Dear Rhia,
I'm really sorry about what happened between you and Harry. I really don't know what I can say to you, I know you loved him a lot. If you want I could come by at your next Hogsmeade weekend and spend some time with you to cheer you up.
I promise you things will get better though. I've sent with my letter a box of the finest Belgian Chocolates from when I played against the Belgians last week. I hope you like them. How's your band coming along, I still haven't heard you yet, the band I mean. I've heard you and you were amazing. Looking forward to seeing you.
Love Jordan
Rhia smiled slightly for the first time in a while. She picked up the box of chocolates and lifted off the lid. The smell of chocolate burst out of the box and filled the room immediately. Emma pulled Rhia's hangings apart.
"Is that chocolate I smell?" Emma asked as she climbed onto Rhia's bed.
"Yes." Rhia said, "Jordan just sent them to me."
"Next time you write to him, tell him I love him. Also, tell him that he needs to send more chocolate." Emma took a piece and popped it into her mouth. She made an expression of delight. "Oh man, these are gorgeous. Talk about comfort food!" Rhia's smile widened a little more. A large dark coloured owl flew into through the wide windows and dropped a letter on Emma's lap. Rhia recognised the owl instantly.
"Isn't that Malfoy's owl?" Rhia asked. Emma coughed and looked at the disappearing owl.
"What? No!" Emma said. She picked up her letter and opened it. She read it slowly and nearly choked on her chocolate. "Oh Merlin!" She muttered. She recovered and stared at the letter.
"What is it?" Rhia asked, peering at the letter curiously. She could see Malfoy's signature at the bottom of the page.
"Nothing." Emma said folding up the letter. "Nothing at all." Emma muttered.
"Are you in contact with Malfoy, like talking to him?" Rhia asked.
"No. He keeps sending me threats. Nothing big really." Emma said. Emma tucked the letter into the hem of her skirt. Rhia looked at Emma suspiciously. Emma looked away from her and picked up another chocolate.
"Ok, ok. I'll tell you anything." Emma said. Rhia shook her head.
"You're too easy to break," Rhia muttered.
"I've met up with Malfoy at least three times in the last week." Emma told Rhia. Rhia looked at Emma with a frown.
"What?" Rhia asked.
"I don't know why I'm doing it but he's actually really nice. He's not that bad, really he's not." Emma said. Rhia held up her hands innocently.
"Didn't say anything." Rhia said, "I'll ignore it for now but if anything happens I will intervene." Rhia said. Emma smiled and gave Rhia a hug. "One of us might as well have some form of a relationship." Rhia muttered. Emma sighed and was about o say something when two blonde haired girls came into the room and ran onto Rhia's bed.
"Chocolate!" Kaylee shouted. "Give me chocolate." She grabbed the box of chocolates and turned to sit opposite Jessie. They began stuffing their mouths while Rhia tried to get the box back.
"Those are mine you two!" Rhia said. Emma pulled Jessie away from the chocolate but Kaylee put the lid on it quickly and climbed up one of the posts of the bed.
"What the-" Emma said as she looked up at Kaylee with Rhia.
"Get down here now!" Rhia said. She got out her wand and aimed it at Kaylee. Emma got her wand out as well, she put an arm around Jessie and pointed the wand at Jessie's head.
"Hey, leave her alone!" Kaylee said. Rhia held up her hand.
"Chocolates." She said.
"You're not fun Rhiannon." Kaylee said.
"Never ever call me that." Rhia said. Kaylee slid down the post and handed the chocolates over reluctantly.
"Who gave them to you?" Kaylee asked as she sat on Rhia. Jessie struggled out of Emma's grip and went straight to the box of chocolates.
"Jordan." Rhia said.
"Isn't he nineteen?" Kaylee asked.
"Twenty." Rhia said.
"He's too old for you" Kaylee said. "I'm afraid we will have to confiscate these."
"You do that and you'll never see anyone ever again." Emma warned. Kaylee pressed herself against Rhia and ate more of the chocolate.
"But what were we talking about?" Rhia asked.
"Um…Harry." Emma said, "Or we were about to."
"Stupid bastard." Jessie muttered.
"Jessie!" Kaylee said hitting her sister for her use of language.
"He is." Jessie muttered. Emma smirked slightly.
"Yeah, I can't believe that! I'm not a liability am I?" Rhia asked. "I mean…I really thought he loved me." She said.
"Boys are weird." Kaylee said.
"I second that." Emma said. "Oh, Rhia…Hogsmeade next weekend." Rhia shrugged.
