Title: It's me, my life. (01)
Author name: Marina
Category: Drama
Sub Category: Action/Adventure
Keywords: SS/RL, LM/SB, Slash Original characters (paired up with the characters)
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: From all the books. As this takes place in the Harry's fifth year, I'm going to use a few facts fromthe OoTP book. The bonus is: Sirius's alive.
Summary: Sometimes, the past can hurt. The way Snape and his daughter, Meg, see it, they can either embrace it, or they can run from it. Will they have the strength to?
DISCLAIMER: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. The characters and scenarios on which this story is based belong the the one and only J.K. Roling. Except, of course of Meg, Lena and Lex.
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Chapter 1: Welcome to the US of A.
Boisterous cheers and screams of excitement echoed throughout the whole room as the girls danced and cheered. Blue, black and silver were the colors that adorned the full and enormous room. Pictures of packs of wolves were seen painted on the walls, gnarling or glaring, but there was one mural of a lone wolf on a cliff top howling at the silver moon. Remus Lupin looked rather interested at the pictures, as Sirius Black grinned in amusement and Severus Snape protected his ears by sticking his fingers in them, an annoyed look on his face.
Helena chuckled to herself. From the top of the stands of the enormous gym, she spotted them and called to them while waving her arms. Remus's sharp ears heard her and, with animal instinct spotted her among the crowd quickly. He smiled at her, elbowing Sirius and motioning with his chin to look up. Both Severus and Sirius looked up at Remus's call for attention. Both men had different reactions. While Sirius smiled broadly as he waved at her, Severus froze mesmerized as he looked at his beautiful wife and soon gave a small smile.
"Earth to the Potions Master!! Hello!" Sirius snapped his fingers in front of Severus's face.
Snapping out of it, Severus looked at Sirius quite annoyed and scowled. Helena giggled and stopped herself, looking around the large room. Soon the three men were in front of her and Helena had to gather all of her strength to not to cry right then and there.
"Hey, there." She smiled at them, but her strength was failing her and her eyes were already shining with tears.
"Well, well, after all these years aren't we still beautiful today?" Sirius stood casually, eyeing the woman while a smile played with his lips.
Helena laughed, tears streaming down her cheeks, then threw her arms around his shoulders. Down at the court, along with a couple of cheerleaders, a beautiful, raven haired girl saw the exchange as did her friends. She frowned as her mother hugged the men enthusiastically, as if she hadn't seen them for a long time.
"Is that really your mom?" Livia Moore flicked her auburn hair over her shoulders, and tore her gaze from the display above to reset upon her friend.
"I guess so. Looks like her, doesn't it?" The raven haired girl looked up in amazement, wondering who those men were and made a mental note to ask her mother as soon as the Pep Rally was over.
"Where on earth did she meet those hotties?!" a girl with blond, short hair by the name of Kristen Shaw, squealed excitedly.
The girl rolled her eyes, annoyed. It was so like Kristen to squeal like that when she saw what she liked.
"Beats me." She drawled, turning away.
Helena was already hugging Severus. She hugged him the longest, her tears falling silently as he held her after all these years.
"God, I missed you so much!"
"So did I, Lena. So did I." Lena smiled to herself as Severus called her by her nickname.
It had certainly been a long, almost, fifteen years without seeing him, nor spending the moments with him as she had promised the day they married.
"How's our little Maggie?" Remus asked anxiuosly turning to the crowd, hoping to find the girl in question amongst the groups of teens.
"Uh...you might want to drop that nickname for her." Lena said, her voice tinged with amusement.
"Why?" Remus frowned.
"She hates it." She replies with a conspirational whisper.
"How come?" Sirius asked.
"Beats me." Lena shrugged, then motioned for the men to take the seats besides her.
Cheers and scream filled the room again as the cheerleaders took the spotlight for the second time. Helena wiped her eyes with her fingers as she smiled at the squad.
"It's about to start." Lena told them happily.
"What is?" Severus looked at the group of girls with a frown and praying silently these girls didn't wear those short outfits to classes.
"You'll see." She replied waving a hand at him.
