Authors Note: Hello children. Sorry about the delay. I went to my dads this weekend and as luck would have it, our internet has been disconnected. So, I apologize for breaking my word yet again. I despise being broke. sighs On to the thank yous:
Captain Oblivious- I didn't actually miss anything. I just missed realizing some things during some scenes and wanted to see it again.
Sour-peach- Yes, Peter's dad is a pig, sadly, he'll be seen again. What do you (and everyone else) mean, what happened to Lily?
Victoria- Thank you and I'm going to be keeping at as one story.
Optical Illusions- Thank you for think it was well written. I'm glad you like the upheaval Joseph caused. I've decided to keep it as one story because it would take too long to write a summary.
MarauderFan4ever- Why is everyone wondering what's wrong with Lily? It's there, people just don't read between the lines, though, some of it won't be completely explained until either this chapter or a chapter or two ahead, so I might be expecting too much. I loved that scene and I will forever picture Ron tap dancing surrounded by spiders. Wahahaha!
Spunx182- Don't worry about the dyslexia. I've got it as well so I completely understand. Of course Joseph is a pig, that's how I meant for him to be.
Akire135- I originally wanted to kill Curion for the muggle clothes because I thought he'd cut the robes... but the robes are now much better but they didn't make up for the lack of quidditch. stabs
FlamezBlazel- Too many to count, so I may as well not estimate. There is still so much to fit in and I doubt I've written even half of it yet. Let me remind you that I'm at least two notebooks ahead of this chapter, so yeah.
Lamamu- Welcome to the story. I've glad you like it and I don't think there's going to be a new story yet.
LJ/JC4e- (have to shorten your name, it takes too long to write.) Good your faith is restored. cackles I'm very glad you liked the end. I thought it was neat too. Was this soon enough?
ZzSheilahzZ- Thanks.
Lydia Boyle- Peter's dad does give a glimpse into what makes Peter such a git. I know I dropped Lily's journal, but my explanation for that is that Lily is having too wonderful of a time and is being too distracted to remember her journal. Before it was her escape and she doesn't really need one anymore, though, she might pick it up again later. I also wonder if J.K.'s Lily kept one. It would be interesting if Harry found it. I'm sorry about the delay. I was hoping to get to a library while at my dads but it didn't happen.
Manny2003- Sirius, Remus & James won't have to do anything about Joseph Pettigrew. And you forgot someone else who'd kill him if he heard about what happened.
Kitty254781- Why were you laughing at Lily being looked at as if she were a whore? I'm confused. Unless you're a new reviewer/reader and read all the story before & just now reviewed.
Black-cat-on-the-wall- Almighty eh? That might cause me to get an ego about this story. watches head swell in mirror before deflating it with her wand Sorry about that. Oo. Thanks for the great review.
Sissy-6- I'm glad you still like the story.
Soccerchik1313- I'm glad you enjoy the side stories. I like them too as they give more insight to somethings. Thank you very much for the review.
Inuyasha's Only One- I've emailed you with my explanation for stopping Lily Evans & the Marauders. I do hope that I do no receive thousands of emails from you complaining about something that I cannot help. I do hope that you read Lily w/o Hogwarts though as you might like it and I'd hope to hear from you again.
Katie- Thank you, I'm trying.
Chapter Fifty-One: The After EffectsAs soon as Lily stepped out of the grate at Godric's Hollow she sat down on the couch in James' room and took a number of deep breaths. "Are you all right?" James asked while Sirius helped Arabella out of the grate.
"Yes, I'm fine. I'm going to go take a shower. I'll see you guys in about an hour," Lily said and stood up, leaving the room rather quickly.
James sighed and as Remus exited the grate he said, "Lets go on down to the Library and wait for Lily." So they filed out of James' room and downstairs to the library.
Lily closed her bedroom door and leaned against it, curling into a ball feeling gross and unwashed while wishing she could see Catherine. She closed her eyes tightly still wishing as she heard a small pop and opened her eyes; only she wasn't in her room any longer. This room was much different as well as darker. The curtains were green with silver snakes as patterning. The bed was big, black and wide; a four poster with comforter and pillows in a deep forest green with silver and black embroidery. There were nightstands that matched the bed frame with silver snakes for drawer pulls that the dresser also matched beautifully. The ceiling was high and one wall across from the wide window that could see about four people comfortably was a sort of crawl space that had a ladder running up to the top where a person could and obviously did sit comfortably.
