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IN DREAMS AND IN REAL, part 2
When Pola reached her study, Jill was already there, searching the book- shelves and muttering to herself.
'Jill, what...' started Pola, but short, Jill's snort interrupted. That annoyed Praise even more and she wanted to talk seriously right now. She wanted to speak and to be listened to (that was hard to do compared to the fact that Jill wasn't person who listened if didn't really have to). 'Behave like an adult, Coleman. What do you want. Why are you here with that shabby, enormous dog, ordering everyone what they should do...'she was raising her voice; Jill was checking something in a dictionary. '... Yeah, I know Dumbledore asked you to come here, but...'
'I can see you have a whole shelf tributed to the wonderful works of Jill Coleman. Great, I'm so happy I'm valued in this house.'
'Shut up, Jill' swored Pola and took the book away from Coleman's hands. Jill looked offended like a small, innocent child. 'What? You want the ancient blocking hexes?'
'His back, Pola' said Jill and tried to take the book back, but Pola, who was a little bit taller, managed to lie it down on a shelf. Jill had nothing more to do than stare at her schoolmate.
'Who's back?' was Pola's question. She looked anxious, because she expected only one answer and the answer came slowly from Jill's throat.
'Voldemort, my dear' Jill sat on a chair and looked through some Pola's notes from Ancient books. Pola took that away from Jill's too curious eyes and also sat down.
'What?' she whispered. That was stupid question and she knew she let Jill win. Oh, why? She hid her head in her hands and sighed. 'Are you 100% sure? Who told you?'
'Yeah, I'm sure, Pola, I'm so sorry, but it's true.' She touched gently and quickly Pola's hand, it was a way of comforting. She hesitated and spoke on: 'Dumbledore told me, or, yeah, he asked Sirius to inform me.'
Pola lifted her head and Jill took her hand off Pola's arm: 'Sirius?'
'You know, that dog.'
'The dog you came here with? Please, baby, we won't be kidding anymore' now Pola looked really offended.
'The "dog" as you want to call him' Jill started with a bored, preaching voice 'is a man, an animagus and is known as Sirius Black.'
'WHAT?????????'
'Calm down, woman' Jill laughed. She shocked her friend and she was winning, as always, it was so boring. 'He did not murder all those people. Listen to me.' She shouted with laughter, though the things she wanted to talk about weren't funny. 'He's innocent and he's going to be in the order with us. Oh, and he's your Remus' friend as well, if you didn't know that babe. And I would really prefer to talk about some damn blocking hexes, but we have to talk about Voldemort! Get a grip, girl!'
Pola sat still and listened. Her eyes were getting wider and wider. She was scared. She expected that but still she was scared. She hated herself for that. She understood each word of Jill's, but it was hard to believe. Well, would anyone believe that in his kitchen was sitting a convict telling about Voldemort's return?
'you should have told me that at once!' complained Pola as Jill finally finished. Jill sighed, she wanted to add something ironical, but let go. She waited till Pola analysed all the facts and spoke.
'Dumbledore asked us to seek for a place, for the Order Headquarters. We should talk with those guys, Pola. Guess, they know more about England.'
Pola sighed and walked downstairs, well, she wanted to be the first to reach the kitchen. If Jill did so, it would seem as if she had won the battle. And she could expect the men to expect some sort of fight. Now Jill followed her with a sarcastic smile of the one who was to win. Why were they fighting? Was it important? Pola still doesn't like me, Jill thought and smiled sadly. I wouldn't like myself too, I suppose.
Pola burst into the kitchen. Remus and Sirius stopped talking and waited. She stared at Black, then gave a short, angry look at Remus and began to prepare tea for them all. After a while in came Jill, slowly sitting down, remembering to hex Sirius' chair to move around once or twice. Lupin barked and Black said:
'Very funny' his voice was deep and trembled wonderfully; Pola was addicted to nice, low tones. 'Had a good time.'
'Ask Pola' answered Jill and watched Pola pass them all tea and cookies.
