Chapter 5 – Waking the Dead

James could barely sleep. All he could think about what the kiss on the cheek that Lily had given him to. He got out of bed early, had a shower and got dressed. He hated his school uniform, it was so uncomfortable for him, however he did like the way that Lily looked in hers. He smiled as he imagined himself tearing her uniform off her in the middle of a class...

"Prongs, what are you doing up so early?" asked Remus from inside his bed hangings.

James looked over and finished straightening his tie, "Couldn't sleep."

Remus and James walked over to where Sirius was still sleeping.

"So..." Remus started, "I guess this week can be mine since next week is the full moon and I won't be able to."

James noticed a look of fear in Remus' eyes every time he mentioned the full moon. James couldn't even begin to imagine what it would feel like to transform into a werewolf, and every time it would be as painful as the next. James watched Remus as he pulled back the hangings from around Sirius' bed and started shaking him.

"Padfoot...Sirius...SIRIUS!" he yelled.

No reaction. Remus gave James a look, and he threw him his wand. Remus muttered a small incantation and water spouted from the end of his wand. The cold water splashed on Sirius' face...still nothing.

"Maybe, he's keeled over or something?" suggested Peter, who had woken up at the sound of Remus yelling.

James finally got up and flicked his wand so that sparks flew from the end and then poked Sirius right in the ass.

"AHHHH!" cried Sirius as he bolted up out of bed.

The three boys laughed as Sirius grabbed his smoking arse. He gave a look at Remus and then at James who quickly hid his smoking wand behind his back.

"PRONGS!" was the last thing James heard before he bolted down the stairs.

He got to the bottom of the stairs and before he knew it he was knocked onto the floor by something, or rather someone.

"Hey Alison!" said James, "Here, let me help you up."

"Thanks James." She replied.

She looked a bit flustered, but then again, she had just gotten the wind knocked out of her. Alison was a short blonde haired girl with deep blue eyes. She had rosy cheeks and was quite skinny. However, it was just her body type, nothing anorexic about her. She had about five piercings in each ear with an industrial piercing (a bar bell that goes through two sides of the ear cartilage) on her left ear. She was quite the little rebel, and often helped the Marauders to carry out some of their pranks, however she did this in secret from Lily and Heather.

"So, what were you running from?" she asked giggling.

James grinned, "Sirius. Remus had to wake him up this morning, but it wasn't working, so...I zapped him!"

Alison laughed. "Is Remus going down to breakfast with you now?" she asked hopefully.

James knew that both Alison and Remus liked each other, a lot. However, Remus never really wanted to give any relationship a chance for fear of having his secret exposed and the girl leaving him.

"I'm not sure, why don't you stay here, I'll go get him for you." He suggested.

Alison beamed, "Sure! Just let me go wake up the other girls. They were up all night talking." She turned to leave, but was stopped by James.

"What were they talking about?" he asked.

"Are you serious? Boys of course!" She smiled and turned again to go back upstairs.

And with that James turned to go up the stairs to grab Remus.

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