Hearing footsteps in the hallway beyond the door she quickly climbed up the wooden ladder and hid in one corner of the space watching the door anxiously. It took what seemed like forever to open and Lily was amazed by who came through the door. "Catherine?" Lily whispered and the dark haired girl looked up in surprise.
"Lily? What are you... how did you get here?" Catherine asked as Lily climbed down the ladder quickly.
"I don't know. I was sitting in my room wishing I could speak with you and I closed my eyes and a moment later I was here," Lily said quickly. "I don't know how it happened," she said and wrung her hands nervously.
"Come sit down," Catherine said calmly though she was scared of what was going on. "Take some deep breaths and try to calm down," she said while trying to follow her own advice. For a moment all that could be heard was their breathing before Catherine spoke up. "The only possible explanation is that you apparated here Lily," she said and looked over at the redhead whose eyes were wide with a shock.
"But I - I don't know how to apparate Catherine!" Lily said in a panicky voice.
"Shh, its all right. Remember that you were supposed to be able to apparate by now Lily and its like what happened the day we met. In the Leaky Cauldron you protected yourself instinctively because you were feeling particularly strong emotions..." Catherine said and trailed off as she realized what she was saying. "Lily, what were your feelings before you apparated here?" she asked calmly and quietly though if you listened closely you could hear the edge of panic there.
"Well, I really needed to talk to you and well, I was scared," Lily said quietly and looked at Catherine with watery eyes.
Catherine's instantaneous reaction was anger but she pushed it away. "Why were you scared Lily?" she asked in a soothing voice.
"Peter's father was at the funeral and he was looking at me like I was a prostitute and it made me feel sick and scared. James helped a bit, but I needed to talk to you," Lily said quickly, panic was a sticky coating in her mouth that made her voice just a slightly higher pitch then usual.
Catherine felt rage boiling inside of her that she feared she wouldn't be able to control. "They left you alone with him?" Catherine asked angrily.
"No! They... well, it's not their fault. I went to my room because I wanted a shower. Just his eyes made me feel like trash and I meant to shower but I just felt like crying and sleeping for hours. I don't understand why I'm feeling like this Catherine. I just want to take a shower and go to sleep," Lily said and by now tears were flowing unceremoniously down her cheeks as she tried in vain to brush them away.
Catherine pulled Lily close and held her while she cried, whispering, "Its okay, he can't hurt you. You're safe now and he won't get to you," over and over while brushing a hand over her hair in soothing strokes.
When Lily calmed down Catherine said, "We should get you back to James' house before they start to worry about you," and Lily nodded in quick, jerky movements of her head.
They flooed back to James' house arriving in James' empty bedroom and walking quickly down the hall to Lily's room which was thankfully empty. "You go get into the shower and I'll go find the others and let them know what's happened," Catherine said leading Lily slowly over to the bathroom so she could shower.
When the door had closed Catherine bolted out of the room and down stairs to the library, bursting into the room where everyone but Peter was.
James stood up immediately as he'd been feeling strangely anxious since Lily had gone into her room alone. "What's happened? Where's Lily?" he asked his eyes wide with panic.
"She's taking her shower, don't worry about where she is now. Worry more about where she was twenty minutes ago and why," Catherine said quickly, refraining from responding to Arabella's inappropriate glare.
"What? What happened?" James asked and grabbed Catherine's shoulders forcefully.
"She apparated to my house James," Catherine said quickly causing Remus, Sirius and Arabella to stand up as if in protest.
"What? Why? How did-," James began but Catherine interrupted. "Just listen," she said and they all nodded.
"She's extremely scared of Peter's father. I think that she thinks that he's going to try to come after her or something, but while all these thought were going through her mind she was desperate to talk to me. She closed her eyes and when she opened them she found herself in my bedroom in Ireland," Catherine explained quickly.
"That's unbelievable," Arabella said unable to keep the scathing tone out of her voice.
"Whether you believe me or not it's the truth and I wouldn't be here just to tell you pointless stories to scare you about Lily. Whether you believe me or not Arabella Figg doesn't matter. All that matters is keeping Lily safe and out of reach from this asshole. So, stick you condescending remarks up your ass and remember that Lily is that one who is scared that someone, some monster, is after her, is that clear?" Catherine snapped angrily losing control of her emotions for the first time after one of Arabella's provoking remarks.
"Crystal," Arabella said with a tone of misplaced satisfaction.
