Chapter Fifty-Four – Cara

Threatening

I sat at the table watching for Rose and Sirius; they had disappeared after Care of Magical Creatures and hadn't come down to dinner yet. I waited anxiously, looking up every time I heard someone walk in. I was putting the others on edge with my jumpy behaviour; they hadn't been worried by their absence like I was. "They'll be absolutely fine Ca, stop worrying," Remus said, laughing and pulled me back towards the table after I had turned to the door for the hundredth time.

I glared at him, "She is four months pregnant and if they're not back soon I'm going to bloody kill him. I guess he didn't take my warning all that seriously."

Remus grimaced. "What exactly did you say?"

"I told him that if he ever hurt, took advantage or even upset her I was going to curse his balls off then force them down his throat, crush every bone in his body to dust and curse him in to oblivion."

The others gulped and looked a little scared. "Wow, I thought what Rose threatened to do to Remus was bad, but that was something else. Poor Sirius," James said, grinning at me.

I scowled, turning to Remus, "What exactly did she say?"

"Something about having her to answer to if I hurt you, bone crushing and the ways she could castrate me."

"Sounds like Rose." I grinned.

"Well, it's not like you guys meant it though, is it," Lily said, laughing softly.

"Oh no, we meant every word of it, honey." James and Peter sniggered until I continued on, "James, Pete you do know the same thing applies to you if you ever hurt Lily or Mary." That shut them up. At that moment, Rose and Sirius came in the hall, bright eyed and glowing. They reached us to find the boys looking scared and us girls laughing.

"What's so funny?" Rose asked, dropping into the seat next to me.

"We were just discussing the threats we made to the boys. I was wondering if I would have to carry out my threats on Sirius when it dawned on me that James and Peter hadn't been told what would happen if they hurt the girls." I grinned before turning serious. "So, where were you and will Sirius be eating his own bollocks for dinner?"

Rose grinned but didn't answer, a blush creeping over her already flushed checks. I looked at her and her eyes sparkled with happiness. Well, she hadn't said a word but I knew exactly what they'd been doing. I laughed and turned to Sirius, saying, "Looks like you're off the hook this time." His face sagged with relief, but his hand stayed protectively over his crotch all through dinner.

We went back to the common room after dinner and started to play exploding snap. We played for hours, laughing and joking as we did, but I noticed that all four of the boys kept there crotches covered all evening. By the time we finally stopped playing, the common room was empty. Mary Jane turned to Rose and asked her, "Have you thought of any names for the twins?"

Rose smiled. "Well we've settled on middle names. Cara for the girl and Sirius for the boy, but we haven't chosen the first names yet."

"Well, obviously you want to name the boy after their favourite uncle," James said before I could say anything about her naming one of them after me. I was touched, but I didn't know how I could possibly tell her how much it meant to me.

Remus laughed, "I'm touched, but you don't need to name him after me guys."

James pouted. "What makes you think you'd be favourite uncle? I mean I'm way cooler than you, Moony. No offense, mate."

"Really, Prongs, just admit it; I'm way cooler than you."

"Actually, I think you'll find that I'm going to be the favourite uncle," Peter said, laughing at the two pouting boys. The boys carried on the ludicrous argument until we all had enough and I cast a silencing charm so the rest of us didn't have to hear them. Once it looked like they had stopped, I lifted the charm grinning.

"So what makes you think I'd name one of my children after you guys?" Rose asked, stifling a yawn and standing up. "I'm off to bed now, see you in the morning guys." Sirius reached up to kiss her before calling night. I followed, untangling myself from Remus and going up. A few minutes later, Lily and Mary appeared and we all fell asleep quickly.

The next few days passed without incident. Friday came around and I was once more on edge. Tomorrow was the day of our second quidditch match against Ravenclaw. I was terrified about what would happen to me after last time; if the same thing happened again I knew I wouldn't come back a third time. Not even I had that much luck.

Saturday morning, I woke up early to Rose running to be sick. I followed her and held her hair out of her way. "Wish I was playing with you later," she said once she had finished. I looked at her smiling and shook my head.

"Really? I'm dreading it after last time."

She reached up and hugged me. "You'll be fine, Ca; it's not the Slytherins." I smiled, but I didn't believe her. After the last few months, I didn't really trust other people. Breakfast passed too quickly for my liking and it seemed that in no time at all I was changed and walking onto the pitch.