Title: Some Type of Silence

Characters: Peter Pettigrew, James Potter, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin.

Prompts: Write about someone getting arrested. Minimum 300 words, no maximum.

AN: Written for Assignment #4 History of Muggles, Task #5A on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments).

Also, I really have no idea where this came from... I shocked myself when I wrote this and yeah...

Warning: Mention of indecent exposure.

Word Count: 813

Silence can be perceived as comfortable or uncomfortable. But the truth is that whether or not one categorises the silence in either one of the two groups depends on the beholder. Or the listener? Because silence could truly never be either or. Silence was always just silence. That has, however, never stopped human beings from making attempts at categorising it.

Sirius didn't know what kind of silence this was. He knew that he was grateful that Remus had stopped pacing back and forth across the room while shouting insults at every person he could possibly blame for their predicament. Although Sirius was still worried about his friend since Remus was sitting with his head leaning forward, his arms resting against his naked legs and his hands leaning against his neck. He hadn't spoken a word since telling James to shut up and that he didn't want to hear any more; they had already seen too much of each other to last a lifetime. Sirius had wanted to tell Remus that was wrong but had managed to stop himself. It probably wouldn't help.

"This is insane." Peter whispered from his corner of the room on the bed next to Remus.

His brown hair had gotten dry, thankfully, but dark spots on the t-shirt showed that he hadn't completely dried from his bath in the fountain. Sirius had never seen his eyes look that big before. He had also never seen Peter wear a pink t-shirt that thankfully was just big enough to cover his junk. Sirius considered himself comfortable with nudity, especially with these guys since they had shared dormitory for six years. But that didn't mean that he wanted to see them naked all the time. Especially not in this environment. More for their benefit than his.

"It is," James said from his spot against the wall. A smile appeared on his face. It was the same smile that had made Remus scream at him just moments earlier. "But hey, at least we're experiencing something new. I've never seen the inside of this place before."

James ran his hand through his raven hair and stretched his arms upward until a cracking sound was heard from his shoulders. When they split up the clothes between themselves James had proclaimed that he had never been as thankful for his height as right then. If it wasn't for his height then he wouldn't have ended up wearing a pair of flattering grey sweatpants. Peter had been unsure of whether his height was a gift or a burden. He was short enough so that the t-shirt could work as a dress; thankfully that meant he could keep himself covered but it also meant that he was the only one who could wear the pink t-shirt. Remus wore a coat that ended above his knees and made them wonder what kind of superhuman had worn it before him. Sirius had a pair of orange shorts which somehow suited him, in spite of the colour, but he was freezing his ass off.

"Obviously James," Remus said with an aggravated voice. Sirius looked over at the boy with the dirty blond hair. He was completely unable to hide the anger that showed itself in the way his voice vibrated just ever so slightly. "We've never been arrested for indecent exposure before."

James nodded as if truly thinking about what Remus had told him. "Good point Moony."

"That's two new experiences," Peter commented from the bed where he sat next to Remus trying his very best to keep himself covered with the t-shirt. Not so much from the other Marauders but more from the people who kept glancing at him from the cell next to theirs.

Sirius didn't know if he wanted to laugh or cry. So, he held his hand over his mouth to hide the fact that the corners of his mouth were pulled upwards into a smile. "What did you say Peter?"

"Two experiences," he said again. This time both Remus and James looked at him too. Peter raised two fingers in the air. "We've never been arrested for indecent exposure and we've never seen been in a cell like this before. Well, obviously now we have so we've had two new experiences."

Sirius wanted to laugh again when he saw the look on Remus face which could only be interpreted as a silent scream for help. James shoulders shook and he leaned his head forward so that all they could see was the raven hair on top of his head.

Sirius coughed and somehow managed to hide the laughter. "That's a good point Peter."

His body shook against the stone wall he was leaning against. He bit his lower lip until the shaking subsided and then, instead of speaking, Sirius decided that it was probably best if he allowed them to fall into some type of silence.

The end