CHAPTER 18: Friday
The students of Hogwarts woke up with a huge smile on their face the next morning. It was Friday, and that meant Hogsmeade.
"Babes, wake up. Today's the day I'm going to make Evans my girlfriend," James said. Sirius groaned and pulled the covers over his head. Remus was already sitting on his bed, reading his book. Peter was sprawled out on the floor, drooling.
"I don't think that's going to happen…ever," Remus said without looking from his book.
"Ugh, you're just jealous," James argued. Remus smiled and kept on reading his book. James climbed on Sirius' bed and pulled the covers off him.
"Ugh Prongs, I know you like seeing me in boxers, but calm down," Sirius murmured.
"Ew, put clothes on and let's get brekkie," James threw Sirius his robes.
"We have Transfiguration first, right?" Sirius asked, rubbing his eyes.
"Precisely- and then Divination, Ancient Runes and then Muggle Studies…well that's for me heh," Remus chuckled to himself. James and Sirius exchanged a look and sighed.
"We'll never understand you, Moony," Sirius said as he hopped out of bed.
"Yeah we'll just go to Transfig and then…skip the rest of classes?" James cocked his head and Sirius nodded. The 3 headed out to breakfast, forgetting Peter on the floor. They entered the Great Hall and sat down.
"Hey guys, if we see Snivellus today, let's prank him," Sirius suggested, as he piled his plate with pancakes, bacon, eggs and syrup.
"You sure you got enough there, Padfoot?" Remus said, smiling.
"Are you calling me fat?" Sirius asked as he poured more onto his plate.
"Nah, he wants to add himself as well," James snickered. Sirius burst out laughing as he continued to take more food. Peter ran into the Great Hall, sweating and nervous.
"You fellas didn't wake me up and then I woke up and then you weren't there and then I started to cry and then I-" Peter began blubbering.
"Shhh, you're disturbing our lives," James said calmly. Sirius snickered, spitting out a little bit of his eggs and pancake. Remus looked disgusted. Lily walked in and Remus stood up.
"Good morning Lily! I'll see you in Ancient Runes," Remus cheerfully greeted Lily.
"Good morning Remus. Yes, I'll see you in Ancient Runes. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to say hi to Severus," Lily smiled and walked away. James looked disgusted.
"Why is my wife talking to that idiot?" He asked with a frown.
"Great, now we definitely have to prank him," Sirius nodded.
"Agreed," James said and finished his breakfast. The boys watched as Lily sat down to talk with Severus for 15 minutes before joining her friends. Severus finished eating, got up, and left the Great Hall.
"That's our cue- let's go!" Sirius said in a low voice, and the boys scampered behind Snape. They followed him all the way outside to the grounds. Finally, they had the chance with Snape alone.
"Hello, Snivelly! Long time, no see, eh?" James strutted over to Snape.
"What the hell do you want, Potter?" Snape narrowed his eyes.
"Ya know Snape, it's quite rude to not address everyone in the group," Sirius sneered.
"Well, you're not worth my time," Snape shot back. Sirius mocked an insulted face.
"OOHHOHOHO, wow! Silly Severus is actually standing up for himself," Sirius laughed.
"Get lost, all of you!" Snape raised his voice.
"Ya know Snape, that was quite rude to raise your voice at us. You're in trouble," James said with a twinkle in his eye, as he pulled out his wand. "Expelliarmus!" Snape went flying into a tree. Sirius burst out laughing and cheered James on.
"Alrighty Snivelly, let's clean up your act…Scourgify!" Sirius happily said. Snape's mouth immediately filled with soap and water, and he fell to the floor, choking and spitting. Peter also started clapping and laughing as Remus looked away, choosing not to say anything. As Severus was holding this throat, gagging and spitting, Professor Flitwick came running down.
"Boys, boys, enough of this!" Professor Flitwick stopped Snape from choking. "Mr. Black, detention! The rest of you, a stern warning for not stopping him! Mr. Lupin, I'm very disappointed," Flitwick said with an angry expression before assisting Snape.
"Are you kidding?! I'll miss Hogsmeade tonight!" Sirius complained.
"Well…I did say-" Remus began.
"Shut up Moony, you didn't say anything," Sirius grumbled. "This sucks, it's already 5pm and I have to start detention in 2 hours. Ugh James, bring me everything from Honeydukes, would you?" Sirius took James' hand. James closed his eyes and nodded.
"Anything for you, buddy."
"Alright boys, what do we do before I succumb to 2 hours of staring at Minerva's face?" Sirius asked, a slight smile on his face. "By the way, Snape's going to die for getting me detention."
"Right on! We were actually going to get ready for Hogsmeade…which is awkward," James sheepishly said. Remus began chuckling as Sirius threw his hands up in the air.
"Fine, just make me super jealous," he said, annoyed. Remus rolled his eyes, and the boys made their way up to the Gryffindor tower. Sirius sulked on his bed as the boys spiffed themselves up for Hogsmeade.
"Now Sirius, I may not go to Honeydukes because I'll be too busy wooing Evans with my love," James said with seriousness.
"James Potter, if you do not get me sweets because of that redhead, I promise you'll find your broom in pieces," Sirius threatened. James shamefacedly smiled and nodded. "Right-o boys, off I go then, have fun and think of me," Sirius dramatically exited the room, his hand over his forehead. Making his way down the hallway to McGonagall's classroom, he began mentally preparing for the amount of boredom he would have to sit through. He arrived to the classroom, entered through the door and stopped dead in his tracks.
"Good evening, Mr. Black. Professor Flitwick tells me you're in detention for bullying Mr. Snape. Surely you must know better by now! Your friend here as well bullied a student earlier this week, so you have something to talk about," McGonagall said, sitting in her chair. Sirius looked over to the seats in the classroom and saw Isabella sitting in a desk, ignoring his presence.
You've got to be kidding me, he thought. He rolled his eyes and walked into the classroom. Taking the extreme-end desk, Sirius death-stared Isabella. She caught his eye and glared right back.
"Now, I'm going to step out to run some errands. I'll be placing a charm on the door so you cannot leave," McGonagall got up and left.
It's just us, they both thought.
