Suddenly though, he caught sight of Severus stumble out of the classroom with his books clutched to his chest. James' head swirled with jinxes and rude remarks when he then noticed Lily running after him.
"Wait! Please listen to me! Not to them!"
"Leave me alone! I can take care of myself!" Snape shouted back and hurried out of sight. Lily came to a stop and sighed.
Sirius, his humor slowly restoring called out, "Better luck next time Lily. Or are you getting tired of being Severus's mommy?"
Lily turned on her heels and strode up to Sirius angrily.
"Whoa Sirius, apologize to Lily," James said in the deepest, most mature voice he could manage. Lily raised her eyebrows and now faced James, her eyes still filled with fire.
"Oh really Potter, I don't see anything you've done worth praising." She rolled her eyes and joined a group of Ravenclaw girls who were passing.
"Thanks a lot Sirius," James retorted and threw his fist at the wall.
"What'd I do? Whoa…"Sirius stopped mid-sentence. James didn't notice however and kept fuming.
"I mean, how'd she get in Gryffindor anyway? Sure she's brave, maybe not true, and definitely not loyal. She's flirting with our enemy, and yes I mean Snape, and giving Quidditch game plan to those Ravenclaw girls." Remus suddenly spoke up.
"Get real James, she doesn't even play Quidditch. Check out Sirius."
Sirius was staring and partly drooling at a particular Ravenclaw girl, Amelia Broderick. She was very pretty with naturally highlighted auburn hair and dazzling hazel eyes. It seemed as if she had placed the Petrificus Totallus hex on him because he wasn't moving. Lupin figured it was time to intervene and he rapped him on the head.
"Hello? Hello in there?"
Black swung around and blinked for the first time in about three minutes.
"Yes, well, back to what we were talking about…what were we talking about?"
"Oh nothing, just about how much one of my friends fancies a certain Ravenclaw girl," James replied.
"I do not like her! She's just pretty and I can look can't I?"
Lupin smirked. "If you call that looking, I think you need a more accurate dictionary."
"Enough of who likes who! Can we please eat?" Peter whined.
"Sure. Sorry Peter. We can kind of go on can't we?" James asked.
"I don't mind it too much I guess." Peter was always afraid of James' opinion so he hardly ever said anything.
As they made their way to the great hall, Lupin let James and Sirius run ahead and he stayed back with Peter.
"C'mon Peter, you got to start sticking up for yourself. James doesn't care," Lupin offered. Pettigrew smiled and nodded. A faint tinge of pink crept up his cheeks. 'There it was again! Getting embarrassed about James!' he thought.
"I'll try. Thanks Remus."
Remus patted him on the back and they caught back up with their friends.