Chapter 27 – Love is a Chain Reaction
Harry walked around Diagon Alley with Ron. He was looking in all the windows shops. Trying to find something that would look right on Ginny. Valentines Day was next week and he and Ron had still not gotten their respective others anything. They had walked around all day; Ron was the only one to have found something. He had gotten Hermione a book; he knew she would like it. They had had lunch Ron had given his suggestions but still Harry couldn't find anything. They even tried muggle London. Ron had suggested they tried once more in Diagon Alley then go back. They walked passed shops, looking through windows. Harry suddenly stopped.
"I've found it the perfect thing," he said stopping outside a jewelry shop staring in.
"What? Which one?" Ron asked looking at the necklaces that were next to the rings.
"That one," Harry said pointing to one of the rings.
"Harry," Ron laughed, "that's an engagement ring."
"I know," Harry said and Ron suddenly fell silent.
"What do you mean you know, are you saying you want to marry my sister? Don't you think it's going a bit to fast?"
"Ron, I've been walking around all day and every time I walked passed this shop I kept thinking which one I was going to chose for her to wear on our wedding day. So what is the point in putting it off if I know it's going to happen?" Harry said and Ron stared at him then suddenly smiled and pulled Harry into a hug.
"Welcome to the family," Ron said grinning.
"She hasn't said yes yet," Harry said grinning back.
"You really think she would say no?"
"I bloody well hope not."
The next Quidditch match was fast approaching and Anna found herself becoming more nervous again. The night before the match Anna was sitting in the changing rooms with the rest of the team. Remus was giving his speech and told everyone to go to bed.
"Anna, Sirius you two can put everything away," Remus said and the rest left. So Anna and Sirius put everything while speaking about things on general. There was something in Sirius' voice that told Anna he wanted to speak about something else.
"Sirius, what's wrong?" She asked as he put the Quaffle away and then took it out for the third time that evening.
"Nothing…" he said and then sighed at Anna raised eyebrows. "Ok do you know Katlyn Weasley in the year below us?"
"Yeah she's friends with James and Lupins' old girlfriend right? Lily's sister," Sirius nodded.
"Well since you're the only girl I am friends with I wanted you to help me, please."
"I don't see why, you can ask her out fine by yourself," she said. He shook his head no. "Alright I'll help you, what do you want me to do?" She said seeing the desperation in his eyes.
"Can you find out if she likes me?" he asked. Anna nodded.
"Ok I'll let you know tomorrow then," she said.
"What? Tomorrow," he asked shocked.
"Better sooner than later," she replied and got up and left.
Anna went to the common room and sought out Katlyn. She found her sitting with Mary and Alison. Oh this was going to be fun, she thought.
"Excuse me Katlyn," she said ignoring the evil glares from Alison and Mary. Katlyn looked up at her in question. "Can I speak to you?" She got up and went over to the corner with Anna.
"You know Sirius Lupin?" She asked him.
"Yes," she answered blushing slightly.
"Do you like him?" she asked bluntly.
"Um… I don't know I never really thought about him like that," she said as she glanced over at Mary and Alison.
"Well think about it. Don't worry about your friends follow your heart," Anna said and left leaving Katlyn behind looking confused.
That night she had another dream about her mother. When she woke sweating and shaking she came to a conclusion she had to tell Lupin who she was. He had a right to know, she'd tell him tomorrow.
The next morning Anna woke up and went down to the common room to find Lupin sitting there. Anna went and sat next to Lupin giving him a kiss on the cheek as she sat. She sat resting her head on his shoulder. She gathered up her courage.
"What's it like being best friends with the son of a famous ex- convict?" she asked hoping to get into a conversation.
"What do you mean? It's just a name it doesn't mean anything,"
"Yeah but doesn't it have its draw backs?"
"Not really only when we go around with Remus's dad. I don't see the big deal."
"I guess not," that wasn't the answer she was looking for. She opened her mouth to say she was Harry Potter's daughter, But he silenced her with a kiss. She tried to pull away but she then thought. It was only a name and dad wouldn't be happy with me if I told him. So she put a hand to the nape of his neck and kissed him back, all thoughts leaving.
"Get a room," was the greeting from Sirius as he sat down and Anna and Lupin broke apart 5 minutes later.
"Katlyn does like you but she is worried about what Mary and Alison will say," Anna said as a greeting to Sirius. He looked taken aback by the news but nodded. They sat talking for a the next few minutes.
"You ok?" asked Lupin looking down at Anna.
"Yeah just nervous," she replied.
"Why? After last time," he said grinning at her.
"That's the point how am I supposed to live up to that!" She exclaimed.
"Just do your best do it how you do in practice and no one will complain, except maybe the other team!" Lupin laughed and kissed her on the nose, Anna loved it when he did that it was their thing.
All too soon they were out on the pitch flying around Anna was searching for the snitch, Gryffindor were up by 50 points. Anna saw it and went after it with the Hufflepuff seeker on her tail. She zigzagged in and out of players as she went after it. She felt the beating of wings beneath her hand as she held on to the snitch. There was a tremendous roar from the crowd and 6 bodies crashed into her all hugging and kissing her. She hoped the one who kissed her on the lips was Lupin, she couldn't tell who was who. Everyone went back to the common room. Anna saw Sirius approaching Katlyn and saw them talking, Sirius then suddenly kissed her and saw Alison and Mary narrow their eyes and whisper suddenly, then go back to the school.