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Chapter 32: I'm here now
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James, Lily, and Remus skipped the Halloween feast that night and sat around Carly and Sirius exchanging many stories of their past. The next day Peter showed up saying that he had had to go home, because his mum was sick. James, Sirius, and Remus didn't believe him, but didn't really care either way. After they had explained everything that happened to Peter, Remus left to go to the Shrieking Shack followed by Peter. James stood in the hospital wing staring at Sirius,
"So…?" James asked crossing his arms,
"Sirius, just go, she'll be fine." Lily. Sirius sighed and shook his head,
"I'm sorry James." He whispered looking at his feet. James came up besides him and put his hand on his shoulder,
"Padfoot, I would do the same thing." Sirius looked up grateful and watched as James turned, gave Lily a kiss, and ran out of the infirmary. Lily sighed and flopped down into a seat,
"So…Padfoot…can I call you that?" Sirius grinned,
"Why of course as long as I can call you flower." Lily groaned,
"Never mind then…" Sirius stomach began to growl, "You know you should eat something." Sirius glared at her, "Maybe even shave…?"
"What you don't like my manly stubble!" Lily snorted standing up,
"I'll go get you something."
"Thank you." Lily rolled her eyes and walked out of the hospital wing. Sirius looked down at Carly and suddenly sleep began to overtake him. He carefully laid down next to her and shut his eyes.
As Lily rounded the hallway she stopped. What kind of food did Sirius like? Wait…that's a stupid question he likes all food, but lately he's been very picky over what he eats…I'll just go ask him… Lily turned around and walked into the infirmary but stopped again at the sight she saw. There, with the last bit of day shining upon them, lay Sirius with Carly in his arms holding her like he'd never let go. Lily sighed and turned around again leaving the two alone.
It was early morning when a long bell woke her up. Her eyes fluttered open, but quickly shut at the bright light that hurt her eyes. Then a horrible smell reached her nose. It was really, really bad morning breath. She peeked open an eye to see Sirius sleeping peacefully besides her. What happened she thought trying to sit up? Sirius groaned and tightened his grip around her pulling her closer to his breath. She let out a desperate gasp for air before she managed to point her finger at his mouth and make it smell better. Wait…what? My finger did that without a wand? With that questioning thought the images of that one night came flooding back to her. When Sirius' head nudged her neck she looked at him and smiled, he came to save her. Of all people Sirius Black came to save her. She lightly kissed the top of his head and fell back asleep full of dreams of Sirius and her friends…mainly Sirius…
"Are you sure you're okay?" Whose voice was that? Lily?
"Yes, I promise I'm okay." Remus?
"Alright so what story should we tell Carly next?" James?
"Shouldn't we wake, Padfoot up?" That was defiantly Peter's hesitant voice,
"No that would ruin the story!" Remus said. Carly kept her eyes closed trying not to move. She wanted to hear this,
"What?" Lily asked,
"Right so one time in fifth year, we, as in Prongs, Wormtail, Padfoot and me were all hanging around…
/ Flashback /
"Moony?" An upside down Sirius asked. The marauders were all lazing around their dorm doing nothing. Well they were all doing something…Anyway…James sat on his bed polishing his broom, Remus sat on his bed reading his Transfiguration book, and Peter sat on the floor between Sirius' and Remus' bed trying to make an exploding snap card house, but failing… Sirius was the only one not doing anything. He had gotten bored watching Peter get his eyebrows singed off over and over again and began asking stupid pointless questions while laying on his back with his edge off the bed facing Remus,
"What?" Remus asked not looking up from the book,
"How come when you're upside down you don't talk upside down?"
"I don't know Padfoot."
"But you know everything."
"Apparently not." Remus retorted,
"Hey guys," James said looking over at them, "Have you ever noticed that Lily's eyes get all dark and stuff when she's angry?"
"Hey Prongs?" Sirius said not looking at James,
"Yeah?"
"Shut up." James grumbled and began polishing his broom again,
"Hey Mooney?"
