Robin Ridgeway
That was probably the best day of my life. Robin and Dieter just joking around. It was probably the most relaxed I'd ever seen Robin--- of course later on I saw him more relaxed. It seemed that Dieter lightened his mood a lot. He did the same to me… I wish Dieter would bring Robin back to me…
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Dieter stayed for dinner, acting so charming, like water from a running faucet.
He was constantly cracking jokes but stopped when he made Celeste spit out her drink on Robin--- who choked on a piece of cooked carrot.
After managing to un-choke a soaked-with-orange-juice parof named Robin, Dieter teased Robin constantly, making Robin withdraw himself from conversation.
"Oh come on Robbie! I was joking and you know it--- you're all sticky too… oh sorry! You knew I was kidding don't get all evil on me---,"
That's where he did it. Celeste glared at Dieter and mouthed 'idiot'.
Robin got up, his hands shoved deep in his pockets; looking at the floor; he trudged up to his bedroom.
"What did I say?"
Celeste put her face in her hands. "You're so unbelievably stupid…"
Amanda couldn't help but laugh. "I'm afraid I don't know what Dieter said either…"
"'Don't get all EVIL on me!' hello? Werewolves are considered evil monsters and Parofs are considered even worse!"
"Oh." Amanda and Dieter said at the same time.
"Well, one persons day is ruined… now how about you two make my day by playing a nice little game of strip poker with me?" Dieter said with a grin.
"In your dreams!" Celeste said with a small grin.
"Yeah, in your dreams…" Amanda said while laughing.
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Dieter was allowed to stay there also. He slept on the couch downstairs. Once Robin felt better---during the night when Celeste cheered him up with a few jokes on Dieter--- they both went downstairs and put shaving cream on his face to give him a mustache and goatee.
"He looks horrible with a goatee! The mustache ain't that bad…" Celeste whispered to him as Robin put the shaving cream in his hair.
"Don't you dare go saying he looks even remotely good! He'll make sure I never hear the end of it!"
"Don't worry, he doesn't look good enough to get anything from me!"
"Do I?" he said with a grin. She laughed and patted him on the back, nodding.
"Of course you do." Within those minutes they had achieved a brother sister relationship, though both of them wanted more than that—but they both thought the other didn't.
"Good. Well. What do you do around here when you're not sleeping and its dark out?"
"I usually look at stars from the roof…"
"Cool. How do you get up there?"
"Through my bedroom window."
"Cooler! Lets go!" He said dragging her out.
When they got up there he stood there, gazing out at all the stars. He shuddered when he caught sight of the moon and quickly looked away. Celeste noticed that but decided to pretend she didn't.
"Do you like looking at stars?" He asked her.
"Yes. I think they're beautiful…"
She looked at Robin through the corner of her eye. He was staring at her. He looked away back at the stars.
"Celeste… heavenly…"
"Huh?"
"Your name… it means heavenly…"
"Oh… what does yours mean?"
"Famous brilliance."
"And how do you know these things?"
"I don't know… I just do."
Celeste raised a brow and looked back up at the stars. They sat there for hours. Eventually they fell asleep up there.
When Robin awoke he immediately noticed the head resting on his chest just below his chin. He looked down at the deep red hair sprawled over his chest. He couldn't help laugh. Somehow she had moved over to him in her sleep.
He nudged her slightly. She grunted and reached around him, squeezing pretty hard.
"Ow!" He cried out in a strangled voice. "That hurts! Leggo!"
She sat up abruptly. She looked at him wide eyed as he sat up, rubbing his side.
"You've got a killer grip."
"What the… We fell asleep…"
"I noticed that already." HE said as he got up and rubbed his back sorely. "Figure's I fall asleep in the most uncomfortable position and wake up being squeezed to death…"
Celeste let out a strangled cry and quickly climbed into her window. Her mother was standing there. She looked shocked at first then saw Robin coming in too, looking like he was in pure pain.
"Last time I fall asleep on a roof… Amanda, did you know your daughter has a tendency to sleepwalk across the roof and squeeze guys to death when they wake up?"
Amanda calmed down at that, as though she expected something more had happened…
"I didn't know she walked in her sleep but I suppose that's what happened?"
