A/N-Hey!! Well I am happy today!! Although none of you really probably
care, I won a band award!!! Not the one I wanted, but still, I got the
second best one. So I am happy which means a happy chapter opposed to the
previous sad ones that I wrote when I wasn't so happy.
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James felt his eyelids begin to drop and snapped them open. He had gotten into the nasty habit of slipping out of focus during Order meetings lately. Sometimes he wished that something would happen.
Well, as his parents had always said, 'No news is good news.'
To James, no news was boring.
He glanced around the room which was a bit less crowded than usual. After the attack on the Halker children many members had dropped out or found other excuses not to come anymore.
Cowards.
Dumbledore was not pleased when he saw the turn out, James could tell. The Seekoscopes had come in, but according to Moody, they were defective and had to be sent back immediately. James laughed when he had heard this. When the new order came in, Moody would probably say the same thing.
James looked around the room, hearing Dumbledore talk distantly in the background. He wasn't the only one not paying attention; everyone seemed a bit restless that afternoon in March. Lily was on his left and looked like she was at least trying to pay attention, but James knew that she wasn't.
Sitting across the room from them was Remus and Amy who were obviously not paying attention. They kept smiling at each other and occasionally one would lightly kick the other. James was still trying to figure out what was up with them. James shrugged the question out of his mind as his eyes continued to travel around the room.
Peter was sitting by Sirius elbowing him every once and a while to wake him up. James caught his friend's eye and Sirius put on his let's-cause-some- trouble look. James smiled back wishing they could. He had just bought a box of Fillibuster Fireworks that would have livened up the meeting immensely.
James let his eyes wander back to Lily who had apparently given up on paying attention as well. She had her head in her hands and laughed when Gloria whispered something in her ear. James reached out and grabbed Lily's hand trying to occupy himself in some way.
Lily laughed and put his hand on her stomach to let him feel Rose kicking again. She was definitely going to be a Quidditch player. She never ever stopped moving according to Lily. James laughed as he felt her moving about inside of Lily and she smiled at him.
"What is going on between Amy and Remus?" he whispered looking over at his friend again.
"Not now James, I'll tell you later."
'I'll tell you later.' Why couldn't anyone understand that he, James Potter, couldn't wait for later? He had to know everything right away or go insane. He had grown up his whole life with 'I'll tell you later' and it was really starting to annoy him.
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The meeting was over. James let out a huge sigh and went to find Remus. It was later and he needed to know what was happening with Amy.
"I'll see you tonight then?" said a voice from the hall.
"Of course, Amy, I'll be around to pick you up at 8."
"Don't be late Remus."
Remus laughed.
James peaked his head around the corner and into the hall where Amy and Remus were standing. Remus lowered his head to Amy's and gently kissed her on the lips. That was all James needed to see to realize what was going on. They were dating.
Lily told him the whole story when he asked her about it later on that evening. James ran his hand through his hair and laughed. "To tell you the truth, I thought they were over. I mean, no offense to Amy, but she was really mean to him," said James.
Lily rolled her eyes. "What if I was to tell you right now that I was a muggle under cover, learning magic to help the muggle society?"
James laughed.
Lily's face was serious.
"You're not really are you?" he asked.
Lily rolled her eyes again. "I was giving you a scenario, James."
James still looked unsure. "James, I was really kidding."
"So how long do you think they are going to be together this time?" asked James putting his arm around Lily's shoulder as they say relaxed on the living room couch.
"Forever," said Lily dreamily. "It is so cute."
James snorted. "Was everyone saying things like that when we were going out?"
Lily put her hand on her hip. "What is so wrong with relationships being cute?"
James laughed. "Nothing, nothing."
Lily laughed. "Well I happen to think that it is very cute."
James kissed her.
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Remus stood frozen outside of Amy's door. He hadn't done this in what felt like forever. He knew he shouldn't be nervous, Amy loved him. So, Remus lifted his hand and knocked on the door.
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Amy heard a knock at the door and raced down the hallway trying not to trip on her heels. She paused briefly in front of the mirror in the foyer to touch up her hair before reaching out to open the door. It had been a long time since she had gone out with Remus, all she could remember was that those were the best nights of her life.
"Hey Remus," Amy said with a nervous smile on her face.
Remus smiled and said his hellos before offering his arm to her. Amy lived close to the village of Hogsmead so it was their plan to walk there for dinner and shopping. It wasn't a long walk, but it was long enough to make their nervousness vanish away.
They had both missed being together. They were half way through dinner when Amy found herself wondering how she was able to carry on without him for almost a year. She shrugged the thought away as dessert arrived at the table.
The waiter had brought Amy a thin slice of cherry pie and Remus a dish of ice cream. They both laughed. "Have we done this before?" Amy said, controlling her laughter.