"I might not go." Rhia said. "There's no point."
"You have to!" Emma said. Rhia shrugged and finished the chocolate.
Lily laughed as James whispered in her ear.
"What are you doing here?" Lily asked turning around to look at her husband. James put his arms around her and lifted her to her feet.
"I wanted to spend some time with you. April said she'd hold the fort for a while." James said. He kissed Lily's neck and looked into her bright green eyes. "I love you." He said.
"I love you too." Lily said. She put her arms around James' neck and looked back at him. She took his glasses off and put them on the table. "That's better." She said.
"Also, I heard that you wanted me to talk to Harry." James said. Lily rolled her eyes.
"That was weeks ago. He wrote to you instead, if you recall."
"Well, actually I wrote to him, we sorted stuff out. How is Rhia doing?" James asked, his voice filled with concern.
"She's doing better. Emma's really helping her and Hermione seems to want to help her a bit." Lily said. James nodded and gave Lily a kiss on the lips.
"You need to come home." James said earnestly after a few more moments of looking at Lily.
"And why's that?" She asked cheekily.
"Because I need you!" James said. He let go of Lily and went to his knees. "Please, I beg you come home!" He said. He suddenly hugged Lily around the waist. Lily laughed and ran her hands over his hair.
"We've been through this sooo many times already." Lily said.
"Please!" James said.
"I think someone is suffering from withdrawal symptoms." Came a voice from the door. Lily and James turned to see Dumbledore standing in the doorway. James got to his feet quickly and Lily looked away and twisted a lock of hair in her finger.
"Albus." James said curtly. Dumbledore smiled and his eyes twinkled slightly.
"I'm sure we can spare our healer for a few days if she wishes to return home." He said. "But I need to talk to you for something slightly more pressing."
"We're all ears." Lily said.
"Well technically we're not, we're two ears, two arms, two legs, a torso-" Lily hit James in the stomach to shut him up.
"It concerns your son." Dumbledore said.
"What about him?" Lily asked.
"We think that its about time he progressed with his studies. I spoke to him this morning and advised him to stop with the DA so that he himself has more time to study." Dumbledore said.
"Harry, study?" James asked.
"He's a good student." Lily said. "He just doesn't really listen."
"I have noticed that myself." Dumbledore said with a smile "but I'm afraid that the incident with Rhia Black and Bo Lupin was a little too close for comfort." James and Lily nodded in agreement.
"What do you propose?" James asked.
"Well, members of my staff would be willing to help him." Dumbledore said.
"I could have April come and train him." James suggested. "She was Head Auror, she may know a little more then your staff, no offence Albus."
"None taken. But that is a remarkably good idea." Dumbledore said. Lily laughed gently to herself.
"You know that Sirius and April are probably closer then me and James. How is Sirius going to survive without her? James is barely coping without me." Lily said.
"Well, unlike you, April is only here to help Harry, she doesn't have to be here all the time." James said. Lily nodded.
"So we agree to have April to train Harry?" Dumbledore asked.
"It is your school Albus."
"Yes, but Harry is your son." Dumbledore said.
"As long as it's not Snape." James said darkly. Lily looked at James and held his hand comfortingly. Dumbledore nodded.
"Well, I must leave you now and make living arrangements for April. I will be calling a meeting soon." Dumbledore told them, "I think it is about time we got a few reports." James and Lily nodded. Dumbledore left the room. James turned to Lily.
"Now where were we?" James asked
"I believe it went along the lines of 'Please come home, I love you so much, I'll die for you, I'll kill for you, I'll do anything for you'" Lily said dramatically. James gave Lily a mischievous look. Lily's eyes widened, she didn't that look on James. James pulled Lily into his arms and pulled her into a kiss.
"Go home James." Lily said.
"Home is where the heart is." James said, giving her another kiss. Lily sighed.
"Fine, sit! I have work to do." Lily said. James looked at James confused.
"What work would a healer at Hogwarts have to do?"
"A lot of work, now you can sit and watch me if you wish but I can't do anything until I've finished this." Lily said. "That or you could help me brew up a few potions?"
"I think I'll sit here." James said sitting down. Lily smiled and shook her head.
"I thought you'd say that." She said with a smile
Mei sat on the bottom step of the main staircase while Orion sat on the banister. Mei was flipping through a witch weekly magazine while Orion watched a group of Hufflepuff girls who were going into the great hall.
"What do you think of Georgina Turner?" Orion asked as he watched a particular blond haired Hufflepuff with a dazzling smile.