Music started and the cheerleaders, all dressed in their small blue, black, and silver colored outfits, started dancing and shaking their pom-poms in the air. The base drum of the song Saturday Night poured out of the heavy speakers and filled their ears. The girls danced, jumped, and were thrown into the air all while doing twists and turns before jumping when finished.
"This is it."
The three men concentrated on the girls and Remus saw a raven haired girl walking in rhythm with the music to one end of the court. She turned when she reached it and what she did next was nothing he had ever seen, not that he had gotten out to the muggle world that often. The girl ran, then threw herself on her hands, twisted and bent her body in ways Remus never thought it was physically possible. Her body moved as if she was flying and the people in the stands, from bottom to top, cheered wildly during every turn she gave. Helena clapped enthusiastically when she finished, proud of her daughter. The men were shocked to say the least.
"Bloody Hell! what was that?"
"That's gymnastics, Sirius." Lena laughed.
"Who is she?" Remus asked, still shocked.
"I thought you'd never ask! She's my daughter. She's our little Maggie" She replied as her eyes twinkled merrily with pride.
All was silent, except for the cheering crowd. The men who had been watching the show all bore expressions of pure paralyzed shock until voices broke in unison.
"WHAT?!"
"You're joking!" Sirius turned to the girl, then back at her mother in disbelief.
"Our little Maggie?!" Remus asked in a faint voice clutching at his chest.
"What in the seven hells is she doing in an outfit like that? Doesn't she have some decency!?" Severus stared at the girl scandalized.
"You will never change, will you, Sev?" Lena rolled her eyes.
Severus just scowled.
At the end of the Pep rally Lena, Severus, Remus, and Sirius were outside the school's gym waiting for Lena's daughter to arrive. Within minutes she walked out of the gym with a group of cheerleaders, all still in the impossibly small uniforms.
"Isn't she going to change?" Snape asked with a disdainful look at her petite daughter.
"No" Lena without taking her eyes off her daughter.
"You mean she wears this to school?" He turned to his wife horrified.
"Yes." She nodded solemnly.
"I'll be thankful she's going to Hogwarts, then. No more of those little revealing outfits to parade around the school." He turned to look at his now giggling daughter.
Both Lupin and Black sniggered. Snape gave them a dark look as Lena rolled her eyes.
"Well, even though you're her father, I don't think you will get her to stop wearing that outfit. That is, if she's anything like Lena, I'd really like to see you try." Black commented, crossing his arms, his eyes still fixed on the raven haired girl.
"Enough said." Lupin retorted solemnly, his hands in his pockets as he swung on his heels.
Finally, Lena's daughter separated herself from her cheerleader friends, giggling as she said her goodbyes and earning yells of 'Bye, Meg!' or 'See you later, Meg!' from them.
"Meg's coming." Lena warned.
Truly enough, Meg made her way toward her mother, barely noticing the men beside her. The men could she how strong a resemblance she had to her mother with the slim build, golden skin and energetic peronality. She half- ran to her mother, sporting a wide grin on her young face and her hair up in a long ponytail.
"Hey, mom! Did you see that? God, that was so cool!" Meg jumped excitedly, still oblivious to the men.
"I know sweetie, you were great! Wasn't she guys?" Lena giving them a hearty wink as Meg turned surprised to the men. Meg then got rid of any mental notes she had done earlier regarding these men.
"Oh, yeah...that was...awesome." Said Lupin in awe, taking his hands out of his pockets and waving them around in emphasis..
"Whoa...amazing" Black wide grin and nodding approvingly
"Never seen anything like it, right Sev?" Lupin elbowed Snape, prompting him to talk.
"Oh, yes. Highly amusing"
Meg laughed already guessing that the man did not think any of it amusing.
"Thank you. My name's Meg, Meg Smith." holding a hand out to Severus, who reluctantly took it.
"Severus. Severus Snape"
"Nice to meet you" Meg nodded, smiling.
"Like wise" He replied politely.
As soon as she turned to Lupin and Black, Black smiled and held out his hand. "I'm Sirius Black and this is my friend Remus. Remus Lupin."
