Christine stepped out of her last transfiguration class positively beaming. The first day of classes had been amazing, though she had bundles of homework to do. Christine looked at her watch and headed towards the Great Hall, absolutely dieing for food. She walked inside and looked around for a seat, and then she saw Lucius coming over to her, smug expression locked onto his face.
Lucius came up to her and laid a hand on the small of her back, "Good to see you Chris, come on, and sit with me."
She allowed him to guide her over to a seat and let out the breath she didn't realize she had been holding when he withdrew his hand to allow her to sit down. Christine looked at her plate and began to load on food. She did her best to ignore Lucius' hand on her knee while she ate, hardly glancing up from her plate and trying not to notice her three roommates glaring at her from down the table.
Christine watched as the three girls stood up and walked out of the Great Hall, trying their best to stifle giggles, 'I wonder what they are up to?'
She shook her head and turned her attention to Lucius who, at the present time, was regaling her with one of his stories. Suddenly, a brown tawny owl caught her attention as it flew by and dropped a piece of parchment into her lap. She quickly excused herself from the table and walked outside the doors. She quickly unfolded the parchment.
Chris,
Hey,
I was wondering, feel like joining me and the boys for a little back
to school party? I know you more than likely want to start on your
potions homework but surely you can postpone that for us right?
Anyway, we will see you in the ROR soon, we should be there now. See
you soon,
Love, Padfoot, Prongs, and Mooney.
P.S. Just so you
know, wormtail is busy with something so he wont be joining, that
should convince you a bit more eh?
Christine laughed at the letter and mumbled a quick inciendo and watched as the paper burned. She hurried up to the Room of Requirement and saw the door already there. She walked in and tackled the boys in the biggest bear hug, almost choking them to death.
James laughed and smiled at her, "Well boys, seems like someone has missed us over the summer."
Christine smiled at him and smacked him in the arm, "Well what do you expect? I was stuck at home for half of the summer then the other half I was at Snape Manor with no one but Lucius and Severus to keep me entertained."
James and Sirius shared looks of disgust while Remus merely rolled his eyes, "You had to spend the summer with Snape? Oh God! That must have been hell."
"Well, Actually Padfoot, it wasn't that bad. Severus is actually somewhat nice once you get past the bastard thing, besides, he helped me ward of Lucius most of the time."
Remus shook his head, "I will never understand that boy. Why won't he get the point and stop chasing after you?"
Christine just shrugged her shoulders and moved over to one of the many couches in the room and plopped down on it so she was lying on her stomach, head turned to the boys. "So, where is Peter? I haven't seen the boy since the train, seemed quite odd."
"No idea, ol' Prongsie tried to follow him in the cloak but Peter heard him and got a bit angry."
Christine let out a small chuckle, "I'll never understand why you three keep him around."
Sirius looked at her as if she was insane, "Come on Chris, he's the only one that can reach the kn- OW!"
James, who was sitting next to Sirius on the floor in front of the couch, elbowed Sirius before he spilt the beans. The Marauders still had yet to tell Christine about Remus and how they were Anamagi. Christine just shook it off, deciding against perusing it, knowing full well that when they wanted her to know, they would tell her.
After about twenty more minutes of talking, James and Sirius were arguing about some Quidditch team and Remus made his way over to the couch and picked up Christine's feet, sat down, and replaced them on his lap. "So Chris, how are you? I missed you over the summer."
Christine looked up at him, turning over so that she was lying on her back. She looked up at his face and wondered when he had aged so much, he looked well beyond his years, his very presence exuding maturity and suffering. Remus was her best friend, second only to Sirius who she had known since they were toddlers. Remus was so much like her, he loved to read, loved to study, loved his friends, she could tell him anything. "I missed you too, more than you know. But to tell you the truth, my summer wasn't that bad, at least not once I got to Snape Manor. I mean my brothers were jerks as usual and Lucius was just being Lucius, but Severus was nice, very kind. There is more to him than meets the eye, kind of like you."
Remus looked almost panicked for a moment before Christine calmed him down, "Don't worry Hun, I don't know what your secret it, I know you will tell me when you feel you can, I'm not going to push you."
Remus visibly relaxed, "So, it seems like you had a very interesting summer, though I must say I never thought anyone would ever use the words, kind or nice to describe Snape."
Christine was about to reply when James and Sirius whipped their heads in Christine and Remus' direction, "You think Snape is what?"
Christine looked at Remus for a bit of support, knowing she would find little if even that, "He's nice, at least to me, him and I have a lot in common and he really is nice company."
The two boys gaped at her for a moment until James opened his mouth, "But he's a Slytherin!"
Christine's anger almost got the best of her, "James, in case you haven't noticed, I am a Slytherin too, and proud of it. Not all the people in my house are heartless bastards, maybe one day you will remember that."
Christine stood up and walked out of the room, leaving three guilty looking boys in her wake.
