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Chapter 2: I'm Not Dating! I Think.
"Hey Remus! Where have you been? You should be home hours ago!" Sirius demanded when Remus stepped into his house later that night.
"I fainted on the street." Remus said flatly.
Sirius' eyes widened with shock. "On a Muggle street?!"
Remus nodded. "After I delivered the book to Harry." He said and dropped down on his chair.
"Geez, maybe I shouldn't let you to deliver that book for me. Are you all right?" Sirius asked in concern and went to the kitchen to get something for Remus.
"I'm all right." Remus said.
"So what happened then?" Sirius asked, handing Remus a glass of cold water and a bar of chocolate.
"Thanks. Anyway, when I woke up, I was lying in a living room." Remus paused, taking a sip from his drink. "That belongs to a Muggle. She's pretty nice, she even called a cab to bring me home and gave me some Muggle money for the ride."
"Wait, did you just say "she"?" Sirius asked.
Remus took a bite from his chocolate. "Yeah. She's a young pretty Muggle. Her name is Alexandra. I asked her out next week to pay her back the money."
"Asked her out?" Sirius echoed.
"Yes. Hey, don't get any wrong idea all right? I just want to pay her back the money." Remus said quickly when he saw Sirius grinning.
"Uh huh." Sirius said and nodded slowly, not convinced. He put his hands behind his back and started to sing: "Remus and Alexandra sitting on a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First.."
Remus responded by pretending to throw his chocolate bar at him and Sirius ran upstairs, laughing as loud as he could.
***
On Saturday, Remus stared at his clothes, wondering what to wear. Robes were totally out of question. Muggle suits were too formal..He clicked his tongue and just grabbed a blue Muggle T-shirt and black jeans. He put them on and went out of his room. When he arrived at the door, he saw Sirius standing there, staring at him.
"No way Sirius, I am not bringing you there." Remus said.
"On come on, Remus, I want to see what's your date looks like." Sirius begged.
"No. And I am not dating. It is an appointment." Remus said firmly and opened the door.
"Please?"
"No."
"Pretty please?"
"Stay." Remus said, as if he was talking to a dog. That's true; Sirius can transform himself into a dog when he wants to.
And he did, He transformed himself into a dog and looked at Remus with puppy eyes.
"No." Remus said, trying not to laugh and left.
When Remus closed the door behind him, Sirius transformed back and frowned. Then he grinned. He rushed to Remus' room, made a mess of his neat cupboard and dug out a Muggle shirt, windbreaker and jeans.
"Where did Moony get all these from? Oh well." Sirius said to himself, went to his own room, grabbed his sunglasses and Chudley Cannons cap and put them on.
"Here I come!" Sirius yelled and disapparated.
***
Remus ran to the coffee shop and smiled at his watch. "Great! I'm early!" He panted. Boy, Muggle places are sure hard to find in Muggle London.
He folded his arms and leaned against the glass doors. Out of the corner of his eye, Remus thought that he saw something staring at him at the bookshop nearby. He turned and saw someone lowering his head quickly behind a Muggle comic book. Remus frowned. He could easily see the Chudley Cannons cap and recognized it. "Sirius." He muttered and started to march towards the bookshop when someone called him.
Remus turned around. "Hello, Miss Skipper." He gave a glance at the bookshop. "I will get back to you tonight, Sirius." He thought and turned to Alexandra.
"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Alexandra asked.
"Oh no." Remus said, put his hand into his pocket and took out some Muggle money. "Here."
"Thanks." Alexandra said and took them.
They stood silently for a while.
"How about a drink? My treat." Remus offered. "To thank you for helping me."
"Oh no, I..." Alexandra started.
"Please." Remus said.
"Well...if you insist..." Alexandra started slowly and they went in.
Sirius put down the Muggle comic. "Appointment? Yeah right." He grinned and twisted his cap round, with the peak now at the back. He went straight to the coffee shop and entered. He spotted Remus and Alexandra sitting near the window with their backs facing him, ordering their drinks. He sat down at the stool not far away from them and the lady asked him if he wanted to drink anything.
"Yeah, a glass of Butterbeer." Sirius said absentmindedly, looking at Remus and Alexandra.
"Excuse me?" The lady asked in bewilderment. "Butter-what?"
