Chasing The Stars | Marauders | Sirius Black

80 ~ Why Do You Ask?

Peter was stood in the middle of the dorm room in front of a large mirror, his hair ruffled up and round glasses sat on his freckled nose, he was throwing a large paper ball in the air that was covered in gold paint and he was completely unaware of the snickering Marauders and Robyn watching from the behind door.

"Hi, I'm James Potter, I'm a supercool Quidditch player and I love Evans." he said in a deep voice and tried to imitate the tell-tale smirk of the Potter boy that made girls (bar Lily Evans) drop to his feet but Eloise thought he ended up looking like he was either having a poo or about to murder somebody. (a/n LITTLE DID SHE KNOW) She covered her mouth to try and stifle her giggles and Sirius clutched at his stomach.

The small boy then shook his head and disappeared to the bathroom and when he reappeared moment later, James had to put his fist in his mouth to stop laughing and Remus fell to the floor, tears of laughter rolling down his cheeks as Robyn's blonde locks shook with her silent laughter. Peter had a leather jacket on over his school button up and his hair was wet so it hung down to just past his ear, it looked as though he had charmed it to make it slightly wavy as he stood in front of the mirror once more. "I'm Sirius Black, I can get any girl I want and my girlfriend is the most beautiful girl in the school." he attempted to flick his hair like Sirius but it went in his eye, "Shit! Ow! He muttered, rubbing his eye but fixing his hair and looking back into the mirror, "I'm a rebel and I ran away from home but I have natural pureblood charm." he winked at himself and put his hands in his pockets, only to slip on some of the water that had dripped from his hair and he fell over. Eloise's stomach hurt from laughing so much as she buried her head into Sirius' shoulder and James was making odd squeaking noises as he tried not to alert the mousy boy.

Peter went into the bathroom once more, emerging this time in a large brown sweater and what looked like Eloise's red lipstick in lines on his face to create scars. He tried to roll up the sleeves that were dangling past his hands and stood on his tiptoes to appear taller,

"I'm Remus Lupin, I'm really fucking smart and have a fucking adorable relationship with a cute Hufflepuff." he said, trying to put on Remus' sarcastic tone and swearing more often, "I'm freakishly strong and can get my friends out of any trouble." Peter grabbed a book from Remus' bedside, opening it and appearing as though he was reading intently, even pushing his hair down to in front of his eyes like Remus' did when he hunched over a paperback. The friends outside the door couldn't take it anymore and Sirius let out a loud bark of laughter, stumbling into the room and clutching to his bedpost as he stood in hysterics. Horror formed on Peter's face as all of the others walked in, each laughing equally as heavily,

"W-Wormtail!" James choked out in between laughs, putting his hands on his knees, "What the fuck are you doing?" he asked and Peter flushed red, quickly pulling Remus' sweater off and trying to rub the lipstick off his face, only succeeding in smudging it further,

"Let me." Eloise said, still giggling as she waved her wand over Peter's blushing face, siphoning the red lines off. She then put a hand on his shoulder and pulled him into a hug, "Oh, Wormy, I love you, you nutter." she laughed and Peter smiled slightly, wrapping his arms around Eloise and letting out a laugh of his own, his embarrassment subsiding.

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After Robyn and Eloise had told the entire story to Lily and Marlene, the four of them sat in the library: Lily doing her Potion's homework; Marlene copying Lily's work; Eloise plaiting Robyn's hair; and the blonde herself humming a tune as she doodled on a spare bit of parchment.

"Hey, Elle." Robyn began, shading in the daisy she was drawing,

"Why yes, Birdie?"

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Of course! What is it?"

"How did you know that you were in love with Sirius?" Lily and Marlene's heads also popped up as Robyn asked the question, she said it casually though there was an underlying tone of curiosity that Eloise didn't miss,

"Well..." she began, smiling to herself as she put one strand of Robyn's hair over the other, "I think it was when that slaggy teacher Professor Laurent...thank Merlin she's gone." Eloise muttered and Marlene cleared her throat, "Right, sorry, it was when that teacher was showing so much interest in him and I was so angry. It felt like someone had tied my heart up and was squeezing it. Really. Tight." Eloise made the motion with her hands and her eyes shone with anger,

"Elle...breathe." Lily said worriedly and Eloise snapped out of her trance,

"Anywho, I realised then that I loved him I suppose, when it physically hurt to see anyone else touch him in that way, even if he didn't like it." Eloise told the girl and picked up the braid where she left off, "Why do you ask?"

"I think I love Rem." she said quietly and at that moment, all hell broke loose.

"WHAT?!" Marlene fell sideways off her chair, squealing happily and earning a sharp glare from the librarian. Lily put a hand to her chest and stared wide-eyed at the girl and Eloise dropped her hair, sprinting around and crouching in front of her chair,

"Really?" she asked eagerly and Robyn nodded, biting her lip,

"He accidentally said it to me earlier as we were saying goodbye and he looked so embarrassed and just rushed off before I had time to say anything. I heard him thinking about how much of a loser he was and that I would never feel the same...but I do." she muttered and Marlene groaned from the floor. Finally getting back up and sitting in her chair she slammed her hands on the table and ignored the passive aggressive 'shhhhh'-ing from Madam Pince,

"Remus Lupin is utterly adorable but a nervous twat." she said, shaking her head and the others laughed,

"Elle, go and talk to him." Lily said and Eloise raised an eyebrow,

"Why me?" she asked and the other two looked at her incredulously,

"Because you're his best friend and you need to tell him to talk to Birdie." Lily pointed out and Eloise nodded in agreement and stood up, calling goodbye to the girls before beginning her search for Remus Lupin.