A/N: Just to make everyone more confused I'm not exactly certain if I
should put Emily with Remus or Sirius in the end. I know that somewhere
there's going to be a bit of a love triangle, but I'm having second
thoughts on who she should eventually end up with. What do you think?
Chapter 2: The wrong place
She faintly heard them speaking again as she felt herself being laid down on a soft warm mattress. There was something like a very sheer cloak she could feel lying on top of her.
Emily could only guess as to where she was now. She assumed of course that the boys had finally wised up and carried her to-where ever it was that she now found herself.
Good. two steps down. Even if she did have to ...er... help them along a bit.
Now there was only the romance question to take care of...
"...I can sleep on the couch in the common room, I'm an early riser any way." She heard Remus say.
Was he giving up his bed for her? If Emily were not so intent upon getting the timing right this time around she would have heaved a sigh. Maybe she was not as far away from winning the heart of a charming prince after all.
"Why do I feel like she's going to be more trouble than she's worth?" She heard Peter's voice ask frantically.
"Oh, lighten up wormtail. We've been in worse fixes than this. A girl's going to be no problem." Sirius Black said.
The very sound of his voice made Emily grow slightly faint again. Why did he have this effect on her?
"How did I know you'd warm up to the idea of keeping her when moony suggested having her stay in our dorm room?" She heard James Potter say, but she didn't quite comprehend it at first.
A dorm room? Indicating that they were not alone in some desolate cottage as she had hoped.
And what did he mean by 'keeping her'? She was a lady after all, not a cocker spaniel!
All though, she thought, it would be very exciting to be kept against her will. Perhaps there would be a ransom.
"She is rather pretty isn't she?" Remus asked the others. She felt him lift the cloak from her and move a strand of hair from her face.
She would have sighed again, had it not been for the timing. She didn't know why exactly, but she liked hearing them talk about her when they didn't think she was listening. She supposed it made her feel like she had the upper hand in a sort of game they were all playing.
"I don't know. I prefer red heads myself." James said.
Emily would have scoffed if she'd been allowed to. Her long, tangled blond curls were not all that she hoped for but they suited her fine thank you very much!
"I've seen worse I guess." Sirius said.
Bastard.
Sure he was good looking, but honestly how picky could one person get?
Okay, so Emily had never really considered herself a tribute to beauty. Her hair was wild and completely unmanageable. Her legs were short and slightly on the chubby end, the rest of her body was rather thin. Her eyes were her best feature they were large and blue, almost green sometimes. Still, she was decent looking. And if he couldn't accept that fact then he had less manners than she could possibly have imagined.
"By the way, my offer still stands, she could sleep in my bed." Sirius said after a short pause.
Emily felt herself begin to blush. Luckily, none of them seemed to notice the color change in her face.
"You would give up your bed for a muggle?" She heard Remus ask incredulously
"Who said anything about giving it up?"
Three of the four laughed at this. Typical.
Well, if they thought that she was going to be the physical slave to four hormonal teenage boys they had another thing coming. The whole prospect was immensely undignified.
Sleeping beauty never had to put up with this sort of thing.
She hoped that the laughter would deter them from noticing the fact that her face was now completely crimson. (Though, not of her own free will mind you).
"Look, the colour's come back. I think she's coming out of it." Peter said.
Damn.
Oh well. Now was as good a time as any she supposed.
She opened her eyes with much less hesitancy this time. After all, she had accomplished what she needed to with the whole confused, terrified pathetic and strangely loveable act. (Even if she had come off as more pathetic than anything else.)
Remus Lupin was kneeling down beside her, almost as if he were at the death bed of a beloved relative. Surely her condition was not THAT serious. Still it was very romantic.
"How are you feeling?" He asked wearing a concerned look.
"A bit better. Where are we now?" She asked only slightly attempting to mask the excitement in her voice.
"Your in Hogwarts."
"What's Hogwarts?" Emily asked curiously. First hogsmead now Hogwarts. Perhaps she had landed herself in a strange, different universe. Like the middle earth she had read about in Lord of the Rings.
"It's um..." Remus hesitated and looked at James and Sirius who gave him equally hesitant stares, though Emily couldn't think why. It was a simple enough question.
The room that she found herself in looked more like a castle tower than a boarding school dorm room. If this was a boarding school, it was far different from the one that she attended.
"A school. A...er-" Remus stumbled again
"Rather exclusive academy. You see they only allow the best" Sirius finished for him. He fixed her with another of his grins
"The best in what?"
"Well, everything" James continued. "Not easy to get in here you know." He straightened himself up and ran one hand through his already thouroughly unruly hair making it worse than it had been before.
If it was supposed to impress her it wasn't working.
"So where are we in this school?" They looked at each other once more this time quite guiltily. And she knew why.
"The...infirmary?" She asked innocently knowing what the answer would be. At least she was brushing up on her acting skills.
"Er..." They continued to stare awkwardly at each other "Well?" She asked impatiently. It certaintaly wasn't THAT, embarrassing to tell her that she was in a boys dormitory. Especially considering that they had been so bold about the fact when they didn't think she could hear them.
