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Sirius Black leant lazily back in his chair and ran his hand through his hair.
He sighed in annoyance as many of the females present cooed or squealed and tried to pretend they hadn't.
Somebody remind him WHY he was here?
He was here because Remus was here.
And why was Remus here?
Because Remus was what Muggles would call a Drama Club Freak.
Remus seemed to be as enthralled by this meeting as Sirius was bored by it.
He was sitting up alert and attentive, taking down notes, as he had been elected secretary almost the moment he had sat down.
"The play we have been given is called "Romance from every quarter," and has, as Dumbledore promised, singing, dancing and acting."
Annette, chairperson and head girl, read from the notes that Dumbledore had given her.
"What's it about?" Somebody asked.
Annette glared.
"I'm coming to that, Severus." She said pointedly.
Sirius groaned silently.
THAT git was here? Oh, great. This just kept getting better and better.
"The play is about four couples, or potential couples, who interact with one another in a series of highly unlikely situations." Annette quoted directly from the pages in front of her.
"The four couples consist of; a stereotypical 'old married couple,' a budding teenage romance, a stumbling middle age couple and – "Annette choked a little and broke off, before continuing so that nobody knew she'd stumbled. "And a homosexual partnership."
There was a silence, then, as everyone present considered this last couple.
Who was going to play those two parts? This was obviously a romantic comedy; the characters were going to have to kiss. Who was willing to kiss another guy?
All eyes suddenly turned to Severus Snape.
It was well known that Severus' tastes were not exactly orthodox, but would he actually dare to share it so obviously with the entire school?
Before Severus had time to respond to the question, Annette had broken the silence and was continuing on in an embarrassed rush.
"Yes, well. The parts are as follows. Bill and Mary as the married couple, Adella and Eddie as the teenagers, Lucy and Jim as the stumbling middle age couple and Phillip and Tom as the...other couple."
Annette cleared her throat.
"Each of these is a singing, acting and dancing role. There are also parts for primarily singing, dancing and acting. We will also need volunteers for Backstage, Front of house, Lighting and sound as it were, and costume and set design and construction."
"Annette and myself, as head boy and girl, and two members of the faculty will be holding auditions in the Great Hall next Saturday." David, head boy, stood up and said. "Please come to auditions knowing your lines perfectly; you will be able to pick up a portion of the script tomorrow afternoon from each of your house common rooms. Thank you to each of you for your interest; we look forward to seeing each of you at auditions. Good night."
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"So, Moony." Sirius said, on the way back to Gryffindor tower. "You thinking of auditioning for any roles?"
Remus shrugged and continued walking.
Sirius jogged a step or two to keep pace and put his hands in his pockets, slouching along beside his moody friend.
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The common room was a warm relief in more than one way.
It was cold in the corridors, but Remus had been positively frosty towards Sirius on the walk back.
The other two Marauders looked up as they entered.
"Not waiting up for us, were you, Jamie?" Sirius demanded, grinning, as he clambered through the hole.
James flushed, indicating that they had indeed been waiting for the return of their fellows.
"Well, we were...Oh, hello, Lily!" He cut in brightly, waving to somebody behind them.
Sirius and Remus turned around to see Lily Evans appear through the portrait hole as they had just done.
"We were just talking about the meeting, weren't we, Sirius, Remus?" He winked frantically at them.
Sirius and Remus pretended to look baffled and confused.
"You weren't at the meeting, James." Lily said suspiciously. "How could you be talking about it?"
Remus and Sirius watched in amusement as James fumbled to correct his mistake.
"Uh...well, no, I WASN'T there, because I was...er....doing my homework." He gestured wildly to somebody else's neatly stacked books. "I...ah.... was just getting the notes I asked Remus to take for me."
He looked at Remus pleadingly.
Remus shrugged apologetically, shaking with laughter.
"Sorry, mate. I gave them to Annette. You thinking of auditioning, Lily?" he added, taking pity on James and switching the topic.
Lily nodded and took a seat across from James.
"I wouldn't mind playing Adella." She said earnestly. "You could really get close to someone playing a role like that." She looked meaningfully at James. "Well, good night."
