"Ooh, I can't wait until the Christmas Ball tonight!" Emily squealed
excitedly "Whatever should I wear?" she questioned, staring at all the
dresses, skirts and tops strewn all over her bed. Hermione was torn
between amusement and exasperation as she looked at Emily's bed.
"Well, how would *I* know? I'm not exactly great in the fashion department, anyway, what are you getting so worked up for? You're only going with Jay"
"Yes, but I might meet some really fit guys! I haven't even had lessons yet, so they won't really know me, I'm just going to have to depend on my drop-dead-gorgeous looks and pulling power!" At this, Hermione burst out laughing. Emily, realizing what she had just said, started giggling madly.
"Okay, that sounded weird, but it's true!" Hermione just carried on laughing.
"What's going on in here that's so funny?" It was Lils.
"Oh, hi Lily, just something Emily said"
"What did she say?" Lils asked, looking curious.
"Well, apart from the fact that she's madly in love with Jay Black-"
"Shut up! I don't like him!" Emily snapped, narrowing her eyes.
"Sheesh, calm it woman, she's just joking!" Lils said, winking at Hermione and grinning.
"No, Emily said "I'm just going to have to depend on my drop-dead-gorgeous looks and pulling power!" for the Ball tonight" At this, Lils started laughing hysterically, rolling around on the floor and clutching her stomach.
"God, that's a good one!" Lils gasped "You really are just like your mother! Sally always said that before a Ball!"
"Really?" Emily said, trying to fight a smile from her face, but failing miserably. Lils' eyes sparkled mischievously.
"I just saw Remus just now, he's talking with Sirius, put on your dress and go down and see him, I wanna see the look on his face!"
"But" Emily frowned.
"What? What is it? Are you worried? Trust me; the only person who'll embarrass you is Sirius"
"No, that's not it"
"Then what is it?"
Emily squirmed visibly, while blushing bright red.
"What?" Hermione asked, raising an eyebrow at her.
"I just . . . can't decide what to wear" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
In the Gryffindor common room, things were pretty relaxed. Lupin and Sirius were talking and occasionally laughing. James was talking with Lily about Christmas; Harry was busy chatting with Hermione about their exam results that were due the next week, Ron and Emily were busy playing a game of wizard's chess, Prongs and Padfoot were busy talking about Quidditch, Jay was annoying the hell out of Remus, while Peter was nowhere to be seen.
Suddenly, Rose and Sally burst into the common room, looking excited and as if they were going to explode.
"Hey Emily! Jay! Guess who's coming to Hogwarts to sing for the Christmas Ball tonight!" Sally said, looking excited, a strange gleam in her eyes and a grin on her face. Rose looked just as excited.
Emily, who was playing wizard's chess against Ron, looked up, while Jay stopped annoying Remus to see what Sally had to say.
"Who?" They both said in unison.
"Logan and Cherry" As soon as this was said, Emily screamed and Jay grinned and let out a great whoop of joy.
"Alright! Logan, I haven't seen him in a while!"
"Logan, who's Logan?" James asked.
"Logan, my son" Sally said "He's twenty years old and a singer, his girlfriend Cherry is a singer as well, so they both decided to work together"
"Twenty?!" Sirius said, looking astonished "Blimey" But Lupin was very quiet.
"Moony, you alright?" James questioned, looking at his friend with concern.
"Yeah, I'm fine" he said quietly, then he turned his gaze to Sally "Could I have a word with you?" Sally glanced at Rose, then back to Lupin and nodded, her smile fading completely.
Both of them exited the Gryffindor common room, while Emily just looked apprehensive.
"Wonder what that's all about"
"I know" Rose said quietly.
"Then pray, do tell, I saw the look on Sally's and Remus' faces, I've never seen them look so scared and -" But Sirius' sentence was cut off when Lupin's enraged yell could be heard through the portrait.
"YOU LIED TO ME?!" Rose gulped nervously.
"Maybe I should just - "
"Sit down" Sirius said firmly, pushing her back onto a chair. Rose sighed, while still glancing nervously at the portrait.
