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Chapter 10
Cayte,
Your father is doing well, the doctors said that with the surgery to remove the tumor, and chemo he should be okay in a few years. So long that the cancer didn't spread of course. Which they are pretty sure it didn't. He got a job here. Works for a company that sells stuff for computers. Inside sales job, so that's good. In all actuality he might be able to sell a few computers too. He's the manager at the branch- I suppose you would call it that- and the people that he works with seem nice. The good news is that they (the company) are letting him have time off for the chemo and everything else.
There is a bad thing though. We have to move to Scotland. That's where they want him, and luckily my boss says it's ok for me to transfer there. I know it's horrible for you to have to move like this, but I promise we will try and keep you in the same school. They do allow that, right?
We tried to convince your dad's boss to let us stay here, but he said that the only way for him to keep the job was to move. And you just don't come across a company like this that much. They're a fairly well known company over here I believe. MB Inc. Their CEO is Mereb Black. Your father and I have been invited to his house for a Halloween party. I think they have a son about your age.
I will keep your room in our new house empty, you can decide on what you want it to look like when you see it. It's twice the size of your room in America so you should be happy.
Love always
Sylvia-Mom
Cayte read the letter. Such a mix between good and bad. There was no telling what the move could mean. And yet, Cayte didn't mind so much. Her mom didn't realize that wizards from all over Great Britain came to Hogwarts. Sirius and James were from England, and Lily from Scotland, and Remus from Whales, same with Peter. She would still have her friends. She didn't know anyone from the neighborhood they lived in now anyway.
Lily saw the sort of half smile half frown on Cayte's face, she wondered what was wrong, and walked over to her friend.
"What's up?" Lily asked.
"Oh, not much really. My dad's doing okay, but we have to move to Scotland." she replied.
"Well, I suppose it's good about your dad, and as far as Scotland go, I live there and James comes to see me all the time during break, so it is possible for you to see Sirius." Lily trailed off, assuming that was the cause for Cayte's frown.
Suddenly Cayte got up; " I gotta go and get some stuff together for the Hogsmead trip. See ya in a few!" she said, running off quickly.
~*~
Sirius was folding up a piece of parchment and heading towards the commons room to get ready for Hogsmead when he saw Cayte run by. "Cayte! Where are you going?" (AN: hums Dave Matthews's song entitled: where are you going?) She stopped and waited for him to catch up with her. When he did, she noticed him shoving a piece of parchment into his cloak.
"What's that?" she asked, speaking of the parchment.
"Oh, nothing.don't worry about it. Why were you running so fast?"
Cayte still wondered about the paper but shrugged it off, 'He'll tell me eventually' she thought. "Oh, just felt like running I guess." she said, a very light shade of pink creeping up her neck.
"I was just headed towards the commons room to get some stuff for Hogsmead. Wanna come?"
"Actually, that was where I was going to as well."
They headed off down the corridors and soon they were all on their way to Hogsmead. Cayte, Lily, Sirius and James were in one carriage, while Remus, Peter, and girl named Melanie were in another.
Once arriving in Hogsmeade, the groups split up. The future Marauders went to Zonko's among other places, while Lily, Cayte and Melanie went to Madame Malkin's to look for dress robes.
"So when do you think Sirius is gonna ask Cayte out?" Peter asked, truthfully being rather brave to bring it up.
"I'm NOT planning on asking her out any time soon. Got that Pete?" Sirius said, a little agitated.
"Yeah, well I said the same thing two weeks before I asked Lily out," James said, cockily.
Meanwhile Remus was just kind of smirking, with his hands deep in his pockets, starting of into space.
"Hey Moony, what are you looking at. And why is it that you looks so.I don't know, Moonstruck?" Sirius said, not realizing the pun he was making.
"Nice one guys.real nice. Actually I was just thinking I was going to ask someone out." Remus said, surprising all of the others.
"Who?" they all said in unison.
Remus just stared off, looking in the direction of where Cayte, Lily, and Melanie were walking. They all followed his gaze and when Sirius saw that he was looking in Cayte's general direction, he stopped dead in his path. The others kept walking, even though they were sort of shocked. They knew it meant either Cayte or Melanie, Lily was already accounted for.
