A/N: I solemnly swear that I am up to no good!

hi guys! sorry this took a bit more than I intended it too got a little bit of writers block but I powered through it :D now, as usual, I want to thank everyone who read, liked and followed this story! you guys are AWESOOOOME SAUCE! a special thanks to Hiimprettyawesomehowboutyou, I am glad you liked it! :D, an anonymous reviewer who gave two AWESOME suggestions (guess what? I'm doing them both ;)), rachelle8, thank you so much for reading and liking my story!, and last but not least, Theharrypotteraddict for your message! :D I am sooo glad you liked it! :) :D and now, here's chapter 11 enjoy :) - moonylove13

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I could look into your eyes
Until the sun comes up
And we're wrapped in light and life and love
Put your open lips on mine
And slowly let them shut
For they're designed to be together, oh
With your body next to mine
Our hearts will beat as one
And we set alight
We're afire love
Ed Sheeran

Cassie woke up the next day with a big smile on her face. She was still wondering if it was just a dream but she knew it wasn't when she felt an arm wrapped around her waist. She turned around to see Remus sleeping next to her and her smile got even bigger. Remus Lupin was in love with her. He was in love with her. After the two of them finally admitted their feelings for each other they decided to come back to the Common Room. When they noticed James was passed out in a corner with Lily not far from him, they decided to go up to the boy's dorm. Cassie was certain there was no way Sirius was coming back that night so really, the only one they had to be worried about was Peter but he didn't seem to be in the room either. Cassie didn't really want to be away from him right now, so she decided to stay and Remus wasn't really complaining about it. Still, the Map was on Remus' nightstand and James' cloak was not too far from Cassie just in case. Cassie leaned up to press a kiss against Remus' forehead before she turned around and was about to get up but she felt the arm around her waist tighten a bit.

"So were you just going to use me as a human pillow and then abandon me in the morning?" she couldn't help but giggle at Remus' hoarse voice. She turned around to look at him and saw his eyes were still closed.

"Actually I'd rather think of you as a human teddy bear but maybe that's just me" she said smiling back at him while running her hand through his messy hair. Remus let out a lazy smile and brought Cassie down to his lips.

"Good morning, love" he said smiling up at her.

"Morning" Cassie said biting her lip and fixing her hair a little. Remus pulled her back to his side and wrapped his arms around her again. Cassie felt her smile getting even wider. This didn't only feel right, it felt perfect.

"What?" Remus asked sitting up a little and seeing staring at him.

"Nothing" she said trying to hide her smile. "I just… I don't think I have ever been this happy" she whispered. "I don't want to move" she said closing her eyes again and snuggling in his chest. Remus smiled again before kissing her head.

"Then don't" he said. "Nobody is kicking you out" he told her.

"You know, if Siri finds us like this, he will kill you" she said and he let out a small laugh.

"I can take him" he assured her. "Plus, it'd be worth it" he added. Cassie sat up a little and leaned on her elbow so she could face him. "You look beautiful" he said placing her hair behind her ear. Cassie smiled, blushing a little and looking down but Remus made her look back up and gave her a peck on the lips. "What is it?"

"Nothing" she said a little confused.

"Right. I know you and I know the face you make when you overthink something" he said with a little smile. "What are you thinking?"

"Well… for a minute there, I thought I had dreamed the whole thing" she told him.

Remus smiled even bigger and leaned down to kiss her forehead. "You didn't dream anything, love" he said sitting up. "Would you like me to pinch you so you believe me?" he asked pinching her side.

"Remmy!" she giggled trying to get out of his arms but he didn't let her go.

"I love you" he whispered placing his hand gently on her cheek before he leaned down to kiss her. "You know what else I love?" he said between kisses. "I really love kissing you" he said making Cassie giggle a little as they started kissing more passionately. "And I love your laugh" he whispered before he was about to kiss her again when they heard the door open and Cassie pushed Remus off her and jumped to the side of the bed falling with a loud thump on the floor.

"Nice try, guys. Just be glad it was me and not Padfoot" James said walking in. He smirked when he saw Remus' face was deep red and Cassie appeared from the other side of his bed. He ran over to Remus' bed and plopped himself sitting on it. "So… how did it go last night?"

"Ugh, I think I'm going to regret this" Cassie said burying her face into Remus' mattress.

"Come on! Is only fair that your best friend is the first one to know about you two" James complained as Cassie stood up and sat next to Remus, who wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't even be together" he pointed out.

"Don't flatter yourself" Remus said laughing and kissing Cassie's head.

"Yeah, your plan was to lock us up in a storeroom until we revealed our feelings for each other" Cassie told him.

"What?"

"Hey! It would've worked" James argued. "My plan of making you jealous worked" he reminded them. "Although it came with a price" he said rubbing his cheek with his hand.

"Right, sorry about that" Remus said a little awkwardly.

