Jenny's POV – late September 1978
I lay on Remus' chest with his duvet pulled over me and him. He had his arms around me and I was tracing small circles into his chest. He was so nice and warm. I closed my eyes and felt Remus shifting slightly before pulling me closer.
"Jenny have you told your parents about us?" He asked me. I opened my eyes and bit my lip. How could I answer this. Yes because I'm just a ghost. I couldn't tell my parents. They were already slightly annoyed with me dating Remus. They had the whole prejudice against half humans. I really didn't want to die young.
"Um, not yet." I said slowly. Remus sighed and stroked my hair. "But I've arranged for us to go to China to see them this weekend" I said. I had been planning it for a while. My parents just thought I was going back to China during my holiday. They didn't know that Remus was coming yet. I was really treading a really fine line between being disowned and being the perfect daughter. My parents held all these strange old traditional morals that many wizards and witches around the world held.
"Do they know I'm coming?" Remus asked looking at me amused.
"No." I admitted. I couldn't look at Remus. He put a hand on my bare back and rolled me onto him.
"You're not changing your mind are you? About marrying me?" Remus asked me uncertainly. Oh, Merlin. How could he think that. After Lily and James' wedding I just wanted to become Mrs. Lupin. I couldn't wait. I kissed Remus.
"What made you think that?" I asked him after the kiss. "You don't think that-"
"I don't know. You just don't seem to be very enthusiastic about it any more" Remus said, avoiding my eyes. I looked away and lowered my head on his chest.
"Of course I want to still marry you. I love you so much and I always will it's just that-" I took a deep breath. I hated my parents, I always had to be so particular about how I approached them about these kind of things. "It's just that it's difficult. My parents aren't as easy as Lily's parents, they won't let me go so young like Lily was allowed to do. They're really fussy and particular and I've just been so busy so we haven't had much time together." I looked at Remus, "Don't you dare think I don't want to marry you." I told him. Remus smiled but he still wasn't looking at me. He turned and looked at a clock that was on the table next to his bed and sighed.
"Isn't it time for you to get to St. Mungos?" Remus asked me, one of his hands stroking my back and getting lower and lower.
"I'm having a study session in the Library with Healer Smethwyck. He's teaching me about different snake venoms and how to treat them." I told Remus. He nodded and looked at me.
"What time do you need to go?" He asked.
"In about two hours." I said with a smile. I kissed Remus again and pulled the duvet over myself a bit more. Remus put his arms around my back. I loved feeling his skin against mine. It always made me feel closer to Remus though I did wish I had the same self control as Lily had before she got married. It would have made things a little bit more special. I put a hand in Remus' sandy coloured hair and the other one on his chest. We were just about to make things a little more passionate when there was a tapping at the window. We broke apart and Remus swore under his breath. He got out of the bed and pulled some boxers on before wondering over to the window. I sighed and sat in the bed, with the covers pulled over me slightly. I reached onto the floor to pick up some underwear while watching Remus. I loved watching him. His skin, although it had gotten a bit of colour over the summer, was still quite pale but he didn't look as bad as usual. He had just come out of the full moon and was feeling his best. One of the reasons I had organised this dinner with my parents for this weekend. Remus took a letter from the owl and closed the window. I pulled my hair behind my back and Remus sat on the edge of the bed. I crept over to him when I had put a few clothes on and put my arms around his shoulders and let my hands rest on his chest.
"Who's it from?" I asked, kissing Remus' neck.
"Lily." Remus said, his eyes going to the end of the letter.
"Oh, read it to me." I said looking at the letter.
"To Remus and Jenny. I presume you'll be together. Having a great time in Egypt, we're going to Hong Kong tomorrow then we're going to stop by Beijing before going to Shanghai then flying by plane to Seoul in South Korea. I would have written sooner but between the sight seeing and the travelling and our duties of being husband and wife James and I don't seem to actually spend much time to do anything else, not that I'm complaining." Remus stopped and frowned.
"What?" I asked him amused.
"Sorry but Lily doesn't seem the type to be like that." Remus said. I rolled my eyes and took the letter to finish reading it for Remus.
"I hope you guys are having fun and having a good time. I'll try and get you something from somewhere but again, I don't think James and I will have much time. Hope things are going ok. James wanted me to say that he hopes that he's got the house. Remus, could you just make sure that the house at Godric's hollow is ours and that it's all paid for? Thanks. Lots of love Lily." I read. "Sounds like they're having fun." I smiled. Remus smiled as well.
"Yeah. Egypt and Asia. James must have spent a fortune." Remus said.
"He did." I told him. I had helped James plan their honeymoon and it cost a lot in both Muggle and wizard money. Lily's parents had been great and had helped pay for the flights from China, to Korea to Japan. I moved myself around Remus so I was on his lap and my legs were on either side of his body. He put his arms around the bottom of my back to stop me from slipping off.
"I hope our honeymoon will be as good as theirs." I said with a cheeky smile.
"You want to go to Egypt as well?" Remus asked, playing with a lock of my hair. I grinned.
"No, I want to be with you." I said with a grin. Remus grinned as well and kissed me.
"I think I can manage that. Just makes sure it's not on a full moon." Remus said.
"It won't make a difference, Moony won't hurt me." I said confidently. And I knew I was right. The wolf inside Remus wouldn't hurt me. I'd been with Remus for almost every single Transformation since Christmas and Moony hadn't hurt me once. I kissed Remus again and he pulled me closer and his kisses went down my face to my neck.
"Are you sure you need to go to the library?" Remus muttered against my skin. His breath tickled my neck and I smiled.
"Someone has to bring in the money." I said quietly. Remus suddenly pulled away and looked at me right in the eyes.
"I'm looking for a job, I swear but no one seems to want to hire me." Remus said, "I'll get one though." I smiled at him and kissed him.
"I don't mind if you have a job or not Remus." I told Remus, I really didn't care. As long as Remus was alive and relatively healthy. I knew there were periods when Remus wasn't all that fit because of the full moon transformations. Remus put a hand to my cheek and smiled.
"I'm sure you don't but I feel weird." He said, looking into my eyes. I loved his eyes, they just seemed to melt my insides like butter on a fire. I felt my insides go slightly funny. Remus gave me a gentle kiss and put his hand under my shirt so his hand was on my back.
"Don't." I whispered with my eyes closed. "I think I should go."
"I thought you said you didn't need to meet with Healer Smethwyck for another two hours." Remus asked. Brushing his lips against mine.
