A/N:I am so sorry about the delay in the updates. Hopefully this will make up for it! Thank you so much to everyone who helped with coming up with questions, and I really hope that you all enjoy the answers. -Star
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"Well," Lily started. "I guess my favorite memory would have to be when I first found out that I was a witch. It changed the rest of my life, and led me to all of my friends." The group smiled at her.
"My question then," Severus smirked. "How far have you gone in a relationship?"
"Uh," Bill turned crimson. "I've kissed a girl." The rest of the group looked at the 3rd year in shock, with the exception of Hermione.
"Who the hell have you kissed already?" James asked incredulously.
"Uh," the blush on Bill's face got even worse. "Isabella Hall, and it was last year."
"Dude," Severus said in awe. "She graduated last term, and was a Slytherin."
"I know," Bill answered. "Your turn Charlie."
"Um," Charlie blushed Weasly red. "I don't have any experience." His friends smiled at him knowingly.
"That's alright Charlie," Luna answered. "We wouldn't expect you to as a first year. Anyways, my experience is limited to snogging and over the clothes touching."
"Mine is slightly farther than that," Lupin said with a slight blush. "Snogging and shirts being removed."
"I've made love," Peter said proudly, to the shock of the rest of the group. "Last year, with Rose," he answered the unasked questions. "Then she blew me off, and hasn't had anything to do with me since." He looked down sadly.
"I'm sorry Peter," Hermione soothed. "That's a horrible way to treat people."
"Mine's close to Luna's," Sirius replied, "Snogging, over the clothes touching, and grinding. That's it."
"Really mate?" James asked.
"Yeah James," he responded. "I mean you've always thought I've gone farther, but I haven't. It never felt right, so I didn't see the point in going farther."
"Well that's interesting," James replied.
"My experience would be limited to what Sirius and I have done, so snogging," Hermione responded.
"Really?" Sirius asked in a slightly excited voice, seeing her nod, he got a smug look on his face. "I love the fact that I am the only one you've ever been with."
"Well, I've snogged girls before, but that's about it," James admitted. "They weren't Lily, so I wasn't going to go farther. She's the only girl I've ever wanted to be with."
"That's sweet James," Lily smiled. "I've done the snogging and over the clothes touching, but nothing else. And before you ask, I was in denial about James, so I went out with Amos Diggory." James looked pissed, but attempted to calm himself.
"I already knew that one," Severus smirked. "I didn't know that's why you went out with the dick though. I've had sex, in several different positions, with different girls. Didn't really care about any of them, they were just convenient."
"Well that's not a good reason to make love," Hermione said softly.
"I never said I've made love," he responded. "I said I've had sex. Or fucked if you prefer that term. It was expected of me being in Slytherin, so it happened."
"My question!" Bill exclaimed. "What is your worst memory?"
"Being kissed by Aunt Muriel," Charlie shuddered. Hermione and Luna burst into laughter. "I take it you both know her?" The girls nodded, leaving those that didn't confused. "She's extremely old, and feels the need to kiss us all when we're around. She pinches our cheeks, and it doesn't help that she smells horrible." The group of friends started laughing hysterically at his explanation.
"My worst memory would be the Battle of Hogwarts," Luna shuddered, her voice soft with fear. "Worst night of our lives." Hermione nodded as Remus wrapped his arm around Luna in comfort.
"Being bit by Greyback definitely takes the cake for me," Remus answered. "It's not so bad now, but previously it was horrible."
"Rose walking away from me," Peter said softly. "She told me that it didn't mean anything. It hurt, and would be my worst memory."
"My worst memory," Sirius started in a hard voice. "Would be the first day I spent at home after 1st year. My parents were pissed that I was in Gryffindor, and the beating I got then was the worst I had ever experienced." Hermione kissed Sirius' neck in sympathy while the others just looked at him in horror.
