Disclaimer: Yay, I think I will have a nice long celebration chapter for
chapter 30.
If this chapter gets 5 reviews by 8 tonight (it's now 12:47), I'll post a third chapter in celebration of Valentines Day. That's all, not much I'm asking for.
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The idea in this chapter is from Amanda (ILOVETOWRITE456), one of my email pals and my personal assistant with this story, I give her my ideas, she tells me whether I should use it or lose it. Thanks Manda, love you lots!
Thank you(s): Thanks for your review Manda, you are the only one, though everyone is probably on a Valentines Day date, so I'll let it drop this time.
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Chapter 27: The start of the Christmas holidays.
Sirius waited patiently for the train to arrive. The kids were coming home for the holidays and they were all eager to see them. Sure, they sometimes they were brats, but it was not the same at Godrics hollow with out them.
Lily was with Remus at home preparing dinner so it was James and him to pick up the boys.
When the train pulled in, they waited and out came Aimee, then Romulus, but not Harry and Seamus.
They approached them, neither looking too happy.
"Hello Mr Potter, Hello Mr Black, I'm Aimee, Romulus has said so much about you, he brags constantly." she smiled.
"Hello Aimee" They said and smiled back
Hello Romulus!" They said looking at Romulus who didn't look happy.
"Hello." He muttered to them.
"Where are Harry and Seamus?" James asked worriedly.
"Oh, they said I must tell you that they are staying at Hogwarts for the holiday" She said and then whispered into James's ear "Romulus is upset because he didn't want to stay but they had already put their names on the list and refused to take them off because Lilac was staying for the holidays."
"Oh, ok, thanks Aimee, but why aren't you staying!" He said.
"I wanted to, but my parents said I have to come home to baby-sit my brother while my parents go off to watch X rated movies. Well I have to go or my parents will get angry, bye!" She said and walked off.
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They walked back into the house and Lily and Remus both looked confused when Romulus, Sirius and James walked in and closed the door behind him.
"Where are Harry and Seamus?" Lily asked.
"They are staying at Hogwarts for the holidays!" James sighed, quite disappointed that he would not see his son in person for another 6 months, but secretly proud that he had a girl who liked him and liked girls already, even though he didn't know the half of it, or at least he didn't know not yet.
Lily and Remus didn't seem to believe it and Remus even went behind James and checked behind the door to see if it was a prank of some sort.
Romulus slowly dragged his trunk up the stairs and into the boy's bedroom.
"You're joking right?" Lily asked. "This is some sort of prank and any minute they are both going to both come through the door and laugh at us." James shook his head.
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Dinner was quiet that night as Romulus sat picking at his food until Hedwig flew in and dropped a letter on his plate.
He read through it with a smile on his face. "What's it say?" Remus asked him curiously.
Romulus cleared his throat:
"Dear Rom
We miss you already. I don't why you didn't stay at Hogwarts; you have been here 4 and a ½ months but at home for 10 years. We have just got back from dinner and are the only Gryffindors staying behind, there are no hufflepuffs and no ravenclaws, but you will never guess............
Snubilus is staying here" At this point, James interrupted.
"Who is Snubilus?" He asked.
"Professor Snape's son, Severin, but they seem to have dubbed him Snubilus." And at this, Remus and Lily didn't look too happy but James and Sirius burst out laughing. Eventually, they stopped and Romulus carried on.
"We are already planning to shove snow down his pants tomorrow and are going to charm some snowballs to follow around Snape tomorrow." At this there was another fit of laughter.
"Will write later!
From H. J. Potter, S.S Black, L.C Kales."
"Do you like it at Hogwarts?" James asked curiously and Romulus shrugged.
"It's fine, I just don't see what everyone makes a fuss about it for!" He said and before anyone could ask anymore questions, he excused himself from the table.
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"Romulus, may I come in?" Remus asked quietly as he tapped on the door of the bedroom.
"Suppose so." He said and Remus pushed the door open to find his son lying on the one bed and staring at the ceiling.
"Tell me what's wrong, surely you can't miss them this much already." He said and sat on the end of the bed.
