YAY! Chapter 4. Please don't hurt me. The updates will be getting slower as I have hit a little road block.
Lono: A little?
Yes. I have just a tiny bit of writer's block. This is the last pre-written chapter I have so, yeah.
To Azul Kitty: You are evil!
Lono: And an idiot.
That's mean.
To marauders4: I know, aren't they? Azul Kitty loved them when I told her about them on the bus.
To The Miss Marauders: Ah yesh, we love our Lono. Even though he is very bossy and mean.
Lono: I am not bossy. I'm just making sure that you get your work done. Did you make that flyer?
Yesh.
Lono: Storyboard?
GAH! The storyboard! Well, while I'm off doing my software homework, enjoy chapter 4 of Breaking Point!
When Remus joined Sirius in London, Sirius' drinking problem had only gotten worse. Remus was right to expect Sirius not to drink in front of Harry and the other children, but once they go to bed the booze came out. There was absolutely no stopping him. Whenever the other Order members saw the bottle of wine or fire whiskey come out, they left Remus to Sirius' mercy.
Currently Remus was at the café. He was working more now that they saw how beat up he was. That and it was busy in the café. Families were stopping for lunch while shopping for school. Molly had even promised to stop by.
"Oy, Remus cover for me." Dusk said, "I need to get out of this place. That and we're out of tea yet again."
"I have been covering for you all day." Remus said, "You've just been sitting there while I serve everyone."
"Dawn could help you." Dusk sniffed. Remus could only guess that the two sisters had gotten into a fight the night before. "I'll be back."
Harry watched curiously as a woman dressed in white made her way to the table that he, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, and Mrs. Weasley were sitting at. Her fair hair flowed gracefully over her shoulders.
"You're friends of Remus'." the woman said, "A reading?"
"How do you know that?" Hermione demanded.
"Because I knew you were coming." the woman said, "The duo my sister and I had all our lives has now become a trio. Or so Dusk likes to believe. A reading?"
"We're only here for lunch." Mrs. Weasley said, "Thank you anyway."
"Maybe later." the woman said, "Remus will be over in a minute."
It was a few more minutes after the woman left before Remus finally made his way to their table. He was smiling and seemed to be enjoying himself. There wasn't a hint of the depression he showed when at 12 Grimmauld Place.
"You decided to stop by I see." Remus said happily, "Can I get you anything?"
"Who is that woman?" Hermione asked, "She seems out of it."
"That's just how Dawn is." Remus smiled, "Dusk should be back by now."
"Do they know about…?" Harry trailed off, not wanting to ruin business.
"Of course we know about his monthly issues!" a black haired woman said, appearing behind Remus. "Remy, Dawn is making me work!"
"Oh, whatever shall we do?" Remus sighed, "You can take over for me while I take my break."
"No fair!" The woman said, "You two are ganging up on me!"
"I covered for you all day." Remus pointed out, "And I'm hungry."
"Who are you?" Ginny asked finally. The woman stopped whining to Remus and looked at her.
"I'm Dusk Starling." She said happily. "I'm one of the owners of this café."
"Someone else owns it with you?" Ron said, "Who?"
"Her twin." Remus chuckled, "Dawn is much calmer than she is."
"I don't wanna work!" Dusk whined at the mention of her sister. "Tell her that you have everything under control."
"I'm hungry, Dusk." Remus said, "I want to eat, but because you keep running off doing God knows what I can't."
"Well, I have other things to do!" Dusk hissed, "Dawn does nothing but walk around asking people if they would like their cards read."
"You're being childish." Remus said. Dusk glared at him and he just stared back.
"Fine. Have your damn break." She said before storming off. They watched her silently for a minute before Remus pulled up a chair.
"Did you finish your shopping?" He asked. His cheery mood seemed to have been ruined by Dusk's dark mood.
"We're almost done." Mrs. Weasley said, seemingly having had ignored Dusk completely. "It's a cute café."
"Why is it called Midnight Sun?" Ron asked.
"To make it fair to each of them." Remus replied, "From what they told me, one of them wanted to call it the Midnight café and the other the Sun café."
"Did they go to Hogwarts at all?" Ginny asked, watching as Dawn made her way back over to them.
"No, they were sent to a school in Italy." Remus said, "Sometimes they'll discuss things that they don't want me to know in Italian."
"Dusk will take over for you for the rest of the afternoon." Dawn said, sitting next to Remus. "I don't know why she keeps leaving though."
"She does seem withdrawn lately." Remus said, "She gets upset over petty things."
"Mm. Yes, she does." Dawn said, "Would you like me to read your cards?"
"Ooh!" Ginny said happily, "Can you do me?"
"Certainly." Dawn said with a smile. She began to shuffle the cards. "Remus, go get something to eat. What would you like to ask the cards, my dear?"
Harry noted that the closer they got to the house, the more withdrawn and depressed Remus seemed to get. He couldn't see why his mood would change like that. Sirius had stopped drinking, hadn't he? Remus didn't seem to be on the receiving line of domestic violence either. Something must be happening between the two though or else Remus wouldn't be so depressed.
"Professor?" Hermione asked softly. Harry sighed inwardly with relief. He didn't have to ask. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Remus said, "Don't worry about me""
No one could miss the mournful glance Mrs. Weasley gave Remus. Something was still going on. The only reasonable explanation Harry could find for Remus' depression and Mrs. Wesley's mournful glance was that Sirius was still drinking. At this point Harry assumed that his ex-professor was currently being abused.
"Sirius is still drinking, isn't he?" Harry asked, breaking the silence that had befallen them.
"It's getting worse." Remus replied sadly, "I'm just glad that he doesn't drink in front of you children."
"Sirius is an alcoholic?" Hermione asked, "When did he start drinking so much?"
"When he came to live with me for a short period of time." Remus said, "I tried to get him to stop, but he would yell at me and I was rather afraid of his being discovered."
"Does he get violent?" Ginny asked, "Has he struck you?"
"Ginny!" Mrs. Weasley hissed. Remus remained silent for the rest of the walk. They were hiding something and Ginny's questions had hit close to home. Maybe Remus was being abused.
And there you have it. Chapter 4. Now to work on chapter 5.
Lono: You need to work of Dead of Night and you original works.
I know, I know. There's not enough brain power or money for me to do this.
Ryus: Why isn't there enough money? This is free.
I know. I just get my best ideas in the shower. Sometimes when I'm laying in bed. Well, review people! Pocky for all!