COMFORTABLE GAZE

I awoke to the sound of creaking stairs. Confused as to where I was, I looked around and noticed the fireplace crackling. Ahh, so i was in the Common Room. I drew my attention back to the creaking stairs.

"Shut up Wormtail, someone will hear you!"

"Yeah sure, like someone is going to be down here at 2:00 in the middle of the night..."

"Hey, Evans has been known to creep around here at night..."

"Her name is Lily! Lily."

There was no doubt about it. The Marauders were on the prowl. Again; may I point out.
I chanced a peek over the back of the couch, and saw the felons James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter, on their hands and knees, crawling down the steps.

Why they weren't using James' invisibility cloak tonight puzzled me, but not as much as why they were crawling. Maybe to make less noise? Nevertheless, they were headed right past me, so I had to make a quick decision. Should I bust them for being out of bed at this time of night?

Bloody hell, I just lay right back down and closed my eyes most of the way, pretending I was asleep. I heard a

"Ahhh! Evans! We were just... ahhh,"

"Shut up Pete, she's asleep."

"Oh yeah... heh heh."

I heard them shuffle past me to the portrait hole; but felt someone lingering by. I opened my eyes a smidge, and saw James sill standing by the edge of the couch, looking at me.

I loved the feel of his gaze. In fact, I was so comfortable with it, it lulled me back to sleep.