Chapter 984 (1/2)
Sitting in his seat, James yawned a lot and kneaded his hair to make it even more messy than before.
Then, after a glance at Professor flyaway, he turned around in his seat and grinned at a boy sitting in the fourth row behind him. There was another thrill. Harry saw Sirius give James a thumbs up.
Sirius lazily sat in his chair, leaning back to land on only two legs. He was very good-looking; his black hair fell over his eyes with a sort of casual grace that neither James nor Harry could achieve, and a girl sitting behind Sirius looked at him hopefully, though he didn't seem to notice. Two seats away from the girl - Harry's heart leaping with joy - was lupin. He looks rather pale and haggard (is it because the moon is nearly full? ）
Lu was engrossed in the examination: when he checked the answers, he scratched his chin with the tip of a quill and frowned slightly.
So this means that the Wormtail must be somewhere nearby Yes, Harry recognized him at once: the little boy with mouselike hair and a sharp nose.
Wormtail looked very worried; he bit his fingernails, looked down at the paper, and rubbed his toes on the ground. Every once in a while, he glanced hopefully at the test paper at the next table.
Harry looked at Wormtail for a moment, then turned his eyes to James, who was passing the time scribbling on a small piece of parchment. He had drawn a snitch and was now drawing two letters: ”L.E.”.
What does that mean?
”Put down the pen, please!” Professor flyaway shrieked, ”and you too, starlings! Please stay in my seat while I collect my papers! Fly around
More than a hundred rolls of parchment sprang up into the air and flew into Professor flyaway's outstretched arms, knocking him back to the ground. Someone laughed. Several students in the front row stood up and lifted professor frivy up from the ground by his elbows.
”Thank you Thank you ”Very well, ladies and gentlemen, you may go,” gasped Professor flyaway
After that, he jumped down from his father's desk and sat down on the desk with Sirius. Harry looked around and caught a glimpse of Snape not far away, still preoccupied with his papers as he moved between the tables towards the porch door.
He was bent and stiff, and he walked as if in spasm, reminiscent of a large spider, his greasy hair dancing on his face. A group of chirping girls separated Snape from James, Sirius and lupin, and Harry set himself in the middle of them, determined to keep Snape in sight, while keeping his ears up to catch the voices of James and his friends.
”Do you like question 10, moon face?” Asked Sirius as they entered the porch.
”True love is dead,” lupin said cheerfully. ”Write five identification marks of werewolves. Good topic. ”
”Do you think you can write all those signs?” Asked James, setting up the mould.
”I think I can,” lupin said seriously, as they joined the crowd around the front door eager to get out into the sunny field. ”One: he's sitting in my chair. 2： He is wearing my clothes. 3： His name is lupin. ”
Wormtail is the only one who doesn't laugh.
”I've got the shape of a pig's mouth, the pupils of its eyes, and its tufted tail,” he said anxiously, ”but I can't think of the other two --”
”how dumb are you, Wormtail?” James said impatiently, ”you run around with a werewolf once a month --
” keep your voice down. ” Lu Ping pleaded.
Harry looked behind him uneasily again. Snape stayed nearby, still looking at his test paper - but that was Snape's memory, and Harry was sure that if Snape chose to walk in the opposite direction as soon as he was out on the field, he, Harry, would never be able to follow James.
As James and his three friends walked down the lawn toward the lake, Snape followed, still absorbed in the papers, and apparently had no idea where to go, which, in any case, pleased Harry.
Harry kept a distance in front of Snape, and he was determined to look closely at James and the others.
”Oh, I think this exam is a piece of cake,” he heard Sirius say. ”I can at least get an” excellent ”, if not strange.”
”Me too.” Said James. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a struggling snitch.
”Where did you get it?”
”Stolen.” Said James carelessly. He began to play with the snitch, let it fly at least a foot away and then catch it back; he had excellent reflexes.
Wormtail looked in awe.
They stopped in the shadow of a beech tree by the lake, under which a few people in the forest would, after finishing their homework on Sunday, throw themselves down on the lawn and enjoy the sunshine, and then go to Hagrid's cabin.Harry looked back, and to his delight, Snape was sitting in the shadow of a thicket of bushes.
As before, he was still brooding over the wizard rank test papers, so Harry could sit comfortably on the grass between the beech trees and the bushes and watch the four under the trees.
The sun reflected dazzling light on the calm lake. Beside the lake, a group of girls who had just come out of the hall were talking and laughing. They took off their shoes and socks and soaked their feet in the water to cool off.
Lu Ping pulled out a book to start reading. Sirius just looked around at the students running around the grass, looking rather arrogant and boring, but also very handsome.
James was still playing with the snitch. He let it go further and further, almost to let it escape, but he could always catch it back in the last second.
The worm's tail opened its mouth and watched. Every time James made a very difficult capture, the Wormtail gasped and applauded.
After playing like this for five minutes, Harry wanted to know why James didn't let Wormtail scratch himself, but it seemed that James enjoyed the attention.
Harry noticed his father's habit of messing up his hair, as if he didn't want it to look too neat, and he kept looking at the girl across the lake.
”Stop it, will you?” Sirius finally said, when Jaime made a perfect catch and Wormtail let out a loud cheer. ”Or Wormtail would be so excited that he would piss his pants.”
Wormtail blushed a little, but James grinned.
”If that bothers you.” He said, and put the snitch back into his pocket. Harry had an obvious feeling that Sirius was the only one who could stop James from showing off.
”I'm bored,” Sirius said. ”I hope it's a full moon today.”
”You will,” lupin said gloomily from the back of the book. ”We still have metamorphosis to test. If you feel bored, you can come and test me. Here you are... ”
He handed Sirius his book. But Sirius snorted from his nose, ”I don't need to look at that rubbish, I know it all.”
”That's going to make you active, Bigfoot,” Jaime said quietly. ”Look who that is...”
Sirius turned his head. He was suddenly motionless, like a dog sniffing a rabbit. ”Great,” he said softly, ”slug Snape.”
Harry turned to see what Sirius was looking at. Snape stood up again and was stuffing the wizard rank test paper into his schoolbag. As he left the shadow of the Bush, ready to cross the lawn, Sirius and James stood up.