Balancing Act

The library is not my favorite place in the world. Honestly it's probably close to the bottom of the list. I didn't even know we had a library until I started stalking- uh noticing Lily in fourth year. Lily unfortunately really likes the library, and don't get me wrong, she's not a super nerd who would live in the library, from our many talks I've found that she just really appreciates books and writing in general. She likes the smell and feel of being surrounded by thousands of thoughts and history. Which is some pretty deep shit if you ask me. I've never really thought of it that way, but leave it to Lily to find beauty in anything. Lily truly is the nicest person I've ever met, she sees the best in everyone, it's what makes her so incredibly beautiful.

Since becoming friends though, to spend more time with her subsequently means spending more time in the library. Remus joins us sometimes, but he's not much fun when he's in his homework mode.

I settle down with my charms homework, Lily's favorite subject, I'm hoping if I take long enough on this assignment, she'll offer me help and sit really close to me. Strictly so she can see the assignment, but I like when she's that close, the smell of her hair is amazing and I honestly can't get enough of her. A small snore distracts me from my Lily centered thoughts. I glance up and meet lily's eyes briefly before we locate where the sound is coming from. Remus.

I groan. "Great. Looks like Remus is sleeping in here tonight." I sigh. I know it's an exaggeration, I wouldn't actually leave him in here, though I am tempted.

Lily quirks her eyebrow in response. "Why do you say that?"

I grin, "Because. Remus is probably the deepest sleeper I've ever met, It takes a lot of effort to get him awake."

"Hmm. Well let's let him sleep for a while then." she says before returning to her work.

I glance at remus and then glance back at Lily. Deciding I'm done with working for the day, I shut my notebook and balance it on Remus's slightly bent back. Lily looks at me confused.

'Your turn' I mouth at her challengingly with a smirk. She pauses for half a second before picking up her textbook and placing it atop my notebook. She smiles right back at me. 'Game on' she mouths. I hold back my laughter before grabbing the charms book I was reading and place it on top of her book, this time open so it stands up vertically.

This continues for what feels like a long time, we grab everything around us, quils, parchment, water bottles, and ink bottles, backpacks, sweatshirts, and more are soon stacked on top of remus. Me and Lily are shaking with silent laughter, tears running down our faces. We keep on letting out accidental snorts or giggles, which in turn make us laugh harder. I'm clutching my stomach and Lily is bent over shaking. The pile atop Remus is now as tall as Lily and she can barely reach the top. We laugh harder. She's grabbing my arm to keep from falling over and I wrap it around her waist. I've never laughed so hard.

"My cheeks hurt!" she laughs out loud, I pull her into my chest to quiet her down.

"Shhh!-haha-You're gonna-hahahaha-wake him up!" I laugh back.

"Mr. Potter! Ms. Evans! This is a library not a playground!" Ms. Pince rounds on us. We quiet quickly, eyes wide, facing the irate librarian. "That is enough laughing." She's about to walk away when she notices remus under our pile. I have to bite my lip so hard. She glares once more before vanishing the pile and quickly walking away. We wait until she is gone before looking at each other. We burst out laughing.

As our laughter dies down, we realize our position. Quickly jumping apart, the laughter dies instantly. As we take sheepish glances at each other, awkward tension fills the air.

"She vanished my homework." Lily says dejectedly

I smile and can't help but chuckle. "And my favorite sweatshirt" I say back. We smile at each other once again, glad to have things back to normal. Remus snores loudly to our right.