'Biscuits, Praise?' continued shocked and offended by the lack of hospitability. 'I expected a dinner or something!'
Pola snorted and answered with a malicious smile.
'In this house? Coleman, I expected something better from you!'
Jill decided to ignore that, but men laughed. Remus finally intorduced Sirius to Pola because Jill didn't seem interested in that at all. She thought it was a waste of time because they both knew who they were. She sighed and help herself with a cookie.
'You said you didn't like it' Sirius noticed.
'No, Black, I said it was a shame that we were not offered lunch or something.'
'Dinner' added Pola.
'What?' was the question asked by the rest of them.
'She said she wanted dinner' she smiled and sat by Remus.
'How precisely' mocked Jill.
'I had a great teacher' Pola drank her tea. They waited. They all knew about the work or thinking they had to do today, but none wanted to take the lead, even Jill, who was already a little bit bored with the whole situation: Pola hadn't changed, she still needed to spend few moments with her to regain wit; Remus was just as Sirius had described, and Sirius. Well, she didn't need to go to Praise's house to laugh with him. It was Remus, who spoke. He really seemed to be the most mature person it the room. He decided that without him those two angry for nothing girls and amused convict would never speak.
'We will have time to quarrel about it. Now the most urgent thing is the headquarters of the order. The whole situation is really serious and I hope that you all' he looked at them 'will take it seriously. Voldemort is back, we all know, and we have to think quickly. Do you have an ideas? What Dumbledore wants us to do is to find a suitable place to perform Fidelius charm on it. What do you think?'
Jill opened her lips to add a mock comment, but Pola's gaze stopped her from doing it.
'And do we really need headquarters' said thoughtfully Sirius. 'I mean, we managed to organise ourselves during the first war, so why...'
He couldn't finish, because he heard Jill and Pola's voices roaring unison: 'Oh, Please!!!!' He stopped in the middle of his thought and stared at them. So did Remus. The situation was strange also for the women: they fought a while ago and now they were on the same side, completely sure that every other point of view was pure nonsense. Sirius was, however, the one who recovered first from the shock and showed his reflex: he decided to point out the amusing situation of girls' similar opinion and to hide the stupidity of his speech.
'Coleman, how can this be. You were so angry and now you share the opinion with Pola. I thought...'
Jill pretended to bark and interrupted.
'Stop being cleverer than you really are, Black. We are not talking about my relationship with Pola. It's not my fault that she sometimes is reasonable...'
'Jill' warned her Pola, but Coleman, of course, didn't care.
'But we were talking about your stupid idea that Order needn't have a safe, steady place.'
She gazed straight into his brown (so, so lustful) eyes and none of them wanted to let go first.
'So' mocked Black, drilling her eyes with his gaze 'We should understand that precious Jill Coleman has a better idea.
'we must agree that we need headquarters. Haven't the studies about past methods learnt you anything?'
'Yeah' added Pola, because the temperature between Jill and Sirius was rising and they were both about to shout or even kill one another. 'The Order members must feel that they have a place where they can hide and rest. And, this is even more important, a place where they could communicate with each other.'
'This seems reasonable, Sirius' said Remus. 'And I think the lack of safe place could have been one of the reasons of Order misfortune in the past. People knew where to find us while Death-eaters weren't to catch. I see Albus' point that we need such a house, but, frankly, I didn't have much time to think about what sort of place this should be.'
'Wait Remus' smiled Sirius maliciously. 'I'm sure our precious girls will know.'
'As a matter of fact, babe, I can think of such a place' Jill smiled back and a hot thrill ran across Sirius' vertebra and he had to drunk his tea to hide it. 'I WAS thinking about it, and if you didn't, your fault. I don't know England well,' she glanced quickly at Pola and continued. 'But in my opinion the place should not look like the centre of anti-V organisation, it can't be so obvious to find.'
'I think I know where you're going' whispered Pola.
'Yeah... If I were to choose the place, I would probably put the headquarters somewhere where my mom was. The problem is that she's dead.'
Sirius looked at Moony and they both silently decided that they had no idea, what the women were talking about. Remus spoke.
