Ch. 4

"Noooo. . !" cried James as they got ready to depart for King's Cross, again.

"Oh, get over yourself, James," said the Evans girls in unison. James pouted as Sirius, Remus, and the Potters laughed and snorted.

"Oi, Evans!" James retorted, mock-angry.

"Which one?" they said together again. This made the others laugh harder. James stuck out his tongue and said loudly, "All of you!"

"Oh, real mature, James," they said again in unision. Even James had to crack up laughing at that.

"Oi, stop that," the girls said to each other.

"No, you!" Again together. The others kept laughing until James's parents attempted to stop them.

"Okay, girls," Mr. Potter said, thinking it would get their attention but it didn't. "Girls! Girls!. . .GIRLS!"

That got their undivided attention and they stopped, smiling sheepishly (as James, Remus, and Sirius laughed) at Charlus Potter.

"Alright, settle down," said Dorea Potter, smiling at who she considered her children. "Everyone ready to go?"

"Wait," said Lily, speaking for all of the girls this time. "We wanted to tell you, before we leave, thank you for your hospitality and that we had a lovely summer, Mr. and Mrs. Potter."

"We loved having you and we hope to have you again, especially on any upcoming holiday breaks at Hogwarts," said Mrs. Potter, smiling softly at the cousins. The girls beamed back at their friend's Mum.

"And. . ." added Mr. Potter, eyeing his son's friends with a grin. "How many times do we have to tell you, you can call us Charlus and Dorea." They grinned embarrasedly back. "Okay, into the fireplace. We don't want to be late."

"I still can't believe Prongs got Head Boy!" grumbled Sirius as he tried to concentrate on the current Exploding Snap game in front of him. They were on the train headed to Hogwarts, James reminding them that he had to go to the Heads' compartment with Lily who of course had gotten Head Girl.

"You know you're not losing him, right?" said Wendy, rolling her eyes at her boyfriend. "He's still your best friend."

"Yeah, I know," he said, but he looked cheered nonetheless. Wendy, Brittany, and Remus looked at each other and shook their heads. It was a look that said Sirius will be Sirius.

"You know. . .this is our last year," said Sirius, stating the obvious.

"You know, Padfoot. . .I think we knew that," said Brittany, a little sarcastically. Remus sniggered and Wendy giggled at her sister's antics. Sirius pouted which distracted him from the game so he lost, the explosion taking him by surprise and making everyone laugh. Poor Sirius. He scowled and glared at the game.

One month later. . .

Brittany was excited. She wanted to find Remus and tell him the good news but she couldn't find him. She'd asked all of their friends but they didn't know either. She felt like her heart was bursting with euphoria. But the euphoria vanished when she suddenly found him. Kissing another girl! She sucked in a painful breath, it was the girl from Ravenclaw that had fancied Remus for ages! Tears formed in her eyes and fell. Why? Then she took off running, to where? She didn't know, she just wanted to get away. Suddenly she stopped and realized she was in front of the Room of Requirement. Perfect, she thought. She started pacing in front of the bare wall thinking repeatedly. 'I need a room where I can be alone and nobody can come in.' She did this three times and a door appeared. She went in, found the bed at the back, laid down on it and cried herself to sleep where her dreams were full of nightmares.

"Guys, I'm getting worried," said Wendy to James, Sirius, Remus and Lily. "I'm getting a vibe that Isis is in emotional pain. And I haven't seen her since lunch. Have you seen her anywhere?"

"I haven't," they all said together. They looked at each other.

"James, do you have the map?" asked Remus in a panicy voice. James nodded and handed it to him. Remus said the password and opened it up. He looked desperately around for Brittany's dot but couldn't find it anywhere. "She must be in the ROR. I'll go, I've got to fix this!"

Wendy narrowed her eyes at Remus and said in a dangerous voice, "Fix what, exactly?"

Remus gulped and said, "I think she might've seen (well, you know that girl from Ravenclaw) her kiss me in the corridor today."

Wendy growled and glared at him. "SHE LOVES YOU, REMUS! HOW COULD YOU?"

"Don't you think I KNOW THAT! I LOVE HER TOO! The girl threw herself at me! I couldn't stop her! I swear! I pushed her away! You know what Naomi's like!" Remus yelled back, tears forming in his eyes.

Wendy glared at him for a second. The others were sitting back watching the exchange with wide eyes. After a second, she lost the glare and sighed.

"Alright then, Lily and I will go find her. Remus, you can come with us but you can't see her until we say it's okay, got it?" Wendy commanded, staring fiercely at Remus who nodded weakly. "Okay, we'll be back, guys."

Wendy blew Sirius a kiss when the boys nodded and then the trio took off out of the portrait hole.

ROR...

Brittany was still fast asleep when she heard a voice in her head calling to her. 'Brittany, let us in.' She woke with a start. She cast a tempus charm and realized with a jolt that it was nearly dinner time. "Oh no," she said and then jumped when her sister's voice appeared in her head again. With a sigh, she told the room to let them in. Lily and Wendy walked in then.

"Oh, Brittany," Wendy sighed and rushed over to her sister. Lily was right behind her and they got on the bed to hug their twin/cousin.

"We were reallly worried about you," Lily said, looking at Brittany in worry and concern. "We didn't know where you were.

"I'm sorry, guys," she said with an apologetic face. "It's just that. . ."

"You saw a girl kissing Remus?" Lily questioned then added, "Remus told us," at the look on the brunette's face.

"He was gloating, was he?" Brittany snapped, glaring at the opposite wall.

"No," said Wendy calmly, "He felt pretty horrible actually. He said that Naomi had thrown herself at him and he tried pushing her away and succeeded but you had taken off already. He didn't know if that was you or not. He's beating himself up over it right now actually."

"Oh," Brittany said quietly, tearing up quickly. "I should've known Remus would never do that to me. I'm a horrible person. I don't want him to beat himself up. I need to talk to him." She was about to get up when the girls pushed her back down.

"He's right outside the door, I'll get him," said the emerald-eyed Lily, getting up and smiling softly at her cousin.

Brittany looked gobsmacked as Lily opened the door and told Remus to come in. Wendy just smirked at the look on her sister's face.

"Well," said Lily, grabbing Wendy. "We'll just leave you two to talk. Come on, Firefly."

"After you, Lily-Flower," Wendy smirked as they exited the room. Remus and Brittany chuckled as they heard Lily's indignant shriek. Only James was allowed to call her that.

"So. . ." said Remus, looking awkward and remorseful. Brittany couldn't take it anymore.

"Oh, Remus!" she exclaimed, running to him and flinging her arms around his neck. "I'm sorry."

"You're sorry?" Remus said incredulously. "What have you got to be sorry for? I should be sorry!"

Brittany brought her tearful face away from Remus's shoulder. "I should've known that you wouldn't do that to me. It's just that when I saw her with you. . ."

"I know, love, I know. . ." he whispered giving her a kiss on the forehead. Brittany looked up at him then and kissed him fully on the mouth. Remus deepend the kiss and Brittany started to pull him toward the bed. Remus broke the kiss then and asked if she was sure. She nodded and they fell back onto the bed with Remus on top.