Authors Note: Hey guys, I'm sorry it keeps taking me so long to update. I'm
rather distracted as of late. This chapter is pretty short; sorry about
that but I didn't want to put the following chapter in this one because it
would be odd. at least for me.
And the thank yous are as follows:
The Elfin Child- Yes, this will be interesting. but it's going to have to be the next round of lessons or something. Sweet and Sour pork huh? Now you're making me hungry. thp! I'm glad you appreciate my Moldy Voldie crack. and I have read OotP twice now. *massive sadness* *cries*
Bell- Yup, Moldy Voldie is what I call that S.O.B. I have a passionate soul says some quiz I took. Lol. I refuse to tell people who as me who died in OotP. *sadness*
Myr Halcyon- I am going to start to work in OotP references so I have to do a bit of rewriting so after the next chapter it's going to be probably even longer before next chapters because I don't have the next ones written at all and a part that I did write I don't like too much so I have to change it again. *sighs*
Celine- I'm glad you like Sirius. This chapter gives you your answer. I'm glad you loved it!
MegHarts- I'm glad you liked the chapter. Hopefully there will be more fluff to come.
CapriceAnn Hedican-Kocur- Though I would love to kill off Peter immediately I'm trying to stick to cannon as much as possible. But I will make Karma kick his ass okay? I hope you like the coming chapters.
Sarah- Good to have a new reviewer. I thought I corrected that mistake. Blast. *Is too lazy to fix it* I hope you like the story and continue reading!
So, that's the thank yous and I hope that you like this chapter even though its kind of short. Please review! I love my reviewers! ~Frankie~
Chapter Twenty: Animosity & Strange Behavior
"Where's Sirius?" Lily asked when she realized his absence was her reason for forgetting about dinner.
"James! Where are you?" a boyish voice called out from down the hall.
"Peter? What are you doing here?" Remus asked spotting a dusty looking young man with a pointed rat-like face, blonde hair and beady blue eyes.
"I found Sirius at the Leaky Cauldron drinking away his sorrows. He's in his normal room passed out," Peter answered absently running his hand through his dusty hair.
"Oh wonderful, what happened?" James asked with an exasperated voice.
"He got into an argument with Bella," Peter answered fidgeting slightly and sticking his hands in his pockets.
Remus didn't look surprised. "I thought that was where he went. I'll go make sure he is okay," Remus said and walked out of the library fairly quickly.
Peter watched Remus leave before turning back to James and finally spotting Lily. "Oh, hello! I'm Peter Pettigrew," Peter said and walked over to shake Lily's hand.
"Lily Evans," Lily said and took Peter's hand wondering at the slightly squirmy feeling she was having in the pit of her stomach.
"Nice to meet you Lily," Peter said wondering where he had heard that name before.
"And you Peter," Lily said with a smile forgetting about the strange feeling. "Would you like to stay for dinner?" she asked as she looked over at James briefly who shrugged as if saying it was up to Peter.
"Sure, that would be great. I haven't had home cooked food that wasn't burnt for quite a while," Peter said accepting Lily's invitation gladly.
"Great, I'll go start while James occupies you," Lily said, smiled at James briefly before leaving the library for the kitchen.
"She cooks?" Peter asked looking confused.
"Yeah. Oh you remember me putting an out for a caretaker right?" James asked with a slight pause and continued at Peter's questioning nod. "Well, so far Lily is the only candidate and even if there were more I think Lily will stick," James said and suddenly as if remembering something he walked over to the desk and wrote a note to The Daily Prophet to take his ad out of further editions of the paper.
"And she answered the ad? What did you say James?" Peter asked snidely.
"Peter, I didn't put out that type of ad and you damn well know it," James said angrily wondering when Peter grew the balls to say something as unlike him as possible.
"Yeah, I know. I must be spending too much time with Sirius or something," Peter amended quietly.
James looked at him and nodded though he didn't believe Peter in the slightest because Sirius wouldn't say something as rude as that in that tone of voice in his life. He wondered what had gotten into Peter; Arabella was right, since 7th year he'd been acting like a moron. "Listen Pete; be a little careful of what you say around Lily. She's slightly volatile with something's so if you think it's even remotely offensive, don't say it," James warned Peter for his own well-being and the fact that Lily wasn't in control of her powers yet and he really didn't want to have to look for a new house.
"Sure James, anything you say," Peter said quietly and they both left the library to see how Sirius was doing.
