A/N: Ok then, here's the next chapter! Thanks for all the reviews!
Disclaimer: I do not own HP I do own CP
The rest of the morning and afternoon bore no opportunities for Remus to talk to Catie alone, probably because she was putting that talk off for as long as she could. Currently they were in Herbology studying Gillyweed and its uses.
"What's the first thing you notice about it?" Sprout asked the class, Catie and Lily's hands shot up into the air,
"Miss Evans, Miss Potter?" the professor said smiling. Lily looked at Catie and smiled,
"One of the first things I notice about it Professor is the shade of green it is, it's not exactly a dark green nor is it a teal." Lily said.
"Good, five points to Gryiffindor! Now Miss Potter?"
"Well, for one it's slick and hard to hold on to, which would help it go down your throat when swallowing." Catie said lifting up her Gillyweed sample, it slipped through her fingers and fell down onto the table with a splat. Sprout clapped,
"Well done you two, five points to Gryiffindor."
Catie rubbed her forehead, why was Arithmetic so difficult? She, along with the other Marauders were sitting in the Great Hall. Catie had finished her dinner early and had begun homework while waiting on them,
"Remus, what am I doing wrong here? I can't figure it out." she said exasperated as she pushed her notebook towards him. Remus shoved another bite of mashed potatoes in his mouth then looked at it, for a few minutes he was silent then he turned back to his meal.
"You miscalculated the five, here, fix that and you're set." he said. Catie side hugged him,
"What would I do without you?" she asked teasingly. James smirked,
"That's what Padfoot and I wonder every day about you, Cate." Sirius sniggered next to him. Catie rolled her eyes and fixed her mathematical error. Suddenly Lily approached them,
"Hey Cate, Sev and I are going to the library want to come?" she asked ignoring the boys and keeping her eyes on Catie. Catie shrugged,
"I don't know Lily. Severus hasn't truly apologized to me yet." she said in a low tone to her friend. Lily frowned,
"He will. He just thinks apologizing shows weakness."
"Because it does." James mumbled looking at Sirius. Lily glared at him; if looks could kill many of them would have been dead by now. Catie sighed heavily,
"I'll come. Talk to you lot later." She said scooping up her bags and following Lily out of the hall. Once they were gone Remus turned to his friends,
"Have you noticed Catie's strange behavior?" he whispered to them. Peter shrugged,
"Not really, I had to ask her a history question twice before she heard me though." Sirius shook his head and gulped down some pumpkin juice,
"She seemed to be day dreaming a lot." he said. James frowned,
"I noticed it. I figured she'd tell us when she was ready."
"What if she's never ready?" Remus asked concerned. James scoffed,
"It's Catie mate. She always comes around." Remus was not convinced at all.
"Severus."
"Catherine." The two eleven year olds greeted one another. Lily sighed,
"Please you two? I'm sick of having to spend time separate with each of you. If you'd just make up then I could be saving myself a lot of time!" Lily scolded sitting down onto the floor. Severus and Catie stared at each other before his eyes softened,
"I'm sorry Catie. I will try to restrain myself from giving your brother permanent damage." Catie raised an eyebrow,
"You're forgiven…But I meant what I said that day, step a toe out of line and we're done."
"Understood." Severus said flashing a smile. They hugged then began their studying with a beaming Lily. When the clock stroked nine they were ushered out of the library by Madame Pince.
"I hate her. I hate her a lot." Catie grumbled trying to stuff all the books she had brought with her into her bag. Lily and Sev muttered their agreement, trying to do the same thing.
"Cate, we need to get back to the common room before Arthur Weasley catches us!" Lily said hurriedly tugging on Catie's sleeve. Severus looked confused at her,
"Arthur's our prefect; he's terribly strict only because that Molly girl tells him to be." Catie said half annoyed as she was dragged away,
"Bye Sev!" she shouted before Lily brought her towards the stairs.
"Lily, I have legs!" Catie said yanking her arm out of Lily's grip.
"Sorry, I just really don't want to be caught." she said nervously. Catie sighed,
"When you have a brother with friends like mine you get used to it."
