A/N: It's been a while. I know. Sorry! I hope this was worth the wait though. I have a lot of plans for this story, and hopefully I'll be able to put them into action soon. As for this chapter, I decided that Vernon and Petunia needed… Well, read on. Oh, and please review. I love getting reviews. Honestly, the reviews encourage me to keep writing. Please? Thanks! Angie
Remus, James, Lily, Sirius, Peter, Amy, and Michelle were all in the arcade, laughing. They had gone to dinner at Wok Palace, and then decided to waste some time, and money, at the video arcade. Sirius, James, and Peter had never been introduced to video games before, so they had a blast. Lily spent most of her time watching James and Sirius compete in a car racing game, and laughing at the indignation evident in both faces when the computer won.
"That's not fair! How can this thing win? We were great! I mean, look at James' car. That thing can barely drive." Sirius glared at the game. Lily giggled.
"Hon, the object of that game was NOT to wreck each other's cars. It was to win the race." Lily tried to explain. Sirius shook his head.
"Then it's not worth my time." Sirius crossed his arms. Lily laughed again.
"Hey Sirius, come check this out!" Peter was on a motorcycle racing game. Sirius' eyes lit up.
"What's that? That thing looks cool!" Sirius ran over to Peter, and looked at the motorcycle in awe.
"Give it a try. This thing's awesome." Peter relinquished the bike, which was taken over by Sirius immediately. Lily smiled.
"What is it, Lily?" Sirius gave her a curious look, while inserting quarters into the machine.
"A motorcycle, Sirius." Lily shook her head, smiling softly. She just knew that Sirius was obsessed for life already.
"This thing rocks!" Remus stood next to Lily, laughing. He too saw that Sirius was in love.
"Crandiate Arcade is closing in 5 minutes." The voice over the loud speaker announced. Sirius groaned. He wasn't ready to leave.
"Come on guys, let's get home. My mum made dessert." Lily had a feeling that those 4 simple words would have an amazing effect on the guys. She was right. Michelle and Amy followed too. Remus hesitated.
"Remmy, please come?" Lily pleaded.
"Lily, I…" Remus started to argue.
"We'll stop by your house and tell your parents you're spending the night at my place. Everyone else is." Lily wasn't in the mood to listen to his excuses. Remus rolled his eyes.
"Oh that'll go over well, Lils." Remus's voice was dripping with sarcasm. Lily smirked.
"It's not like you don't stay over more often than you're at home, Remmy." Lily pointed out. Remus laughed.
"Yeah, good point. Your mum thinks I'm her son, doesn't she?" Lily giggled, and hugged him.
"My big brother who protects me from scary guys." She directed this comment at Sirius, who laughed.
"I'm not scary, am I?" Sirius threw up his hands in feigned innocence. Lily stayed silent. "Well, not too scary."
"Keep telling yourself that, Sirius." Lily grinned as Sirius laughed.
"Come on, I'm hungry." Remus walked out the door, and miraculously, everyone followed. The 6 teenagers walked quickly to Remus's home. He opened the door and called to his parents.
"Mum, Dad! I'm going to Lily's house for the night!" Sky Lupin appeared at the foot of the stairs.
"Hello, Lily dear." Sky started. Remus made a sound of impatience.
"Sure, say hi to her first." Remus sulked. Sky ruffled his hair affectionately.
"I can't help it if I'm cooler than you are, Remus." Lily grinned. Sky laughed.
"Ok, so what's all this about?" Sky put her hands on her hips and looked at the group.
"See, Mrs. Evans made dessert, and James, Sirius, Peter, Michelle, and Amy are all spending the night there. I want to too. Please?" Sky shook her head, trying to understand the words through the rush of Remus's voice.
"Again. Slower." Sky pleaded. Remus started again, barely slower than the first time. Lily put her hand over her mouth.
"Mrs. Lupin, my Mum made dessert, and you know Remus with brownies. And everyone else is staying the night at my house tonight. Can Remus come too? Please?" Lily smiled sweetly, and Sky laughed.
"Remus, this is why I like Lily. She actually says things that can be understood." Sky couldn't resist the temptation. Remus scowled.
"Thanks. So can I go? Can I?" Lily giggled at her friend.
"Yeah, real mature, Remmy." Lily laughed. Remus glared at her.
"I'm mature!" Remus defended himself hotly.
"Sure you are." Lily retorted.
"Enough. You two have gone into this argument too many times. Yes, you can go, Remus." Sky said patiently. Remus grinned.
"Thanks Mum. Love you, bye." Remus started towards Lily's house. "Did you say brownies?" Lily laughed outright.
"Yes, I said brownies." Remus's eyes lit up.
"Cool." The group continued down the street to Lily's house. They burst in the door, laughing about the day. Suddenly, Lily stopped in her tracks. Vernon Dursley was still there.
"Uh-oh." Lily looked anxiously at her family, hoping that they wouldn't get mad. Camille took a deep breath. Petunia looked furious. Vernon merely looked curious.
"Hi Lily." Vernon came as close to smiling at her as he ever did. Lily gulped.
"Umm, hi Vernon. How are you?" Lily motioned for her friends to keep quiet.
"Just fine, just fine. Who are these people?" Petunia looked like she was going to cry. The last thing she wanted was for her boyfriend to meet Lily's freak friends.
"They're just some friends of hers, Vernon. Come on, I'll walk you to your car." Petunia seemed desperate. Vernon smiled, and followed Petunia out to his car.
"Oops. Sorry..." Lily looked pleadingly at her parents, waiting for the storm to hit.
"It's ok, darling. Come in everyone. I'm sure you must all be starving for dessert. Especially you, Remus. I made brownies." Camille knew, as most people did, that brownies were Remus's favorite food. Remus grinned.
"Lily told me." Camille laughed, and ushered the kids into the kitchen, where she served up brownie sundaes.