"No worries, mate" James said with a smile. "It was worth it, Lily was worried about me the entire night" he said winking at Cassie. "So, are you guys done with this whole non-talking, dating other people, denying your feelings for each other, thing?" he asked with a small smirk.

Cassie turned to smile at Remus and he kissed her cheek. "We are" Remus told him.

"Finally! Pads owes me six galleons!" he said when he saw his two friends glaring at him. "On… a totally different bet" he assured them.

"Well, I'd love to stay and chat but… I don't want my brother to find me here and I don't want my roommates to wonder where I am so…" Cassie said getting up. "I'll see you at breakfast?" she asked leaning down to kiss Remus' lips again.

"Can't wait" he said smiling against her lips.

"Ew! If I knew it was going to be like this I would've given up on you two" James said making a disgusted face. Cassie rolled her eyes and hugged him while messing his hair.

"Thanks, Jamie" she said kissing his cheek and walking out of the dorm. As soon as she closed the door she bumped into someone, making her fall flat on her butt.

"Cass?" Bullocks.

"Uh, hi S-Siri" she said getting up and smiling innocently at her.

"Are you just coming out of my dorm?"

"Are you just getting in?" she asked with an arched eyebrow.

"I asked first" he said starting to feel a little angry.

"I-uh came… looking… for… you?" she tried biting her lip.

"Do you think I was born yesterday?" Sirius said walking closer to her and making her back hit the door of his dorm. "I was born five minutes before you" he said getting more upset.

"R-right" Cassie said letting out a nervous laugh.

"Is that Moony's sweatshirt?" he continued. "And his boxers?"

"Uh- I um, gotta go" she said opening the door behind her and running inside. She was about to close the door once she was inside but Sirius stopped her.

"Nice try" he said fuming.

"Cassie?" Remus asked confused when she was inside again.

"Run" she said before the door burst open, making Cassie fall to the side, and Sirius stormed inside.

"REMUS JOHN LUPIN!"

"Oh, come on, are middle names really necessary-?"

"I'm not talking to you, Cassiopeia Melania" Sirius said glaring at her.

"Really?" Cassie said rolling her eyes as she stood up. Sirius ignored her and turned his dirty look back to Remus.

"Explain this" he said between clenched teeth.

"W-well, um P-Padfoot" Remus started walking towards his friend. He would never admit it, neither would James, but out the four of them, if he was angry or if it involved Cassie, Sirius was probably the one who could kill them all… with one hand.

"Why was my sister leaving our dorm in your clothes?" Sirius asked getting angrier every second.

"Uh, well b-because-"

"Because I spent the night here" Cassie said rolling her eyes.

"Cassie!"

"You WHAT?" Sirius said turning to look at her.

"I spent the night here" she repeated shrugging her shoulders. Remus felt sweat coming through his forehead. This was it. Sirius was going to kill him. "What is the big deal? I've done it before" she told him.

"Yes, when I'm in the room! But you are not allowed to stay here with Moony when no one else is here!"

"I am not allowed?" Cassie said getting as upset as her brother. "Who the bloody hell are you to tell me what I'm not allowed to do?"

"I am your older brother-"

"Ugh! Five minutes! You're five bloody minutes older than me!"

"It's still older!"

"What the bloody hell is all the yelling?" James said coming out of the bathroom.

"Stay out of it, Potter!"

"Sirius, calm down!"

"Don't tell me to calm down!" Sirius yelled pointing his wand at Remus. Cassie quickly ran over there and put herself in the middle of them.

"Sirius! Put down your wand!" Cassie said glaring at her brother.

"Get out of the way" Sirius told her.

"What are you going to do? Are you going to hex Remus?"

"I might, although I wouldn't mind hexing you first if you don't move!"

"Alright Sirius, enough!" Remus said frustrated stepping in front of Cassie. "You're not hexing anyone-"

"The hell I am! That's my sister!" he said pointing at Cassie behind him.

"I know!" Remus said trying to calm him down.

"And you are my best friend!"

"I know!"

"Hey!" James complained.

"And you hurt her!"

"I know!"

"She cried over you for like a week!"

"I know!" Remus said feeling really bad about it.

"And I'm not just going to stand here and watch you do it all over again!"

"I KNOW!" Remus snapped back at him. "I know I screwed up Pads, but I'm not going to do it again" he said as both boys calmed down a little. "I love Cassie, alright? And I promise you that I would never hurt her" he said truthfully.

Cassie felt her cheeks turn a bit red as she smiled behind Remus. Sirius looked from to Cassie and then back at him. He walked closer to him and kept his stare on the taller boy.

"Alright" he said in a serious tone. "But know this" he said narrowing his eyes. "If you ever hurt my sister in any single way and I will not hesitate to hex you, got it?"

Remus only nodded to his friend before Cassie pushed him aside and hugged Sirius.

