That following weekend was the Hogsmeade weekend. It was also
the weekend of Adriana and Remus's first official date. And even though he
was ecstatic, he was also nervous as hell. All he could seem to think about
was what if he screwed something up? Or said something wrong? Or she
decided that she didn't want to date him after all.
It was these thoughts that nagged his mind as he made his way down to the common room to meet Adriana.
But there was also something else bothering him too. He had not had a chance to talk to Kira in the last few days and knew that she was still furious with him about what had happened. He had tried to talk to her, but she had blown him off completely. He knew he had to talk to her, and wanted to do so sooner rather than later so he could explain himself and hopefully still remain friends with her. After all, Kira was a great girl.
Remus shook his head, trying to clear away the thoughts. He didn't need to think about Kira right now, he was already nervous enough. Adriana had agreed to meet up with him by the fire at 2:00 that day and it was almost time.
He smiled when he got down stairs and saw that Adriana was coming from the door by the girls' dormitory with Circe. She looked so gorgeous that he had to concentrate on his movements so that he wouldn't forget to walk.
Adriana's curly brown hair was hanging down loosely and she had modified it so that it was shorter in the front and longer in the back. She had also elected to put some purple streaks in various places. And when he got a good look at her face he saw that she had made her lips a bit bigger and redder, and she wore a light gold shadow on her eyes. She wore a pair of tan cargo pants and a pale yellow t-shirt that had a bright smiley face in the middle. She saw him and smiled.
Remus walked over towards her. "Hey there Ri, Circe." Circe said "hello" back to him and then, after exchanging a meaningful glance with Adriana, excused herself and walked over to sit on the couch with Lily. Remus smiled nervously.
"Lupin," Adriana spoke, smoothing her shirt down.
"So ... ready to go?" He asked nervously. Adriana smiled at him and reached over to take his hand in hers. "For sure." And with that the two of them headed from the room and went to go wait in line so they could enter Hogsmeade.
Remus was thankful that they had always been friends, and that conversation had always been easy between them, because his nervousness died away when they left the common room. Talking was easy with Adriana and the conversation never lagged throughout their entire date.
They first went to the Three Broomsticks where they sat for an hour and enjoyed a few Butterbeers and then went on to look through a few shops and such. All in all, the day was going rather well.
At least until around 4:30 when, while on their way to Honeydukes, they heard shouting from down the hill. Remus stopped abruptly in the middle of something he had been saying to Adriana when he recognized the voices of two of the people yelling. Adriana looked curiously at him as he muttered "oh no" and started to speedily walk towards the commotion.
Adriana followed him, "What is it Lupin?" and together they rushed to the bottom of the hill where a group of students were standing in a half circle around two guys who were fighting. And sure enough, just as he had dreaded, were Peter and James, both yelling encouragements at Sirius who was currently punching Seamus Malloy, Circe's boyfriend. Ri gasped as Remus rolled his eyes and made his way to the spot where James and Peter were standing.
Upon seeing Remus approaching, James spoke to him, "Oi there Moony."
Remus didn't respond right away, just shot an annoyed look at him. Than, "Come on Prongs."
"Come on what?" James asked as Remus pointed his wand at the fray.
"We're going to stop this before a teacher comes and he gets into some serious trouble." He waited until he could get a clear shot at Seamus and then yelled "Stupefy!"
Circe yelped and ran towards Seamus as he hit the ground from the force of Remus's spell. She glared at Sirius before turning her attention back to her boyfriend.
Most of the crowd left when they saw Remus, who was a prefect, come into the area, and the few who remained left at James's urging. Sirius stood up off the ground and dusted himself off. He then turned on Remus.
"What the hell did you do that for Moony?!" He yelled. Sirius was covered in dirt and his normally elegant hair was messy and stuck up in places. His shirt was slightly ripped and his face and arms were already starting to darken with bruises.
Remus, who was equally pissed off only shouted back at his friend. "Oh shut it will you and act your age!"
Sirius stepped closer to Moony and seemed about to say something more when they were interrupted by a very angry Circe. "God damnit Black! You stupid, arrogant-"
"Malloy had it coming Bloom." James said, sticking by his friend and crossing his arms as he stared down at Circe. She glared at him and Sirius when she finally noticed that Adriana was standing back behind the Marauders, looking as if she wanted to be anywhere else.
Remus turned to look at her as well as Circe and Seamus made there way past the Marauders and started to walk up the hill. "Are you coming Ri?" Circe asked looking over her shoulder.
