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Chapter 22

Author: Moony Lover

Author's Notes : Don't you just LOVE February 29th? (I hope I have written the date properly) I mean, it's such a speciall day! I love it! I have a friend who was born today (her birthday!!) and she usually celebrates it on the 28th… I would have sooo liked to be born today!! I would feel really speciall! That's why I decided to wait so long (sorry!) to post this chappy, just because I think today SOMETHING good (at least for me) had to happen! Besides… today it snowed!!! It's the first time in AGES (better said in my life, I was too young when I saw snow) that I see snow! I had soooo much fun! I even made a tiny little snowman! He's so cute! He's already melted though :((
Anyway, I hope you have fun reading this chapter and that you like it, as much as I do! Tomorrow I'm buiyng Harry Potter 5!! I'm soooooo excited! My sister's already finished it (but we don't live togheter, she  lives in Argentina, I in Spain) but we already talked and she told me that she has loved it! Ahhh! Can't wait to read more! I stopped reading it when Harry goes to the Ministry. I was reading it in german (my aunt send it to me) but I wanted to read it in Spanish, besides, there's many magical vocabulary that it's simply to hard in german, and reading the book with a diccionary next to you it's kind of depressing… but I understood all of I read… but didn't want to continue like that!
Anyway, sorry I let myself be carried with emotion!
love!!
ML
Answer of the previous reviews are in the end of the chapter!!
love!

About the chapter: this chapter is short and a very relaxed one… it has my 2 fav characters! Mssrs Moony and Padfoot… thank you very much!

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In a lost coffee place on the muggle London, two men were talking happily about everything that came to their minds. Those two men were Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. The first one had, as always, his long dark hair on a ponytail (not a high one, though) it always reminded Harry of Bill Weasley. He was wearing muggle clothes, a jean jacket and a white shirt. The other one, Remus Lupin, was wearing a black t-shirt, a brown jersey and some jean pants. His hair was on a wild haircut, it was a little shorter than shoulder-length, and the gray tuft he always had wasn't really big, and it gave him an interesting look.

They were both drinking a beer and smiling, when Remus cut Sirius off and said, happily. "Well, it looks like we have company…"

Sirius turned around. There, in the door of the pub, was Harry, darting the pub to see if he found someone. Before Sirius could even call for him, Harry had already seen them. He walked to their table, smiling on a strange way. "Hi Harry"
"Hello" Harry said sounding not too good. Both Sirius and Remus exchanged worried glances, as they motioned Harry to sit with them in the table. "Want something to drink?" Remus asked Harry. He nodded. Seconds later, a cute young waitress came to their table.
"What can I get you, sir?" she asked Harry. Nervously, he said. "A..coke, no, coffee, uh.."
"Make it a tea" Sirius said, quickly looking at his godson. The waitress nodded and walked away. She came back minutes later with a big cup of tea, which Harry drank almost completely in less than two minutes.
"Harry, are you ok?"
"Wha-yes, uh... I think so"
"What is it? You look... stressed out" Remus asked, trying to find the words. He couldn't use desperate or some of those. Although Harry did look bad. As a matter of fact, he looked like he hadn't slept good in the last days or… something strange. He hadn't looked so ever since Voldemort's days, and for just one second, Remus feared that Harry would tell them that something bad with the deatheaters have happened. But when he opened his mouth and started explaining his problem, Remus had to smile relieved. The problem Harry had was extremly normal, and even more to someone from his young age.

"Uh.. I guess you know that the wedding is in few days… three days, actually" he didn't look at them in their faces when he said that. What if they thought he was stupid? Or that he was a child? They both had passed for this… well, it had not really been like THIS, Remus had not gotten married, neither him nor his 'wife' (they called each other husband and wife, although they were not legally married) believed in marriage, and Sirius… he had gotten married just because of his wife, who had always wanted to have the great big wedding, there had been some trouble, being Sirius an ex-convict the church still doubted of him, so they ended up getting married at Hogwarts (on summer) as Dumbledore as the person who married them. It had been a nice day.
Both Sirius and Remus smiled at each other. So it was because of the marriage…

"What's the problem?" Remus asked, after some seconds of quietness. Harry looked up once again.

"Well… everything. I mean… I'm really nervous. I can't stand people staring at me for too much time. What if I make a fool of myself? What if I forget the thing I have to say? What if Ginny says no? What if I die from a brain-paralysis before I can say yes…?"