"I want to get some practical in before." I told Remus. Lily and I, as Healers had to do at least two hundred hours of practical with the nurses in St. Mungos before we could go onto the next stage of training. Both of us already have about a hundred hours, Lily had made sure she wouldn't have to spend extra time catching up after she got back from her honeymoon. Though I was getting a bit behind. Stupid Remus and his annoying handsome body, distracting me from my work! I slipped off his lap and stood up. Remus sighed and stood up as well. I went to Remus' wardrobe. Because I spent so much time at Remus' flat we pretty much lived as a couple. I had a lot of clothes in his house because it was too much fuss going all the way up to Manchester where my family home was.
My parents didn't really mind, they just thought that I was staying with a roommate, a female roommate, that's why I always got April round when they came. They thought I was sharing a flat with April. I heard Remus putting his own clothes on while I got the light blue trainee healer robes down from his wardrobe and put them on over my jeans and t-shirt. I turned to see Remus looking at me with an amused look. He looked so nice in the clothes he was wearing. Those really nice Muggle Corduroy trousers I had brought him when Lily, April and I had gone shopping in London for Lily's wedding dress and a nice blue plaid shirt.
"What?" I asked him. He came over and put his arms around me.
"You look so grown up in that robe." He said.
"It's only trainee robes" I said, letting Remus pull me closer.
"Still." Remus said. "Maybe tonight, if you keep them on-"
"I can't, I've got graveyard shift at St. Mungos." I said regretfully. Remus looked at me slightly annoyed. "Tomorrow night." I said with a grin. Remus smiled.
"Ok." Remus said. I touched his cheek before putting my wand away and then apparating to the hospital. I had just straightened my robes when Sister Katherine, a weird muggle-born witch who insisted we call her sister. She has stringy blond hair and a fairly thin face. She vaguely reminded me of Petunia Evans, well Petunia Dursley now.
"Ah, Jenny. I thought you weren't going to be in today." She said, coming over with a clipboard perched on her arm.
"I wanted to do some practical. I'm getting a bit behind." I told her as she handed me the clipboard.
"No, not really. You've been doing better then most of the healers."
"Lily's ahead of me and she's on her honeymoon." I said simply. Sister Katherine nodded thoughtfully.
"True. Well, Justine Kristin wants help with the long term patients in the Janus Thickey ward. Apparently they're going a bit strange again. And I'll need you to help me to distribute hand out the medicine to those poor people who got hurt in the Death Eater attack on Tuesday." I murmured a reply. Most of my time was spent helping victims of Deatheater attacks. It was quite depressing but by doing this I was helping towards the cause of good. I would never turn like that voice in my head kept telling me. I knew that voice was Voldemort and he hadn't spoken to me for a while but he was trying to convert me. I didn't receive any pain either like April did. It seemed that April was more connected them Lily or myself. She got messages from him more often and in more painful doses. She tried to describe the pain to me when we decided to have a girls night at her new house last week but words failed her. I sighed and checked the clipboard before turning and heading for the stairs.
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Remus held my hand tightly as I went to the heavy wooden gates that bordered the grounds of our Chinese estate. It had been in our family for over a thousand years and the gates were still standing. There was a small roof like structure that was on top of the wall and over the gates were two long carvings of Lion Dragons or also known as Chinese Fireballs. When I was younger, before I moved to England I swear I used to see them come alive and prowl around the grounds. I saw Remus looking up at them and study them.
"They're the Chang family Guardians. My ancestors built this house in the year of the dragon, so they decided to make the house a tribute to the Dragon, you'll see Dragon guardians all over the-" The gates opened and my older brother appeared. He grinned and pulled me into a strong hug.
"Jenny!" He said. "How are you? I haven't seen you in a long time." He said in Chinese.
"I'm fine." I replied in English. I was always more comfortable talking in English. "Zhao this is Remus Lupin, my boyfriend." I said. Zhao looked at me then to Remus. He smiled.
"I remember you. Part of the marauders at school?" He asked. Remus smiled as Zhao offered his hand. Remus took it and shook it.
"Yes" Remus said.
"You're also the werewolf." He added.
"Zhao!" I snapped. Zhao looked at me innocently then his face went serious. He moved aside and Remus and I walked into the courtyard of the house. There were buildings surrounding us.
"Does mother and father know Remus is coming?" Zhao asked.
"Um, no they don't." I said.
"You said they knew." Remus said to me. I looked at him apologetically.
"Well, I said I was bringing a friend." I told them. Remus looked at me and then forced a smile. Zhao sighed and rolled his eyes.
"You couldn't have your teen rebellion when you were fifteen like me and Lee could you?" He said in Chinese.
"Zhao!" I snapped again. My brother could be quite cheeky at times.
"Well my wife is here as well so this should be interesting." He said in English.
"I wish you'd choose one language to talk in." Remus muttered. I looked at him and smiled at his confused expression. I put an arm around his waist and Zhao nodded to the main building of the house. We walked over and Zhao opened one of the thin paper doors.
"Mother, Father, Jenny is here. She brought Remus Lupin." Zhao announced in Chinese. I stepped into the room first and saw Mother, father, my old grandmother as well as a very pretty young Chinese woman that I had never seen before. Zhao sat down between the new lady and my grandmother, who's hair was white but still had streaks of black in it. My parents looked at me and then their eyes went to Remus who had come in behind me.
"Hi." I said nervously. I put my hands behind my back and slipped the ring that Remus had given me off my finger.
"Jenny, it is nice of you to come, did you have a good journey?" My mother said kindly. She seemed to be nice enough but my father was looking rather stiff and cold. I went to the floor seat next to my mother. I indicated for Remus to sit down next to me and he awkwardly sat on the floor cross legged.
"Yes it was very nice. Mother, Father this is Remus Lupin my f-" I stopped myself.
"Your friend? We know." Father said. He was looking at Remus coldly. "You are a werewolf are you not?" Father asked. I lowered my eyes and glanced at Remus, he didn't seemed that concerned.
"Yes I am sir." He said.
"You think you are good enough for my daughter?" Father asked. Remus shifted uncomfortably and scratched the back of his head. He looked at me for help.
"Father, it doesn't matter if he thinks he's good enough for me. I think he's good enough for me." I said tiredly.
"What are you people talking about?" my grandmother asked in Chinese. She didn't understand a word of English. No, she knew Hello, Goodbye and Jenny. I had long since ditched my Chinese name for the English name Jenny. It had taken a while to get my grandmother to call me Jenny but she now called me by both my English and Chinese name.