"Hello, Meg" Remus said smiling, as Meg shook Black's hand and soon turned to shake his.
"Nice to meet you, too. Where are y'all from?" Meg asked.
"Noticed we're not from around here, huh?" Remus teased.
"What can I say? I'm smart." Meg shrugged in mock indifference. The men and her mother chuckled.
"We're from England. And we came by those horrible things you call planes and we had to sit for 12 bleeding hours. Can you imagine the pain?" replied Black in a joking tone.
"Oh, I've been there." Meg said laughing.
"They are very old friends of mine." Lena pointed out. "Came all the way from England to see us, and help us with some things."
"Oh?" Meg eyebrows rose curiously as she stared at them. "What is it that we need help with?"
"Well, as much as I would like to answer that, I'm afraid I'm here talk to your counselor. I told her we were moving. I need you to come with me." Her mother replied.
Then Lena started walking, the men along with her and Meg following a few seconds after she realized what her mother just said.
"Moving? Moving where?" she asked bewildered. She looked from her mom to the men then back at her mom, as she tagged along, a look of confusion etched in her face.
Lena simply replied: "England." =============================================
Meg found herself seated on the couch with Sirius, Remus, and Severus after having a talk with her counselor. The three kept glancing at Meg every now and then as she tapped her foot loudly on the floor. They were startled to hear her speak to them.
"I still don't understand what's going on."
"Look, as much as we would like to enlighten you, I don't think we should be the ones to tell you." Remus said in a calming voice, hoping to diminish her impatience.
"So you know!" Meg exclaimed.
"Yes, we do, but we're not going to say anything to you against you mother's wishes. She wants to be there when you hear what she has to say." Severus added.
"What about a hint?" Meg said hopefully.
"No."
"A very weensy, tiny hint"
"No"
At this point, both Sirius and Remus watched the amusing exchange between Meg and Severus turning to them as they spoke, making it seem as if they were spectators in a tennis match. Meg got frustrated.
"Damn it!"
"Language!" Severus admonished scandalized.
As Severus spoke, the door to the counselor's office opened and Lena emerged shaking the hand of Meg's counselor. Meg quickly stood up.
"I really appreciate your help."
"No problem, Mrs. Smith. If you need anything else, don't hesitate on calling me. I'll do whatever I can to help." The counselor replied with a smile and glancing at the three men who now stood up behind Meg and looking approving.
"Thank you so much. Bye." Lena replied, apparently oblivious to everything. Lena turned to face them as soon as the counselor left. Meg seemed rooted to the spot.
"When did you tell her we were moving?"
"A month ago." her hand raking her purse looking for something, and pulled out her keys. "Aha! Ready to go?"
"When are we going?" Meg asked insistently.
"In two weeks" She replied holding out two fingers.
"What?" Meg's bewildered shouts drew attention from curious students. "When were you going to tell me this?"
"Why don't we go home and talk about it there?" her mother suggested looking apologetic at the students.
"But--"
"Let's go" Lena interjected, leading the group outside to the parking lot where she had left her car parked. Meg opened the door of the front seat, got in without a word, and slammed the door angrily. -----------------------------------------------------
It was obvious Meg was anxious to return home, for she tapped the window rythmically throughout the ride. As soon as they got home she got out of the car quickly and opened the door with her own key.
"I'll be right back." She stalked into the house clearly uspet.
Standing in the foyer she kicked her running shoes off towards the closet door and proceeded up three steps until she was on the main landing. Turning left, past the stair case, she entered a hallway and proceeded to the very last room on the right; she opened the door to her bedroom. Turning the light on she closed the door behind her and sighed.
What was going on? Why had her mother kept this secret from her? It wasn't fair.
Meg felt that it must big, for her mother never kept any secrets from from her brother or her, or else she would've know something. It was strange to know her mother still had secrets after all the things they went through together. What if...? no, that couldn't be it, she'd know if it was. She silently prayed her brother would get home soon as she was feeling like she would break down at any moment.
