❁ BOTANY; r.lupin

04.

"potions"

"RIGHT", SLUGHORN'S VOICE boomed throughout the classroom, "everybody stand against the back wall."

Janice groaned, "New seating plan." 

Lily rolled her eyes and glanced around the room, thinking up the worst possible scenario. 

"Vance, Potter. Here please", Slughorn pointed at a table near the back. James let out a relieved sigh and Emmeline smiled. 

"Pettigrew, Evans." Peter and Lily smiled at each other and Lily sent the girls a thumbs up. 

"Meddows, Lupin." Dorcas happily made her way over to the seat and Remus shot Janice a look that she couldn't read. No. She was looking too far into it. He was just looking around. 

"Price..." Janice perked up at the sound of her name. Her fingers were crossed. "Black."

"Oh thank Merlin."

Sirius shot her a cheeky grin and they took there seat behind James and Em.

Now it was just Marlene's turn. Janice gave her a sad look, Marls wouldn't be with any of their friends, but it couldn't be that bad. 

"McKinnon, Snape."

Okay, maybe it could have been that bad.

Janice was trying to scribble down the words that Slughorn had written on the chalk board; key word trying. 

"Struggling there, J?"

"I can't really read what that says, to be honest", Janice turned towards Sirius and pointed at her eyes, "Short-sighted." 

Sirius looked puzzled, "Surely you would have glasses then?"

She shook her head, "I look odd in glasses." Sirius mouthed 'okay' and turned his book to an angle that Janice could read the words on the page. 

"Thanks, Pads"

Janice was trying her best to concentrate. Already, she had made some observations about the way that her friends behave in class. Sirius made a strange humming noise when Slughorn was speaking, apparently it 'helps him focus'. Emmeline couldn't retain any information.  At all. She was constantly asking them what they were supposed to be doing. And James could not sit still for the life of him. If he wasn't biting his finger nails then he was cracking his knuckles. Or shaking his leg. Or tapping his foot. Or humming a tune. Or looking around. Janice was going to have some trouble doing well this year.

A delicate origami crane floated in front of Janice just as she was about to doze off in her chair, her head resting on her hand. The crane stopped in front of her and opened up to reveal a note. It read:

Good morning, J. -R

Janice tried to hold in the smile playing on her lips and glanced up at where Remus was sitting. She scribbled a response onto the paper and, as if by magic ;), the note folded back up into a crane and floated off toward Remus. 

A few moments later the note came back. 

Notes in class, what's gotten into you?

I'm bored. How's your seat?

The conversation continued on back and forth between the two. Sirius sent them a couple of odd looks but they weren't bothered by him. 

In one word? Distracting. How's yours?

Not nearly distracting enough

Padfoot will not stop making that noise. It's driving me mad. 

Out of the corner of her eye, Janice saw Remus shoot his head in her direction and scrawl something on the note. 

How do you know about that nickname?

Janice furrowed her eyebrows. 

Padfoot? Everyone calls him that. And James is Prongs and Peter's Wormtail. 

Do you know mine?

Moony?

And what do you think they mean?

God, Rem. Why so many questions? I don't know where they came from, I thought they were just nicknames. 

That was it. That was where the conversation ended. Janice didn't know wether Remus had stopped on purpose or he just couldn't be bothered to reply to her. Jan had been left to ponder on what had gotten him so riled up. Maybe they were personal nicknames? God knows.

note: this is kind of just a filler chapter and doesn't really go anywhere i just needed something tame :)