"Jenny Yue-Yin is this your boyfriend?" She asked in her high voice. She grinned at Remus and Remus gave a smile.
"Yes he is." I said in Chinese.
"He is very handsome."
"Thank you." I told her in English, without thinking. My grandmother nodded and I guess that she had learnt a new phrase since I last saw her two years ago.
"What did she say?" Remus asked quietly.
"That you're handsome." I said with a smirk. Remus gave a slight bow of respect to my grandmother.
"Polite to." She added in Chinese.
"Let us eat." Zhao said, "I'm hungry" Remus looked at me cluelessly, I think my family seemed to forget that not all of us were Chinese.
"You're always thinking of your stomach Zhao!" said the lady next to him in perfect English.
"I know Hui-Ying" Zhao said with a grin. The woman grinned and father summoned the house elf. I turned to Remus.
"Do you feel left out at all? I know Lily and April sometimes feel a bit weird when they come." I said to Remus.
"No, it's strange though. I'm just proud that you can speak two languages so fluently" Remus said. I smiled. "What was that thing your grandmother said Jenny You Ying?"
"Yue-Yin?" I asked him. Remus nodded. "That's my Chinese name."
"It's incredibly pretty." Remus said. I gave him another smile.
"I don't think so. It's a bit too...exotic for me." I said, "And it doesn't suit me." I told him. My name meant happy and smart. I was happy but I didn't think I was that smart. I could feel the nervousness again. I had to tell my parents but I didn't know how to tell them I was getting engaged. I suppose I could have put my ring on and see how long until my parents noticed but that would be a wimp's way out. I wasn't a wimp. I wasn't put into Gryffindor for no reason, I should have gone into Ravenclaw like my sister Lee and Zhao had but the Sorting hat at school had decided to put me into Gryffindor. The house elf put small bowls of noodles, steamed vegetables, Chicken balls and rice on the table in front of us. Remus smiled and looked at me.
"So, Remus, you ever eaten Chinese before?" Zhao asked picking up a pair of chopsticks.
"I've had some but nothing like this." Remus said as he picked up the chopsticks. I was surprised to find he knew how to use them. I watched him as he picked up some noodles and put it into his mouth. Everyone had started eating but me.
"What do you think?" I asked him. He nodded, obviously impressed. "Very nice." He said, he looked at me with a smile and then noticed I hadn't picked up my own chopsticks.
"I'm not hungry." I said quietly. Remus nodded and squeezed my hand under the table. I knew what my parents would say when I told them about me and Remus. I didn't think I could handle it. What if they practically disowned me? They had agreed to Zhao's girlfriend because she was pretty and completely Chinese. Her family were a highly respected Chinese family. I started fidgeting with the bottom of my jeans and watched Remus eating and talking to my brother. My Grandmother kept giving me grins, it wasn't unusual of her, I was her favoured grand daughter but it was still a bit weird, like her smiles were suggesting something. I shuddered slightly at the thought, do not think of my grandmother thinking like that! I told myself. I glanced at my parents. They were talking in hushed voices and Mother kept giving Remus a few side glances. I knew they were talking about me.
"Jenny Yue-Yin why are you not eating?" My grandmother asked me in her Chinese
"I'm not hungry" I said, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear. I couldn't bring myself to eat anything. My nervousness increasing, Merlin this must have been how Lily felt when she was getting married. She had gone on and on about how scared she was that James would suddenly change his mind and planning everything that could go wrong. I tried to take the advice I had given Lily, 'Relax, everything will be fine' I could laugh, if I tell my parents I'm going to marry a werewolf they'll throw a fit!
"You have travelled all the way from England, you must eat something." My mother said gently. I slowly picked up my chopsticks and picked up a small bit of rice and put it in my mouth. My grandmother didn't look to pleased with the amount I had eaten so I took a bigger piece of fried meat and put it into my mouth.
"How is Healer training Jenny?" Mother asked, in Chinese. She seemed to be speaking carefully like she was treading on thin ice.
"It's going ok." I said, "I think I'll be on the next stage of training in the next few months."
"Why are you not on the next stage now?" Father asked sternly.
"Because I haven't had enough time to do all the practical." I said, trying to be respectful.
"Is it because of your boyfriend?" He asked slightly annoyed, "Lee or Zhao would have completed training quickly."
"Be nice to Jenny Yue-Yin, it is not her fault that she is busy." Grandmother said to Father.
"Father, I have been helping Lily with her wedding. It was very difficult and complex to organise, you were there you saw what we had to do."
"She couldn't have organised it herself? It isn't your wedding." Father said,
"I'm her best friend, I wanted to help."
"Instead of doing your training?" Father asked. I took in a sharp breath at this. Father never fully understood why I'd changed my name when I was younger either. He still called me by my Chinese name. He was very patriotic and only let us go to Hogwarts because his job required him to work in England at the time.
"Are you still annoyed I didn't get into Ravenclaw like Lee and Zhao?" I asked father, my temper rising slightly. Zhao's conversation with Remus faltered slightly as he listened to my conversation.
"No, Jenny-" Mother started to say.
"Yes, you are clever, you should have been in Ravenclaw then you decide to date this Werewolf. We accepted that but you bring him here without telling us!" Father said.
"I told you I was going to bring a friend!" I snapped at my dad. Remus turned to me at this and everyone was listening to mine and my father's conversation except Remus, who didn't understand Chinese.
"But he is a werewolf, do you understand how dangerous he is?" Father asked me pointing at Remus. Remus looked slightly alarmed and looked at me. He had obviously figured out what we were arguing about and was looking at me anxiously.
"I know he is dangerous but he will not hurt me-"
"How do you know!"
"Because I stay with him during his transformations!" I said, my voice fairly raised.
"Jenny." Remus said slowly and quietly. I turned to Remus, my breathing was fairly heavy and I could just feel so angry that my father was just so-! I can't even finish that sentence. I looked into Remus' eyes and immediately felt slightly better.
"Sorry." I muttered, lowering my gaze to the table.
"I have no problem with the boy being a werewolf." My grandmother said casually, like there was nothing wrong. "He is good and kind and you have to be an idiot if you cannot see that he cares for Jenny Yue-Yin." She said eating a piece of rice.
"That is not the point" My father said slamming his hand on the table causing everyone to start in surprise.
"What's happening?" Remus asked me, putting his hand on my back.
