We spent the rest of the day looking through all of the magnificent,
amazing shops. I didn't see Sirius again, but Lily kept badgering me about
him. Petunia just sulked along; giving us weird looks as if we had fifth
heads and twice as many arms as we should have. At the end of the day we
were all exhausted and Lily and I's spirits were a little higher.
It was only a couple of days until we left for the train station to go to Hogwarts, and Lily and I were both anticipating it, though neither of said anything. Only a couple days would pass before we would find out if this were some big joke, a big letdown.
September first started sunny and beautiful. The sky was as blue as robin's eggs and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Lily woke me up at about six 'o' clock all excited and jumpy. "Can you believe we're actually leaving today? I'm kind of glad, I'm sick of Petunia giving us dirty looks all day."
"Yeah," I said, looking out the window as the sun rose. I still was thinking this could be a trick. "Are you all packed?" I asked Lily. She threw a book in her trunk on top of all of her clothes and kicked the lid closed.
"Now I am." She said, and got dressed in a hurry. I did the same.
We were almost late for the train. We got there at 10:45. Mum stopped us near a big barrier between 9 and 10. She told us to run through.
I thought being told to jump into fire was crazy. "Just run!" she shouted at me. Once again, I had to go first. I grabbed my cart, took a deep breath and ran straight at the wall. I expected to hear a big crash, but I felt a smooth, windy feeling and next I opened my eyes I was standing underneath a sign that read "Platform 9 ¾". Lily came, and then mum. Petunia decided to stay home.
The platform was filled with parents waving goodbye to their children who were sticking their heads out of the window. I spotted James, but I couldn't tell whom he was talking to, or see Sirius.
"Ok," Mum started drilling us, "Have a good summer, don't get yourselves into trouble, I'll miss you, I love you, now GO!" she shouted, and told both of us goodbye and hurried us onto the train. We dragged our trunks around looking for a compartment. The only one that was empty enough to occupy us was at the very back. There was a boy about our age sitting in it, fast asleep. Lily was entering first, and she motioned for me to be quiet. We set our trunks down on the floor and sat down. The train was already moving.
The boy looked extremely tired. He had an open book in his lap, and dirty blonde hair. There was a third trunk on the ground that read "R.J. LUPIN".
"Goodness, I hope we don't wake this bloke up, Lily." I whispered
"I know, we just have to stay quiet."
"Yeah..."
The door of the compartment slid open with a big crash. I winced and looked over at the boy. He was still fast asleep. Then I looked over at the door, Sirius and James were standing there.
James had spotted Lily. He turned cool, calm, and collected, which did not seem a very James thing to do. "Hey!" he flashed Lily a million dollar smile. She looked out the window. He frowned. Well, even if he was a jerk, it didn't give me a right to be impolite.
"Hello James, Sirius." I said nodding in each of their directions.
"Hey", they both said in unison. "Who's this?" Sirius asked, pointing to the boy. I pointed to his trunk.
"R.J. Lupin. Please try not to wake him up."
"Why not?" James asked, "He was back here all alone before you two came wasn't he?" I said yes, and was about to say something to keep him from doing something stupid, but he was already going on. "Then it seems like he needs some friends." He walked over to the boy and shook his shoulder.
"James!" Lily said suddenly and out of nowhere, "This guy was obviously sleeping because he's tired, and he's obviously in the back compartment so he won't be bothered! Leave him alone!"
James shrugged, "Fine, have it your way then. If this bloke ends up with no friends, I'll tell him that it was your fault anyway."
"Laurel and I will make sure he has friends. And they'll be us and you two wether you like it or not."
"Fine."
"Fine." James turned around and walked away, like nothing had happened, but the way he kept his head down told me he was fuming with anger. Sirius watched him go, then turned back to us.
"Talk to you later, then?"
"Definitely." I said.
"But next time, leave your jerk of a friend out of it." Lily said, fuming the same way James had been.
It was only a couple of days until we left for the train station to go to Hogwarts, and Lily and I were both anticipating it, though neither of said anything. Only a couple days would pass before we would find out if this were some big joke, a big letdown.
September first started sunny and beautiful. The sky was as blue as robin's eggs and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Lily woke me up at about six 'o' clock all excited and jumpy. "Can you believe we're actually leaving today? I'm kind of glad, I'm sick of Petunia giving us dirty looks all day."
"Yeah," I said, looking out the window as the sun rose. I still was thinking this could be a trick. "Are you all packed?" I asked Lily. She threw a book in her trunk on top of all of her clothes and kicked the lid closed.
"Now I am." She said, and got dressed in a hurry. I did the same.
We were almost late for the train. We got there at 10:45. Mum stopped us near a big barrier between 9 and 10. She told us to run through.
I thought being told to jump into fire was crazy. "Just run!" she shouted at me. Once again, I had to go first. I grabbed my cart, took a deep breath and ran straight at the wall. I expected to hear a big crash, but I felt a smooth, windy feeling and next I opened my eyes I was standing underneath a sign that read "Platform 9 ¾". Lily came, and then mum. Petunia decided to stay home.
The platform was filled with parents waving goodbye to their children who were sticking their heads out of the window. I spotted James, but I couldn't tell whom he was talking to, or see Sirius.
"Ok," Mum started drilling us, "Have a good summer, don't get yourselves into trouble, I'll miss you, I love you, now GO!" she shouted, and told both of us goodbye and hurried us onto the train. We dragged our trunks around looking for a compartment. The only one that was empty enough to occupy us was at the very back. There was a boy about our age sitting in it, fast asleep. Lily was entering first, and she motioned for me to be quiet. We set our trunks down on the floor and sat down. The train was already moving.
The boy looked extremely tired. He had an open book in his lap, and dirty blonde hair. There was a third trunk on the ground that read "R.J. LUPIN".
"Goodness, I hope we don't wake this bloke up, Lily." I whispered
"I know, we just have to stay quiet."
"Yeah..."
The door of the compartment slid open with a big crash. I winced and looked over at the boy. He was still fast asleep. Then I looked over at the door, Sirius and James were standing there.
James had spotted Lily. He turned cool, calm, and collected, which did not seem a very James thing to do. "Hey!" he flashed Lily a million dollar smile. She looked out the window. He frowned. Well, even if he was a jerk, it didn't give me a right to be impolite.
"Hello James, Sirius." I said nodding in each of their directions.
"Hey", they both said in unison. "Who's this?" Sirius asked, pointing to the boy. I pointed to his trunk.
"R.J. Lupin. Please try not to wake him up."
"Why not?" James asked, "He was back here all alone before you two came wasn't he?" I said yes, and was about to say something to keep him from doing something stupid, but he was already going on. "Then it seems like he needs some friends." He walked over to the boy and shook his shoulder.
"James!" Lily said suddenly and out of nowhere, "This guy was obviously sleeping because he's tired, and he's obviously in the back compartment so he won't be bothered! Leave him alone!"
James shrugged, "Fine, have it your way then. If this bloke ends up with no friends, I'll tell him that it was your fault anyway."
"Laurel and I will make sure he has friends. And they'll be us and you two wether you like it or not."
"Fine."
"Fine." James turned around and walked away, like nothing had happened, but the way he kept his head down told me he was fuming with anger. Sirius watched him go, then turned back to us.
"Talk to you later, then?"
"Definitely." I said.
"But next time, leave your jerk of a friend out of it." Lily said, fuming the same way James had been.