Sirius' head snapped back to her immediately. "Oh! I mean, a glass of..." He paused. What do Muggles drink? He stared at the word "coffee" at the sign outside. "Err, how do you pronounce that word?" He asked, pointing at the sign.
The lady stared at him. "Coffee." She said finally.
"Is that a drink?" Sirius asked.
"Yes." The lady said, wondering if this guy is here to make trouble.
"I'll have one of that then." Sirius said.
"Milk?"
"Excuse me?" Sirius asked blankly.
"Do you want your coffee with milk or without?" The lady asked impatiently.
"No thanks. I hate milk." Sirius said.
The lady left and came back with a cup of dark liquid. Sirius paid her with a piece of Muggle money that he had found in Remus' pocket.
He stared at the coffee.
He lifted the cup to nose and sniffed it. "Smell nice." Sirius commented and took a small sip.
He made a face of disgust. What do Muggles see in this drink? It is bitter like hell. He put the cup down, decided not to touch it. He watched Remus and Alexandra and frowned. They just drank their own drinks and didn't say anything to each other. He rolled his eyes. If Remus didn't do anything, he would make him.
He called to the lady. "Excuse me, do you have a piece of parch...I mean, paper and a pen?" He asked, pleased for himself for remembering his Muggle Studies lessons correctly.
The lady gave him the things and Sirius scribbled on the paper. He turned around, crashed the paper into a tight ball, aimed and threw the ball at the back of Remus' head.
"Ouch! What the.." Remus said and frowned at the paper ball on the floor.
"What's wrong? Alexandra asked.
"Nothing." Remus said and bended down to take the paper ball. He smoothened the paper ball on the floor and stared at the words: "Ask something about her, will you?"
He looked at Sirius, who gave an impatient look back. Remus sat up straight and smiled at Alexandra. "So...Miss Skipper?" He asked uncertainly.
"Just call me Alexandra. Mind if I call you Remus?" Alexandra smiled.
"No, not at all. So Alexandra, what are your interests?" Remus asked.
"Butterflies. And..you probably think that it is childish." Alexandra said embarrassedly.
"Go on." Remus encouraged.
"I like to watch and read about magic. And I believe in fairies and magical stuff. Childish, isn't it?"
Remus shook his head firmly. "I don't think so. Magic is amazing." He said. "And I use them almost everyday." He added silently to himself.
"You think so?" Alexandra asked excitedly. "My friends think that there is no such thing as magic."
"They will be shock to death if they know who I really am." Remus thought.
"I like to see the dawn too." Alexandra said. "I think it's beautiful."
"How old are you?" Remus asked suddenly.
"22. I'm on my last year of university." Alexandra smiled. "You?"
Remus folded his arms and smiled. "Guess."
Alexandra looked at his young handsome face and then at his grey and light brown hair. "I don't know, you look young but your hair.."
Remus grinned. "34."
"You are kidding!" Alexandra exclaimed.
Remus shook his head. "No. My hair colour is natural." He said, pointing at his head.
"What are you working as?" Alexandra asked.
"Teacher." Remus said automatically.
"Teaching what?"
Remus frowned. What Muggle subject do Defence Against the Dark Arts resembles? Zoology? No, that's Care For Magical Creatures..
"It's all right if you don't want to tell me." Alexandra said, "Which school did you teach?"
"Just a boarding school." Remus said truthfully and both of them went silent again.
Sirius scribbled on another paper, crumbled it and threw it again at Remus.
Remus picked the ball up, smoothened it and read: "Ask her out for a movie or something."
Remus smiled and turned to Alexandra. "Are you free tomorrow? Want to catch a movie?"
Alexandra clapped her hands in joy. "I love to! How about 3pm tomorrow?"
***
When Remus came home, he spotted Sirius reading "Flying with the Cannons" on his chair. He marched to him and Sirius held up his hands. "Okay! I'm guilty for following you!"
"Don't you dare to follow me again on my next date." Remus warned.
Sirius grinned evilly. "Aha! So you are dating with Alexandra!"
Remus blushed furiously. "No, I'm not!" He protested. "Anyway, I'm off to bed!" Remus said and rushed upstairs.
Sirius was silently congratulating himself for playing Cupid when he thought, "Did I clean up Remus' room just now?"
"SIRIUS BLACK! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO MY ROOM?!" Remus bellowed from upstairs.
Okay, so he didn't.
