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(A/N A block of italics is a flashback.)
Chapter 5
A Crush???
"Tell me again why I'm here James." Remus asked his friend.
Sirius butted in. "You're here because it's the first day of term, so we're going to have a great feast and watch the sorting ceremony!" He grinned. "It's even possible that this year we find someone that you like!"
James rolled his eyes and shared a look of irritation with Lily.
"Sirius! The sorting ceremony is about the first-years enrolment into the school, not a parade of possible victims of your charm!" Lily reprimanded him, but softer than usual. She remembered the sorting ceremony two years ago where James and she had been sorted, and she had drooled over him then.
Remus went off into his own little world, as per usual and remembered his, and last year's, sorting ceremony. He had been fine for his sorting, it had fallen on a crescent moon. Last year's however had fallen on a full moon, and he had come down with the "flu". This year there was no escaping the torture through which James and Lily stared into each other's eyes, Sirius picked out future girlfriends, and he would have to entertain Peter.
Usually he enjoyed Peter's company, but there was something about public places that made Remus irritable.
"…there she is!" Sirius said triumphantly.
Remus
turned towards the victim of Sirius' attention, and felt a shock go through
him. She was unlike every girl Sirius had ever gone out with. Sirius preferred
brunettes and red heads, he rarely picked up blondes.
"What do you think Remus?" Sirius asked mischievously.
Remus looked at the girl again, and felt the same rush of energy go through him. He groaned inwardly. 'I think I like Sirius' new victim.' He thought to himself. Sighing he stared at the girl, and then at Sirius. She would never go for a boy like him when Sirius was on the prowl. He forced a smile to his lips.
"Yeah. She looks nice." He said.
Sirius, James, Lily and Peter looked at him dumfounded.
"She looks nice…?" Sirius said strangely.
"Yeah." Remus said slowly.
"Are you interested in her?" James asked.
Remus looked at him strangely. "What do you mean?" He asked slowly.
Sirius wasn't saying anything. He was looking from the girl to Remus and back again.
Lily smiled at Remus. "You haven't heard a word Sirius has said, have you?"
Remus now realised that he had said something wrong somewhere, and looked blankly at his friends' faces.
Peter (who was sat beside Sirius, opposite him) kicked him under the table. "Sister!" He mouthed at Remus.
"Your sister?" Remus all but yelled.
"Yeah!" Sirius finally spoke. "She is." He raised his eyebrow questioningly. "Who did you think she was?"
Remus swallowed audibly. He had met Andromeda, Sirius' sister who was two years older than them and, who looked like Sirius. Then heard all about Sirius' younger sister Lunar over the two years. Remus knew that he was fiercely protective over her.
"I don't know." He heard the hat yell Gryffindor! And decided that escape was the only option.
"I, I … ummm I feel a bit funny. I'm going to turn in." He said weakly.
Lily looked at him amusedly. "Poor Remus. Of course you must." She grinned.
James grimaced at him, and mouthed. "I'll sort it out!"
Peter nodded, and Sirius narrowed his eyes at Remus.
Remus could see the blonde hair bobbing towards him, and knew that she would be coming towards her brother.
He grimaced, and turned to go.
Upon reaching the door to the Great Hall, he turned back and saw the blonde girl chatting animatedly to her brother and his friends.
"A crush!" He muttered to himself painfully. "And why did it have to be on Sirius' sister?"
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"Stupid! Stupid!" Remus muttered to himself as he made his way to his class. He glanced at his watch to discover that he was 10 minutes late already.
"All because you wanted to play Knight in Shining White Armour." He muttered.
He recalled the way he had held her, stopping her from falling over the banister. "You could have done a cushioning spell… you could have made the banister grip onto her… you could have done any number of things, but no! You had to torture yourself with the feel of her skin."
After slipping unnoticed into Professor Binn's classroom, he sat at his desk and stared blankly at the blackboard.
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Remus woke up again; the sun was just about to rise. He took one last longing look at Lunar, and then went back downstairs.
He rubbed his stubbly chin and thought about his dream. He had relived the first time he had met Lunar, obviously she was on his mind.
He shut his eyes for a moment and remembered the first time he had touched her, she had almost fallen from a staircase, and he had caught her.
He groaned, and rubbed his sore muscles in his neck.
"I'm of no use to Lunar by thinking about the past now." He told himself. "I have to find Sirius, and I have to find him now."
He checked his messages on the telephone he had bought. There was a message from a friend in Spain.
"Remus, I haven't seen Sirius recently. If I see him then I'll let you know."
His shoulders slumped in desperation, but his heart rose as he heard the next message.
