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Chapter 12: Escape
"Sirius! I'm back!!!!" Remus called from the living room.
"What the...." Sirius started, jumping up from his chair, stepping over a couple of magazines on his bedroom floor and stopped at the back of the door, where he hung the calendar. He read the date: 11th of June.
"Sirius?" Remus called again. "Are you home?"
"Um, yeah!" Sirius called, opening the door and poking his head out.
Remus ran up to the second floor and stopped in front of Sirius. "Are you surprised to see me?"
"Yeah. What are you doing here? What happened to the belladonna?" He asked.
"Surprise spot check." Remus said, lifting his head up. And then he smiled. "Not bad, you keep the house as good as the time when I left it."
"Hey, I know how to clean a place, all right?" Sirius said.
Remus snorted. "Yeah right." He said and stared at Sirius' room, which had magazines on the floor. The bed was unmade; bubble gum wrappers were all over the desk, a Muggle dartboard with pictures (which were drew by Sirius himself) of Peter (which had the word "Traitor") and Snape (which had the word "Greasehead") was hanging on the wall and Muggle darts were on the floor instead of the dartboard.
Sirius ignored his comment. "So? What happened to your girl?"
"Alex? Oh, she is fine. She goes back to school today and I just take the time to come back here."
"You come back here just to see if I have turned the whole place into a rubbish dump?" Sirius asked.
"No, I have one more thing to announce, if Harry has not told you, that is." Remus said.
"What?"
Remus stared at Sirius and crossed his arms.
"What?" Sirius asked again.
Remus looked down to his left hand and still didn't say anything.
"Remus, if you don't tell me in the proper way, I am going to close the door on your face." Sirius said impatiently.
Remus rolled his eyes. "Look at my left hand!" He said exasperatedly.
"What is so special about your...." Sirius started and looked at Remus' hand. "....left hand?" His mouth dropped open and he grabbed Remus' left hand. He examined Remus' engagement ring closely. "Is it real?" He asked.
"Of course it is real."
"So you are telling me...." Sirius started.
Remus grinned. "Yep, I am getting married!" He paused. "And you can be my best man." He added.
"Oh Merlin." Sirius managed to say.
Silence.
"Wow! I get to be the best man again!" Sirius exclaimed happily. "Give me a hug, old boy!"
Remus hugged Sirius tightly.
"Congratulations, Moony! You have finally found your true love!" Sirius said and released his good friend. "So, when is the wedding day?"
"I don't know, maybe around July. But it is definitely after 18th of June. Because that's Alex's graduation day. "
"Oh. So how many people are you inviting?" Sirius asked.
"Let's see.... I am inviting Harry, you of course, Hermione, Ron, Neville, Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Snape....." Remus counted his fingers.
"What? You are going to invite that greasehead?" Sirius exclaimed in disbelief.
"He is my colleague after all, and he is the one who makes the Wolfsbane Potion for me." Remus said. "Madam Hooch, Professor Sprout, Madam Pomfrey..... anyway, I have not wrote the invitations yet, so I don't know exactly how many people am I going to invite."
"Okay." Sirius said.
Remus looked at his watch. "I have got to go, Alex will be back soon. Don't mess up the house, all right?"
"I have done it well so far, didn't I?" Sirius said. "Now go back to your future wife."
Remus grinned and disapparated.
As soon as he did, Sirius ran downstairs and looked around the house. "Good thing that I am smart enough." He said, searched his robes for his wand, took it out and waved it. He had put a charm around the house so that if Remus suddenly came back, he would see that the house was clean because he couldn't see the rubbish, which was hidden by Sirius' charm. When Sirius lifted the charm, the whole house was as messy as possible. In the living room, boxes of food were on the table and the floor was litter with rubbish. In the kitchen, dirty glasses and dishes were piled up in the sink and there was a dirty frying pan on the floor. (Because one time when Sirius tried to cook, he burnt his food and picked up the pan in the wrong way. In the end he scalded his hand, dropped the frying pan on his foot and was too angry to pick the frying pan up.)
"Maybe I should clean up the house." Sirius said thoughtfully and picked up an empty greasy box.
***
"Isn't it just great, Alex? One more week until our graduation!" Paris said and sat down on the seat beside Alexandra.
Alexandra sighed happily and nodded.
Paris saw a dreamy look on Alexandra's face and blinked. "What is the matter with you?"
"Hm? Nothing." Alexandra sang and propped her chin up with her left hand.
"AH! Alex, who gave you that ring?" Paris exclaimed loud enough for everyone to hear, included Tim.
"Remus." Alexandra said shortly.
"Are you two...." Paris started.
Alexandra nodded again. "Paris, will you be my maid-of-honor?"
"Will I?" Paris asked. "Of course I will! Oh Alex, I am so happy for you!" She said and hugged Alexandra tightly.
