Our 6th And 7th Year
Chap. 11-James and Sirius Make-up Weather They Like It or Not
It had been exactly one week since the fight at the lake, and Sirius and James still hadn't spoken despite pushing from Remus, Dani, and Peter. Lily could've cared less. "So they're not talking to each other. What's the big deal?" She asked when Dani groaned about it for what ,
"They've been friends, best friends, since they met on the train. That's 6 years of bonding broken within a total of about 10 minutes." Dani explained while pouring a glass of pumpkin juice. Lily shrugged.
"they're acting like toddlers. If their friendship was really that important, they wouldn't let someone like you get in the way." Dani narrowed her eyes.
"And what is that supossed to mean?" Lily's widened relizing what she had just said.
"That came out wrong. What I meant to say was, they wouldn't let someone as wonderful and amazing and terrific as you get in the way of a friendship. They need to grow up." James, who had been getting up from where he was sitting at the end of the table-Lily and Dani were in the middle-began to walk out of the hall as Sirius walked in. They both paused and seemed to be surveying each other. Sirius was first to speak.
"Potter." His voice was rock hard, his eyes, black stones. His face was smooth, though inside you could tell that he wanted to sneer at him, as if he were a Slytherin and not a housemate. James face was a perfect mirror.
"Black." They both stood there for a few seconds and everyone seemed to be holding their breath, anticipating the next move. Thankfully, they both just nodded and walked by each other, and Sirius sat in what had previously been James' seat. Dani let out another sigh and hit her head on the table repeatedly.
"I just feel so guilty." She said between hits.
"And how is giving yourself a concussion going to help?" Lily asked.
"It will let me forget about the terribile thing I've done. At least for a little while."
"If you really feel that bad, get up and fix it." Dani, whose head was halfway down to the table lifted it up to look at her friend.
"What?"
"You heard me. Your moping and groaning is worse than their pranks, and I didn't think anything was worse than that."
"But what should I do?" Dani asked. Lily raised an eyebrow, and apple in her hand.
"Do I look like I talk to those two? You, Remus and Peter know them best. I despise them. So don't ask me to help."
"Too late, my friend. You are as much a part of this as I am." Before Lily could protest, or even put the apple down, Dani had grabbed her, ran over to Remus and grabbed him, called Peter, and headed out fo the Great Hall and up the stairs. 2 days later, the 4 of them sat I nthe Griffindor Common Room in a circle by the fire.
"Everyone know what they're doing?" Remus asked while yawning. He checked his watch; it was after 2 am. They had been putting the finishing touches on the plan for about 4 hours. The other three nodded. Lily, who had wanted no involvement had been talked into the plan by Remus and Dani. She had her arms crossed and was wearing a pout.
"So, we'll meet in the Great Hall at 7 today, and start at around 7:15. Deal?" Dani said while placing her hand in the middle.
"Deal." Peter, who was directly across from her said as he covered her hand with his.
"Deal." Remus, who was on Dani's left, repeated while mimicking Peter's action. The three of them turned to look at Lily. After a few seconds of glaring from Dani, she sighed and stuck her hand out.
"Deal."
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"James!" The black haired boy turned at the sound of his name. Running towards him was Dani.
"What's up?" She just smiled and handed him a folded note. She leaned up on her tippy toes, kissed him on the cheek, and skipped back in the direction she'd come. James watched her dissapear around the corner before heading into his next class. Once he was safely in his seat, he discretly opened the note under his desk.
Dear Jamsie,
If you haven't figured it out already, it's Dani. Hi!
Anyway, at the end of class, meet me in the broom closet on the third floor for some more kissing practice. Hey, we do want to seem like a convincing couple right?
See you then,
Dani ;)
P.S. Be prepared to be late for your next class. Practice makes perfect, and this practice could take a while.
James grinned finished reading the note and put it in his pocket. If he wasn't so in love with her best friend, Dani probably would have been a pretty good match for him. He could completely see why Sirius liked, or at least lusted after her. He leaned back in his chair. He couldn't wait for the end of class.
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One…two…three…four…Sirius was momentarily distracted by the note that suddenly landed in front of his face.
Counting dust mites in the air again, Sirius?
-R
Sirius wrote back instanly.
No. I'm trying to figure out how many brain cells Becky Stevers has left after her summer in the sun. So far I've got 4. I think that's it.
