Homework troubles

"Why do the bloody questions have to be so hard!" this was more of an exclamation on Sirius' part, rather then a question, it was just an entrance exam after all. It didn't help his concentration that memories of that morning kept returning, that had to be the first time though that Sirius had actually gotten anything like an upper hand with Bakura.

"And may I actually inquire after the occasion?" came Remus' query from right behind Sirius, who almost jumped out of his skin. "The world would after all have to end before you put pen to parchment." That comment Sirius thought, was slightly unnecessary.

"Hey! I write letters don't I!" Sirius huffed indignantly.

"I guess so...." Remus sat down across from Sirius at the table. "So what female has so attracted you that you would write a letter?" he inquired, obviously not having read the jutting handwriting that covered the curling parchment in front of him.

"And dear Moony there are other things in this head other then women." Sirius added reaching up to tap a finger on his forehead knowingly, wrong hand though, so he ended up poking his brow with his quill and dripping ink on his nose.

"Oh, do share." Remus looked slightly skeptic as he watched Sirius wipe the ink messily off his nose with the feathery end of his quill.

"Actually I was thinking about future career options." Sirius announced, like one would the queen. Remus looked slightly less skeptic. "This is an entrance exam for Aurors." He finished.

"So you are trying to tell me, that you, the holder of just about every disagreeable job known to wizard kind and then teaching is going to try to become and Auror?!" Remus seemed aghast.

"Teaching is actually one of the most disagreeable." Sirius retorted in a half mumble. "But anyway! It was more my attitude and not my grades that had me fired every five months." Sirius explained.
"But what kind of resume would that make?"

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"And then you should read this one... and this one." Remus really is a book fiend. Sirius groaned under his immense pile of books. "And for Transformations this is the most comprehensive guide I have ever read."

Where were they do you ask? Remus upon getting over the shock of Sirius' planned career reassessment had decided to help his best friend prepare for the possibility of even more strenuous academic testing. This had of course called for a trip to the beloved library and all the books Remus loved so much; Sirius was finding the situation rather stifling.

"Remus I do believe that is enough books." Sirius groaned as what felt like the millionth book was added to his load. "I can only check out so many books before Madame Pince murders me; none the less carry them all back to my rooms."

"I'm sure I could get Bakura to lug a few back." Remus mussed. At this Sirius burst out laughing, laughing so hard in fact that he dropped all the books with a loud THUNK at his feet. "What's so funny?" Remus snapped, he hated to see books dropped so carelessly, and it showed through his pained look at the mess at their feet.

"Nothing Professor." Sirius muttered, not caring to explain at the moment, only stooping to retrieve his books. "Could you give me a hand Remus?" he asked when he found he could only carry half the books comfortably.

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"And I expect you to study!" those were some of Remus' last words before he took his leave of Sirius to prepare a lesson outline for the next week. "I can't baby-sit you forever, it's about time you pursued a career." He added before taking his leave of Sirius.

Well Sirius did try to study, rightly truly he did, but eventually just as usual he found his mind wandering after only a few pages. Studying just wasn't gripping enough. Plus he already knew most of the material, his memory being about his only education boasting point, he remembered most of it yet from his school days. Days before the trouble had begun, when his life had seemed so full of hope, so full of life. Now around two decades later hope was finally peaking around the corner again, life seemed worth living again.

Perhaps if he took notes he'd be able to study, he needed to study; reason number one being if Remus caught him doing otherwise he might kill him without question, and the second reason being that there could be one small scrap of knowledge that Sirius had miraculously forgotten.

This didn't help either..... Eyes drooping.... pen scratches slowing.... mind going blank......

Crumpling the parchment up in one hand Sirius gave up. Maybe Bakura had gotten rid of the ghost by now. If he hadn't? Well that might be just as fun.

duenna: Bakura does have problems doesn't he? -giggles-

The Inspector: Thanks for the offer, but what my story needs isn't a betta reader it's an entirely new ending. It was supposed to be fluffy but it ended up as pointless sap. I might try writing an alternate ending but I doubt it. Too much work went into this one. Do you know how -hard- it is for a shonen-ai fangirl to write a -het- pairing for her favorite character?

X-mas Gurl: Well I do have cyber-school instead of ordinary school, but yes, I'm very lucky. I just don't get up till 10:00 in the morning.

yaminakathy: Glad you like my review. Yes, the whole point of he last chapter was to make people laugh. My friend did when she read it too.

The Muses Tk and Zv: No, they don't. They'd read it to find out. Everyone seems to love that line. I just can't seem to write about Bakura and Ryou in the same story without hinting at a Ryou/Bakura romance. I did in in 'Bound by Threads' too in a minor way. It was meant to be Bakura/Marik but it had so many B/R hints. Waah. Sorry if it's confusing.