Tempus Fugit
By Fangs of Poison
Disclaimer: No, I don't own anything. Does anyone else, other than me, find these really stupid and pointless? I mean, if I did own these characters, I would be selling my stories, not posting them on the internet for everyone to see and read for free!
Chapter Five:
"The future?" intoned Remus in a highly doubtful voice.
Hermione nodded and shrugged, as though it was no big deal, "The future." She repeated.
The boys gaped at her, not one of them believing that she was telling the truth, there was no way she could have come from the future! It just didn't make sense!
Sirius gave a nervous laugh and ran a hand through his gorgeous hair, "No you're not." He stated, quite confidently, "You couldn't be from the future, it's not possible!"
"I assure you," Hermione began, "I am from the future, twenty years from the future, in fact."
James eagerly leaned forward, "So, if you are from the future, what happens to all of us?"
Hermione, yet again, froze up. She knew she couldn't tell them, but she'd never been a very good liar, and there was no doubt in her mind, that hiding a secret like this, would be quite difficult, especially considering the nature of the boys in front of her. Luckily, she was saved from answering by a yet-to-be-convinced Remus.
"Wait, James, we don't even know if she's from the future!"
"Yeah," Peter piped up, "She might just be making it up!"
Hermione scowled in irritation. Deep inside, she knew Peter was making a valid point, and that she would probably be saying the exact same thing had she been in his position, but she really, really disliked Peter. Anything he did she found annoying.
Hermione rolled her eyes, "Fine, you don't have to believe me," she stated primly, "Frankly, I don't care whether you believe me or not, it's no big deal to me." Somehow, though, at least deep inside, Hermione felt that it was a big deal.
Later that night, Hermione was sitting on her four poster bed in her "new" dorm, meeting her new roommates.
One of them was a very pretty with auburn hair that fell almost to her waist, a smattering of freckles across her nose and shoulders, and bright green eyes that Hermione would know anywhere. She was about five and a half feet tall and seemed quite mature for her age. This, of course, was Lily Evans, Harry's mum.
The other girl was quite tall, about five foot nine, and had dark brown, almost black, hair that fell in curls to her shoulder blades. She had piercing, dark blue eyes, and a perfectly unblemished olive complexion. She introduced herself as Ella Bradford, then promptly closed the hangings around her bed and went to sleep.
Lily was not nearly as anti-social as her roommate, and proceeded to tell Hermione this, as she sat at the foot of her bed, "Never mind her," she said, "She doesn't like talking to many people. Afraid of them, I think. Oh, she'll talk to me, of course, but that's only because we've known each other for seven years!" Lily laughed, "Imagine if she didn't! But she'll warm up to you eventually, I promise."
Hermione laughed as well. She had taken an immediate liking to Lily, she was sweet, nice, and even though she was a bit talkative, she was incredibly smart. Lily had also, to Hermione's immense relief, immediately decided that Hermione was telling the truth in the whole "from the future" matter, as, after squinting into her face for a moment, she declared that Hermione didn't "have the face of a liar", whatever that meant.
Lily began to brush her hair, "The boys will warm up to you, too. You have to understand, they're not the most trusting lot. Oh, James will believe anything," here she gave a girlish sigh, "But that's because he's just such a trusting person! He's never had anything go wrong in his life, you know?" Lily's eyes searched Hermione's for a trace of understanding.
Hermione, knowing she had to respond, cleared her throat and stated, "But what about the others? Surely…"
Lily put her hair brush down and pursed her lips thoughtfully, "Well, Sirius has a lot of family issues," she dropped her voice, "They're not very good people, his family," she continued, back to her original tone, "But don't you worry, Sirius is not like them at all! He's exactly the opposite, to tell you the truth."
Hermione remembered, regretfully, the portrait of Mrs. Black at 12 Grimmauld Place, and nodded in understanding.
"Peter," Lily continued, "Is just very shy. I attribute it to him witnessing his father's heart attack when he was five. He was alone in the house with him, you know, his mother was on a trip. He had no idea what to do, sat with the body for a day and a half before anyone noticed. Bit traumatizing, to tell you the truth."
Hermione was aghast; she didn't know that about Peter. Then again, no one talked about Peter at all; it just wasn't a subject that was brought up. Never would it, or should it, be discussed in front of Harry or Remus, especially after Sirius' death. It almost made her feel sorry for Peter, until, of course, she remembered what he did, or no, sorry, what he was going to do.
"What about Remus?" Hermione asked, even though she knew exactly what it was with Remus, she just couldn't let Lily know that she knew.
"R-Remus?" Lily repeated, her voice shaking.
"Yes," Hermione adopted a puzzled expression, "What about Remus?"
Lily bit the pad of her thumb, something Hermione would come to know as a nervous, or thoughtful habit of Lily's, "Remus, he, um, there's nothing with Remus," Lily nodded several times, as if reassuring herself as to the validity of the statement, "Nothing at all…"
An awkward silence descended in the room, Hermione fidgeted a bit, then whispered, with a sly look at Lily, "That James sure is dishy, isn't he?"
This, seemingly innocent statement, prompted an "Oh Jesus God! Don't get her started!" from behind the hangings of Ella's bed, and a certain red head to blush a red that clashed, quite alarmingly, with the colour of her hair.
A/N: My brother just had to get four cavities filled and I was all alone in the house. This is the product of my loneliness, and the fact that my mother has the internet card. Thanks to all those who reviewed! Please, continue to do so, I love the feeling of opening my email and seeing reviews, it makes me happy!
On another note, the next couple weeks are going to be a bit crazy. I'm heading off to England for the Cambridge College Programme for three weeks, I will try my hardest to pop into an internet cafe and update for you at some point, but if I can't, I will AS SOON AS I GET HOME! The day after I get back, I'm heading off to Southern California/Mexico for another two weeks. Again, I will attempt to post whenever I can, but if I can't...I will post AS SOON AS I GET BACK!
Please, please, PLEASE don't abandon this story. I promise I have several more chapters written and and outline that will carry us through twenty or even thirty chapters! I also implore you to review, leave me a treat for when I get back!