"Remus." James said in a strangled voice when she had left. "WHAT role is she talking about?"
Remus laughed and told James he'd tell him tomorrow, before retreating upstairs.
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Remus KNEW which role he wanted to play.
It was the only role he COULD play.
He had perused the script for every character, but he KNEW which role was right for him.
The role of Philip was MADE for him.
It WAS him.
So it should be easy enough to get the role.
But there were two very UNeasy things associated with the part.
Exactly how he explained to his friends that he was going to be playing a homosexual who was in love with his best friend.
Who would he be playing alongside? Who was going to play Tom?
Remus, too, knew about Snivellus and his tastes, and he knew his enemy was going to be auditioning for Tom.
There was only ONE person Remus wanted to be playing alongside...and he thought the whole idea was a joke.
So did he go for the part anyway?
The person he wanted to play alongside was so right for the part, it was unbelievable.
He was charming, witty, funny...and sitting on the arm Remus's chair, looking at the script in his hand.
"You thinking of auditioning?" He asked nonchalantly, picking up Tom's script and flicking through it.
"Sirius!" Remus squeaked, then checked his voice. "Er, yes. Well, no. Yes, I guess. No, absolutely not. Er...I don't know." He concluded.
Sirius raised an eyebrow.
"I suggest you find out soon, Moony." He said, and stood up. "The meeting is tomorrow night.
It wasn't until Remus stopped staring at the door Sirius had left through, that he realized he was missing Tom's script.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Yayness! I have reviews! Thank you all so much! And I'm sorry if this chapter is short...I've run out of steam, now, but the reviews made me update much quicker! If you want updates, review! No, seriously, because I have this weird guilt thing happening. I feel awful if it takes me a while to update, so I try to update quickly. Honestly, I do! Okay, responses to reviews below. Yay! Reviews!
Okay, well, I have MORE reviews, and they pointed out to me that my second chapter is either missing, or is the same as the first chapter, and I really have no idea why. Maybe it's because I have a supremely cranky computer, I don't know, but I'll stick it up again and hope that it works. Puzzled look Seriously, something freaky is going on...
casual-bubbles - You think I write well? Blushes Thanks! Here's your chapter!
Ayalone - I love Remus. I stole his character from another story, though. Do you think I should write a disclaimer? The story I got him from is "It don't mean a thing" by LilaStar. Best Remus/Sirius fic in the entire history of Slash Fanfiction! Honestly! Thanks for your review!
prosthetic.ballerina – I really don't understand homophobia, I really don't. My Mum used to date this guy, and he knew I was writing this, whoa, watch out! Thanks for your review!
Legola lu – You've reviewed both my stories, do you realize that? Thanks so much!
silver-sunn101 – Glad you like Remus! shakes head I don't understand people not liking slash, or at least not accepting it. I mean, my friends can understand that I READ it, but if they knew I was writing it...shudders Thanks for review!
goldmund1110 - Blushes I had no idea chapter one was same as chapter two! I can't even find chapter two at ALL when I look. Have no idea what's going on there...Thanks for review, though!
Quick-fix – A play in a wizard school...don't even know where that came from..Anyway, about the writing under two different pennames. I don't mean to be hypocritical. It's just that my friends would completely ostracize me if they knew I was writing slash, as well as reading it. And as much as I like slash, I'm not quite willing to lose friends over it! They can accept that I read it (some of them have read my favourites...a number of slashes in there), but they would NOT like it if they knew I was writing it...sorry if that seems weird. Thanks for your review, though!
Waffle Avenger – After Draco and Hermione, Dumbledore is my favourite character. He reminds me of my Dad sometimes, who's always hiding things and bringing them up at the weirdest times. I loved it in Goblet of Fire when Dumbledore turned all angry on Crouch, that was cool! Sorry, I'll stop gushing about Dumbledore now...Thanks for review!
Tanya J Potter – Thanks for review!
Anonymous () – I have no idea where chapter two went! Looks under desk Hellooooo?! Hope it works this time. Thanks for review!
