A/N: please review, even if you think it fucking sucks, which it very well might. Please let me know, any constructive criticism would be very much appreciated. ENJOY! I SWEAR the next chapter is SOO much better.

Remus and Kassidy sat under a tree by the lake "studying", exams and O.W.L.'s were less than nine days, but even then their brains couldn't take in anymore. And being so close to each other was a serious distraction.

"I give up!" Kassidy said shutting her book and leaning up against the tree. "If I read one more word by head will explode!"

Remus nodded and followed suite. "Now what do we do?"

Kassidy gave him a playful frown and kissed him.

"Honestly you two, enough public display of affection," Sirius said making a face as he walked up to them.

"You're just jealous," Kassidy told him as he sat down next to Remus.

"I don't like you," Sirius assured, although not entirely true.

"Not me," She said rolling your eyes. 'As if wanting to be with me was an issue,'

"I'm jealous because you get to snog Remus?" Sirius said. Surly that's not what she meant?

"Where's a video camera when I need one?" Kassidy asked wishing she had one to record that.

"I didn't mean it like that," Sirius objected. "I really didn't," He promised Remus who started laughing.

"Oh come on Sirius, you can't deny your feelings for long," Kassidy teased.

"What goes on in that head of yours?" Sirius asked, most of what she said was very sick, funny but sick.

"I think it's more of her family life," James remarked joining their party. "Not get enough love at home Barlow?"

Kassidy stared at Potter, her jaw open. This was the first time either had attacked the family.

"What's the matter Barlow? Hit too close to home?"

Kassidy wanted to wring his neck, or kick him till he died. But she did neither; she just got up and walked off, trying her best not to cry.

"James," Remus said disapprovingly, watching as Kassidy retreated towards Hagrid's, her shoulders slouched.

"What?" James asked. "She normally doesn't care what I say to her."

"But you normally don't mention her family," Sirius said as Remus gathered up Kassidy's books.

"What do you have a crush on her Sirius?" James asked frustrated at his friend's response. "It was only a joke."

"Yeah well, I don't think she thought it was funny," Remus said getting up.

"Where are you going?" James asked.

"To talk to Kassidy,"

"What are you her dog? Sorry Padfoot."

"No offense taken," Sirius assured.

Remus frowned at James before following Kassidy.

"I know someone who's a little overly sensitive today," James said folding his arms behind his head as he lay down in the grass. What was with everyone?

"Yea, well look at it as a plus, we now know how to thoroughly piss Barlow off." Sirius told James.

"This is true," James agreed with a grin.

Kassidy was vaguely aware that she was being followed, but she was crying too much to really care.

"Houdini!" Kassidy called as she stopped by where the forest began. She wasn't going in there, especially since she learned there were giant spiders. And she'd had more than her fair share of being tortured by them in Mirkwood, let alone in the Forbidden Forest. "Houdini!" She called again cupping her hands around her mouth to better project her voice.

"He's been a bit reclusive lately," Hagrid said coming out of his hut.

"Oh," Kassidy said turning away from him, trying to brush all the evidence of her tears away.

"Everythin alright ther Kassidy?" Hagrid asked curiously. Normally she didn't seek Houdini out unless something was wrong. "Whats ther matter?"

"Noth-nothing," Kassidy said trying to steady her voice turning back towards him with a fake smile. "Fine, Potter's being an ass again," She confessed knowing she didn't fool Hagrid.

"James? Oh, e's alright after you git ter know 'em." Hagrid assured.

"Yeah," Kassidy said with a snort. "He's sure made that impression on me,"

"Yer just gotta give 'em time,"

"I've known him what, six, seven months? I've never once given him a reason not to like me but all he does is hex me and be a stupid son of a bitch,"

"Kassidy," Remus said coming up next to her trying to catch his breath. He'd been running after her, she was a really fast walker. "You alright?"

"No! I'm not alright!" Kassidy said turning to him. "We were having a nice day to ourselves and then comes dumb and dumber!"

"I jus remembered, I have ter do somethin fer Dumbledore," Hagrid mumbled before walking off briskly, he didn't want to listen to Kassidy explode, he'd heard her before and didn't want to be around.

"Why are you friends with them? All they do is pick on you!" Kassidy asked.