"So, tell us what the hell is going on because I don't think Moony's going to want to in the state he's in"
"Well, it's something that those two did. They were having a relationship without any of us lot knowing" Sirius, James and Lily looked stunned.
"You what? He didn't tell us!" James said, looking shocked "We tell each other everything!"
"Yeah, well, that's something they didn't tell us. I'm sure they have their reasons; anyway, this is what I know. Sally got pregnant with Logan round about the age of twenty, I'm not sure what the hell she was thinking, but I know for a fact that she told Remus about how she was pregnant, but I think at the time, she was trying to find a way to break up with him, only god knows why. Anyway, one night, she went round to his and told him that she'd had a miscarriage, but of course, she was lying. I still don't know what went on in her head that night, when she lied to him, but there you go. She lied to him and fled"
Lily just looked completely speechless, while James and Sirius stared at her wide-eyed.
"And you didn't say anything?!" Sirius said, looking outraged.
"I only found out when Logan was born"
"And you still didn't say anything?!"
"Well, when I found out, we'd just lost our best friends!" Rose said, rising her voice to match Sirius' "So excuse me, but I couldn't exactly say to you "Oh and by the way, Remus has a son" right after you'd lost James, could I? You wouldn't have cared less!"
"Alright, alright" Sirius grumbled, glaring at her. He was about to say something, when the yelling was heard again, only, this time, it was so loud that everyone in the Gryffindor common room could hear.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! YOU'VE LIED TO ME FOR TWENTY YEARS! TWENTY YEARS!"
"WELL, I HAD MY REASONS!"
"OH, OF COURSE! YOU ALWAYS HAVE YOUR *REASONS*, WELL, WHAT ARE THESE *REASIONS* THEN COS I'M INTERESTED! GO ON, TELL ME!"
"SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP!"
"NO, I WON'T! NOT UNTIL YOU TELL ME!"
"LEAVE ME ALONE REMUS!"
"GO ON, WALK AWAY, IT'S WHAT YOU ALWAYS DO, ISN'T IT?"
"LEAVE ME ALONE!"
"NO, I WON'T, BUT I MEAN, WHY DON'T YOU GO AND SHAG SOME OTHER GULLIBLE GUY, I'M SURE THAT THEY WOULDN'T MIND A BITCH FOR A GIRLFRIEND!"
SMACK!
"YOU BASTARD!" then crying could be heard as it slowly faded away into silence. Everyone remained quiet in shock.
"Well, that sounded interesting" James said quietly.
"I've never heard Moony talk that to a woman before" Sirius whispered.
"I can see both of their points of views" Lily said quietly "I'm sure Sally has her reasons, but I think Remus *does* have a right to know"
"Well, after that, it wouldn't surprise me if they avoided each other all night"
"Hey, at least you and I don't fight like that" Sirius said, staring at Rose.
"Only because I explained to you why I didn't tell you about Jay, whereas Sally won't say anything. But you must meet Logan, he's a funny guy and very sweet in most girls' eyes. He's quite a catch" Rose said with a smile "Only problem is he looks just like Remus. I think Sally resented Logan for that, but Logan ignored it"
"Well, that's good"
"I did feel for the poor guy though, he was very brave, he had to live with females every single day, it's surprising he didn't turn into one actually"
Emily giggled.
"Aunt Rose! That's mean!" Rose grinned.
"Can't wait to see him tonight! Him and Cherry are like some sort of comedy act, it's hilarious"
"How do you mean?" Lily asked.
"Oh, you'll see what I mean when you see them tonight" Jay said, looking amused. Harry, Ron and Hermione looked interested, while, Lily, James and Sirius looked thoughtful.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = It was 4:30pm, Logan and Cherry still hadn't arrived in the Gryffindor common room and Emily and Jay were getting worried. Harry, Ron and Hermione were sitting with Jay and Emily, trying to reassure them that they would turn up. Sally and Lupin still weren't talking to each other; they were sitting on opposite ends of the room, shooting death glares at each other. Sirius and Rose were talking animatedly about the Ball that night, while Lily and James kept shooting glances at the portrait. Suddenly, a young man about the age of twenty (looking exactly like Remus at that age) walked in with three suitcases in one hand and a woman in the other. It was apparent that this was Logan and he had thrown Cherry over his shoulder, her feet were kicking all over the place, while she was pounding on his back.
