Chapter Two.

"Don't you think we've met enough people for one week?"

"Matt, don't be ridiculous." Remus ordered his eldest son. He was taking them to meet a few people from the Order, plus the trio.
"Ridiculous? Dad, you're taking us to meet random people who haven't even heard of us!" Matt complained.
Remus sighed. "Matthew Sirius Lupin, I swear if you don't stop complaining right now, It'll be your summer."

"The summer will be over in a few weeks anyway, dad." Matt pointed out.

Remus sighed again. "Then it'll be the next few summers on that as well."

Matt crossed his arms. "You suck, dad." He said.

"Excuse me?" Remus asked incredulously.

Matt rolled his eyes. "I mean I love you daddy; you're the best person ever!"

"That's what I thought you said," Remus said smacking Matt on the back of his head.

"Ow! You know I could call that child abuse!"

"Well then where would you be without me, Matt?"

"Not meeting random people," Matt muttered.

But this was just met with another slap on the back of his head.

"Ow!"

Parker giggled in the back seat. "Mattie got hurt?" he asked.

"Yes, Parker," Abby said. "Mattie got hurt. Long ago, when he was younger than you, he hit his head real hard and now he's a mental case."

Matt turned around in the front seat of the car to face his sister. "Abigail, I believe it was Lucas who got hit in the head when he was little."

"Yes, but that was courtesy of me." Abby replied.

Matt nodded. "Yes, indeed. And to you I am eternally grateful that you hit our baby brother in the head with a frying pan. It brought great amusement to me."

Luke glared at his older brother. "Very funny, Matt. But do you remember why Abby threw that frying pan at my head?"

Matt frowned. "We don't need to bring that up," he answered quickly, turning back around.

Parker laughed again. "Why? Why?" he asked.

"Because," Abby said. "Matt was"-

"A brilliant young boy who still believes this topic needs to never be brought up again!" Matt cut in.

"You were a brilliant young boy?" Remus asked. "What happened?"

Abby, Luke, and Parker laughed. "Haha, very funny, dad!" Matt said.

"Actually, I thought so too." Remus replied.

"Me too!" Parker exclaimed happily.

Remus smiled and slowed the car down. "Alright kids, we're here!" he announced.

They looked out the window. "Where exactly is here?" Matt asked, seeing that the house that his father had stopped the car in front of was large and ghostly looking. Something that looked like it had come straight out of a horror movie.

"Welcome to Number 12 Grimmauld Place, kids!" Remus said. "This is Sirius's old house."

The family scrambled out of the car and stood on the driveway. "This is the house?" Matt asked.

Remus sighed. "Yes, Matt, this is the house." He picked up Parker and headed up towards the house. "Come on, guys," he called over his shoulder as he noticed his three eldest children weren't following. "Don't be nervous, they'll all love you."

"Yeah, that's not what we're worried about, dad," Matt declared. "It's more like…the house…that's worrying us."

Remus sighed and rolled his eyes. "Come on, I've been in this house countless numbers of times. There's nothing too bizarre about it."

Matt, Abby, and Luke looked at each other uncertainly. Taking deep breaths, they all headed up towards the house behind their dad.

Remus knocked on the door and waited. And waited. And waited.

Finally the door swung open and a lady with red hair stood in the doorway. "Remus, so glad you could make it!" She took sight of the four children standing with him and gave Remus a curious look. "And these young darlings would be…"

"Molly," Remus said. "This is Parker, Abby, Luke, and Matt. My children."

"Children?" Molly asked. "Remus, have you been hiding them in a cave or something?" she put her hands on her hips. "Now, come in, come in." she ordered, standing aside for the Lupins to walk in the creepy looking house. "Just make yourselves at home, kids, I'll be in the kitchen. Remus, may I have a word with you?" Molly asked.

Remus nodded and put Parker down.

"Daddy, you gonna get in trouble?" Parker asked.

"Probably," Remus winked and headed towards wherever Molly had went.

"Well, this certainly is interesting," Matt commented. "What in the world are we supposed to do?"

He needn't been answered by his siblings, for at that moment three teens came rushing down the stairs. They caught site of the four strangers and immediately took on a cautious look. There were two boys and one girl. The girl had brown hair and brown eyes. One of the boys had flaming red hair, presumably Molly's son. The other boy had messy, black hair and green eyes behind glasses. He had an odd, lightening bolt scar on his forehead and Matt, Abby, and Luke immediately recognized him as Harry Potter. The Boy Who Lived.

"Hello," the girl said suspiciously. "Um, who are you?"

The Lupin children came out of their senses. Parker first.

"I'm Parker!" he exclaimed. "And I'm six!"

"You are, are you?" the girl asked friendly. She seemed to have a soft spot for kids. She looked at the older three more…well distrustfully. "And you are…?"

"I'm Matt, and this is my sister Abby and my brothers Luke and Parker," Matt introduced.

