A/N: WOW! It's been along time since I last updated this fic. I'm sorry that it took so long on updating, but I've been very confused lately about stuff. MEN! They infuriate and confuse me to no end. They seriously don't know what they want and when they figure out what they want they won't do anything about it! Anyway here's the story. To make something clear LUPIN is NOT LUSTING for Cynthia.

The Pre-show Countdown

Cynthia woke up and stretched. She smiled to herself as she remembered last night. Severus was absolutely wonderful. After the Order meeting she talked to Sinistra about the concert and waited for her mother to leave. Her mother left after she thought that Severus left. When Cynthia had stepped out of Grimmauld she felt someone grab her hand and pull her into the bushes. It had been Severus and together they both Apparated to the living room of her house. Since they had nothing to do, they made themselves at home on the couch and watched a movie. She was surprised that Severus knew what a movie was. The rest of the night they spent snuggling while watching the movie. When he left he gave her a sweet kiss. He had been a complete gentleman and she was happy that she decided to go against her mother's wishes.

Cynthia rolled out bed and walked over to her mirror. "What should I wear today?" she asked her reflection. Her reflection surveyed her.

"Well what are you doing today?" asked her reflection as she looked at her. "And who was here yesterday? I heard a male voice."

"Professor Sinistra invited me to a concert and my new boyfriend was here," she responded as she looked at her reflection. Her reflection grinned at her.

"It's about time you get a new boyfriend," her reflection said to her. "Did you two-"

"Of course not. We both want a serious relationship, so we're not rushing into things," Cynthia responded as she looked at her reflection.

"Well I think that you should simply where your all black robes. You don't really need to dress up do you? I mean sometimes silver eyes, red high lights, way to sharp teeth, very sharp nails, your own appearance already makes you look Goth," Her reflections said to her as she pointed to her hair, teeth and nails. It was true. Her hair had red highlights that where slightly visible and her teeth where visibly larger and sharper than those of other people.

"Fine," Cynthia said as she turned away from her mirror and walked over to change. She quickly changed and walked over to the tarp door. She pulled it open and jumped down onto the landing. She than proceeded to walk down the stairs and make her way into the kitchen. When she was in the kitchen she heard a knock at her door and decided to walk over to the door.

When she opened the door she could see Remus standing there. "Hello Remus," she said with a smile on her face as she looked at him. He smiled back at her. "Please come in," she said as she stepped outside and he walked inside.

"Hello Cynthia," he said as he stepped inside. She closed the door after him. She always loved to have visitors in the morning. She wasn't always such a morning person, but whenever someone visited her in the morning she was happy to see people in the morning. "I came to visit you because I wanted to tell you that there is going to be an order meeting. It will take place three days before the start of term feast," he said as he looked at her. She thought about this for a moment and than looked at him. "It's to organize what's going to happen on the day the students arrive to Hogwarts. Professor Dumbledore wants to ensure the safe arrival of every single student."

Cynthia nodded in understanding. "Remus have you ate breakfast yet?" she asked as she looked at him. He shook his head, "Come on than. You can come and help me make some breakfast," she said to him with a smile on her face. He nodded and than followed her into the kitchen. When they got there they made breakfast in silence and soon sat down together and ate. As they ate they talked about their plans for the day and Remus asked her about Severus and she responded.

"So your mother doesn't want you to be with him?" he asked as he looked at her. She shook her head sadly and looked down at the food. She poked her scrambled eggs and brought a piece to her mouth. "You know I don't know why that is, but I don't think that it's right. After all you are old enough to make your own decisions and besides, I think that you will do Severus good."

"Thank you Remus. I'm glad that you don't disapprove. What about you and Tonks? What's going on there?" she asked with a raised brow. He turned pink and looked down at his food. "Oh come on Remus you are a grown man. Can't you even hear her name without acting like a young schoolboy with a crush? Tell me!"

"Well me and Tonks are together and there is nothing more to say," he said as he looked up at her. Once again she merely raised a brow at this but soon turned away not saying anything.

"Well tell me one thing first. Did you keep the tongue ring because you like it or because she did?" she asked as she looked at him with a mischievous sparkle in her eyes. Her turned a bright shade of red, which caused her to start laughing which caused him to flick some eggs at her. "Hey! That's not fair!" she giggled as she flicked more eggs at him. This started a great food fight and after they finished with the food fight they began to clean up the room together.

"Well Cynthia I'm afraid I should be leaving," he said when they where done cleaning the kitchen. On the count that they where doing so manually it took them about two hours to complete the task. Cynthia looked the watch on her hand and realized that it was about eleven o' clock. She sighed as she realized that she had to meet Sinistra in an hour at the Three Broomsticks. She decided that she simply would get started in heading there anyway. She walked over to her living room and picked up her cloak from the couch. She picked it up and put it on. But as she walked over to the door she got an idea.