"LOGAN LUPIN, PUT-ME-DOWN!"
"Okay" and with that, he just dropped her. She fell flat-face on the floor. Cherry had red hair and hazel eyes. She was on the slim side and had few freckles on her face and she was very pretty. When she lifted herself off the floor; she turned to see Logan grinning at her.
"What are you grinning for?"
"No reason"
"I asked you to carry me in here"
"But you didn't say *how* you wanted to be carried in" Logan pointed out. Both Emily and Jay looked at each other and burst out laughing.
"And I told you to put me down"
"Yeah, you didn't say *how* you wanted to be put down"
"You make it sound like I'm an animal choosing how to die!" At this, everyone (including Lupin) burst out laughing.
"Cherry, darling, how good to see you again!" Sally said, giving her a hug.
"Hiya Sal!" She gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek, before looking at Logan.
"You can put the suitcases down now" Logan immediately dropped them.
"Wait a minute, why am I taking orders from you?! I'm sitting down!"
"But there's only one chair and I've been on my feet all day!" Cherry protested.
"Fine, we'll flip for it!" He took out a sickle.
"Heads, you sit on the chair, Tails, I sit on the chair!" Cherry crossed her arms over her chest and looked stern.
"Okay, but you'd better not be cheating!"
Logan flipped the coin up in the air, but before he could catch it, Cherry tried to make a grab for it; it ended up falling to the floor, both of them watched as it stopped, standing upright. Logan and Cherry stared at each other.
"Okay, that failed. THE CHAIR'S MINE!" Logan yelled, running for the chair, Cherry grabbed a hold of his feet, making him fall to the ground. Everyone was roaring with laughter at the scene in front of them.
"You forget that I can crawl!" Logan said, crawling as fast as he could to the chair.
"Nu-uh! If you think you're gonna get that chair, you've got another thing coming!" Cherry cried, running at full speed to the chair. They both sat down on the chair at the exact same time.
"MOVE!" Cherry shouted.
"No! You move!"
"Okay, we'll split the chair in half, now move, you're on my side of the chair!"
"God, you're mean!" and with that, Logan bent down, picked up a book and opened it. Cherry immediately grabbed hold of the book and pulled it out of her boyfriend's grasp.
"Oi!"
"Don't be rude! You're family's here! You are *not* going to read!"
"Give me my book!" Logan demanded.
"Nope, you're not getting it back, you'll have to kiss me first!" and with that, she stuck out her tongue at him.
"Logy!" Emily squealed looking ecstatic and running towards her big brother. Logan grinned and lifted her up onto his lap.
"Ello there, lil sis, made any friends?" Logan asked.
"Yup! Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger and Harry Potter"
"Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, eh? Impressive, it normally takes you forever to make friends with guys"
"HEY!" Emily punched him playfully on the shoulder. Logan chuckled.
"I take it; you're coming to tonight's Ball?"
"Yup! Yup!"
"Got a date?"
"Yeah" Emily's face turned to miserable.
"Aw, c'mon, he can't be that bad, who is he?"
"Jay" Logan looked quite astonished at this, then he grinned.
"I'm impressed, what'd you blackmail her with?" Logan questioned Jay. Jay laughed, while Harry's shoulders shook from laughing.
"Logan!" Cherry said sharply.
"Sorry, but it's just he's been after Ems for ages, I was just curious"
Cherry shook her head.
"Hey Log! Sing a song for us! Please?" Emily said, looking hopeful.
Jay's eyes lit up.
"Yeah, Log! Go on!"
"Well" Logan hesitated "Do I have to?"
"YES!" Everyone in the common room shouted.
