Remus: (read's James' chapter) Uh uh, that SO did not happen!
Sirius: (snickers) Yeah it did!
Okay then. Onto chapter 7!
Narrated, for a change, by no one:
"Why'd he run out of the room like that?" Maggie asked, staring after the newly absent werewolf. Sirius and James exchanged knowing glances.
"Ah, don't worry, Klutz," Sirius reassured. "He's just embarrassed. He was...saluting you in his own special way." James snickered, then assumed the stance of a military officer.
"PRIVATE MOONY!" he bellowed at Sirius. Sirius took Remus's part.
"SIR, YES SIR!"
"SALUTE YOUR COMMANDING OFFICER, DAMN YOU!"
"SIR, YES SIR!" Sirius replied, pantomiming the "salute in Remus's own special way".
"...Oh," Maggie said, beginning to blush. Sirius rolled his eyes.
"NOW she understands," he grumbled, shaking his head, making chin- length, glossy black curls shiver.
"Well, you can't expect me to know everything about boys," she said. "It's not like you know everything about girls."
"I know all the important stuff!" Sirius insisted.
"Like what?"
"Girls have boobs," he said smugly. "And boobs are good."
"Good God," James groaned. "Is he really my best friend?"
"Of course I am, dumb ass," Sirius informed. "Why?"
"Because you're quite a numbskull," James said.
"Well, I knew that, stupid," Sirius retorted. Lily sighed and gave Maggie a look.
"Now you see what I have to put up with," she said. "They do this all the time."
"Yeah, I noticed..."
"I think it's a boy thing," Lily speculated, as James and Sirius made goofy faces at each other while dancing around in a circle. "Or, maybe it's just a James and Sirius thing," she amended. "I mean, what IS that?"
"The official ceremonial dance of the Man Tribe!" Sirius crowed. "We are celebrating!"
"Celebrating what?" Lily asked cautiously.
"Remie's first-ever hard-on!" James giggled. "HE IS NOW A MAN!" Maggie looked at them both.
"Ew," she said, matter-of-factly. "It's really not the best thing to talk about, you know."
"Oh, you'll like it in a few years," Sirius informed, winking. Lily gave him a withering glare as Maggie blushed bright red. Sirius decided to play along. "Eeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuggggh, I'm meeeeeeeeeeltiiiiiiinnnnngggg!" he screeched, slowly collapsing to the floor.
"You are such a child, Sirius," she said, shaking her head.
***
For the first time ever, Narrated by Kitty!
I couldn't BELIEVE him! Sirius Black was such a jerk! Honestly, flirting openly with other girls right in front of me?! What gave him the right? And why the hell did I care? What was the point in my brooding about it until...NEARLY MIDNIGHT?!
I growled. That bastard.
"He doesn't care," I muttered, reaching in my trunk for what I truly needed. I found it. That lovely glass bottle. Mostly full. No one knew I had it. Good, more for me, I decided, unscrewing the cap and lifting it to my lips.
"Kitty?" Lily's groggy voice sounded from the bed next to mine. Oh, shit!
"What?" I hissed.
"Wha's goin' on?" she mumbled sleepily. I hastily put the cap back on and hid the bottle behind my back.
"Nothing. I'm fine, go back to sleep."
"'Kay. 'Night," she said. I took a deep breath. It was too risky up here, I'd get caught. I'd have to go into the Common Room. I slipped my Asian robe over my black nightie, and hid the bottle within the folds of the black silk as I made my way down the stairs as quietly as possible. The fire was burning weakly still. And someone was watching it intently from the sofa.
"Remus, what are you doing down here?" I asked. He looked up at me.
"I can't sleep," he explained. He looked as lost and forlorn as I felt. I sat down across from him and pulled and end table between us as an afterthought.
"Wanna play a game?" I proposed.
"What kind of game?"
"I just made it up," I informed, pulling the bottle out and setting it on the end table. "You tell the other person a reason why your life sucks, then you get to take a drink. Affectionately known as 'Life Sucks Shots'." Remus started at the bottle, eyes wide.
"How'd you get your hands on this?" he wondered.
"I have my sources," I responded.
"Yeah, but Moonshine?"
"Why not?"
"We ARE underage, you know that, right?"
"You bet your wolfish ass I do," I replied rather snappily. "But we're both depressed people, and I think we deserve it. Are you game?"
***
"I turn into a bloody flesh-eating monster every time the moon is full," Remus stated, grabbing the bottle from Kitty and taking a drink. She rolled her eyes.
