Both Expected and Unexpected Surprises
Chapter 7
Padfoot's Furry Little Problem
James ran after Lily but an arm stopped him. He turned to see Sirius looking at him seriously.
"What do you want?" James huffed.
How could his best friend betray him like this? Sirius had ruined the best night James ever had.
"I didn't mean to-" Sirius was cut off.
"You know what you did." James said walking away. He wanted to catch up to Lily and apologize to her for whatever he did. Who cared what the others thought?
"Prongs stop! It was all a mistake" Sirius said chasing him through the halls.
"Mistake? How was it a mistake?" James asked Sirius.
"I would explain if you would stop chasing after her! She's probably already in the girls' dormitory!"Sirius yelled to James.
"Explain Padfoot…now." James huffed.
"Thank you!" Sirius gasped from under his breath.
The two marauders sat down on a bench that was placed in the hall. The bench was old and wooden. Sirius caught his breath and looked at James who was running his fingers through his hair back and forth.
"I was walking to Professor Sprout's classroom where I had left my books and-"
James interrupted Sirius by sarcastically saying, "Then you got lost, had nothing to do but change into a dog in a panic, wandered into the Slug Club hoping to find yourself in the common room, and crashed the party… of course it was an accident."
"Nice guess," Sirius laughed. James found nothing funny.
"What really happened was I got chased by Filch down the hall. He thought I was sneaking in a late night snack or something ridiculous." Sirius said to James.
"Yeah, right," James said starting to get up.
"Wait! Let me finish," Sirius pulled James back into the chair, "this really happened. Then, he lost track of me, but I knew he was close. I walked down this hall and found myself in front of the door that ended out leading to the Slug Club Christmas Party."
"Sure," James sighed, "then you had no choice but to turn into a black fur ball."
Sirius laughed softly, "Listen, Filch was coming and if he saw me I would be in a week's detention and somehow he would tie you into this. I turned into a dog, not a fur ball, and headed into the door which I did not know lead to your party."
"Then?" James asked.
"You know what happened next," Sirius said looking down.
"Look, I believe you," James said standing up and stretching. He figured it was better to believe him than ruin his last year at Hogwarts.
"Good, lets go talk to Lily," Sirius said standing up with him.
"Are we telling her?" James asked.
"No, there's a small chance that she may still hate you," Sirius smirked.
James elbowed him but smiled too, "I highly doubt that."