Call On Me
Chapter One-Hogsmeade
I awoke in the boys' dorm, in my bed in darkness. I quickly tossed off the covers and switched on the light. I saw James and Sirius sound asleep in their beds. I quickly scrambled to my feet and flew into the common room, pacing back and forth. I was in a pair of gray jogging pants and a white tee-shirt.
I quickly ran a hand through my hair as I paced the common room trying to figure out what had happened.
Was it a nightmare? Or something else?
"Couldn't sleep either huh?" a familiar soft female voice asked from behind me.
I turned around. It was Caitlin. She was dressed in pink flannel pajama pants and a white tank top with spaghetti shoulder straps. Her hair had been pinned up in a sloppy ponytail and some strands had come loose, hanging down against her shoulders. Her honey brown eyes were locked on me.
She was grinning, yet looking concerned at the same time.
I felt my throat aching at the sight of her, remembering what Sirius did to her.
I just dropped onto the couch and leaned forward, my elbows resting on my thighs. I buried my face into my hands.
"Hey, are you okay?" she asked, suddenly her voice becoming alarmed as I felt her sit next to me.
I felt her arm wrap around my shoulders. I slumped sideways against her. She was warm, solid and alive.
I had my head resting against her chest.
"Remus? Talk to me," she said becoming more frightened and concerned. "You're scaring me."
CAITLIN.
Remus had his head resting against my chest. I kept my arm around his shoulders.
He quickly sat up again and peered into my eyes.
"I-I had some kind of nightmare I guess you would say," he began slowly. "I dreamed that Sirius was acting nasty, turned into the dog and killed you and James and then Dumbledore came in and killed Sirius before he attacked Dumbledore himself."
He was shaking and sweaty at the same time.
"Oh," I said softly. "It was just a nightmare. Don't worry about it. We're all okay now."
Remus' blue eyes never left mine.
"It was horrible," he whispered.
Just then, Sirius and James entered the common room.
"Hey," Sirius asked, looking concerned. "What's going on? Everything alright?"
"Remus had a horrible nightmare," I explained to them and began telling them what Remus had told me.
"Whoa," Sirius said looking upset. "I would never turn on you guys like that."
"Yes but what if you couldn't help it?" Remus asked jumping to his feet.
Sirius studied him with his hazel eyes. His black hair was standing on end just like James'.
"Moony, relax okay? I'm fine. I'm my old witty self," Sirius said earnestly. "Watch."
He pulled out his wand and aimed it at James backside.
He whispered something and James' rear inflated.
"Hey!" James cried, turning around in circles, trying to see just how big his backside had gotten. "Shrink it!"
I had to laugh. It was funny.
Remus shook his head as if trying to clear it of the horrible dream and then he too joined in on the laughing.
Finally Sirius shrank James' backside to normal size and tucked his wand back into the waistline of his Pj's.
"We're going to Hogsmeade tomorrow okay?" James said. "A good butterbeer will cheer you up. It was only a dream okay?"
Remus nodded then froze.
"Wait," he said suddenly. "Hogsmeade? Didn't we already go?"
James and Sirius looked at each other.
"No man," James said shaking his head. "This is the first trip of the year. I think you might've fallen out of bed and hit your noggin there pal."
He headed back to the boys' dorm and Sirius soon followed.
Remus was still looking confused.
"Are you sure you're okay?" I asked curiously getting to my feet and heading over to him.
"It feels like I've been to Hogsmeade before," he said slowly.
"Well sure," I said brightly. "Last year silly."
This was our 7th and final year. We graduated at the end of the year.
Remus shook his head.
"No," he said slowly. "Like last week."
I smiled.
"I think you're finally feeling the stress," I said. "All this extra work is getting to you."
Remus raised his eyes to mine.
He shook his head as if trying to shake a memory or something and then shrugged.
"You're probably right," he said exhaling loudly.
I beamed.
"Try and go back to sleep okay? I'll see you in the morning," I said as I headed back to the girls' dorm.
