I told my friend I'd write her this, so here it is. Georgia's dog is homage to the dog from Monarch of the Glen.

Remus Lupin sat on the cold, metal chair in his towns almost-deserted train station, glancing up at the timetable every few minutes, which now told him that the train his three friends, James, Peter and Sirius, were on would be arriving in four minutes. It was the summer after their fourth year of Hogwarts, and his friends would be staying with him for the first three weeks.

Remus was glad to have the company. He rarely went out during the Summer for fear of seeing one of the children he went to primary school with. He hadn't really had any friends; the boys thought he was a freak and picked on him because he'd rather spend his time reading than playing football, and the girls, although not as bad, didn't really bother with him. They didn't seem to have a problem with him when they were sat next to him in class, and the majority of them would make an effort to be kind, but he wouldn't count them as friends.

"Moony!"

Remus lifted his head to see Sirius Black poking his head out of the window of the train that was pulling into the station. His three friends jumped onto the platform and strolled over to their friend, each carrying a suitcase.

"Moony, haven't saw you in ages! How've you been?" Sirius asked, grinning.

"Yes, the four days that have passed since we were last together were a lifetime ago," Remus said, rolling his eyes. "Come on, if we're quick we can get on the bus, then you won't have to drag those suitcases back to mine."

A bus-ride and a five-minute walk later, the four friends stood outside a rather large cottage, with a pretty green garden and flower beds filled with colour. Remus took out his house key and opened the door, letting his friends into the house and then closing the door behind him. There was a manic barking coming from behind the door that led to the living room, and when Remus opened it, a large, fluffy border-collie leapt into the hall.

"Dee, Dee, calm down," Remus laughed as the dog jumped up and tried to lick his face. He pushed it to the floor, where it continued to bark happily, running around the other three boys who laughed and scratched it behind the ears. Eventually, Remus managed to calm it down, at which it turned and strolled back in the living room, its tail wagging happily.

"Here, we'll put your suitcases in my room," Remus said, taking Peter's and beginning to ascend the stairs. The others followed, and were led into a room that had had three beds crammed into it as well as the original one next to the window, and still had quite a lot of room to spare. There were book shelves filled to bursting, shelves filled with albums, a wardrobe and a large chest of draws, posters stuck to the wall with sticky-tape...

"Wow...this is roomy," James said, placing his suitcase down next to Peter's.

Remus laughed. "Yeah, well, that's one of the few benefits of living in a big house in the country and being an only child."

"Damn, I wish I didn't live so close to the city," laughed James, and Peter nodded.

"Hey, I just wish I didn't live with my family," Sirius said. "Any time you feel like switching families, Remus..."

"No thanks," Remus said. The sound of the front door opening was then heard, as well as mumbling voices. "Mum's home, come on," Remus smiled, leading out of the room.

"I really wish you'd let me give you some money," Hannah Lupin could be heard saying from the kitchen.

"No thanks Mrs Lupin," came the voice of another girl, which thoroughly confused Remus, "I don't mind helping you. I like coming here."

"Oh, but you help me carry all these bags so often and you never take anything I try to give you," said Mrs Lupin.

"It's okay, I like coming here! Plus, I get to see Dee," said the Mystery Voice.

"Mum?" Remus said, running down the last few stairs, and turning into the kitchen. Hannah Lupin stood at the kitchen counter pulling groceries out of bags and placing them on the side, a tall girl with long, almost waist-length black hair doing the same. "...Georgia?" Remus asked, shocked.

Georgia was one of the girls from his primary school. She hadn't had many friends either, and had been picked on for wearing glasses, having crooked teeth and being taller than all of the other girls in the class. She had been kind to Remus, but he'd never really spoken to her too much – not that she hadn't attempted to make conversation.

Looking at her now, Remus couldn't see why she was picked on. She still had the same face, and she still seemed to be about the same height, but Remus was taller now. She still wore glasses, but now they gave her a sort of intelligent-and-sexy look, rather than a geeky, let's-pick-on-her-and-call-her-four-eyes look. Her hair was sleek and shiny, and looked like something taken from a princess in a fairy tale.

