Remus couldn't help but fidget, sitting on the bus alone made him nervous. Everyone was just outside, well everyone but him and Peter. And where Peter was, he had no idea. He hadn't intended to be awake, but when his acute senses detected the shuffling walk that belonged to his comrade, he couldn't help but peek out of his curtains to see what was going on. He saw Peter sneak off the bus.
Now it had been nearly 3 hours since the others woke and Peter still wasn't back, wait, there he was. Why were his hands so dirty? Where had he been this whole time? Remus wanted to know.
So doing what he did best, he went to tell the others that he was going on a walk and not to leave without him, and began to track. (A/N Remus has the same tracking skills as Aragorn from LOTR, because why not.) He followed the prints Peters shoes had left in the mud, his whizzing mind flying to different possibilities as he walked.
He had barely even noticed when the tracks stopped, too distracted by his own wandering thoughts.
What he did notice when he finally looked down, however, was a peculiar sight. One he certainly had not expected to see, that is. Maybe he was over thinking, maybe it meant nothing, but he couldn't help but wonder about what his scrawny friend was up to when he saw it.
There were other footprints in the mud next to Peter's.
Glancing up, the boy with caramel locks surveyed his surroundings, and there was nothing there. Nothing for miles, it almost seemed.
"Where the hell are we?" he whispered quietly to himself, jumping when he heard a response.
"I'm not really sure where we are. Hey, Moony, what are you doing all the way out here?" Sirius asked.
"I… well… It's- it's nothing, really, nothing. Just, enjoying a stroll." he said nervously.
"All by yourself?" Sirius raised an eyebrow at him.
"Uhhh, yeah. By myself."
"In the middle of nowhere?"
"Yep."
This was when Remus felt a sharp whack on the back of his head.
"Ow! What was that for you twit?" Remus exclaimed indignantly, a hand flying up to the back of his head.
"Remus John Lupin! I thought Hope raised you better than that!" Sirius chided.
"She did! She was a wonderful mum! And how the hell did you get on a first name basis with my mother?"
"No questions while I'm angry at you! Come on, let's get back to the bus. We've gotta leave in, like, five minutes." Sirius grumbled, grabbing Remus' hand and tugging him toward the bus.
"Siriusssss," he whined, but didn't let go of the boy's hand.
"What were you doing out there anyways?" Sirius questioned.
"I could ask you the same question, Mr. Black."
"Fine, I was looking for you. Now tell me why you were out there?"
"Awe, was someone worried about me? Does Sirius actually care?" Remus teased.
"No, I don't care, but Lily and James are back on the bus arguing, although I suppose it isn't really arguing if they're just screaming insults back and forth. Anyways, they're yelling at each other and Pete is dead asleep in his bunk, so I had no friends and left to find you." Sirius defended himself.
"Is that code for 'I totally care' because it definitely sounds like it."
"Shut up, Remus."
And the two young men began their trek back to the bus, Remus sniggering maniacally and Sirius huffing angrily, their hands intertwined between them and barely even noticing it.
(A/N this scene is going on while Sirius is off finding Remus. It's what's happening on the bus with J&L)
"I can't believe you- you," Lily sighed frustratedly, struggling to formulate her words the way she wanted to, "You took advantage of her like that!"
"Wha- I did nothing to Camryn! We were just talking!" James shouted.
"Just talking my arse! I saw you… canoodling with her on the floor!" Lily spat.
"You mean when I had my arm around her shoulder? And who in their right mind uses the word canoodling anymore? That's a total mum word."
"That's exactly what I mean! And, for your information, I am most certainly in my right mind."
"How in the world is me putting my arm around her shoulder taking advantage of her? It's not like you and dear Tyler were any bet-" James started as Lily yelled,
"I can't believe you would think she wanted that! And don't you dare bring Tyler into this you absolute wan-"
"Quiet!" A loud, gruff voice interrupted, silencing the two immediately.
They both whirled to the source of the noise, surprised to see their
"Can't you two just get along? Lily, James wasn't taking advantage of Camryn, and James, Lily and Tyler weren't doing anything wrong. Just stop yelling at each other and apologize!" Hagrid reasoned. The teens glanced at Hagrid, and then each other.
Sighing, simultaneously they looked towards each other and half heartedly said, "Sorry,"
"Now, 'at's more like it! Isn't it?" Hagrid beamed down at them.
"Come on now Hagrid, couldn't you let us have some entertainment?" A new voice said. The group turned to see Sirius standing with one hand on his hip, the other still clasped in Remus's. The characteristic smirk on his face left as James cheekily gestured towards their interlocked hands and said,
"Mate I think you get enough entertainment on your own."
He and Lily smirked as Remus and Sirius both blushed bright red and quickly let go of each other's hands. Why they had held them as long as they did was a mystery, though both parties could not deny that there was a small, maybe large part of them that had enjoyed the feeling.
"Alrigh' then, we ready to go now?" Hagrid said turning to the group and smiling, amused with all of their antics.
"Yeah," Lily replied spinning to sit on one of the couches.
"Affirmative, sir." James saluted.
"Alright, let's go," Remus sighed sitting next to Lily and putting an arm around her.
Sirius just looked at Hagrid nodded and without a word lied down on the other side of Lily and put his head in her lap. Lily did nothing, just readjusted so she was leaning into Remus's side and put her head on his shoulder. James sat all by his lonesome on one of the other couches.
Hagrid smiled looking on the cozy scene, well cozy all except James. He went to the front of the bus, and sat at the driver's seat and started the bus. Pulling away, no one noticed Peter's once again agitated face as he wondered why no one bothered to check on him.