Remus smiled. "It is just like our first date."
They both remembered that night clearly, and even clearer now that they had practically just relived it. Their first date was in a different café, but the setting was almost the same. Amy began to laugh again.
"It is funny how things work out sometimes," she laughed.
"The second time is always better," Remus said.
"I agree, although sometimes I wish that we hadn't needed the second time," Amy sighed.
Remus looked puzzled. "Why is that?"
"I mean, I am glad that we are together again, but I wish that we never had to break up in the first place."
"Well, that does make the second time around easier because we don't have to start fresh, but I know what you mean."
Amy then asked a question that she had been thinking about for the past few nights. "Where would we have been right now if we hadn't broken up?"
Remus took a bite of his ice cream so he could think about the question. He had in fact wondered the same thing many times before. Where would they be? He didn't know how to answer this question. He didn't want to sound like he was taking their relationship to fast, but he didn't want to sound like he was taking it to slowly either.
Remus took in a deep breath. "Well, we would have just celebrated our 1 year anniversary a few months ago, so I guess we might be meeting each other's parents or something." There. That was the best he could do.
Amy smiled. "I guess you are right."
Remus sighed again. "Amy, you were the first girl that I had really ever given my heart away to."
Amy smiled and blushed again. "Same here, I was always afraid of jumping into something and not being able to pull out of it."
Remus nodded. "Yeah, same with me, that is why I didn't wait too long to tell you...well... about my abnormality, but that didn't exactly turn out to well."
Amy's smile disappeared. Remus could have smacked himself. Why did he bring that up? He knew she hated talking about the night she found out he was a werewolf. Why the hell did he bring it up? "Amy, I'm sorry."
"No, Remus, we have to talk about it sooner or later. I don't know if this is the time or place to do it though."
Remus sighed. He would just have to make up for it, and he knew how.
The stars were always bright this time of year in the wizarding world and Amy's favorite thing in the world was to look for pictures in the stars. Remus paid the tab and led Amy out of the café and towards the little hill at the edge of the village.
"Where are we going Remus?" Amy asked as he pulled her along.
"To look at the pictures painted in the stars." !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A/N- Slightly longer than some of my other chapters, actually, I think it is my longest one! Happiness is the key to everything! Well anyway, I don't have anything to say except I am going away for the long weekend, so no posts until Tuesday, possibly Monday but probably not since I don't want to spend my whole birthday on the computer. I shall try to write a chapter or two during the long car ride so I can just type and post them at my leisure. Well, that is all I have to say!
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James felt his eyelids begin to drop and snapped them open. He had gotten into the nasty habit of slipping out of focus during Order meetings lately. Sometimes he wished that something would happen.
Well, as his parents had always said, 'No news is good news.'
To James, no news was boring.
He glanced around the room which was a bit less crowded than usual. After the attack on the Halker children many members had dropped out or found other excuses not to come anymore.
Cowards.
Dumbledore was not pleased when he saw the turn out, James could tell. The Seekoscopes had come in, but according to Moody, they were defective and had to be sent back immediately. James laughed when he had heard this. When the new order came in, Moody would probably say the same thing.
James looked around the room, hearing Dumbledore talk distantly in the background. He wasn't the only one not paying attention; everyone seemed a bit restless that afternoon in March. Lily was on his left and looked like she was at least trying to pay attention, but James knew that she wasn't.
Sitting across the room from them was Remus and Amy who were obviously not paying attention. They kept smiling at each other and occasionally one would lightly kick the other. James was still trying to figure out what was up with them. James shrugged the question out of his mind as his eyes continued to travel around the room.
Peter was sitting by Sirius elbowing him every once and a while to wake him up. James caught his friend's eye and Sirius put on his let's-cause-some- trouble look. James smiled back wishing they could. He had just bought a box of Fillibuster Fireworks that would have livened up the meeting immensely.
James let his eyes wander back to Lily who had apparently given up on paying attention as well. She had her head in her hands and laughed when Gloria whispered something in her ear. James reached out and grabbed Lily's hand trying to occupy himself in some way.
Lily laughed and put his hand on her stomach to let him feel Rose kicking again. She was definitely going to be a Quidditch player. She never ever stopped moving according to Lily. James laughed as he felt her moving about inside of Lily and she smiled at him.
"What is going on between Amy and Remus?" he whispered looking over at his friend again.
"Not now James, I'll tell you later."
'I'll tell you later.' Why couldn't anyone understand that he, James Potter, couldn't wait for later? He had to know everything right away or go insane. He had grown up his whole life with 'I'll tell you later' and it was really starting to annoy him.
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The meeting was over. James let out a huge sigh and went to find Remus. It was later and he needed to know what was happening with Amy.
"I'll see you tonight then?" said a voice from the hall.
