Greasy Haired Boy
1._ Greasy Haired Boy:
Remus John Lupin was many things: Smart, tall, funny, loving. And yet he lacked the most basic social skills so he rarely made friends, better yet he rarely interacted with people at all.
He doubted he could make friends now, especially in the new preppy school which he was only allowed to attend thanks to a huge scholarship. Remus thought of all this as he stared at the immense train in front of the 9 ¾ platform, he couldn't stop twitching as he played with the sleeves of his oversized sweater.
“Move it along you tosser” a kid that looked a few years older than him yelled, pushing Remus sideways.
Remus used this as an opportunity to breathe, before picking up his worn out suitcase and finally entering the intimidating looking train.
The first thing he noticed as he entered was that it was buzzing with life, there was noise everywhere and kids were running from one compartment to another. He tried to make himself look as small as possible (which was quite hard with his 6ft 1) while looking for an empty compartment to lay all by himself.
Sadly enough, this seemed impossible, since every compartment must´ve been full of kids and the few ones that were not full always looked at him with a frown or refused to let him sit there, mostly because they were couples.
Still it made sense to him, he wouldn't want to sit with the new kid either and less if that new kid looked like him. That didn't make him feel less disappointed. When he first heard he had been accepted at Hogwarts he was hoping to be able to ride with Lily on the train but she had warned him that unfortunately she would arrive a week late to Hogwarts and therefore not be able to ride along with him.
So he held his head high and kept looking. He walked and walked, but even as he was beginning to reach the end of the train, there was not one single compartment free.
He began to think sitting in the middle of the hallway wasn't such a bad idea in fact it seemed quite appealing.
Of course that was until a scary looking kid who was taller than him (which was surprising) and had black greasy hair that reached his shoulders, looked at him up and down before sneering at him and pushing him down to the carpeted floor of the train.
Remus was confused to say the least that this familiar looking stranger had attacked him like that, he wasn't the most friendly boy but he did nothing to deserve that.
“So you're the boy Lily hasn´t been able to shut up about” Ah this was a friend of Lily now that's why he seemed familiar, she had probably shown him a photo once or twice.
“You know all Lily could talk about was her cute friend who would enter Hogwarts this year, frankly I don't see why she would pay attention to someone as disgusting as you” Likewise Remus thought but didn't say it he just laid still on the floor, wishing the ugly boy would leave.
He also wanted to laugh in this boy's face at the assumption that Lily Evans liked him!! She had better taste and Remus just cared for her like a brother would.
Remus snapped back to reality when the boy walked on top of him, a fear spread across his spine, the same fear that tended to occur when his mom´s boyfriend stood on top of him like this.
“Are you deaf or something? bloody answer me” greasy haired boy yelled as he leaned down with his nose all scrunched up “No.. no it's just that well that I don't know if I'm the boy Lily hasn't been able to shut up bout” he murmured barely audible as he focused on the boy´s face and thought to himself that this was just a silly ugly teenager and not greyback. Greyback couldn't get him here.
His breathing became shaky and fast but it wasn't because of the greasy haired boy, who although tall was more disgusting than intimidating.
“Oi Snivellus, What in the bloody hell do you think you´re doing?” Remus looked up to see from where the other voice was coming from and noticed that the compartment right beside his head had opened as he looked up to see who was the kind soul that had taken enough pity in him to save him from this disgusting creature and fuck he was hot.
He couldn't believe people that perfect could ever exist. The boy in front of Remus or well more like on top of him was breathtaking, astonishing, godlike. He couldn't choose the right word but all were valid to use on this human being whose mixture of black greyish eyes looked at him with intrigue and curiosity.
The stranger passed a hand through his soft looking hair he noticed it was a similar colour as greasy haired boy, the only difference was that this stranger did not have greasy hair, contrary to that, it was soft and swift or at least it looked like it was and it matched perfectly with his high cheekbones.
“I asked you a question Snivelly” Remus was pulled out of his thoughts by the boy’s voice and cute wolfish smirk.
“This isn't any of your business, go back to your pillock of friends and leave me alone”
Even as the greasy haired boy was several inches taller than the cute stranger, the greasy boy seemed more scared than the cute stranger did. In fact the stranger did not look scared at all he looked rather pissed “NO, you know what Snivelly why dont you piss off right now before I call Potter and we repeat last years willow tree incidents” stranger #2 threatened with a quirked eyebrow. And with that greasy haired boy paled before running off.
“Hello there stranger I'm Sirius” Remus smiled for a second before scrunching his eyebrows in confusion “Serious about what?” that pulled a cackle out of the stranger “No I mean” he tried to speak between giggles “My name is Sirius Black” now it was Remus turn to laugh although his laugh was softer and almost non existent.
“Well that's a shitty name” for a second he regretted saying that thinking the stranger Sirius would be offended but instead he just offered his pale and elegant hand to him.
Remus at first was a bit nervous about the hand, he hated physical contact but nevertheless he accepted the hand simply to not seem rude “Great now that you´re up, What's your name?”
Suddenly Remus noticed how prettier Sirius looked from this angle and lost all ability to talk, fortunately for him his humiliation was cut short when a silly but well looking boy came out from the same compartment Sirius had.
“My dear Padfoot, what on earth is taking you so long… And who is this?” the boy with brown skin and a mess of wavy hair asked as he noticed Remus presence “Well Progs, I Was about to find out who he was before you came out scaring him”
And it was then that Remus noticed that he indeed looked scared with his old luggage standing beside him while he kept pulling at the sleeves of his sweater once again.
“Oi it's not my fault you took so long to deal with Snivellus I worried you might´ve killed him or something” the boy joked as he pushed back his thick black glasses on his nose .