Once they realized Sirius wasn't with them, they all turned around. They saw Sirius standing furiously in the middle of the road. "HOW COULD YOU?" he screamed. He assumed Remus was talking about Cayte.
Sirius ran forward ready to punch Moony. He didn't really know what he was doing.
"What? Decide I want a girlfriend?" Remus said quietly, trying to get heads to look the * other* way. "I didn't know you had any interest in Melanie," Remus said, while James held his hand back. As soon as what Remus had said sunk in, Sirius lowered his hand and calmed down a bit.
"Melanie? No, of course not. I thought you were looking at Cayte." Sirius said, a bit relieved but still a bit scared at himself. He had almost hit his best friend over Cayte. ' I almost hit my best friend over Cayte. I have to get control of myself.' He though.
"But you don't like Cayte at all do you?" Peter laughed. He really was being brave today. Remus was a bit weary of Sirius the rest of the trip, you don't almost get hit by someone and then become chummy chummy.
Meanwhile the girls completely missed this whole 'episode'. They were caught up in a discussion about how * most* of the guys at Hogwarts were pretty brainless.
"I don't mean to be mean to them or anything, but could they get a *little * bit of sense in them? Or maturity? The only four mature - no I take that back, somewhat mature - guys in Gryffindor are Remus, James, Peter, and Sirius," Melanie said.
"Wow it was even in order!" Lily said.
"Your admitting that your boyfriend isn't mature? Wow. Oh, and Melanie, Sirius is mature, you just have to get to know him more. He can be really sweet. Like this one time, I was upset because my-"
"Which one is this, your dad, Alyson, or is it new?" Lily said. Every sixth year girl had heard these stories time and time again. "And I know that James isn't as mature as Remus, but Remus has reason to be a bit more mature. Sirius, well, he's just a big goofball except for sometimes."
"Why does Remy have reason to be more mature?" Melanie asked, using the nickname that she had started to call him around the other sixth year girls. They all knew how much she liked him.
"Oh, because his parents don't stand for immaturity. They ground him if he acts that way." Cayte said, making something up quickly to cover for Lily's botch.
The girls were now perusing the dress robes at Madame Malkin's. Lily almost immediately found a robe she liked. It was a long, princess cut robe, that was the exact same color green as her eyes. "Wow! You will look outstanding in that!" Melanie said.
"If only I could find a robe that matched my eyes the same," Cayte said.
"Oh, but you can, really, and if it's not close enough, they can dye it the exact color in seconds!" Lily commented, walking up to the front to pay for her robe.
Cayte and Melanie looked around the store. Melanie found her dress shortly after Lily did ("Now if only I had Remy to dance with!"). Cayte still looked for the perfect dress. Lily and Melanie started to help her.
"How about this one?" Melanie asked, holding up a pale blue robe.
"No. it's not * the* one, I'll know it when I see it."
After awhile of this, Lily and Melanie decided to go and get some butterbeer. Cayte said she'd catch up when she found the right one.
~*~
Cayte walked into the Three Broomsticks with nothing in her hands. Observing the scene as she was walking towards where the Marauders were sitting, along with the rest of her friends she noticed that Melanie and Remus were getting rather close. She also took note that they were holding hands under the table. Cayte smiled. She was happy for them.
"Didn't you get a dress?" Lily asked,
"Yeah, I had Madame Malkin send it to Hogwarts for me," Cayte said, responding to Lily's question. In a low whisper she added, "They going out?"
Sirius looked at her and nodded, then leaned in close and said, " He asked her out shortly after they got here. Been like that ever since," Sirius smiled.
~*~
Once back at Hogwarts, all the girls wanted to show off their dresses. Cayte sat quietly on her four-poster and just admired them all. When they asked about hers she just said that she wanted to debut it on Halloween.
~*~
AN: Due to the length of time since I last updated I will stop here. Nothing really important happened in this chapter, but it took long enough for me to write. I'm sorry if there are any inconsistencies that I forgot about, if you find any let me know. As stated before, PLEASE REVIEW!