"Okay okay, man, you guys are persistent!" Logan said, reaching into one of the suitcases and pulling out a guitar.
"But *only* one!" Logan said sternly. Emily saluted him.
"Yes sir!"
Sally, Rose, James, Lily, Sirius, Lupin, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Cherry, Emily and Jay all sat down on the floor to listen to him.
Logan strummed his guitar.
"Anyone wanna hear anything in particular?"
"Oh, sing them that new song!" Cherry piped up. Logan shook his head.
"That's a surprise for tonight"
"Oh" Cherry looked rather disappointed.
"Um . . . what about Light My Fire?" Jay suggested. Logan smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, its mum's favourite!" Emily said, looking really happy.
(Singing Song)
You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you, girl
We couldn't get much higher
Come on, baby, light my fire
Come on, baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
Oh, the time to hesitate is through
There's no time to wallow in the mire
If I was to say to you
That our love becomes a funeral pyre
Come on, baby, light my fire
Come on, baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, oh
Light my fire, light my fire
Yeah, yeah
Ooh, yeah...
The time to hesitate is through
There's no time to wallow in the mire
Try now, we can only lose
And our love becomes a funeral pyre
Come on, baby, light my fire
Come on, baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
Oh, come on, baby light my fire
Come on, baby, light, light my fire
Light my fire, light my fire, light my fire
Oh, oh, light, light, light, light, light, light
Yeah, girl, all you gotta do is light my fire
You gotta light, girl, you gotta light
Light my fire, light my fire, light my fire
Oh, yeah, light, light, light, light, light, light, girl
All you gotta do is do it, girl, do it girl
Girl, you gotta do it, yeah, yeah
Ooh, oh yeah.
As Logan strummed the last chord of the guitar, everyone burst into applause.
"That was brilliant!" Sirius yelled.
"Absolutely amazing!" James cried.
"That was wonderful!"
"Awesome!"
"Totally Cool!"
Logan grinned and took a bow in front of all of them, then put his guitar away. Lupin, who was sitting at the back, couldn't help, but be rather impressed at his son. He'd achieved his dream.
"Now, let's get ready for tonight!" and immediately, there was a chorus of "YEAH!"
"Well, how would *I* know? I'm not exactly great in the fashion department, anyway, what are you getting so worked up for? You're only going with Jay"
"Yes, but I might meet some really fit guys! I haven't even had lessons yet, so they won't really know me, I'm just going to have to depend on my drop-dead-gorgeous looks and pulling power!" At this, Hermione burst out laughing. Emily, realizing what she had just said, started giggling madly.
"Okay, that sounded weird, but it's true!" Hermione just carried on laughing.
"What's going on in here that's so funny?" It was Lils.
"Oh, hi Lily, just something Emily said"
"What did she say?" Lils asked, looking curious.
"Well, apart from the fact that she's madly in love with Jay Black-"
"Shut up! I don't like him!" Emily snapped, narrowing her eyes.
"Sheesh, calm it woman, she's just joking!" Lils said, winking at Hermione and grinning.
"No, Emily said "I'm just going to have to depend on my drop-dead-gorgeous looks and pulling power!" for the Ball tonight" At this, Lils started laughing hysterically, rolling around on the floor and clutching her stomach.
"God, that's a good one!" Lils gasped "You really are just like your mother! Sally always said that before a Ball!"
"Really?" Emily said, trying to fight a smile from her face, but failing miserably. Lils' eyes sparkled mischievously.
"I just saw Remus just now, he's talking with Sirius, put on your dress and go down and see him, I wanna see the look on his face!"
"But" Emily frowned.
"What? What is it? Are you worried? Trust me; the only person who'll embarrass you is Sirius"
"No, that's not it"
"Then what is it?"
Emily squirmed visibly, while blushing bright red.
"What?" Hermione asked, raising an eyebrow at her.