"She's too old for you." Mei muttered.
"She's only a month older then me."
"Therefore she is too old for you." Mei said. Orion jumped off the banister and made his way towards the group of girls. Mei looked up and rolled her eyes.
"Merlin help him." She muttered before returning to her magazine. As Orion walked over the girls saw him and started whispering among themselves.
"It's Black" One muttered.
"He's so cute." Another said.
"Good morning Ladies." Orion said, flipping his head slightly so his hair fell over his eyes slightly. His hair had grown rather long recently and made him look like a rather attractive thirteen year old.
"Good morning Black." Said Georgina.
"Please, call me Orion." He said, "So, Georgina, I was wondering if you wanted to go for a walk with me." He said. Georgina turned to her friends with a rather excited look.
"Of course I would." She said. Orion grinned and held out his hand. Georgina took it timidly and let Orion lead the way away from the hall.
"I'll be back later." Georgina said to her friends. The girls all started whispering and giggling. Orion had barely gone four feet when he stopped dead in his tracks.
"Oh my-"
"What is it?" Georgina asked. She looked at the tall blond woman who was coming in through the main doors. She was remarkably pretty and Georgina knew who it was instantly. "Is that April Black?" She asked.
"Yeah." Orion said. April turned to look at Orion. He quickly let go of Georgina's hand.
"Orion." April said.
"What are you doing here?" Orion asked. Georgina looked at Orion.
"Maybe this isn't a good time. I'll see you around Orion." She said. Orion nodded and gave Georgina a quick kiss on her cheek. Georgina went slightly pink and turned to go back into the great hall to join her friends.
"Orion, Orion." April tutted.
"What?" Orion asked. April walked past him and put a hand on his back, urging him to walk with him.
"You're turning into your dad." April said.
"Dad was a player?"
"Yep." April said. Orion looked at his mum sceptically.
"I find that hard to believe." Orion said.
"It's nice to know that you consider yourself a player" April said with a sigh.
"Hello Mei." April said as they passed Mei.
"Good afternoon, Mrs. Black" Mei said.
"Please, April. My name is April." April said. Mei nodded. April continued up the stairs.
"Dad was never a player." Orion said.
"He was, a very big one. He cheated on me many times." April said.
"He dotes on you mum, he can't have been anything like me." Orion said. April smiled.
"Well, you classify yourself as a player. Sirius would have called himself a ladies man" Orion rolled his eyes. They went up to Lily's rooms and went in. James was looking at himself in a full length mirror. Orion raised his eyebrows when he noticed that James was only wearing a towel around his waist.
"Good night?" April asked.
"Very good." James said. "Well, I must be getting back to the ministry, I'll see you later. Hi Orion." James walked into Lily's bedroom while calling "April's here." Lily soon emerged fully dressed.
"Hello Roomie." April said with a grin. Lily smiled broadly.
"Together again." Lily said, "I knew you couldn't resist me." Orion shivered. He hated watching his parents and his friends acting like him and his siblings and their friends.
"You can go now Orion." April said.
"Thank you!" Orion said before running out of the room.
Hogsmeade was filled with excited students, the weather was brilliant, it was hot and it was sunny. Rhia sat in the Three Broomsticks with a mug of butterbeer in her hands. Jordan watched her with sympathetic look. Rhia had been telling him what Harry had told her and why they'd broken up. Rhia ended with a sigh and put the butterbeer down.
"Well, I suppose I see his logic but if I were him I wouldn't let someone like you go." Jordan said, "If anything I'd have thought that having you by his side would make him stronger." Rhia shrugged.
"Harry's strange. He's not like normal people, his logic doesn't follow normal logic." Rhia told Jordan. Jordan had grown a small beard since Rhia had last seen him. It was very neatly trimmed and it suited him very well. Rhia rather liked it and he looked better then he had at Christmas. He wore casual Muggle clothes, like Rhia.
"Yeah, but still." Jordan said. "Oh, I got you a present." Jordan said. Rhia looked at Jordan.
"You really spoil me, you know." Rhia said, "I really don't need all these presents." Jordan smiled.
"I talked to my sister and she said the best way to help a girl feel better is to shower her with gifts, give her lots of chocolate and ice cream and tell her she's gorgeous, but you don't need that, the last one." Jordan said. Rhia looked at him confused. "You're beautiful, you know that, everyone knows that."
"Actually, I think you'll find that my friend Emma is better looking then I am." Rhia said. Jordan shrugged.
