James continued on until we reached his room,
"Do you want the spare room?" he asked hesitantly, "Lupin's here."
He said as he saw my expression of confusion.
I laughed, "James when on earth have I ever missed a full moon? I live for the danger."
James smirked back at me as he pushed the door open.
Taking a first scan around the room it would have looked completely lifeless, but given a second glance you would see a rather sizable lump under the blankets. James dropped my bags and ran over to tackle the sleeping lump.
"Wake up Moony, I've brought you a snack. How does dog jerky sound?
The lump stirred, revealing a half asleep Remus Lupin.
"It sounds really revolting, thank you very much," Remus turned to me, "Good to see you Sirius. We've been wondering when you would arrive." he grinned.
As far as teenagers went, Remus Lupin wasn't one. Changing into a werewolf every month had easily aged him ten years. Looking at Remus you would never have guessed he was still going to Hogwarts. He had dark bags under his eyes and his hair had thinned out drastically. I wouldn't have been shocked if he started getting grey hairs soon. The change had given him a constant underfed look and had built all of his muscles into long, lean wires. Remus' eyes had become reddened and bloodshot from years of sleepless nights. Moony was an absolute mess.
I took another glance at Lupin, somehow I had the feeling that he had known I had been coming, even before I had sent the message of warning. He seemed to have a deeper understanding of life than any of us.
"Good to see you too," I turned my attention back to the both of them, "So what have you two been up to since my last visit?"
"Lupin got here five days ago," I could tell that James was about to burst with excitement, "Then we saw Lily Evans on Saturday night."
Even though he covered it up as quick as it came, I managed to catch Remus' smirk at James' over excitement. James on the other hand was not prepared to cover up his true feelings.
"For once Snivellus wasn't trailing in her shadow, to bad eh Lupin? We could've showed him a magic trick or two," This time James' eyes gleamed with a more pronounced joy, "We'll get him next time though, next time for sure." He trailed off, lost in thoughts of torture.
"Basically not much," Remus summarized, jokingly.
"We need to do something about this one first before we deal with Severus," I said knowing that only Remus was listening, "Let's go chow down, I heard Mrs. Potter clanging around some pots earlier."
Remus nodded as he half dragged James down the stairs.