"I'm Hermione Granger," the girl declared. "And this is Ron Weasley and"-

"Harry Potter," Abby cut off. "Yeah we know." She smiled slightly.

"So, what're you guys doing here?" Ron asked.

"They're here with me, Ron," Remus surprised all by showing up out of nowhere behind his kids. "They're my children."

The three teens' eyes widened.

"Since when have you had kids?" Harry asked.

"For the past, oh, seventeen years or so," Remus answered. "Just a little after your parents, actually, Harry."

"Wow, how come you never mentioned them before?" Harry asked.

Remus simply shrugged. "I don't know. I guess it just"-

"Brought back bad memories?" Matt asked.

Remus looked down at his eldest son surprised that he had said such a thing. "No, no of course not!" he exclaimed. "It brought back good memories that killed me to remember. But that's not why I never mentioned you guys to any one before. I really don't know why I never had actually."

"I guess it was just not important enough." Abby said scornfully, crossing her arms.

Remus sighed and his face relaxed. "Abby"-

"Remus!" some one cried from the other room. "Remus, is that you?"

A woman came walking into the room. "Jess?" Remus exclaimed. "No way!" He laughed and took the lady in for a big hug. "Oh it's been too long."

"Oh my God," Jess said as she and Remus separated. "Matt, Abby, Luke, Parker, you guys are all grown up!"

"Hey, Aunt Jess," Matt smiled as he and Jess hugged. "Good to finally see you again!"

"Aw, you too, Matt, where's your dad been hiding you guys, in a cave?" Jess asked and glared at Remus playfully.

Remus glared right back at his friend. "Well, where's Brian, Jess?"

"Right behind ya, Uncle Rem," said a voice from behind Remus, causing him to jump.

"Brian, you scared me!" he announced, swinging around and giving his nephew a hug. "It's been a while, eh?"

"Little too long, huh?" Brian asked.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron stared at the group, all thinking, "What the hell is going on?"

Jess seemed to notice this and quickly apologized. "Oh sorry, kids!" she said. "I'm Jessica Black, and this is my son, Brian."

"Black?" Hermione asked before she could stop herself. "Oh my God, I'm so sorry." She rushed.

"Don't worry about it. Yes, Black and Sirius is my husband; well, was." Jess added sadly. Brian put his arm around his mum and she smiled. "Remus, I need to talk to you about something real quick," Jess said and took Remus by the arm, leading him to the kitchen.

The Lupins, Brian, Ron, Harry, and Hermione all stared at each other awkwardly. They didn't know what to say to each other. After all, the trio didn't even know that Remus had kids and that Sirius was married with a son about ten minutes previously.

"So…" Matt started. "You guys go to Hogwarts, right?" he asked, for lack of a better subject.

"Yeah," Harry answered.

"And how's that treating you guys?"

"Quite well, thank you." Harry said awkwardly. "Where do you guys go to school?"

"Well, Parker hasn't started school yet, but the rest of us all go to Beauxbatons." Matt replied.

"You like it there?" Hermione asked.

"Not particularly," Matt answered. "It's too strict for my taste."

"Yeah, I have to agree with you there, Matt," Brian added.

"What about the rest of you?" Hermione asked the other two.

Abby shrugged. "It's not the greatest school for me, but it's not the worst."

Luke added, "It's better than Durmstrang, but I don't like it either."

The trio laughed. "So how old are you guys?" Ron asked.

"Seventeen," Matt answered.

"Sixteen," Brian and Abby both said at the same time.

"Fifteen," Luke replied.

"I'm six!" Parker piped up. "And the youngest!" He smiled big and added, "And the cutest!" He smiled even wider.

"Oh, you've got that right, Parker," Brian said, picking the young boy up and swinging him over his shoulder. "Now, isn't it nap time?"

"No!" Parker yelled. "I don't have a nap time any more!" He showed Brian his best puppy dog eyes.

Brian laughed. "Don't worry, Park, I was just teasing you."

"Ah, but it really is time for your nap, Parker," Remus said as he entered the room once again.

"No!" Parker yelled again. "I don't wanna!"

"Aw, I'm sorry, Parker, but you've got to get some sleep." Remus added as Parker tried the puppy dog eyes on him, "And don't try those eyes on me!"

Parker did anyway.

"Hey…what did I just say to you?" Remus asked as he took his youngest child out of Brian's arms. "Come on, nap time." Remus carried Parker upstairs to a room to put him to bed.

When Remus came back, Jess was with him. He smiled slightly at Harry, Ron, and Hermione as he put his arm around Matt's shoulders. "I really should have told you guys about these little pests," he apologized, giving his son's shoulder a squeeze to prevent him from making some unnecessary comment on his choice of an adjective to describe his children.

"Don't worry about it," Hermione said, waving off his apology. "I mean, you probably had your reasons and well, we're not mad or anything." She finished with a small smile.

Jess added to her comment, "As pointed out, it's been too long."