-S
Well good luck with that. Right now I have to leave, meet me by the broom closet on the third floor after class.
-R
Why?
-S
Why I have to leave, or why for the broom closet?
-R
Both.
-S
I have to talk to Flitwork about work I missed because of last month's transformation.
-R
And the broom closet?
-S
So I know where to find you. We have to discuss when to start your tutoring for Herbology, remember?
-R
Oh yeah. See ya then.
-S
Remus got up, walked to the front of the class handed a note to the teacher and exited without a backwards glance.
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"Professor?" Peter squeaked. Professor McGonagall turned to look at him.
"Mr. Pittigrew. You're early. No one usually shows up to their next class till about 1 minute before. You still have a good 6."
"I just wanted to inform you that James and Sirius might be a bit late to class. Or might just not show up." McGonagall arched an eyebrow.
"Why would they not show up?" Peter was very uncomfortable under her gaze.
"Because they are, or are attempting to work out their problems. If they don't kill each other. Which would really suck because then we'd need a new beater, seeker and captain for the Quidditch Team."
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BRIINNGG!
James jumped out of his seat, and was out of the door before he knew it. He reached the third floor, and slowed down and started to walk towards the broom closet. When he reached it, he checked his clothes, checked his breath, and ruffled his hair. When he was sure he was ready, pulled open the closet, entered and shut it behind him.
"Dani?"
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"Where the hell is Remus? I'm the one who's supposed to be late, not him." Sirius was currently leaning against the door of the broom closet. He had been standing there for about 30 seconds and was already impatient, as was noticed by his tapping foot. Finnally, Sirius saw Remus coming towards him in what appeared to be a state of distress.
"Where have you been mate?" Sirius asked when Remus was within 5 feet. Remus was twisting his hands and didn't answer. He was also looking at the floor and refused to maintain eye contact. Sirius noticed this and raised an eyebrow.
"You alright there mate?"
"Yeah. I'm fine. Why would you ask?" Remus said really fast.
"Really? Look me in the eye and say it." Sirius told him. Remus lifted his head, opened his mouth, and closed it again. He let out a sigh.
"Just promise me something, Sirius."
"Anything."
"That you'll forgive me for what I'm about to do."
"What are you about t-" Before Sirius could finish his sentence, Remus shoved him in the closet. "MOONY! Open this door!" Sirius shouted. He barely heard Remus performing a locking spell over his shouting.
"Sirius, I'm sorry. But remember, I'm doing this because I care."
"Well if you care about your "furry little problem", YOU'LL OPEN THIS DAMN DOOR!"
"Can't do that Padfoot. You'll thank me for this later."
"We'll see about that." Sirius leaned back against the closet door. Within seconds, the door was opening again and someone walked in.
"Dani?"
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Sirius recongnized the voice instantly. "Potter?"
"Black?"
"What are you doing here?" James crossed his arms in the dark.
"I'm supposed to be meeting Dani." Sirius winced at the sound of her name. "What are you doing here?"
"I was supposed to be meeting Remus to discuss my tutoring schuledge. But I'm begining to think that my grades weren't the real reason for this meeting."
"They want us to stop fighting." James said as he leaned against the door behind him.
"We're doing pretty well so far, don't ya think?" Sirius asked.
"Padfoot, I agree."
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"Remus are you sure you got the charm right?" Remus let out a breath.
"Yes, Dani. The door will unlock as soon as they work out their problems."
"And if they don't?"
"Well, then when we go check on them after class, we'll see blood on the floor."
"Don't get my hopes up." Lily muttered under her breath. Dani elbowed her.
"How much longer till the end of class?" Peter asked.
"15 minutes Mr. Pittigrew. Now would you four stop talking and take notes? And if you are going to talk make sure that the teacher can't hear you, understand?" McGonagall said from her position at the front of the class, writing on the board.
"Yes, Professor." The four answered.
15 minutes later when the bell rang, they all bolted out of the room and toward the third floor. When they reached, the closet, the door was swinging open.
"Well, they're obviously not in here, so that means they worked it out. Right?" Peter asked. Remus shook his head.
"Not quite. The door could open two ways. They worked it out and it opened, or if someone else opened the door."
"So what you're saying is that someone could have heard them yelling at each other, let them out, and they could possibly be killing each other as a stag and a giant dog right now?" Lily asked. The four looked at each other and took off running towards the Griffindor Common Room. There were a few underclassmen, but no 6th years. They went to The Qudditch Pitch, The Black Lake, The Shireking Shack, and The Room of Requirement.