Sirius had woken up and gone to the bathroom and passed out again and Remus was helping Sirius back into bed fairly easily as James and Peter entered the room. "You want help?" James asked.
"Nah, I got it," Remus said and lay Sirius in the bed without a problem.
"Damn you and those muscles," James joked in a feminine sort of voice.
"What are you talking about? All the ladies love it," Remus said puffing out his chest and winking at James.
"Except when it gets to be that time of the month," Peter joked ruining the friendly atmosphere in the room while James shook his head and Remus glared at Peter rather venomously.
"What's gotten into you Peter? You've been acting like a prick," Remus said in an annoyed voice.
"Sirius says stuff like that all the time!" Peter protested.
"Not for at least two years! He's grown up while you seem to be stuck back in Hogwarts Wormtail, and I honestly don't know why you've changed," Remus said and walked out of the room. "Bella! What are you doing here?" James and Peter heard Remus ask from inside Sirius' room.
"I wanted to make sure Sirius got back here," Arabella's voice came into the room as James and Peter came out into the hallway.
"Okay, do you want me to tell Lily that you're here?" Remus asked with a smile keeping his gaze away from Peter who stood at the door.
"Um, sure I guess," Arabella said raising an eyebrow at the tension in the air that she could probably cut with a knife and wondered why.
"Why don't you stay for dinner?" James asked gently with a small smile trying to forget that Peter was standing just behind him and that he would really like to elbow him.
"Er, alright, if it doesn't inconvenience Lily," Arabella said eyeing Peter suspiciously as she assumed he was the cause of the tension.
Suddenly Peter's eyes widened and his left hand clutched involuntarily. "I- um-it won't, you see because I forgot about something that I-um-have to do. Tell Lily I'm sorry. I will see you all later," Peter stuttered and suddenly disapparated from the hallway.
"That was odd," Remus said and scratched his head in wonderment.
"I hope he didn't leave because of me," Arabella said quietly.
"Nah, it was probably something with his grandmother that he forgot to do," James said and they all didn't think another thing about it and headed down to the kitchen to have dinner happily, forgetting completely about Peter's strange disappearance.
Authors Note: Gosh, really short! I'm sorry; I hope that you enjoyed this chapter and the next chapter and how I portray Moldy Voldie. Love you all because you're such great reviewers! ~Frankie~
And the thank yous are as follows:
The Elfin Child- Yes, this will be interesting. but it's going to have to be the next round of lessons or something. Sweet and Sour pork huh? Now you're making me hungry. thp! I'm glad you appreciate my Moldy Voldie crack. and I have read OotP twice now. *massive sadness* *cries*
Bell- Yup, Moldy Voldie is what I call that S.O.B. I have a passionate soul says some quiz I took. Lol. I refuse to tell people who as me who died in OotP. *sadness*
Myr Halcyon- I am going to start to work in OotP references so I have to do a bit of rewriting so after the next chapter it's going to be probably even longer before next chapters because I don't have the next ones written at all and a part that I did write I don't like too much so I have to change it again. *sighs*
Celine- I'm glad you like Sirius. This chapter gives you your answer. I'm glad you loved it!
MegHarts- I'm glad you liked the chapter. Hopefully there will be more fluff to come.
CapriceAnn Hedican-Kocur- Though I would love to kill off Peter immediately I'm trying to stick to cannon as much as possible. But I will make Karma kick his ass okay? I hope you like the coming chapters.
Sarah- Good to have a new reviewer. I thought I corrected that mistake. Blast. *Is too lazy to fix it* I hope you like the story and continue reading!
So, that's the thank yous and I hope that you like this chapter even though its kind of short. Please review! I love my reviewers! ~Frankie~
Chapter Twenty: Animosity & Strange Behavior
"Where's Sirius?" Lily asked when she realized his absence was her reason for forgetting about dinner.
"James! Where are you?" a boyish voice called out from down the hall.
"Peter? What are you doing here?" Remus asked spotting a dusty looking young man with a pointed rat-like face, blonde hair and beady blue eyes.
"I found Sirius at the Leaky Cauldron drinking away his sorrows. He's in his normal room passed out," Peter answered absently running his hand through his dusty hair.
"Oh wonderful, what happened?" James asked with an exasperated voice.
"He got into an argument with Bella," Peter answered fidgeting slightly and sticking his hands in his pockets.
