A/N: Wow, I must be on an update streak! Good for me...anyway, I thought the end of the last chapter was rather sweet, didn't you? Okay, now, please review!





Disclaimer: See Chapter One.





I know I'm not the one you thought you knew back in high school

Never goin'

Never showin' up when we had to

Attention that we crave

Don't tell us to behave

I'm sick of always hearin' 'act your age'

-Fat Lip, Sum 41





Chapter Six

















I don't know how long it took, but our friends eventually figured out that the music had stopped.

"I wonder where Ally and Remus went," Kate said as she, Sirius, Lily, and James climbed the last set of stairs before the common room.

"They're probably asleep," said James. "Fimble wimble jimble bimble."

The portrait hole opened and they entered the room. Ally and Remus were asleep together on one of the couches in front of the dying fire.

"Aw, that's so cute," Lily said, smiling.

"Yeah."

"Well," said Lily, "I'm beyond tired. Good-night Sirius, Kate." Lily turned to James and kissed him...one minute and twenty-seven seconds later...

"Mmm...g'night, Lils."

"Night, James."

She disappeared up the staircase to the girls' dormitories.

"Night, Kate, Padfoot." James went up to bed.

"So..." said Sirius.

"So," Kate repeated.

"Did you, uh, like the performance?" Sirius asked.

Kate smiled.

"Yeah, it was great. You can really play the drums well, Sirius. How long have you been playing?"

"Well, my dad and my mom have been divorced since I was three. When I was about five, my mom bought me a drum set to annoy my dad, I live with him. I started playing seriously when I was about nine and we formed our band in the third year."

"Cool," Kate said while nodding.

"Yeah..."

There was a few more moments of silence...

"Uh...Kate?"

"Yes, Sirius?"

"D'you, uh...d'you wanna...you know...like, go out...with me?"

Kate smiled at Sirius' awkwardness. The in-your-face prankster was nervous.

"Yeah, Si, I do," said Kate.

Sirius was grinning like a mad man.

"Really?"

Kate nodded. Sirius leaned in and kissed her lightly.

"G'night, Siri," she said when they pulled apart.

"Goodnight, Kate."

Kate left him down in the common room and went up to bed. Sirius, still smiling widely, summoned a blanket from the corner of the room and covered Ally and Remus with it before going up to his dorm.





Ally opened one eye slowly.

*Where the hell am I?* she asked herself. *...oh yeah! The common room, that's right. Me and Remus came up here and we fell asleep on the couch waiting for the others to come back up.* She opened her other eye. She checked her watch, it was nine fifteen. *Everyone else is probably still asleep because they were up so late last night,* Ally concluded.

She carefully slid out of Remus' arms so she wouldn't wake him up. She stood and stretched, cracked her knuckles, and then went upstairs to take a shower.

When Ally got back down to the common room twenty minutes later, Remus was waiting for her on the same couch that they had slept on, already showered and dressed.

"Good morning," Ally said cheerfully.

"Morning," Remus said back. He stood and gave her a kiss. "D'you wanna go to breakfast? I don't think the others are gonna be up before lunch."

"Lets."

Down in the Great Hall only Professor Dumbledore was there, so he invited Remus and Ally to eat with him at the Head Table.

"You did a great job last night," said the headmaster.

"Thank you, sir," they both said between bites.

"We might have to invite you back after you graduate," Dumbledore said smiling. "I enjoy a little punk rock music every now and again."

The two teens smiled.

"So, Professor," said Remus, "what d'you think about the Cannons, they're doing pretty good in the preseason."

"Yes, I do hope that this season is much better than the previous thirty-four," said Dumbledore.

"No way," said Ally. "They *always* do good in the preseason and then choke in the regular season. They haven't won a regulation game in years. Now if you want a real Quidditch team, I suggest you take a look at the Leprechauns. Now *that* is a team!"

"Oh, shut up, Ally," Remus said. "This season is gonna be different, I can feel it."

"Don't think so, Re, sorry."

"Wanna bet on it, Alls?"

"Name the bet."

"Okay...how about this. If the Chudley Cannons win fifteen matches by June First, you have to stand up at dinner and sing the song of my choice, no music involved."

"And if I win...?"

"You choose the song and I sing."

"You're on." They shook on it. "You are *so* going down!"

Professor Dumbledore just sat back and watched this little exchange with an amused smile.

"Ah, low stakes betting, one of my favorite pastimes."

"Really, Professor?" Ally said. "Wanna get in on it?"

"Meaning...?"

"If you and Remus win, I'll clean out your desk, which is oh so cluttered, because you know you don't wanna do it." The Professor nodded. "But *when I* win, you have to join Remus. Deal?"

The older man smiled and shook Ally's hand.

"Deal."

(A/N: Don't you just *love* low stakes betting? I sure do!)

An owl flew down to the table. It dropped a letter on Remus' head and flew out. He turned it over and looked at the name on the front.

"Ally, it's for you," he said.

Ally, who was having a heated debate about whether or not the Cannons should change their lineup with Dumbledore, looked over at her boyfriend.

"Huh?"

"You got a letter," Remus said, handing her the envelope.

"Cool."

She opened it up and read it.

*Dear Miss Ally Tuksan,

As you may know, there is an evil overlord on the loose. He and his group of masked followers known as Death Eaters have been committing mass murders. We regret to inform you that one of the latest killings has been of your mother, Lynn Summers, and your step-father, Jason Summers. The funeral arrangements are being left to your family.

We are sorry for your loss.

Warmly,

Bartimius Crouch

Department of Magical Law Enforcement*

Ally blinked a few times. She got up and, without explanation, started to walk out of the Great Hall.

"Ally?" Remus called after her. When she didn't respond, he called her again, louder this time. "ALLY!" She just kept walking. "Excuse me, Professor Dumbledore, I need to go see what's up."

"Of course, Remus," said the professor. "I will see you later."

Remus stood, nodded to Dumbledore, and then followed Ally out of the hall. He followed her all the way out to the lake, where she sat down and started to cry.

"Ally," Remus said. He sat down next to her and took her in his arms. He had only seen Ally cry three times since he had known her. The first is when Snape snapped her guitar into three pieces in their third year. The second was when they had had a fight two years back, and the third was when Mr. and Mrs. Potter died. She cried at their funeral...so this scared him a bit.

"Ally, what's the matter?" he asked. He started to rock her back a forth, trying to calm her down. "You can tell me, you know that."

It took a few moments for Ally to calm herself down enough to speak.

"GOD DAMN THAT VOLDEMORT!" she yelled.

"Ally, calm down and tell me what happened."

"That, that BASTARD killed them!" she started to cry again. "Damn him! He killed my mom and Jay...he killed them..."

"Oh boy," Remus said, pulling her closer.

He didn't know what to say to her. Would you? So he just let her cry on him until she could cry no longer...then they just sat there. Remus laid back and Ally rested her head on his chest, he had his arms around her and he was holding her close.

















A/N: Well, how was that? I thought it was quite good...PLEASE REVIEW! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!

-Kristin-