As she did, some of Alexandra's friends started to ask her questions.
"When is the wedding day?"
"What is your boyfriend looks like?"
"Could he give me a friend?"
"NO!" Someone yelled and Alexandra and her friends turned.
"You can't marry him!" Tim yelled furiously.
"Of course I can." Alexandra said calmly. "You are not my father so you have no right to object."
"He is not normal!" Tim said loudly.
Silence.
"What did you say?" Alexandra managed to ask. Oh no, had Tim found out that Remus was a wizard?
"He crashed my hand!" Tim shrieked. "No normal people could do that! He has cast a spell on you to marry him! He must be a wizard!"
"Tim, you must have read too much books on Harry Potter! How could Remus be a wizard? I know that there is a character called Remus Lupin in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" but he doesn't, I repeat, doesn't exist! Neither do Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, or Ron Weasley! It is just a pure coincidence that Alexandra's fiancé's name is Remus! Right, Alex?" Paris asked.
"Hm, right." Alexandra lied.
"Did Remus ever change into a werewolf during a full moon?" Paris asked again.
"No." Alexandra lied again.
"See?" Paris said.
Tim narrowed his eyes and sat down.
"So have you two bought the wedding outfits yet?" A girl asked as if there was no interruption.
"No." Alexandra said, giving a nervous glance at Tim, who seems to be thinking deeply.
***
When Alexandra got home, she smelt a very delicious smell from the kitchen; she went there and saw Remus sitting in front of the microwave oven, staring through its window. She raised her eyebrows. "I didn't know that Professor Remus Lupin could bake." She said, smiling.
"I was trying to make a pizza for lunch." Remus said, looked up and smiled at Alexandra.
Alexandra grinned. "That explains the white stain on your cheek."
"Really? Where?" Remus asked, trying to wipe off the flour on his cheek.
"Here." Alexandra said, took a cloth that was hanging on a hook, went to him and gently wiped off the stain. "There."
Remus stared at Alexandra and smiled sweetly. "Thanks."
DING
"Ah!" Remus exclaimed, leaned forward and opened the microwave door. He took it out with flourish and said: "Ta-da! Remus' Pizza!" He put it on the table, cut it with a knife and offered Alexandra a piece. "Don't worry, I didn't poison it."
Alexandra took and bites it. She frowned. "It is a little hard." She said with her mouth full.
"Really?" Remus said, took a slice and ate it. "Yeah, maybe I have overcooked it."
Alexandra swallowed. "At least it tastes nice. I am counting on you to make another one on my birthday." She said and took another bite.
"No way, one time is enough, I rather use magic." Remus said, grinning.
Alexandra stopped chewing.
Remus' grin faded. "What? Did I say something wrong?"
Alexandra swallowed her food. "Tim knows, Remus."
Remus stared at her blankly.
"He knows that you are a wizard."
"I guess he had figured out about that trick I gave him." Remus said slowly.
"Remus, what are we going to do?" Alexandra asked desperately. "I saw him thinking deeply. I know that he is going to try something horrible to us!"
Remus stared at her. "We'll leave."
"Huh?"
"We'll leave." Remus repeated, taking Alexandra's hand into his. "We are going to pack our things and leave the Muggle world, tonight."
"Now?" Alexandra asked. "But...."
"We have no choice. The longer we stay in the Muggle world, the sooner that boy will get us." Remus said. "You can come back when it is safer, maybe a few years later. If we are lucky, maybe that Slytherin will forget about you and marry someone else in the future."
Alexandra thought for a while and nodded. "I guess that's the only way."
Remus smiled and they shared a long kiss. When they paused for air, Remus put his arms around Alexandra's waist and rested his forehead against hers. "Let's leave at midnight. Then nobody can see us." He whispered.
"All right." Alexandra said and closed her eyes as Remus pulled her closer to his body, moved his arms higher to her back and hugs her lovingly.
***
12.00AM
"Come on, Alex, hurry up." Remus said, looking out at the dark street at the front door.
"I can't bear to leave this place." Alexandra said sadly, looking around at her empty living room with her luggage in her hand. She sighed, switched off the lamp and walked towards Remus.
"I know but we will be back someday." Remus said, taking Alexandra's hand. He closed the front door while Alexandra went to her mailbox, took out a white letter that had the words: "To my friend, Paris" on it and put it into the mailbox. She knew that Paris would look into the mailbox if she came to check on her when Alexandra didn't turn up for the graduation ceremony.
"Come on, let's go." Remus said, walking towards her and took her hand.
"Well, well, well, escaping are we?" A voice asked and Remus and Alexandra turned around.
Tim came out of the shadows with a knife.
Thank you for your reviews! And Isis Malfoy, for Beta-Reading!
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so back off, if you know what's good for you.