"I just . . . can't decide what to wear" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
In the Gryffindor common room, things were pretty relaxed. Lupin and Sirius were talking and occasionally laughing. James was talking with Lily about Christmas; Harry was busy chatting with Hermione about their exam results that were due the next week, Ron and Emily were busy playing a game of wizard's chess, Prongs and Padfoot were busy talking about Quidditch, Jay was annoying the hell out of Remus, while Peter was nowhere to be seen.
Suddenly, Rose and Sally burst into the common room, looking excited and as if they were going to explode.
"Hey Emily! Jay! Guess who's coming to Hogwarts to sing for the Christmas Ball tonight!" Sally said, looking excited, a strange gleam in her eyes and a grin on her face. Rose looked just as excited.
Emily, who was playing wizard's chess against Ron, looked up, while Jay stopped annoying Remus to see what Sally had to say.
"Who?" They both said in unison.
"Logan and Cherry" As soon as this was said, Emily screamed and Jay grinned and let out a great whoop of joy.
"Alright! Logan, I haven't seen him in a while!"
"Logan, who's Logan?" James asked.
"Logan, my son" Sally said "He's twenty years old and a singer, his girlfriend Cherry is a singer as well, so they both decided to work together"
"Twenty?!" Sirius said, looking astonished "Blimey" But Lupin was very quiet.
"Moony, you alright?" James questioned, looking at his friend with concern.
"Yeah, I'm fine" he said quietly, then he turned his gaze to Sally "Could I have a word with you?" Sally glanced at Rose, then back to Lupin and nodded, her smile fading completely.
Both of them exited the Gryffindor common room, while Emily just looked apprehensive.
"Wonder what that's all about"
"I know" Rose said quietly.
"Then pray, do tell, I saw the look on Sally's and Remus' faces, I've never seen them look so scared and -" But Sirius' sentence was cut off when Lupin's enraged yell could be heard through the portrait.
"YOU LIED TO ME?!" Rose gulped nervously.
"Maybe I should just - "
"Sit down" Sirius said firmly, pushing her back onto a chair. Rose sighed, while still glancing nervously at the portrait.
"So, tell us what the hell is going on because I don't think Moony's going to want to in the state he's in"
"Well, it's something that those two did. They were having a relationship without any of us lot knowing" Sirius, James and Lily looked stunned.
"You what? He didn't tell us!" James said, looking shocked "We tell each other everything!"
"Yeah, well, that's something they didn't tell us. I'm sure they have their reasons; anyway, this is what I know. Sally got pregnant with Logan round about the age of twenty, I'm not sure what the hell she was thinking, but I know for a fact that she told Remus about how she was pregnant, but I think at the time, she was trying to find a way to break up with him, only god knows why. Anyway, one night, she went round to his and told him that she'd had a miscarriage, but of course, she was lying. I still don't know what went on in her head that night, when she lied to him, but there you go. She lied to him and fled"
Lily just looked completely speechless, while James and Sirius stared at her wide-eyed.
"And you didn't say anything?!" Sirius said, looking outraged.
"I only found out when Logan was born"
"And you still didn't say anything?!"
"Well, when I found out, we'd just lost our best friends!" Rose said, rising her voice to match Sirius' "So excuse me, but I couldn't exactly say to you "Oh and by the way, Remus has a son" right after you'd lost James, could I? You wouldn't have cared less!"
"Alright, alright" Sirius grumbled, glaring at her. He was about to say something, when the yelling was heard again, only, this time, it was so loud that everyone in the Gryffindor common room could hear.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! YOU'VE LIED TO ME FOR TWENTY YEARS! TWENTY YEARS!"
"WELL, I HAD MY REASONS!"
"OH, OF COURSE! YOU ALWAYS HAVE YOUR *REASONS*, WELL, WHAT ARE THESE *REASIONS* THEN COS I'M INTERESTED! GO ON, TELL ME!"
"SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP!"
"NO, I WON'T! NOT UNTIL YOU TELL ME!"
"LEAVE ME ALONE REMUS!"
"GO ON, WALK AWAY, IT'S WHAT YOU ALWAYS DO, ISN'T IT?"
"LEAVE ME ALONE!"