"He has issues with you being a werewolf" I muttered quietly. "The stupid son of a-"
"Finish that sentence Yue-yin and you will not return to this house." Father said. I stared at my father's livid brown eyes and looked at him defiantly.
"I do not think I will be welcome to this house ever again once I tell you my news."
"You're not pregnant are you?" Zhao blurted out in English. I looked at him, Remus looked at him slightly surprised.
"No." I said. "I'm not pregnant."
"Do not give her ideas!" Father said in English. "She will wait until-"
"It is too late for that Father." I said to him. I could feel my courage growing with my anger against my father. I just wanted to defy him now. Everyone looked at me shocked, except my grandmother, who hadn't understood my English.
"Excuse me?" My mother asked.
"Uh oh." Zhao muttered. Remus had suddenly gone pale and my father stood up and looked down at me.
"What are you saying?" He asked dangerously in Chinese. I stood up as well. I wasn't nearly as tall as my father but I was a reasonable height. I felt Remus's hand on my calf as if to warn me not to do anything stupid.
"I am not a virgin father!" I said in Chinese. My grandmother suddenly dropped her chopsticks in shock. "I haven't been one since July, after Remus Proposed to me!" I said. Everyone looked at me shocked. Remus obviously sensed something and kept quiet.
"What did you say to him?" Father asked. I put my hand in my pocket and pulled out the ring and put it on the finger it was supposed to go on. My Father took in a very sharp breath and looked at me like I had just done the worst thing in his eyes.
"You cannot stop me father." I said to him in a calm and dangerous voice. His eyes stayed on my hand and then his eyes went to Remus.
"Very well. You are no longer my daughter if you are going to marry this werewolf, he cannot even give you children!" he said
"He can." I told father.
"I do not want my name associated with half breed children. I have been patient with you Yue-Yin. Your Muggle born friend Lily friend, your blonde whore friend and now you defy me again by accepting a proposal from this half breed?" His words struck me like an arrow. Was my father that narrow minded? I thought he liked Lily and April. April wasn't a whore and Lily, so what if she was Muggle born.
"I cannot believe you father." I said, tears coming to my eyes. "I have tried hard to please you and you should have told me what you thought of Lily and April before I became friends with them."
"I was expecting you to find out on your own but obviously your mind has been polluted by their views." Father said. He was just like Voldemort's voice in my head. Reject the good and only have those who are worthy as wizards. There was nothing on this earth that would force me to leave my friends. "You are more of a disappointment then your brother. At least he is marrying someone who can be proud to be called a witch, even if he is a quidditch player. I expected a better judgement from you Yue-Yin. I do not want to see your face in my presence until you accept that you have done wrong." Father said. Mother gasped and the ret of my family looked away from me though I knew it was simply so that my father wouldn't snap at them. A tear escaped my eyes and fell down my cheek. I turned and ran out of the building into the gardens of the estate. There were small rivers and ponds around the gardens. I ran across several tiny stone bridges, through the patch of lilies and irises to a small wooded are where there were tall bamboo trees. I ran down a path and went to a small hut like building with a stone bench. As soon as I got there I went to my knees and crossed my arms over the stone bench and put my head in my arms. I let the tears flow free.
I tried to tell myself I didn't care about what my father thought but it wasn't any use. I had effectively just been disowned. If you read between the lines my father was telling me that I wasn't worthy enough to carry the name of Chang. His words had stung me more then I thought and him effectively insulting my friends didn't help either. I was just so hurt that my father was so narrow minded and couldn't accept the fact that the world was changing, so what if I loved and wanted to marry a werewolf. People shouldn't decide what they thought of a person by their heritage. There was a little rustle behind me and I turned to see the blurry outline of my grandmother in the entrance of the building. I wiped my eyes with my palms.
"Grandmother." I muttered in Chinese as she came to the bench. She used her knobbly walking stick to help her walk to the bench and sat down with some difficulty. I tried to help her but she batted me away with her stick.
"Jenny Yue-Yin. Do not be upset by your father, he does not fully understand what you are feeling." She said. I stayed on the floor and put my hands in my lap. I was playing with the ring on my finger subconsciously and looking anywhere but my grandmother.
"It is not you who lacks good judgement." Grandmother said as she put a hand on the back of my head. "He has been swept up in the tide of evil that sweeps the world. He fears what others may think if they find that his daughter is dating such a creature as a werewolf. It is clear that your friend is not cruel and evil. He has such kind eyes and it is clear that he loves you. The pain of his burden is clear on his face." I looked up at my Grandmother
"What are you trying to say?" I asked my grandmother. She gave me a cheeky smile.
"A young girl once told me that it was not the person's background or heritage that counted, it was what they wanted to be." She said with a gentle smile. I smiled as she wiped a few tears away from my eyes with her silk handkerchief. I had told her that when I had changed my name. I had wanted to be completely English at the time, it had been when I met April. Grandmother just didn't understand why I wanted to change my name but when I'd told her what she had just repeated she accepted it. I could find quite a few examples of where that phrase had been proven true. Sirius, his family were all dark witches and wizards and he was one of the kindest, sweetest people I knew. Lily had proven to the Slytherins she was far better then them, even though she was Muggleborn and they were all pure bloods.
"I remember." I said quietly with a smile. I missed the days when I didn't have much to worry about.
"Jenny Yue-Yin." My Grandmother said. "You are growing up now, you cannot rely upon your parents to make your every decision. If you wish to marry that boy then you should marry him. Do as your heart tells you." She said gently. "What is his name anyway?" She asked. I smiled again and shook my head.
"Remus Lupin." I told her.
"Jennifer Lupin." She tried to say in English. Her speech was heavily accented and she couldn't pronounce the 'F' in my name properly. "I will grow used to it." She said after a few more tries of trying to pronounce my name. I loved my grandmother so much, she made me feel happy when I felt upset. She knew exactly what to say and she always made it so that I was never the one who was wrong or she helped me to see the error of my ways without hurting me too much. She could just make me feel more relaxed and happy, only Remus had the same effect my grandmother had on me. I put my head on my grandmother's legs and closed my eyes. She put a hand on my back and stroked my hair with her other hand like she had done before I had attended Hogwarts.
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A/N:-Where is Remus I hear you saying! Why didn't he go and help Jenny? You'll see in the next chapter why he didn't go. All of you who like Jenny and Remus being together, you're in for a treat. The next chapter deffinately contains a lot of Jenny and Remus because next will be Remus' POV and then Sirius' POV will also have some Jenny and Remus then April will be again and still just a little more Jenny. Please review, tell me what you think.