"Anyway, There's this man, Yassif Yugo, who wants to meet with you. He was at the ball at Christmas and heard you singing and he's really interested in signing you up with the Wizarding Music Company." Jordan said with a smile.
"And this involves you how?" Rhia asked.
"Well, he's a good friend of mine. He knew that I know you and he wanted to meet you." Jordan said.
"Is that why you wanted to meet up with me?" Rhia asked. Jordan smiled sheepishly. Rhia smiled and nodded.
"That and I like spending time with you. I think you're one of the only people who don't get star struck by me." Jordan said.
"That happens when you grow up with famous people." Rhia said, "Or date them." Jordan reached across the table and took both of Rhia's hands in his.
"Harry is an idiot, just think, if you accept this deal then he'll come back to you, whining that he wants you back. Can you imagine how good it would feel to have him grovelling at your feet?" Jordan asked. Rhia thought about it and smiled at Jordan. Jordan smiled back and looked about the Inn. "He should be here somewhere." Rhia finished her drink and looked around the inn as well.
"Jordan!" Came an unnaturally happy voice from behind Rhia. Rhia turned to see a man with dark skin coming towards them. He wore some smart looking robes and had a bag in his hand. Jordan stood up and pulled the man into a quick friendly embrace.
"Yassif, this is Rhia Black. Rhia, Yassif." Jordan said. Yassif stole a chair from a student who had just gotten up to reach across another table. He sat next to Rhia and gave her a smile. Rhia gave him a nervous smile in return.
"Miss. Black, it is an honour to meet someone from such a highly respected family. It is refreshing to see that just because you're a 'pure blood' it doesn't mean you have to be a stuck up, evil, muggle killer." He said. Rhia raised an eyebrow and looked at Jordan. He gave her look that showed that Yassif had a peculiar sense of humour.
"Um, thank you." Rhia said quietly.
"I am truly honoured, I have met your father before and your mother seems like an immortal, you cannot believe how long I have waited to meet someone within the Black-Potter circle." Rhia nodded slowly. She was slightly scared by this man's over enthusiastic mood.
"Thank you." Rhia said again.
"I'm sorry I'm scaring you. I will get to business. I went to the Holyhead ball and I would just like to say, you have the most amazing voice. The voice of an angel. I would like to sign you up to have a record deal with the Wizarding Music Company. I have discussed it with some of our superiors and we have agreed that you would make an excellent addition to the number of magical artists that we already support." He said quickly. Rhia just managed to keep up with what he was saying. "So we would like to give you a five album deal and a twenty thousand Galleon annual salary which will change, depending on how successful you are, then if you wish we could try and break into the Muggle music industry with your songs." He said.
"Um, that's very kind of you." Rhia said. She was stunned. She didn't know what to say. "But I can't make this decision straight away, I'd have to talk to my parents." Yassif nodded.
"Of course, that is why I have brought a copy of a possible contract, some information on our plans and our contact details. We'll be willing to make any changes to your contract if you think it is necessary. You can have all the time you wish and we are willing to wait until you leave Hogwarts to start your career." Yassif said. He put the papers on the table for Rhia to read
"I don't think that'll be necessary." Rhia said. "I'll talk to my dad about this and I'll get back to you." Rhia said. Yassif bowed his head and turned to Jordan.
"It is nice seeing you again Jordan." He said.
"Any time." Yassif turned to Rhia and shook her hand fanatically.
"A great great honour to meet you, Rhia Black. Please, do not rush your decision, I will hopefully hear from you soon." He said before leaving them. Rhia looked slightly stunned and surprised.
"I'm not that famous am I?" Rhia asked.
"Oh, I think it's because of your parents. No one wants to get on your bad side." Jordan said with a smile. "So do you think you'll take up the offer?" Jordan asked.
"I don't know, I would love to. It depends what my parents say." Rhia said. Jordan smiled and nodded. "Thanks Jordan." Rhia said.
"Any time." Jordan said. "I think you're worth it." Rhia laughed and shrugged.
"I wouldn't say that." Rhia said.
Harry sat seething as he watched Rhia talking to Jordan Winters. He was listening a little to Ron and Hermione's bickering but mostly he was watching Rhia and Jordan. He knew it was mostly his fault and he was stupid to let her go but it was the only way to protect her. She wasn't safe if she was with him. He held onto his mug of cold butterbeer as he watched Rhia and Jordan flirting with each other. He knew what she was doing, she acted like that with him many times before. The glass in his hands finally broke when he saw Jordan reaching across and tucking a strand of Rhia's golden hair behind her ear and she smiled in return. Harry jumped slightly as the cold butterbeer wet his clothes.