"NO, I WON'T, BUT I MEAN, WHY DON'T YOU GO AND SHAG SOME OTHER GULLIBLE GUY, I'M SURE THAT THEY WOULDN'T MIND A BITCH FOR A GIRLFRIEND!"
SMACK!
"YOU BASTARD!" then crying could be heard as it slowly faded away into silence. Everyone remained quiet in shock.
"Well, that sounded interesting" James said quietly.
"I've never heard Moony talk that to a woman before" Sirius whispered.
"I can see both of their points of views" Lily said quietly "I'm sure Sally has her reasons, but I think Remus *does* have a right to know"
"Well, after that, it wouldn't surprise me if they avoided each other all night"
"Hey, at least you and I don't fight like that" Sirius said, staring at Rose.
"Only because I explained to you why I didn't tell you about Jay, whereas Sally won't say anything. But you must meet Logan, he's a funny guy and very sweet in most girls' eyes. He's quite a catch" Rose said with a smile "Only problem is he looks just like Remus. I think Sally resented Logan for that, but Logan ignored it"
"Well, that's good"
"I did feel for the poor guy though, he was very brave, he had to live with females every single day, it's surprising he didn't turn into one actually"
Emily giggled.
"Aunt Rose! That's mean!" Rose grinned.
"Can't wait to see him tonight! Him and Cherry are like some sort of comedy act, it's hilarious"
"How do you mean?" Lily asked.
"Oh, you'll see what I mean when you see them tonight" Jay said, looking amused. Harry, Ron and Hermione looked interested, while, Lily, James and Sirius looked thoughtful.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = It was 4:30pm, Logan and Cherry still hadn't arrived in the Gryffindor common room and Emily and Jay were getting worried. Harry, Ron and Hermione were sitting with Jay and Emily, trying to reassure them that they would turn up. Sally and Lupin still weren't talking to each other; they were sitting on opposite ends of the room, shooting death glares at each other. Sirius and Rose were talking animatedly about the Ball that night, while Lily and James kept shooting glances at the portrait. Suddenly, a young man about the age of twenty (looking exactly like Remus at that age) walked in with three suitcases in one hand and a woman in the other. It was apparent that this was Logan and he had thrown Cherry over his shoulder, her feet were kicking all over the place, while she was pounding on his back.
"LOGAN LUPIN, PUT-ME-DOWN!"
"Okay" and with that, he just dropped her. She fell flat-face on the floor. Cherry had red hair and hazel eyes. She was on the slim side and had few freckles on her face and she was very pretty. When she lifted herself off the floor; she turned to see Logan grinning at her.
"What are you grinning for?"
"No reason"
"I asked you to carry me in here"
"But you didn't say *how* you wanted to be carried in" Logan pointed out. Both Emily and Jay looked at each other and burst out laughing.
"And I told you to put me down"
"Yeah, you didn't say *how* you wanted to be put down"
"You make it sound like I'm an animal choosing how to die!" At this, everyone (including Lupin) burst out laughing.
"Cherry, darling, how good to see you again!" Sally said, giving her a hug.
"Hiya Sal!" She gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek, before looking at Logan.
"You can put the suitcases down now" Logan immediately dropped them.
"Wait a minute, why am I taking orders from you?! I'm sitting down!"
"But there's only one chair and I've been on my feet all day!" Cherry protested.
"Fine, we'll flip for it!" He took out a sickle.
"Heads, you sit on the chair, Tails, I sit on the chair!" Cherry crossed her arms over her chest and looked stern.
"Okay, but you'd better not be cheating!"
Logan flipped the coin up in the air, but before he could catch it, Cherry tried to make a grab for it; it ended up falling to the floor, both of them watched as it stopped, standing upright. Logan and Cherry stared at each other.
"Okay, that failed. THE CHAIR'S MINE!" Logan yelled, running for the chair, Cherry grabbed a hold of his feet, making him fall to the ground. Everyone was roaring with laughter at the scene in front of them.
"You forget that I can crawl!" Logan said, crawling as fast as he could to the chair.