I lay on Remus' chest with his duvet pulled over me and him. He had his arms around me and I was tracing small circles into his chest. He was so nice and warm. I closed my eyes and felt Remus shifting slightly before pulling me closer.
"Jenny have you told your parents about us?" He asked me. I opened my eyes and bit my lip. How could I answer this. Yes because I'm just a ghost. I couldn't tell my parents. They were already slightly annoyed with me dating Remus. They had the whole prejudice against half humans. I really didn't want to die young.
"Um, not yet." I said slowly. Remus sighed and stroked my hair. "But I've arranged for us to go to China to see them this weekend" I said. I had been planning it for a while. My parents just thought I was going back to China during my holiday. They didn't know that Remus was coming yet. I was really treading a really fine line between being disowned and being the perfect daughter. My parents held all these strange old traditional morals that many wizards and witches around the world held.
"Do they know I'm coming?" Remus asked looking at me amused.
"No." I admitted. I couldn't look at Remus. He put a hand on my bare back and rolled me onto him.
"You're not changing your mind are you? About marrying me?" Remus asked me uncertainly. Oh, Merlin. How could he think that. After Lily and James' wedding I just wanted to become Mrs. Lupin. I couldn't wait. I kissed Remus.
"What made you think that?" I asked him after the kiss. "You don't think that-"
"I don't know. You just don't seem to be very enthusiastic about it any more" Remus said, avoiding my eyes. I looked away and lowered my head on his chest.
"Of course I want to still marry you. I love you so much and I always will it's just that-" I took a deep breath. I hated my parents, I always had to be so particular about how I approached them about these kind of things. "It's just that it's difficult. My parents aren't as easy as Lily's parents, they won't let me go so young like Lily was allowed to do. They're really fussy and particular and I've just been so busy so we haven't had much time together." I looked at Remus, "Don't you dare think I don't want to marry you." I told him. Remus smiled but he still wasn't looking at me. He turned and looked at a clock that was on the table next to his bed and sighed.
"Isn't it time for you to get to St. Mungos?" Remus asked me, one of his hands stroking my back and getting lower and lower.
"I'm having a study session in the Library with Healer Smethwyck. He's teaching me about different snake venoms and how to treat them." I told Remus. He nodded and looked at me.
"What time do you need to go?" He asked.
"In about two hours." I said with a smile. I kissed Remus again and pulled the duvet over myself a bit more. Remus put his arms around my back. I loved feeling his skin against mine. It always made me feel closer to Remus though I did wish I had the same self control as Lily had before she got married. It would have made things a little bit more special. I put a hand in Remus' sandy coloured hair and the other one on his chest. We were just about to make things a little more passionate when there was a tapping at the window. We broke apart and Remus swore under his breath. He got out of the bed and pulled some boxers on before wondering over to the window. I sighed and sat in the bed, with the covers pulled over me slightly. I reached onto the floor to pick up some underwear while watching Remus. I loved watching him. His skin, although it had gotten a bit of colour over the summer, was still quite pale but he didn't look as bad as usual. He had just come out of the full moon and was feeling his best. One of the reasons I had organised this dinner with my parents for this weekend. Remus took a letter from the owl and closed the window. I pulled my hair behind my back and Remus sat on the edge of the bed. I crept over to him when I had put a few clothes on and put my arms around his shoulders and let my hands rest on his chest.
"Who's it from?" I asked, kissing Remus' neck.
"Lily." Remus said, his eyes going to the end of the letter.
"Oh, read it to me." I said looking at the letter.
"To Remus and Jenny. I presume you'll be together. Having a great time in Egypt, we're going to Hong Kong tomorrow then we're going to stop by Beijing before going to Shanghai then flying by plane to Seoul in South Korea. I would have written sooner but between the sight seeing and the travelling and our duties of being husband and wife James and I don't seem to actually spend much time to do anything else, not that I'm complaining." Remus stopped and frowned.
"What?" I asked him amused.
"Sorry but Lily doesn't seem the type to be like that." Remus said. I rolled my eyes and took the letter to finish reading it for Remus.
"I hope you guys are having fun and having a good time. I'll try and get you something from somewhere but again, I don't think James and I will have much time. Hope things are going ok. James wanted me to say that he hopes that he's got the house. Remus, could you just make sure that the house at Godric's hollow is ours and that it's all paid for? Thanks. Lots of love Lily." I read. "Sounds like they're having fun." I smiled. Remus smiled as well.
"Yeah. Egypt and Asia. James must have spent a fortune." Remus said.
"He did." I told him. I had helped James plan their honeymoon and it cost a lot in both Muggle and wizard money. Lily's parents had been great and had helped pay for the flights from China, to Korea to Japan. I moved myself around Remus so I was on his lap and my legs were on either side of his body. He put his arms around the bottom of my back to stop me from slipping off.
"I hope our honeymoon will be as good as theirs." I said with a cheeky smile.
"You want to go to Egypt as well?" Remus asked, playing with a lock of my hair. I grinned.
"No, I want to be with you." I said with a grin. Remus grinned as well and kissed me.
"I think I can manage that. Just makes sure it's not on a full moon." Remus said.
"It won't make a difference, Moony won't hurt me." I said confidently. And I knew I was right. The wolf inside Remus wouldn't hurt me. I'd been with Remus for almost every single Transformation since Christmas and Moony hadn't hurt me once. I kissed Remus again and he pulled me closer and his kisses went down my face to my neck.
"Are you sure you need to go to the library?" Remus muttered against my skin. His breath tickled my neck and I smiled.
"Someone has to bring in the money." I said quietly. Remus suddenly pulled away and looked at me right in the eyes.
"I'm looking for a job, I swear but no one seems to want to hire me." Remus said, "I'll get one though." I smiled at him and kissed him.
"I don't mind if you have a job or not Remus." I told Remus, I really didn't care. As long as Remus was alive and relatively healthy. I knew there were periods when Remus wasn't all that fit because of the full moon transformations. Remus put a hand to my cheek and smiled.
"I'm sure you don't but I feel weird." He said, looking into my eyes. I loved his eyes, they just seemed to melt my insides like butter on a fire. I felt my insides go slightly funny. Remus gave me a gentle kiss and put his hand under my shirt so his hand was on my back.
"Don't." I whispered with my eyes closed. "I think I should go."
"I thought you said you didn't need to meet with Healer Smethwyck for another two hours." Remus asked. Brushing his lips against mine.