Chapter 2: I'm Not Dating! I Think.
"Hey Remus! Where have you been? You should be home hours ago!" Sirius demanded when Remus stepped into his house later that night.
"I fainted on the street." Remus said flatly.
Sirius' eyes widened with shock. "On a Muggle street?!"
Remus nodded. "After I delivered the book to Harry." He said and dropped down on his chair.
"Geez, maybe I shouldn't let you to deliver that book for me. Are you all right?" Sirius asked in concern and went to the kitchen to get something for Remus.
"I'm all right." Remus said.
"So what happened then?" Sirius asked, handing Remus a glass of cold water and a bar of chocolate.
"Thanks. Anyway, when I woke up, I was lying in a living room." Remus paused, taking a sip from his drink. "That belongs to a Muggle. She's pretty nice, she even called a cab to bring me home and gave me some Muggle money for the ride."
"Wait, did you just say "she"?" Sirius asked.
Remus took a bite from his chocolate. "Yeah. She's a young pretty Muggle. Her name is Alexandra. I asked her out next week to pay her back the money."
"Asked her out?" Sirius echoed.
"Yes. Hey, don't get any wrong idea all right? I just want to pay her back the money." Remus said quickly when he saw Sirius grinning.
"Uh huh." Sirius said and nodded slowly, not convinced. He put his hands behind his back and started to sing: "Remus and Alexandra sitting on a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First.."
Remus responded by pretending to throw his chocolate bar at him and Sirius ran upstairs, laughing as loud as he could.
***
On Saturday, Remus stared at his clothes, wondering what to wear. Robes were totally out of question. Muggle suits were too formal..He clicked his tongue and just grabbed a blue Muggle T-shirt and black jeans. He put them on and went out of his room. When he arrived at the door, he saw Sirius standing there, staring at him.
"No way Sirius, I am not bringing you there." Remus said.
"On come on, Remus, I want to see what's your date looks like." Sirius begged.
"No. And I am not dating. It is an appointment." Remus said firmly and opened the door.
"Please?"
"No."
"Pretty please?"
"Stay." Remus said, as if he was talking to a dog. That's true; Sirius can transform himself into a dog when he wants to.
And he did, He transformed himself into a dog and looked at Remus with puppy eyes.
"No." Remus said, trying not to laugh and left.
When Remus closed the door behind him, Sirius transformed back and frowned. Then he grinned. He rushed to Remus' room, made a mess of his neat cupboard and dug out a Muggle shirt, windbreaker and jeans.
"Where did Moony get all these from? Oh well." Sirius said to himself, went to his own room, grabbed his sunglasses and Chudley Cannons cap and put them on.
"Here I come!" Sirius yelled and disapparated.
***
Remus ran to the coffee shop and smiled at his watch. "Great! I'm early!" He panted. Boy, Muggle places are sure hard to find in Muggle London.
He folded his arms and leaned against the glass doors. Out of the corner of his eye, Remus thought that he saw something staring at him at the bookshop nearby. He turned and saw someone lowering his head quickly behind a Muggle comic book. Remus frowned. He could easily see the Chudley Cannons cap and recognized it. "Sirius." He muttered and started to march towards the bookshop when someone called him.
Remus turned around. "Hello, Miss Skipper." He gave a glance at the bookshop. "I will get back to you tonight, Sirius." He thought and turned to Alexandra.
"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Alexandra asked.
"Oh no." Remus said, put his hand into his pocket and took out some Muggle money. "Here."
"Thanks." Alexandra said and took them.
They stood silently for a while.
"How about a drink? My treat." Remus offered. "To thank you for helping me."
"Oh no, I..." Alexandra started.
"Please." Remus said.
"Well...if you insist..." Alexandra started slowly and they went in.
Sirius put down the Muggle comic. "Appointment? Yeah right." He grinned and twisted his cap round, with the peak now at the back. He went straight to the coffee shop and entered. He spotted Remus and Alexandra sitting near the window with their backs facing him, ordering their drinks. He sat down at the stool not far away from them and the lady asked him if he wanted to drink anything.
"Yeah, a glass of Butterbeer." Sirius said absentmindedly, looking at Remus and Alexandra.
"Excuse me?" The lady asked in bewilderment. "Butter-what?"