"What?" Remus said slamming his book shut clearly annoyed now,
"What happens if you know you were making out with a girl perhaps and…?"
"And…?"
"You bite her, you know like gave her a hickie...?"
"The same thing that happens when you give a girl one."
"Oh…but I mean sense you're a werewolf would it turn her into one too?" Remus actually looked like he was thinking,
"I…honestly don't know…"
"You should try it sometime." Sirius said now staring at the poster that was on the ceiling above his bed,
"No! What if it actually happened?" Sirius shrugged watching the poster,
"I don't know I think you should try it."
"I will try it when James actually gets Lily, and you fall in love with that girl..." Remus said pointing at the poster, "What's her name?" James had dropped his broom,
"I am offended Moony. You think I will never get Lily! Jerk." James said, "Plus Sirius vowed to be a ladies man forever." Sirius snorted,
"Plus the great Sirius Black will never fall in-"
BAM! Peter's card house exploded sending pieces of card everywhere.
/ End Flashback /
"Well I guess you have to do it now don't you?" Carly asked out loud. Everyone in the room gasped and looked at her. Her eyes were still closed and she looked still asleep besides the fact that they had all seen her lips move and words come out,
"Carly! You're awake!" Lily squealed, "James, close the drapes." She ordered and once darkness had taken over the room Carly opened her eyes. Lily swooped down on her and gave her a hug,
"Good to see you to Lily…" Carly said holding Lily close. She needed someone like Lily now… "So what happened after I… you know?" James launched into a story as Lily excused herself to go clean her self up from crying…
"…so that's when Lily and I got here…" James trailed off looking at the ceiling. Carly was speechless. They did that for her… they almost got killed because of her…
"Come here." She whispered to James and Remus. They both exchanged worried glances, but approached Carly. Her eyes were now watering, "Thanks." She said grabbing both of them and hugging them. She now began crying and Remus looked over her shoulder at James, who shrugged and awkwardly patted Carly on the back,
"No problem…?" Remus said pulling away. "So I guess we have to explain some things…" Remus said shuffling his feet,
"What things?' Carly asked wiping her eyes on the sheets,
"Well about me…"
"The whole werewolf thing?" Remus nodded, "I heard it all."
"What?" James asked now sitting down on the chair,
"Yeah…um…all of it about you guys and everything."
"Even about me…and the shaving…?" Carly giggled,
"Yeah."
"How?" Lily asked now coming back into the room her eyes still red, but dry,
"Well I could hear you all fine, but I was just stuck in this like dark room or something. I cant explain it. It's like I was here, yet I wasn't."
"Should someone get Dumbledore?" Peter now coming out from behind the shadows. Carly stared at him wondering why he wasn't there when everything happened but pushed it aside,
"I guess…" Lily said,
"I'll go." Peter said not even waiting for objections before he ran out of the hospital wing.
"Oh, man does Sirius have really bad morning breath…" Carly muttered checking her own breath. Remus laughed,
"It smells like a mix of rotten eggs and fish."
"How would you know?" Remus shrugged and Sirius began to stir on Carly's other side. Sirius blinked and opened his eyes. The first thing he noticed was that Carly was not in his arms. He turned and fell off the bed when he saw her awake, "Hello." She whispered again. Not exactly sure what to say. Little did both know that Lily, Remus, and James snuck out of the infirmary leaving the two alone?
"Oh my god, Carly." He stood up. She looked at him and began to stand up also. Although she didn't know how stiff she was until she stood up and almost fell back on the bed if Sirius hadn't caught her. Then something went through her mind. She's supposed to be confused, hurt, betrayed, and scared. Nothing had gone right that night…except when Sirius, James and Remus showed up… she never would have expected her mother to do something like that…
Carly looked into his eyes and now started crying burying her head in his shoulder.
Sirius pulled her closer running his hands along her back and through her hair,
"It's alright. I'm here now." He whispered.
I promise that James and Lily's story with the necklace will be explained next chapter. Promise…
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