Note: My fic, my rules. So in this fic You-Know-Who (not Voldemort) didn't die.
Chapter 12: Escape
"Sirius! I'm back!!!!" Remus called from the living room.
"What the...." Sirius started, jumping up from his chair, stepping over a couple of magazines on his bedroom floor and stopped at the back of the door, where he hung the calendar. He read the date: 11th of June.
"Sirius?" Remus called again. "Are you home?"
"Um, yeah!" Sirius called, opening the door and poking his head out.
Remus ran up to the second floor and stopped in front of Sirius. "Are you surprised to see me?"
"Yeah. What are you doing here? What happened to the belladonna?" He asked.
"Surprise spot check." Remus said, lifting his head up. And then he smiled. "Not bad, you keep the house as good as the time when I left it."
"Hey, I know how to clean a place, all right?" Sirius said.
Remus snorted. "Yeah right." He said and stared at Sirius' room, which had magazines on the floor. The bed was unmade; bubble gum wrappers were all over the desk, a Muggle dartboard with pictures (which were drew by Sirius himself) of Peter (which had the word "Traitor") and Snape (which had the word "Greasehead") was hanging on the wall and Muggle darts were on the floor instead of the dartboard.
Sirius ignored his comment. "So? What happened to your girl?"
"Alex? Oh, she is fine. She goes back to school today and I just take the time to come back here."
"You come back here just to see if I have turned the whole place into a rubbish dump?" Sirius asked.
"No, I have one more thing to announce, if Harry has not told you, that is." Remus said.
"What?"
Remus stared at Sirius and crossed his arms.
"What?" Sirius asked again.
Remus looked down to his left hand and still didn't say anything.
"Remus, if you don't tell me in the proper way, I am going to close the door on your face." Sirius said impatiently.
Remus rolled his eyes. "Look at my left hand!" He said exasperatedly.
"What is so special about your...." Sirius started and looked at Remus' hand. "....left hand?" His mouth dropped open and he grabbed Remus' left hand. He examined Remus' engagement ring closely. "Is it real?" He asked.
"Of course it is real."
"So you are telling me...." Sirius started.
Remus grinned. "Yep, I am getting married!" He paused. "And you can be my best man." He added.
"Oh Merlin." Sirius managed to say.
Silence.
"Wow! I get to be the best man again!" Sirius exclaimed happily. "Give me a hug, old boy!"
Remus hugged Sirius tightly.
"Congratulations, Moony! You have finally found your true love!" Sirius said and released his good friend. "So, when is the wedding day?"
"I don't know, maybe around July. But it is definitely after 18th of June. Because that's Alex's graduation day. "
"Oh. So how many people are you inviting?" Sirius asked.
"Let's see.... I am inviting Harry, you of course, Hermione, Ron, Neville, Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Snape....." Remus counted his fingers.
"What? You are going to invite that greasehead?" Sirius exclaimed in disbelief.
"He is my colleague after all, and he is the one who makes the Wolfsbane Potion for me." Remus said. "Madam Hooch, Professor Sprout, Madam Pomfrey..... anyway, I have not wrote the invitations yet, so I don't know exactly how many people am I going to invite."
"Okay." Sirius said.
Remus looked at his watch. "I have got to go, Alex will be back soon. Don't mess up the house, all right?"
"I have done it well so far, didn't I?" Sirius said. "Now go back to your future wife."
Remus grinned and disapparated.
As soon as he did, Sirius ran downstairs and looked around the house. "Good thing that I am smart enough." He said, searched his robes for his wand, took it out and waved it. He had put a charm around the house so that if Remus suddenly came back, he would see that the house was clean because he couldn't see the rubbish, which was hidden by Sirius' charm. When Sirius lifted the charm, the whole house was as messy as possible. In the living room, boxes of food were on the table and the floor was litter with rubbish. In the kitchen, dirty glasses and dishes were piled up in the sink and there was a dirty frying pan on the floor. (Because one time when Sirius tried to cook, he burnt his food and picked up the pan in the wrong way. In the end he scalded his hand, dropped the frying pan on his foot and was too angry to pick the frying pan up.)
"Maybe I should clean up the house." Sirius said thoughtfully and picked up an empty greasy box.
***
"Isn't it just great, Alex? One more week until our graduation!" Paris said and sat down on the seat beside Alexandra.
Alexandra sighed happily and nodded.
Paris saw a dreamy look on Alexandra's face and blinked. "What is the matter with you?"
"Hm? Nothing." Alexandra sang and propped her chin up with her left hand.
"AH! Alex, who gave you that ring?" Paris exclaimed loud enough for everyone to hear, included Tim.
"Remus." Alexandra said shortly.
"Are you two...." Paris started.
Alexandra nodded again. "Paris, will you be my maid-of-honor?"