(Months later, when he and Ginny were already married and trying to conceive a baby, he remembered that day with much endearment. He now understood why both, Sirius and Remus had looked at each other and started laughing. At first he couldn't understand it, and had been about to get up and leave, angry that the two persons that have been like parents to him, were laughing in his face, but now that he thought about it, it must have been a happy moment, and he was sure that if he had been in Sirius or Remus' shoes, he would have laughed as well.)

"I don't see what's so funny about my fears, you know?" he said angrily. Both Remus and Sirius sensed the tone and stopped laughing.

"Harry, you nothing of that is going to happen" Sirius said, cleaning the tears from his eyes away. "You are not going to make a fool of yourself, you are not going to forget the things you have to say, Ginny is not going to say no, and you are definitely not going to die from a brain-paralysis… you are just scared, as we all are when we have to make big steps. It's perfectly normal what you are going through, but you can not think that. Harry, you are nervous and it's pretty normal, but don't let the nervousness win you"

"Sirius is right, Harry" Remus said, after taking a sip of his beer. "Everytime you have to make a bid step you are nervous and you only think of the bad things that can happen to you, but what about the things afterwards? You will be living with the woman you  love, you will have a family of your own… if you don't want to think of that day that's making you so nervous, then don't think of it. Look at the bright side, don't stop and think of all the bad things that might happen, otherwise you won't enjoy your moment…"

"Yeah, besides, nothing can go wrong from there. I mean, you love Ginny and Ginny loves you. Even if things went wrong…"

"Sirius…" Remus said, on a warning tone.

"Let me finish, but even if things went wrong, how wrong can they go? I mean, the worst thing that could happen-"

"Is Ginny saying no" Harry said sadly. He couldn't even see the other's man faces, he felt too bad.

Sirius bit his lower lip as Remus put a hand on Harry's right arm. "Harry, she won't" he said slowly. "She loves you, she has been waiting for this ever since she was a kid. Harry, you have no idea how many times I've seen her back in Hogwarts staring at you with a daydream face, smiling whenever you smiled, crying whenever something bad happened to you, or when you fell from your broomstick on the Quidditch games… Harry, she has been waiting for this for ever, do you really think she's going to say no?"

Was it true, what Remus had just said? Was it true that Ginny cried when he was sick, or when something happened to him? He knew that she felt bad, but once they had started going out, but not before. So many times he had come back from the hospital wing with a broken arm, or some damage in his body, and he had seen Ginny with red eyes from crying… when he asked her what was wrong, she said that nothing, that she had just read a romantic scene and that it was too sentimental.. but even when she said that she didn't have a book in her hands… not even close. He knew that Ginny loved him, but he couldn't stop thinking that she would freak out and say no in the middle of the church, that she regretted everything but that she wanted to be single for the rest of her life, or that all of the sudden she had developed a sudden love for God, the pope and the Vatican, and that she wanted to become a nun, leaving him there in the altar, as the rest of the family gave him sad looks and then, one by one, they left the church, leaving him there all alone.

"Harry, Ginny loves you more than life itself. You are not going to say no, right?" Remus asked.

"Hell no!!"

"See? Then Ginny won't also say no. Everything will work out just fine. There's no need to be afraid of"

"But…"

"No buts, Harry" Sirius said. "When I was about to get married, I was as nervous as you are now. You don't have to be ashamed. But it's a normal thing, everything that you are going through is perfectly normal. You don't have to worry about that. Just as Moony said, everything's going to be ok. You and Ginny will have a perfect wedding, and a great day. The only thing that matters that day is Ginny and you. Just, don't listen to anybody. Only listen to what you want, and if this is really what you want, then there's no need to worry about. Don't doubt of anything, if you are certain about your feelings, then have in mind that she is certain of them too. You know Ginny, and you know that if she weren't certain of this, then she wouldn't have agreed to marry you in the first place…"

"That's true"

"See? Then try to delete those nerves from your mind, body, or wherever they are. Everything will go ok. Just relax and enjoy your last days of…FREEDOM!"

Sirius said that so loud, at the same time he crashed his hand in the table that both Remus and Harry jumped up from the shock. Then, the three of them started laughing loudly.

"So… talking about freedom…" Sirius said, grinning. Remus sighed and shook his head. He knew what this was all about. "Sirius… don't"

"Oh, shut up Moony. So… little Harry, are you planning to have any… party?"

"You mean like a bachelor party?"