"The night Sirius died," Hermione choked out, tears in her voice. Sirius hugged her tighter to him, understanding her pain. "The Battle of Hogwarts was horrible, but we triumphed, so it wasn't too bad, despite the losses that occurred. The night I lost the love of my life, now that was hell."
"My worst memory plays off of Sirius'," James said in a hollow voice. "It would be the night after we had gotten home from Hogwarts after our 1st year. The fire turned green, and Sirius appeared, but I didn't recognize him. He was covered in bruises, cuts, and blood. Seeing my best friend looking that battered…" he trailed off, shuddering, tears in his eyes at the memory.
Sirius squeezed Hermione tighter as James described what he had looked like. He hated remembering that day, and knew it was hard on James as well. He watched as Lily reached out and grasped James' shoulder, attempting to comfort him.
"Worst day of my life would be from 1st year as well," Lily said softly. "Before we boarded the train, my sister called me a freak and told me that it was a good thing I was going away. That they did that to protect all of the muggles from us because we weren't normal or safe to be around. That was the last time my sister spoke to me." Hermione smiled at her in a comforting way, already having seen the memory of that moment. James switched to comforting Lily, rubbing soothing circles on her hand.
"Mine would be that time I uttered that horrible word," Severus said. "I never meant to call you that Lily. I didn't even mean it, so I'm not sure why I said it. I was embarrassed and hurting, and accidentally took it out on the only person that cared about me. I am so sorry."
"It's okay Sev," Lily whispered. "I know you didn't mean it. It just hurt, but I forgave you a long time ago." Severus smiled at her, thankful that he finally had people that cared about him.
"Worst memory," Bill mused. "As much as I want to agree with Charlie on the whole Aunt Muriel thing, it wouldn't be true. Mine would be the day that you guys had your duel practice. We had heard that you would all be dueling, and when Hermione didn't come to dinner, I freaked out. I was so worried about her."
Hermione removed herself gently from Sirius' lap, walking over to Bill. She hugged him and kissed him on the forehead, then repeated the action with Charlie. "I am sorry about that," she told them. "I didn't even think about what you both would think if I didn't come back. I just needed air after the whole dueling thing because of the memories that it brought back." They both nodded at her, understanding it all now. She walked back over to Sirius after hugging them once more, and sat comfortably in his lap, enjoying the feel of his arms around her waist.
"My turn!" Charlie exclaimed in excitement. "What's your most embarrassing moment?"
The group was either snickering or groaning.
"I don't think I have one," Luna replied airily.
"You've never had an embarrassing moment?" Severus asked doubtfully.
"Oh she's had them," Hermione chuckled. "Or at least what we would all consider to be embarrassing she has had, but she didn't get embarrassed. She's kinda, different that way."
"Oh I have one," Luna said happily. "Harry asking me to go to that party for the Slug Club (A/N: Please note that I combined books 5 and 6 to fit my purposes. Book 7 for this story took place in their 6th year instead of their 7th. Thanks!)
"I had several girls attempting to kill me," Luna continued once some of the group had gotten over the slight shock. "They weren't too happy with the fact that the 'famous' Harry Potter had asked me out. That was mine, I hated being the center of attention."
"I can understand that," Remus agreed with an adoring smile. "You really don't seem like the type that wants to be the center of attention. I've noticed that myself. Okay, so my most embarrassing moment would probably be right after Dumbledore made me a Prefect. These knuckleheads decided to throw me a huge party at the welcome feast, and it was horrible. All of the banners said 'Moony the perfect Prefect.' Of course it meant nothing since I did nothing about the prank, I just left it."
Those gathered started laughing hysterically at Remus, finding it amusing that he was given the power position, but never did anything. "I remember that," Lily laughed. "You were like freaking out because people kept staring at you, and you were pissed that you were the center of attention. Looks like you and Luna have that in common."
"Ha ha Lils," Remus half mocked. "We have a lot in common. It's a good thing." He leaned over and kissed Luna lightly, smiling at her when he pulled back.