Adriana looked helplessly between Remus and Circe, torn between two friendships. Finally, after a slight shrug and a muttered "I'll see you later" directed at Remus she turned around and walked the rest of the way with Circe.
Remus sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "Great," he muttered to himself. The date had been going terrifically up until that point, and he was infuriated with Sirius for inadvertently ruining it.
James seemed to realize what had just happened and gave Remus a sheepish look. "Sorry Moony. Didn't mean to ruin your date."
Sirius didn't seem to feel as bad and growled "if you'd just minded your own business than nothing would have been ruined."
Remus snapped and turned on his friend. "Yeah? Well what business did you have beating up Circe's boyfriend?"
Sirius started to speak, "He had it-"
"Oh come off it! Don't tell me he had it coming! You've been acting like a jealous prat for days, I'm sure you were looking for any opportunity to jump Malloy."
"That's not true!" Sirius bristled and both James and Peter stood staring in shock at the two boys yelling at each other. The Marauders rarely fought with one another.
"Just leave the girl alone, will you?" Remus spat. He was sick of this little game that Sirius had going on with Circe because he considered her to be one of his good friends and didn't want to see her get hurt. And Sirius was notorious for using and leaving girls, not even caring how many hearts he broke.
Sirius barked a laugh but didn't say anything. James cleared his throat and looked from Sirius to Remus. "Why don't we get going?" He said wearily, not wanting to have anyone yell at him. Remus sighed and turned to walk back towards Hogwarts, the Marauders all following.
Neither Sirius or Remus spoke again for the rest of the night because Sirius was still furious with him for stopping the fight. This made Remus mad, he hadn't wanted to piss off Sirius, but as the sensible one of the group he sometimes just had to stop the stupid situations the other members got themselves in. Besides, even though he knew that Malloy had deserved a good kicking – James had filled him in on what had happened – Remus knew that the main reason Sirius had wanted to fight was because of Circe.
And to make matters worse he had not gotten to speak to Adriana again for the rest of the night. He sighed to himself before going to bed. Oh well ... he could always talk to her tomorrow.
~*~A/N~*~ Hope you liked this chapter! For more information on Circe and Sirius, please check out my other story, "Story of a Lonely Guy" ... the two stories are kinds intertwined as they go on at the same time and all that ... well ... thanks for reading!
It was these thoughts that nagged his mind as he made his way down to the common room to meet Adriana.
But there was also something else bothering him too. He had not had a chance to talk to Kira in the last few days and knew that she was still furious with him about what had happened. He had tried to talk to her, but she had blown him off completely. He knew he had to talk to her, and wanted to do so sooner rather than later so he could explain himself and hopefully still remain friends with her. After all, Kira was a great girl.
Remus shook his head, trying to clear away the thoughts. He didn't need to think about Kira right now, he was already nervous enough. Adriana had agreed to meet up with him by the fire at 2:00 that day and it was almost time.
He smiled when he got down stairs and saw that Adriana was coming from the door by the girls' dormitory with Circe. She looked so gorgeous that he had to concentrate on his movements so that he wouldn't forget to walk.
Adriana's curly brown hair was hanging down loosely and she had modified it so that it was shorter in the front and longer in the back. She had also elected to put some purple streaks in various places. And when he got a good look at her face he saw that she had made her lips a bit bigger and redder, and she wore a light gold shadow on her eyes. She wore a pair of tan cargo pants and a pale yellow t-shirt that had a bright smiley face in the middle. She saw him and smiled.
Remus walked over towards her. "Hey there Ri, Circe." Circe said "hello" back to him and then, after exchanging a meaningful glance with Adriana, excused herself and walked over to sit on the couch with Lily. Remus smiled nervously.
"Lupin," Adriana spoke, smoothing her shirt down.
"So ... ready to go?" He asked nervously. Adriana smiled at him and reached over to take his hand in hers. "For sure." And with that the two of them headed from the room and went to go wait in line so they could enter Hogsmeade.
Remus was thankful that they had always been friends, and that conversation had always been easy between them, because his nervousness died away when they left the common room. Talking was easy with Adriana and the conversation never lagged throughout their entire date.
They first went to the Three Broomsticks where they sat for an hour and enjoyed a few Butterbeers and then went on to look through a few shops and such. All in all, the day was going rather well.