“I am incapable of killing, Im not a murderer !! What is wrong with you, Prongsie? I might push him off the train but I would never kill him”
“Pushing him off the train could kill him so that would make you a murderer”
Both boys began to banter as if they've known each other their entire lives. Remus suspected his previous thought was true but before they could continue bantering Remus spoke up so they wouldn't think he was a foolish scaredy cat.
“´M Remus, Remus Lupin - this made both boys turn to look at him grinning but it was Sirius who spoke” “You tosser made fun of my name with one like that” Sirius was right and he merely laughed along.
The second boy, the one whose name he didn't know yet, seemed to understand just how awkward he felt standing there in the middle of the corridor, so he adjusted the tweed jacket that made him look ridiculous before opening the door to their compartment “Well … Come in Remus and enjoy the ride” Remus doubted he would enjoy the ride nevertheless he smiled politely and entered the compartment.
Inside the compartment was a chubby blond boy who seemed to be chewing gummies as he analysed a deck of cards he was holding “Oh hi, I´m Peter who are you?” Remus walked further into the compartment and went to sit by the window before answering “I´m Remus Lupin” Peter nodded before going back to his cards.
This was Remus opportunity to lay back and watch the window as he pretended to fall asleep cause as much as he enjoyed having somewhere to sit he definitely didn't love the idea of talking anymore with any of the boys including Sirius who although seemed cute he also seemed to be quite loud and Remus prefered to avoid that. So he turned to the window and closed his eyes.
“Is he new?” Remus had fallen slightly asleep but not completely. He was between consciousness and unconsciousness and so he stayed still and overheard what the other boys were saying “I don't know Potter, how on earth am I supposed to know?”
The other boy seemed to shrug “Well you spoke to him, duh” Sirius was quiet before answering “Well yeah but no, he barely spoke just said my name was shitty” the boy, who he thought was Peter but couldn´t be sure, laughed “He's not wrong though” “Shut up, Wormtail” “Wait but did he mean it in a rude way” “Nah he seemed to just be joking”
“Should we wake him up?” “No leave the poor lad alone why should we wake him up he looked exhausted” and they were right Remus was indeed exhausted.
His mother's boyfriend had been teasing him all night and threatened him at least five times that if he spoke to anyone about what happened in their house, well it would end badly, unfortunately he wasn't going to be able to fully fall asleep in a room with strangers nevertheless he would try.
“Hey mate, Remussssss, wake up!!” okay so maybe Remus could fall asleep in a room full of strangers and with his eyelids heavy he turned towards the voice calling him “Hi um I’m awake” “Oh good, cause we are here” with a heavy sigh he stood up, grabbed his bag by the broken handle and walked with the rest of the boys as if he knew where he was going.
“So Remus, excited to get sorted?” messy haired boy asked him and he noticed he didn't know his name yet “Um, well, I was already sorted” he tried not to stutter but he kept his eyes down.
“Really what house are you in? please don't say Slytherin because I'm pretty sure that would end our friendship” Peter said sternly nodding, he was unaware they even had a friendship in the first place.
He was about to answer but Sirius interrupted him “Blagh don't listen to wormy over there although Slytherin isn't our favourite house there aren´t any bad houses besides lovely and beautiful Marlene is in Slytherin don´t forget that” he wondered if Marlene was his girlfriend.
The boys kept arguing and Remus blindly followed them, it wasn't until they were standing in front of carriages being pulled by beautiful horses that everything finally fell on him like he had been underwater and now he was back to reality and with reality came a HUGE list of thing he hadn't even considered until now:
- He, Remus Lupin, who had never owned anything of real value, was now going to be studying in HOGWARTS freaking Hogwarts, one of the most prestigious schools.
- This was all happening because of Lily Evans and her nosy parents, who by the way wasn't even here to help him out in his first week.
- He had already made acquaintances with people who looked wayyyy too posh to be hanging out with him.
- Despite being in a boarding school he still had to see his mother and Greyback once a month.
- With him away at boarding school he couldn't take proper care of his siblings.
And that was just the first part of the list. Remus couldn´t stop worrying and overthinking “Hey Remus, come along we don't wanna miss the big feast” Remus held back from rolling his eyes of course there was a big feast in a school like this.
“So…. Remus you never told us what house did you get sorted into and when did you come in to do the aptitude test?” that boy, Potter or Prongs he wasn't sure of his name yet, asked.
He reminded him a bit of Lily in how he talked, it didn't matter how personal or nosy they got you just felt comfortable speaking with them, still though Remus refused to let his guard down this early on “I'm in or well I am a Gryffindor” and as if he had told them the greatest news in the world they all cheered, congratulated him and were about to hug him something he shied away from, Sirius took notice so he slowly backed away.
“That's great mate, that's means your with all of us”
He wasn't quite sure what to say at that so instead he answered their previous question “Yeah I actually did the aptitude test a few month back, as well as the scholarship program all thanks to Lily Evans” he wasn't sure why he had mentioned the scholarship but that wasn´t what seemed to surprise the boys.
“Sorry you know Lily Evans?” he was bewildered by the question since he didn't just know Lily, she practically saved his life every now and then.
“Yeah she’s kinda my best friend slash neighbour why?” that made Sirius burst with laughter and Potter just looked like he had no clue what to say “Cause Prongs over here has been in love with Lilypad for a few years now” Remus still didn't understand if he was named prongs or Potter but he felt he shouldn't ask.
“Oh that's good I guess you seem like a nice lad she likes nice guys well I think I couldn't quite tell you although I´ve practically known her since birth you know? I guess you don't know”
When he finally stopped rambling he looked up to see a huge castle in front of him along with three pairs of shocked eyes looking at him.