'I don't know what you mean, Jill.'
'Rem, that's so simple' laughed Pola. 'Jill's mother was a death-eater and she wanted to say that a place connected somehow with Voldemort supporters would be the best.'
'Thank you' mocked Jill.
'Whatever' muttered Pola, but men were shocked. Jill's mother??
'Wait a minute, Jill, you mean it?' said slowly Remus. Sirius was only watching her. She seemed so confident and, in her special way, happy. And now he had just learnt some hurtful things about her past.
'Yeah' yawned Coleman. 'Funny thing, I must say. Such a nice person born by such a bitch.' She laughed because she knew she wasn't considered nice.
'It wasn't easy, was it?' asked Lupin. 'To be so opposite to her?'
'Not really' Jill answered. 'I'm a person who never does what is asked to do. It was natural.'
'We should all be happy that your mum wasn't anti-V' added Pola and turned to guys 'You know, when her mother was imprisoned and died, Jill inherited all her cash and guess what she did. She donated that fortune to the charity. She claimed she couldn't live off murderer's cash.'
'And I realised too late that I was wrong. That without money I would have to work!' Jill made such a miserable grimace that they all laughed. 'Luckily my father had left me a different fortune. But...we still don't have a place.'
'But you gave us an idea.' Said Remus, 'what we need now is... Sirius?' he gazed at his friend who did not laugh with the rest when Jill was recalling her mother, he was thinking intensively about a perfect hide for the Dumbledore's Order. He was pale and looked slowly and apprehensively around. He could not smile and his friend watched him worried. Black decided to speak, calmer than usual, but with a usual strong manner.
'Jill's mom's dead, my as well, but we still can use her house.'
The afternoon was spent on discussions how and when should they get into the grim house at Grimmauld Place 12. Sirius found that very unfortunate, but understood that now this is the only way he can help the Order. And they could be sure that none would presume the headqyarters to be in Black's mansion. Sirius immediately informed the Headmaster and they could plan following moves. Pola somehow allowed Remus to prepare dinner and they had a nice evening, talking about plans and past. The problems and tense atmosphere appeared when they were deciding about the date of getting into Grimmauld Place. Jill was sitting in the corner of a sofa, her legs curled up and she was reading a Muggle paper. Pola was resting on an enormus armchair, Sirius and Lupin were discussing the topic.
'We could do this on Monday, not a bad day, everyone should be at work. Oh, or maybe Friday evening, they all should be at parties!'
'It's full moon, mate' whispered Remus apologically. 'You will have to do it without me, this cannot wait.'
Sirius mused. 'Do you have the potion?'
'And who you think could I ask to do it, Padfoot.' He answered angrily. 'Everywhere around are people advertising themselves as potion masters!'
Sirius, instead of getting angry or sad, grinned widely and said with laughter.
'Jill can do it for you, won't you, Coleman.'
Jill gazed at him and turned back to reading.
'Why won't you do it Black. You don't want to say that I've been wasting my time with an Auror that's unable to prepare such a silly thing like wolfsbane potion!'
'Talk to her' muttered Sirius into Remus ear, but Lupin turned to Jill trying to sound common and calmly.
'I just wouldn't drink anything he prepared, Jill, I have bad memories. But would you?'
Jill was still reading, but said something that sounded "sure, drop'n tomorrow". Remus looked relieved, he lacked potion since few months and transormation into werewolf wasnt nice at all. He sat more comfortably at his chair and, he even didn't know why, looked around and met Pola's eyes. She was thoughtful and was watching him carefully. She did not know and now his strange absence was clear. She could have shouted; she didn't. She could have ran away and never got back, she didn't. She was only watching.
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In the evening they opened a bottle of wine, than another. For all of them it was time for a reunion, very short, but still. They were talking about completely unimportant things and then... And then Remus, somehow happier (because he was to get the potion and because the scene that Pola would make was in unforeseenable future) wanted to engage Jill in the general discussion.
'Tell me Jill, because I deadly curious. Why such a pretty, intelligent woman is single?'
