wee bit scary? silence oh, wait, right, I'm the one controlling their actions . . . don't worry, Sirius and James are not out to get Rozlyn (I hope) IF YOU WANT ME TO UPDATE, THEN REVIEW!!!
Ariana S.
Disclaimer: I realize I've forgotten to put a disclaimer on this story, but just so you know, I am not J.K. Rowling writing under a pseudonym. But wouldn't it be snazzy if someone was?
Chapter Three – PMS
-Rozlyn P.O.V.-
She lay down on her pillow and cried. Why? Why did he never notice her? How come he never said more than two words to her? And why did he seem so sad all the time?
She sat up suddenly. "Where did that thought come from?" she whispered to herself. "Remus isn't sad all the time, is he?" She reached over the edge of her bed and pulled out her diary. She opened it to a random page.
October 30
It's one more day before Halloween, and R.L. still isn't here. He looked pale before he went away. I wonder if that has anything to do with it?
October 31
Halloween. I hate this day. People dress up and try to scare each other with fake monsters and stuff. Don't they realize that monsters really exist, and they're absolutely nothing to laugh about?
Rozlyn shook her head. She was terrified of monsters and things like that. She still hated Halloween, even though this diary entry was dated two years ago. She felt the tears well up in her eyes again. If Remus knew what a baby she was, he definitely wouldn't want to go out with her. She turned the page again.
November 27
R.L. is gone again. I overheard Lily and some other Gryffindors talking about it. They say he goes to visit some sick relative every month, but if you ask me, he's the one who looks sick. His face was really green before he left, and he looks a lot thinner.
Rozlyn shook her head. Was it just her imagination, or was there a pattern here? She turned a few more pages.
November 30
Oh my God! I saw something I wasn't supposed to see! I was sitting beside a statue in one of the hallways and it suddenly jumped in front of me. I heard this shuffling sound, so I stood up because the statue was in blocking my view and I saw R.L. and the nurse! His clothes were all torn and he wasn't moving. I can't write anymore. I think he might be – I can't finish this sentence.
Rozlyn closed her eyes. That was one of the worst nights of her life. She had gone into a deep depression thinking that something happened to Remus.
January 1
It's New Year's Day. He's gone again. I don't mean to be mean, but you'd think that a relative who has been sick ever since we were 1st years would be dead by now. Know what? I don't think he's visiting a relative at all.
(A/N: I know the full moon doesn't always come at one particular time of the month, but I mean, who really wants to go look at calendars to find out all this stuff? Not me – lol.)
Rozlyn's eyes went wide. Why had it taken her so long to figure this out? Remus definitely wasn't visiting any sick relative! If he were, then why would everyone be trying to keep it a secret? It made no sense.
-Remus P.O.V.-
Remus clutched at his stomach. 'No!' his mind screamed. 'No, no, no, no, no!' He didn't want this to happen. He never wanted it to happen. But it was time again.
"Hey, Lupin, are you okay?" Lily Evans asked.
Remus groaned loudly. She was one of the last people he wanted to see. "I'm fine," he managed to say. "I just need to get to the hospital wing."
"Let me walk you," she insisted.
"No. Why must everyone insist on walking me? I said I'd be fine! Don't you people listen?" he snapped.
Lily's eyes widened in shock. Remus felt a wave of guilt overcome him.
"I'm sorry," she said, hesitantly. "But, no." Her voice was firm. "I'm walking you, and that's it."
Remus sighed as Lily lifted his arm and placed it over her shoulder. 'Well,' he thought. 'At least this way, I can walk upright.'
-Rozlyn P.O.V.-
Rozlyn crept down the dormitory stairs. She wasn't trying to be sneaky. It was the way she always walked – softly. Everything she did was soft.
"So it's that time again?" James Potter was saying, a somber tone to his voice. Rozlyn stopped where she was on the stairs. 'What time again?' she thought.
"Yep. Full moon and all," Sirius replied. "And we're not even done with the potion, yet!"
"Damn it!" James said, slamming his hand on one of the tables. "I knew we should have started it earlier."
"It's not your fault, James. These things take a while. Remus'll just have to wait 'till next month," Sirius said.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," James said. "He'll just have to stay in the shrieking shack all alone tomorrow night. Again. Damn it to hell! I was so ready, too!"
Sirius sighed. "I know. Me, too." Rozlyn leaned forward as Sirius's voice had suddenly gone down. "He'll just have to handle being a –"
Rozlyn lost her grip on the banister, and fell face first down the stairs. She landed with a crash. She stood up shakily, noting the absolute silence in the room. Her face was as red as an overripe tomato.
"S-Sorry," she whispered. "I didn't mean –"
"Were you spying?" Sirius demanded harshly. Rozlyn blanched and stepped back at his tone.
"I didn't m-mean to," Rozlyn stammered. "I-It was an accident – "
"How much did you hear?" James interrupted. Rozlyn blinked.
Before she could answer, a leg popped through the portrait hole, followed by the rest of Lily's body. Rozlyn sighed in relief. They really couldn't keep questioning her with Lily in the common room. Obviously they realized this too because they echoed her with frustrated sighs of their own.
Lily quickly surveyed the people in the room. She seemed satisfied to find it consisting of only Sirius, James, and Rozlyn.
"I just thought you all should know," she announced, "that Remus is in the hospital wing. I think he has a stomach ache or something quite like it."
Rozlyn turned crimson. 'Again?' she wondered. 'Why?' She glanced at Sirius and James to find them looking at each other in concern. Then, simultaneously, they both turned and looked at her.
Involuntarily, Rozlyn shivered.
Eeeeeep! Is it just me, or are they acting a wee bit scary? silence oh, wait, right, I'm the one controlling their actions . . . don't worry, Sirius and James are not out to get Rozlyn (I hope) IF YOU WANT ME TO UPDATE, THEN REVIEW!!!
Ariana S.