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Sirius Black leant lazily back in his chair and ran his hand through his hair.
He sighed in annoyance as many of the females present cooed or squealed and tried to pretend they hadn't.
Somebody remind him WHY he was here?
He was here because Remus was here.
And why was Remus here?
Because Remus was what Muggles would call a Drama Club Freak.
Remus seemed to be as enthralled by this meeting as Sirius was bored by it.
He was sitting up alert and attentive, taking down notes, as he had been elected secretary almost the moment he had sat down.
"The play we have been given is called "Romance from every quarter," and has, as Dumbledore promised, singing, dancing and acting."
Annette, chairperson and head girl, read from the notes that Dumbledore had given her.
"What's it about?" Somebody asked.
Annette glared.
"I'm coming to that, Severus." She said pointedly.
Sirius groaned silently.
THAT git was here? Oh, great. This just kept getting better and better.
"The play is about four couples, or potential couples, who interact with one another in a series of highly unlikely situations." Annette quoted directly from the pages in front of her.
"The four couples consist of; a stereotypical 'old married couple,' a budding teenage romance, a stumbling middle age couple and – "Annette choked a little and broke off, before continuing so that nobody knew she'd stumbled. "And a homosexual partnership."
There was a silence, then, as everyone present considered this last couple.
Who was going to play those two parts? This was obviously a romantic comedy; the characters were going to have to kiss. Who was willing to kiss another guy?
All eyes suddenly turned to Severus Snape.
It was well known that Severus' tastes were not exactly orthodox, but would he actually dare to share it so obviously with the entire school?
Before Severus had time to respond to the question, Annette had broken the silence and was continuing on in an embarrassed rush.
"Yes, well. The parts are as follows. Bill and Mary as the married couple, Adella and Eddie as the teenagers, Lucy and Jim as the stumbling middle age couple and Phillip and Tom as the...other couple."
Annette cleared her throat.
"Each of these is a singing, acting and dancing role. There are also parts for primarily singing, dancing and acting. We will also need volunteers for Backstage, Front of house, Lighting and sound as it were, and costume and set design and construction."
"Annette and myself, as head boy and girl, and two members of the faculty will be holding auditions in the Great Hall next Saturday." David, head boy, stood up and said. "Please come to auditions knowing your lines perfectly; you will be able to pick up a portion of the script tomorrow afternoon from each of your house common rooms. Thank you to each of you for your interest; we look forward to seeing each of you at auditions. Good night."
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"So, Moony." Sirius said, on the way back to Gryffindor tower. "You thinking of auditioning for any roles?"
Remus shrugged and continued walking.
Sirius jogged a step or two to keep pace and put his hands in his pockets, slouching along beside his moody friend.
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The common room was a warm relief in more than one way.
It was cold in the corridors, but Remus had been positively frosty towards Sirius on the walk back.
The other two Marauders looked up as they entered.
"Not waiting up for us, were you, Jamie?" Sirius demanded, grinning, as he clambered through the hole.
James flushed, indicating that they had indeed been waiting for the return of their fellows.
"Well, we were...Oh, hello, Lily!" He cut in brightly, waving to somebody behind them.
Sirius and Remus turned around to see Lily Evans appear through the portrait hole as they had just done.
"We were just talking about the meeting, weren't we, Sirius, Remus?" He winked frantically at them.
Sirius and Remus pretended to look baffled and confused.
"You weren't at the meeting, James." Lily said suspiciously. "How could you be talking about it?"
Remus and Sirius watched in amusement as James fumbled to correct his mistake.
"Uh...well, no, I WASN'T there, because I was...er....doing my homework." He gestured wildly to somebody else's neatly stacked books. "I...ah.... was just getting the notes I asked Remus to take for me."
He looked at Remus pleadingly.
Remus shrugged apologetically, shaking with laughter.
"Sorry, mate. I gave them to Annette. You thinking of auditioning, Lily?" he added, taking pity on James and switching the topic.
Lily nodded and took a seat across from James.
"I wouldn't mind playing Adella." She said earnestly. "You could really get close to someone playing a role like that." She looked meaningfully at James. "Well, good night."
