Title: Seriously Ill
Characters: James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew and Lily Evans Potter.
Word Count: 356
Cough. Sneeze. Another cough.
Lily Evans looked up from her book and faced the Marauders who sat on the other side of the table. The source of the noises was Sirius Black whose cheeks were at least one shade redder than normal and from certain angles it became clear that there was a coat of something over his eyes.
"Are you okay Sirius? You don't look too good."
James looked up from his toast. "He insists that he is fine."
Remus nodded. "He's experiencing a mild inconvenient itch in his throat hence the coughing and the sneezing is because of some unknown allergy."
"We've been trying to get him to go back to bed since before he left it this morning but he's too stubborn for his own good." Peter finished all while Sirius sat in the middle looking both aggravated and happy at the same time. "We're trying to make him talk less by answering his questions for him."
Lily laughed and looked at James assuming that he had done most the talking. "That can't have gone down well with McGonagall."
The raven-haired boy shook his head. "Two weeks' worth of detention."
"I told you that you didn't have to do that mate." Sirius voice was rough and he was quickly hushed at by the three other boys.
Remus pushed a cup of tea towards him. "Pads, no speaking. Drink that!"
"Thank you Moony."
The three boys shushed again and this time James pushed a glass or orange juice to stand next to the cup of tea. "You need plenty of vitamins."
"I don't like orange juice." Sirius commented and once again the three boys shushed him. "I'm not going to die if I talk; stop shushing me."
"If you would stop talking then we wouldn't have to shush you." James said with a smile on his face and pushed the orange juice closer to him. "Drink the orange juice Pads. That's an order!"
Sirius muttered under his breath but drank the juice never the less. "This is ridiculous. I'm not sick."
"Of course, not Pads." James said with a wink. "You're just seriously ill."
The end