Thanks for both of your reviews! Sorry the chapter is so short, but that's just how it worked out.
After landing on his bedroom floor (rather painfully), Harry had a very strong urge to just go and lie down on his bed. How inviting that wonderfully soft bed looked. But he had to tell Remus how his trip had gone and ask him about Rae. Harry was slightly hurt by the fact that he had never heard anything about her in the time they had been living together.
So, reluctantly, he trumped out of his room and down the stairs since he knew Remus would be awake by now. When he walked into the spacious kitchen he saw Remus sitting at the table and predictably reading the latest issue of the Daily Prophet. Harry cleared his throat and Remus looked up.
"Hello, Harry," he said with a grin. "How was your trip?"
"Oh, it was great. I don't know how to thank you, Remus. Of course you are welcome to use it any time you want. But----I also sort of wanted to ask you a question."
"Yeah?" said Remus, still smiling slightly. "Go ahead, then."
"Well..um..Who-who is Rae?!" Harry suddenly blurted out.
Remus' smile disapeared and it seemed as if a dark, stormy, and slightly sad cloud had passed over his face in an instant. "I don't know who you're talking about, Harry," he said sharply.
"But--but my mum and dad said you had a sister named-"
"I have never had and will never have anytime soon a sister! So just shut up, Harry," Lupin bellowed. He then strode-or rather thundered- out of the room.
Harry stood stunned. He had expected Lupin to be upset, but not like that. After a few seconds of puzzlement, he went back upstairs to shower and dress before going into Hogsmeade for a bit. He did have the day off, but he felt like checking in at the store just to make sure everything was okay. Sleep would just have to wait until later.
After landing on his bedroom floor (rather painfully), Harry had a very strong urge to just go and lie down on his bed. How inviting that wonderfully soft bed looked. But he had to tell Remus how his trip had gone and ask him about Rae. Harry was slightly hurt by the fact that he had never heard anything about her in the time they had been living together.
So, reluctantly, he trumped out of his room and down the stairs since he knew Remus would be awake by now. When he walked into the spacious kitchen he saw Remus sitting at the table and predictably reading the latest issue of the Daily Prophet. Harry cleared his throat and Remus looked up.
"Hello, Harry," he said with a grin. "How was your trip?"
"Oh, it was great. I don't know how to thank you, Remus. Of course you are welcome to use it any time you want. But----I also sort of wanted to ask you a question."
"Yeah?" said Remus, still smiling slightly. "Go ahead, then."
"Well..um..Who-who is Rae?!" Harry suddenly blurted out.
Remus' smile disapeared and it seemed as if a dark, stormy, and slightly sad cloud had passed over his face in an instant. "I don't know who you're talking about, Harry," he said sharply.
"But--but my mum and dad said you had a sister named-"
"I have never had and will never have anytime soon a sister! So just shut up, Harry," Lupin bellowed. He then strode-or rather thundered- out of the room.
Harry stood stunned. He had expected Lupin to be upset, but not like that. After a few seconds of puzzlement, he went back upstairs to shower and dress before going into Hogsmeade for a bit. He did have the day off, but he felt like checking in at the store just to make sure everything was okay. Sleep would just have to wait until later.