Sirius' head snapped back to her immediately. "Oh! I mean, a glass of..." He paused. What do Muggles drink? He stared at the word "coffee" at the sign outside. "Err, how do you pronounce that word?" He asked, pointing at the sign.
The lady stared at him. "Coffee." She said finally.
"Is that a drink?" Sirius asked.
"Yes." The lady said, wondering if this guy is here to make trouble.
"I'll have one of that then." Sirius said.
"Milk?"
"Excuse me?" Sirius asked blankly.
"Do you want your coffee with milk or without?" The lady asked impatiently.
"No thanks. I hate milk." Sirius said.
The lady left and came back with a cup of dark liquid. Sirius paid her with a piece of Muggle money that he had found in Remus' pocket.
He stared at the coffee.
He lifted the cup to nose and sniffed it. "Smell nice." Sirius commented and took a small sip.
He made a face of disgust. What do Muggles see in this drink? It is bitter like hell. He put the cup down, decided not to touch it. He watched Remus and Alexandra and frowned. They just drank their own drinks and didn't say anything to each other. He rolled his eyes. If Remus didn't do anything, he would make him.
He called to the lady. "Excuse me, do you have a piece of parch...I mean, paper and a pen?" He asked, pleased for himself for remembering his Muggle Studies lessons correctly.
The lady gave him the things and Sirius scribbled on the paper. He turned around, crashed the paper into a tight ball, aimed and threw the ball at the back of Remus' head.
"Ouch! What the.." Remus said and frowned at the paper ball on the floor.
"What's wrong? Alexandra asked.
"Nothing." Remus said and bended down to take the paper ball. He smoothened the paper ball on the floor and stared at the words: "Ask something about her, will you?"
He looked at Sirius, who gave an impatient look back. Remus sat up straight and smiled at Alexandra. "So...Miss Skipper?" He asked uncertainly.
"Just call me Alexandra. Mind if I call you Remus?" Alexandra smiled.
"No, not at all. So Alexandra, what are your interests?" Remus asked.
"Butterflies. And..you probably think that it is childish." Alexandra said embarrassedly.
"Go on." Remus encouraged.
"I like to watch and read about magic. And I believe in fairies and magical stuff. Childish, isn't it?"
Remus shook his head firmly. "I don't think so. Magic is amazing." He said. "And I use them almost everyday." He added silently to himself.
"You think so?" Alexandra asked excitedly. "My friends think that there is no such thing as magic."
"They will be shock to death if they know who I really am." Remus thought.
"I like to see the dawn too." Alexandra said. "I think it's beautiful."
"How old are you?" Remus asked suddenly.
"22. I'm on my last year of university." Alexandra smiled. "You?"
Remus folded his arms and smiled. "Guess."
Alexandra looked at his young handsome face and then at his grey and light brown hair. "I don't know, you look young but your hair.."
Remus grinned. "34."
"You are kidding!" Alexandra exclaimed.
Remus shook his head. "No. My hair colour is natural." He said, pointing at his head.
"What are you working as?" Alexandra asked.
"Teacher." Remus said automatically.
"Teaching what?"
Remus frowned. What Muggle subject do Defence Against the Dark Arts resembles? Zoology? No, that's Care For Magical Creatures..
"It's all right if you don't want to tell me." Alexandra said, "Which school did you teach?"
"Just a boarding school." Remus said truthfully and both of them went silent again.
Sirius scribbled on another paper, crumbled it and threw it again at Remus.
Remus picked the ball up, smoothened it and read: "Ask her out for a movie or something."
Remus smiled and turned to Alexandra. "Are you free tomorrow? Want to catch a movie?"
Alexandra clapped her hands in joy. "I love to! How about 3pm tomorrow?"
***
When Remus came home, he spotted Sirius reading "Flying with the Cannons" on his chair. He marched to him and Sirius held up his hands. "Okay! I'm guilty for following you!"
"Don't you dare to follow me again on my next date." Remus warned.
Sirius grinned evilly. "Aha! So you are dating with Alexandra!"
Remus blushed furiously. "No, I'm not!" He protested. "Anyway, I'm off to bed!" Remus said and rushed upstairs.
Sirius was silently congratulating himself for playing Cupid when he thought, "Did I clean up Remus' room just now?"
"SIRIUS BLACK! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO MY ROOM?!" Remus bellowed from upstairs.
Okay, so he didn't.