Remus glanced up at the clock on the wall; it read ten minutes after nine. Where was Catie? James and Sirius had finished their homework minutes earlier and were now playing a game of Wizard's Chess, James was winning. Remus could tell by Sirius' angry mumbling he couldn't make out. Remus forced his eyes off the clock and back down to the book their Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher had assigned. It wasn't long before Catie and the Evans girl ran in through the portrait hole. Remus was ready to yell at Catie that she should know better then to be out after curfew.
"See, I told you Lils he's no where in sight. If I could guess I'd say since it's after curfew for our year through third he and that dreadful Molly girl found an empty classroom and are snogging each other's faces off." Catie said a hint of frustration. Lily glared at her,
"Don't make assumptions, for all we know he could have been patrolling the fat lady!" she said walking to the stairs. Catie rolled her eyes,
"G'night Lily." she said. James looked up from his game,
"Where've you been all this time? Did a death eater attack you? If so I should thank him and tell him to take you with him next time." he teased. Catie scowled at him and grabbed the nearest pillow to throw at him,
"As a matter of fact I was studying in the library until Pince kicked us out." she informed. Sirius and Peter snickered,
"I was just teasing, Cate." James said chuckling a bit. Catie narrowed her eyes on him then walked to the armchair next to Remus' and slumped down into it.
"Evening Remus." she mumbled.
"Evening Catie." Remus said hiding his smile behind his book. Catie must have noted the smile through his tone because she frowned,
"Honestly, they're starting to wear off on you…I wish it was the other way around." she said mumbling her last sentence. Remus chuckled,
"Yes, I suppose they are. I'm going to bed." he said standing and nodding to each of them before walking towards the staircase.
"Good night, Remus." Catie said, still frowning slightly.
"Good night Moony." the three Marauders chorused by the fire. Catie watched him disappear then yawned herself, her book upstairs was yelling at her to be read but she was too tired and promised herself to read it the next day.
"I'm headed off to- bed myself, night you three." Catie yawned again leaving the common room.
"Night, Cate." James and Sirius said.
"Night, Lynxy!" Peter smiled. Catie chuckled and proceeded up the stairs, only Peter would use her nickname at a time like this.
The next morning the decorations for the Halloween feast were completed, uneventful.
Later in the afternoon the boys left for their detention and Catie met up with Lily and Severus to walk down near the black lake.
"Look there's the giant squid! Oh, and it's waving at us!" Lily squealed. Catie smiled and ran up next to her friend,
"It is, isn't it!" she squealed, waving back. Severus laughed at them from behind them, the two girls turned on him instantly,
"What are you laughing about?" They demanded. Severus tried to look innocent as he sat down against a tree; Catie looked over at Lily smirking,
"Should we Lils?" she asked. Lily looked at Severus, smirked then nodded,
"Yes, I think we should…Get him!" Lily shouted. The two girls darted for Severus, and began tickling his sides and laughing.
"Stop right this instant you two!" he demanded through his chuckles. Catie grinned evilly and shook her head,
"Never!" said Catie loudly.
"Say the words, Sev!" Lily smirked. Catie did not know what this meant until Severus spoke,
"Lily is the prettiest flower." He laughed. Lily and Catie ceased their tickle attack; panting Catie looked over at Lily,
"What was that about?" she asked smiling. Lily let out a short giggle,
"He said that roses were prettier than lilies." Catie smiled, understanding then lay back into the soft inviting grass. She felt Lily join her to Catie's left,
"It is so beautiful today." Lily sighed contently. Catie groaned happily and nodded,
"Yes it is."
"Come now, Lily, and Catie we have books to finish." Severus teased from the tree. Catie sat up and looked at Severus long and hard,
"Books. You, Severus Snape are thinking about books when there is a beautiful day to drink in?" Catie said laying back down again. Severus shrugged,
"Reading a good book on such a fine day as this is what I would call beautiful." he said pulling out a book for himself. Catie rolled her eyes and Lily giggled,
"I think I'll join you, Sev." Lily said sitting up and slowly moving towards him. Catie frowned,
"Now, I'm all alone. Blimey I hate that, fine you win I'm coming too." Severus smirked triumphantly and Lily smiled as she made room for Catie.
