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Chapter Four
Number 12 – I will not discuss Padfoot and Moony's 'alone time'.
James collapsed to the floor in exhaustion. Remus looked up from the book he was reading and watched as Sirius paced the ground in front of the Quidditch stands, where Remus was sitting with Peter and Kelsie.
"That went... well," Sirius said slowly. "I mean, it wasn't really that bad."
Kelsie and Peter both nodded encouragingly but Remus couldn't help it, he snorted. Sirius turned to look at him, eyes narrowed dangerously. "Yes, Moony? Have you got something to say?"
Moony shook his head. "Erm no, Pads. I thought you were great," he lied.
"Really?" Sirius asked, disbelievingly. "Then what was the best part?"
"The – um – the part where you – um-"-finished, Remus said silently. Remus racked his brain, trying to find a less dangerous train of thought. While he was doing this, his mouth seemed to answer for him. "The part where you kicked the Quaffle through your own goals."
Remus could see James banging his head repeatedly against the floor. Sirius's eyes had narrowed to the point where they only looked like slits.
"I knew it!" he hissed. "I knew you wouldn't be able to resist bringing that up!"
"You're just-"
"You love to point out whenever I do something wrong!"
"Well..." Remus tried to soothe him. "You're not really-"
"Well, what do you propose we do, oh mighty Quidditch expert?!"
"Take up knitting!" Remus burst out, totally unintentionally, totally true.
Poor Kelsie was in stitches, fist stuffed in her mouth to prevent the sound from escaping. Peter had been following the verbal war like a tennis match and now shook his head slightly to try to relieve the dizziness. James had his eyes screwed up and he was muttering under his breath. Remus and Sirius continued to glare at each other, neither speaking.
Finally, James looked up at what was happening with the rest of them. He stood up and walked over to Peter and Kelsie.
"Come on you two," he urged. "Let's leave these two alone for a while."
Kelsie looked confused and concerned. "In the state they're in now?" she asked. "But they'll probably kill each other."
James hesitated and thought of the best way to phrase what he had to say as he slowly guided them both away from the two teens.
"Let's just say that the two of them are friendlier than they let on and they enjoy the... making up part of their arguments."
Kelsie still looked confused. Sirius looked away from Remus for long enough to speak. "In other words, I like to get Remus riled up and then I let him shag me silly."
"Padfoot!" James exclaimed. "Innocent ears!" Remus bashed Sirius over the head with his book fondly.
Kelsie, who now looked a lot less confused, squawked indignantly. "Hey! -"
"I meant Peter," James soothed the first year.
Kelsie turned to look at Peter, who seemed to be staring into space. Well, either that or he was pondering the mysteries of the universe.
Yeah, let's just go with staring into space.
He looked around when he felt eyes on him. "What?"