Chapter 6-
"Ok, now what do we say when we want to hail a cab?"
"Stick out my wand."
"NO!" Andromeda said, frustrated. "Severus, we've gone over this."
Andromeda and Severus had been down in the dungeons practicing the muggle act, and it wasn't going very well.
"It's not just my fault!" Severus snapped. "YOU were being stupid before!"
"Hey!" Andromeda cried. The truth was, Andromeda wasn't being stupid, she was being immature. Every time Severus said 'I stick out my wand', she had a fit of giggles, as I have now as I type this.
"Let's just get on with it." Andromeda said. "You hold out your hand and say 'taxi'. Ok?"
"All right." Severus said. "Now what?"
"Let's see... What haven't we covered?" she said to herself. "Oh, yes. Don't kill anyone. It's as illegal there as it is here."
"Then really, what's the bloody point of going?" Severus asked, crestfallen. Andromeda took a step back.
"We can stop this without using violence, Severus." Andromeda replied. Severus was about to say something, but the door swung open, and in walked Rubeus Hagrid, Hogwarts groundskeeper.
"Andromeda," Hagrid said happily. (NOTE TO READER: I wanted to use 'jollily', but I don't think that's a word. So, to the reader, he is not at all happy, but instead, jolly. Anyway...)
"Andromeda," Hagrid said happily, "Professor Lupin is here to see you."
Andromeda face lit up. "Wonderful." She said, turning to Hagrid. "I'll be right up."
"I'll tell 'im." Hagrid said, in his usual screwed up voice that my spell-check hates. And with that, he left.
"He's here?" Severus said darkly. "What does he want?"
"Dumbledore wants to see him about something." Andromeda said, grabbing her coat from Severus's desk. "Do you want to come up and say hi?"
"Do I have a way of getting out of this humiliating muggle-making process?" he asked.
"No." she replied.
Severus sighed. "Then I might as well."
Andromeda and Severus quickly made their way up to the entrance hall, where sure enough, Remus Lupin was waiting for them.
"Remus!" Andromeda said, walking up to him. They embraced. "It's been way too long! What have you been doing?"
"Same old, I guess." Remus replied. "Except for one thing."
Remus pulled away from Andromeda. "There's someone very special I'd like you to meet."
Remus went out of the castle, leaving a very confused Andromeda. He came back a few minutes later with a beautiful woman on his arm.
'Please be his sister..." Andromeda pleaded silently.
"Andromeda," Remus said, still smiling. "This is my fiancée, Gloria."
Andromeda's lips kept smiling, but only out of severe shock. She felt an awful feeling in her stomach; like it was trying to get out through her mouth. She felt dizzy, and she turned white. Severus sensed this, and hurriedly made up a plan.
"That's wonderful," Severus said, "Andromeda forgot to take her medication. One moment please." Severus took the frozen arm of Andromeda, and quickly pulled her out of the hall and into a classroom.
"Andromeda?" he said. "Are you alive in there?"
There was only a squeak as a response, as a single tear slid down her pale face.
"Andromeda!" Severus said, shaking her. "I am not the one to cry in front of!"
"Uh... neither are we." A voice said from the classroom. Severus and Andromeda looked to their right and saw an entire class equipped with a teacher, and many confused looks.
"Oh god..." Severus said. "Excuse us." He pushed Andromeda into the hallway.
"Andromeda, PLEASE snap out of this! YOU'RE MAKING ME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE!"
Andromeda's face suddenly regained color, but the tear running down her cheek suddenly turned into many.
"Oh, Severus! What am I going to do?" she cried. "I can't go back in there!"
"Why not?" Severus asked. "It's just Remus... Oh. It's Remus. You... love him, don't you?"
She nodded. "Mmm hmm." She squeaked.
"Andromeda, I can't help you." Severus said.
"Yes you can!" Andromeda said frantically, as if just thinking of something. "You need to look up a number in my Rolodex and call someone. I know someone who owes me big time. He'll help."
"Who is this person you speak of?" Severus asked, a bit frightened.
Andromeda turned a green shade. "Gilderoy Lockhart." She said.
Andromeda went back to Remus and Gloria alone, and Severus went down to call Gilderoy. "Sorry about that." She said as she greeted the duo. "I'm a bit under the weather."
"Oh, you look awful." Gloria said, a bit happier than she probably should have.
"Thank you." Andromeda said, fighting the impulses to give her a beating. She looked down at her watch.
"Are you in a hurry?" Gloria asked.
"No. I'm just waiting for my-..." she was cut off by a puff of smoke next to her, and a fanfare of trumpets.
"Hello, all!" Gilderoy Lockhart now stood in the hall. "And what can I do for you, my wonderful snookums?" he said, turning to Andromeda.
"For one, you can stop calling me that." Andromeda said through her teeth. "Gloria, Remus. I'd like you to meet..." she held back a gag.
"My fiancé."
Hello. I'm still sick and all gross and groggy. My schedule is as follows: sleep, sleep, sleep, eat, watch 'Ghostbusters' for the 300th time, sleep, sleep, eat, sleep, write, do my comic, sleep. Aren't I interesting? Anyway, that's about it. *cough * visit my web-site *cough *
NEXT CHAPTER: I know, Gilderoy is horrible, but I LOVE writing for him. He won't be in much longer. Andromeda and Severus go to New York, but Gloria insists on tagging along when Remus tries to help teach Severus. And the number one reason for reading the next chapter: SEVRUS GETS DRUNK! And if you've read 'Harry Potter: The Soap Opera', you know how bloody fun that can be!
