march 31st, 1986
march 30th, 1986, 11P.M
“you have weed?” Sirius gasped, as Peter pulled out a small bag filled with something that looked like moss. Pete smirked at them and opened it, showing them what the bag contained.
weed.
the boys had set up a tent, once again, a bit earlier. now they had made sure they weren’t on someone else’s property. they were now sitting in front of it, on some outside pillows they had brought.
“Pete, mate,” James laughed. “i was gonna say ‘didn’t expect that from u’, but honest to god…”
Peter laughed at that. “thanks?”
Sirius grabbed the bag and started rolling two sticks, he handed one to Remus and one to Pete, who immediately lit it. Remus was a bit hesitant but eventually lit it as well, he took a drag and handed the stick to Sirius, who did the same.
at first he didn’t feel anything, he just felt a bit numb, but nothing like what people had told him. then—
“huh.” Remus said, impassively.
“are u alright, Moony?” Sirius asked him, taking the stick from him again.
“yeah, yeah, just a bit numb.” Remus said sheeply.
“okay.”
“what if butterflies are actually made from butter and they’re called butterflies because… they’re butter, that flies.” James said, staring straight ahead of him, pupils a bit dilated.
”yeah!”
“and why…” Sirius started. “why is iceland called iceland when there’s no ice, and why is greenland called greenland when there’s no green.”
“you are…” Remus said. “a bloody genius, mate!”
the boys went on and smoked for a bit longer, having conversations none of them could really remember the next morning.
march 31st, 1986
the next morning Remus woke up, not really knowing if he felt great or awful; something in the middle, he assumed.
James had woken up first, Remus didn’t like sleeping in tents, so he was already in bit of a mood. James however, was as happy as ever.
“hi!” James whispered happily, Remus met him with a glare. “oi come on Moony, its not that bad!”
Remus wasn’t as happy, but he got out of the tent shorty after James, and sat down on one of the pillows; the morning breeze did make him feel a little better. James handed him a cup of tea, which he gladly accepted.
“wanna go into town, maybe buy some breakfast? it’ll be a while before the others wake up, anyway.” James asked him, pouring himself some coffee.
“alright, should i write a note, so they don’t get worried?” Remus asked as James nodded and handed him some paper and a pen.
James and I are going to get some breakfast, so don’t worry, we’re not dead.
moony
“let’s go.” Remus grabbed his vest and wore it, zipping it up instantly. James just wore a tanktop and some sweatpants, they weren’t known in the village anyway, so their appearance didn’t matter.
“have you called Lily yet?” Remus asked him, once they were a bit further away from the tent. James shook his head.
“nope, didn’t have the chance yet.”
“do you think it might become something, well,” Remus searched for the words in the back of his mind. “something serious?” he looked at James, who’s cheeks were heating up a bit.
“i mean…” he paused. “i don’t know! i like her lots, and she’s very pretty, good personality. and she has these beautiful eyes!” James chanted, Remus smiled softly.
“then go ahead and call her, you wuss!!” Remus laughed out.
“you think i should?” he asked him cautiously, Remus nodded.
“yeah, i really think so.” Remus reassured him, James seemed a little bit more confident, but a smirk was playing on his face, Remus didn’t know what to think of.
“but only…” James started, a sense of mischief in his voice.
“oh no.” Remus could almost taste what he was about to say.
“only if you do the same with our dearest Pads.”
“no.” Remus said, ignoring James smirk. “don’t even think about it.”
James laughed, putting an arm around Remus.
“oh come on Moony! isn’t it obvious he—” James abruptly stopped himself from saying more. Remus turned to him.
“what? that he what?” Remus asked him, but James absolutely refused to say any more. they kept pretty much quiet the rest of the time.
they went to some german bakery and got some sandwiches, some other type of german bread, and a special type of baked cheesecake.
“that cheesecake thing, looks so absolutely delicious, holy shit.” James said as he looked inside the bag, while they were walking back to the tents.
“i know right?! i’m sure the others will—”
“oh there they are!” a voice, that could only be described as Peter’s yelled, his head sticking through the bushes, Sirius’s head appeared above his not a while later.
“Jesus, i swear to god if you guys ever leave us again without—” Sirius started, attempting to fix his hair after pulling his head out of the bushes.
“a note?” Remus asked him, as Sirius raised his eyebrows.
“yes…?”
Remus walked towards one of the pillows that were still on the ground, for some reason, and grabbed the note they had left earlier.
“something like this?” Sirius scoffed.
“how do you expect us to find that! we’re not bloody geniuses or something, who can smell notes from miles away!”
“you have EYES?”
James and Pete were sitting on the pillows by now, eating their slices of Cheesecake.
“this cheesecake,” Pete started, swallowing the cake and drinking some water. “this is the best thing i’ve ever eaten.”