She walked towards her oak dresser and extracted a change of clothes from the drawers. She quickly changed, throwing her cheerleaders outfit into the laundry hamper, and left her room. When she reached the landing everyone was in the house. Her mother was in the kitchen to the right and the three men were sitting in the living room in front of her, waiting for both women to appear from wherever they had gone off to.
"I'm back." said Meg. "Now, what's going on?"
Helena emerged from the kitchen with a try full of cups and a teapot. Only one cup was filled and Meg saw it was coffee, black.
"Here's your coffee, Severus."
"Thank you." He thanked her with a small smile.
Helena proceeded to serve the others tea. Her memory served well as she remembering Remus didn't take sugar in his tea.
"So many years and you still remember."
"Remus, you offend me, how could I forget?" Teased Lena as she prepared his tea.
They all chuckled except Meg, who was looking from her mother to the men and then back at her mother, not understanding anything at all. They seemed much too friendly to have passed as many years as she thought.
"Is what you're going to tell me so bad that you need tea and coffee to calm me down?" her daughter asked, frowning at her.
"No, it's not bad. It's unexpected." Lena replied, still not facing Meg.
"Well, whose fault is that?" Meg drawled sitting down in an armchair.
Lena graced that with a sidelong glance before she sat down on her favorite single couch. She turned to look at the men.
"Well, it's time. Ready?"
"Ready as we can be." Replied Sirius for all of them.
"Now you're scaring me." Meg stared at the men as if waiting for them to pounce on her.
It seemed Lena had mentally waved away what Meg said, for she sat obviously in thought. She hesitated for a while, and Meg sat patiently waiting (which was very rare for Meg).
"Meg, did you ever wonder why you never saw your father?" Her mother asked patiently.
Meg didn't understand where her mother was going with this. She never brought up her father. It was a subject never breached. Meg wasn't sure if she wanted to talk about her father in front of these men she hardly knew.
"Uh...I've had guesses," Meg shrugged, "but that's just it, they're guesses."
"Magic never crossed your mind, did it?"
Meg frowned, clearly confused. "Magic?"
"Yes, because your father... is a wizard." ==============================================
R & R
Author name: Marina
Category: Drama
Sub Category: Action/Adventure
Keywords: SS/RL, LM/SB, Slash Original characters (paired up with the characters)
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: From all the books. As this takes place in the Harry's fifth year, I'm going to use a few facts fromthe OoTP book. The bonus is: Sirius's alive.
Summary: Sometimes, the past can hurt. The way Snape and his daughter, Meg, see it, they can either embrace it, or they can run from it. Will they have the strength to?
DISCLAIMER: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. The characters and scenarios on which this story is based belong the the one and only J.K. Roling. Except, of course of Meg, Lena and Lex.
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Chapter 1: Welcome to the US of A.
Boisterous cheers and screams of excitement echoed throughout the whole room as the girls danced and cheered. Blue, black and silver were the colors that adorned the full and enormous room. Pictures of packs of wolves were seen painted on the walls, gnarling or glaring, but there was one mural of a lone wolf on a cliff top howling at the silver moon. Remus Lupin looked rather interested at the pictures, as Sirius Black grinned in amusement and Severus Snape protected his ears by sticking his fingers in them, an annoyed look on his face.
Helena chuckled to herself. From the top of the stands of the enormous gym, she spotted them and called to them while waving her arms. Remus's sharp ears heard her and, with animal instinct spotted her among the crowd quickly. He smiled at her, elbowing Sirius and motioning with his chin to look up. Both Severus and Sirius looked up at Remus's call for attention. Both men had different reactions. While Sirius smiled broadly as he waved at her, Severus froze mesmerized as he looked at his beautiful wife and soon gave a small smile.
"Earth to the Potions Master!! Hello!" Sirius snapped his fingers in front of Severus's face.
Snapping out of it, Severus looked at Sirius quite annoyed and scowled. Helena giggled and stopped herself, looking around the large room. Soon the three men were in front of her and Helena had to gather all of her strength to not to cry right then and there.
"Hey, there." She smiled at them, but her strength was failing her and her eyes were already shining with tears.
