This is gonna be adorable. Prepare yourself.
Goodbyes
Start of term came sooner than Emmy thought it would have. She was so excited she could barley stop talking about it. She did feel a little bit bad though. Every time she brought it up, she saw Remus' smile fade a little. She hated leaving him all alone by himself, especially on the full moon. Every time she looked at him her stomach twisted with guilt knowing he would be left alone to suffer through the lycanthropy alone.
oOo
The journey to Platform 9 ¾ was longer than the journey to Diagon Alley had been. Since they couldn't just appear in the middle of King's Cross Station, they had to apperate a ways away and walk in with all of Emmy's luggage on foot. They finally reached the barrier that stood between platforms 9 and 10. Emmy looked at it for a moment.
"Do we just…go through?"She asked.
Her question was answered by a group of 6th years who ran straight through the barrier and disappeared.
"Oh."
"Ladies first." Remus said, gesturing to the wall.
Emmy started off at a bit of a run, pushing her cart through to the other side. Remus had followed suit. She ran to put her luggage on the train and then ran back off as fast as she could.
"I'm going to write every single week and Sophie is going to fly all of my letters to you and I'm going to tell you how the full moon goes every month. And Fred and George already told me that we're all going to be in Gryffindor. Their whole family is."
Remus smiled, thinking of his friend Sirius Black whose entire family had been in Slytherin but he had been put into Gryffindor.
"Thank you." Emmy said quietly. "Thank you for giving me a place to stay and understanding and-"
But Emmy never got to finish what she was saying. The whistle of the train blew sharply and the students who still stood on the platform raced onto the train.
Emmy's head poked out the window. "Bye dad!" She called out, waving to Remus.
"Bye." The word came out as little more than a whisper. He had never been called 'dad' before. It was a nice sort of feeling and it left him feeling happier than he had felt in ages.
What'd I tell ya? Pretty flippin' adorable right? Well I thought so. Please review if you have a super huge crush on Remus Lupin. Or, ya know, if you just wanna review. :)