REMUS.
I watched Caitlin go and felt myself smiling. It was so good to see her, James and Sirius alive. I loved them so much and I would hate it if anything ever happened to any of them.
Sighing, I returned to the boys' dorm.
The next morning, I met everyone down at the Great Hall at the Gryffindor table. Caitlin was talking with James and Sirius and Lily were engaged in conversation. Peter however was quietly eating his breakfast.
"Hey Moony," James said looking up with Caitlin. "Sleep better?"
I took a seat beside Peter and began helping myself to some pancakes.
"Actually yeah," I admitted. "Much better."
"Good," Caitlin said earnestly.
"Oh no! Sirius put down the fork!" James cried mockingly as Sirius pretended to jab James with the fork and then strangle him.
Peter rolled with laughter.
I sat there, and raised an eyebrow at the two of them.
"Guys knock it off," Caitlin snapped.
"Yeah," Lily chimed in. "That must've been a horrible dream Moony had."
Chuckling, James and Sirius stopped fooling around.
"That wasn't funny," I said angrily. "That dream really upset me."
"Moony, we were just teasing you," Sirius said tilting his head.
"Still," I said. "It wasn't a pleasant dream and I never want to have another one like it ever again."
"You guys have the mental capacity of a rock," Lily said rolling her eyes.
"Not to mention the IQ," Caitlin added dryly.
Sirius put his arm around her and pulled her close. He gave her a big kiss on the cheek.
"That's why we have you two to help us raise our IQ's," he said smirking.
"That's not all we help raise," Lily said darkly.
Caitlin just shook her head.
"That's too easy…let it go,"
We laughed good-naturedly at the joke.
"I'm already getting mental pictures, Lily!" Caitlin moaned. "Why'd you have to go and say that?"
We laughed again.
Caitlin let her forehead hit the table with a 'thud' and I saw her chuckling regardless.
My eyes lingered on her for a moment before moving on to Sirius.
"Are you sure you're feeling okay?" I asked scrutinizing him.
"Yes," Sirius said exasperatedly. "Relax mate. The minute I start getting the craps and puking I'll let you know."
Caitlin moaned again.
James laughed and gently reached over Sirius to give her a prod.
Caitlin raised her head and grinned at James.
We headed back to the common room to get our hooded cloaks as we prepared to head to Hogsmeade.
CAITLIN.
I grabbed my navy blue hooded cloak and tied it around me, pulling the hood up over my head. The snow still kept falling and the blankets got thicker.
Remus had his cloak on, but he didn't pull the hood up. James, Lily and Sirius were standing in front of us on the line in the Great Hall, waiting for the carriages to come and get us. Remus and I were standing behind them.
"You seem quiet," I said softly looking up into his face.
He was a bit taller than me. He had to be at least 6"1'. I was 5'5.
"I'm just thinking of that dream," he said. "It was so vivid and lifelike."
I linked arms with him and gave his arm a gentle squeeze.
"Forget it okay? We're all okay and it was nothing more than a dream," I said reassuringly.
He looked down at me and smiled, nodding as well.
The carriages arrived and we piled into them.
The Threstrals began leading us away from the castle and to Hogsmeade.
Once we hit Hogsmeade, the students began heading in different directions. We immediately hit the Three Broomsticks.
Lily and I nabbed a table and took off our cloaks, shaking the snow flakes off them and we hung them around the back of our seats.
I sat down and so did Lily. Remus sat down across from me and on my left was Sirius and James was on Lily's right.
James carried the butterbeers over to the table and we handed them out. I wrapped my hands around the warm mug and took a sip of the frothing liquid.
"Mmm," I said sighing. "That warms you right up."
"Much like your boyfriend huh?" Sirius cracked.
I was dating this 7th year Slytherin named Sam Wilson. He was nice compared to the rest of them.
"I bet he warms her up even more," James teased winking at me.
I scowled at him.