"Ok, now what do we say when we want to hail a cab?"
"Stick out my wand."
"NO!" Andromeda said, frustrated. "Severus, we've gone over this."
Andromeda and Severus had been down in the dungeons practicing the muggle act, and it wasn't going very well.
"It's not just my fault!" Severus snapped. "YOU were being stupid before!"
"Hey!" Andromeda cried. The truth was, Andromeda wasn't being stupid, she was being immature. Every time Severus said 'I stick out my wand', she had a fit of giggles, as I have now as I type this.
"Let's just get on with it." Andromeda said. "You hold out your hand and say 'taxi'. Ok?"
"All right." Severus said. "Now what?"
"Let's see... What haven't we covered?" she said to herself. "Oh, yes. Don't kill anyone. It's as illegal there as it is here."
"Then really, what's the bloody point of going?" Severus asked, crestfallen. Andromeda took a step back.
"We can stop this without using violence, Severus." Andromeda replied. Severus was about to say something, but the door swung open, and in walked Rubeus Hagrid, Hogwarts groundskeeper.
"Andromeda," Hagrid said happily. (NOTE TO READER: I wanted to use 'jollily', but I don't think that's a word. So, to the reader, he is not at all happy, but instead, jolly. Anyway...)
"Andromeda," Hagrid said happily, "Professor Lupin is here to see you."
Andromeda face lit up. "Wonderful." She said, turning to Hagrid. "I'll be right up."
"I'll tell 'im." Hagrid said, in his usual screwed up voice that my spell-check hates. And with that, he left.
"He's here?" Severus said darkly. "What does he want?"
"Dumbledore wants to see him about something." Andromeda said, grabbing her coat from Severus's desk. "Do you want to come up and say hi?"
"Do I have a way of getting out of this humiliating muggle-making process?" he asked.
"No." she replied.
Severus sighed. "Then I might as well."
Andromeda and Severus quickly made their way up to the entrance hall, where sure enough, Remus Lupin was waiting for them.
"Remus!" Andromeda said, walking up to him. They embraced. "It's been way too long! What have you been doing?"
"Same old, I guess." Remus replied. "Except for one thing."
Remus pulled away from Andromeda. "There's someone very special I'd like you to meet."
Remus went out of the castle, leaving a very confused Andromeda. He came back a few minutes later with a beautiful woman on his arm.
'Please be his sister..." Andromeda pleaded silently.
"Andromeda," Remus said, still smiling. "This is my fiancée, Gloria."
Andromeda's lips kept smiling, but only out of severe shock. She felt an awful feeling in her stomach; like it was trying to get out through her mouth. She felt dizzy, and she turned white. Severus sensed this, and hurriedly made up a plan.
"That's wonderful," Severus said, "Andromeda forgot to take her medication. One moment please." Severus took the frozen arm of Andromeda, and quickly pulled her out of the hall and into a classroom.
"Andromeda?" he said. "Are you alive in there?"
There was only a squeak as a response, as a single tear slid down her pale face.
"Andromeda!" Severus said, shaking her. "I am not the one to cry in front of!"
"Uh... neither are we." A voice said from the classroom. Severus and Andromeda looked to their right and saw an entire class equipped with a teacher, and many confused looks.
"Oh god..." Severus said. "Excuse us." He pushed Andromeda into the hallway.
"Andromeda, PLEASE snap out of this! YOU'RE MAKING ME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE!"
Andromeda's face suddenly regained color, but the tear running down her cheek suddenly turned into many.
"Oh, Severus! What am I going to do?" she cried. "I can't go back in there!"
"Why not?" Severus asked. "It's just Remus... Oh. It's Remus. You... love him, don't you?"
She nodded. "Mmm hmm." She squeaked.
"Andromeda, I can't help you." Severus said.
"Yes you can!" Andromeda said frantically, as if just thinking of something. "You need to look up a number in my Rolodex and call someone. I know someone who owes me big time. He'll help."
"Who is this person you speak of?" Severus asked, a bit frightened.
Andromeda turned a green shade. "Gilderoy Lockhart." She said.
Andromeda went back to Remus and Gloria alone, and Severus went down to call Gilderoy. "Sorry about that." She said as she greeted the duo. "I'm a bit under the weather."
"Oh, you look awful." Gloria said, a bit happier than she probably should have.
"Thank you." Andromeda said, fighting the impulses to give her a beating. She looked down at her watch.
"Are you in a hurry?" Gloria asked.
"No. I'm just waiting for my-..." she was cut off by a puff of smoke next to her, and a fanfare of trumpets.
"Hello, all!" Gilderoy Lockhart now stood in the hall. "And what can I do for you, my wonderful snookums?" he said, turning to Andromeda.
"For one, you can stop calling me that." Andromeda said through her teeth. "Gloria, Remus. I'd like you to meet..." she held back a gag.
"My fiancé."
Hello. I'm still sick and all gross and groggy. My schedule is as follows: sleep, sleep, sleep, eat, watch 'Ghostbusters' for the 300th time, sleep, sleep, eat, sleep, write, do my comic, sleep. Aren't I interesting? Anyway, that's about it. *cough * visit my web-site *cough *
NEXT CHAPTER: I know, Gilderoy is horrible, but I LOVE writing for him. He won't be in much longer. Andromeda and Severus go to New York, but Gloria insists on tagging along when Remus tries to help teach Severus. And the number one reason for reading the next chapter: SEVRUS GETS DRUNK! And if you've read 'Harry Potter: The Soap Opera', you know how bloody fun that can be!