"Will I?" Paris asked. "Of course I will! Oh Alex, I am so happy for you!" She said and hugged Alexandra tightly.
As she did, some of Alexandra's friends started to ask her questions.
"When is the wedding day?"
"What is your boyfriend looks like?"
"Could he give me a friend?"
"NO!" Someone yelled and Alexandra and her friends turned.
"You can't marry him!" Tim yelled furiously.
"Of course I can." Alexandra said calmly. "You are not my father so you have no right to object."
"He is not normal!" Tim said loudly.
Silence.
"What did you say?" Alexandra managed to ask. Oh no, had Tim found out that Remus was a wizard?
"He crashed my hand!" Tim shrieked. "No normal people could do that! He has cast a spell on you to marry him! He must be a wizard!"
"Tim, you must have read too much books on Harry Potter! How could Remus be a wizard? I know that there is a character called Remus Lupin in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" but he doesn't, I repeat, doesn't exist! Neither do Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, or Ron Weasley! It is just a pure coincidence that Alexandra's fiancé's name is Remus! Right, Alex?" Paris asked.
"Hm, right." Alexandra lied.
"Did Remus ever change into a werewolf during a full moon?" Paris asked again.
"No." Alexandra lied again.
"See?" Paris said.
Tim narrowed his eyes and sat down.
"So have you two bought the wedding outfits yet?" A girl asked as if there was no interruption.
"No." Alexandra said, giving a nervous glance at Tim, who seems to be thinking deeply.
***
When Alexandra got home, she smelt a very delicious smell from the kitchen; she went there and saw Remus sitting in front of the microwave oven, staring through its window. She raised her eyebrows. "I didn't know that Professor Remus Lupin could bake." She said, smiling.
"I was trying to make a pizza for lunch." Remus said, looked up and smiled at Alexandra.
Alexandra grinned. "That explains the white stain on your cheek."
"Really? Where?" Remus asked, trying to wipe off the flour on his cheek.
"Here." Alexandra said, took a cloth that was hanging on a hook, went to him and gently wiped off the stain. "There."
Remus stared at Alexandra and smiled sweetly. "Thanks."
DING
"Ah!" Remus exclaimed, leaned forward and opened the microwave door. He took it out with flourish and said: "Ta-da! Remus' Pizza!" He put it on the table, cut it with a knife and offered Alexandra a piece. "Don't worry, I didn't poison it."
Alexandra took and bites it. She frowned. "It is a little hard." She said with her mouth full.
"Really?" Remus said, took a slice and ate it. "Yeah, maybe I have overcooked it."
Alexandra swallowed. "At least it tastes nice. I am counting on you to make another one on my birthday." She said and took another bite.
"No way, one time is enough, I rather use magic." Remus said, grinning.
Alexandra stopped chewing.
Remus' grin faded. "What? Did I say something wrong?"
Alexandra swallowed her food. "Tim knows, Remus."
Remus stared at her blankly.
"He knows that you are a wizard."
"I guess he had figured out about that trick I gave him." Remus said slowly.
"Remus, what are we going to do?" Alexandra asked desperately. "I saw him thinking deeply. I know that he is going to try something horrible to us!"
Remus stared at her. "We'll leave."
"Huh?"
"We'll leave." Remus repeated, taking Alexandra's hand into his. "We are going to pack our things and leave the Muggle world, tonight."
"Now?" Alexandra asked. "But...."
"We have no choice. The longer we stay in the Muggle world, the sooner that boy will get us." Remus said. "You can come back when it is safer, maybe a few years later. If we are lucky, maybe that Slytherin will forget about you and marry someone else in the future."
Alexandra thought for a while and nodded. "I guess that's the only way."
Remus smiled and they shared a long kiss. When they paused for air, Remus put his arms around Alexandra's waist and rested his forehead against hers. "Let's leave at midnight. Then nobody can see us." He whispered.
"All right." Alexandra said and closed her eyes as Remus pulled her closer to his body, moved his arms higher to her back and hugs her lovingly.
***
12.00AM
"Come on, Alex, hurry up." Remus said, looking out at the dark street at the front door.
"I can't bear to leave this place." Alexandra said sadly, looking around at her empty living room with her luggage in her hand. She sighed, switched off the lamp and walked towards Remus.
"I know but we will be back someday." Remus said, taking Alexandra's hand. He closed the front door while Alexandra went to her mailbox, took out a white letter that had the words: "To my friend, Paris" on it and put it into the mailbox. She knew that Paris would look into the mailbox if she came to check on her when Alexandra didn't turn up for the graduation ceremony.
"Come on, let's go." Remus said, walking towards her and took her hand.
"Well, well, well, escaping are we?" A voice asked and Remus and Alexandra turned around.
Tim came out of the shadows with a knife.