The next two weeks moved on rather quickly, and before Cordelia knew it, she was walking through Kings Cross on her way to Platform 9 ¾ , along with the Weasley's, Harry, and her parents. It was an exceptionally good day for her. She smiled as she ran through wall sending her to the Hogwarts Express. As they crossed over Cordelia's eyes lit up at the site of the train. Remus and Bellanne walked hand-in-hand behind their daughter whose excitable energy was comforting to watch.
"Mom, it's beautiful." Cordelia gasped as they walked further onto the platform, "Is this what you took too?"
"It's been taking students to Hogwarts long before my parents were born." Remus told her. Just then, Bellanne received a push from someone behind. If Remus hadn't caught her on the fall she might have hit her face on the platform. Remus helped Bellanne back to her feet and the three of them looked to their right to see Narcissa seeing her own son, Draco, off on the train. Narcissa sent a childish smile at her sister.
"Why Remus Lupin." Narcissa acted though she was shocked to see him, "Don't tell me they're allowing you to teach at the school again? That would be a shame."
"Mom who's that." Cordelia whispered.
"My sister, Narcissa." Bellanne told her daughter.
"No, just seeing my daughter off." Remus replied to her with a smile.
"Daughter?" Narcissa gasped as she started to walk over.
"Stop, Narcissa, right where you are." Bellanne snapped.
"You just continue to taint our family's blood line, don't you?" Narcissa huffed.
"Better tainted than pure." Bellanne smirked back, "Well, sweetie are you ready to go."
"Harry, Ron and Hermione are already on the train." Remus said to his daughter.
"I guess so." Cordelia said as she looked at the train, "Mom are you going to be ok without me?" Bellanne got down to her daughters level.
"Of course I am," Bellanne smiled at her daughter, "Maybe I'll travel, maybe I'll even clean."
"Maybe I should stay to see that." Cordelia smiled.
"Go on, darling." Remus said as he gave his daughter a hug, "I'll keep and eye on her." He whispered to her.
"Don't lie." Cordelia smiled at her father. Cordelia then turned to her mom and gave her a hug.
"Write me when you get there." Bellanne told her, "I better see Sofia on a regular basis."
"You will mom."
"Ok, get on." Bellanne told her. Cordelia then hopped up onto the train and stood in the door way and waved to her mother and father. Bellanne started to cry a bit as she waved back.
"It's never easy." Mrs. Weasley said walking up to them with Mr. Weasley, as she dried her own tears, "You think at least I'd be used to it by now." Bellanne chuckled through her tears as she wiped them away.
"Well I think we best be going." Mr. Weasley said, "Perhaps we can all go grab a bite to eat."
"Sounds good." Remus said.
Later that evening, Molly and Arthur had returned to the Burrow leaving Bellanne and Remus at 12 Grimmauld Place. Bellanne stood in the doorway of, what used to be, her Aunt's bedroom and stared at the emptiness of it. She tried to remember what it looked like with furniture in it. She remembered how vein she was. Just then, Remus came up behind her and put one hand on her waist.
"Something wrong?" He asked her.
"This was my Aunt's room." Bellanne replied, "She and my mother were very close. This is where I told her about our trip."
"I remember."
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Bellanne walked into her Aunt's room, where her mother sat at the vanity set carefully applying make up. Her mother slammed her makeup on the table top and looked at her daughter. Her Aunt looked utterly disgusted at the site of her niece. Bellanne was wearing a pair of blue jeans that were ripped in various places, a black tank top and a leather jacket over top of it.
"Do you have to wear such things in my presence?" Her mother snarled at her.
"I'm not going to be here long." Bellanne snapped back at her mother, "I'm leaving for the rest of the summer."
"Where do you think you're going to go?" Her Aunt laughed in
disbelief.
"I'm going to travel Europe with a friend." Bellanne huffed.
"Not that friend of your cousin's is it?" Her mother fumed
"What do you care if it is?" Bellanne snapped, "This is my life, this is how I choose to live it, and you can't stop me no matter how hard you try."
"You're right I can't." Her mother snapped at her, "Before you leave, I want your belongings out of the house, because you're not welcome back."
"Thank the Gods." Bellanne snapped before she walked out of the room. Bellanne walked down the stairs and out the door without a word to anyone. She walked down the walk where Remus sat on a motorcycle waiting for her.
"Things go ok?" Remus asked her.
"As good as can be expected, they kicked me out of the house like I knew they would." Bellanne said as she kissed his cheek.