"Where could they be? We've checked everywhere." Dani said as they climbed back up the stairs.
"Can't we stop looking I'm sure they're turn up sooner or later." Lily complained.
"Maybe Lily's right. Maybe, they're someplace private so that they can just talk out everything." Remus added.
"I mean the only place we haven't looked is The Hospital Wing, and why would they be there?" Peter said. They all froze, before running in that direction and banging open the door. They all looked towards the groan in the corner and gasped. Lying on the bed, covered in bandages, brusies and what looked like dried blood.
Right across from him was Sirius, who practically mirrored him. Bandages on his head, arms and legs. Dried blood on his nose, ears, mouth, arms and legs. Both boys breathing was shallow and when their wrists were checked, the pulse was very faint. Remus fell down in a chair, stunned.
"I knew that they were mad at each other, and when upset, they can be pretty scary, but" Remus started.
"Never like this." Peter finished. Lily just stood in the middle of the two beds and looked back and forth between the former best friends. Dani sat on James' bed, pulled her knees up to her chest, wrapped her arms around her legs, put her head down and began to cry and mutter incohertly.
"What?" Remus asked. Lily began to translate.
"She says it's all her fault." More gibberish. "It was her idea and now they're never going to be friends again." Gibberish. "She wants to crawl into a hole and die." Just then Dani lifted her head and wiped her cheeks before getting up and walking over to where James' head was.
"James, if you can hear me, I'm so sorry. I'll do anything you want. Clean your room at home, do your homework forever, anything. Just please wake up. Please." Dani put her head down on his arm. Seconds later, the room was filled with laughter. Dani, Lily, Remus, and Peter all jumped as they watched Sirius and James roll around on their beds laughing like hyenas.
"You...should…have… seen… your…faces!" Sirius said between breaths, while pointing at Remus who had moved to stand behind him. Remus pushed him off the bed, but it didn't slow down his laughing.
"You guys thought we were dead!" James said. Dani pushed him off his bed as well. Sirius and James crawled towards each other and kept snickering.
"Oh James, I'll do anything you want!" Sirius said in an overly high voice.
"Just please wake up!" James continued. Dani put her hands on her hips and glared, the bottom of her black Hogwarts skirt turned red.
"You bastards! Do you know how worried I was?" Remus had returned to his chair, and Lily and Peter were both sitting on James' now vacant bed. James and Sirius sat up and calmed themselves down; chuckling every few seconds.
"What actually happened in that closet?" Peter asked.
"Well, we talked and decided that Dani wasn't worth 6 years of friendship." Sirius explained. The red on Dani's skirt rose higher as did her eyebrow.
"You wanna try that again, dog-breath?"
"Chill, hot-head. What he meant was that we decided to be mature and not to lose our heads over a girl. No matter how wonderful, talented, smart or gorgeous." Dani's skirt went back to black, but she crossed her arms and her glare didn't let up.
"You're just saying that so I'll stop being mad at you." James and Sirius got up off the ground, and James walked over to Dani and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"10 percent true, 90 percent because I mean it." He sent her his best puppy dog pout. "Do you forgive me? Please?" He began to kiss her neck, and Dani giggled, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Fine. You're forgiven." James smiled and picked her up and twirled her before kissing her. Sirius cleared his throat. James pulled away.
"Right. Rule number one in The PADFOOTPRONGS treaty. No public tonsil hockey before 6." Dani nodded and walked over to Sirius and kissed him on the cheek.
"I forgive you too."
"Congratulations, you're forgiven. Yippee. Now why the hell do you both look so beat up?" Lily asked. Stimitanously, both of the accused pulled washcloths from their back pockets and cleaned their faces and arms. Then they unwrapped their bandages. They looked good as new.
"Fake blood and bandages can be quite convincing." Sirius said as he tossed the gaws into the trash. "Can we get out of here now? You guys are really slow. James and I have been waiting for ages. We thought you guys were going to desert us." James grinned.
"Yeah we should probably get out of here before the nurse comes back. You remember how she acted last time we were here." They all shuddered at the memory.
"There was a bit too much flying skin for my taste." Remus said. Sirius clapped his hands.
"Now that we're all offically grossed out, let's eat!"
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