"Your in a...that is to say your in our... dormitory." Remus said guiltily staring fixedly at the floor boards beneath his feet. So they really WERE that embarrassed about the whole thing.
Well there was only one thing to do now... milk it for all it was worth. She could have fun with this.
"You mean –a-BOYS-dormitory?!" She nearly shrieked gasping. After all a true lady would be absolutely shocked to find herself in such an indiscreet place as male quarters.
And to top it all off, the frantic looks on the James and Sirius's once bold and very cocky faces was well worth the act.
"Please calm down." Remus implored looking quickly at the closed door as if waiting for someone to burst in at any moment.
"Where else were we supposed to take you?" James asked defensively attempting to hide his increasingly guilty expression.
"Seeing as my leg is broken a gentleman would take me to the hospital wing." Emily said in a dignified voice.
"Well that's out of the question seeing as there are no gentleman here." Sirius said sarcastically as Peter stifled a snigger
"That, sir, is apparent." Emily retorted. Silently she congratulated herself for improvising a comeback which would make Jane Austin, (Her favorite author) proud.
"Emily please listen. Under any other circumstances we would have taken you to the hospital wing. But..."
"But what?" Emily demanded.
Remus stared quite guiltily back down at the floor.
"Look, do you want us to put you back where we found you? Because we can." James said after a rather awkward pause.
"Well, it doesn't appear that I have any choice in the matter. So, for the time being, I'll stay here." Emily said making absolutely certain that they knew she did not approve of this arrangement one bit.
"But I swear if any of you try anything...fresh with me. I'm going straight to the headmaster. Broken leg or not."
This part of her speech was genuine. While she found it quite exciting to be kept in hiding in a boys dormitory, she still considered herself a lady.
"Well there's no fear of that happening." Sirius muttered sarcastically looking her up and down with feigned distaste. Emily scowled at him.
"It's a deal." Remus said quickly looking from Sirius to Emily clearly hoping to avoid a confrontation.
"You'd better rest now Emily." He said in a softened tone taking a pillow and placing it gently under her head.
"Were going to dinner, we'll be back in a couple of hours. I'll bring you something to eat then. If you're hungry that is."
"All right." Emily said attempting to keep a certain note of disdain in her voice.
"'night then." Remus said as he ushered the rest of them out of the room.
As they left, she distinctly heard Sirius mutter.
"I think your right wormtail. She is more trouble than she's worth."
"I heard that." Emily said loudly before she could stop herself.
"I'm sure you did." She heard Sirius say back.
Remus gave her a small smile before he closed the door.
Well, Emily thought as she closed her eyes to sleep, at least the four of them weren't completely hopeless. Remus seemed to have chivalry down to an art. Now if only Sirius could pick it up...
Chapter 2: The wrong place
She faintly heard them speaking again as she felt herself being laid down on a soft warm mattress. There was something like a very sheer cloak she could feel lying on top of her.
Emily could only guess as to where she was now. She assumed of course that the boys had finally wised up and carried her to-where ever it was that she now found herself.
Good. two steps down. Even if she did have to ...er... help them along a bit.
Now there was only the romance question to take care of...
"...I can sleep on the couch in the common room, I'm an early riser any way." She heard Remus say.
Was he giving up his bed for her? If Emily were not so intent upon getting the timing right this time around she would have heaved a sigh. Maybe she was not as far away from winning the heart of a charming prince after all.
"Why do I feel like she's going to be more trouble than she's worth?" She heard Peter's voice ask frantically.
"Oh, lighten up wormtail. We've been in worse fixes than this. A girl's going to be no problem." Sirius Black said.
The very sound of his voice made Emily grow slightly faint again. Why did he have this effect on her?
"How did I know you'd warm up to the idea of keeping her when moony suggested having her stay in our dorm room?" She heard James Potter say, but she didn't quite comprehend it at first.
A dorm room? Indicating that they were not alone in some desolate cottage as she had hoped.
And what did he mean by 'keeping her'? She was a lady after all, not a cocker spaniel!
All though, she thought, it would be very exciting to be kept against her will. Perhaps there would be a ransom.
"She is rather pretty isn't she?" Remus asked the others. She felt him lift the cloak from her and move a strand of hair from her face.
She would have sighed again, had it not been for the timing. She didn't know why exactly, but she liked hearing them talk about her when they didn't think she was listening. She supposed it made her feel like she had the upper hand in a sort of game they were all playing.
"I don't know. I prefer red heads myself." James said.
Emily would have scoffed if she'd been allowed to. Her long, tangled blond curls were not all that she hoped for but they suited her fine thank you very much!
"I've seen worse I guess." Sirius said.
Bastard.
Sure he was good looking, but honestly how picky could one person get?
Okay, so Emily had never really considered herself a tribute to beauty. Her hair was wild and completely unmanageable. Her legs were short and slightly on the chubby end, the rest of her body was rather thin. Her eyes were her best feature they were large and blue, almost green sometimes. Still, she was decent looking. And if he couldn't accept that fact then he had less manners than she could possibly have imagined.
"By the way, my offer still stands, she could sleep in my bed." Sirius said after a short pause.
