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The silence only ended once the pizza arrived. No one was answering James' question. "Tell me about Harry."
"What do you want to know," Sirius asked (his mouth was full of pizza). "Oh I don't know everything!" "Well, I
don't think you're going to like it," Remus said. "Try me." "Fine." Sirius put down his third slice and looked
James square in the eyes. "I'll start from as far back as I know..."
Harry couldn't sleep that night. He had written to Remus and Sirius earlier that afternoon and he hoped they had
gotten it. He had taken in a lot in the past few weeks so that was a good reason to not sleep. He jumped onto
one of the chairs and looked into the fire. "Wish I could talk to Sirius now," he thought to himself. He was about
to fall asleep again when the portrait opened. He hid as he watched Ginny and Dean come inside. They both
looked a little disheveled but happy-ish. "See you tomorrow," Dean said giving her a small peck on the check
and left to go up the stairs. Ginny sighed after he closed the door and went up to her room. Harry couldn't help
but notice that Ginny didn't seem very happy for some reason when she left. And that made Harry's heart beat
pretty fast.
Silence occurred after Sirius told James about his son before Hogwarts. "Well James, what do you have to say,"
Remus asked slowly. James looked in the direction of the window and back at the two men not blinking.
"What's the fastest way to Surrey?" "Broom." "Guys, you can't do anything." "Oh come on Remus, we know
you want to as well." "Yeah well I don't want to get in trouble with the Ministry." The pizza was left forgotten
and the three men were each thinking different thoughts. James sighed and ran his hands through his hair. "But
underneath all of the hardships he did seem happy when you met him right. I mean he does have friends now. A
girlfriend?" "Well I'm not to sure about a girlfriend but he does have two best mates. You read the letter. Their
names are Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. They're almost like us in a way. Harry's their little leader, Ron
is his first friend and Hermione is their own little bookworm." "Weasley I've heard of but..." "She's Muggle-
born." "That explains it then." He wanted to ask so much of them but he also wanted to hear about it from Harry
himself. "You don't need to tell me more. Whenever I see Harry I'll ask him." He got up and put the dirty things
into the sink or garbage before going to sit down again. He took off his glasses and silently began to cry. Remus
and Sirius weren't used to this but each sat on either side of him and tried to make him feel better somehow. For
a few hours they all just stayed there like that until they all fell asleep around 3.
James was the first to wake up for a change and went to make some breakfast for the others. Remus came to
and smelled bacon and eggs. His neck hurt but that was to be expected, he had slept on the floor. James turned
around and smiled. "Morning Remus." "Morning James. I didn't know you knew how to cook." "Took some
practice. Care for some food." Remus got a plate and the two of them ate while Sirius snored in the other room.
"How much longer do you think he'll sleep for?" "Well its only 8:30 so I'd say about three more hours." Remus
conjured some coffee for them and they drank silently. "So how've things been with you for the last few years?"
Remus almost choked since he took a sip. "Sorry, it's just that things have been pretty bad." "How so?" "Well,
three years ago everyone found out I was a werewolf and it's almost impossible for me to find work now."
"How did they find out? Did you attack someone or something?" "No, it began when I was working at
Hogwarts and... wait, I think this is something Harry should tell you. I mean, this did happen when he was in
school." "Okay," James said sighing. "About Lily," Remus began. James looked up quickly. "I think we should
get ready to go get her. Read up on charms and spells and the like. We have to be ready because we don't
want to lose you both again." "Yeah, I know." Sirius continued to snore louder in the other room. "First I think
we should get him up though," James said. He left the room, taking out his wand. Remus stayed at the table but
moments later he saw a flash of blue light and a loud bang. "Get up you lazy bum," James said and walked back
into the room to his coffee. "Is he up then?" "No, but we'll try again in a few minutes." "This was always our
favorite morning activity, which can wake Sirius. I think you always won." "No, there were a few times that you
got him up Moony." They both smiled. "My turn," Remus said and left the room.
It took them twenty minutes to wake Sirius (James won again) and together the three of them told Albus to send
them the books they needed. They read, and read for hours. Though this was a bit unusual in their school days,
three grown men reading the best way to make their opponents nose fall off might be useful. At about 4:30,
Sirius closed his book loudly making the other two look up. "I don't know about you two but I'm a bit bored,
and I think my eyes are going to fall out from that small print." "I think you're right. We should call it a day,"
Remus said doing the same. "You guys can go home, I think I'll be here a bit longer," James said. Sirius and
Remus looked at each other. They silently had an eye battle that Remus won. "No we'll stay a bit longer,"
Remus said as Sirius sighed loudly. "I'm going to need glasses after this. I just know it," he said opening his book
again.
Days went by and they spent hours every day doing nothing but just reading. They got no word from anyone
because they wanted to be left alone. Since they wanted to keep up appearances with the students still at the
school, they wrote Harry a letter that said they were happy to hear from him, they told him very little of what
they were up to and finally that Harry would need to go to the Weasley's for Christmas since Sirius needed to
go on a special Order mission a few days before and he probably wouldn't be back until later on Christmas
night. "I hope we're back by Christmas night. You'll love Molly Weasley's food," Sirius said. "Okay so while
we're gone, you have to be at the Weasley's Remus. You need to be our backup got it," James said. "Yeah, but
to bad I can't go too. We can really kick some arse when it's the three of us." The other two smiled a little
before another letter appeared on the table like the last. The three of them looked at each other before it
opened. "Well, well, well. I have gotten word that you are coming Blood traitors. That is very good, very good
indeed. You are probably wondering how to find me. Well, you won't know it but I am going to transport you
here myself. It could be any day, any time. Before I go, here is a little treat for you." Without warning, the word
Crucio was said and a woman began to scream before the letter disappeared again. They all sighed. "Lily,"
Sirius said silently. James got up and punched the wall, hard. There was a small hole and his hand was bleeding
badly. Remus muttered a healing spell and once James sat again they studied some more.
Well, how was it? The story is almost finished, but I'mworking on asequel to this one just like my other one. Later. Review Please.