Meanwhile the Marauders were in the trophy room with Filch glaring at them while they worked. Sirius moved closer to James as he set the now polished trophy down,
"Prongs, he is our next target." muttered Sirius angrily while motioning towards Filch. James let out a low laugh,
"Over Snivellus? Are you feeling well Padfoot?"
"I agree with Padfoot. Filch needs a prank pulled on him." Peter squeaked from James' other side. Remus eyed them from the other side of the trophies,
"Do you really want to shine these things again?" he asked barely louder then a whisper. Peter frowned and furrowed his brow in thought, James and Sirius frowned as well also thinking. Sirius finished thinking first and clapped his hands together startling Filch,
"Well, I think it'd be worth it! After all he's put us through." he concluded walking towards another shelf of trophies. James shrugged,
"Plus, it's not like these would need shining that badly after what a week?" he muttering to the other remaining Marauders. Peter nodded his agreement and followed James to another shelf, leaving Remus to finish. Despite what Catie thought about their "marauding" Remus thought it was to the very least enjoyable when it had nothing to do with hurting someone.
"Time's up. I'll see you boys later during the feast." Filch said pointing them towards the door. James and Sirius bolted for the door, Remus and Peter at their heels. Once they were a safe distance away from the trophy room James sighed with relief,
"Thank goodness that's over!" he said. Peter coughed,
"Yeah." They walked on in silence and as they passed a window Remus looked out and saw Catie and her band of friends by the lake. He smiled to himself then slowed his pace and slipped away from the others by running quickly in the other direction, to the door that led outside.
Catie sighed and put the book down,
"I have the urge to run around, either of you care to join me?" she asked looking at them. Lily didn't look up from her book and Severus shook his head, sighing Catie stood, kicked off her shoes and just…ran. She giggled as the grass beneath her tickled the bottom of her feet, Catie began to swirl around in circles arms wide out until she noticed someone coming her way. It was Remus. Smiling Catie stopped and walked up to meet him,
"They aren't with you are they?" she asked nervously looking around. Remus chuckled and shook his head,
"No they aren't. May I join you?" he asked smiling. Catie raised her eyebrows,
"Reading or running?"
"Both." Remus answered simply taking her hand and pulling her into a spin with him. She shrieked with laughter and he joined her. From the tree Lily smirked,
"I think Catie has a crush…What do you think?" she asked Severus, who barely looked up from his book,
"Perhaps." Severus said plainly. Lily smiled and returned to her book, she'd get it out of Catie later.
"Remus do you think you could talk Catie into- Where'd he go?" Sirius said looking behind him and all around. James stopped and looked,
"I dunno. Where would he go?"
"I don't know mate." Sirius answered.
"Maybe to find Catie?" Peter suggested. James and Sirius shook their heads,
"No probably not." James said, "Oh well, I'm hungry and I'd like to eat something before the feast." he said continuing to walk forward.
"Remus, there's nothing to talk about I'm okay." Catie insisted. Remus frowned,
"Your face says otherwise. What's wrong?" Catie let out a deep sigh,
"Nothing! Everything is fine." Severus and Lily had abandoned them some twenty minutes previous; the weather was beginning to grow foul as dark clouds enveloped the bright blue sky.
"Why won't you tell me?" Remus urged following her to the tree where their bags lay waiting for them.
"Because there is nothing to tell, it's been resolved!" Catie said frustrated. Remus sighed and grabbed Catie's arm,
"Then explain to me what happened!" he begged. Catie glared at him,
"No, I won't argue with you Remus. There's nothing you can do so do me a favor and just leave me alone!" she shouted at him as she swung her bag over her shoulder and ran towards the castle just as it began to pour.
A/N: Oooh cliffie! I'm evil like that. :p Maybe they'll make up…I understand this isn't my best chapter, honestly I don't think it is either. Have hope for next time!