Emily felt herself begin to blush. Luckily, none of them seemed to notice the color change in her face.
"You would give up your bed for a muggle?" She heard Remus ask incredulously
"Who said anything about giving it up?"
Three of the four laughed at this. Typical.
Well, if they thought that she was going to be the physical slave to four hormonal teenage boys they had another thing coming. The whole prospect was immensely undignified.
Sleeping beauty never had to put up with this sort of thing.
She hoped that the laughter would deter them from noticing the fact that her face was now completely crimson. (Though, not of her own free will mind you).
"Look, the colour's come back. I think she's coming out of it." Peter said.
Damn.
Oh well. Now was as good a time as any she supposed.
She opened her eyes with much less hesitancy this time. After all, she had accomplished what she needed to with the whole confused, terrified pathetic and strangely loveable act. (Even if she had come off as more pathetic than anything else.)
Remus Lupin was kneeling down beside her, almost as if he were at the death bed of a beloved relative. Surely her condition was not THAT serious. Still it was very romantic.
"How are you feeling?" He asked wearing a concerned look.
"A bit better. Where are we now?" She asked only slightly attempting to mask the excitement in her voice.
"Your in Hogwarts."
"What's Hogwarts?" Emily asked curiously. First hogsmead now Hogwarts. Perhaps she had landed herself in a strange, different universe. Like the middle earth she had read about in Lord of the Rings.
"It's um..." Remus hesitated and looked at James and Sirius who gave him equally hesitant stares, though Emily couldn't think why. It was a simple enough question.
The room that she found herself in looked more like a castle tower than a boarding school dorm room. If this was a boarding school, it was far different from the one that she attended.
"A school. A...er-" Remus stumbled again
"Rather exclusive academy. You see they only allow the best" Sirius finished for him. He fixed her with another of his grins
"The best in what?"
"Well, everything" James continued. "Not easy to get in here you know." He straightened himself up and ran one hand through his already thouroughly unruly hair making it worse than it had been before.
If it was supposed to impress her it wasn't working.
"So where are we in this school?" They looked at each other once more this time quite guiltily. And she knew why.
"The...infirmary?" She asked innocently knowing what the answer would be. At least she was brushing up on her acting skills.
"Er..." They continued to stare awkwardly at each other "Well?" She asked impatiently. It certaintaly wasn't THAT, embarrassing to tell her that she was in a boys dormitory. Especially considering that they had been so bold about the fact when they didn't think she could hear them.
"Your in a...that is to say your in our... dormitory." Remus said guiltily staring fixedly at the floor boards beneath his feet. So they really WERE that embarrassed about the whole thing.
Well there was only one thing to do now... milk it for all it was worth. She could have fun with this.
"You mean –a-BOYS-dormitory?!" She nearly shrieked gasping. After all a true lady would be absolutely shocked to find herself in such an indiscreet place as male quarters.
And to top it all off, the frantic looks on the James and Sirius's once bold and very cocky faces was well worth the act.
"Please calm down." Remus implored looking quickly at the closed door as if waiting for someone to burst in at any moment.
"Where else were we supposed to take you?" James asked defensively attempting to hide his increasingly guilty expression.
"Seeing as my leg is broken a gentleman would take me to the hospital wing." Emily said in a dignified voice.
"Well that's out of the question seeing as there are no gentleman here." Sirius said sarcastically as Peter stifled a snigger
"That, sir, is apparent." Emily retorted. Silently she congratulated herself for improvising a comeback which would make Jane Austin, (Her favorite author) proud.
"Emily please listen. Under any other circumstances we would have taken you to the hospital wing. But..."
"But what?" Emily demanded.
Remus stared quite guiltily back down at the floor.
"Look, do you want us to put you back where we found you? Because we can." James said after a rather awkward pause.
"Well, it doesn't appear that I have any choice in the matter. So, for the time being, I'll stay here." Emily said making absolutely certain that they knew she did not approve of this arrangement one bit.
"But I swear if any of you try anything...fresh with me. I'm going straight to the headmaster. Broken leg or not."
This part of her speech was genuine. While she found it quite exciting to be kept in hiding in a boys dormitory, she still considered herself a lady.
"Well there's no fear of that happening." Sirius muttered sarcastically looking her up and down with feigned distaste. Emily scowled at him.
"It's a deal." Remus said quickly looking from Sirius to Emily clearly hoping to avoid a confrontation.
"You'd better rest now Emily." He said in a softened tone taking a pillow and placing it gently under her head.
"Were going to dinner, we'll be back in a couple of hours. I'll bring you something to eat then. If you're hungry that is."
"All right." Emily said attempting to keep a certain note of disdain in her voice.
"'night then." Remus said as he ushered the rest of them out of the room.
As they left, she distinctly heard Sirius mutter.
"I think your right wormtail. She is more trouble than she's worth."
"I heard that." Emily said loudly before she could stop herself.
"I'm sure you did." She heard Sirius say back.
Remus gave her a small smile before he closed the door.
Well, Emily thought as she closed her eyes to sleep, at least the four of them weren't completely hopeless. Remus seemed to have chivalry down to an art. Now if only Sirius could pick it up...