I don't own any of these characters…. They belong to Ms. Rowling… Well…. Except for Rosalind, she's mine… and then Remy and Siri are…. Well, at least in my dreams…. Lol…
Remus blinked for a moment as Sirius and James watched for his reaction excitedly; both of them smiling broadly at their friend, "Sorry," Remus said, looking around the room as if he had been hearing some other conversation, "What was that?"
James' smile grew, "She wanted ya mate; no doubt about it."
Remus looked at them in utter disbelief. How. Just how could someone that was an incarnate of Marilyn Monroe, fucking Marilyn Monroe, be calling for him? Remus Lupin. A quiet, studious, not all that striking guy. Remus frowned a little and looked at his bed sheets and started twisting them around in knots. He began to reason with the situation by running through all the possible reasons that she'd want him for. A bit disappointed, he came to his own conclusion an asked dejected; "She needs me for homework, doesn't she?"
"No! She wanted to talk to you in," he cleared his throat, "private. And unless you're completely daft – which I know you're not… You'd know what that means," Sirius told Remus in a tone that hinted he was becoming quickly annoyed with Remus' pessimism.
Remus took a deep breath and sighed, still mulling over things in his head. He hadn't been on a date in over a year… But then, he supposed something had to start sometime…. Or did it? "Listen guys – if you're fucking with…"
"Moony! Get a fucking grip! We're just the messengers!" James snapped, Remus' pessimism getting to him too. "Now, she's in our house, she's a 5th year, her name's Rosalind, and she wants to meet you in private…. if we've not pounded that into your bloody thick head already…. So we can't keep the lady waiting, now can we Sirius?" James asked his friend, his voice calming down a bit.
"Nag! Of course not! Plus… I don't want to be kept waitin' to see what happens either," Sirius joked.
Remus cracked a wry smile and hit Sirius playfully on the arm to get him to shut up.
"Right then," said James, "So – when and where?"
"When and where… when and where…" Remus said silently to himself. Then a thought dawned upon him and his smile broadened, "Why should I even tell you at all? You'll just spy on me!"
Sirius feigned shock and said in a voice that matched his expression, "I can't believe you thought we'd spy on you!"
"Oh yeah?" Remus retorted disbelievingly.
Sirius' face went completely serious, "Well – there's hardly enough room for two in the invisibility cloak – it'd either be just me or James…" He could hardly contain his laughter and as he said the last word, he started cracking up again, Remus and James joining in right away as well.
As their laughter subsided to an occasional hiccup, Remus came up with a time and a place. "All right… Tell Rosalind to meet me, and me alone," Remus gave a mock glare to his two visitors, "at 9 o'clock, in the evening, on Friday… in the um…. Owlery."
"The owlery?! Good god you are daft… that's not going to get you a date! It'll give you a nasty look and a slap in the face though…" James told Remus, a little more than shocked at his choice of location.
Remus gave James a sour look, "I know it's not romantic – it's only a safety sort of thing… if we got caught, then we can say we were mailing letters. And you can tell her that so she doesn't think I'm a prat for meeting her in the owlery!"
James' mouth opened slightly in realization of Remus' plan, "Gotcha mate – we'll tell 'er."
As if on cue, Madam Pomfrey came up behind James and planted her wrinkled hand upon his shoulders "Times up!" she said sharply. "Ye've been making enough noise and my patient needs his rest!"
James had jumped when she laid her hands on him, which sent Sirius and Remus over the edge; both of them doubled over in laughter. James looked slightly perturbed at his two friends as Madam Pomfrey's temper began to rise. "I let you in here! Now I'm going to let you out of here by the count of ten or your head of house will be receiving a message from me about your whereabouts this evening!"
Sirius and James didn't need another warning and they got out of the hospital wing as if there were a particular nasty disease that was rampant inside, almost running out so as not to incur the wrath of Poppy.
"Somehow even though it's not me getting a date, I can't wait 'til Friday night…" Sirius said aloud as they began to stroll down the hall.
"Me neither…" James said slyly.
"What do you have up your sleeve?" Sirius asked, amused.
"Evans and I have got a date too…" James said and he winked. Sirius laughed at James, "How could I have guessed…"
James looked thoughtful for a moment, and then he said; "Now all we have to do is find a girl for you mate."
"That shouldn't be hard," Sirius said craftily as he waggled his eyebrows, making both of them laugh as they slipped on James' invisibility cloak and made for the Gryffindor common room.
A/N: Hey, I'm back in business! And it's summer… and I'm depressed…. So all that time and energy and whatever else should make for some great inspiration, should it not? Lol…. Yeah, I'll be posting the next chapter as soon as I a) re-write it since it was crap before… and b) get some reviews for this chappie! So yeah, anything you want to comment on or add, or suggest can be emailed to me (check my bio for my email) or reviewed onto the story! So please go and let me know how you like (or sob dislike) Love In Vain…. Oh and I was at this CD store the other day and was looking at a Rolling Stones album…. Turns out there's a song called Love In Vain! Omg…. I was totally freaking out in the store…Lol…..