Chapter 10
Cayte,
Your father is doing well, the doctors said that with the surgery to remove the tumor, and chemo he should be okay in a few years. So long that the cancer didn't spread of course. Which they are pretty sure it didn't. He got a job here. Works for a company that sells stuff for computers. Inside sales job, so that's good. In all actuality he might be able to sell a few computers too. He's the manager at the branch- I suppose you would call it that- and the people that he works with seem nice. The good news is that they (the company) are letting him have time off for the chemo and everything else.
There is a bad thing though. We have to move to Scotland. That's where they want him, and luckily my boss says it's ok for me to transfer there. I know it's horrible for you to have to move like this, but I promise we will try and keep you in the same school. They do allow that, right?
We tried to convince your dad's boss to let us stay here, but he said that the only way for him to keep the job was to move. And you just don't come across a company like this that much. They're a fairly well known company over here I believe. MB Inc. Their CEO is Mereb Black. Your father and I have been invited to his house for a Halloween party. I think they have a son about your age.
I will keep your room in our new house empty, you can decide on what you want it to look like when you see it. It's twice the size of your room in America so you should be happy.
Love always
Sylvia-Mom
Cayte read the letter. Such a mix between good and bad. There was no telling what the move could mean. And yet, Cayte didn't mind so much. Her mom didn't realize that wizards from all over Great Britain came to Hogwarts. Sirius and James were from England, and Lily from Scotland, and Remus from Whales, same with Peter. She would still have her friends. She didn't know anyone from the neighborhood they lived in now anyway.
Lily saw the sort of half smile half frown on Cayte's face, she wondered what was wrong, and walked over to her friend.
"What's up?" Lily asked.
"Oh, not much really. My dad's doing okay, but we have to move to Scotland." she replied.
"Well, I suppose it's good about your dad, and as far as Scotland go, I live there and James comes to see me all the time during break, so it is possible for you to see Sirius." Lily trailed off, assuming that was the cause for Cayte's frown.
Suddenly Cayte got up; " I gotta go and get some stuff together for the Hogsmead trip. See ya in a few!" she said, running off quickly.
~*~
Sirius was folding up a piece of parchment and heading towards the commons room to get ready for Hogsmead when he saw Cayte run by. "Cayte! Where are you going?" (AN: hums Dave Matthews's song entitled: where are you going?) She stopped and waited for him to catch up with her. When he did, she noticed him shoving a piece of parchment into his cloak.
"What's that?" she asked, speaking of the parchment.
"Oh, nothing.don't worry about it. Why were you running so fast?"
Cayte still wondered about the paper but shrugged it off, 'He'll tell me eventually' she thought. "Oh, just felt like running I guess." she said, a very light shade of pink creeping up her neck.
"I was just headed towards the commons room to get some stuff for Hogsmead. Wanna come?"
"Actually, that was where I was going to as well."
They headed off down the corridors and soon they were all on their way to Hogsmead. Cayte, Lily, Sirius and James were in one carriage, while Remus, Peter, and girl named Melanie were in another.
Once arriving in Hogsmeade, the groups split up. The future Marauders went to Zonko's among other places, while Lily, Cayte and Melanie went to Madame Malkin's to look for dress robes.
"So when do you think Sirius is gonna ask Cayte out?" Peter asked, truthfully being rather brave to bring it up.
"I'm NOT planning on asking her out any time soon. Got that Pete?" Sirius said, a little agitated.
"Yeah, well I said the same thing two weeks before I asked Lily out," James said, cockily.
Meanwhile Remus was just kind of smirking, with his hands deep in his pockets, starting of into space.
"Hey Moony, what are you looking at. And why is it that you looks so.I don't know, Moonstruck?" Sirius said, not realizing the pun he was making.
"Nice one guys.real nice. Actually I was just thinking I was going to ask someone out." Remus said, surprising all of the others.
"Who?" they all said in unison.
Remus just stared off, looking in the direction of where Cayte, Lily, and Melanie were walking. They all followed his gaze and when Sirius saw that he was looking in Cayte's general direction, he stopped dead in his path. The others kept walking, even though they were sort of shocked. They knew it meant either Cayte or Melanie, Lily was already accounted for.
