Miserable Without You (Harry Potter: Remus LupinXOC)

Chapter 1

Remus sat close to the window, looking out at the grassy plains and the large water bodies as they passed. Sirius sat beside him, joking with James. They did their usual pick on Peter and plan a great prank for the end of the year.

They had been going on about this all summer! They came up with several great ideas, but non of them were quiet it. Remus planned on staying out of such things this year.

Sixth year, they had made a record for all the detentions they got. He didn't plan spending his last year at the school polishing trophies and scrubbing the bathroom floor. The thought made him shiver.

"Why won't Lily just say yes?!" Prongs moaned. Moony turned his attention to his friend and smiled.

"Because she thinks you're a troublemaker. How you could really catch her attention is if you stayed out of trouble and showed her how clever you are by keeping up with your school work." Moony says sarcastically.

"Codswallop! That's how he'd get ignored. Don't listen to him Prongs." Padfoot begged. Remus smirks and leans back in the seat. They went on to banter about James's long time crush and Remus and Peter watched them in amusement.

Something gold caught his eye and Remus turned to the door. Out the glass, he saw the beautiful girl he awkwardly stared at earlier. He was still kicking himself for that. In the girls hands, she held her robes and he figured that it was that time.

Remus stood from his seat and he reached into his pack, pulling out his own robes. He moved to the door, only for Sirius to say something to him.

"Where do you think you're going?' He smiled up at Remus.

"To change into my robes. I suggest you all do too. We are nearing the school." Remus says matter-of-factly.

"We have plenty of time!" James exclaimed.

"You may as well wait." Peter says softly.

"Or I could go before the rush." Remus countered.

"Alright then. Go. Hurry back! We have some major plotting to do." Moony heard as he walked out the door.

"You got it Padfoot." He calls back.

Allison came out of the girls restroom, changed into her uniform. She had left her cloak with her things, but she had on the skirt, knee high socks, and white button up underneath her sweater vest, which had it's sleeves rolled up. Her yellow and black necktie hung out of her sweater loosely, which was tied awkwardly. Allison would work on it in the compartment. She was awful with ties. She was too busy thinking that she didn't notice the incoming body. And like Allison, this incoming body was also deep in thought.

"Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry." She looked up to see the handsome boy from before and she felt the heat rise to her cheeks.

"That's quiet alright. I wasn't watching where I was going either." He says, embarrassed. They both try to move passed each other, but somehow, it seemed impossible. Allison would take a step to her right and he'd take a step to the left. Then, they'd move back and still be in front of each other. They laughed softly together even though it was laced with nervousness and embarrassment. 

"Okay, hold on." Allison reached out her hands, her clothes tucked beneath her arm, and she grasped Remus's biceps. She spun them around and she couldn't help but notice the muscle in his arms.

"You're a Hufflepuff." Remus stated. It was more to himself than her, but nonetheless, Allison nodded. He caught sight of her crooked tie and come to the conclusion.

"And what house are you in?" She questioned.

"Gryffindor." He answers simply. The corner of her mouth turns up in a crooked smile.

"Brave?" She asks playfully.

"Very." He responds with just as much mirth in his voice.

"I'm Allison. Allison Garner." She introduces herself.

"Remus Lupin." He says. He reached out a hand and she did hers. He couldn't help but notice how soft her hands were and she felt small considering that his hand dwarfed her own.

"I don't mean to overstep, considering we just met, but would you like me to fix your tie?" Moony asks.

"Oh, that would be lovely! I have never been any good at tying them." She smiled shyly.

"Would you mind?" Moony gestures to the clothes in his arms.

"Not at all." She held her arms out and he place his robes on top of her casual clothes.

Allison extended her neck out so that he'd be able to better work with the tie. Remus reached out his steady hands and untied the knots easily.

"Who tied your ties before this?" Remus asks, trying to fill the silence.

"A friend of mine. She graduated last year, so I have to try not to mess it up too bad." She answered.

"Well, did she ever teach you?" He asks.

"Several times. I guess my brain doesn't work like that." She shrugged. Remus hummed as he finished up with her tie.

"There you go. All set." He moved his hands away from her neck and took his robes out of her hands.

"Thank you very much." Allison beamed up at Remus.

"You're welcome." He responds. There was a moment of silence between the two.

"Well, I-uh, better get going." He coughed awkwardly.

"Right. Thank you again." She smiled. Moony couldn't help but admire her perfect teeth. He nodded to her and she waved as they parted ways.

Remus went onto the men's restroom and proceeded to change into his robes. When he was sifting though his clothes, at the bottom of the pile, he saw something curious. He separated it from the rest of the fabric and held it up in front of his face.

It was a black skirt. I accidently took it from Allison! Moony cursed himself as he changed quickly. He rushed out of the bathrooms and passed his compartment searching for the golden haired girl. It seemed like he searched the entire train, yet Remus came up with nothing.

He returned to his compartment and he was met with many hollers from the other Marauders about having a skirt in his possession.

"Look at that! Moony has got a skirt." Padfoot laughed.

"Why didn't you tell us you were a girl?" Prongs says with an innocent expression.

"'Cause Moony doesn't need you lusting after him like you do Evans." Wormtail says. Padfoot busts out laughing and Remus chuckles at James's angry expression.

"Shut it Wormtail!" Prongs pouted.