march 27th, 1986 (part two)
march 27th, 1986 (part two)
“Love descends on those defenseless, Idiot love will spark the fusion” the voice of David Bowie sounded over the speakers of the car, Remus happily humming, Pete praying to whoever there was in the skies, that this could stop as fast as possible.
it wasn’t like Peter didn’t like Bowie, because he did, but the amount Remus played it; it just wasn’t fun anymore. Remus’s infamous quote ‘you can never get enough from Bowie’ was therefore, according to Pete, wrong. And apparently James was reading his mind.
“Remus, i get you love Bowie, and so do i, but please, for the love of god, just put on some other record.”
“aha!” Sirius said, pushing his head in between the two front seats; holding up his T.rex record, his cousin, Andromeda, had given him for Christmas last year.
James grabbed it and put it on, monolith started playing the instant the needle hit the vinyl. the car fell quiet again, not one of them dared to talk when a favorite record was on; they had had enough experience with that in the past, already.
“make a left here.” James suddenly said; he had left the map somewhere under the seat for a while now, apparently he knew where they were; the others didn’t, so they just trusted James.
“of course, birthday prince.” Remus said, making James give him the elbow and making Sirius and Pete laugh.
after Remus went left, and followed James’s further instructions, they arrived in a little street with some nice looking shops; there was a bookstore, a bakery, some small-town-supermarket, a bed and breakfast and a café.
“come on! its eleven; you guys can eat now!” James said excitingly, he was right though, so the other boys got out of the car and made their way inside. well, that was the plan.
“not like that! you can’t leave a,” Sirius started, then he went on whispering, “full packed car,” he spoke normal again; “just like that! you know how much valuable things are in that car right now?”
“yes?” James said, making Sirius sigh deeply. “therefore, you don’t leave luggage just laying in sight!” now it was James’s turn to sigh, and shake his head.
they put everything out of sight, like Sirius had wanted; Remus did sort of agree, i mean, he didn’t want the car to be stolen, or people to break it open and grab their belongings.
once they entered the cafe, James chose a seat by the window, which Remus liked; he could see the car from there and make sure no one got even an inch too close to it.
they sat and chatted for a while, about their plans for the trip, where they wanted to go, etcetera.
“can i help you, guys?” a waitress said, she was absolutely stunning; she had this short, black, curly, hair, green eyes and she was a little shorter than them all. She wore this shade of lipstick Remus really liked, and he could see that Sirius liked it too, but it would never suit Remus’s skin tone; it would be able to look good on Sirius, but then again, what didn’t look good on Sirius?
“uh yeah i’ll just… i’ll just have a strawberry milkshake.” James said, looking at the table in embarrassment as soon as he realized he was stuttering.
the girl, who’s name was Faroush, as Remus saw on her name plate, smiled at the boy, letting out a quiet chuckle after that.
“i’d like a black coffee, please.” Sirius said, looking as annoyed as ever. Yet that didn’t seem to bother the girl as she softly smiled and went on to Remus, who ordered english tea, with milk, obviously. and to Pete, who ordered an iced latte.
“why were you staring at her, moony?” moony was a nickname for remus, mainly because as a child he used to have such a big obsession with the galaxy, and with the moon, it had become some kind of a joke. it used to be a joke between Pete and Remus, because they went to kindergarten, and pretty much every school that came after, together. when they had met James and Sirius, they liked the nickname too so now they used it all the time. Remus didn’t mind, though; there was after all no good nickname for a name like ‘Remus’.
“because she was obviously pretty, and i wasn’t ‘staring’, i was just stating her beauty.”
Sirius sighed. “you guys too! what was it, did she put a spell on you guys? i mean she was pretty and all, but you guys seemed mesmerized by her!”
this lead into an argument between James and Sirius, Remus wasn’t too worried about it, since they fought all the time and made up less than five minutes later.
“so, James? what are your other plans for the day?” Pete asked, making James smile and explain away.
“i wanted to just, i don’t know, go on a city trip; tonight we’ll stay at a hotel or something.”
everyone agreed, and they went back to drinking their drinks in a comfortable silence. Faroush came by again to give them all some brownies on the house, which they thanked her for; they were absolutely delicious.
for some reason, Sirius was still a little annoyed, but he was slowly warming up again; let’s not forget Sirius wasn’t himself until he was fully awake, and in Sirius Black language; eleven am ≠ being awake, even though he had been up since six this morning.
“AND I WILL ALWAYSSS LOOOOOOVEEE YOUUUUUU” Sirius started singing, they were driving again; it was a couple of hours later now, they had left the small town a while ago, and since it was around three pm, Sirius was finallyhis normal self again.
James and Peter now joined as well, making Remus let out a loud fake sob.
“oh, poor, poor, Remus!” Sirius said, standing up from the back seat, putting his arm around Remus’s shoulder, which he froze to for a quick second.
“yeah, yeah Sirius; now sit down, i don’t want to get into an accident.”
Sirius sat back down and started looking in the seat pockets, which contained some books, hand gel, candy and-
“pads? why do you have pads in the back of your car?!” Sirius now exclaimed, grabbing some of the pads.
“just- just leave them there, Sirius.”
“why do you have them, though?”
“because I, unlike you, sometimes have girls in my car! and you know what? girls get periods!”
James laughed out loud to that, turning towards Sirius. “even i keep them in mine! what if your out with a girl, and she gets her period all the sudden? you’re just gonna make her feel embarrassed about it?”
Sirius wasn’t listening though, he instead grabbed the pads, opened them, with a certain struggle, and put one of them on Peter’s face.
“stop!”
“no.” he stopped for a bit, raising his eyebrows. “wait… they have to stick this to their, uh, area…?”
James closed his eyes and took a deep sigh, turning back to Remus, who was now just staring ahead of him.
“sometimes… sometimes. i’m genuinely surprised by your stupidity, pads.”