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Driven Under

Chapter Two

At that moment, a small crowd of laughing teenagers burst in the door. Liz recognized her

friends, and waved violently at them.

"Hey, guys!!!" she cried excitedly, realizing just how much she had missed them. They

stopped and looked at her.

"Liz, what are you doing here?!" her best friend Stephanie Taylor cried, her blue eyes lighting

up. Then she frowned.

"Where the hell where you? You were supposed to meet us at the ice cream shop like, a year

ago! Oh well, who cares, I'm just so happy to see you!" she said, smiling again.

She ran forward to give Liz a hug, followed by the rest of her friends, all rushing to say hi to

Liz. Stephanie squeezed her best friend so tightly that Liz thought she would burst. Suddenly,

Stephanie let go and stepped away.

"And who might this be?" she asked, gesturing behind Liz and giving her a mischievous smile.

Liz turned, and remembered that Remus was standing behind her.

"Oh my God, I totally forgot! This is Remus Lupin! We met just a few minutes ago!" she

exclaimed, grabbing Remus's arm and gently pushing him forward.

He shook hands with Stephanie.

"It's very nice to meet you," he said with a smile.

"Though I can't say Liz has mentioned you, seeing as though we've only just met, and under

rather abnormal circumstances at that," he added, winking at Liz.

"Professor Lupin?" her friend Julie's older brother John stepped forward, squinting in disbelief.

"John Hartley!" Remus stepped forward, equally surprised.

"How are you?" he asked, giving John a small hug. "I haven't seen you in ages!"

Liz frowned, obviously confused.

"How do you two know each other?"

"Professor Lupin taught me when I was in my fifth year at Hogwarts. Despite the occasional

detention, I'd have to say that Professor Lupin was the best teacher I ever had!" John said,

smiling. John had been two years ahead of the infamous Harry Potter in school, and was now

working at the Ministry of Magic.

"What are you doing in England? I could have sworn that Professor Dumbledore said that you

were taking a leave of absence in China studying lizards or something or the other!"

"Well, after almost five years there, I finally realized that studying lizards, even the limphonius

species, was probably the most frightfully boring thing one could be doing." He told John with

a wink. "So, since they have made considerable advances in the study of the control of

werewolves, Professor Dumbledore agreed that it would be quite okay if I resumed my

teaching position at Hogwarts."

"Well, we're certainly glad to have you back!" John said brightly. His high opinion of Remus

Lupin hadn't wavered in the least after he found out that Professor Lupin was a werewolf.

"So, you're a professor at Hogwarts?" Liz asked, still a bit confused.

"I sure am," He told her with a smile. "I assume you attend Hogwarts?"

"Yes, we're sixth years." Stephanie answered for her.

"Well, I suppose that means I'll see you all fairly soon! Needless to say, I'm looking forward to

teaching this group of apparently well behaved sixth years!" he said, grinning, as he headed

toward the door.

"By the way, nice to meet you, Liz!" he called out over his shoulder.

'Nice to meet you too, Professor Lupin,' she thought grimly. 'Great. The first good-looking guy

I meet, even if he is old enough to be my father, is my new teacher. Terrific.'

"Come on, Liz, let's go. We still have a ton of shopping to do." Carrie Cameron said, grabbing

her friend's arm. "So where were you? We waited for at least an hour at the ice cream place,

but you never showed!" Liz explained what had happened, feeling bad that she had caused her

friends to wait around for so long. "Well, that's ok. All will be forgotten once you treat us to

some Chocolate Frogs!" Julie said with a grin. Julie had an insatiable love for candy of all

types. With that, they walked down the street, talking and laughing just like old times.