A soft voice greeted me. I turned around. Remus. I smiled and stepped toward him, throwing my arms around his soft neck.
"Remus, so good to see you."
"Good to see you too, Harry."
He pushed me away, locking his amber eyes with mine. "How you holding up?"
"I-"
"And don't give me any bullshit, I know you're not fine."
My eyes widened.
"Oh, what. Did you think I was the perfect little angel who's never done anything wrong?"
I nodded.
"Well, I'm not."
"I can see that. And no, I guess I'm not fine."
"I didn't think so."
"It's just hard to realize that he's gone. You know?"
"All to well"
"It's like nothing matters anymore because everyone who is important to me is gone."
"You still have me Harry."
"I know. And I don't know what I would do if I lost you too."
"Come here."
I stepped closer to him and laid my head on his shoulder closing my eyes.
"Oh, there you two are, I've been looking all over for you. Dinner's-"
Mrs. Weasley. I love you, but bad timing.
"You're fine. We were just getting ready to take Harry up to his room."
"Oh. Well, dinner's ready. Hurry before it gets cold."
"Okay. Thanks, Molly."
"You're welcome, Remus. Welcome home Harry. I believe the twins are waiting for you, goodness knows why."
"Thanks."
"Well, come on then, Harry."
As we walked upstairs, Remus shot me a puzzled look.
"You know Weasley's Wizard Wheezes?"
"Yes."
"Well, I won the Triwizard Tournament, and the winnings are what financed that fine operation."
"Mrs. Weasley is going to kill you, despite being the Boy-Who-Lived."
"Not if she doesn't find out."
He laughed, stopping in front of a door.
"This is it. Mine's right," He pointed across the hall "there, if you need me."
"Okay."
"Dinner, then?"
"But of course, Mr. Lupin."
"Don't call me that. It makes me sound old."
"And who said you weren't?"
"Ooh, you're going down, Potter."
He jumped towards me, laughing, as I ran. "Come on, old man."
"Ooh, you forget I'm a wolf, huh?"
"Never!"
He tackled me, sending us both to the ground, and landing on top of me with a hand on both sides of my hips.
"Told you so."
I closed my eyes as Remus sat on top of me. Still, like the wolf he was. I love you.