Cheers!
Tati Bloom aka Elf Girl 4
PS: Orlando…. I love you…. -
A MARVELOUS AND GRANDEOUS THANKS TO…
Xx-AnGeLiC devil-xX- Yay! Thanks for liking it! And yeah, it definitely won't end up with Rosalind seeing Remy in the owlery and then snogging him under all the owls… Ick…. Lol…. Knowing me…. Either a) I'll make it more romantic, b) I'll make it harder for them to get together, c) I'll just make it frustrating for both of them til they have to like each other like that… Lol….. Maybe I'll do all 3…. Who knows…. - Lmfao… Yeah, fan-girlism… very contagious…. And yes! I saw him at the POTC Disneyland (ie Anaheim) premiere! Omg…. I have that belt he was wearing…. Lol….. and the shoes too…. Converse All-Stars…. The best shoes ever…. Anyways, I hope you liked this chapter, another one should be coming up within the next week or so….. -
Crimson Demon- Thank you very much! I'm glad you like this… and yes, the next chapter I'll try to make longer, but I was intent on posting this one ASAP…. So yeah, when I rewrite it, I'll make it longer…. Lol… Hope you liked this one! -
Stardome- Thanks!!! I'm glad it's interesting and not totally bland…. I'll be updating soon (within the next week or so) and I'll be making it longer… since I plan on starting to rewrite it tonight! -
GiGi- Lol…. Of course my dear Remy needs a girl…. He's gone far to long without one…. Thanks, I'm glad that you think it's good, and yes… I'll be making the chapters longer…. No doubt about it…. Hope you'll still check in…. and hope ya liked this chapter!
Silver Mist4- Thank you very, very much!! Lol… I hope that you liked Remy's reaction…. Yeah, I was debating how he should react to the news and figured that this way was probably best…. It suits his personality and his sort of paranoia…. (sort of…) Thanks! So yeah, James and Siri…. You've gotta love them…. Lol…. - 10/10?!?! Yay!! Hands you a box of cookies Rock on!! Keep reviewing! And I hope that you liked this chapter!
CrazySexyCool4ever- I'm really stoked that you liked this! And I'm glad that I've been doing Remy so well…. I was kinda worried at first, but I think I've gotten into the groove of it now…. And yeah, he always seemed left out of the romance category, didn't he? Well, I decided to give my favorite character some action…. What'd ya think? Lol…. And yeah, I know…. The British slang thing was kinda iffy for me a couple months back…. I hope this is better and there aren't too many…. Um…. "prats" and "dafts" and whatnot…. Lol…. And yeah, I'm kinda worried about Rosalind too…. I don't plan on keeping her so Mary-Sue-ish…. I mean, come on…. Who's really like that…? But for now, she's gonna be the girl of Remy's dreams…. Hope you liked this chappie! Review please! -
Viper- Wow… that was harsh… Well…. Gee… I'm not going to conform my story to fit your personal needs or whatever… But I'd like you to know a couple of things…. And right now, I'm in that sort of "I'm gonna make a list with everything" mode, so bear with me… - A) Ok, I was a tidge diluted when I started writing this story… I tended to lash out at anyone who declared me a second-class Orlando fan…. I still kinda do…. But I tend not to parade it around so much…. B) My OC isn't going to continue being a Mary-Sue. I never intended for that to happen to her, it just did…. So if that's how she comes off, it's not going to be that way forever, so there. I rather dislike the Mary-Sue people as they are really not at all realistic and come off as if they're some wet dream that a guy from the 1950's had…. C) I've been writing for a longer time now and I tend not to put any A/N's in the story anymore because it's just lame… I was just starting out, and I hadn't put a lot of thought into the descriptions and whatnot of this story (as I had with some of my other stories)… and btw… there're a lot of established fan fic writers that put A/N's in the story…. But yeah…. D) Like I give a fuck if anyone cares for my Orlando obsession. Like I care. They don't have to read if they don't want to…. That's why it's at the end of the story. Because people don't want to have to scroll through all that crap to read whatever it is they're reading. If they want to read it or they're interested in it, they can read it and email me or whatever. That's why it's there. Not for someone to come in and rant at me about how fucking immature I am for saying that…. Ok? I'm being human. Not some "stick up my ass" person who writes shit. Ok… That's about it…. I kinda went off on a tangent… but whatever…. Hope this chapter is better for you… no A/N's in the story (though I didn't do that for you….)…. Well, I'd best be off…. Ta.
AGAIN, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO REVIEWED FOR THIS! IT'S BEEN GREAT, I HOPE YOU KEEP COMING BACK AGAIN!!! Also…. The next chapter WILL be longer…. I promise you guys…. Absolutely. - Cheers!