RP: Boys' day out

[tt_james]

Date: 24 March 2002
Characters: James, Remus, and Sirius
Setting: World's End Pub
Content: TBD
Status: Private : Open

James arrived at the pub a little before noon, not wanting to make his friends wait and pretty sure his reputation for lateness had most likely always driven Remus up the wall (as it had with Lily, he'd learned). He said hello to Lisa and Paul (the grumpy kitchen worker was actually a nice enough guy, especially if you were on Lisa's good side, which James made sure to be) and then took a booth in the front corner and faced the door to keep an eye out. Not that the place was very busy - they had brunch but not a huge selection and James figured the younger people of the settlements weren't necessarily the 'brunch set' like there had been back in London.

Lisa brought him three menus and a coffee and he ordered a bloody mary - it was brunch after all - and waited for Remus and Sirius to arrive. Part of him was nervous, especially as he'd decided to tell them about himself and Lily and he was afraid Sirius might take him to task to make sure he didn't screw things up. He'd also recently heard that an Auror named Nymphadora Tonks had come through the Portal and according to the datapad, she'd been married to Remus at some point. In a way, he hoped he and Remus could commiserate - both had children they'd never known and a wife they didn't realize they'd had, right? And everyone needed a friendly ear sometimes, what else were best friends for, even over space and time and death?

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[tt_remus]

Remus nodded. "I was teaching. The kids seemed to enjoy it... Or at least fake it well," he said with a grin. "I forgot about that... well. Harry is figuring it out. I suspect the ones who gave it to him could make us look innocent. Molly and Arthur's twin sons."

He shook his head slightly. "Why do we have to wait for Sirius? You haven't got anyone pregnant have you? You haven't even been here that long!" he asked suspiciously. He wondered if he could keep a straight face.

[tt_james]

James laughed, "Only takes once!" But then thought of what Remus had said, "That's right, Molly and Arthur had twins. I really should send them a note, see how much they've changed..." He said it almost wistfully. It was true -- all of his friends, colleagues, schoolmates... they had all either died since he'd last known them, or they'd grown and lived their lives without him.

He shook his head and ran a hand through his hair, messing it like he usually did during casual conversation, "So, speaking of getting people pregnant..." He wasn't sure how to ask about this Tonks person. "Have you heard about the recent arrivals? Like us, I mean?"

[tt_remus]

Remus eyed the man. "Have you heard about the new arrivals?" He was curious to know what James knew. And what James was hinting at.

[tt_james]

"Merlin, Moony. I can read. Nearly the first thing I did, after Sirius made me at least, was read up on everything I'd missed. Have you yet?" He didn't want to drop any bombs on Remus, especially less than a week before the Full.

[tt_remus]

"I got caught up. Yes. On everything." Remus said, hoping his friend would catch the hint. Remus was trying to avoid the Full moon despite what his body was protesting at not having any Wolfsbane.

[tt_james]

"Oh for crying out loud Moony, we're both adults here." He looked down at himself and shrugged at his friend. "It seems we both came back to learn we have wives and babies we never knew anything about. Care to share?" James had never been a patient man.

[tt_remus]

"I know what you know. You've read. Yeah, I did talk to Bill and Fleur Weasley but they couldn't provide me with exact insight either. I mean they weren't there." Remus didn't know what else to say. At least Lily had more knowledge about their life than Tonks did about the pair of them. He was the one who knew more. Surprisingly.

[tt_james]

"Have you..." James broached, "Have you met her?"

Just then Lisa came by with their drinks and part of him was incredibly relieved. He made sure to point out that Remus was one of his best friends so that Lisa might treat him nicely if he were ever in.