"Thanks, Siri" she said kissing his cheek.

"And no being alone in our dorm! That's disgusting!" he said messing Cassie's hair. "Or making out in front of me!"

"I actually second that petition" James said from his spot and both Remus and Cassie rolled their eyes.

"Fair enough" she said. "Now, I'm going to go change and I'll meet you guys for breakfast. I'm starving!" she said walking out of the boys' dorm. She quickly made it to her dorm thankful that the Common Room was still pretty empty. Her dorm, though, that was a different story.

"Oh my God! Cassie!" Lily threw herself at her.

"Finally, Lily was about to inform Professor Dumbledore that you had been taken in your sleep apparently" Marlene said rolling her eyes. "As if she was here last night" she said with a smirk and Lily glared at her.

"Oh that's right" Cassie said as Lily let go of her. "I remember seeing you a little too close to Mr. Potter, did I not?" Cassie asked her smirking.

"And where did you disappear to, if I may ask?" Lily said back at her.

"Are you wearing Remus' clothes?" Marlene noticed making Cassie's face as red as the colors of her house.

"Uh, I um- yes?"

Lily and Marlene looked at each other with identical smiles on their faces before they let out the highest pitch scream Cassie was sure she had heard in her entire life.

"Girls, really?" she said covering her ears as Alice came out of the bathroom.

"What is going on?" she asked confused.

"Cassie and Remus!" they both yelled at the same time as they hugged the black-haired witch and continued screaming.

"Would you give it a rest?" Cassie asked trying to get out of their embrace. "I need to breathe!"

"What happened?" Alice asked excited sitting on her bed as Cassie finally managed to unglue herself from the other two.

"Well, um after his fight with Juliette, which apparently everyone heard, and after James went to see if Lily was ok, I went out to the gardens and Remus came and found me and well, he gave me his jacket and we started… talking about everything and…."

"And?" Alice said knowing Lily and Marlene would probably explode if she didn't continue.

"He kissed me" she said with a big smile and the three girls were now screaming again.

"What the bloody hell is going on here?" Sirius asked as he, James and Remus came through the door with their wands ready.

"What are you doing?" Marlene asked confused.

"Your screams can be heard all the way to our dorms!" James informed her and Cassie let out a big laugh when the other three girls blushed a little.

"Right, um, sorry about that" Lily said smiling at them.

"Are you girls alright?" Remus asked concerned looking at Cassie.

"Yeah, um, the girls were just a bit excited" she said winking at him and making him blush a little.

"Oh, for the love of God" Sirius said rolling his eyes and leaving the dorm with James behind him.

"Well, um" Remus said scratching the back of his head. "I'll uh- see you girls at breakfast" he said before he kissed Cassie's head and left too.

"Oh, Merlin, that was adorable" Alice said smiling brightly at her.

"So, are you two finally going out now?" Lily asked them.

"Um, well, I guess so" Cassie said a little confused. "I don't know, we haven't really talked about it" she said rubbing her arm and lifting the sleeve of her sweatshirt.

"Well, what did he say yesterday?" Marlene asked her.

"He said he loved me" Cassie said smiling and they screamed again. "Would you girls stop that?"

"Sorry" they apologized. "Well, maybe it's not official yet but come on, if you guys already admitted your feelings for each other, is only a matter of time" Alice told her.

"Yeah, I guess you're right" Cassie said smiling. She didn't really mind. She was just happy with the way things were. She loved Remus and he loved her and that was the best feeling in the entire world for her.

After the girls finished getting ready, Cassie pretty much refusing to get out of Remus' sweatshirt, but changing the boxers for jeans, they headed down for breakfast and joined the boys. Cassie took her seat next to Remus who had a plate full of pancakes and bacon waiting just for her.

"Hi" she said smiling at him and giving him a peck on the cheek.

"Hi" he said kissing the side of her head. "I like my sweater on you" he said smiling.

"I'm glad because I wasn't planning on giving it back" she said taking the first bite.

"This is disgusting, I am going to return my breakfast" Sirius complained, with his mouth full.

"Oh, please, stop being so dramatic" Lily said laughing at him.

"Wait, what is going on?" Peter asked confused. "Are you guys-? Are you guys together now?" he asked sounding a little more upset than he meant to.

"Yes" Remus said throwing his arm around Cassie's shoulder. "Why?"

"No reason" Peter said shrugging his shoulders. "Just didn't know" he said before he went back to his breakfast.

Cassie noticed that a few people from outside the group had heard. She noticed the looks everyone in the Great Hall was giving them. A lot of boys were glaring at Remus and a lot of girls, including Juliette, were glaring at her.

"Just ignore them, love" Remus whispered in her ear before kissing her cheek.