"It's just, I barely get to even see them anymore and I thought this holidays would be different." He sighed.
"Why don't you get to see them, you are in the same dorm and classes." Remus said and Romulus sighed again.
He now spoke angrily and sat up to look at his father "Seamus is either in detention or planning a prank on a person, while Harry............" He said and then stopped.
"What about Harry?" Remus asked.
"He's hardly ever in the dorms or anywhere without Lilac! I used to like her but now I actually have grown to hate her!"
"Why do you hate her?"
"Because she is stealing my best friend away from me!" Romulus protested.
"Have you spoke to her about spending less time with him?"
"No, I don't think she would anyway."
"Why do you think they spend so much time together?" Remus asked, obviously trying to get his son to admit something, but Romulus didn't seem to notice.
"Because they have crushes on each other!"
"Only crushes?"
"No, they seem like they are in love or something!"
"Well, love does strange things to people, it can completely change people!"
"Thanks, real help!" Romulus replied, his voice dripping with sarcasm as he flopped back on the bed.
"I'm no expert on love but I'll try to get someone who can help!" He said and stood up.
He came back a few minutes later with James. Romulus had gone back to staring at the ceiling.
"Now, Romulus, what seems to be the problem?" James asked.
"Your son is forgetting about me!" Romulus sighed and James sat down.
"Why?" He asked.
"Maybe because he has turned into a love sick monkey!"
Just then Lily and Sirius's heads popped round the door.
"What's wrong?" Lily asked and took a seat next to Romulus on the bed. She always had been like a mother to Harry as well as him and Seamus, so she hoped he would trust her enough to say what was wrong
"He says the head over heels in love sick monkey that is our son is forgetting about him?" James said with a laugh in his voice.
"I don't find it funny. It's sad how pathetic it is! It's always Lilac this, Lilac that!" He grumbled.
"It's just a new experience, I'm sure he'll get tired of it soon enough!" James sighed.
"Sure, that's what Moony said about you!" Sirius said rolling eyes.
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"Harry Potter" Sirius said and propped up the enlarged mirror against a book.
Lily, James, Remus and Sirius were currently all sitting in the lounge while Romulus was in bed.
There was no face for a while, just sounds of people breathing, until there was a voice, Lilac's voice.
"Why do you do that?"
"What?"
"Grin at me!"
"Haven't we had this conversation before?" He said.
"Why do you do it?"
"Why do you wear that headband?"
"Come on, you know you love it!" Lilac Replied.
"It's part of you, how could I not love it?" He asked.
At this, James choked on his butterbeer and Lily (who was also pretty shocked) had to hit him on the back.
"Will you two stop flirting and get a room?" Seamus asked and Sirius who was lazing on the couch, sat up awake immediately.
"We already have one, too bad you're in it!" Lilac growled angrily.
"Don't get yourself worked up love, he is just jealous because he hasn't got Robin here anymore!"
"I'm going, before I'm sick with envy!" Seamus replied dryly and there were footsteps before a door slammed
"I thought he would never leave!" Lilac giggled.
"Me too, now we can get down to more important matters." He said but was stopped by a high-pitched scream.
"What was that?" Lilac asked.
"Seamus probably saw a spider, he down right petrified of them!" Harry said and Lilac giggled.
"Aren't secrets supposed to be kept, well, secret?" She said uncertainly.
"I could name hundreds of secrets I've asked him to keep, and few are actually kept."
"Like what?"
I'm not telling, I'm not stupid!"
"Really?"
"Is there really a need to be sarcastic?"
"There's always a need to be sarcastic!"
"I can think of better uses for your tongue." Harry said seductively.
"Like what?" Lilac giggled, obviously knowing what was coming, too bad the adults didn't, or they would have put the mirror down at once.
"Like this............" Harry said but Lilac didn't reply and Harry didn't speak again, it was just the sound of lots of kissing, only to whisper things like "I love you" or "Oh Harry!" with the occasional moan of pleasure.
They eventually got tired of listening to it, put the mirror down and cut off the connection, all shocked by what they had just heard....
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How will they react to it? Find out in.... What if: Chapter 28.
