"Come along, you two." Mrs. Lupin chided her son and daughter. "We haven't got all day."

"Yes, we have, Mum." Remus replied, rolling his eyes a tad.

"Look, Mum! They're shortened the robes!" Annie cried, pointing to a purple set of robes, cut off just at the knee. "Can I get them, Mum? Can I?"

"I won't have my daughter looking like a floozy." Mrs. Lupin retorted.

"But Mum, I won't-"

"Annabelle." Her mother cut her off.

"What is she fussing about now?" Mr. Lupin asked, walking out of Flourish and Blott's, wiping his glasses on his handkerchief.

"Short robes." Mrs. Lupin gestured to them with a flick of her wand.

"Nohow." Mr. Lupin interjected.

"Father-"

"I told you we'd get you your pet, that's all." He replied. Remus held back a laugh and snorted.

"Remus, don't laugh at your sister." Mrs. Lupin ordered.

"Mum, I wasn't-"

"Remus." His mother cut him off.

"Sorry." He apologized.

"Remus!"

"Mum, I said." Remus stopped himself when he realized that it wasn't his mother that was calling him, but his two friends, James and Sirius, who were running towards him.

"We've been looking for you everywhere." James gasped, panting hard as he stopped next to the Lupins.

"I thought you said we were going to meet at Quidditch Supplies." Remus said.

"We were hungry!" Sirius insisted, seeing Annie staring at him out of the corner of his eye. He winked and she turned away, blushing madly.

"Yeah, yeah." Remus rolled his eyes.

"Remus, why don't you go with your friends, we'll take Annie to the pet shop and meet you at the Leaky Cauldron at one, alright?" Mr. Lupin suggested.

"Alright, Father." Answered Remus, smiling as he ran off with his friends to the ice cream parlor.