That's all it took for her to forget all about that. She could really get used to this. Everything felt like it… fit. Remus and her were just back to being the way they were before but, even better now. She couldn't care less about the looks those girls were giving her. Or the look her cousin was giving her from her table as it looked like she was about to throw up, or Lucius Malfoy glaring at her but with a hint of evil in his eyes. She just snuggled closer to Remus, listening to everyone talk about the Ball last night and kept on eating her breakfast, remembering just how perfect last night and this morning had been.

Over the next week, Cassie and Remus were inseparable. The two of them were sitting at the Common Room in front of the fire place, snuggled against each other, asleep. The fire was almost out. Remus woke up and noticed someone had put a blanket over them, probably Lily. He turned around to see Cassie still asleep in his arms. He smiled at the sleeping girl. He had never felt this happy in his entire life. The past week had been amazing. Even the day after the full-moon hadn't been that bad. Cassie had stayed with him the entire day reading, and singing to him, and eating all kinds of junk food and making out of course. He couldn't believe that his best friend was in love with him.

"Cass" Remus whispered.

"Hmm?" the girl said still asleep. Remus let out a small laugh and kissed her head.

"Do you want to head down for breakfast?"

"BREAKFAST?" she said sitting up quickly. "We stayed here all night?"

"Looks like it" Remus said pointing at the window where the sun was already out. Cassie groaned complaining and snuggled back against Remus. "I'll tell you what" he said. "Why don't we go get some food and we come back here so we can sleep a little more" he suggested. Cassie sat up lazily and turned around to face him.

"I think that's a great idea" she said leaning down to kiss him. Remus got up and helped her up too. They made their way to the Great Hall hand in hand where they spotted the other three Marauders, Frank and Cassie's roommates.

"Hi guys" Marlene greeted them.

"Morning" Remus said sitting down with Cassie by his side.

"Did you guys stayed in the Common Room last night again?" Peter asked them.

"Yeah" Remus said putting food on his plate and Cassie's. "We were reading and just… fell asleep I guess" he said. "Coffee, love?" Cassie nodded resting her head on Remus' shoulder.

"I'm actually glad that you deal with morning Cassie" Sirius said laughing and making his sister glare at him. That was until Remus placed a cup of coffee in front of her.

"Thank you, love" she said smiling up at him and kissing his cheek.

"Once again, I hope you liked my breakfast, because you're about to see it again" Sirius said.

"You're nauseating" Cassie said rolling her eyes and drinking her coffee.

The group quickly started to talk about their plans for Christmas. Lily said she was staying home and even invited them to come over for New Years. Frank was going to visit his grandmother. Alice and Marlene were staying at Hogwarts since their parents didn't have any vacation for Christmas. And the Marauders, plus Cassie were all going to James' house. Peter was only going to be there for the first few days, since he was going to his mother's family for Christmas like every year. Cassie was so excited to spend the Christmas break with her boyfriend. Well, they still hadn't officially said they were boyfriend and girlfriend but they pretty much acted like it. She honestly didn't care. She was happy with how things were and she was spending two entire weeks with him and no one in school who were always giving them stupid stares.

Yes, everything was going great. That was until a black, big, mean-looking and quite scary, eagle owl flew into the Great Hall and landed right in front of Cassie. He was holding an envelope with the words 'Cassiopeia M. Black' on it. Everyone knew that owl. It belonged to the Black family. The rest of the teenagers sitting around her, minus Sirius, stared a little shocked, contemplating the bird. They had seen it a couple of times on the first few years, but over the past ones, the owl only delivered mail to Regulus. Sirius' eyes were as wide as Cassie's and they never left each other. They both knew exactly what it was.

"Th-thanks Rigel" she muttered grabbing the envelope from him. The bird let out a high pitch howl at the girl, making everyone cringe their faces at the loud noise, before it flew away.

"What's that, love?" Remus asked getting closer to her and ignoring Lily's, Alice's and Marlene's smirks.

"Uh, n-nothing" Cassie said trying to smile. "It's probably nothing, don't worry about it" she said brushing it off.

"Are you sure?" Remus asked noticing the girl tense up as she put the envelope away.

"Y-yeah-"

"Cassie" they all heard Regulus coming towards the group. "Uh, I saw Rigel flying in" he commented. "Did he not find me and give it to you?" he asked knowing as much as everyone else that it was close to never when the Black parents would write to either Sirius or Cassie, and whenever they did, it was mostly a howler.

"Uh, n-no" Cassie said nervously. "It's for me" she told him.

"It's for you?" the youngest Black asked getting the exact same look both of his siblings had just a minute ago.

"Yeah" Cassie nodded showing him the envelope with her name on it.

"Siri?" Regulus asked looking at his brother getting a little scared. Sirius, seeing the look on both of his siblings, decided to stand up, got up on the bench and the table, making his way to the other side and took the letter from Cassie's hand.

"Mr. Black!" he heard Professor McGonagall from the teacher's table but ignored her.