Once they realized Sirius wasn't with them, they all turned around. They saw Sirius standing furiously in the middle of the road. "HOW COULD YOU?" he screamed. He assumed Remus was talking about Cayte.
Sirius ran forward ready to punch Moony. He didn't really know what he was doing.
"What? Decide I want a girlfriend?" Remus said quietly, trying to get heads to look the * other* way. "I didn't know you had any interest in Melanie," Remus said, while James held his hand back. As soon as what Remus had said sunk in, Sirius lowered his hand and calmed down a bit.
"Melanie? No, of course not. I thought you were looking at Cayte." Sirius said, a bit relieved but still a bit scared at himself. He had almost hit his best friend over Cayte. ' I almost hit my best friend over Cayte. I have to get control of myself.' He though.
"But you don't like Cayte at all do you?" Peter laughed. He really was being brave today. Remus was a bit weary of Sirius the rest of the trip, you don't almost get hit by someone and then become chummy chummy.
Meanwhile the girls completely missed this whole 'episode'. They were caught up in a discussion about how * most* of the guys at Hogwarts were pretty brainless.
"I don't mean to be mean to them or anything, but could they get a *little * bit of sense in them? Or maturity? The only four mature - no I take that back, somewhat mature - guys in Gryffindor are Remus, James, Peter, and Sirius," Melanie said.
"Wow it was even in order!" Lily said.
"Your admitting that your boyfriend isn't mature? Wow. Oh, and Melanie, Sirius is mature, you just have to get to know him more. He can be really sweet. Like this one time, I was upset because my-"
"Which one is this, your dad, Alyson, or is it new?" Lily said. Every sixth year girl had heard these stories time and time again. "And I know that James isn't as mature as Remus, but Remus has reason to be a bit more mature. Sirius, well, he's just a big goofball except for sometimes."
"Why does Remy have reason to be more mature?" Melanie asked, using the nickname that she had started to call him around the other sixth year girls. They all knew how much she liked him.
"Oh, because his parents don't stand for immaturity. They ground him if he acts that way." Cayte said, making something up quickly to cover for Lily's botch.
The girls were now perusing the dress robes at Madame Malkin's. Lily almost immediately found a robe she liked. It was a long, princess cut robe, that was the exact same color green as her eyes. "Wow! You will look outstanding in that!" Melanie said.
"If only I could find a robe that matched my eyes the same," Cayte said.
"Oh, but you can, really, and if it's not close enough, they can dye it the exact color in seconds!" Lily commented, walking up to the front to pay for her robe.
Cayte and Melanie looked around the store. Melanie found her dress shortly after Lily did ("Now if only I had Remy to dance with!"). Cayte still looked for the perfect dress. Lily and Melanie started to help her.
"How about this one?" Melanie asked, holding up a pale blue robe.
"No. it's not * the* one, I'll know it when I see it."
After awhile of this, Lily and Melanie decided to go and get some butterbeer. Cayte said she'd catch up when she found the right one.
~*~
Cayte walked into the Three Broomsticks with nothing in her hands. Observing the scene as she was walking towards where the Marauders were sitting, along with the rest of her friends she noticed that Melanie and Remus were getting rather close. She also took note that they were holding hands under the table. Cayte smiled. She was happy for them.
"Didn't you get a dress?" Lily asked,
"Yeah, I had Madame Malkin send it to Hogwarts for me," Cayte said, responding to Lily's question. In a low whisper she added, "They going out?"
Sirius looked at her and nodded, then leaned in close and said, " He asked her out shortly after they got here. Been like that ever since," Sirius smiled.
~*~
Once back at Hogwarts, all the girls wanted to show off their dresses. Cayte sat quietly on her four-poster and just admired them all. When they asked about hers she just said that she wanted to debut it on Halloween.
~*~
AN: Due to the length of time since I last updated I will stop here. Nothing really important happened in this chapter, but it took long enough for me to write. I'm sorry if there are any inconsistencies that I forgot about, if you find any let me know. As stated before, PLEASE REVIEW!