"Well, well, after all these years aren't we still beautiful today?" Sirius stood casually, eyeing the woman while a smile played with his lips.
Helena laughed, tears streaming down her cheeks, then threw her arms around his shoulders. Down at the court, along with a couple of cheerleaders, a beautiful, raven haired girl saw the exchange as did her friends. She frowned as her mother hugged the men enthusiastically, as if she hadn't seen them for a long time.
"Is that really your mom?" Livia Moore flicked her auburn hair over her shoulders, and tore her gaze from the display above to reset upon her friend.
"I guess so. Looks like her, doesn't it?" The raven haired girl looked up in amazement, wondering who those men were and made a mental note to ask her mother as soon as the Pep Rally was over.
"Where on earth did she meet those hotties?!" a girl with blond, short hair by the name of Kristen Shaw, squealed excitedly.
The girl rolled her eyes, annoyed. It was so like Kristen to squeal like that when she saw what she liked.
"Beats me." She drawled, turning away.
Helena was already hugging Severus. She hugged him the longest, her tears falling silently as he held her after all these years.
"God, I missed you so much!"
"So did I, Lena. So did I." Lena smiled to herself as Severus called her by her nickname.
It had certainly been a long, almost, fifteen years without seeing him, nor spending the moments with him as she had promised the day they married.
"How's our little Maggie?" Remus asked anxiuosly turning to the crowd, hoping to find the girl in question amongst the groups of teens.
"Uh...you might want to drop that nickname for her." Lena said, her voice tinged with amusement.
"Why?" Remus frowned.
"She hates it." She replies with a conspirational whisper.
"How come?" Sirius asked.
"Beats me." Lena shrugged, then motioned for the men to take the seats besides her.
Cheers and scream filled the room again as the cheerleaders took the spotlight for the second time. Helena wiped her eyes with her fingers as she smiled at the squad.
"It's about to start." Lena told them happily.
"What is?" Severus looked at the group of girls with a frown and praying silently these girls didn't wear those short outfits to classes.
"You'll see." She replied waving a hand at him.
Music started and the cheerleaders, all dressed in their small blue, black, and silver colored outfits, started dancing and shaking their pom-poms in the air. The base drum of the song Saturday Night poured out of the heavy speakers and filled their ears. The girls danced, jumped, and were thrown into the air all while doing twists and turns before jumping when finished.
"This is it."
The three men concentrated on the girls and Remus saw a raven haired girl walking in rhythm with the music to one end of the court. She turned when she reached it and what she did next was nothing he had ever seen, not that he had gotten out to the muggle world that often. The girl ran, then threw herself on her hands, twisted and bent her body in ways Remus never thought it was physically possible. Her body moved as if she was flying and the people in the stands, from bottom to top, cheered wildly during every turn she gave. Helena clapped enthusiastically when she finished, proud of her daughter. The men were shocked to say the least.
"Bloody Hell! what was that?"
"That's gymnastics, Sirius." Lena laughed.
"Who is she?" Remus asked, still shocked.
"I thought you'd never ask! She's my daughter. She's our little Maggie" She replied as her eyes twinkled merrily with pride.
All was silent, except for the cheering crowd. The men who had been watching the show all bore expressions of pure paralyzed shock until voices broke in unison.
"WHAT?!"
"You're joking!" Sirius turned to the girl, then back at her mother in disbelief.
"Our little Maggie?!" Remus asked in a faint voice clutching at his chest.
"What in the seven hells is she doing in an outfit like that? Doesn't she have some decency!?" Severus stared at the girl scandalized.
"You will never change, will you, Sev?" Lena rolled her eyes.
Severus just scowled.
At the end of the Pep rally Lena, Severus, Remus, and Sirius were outside the school's gym waiting for Lena's daughter to arrive. Within minutes she walked out of the gym with a group of cheerleaders, all still in the impossibly small uniforms.
"Isn't she going to change?" Snape asked with a disdainful look at her petite daughter.
"No" Lena without taking her eyes off her daughter.
"You mean she wears this to school?" He turned to his wife horrified.
"Yes." She nodded solemnly.