"Sirius!" Cassie complained as everyone else looked confused at the three siblings.

"Come on" he said looking at them "We're settling this right now" he told them. Regulus and Sirius looked at Cassie waiting for her to stand up.

She turned to look apologetically at Remus and sighted. "I'll be right back, ok?" she said with a sad smile.

"Cassie, what's going on? Is everything alright?" he asked getting worried.

"Yeah, um" she said looking back at the rest of their friends looking at her. "I'll tell you about it later" she said with pleading eyes. Not wanting to upset the girl even more, Remus nodded and kissed her forehead.

"I'll save your plate" he said smiling warmly at her.

"Let's go!" Sirius said grabbing Cassie's arm and dragging her out of the Great Hall and into the first empty classroom they could find.

"What the bloody hell is going on?" Regulus asked. "Why is mother writing to you?"

"That's exactly what I want to know!" Sirius said looking at the girl too. "What the bloody hell did you do?"

"It wasn't mother" Cassie muttered looking at the floor.

"What?" they both asked getting even more worried.

"Mother didn't write to me" she said looking up at them and they both saw the fear in her eyes. That only meant… "It was father."

"Oh shit" Sirius muttered.

Sirius felt his heart pounding as hard as he could only imagine Regulus' and Cassie's heart were. He read the envelope in his hand recognizing his father's penmanship. His father never wrote. He was barely around their house and when he was, he did everything that was possible to avoid any kind of conversation with his children. Whenever Sirius or Cassie did something wrong, which according to them was all the time, it was their mother who would scream at them or send a howler but never their father.

"B-but father never writes" Regulus said getting as scared as his older siblings were.

"Do you want to open it?" Sirius asked her.

Cassie bit her lip and felt sick to her stomach. She didn't really want to, but this was going to come back and bite her even worse if she didn't so she nodded. She hesitatingly took the envelope from Sirius and both of her brothers noticed that she was shaking. She quickly opened the envelope and took the letter out. She grabbed the parchment with both of her hands and read out loud.

"Cassiopeia Melania-

I have just been informed by Abraxas Malfoy, who was told by Lucius, about your relationship with a young man named Remus John Lupin-"

"What? You're going out with Lupin?" Regulus asked confused. He had seen the two friends getting closer over the past week and he had heard the rumors, but he didn't know it was anything official.

"Shh!" Sirius scolded him. "Go on" he said looking at Cassie who started over.

"Cassiopeia Melania-

I have just been informed by Abraxas Malfoy, who was told by Lucius, about your relationship with a young man named Remus John Lupin.

I expect both you and your brother, Sirius Orion, to come home in the Hogwarts Express tomorrow for the Christmas break, along with Regulus Arcturus. We will be discussing the situation then. You are both forbidden to go to James Potter's house for your vacation.

As for this young man you are involved with, your mother insists on you to bring him to dinner tomorrow night.

I will see you and your brothers tomorrow.

Orion A. Black"

"What?" Cassie said looking at the last sentence in the letter. "They want Remus to come to the house?"

"We can't go to James' house for Christmas?" Sirius asked upset taking the letter from Cassie's hand.

"What the bloody hell is happening?" Regulus asked equally confused as the other two.

"I don't know" Sirius told them. "But this isn't good."

"So, what do we do?" Regulus asked him.

"There's nothing we can do" Sirius said. "We all know that if we don't follow this, it will only get worse" he said pointing at the letter in his hand. "So, I guess we're going home tomorrow" he sighted.

"Remus can't come home" Cassie said looking at her two brothers.

"Cassie, I know you don't want him to" Sirius told her. "But if father is telling you to bring him, you know he will find another way to make it happen if you don't" he told her.

"But Siri-"

"Look, we can deal with this later, alright?" he said hugging her. "Let's just go finish breakfast" he told them. Regulus nodded and walked out of the class. Sirius was about to follow him when he noticed Cassie didn't move. "Hey" he said softly. "It'll be ok" he assured her.

"He's a half-blood Siri" Cassie said worryingly. "They're going to tear him apart! And what if they know that he's a werewolf? And he's going to come to our house! Our dark, hideous, cold house where we can't even act like ourselves-"

"Cassie, stop" Sirius told her placing his hands on her shoulders. "Look, I doubt that they know he's a werewolf. Nobody but us, the teachers and Moony's father knows" he assured her. "All we know is that we have to be there tomorrow and we can't go to James'" he said.

"Yeah, sorry about that" she said looking down knowing it was all her fault.

"Look at me" Sirius said gently and she slowly looked back at him. "I wouldn't have let you do this alone in a million years" he said kissing her forehead. "Whatever it is father is doing, I'm going to be there with you" he assured her. "I promise you we will be alright" he said hugging her. Cassie wrapped her arms around his waist and felt a little better.

"Alright" she said quietly.

"Now, come on. I'm starving" he said letting go of her and grabbing her hand.

