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Chapter 3
Cira walked up to her dorm in a daze that night. She didn't know what to think or what to do. It had diffidently been one weird day, that was for sure. Cira could only think about Remus that night. She lay awake for hours that night, thinking to her self, trying to figure out what was going on in her life. She finally drifted off to sleep as the sun rose.
Cira woke early the next morning, after only an hour of sleep. Six thirty, damn way to early to get up. Oh well, I know wont be getting any more sleep tonight so I might as well get ready. Cira slowly rolled herself out of bed, walked to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. She turned on the sink, washed her face and then quietly walked back into her room. She then got dressed, grabbed one of her books, and made her way down to the common room. Much to her surprise, she was not the only one who couldn't sleep this morning. James was sitting in the chair closest to the fire, gazing into the flames.
She quietly walked over towards James and put her hands on his shoulders. He smiled and smiled when he saw who his company was. "Hey, James. What are you doing up so early."
"Hey yourself. I should ask you the same question." James smiled again at Cira and turned back towards the fire. "I just couldn't sleep. Thinking about things, ya know."
"Yeah I know what you mean. Hey, I was talking to Remus last night and I was wondering, I mean, you didn't happen to say anything to him did you? Because he was acting really odd last night."
"No, Cira, I didn't say anything to him. You know I wont unless you ask me to. But I think that you should say something to him soon. I really think that he likes you Ci, you just have to talk to him. You know that he is really shy when it comes to girls. I mean you have seen him when he is trying to talk to a girl that he likes.
"I don't know James. It's just, how can I be sure. I mean, I don't want to totally screw things up between us if something doesn't work out. What if we did go out for a while and then we broke up. I mean what would happen then. I don't want to loose him as a friend, and I'm afraid that if I tell him how I feel that I will be putting our friendship at risk. I don't know if I am willing to do that. Do you get what I am saying at all? Am I making any sense?"
"Yeah I get what you're saying. I am not going to say anything but I think that you need to do something about this and sooner rather that later, alright? You don't want him to think your not interested if you really want something to happen from this. I know its hard but your going to have to make the first move here Cira."
"Yeah I know. I'll talk to him, at some point." Cira waked over to the loveseat and sat down. She opened her charms book and started to look at the charms they would be covering in that days lesson.
After about a hour Coral and Sirius came down into the common room. The four of them then went down to the Great Hall and ate before the rest of the school crowded into the room. They ate and talked and laughed for a good hour before the rest of the school started to filter in. They were soon joined by Lily, Remus, and Peter. Lily sat down next to James and Remus took his seat next to Cira. Peter took a seat across from James, next to Sirius. They sat and talked while Remus, Lily, and Peter ate there breakfast.
Not five minutes after every one had joined them, hundreds of owls came flying into the Great Hall, each owl looking for its owner and dropping there package in from of them. James's owl, Peanut, delivered him a package of homemade sweets for all of us to share from Mrs. Potter. Remus's owl, Tiger, brought him some small things that he had left at home, a copy of the Daily Profit, and a note from his parents. Cira's owl, Kira, brought her some things that she had left at home, along with homemade sweets, a note from her parents and cousins, as well as a picture of her, Lily, James, and Remus last summer on her porch swing. Cira smiled to herself and set the picture down. She looked around her, to Lily reading the note from her mom, James digging into the candy, Sirius and Coral attaching themselves at the mouth, and Remus, looking back at her.
When Cira broke eye contact with Remus she looked down at her plate and blushed. She quickly ate her piece of toast and gathered her things. She looked back up to see Lily staring at her as she stood up and walked from the Great Hall.
Cira's POV
I walked as calmly to the doors of the Great hall and then started to run. I ran through crowds of students both leaving and going to the Great Hall. I continued to run until I had made it to the fifth floor corridor. I then slowed down and walked the rest of the way to the little alcove that overlooked the lake. This was the one part of school that I knew I could go to, and be truly alone. I walked through the tiny entrance way and made my way back to the small room that was there. I sat down next to one of the floor length mirrors and closed my eyes.
This morning had almost been to much. I didn't know if I could handle this wanting any longer. I knew that I really liked him, and yes I had reason to believe that he liked me as well, but I do not know if I could ever tell him how I truly feel. I just don't know what to do.
Remus's POV
I heard something fall to the floor as I watched Cira run out of the room. I looked down and saw a picture frame and bent over to pick it up. It surprised me as I saw a muggle picture of Lily and James sitting on one end of the swing and Cira and me sitting on the other end. I smiled when I thought back to the day that picture was taken. I looked up and saw that Lily was looking at me.
"I should go see where she is. I'll take this with me." I then stood up and walked out, not bothering to see who was walking behind me.
I made it through the crowds of people quickly and was able to hear someone running up ahead of me. Hoping that it might be her I ran to find where she was. I quickly turned a corner on the fifth floor only to see Cira's dark brown hair turn yet another corner. I stopped to listen as, she was no longer running. I quickly made my way over the corner that she turned moments before and looked around it. I could see as she made her way to the end of the hall, to what appeared to be a dead end. I followed at a good distance behind and then made my way towards the crack that she disappeared behind.
As I approached I could tell that this was the alcove that Lily had been talking about last year, the one where Cira always disappeared to when she was having a bad day, or when she wanted to be alone. I peered into the small room and saw her lean her head back against the window that was there. I watched her for ½ hour until I realized that she had fallen asleep. I walked in, picked her up, and managed to get us both back to the common room without attracting any attention.
I walked into an almost empty common room. I looked around and saw that Lily had pulled a chair up to the windows across from the fire and was reading a book. The rest of our house was most likely out on the grounds by the lake, as it was a beautiful day. I looked up as I heard Sirius walking down the stairs. I quickly carried Cira over to the couch and lay her down to sleep. I then walked over to Lily and sat down.
She looked up almost instantly as I sat down next to her. "Is she ok, Remus?"
I smiled softly at Lily, she was truly one of Cira's best friends. "Yeah, Lils, she's alright. I followed her up to the alcove that you told me about last year. She ran all the way up there and then sat down and fell asleep. She must not have slept well last night. I think I'm going to take a walk. I will see you later"
"OK, Remus, I am going to stay here so that someone is here when she wakes up. I will see you later." I stood up and left the room quickly and made my way out to the grounds in front of our school. I then started to walk in the familiar path towards the Shrieking Shack. I had a lot to think about.