The rest of us murmured an "Alright" and a "Yeah, sure" as they stood up. We left the common room in pairs, continuing to talk about random things, such as Nearly-headless Nick, whom we passed as we walked. I walked with Sirius and Kyo with Remus. They seemed to be having a spirited discussion about magical beasts and such. A disgruntled Lily was walking with James and she looked none too pleased about it. He smiled at her every chance he got, but she only rolled her eyes as she ran to catch up with Sirius and me.
"He is so annoying" Lily whispered as she walked beside me. I looked over my shoulder at the black haired boy she was talking about. He had joined Remus and Kyo in the conversation about Nearly-headless Nick. I turned back to Lily and rolled my eyes. She opened her mouth to say something, but then thought better of it. Instead, she looked straight ahead at the door to the Great Hall, which was quickly approaching. Remus stepped in to open the door for the six of us, and we took a seat at the table we had sat at only hours ago. This morning, the table was set with every kind of breakfast food imaginable. Included in this were Belgian waffles, sausages, fruit, and eggs, or at least that's all that I piled onto my plate. One of the boys down the table from us had something that looked like vanilla pudding on his.
There was an awkward silence as everyone dug into their breakfasts except Remus. He just pushed his eggs from one side of the plate to the other. I guessed he wasn't feeling his best. Maybe he had eaten something last night; he had looked a bit peaky.
The morning went by quickly, and sooner than I expected, I found myself sitting under a beech tree on the grounds. All of my fellow classmates were examining their schedules, each with a different emotion displaying on their faces. Remus looked quite happy, as did I, but James had a look of pure disgust.
"We have classes with the Slytherins Monday, Thursday, and Friday! Potions, Transfiguration, and more Potions!" he groaned. Closing his eyes, he leaned back against the tree and groaned again.
"Ah, come on James!" Kyo spoke up. "I mean, Slytherins can't be that bad! Besides, one of those classes is with Professor Dumbledore, so they can't do anything there." I knew she was trying to brighten the mood, but she was thinking about the grease-haired boy and how she would have to see him three days a week.
During all of this, Remus and Sirius hadn't said a word. Most of us knew why Sirius was quiet. His mum had sent him a Howler during breakfast. I doubted that he wasn't thinking about her screaming voice saying "DISGRACEFUL!" and "TALK TO THE SLYTHERIN HEAD OF HOUSE FOR A TRANSFER!" Sirius had moved to the other side of the beech tree and was staring out at the lake.
The others seemed involved in their discussion, so I silently moved next to where he was sitting.
"What's on your mind?" I asked. I smiled as he looked up at me slightly startled.
"Just…stuff" he replied, turning back. We watched as the Giant Squid stuck a tentacle out of the water and brought it down on the surface, splashing a passing third-year.
"You know," Sirius said after a moment's silence. "I'm glad I was put into Gryffindor. I'm glad I didn't follow in my family's footsteps." Smiling for the first time since breakfast, he punched me in the arm. "I wouldn't be friends with you…or James, Kyo, Lily, Remus…" he added. He stood up and offered me a hand to help me up. I grinned and led the way back to our cluster of friends.
Sunday came and went and the Monday morning sun woke me up early. I dressed in jeans and a navy blue halter-top. My robes went over those clothes, and I slipped my feet from slippers into black boots. My books for Monday classes were already in my Chudley Cannons book bag, so making the least noise possible, I slipped it over my shoulder and headed into the Common Room. Once again, I found Remus already up. He didn't look up as I stepped on the last stair. He jumped a mile in the air when I spoke a hello, so he must have been concentrating on something else. I was too tired to strike up a conversation; so instead, I took a seat in front of a gigantic window and stared out onto the grounds. The sun was just beginning it's ascent into the heavens, perhaps it was 6:30. I pulled out my class list and checked what time my first class began. "Charms 8:00" it read. Eight o'clock seemed a long ways off now.
The grounds were coated in early morning dew, and the leaves were just starting to fall from the trees in the Forbidden Forest. Perfect weather in my opinion.
I sat at the window for a while, only looking away when I heard a rustle nearby. I found Remus standing up and stretching. He moved toward the common room door, which was a few feet to my left. He spotted me in my armchair and stopped. There was a split-second silence before he spoke.
"Um, I'm going to get some breakfast. Join me?" he said, extending his arm. I opened my mouth to speak but before I could utter a word, my stomach did the talking for me. It let out an embarrassingly large rumble at the sound of food.
"I guess that's a yes!" he added. He looked quite happy that someone was accompanying him. I stood up and took his arm as we exited the common room together.
The hallways were fairly silent as we walked down toward the Great Hall. The only sound disrupting this silence were the patter of a few student's feet and the hurried whispers of the rare student's around me.
I slipped my arm out of his as we came closer to the Great Hall. He opened the door for me and a couple of passing girls. They giggled when he smiled at them, and I rolled my eyes. The Gryffindor table was empty, except for the few students that had gathered at the east end. I took a seat near the pile of waffles and took a couple (ok, maybe five or six) and dug in. Remus, being his dainty self, took one and ate it in very small bites as I stuffed my face.
I mopped my plate up with one last bite as the Great Hall's oak doors opened for the millionth time this morning. Lily came in first and it looked as if she was lecturing the two boys behind her. James and Sirius mocked her sternness by over exaggerating her movements when her back was turned. The two seemed to be becoming the best of friends even though we'd only been here three days.
Breakfast ended within the next half-hour, and all the students were dismissed to their first class of the semester. James led the way, with Sirius and Remus tailing him. Lily, Kyo, and I took up the rear, talking about the boys in front of us.
"Oh-em-gee…you and Sirius make such a cute couple, Jay" Kyo whispered excitedly.
"How did you ever get that idea?" I replied. "In fact, how can you even think that? We've known these boys for three days and you are already playing matchmaker?" I rolled my eyes and then hurried my pace to catch up with the boys. Perhaps their conversation would be a bit more interesting.