The four hour drive was filled with laughter and bickering, (From who you can probably guess) joking banter and silly car games. When they reached the Blackpool airport, (Yes I checked it is actually a 4 hour 18 min drive from London to Blackpool. And yes I wish I lived in England~Twil) it was about ten o'clock in the morning. The crew bus pulled up behind them, and the group converged.
They stood and waited, completely ignoring the group of fans that were surrounding them. Normally they had security to keep them from crazed fans, but today they had Hagrid, and he was more than enough. A airport employee found them, and the group was led laughing and joking to their plane.
As they walked up to the jet, the short scrawny airport employee pointed to the plane and said, "Here you are, enjoy your flight."
"Yeah, if you even can enjoy sitting in a flying metal death trap." James muttered under his breath, glaring at the ground.
"Wait- James, are you afraid of flying?" Lily asked incredulously.
"Well can you blame me? I mean think about it! It's a contraption that ways much more than the air, so if we're going by scientific fact that should not be possible, and you're just floating there, around 10,000 meters above ground and the only escape is jumping out and plummeting to your death. It just isn't natural, honestly, it- hey, stop laughing at me! Lilll-lyyyyyyyyy."
"I'm sorry James, I realize you're terrified and I sympathize with that," Lily got out between guffaws, "but really, this is pretty hilarious. You are the person that jumped out their bedroom window- and it's on the fourth story, mind you- saying, 'I'm gonna fly Lily!'and then immediately fell and broke your arm."
"Yeah, that did really mess up my guitar playing abilities for a bit, but I was drunk and I can't be trusted when I'm drunk!" James defended.
"You were not drunk, I was there, and I remember it was just you and your idiocy at three in the morning deciding that that was a good idea. Sometimes I wonder how you got through high school." Lily rolled her eyes as she boarded the jet, James reluctantly following behind her.
"I skated by with my looks and charm. And some good grades."
All that could be heard as the plane door was shut was Lily's loud laughter and her disbelieving, "Yeah. Right."
"Ohmygod Lilllllyyyyyy we're over the ocean and we're going to dieeee." James whined, holding onto Lily's arm like it was a lifeline.
"James, I know you're scared, but we only have about two hours left, so just calm down and wait it out, ok?" Lily soothed as best she could, whilst slowly attempting to pull her arm out of the vice grip.
"We've only been on here for five hours?!" James cried, "I'm not gonna make it another two hours!"
"How did I never know my best friend was such a baby?" Lily muttered teasingly.
"I heard that, asshole!"
"Just…" Lily glanced around, trying to find something for him to do, "Try to sleep, I guess. Here, we'll lay your seat back and then I'll go grab you a pillow."
She got up as he started to lay back, but was stopped by a sudden grip on her hand, and a quiet, "No!"
"What, James? Don't you want a pillow?" Lily asked, confused.
"I do, I just-" he sighed, "Can you stay here please?"
"Well, I was gonna go sit with Sirius and Remus to give you some peace and quiet, and-"
"Please, stay here." He pleaded quietly.
"Alright, fine. Whatever you say, loser." Lily plopped down in her seat.
She watched as James closed his eyes, struggling to find sleep for about five minutes, but zonking out and staying out soon enough.
Glancing up at the window, she was fascinated by the view of the white, cotton ball clouds from above. She had always loved flying, ever since she was a little girl, loved the scenic views and the feeling of almost weightlessness, but supposed that there was some truth to what James had said about it being 'unnatural' and what-not.
Looking back down at him, she noticed that he was just a hair paler than he normally was, due to fear, and that he still had his glasses on.
Slowly, she reached down and pulled them off his face, placing them on the little table in front of her, finally noticing the rogue Sirius Black sat in front of her.
"Well, look at how cute, young love is such a beautiful thing." he drawled.
"Shut up, Sirius." Lily snapped, feeling a blush rise to her cheeks.
"What are you doing anyways?"
"James was scared and wanted me to stay here while he fell asleep."
"Awe, you guys are just the cutest little things, I swear, I-"
"Sirius, stop talking right now or I'll cut off all five of your limbs." Lily threatened.
"But I only have fo- oh my god you wouldn't dare."
"Try me."
Sirius put his hands up in surrender, looking slightly scared at the prospect of a deranged, angry Lily coming after him.
"What are you doing over here? Where's Remus and Peter?" Lily asked.
"Remus is asleep, and Pete is raiding the mini-fridge up front."
"There's a mini-fridge on this thing?"
"Darling, of course there's a mini-fridge on here. It's a private jet. Welcome to the life of the elite." Sirius drawled.
"Oh, I forgot, you're used to this, aren't you? You were pretty much born to royalty." Lily rolled her eyes.
"If you can call the richest sellers on the black market royalty, then yes, I suppose I was. God, if Walburga could see me now, wearing all leather, driving Harley's, kissing boys, she'd be in fits. Even though they deal with some of the worst of the worst in their company, my mum still believes in having that 'polished, posh' family reputation." Sirius snarled.
"You really don't like them, do you?"
"Why do you think I ran away? You know, this whole tour thing is great for me, it gets me out of the same country they're in."
"It is great, isn't it? I'm excited." Lily smiled.
"Yeah, me too. I hope we don't get into too much trouble."
"With you four, I doubt not getting into trouble is even a possibility."
"That's true." Sirius chuckled.
"I suppose you could try to stay out of trouble? For the sake of your lovely mother and her ever so important reputation?" Lily joked.
Sirius laughed and said, "Hell no."
A/N- Hey guys! Sorry it took so long to publish this chapter. Not only was writer's block running rampant in both me and Lil, but also our High School also was putting on its first musical, and that took up most of my time. Anyways nothing more to be said here than, sorry! Please R&R luv ya! -Twil