"Shut your pie holes," I muttered taking another sip of butterbeer.
"I can't believe for a Slytherin, he's an angel," Sirius continued. "Normally, they've adapted to the Slytherin way: To Torment and Keep Attitudes."
"I have to admit, I was shocked as well," James admitted seriously.
"You love picking people apart, don't you?" I asked angrily.
"No, Caitlin," Sirius said shaking his head. "We're just looking out for you okay? We just don't trust the Slytherins as far as we can throw them. I'm just saying he may have a hidden agenda."
"And what would that be?" I argued. "The fact that someone actually likes me? You two can't stand it so you start acting like my parents? I don't need parents here…I need best friends."
James had a remorseful expression on his face and so did Sirius.
"Lin, we're just looking out for you okay? We are your best friends. We just don't want to see you get hurt incase Sam's feelings are false," Sirius said earnestly.
His hazel eyes were filled with remorse and hurt.
"Then act like my best friends," I retorted. "I can handle myself okay?"
Remus was carefully observing the conversation but said nothing.
I saw Sirius give Remus an irritated glance but he said nothing more.
"Ooh! They've got a new drink out called 'Manehiem'," Sirius said breaking the silence. "I think I'm going try it."
"It's supposed to come from Romania or something," James offered. "I'm passing."
"You're passing gas?" Sirius cracked. "Eww James."
Sirius finished off his butterbeer and got up again.
I rolled my eyes.
"That guy is seriously oxygen deprived at times,"
Lily chuckled.
"Yeah," she agreed.
A few moments later, Sirius came back with a glass bottle filled with a light purple liquid with bubbles.
Remus carefully peered at the drink.
"Looks strange," he commented. "And there's something on the bottom of it," he continued.
We all squinted at the small round bottom of the bottle. A tiny little object was just sitting there. I couldn't make out what it looked like, but it looked like a baby worm or something.
"Eww Sirius," Lily said frowning. "I don't think you should drink this."
"I've got a bad feeling about it," Caitlin added.
"Guys chill out," Sirius said rolling his eyes. "It's just a drink. Nothing bad can come from a drink can it?"
We all raised our eyebrows at each other.
Sirius began drinking it.
"Taste's like grape soda," he said. "Not bad."
He continued to drink it until it was all gone.
"That was great," he said grinning. "Why don't the rest of you try it?"
We all shook our heads and finished our butterbeers.
I checked my watch.
"We've got about 10 minutes before we head back to school," I said.
We talked for a bit more and then grabbed our cloaks and put them on. I pulled the hood up on my head and we left the Three Broomsticks.
We climbed into the carriages and we began heading back to school.
When we arrived back at school, it was just about time for dinner.
Sirius began hungrily diving into the mashed potatoes and roast beef.
"He's definitely got a bottomless pit," Remus said shaking his head.
We helped ourselves to dinner and continued to talk more.
I felt someone tap me on the shoulder. I looked up.
It was Sam.
"Hey," I said brightly. "What are you doing?"
"Just wanted to know if it would be alright to sit with you guys?" Sam asked.
He has short, light brown hair and the most amazing green eyes. He was dressed in the Slytherin colors on his robe and uniform.
"Aren't you afraid of what the 'others' might say?" James asked raising an eyebrow at him, gesturing to the Slytherin table.
Sam shrugged.
"Naw," he said.
James and Sirius shrugged as if to say 'suit yourself' and Sam took a seat next to me.
"So what did you guys do in Hogsmeade today?" Sam asked.
"Didn't you go?" Remus asked.
Sam shook his head.
"No," he said. "I had to take a make-up exam for Professor Aris. I had left the class yesterday because I was sick to my stomach."
"Why?" Lily asked curiously.
Sam rubbed the back of his neck.
"I don't know," he said. "I think it was because of something I drank or ate. But I'm feeling much better now."
I grinned.
Sam grinned back and gave me a quick kiss.
"I've got to jet," he said. "I'll see you all tomorrow."
He got up and left.