"You're always starving" Cassie said letting out a little laugh.

"Cassie, would you please tell me what's going on?" Remus asked for about the tenth time. Cassie didn't speak. She simply led him to the same empty classroom where she had been in with her brothers in the middle of breakfast. "Cassie, you're worrying me. You barely touched your food and you didn't speak for the rest of breakfast" he said when she stopped and looked at him. "What's going on, love?"

Cassie sighted and played with the hem of the sweatshirt with her hands. Remus could tell she was really nervous. "Um- ok" she started. But she wasn't really sure where to start. "Uh, well…" she said biting her lip. "Um, here's the thing- uh" she sighted frustrated. "Alright, um-"

"Cassie" Remus said getting more worried. Remus saw her shake. She was a ball of nerves. "Love, calm down" he said grabbing her hands and leading her towards a chair. He kneeled down in front of her and waited for her breathing to be a little more even. "Ok, what's wrong, love?"

"Um, well, you know that um- well, Siri and I rarely talk about our parents because" she said looking down at their hands. "Well, ever since we were placed in Gryffindor we've become pretty much invisible to them" she continued. "Um, the thing is uh- they're… they're not very nice people" she admitted. "You know that um… my relationship with my mother is, not um… the best one to put it in a nice way" she said trying her best not to cry.

"Cassie, did your mother say something to you in that letter that made you this upset?" he asked thinking he knew the answer but was surprised when she shook her head no.

"My mother didn't write the letter" she told him. "My father did" she said not looking at him. Remus paled a little. If there was one thing that the twins had always said was worse than their mother, was their father.

"Um… your father?"

"Yes" she said thinking it was just better to get everything out.

"What um- what did he say?" Remus asked getting nervous. He knew perfectly well that he didn't exactly want to just wish his daughter a happy Christmas.

"He knows about us" she informed him.

"He does? U-um- how does he-?"

"Malfoy" she told him looking down.

"Malfoy told him?" Remus asked confused.

"He told his father and his father told my father" Cassie explained to him.

"Why does Malfoy even care that you're with me?"

"I don't know" Cassie said looking down and biting her lip. "Um, that's not all" she said shyly making Remus panic even more. "He said that Sirius and I are not allowed to go to James' house for Christmas" she told him sadly.

"You're not coming?" he asked getting as upset as she was. He had been excited the entire year about spending Christmas with Cassie, and now it was supposed to be even better. "Why?"

"Because he said we couldn't go" she replied with a sad tone. "And… he wants you to come to my house tomorrow night for dinner" she finished.

"What?" Remus knew something was wrong if her parents were writing her, but he never imagined this was it. "He uh- he wants me to come to your house?" he asked getting up and letting go of her hands. "Your father wants me to have dinner at your house?"

"Yes" Cassie said nervously biting her lip again.

"I am going to meet your parents?" Remus said freaking out.

"Yes" she repeated. "I mean, if you want to" she said bringing her knees to her chest and wrapping her arms around them. "You don't have to come if you don't want to" she said sadly looking away. "I'm not exactly thrilled about the whole thing" she mumbled.

Remus saw how upset she got and kneeled down back in front of her. He placed his hand on her cheek and made her face him again.

"No, Cassie, no, is not that I don't want to. I'd do anything for you" he assured her. "You know that. And yeah, I just may be a little bit nervous about meeting your parents but I'll come" he told her. "Do you… not want me to come?" he asked confused.

"No! Is not that! Is nothing like that, Remmy, believe me, nothing, in this world makes me happier than being with you but… I'm embarrassed about them!" she said honestly. "You don't know how my mother is with me-"

"I know she can be a bit-"

"No. You don't know" Cassie said turning to look at him in the eyes. "She is going to serve me about an eighth part of what I usually eat and still say that I'm fat, and she's going to say that I'm a disgrace of a daughter for not looking like my cousins all the time or for playing Quidditch or that I am never going to find a guy who is going to love me because… why would he?" she said letting out a sarcastic laugh. Remus felt his blood boiling but she kept on going before he could say something. "And she will say things about you! She probably knows you're a half-blood and she is going to tell you that you're not worthy of being a wizard because you're not a pure-blood and she-" she stopped when a few tears escaped her eyes. "She might even say bad things about your mother" she said wiping away the tears with the sleeve of her coat. "Because she was a muggle, but Remmy, I just… please, you have to know… you need to know that neither Sirius nor I think that way! I love you! And I could care less if you're a pure-blood or a half-blood or a muggle-born or a muggle!" she said while tears kept on streaming down her face. "Remmy, you don't know what they're like. They're horrible people! They're not like Mr. and Mrs. Potter!" she told him. "They're going to be telling you mean and terrible things and they will also say nasty things about me and Sirius and I just don't want you to hate me after you-"

Cassie was cut off by Remus pulling her towards his lips. After a while of kissing her he pulled away but rested his forehead on hers. "Cassie, listen to me carefully" he said in a steady tone. "I could never hate you" he assured her. "All that matters to me is what you think of me! It will be hard for me to hear her talking about you that way because you're the most beautiful girl in the entire world for me! I love you and nothing in this world, not even your parents, can change that" he said kissing her forehead.

