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To the reviewers!

Reese: To answer your two questions. Remus didn't see Peter coming fast enough to even try to stop him from killing the woman. As for the other one, the broom just happened to be there. Use your imagination. I'm too lazy to change it.

Reaka: Cool, that's out of my system. Now, we'll be going back to Rose and Maru. Maru still has a little bit of her story left to tell, and that's it for now. I hope you enjoy.

The Dance

Stars twinkled in the sky unusually bright that night. Maru and Rose decided to sit outside on the deck and enjoy the breeze. Rose had showered earlier and changed into her pajamas. Maru changed into her own as Rose used her bathroom break.

"So he left Hogwarts a few months later," Rose said. "All of them did. What'd you do for the rest of the year?"

"I didn't talk to anybody unless they talked to me first. I did have another boyfriend a while later though."

"Really?"

"But I was just a side dish. It turned out that he had two other girlfriends besides me. Once the three of us found out about it we teamed up and hexed him until Professor McGonagall caught us and gave us a detention. But it was well worth it."

"Oh. So tell me more about Remus."

(Maru's flashback)

Finally, I was graduating Hogwarts. Even though all my friends had been gone for years, I still wrote to Lily. We wrote to each other often.

The summer after I graduated, Lily sent me an invitation to her and James's wedding, and I was going to be the matron of honor. I felt so happy, that I grabbed my broomstick, that I recently bought that year, and flew to Lily's house. I stayed with her until the wedding.

Sirius was the best man of the wedding. He smiled when he saw me.

"Maru! Good to see you!" he said. "And you've blossomed even more after two years! Stay there for a minute. I'll find Remus!"

I stayed where I was, and Sirius disappeared in the crowd. It was only a few hours before the wedding, and anyone who was in it had to be there really early.

I heard the door open, and Remus stepped in. He was the last guy that I would've pictured in a tuxedo. Lily requested a Muggle wedding. (A/N: I'm not sure if this is right or not, but I'm going to make up my own theory.) His eyes lit up in surprise as he saw me.

"Maru," he said, " I didn't know you were here."

"I thought Lily told you I was her matron of honor?" I asked him.

"Never said a word," he answered. "But it's good to see you!"

Without even thinking about it, I gave him a hug. He was hesitant at first, but he hugged me right back. Right when we were breaking away, we saw a camera flash out of the corners of our eyes. James and Sirius stood there laughing at us with a camera in James's hands.

"Who're you going after?" I asked Remus.

"James."

"So I get Sirius."

"Deal."

We chased them out of the room. Remus caught up with James and started to mess with his hair.

"And I actually attempted to make it look somewhat neat too!" James jokingly groaned. Sirius caught up with them and wrestled Remus off James.

"If I only had a camera at this point," I told them. They gave me the finger in perfect unison.

"Come on guys! Quit messing around!" Lily said running to us. "The wedding's in an hour! We have to get ready!"

We ran to the dressing rooms.

I never even knew Peter was at the ceremony until it was my turn to walk down the aisle with Sirius. He was one of the groomsmen. Peter looked up at me and gave a little smile. I blinked in his acknowledgement. Other than that, we never spoke.

The wedding went just like any other wedding, so I really won't tell you about it except that it was your basic, Muggle wedding. But the reception was a different story.

Probably the best music I ever heard was at that reception. People danced, laughed, and it was a good time. In the middle of Lily and James's first dance as a husband and wife, Sirius, Remus, and Peter snuck in and stole James away from her. So Lily found me in the crowd and started dancing with me.

Later, a slow song played, and couples started dancing with each other. I grabbed a punch and watched, in amusement, as Sirius and Peter tried going after random girls and getting them to dance. They weren't really lucky. Eventually, Sirius managed to get a brown haired girl. Peter didn't get anyone.

"Excuse me miss," I heard a voice say. "May I have this dance tonight?"

Remus stood by me with his hand held out. I took it, and we headed for the dance floor. If there was anything more that I took pride for being a Freerose in, it was dancing. That was a family tradition.