"I'll be thankful she's going to Hogwarts, then. No more of those little revealing outfits to parade around the school." He turned to look at his now giggling daughter.
Both Lupin and Black sniggered. Snape gave them a dark look as Lena rolled her eyes.
"Well, even though you're her father, I don't think you will get her to stop wearing that outfit. That is, if she's anything like Lena, I'd really like to see you try." Black commented, crossing his arms, his eyes still fixed on the raven haired girl.
"Enough said." Lupin retorted solemnly, his hands in his pockets as he swung on his heels.
Finally, Lena's daughter separated herself from her cheerleader friends, giggling as she said her goodbyes and earning yells of 'Bye, Meg!' or 'See you later, Meg!' from them.
"Meg's coming." Lena warned.
Truly enough, Meg made her way toward her mother, barely noticing the men beside her. The men could she how strong a resemblance she had to her mother with the slim build, golden skin and energetic peronality. She half- ran to her mother, sporting a wide grin on her young face and her hair up in a long ponytail.
"Hey, mom! Did you see that? God, that was so cool!" Meg jumped excitedly, still oblivious to the men.
"I know sweetie, you were great! Wasn't she guys?" Lena giving them a hearty wink as Meg turned surprised to the men. Meg then got rid of any mental notes she had done earlier regarding these men.
"Oh, yeah...that was...awesome." Said Lupin in awe, taking his hands out of his pockets and waving them around in emphasis..
"Whoa...amazing" Black wide grin and nodding approvingly
"Never seen anything like it, right Sev?" Lupin elbowed Snape, prompting him to talk.
"Oh, yes. Highly amusing"
Meg laughed already guessing that the man did not think any of it amusing.
"Thank you. My name's Meg, Meg Smith." holding a hand out to Severus, who reluctantly took it.
"Severus. Severus Snape"
"Nice to meet you" Meg nodded, smiling.
"Like wise" He replied politely.
As soon as she turned to Lupin and Black, Black smiled and held out his hand. "I'm Sirius Black and this is my friend Remus. Remus Lupin."
"Hello, Meg" Remus said smiling, as Meg shook Black's hand and soon turned to shake his.
"Nice to meet you, too. Where are y'all from?" Meg asked.
"Noticed we're not from around here, huh?" Remus teased.
"What can I say? I'm smart." Meg shrugged in mock indifference. The men and her mother chuckled.
"We're from England. And we came by those horrible things you call planes and we had to sit for 12 bleeding hours. Can you imagine the pain?" replied Black in a joking tone.
"Oh, I've been there." Meg said laughing.
"They are very old friends of mine." Lena pointed out. "Came all the way from England to see us, and help us with some things."
"Oh?" Meg eyebrows rose curiously as she stared at them. "What is it that we need help with?"
"Well, as much as I would like to answer that, I'm afraid I'm here talk to your counselor. I told her we were moving. I need you to come with me." Her mother replied.
Then Lena started walking, the men along with her and Meg following a few seconds after she realized what her mother just said.
"Moving? Moving where?" she asked bewildered. She looked from her mom to the men then back at her mom, as she tagged along, a look of confusion etched in her face.
Lena simply replied: "England." =============================================
Meg found herself seated on the couch with Sirius, Remus, and Severus after having a talk with her counselor. The three kept glancing at Meg every now and then as she tapped her foot loudly on the floor. They were startled to hear her speak to them.
"I still don't understand what's going on."
"Look, as much as we would like to enlighten you, I don't think we should be the ones to tell you." Remus said in a calming voice, hoping to diminish her impatience.
"So you know!" Meg exclaimed.
"Yes, we do, but we're not going to say anything to you against you mother's wishes. She wants to be there when you hear what she has to say." Severus added.
"What about a hint?" Meg said hopefully.
"No."
"A very weensy, tiny hint"
"No"
At this point, both Sirius and Remus watched the amusing exchange between Meg and Severus turning to them as they spoke, making it seem as if they were spectators in a tennis match. Meg got frustrated.
"Damn it!"
"Language!" Severus admonished scandalized.