"My dad was a Vampire," she said. Remus nodded solemnly and handed the bottle back to her as she took her own swig. This went on for a half hour, then more personal topics started to arise.
"I've never kissed a girl."
"My boyfriend fucks every girl in school."
"If I got someone pregnant, she'd have puppies."
"If I got pregnant, there's a good chance I'd give birth to a demon."
"I'm in love," Remus began, his words now slightly slurred, "with a normal girl who doesn't know what I am."
"I'm in love with a normal boy who doesn't give a damn about me."
"I can't get too close to her, because if something goes wrong and the Wolf takes over, I could kill her. And then I'd want to die." He put his head in his hands. Kitty touched his hand sympathetically.
"Maggie?"
"Of course," he answered. Kitty sighed.
"That's awful, but I've got you beaten," she informed.
"How?"
"My mum hanged herself on my sixth birthday. And I found the body."
Remus winced, and passed her the bottle.
"I think you deserve the whole thing," he commented. Kitty gave him a wry smile.
"Well, now you know why I live with Lily," she said. "You're the only one who knows the truth, other than Dumbledore and Lily's family."
"You haven't even told Sirius?" Kitty scoffed at that.
"What would HE care?" she snapped bitterly. "It's not as though my heart, mind, or soul means anything to him. Even if I DID tell him, he'd probably tune me out and go fuck some random girl. I swear to God, Remus, I tried not to love him, but..." She broke off, fighting back tears. Remus sat beside her and hugged her tightly, allowing her to cry on his shoulder.
"Come on, you don't know how he feels, do you?"
"He doesn't feel anything! He doesn't care about me at all! It hurts so much sometimes... I don't know what to do, Remus. I just don't know."
"Hey, if you think you'll get any good advice from me, you're sorely mistaken," he said. "I'm just as confused and emotionally torn as you are, and to top it all off, I'm an idiot." Kitty laughed a little.
"No, you're not. You're the wisest person I know, aside from Dumbledore, of course."
"Stop, I'm blushing," he joked. Kitty giggled.
"Remus?"
"Yes?"
"Thank you. For being such a good friend."
"Don't mention it. Thanks for the booze."
"Don't mention it."
(A/N- Yes, it took a LONG time, you can beat me if you want! I'm SOOOOO sorry! PLEASE forgive me? I'll try to get the next update out quicker, okay?)
Sirius: (snickers) Yeah it did!
Okay then. Onto chapter 7!
Narrated, for a change, by no one:
"Why'd he run out of the room like that?" Maggie asked, staring after the newly absent werewolf. Sirius and James exchanged knowing glances.
"Ah, don't worry, Klutz," Sirius reassured. "He's just embarrassed. He was...saluting you in his own special way." James snickered, then assumed the stance of a military officer.
"PRIVATE MOONY!" he bellowed at Sirius. Sirius took Remus's part.
"SIR, YES SIR!"
"SALUTE YOUR COMMANDING OFFICER, DAMN YOU!"
"SIR, YES SIR!" Sirius replied, pantomiming the "salute in Remus's own special way".
"...Oh," Maggie said, beginning to blush. Sirius rolled his eyes.
"NOW she understands," he grumbled, shaking his head, making chin- length, glossy black curls shiver.
"Well, you can't expect me to know everything about boys," she said. "It's not like you know everything about girls."
"I know all the important stuff!" Sirius insisted.
"Like what?"
"Girls have boobs," he said smugly. "And boobs are good."
"Good God," James groaned. "Is he really my best friend?"
"Of course I am, dumb ass," Sirius informed. "Why?"
"Because you're quite a numbskull," James said.
"Well, I knew that, stupid," Sirius retorted. Lily sighed and gave Maggie a look.
"Now you see what I have to put up with," she said. "They do this all the time."
"Yeah, I noticed..."
"I think it's a boy thing," Lily speculated, as James and Sirius made goofy faces at each other while dancing around in a circle. "Or, maybe it's just a James and Sirius thing," she amended. "I mean, what IS that?"
"The official ceremonial dance of the Man Tribe!" Sirius crowed. "We are celebrating!"
"Celebrating what?" Lily asked cautiously.
"Remie's first-ever hard-on!" James giggled. "HE IS NOW A MAN!" Maggie looked at them both.
"Ew," she said, matter-of-factly. "It's really not the best thing to talk about, you know."
"Oh, you'll like it in a few years," Sirius informed, winking. Lily gave him a withering glare as Maggie blushed bright red. Sirius decided to play along. "Eeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuggggh, I'm meeeeeeeeeeltiiiiiiinnnnngggg!" he screeched, slowly collapsing to the floor.