Catherine took a deep breath and closed her eyes. "I'm going to go up stairs and wait for Lily to get out of the shower. I'm going to sit with her and attempt to get her mind off of her fears. She'll need something to eat, soup will probably be the only thing she can keep down and some chamomile tea to soothe her nerves and help her to get to sleep. She needs rest and nothing else stressful right now. So, let's put our animosity aside and help Lily. Is that okay with you Arabella?" Catherine said opening her eyes again and looking at Arabella.
Arabella seemed to be having an internal struggle and it was a moment before she nodded and said, "I'll send someone up with the soup," before walking out of the library without another word.
Catherine looked briefly at the others briefly before walking out of the library and up the stairs to Lily's room where she heard the shower turn off just as she closed the door behind her and walked over to Lily's perfectly made bed to sit down and wait.
Lily walked out of the bathroom in an overlarge towel and walked into the closet, grabbing a pair of plaid flannel pajamas to wear and relax in. "I'm surprised James didn't come rushing up here demanding to see me," Lily said with a short and extremely forced laugh.
"Honestly so am I," Catherine said and smiled accordingly before Lily walked back into the bathroom to change into her pajamas, coming out a few minutes later with her hair brushed and feet bare. "That plaid just isn't your color," Catherine said with a smile as Lily walked closer.
Lily smiled slightly before climbing onto her bed and slipping under the covers without a word as Catherine lay on her side next to Lily. "Are you going to be all right?" Catherine asked as she watched Lily and felt horrible about everything that had happened that day.
"I don't know but it's likely I will be," Lily said as a knock came on the door from the kitchen. "Who is it?" she asked.
"It's James. I have some soup Bella made," James said loudly enough so that he could be heard through the door. He had been greatly relieved when he heard Lily's voice but now he was worried she would turn him away.
"Come in," Lily said quietly and the door opened revealing James carrying a tray much like the one Lily had brought Peter the day before. He placed it over her lap and smiled at her. "Thank you," she said quietly.
"No problem, anything you want I'll bring you. Just call down and I'll fetch it as you probably don't want to be alone right now," James said and desperately wished he could touch her but he didn't dare. By Merlin, he wanted Joseph Pettigrew to die a horrible and painful death for making Lily fear him. Hell, she wasn't this scared of Voldemort and had stood up against two of James' own enemies. What was it about Joseph Pettigrew that scared her so much?
"Thank you James," Lily said and smiled briefly at him for being so considerate.
James smiled back and forced himself to walk out of the room without touching her. He was contemplating various forms of torture as he walked down the stairs, one of which involved drawing and quartering Joseph Pettigrew.
Lily sighed and picked up the spoon lying near the bowl of soup and slowly began to eat. Catherine watched her and worried about what this would do to Lily's sanity. She sighed quietly and Lily turned her head to look at her. "What's wrong Catherine?" she asked quietly as she set aside her spoon.
Catherine raised an eyebrow. "I'm worried about you Lily. I keep wondering if you're going to be okay," she said quietly as she brushed an ever present and annoying strand of hair out of her face.
Lily gave a very small smile. "I'll be fine. I just needed to talk to you and shower," Lily said and reached out grasping Catherine's hand comfortingly.
"You're sure?" Catherine asked quietly and Lily nodded. "Absolutely positive?" she asked again.
"Only fools are positive Cath," Lily replied with an honest smile.
Catherine laughed. "Alright, I get the picture," she said and Lily released her hand.
"Good. So tell me, what's between you and Remus?" Lily said and smirked broadly as Catherine's jaw dropped dramatically.
"Are you crazy?" Catherine asked when she was capable of speech again.
"Never answer a question with a question it usually signifies guilt," Lily replied and began to eat her soup again.
"You're nutters, completely mental," Catherine responded and shook her head.
"So what? I've got to be to like James. Tell me what you think of him at least," Lily said giving Catherine the most pathetic doe eyed look she could dredge up without laughing hysterically.
"He's nice alright and smart. Attractive in a bookish sort of way but it would never happen," Catherine replied unable to defy Lily's look.
"And why is that my dear Catherine?" Lily said questioningly before eating some more of her soup.
Catherine just stared at Lily for a moment. "You can't be serious," she said when Lily didn't attempt to say she was joking.
"Of course not," Lily said and paused as Catherine began to feel relief. "He's downstairs," she said and smiled humorously as Catherine groaned.
