A/N: This is going to be a REALLY short chapter. The next one will be fairly long though.
Chapter 10
Departures
On Monday of Sarah's second week at Hogwarts, Remus was supposed to be leaving. Sarah woke up around 9 and strode into his room, which was right next to hers.
"Remus?" she called as she stood in the living room looking around.
"I'm in here!" came the reply from the bedroom. She poked her head in and saw Remus packing his suitcase with robe after robe, after robe.
"Do you really need this many robes, Remus?" Sarah asked, laughing.
"Yes I do," he said defensively.
Sarah smirked and hoped on his bed unashamed, and crossed her legs. "You're only staying for two weeks. Won't there be like a…washing machine or something where ever you're staying? Is necessary to pack a new robe for each day? Personally, I wouldn't pack robes at all. I think they're really tacky and unfeminine."
Remus chuckled. "Sarah, you're one of a kind, you know that?"
Sarah laughed stuck her tongue out. "Of course I am. What did you expect when Dumbledore hired an American as your substitute?"
"Someone a lot less like you and a lot more like Lily."
Sarah sighed and laid down on the bed. Remus raised his eyebrows at her. "What are you doing now?" he asked. Sarah glared at him and narrowed her eyes. She casually rolled off the bed and landed in a thump on the floor.
When she stood up her hair had turned red and her eyes green. "Better?" Sarah asked, feigning a British accent.
Remus laughed. "Not quite. Red looks a little unnatural on you. I think you should stick with your caramel."
Sarah scolded. "And my eyes?"
"Completely fake. Your accent wasn't to great either."
"Alright. What about Brown hair and blue eyed?"
"Try it."
Sarah lifted her wand to her hair and tapped it and it suddenly it transformed to very dark and curly. Her eyes changed also to a blue color, not really blue, but a sort of mix between hazel, green, blue, and gray. "What about now?" she asked sweetly.
Remus smiled. "Surprisingly, it isn't that bad."
"Surprisingly! What did you expect?"
"I always associated brown hair and blue eyes to a woman who was more subdued than you are."
Sarah laughed. "Do you prefer subdued women to women who actually think for themselves."
"When a woman is calm they are not always necessarily brainless."
"I never said they were brainless. I said that calm women who let men like you push them around have no mind of there own."
"Men like me? What's that supposed to mean?" Remus asked as he put a shirt in his suitcase.
"You know, macho guys like you who prefer 'subdued' women."
"I never said that I preferred subdued women did I?"
Sarah glared at him. "I find it pointless to argue with you. I'm afraid we are at the same intellectually debating level. And I so wanted someone to fight with. It gives me something to do."
"You aren't easily satisfied, are you, Sarah?" Remus asked. She shook her head, grinning.
"Well I'm done packing. Want to see me to the gates?" Remus asked, pulling Sarah to her feet.
"Duh. How are you getting to London anyway?"
"I'm taking a carriage ride just out of Hogsmeade, then I'll apparate to my friend's house and stay there."
"Who's you're friend?" Sarah asked as they walked out of his room. Sarah had by then changed her hair back to normal, much to Remus's protests.
"Kingsley Shacklebolt. He and his wife have arranged for me to stay in their guest house."
"Do they work for the order?" Sarah asked.
Remus nodded. "He's an auror. His wife is in it to, but she doesn't do much now. She's 7 months pregnaunt and Kingsley refuses to let her do anything."
"He's probably another one of those macho guys like you." Sarah muttered. Remus laughed again.
Once the carriage in the front of the castle arrived, Remus said goodbye to Sarah and then got in it. She waved at him and watched his carriage, for lack of anything better to do, until she could no longer.