"You promise?" she asked nervously and he wiped away the remaining tears with his thumbs. Remus gave her another peck on the lips before smiling at her.

"I promise, love" he said making her smile just a little bit.

"Thank you" she said throwing her arms around his shoulders and burying her face on his neck.

"Anytime, love" he said kissing her head. "Now, come on" he said wiping away the tear on her cheek and kissing her forehead. "I need that Charms book so I can read it over the break" he said pulling her out of the classroom.

"Ugh, are you really going to read over the break?" she mocked him.

"Well, since I'm not going to be spending it with my girlfriend, I thought I'd read a bit-" he stopped when he felt her stop moving. "What?" he asked looking at her surprised face.

"I'm um- I'm your girlfriend?" she asked with a smile.

"Well, yeah" Remus said shrugging his shoulders. "I mean, uh, if you want to" he said getting nervous. "Uh if you'd like me to I don't know ask in a more romantic way I-"

This time, Remus was cut off by Cassie standing on her tiptoes and crashing her lips against his. "That was actually perfect" she said smiling against his lips. "Let's go get your book" she said holding his hand and leading him to the Library.

"Actually, I wouldn't mind forgetting about the book and keep doing what we were doing" he whispered smiling at her.

"I wouldn't mind that either but then you're going to be stuck playing chess with Peter or Quidditch with James during the break" she told him. Remus thought about it for a little while.

"Alright, we get the book and then we continue this" he suggested.

"Sounds like a great plan" she said leaning up to kiss him before leading him to the Library again.

The couple made it to the Library and while Remus went to look for his book, Cassie decided to look for one as well. Remus finally found the book he was looking for and he was about to go check it out, when he bumped into someone.

"Lupin" the third Black sibling was standing at the end of the aisle waiting for him.

"Uh, Regulus" Remus said acknowledging him. "Hi."

"Hi" he simply replied.

"Were you uh- looking for Cassie?" he asked. "She's around here somewhere-"

"Actually I wanted to talk to you" he told him.

"M-me?"

"Yes, you" he said.

"Uh, sure" Remus said confused.

"My sister told me this morning that you two are going out" Regulus started.

"Um, yes, we are" Remus told him.

"I'm going to be honest with you, when I met you I didn't like you. But that was mainly because I saw you as my replacement with both of my siblings, along with Potter and Pettigrew" he informed him.

"Uh, ok?" Remus said confused.

"But, over the last couple of months I have seen the way you and my sister act towards each other and, even with some stupid decisions you've made that made her cry over you, I trust Cassie and her judgment so if she trusts you then… I should too" he said making Remus a little less nervous.

"Well, uh thank you-?"

"However, you should know that Cassie is the most important person in my life. As much as I love Sirius, he turned his back on me when I was sorted in Slytherin, but Cassie never did. She has been the best sister I could ever ask for and I love her very deeply. So, if you ever hurt her Lupin, I swear I would curse you even worse than I'm sure Sirius has already threatened you-"

"Actually, Sirius said-"

"See, is not the same. Because, deep down, he's your best friend, so if you hurt Cassie, even if he would really hex you, there would still be the whole friendship in between. But not me. We're not friends, so trust me when I tell you that I would have no problem by hurting you even worse than how Sirius thinks he could" he finished.

"Can I talk now?" Remus asked him.

"Yes" Regulus simply said.

"Well, first of all I think is nice that you care so much for your sister" he pointed out. "And I just wanted to assure you that Cassie is the most important person in my entire life. I love her more than anybody else in this world and I promise you, that I would never hurt her" he told him.

"Fair enough" Regulus told him. "That's really all I needed to hear" he said. "Oh, and another thing, I'm guessing my sister has already told you that you're meeting our parents?"

"Uh, yeah she mentioned it" Remus said getting nervous all over again. "Why?"

"Well, if you're really willing to do that for her, I guess you really do love her" he said before he turned around and walked away from Remus.

"Hey" Cassie said coming over from the other side. "Did you find your book?"

"Uh, I did" he said showing her the book in his hand.

"Well then, shall we go?" she asked holding his other hand as they both made their way out of the Library.

"Bloody hell!" Sirius jumped scared when his door burst open revealing his sister in a dress he knew his mother had picked out for her. "Looking fancy, sis" he mocked her.

"Shut up!" she said walking over to him by his window. "I need one" she said grabbing the pack of cigarettes he had on the bench, grabbing one and lighting it up.