Jill lifted her head and grinned ironically. She hated such questions and she usually did not care. She wanted to and it was not their business why. She considered him for a while and spoke before Pola, the most sensitive one could whisper "leave it".
'Because I enjoy the sight of handsome, smart men asking me such questions. And this in completely not your business at all. And why the hell don't you ask Pola the same question' she glanced at Pola and everything seemed clear. 'Right' she smiled maliciously 'so, why don't you investigate Black?'
'Jill, my dear' mocked Sirius who was still entertaining the quarrel 'The reason is so simple. I've been in Azkaban for 12 yrs, how could I date anyone?'
'I've thought of different reason, Padfoot' smiled Remus. Fear appeared in Sirius' eyes and he warned Remus not to continute the matter, but Moony seemed so happy and interesten in lives of his friends that had to go on.
'Because you must know' he turned to women, and even Jill was slightly interested in Lunpi's tale. 'that Sirius had always spoke about his love who he had met...'
'I warned you, and I am prepared to use force' Sirius said seriously. Moony didn't care.
'The mysterious woman he had met once only and she disappeared, or he was gone, I don't remember. She was always the reason of his singleness. Funny, that was so long ago...'
Sirius set his teeth and Jill was watching him with innocent eyes of a child. Remus wazs to continue but Pola spoke, and her words were to cause a real fight.
'That's REALLY funny, because, wow, I can't believe it, Jill used to use same story.'
Now Jill spoke, loudily and angrily. Yes, Sirius could only learn. That was a warning.
'Leave it, Praise.'
'Hey,' Pola defended herself. 'I want to talk about it and this is my house and...'
'Fine, I leaving, I got enough' she stood up but Praise shouted.
'No, you're gonna stay and explain it to me at last.'
'Are you insane? Leave me and my life alone, OK?'
'Heyah, Jill' began Black, softer than usual and she turned angrily to him.
'Fuck, I don't want to talk to you to. You had no rights to talk about...'
'Well' now Sirius shouted, he was learning fast (, 'I think I'm the one to talk about it with you!!'
'And' she whispered 'you want to? We had a lot of time!'
'Well, you didnt seem to want to talk too, so dont blame only me!!!'
They were watching at each other furiously and it finally appeared ot Pola and Remus that the whole story was about them.
'Ooooh....' sighed Pola and they both turned to her shouting "Shut up". All of them went quiet. Jill was the first to recover.
'I'm leaving. I would appreciate not discussing my life. And I would like you to believe that young people, even clever young people, sometines say bullshit. The topic's over.'
Pola wanted to stay calm but couldn't avoid shouting.
'Why the hell you want to make your lives miserable. Only because both of you are too proud to admit you're...'
She did not finish, because there was a loud "CRACK" and Jill disapparated. Second later, after saying "bye" did so Black.
** * ** * ** * ** *
Pola swore and began to clean the table. She was saying something to herself and almost forgot that Remus was still in. Remus... She was quite shocked when his hand took her hand and the other put away the plates and glasses.
'Pola..' he whispered and she felt his hot breath round her ear. A chill ran down her spine.
'Leave me' she said. 'Be good and go.'
He put his arm round her waist and gently stroke her sides.
'Thank you..'
she wanted to move but he didn't want to let her go.
'I should be very angry. I should be furious about that indeed...' she began but when turned to reproach him and she gazed into his eyes she understood something she had known. Nothing mattered but them.
He leaned down and kissed her, much more passionately than yesterday. Partly, because he couldn't stop himself anymore, partly, because the coming in few days full moon allowed him to show the other, animal part of nature. Pola moaned as his tongue explored her mouth so intensively. She loved that, now she was sure. And she was sure she loved him.
They didn't bother to go to bedroom. The living-room sofa was also quite comfortable. And when it bored them, they found themselves sleeping on the floor, happier than ever, but finally together.
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AN: heyah!!! I know that's weak and it took me so long to write it, but it's not my fault. Too many duties. I'm waiting for reviews and I'm gonna write mre soon. Cheers!