"Harry!" Hermione said in alarm. Harry jumped up and looked down at his clothes. He let out a string of specially selected swear words. A few people turned to look at him, including Rhia. Harry wiped himself down and pointed his wand at his clothes to dry it.
"You really should be more careful." Ron said sceptically.
"I didn't think I was holding the mug that hard." Harry said. He glanced up at Rhia, who quickly turned her head and looked at Jordan, her smile gone from her face. Hermione looked at her and sighed.
"Harry, do you want to go for a walk." Hermione said. "Alone." She added, looking at Ron.
"What? What if you two do something?" He hissed at them. Hermione hit him gently.
"Don't you trust me?" She asked.
"Of course I do, it's just that you know-" Ron left the statement hanging. Hermione gave him a quick kiss before getting up.
"We'll catch up with you later." Hermione said. Ron grumbled and sat in his chair with his arms crossed. Hermione linked arms with Harry and left the Three Broomsticks. They walked out a little way to a fence with a small stile in it. Hermione lifted herself up and sat on the top of the fence while Harry sat on the stile. He picked some grass and slowly began mutilating the poor piece of greenery.
"Why did you do it Harry? Really, why did you?" She asked
"Because she'll be protected if she stays away from me." Harry said.
"I don't think she is. If you're thinking about her all the time you're not going to be able to think about defeating Voldemort." Hermione said.
"Look she's better off without me and if she chooses Jordan to look after her, good for her." Harry muttered.
"You know the only reason she met up with Jordan was because she's been offered a record deal." Hermione said earnestly.
"She didn't tell me that." Harry muttered.
"You're not talking to her. You hurt her really badly Harry." Hermione said. "You know she wanted to talk to you before you broke up?" Harry nodded, "She was going to offer certain…things that you two aren't allowed to do." Hermione said awkwardly.
"What?" Harry asked, giving Hermione a confused look.
"She wanted to take your relationship a stage further. Do you know how painful it must be for her? I don't understand you sometimes, though, I mean, I thought you loved her then you dumped her."
"It's safer for her." Harry said. Hermione sighed.
"Ok, lets think about this logically." Hermione said. "You love her, she loves you. You need to fight Voldemort but you can't if you can only think of Rhia. She's flirting with Jordan Winters, most probably because he's the guy she's closest to after you who isn't considered a brother, like Ron. How in the world are you hoping to defeat Voldemort if you two have got all these problems?" Hermione nearly shouted.
"Look Hermione, I don't need you giving me a lecture. I know I've done something really bad, I didn't think it through, I admit but it's too late now to change anything" Harry said.
"No it's not Harry." Hermione said. She slid off the fence and sat next to Harry. "You can still fix things but it may not be how it was before."
"So what's the point in that?" Harry asked her.
"You'll be closer." She said. Harry started shredding another blade of grass as he sat silently, pondering over what Hermione had just told him. As he thought about maybe trying to make up with Rhia he could only see Rhia and Jordan flirting in his head. He threw the grass on the floor.
"Forget it, she can have Jordan. They've gotten together once before, they might as well get together again." Harry said bitterly before storming back towards Hogsmeade. Hermione sighed and ran after him. She put her arm through his and just let him fume, she knew there was nothing she could do. As they walked back towards Hogsmeade Harry was suddenly hit with something he had tried not to think about for a few days now. He suddenly stopped and swore loudly. Hermione looked at him curiously.
"What is it?" Hermione asked. Harry looked at her worriedly.
"Remus is back isn't he?" Harry asked. "I brought him back didn't I? Shit!"
A/N: Hello peoples who reads my stories. Sorry this wasn't upsooner, i had it written a while ago. I've been havinga few issues with my computer, as in i spilt smirnoff ice all over hte keyboard and now half the buttons aren't working and my sister pulled out my space bar so i'm having issssuuuuueeesss. Anyway, i promise after this chapter thestory will focus more on Harrry, i just really really really really wanted to write this chapter cause i havethis whole jealousy thing planned out that i wanted to do involving Harry. And i kinda forgot about hte Remus thing BUT all will be rectified as soon as my computer decides it's going to behave...grrr...anyway, all you peoples inthe worldz i would like to draw your interestto this internet club thing...its calledthe Silver Quill club. If you're interested youmay email me at...ill trythis but if my email addy goes missing itsthis stupid ...ok, annaunderscoresheldrickatyahoodotcodotuk...that's my attempt. It's upto youify ou can actually decipher it