"You're mental, completely gone. I should call St. Mungo's and ask if they have a mental ward," Catherine muttered and rolled on her back to stare up at the ceiling.
"I've had enough of St. Mungo's to last me a lifetime. Just tell me why nothing could happen between you and Remus," Lily responded as she leaned over to look Catherine straight in the eye.
"It just couldn't. We don't have much of anything in common and he a w-well, a Gryffindor and I'm a Slytherin," Catherine said causing Lily's brow to raise speculatively as she tripped over 'well'. Catherine never stuttered.
"You can't tell me that that prejudice holds true for you Catherine. I know it's a lie considering I should be a Gryffindor and we're friends. Not to mention Sirius was a Gryffindor too," Lily said and Catherine sat up abruptly and turned to look at Lily.
"Lily please, just drop it. I couldn't happen and Remus probably doesn't even think of me that way," Catherine said and Lily thought she caught a flicker in Catherine's brown eyes but what it represented Lily could only guess.
"Alright Cath. I'm sorry. I don't mean to pressure you about this," Lily replied and Catherine smiled warmly.
"Oh don't worry about it. Friends always give friends crap about stuff like this Lil," Catherine said with a happy-go-lucky sort of tone.
"I know. At Hogwarts you took the mickey out of me about James all the time when you found out about what he did to comfort me after my parents died," Lily said quickly and wondered how Catherine would take hearing that.
"Yeah, I figure as much," Catherine said and smiled at Lily and the redhead smiled back.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door to the kitchen. Lily raised an eyebrow as she looked at Catherine who shrugged nonchalantly. "Who is it?" Lily called.
"Arabella," Arabella's voice called out coolly and Catherine mimed vomiting. Lily shook her head and called back, "Come in Bella," and the door opened a second later.
Arabella walked in and kept her gaze on Lily not bothering to acknowledge Catherine's presence at all. "I came up to tell you that I made the guys lunch and that I'm heading home now. If you like I can come back later and make dinner," Arabella said quietly and watched Lily.
Lily glanced sideways to Catherine who gave a tiny shrug. "Don't worry about it Bella. I'm sure I'll be able to manage it," Lily said and smiled happily at Arabella.
"You're sure?" Arabella asked sternly as she watched Lily.
"Yes Bella. I'm feeling much better really," Lily said with an odd look that somewhat resembled sympathy.
"Alright. I guess I'll talk to you later then," Arabella said quietly as she tried to control her disappointment.
"Absolutely Bella," Lily said with a smile.
"Goodbye Lily," Arabella said slowly and turned to leave.
"Goodbye Bella," Lily replied and Arabella put up one hand in salute and walked back down the stairs to the kitchen closing the door behind her.
"You're not really planning on cooking us dinner are you?" as male voice asked from the other door. Remus was standing there with an eyebrow raised at Lily and gave the smallest of glances at Catherine.
"Of course she's not," Catherine said as if appalled at the suggestion.
"Then why did you turn Bella away?" Remus asked curiously and Catherine grinned in a delighted manner.
"I'll be cooking," Catherine said still grinning devilishly.
"What?" Remus asked as if he'd been struck dumb by this proclamation.
"I'm cooking," Catherine said again as she watched Remus. "What do you think I'll poison the food?" she asked curiously.
"No, of course not," Remus protested strongly as he shook his head making some of his light brown hair fall over his eyes obscuring their gray color slightly in the process.
Catherine sighed quietly but the only person who heard it was Lily, who suddenly seemed to realize something. "You were eavesdropping Remus Lupin," she said lightly and Remus' cheeks reddened.
"I was just going to my room to get something and I couldn't help overhearing Lily, you know that," Remus said accenting the last three words slightly and coughing a moment later.
"Oh, right, like I should believe you," Lily said and winked to let Remus know she'd understood what he was hinting at.
"Oh c'mon Lily, leave the poor guy alone. So what, he overheard that part of the conversation. It's not like he heard the rest," Catherine said lightly as she hadn't seen the little wink Lily had thrown Remus' way.
Lily pretended to pout. "Oh alright, but you're getting off light this time Lupin," Lily said and you could hear the laughter in her voice.
Catherine looked around at Lily and glared at her. Lily stuck out her tongue at Catherine. Remus laughed quietly, "I'll leave you two to your girl talk," he said and smiled at them both, locking eyes briefly with Catherine before he left and closed the door behind him.
