Post 70:

Knock, knock, knock.

"Remus," Jade called, "are you home?"

The door of an old house opened and Remus answered it. He was unshaven, and looked like he hadn't slept in a week.

The second Jade saw him she pulled him into a hug, he was her only friend now.

"I'm sorry." she whispered. "How are you?"

"I'm... fine." he answered, letting her into his dark home. "I just got a letter from Dumbledore- he wants me to be the Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts."

"Really? Are you going to take it?"

"No, I can't."

"Why not?" Jade whipped her wand around his kitchen and made some tea appear from no where. She handed a cup to Remus as he sighed and replied: "You know why. I'd be a danger to everyone."

Jade picked up the open letter and scanned through it.

"But you can drink this potion every month. Dumbledore said the potions master will make it."

"Snivellus is the potions master."

Jade's mouth twitched into a smile. "I see."

Jade reread the letter and looked up at her friend.

"If he poisons you, I'll kill him, how about that? You should go. I'd die to go back to Hogwarts again. Who knows, you may be able to pull a few pranks and blame it on the students. Slytherins, of course."

Both started laughing as they recalled some of their favourite pranks they pulled in their school days.

"Harry's going to be there. Third year." Remus muttered.

"Go."

"I- alright. Alright, I'll go."

The general mood of the place was much happier. Both were excited about Remus' trip to Hogwarts, him meeting Harry for the first real time. Jade even helped him write a letter back to Dumbledore.

"You're so lucky, I'm so jealous." Jade said as she walked to the door.

"Yeah." Remus sighed.

"I'll look after the house when you're gone... it could use a little bit of tidying up."

Remus frowned slightly but nodded in agreement.

When Jade apperated home she realized that that was the first time since Ophelia's death that he hadn't talked about her. And that it was the first time since Lily and James died that they hadn't talked about Sirius. It was nice.