Chapter 6: The Silent Awakening
"So get this, Sirius. I was going to Dumbledore's office in the morning, just to remind him about you-know-what because he said he was really busy and might forget, you know? But anyways, it was some ungodly hour of like 5 or 6, and I go into the common room, right... And guess who I see sitting there in a chair in her pretty little nightgown looking out the window?" Sirius gave Remus a blank look before comprehension dawned on his face.
"Oh! Oh man, Moony! Rosmerta? I knew it! So what'd ya do, huh?" he guffawed as he clapped Remus on the back, causing him to choke on his toast. Peter was smiling expectantly, like a child waiting for a bedtime story.
After chugging down come orange juice, Remus gave Sirius an extremely dirty look and then rolled his eyes. He tilted his head to the side and stated blandly, "Sirius, how dense can you be? I wasn't talking about the Rosmerta girl. I was talking about Lily." Neither Sirius nor Peter seemed to have any type of reaction to his news. He shook his head and threw his hands up in the air. "Why the heck am I telling you this? Where's James? Why's he still in his room? Merlin, is he STILL sleeping?" He twisted his neck and scanned the Great Hall for his friend. Sirius resumed his usual breakfast routine of shoving food into his face.
After failing to spot James, Remus turned back around and stared at a bit of jelly on Sirius's chin and said, "You are the most disgusting human I have ever seen. I think I need to throw up." He did indeed look very pale, almost a sea-greenish. He started taking deep breaths.
"Here, Remus, have a donut," said Peter sincerely, his outstretched hand holding a powdery looking lump of dough. "I think it might be strawberry."
Remus closed his eyes and tried to close off all of his senses as a wave of pain suddenly coursed throughout his body. He did not want to hear the rumbling morning chatter of excited students. He did not want to smell the revolting donut that Peter was holding. He did not want see Sirius wallowing in his food like a disgusting pig. His stomach churned. And most of all, he did not want to feel the sharp, jabbing pains that were periodically piercing into his spine, or the achiness that inhabited every one of his joints and made him feel like a feeble old man. His head was going to explode any minute now. He waited for the moment, gripping the edge of the table tightly. It had never been this bad before.
"Moony? Moony? Earth to Moony." Someone was poking him in his side.
"STOP IT!" he barked, sounding a little more loud and ferocious than he wanted to. Several students nearby paused their eating and stared at him with curiosity. Sirius had a fork halfway up to his open mouth, and Peter had just taken a bite out of the donut. He looked for his attacker and disovered James standing next to him, frozen in mid-poke.
Remus sighed as the wave of pain slowly passed. "Sorry, James. It's just that time of the month, you know," he exlained quietly so no one else could hear. Sirius immediately broke the awkward tension and erupted in laughter, spraying bits and pieces of food all over the table. Several girls nearby looked as if they were trying to decide whether to be disgusted by this display, or to gather up the bits of food and take them up to their Sirius- shrines upstairs.
James slowly cracked a smile and sat down. He didn't say anything as he piled food onto his plate. He looked as if he had a little secret that he had no intention of sharing. Sirius and Remus noticed this, but did not say anything.
In an attempt to start a conversation to cover up the embarrasing incident, Remus began telling James about his Lily sighting. However, he was interupted by very loud, high-pitched laughter and lively giggles being emitted from the direction of the entrance to the Great Hall.
They all looked up.
"Ah, it's the goddess herself," Sirius said, smirking
"So get this, Sirius. I was going to Dumbledore's office in the morning, just to remind him about you-know-what because he said he was really busy and might forget, you know? But anyways, it was some ungodly hour of like 5 or 6, and I go into the common room, right... And guess who I see sitting there in a chair in her pretty little nightgown looking out the window?" Sirius gave Remus a blank look before comprehension dawned on his face.
"Oh! Oh man, Moony! Rosmerta? I knew it! So what'd ya do, huh?" he guffawed as he clapped Remus on the back, causing him to choke on his toast. Peter was smiling expectantly, like a child waiting for a bedtime story.
After chugging down come orange juice, Remus gave Sirius an extremely dirty look and then rolled his eyes. He tilted his head to the side and stated blandly, "Sirius, how dense can you be? I wasn't talking about the Rosmerta girl. I was talking about Lily." Neither Sirius nor Peter seemed to have any type of reaction to his news. He shook his head and threw his hands up in the air. "Why the heck am I telling you this? Where's James? Why's he still in his room? Merlin, is he STILL sleeping?" He twisted his neck and scanned the Great Hall for his friend. Sirius resumed his usual breakfast routine of shoving food into his face.
After failing to spot James, Remus turned back around and stared at a bit of jelly on Sirius's chin and said, "You are the most disgusting human I have ever seen. I think I need to throw up." He did indeed look very pale, almost a sea-greenish. He started taking deep breaths.
"Here, Remus, have a donut," said Peter sincerely, his outstretched hand holding a powdery looking lump of dough. "I think it might be strawberry."
Remus closed his eyes and tried to close off all of his senses as a wave of pain suddenly coursed throughout his body. He did not want to hear the rumbling morning chatter of excited students. He did not want to smell the revolting donut that Peter was holding. He did not want see Sirius wallowing in his food like a disgusting pig. His stomach churned. And most of all, he did not want to feel the sharp, jabbing pains that were periodically piercing into his spine, or the achiness that inhabited every one of his joints and made him feel like a feeble old man. His head was going to explode any minute now. He waited for the moment, gripping the edge of the table tightly. It had never been this bad before.
"Moony? Moony? Earth to Moony." Someone was poking him in his side.
"STOP IT!" he barked, sounding a little more loud and ferocious than he wanted to. Several students nearby paused their eating and stared at him with curiosity. Sirius had a fork halfway up to his open mouth, and Peter had just taken a bite out of the donut. He looked for his attacker and disovered James standing next to him, frozen in mid-poke.
Remus sighed as the wave of pain slowly passed. "Sorry, James. It's just that time of the month, you know," he exlained quietly so no one else could hear. Sirius immediately broke the awkward tension and erupted in laughter, spraying bits and pieces of food all over the table. Several girls nearby looked as if they were trying to decide whether to be disgusted by this display, or to gather up the bits of food and take them up to their Sirius- shrines upstairs.
James slowly cracked a smile and sat down. He didn't say anything as he piled food onto his plate. He looked as if he had a little secret that he had no intention of sharing. Sirius and Remus noticed this, but did not say anything.
In an attempt to start a conversation to cover up the embarrasing incident, Remus began telling James about his Lily sighting. However, he was interupted by very loud, high-pitched laughter and lively giggles being emitted from the direction of the entrance to the Great Hall.
They all looked up.
"Ah, it's the goddess herself," Sirius said, smirking