"You don't know them," Remus told her. He wished he could tell her how they helped him during the full moons, but he didn't want to risk ruining their relationship.

"Oh I know them well enough to know their both members of the FFB!"

"The what?" Remus asked, he'd never heard that before.

"Future fuck ups of Britain,"

"Kassidy, you shouldn't say that," Remus admonished softly. He knew they'd hurt her feelings one too many times but he couldn't not protect his friends.

"Were you even there?" Kassidy asked. "Potter doesn't even know about my family, he doesn't know jack shit, none of you do!"

"So then, tell me about your family," Remus said sitting down on the grass.

"What?" Kassidy asked confused at the turn on conversation. "I'm not done ranting on Potter yet!"

"What do your parents do?" Remus asked trying to change the conversation. Kassidy stared at him for a few minutes. What was he playing at?

"I don't remember," She told him giving up and sitting down across from him.

"Huh?" Remus asked confused. "How can you not remember what they do?"

"I just don't," Kassidy said pulling up the grass. "Sometimes I can't even remember what they sounded like, or the color of their eyes. Simple stuff."

"Do they live in America?"

"Yes and no," Kassidy said trying to think about how to explain it to him. "As I'm sure you've figured out, I'm not from this universe,"

Remus nodded, he'd heard the first conversation she and Dumbledore had when she first arrived here, it had freaked him out at first, but now it just seemed to fit her.

"So yes, they live in America, just not in your America- in a different America, the one I'm originally from."

"How long has it been since you've seen them?"

"Too long," She said not wanting to tell him the exact year, he would definatly think she was crazy, not that she was denying it but admitting that to him would be a little too much.

What she didn't tell him was that it was 442 years, 23, 051 weeks, 161 thousand 362 hundred days last October. She kept track, she didn't know how she did, most of the time she didn't know what day it was, but she knew how long she'd been gone.

"Do you have any siblings?"

"Two, Jeffery and Melanie, both of them are younger."

"Do you mind talking about this?" Remus asked noting how her eyes glazed as if she was about to cry.

"A little, mostly because I cant remember all that much about them."

"What do you remember?"

"Well…" Kassidy said trying to think about it. She did remember a few things…

"Kassidy, please," Melanie whined crawling on her.

"Mel, I said later," Kassidy told her little sister shoving her off as she tried to read the history assignment.

"Moooom!" Melanie called out the room. "Kassidy won't play with me!"

"Kassandra go play with your sister for crying out loud!" Kassidy heard her mom's voice carry from downstairs.

"Tattle tale," Kassidy told her sister who just stuck her tongue and scrambled off the bed.

Kassidy slowly got off her bed and followed Melanie into her room.

"You can have this one," Melanie said handing her sister a red headed doll.

"But she's ugly," Kassidy protested handing her back. "I want to play with this one,"

"Fine," Melanie sighed letting her sister have the holiday Barbie.

"So what's going on today?" Kassidy asked picking up a Barbie brush and brushing the doll's hair.

"Well, Ken and Barbie are fighting because Barbie doesn't want to quit her job at the hospital and Ken is insecure because Barbie makes more money than him so he doesn't feel like he's fulfilling his duties the husband should,"

"What?" Kassidy asked stopping and staring at her six year old sister.

"I saw it on tv," Melanie said strapping Ken in the Ferarri car.

"Oh,"

"So, I'm Ken and your Barbie," Melanie said. "Now, Ken's coming to pick up Barbie from the hospital."

"Barbie wears a ballgown to work?" Kassidy asked looking at the dolls outfit.

"Hello, she's Barbie," Melanie said rolling her eyes.

"Right, but why doesn't Barbie drive herself?"

"Because Ken is a control freak,"

"Mom really needs to lay off the soaps." Kassidy told her sister shaking her head as they began to play.

"What's a soap?" Remus asked not familiar with the term.

"A soap opera, they're on daytime tv. My mom used to love watching them, as the world turns, all my children, the young and the restless, their over dramatized versions of real life." 'Yeah my life,' She thought.

"Tv shows?"

"How'd you know?"

"My dad's a muggle, he likes to watch the football games."

"Really? That's so cool! Is he a Packers fan?"

"I don't know," Remus said shrugging his shoulders.

"So," She said leaning forward, a wicked gleam in her eye.

"What?"

"How are we going to get back at Potter?"