"I want to get some practical in before." I told Remus. Lily and I, as Healers had to do at least two hundred hours of practical with the nurses in St. Mungos before we could go onto the next stage of training. Both of us already have about a hundred hours, Lily had made sure she wouldn't have to spend extra time catching up after she got back from her honeymoon. Though I was getting a bit behind. Stupid Remus and his annoying handsome body, distracting me from my work! I slipped off his lap and stood up. Remus sighed and stood up as well. I went to Remus' wardrobe. Because I spent so much time at Remus' flat we pretty much lived as a couple. I had a lot of clothes in his house because it was too much fuss going all the way up to Manchester where my family home was.
My parents didn't really mind, they just thought that I was staying with a roommate, a female roommate, that's why I always got April round when they came. They thought I was sharing a flat with April. I heard Remus putting his own clothes on while I got the light blue trainee healer robes down from his wardrobe and put them on over my jeans and t-shirt. I turned to see Remus looking at me with an amused look. He looked so nice in the clothes he was wearing. Those really nice Muggle Corduroy trousers I had brought him when Lily, April and I had gone shopping in London for Lily's wedding dress and a nice blue plaid shirt.
"What?" I asked him. He came over and put his arms around me.
"You look so grown up in that robe." He said.
"It's only trainee robes" I said, letting Remus pull me closer.
"Still." Remus said. "Maybe tonight, if you keep them on-"
"I can't, I've got graveyard shift at St. Mungos." I said regretfully. Remus looked at me slightly annoyed. "Tomorrow night." I said with a grin. Remus smiled.
"Ok." Remus said. I touched his cheek before putting my wand away and then apparating to the hospital. I had just straightened my robes when Sister Katherine, a weird muggle-born witch who insisted we call her sister. She has stringy blond hair and a fairly thin face. She vaguely reminded me of Petunia Evans, well Petunia Dursley now.
"Ah, Jenny. I thought you weren't going to be in today." She said, coming over with a clipboard perched on her arm.
"I wanted to do some practical. I'm getting a bit behind." I told her as she handed me the clipboard.
"No, not really. You've been doing better then most of the healers."
"Lily's ahead of me and she's on her honeymoon." I said simply. Sister Katherine nodded thoughtfully.
"True. Well, Justine Kristin wants help with the long term patients in the Janus Thickey ward. Apparently they're going a bit strange again. And I'll need you to help me to distribute hand out the medicine to those poor people who got hurt in the Death Eater attack on Tuesday." I murmured a reply. Most of my time was spent helping victims of Deatheater attacks. It was quite depressing but by doing this I was helping towards the cause of good. I would never turn like that voice in my head kept telling me. I knew that voice was Voldemort and he hadn't spoken to me for a while but he was trying to convert me. I didn't receive any pain either like April did. It seemed that April was more connected them Lily or myself. She got messages from him more often and in more painful doses. She tried to describe the pain to me when we decided to have a girls night at her new house last week but words failed her. I sighed and checked the clipboard before turning and heading for the stairs.
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Remus held my hand tightly as I went to the heavy wooden gates that bordered the grounds of our Chinese estate. It had been in our family for over a thousand years and the gates were still standing. There was a small roof like structure that was on top of the wall and over the gates were two long carvings of Lion Dragons or also known as Chinese Fireballs. When I was younger, before I moved to England I swear I used to see them come alive and prowl around the grounds. I saw Remus looking up at them and study them.
"They're the Chang family Guardians. My ancestors built this house in the year of the dragon, so they decided to make the house a tribute to the Dragon, you'll see Dragon guardians all over the-" The gates opened and my older brother appeared. He grinned and pulled me into a strong hug.
"Jenny!" He said. "How are you? I haven't seen you in a long time." He said in Chinese.
"I'm fine." I replied in English. I was always more comfortable talking in English. "Zhao this is Remus Lupin, my boyfriend." I said. Zhao looked at me then to Remus. He smiled.
"I remember you. Part of the marauders at school?" He asked. Remus smiled as Zhao offered his hand. Remus took it and shook it.
"Yes" Remus said.
"You're also the werewolf." He added.
"Zhao!" I snapped. Zhao looked at me innocently then his face went serious. He moved aside and Remus and I walked into the courtyard of the house. There were buildings surrounding us.
"Does mother and father know Remus is coming?" Zhao asked.
"Um, no they don't." I said.
"You said they knew." Remus said to me. I looked at him apologetically.
"Well, I said I was bringing a friend." I told them. Remus looked at me and then forced a smile. Zhao sighed and rolled his eyes.
"You couldn't have your teen rebellion when you were fifteen like me and Lee could you?" He said in Chinese.
"Zhao!" I snapped again. My brother could be quite cheeky at times.
"Well my wife is here as well so this should be interesting." He said in English.
"I wish you'd choose one language to talk in." Remus muttered. I looked at him and smiled at his confused expression. I put an arm around his waist and Zhao nodded to the main building of the house. We walked over and Zhao opened one of the thin paper doors.
"Mother, Father, Jenny is here. She brought Remus Lupin." Zhao announced in Chinese. I stepped into the room first and saw Mother, father, my old grandmother as well as a very pretty young Chinese woman that I had never seen before. Zhao sat down between the new lady and my grandmother, who's hair was white but still had streaks of black in it. My parents looked at me and then their eyes went to Remus who had come in behind me.
"Hi." I said nervously. I put my hands behind my back and slipped the ring that Remus had given me off my finger.
"Jenny, it is nice of you to come, did you have a good journey?" My mother said kindly. She seemed to be nice enough but my father was looking rather stiff and cold. I went to the floor seat next to my mother. I indicated for Remus to sit down next to me and he awkwardly sat on the floor cross legged.
"Yes it was very nice. Mother, Father this is Remus Lupin my f-" I stopped myself.
"Your friend? We know." Father said. He was looking at Remus coldly. "You are a werewolf are you not?" Father asked. I lowered my eyes and glanced at Remus, he didn't seemed that concerned.
"Yes I am sir." He said.
"You think you are good enough for my daughter?" Father asked. Remus shifted uncomfortably and scratched the back of his head. He looked at me for help.
"Father, it doesn't matter if he thinks he's good enough for me. I think he's good enough for me." I said tiredly.
"What are you people talking about?" my grandmother asked in Chinese. She didn't understand a word of English. No, she knew Hello, Goodbye and Jenny. I had long since ditched my Chinese name for the English name Jenny. It had taken a while to get my grandmother to call me Jenny but she now called me by both my English and Chinese name.
