White Stag
She followed Remus, Sirius, and Peter up the stairs to the boys' dorm. James walked beside her, her hand in his, glancing over at her occasionally.
They reached the top of the stairs. Sirius and James's beds were closest, most likely for ease in prank planning, so everyone crowded onto them. Sirius, Remus, and Peter sat on Sirius's bed, James and Lily on his. Lily noticed Sirius and James were staring daggers at each other and winced.
"Remus... I'm sorry," she said. Sirius and James stopped death-glaring each other and looked over at her. "I didn't think-"
"Obviously," interjected Sirius. James glared at him. Sirius glared right back.
"You two. Stop it." They listened again. Lily suspected it was because they were both worried about him right now. They normally didn't take him this seriously.
"I didn't think the reason James didn't want me in the Forest without him at night was because there was a secret. I thought it was because he was just worried."
"It was both," muttered James, squeezing her hand slightly.
"And I'm not going to tell anyone ever, Remus, I promise." She bowed her head, looking down at her feet. Her long red hair fell in front of her face, and she couldn't see him. She felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up into Remus's face.
"Thank you."
:rubs head: I'm gonna have to change it from romance/fantasy to romance/angst, or at least romance/drama. Goodness. Anyways, thanks for recommending it to your sister, HG. :feels loved: And it'll get happier from here, at least I think it will. Knowing me, I'll come up with another problem to throw at them and it'll get all angsty again. :sigh:
I intended this to be a sort of tie-in to Fake Smile, but it's not turning out that way... Sirius is much more open with his dislike of Lily in this. I like it that way, actually. :realizes what she just said: ...I think I'm stuck on angsty Sirius.
There should be at least one more chapter tonight. There won't be any 'til afternoon tomorrow (have to go to church, woohoo.) but I'll work on it as much as I can before I get back on. Hopefully I'll get at least part ofa chapter done (I'm being more realistic after today's over-estimation).