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If this chapter gets 5 reviews by 8 tonight (it's now 12:47), I'll post a third chapter in celebration of Valentines Day. That's all, not much I'm asking for.
$$Morphs into cliffy master. Lawyers, Cliffy master haters and flamers nearby each receive a pie in the face. $$
The idea in this chapter is from Amanda (ILOVETOWRITE456), one of my email pals and my personal assistant with this story, I give her my ideas, she tells me whether I should use it or lose it. Thanks Manda, love you lots!
Thank you(s): Thanks for your review Manda, you are the only one, though everyone is probably on a Valentines Day date, so I'll let it drop this time.
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Chapter 27: The start of the Christmas holidays.
Sirius waited patiently for the train to arrive. The kids were coming home for the holidays and they were all eager to see them. Sure, they sometimes they were brats, but it was not the same at Godrics hollow with out them.
Lily was with Remus at home preparing dinner so it was James and him to pick up the boys.
When the train pulled in, they waited and out came Aimee, then Romulus, but not Harry and Seamus.
They approached them, neither looking too happy.
"Hello Mr Potter, Hello Mr Black, I'm Aimee, Romulus has said so much about you, he brags constantly." she smiled.
"Hello Aimee" They said and smiled back
Hello Romulus!" They said looking at Romulus who didn't look happy.
"Hello." He muttered to them.
"Where are Harry and Seamus?" James asked worriedly.
"Oh, they said I must tell you that they are staying at Hogwarts for the holiday" She said and then whispered into James's ear "Romulus is upset because he didn't want to stay but they had already put their names on the list and refused to take them off because Lilac was staying for the holidays."
"Oh, ok, thanks Aimee, but why aren't you staying!" He said.
"I wanted to, but my parents said I have to come home to baby-sit my brother while my parents go off to watch X rated movies. Well I have to go or my parents will get angry, bye!" She said and walked off.
$$
They walked back into the house and Lily and Remus both looked confused when Romulus, Sirius and James walked in and closed the door behind him.
"Where are Harry and Seamus?" Lily asked.
"They are staying at Hogwarts for the holidays!" James sighed, quite disappointed that he would not see his son in person for another 6 months, but secretly proud that he had a girl who liked him and liked girls already, even though he didn't know the half of it, or at least he didn't know not yet.
Lily and Remus didn't seem to believe it and Remus even went behind James and checked behind the door to see if it was a prank of some sort.
Romulus slowly dragged his trunk up the stairs and into the boy's bedroom.
"You're joking right?" Lily asked. "This is some sort of prank and any minute they are both going to both come through the door and laugh at us." James shook his head.
$$
Dinner was quiet that night as Romulus sat picking at his food until Hedwig flew in and dropped a letter on his plate.
He read through it with a smile on his face. "What's it say?" Remus asked him curiously.
Romulus cleared his throat:
"Dear Rom
We miss you already. I don't why you didn't stay at Hogwarts; you have been here 4 and a ½ months but at home for 10 years. We have just got back from dinner and are the only Gryffindors staying behind, there are no hufflepuffs and no ravenclaws, but you will never guess............
Snubilus is staying here" At this point, James interrupted.
"Who is Snubilus?" He asked.
"Professor Snape's son, Severin, but they seem to have dubbed him Snubilus." And at this, Remus and Lily didn't look too happy but James and Sirius burst out laughing. Eventually, they stopped and Romulus carried on.
"We are already planning to shove snow down his pants tomorrow and are going to charm some snowballs to follow around Snape tomorrow." At this there was another fit of laughter.
"Will write later!
From H. J. Potter, S.S Black, L.C Kales."
"Do you like it at Hogwarts?" James asked curiously and Romulus shrugged.
"It's fine, I just don't see what everyone makes a fuss about it for!" He said and before anyone could ask anymore questions, he excused himself from the table.
$$
"Romulus, may I come in?" Remus asked quietly as he tapped on the door of the bedroom.
"Suppose so." He said and Remus pushed the door open to find his son lying on the one bed and staring at the ceiling.
"Tell me what's wrong, surely you can't miss them this much already." He said and sat on the end of the bed.