"Jenny Yue-Yin is this your boyfriend?" She asked in her high voice. She grinned at Remus and Remus gave a smile.
"Yes he is." I said in Chinese.
"He is very handsome."
"Thank you." I told her in English, without thinking. My grandmother nodded and I guess that she had learnt a new phrase since I last saw her two years ago.
"What did she say?" Remus asked quietly.
"That you're handsome." I said with a smirk. Remus gave a slight bow of respect to my grandmother.
"Polite to." She added in Chinese.
"Let us eat." Zhao said, "I'm hungry" Remus looked at me cluelessly, I think my family seemed to forget that not all of us were Chinese.
"You're always thinking of your stomach Zhao!" said the lady next to him in perfect English.
"I know Hui-Ying" Zhao said with a grin. The woman grinned and father summoned the house elf. I turned to Remus.
"Do you feel left out at all? I know Lily and April sometimes feel a bit weird when they come." I said to Remus.
"No, it's strange though. I'm just proud that you can speak two languages so fluently" Remus said. I smiled. "What was that thing your grandmother said Jenny You Ying?"
"Yue-Yin?" I asked him. Remus nodded. "That's my Chinese name."
"It's incredibly pretty." Remus said. I gave him another smile.
"I don't think so. It's a bit too...exotic for me." I said, "And it doesn't suit me." I told him. My name meant happy and smart. I was happy but I didn't think I was that smart. I could feel the nervousness again. I had to tell my parents but I didn't know how to tell them I was getting engaged. I suppose I could have put my ring on and see how long until my parents noticed but that would be a wimp's way out. I wasn't a wimp. I wasn't put into Gryffindor for no reason, I should have gone into Ravenclaw like my sister Lee and Zhao had but the Sorting hat at school had decided to put me into Gryffindor. The house elf put small bowls of noodles, steamed vegetables, Chicken balls and rice on the table in front of us. Remus smiled and looked at me.
"So, Remus, you ever eaten Chinese before?" Zhao asked picking up a pair of chopsticks.
"I've had some but nothing like this." Remus said as he picked up the chopsticks. I was surprised to find he knew how to use them. I watched him as he picked up some noodles and put it into his mouth. Everyone had started eating but me.
"What do you think?" I asked him. He nodded, obviously impressed. "Very nice." He said, he looked at me with a smile and then noticed I hadn't picked up my own chopsticks.
"I'm not hungry." I said quietly. Remus nodded and squeezed my hand under the table. I knew what my parents would say when I told them about me and Remus. I didn't think I could handle it. What if they practically disowned me? They had agreed to Zhao's girlfriend because she was pretty and completely Chinese. Her family were a highly respected Chinese family. I started fidgeting with the bottom of my jeans and watched Remus eating and talking to my brother. My Grandmother kept giving me grins, it wasn't unusual of her, I was her favoured grand daughter but it was still a bit weird, like her smiles were suggesting something. I shuddered slightly at the thought, do not think of my grandmother thinking like that! I told myself. I glanced at my parents. They were talking in hushed voices and Mother kept giving Remus a few side glances. I knew they were talking about me.
"Jenny Yue-Yin why are you not eating?" My grandmother asked me in her Chinese
"I'm not hungry" I said, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear. I couldn't bring myself to eat anything. My nervousness increasing, Merlin this must have been how Lily felt when she was getting married. She had gone on and on about how scared she was that James would suddenly change his mind and planning everything that could go wrong. I tried to take the advice I had given Lily, 'Relax, everything will be fine' I could laugh, if I tell my parents I'm going to marry a werewolf they'll throw a fit!
"You have travelled all the way from England, you must eat something." My mother said gently. I slowly picked up my chopsticks and picked up a small bit of rice and put it in my mouth. My grandmother didn't look to pleased with the amount I had eaten so I took a bigger piece of fried meat and put it into my mouth.
"How is Healer training Jenny?" Mother asked, in Chinese. She seemed to be speaking carefully like she was treading on thin ice.
"It's going ok." I said, "I think I'll be on the next stage of training in the next few months."
"Why are you not on the next stage now?" Father asked sternly.
"Because I haven't had enough time to do all the practical." I said, trying to be respectful.
"Is it because of your boyfriend?" He asked slightly annoyed, "Lee or Zhao would have completed training quickly."
"Be nice to Jenny Yue-Yin, it is not her fault that she is busy." Grandmother said to Father.
"Father, I have been helping Lily with her wedding. It was very difficult and complex to organise, you were there you saw what we had to do."
"She couldn't have organised it herself? It isn't your wedding." Father said,
"I'm her best friend, I wanted to help."
"Instead of doing your training?" Father asked. I took in a sharp breath at this. Father never fully understood why I'd changed my name when I was younger either. He still called me by my Chinese name. He was very patriotic and only let us go to Hogwarts because his job required him to work in England at the time.
"Are you still annoyed I didn't get into Ravenclaw like Lee and Zhao?" I asked father, my temper rising slightly. Zhao's conversation with Remus faltered slightly as he listened to my conversation.
"No, Jenny-" Mother started to say.
"Yes, you are clever, you should have been in Ravenclaw then you decide to date this Werewolf. We accepted that but you bring him here without telling us!" Father said.
"I told you I was going to bring a friend!" I snapped at my dad. Remus turned to me at this and everyone was listening to mine and my father's conversation except Remus, who didn't understand Chinese.
"But he is a werewolf, do you understand how dangerous he is?" Father asked me pointing at Remus. Remus looked slightly alarmed and looked at me. He had obviously figured out what we were arguing about and was looking at me anxiously.
"I know he is dangerous but he will not hurt me-"
"How do you know!"
"Because I stay with him during his transformations!" I said, my voice fairly raised.
"Jenny." Remus said slowly and quietly. I turned to Remus, my breathing was fairly heavy and I could just feel so angry that my father was just so-! I can't even finish that sentence. I looked into Remus' eyes and immediately felt slightly better.
"Sorry." I muttered, lowering my gaze to the table.
"I have no problem with the boy being a werewolf." My grandmother said casually, like there was nothing wrong. "He is good and kind and you have to be an idiot if you cannot see that he cares for Jenny Yue-Yin." She said eating a piece of rice.
"That is not the point" My father said slamming his hand on the table causing everyone to start in surprise.
"What's happening?" Remus asked me, putting his hand on my back.
