Sirius and Peter were sitting on their respective beds in their dormitory.
The former was nonchalantly flipping through a magazine while the latter was trying to finish off a particularly tough essay set by Professor Binns when the door to their room flew open with a bang as James stepped in, looking furious.
Sirius didn't seem to notice his best friend's anger as he looked up excitedly from his magazine "Did it work? Did he fall for it?"
James slammed the door behind him and turned to glare lividly at Sirius.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" James hissed, it was then that Sirius realised how dirty and bedraggled James looked, his clothes were torn and a bruise was darkening on his jaw.
Sirius dropped his magazine in shock and sat up straighter "What happened to you?" he gaped, wide eyed.
James pointed accusingly at him and ignored the question "You could have killed him! I almost died trying to save him! Do you know what that would have done to Remus if he'd bitten Snape? Or worse, killed him? You could have ruined his whole life and you don't even care!"
Honestly Sirius thought it might have been a laugh but he was becoming increasingly sick with himself.
"Didn't you give a damn how this would have affected Remus? He NEVER would have been able to forgive himself if something had happened" Truth be told Sirius HADN'T thought of how Remus would feel and immediately knew he had done something, not only remarkably stupid, but also unforgivably cruel. Sirius had never seen James so angry, especially not at him.
His stomach dropped as he spluttered "James I- I'm sorry! I didn't think-"
"Ha! Of course you didn't think" James laughed humourlessly "Would you have even cared if Snape had gotten hurt? What about me? Would you have cared if Remus tore me to shreds and had to live with the guilt? Oh yeah, you don't care about anyone but yourself!" James held his glare, before looking away disgustedly "Come on Peter, let's go see how Remus is" Peter slid off the bed obediently and scurried out the door.
Sirius scrambled to his feet "Please, I'll come with you…"
"Piss off Sirius, I don't want you anywhere near him. You've done enough damage" then James left, slamming the door behind him.
Sirius sat down uselessly and stared at the door, unable to believe what had just happened.