IN DREAMS AND IN REAL, part 2
When Pola reached her study, Jill was already there, searching the book- shelves and muttering to herself.
'Jill, what...' started Pola, but short, Jill's snort interrupted. That annoyed Praise even more and she wanted to talk seriously right now. She wanted to speak and to be listened to (that was hard to do compared to the fact that Jill wasn't person who listened if didn't really have to). 'Behave like an adult, Coleman. What do you want. Why are you here with that shabby, enormous dog, ordering everyone what they should do...'she was raising her voice; Jill was checking something in a dictionary. '... Yeah, I know Dumbledore asked you to come here, but...'
'I can see you have a whole shelf tributed to the wonderful works of Jill Coleman. Great, I'm so happy I'm valued in this house.'
'Shut up, Jill' swored Pola and took the book away from Coleman's hands. Jill looked offended like a small, innocent child. 'What? You want the ancient blocking hexes?'
'His back, Pola' said Jill and tried to take the book back, but Pola, who was a little bit taller, managed to lie it down on a shelf. Jill had nothing more to do than stare at her schoolmate.
'Who's back?' was Pola's question. She looked anxious, because she expected only one answer and the answer came slowly from Jill's throat.
'Voldemort, my dear' Jill sat on a chair and looked through some Pola's notes from Ancient books. Pola took that away from Jill's too curious eyes and also sat down.
'What?' she whispered. That was stupid question and she knew she let Jill win. Oh, why? She hid her head in her hands and sighed. 'Are you 100% sure? Who told you?'
'Yeah, I'm sure, Pola, I'm so sorry, but it's true.' She touched gently and quickly Pola's hand, it was a way of comforting. She hesitated and spoke on: 'Dumbledore told me, or, yeah, he asked Sirius to inform me.'
Pola lifted her head and Jill took her hand off Pola's arm: 'Sirius?'
'You know, that dog.'
'The dog you came here with? Please, baby, we won't be kidding anymore' now Pola looked really offended.
'The "dog" as you want to call him' Jill started with a bored, preaching voice 'is a man, an animagus and is known as Sirius Black.'
'WHAT?????????'
'Calm down, woman' Jill laughed. She shocked her friend and she was winning, as always, it was so boring. 'He did not murder all those people. Listen to me.' She shouted with laughter, though the things she wanted to talk about weren't funny. 'He's innocent and he's going to be in the order with us. Oh, and he's your Remus' friend as well, if you didn't know that babe. And I would really prefer to talk about some damn blocking hexes, but we have to talk about Voldemort! Get a grip, girl!'
Pola sat still and listened. Her eyes were getting wider and wider. She was scared. She expected that but still she was scared. She hated herself for that. She understood each word of Jill's, but it was hard to believe. Well, would anyone believe that in his kitchen was sitting a convict telling about Voldemort's return?
'you should have told me that at once!' complained Pola as Jill finally finished. Jill sighed, she wanted to add something ironical, but let go. She waited till Pola analysed all the facts and spoke.
'Dumbledore asked us to seek for a place, for the Order Headquarters. We should talk with those guys, Pola. Guess, they know more about England.'
Pola sighed and walked downstairs, well, she wanted to be the first to reach the kitchen. If Jill did so, it would seem as if she had won the battle. And she could expect the men to expect some sort of fight. Now Jill followed her with a sarcastic smile of the one who was to win. Why were they fighting? Was it important? Pola still doesn't like me, Jill thought and smiled sadly. I wouldn't like myself too, I suppose.
Pola burst into the kitchen. Remus and Sirius stopped talking and waited. She stared at Black, then gave a short, angry look at Remus and began to prepare tea for them all. After a while in came Jill, slowly sitting down, remembering to hex Sirius' chair to move around once or twice. Lupin barked and Black said:
'Very funny' his voice was deep and trembled wonderfully; Pola was addicted to nice, low tones. 'Had a good time.'
'Ask Pola' answered Jill and watched Pola pass them all tea and cookies.