"Sure!" Sirius said, excited. Harry laughed and shook his head. "No, I already said that I don't want any of those parties…no"

"So you mean that no big cake? No hot stripper coming out of it? No fun?" This time, Sirius actually looked sad.

"No" Harry answered, laughing of his godfather's face.

"But…"

"Padfoot, we are not 15 anymore. Don't you expect those sort of part-" But Remus cut himself off. He didn't feel like finishing the sentence. But now Harry was interested.

"Wait, wait, wait. What's that supposed to mean?"

Remus shook his head, while Sirius grinned, remembering the old days.

"Now talk! Don't leave me hanging! Finish the sentence, Ray!"

Remus shook his head, an innocent smile playing in his lips, as he drank a little more of beer.

"C'mon!"

Sirius and Remus exchanged mischievous looks. Sometimes when they did that, which was very often, they looked more of Harry's age. They didn't even look their real age, they looked younger. Harry was amazed of his two mentors, they doubled his age and they still behaved like small children.

"OK.. the thing is that when we were young.."

"We ARE young, my dear Moony!"

"Fine, Sirius, when we were YOUNGER, is that ok now?"

"Perfectly" Sirius said putting a face as if he were from the Royalty more than a simple citizen, making Harry laugh. "Now continue"

Remus rolled his eyes, making Harry laugh even more. "The thing is that when we were younger, about 15 years old, there was like a strip pub in Hogsmade…uh, it wasn't open very often, it was made especially for bachelor parties, and when they were open we used to go there and have some fun"

Well, that was new.

 "You mean like, fun fun?" Harry asked, raising an eyebrow, grinning.

"Well… not that fun fun, but we really enjoyed watching the strippers…"

"So no..?"

"No"

"You see, my little Harry... we don't need to pay to have sex. We had all the sex we wanted in Hogwarts for free"

"Really?" He had never talked about that with them. He knew that they had had like billions of girlfriends in Hogwarts, and even though they were pretty famous, probably the most popular boys there, but he never thought of them having sex whenever they felt like to.

"It's not like Sirius says, Harry" Remus cleared. "Although…yeah… well, yeah, it's a little bit like Sirius says, but not so much"

"It was…" Harry's grin was getting widder.

"Don't listen to him, Harry, we WERE sex gods. The female population was dying to get some of our..genes"

Harry had to grab himself to the table, to prevent himself from falling from laughter.

"Besides, he's only trying to smooth things a little bit" Sirius said, referring to Remus. "But… my, my, Harry…"

"No matter what he tells you, Harry, don't trust him. I don't think there's a girl in Hogwarts that hasn't slept with Sirius"

"Do you think that's a bad thing?" Sirius asked pretending to be offended, but his eyes sparkling more than Harry had ever seen before.

"I'm not saying anything. Besides, I think there were some that refused to sleep with him…"

"Yeah, because they had already slept with James or you"

"C'mon, Sirius…"

"Ok, we were terrible, but not THAT much…although you can not deny we were sex gods in there"

Remus grinned. "I don't deny it…!"

"But you didn't… ever.. paid for it… right?"

"No, not once"

"Nops"

"Ok…" Harry said. But he had only heard that the two of them had… what if his father..? It wasn't a bad thing, of course, but it was strange to know that your father had paid to sleep with women… and it was even stranger to hear it from your uncles.

"And… my father…?"

"Don't worry, Harry" Remus said, smiling sweetly. "James never paid either, as a matter of fact, as soon as he befriended Lily… well, he changed a lot. In every way. Your mother did a great miracle with your father"

Harry smiled but said nothing. He was silent for some seconds, totally aware that both grown men were looking at him. "Ok, I think I'm going to go. I have to go…to Diagon Alley, to buy something" he said, getting up. He said goodbye to Sirius and Remus and then walked off.

"Who does he remind you off?" Remus asked, a sad smile on his lips.

"I think James said the exact same words when he was about to marry Lily"

"I know"

Both friends were silent for some seconds, looking sad at the memory of James.

"We're getting old, my friend" Sirius admitted. Remus nodded his head and then ordered two other beers.

Out of the pub, Harry walked slowly through the streets of muggle London. He knew that those two men that had been like his uncles ever since he had gotten to know them were right. Ginny loved him, and he loved her. The rest would come alone.