"It's just, I barely get to even see them anymore and I thought this holidays would be different." He sighed.
"Why don't you get to see them, you are in the same dorm and classes." Remus said and Romulus sighed again.
He now spoke angrily and sat up to look at his father "Seamus is either in detention or planning a prank on a person, while Harry............" He said and then stopped.
"What about Harry?" Remus asked.
"He's hardly ever in the dorms or anywhere without Lilac! I used to like her but now I actually have grown to hate her!"
"Why do you hate her?"
"Because she is stealing my best friend away from me!" Romulus protested.
"Have you spoke to her about spending less time with him?"
"No, I don't think she would anyway."
"Why do you think they spend so much time together?" Remus asked, obviously trying to get his son to admit something, but Romulus didn't seem to notice.
"Because they have crushes on each other!"
"Only crushes?"
"No, they seem like they are in love or something!"
"Well, love does strange things to people, it can completely change people!"
"Thanks, real help!" Romulus replied, his voice dripping with sarcasm as he flopped back on the bed.
"I'm no expert on love but I'll try to get someone who can help!" He said and stood up.
He came back a few minutes later with James. Romulus had gone back to staring at the ceiling.
"Now, Romulus, what seems to be the problem?" James asked.
"Your son is forgetting about me!" Romulus sighed and James sat down.
"Why?" He asked.
"Maybe because he has turned into a love sick monkey!"
Just then Lily and Sirius's heads popped round the door.
"What's wrong?" Lily asked and took a seat next to Romulus on the bed. She always had been like a mother to Harry as well as him and Seamus, so she hoped he would trust her enough to say what was wrong
"He says the head over heels in love sick monkey that is our son is forgetting about him?" James said with a laugh in his voice.
"I don't find it funny. It's sad how pathetic it is! It's always Lilac this, Lilac that!" He grumbled.
"It's just a new experience, I'm sure he'll get tired of it soon enough!" James sighed.
"Sure, that's what Moony said about you!" Sirius said rolling eyes.
$$
"Harry Potter" Sirius said and propped up the enlarged mirror against a book.
Lily, James, Remus and Sirius were currently all sitting in the lounge while Romulus was in bed.
There was no face for a while, just sounds of people breathing, until there was a voice, Lilac's voice.
"Why do you do that?"
"What?"
"Grin at me!"
"Haven't we had this conversation before?" He said.
"Why do you do it?"
"Why do you wear that headband?"
"Come on, you know you love it!" Lilac Replied.
"It's part of you, how could I not love it?" He asked.
At this, James choked on his butterbeer and Lily (who was also pretty shocked) had to hit him on the back.
"Will you two stop flirting and get a room?" Seamus asked and Sirius who was lazing on the couch, sat up awake immediately.
"We already have one, too bad you're in it!" Lilac growled angrily.
"Don't get yourself worked up love, he is just jealous because he hasn't got Robin here anymore!"
"I'm going, before I'm sick with envy!" Seamus replied dryly and there were footsteps before a door slammed
"I thought he would never leave!" Lilac giggled.
"Me too, now we can get down to more important matters." He said but was stopped by a high-pitched scream.
"What was that?" Lilac asked.
"Seamus probably saw a spider, he down right petrified of them!" Harry said and Lilac giggled.
"Aren't secrets supposed to be kept, well, secret?" She said uncertainly.
"I could name hundreds of secrets I've asked him to keep, and few are actually kept."
"Like what?"
I'm not telling, I'm not stupid!"
"Really?"
"Is there really a need to be sarcastic?"
"There's always a need to be sarcastic!"
"I can think of better uses for your tongue." Harry said seductively.
"Like what?" Lilac giggled, obviously knowing what was coming, too bad the adults didn't, or they would have put the mirror down at once.
"Like this............" Harry said but Lilac didn't reply and Harry didn't speak again, it was just the sound of lots of kissing, only to whisper things like "I love you" or "Oh Harry!" with the occasional moan of pleasure.
They eventually got tired of listening to it, put the mirror down and cut off the connection, all shocked by what they had just heard....
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How will they react to it? Find out in.... What if: Chapter 28.
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