"Remus." James said in a strangled voice when she had left. "WHAT role is she talking about?"
Remus laughed and told James he'd tell him tomorrow, before retreating upstairs.
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Remus KNEW which role he wanted to play.
It was the only role he COULD play.
He had perused the script for every character, but he KNEW which role was right for him.
The role of Philip was MADE for him.
It WAS him.
So it should be easy enough to get the role.
But there were two very UNeasy things associated with the part.
Exactly how he explained to his friends that he was going to be playing a homosexual who was in love with his best friend.
Who would he be playing alongside? Who was going to play Tom?
Remus, too, knew about Snivellus and his tastes, and he knew his enemy was going to be auditioning for Tom.
There was only ONE person Remus wanted to be playing alongside...and he thought the whole idea was a joke.
So did he go for the part anyway?
The person he wanted to play alongside was so right for the part, it was unbelievable.
He was charming, witty, funny...and sitting on the arm Remus's chair, looking at the script in his hand.
"You thinking of auditioning?" He asked nonchalantly, picking up Tom's script and flicking through it.
"Sirius!" Remus squeaked, then checked his voice. "Er, yes. Well, no. Yes, I guess. No, absolutely not. Er...I don't know." He concluded.
Sirius raised an eyebrow.
"I suggest you find out soon, Moony." He said, and stood up. "The meeting is tomorrow night.
It wasn't until Remus stopped staring at the door Sirius had left through, that he realized he was missing Tom's script.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Yayness! I have reviews! Thank you all so much! And I'm sorry if this chapter is short...I've run out of steam, now, but the reviews made me update much quicker! If you want updates, review! No, seriously, because I have this weird guilt thing happening. I feel awful if it takes me a while to update, so I try to update quickly. Honestly, I do! Okay, responses to reviews below. Yay! Reviews!
Okay, well, I have MORE reviews, and they pointed out to me that my second chapter is either missing, or is the same as the first chapter, and I really have no idea why. Maybe it's because I have a supremely cranky computer, I don't know, but I'll stick it up again and hope that it works. Puzzled look Seriously, something freaky is going on...
casual-bubbles - You think I write well? Blushes Thanks! Here's your chapter!
Ayalone - I love Remus. I stole his character from another story, though. Do you think I should write a disclaimer? The story I got him from is "It don't mean a thing" by LilaStar. Best Remus/Sirius fic in the entire history of Slash Fanfiction! Honestly! Thanks for your review!
prosthetic.ballerina – I really don't understand homophobia, I really don't. My Mum used to date this guy, and he knew I was writing this, whoa, watch out! Thanks for your review!
Legola lu – You've reviewed both my stories, do you realize that? Thanks so much!
silver-sunn101 – Glad you like Remus! shakes head I don't understand people not liking slash, or at least not accepting it. I mean, my friends can understand that I READ it, but if they knew I was writing it...shudders Thanks for review!
goldmund1110 - Blushes I had no idea chapter one was same as chapter two! I can't even find chapter two at ALL when I look. Have no idea what's going on there...Thanks for review, though!
Quick-fix – A play in a wizard school...don't even know where that came from..Anyway, about the writing under two different pennames. I don't mean to be hypocritical. It's just that my friends would completely ostracize me if they knew I was writing slash, as well as reading it. And as much as I like slash, I'm not quite willing to lose friends over it! They can accept that I read it (some of them have read my favourites...a number of slashes in there), but they would NOT like it if they knew I was writing it...sorry if that seems weird. Thanks for your review, though!
Waffle Avenger – After Draco and Hermione, Dumbledore is my favourite character. He reminds me of my Dad sometimes, who's always hiding things and bringing them up at the weirdest times. I loved it in Goblet of Fire when Dumbledore turned all angry on Crouch, that was cool! Sorry, I'll stop gushing about Dumbledore now...Thanks for review!
Tanya J Potter – Thanks for review!
Anonymous () – I have no idea where chapter two went! Looks under desk Hellooooo?! Hope it works this time. Thanks for review!