'Biscuits, Praise?' continued shocked and offended by the lack of hospitability. 'I expected a dinner or something!'
Pola snorted and answered with a malicious smile.
'In this house? Coleman, I expected something better from you!'
Jill decided to ignore that, but men laughed. Remus finally intorduced Sirius to Pola because Jill didn't seem interested in that at all. She thought it was a waste of time because they both knew who they were. She sighed and help herself with a cookie.
'You said you didn't like it' Sirius noticed.
'No, Black, I said it was a shame that we were not offered lunch or something.'
'Dinner' added Pola.
'What?' was the question asked by the rest of them.
'She said she wanted dinner' she smiled and sat by Remus.
'How precisely' mocked Jill.
'I had a great teacher' Pola drank her tea. They waited. They all knew about the work or thinking they had to do today, but none wanted to take the lead, even Jill, who was already a little bit bored with the whole situation: Pola hadn't changed, she still needed to spend few moments with her to regain wit; Remus was just as Sirius had described, and Sirius. Well, she didn't need to go to Praise's house to laugh with him. It was Remus, who spoke. He really seemed to be the most mature person it the room. He decided that without him those two angry for nothing girls and amused convict would never speak.
'We will have time to quarrel about it. Now the most urgent thing is the headquarters of the order. The whole situation is really serious and I hope that you all' he looked at them 'will take it seriously. Voldemort is back, we all know, and we have to think quickly. Do you have an ideas? What Dumbledore wants us to do is to find a suitable place to perform Fidelius charm on it. What do you think?'
Jill opened her lips to add a mock comment, but Pola's gaze stopped her from doing it.
'And do we really need headquarters' said thoughtfully Sirius. 'I mean, we managed to organise ourselves during the first war, so why...'
He couldn't finish, because he heard Jill and Pola's voices roaring unison: 'Oh, Please!!!!' He stopped in the middle of his thought and stared at them. So did Remus. The situation was strange also for the women: they fought a while ago and now they were on the same side, completely sure that every other point of view was pure nonsense. Sirius was, however, the one who recovered first from the shock and showed his reflex: he decided to point out the amusing situation of girls' similar opinion and to hide the stupidity of his speech.
'Coleman, how can this be. You were so angry and now you share the opinion with Pola. I thought...'
Jill pretended to bark and interrupted.
'Stop being cleverer than you really are, Black. We are not talking about my relationship with Pola. It's not my fault that she sometimes is reasonable...'
'Jill' warned her Pola, but Coleman, of course, didn't care.
'But we were talking about your stupid idea that Order needn't have a safe, steady place.'
She gazed straight into his brown (so, so lustful) eyes and none of them wanted to let go first.
'So' mocked Black, drilling her eyes with his gaze 'We should understand that precious Jill Coleman has a better idea.
'we must agree that we need headquarters. Haven't the studies about past methods learnt you anything?'
'Yeah' added Pola, because the temperature between Jill and Sirius was rising and they were both about to shout or even kill one another. 'The Order members must feel that they have a place where they can hide and rest. And, this is even more important, a place where they could communicate with each other.'
'This seems reasonable, Sirius' said Remus. 'And I think the lack of safe place could have been one of the reasons of Order misfortune in the past. People knew where to find us while Death-eaters weren't to catch. I see Albus' point that we need such a house, but, frankly, I didn't have much time to think about what sort of place this should be.'
'Wait Remus' smiled Sirius maliciously. 'I'm sure our precious girls will know.'
'As a matter of fact, babe, I can think of such a place' Jill smiled back and a hot thrill ran across Sirius' vertebra and he had to drunk his tea to hide it. 'I WAS thinking about it, and if you didn't, your fault. I don't know England well,' she glanced quickly at Pola and continued. 'But in my opinion the place should not look like the centre of anti-V organisation, it can't be so obvious to find.'
'I think I know where you're going' whispered Pola.
'Yeah... If I were to choose the place, I would probably put the headquarters somewhere where my mom was. The problem is that she's dead.'
Sirius looked at Moony and they both silently decided that they had no idea, what the women were talking about. Remus spoke.