She ran to her room, wrote a brief note and ran to the study. She lit the fire and shouted Severus Name and Hogwarts and through the note into the fire. She than apparated to Hogsmead. As she popped up in Honeydukes she looked around at the assortment of sweets that there where. It had been a very long time since she had last stopped by in there. She looked around trying to find something that she would find suitable to eat. When she found nothing that she wanted she decided that she would walk elsewhere.

She stepped out into the sun and looked up at the sky. It was a bright and sunny day. There was a very light breeze in the air that felt very pleasant on her skin. She walked down the street of the village very slowly, looking around her. She looked at the shops and pubs that where around and smiled to herself. She walked slowly and made her way in the direction of the Shrieking Shack. She arrived there and stood there waiting. Pretty soon she could see a dark figure walking in her direction. She smiled to herself as she saw him walking towards her. "You are lucky I had nothing else to do at the moment," he said as he walked over to her. She raised a brow at this statement.

"Really? I'm lucky? I think that you're lucky that I decided that I could afford to spend some time with you," she said as she walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her into a tight embrace. "But you aren't about to admit to that right now are you?" she asked as she looked at him. He quirked his right brow as he stared at her and smiled. He placed a gentle kiss on her lips and soon pulled away.

"Well what do you want to do until you have to meet up with Sinistra?" he asked as he pulled her closer to him.

"Well really we only have about an hour to spend with each other. Would you just like to walk around and talk?" she asked as she looked into his eyes. He looked down at her and nodded. He pulled away and he extended his arm to her. They walked with each other arm in the others and they made their way down through the village. They stopped at some window shops and looked into the store. When they stopped before Zonkos he smiled.

"So many student's buy so many things here to play pranks when they get back to Hogwarts, it's really an inconvenience to have this shop here," he said as he looked into the shops window. She leaned her head on his shoulder and rested it there.

"I would have given anything to attend Hogwarts," she said as she looked into the shop. He turned and looked down at her. He stared at her for a couple of seconds and saw that she really wanted to go to Hogwarts. He never understood why McGonegall kept her child so far away from her.

"Why did your mother never allow you come attend Hogwarts?" he asked as he looked down at her. She took her head of his shoulder and turned away from him. She started walking down the little street. He followed after and watched as she watched the ground as they walked together.

"I asked my mother when I was accepted into Hogwarts when I was eleven why she put me into Beuxbaton and she explained that my father attended Beuxbaton and she wanted me to go there. I hadn't argued with her at that point. I really didn't care at the time. When I started there I really didn't like the environment. All those French kids thought that they where so much better than me, it was really annoying," she explained. "I really wanted nothing more than to go to Hogwarts. When I was expelled from Beuxbaton my mother was bent on sending me to Durmstrang. She said that she hoped that that school would be able to keep me in line. Durmstrang is very strict school and has the reputation to be a dark school. The school was horrible. It had none of Hogwarts warmth. Even in Christmas time it looked depressing and dark. There were no decorations anywhere and it really made me homesick. Besides that Karkaroffe hated me. I always expected that he was a Death Eater."

"I myself was going to go to Durmstrang, but my mother decided that Hogwarts was the best option for me," he said as they walked together. She turned to look at him and looked at him intently. "I really didn't like my years at Hogwarts, I was counting them down until I was able to leave. I loved studying, but there were a couple of buffoons that made my life hell. Lupin being one of them."

"Yes I heard something about that. James Potter and Sirius Black tormented you in your school days," she commented as they continued walking.

"Don't forget Lupin," he said.

"I heard he never participated," she said as she looked at his with a raised brow.

"Well not, but he didn't stop his friend either," he said.

"Severus from what I know of you, you aren't exactly one to take help from anybody," she said, as she looked at him. He thought about this for a second and realized that she was right. "And I don't think that you should continued hating Sirius Black and James Potter, they are both unfortunately dead and it does you not good to hate them."

"Perhaps you're right, but let's not talk about that anymore," he said as he put his arm around her shoulder.

"All right, whatever you want," she said with a small smile. They walked in silence for a couple of minutes, a very clam and serene silence. "Severus what where you doing before I sent you the note?" she asked as they walked together. She looked up at him and he kept looking straight.

"Well I finished my work for the day early in the morning and I was just drawing," he responded.

"You draw?" she asked as she turned to look at him in surprise. He looked down at her and merely nodded. "I had no idea," she said as she stared at him in surprise.

"No one does. You're the only person that I've ever told that I draw," he said as she turned to look at her. She smiled a big smiled at him and placed a small kiss on his mouth.

"Will you ever let me see any?" she asked as she looked into his black eyes.

"Maybe when you visit me at Hogwarts this year," he said.

"That's risky Severus, you know that," she said as they walked down the street together.

"I know, but I'm sure we'll work something out."

TBC...