"Remus! I last saw him in Venice a couple of days ago. He said he was going to Paris next. Sorry, but I got your message after I saw him or I would have told him to contact you. If I see him again I'll tell him you're looking for him."
"Paris!" Remus exclaimed, and rushed to a bookcase in his study. He heaved a big red book from one of the shelves and blew the dust from it. "Floo Network" He read.
He opened the book and ran his fingers down the page, uttering as he did so…
"Paris, Paris, where… Ah! Eiffel Tower!" He frowned, and shut the book.
Crossing to the fire he threw some floo into it and cried out "Hogwarts!" clearly.
"Albus!" He called when he reached the school. "I think I may know where Sirius is!!! Albus!!"
"Professor!" A voice called out from behind him.
Remus swung round to see Harry stood in the room. "Harry! I need you to do something for me!"
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Pat giggled uncontrollably as Sirius swung her around him. He was acting like a schoolboy and showing off to her, and she loved it!!
"Look!" He almost yelled, and took her across to a small stall with assorted toys on it. "What do you want?"
She looked carefully at the stand and tapped her lip thoughtfully. She could feel Sirius gaze drawn to her lip, and enjoyed the warmth that filled her abdomen. She smiled knowingly, as he drew her close to him and growled in her ear.
"Hurry up. We still have a couple of days in the hotel!"
She smiled at him innocently. "But I want to see the Eiffel Tower! Apparently it's supposed to be a wonderfully large construction!"
He looked at her. "I know of an equally wonderful large construction."
She kissed him swiftly.
"I think I've chosen one…" She looked at the stall again.
He stood behind her and casually wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Which one then?" He murmured in her ear.
The storekeeper looked on them indulgently. "Desirée-vous un petit quelque chose? Mademoiselle?"
"Oui. Je desire la hippopotame." She pointed to one of the toys in the corner.
Sirius looked at her in disbelief. "That one?"
"Yeah! He reminds me of you!"
The stall keeper handed her the toy, and she cuddled the small hippo gently.
"Why? Because it's small and cute?"
"No, because it's tubby and it's got no brains." She pinched Sirius waist, where she knew there had been a bit of growth since their luxurious honeymoon started.
"Tubby?" He
said distressfully.
Pat laughed at his hurt face. "You have to admit that you haven't been
exercising that much!"
"Well…" He nuzzled her ear. "We'd better get back to the hotel room and do some
exercise."
"You have a one track mind." She scolded. "However, so do I." Then she kissed him again.
Sirius pressed her body firmly against his, and deepened the kiss, searching through her mouth with her tongue.
She stopped him. "Not before we see the Eiffel tower though!"
He pouted, but all she did was poke him in the ribs. "Remember, I'm your wife now! I have no sympathy!" She grinned mischievously, and then whooped as he swept her off her feet and headed towards the Eiffel Tower.
"Fine! If you won't come to bed with me until you've seen the Eiffel Tower then lets go see the Eiffel Tower!" He exclaimed, and a few French people around them clapped and cheered at his display.
"Sirius!" Pat yelled, slapping at his hands. "Put me down now! I'm warning you! Siriu… Remus?"
"I object to you calling me by my best friend's name when I'm trying to be romantic." Sirius grumbled good-naturedly.
Pat swatted at his head. "No, he's over there! I just saw him."
"Where?" Sirius asked, putting her back on her feet and scanning the crowds.
"Pick me up again." She said distractedly. He did as he was told and she sought Remus' face again. "Remus!" She yelled at the retreating figure. "Remus!"
He turned slowly, spotted them, and made his way purposefully towards them.
"He's coming." She said to Sirius, and he placed her on the floor.
"Remus!" Sirius said jovially, and hugged the man who had approached. "What are you doing here? Tell me everything about home! How's Harry?"
Pat surveyed Remus thoughtfully. He had black bags under his eyes as if he hadn't slept in a while, and his clothes were rumpled, as if he had slept in them.
"Sirius." She placed her hand on his shoulder and drew him away from Remus. She then gripped Sirius' hand reassuringly. "Tell us what's wrong."
Remus looked around them. "Not here."
"Whatever it is it must be important, so tell us. Now." She added firmly.
"It's Lunar. She's been put under the cage curse."
Pat could feel Sirius stiffen as he heard the name Lunar, he moved closer to Remus.
"Take us there, now."
A/N
As you can probably tell I'm not taking into consideration any of the actions in OOTP. And I'm really sorry to any of the readers that may have not got to the part in OOTP that I mentioned!!! (Thanks PreciousGirl, *blushes* that put me in my place!!!)
Thanks to Annoriel, PreciousGirl and MoonyLover for reviewing.
Love Krusty.