As Severus spoke, the door to the counselor's office opened and Lena emerged shaking the hand of Meg's counselor. Meg quickly stood up.
"I really appreciate your help."
"No problem, Mrs. Smith. If you need anything else, don't hesitate on calling me. I'll do whatever I can to help." The counselor replied with a smile and glancing at the three men who now stood up behind Meg and looking approving.
"Thank you so much. Bye." Lena replied, apparently oblivious to everything. Lena turned to face them as soon as the counselor left. Meg seemed rooted to the spot.
"When did you tell her we were moving?"
"A month ago." her hand raking her purse looking for something, and pulled out her keys. "Aha! Ready to go?"
"When are we going?" Meg asked insistently.
"In two weeks" She replied holding out two fingers.
"What?" Meg's bewildered shouts drew attention from curious students. "When were you going to tell me this?"
"Why don't we go home and talk about it there?" her mother suggested looking apologetic at the students.
"But--"
"Let's go" Lena interjected, leading the group outside to the parking lot where she had left her car parked. Meg opened the door of the front seat, got in without a word, and slammed the door angrily. -----------------------------------------------------
It was obvious Meg was anxious to return home, for she tapped the window rythmically throughout the ride. As soon as they got home she got out of the car quickly and opened the door with her own key.
"I'll be right back." She stalked into the house clearly uspet.
Standing in the foyer she kicked her running shoes off towards the closet door and proceeded up three steps until she was on the main landing. Turning left, past the stair case, she entered a hallway and proceeded to the very last room on the right; she opened the door to her bedroom. Turning the light on she closed the door behind her and sighed.
What was going on? Why had her mother kept this secret from her? It wasn't fair.
Meg felt that it must big, for her mother never kept any secrets from from her brother or her, or else she would've know something. It was strange to know her mother still had secrets after all the things they went through together. What if...? no, that couldn't be it, she'd know if it was. She silently prayed her brother would get home soon as she was feeling like she would break down at any moment.
She walked towards her oak dresser and extracted a change of clothes from the drawers. She quickly changed, throwing her cheerleaders outfit into the laundry hamper, and left her room. When she reached the landing everyone was in the house. Her mother was in the kitchen to the right and the three men were sitting in the living room in front of her, waiting for both women to appear from wherever they had gone off to.
"I'm back." said Meg. "Now, what's going on?"
Helena emerged from the kitchen with a try full of cups and a teapot. Only one cup was filled and Meg saw it was coffee, black.
"Here's your coffee, Severus."
"Thank you." He thanked her with a small smile.
Helena proceeded to serve the others tea. Her memory served well as she remembering Remus didn't take sugar in his tea.
"So many years and you still remember."
"Remus, you offend me, how could I forget?" Teased Lena as she prepared his tea.
They all chuckled except Meg, who was looking from her mother to the men and then back at her mother, not understanding anything at all. They seemed much too friendly to have passed as many years as she thought.
"Is what you're going to tell me so bad that you need tea and coffee to calm me down?" her daughter asked, frowning at her.
"No, it's not bad. It's unexpected." Lena replied, still not facing Meg.
"Well, whose fault is that?" Meg drawled sitting down in an armchair.
Lena graced that with a sidelong glance before she sat down on her favorite single couch. She turned to look at the men.
"Well, it's time. Ready?"
"Ready as we can be." Replied Sirius for all of them.
"Now you're scaring me." Meg stared at the men as if waiting for them to pounce on her.
It seemed Lena had mentally waved away what Meg said, for she sat obviously in thought. She hesitated for a while, and Meg sat patiently waiting (which was very rare for Meg).
"Meg, did you ever wonder why you never saw your father?" Her mother asked patiently.
Meg didn't understand where her mother was going with this. She never brought up her father. It was a subject never breached. Meg wasn't sure if she wanted to talk about her father in front of these men she hardly knew.
"Uh...I've had guesses," Meg shrugged, "but that's just it, they're guesses."
"Magic never crossed your mind, did it?"
Meg frowned, clearly confused. "Magic?"
"Yes, because your father... is a wizard." ==============================================
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