Chapter 9: the love child

The kitchen door was thrown open. I continued to eat my breakfast as if there wasn't a mad dog standing over me. Remus snickered from my left, I glanced up at him out of the corner of my eye. Moony's fork of eggs was forgotten as he stared wide eyed at the ballerina that had entered the room, a laugh passing his lips every now and then. Lily was a different story. She looked torn between laughing at Sirius and yelling at me, She kept looking back and forth between us, finally, the corner of her mouth tugged up in a smile and she let a small laugh out. the kids didn't hide their amusement. Harry and Ron were both laughing so hard that I was sure they would fall off their seat, if not for their tight hold on the edge of the table. Ashley stared in shock before joining her brother in laughing at her Uncle. Hermione (a girl with vary curly brown hair who reminded me of a young Lily) was trying to hide her laughter behind her book, and failing. Molly Weasley stood somewhere behind me, chuckling as she started in last nights dishes.

Sirius stood at the end of the table with both hands planted firmly on the its flat surface. if looking could kill, I'd be six feet under. any normal might have been frightened by the look Padfoot now held (what with him being a "murderer" and all). But I simply smiled at him.

"Good morning Padfoot, going to the ballet to day?" I asked "what will you be performing, swan lake?" Padfoot face started turning red with anger. he closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then opened his them to stare at me again. he look angrier then before, if that was at all possible.

"James" He said in a low threatening voice. "Turn them back...now" my smile grew. no way I thought.

"Now, Paddy, why would I ever do that?" I asked "plus, Its only for two days. you'll live. take it like a man, Padfoot, not like the fairy you are." Sirius threw his hands up in anger and let out yell, before spinning- er...I mean turning out of the room. the kitchen door slamming closed behind him. everyone stared at the door in silence, before the room broke out in laughter. Over the laughter, I was sure I heard His bed room door slam shut.

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No one saw Padfoot for the rest of the day, Remus and I were sure that he planed to spend the full two days in his room. Skulking, I'm sure. when I passed his room I could have sworn I heard the sound of his head hitting the wall, over and over again.

By lunch, I was sure he would come down to eat, as he had not eaten breakfast that morning. But as everyone finished eating, and there was no sign of the mutt, Moony and I were convinced. Sirius wasn't coming out. Lily had left food at his door, which later was found gone. though we were not sure if Sirius had taken it or his crazy house-elf. later that day while sitting in the library with Remus and Ashley (who sat by the window reading a book called "new moon", sounded like a werewolf book to me), Remus brought up something to worry about. He looked up at me over his book, his eyebrows knitted together in confusion.

"What?" I asked, Moony closed his book before replying.

"You don't think he's planing revenge, do you? this is Sirius we're talking about" I frown, Remus was right. in school, I was never smart to prank a fellow marauder. Because they always pranked back, and while we played bad pranks on the students, they always seemed worse (in a good way) when it was played on each other. I swore under my breath. of course he was, there was no way he was going to let this go. But what Padfoot didn't know was that I would be ready.

"Remus, I think we should get ready for a prank war." I said, smiling over at him. Remus put his head in his hands.

"Oh no" He whispered.

"Oh, yes. Let the games begin"

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By dinner, there was still no sign of Padfoot. Harry and Ron claimed to have seen him as he walked to the loo. But at the sight of the two laughing teens, had ran back to his room. Both Boys spent most of the day imatating him 'skipping' to his room.

Lily and Molly cooked rost that night, claiming that the smell would fill the house, and hopefly get him out of his room. But failed. half way through dinner, Ashley slammed her book down on the table, making everyone turn to look at her. She stared at Remus, eyes full of amusement. Remus frowned at her.

"What is it Ash?" He asked, She didn't reply, only looked down at her open book then back to him before laughing. Everyone stared at her as if she had grown to heads.

"Ashley Lilith Potter!"Lily scolded her "what is so funny?"Ashley looked over at Lily and I, then back to Moony.

"Love child!!" she said between her laughter. Remus' eyes shot open.

"W-what?" he stammered out. Ashley tried to calm her self down, her laughter quieter now, before explaining.

"Jacob Black is Uncle Padfoot and Moony's Love child!" She squealed. her hands flying up to cover her mouth, as if trying to keep from laughing.

"WHAT?" everyone yelled. Ashley snickered, and nodded.

"Jacob Just told Bella he's a werewolf!" She said, as if that answered all our questions. she glanced at all our shock before adding "get it? Jacob Black is a werewolf"

that's when in dawned on me. My daughter was indicating that my to best friends have a child together. Ashley started laughing as she saw my wide eyes. realizing I did, in fact, git it. Looking over at Remus, I couldn't hold it in. I started laughing with my daughter.

"Love child!" I choked out. Remus turned to look at me.

"What is so funny!" He exclaimed. I explained in between laughter what Ashley had said, Remus' jaw dropped.

"What?! Ashley!" Everyone was laughing be now. Ashley smiled at her godfather.

"Don't worry Uncle Moony! He's a good kid!" She said "and he has Uncle Padfoot's temper!"

Remus sighed before dropping his head on to the table.


(A/N: OMG! what a short chapter! and what a bad chapter....But, Hey, at least its a update. Sorry it took so long!! but as you can see from the new moon reference, I've been reading the twilight books. and I promise to do my best to make the next chapter longer (and Better!!) and to get it done sooner. I would have had this done sooner, but have been babysitting all summer!! and now I have a new job, and what a pain that is! This chapter is Un-beta-ed...sorry. My beta is MIA at the time. so sorry for all the spelling and grammar errors.

OH! and a cookie to anyone who can tell me where this "!;!;!;!" is from. Hint: its a money code for a cpu game. but what game?

Ta, Kat

Disclaimer: Oh yeah....I don't own Harry Potter! Or Twilight. only the OC's are mine!