It was weird. Cassie had expected for her parents to talk to her the minute she walked through the door, but they didn't. It was pretty much normal. Her mother only greeted them coldly when they came in and she hadn't even seen her father. And now, they were just waiting for Remus to arrive for this whole circus to begin. She wasn't even sure what to expect, really. She just hoped it wasn't as bad as she imagined it would be.

"You know Moony would freak out if he smells smoke on your breath" he said laughing a little.

"I don't care! I am wearing a dress one size too small, I can barely walk in these bloody shoes" she said taking them of. "My hair looks like mother's and I haven't eaten anything since we got off the Hogwarts Express" she snapped back at him.

"It'll be alright Cass" Sirius assured her. "Look, I spent all last night telling Moony what to do and what not to do" he said. "We know how this will go. Father will barely talk, other than asking what Moony's father does for a living and what he plans on doing for a living. And mother would drop hints about how he's not worthy to be a wizard because he's a half-blood. I already told him to not take it personal, is not our fault our parents are idiots" he said taking another puff of his cigarette.

"Well, is not just them!" she told him. "The bloody portraits are going to be screaming at him and ugh Kreacher!" she said rolling her eyes and taking another puff too.

"Oh, come on, you cannot worry about that stupid little creature" Sirius said laughing.

"I will kick him if I have to" she assured him making him laugh harder.

"Look, Moony is a smart guy" Sirius assured her. "He's not going to let our parents get to him. And once this is over, they are just going to let this pass and go back to ignoring us like they always do" he simply said.

"Do you really think so? They have never done something like this before" she said a little nervous.

"Well, granted I don't know what's gotten into them" Sirius said shrugging his shoulders. "But I assumed that if they were going to nag you about it, they would've done it by now. Who knows? Maybe we can even go to James' after tonight" he told her.

"Ugh! I can't use this in my head" she said annoyed taking the feathers her mother had put in her hair earlier. "Oops" she said tossing them out of the window and Sirius only laughed.

"Better" he said smiling when they heard a knock on the door. The twins quickly gave one last puff at their cigarettes before putting them down and tossing them out the window. They let the smoke out and Cassie closed the windows door. "Come in!"

Regulus opened the door and walked inside. "Were you guys smoking?"

"Never!" both twins replied at the same time and Regulus rolled his eyes.

"Sirius, mother sent me to get you so she can see what you're wearing tonight" he informed her. Sirius rolled his eyes while Cassie smirked at him a little.

"Shut up! It's still better than what you're wearing" he mocked her.

"Anything is better than what I'm wearing" she said rolling her eyes. "I can't breathe in this thing" she said getting up and walking over to her brothers.

"Masters Black, your mother is waiting for you" Kreacher said coming towards the three siblings.

"We'll be right there" Sirius said rolling his eyes but Regulus was already walking down the hall.

"Nasty little blood traitor brat" Kreacher growled as he followed Regulus.

"Sorry, didn't catch that" Cassie said coming next to Sirius.

"Kreacher said nothing, Miss" he said glaring at her. "And there's its twin, unnatural little beasts they are" he said as he walked away.

"I think we're growing on him, wouldn't you say?" Sirius said laughing looking at Cassie.

"A bit" she said laughing too. "Shouldn't you be on your way to mother's room to get dressed?"

"Ugh! Don't remind me" Sirius said turning around and walking towards the last door in the hall.

Cassie laughed a little rolling her eyes and made her way to her bedroom. She looked at herself in the mirror. She didn't look like her at all. The dress her mother had made her wear was nothing like the one she wore for the Ball. And in top of it all, she made her wear gloves. She hated gloves. The only thing that sort of looked like her was her hair since she had pulled the feathers off. She made her way to her bed and grabbed Remus sweatshirt. The one she wore the night they got together. She hugged her to herself and smelled it. It smelled just like him. She still couldn't believe just how lucky she was. But then she felt her stomach turning at the thought of him coming here and meeting her parents. She knew her mother was going to do anything in her power to put her down and make Remus look at her the way she did. And if that wasn't enough, her father would make sure to make Remus feel bad only because of what his father does for a living. She jumped a little when the door opened and Sirius came inside with a suit with his tie undone.

"Would you mind? Whenever mother does it, she puts it a little too tight" he said rolling his eyes. Cassie stood up and walked over to her brother to fix his tie. "Merlin, you are sweating!"

"Shut up! I don't sweat, I glisten" she said trying to make the sweat stop.

"Well, you're glistening like a pig" Sirius said handing her his handkerchief. She was about to reply, when they heard the doorbell ringing.

Remus was here.

A/N: tan tan taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan (dramatic music) hahaha ok, so that's it for now! I'll try my best to post next chapter where Remus meets the Blacks as soon as I can! as always, suggestions are very welcome... and so are reviews! :D hahaha thank you guys so much for reading! I hope you likeeed it! let me know what you think :)

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