Catherine turned back to Lily and glared. "What?" Lily asked innocently as she twirled a strand of damp hair around her finger, trying to look like an angel.
"I should kick your butt Evans," Catherine said quietly and fingered her wand that rested dormantly in her pocket.
"Oh really Mcgeogehgan, and how do you plan to do that?" Lily asked leaning back and looking sickly.
"Liar," Catherine said and then said, "Petrificus Totalus," as she pulled her wand out and pointed it at Lily who looked at her with wide eyes as the Full Body Bind took its effects and Catherine laughed mischievously. She moved the tray with its empty bowl of soup off of Lily and over to the desk before turning around and pointing her wand at Lily again. "Finite Incantatum," and movement was restored to Lily's limbs.
"What did I do?" Lily asked as she tried to hold back her laughter.
"What did you do? Oh Lily you know what you did, make me into a fool while you mouthed things at Remus," Catherine said and before Lily could move or protest said, "Rictusempra!" and the Tickling Charm took effect.
Lily laughed and screeched, "Stop Cath! I'm sorry!" but her words were just jibberish behind the laughter.
The door opened and Remus stood there again watching the amusing scene before him. Catherine laughing at Lily who was laughing so hard that moments later James and Sirius appeared at the door behind Remus.
"What on Earth is going on?" James called out catching Catherine's attention.
Wide eyed, Catherine muttered, "Finite Incantatum," again and Lily's laughter died away. Sirius stood there looking amusedly at Catherine who was now standing there whistling innocently and rocking back and forth on her heels.
Again James asked, "What is going on in here?" trying not to laugh or jump at Lily, who flushed and breathing heavy with her hair in such disarray looked extremely attractive. Remembering his place he looked back at Catherine as he tried to wipe several naughty thoughts from his mind.
"Well, its obviously fun and games time in Lily's room, who seems to be alive and kicking," Sirius said and snorted loudly making everyone stare at him. "What? I thought it was funny," he said and shrugged.
"You know," Lily said as she got back the ability to speak. "For someone with such a Sirius name you're awfully silly," she finished and glanced at Catherine who doubled over trying not to laugh.
"Oh the horrible puns," Remus said aloud and shook his head while trying not to laugh himself.
James was chuckling inwardly especially after he saw the look on Sirius' face. He was trying to look hurt and failing brilliantly. James burst into laughter and Sirius could no longer hold it in letting out a loud guffaw and closing his eyes.
For the next five minutes the group of five laughed over the bad pun and each other laughing. Sirius and Remus found their way to sitting positions on the floor while Catherine was now kneeling and rocking back and forth hugging herself and James was leaning against the door frame trying to take deep calming breaths. Lily was muffling her laughter in a pillow, covering her face and only when everyone stopped laugh did she dare remove her face from said pillow.
"Wow," Lily said calmly and Catherine chuckled lightly. "We need lives," she muttered and brushed the hair that had fallen into her face, away.
"Yes we do," Catherine said and climbed to her feet slowly.
"I say we adjourn to the library," Lily spoke up as she crawled off the bed.
"But you need rest," James said instantly sobered from his laughing fit.
"No, I need distraction and people. Besides, we need to discuss my sudden ability to apparate," Lily said as she found a pair of slippers in her closet and slipped them on walking toward the door slowly for the sake of worried!James.
Downstairs Lily curled up in a chair with her feet tucked beneath her and waited quietly while everyone sat down in the other chairs around her. "So, what did Catherine say wen she came down to tell you about my apparation?" Lily asked calmly as she pulled her hair behind her ears to get it out of her face.
"The truth, that you were scared of Peter's father and that you apparated to my house," Catherine said quietly as she looked at Lily and then around at the others. They all seemed angry and Catherine knew that it wasn't the apparating but Joseph Pettigrew who they were plotting the murder of subconsciously caused it.
"Well, what should we do about it?" Lily questioned as she curled up a little more.
"I suggest murder," Sirius muttered and clenched a fist tightly glowering angrily at the imaginary vision of Joseph in front of him.
"Ah, I do believe Lily meant her accidental apparation, Padfoot," Remus said with a tone that implied some form of amusement.
"Oh, right," Sirius said as he blinked rapidly for a moment.
"I think that only course of action to follow is to take Lily down to the Ministry and have her take the test," James said gently and smiled at Lily warmly.
"Of course," Catherine said quietly, there wasn't really anything else to do.
"What is this test?" Lily asked curiously of them.