'I don't know what you mean, Jill.'
'Rem, that's so simple' laughed Pola. 'Jill's mother was a death-eater and she wanted to say that a place connected somehow with Voldemort supporters would be the best.'
'Thank you' mocked Jill.
'Whatever' muttered Pola, but men were shocked. Jill's mother??
'Wait a minute, Jill, you mean it?' said slowly Remus. Sirius was only watching her. She seemed so confident and, in her special way, happy. And now he had just learnt some hurtful things about her past.
'Yeah' yawned Coleman. 'Funny thing, I must say. Such a nice person born by such a bitch.' She laughed because she knew she wasn't considered nice.
'It wasn't easy, was it?' asked Lupin. 'To be so opposite to her?'
'Not really' Jill answered. 'I'm a person who never does what is asked to do. It was natural.'
'We should all be happy that your mum wasn't anti-V' added Pola and turned to guys 'You know, when her mother was imprisoned and died, Jill inherited all her cash and guess what she did. She donated that fortune to the charity. She claimed she couldn't live off murderer's cash.'
'And I realised too late that I was wrong. That without money I would have to work!' Jill made such a miserable grimace that they all laughed. 'Luckily my father had left me a different fortune. But...we still don't have a place.'
'But you gave us an idea.' Said Remus, 'what we need now is... Sirius?' he gazed at his friend who did not laugh with the rest when Jill was recalling her mother, he was thinking intensively about a perfect hide for the Dumbledore's Order. He was pale and looked slowly and apprehensively around. He could not smile and his friend watched him worried. Black decided to speak, calmer than usual, but with a usual strong manner.
'Jill's mom's dead, my as well, but we still can use her house.'
The afternoon was spent on discussions how and when should they get into the grim house at Grimmauld Place 12. Sirius found that very unfortunate, but understood that now this is the only way he can help the Order. And they could be sure that none would presume the headqyarters to be in Black's mansion. Sirius immediately informed the Headmaster and they could plan following moves. Pola somehow allowed Remus to prepare dinner and they had a nice evening, talking about plans and past. The problems and tense atmosphere appeared when they were deciding about the date of getting into Grimmauld Place. Jill was sitting in the corner of a sofa, her legs curled up and she was reading a Muggle paper. Pola was resting on an enormus armchair, Sirius and Lupin were discussing the topic.
'We could do this on Monday, not a bad day, everyone should be at work. Oh, or maybe Friday evening, they all should be at parties!'
'It's full moon, mate' whispered Remus apologically. 'You will have to do it without me, this cannot wait.'
Sirius mused. 'Do you have the potion?'
'And who you think could I ask to do it, Padfoot.' He answered angrily. 'Everywhere around are people advertising themselves as potion masters!'
Sirius, instead of getting angry or sad, grinned widely and said with laughter.
'Jill can do it for you, won't you, Coleman.'
Jill gazed at him and turned back to reading.
'Why won't you do it Black. You don't want to say that I've been wasting my time with an Auror that's unable to prepare such a silly thing like wolfsbane potion!'
'Talk to her' muttered Sirius into Remus ear, but Lupin turned to Jill trying to sound common and calmly.
'I just wouldn't drink anything he prepared, Jill, I have bad memories. But would you?'
Jill was still reading, but said something that sounded "sure, drop'n tomorrow". Remus looked relieved, he lacked potion since few months and transormation into werewolf wasnt nice at all. He sat more comfortably at his chair and, he even didn't know why, looked around and met Pola's eyes. She was thoughtful and was watching him carefully. She did not know and now his strange absence was clear. She could have shouted; she didn't. She could have ran away and never got back, she didn't. She was only watching.
* * * * * * * *
In the evening they opened a bottle of wine, than another. For all of them it was time for a reunion, very short, but still. They were talking about completely unimportant things and then... And then Remus, somehow happier (because he was to get the potion and because the scene that Pola would make was in unforeseenable future) wanted to engage Jill in the general discussion.
'Tell me Jill, because I deadly curious. Why such a pretty, intelligent woman is single?'