"Of course, Amy, I'll be around to pick you up at 8."
"Don't be late Remus."
Remus laughed.
James peaked his head around the corner and into the hall where Amy and Remus were standing. Remus lowered his head to Amy's and gently kissed her on the lips. That was all James needed to see to realize what was going on. They were dating.
Lily told him the whole story when he asked her about it later on that evening. James ran his hand through his hair and laughed. "To tell you the truth, I thought they were over. I mean, no offense to Amy, but she was really mean to him," said James.
Lily rolled her eyes. "What if I was to tell you right now that I was a muggle under cover, learning magic to help the muggle society?"
James laughed.
Lily's face was serious.
"You're not really are you?" he asked.
Lily rolled her eyes again. "I was giving you a scenario, James."
James still looked unsure. "James, I was really kidding."
"So how long do you think they are going to be together this time?" asked James putting his arm around Lily's shoulder as they say relaxed on the living room couch.
"Forever," said Lily dreamily. "It is so cute."
James snorted. "Was everyone saying things like that when we were going out?"
Lily put her hand on her hip. "What is so wrong with relationships being cute?"
James laughed. "Nothing, nothing."
Lily laughed. "Well I happen to think that it is very cute."
James kissed her.
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Remus stood frozen outside of Amy's door. He hadn't done this in what felt like forever. He knew he shouldn't be nervous, Amy loved him. So, Remus lifted his hand and knocked on the door.
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Amy heard a knock at the door and raced down the hallway trying not to trip on her heels. She paused briefly in front of the mirror in the foyer to touch up her hair before reaching out to open the door. It had been a long time since she had gone out with Remus, all she could remember was that those were the best nights of her life.
"Hey Remus," Amy said with a nervous smile on her face.
Remus smiled and said his hellos before offering his arm to her. Amy lived close to the village of Hogsmead so it was their plan to walk there for dinner and shopping. It wasn't a long walk, but it was long enough to make their nervousness vanish away.
They had both missed being together. They were half way through dinner when Amy found herself wondering how she was able to carry on without him for almost a year. She shrugged the thought away as dessert arrived at the table.
The waiter had brought Amy a thin slice of cherry pie and Remus a dish of ice cream. They both laughed. "Have we done this before?" Amy said, controlling her laughter.
Remus smiled. "It is just like our first date."
They both remembered that night clearly, and even clearer now that they had practically just relived it. Their first date was in a different café, but the setting was almost the same. Amy began to laugh again.
"It is funny how things work out sometimes," she laughed.
"The second time is always better," Remus said.
"I agree, although sometimes I wish that we hadn't needed the second time," Amy sighed.
Remus looked puzzled. "Why is that?"
"I mean, I am glad that we are together again, but I wish that we never had to break up in the first place."
"Well, that does make the second time around easier because we don't have to start fresh, but I know what you mean."
Amy then asked a question that she had been thinking about for the past few nights. "Where would we have been right now if we hadn't broken up?"
Remus took a bite of his ice cream so he could think about the question. He had in fact wondered the same thing many times before. Where would they be? He didn't know how to answer this question. He didn't want to sound like he was taking their relationship to fast, but he didn't want to sound like he was taking it to slowly either.
Remus took in a deep breath. "Well, we would have just celebrated our 1 year anniversary a few months ago, so I guess we might be meeting each other's parents or something." There. That was the best he could do.
Amy smiled. "I guess you are right."
Remus sighed again. "Amy, you were the first girl that I had really ever given my heart away to."
Amy smiled and blushed again. "Same here, I was always afraid of jumping into something and not being able to pull out of it."
Remus nodded. "Yeah, same with me, that is why I didn't wait too long to tell you...well... about my abnormality, but that didn't exactly turn out to well."
Amy's smile disappeared. Remus could have smacked himself. Why did he bring that up? He knew she hated talking about the night she found out he was a werewolf. Why the hell did he bring it up? "Amy, I'm sorry."
"No, Remus, we have to talk about it sooner or later. I don't know if this is the time or place to do it though."
Remus sighed. He would just have to make up for it, and he knew how.
The stars were always bright this time of year in the wizarding world and Amy's favorite thing in the world was to look for pictures in the stars. Remus paid the tab and led Amy out of the café and towards the little hill at the edge of the village.
"Where are we going Remus?" Amy asked as he pulled her along.
"To look at the pictures painted in the stars." !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A/N- Slightly longer than some of my other chapters, actually, I think it is my longest one! Happiness is the key to everything! Well anyway, I don't have anything to say except I am going away for the long weekend, so no posts until Tuesday, possibly Monday but probably not since I don't want to spend my whole birthday on the computer. I shall try to write a chapter or two during the long car ride so I can just type and post them at my leisure. Well, that is all I have to say!