Chapter Two: The Love Part I

Peter Pettigrew, a short, pudgy, blond haired, blue eyed boy was sitting on the train staring aimlessly out the window. He sighed as he thought about going back to school. He didn't really like school; well he did like seeing all his friends again but when it came to the work, forget it. He wasn't a genius. Average and less than average grades were for him. He liked to look at himself as an average boy with extraordinary friends. He was thinking about how this year was going to be his last when he heard a knock at the compartment door. He looked up to find Sarah White standing there looking at him. Sarah was a Ravenclaw in her seventh year at Hogwarts. Peter believed that she was the smartest, prettiest girl in their whole year, even though she didn't think so. He always longed to hold her in his arms and caress her curly blonde hair, stare into her eyes and tell her that she was beautiful.

"Hey you," she said smiling.

Peter's face started to turn red, sure he couldn't see it but he felt it, the heat rising up his neck and into his cheeks. "Hey," he finally said back. Sarah came in and sat down across from him, "What are you doing sitting alone?" she asked.

"Just thinking"

"About what?"

Boy she could be really nosy sometimes he thought but replied, "Just stuff like school, the N.E.W.Ts, you know stuff that we seven years worry about up till the day it happens."

"Ah…"she said nodding her head, "N.E.W.Ts." There was a silence that was only broken by the noise down the hall. "Peter," Sarah finally said, breaking the silence, "can I tell you something?" He nodded, "Well-" But she was cut off by the shouting that grew louder and louder as it came down the hall. A second later Sirius and Remus showed up at the compartment door, Sirius shouting at the top of his lungs while Remus' face was beat red with embarrassment.

"We have reached our destination, Sir Lancelot!" Sirius yelled. Then his eyes landed on Sarah. "Oooooh…" he said "what have we here?" He leaned over to Remus and, pretending to wipe a tear from the corner of his eye, said, "Seems like our little Peter is growing up." Peter turned red and Sarah said, "I should go."

"No!" Sirius said, "Stay and chat a while."

"No, ah… I gotta go find my friends." Sarah got up and walked out the door. "See you later Peter," she said just before she was completely out of sight. Sirius and Remus sat down and, while looking after Sarah, Sirius said, "Ah…Sarah White. What a fine choice Peter." Sirius now looked at him, "What were you two up to?"

"Nothing," Peter said but Sirius looked at him disbelievingly, "Really! We were just talking."

"Sure," Sirius said, "whatever you say."

Remus changed the subject to save Peter from Sirius' embarrassing questions. Peter's mind started to wander, thinking about what Sarah wanted to tell him. He was praying that she was going to tell him what he thought she was, to proclaim her love of him because then he would be able to proclaim his love for her. It wouldn't be too bad either; they've been friends for a few years now, ever since third year when she helped him with transfiguration. He just hoped that that's what she wanted to tell him because then he would be able to hold her in his arms and stare deeply into her brown eyes as she stared into his blue ones. Sure it was a pretty far-fetched dream but it could happen. Peter was pulled out of his reverie, though, when Remus asked, "Do you agree Peter?"

"Huh?"

"I said, do you agree?"

"With what?"

"Oh don't even bother Remus!" Sirius said with an all knowing look on his face, "You can tell that he was too busy thinking about his dear Sarah to even care what we were talking about."

"Get it through your thick skull Sirius, she's not my Sarah! I told you that a thousand million times, but do you listen? No." Peter said practically shouting.

"Hey! My skull is not thick!" Sirius replied offended.

Just then Lily and James walked into their compartment. "Hey," Lily said, "can you guys keep it down? We can hear you guys all the way down the hall."

"No we can't, stop being a party pooper Lily," James said helping his friends out.

"Excuse you!" she said "But I am not a party pooper! I am trying to uphold the duty of head girl and enforce the laws that you guys always seem to break! And anyway they are-"

"Yeah, yeah whatever…" Sirius said, completely ignoring Lily," Now about my thick skull."

"I thought your skull wasn't thick," Remus pointed out.

"It's not, and that's the point that I wanted to make."

"That is such a lie!" James said laughing, "Sirius, you have the thickest skull out of everyone on the whole planet combined!"

"Thank you James, thanks a lot," Sirius said sarcastically.

"You're very welcome."

Just then there was a small jerk as the train started to pull away from platform 9 ¾ and head towards the destination of Hogsmeade station.