Georgia looked up from the bag she was emptying. "Hi Remus," she smiled. Her teeth were straight now. "Long time, no see."

"Yeah...you look...different," he said as Peter, James and Sirius came and stood behind him. Sirius raised an eyebrow and smiled cockily as he looked the girl up and down, nodding slightly, but she didn't seem to notice, she was still looking at Remus.

"Braces," she said, pointing to her teeth, "new glasses," she said, pointing to her glasses, "and new hair. See, no frizz."

"Yeah...you look really good. Err...why are you here?" he asked somewhat bluntly.

"I was helping your mum carry her shopping back," she smiled. "I do it quite a lot, actually, but you're usually at school. It's good to see you." Georgia walked forward and pulled Remus into a hug.

"Umm...yeah, you too," he said. Georgia released Remus, and then seemed to notice the three boys standing in the door way, and she smiled and waved.

"Hi," she said. "I'm Georgia."

"Oh, right, this is Peter, James and Sirius," Remus told her, pointing to each in turn.

"Nice to meet you," Sirius winked, and Georgia raised an eyebrow at him.

"We'd like to apologise in advance for anything Sirius ever says to you," James said, looking at Sirius, who scowled at him. "Are you staying a while?"

"Umm," Georgia looked to Remus, and then back to James, "I don't think so. I have to take our Useless for a walk, otherwise nobody will. I better get going, actually. Do you want me to help you finish unpacking, Mrs Lupin?"

"No dear, you're fine. I'll see you later," Mrs Lupin smiled.

"Who's Useless?" Peter asked.

"My dog," Georgia smiled. "I know it's a weird name, but he's useless. He's great though, got a lot of energy. Just can't do tricks, or...anything really. Anyway, I better get going, when he gets restless he eats shoes, and I'm pretty sure nobody is in to take him out. I'll see you lot later. Bye," Georgia smiled, waving goodbye and letting herself out of the house.

"What are you four doing today then?" Mrs Lupin asked the boys as she continued putting the shopping away.

"Err, we're not sure yet," Remus told her.

"Well, whatever you decide to do, make sure you're back here for seven. Dinner will be ready then. Your father is working later than usual, so he doesn't finish until half six," she told them.

"Okay mum," Remus said, turning and leading the way into the living room, where his dog happily ran towards them.

"Hey Dee," Remus smiled, scratching the top of the dogs head.

"Isn't Dee a pretty girly name?" James asked.

"His name is Deeohgee," Remus told them.

"Deeohgee...that's a weird name. Deeohgee...Deeohgee...oh! I get it!" Sirius exclaimed. "Dee-oh-gee! DOG!"

"Well done, you figured out something I came up with when I was six," laughed Remus.

"Yeah, well, shut up," Sirius said, annoyed that Remus had taken his clever-moment from him, but he smiled anyway. "Hey, Remus, I know what we should do today."

"What?" Remus asked.

"Well, I think we should take Deeohgee here for a walk right around the village," Sirius said.

"Would this have anything to do with the pretty girl we just met telling us she was going to take her dog for a walk?" James said.

"No! Not at all! I just think that Dee here might like to go for a walk. I mean, if we bump into the pretty girl, well, that would just be an added bonus..." Sirius grinned.

"I'm sure your parents will be so happy that you're trying to stalk a muggle," laughed James.

"Again, added bonus," Sirius winked.

"I'm not too into the idea of you and Georgia, I mean, she's a pretty nice girl Sirius...and you're well...you have a certain reputation...but Dee does need a walk, so I guess we're going with your plan," Remus sighed, standing up and taking the dog's lead from the side-table and fastening it to Deeohgee's collar. "But try not to be so tactless if we do see her."

"Tactless? Me? Puh-lease," Sirius said, saying the word as if it had two syllables.

"And remember that she's probably used to lads like you trying to snog her," James chuckled. "So you're probably going to have no luck whatsoever."

"You have no faith in me, you're the worst best friends ever," Sirius shook his head. "I can make any girl fall in love with me."

"She's smart," Remus said.

"Damn, this will be harder than I thought."