"He has issues with you being a werewolf" I muttered quietly. "The stupid son of a-"
"Finish that sentence Yue-yin and you will not return to this house." Father said. I stared at my father's livid brown eyes and looked at him defiantly.
"I do not think I will be welcome to this house ever again once I tell you my news."
"You're not pregnant are you?" Zhao blurted out in English. I looked at him, Remus looked at him slightly surprised.
"No." I said. "I'm not pregnant."
"Do not give her ideas!" Father said in English. "She will wait until-"
"It is too late for that Father." I said to him. I could feel my courage growing with my anger against my father. I just wanted to defy him now. Everyone looked at me shocked, except my grandmother, who hadn't understood my English.
"Excuse me?" My mother asked.
"Uh oh." Zhao muttered. Remus had suddenly gone pale and my father stood up and looked down at me.
"What are you saying?" He asked dangerously in Chinese. I stood up as well. I wasn't nearly as tall as my father but I was a reasonable height. I felt Remus's hand on my calf as if to warn me not to do anything stupid.
"I am not a virgin father!" I said in Chinese. My grandmother suddenly dropped her chopsticks in shock. "I haven't been one since July, after Remus Proposed to me!" I said. Everyone looked at me shocked. Remus obviously sensed something and kept quiet.
"What did you say to him?" Father asked. I put my hand in my pocket and pulled out the ring and put it on the finger it was supposed to go on. My Father took in a very sharp breath and looked at me like I had just done the worst thing in his eyes.
"You cannot stop me father." I said to him in a calm and dangerous voice. His eyes stayed on my hand and then his eyes went to Remus.
"Very well. You are no longer my daughter if you are going to marry this werewolf, he cannot even give you children!" he said
"He can." I told father.
"I do not want my name associated with half breed children. I have been patient with you Yue-Yin. Your Muggle born friend Lily friend, your blonde whore friend and now you defy me again by accepting a proposal from this half breed?" His words struck me like an arrow. Was my father that narrow minded? I thought he liked Lily and April. April wasn't a whore and Lily, so what if she was Muggle born.
"I cannot believe you father." I said, tears coming to my eyes. "I have tried hard to please you and you should have told me what you thought of Lily and April before I became friends with them."
"I was expecting you to find out on your own but obviously your mind has been polluted by their views." Father said. He was just like Voldemort's voice in my head. Reject the good and only have those who are worthy as wizards. There was nothing on this earth that would force me to leave my friends. "You are more of a disappointment then your brother. At least he is marrying someone who can be proud to be called a witch, even if he is a quidditch player. I expected a better judgement from you Yue-Yin. I do not want to see your face in my presence until you accept that you have done wrong." Father said. Mother gasped and the ret of my family looked away from me though I knew it was simply so that my father wouldn't snap at them. A tear escaped my eyes and fell down my cheek. I turned and ran out of the building into the gardens of the estate. There were small rivers and ponds around the gardens. I ran across several tiny stone bridges, through the patch of lilies and irises to a small wooded are where there were tall bamboo trees. I ran down a path and went to a small hut like building with a stone bench. As soon as I got there I went to my knees and crossed my arms over the stone bench and put my head in my arms. I let the tears flow free.
I tried to tell myself I didn't care about what my father thought but it wasn't any use. I had effectively just been disowned. If you read between the lines my father was telling me that I wasn't worthy enough to carry the name of Chang. His words had stung me more then I thought and him effectively insulting my friends didn't help either. I was just so hurt that my father was so narrow minded and couldn't accept the fact that the world was changing, so what if I loved and wanted to marry a werewolf. People shouldn't decide what they thought of a person by their heritage. There was a little rustle behind me and I turned to see the blurry outline of my grandmother in the entrance of the building. I wiped my eyes with my palms.
"Grandmother." I muttered in Chinese as she came to the bench. She used her knobbly walking stick to help her walk to the bench and sat down with some difficulty. I tried to help her but she batted me away with her stick.
"Jenny Yue-Yin. Do not be upset by your father, he does not fully understand what you are feeling." She said. I stayed on the floor and put my hands in my lap. I was playing with the ring on my finger subconsciously and looking anywhere but my grandmother.
"It is not you who lacks good judgement." Grandmother said as she put a hand on the back of my head. "He has been swept up in the tide of evil that sweeps the world. He fears what others may think if they find that his daughter is dating such a creature as a werewolf. It is clear that your friend is not cruel and evil. He has such kind eyes and it is clear that he loves you. The pain of his burden is clear on his face." I looked up at my Grandmother
"What are you trying to say?" I asked my grandmother. She gave me a cheeky smile.
"A young girl once told me that it was not the person's background or heritage that counted, it was what they wanted to be." She said with a gentle smile. I smiled as she wiped a few tears away from my eyes with her silk handkerchief. I had told her that when I had changed my name. I had wanted to be completely English at the time, it had been when I met April. Grandmother just didn't understand why I wanted to change my name but when I'd told her what she had just repeated she accepted it. I could find quite a few examples of where that phrase had been proven true. Sirius, his family were all dark witches and wizards and he was one of the kindest, sweetest people I knew. Lily had proven to the Slytherins she was far better then them, even though she was Muggleborn and they were all pure bloods.
"I remember." I said quietly with a smile. I missed the days when I didn't have much to worry about.
"Jenny Yue-Yin." My Grandmother said. "You are growing up now, you cannot rely upon your parents to make your every decision. If you wish to marry that boy then you should marry him. Do as your heart tells you." She said gently. "What is his name anyway?" She asked. I smiled again and shook my head.
"Remus Lupin." I told her.
"Jennifer Lupin." She tried to say in English. Her speech was heavily accented and she couldn't pronounce the 'F' in my name properly. "I will grow used to it." She said after a few more tries of trying to pronounce my name. I loved my grandmother so much, she made me feel happy when I felt upset. She knew exactly what to say and she always made it so that I was never the one who was wrong or she helped me to see the error of my ways without hurting me too much. She could just make me feel more relaxed and happy, only Remus had the same effect my grandmother had on me. I put my head on my grandmother's legs and closed my eyes. She put a hand on my back and stroked my hair with her other hand like she had done before I had attended Hogwarts.
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A/N:-Where is Remus I hear you saying! Why didn't he go and help Jenny? You'll see in the next chapter why he didn't go. All of you who like Jenny and Remus being together, you're in for a treat. The next chapter deffinately contains a lot of Jenny and Remus because next will be Remus' POV and then Sirius' POV will also have some Jenny and Remus then April will be again and still just a little more Jenny. Please review, tell me what you think.