Remus didn't look surprised. "I thought that was where he went. I'll go make sure he is okay," Remus said and walked out of the library fairly quickly.
Peter watched Remus leave before turning back to James and finally spotting Lily. "Oh, hello! I'm Peter Pettigrew," Peter said and walked over to shake Lily's hand.
"Lily Evans," Lily said and took Peter's hand wondering at the slightly squirmy feeling she was having in the pit of her stomach.
"Nice to meet you Lily," Peter said wondering where he had heard that name before.
"And you Peter," Lily said with a smile forgetting about the strange feeling. "Would you like to stay for dinner?" she asked as she looked over at James briefly who shrugged as if saying it was up to Peter.
"Sure, that would be great. I haven't had home cooked food that wasn't burnt for quite a while," Peter said accepting Lily's invitation gladly.
"Great, I'll go start while James occupies you," Lily said, smiled at James briefly before leaving the library for the kitchen.
"She cooks?" Peter asked looking confused.
"Yeah. Oh you remember me putting an out for a caretaker right?" James asked with a slight pause and continued at Peter's questioning nod. "Well, so far Lily is the only candidate and even if there were more I think Lily will stick," James said and suddenly as if remembering something he walked over to the desk and wrote a note to The Daily Prophet to take his ad out of further editions of the paper.
"And she answered the ad? What did you say James?" Peter asked snidely.
"Peter, I didn't put out that type of ad and you damn well know it," James said angrily wondering when Peter grew the balls to say something as unlike him as possible.
"Yeah, I know. I must be spending too much time with Sirius or something," Peter amended quietly.
James looked at him and nodded though he didn't believe Peter in the slightest because Sirius wouldn't say something as rude as that in that tone of voice in his life. He wondered what had gotten into Peter; Arabella was right, since 7th year he'd been acting like a moron. "Listen Pete; be a little careful of what you say around Lily. She's slightly volatile with something's so if you think it's even remotely offensive, don't say it," James warned Peter for his own well-being and the fact that Lily wasn't in control of her powers yet and he really didn't want to have to look for a new house.
"Sure James, anything you say," Peter said quietly and they both left the library to see how Sirius was doing.
Sirius had woken up and gone to the bathroom and passed out again and Remus was helping Sirius back into bed fairly easily as James and Peter entered the room. "You want help?" James asked.
"Nah, I got it," Remus said and lay Sirius in the bed without a problem.
"Damn you and those muscles," James joked in a feminine sort of voice.
"What are you talking about? All the ladies love it," Remus said puffing out his chest and winking at James.
"Except when it gets to be that time of the month," Peter joked ruining the friendly atmosphere in the room while James shook his head and Remus glared at Peter rather venomously.
"What's gotten into you Peter? You've been acting like a prick," Remus said in an annoyed voice.
"Sirius says stuff like that all the time!" Peter protested.
"Not for at least two years! He's grown up while you seem to be stuck back in Hogwarts Wormtail, and I honestly don't know why you've changed," Remus said and walked out of the room. "Bella! What are you doing here?" James and Peter heard Remus ask from inside Sirius' room.
"I wanted to make sure Sirius got back here," Arabella's voice came into the room as James and Peter came out into the hallway.
"Okay, do you want me to tell Lily that you're here?" Remus asked with a smile keeping his gaze away from Peter who stood at the door.
"Um, sure I guess," Arabella said raising an eyebrow at the tension in the air that she could probably cut with a knife and wondered why.
"Why don't you stay for dinner?" James asked gently with a small smile trying to forget that Peter was standing just behind him and that he would really like to elbow him.
"Er, alright, if it doesn't inconvenience Lily," Arabella said eyeing Peter suspiciously as she assumed he was the cause of the tension.
Suddenly Peter's eyes widened and his left hand clutched involuntarily. "I- um-it won't, you see because I forgot about something that I-um-have to do. Tell Lily I'm sorry. I will see you all later," Peter stuttered and suddenly disapparated from the hallway.
"That was odd," Remus said and scratched his head in wonderment.
"I hope he didn't leave because of me," Arabella said quietly.
"Nah, it was probably something with his grandmother that he forgot to do," James said and they all didn't think another thing about it and headed down to the kitchen to have dinner happily, forgetting completely about Peter's strange disappearance.
Authors Note: Gosh, really short! I'm sorry; I hope that you enjoyed this chapter and the next chapter and how I portray Moldy Voldie. Love you all because you're such great reviewers! ~Frankie~