Hey everyone, sorry it has been around a week since my previous chapter, has the suspense killed anyone yet... I hope not.
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Chapter 9
All I could do was wait for them to finish in silent agony. I tried to take my mind of them by watching James fool around making kissing faces and trying to hug me but all I could do was half smile. Remus gave me a look of sympathy as if he knew what I was thinking and Deanna and Peter were in hysterics at James jokes. James and Deanna, hmm it could work...
After what seemed like forever but was probably only a couple of minutes they released and she plopped down into his lap. "Oh hi." said the girl blushing slightly but smiling a satisfied smile. "This is Loretta, she transferred here, in our year." explained Sirius. I couldn't even look him in the eye. "I'm Dominika, welcome to the marauders." she smiled at me and then to Sirius.
"Marauders..?" I say in a puzzled voice.
"Only the best pranksters in the entire school." she said in a proud tone. "Wormtail." She pointed to Peter. "Moony" She pointed to Remus. "Padfoot" She pointed to Sirius. "Proogs" She pointed to James. "Lolly" She pointed to Deanna. "Dabi" and the rest of the group pointed to her.
Names... nicknames perhaps. But why, they all sound so mysterious, intriguing and they are inviting me to be a part of them. "Amazing." I speak breathless. "Damn right." exclaims Sirius and I look away.
"Well, we best go and unpack our things." instructs Remus or should I say Moony. I go to get up when Lolly hold my arm. "Well she needs a name doesn't she?!" she says.
A name, isn't Loretta my name? "What is your patronus?" asks Dabi.
"A cat." I tell her.
"That's a tricky one, how? about moonlight" she asks me. "I guess-" I am cut off by James "Too similar to Moony." he says.
"Kitten." says Peter in a small voice.
"Sounds to cute.." Sirius tells him. Good to know I'm not cute! Lying son of a gun.
"How about Caty." Remus suggests.
"Mysterious." points out Dabi.
"I like it." I say.