"Did you tell Sirius you were traveling over your holiday?" Remus said as Bellanne sat down on the bike behind him.
"Umm," She hesitated, "no." She said as she put her arms around his waist.
"We are going to have a long talk about this when we get to the Channel." Remus sternly told her.
"The Channel?" Bellanne smiled at him, "Why are we going to the channel first."
"Because we're taking a boat into France." Remus said as they started off on their trip.
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"I remember the hardest part of that summer finding secluded enough woodlands for you." Bellanne laughed as she walked out of her Aunt's room.
"I thought it was when Sirius figured out how to use a telephone and he called us in Prague and you answered the telephone." Remus laughed as he walked with her down the hall.
"Oh yea," Bellanne sighed as she smiled as she opened the door to her room.
"I remember you hanging up on him and demanding we pack and leave Prague before he came there." Remus continued laughed.
"What like I wanted my cousin to kill my boyfriend?" Bellanne laughed as she pulled a large book of her shelf and sat down on the floor.
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"This thing is going off." Bellanne said to Remus pointing to the phone.
"Pick up the telephone and say "hello." Remus told her as he sipped his coffee at the table in their room.
"No."
"Just do it." Remus told her again. Bellanne sheepishly picked up the phone.
"Hello." She answered in a sweetly innocent sounding voice.
"Hello." Came a gruff voice on the other end, "Bell?"
"Sirius?" Bellanne said recognizing the voice.
"What are you doing in Prague?" Sirius growled into the phone.
"Oh Shit, Sirius." Bellanne said as she slammed the phone down.
"You just hung up on him." Remus said calmly.
"Remus get your stuff, we have to leave Prague."
"Why?"
"He's going to come here and…and…who knows what'll happen." Bellanne said.
"Bell," Remus said, again calmly, as he sipped coffee, "When we were in Amsterdam, a month ago, did you send that letter to him like you told me you did?" Bellanne looked at him and bit her lower lip.
"No." She squeaked out.
"Why not?" He asked as he calmly sipped his coffee again.
"'cause."
"That's not the answer I was looking for." He said as he motioned for Bellanne to come to him. She slowly walked over to him. Once she was close enough, he took her hand and pulled her into his lap, "Out with it."
"Because I knew he'd worry himself sick, and I wanted this trip to be worry free." Bellanne smiled at him as she ran her fingers through his hair.
"Nice try." He smirked at her, "You won't even tell him about us, so you've got to be worried about something."
"He's always been over protective, Remus." Bellanne sighed as she laid her head on his shoulder, "Honestly, I don't care how close you two are, you're still in love with me, and I'm like his sister…" Just then the phone rang again.
"Answer the phone and tell him." Remus said, "He can either love the idea or hate it, but it's not going to change the way I feel about you."
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"He wasn't all that mad." Remus said as he flipped through
the pages of photo album Bellanne had taken out, "Ah, here we are in Florence."
"We had a good time that summer." Bellanne smiled as she looked out the window. Remus closed the book and set it aside.
"Bell, I uh," He tried to start.
"Remus, don't." Bellanne sighed, "I know you're leaving tomorrow. I guess I just got used to you being here. I should have learned by now."
"I'm sorry."
"You should be." Bellanne said.
"Excuse me." Remus snapped at her.
"I'm sorry." Bellanne sighed, "What else do you want me to say, Remus. Go ahead, I understand fully why you've chosen this life for us. I told you when I married you that I could take care of you, but you couldn't handle that."
"But you don't understand." Remus snapped again.
"I never have." Bellanne sighed with tears threatening to fall from her face, "I never will, not matter how many times you explain it, it will never make sense. " Bellanne turned away from him as tears ran down her cheeks. Remus walked around to face her and pulled her hands away from her face, "I need you now, more than ever."
"Until I can find a way to ensure your safety and Cordelia's during the moon, I have to be away." He wrapped his arms around her and she cried into his chest again, "But I'm here tonight, can we have that?" Bellanne looked up from his chest, and he wiped her tears away. Then, sweetly and softly, he took her lips in his own and held her tightly, as though he never wanted to let go.
Thank you to my few reviewers.
Bell- Thank you for reviewing. It means a lot especially since I have so little at this point. There will be a few more memories of Sirius in there too. One coming up in later chapter literally depressed me for days.
Starheart20- Everything will come together, I promise. If there is anything you need help in understand, please, don't hesitate to send an E-mail.
Cherry13- Oh I can't even tell you how hard I cried when Sirius "died." I still don't believe it. I have a firm belief that he'll be back, that he's alive.