Chapter 4: Meet the boys

"Mum!" Remus said coming down the stairs "James has just sent a letter. He wants to know if I can go stay with him for the rest of the summer. He said that Sirius and Peter are already there. And his mum said that Jacquelyn can come too, she can stay in their guest room. Please Mum can we go" Remus said this all very fast. I was just sitting there and I hadn't really taken any of what he said in except me staying with for boys 'til the end of summer. I was for it!

"Sweetie, do you want to go too?" Mum asked me looking over her cup of tea.

"Yea, I think its gunna be fun times!" I said excitedly

"Alright, Remus, tell James that your father and I will bring you by around eight tonight." Mum said. "Now why don't you start packing, Jacquelyn?" With that I jumped out of my chair and ran up the stairs. I packed everything that I would need for school and for the rest of the holiday. I had barely been able to close my trunk and I still felt like I was forgetting something. What am I forgetting? I heard Remus calling me from the hall to hurry up or we'd be late. Oh well I guess that when I need it I will find out what it is.

"Lupins' welcome!" said Mr. Potter when he opened the door. He didn't look like the Lupins' neither did his wife. It appeared that they should have been James grandparents and not his Parents. Turns out that James was a surprise they got late in life. Mr. Potter had messy grey hair and startling blue eyes; he was also tall and thin. His wife was tall as well, she had very dark brown eyes that were full of life and laughter, she was a little bit plumper than her husband but she wasn't fat.

"Please come in," said Mrs. Potter "this must be the new addition to your family. These three," she said while pointing to the three teenage boys standing behind her "told me all about It." she finished laughing. I could only smile.

"What is your name Sweetie?" Mr. Potter asked me.

"My name is Jacquelyn, what's yours?" I replied smiling

"My name is William but you can call me Will, and this is my wife her name is Annabelle but call her Anna." He said smiling warmly at me.

"Well, why don't we have some dinner? Mary, John will you be joining us?" asked Anna look at my parents. They shook their heads.

"No we made reservations at Skylark." My dad answered. He smiled at us gave us a hug and so did mum and then they left.

"Boy's will one of you show Lyn, you don't mind if I call you that do you?" Anna said looking over at me I just shook my head, I didn't mind. "Show her to her room please." Sirius was the first to reach me.

"My Lady," he said taking my trunk and holding out his arm for me to take. I gave him a brilliant smile and linked arms with him as he led me to my room.

It was after dinner and I was in my room going through my trunk when I realized that I hadn't brought my PJ's with me. Damn! I opened my door and went across the hall and knocked on the door to James' room. All the boys were staying in there. The door was opened by Remus. I gave him a weak smile as he let me go inside.

"You forgot your PJ's didn't you and now you have come to see what you can steal from us guys, huh?" he said in the all knowing way.

"Yea…" I said looking at my feet. Then I looked up and saw that all the boys were smirking at me. "You told them to expect me didn't you?"

"Yes I did. You always forget your PJ's. What do you need?" he asked me. I gave him a big smile.

"Well if I could barrow some bottoms, a top, a sweater, and some socks, that would be nice." I said smiling my sweetest smile. Remus went over to his trunk and pulled out the same bottoms he let me use before.

"Yes my favorites!" I said. "So, how about the rest of it?" I asked

"I don't know why you're looking at me I am letting you use my spare PJ bottoms you gotta get the rest from those three." He said pointing at James, Sirius, and Peter. I smiled at them.

"Sirius can I barrow a shirt, please?" I asked him while giving him my most flirtatious smile.

"Sure" he said and with that he took off the shirt he had on and tossed it to me.

"Thank you," I said. Well not exactly what I was expecting but whatever its smells great I don't mind. I thought. "hey James can I barrow a sweater, please" he walked over to his closet and pulled out a sweater and then walked over to me and handed it to me smiling at me all the while, which meant that I had to get socks from the traitor. I chose not to. I just smiled. Ha-ha sukkas I just stole your clothes and you won't get them back either, I thought.

"Alright, thanks guys see you in the morning," I said walking out. I went into my room and got dressed. I climbed into my bed and passed out immediately.

My life has never been normal and I have to admit that this summer has been the most normal time of my life. Well, it would be if I wasn't back in time hanging out with my friend's father and my Uncle Remie's fifteen year old self. Not to mention the traitorous rat and the young Sirius. I sometimes wish that I would have gotten to know the Sirius from my time better than I did. I have been having a lot of moment where I just stare into space, thinking about the people these boys would grow into. Remus sat me down and told me that I have live in my own present and stop living in my own past. He told me that I am in this time now and I would one of them now. They were my peers and I had to see that.

So I took his advice. I have been treating everyone as my peers and the people they are now. That has been especially hard for me in regards to Peter. He seems like a nice bloke but I can't help but hate him just a bit. Remus thinks that I should try and befriend him. He says that my making him an outcast will only push him into the hands of the dark side. Maybe I should look up a potion or something that will make him braver. Perhaps if he had a bit more Lion in him then he wouldn't be so easy to sway.

I think that Sirius and James are developing some sort of crush on me. I see this as potentially problematic, especially since James is supposed to be with Lily. Speaking of which, Remus and I have been writing to Lily all summer. They have been fast friends since their first year because she found out about his being a werewolf and was alright with it. He told her all about me and she sent me an OWL. I am rather excited to meet her tomorrow.

"OY Lyn! Snap out of it and grab a broom!" Sirius' voice breaks into my thoughts.

"I'd really rather not," I shout back. I actually love to fly but the boys don't need another reason to like me.

"Aw, come on! You've only been up once and you did just fine. We won't let you fall!" James yelled.

"Nope!" I countered.

I got up and went into the kitchen to help Mrs. Potter make lunch for the troops. She kind of reminded me of Mrs. Weasley and moments like this bring back memories of me helping Mama W cook. I enjoy it, cooking that is. It is a lot like potions to me. Uncle Sev loved cooking too, so much in fact that he had a kitchen installed in his quarters. We would have so much fun and a night of cooking normally ended in a flour fight or something. Either way we would end up covered in something and have to do cleaning spells on ourselves so that no one would know that Uncle Sev liked to have fun too.