"Mine again has to do with Rose," Peter muttered, blushing. "Seems like everything is about her. Anyways, a couple weeks after we got together, and she ditched me, I went up to her when she was alone. She walked with me long enough to get me into a crowded area and then made a huge scene and told me to 'stop harassing her.' It was humiliating."
"Peter," Hermione said in a soothing voice. "I know you love the girl and all, but you're making me like her less and less. I'm very close to hexing her into oblivion right now."
"Please don't Hermione," Peter pleaded softly. "I understand that she is not a very good person, but I care about her."
"I will leave her alone for now," Hermione responded. "If she continues treating you like this however, she and I are going to have a nice conversation." Peter nodded in agreement, and all eyes turned to Sirius as it was his turn to answer.
"My most embarrassing moment," Sirius pondered aloud, turning his eyes on James and snickering. "Well, this kind of effects James too, but one of the days that James was attempting to wake me up, he crawled into bed beside me, shaking me. I rolled over, and snuggled up to James, thinking he was part of my dream. Let's just say waking up that morning was not exactly the most appropriate thing ever, and it was worse that I was hugging my brother tightly."
The group burst into laughter as James turned bright red, dropping his head to look at the floor. Sirius just shrugged it off, and laughed along with them. "You git," James growled softly. "You said we wouldn't ever speak of that morning." His friends started laughing harder, struggling to keep breathing.
"Okay," Hermione wheezed, trying to control her laughter. "My most embarrassing moment would probably be being in a room with Ron, Bill, Charlie, Harry, Fred, George, Remus, Arthur, Moody, Kingsley, Hagrid, Fleur, and Mundungus and telling Harry that he looked delicious." At the inquiring looks on her friends faces, and the murderous look on Sirius', she decided to elaborate. "We had to take the poly juice potion to turn into Harry, so that we could move him to The Burrow, and the potion turned gold after we dropped his hairs in. I was trying to make him feel better about the plan, but it came out wrong. Bill told Charlie, and they teased me forever about that."
James chuckled at the story, before thinking. "My most embarrassing moment, besides the previously mentioned one, thanks to my best mate," he paused to glare at Sirius who smirked cheekily back at him. "Would be having Lily scream at me in front of the Great Hall, telling me that she would never date an insufferable toe-rag such as myself." Lily blushed, looking down as she remembered everything she had put him through.
"I'm sorry James," she said softly. He lifter her head by a finger under her chin, smiling at her to show her that he forgave her. "Mine would be having my best friend call me a Mudblood in front of everyone after all the times I had defended him. And yes Sev, I know you didn't mean it, but it was still embarrassing."
Severus smiled slightly, giving Lily a side hug. "My most embarrassing moment would be the same one Lily just mentioned," he said softly. "But more so what James was doing to me…"
"I am sorry about that Mate," James said, the other three murmuring their agreement. "I'm sorry for all of it." Severus nodded at James with a small smile.
"Most embarrassing moment," Bill mused. "Probably the fact that a 7th year wanted me, and decided to act on it in front of people. I was a 2nd year and she pinned me to a wall and snogged me. It was kinda terrifying, but in a good way." The boys all smirked while the girls shared soft looks of sympathy with him.
"My most embarrassing moment," Charlie exclaimed happily. "Was probably when I told Mom that the stork needed to take Percy back. Needless to say I got an explanation on where babies really came from." He shuddered as the group laughed hysterically.
Luna shared a look with Hermione, a question in her eyes. Hermione quirked her eyebrow at her, shrugging her shoulders. Bill was watching them closely, studying their movements to try and understand the conversation. Hermione finally smiled, lowering her head slightly in a nod that went unnoticed by everyone but the two that were waiting for it.
"My question," Luna said in a musical voice. "What are your true feelings about Hermione and I being here?"
"I'm happy," Remus smiled. "I have two great new friends, and I found my mate, all in all, I couldn't be happier."
"Wait a second," Hermione squealed. "Luna is your mate? Why the hell didn't you guys tell me?"