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Hermionehasharry: Hi love, how are you doing? I hope you are not mad at me, 'cause I didn't post for so long! I've already told you, I think more of Harry and Hermione's relationship as a siblings-relationship. I mean, I think that Harry sees Hermione more as a sister, his 'little' sister, than as a future bride, wife, or whatever. At first I thought, ooh, Harry HAS to end up with the trio's girl, the smart one… but no, after reading the rest of the books I realized that they had another sort of relationship. More like the relationships I have with my best (male) friends. I mean, I can not see them as my boyfriends, and neither they can see me as their girlfriends. Anyway! I heard that there are many many new characters in the new book, and as soon as I read it I'll tell you about my opinion in the relationship things! From what I can tell you, and from what I've read from my german book, I LOVE Tonks… she's so much like me…! So ACCIDENT PRONEEE! Besides, she's a really good friend of Lupin… heheh! That's a couple that, from what I've read, would be nice to see togheter! :D Anyway, I'll tell you as soon as I'm finished with it… it won't take me to long! :D What was your impression of Harry 5??

Sanomeh: You know? I really feel sorry for the Dursleys (I'm saying this because of the last comment on your review) I think that Petunia HATES wizards because she's a squib (don't know if I'm right or wrong, don't tell me, though, I'm buying the book tomorrow!!) and that somehow she has to prove that she's better than the rest of them… but I really feel sorry. I mean, look at Dudley! He can not go and cry everytimes something doesn't work out! He will not have mommy and daddy there for him always, and that sort of materialistic person is, from my POW, from the worst narrow-minded around. It's a shame that we have people like that in the world, but, we have to have everything in God's land… otherwise it'll be too boring! ;)

You know 'Caballeros del Zodiaco'?? Have you recognized the anime I told you about? Well, it was my favorite! Heheh. Dragon Ball, I don't like it, though! And from reading-anime… I LOVE (I'm sure I already told you, I tend to repeat myself A LOT!) "Marmalade Boy" Do you know it? I would SO love to know how to draw anime! I think they are soo nice! Even Hentai (well, not most of it… I mean, why on EARTH do they imagine a girl 'making love'-because I don't think that's making love- with a monster or picachu??) But to me, know how to draw anime… it's something great! What sort of drawings do you do? Hope you liked the chapter! :D

Jeru: Me imagino que para estas alturas ya tendras Harry Potter y la orden del Phoenix, no?? Ay! Que emocion! Yo, como le vengo diciendo a todo el mundo, me lo compro mañana! Asi que por ahora no me cuentes nada, pero si queres ni bien lo termino te madno un mail y hablamos... asi me decis tus impresiones, te parece?
Como anda el clima por alla, en Chile? Aca hoy  nevo... te juro que nunca habia visto la nieve! La ultima vez fue cuando tenia 3 años, en Bariloche, pero la verdad es que era muy chiquita y no me acuerdo nada... pero hoy me  re diverti! Hasta hize culipatin con una amiga, jejejeje, estuvo increible! :D

Que suerte por tu amiga que se va a Canada, pero es una lastima que te deje. Porque se va? Yo lo que te puedo decir, y por haberlo vivido mas que nadie, te puedo decir que tu amiga no va  aestar bien, y no lo va a pasar bien, se van a necesitar mutuamente, y lo mejor que podes hacer es decirle que trate de adaptarse, que no se encasille, y mientras tanto ambas tienen que seguir con sus vidas, porque eso no significa que no sigan siendo amigas. Las amistades verdaderas nunca se pierden, ni por la distancia no por nada. Vos, con animo, y ella tambine, van a salir adelante!
Tu hermana esta en Argentina? Que lindoooo! Que envidia! Yo tengo a la madre de mi amiga de aca (la que siempre te digo) que se va a Chile mañana... esta re emocionada! Y claro... hace como 1 año que no ve a su familia! Pero a mi amiga no le hace gracia quedarse con el padre todo un mes, jajaja, pobre!
Como te fue en Brasil?? Yo tengo MUCHAS ganas de ir!
Chee, viste que lei tus fics y que te deje reviews?? La verdad es que son HER-MO-SOS! E incluso caundo a mi la pareja Draco-Ginny no me gusta, me parecieron que en esos fics no habia pareja mejor! Lastima que no tenia intenciones de meter a Draco en este fic pero en el otro que estoy escribiendo lo voy a meter... no va a ser pareja con nadie, pero por lo menos vas a tener el gusto de verlo actuar... ahora como malo o bueno no te voy a decir.. jejeje!

