Afterwards
September 9 1971:
Sirius was awoken by James throwing a pillow at him. "Aye!" He yelped as he threw the pillow of his face and back at James, who stood proudly in the middle of the room. Peter groaned loudly as he woke up and Sirius could agree with Peter. It was far to early to be awake.
"James I swear to Merlin you better have woken us up with a good reason." Sirius grumbled as he sat up on his bed and grabbed a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. James threw his hands up into the air and huffed. "I did actually! Remus!" He reminded the others as they both got ready for the day.
Peter and Sirius both hurried up in getting ready "Shit! How could we forget?" Sirius cursed through gritted teeth as he brushed them. "No idea!" Peter replied while he brushed his hair, James appeared at the bathroom door "Hurry up you two!" James said before leaving the two to get ready. James thought the two would be going quicker with the idea of seeing Remus but apparently, no. These two were just very slow in the mornings.
Eventually the three set off to the infirmary. When they entered the infirmary they were all delighted to hear their Welsh friend complaining. "Ma, please can I go?" Remus whined as he sat on the edge of his bed, pulling his socks on. Madam Pomfrey sighed before shaking her head, "Your friends probably aren't even up. When they come see you I'll let you go." Remus groaned and dramatically fell backwards onto the bed.
"What if the friends in question are already here?" Sirius spoke up as he walked through the infirmary and straight towards Remus, who had shot up at the sound of his friends voice. When the werewolf saw all three of his friends waiting for him he grinned so wide it hurt his face. It was nice having friends who cared about you. Poppy looked at the three boys, than back at Remus and when she saw the boys clear joy she couldn't bring herself to say no.
"Yes yes okay. But come back later." She tutted at her son who was putting his shoes on as fast as he could. He was wearing a rolling stones t-shirt and a pair of jeans that were slightly baggy on him, Poppy always kept some spare clothes for him in her office for after full moons. "We promise to bring him back to you Poppy!" James promised, while Peter nodded along. "Yeah promise!" Sirius took this one step further and got on one knee.
"I. Sirius Orion Black. Solemnly swear to make sure Remus John Lupin-Pomfrey will return to you on this fine day." He put a hand to his heart and bowed his head. James and Peter burst out laughing, both going red as they struggled to breath with how hard they were laughing. Remus gave him a confused look "How did you figure out my middle name-" Sirius just shushed him and brought a finger to Remus's lips "Shhh."
Poppy just laughed at the boys, a smile on her face as she spoke next. "Your remind me, Sirius, of your uncle Alphard." She chuckled "Oh he was a right laugh." Sirius stood up and wiped the knee he had been kneeling on before looking at Poppy, with eyes filled with curiosity. "You knew my uncle?" Poppy nodded "And your mother Wallburga." She added with a scowl, Sirius frowned at the last part. "You knew her while at school?" "She was as cruel as she is now Sirius." Poppy knew what Sirius would ask and decided to answer it before he could ask. He gave a quick nod before James changed the subject.
"Right well we better go grab some breakfast and figure out what we are going to do today." James said. The four boys left and headed for the Great Hall, they all sat down and grabbed some toast. "So, was your migraine that bad you had to stay overnight? You weren't in lessons all day." Peter asked through a mouthful of toast. Remus silently thanked he the only new scar was on his leg so it wasn't visible. "Uh yeah, got worse just after you all left. Ma decided just to let me sleep it off." Remus shrugged earning some thoughtful nods.
"Your head missed us so it pained you." Sirius said in such a deadpalm voice that it made Remus snort. "Looks like we just can't leave our Remus!" James declared, making Peter choke on his toast. "SHIT! Don't die Pete!" James yelped as Sirius started beating the shit out of Peters back "BREATHE-" Sirius yelled. Remus was suddenly very aware of nearly everyone in the Great Hall had their eyes on them. Soon Peter stopped choking groaned in pain "WAS IT NEEDED TO TRY BREAK MY SPINE? YOUR A SHIT CHIROPRACTOR." He yelled and soon Sirius was running out the hall with Peter after him.
James and Remus shared a look before James hopped over the time and ran after them, Remus sighed before sprinting to catch up. If people talked about the scene they had caused they, none of them really cared as they ran past a group of fifth years and nearly trampled over a ravenclaw girl. "SORRY!" Remus yelled from behind him as he caught up to James, who was really fast so Remus was surprised he even caught up. The two soon ended up in the court yard where Peter tackled Sirius.
"We are only a week in and we are probably most of Aunt Pops visits." James whispered to Remus as they watched Sirius beg for mercy as Peter dragged him towards the water fountain. It was shaped as a phoenix with its beak open and wings out wide, the water shooting out the beak and falling down past the inside of the wings. Remus nodded "At least her and mum and getting some good gossip. Heard them chatting last night about us." James raised his eyebrows before smirking. "Only good things I hope. They love us all. Only been a week and we are definitely their favourites." Now it was Remus's turn to raise eyebrows "Oh I might be. I am their son. You three though? Hell no."
Remus and James continued bickering while watching Sirius sit in the water fountain and not allowed to move or Peter screamed at him. After about 5 minutes was he allowed to get up. "Now what have you learnt?" Peter asked as he stood in front of a very drenched Sirius Black, who was dripping with water from head to toe. "To not beat someone's back like they are a punching bag if they are choking and that your insane Peter." Sirius grumbled as Peter nodded at him. Peter was nice enough though to dry and warm Sirius up with a few spells he had learnt from his sister.
"You okay?" James asked Remus while Peter dried Sirius off. Remus nodded, feeling guilty he had made his friends worry so much about him over something that was normal to him now. "Yeah I'm okay James." James smiled softly, a rare sight as James always had a massive grin on his face, and it made Remus smile back.