AKA Taylor Black and the Goblet of Fire
1. Usual disclaimer than I own very little. Alternate plot and new characters
2. Sorry about the wait.
3. Sorry about any future wait
4. I still love you all.
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"You don't mind that I go?" I ask Snape, looking up from the invitation to the Quidditch World Cup and spending the rest of the summer at the Weasleys.
"Of course not, Tay," Snape replies with a smile. "I will see you at school remember. I'm perfectly capable of living on my own."
I shake my head at him and write a quick response to George, telling him that I'll Floo to his place at noon tomorrow.
"You should pack all your belongings now, so you won't be rushed in the morning," Snape says when Onyx is out of sight.
"Yeah," I agree and head upstairs to the room that I had been staying in for the summer. All my school supplies and wizard robes I place inside of my trunk. Everything else, I place in a compartment of the magical case that I own, putting all the letters I've received this summer in their own separate compartment, and my trunk inside of the largest compartment of the case.
Picking up a stack of books from Snape's library that I seem to have acquired, I head back downstairs. Snape is sitting in an armchair when I walk into the library, looking out the window to his left.
"Hey," I state, placing the books down on a table, and beginning to place them back where they belong.
He looks at the table and then back at me. "All of those were in your room?"
"Apparently," I reply. "I had no idea that I had gathered so many of your books."
When I finish placing the books back onto the shelves that they belong on, I take the seat across from Snape, looking out the window that he had previously been looking at. "Venus is bright tonight."
He nods at me in agreement.
"As is Mars." Yet again, he nods.
"Pluto too," when he nods for a third time, I wave my hand in front of him. "You're not listening at all, Severus," I state with a smile.
"Sorry," he says, looking at me.
"What's wrong?" I ask him softly.
He stands up quickly from the table. "It's nearly twelve…you should be getting to sleep.
"Sev-"
He stops at the doorway, but doesn't turn around. "Give your father…and Lupin… a chance to be in your life, Taylor…Having you here has made me wish…what I've missed out on…I'll see you in the morning."
I watch as he leaves, going over what he had just said. With how Snape distances himself from people, it surprises me that he possibly regrets not having a family of his own. With his stoicism, sometimes I forget how human he actually is.
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"So," I state, standing in front of the fire with my case strapped to my back. Snape is standing in front of me, watching me closely.
"You're going to be late," he finally says.
I shrug and look down at my feet. "I'm okay with that."
Snape sighs and walks towards me. "You're going to have fun, and I will see you in about a week, so stop this."
"You're right," I reply, smiling up at him.
"Here," he says, handing me a leather bound journal. "I picked this up for you in Diagon Alley."
I pause for a moment as he pulls me into a hug and then I return the gesture. "Thank you," I tell him. "For everything."
He pulls away and shakes his head at me. "Believe me, it was no problem. Now get going, you wouldn't want to keep George waiting any longer, now would you?"
"Asshole."
"Now is that what you want to leave with?"
"Yup," I state with a smirk and throw a handful of Floo powder into the fire. "The Burrow," I say as I step into the green flames.
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When the fire spits me out into the Weasley's house, George is standing right in front of me.
"Hey you," George says with a large smile.
I quickly wrap my arms around his neck and he hugs me tightly, spinning me in a circle. He places me back on the ground and relaxes his grip on me.
"You're wearing your necklace," he says as we both still hold on to each other.
"Every day," I reply with a smile.
He gives a small laugh and leans in to kiss me. I get quickly distracted at the feel of his arms around my waist and his lips on my own.
"So do we all get the same greeting?"
I jump away from George and turn to the right where the voice had come from. Standing in the doorway between the living room and the kitchen are the oldest two of the Weasley brothers.
From the wink I received from the younger of the two, I'm guessing he's the one who asked the question.
"Charlie, I presume," I say walking over to him.
"You never answered the question," he says with a smirk.
"It's kind of rude to ignore a question," Bill says to Charlie's left.
I smirk at him. "It's kind of rude to skip over introductions and go straight on to sexual jokes."
"Right you are," Charlie says, holding out his hand. "Charles Weasley, pleasure to make your acquaintance."
When he lets go of my hand, Bill takes it, placing a kiss on it. "William Weasley."
"Taylor Black," I state, pulling my hand away from Bill and smiling at his reaction to my last name. "Don't you two have better things to do than to be obnoxious to a fourteen year-old, escaped convict's daughter and girlfriend of your younger brother?"
"Girlfriend?" George asks from behind me, where he had chosen to stay to watch the interaction I had with his brothers.
I cringe as Charlie and Bill raise their eyebrows at me before walking into the kitchen to leave George and me alone to talk.
"If you still want to," I state with a shrug, turning to face him.
He doesn't respond and I look at him in confusion as he walks over to me.
"What?" I ask as he looks down at his feet
"Well," he says slowly, taking my hands in his and looking back up at me. "Would you want to officially be my girlfriend?"
"Are you asking me to be?" I ask with a smile.
"I guess that's what I'm doing."
"Then I guess I'll have to accept," I reply, leaning into his kiss.
A chorus of 'ew' and 'gross' come from the staircase and George and I look up to see Fred, Ron, Hermione and Ginny all watching from the banister. Harry will be coming at five tomorrow.
"Mature," George states, sitting down on the couch as I greet them.
"So…" Ginny states slowly, looking at me with a grin. "Quick question for you?"
"What is it?"
"I'm just wondering which of my brothers you're going to kiss next?"
Ginny squeals as I begin to chase her through the house, leading me outside to where Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were watching Charlie and Bill race each other on broomsticks.
"Wait!" Ginny states, stopping short as I run into her back.
"Yeah?"
"Wanna take this in the air?" She asks with a grin.
"Okay," I reply, taking my case off my back and opening one of the compartments, pulling out my Nimbus and Firebolt. "Which do you want?" I ask, placing my case on the picnic table.
"Are you kidding me?" She asks, grabbing the Firebolt and quickly kicking off.
I follow behind her and quickly catch up. She might have a faster broom than I do, but I've been flying far longer than she has. I pull ahead of her as Mrs. Weasley calls us down for lunch.
"Hey," Charlie states when Ginny and I join he and Bill on the ground. "Do you think I can have a go on your Firebolt when we're done eating?"
"Me too?" Bill asks.
"No problem," I reply, putting both brooms away for now and running upstairs to put my things away in Ginny's room.
Everyone is seated around the picnic table when Ginny and I get back downstairs. I take the seat that George had saved for me, in between him and Fred, and across from Percy as Ginny sits between Percy and Charlie.
"Taylor, how has your summer been?" Mr. Weasley asks me from down the table.
"It's been good, thank you, sir."
"Good?" Ron asks incredulously. "I thought you were spending it with Snape?"
"I did," I reply with a smile at the surprised looks I was receiving from around the table.
"But you've forgotten, Ronnykins," Fred says from beside me. "Taylor here is Snape's most prized pet student."
I don't reply, and turn to Charlie. "So I hear you were quite the seeker."
He shrugs at me, "I was okay. I had a pretty good team. I hear yours was good this year."
"We've been great the past three years…since Harry's been seeker," George states.
"You play Chaser?" Bill asks. When I nod he smiles. "Me too, you any good?"
"Awesome," George replies and I smile up at him.
"Well we'll have to see about that," Bill states.
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Feels good to be back, folks.
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