Ayy! Machos! Ya se lo que le paso a Adan... y es muy lindo, osea, esta tremenod, lo partis por donde sea, pero la verdad es que yo me quedo con el reveldon de Ariel! No tiene un fisico que destaca, pero a mi los chicos de ese estilo me pueden! Con ese pelo revelde... independientes, dulces... si te fijas, por ejemplo, todas las descripciones que hago de Lupin son asi! Con el pelo revelde... dulce... es que asi es mi chico ideal! Ahhhhhh! EL AMOR!
Y como andan tus intereses amorosos? Los mios por el suelo, jajaja, pero poco a poco se van levantando... hay alguien...!
Bueno, espero que te haya gustado el capi!
bechote enorme!
ML

Dragon Girl Revlis: I LOVE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN! And I adore MORE Johnny Depp! Count on me, I would OBVIOUSLY read your fic! Can't promise a date, because I'm in the middle of my examns-period. This next to weeks I have my german-examn, and if I pass it, they will give me a 'certificate' that says that I know german… I'm sooo nervous! Wish me luck!

Annison: I also think that Hermione's over reacting, but if she didn't… we wouldn't have any fic now! Noooo, seriously, it's just the way people react in such moments… you can't know how you will react until it happens to you, and it doesn't always have to be the right path, it's just the way you think, and you THINK you are doing the best for you, for your family, when the only think you are doing is tearing yourself apart, but you can not know that, can you? It's a way of self-deffense. But don't worry, I think Hermione's waking up and realizing that she has done the right thing… :) Hope you liked the chappy!

RipcurlGirl89: Hi there girl! I hope you haven't had any more problems with your email! Did they hack anything important? Anyway, I will be sending you emails to your new adress! Love! (did you like the chapter??)

HPFanFicLuvr: Oyyy! How cute! Mini cloned James-Lilys!! I want one of those! Where can I get one?? Lol. Even so, I think that they make a perfect couple, they complement each other greatly! Besides if Harry has a boy with Ginny's eyes and a girl with his eyes and ginny's hair.. it's true! Little Lily and James… but I would NEVER make him name his childs so… I think they'll feel compared with their grandpas… but oh, well, I'm thinking to much!
Hermione will get over her I like him, I like him not, don't worry about that… which path do you think she's going to choose? Hope you liked the chapter!

l[LiSa PiCe'A PePeRoNi PiZzA]l: Did you get happy when I answered your review?? Ohh! How cute!! But it's the same, I mean, I also got happy when THE reader (for me, it was THE reader) answered MY review… but, darling, how can I ignore such a wonderful review as yours is?? I love to get things from you! You make me laugh so much! :D

I also like the Ron/Ally scenes… for me there's nothing more sexier (hehe) than a man with a baby… or with sunglasses. And if he has both.. my, oh, my! And about Ron/Hermione, I'm sure you'll be happy to read next chapters… believe me… but will you be happy in the end? I hope I don't dissapoint you **evil grin**

So you play on a band?? Lucky for you!! What thing do you play?? Bass.. I'm going to start playing Drums.. (I LOVE THEMMMMM!) quite weird for a girl, right? Hehehe, it's so strange to have a drummer-girl! But I love it and nobody's going to stop me from doing it! Besides you sing! Oooooh, that's sooo nice! What sort of music do you sing in the chor?? Tell me! I love listening to music! What sortof music do you like? My fav. Are Bryan Adams (myyy goodness isn't he sweet! I melt with him!) Dido (love her style… everything!) old music, Argentinean Rock (the besttt) aaaand! A Spanish guy: Alejandro Sanz! Do you know him? He sang one of his songs with Destiny's child last year… perhaps you know who am I talking about? I recommend you to download this song from him : "Aquello Que Me Diste" (Everything that you gave me) if you do, send me an email, and I'll send you the lyrics in Spanish AND English! It's sooo sweet! And if you like him I can tell you more and more songs! Do you have any songs to recommend me? I'm open to all types!
well, have to go now! Hope you liked the chapter!
love!!
ML

sweet775: British Columbia? That is in the Pazific or the Atlantic Ocean? I'm sure it must be really nice… I'd love to visit Canada someday! What can you tell me about it? Yeah, french is easier to a spanish-speaking person, because they come from the same place, and there are many things that are almost the same… soo nice! French, I don't think it's a sexy language, for I think Spanish is sexier, then english, but I can't wait to be able to talk French! Have you ever been to France? Do you speak much in Canada??

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