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Remus: A Brief Narrative Fiction

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Remus stood with back against the wall and his arms folded across his chest, as I sat on the floor across from him, reading out of my Charms book. We sat in silence for a while, it was a nice silence, a comfortable silence, the kind that you can only have with a friend, you know. It’s like, neither of you feel the need to say anything, but you don’t mind the lack of talking, because you’re just enjoying being with them. Remus is one of the few people I can have this kind of silence with. I groan as I push myself to my feet. “Remus.” I say, he looks at me. “Can I ask you about something that’s been bothering me?” “Yeah, you know you can talk to me about anything.” “Okay, good. So we’ve been friends since Fifth Year.” …show more content…

“So we call James, Prongs because, it may not seem like it, but he comes up with a lot of the different prongs of our pranks.” I stare at him with my eyebrows raised. “It’s true, you asked me to explain, so I am. Now, Sirius, he’s Padfoot because he can move very stealthy, he’s quick on his feet, like a. . . fox. Foxes have padded feet, so… yeah. Wormtail, that one's pretty basic, Peter had a mouse, and he liked the tail, he thought it was, in his words, “Cute.” And my nickname, Moony, that one’s pretty simple too, I’ve always like the moon. To be honest, I’ve always wanted to study the solar system and all that.” he said with a slight …show more content…

“Alright, so… what time is it?” “Almost twelve.” “So are we almost done?” I sigh. He laughed, “Yes, I’m almost done. You can go back to the Common Room if you want.” “No, I can’t hardly leave you out here by yourself, I mean really, you might get hurt. We both know that I’m muscle in this relationship.” I said, flexing my arms. Remus just laughed at me as he said, “You really are, that’s the only reason why we hang out with you, so that you can protect us.” “I knew it.” I frown, trying to look hurt, but I can’t keep a straight face looking at Remus trying to hold in his laughter, and I start laughing. He wrapped his arm around my shoulders and pulled me into him. I smiled into his chest, he smells so nice, kind of like grass, and new books, and, I took a deep breath, chocolate. We stand together in that nice comfortable silence until 12:30 a.m, when he said, “Well, it’s time.” “Really?” I ask as I push myself away from the wall. “Yup.” Remus said, popping the p, making me chuckle under my

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