She looked at Celeste who was blushing furiously.
Robin turned to her laughing to himself "For future reference—I am NOT a teddy-bear!"
She couldn't help but laugh slightly.
"Well, I think I'm going to go get some relatively good sleep… Maybe this stiff neck'll go away…" He said as he walked out of the room. Amanda shook her head and raised a brow at Celeste.
"Star-gazing again?"
"He dragged me up."
"After you both shaving-creamed Dieter?"
"I completely forgot! HEY! ROBIN! REMEMBER DIETER?" she called. She heard loud footsteps going down the stairs and then a burst of laughter followed by a large clunk.
Amanda and Celeste exchanged quizzled looks and then darted down the stairs.
Dieter was standing there—covered in shaving cream and Robin was on the floor rolling around and laughing his head off.
Dieter looked so funny with the goatee and the mustache not to mention the look on his face added to it. Then he noticed that both Celeste and Robin were in their clothes from yesterday.
"Might I ask why the lovely lady and my best buddy are doing in yesterday's clothing?" He asked, a smile playing at his lips.
"W-W-W-W-HAHAAAAA!" Robin attempted to answer but was laughing too hard.
"Honestly--- After doing that to you we went ontop of the house to look at stars and fell asleep. Nothing else."
Dieter looked crestfallen—then realized something.
"You fell asleep? TOGETHER?" he said in a baby-voice.
"Awa! How cute!"
Robin stopped laughing and kicked Dieter's leg as hard as he could. Dieter was hopping around the house the rest of the day.
The next night Dieter decided to go stargazing – he forced Celeste and Robin to take him up there. He also pointed out that he wouldn't allow any inappropriate behavior. Robin cuffed him in the face.
Robin went into a daze as he stared at the moon. Dieter pointed this out to Celeste.
"Look at this, the moon has like something about it, that even on non-full moon nights it'll mesmerize them! Look he wont notice anything I'm saying right now unless--,"
"—Unless I'm not really looking at the moon and am just faking you out."
Robin said with a grin.
"Damn you…" Dieter, said playfully.
Robin laughed. Celeste liked his laugh…
She then noticed an owl in the distance. Robin had already noticed it.
"Robin, is it Blaire?"
"Yep. That's Blaire all right. Wonder what she has…"
The owl flew over and rammed into Robin playfully. Robin fell backward from the pressure of it and laughed. He took the note from her and patted Blaire's head. He opened the note.
Dear Uncle Robin,
Where are you? We got exam scores back. I did ok but James got the best of all of us. I tied at 2nd with Sirius. That's an insult. He doesn't even study! Peter barely made it through but he did. We all want you back here. All the kids hate the replacement teacher. She's a cruel, cruel person… She decided to go over werewolves again with us… you don't want to know what she said. Everyone's dissing her behind her back because everyone likes you and they know what you are… please write back.
~ Remus
P.s. If your still whereever you are now when school ends, do I still go with you?
Dieter, who was reading over his shoulder, laughed.
"Well, you're a very popular teacher!"
" That's because I'm the only one that helps set up pranks on the awful Professor McKensey, Potions Master at Hogwarts!"
"Ah, so you still like breaking rules? I thought that maybe since you became a teacher you'd… I don't know… tightened up about rules?"
"Naha! Never!"
Celeste just listened to the conversation in silence.
She didn't notice that she was staring at Robin then their eyes met, and he raised a brow.
"Celeste? Anybody home?" He waved a hand in front of her face She pulled back, startled.
"Earth to Celeste; come in Celeste!" Dieter said, imitating the fuzzy sound of a radio.
Both Dieter and Robin laughed at this. Celeste grinned.
"Very funny."
" I know!" Dieter said gloatingly.
Robin snorted with laughter. Celeste leaned back against the chimney.
Dieter began to climb down to the window.
"C'mon you two I wouldn't trust you two up here with my life."
HE jumped into the house. Robin and Celeste both raised a brow and got up He looked to her. Suddenly he found his lips against hers. He pulled away after a moment; she looked as shocked as he was. They both quickly got inside and to their bedrooms, avoiding the other's eye.
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