At least until around 4:30 when, while on their way to Honeydukes, they heard shouting from down the hill. Remus stopped abruptly in the middle of something he had been saying to Adriana when he recognized the voices of two of the people yelling. Adriana looked curiously at him as he muttered "oh no" and started to speedily walk towards the commotion.
Adriana followed him, "What is it Lupin?" and together they rushed to the bottom of the hill where a group of students were standing in a half circle around two guys who were fighting. And sure enough, just as he had dreaded, were Peter and James, both yelling encouragements at Sirius who was currently punching Seamus Malloy, Circe's boyfriend. Ri gasped as Remus rolled his eyes and made his way to the spot where James and Peter were standing.
Upon seeing Remus approaching, James spoke to him, "Oi there Moony."
Remus didn't respond right away, just shot an annoyed look at him. Than, "Come on Prongs."
"Come on what?" James asked as Remus pointed his wand at the fray.
"We're going to stop this before a teacher comes and he gets into some serious trouble." He waited until he could get a clear shot at Seamus and then yelled "Stupefy!"
Circe yelped and ran towards Seamus as he hit the ground from the force of Remus's spell. She glared at Sirius before turning her attention back to her boyfriend.
Most of the crowd left when they saw Remus, who was a prefect, come into the area, and the few who remained left at James's urging. Sirius stood up off the ground and dusted himself off. He then turned on Remus.
"What the hell did you do that for Moony?!" He yelled. Sirius was covered in dirt and his normally elegant hair was messy and stuck up in places. His shirt was slightly ripped and his face and arms were already starting to darken with bruises.
Remus, who was equally pissed off only shouted back at his friend. "Oh shut it will you and act your age!"
Sirius stepped closer to Moony and seemed about to say something more when they were interrupted by a very angry Circe. "God damnit Black! You stupid, arrogant-"
"Malloy had it coming Bloom." James said, sticking by his friend and crossing his arms as he stared down at Circe. She glared at him and Sirius when she finally noticed that Adriana was standing back behind the Marauders, looking as if she wanted to be anywhere else.
Remus turned to look at her as well as Circe and Seamus made there way past the Marauders and started to walk up the hill. "Are you coming Ri?" Circe asked looking over her shoulder.
Adriana looked helplessly between Remus and Circe, torn between two friendships. Finally, after a slight shrug and a muttered "I'll see you later" directed at Remus she turned around and walked the rest of the way with Circe.
Remus sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "Great," he muttered to himself. The date had been going terrifically up until that point, and he was infuriated with Sirius for inadvertently ruining it.
James seemed to realize what had just happened and gave Remus a sheepish look. "Sorry Moony. Didn't mean to ruin your date."
Sirius didn't seem to feel as bad and growled "if you'd just minded your own business than nothing would have been ruined."
Remus snapped and turned on his friend. "Yeah? Well what business did you have beating up Circe's boyfriend?"
Sirius started to speak, "He had it-"
"Oh come off it! Don't tell me he had it coming! You've been acting like a jealous prat for days, I'm sure you were looking for any opportunity to jump Malloy."
"That's not true!" Sirius bristled and both James and Peter stood staring in shock at the two boys yelling at each other. The Marauders rarely fought with one another.
"Just leave the girl alone, will you?" Remus spat. He was sick of this little game that Sirius had going on with Circe because he considered her to be one of his good friends and didn't want to see her get hurt. And Sirius was notorious for using and leaving girls, not even caring how many hearts he broke.
Sirius barked a laugh but didn't say anything. James cleared his throat and looked from Sirius to Remus. "Why don't we get going?" He said wearily, not wanting to have anyone yell at him. Remus sighed and turned to walk back towards Hogwarts, the Marauders all following.
Neither Sirius or Remus spoke again for the rest of the night because Sirius was still furious with him for stopping the fight. This made Remus mad, he hadn't wanted to piss off Sirius, but as the sensible one of the group he sometimes just had to stop the stupid situations the other members got themselves in. Besides, even though he knew that Malloy had deserved a good kicking – James had filled him in on what had happened – Remus knew that the main reason Sirius had wanted to fight was because of Circe.
And to make matters worse he had not gotten to speak to Adriana again for the rest of the night. He sighed to himself before going to bed. Oh well ... he could always talk to her tomorrow.
~*~A/N~*~ Hope you liked this chapter! For more information on Circe and Sirius, please check out my other story, "Story of a Lonely Guy" ... the two stories are kinds intertwined as they go on at the same time and all that ... well ... thanks for reading!