"You are such a child, Sirius," she said, shaking her head.
***
For the first time ever, Narrated by Kitty!
I couldn't BELIEVE him! Sirius Black was such a jerk! Honestly, flirting openly with other girls right in front of me?! What gave him the right? And why the hell did I care? What was the point in my brooding about it until...NEARLY MIDNIGHT?!
I growled. That bastard.
"He doesn't care," I muttered, reaching in my trunk for what I truly needed. I found it. That lovely glass bottle. Mostly full. No one knew I had it. Good, more for me, I decided, unscrewing the cap and lifting it to my lips.
"Kitty?" Lily's groggy voice sounded from the bed next to mine. Oh, shit!
"What?" I hissed.
"Wha's goin' on?" she mumbled sleepily. I hastily put the cap back on and hid the bottle behind my back.
"Nothing. I'm fine, go back to sleep."
"'Kay. 'Night," she said. I took a deep breath. It was too risky up here, I'd get caught. I'd have to go into the Common Room. I slipped my Asian robe over my black nightie, and hid the bottle within the folds of the black silk as I made my way down the stairs as quietly as possible. The fire was burning weakly still. And someone was watching it intently from the sofa.
"Remus, what are you doing down here?" I asked. He looked up at me.
"I can't sleep," he explained. He looked as lost and forlorn as I felt. I sat down across from him and pulled and end table between us as an afterthought.
"Wanna play a game?" I proposed.
"What kind of game?"
"I just made it up," I informed, pulling the bottle out and setting it on the end table. "You tell the other person a reason why your life sucks, then you get to take a drink. Affectionately known as 'Life Sucks Shots'." Remus started at the bottle, eyes wide.
"How'd you get your hands on this?" he wondered.
"I have my sources," I responded.
"Yeah, but Moonshine?"
"Why not?"
"We ARE underage, you know that, right?"
"You bet your wolfish ass I do," I replied rather snappily. "But we're both depressed people, and I think we deserve it. Are you game?"
***
"I turn into a bloody flesh-eating monster every time the moon is full," Remus stated, grabbing the bottle from Kitty and taking a drink. She rolled her eyes.
"My dad was a Vampire," she said. Remus nodded solemnly and handed the bottle back to her as she took her own swig. This went on for a half hour, then more personal topics started to arise.
"I've never kissed a girl."
"My boyfriend fucks every girl in school."
"If I got someone pregnant, she'd have puppies."
"If I got pregnant, there's a good chance I'd give birth to a demon."
"I'm in love," Remus began, his words now slightly slurred, "with a normal girl who doesn't know what I am."
"I'm in love with a normal boy who doesn't give a damn about me."
"I can't get too close to her, because if something goes wrong and the Wolf takes over, I could kill her. And then I'd want to die." He put his head in his hands. Kitty touched his hand sympathetically.
"Maggie?"
"Of course," he answered. Kitty sighed.
"That's awful, but I've got you beaten," she informed.
"How?"
"My mum hanged herself on my sixth birthday. And I found the body."
Remus winced, and passed her the bottle.
"I think you deserve the whole thing," he commented. Kitty gave him a wry smile.
"Well, now you know why I live with Lily," she said. "You're the only one who knows the truth, other than Dumbledore and Lily's family."
"You haven't even told Sirius?" Kitty scoffed at that.
"What would HE care?" she snapped bitterly. "It's not as though my heart, mind, or soul means anything to him. Even if I DID tell him, he'd probably tune me out and go fuck some random girl. I swear to God, Remus, I tried not to love him, but..." She broke off, fighting back tears. Remus sat beside her and hugged her tightly, allowing her to cry on his shoulder.
"Come on, you don't know how he feels, do you?"
"He doesn't feel anything! He doesn't care about me at all! It hurts so much sometimes... I don't know what to do, Remus. I just don't know."
"Hey, if you think you'll get any good advice from me, you're sorely mistaken," he said. "I'm just as confused and emotionally torn as you are, and to top it all off, I'm an idiot." Kitty laughed a little.
"No, you're not. You're the wisest person I know, aside from Dumbledore, of course."
"Stop, I'm blushing," he joked. Kitty giggled.
"Remus?"
"Yes?"
"Thank you. For being such a good friend."
"Don't mention it. Thanks for the booze."
"Don't mention it."
(A/N- Yes, it took a LONG time, you can beat me if you want! I'm SOOOOO sorry! PLEASE forgive me? I'll try to get the next update out quicker, okay?)