"Nu-uh! If you think you're gonna get that chair, you've got another thing coming!" Cherry cried, running at full speed to the chair. They both sat down on the chair at the exact same time.
"MOVE!" Cherry shouted.
"No! You move!"
"Okay, we'll split the chair in half, now move, you're on my side of the chair!"
"God, you're mean!" and with that, Logan bent down, picked up a book and opened it. Cherry immediately grabbed hold of the book and pulled it out of her boyfriend's grasp.
"Oi!"
"Don't be rude! You're family's here! You are *not* going to read!"
"Give me my book!" Logan demanded.
"Nope, you're not getting it back, you'll have to kiss me first!" and with that, she stuck out her tongue at him.
"Logy!" Emily squealed looking ecstatic and running towards her big brother. Logan grinned and lifted her up onto his lap.
"Ello there, lil sis, made any friends?" Logan asked.
"Yup! Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger and Harry Potter"
"Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, eh? Impressive, it normally takes you forever to make friends with guys"
"HEY!" Emily punched him playfully on the shoulder. Logan chuckled.
"I take it; you're coming to tonight's Ball?"
"Yup! Yup!"
"Got a date?"
"Yeah" Emily's face turned to miserable.
"Aw, c'mon, he can't be that bad, who is he?"
"Jay" Logan looked quite astonished at this, then he grinned.
"I'm impressed, what'd you blackmail her with?" Logan questioned Jay. Jay laughed, while Harry's shoulders shook from laughing.
"Logan!" Cherry said sharply.
"Sorry, but it's just he's been after Ems for ages, I was just curious"
Cherry shook her head.
"Hey Log! Sing a song for us! Please?" Emily said, looking hopeful.
Jay's eyes lit up.
"Yeah, Log! Go on!"
"Well" Logan hesitated "Do I have to?"
"YES!" Everyone in the common room shouted.
"Okay okay, man, you guys are persistent!" Logan said, reaching into one of the suitcases and pulling out a guitar.
"But *only* one!" Logan said sternly. Emily saluted him.
"Yes sir!"
Sally, Rose, James, Lily, Sirius, Lupin, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Cherry, Emily and Jay all sat down on the floor to listen to him.
Logan strummed his guitar.
"Anyone wanna hear anything in particular?"
"Oh, sing them that new song!" Cherry piped up. Logan shook his head.
"That's a surprise for tonight"
"Oh" Cherry looked rather disappointed.
"Um . . . what about Light My Fire?" Jay suggested. Logan smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, its mum's favourite!" Emily said, looking really happy.
(Singing Song)
You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you, girl
We couldn't get much higher
Come on, baby, light my fire
Come on, baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
Oh, the time to hesitate is through
There's no time to wallow in the mire
If I was to say to you
That our love becomes a funeral pyre
Come on, baby, light my fire
Come on, baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, oh
Light my fire, light my fire
Yeah, yeah
Ooh, yeah...
The time to hesitate is through
There's no time to wallow in the mire
Try now, we can only lose
And our love becomes a funeral pyre
Come on, baby, light my fire
Come on, baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
Oh, come on, baby light my fire
Come on, baby, light, light my fire
Light my fire, light my fire, light my fire
Oh, oh, light, light, light, light, light, light
Yeah, girl, all you gotta do is light my fire
You gotta light, girl, you gotta light
Light my fire, light my fire, light my fire
Oh, yeah, light, light, light, light, light, light, girl
All you gotta do is do it, girl, do it girl
Girl, you gotta do it, yeah, yeah
Ooh, oh yeah.
As Logan strummed the last chord of the guitar, everyone burst into applause.
"That was brilliant!" Sirius yelled.
"Absolutely amazing!" James cried.
"That was wonderful!"
"Awesome!"
"Totally Cool!"
Logan grinned and took a bow in front of all of them, then put his guitar away. Lupin, who was sitting at the back, couldn't help, but be rather impressed at his son. He'd achieved his dream.
"Now, let's get ready for tonight!" and immediately, there was a chorus of "YEAH!"