"You don't dance much, do you?" Remus joked.

"No, not really."

"I can tell."

He twirled me, and we danced even more.

"You're not that great either," I joked.

"No, but I'm better than you."

Remus was one damn good dancer. He knew exactly when to just dance, when to twirl and when to dip. His timing was one that would put my father's to shame. He smiled as he danced seeing that I was impressed with it. He dipped me another time. Our lips had brushed against each others, and we almost kissed when the music stopped. I felt a shiver down my spine as this happened. We looked up to see everyone watching us.

"Wow," Remus said. "What an audience."

We got off the floor and sat at a table. He brushed my hair away from my face. I could feel myself blushing a little bit as he did this.

"You look really beautiful tonight," he said. He kissed my cheek then got up to mingle with the others.

Lily found me at our table and sat down where Remus had been. She smiled at me.

"All those years I've known you," she said, "and you never once told me you could dance like that! Wow!"

"Thanks."

"No problem."

"Lily, does Remus have a crush on me or something? I never mentioned anything like that since that one day. He told me I was just a friend, but am I really?"

"He likes you, yes, but he doesn't think he'll ever be able to date you."

"Why is that?"

Lily closed her eyes then opened them again. She sighed.

"That's something he'll tell you himself."

The party started to die down, and I found myself really tired. I said my good-byes and headed home.

(Rose and Maru)

"Did you ever find out the reason?" Rose asked curiously.

"He never came back to me at the reception," Maru answered. "So he never told me."

"Did you ever see him again after that?"

"I saw him once more. But that was when Lily's son, Harry, was born."

(Maru's flashback)

Sirius was waiting for me outside of my house one day.

"Come on, Maru! We're going to be late!" he said.

"For what?"

"Lily's having a baby! Didn't she tell you?"

"I completely forgot! Quick! Do you have Floo Powder? I don't think my dad would mind if we used my fireplace."

The two of us ran inside, and my father stared on, confused.

"Sorry, Daddy," I apologized. "But Sirius and I need to use the fireplace for a minute. I'll explain when I get back."

The two of us climbed in the fireplace, and Sirius dropped the powder.

"ST. MUNGO'S!"

We rolled out of St. Mungo's, and we ran to the front desk. Remus and Peter were standing there waiting for us.

"Where've you been, Sirius?" Peter asked. "Lily went into labor an hour ago!"

"Maru was harder to find than I thought," Sirius answered. "I think Lily might've been broken-hearted if her best friend didn't come to see her new son or daughter."

Peter and Remus looked at me at the same time.

"Hi," I said to them.

We sat there for hours. Finally, we could visit her. James sat by her bed, holding the little baby in his arms. Lily looked to us and smiled.

"Hey guys," James said.

"So," Sirius said. "The name? Boy or girl?"

"His name is Harry," Lily said lovingly. "Harry James Potter."

Sirius stepped to James, and James gave him the baby. Sirius started making funny noises and faces. Baby Harry laughed. After a while he gave him to Peter. Peter just stared at the bundle in his arms and gave him to Remus.

"He looks just like you, James," Remus said. He then passed him to me. I became startled as I stared into the baby's eyes. They were Lily's.

"Lily, he stole your eyes!" I exclaimed.

Lily and James laughed. I gave him to Lily.

"He's going to grow up to be just like his father," Lily said. "Just less ego."

"I can't help it if I'm sexy!" James joked.

The two of them laughed. I couldn't help but smile at them. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed Remus staring at me with a small smile across his face.

(Rose and Maru)

"Aw," Rose said. Maru looked at her.

"What?" Rose asked. "I had to say it! That's just so cute!"

"Well, I'll never forget that moment. That was the last happy moment I had for a long time."

Reaka: Well, what do you think will happen there? Do you want to know? Huh? Huh? I'm still not going to tell you. You have to wait! Haha! All you have to do is review! Review! Come on! You know you want to! I won't stop rambling till you do!