"Its simple really. They just ask you to apparate somewhere and if you do it without splinching yourself you pass and are legally allowed to apparate," Sirius said and James glared at him when he mentioned splinching.
"Splinching?" Lily questioned as James glared some more at Sirius who looked apologetic.
"Don't worry about that, you'll do just fine," Catherine said confidently and smiled warmly at Lily.
"All right," Lily said nervously as she glanced at Sirius who was still being glared at by James.
Remus looked at Lily and then at Sirius and back to Lily before he said, "We'd best tell her. She'll be less worried about splinching if she knows what it means." James turned his glare on Remus now.
"Oh for Merlin's sake! Remus is right, we should tell her," Catherine said getting thoroughly annoyed by James glaring at everyone in the room except for Lily.
"Oh fine," James said and threw up his hands in exasperation.
Catherine looked back and forth between Sirius and Remus and realized that she would have to be the one to tell Lily. She coughed to clear her throat before beginning. "Splinching is where you leave part of yourself behind and hen you can't move either way. They're always having to fine people for apparating without a license," Catherine said barely aware of what she had finished with.
"Fined? Do you mean I'll have to pay a fine for what happened today?" Lily asked with wide eyes.
James then realized something. A letter should have come saying that Lily was to pay a fine, but it hadn't. He scratched his head as he said, "There should have been at least a letter as a warning. I wonder why it wasn't sent."
"I took care of that," Albus Dumbledore said from near the door and Catherine jumped in her seat.
"Professor!" Catherine said in a rather shocked tone of voice.
"Miss Mcgeogehgan, what a pleasant surprise," Dumbledore said with his eyes twinkling in the light.
Lily was very surprised. "What did you take care of Professor?" she asked.
"Well, I was at the Department of Magical Transportation this afternoon discussing the arrangements for the costume ball when the notice came in about you apparating. I convinced them not to fine you as I knew it was an accident," Dumbledore replied with a smile.
"Oh yes it was. I didn't know I could do it and I nearly had a panic attack," Lily replied earnestly as she unconsciously fiddled with her necklace.
"I imagine you weren't the only one anxious about that, am I correct?" Dumbledore asked looking at Catherine who nodded rather quickly and was watching him curiously.
"Well, I'd best be off. I have a few stops to make before I return to Hogwarts. I was nice seeing you all," Dumbledore said with a smile as he looked around at everyone.
"Thank you very much Professor," Lily said before the great wizard could disappear.
"It was no trouble at all Lily," Dumbledore said turning to leave and then stopping and turning back. "I trust that you will all be attending the costume ball," he said with a kind smile before he disapparated leaving them no room to protest even if they had wanted to.
Lily smiled and sighed. "His presence is always comforting. He seems like a wonderful grandfather type figure," she said aloud and the others nodded in agreement.
Remus had been watching Catherine for a majority of the time that Dumbledore had been there and he noted that she seemed slightly nervous or anxious about the Headmaster of Hogwarts popping by for a chat. He wondered absently about that for a moment before he asked, "So when do you plan to take Lily for the test James?"
"Whenever Lily wishes to go," James said quietly as he glanced at Lily and smiled warmly.
"It would probably be best to go as soon as possible," Catherine said absently as she was currently stuck inside her own thoughts.
"Well, I can see what's available tomorrow at work," James said contemplatively and looked over at Lily for confirmation.
"That sounds good to me," Lily said quietly as she looked at James who nodded slowly.
Catherine suddenly jumped to her feet. "I think that I should stay the night tonight," she paused, "For Lily's benefit," she said as she looked at James realizing how rude it was just to invite herself over to stay.
"That might be a good idea," James said slowly and nodded as the thought it over. "Yes, a good idea, as long as Lily doesn't protest," he said and Lily shook her head.
"All right. I'll be back in a bit. I'm going to pick up some things," Catherine said and smiled at Lily quickly.
"Okay, come back soon," Lily said smiling back and Catherine nodded before disapparating.
"That was slightly odd," Remus said slowly looking between Lily and Sirius quickly as if for explanation.
"Catherine is odd," Lily and Sirius said at the same time and then laughed.
"Well, that was interesting," Remus said and laughed while James just shook his head slowly and smiled.
A/N: Sorry about the week long delay yet again. I hope you all forgive me for it. My internet at my dads got disconnected so I had to wait until I came back to my place to update again. I hope you all enjoy it!
Frankie