Jill lifted her head and grinned ironically. She hated such questions and she usually did not care. She wanted to and it was not their business why. She considered him for a while and spoke before Pola, the most sensitive one could whisper "leave it".
'Because I enjoy the sight of handsome, smart men asking me such questions. And this in completely not your business at all. And why the hell don't you ask Pola the same question' she glanced at Pola and everything seemed clear. 'Right' she smiled maliciously 'so, why don't you investigate Black?'
'Jill, my dear' mocked Sirius who was still entertaining the quarrel 'The reason is so simple. I've been in Azkaban for 12 yrs, how could I date anyone?'
'I've thought of different reason, Padfoot' smiled Remus. Fear appeared in Sirius' eyes and he warned Remus not to continute the matter, but Moony seemed so happy and interesten in lives of his friends that had to go on.
'Because you must know' he turned to women, and even Jill was slightly interested in Lunpi's tale. 'that Sirius had always spoke about his love who he had met...'
'I warned you, and I am prepared to use force' Sirius said seriously. Moony didn't care.
'The mysterious woman he had met once only and she disappeared, or he was gone, I don't remember. She was always the reason of his singleness. Funny, that was so long ago...'
Sirius set his teeth and Jill was watching him with innocent eyes of a child. Remus wazs to continue but Pola spoke, and her words were to cause a real fight.
'That's REALLY funny, because, wow, I can't believe it, Jill used to use same story.'
Now Jill spoke, loudily and angrily. Yes, Sirius could only learn. That was a warning.
'Leave it, Praise.'
'Hey,' Pola defended herself. 'I want to talk about it and this is my house and...'
'Fine, I leaving, I got enough' she stood up but Praise shouted.
'No, you're gonna stay and explain it to me at last.'
'Are you insane? Leave me and my life alone, OK?'
'Heyah, Jill' began Black, softer than usual and she turned angrily to him.
'Fuck, I don't want to talk to you to. You had no rights to talk about...'
'Well' now Sirius shouted, he was learning fast (, 'I think I'm the one to talk about it with you!!'
'And' she whispered 'you want to? We had a lot of time!'
'Well, you didnt seem to want to talk too, so dont blame only me!!!'
They were watching at each other furiously and it finally appeared ot Pola and Remus that the whole story was about them.
'Ooooh....' sighed Pola and they both turned to her shouting "Shut up". All of them went quiet. Jill was the first to recover.
'I'm leaving. I would appreciate not discussing my life. And I would like you to believe that young people, even clever young people, sometines say bullshit. The topic's over.'
Pola wanted to stay calm but couldn't avoid shouting.
'Why the hell you want to make your lives miserable. Only because both of you are too proud to admit you're...'
She did not finish, because there was a loud "CRACK" and Jill disapparated. Second later, after saying "bye" did so Black.
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Pola swore and began to clean the table. She was saying something to herself and almost forgot that Remus was still in. Remus... She was quite shocked when his hand took her hand and the other put away the plates and glasses.
'Pola..' he whispered and she felt his hot breath round her ear. A chill ran down her spine.
'Leave me' she said. 'Be good and go.'
He put his arm round her waist and gently stroke her sides.
'Thank you..'
she wanted to move but he didn't want to let her go.
'I should be very angry. I should be furious about that indeed...' she began but when turned to reproach him and she gazed into his eyes she understood something she had known. Nothing mattered but them.
He leaned down and kissed her, much more passionately than yesterday. Partly, because he couldn't stop himself anymore, partly, because the coming in few days full moon allowed him to show the other, animal part of nature. Pola moaned as his tongue explored her mouth so intensively. She loved that, now she was sure. And she was sure she loved him.
They didn't bother to go to bedroom. The living-room sofa was also quite comfortable. And when it bored them, they found themselves sleeping on the floor, happier than ever, but finally together.
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AN: heyah!!! I know that's weak and it took me so long to write it, but it's not my fault. Too many duties. I'm waiting for reviews and I'm gonna write mre soon. Cheers!