Author: Muduoduomu

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Chapter 15. "Mother" and son

"Class is over." With the words of Professor Lupin, the classroom became lively.

Della packed all her books in her schoolbag and was about to run to the cafeteria. Maybe because Christmas was coming soon, the elves began to change menu, there were several surprises on the table recently!

It's only Hogwarts' Christmas dinner that could make her betray the Bush family's. It's heard that there was even a French cuisine last year!

Although she had no idea what it was, but really, when she heard the "French food", her saliva flowed down.

Yesterday she had the best ice cream in her life!

What would be today?

She didn't want to miss it.

"Della, are you available? Can I grab you for a few minutes?" Professor Lupin came down and stood at her desk.

Della gave him a guilty look.

Since she had told headmaster, was he going to revenge?

Lupin smiled and shook his head. "No, just chatting, take up your time."

Most of students were gone, everyone was running towards to the cafeteria.

Della thought for a while, put down her bag and nodded, "ok. What would you like to talk about?"

A shy smile appeared on his face — seriously, it made him a little cute.

Della had never seen a man of this age showed such a lovely expression.

This impressed her a lot better about Professor Lupin.

—Plus, even Headmaster Dumbledore said he had no problem.

"You are a very clever girl," Lupin smiled and said, "you always remind me of my old friend."

"An old friend?" Della made a face, "I hope I'm not too old."

"Oh, no, no." Lupin laughed, he was amused by her and found it was easy to talk with Della. "I forgot women's age is a taboo. Of course you're young and full of youth." He went on smilingly, "I mean, the young her."

Della was keen. "Do you have a crush on her?" She badly smiled, shook her head and sighed, "it seems your love didn't come to a result."

Lupin was amused again, cleared his throat and nodded, "yes, she was the girlfriend of my friend at that time."

"Wow…" Della said softly, before pointed out it's not good, she realized the love was unrequited, which meant he didn't get involved in the couple. "Then you're really… I mean, you're good. You did it for friendship?" Lupin nodded but shook his head, "maybe I'm ashamed of myself. I always feel that I don't deserve that beautiful girl. Moreover, she and my friend were really a good couple, they got married after graduation."

"I wish I had such good luck." She sighed enviously.

Lupin nodded: "You will. You're brave and persistent, bright and articulate, as well as good luck. With so many good friends, you'll surely achieve what you want." Della was flattered. She was embarrassed, "I thought you were here blame me, you know, I've told Headmaster Dumbledore…"

Lupin stopped her and nodded, "yes, I know. I want to explain to you that I have no malice on school. I'm a Gryffindor, I love Hogwarts, and I'm back hoping I can do something for them. I hope you can believe me." He lowered his head, and said solemnly, "and please keep the secret for me. There are not many intelligent and enlightened people like you. If my secret is known, I may be expelled from this school, but I can't leave yet."

Della shook her head, said under Lupin's nervous face, "actually, I don't know your secret. I just know you have a problem, and I think I should remind headmaster. But since headmaster promised your problem had been solved," she shrugged and spread her hands, "I have nothing to tell. You can rest assured that your secret is safe and it has not been discovered."

Lupin looked at Della for a while and found that she was serious! She really didn't know! It's just a guess, or maybe a vague perception, but didn't go deep it, instead, she believed her intuition and went to see Headmaster Dumbledore.

"Merlin!" Lupin held his forehead, "you're so amazing! You scared me!"

Della was a pure Gryffindor! She believed in herself, her friends, and her promises.

Lupin shook his head and said, "you know, I thought you were like her, but now I think you're like him, my friend, my best friend."

He also believed in himself and his friends, he's the bravest man.

The greatest hero.

Della finally found they got on like a cauldron on fire on chatting, and she didn't know how they could talk so much.

But they had a lot in common.

For example, they both had friends who were fanatical Quidditch players and fans, while they had no interest in Quidditch itself. They went to the stadium just to cheer for their friends.

"That's a big difference." Della abandoned the lunch and ate sandwiches in the classroom. "I'm going to see Fred, he's my love, but you're friends." "No difference." Lupin was eating salad in a fork — he was a vegetarian — no wonder he's so thin.

"I love James, genuinely." He said.

"Oh…" Della frowned, "is your feeling for your friends too deep? You loved Sirius and Lily just now, but they were all your friends." She waved her hand and said, "although you were getting a crush on one of them, you said you had the same deep feelings for them." She said, "if you love three people with an equal extent, you'll be exhausted."

Lupin laughed, brightly, which affected Della in a good mood.

"Yes, I love them. It makes me feel that life has become more colourful, I have so many people to love."

It sounded a little sad.

Della skipped over this topic and talked to Lupin about Harry, Ron and Hermione, because she always thought the relationship between the trio was not equal.

Harry seemed to be the most glory one, however, he was in a vulnerable position in his friendship. On the one hand, he hoped to be tolerated by his friends; on the other hand, he compromised his friends without any line.

"It seems to me that his idea of making friends is kind of distorted and individual." Della said.

Lupin listened very carefully, he didn't even eat salad.

She thought it may because the salad was distasteful.

Hermione, she put herself into an adult position, maybe for her rational? She took on too much responsibility invisibly, but in fact, she's only five feet six high.

"She's just a little girl," said Della, she felt injustice for her, "but she's like a mother to Harry and Ron!"

She didn't dare to say that to Hermione, she would be angry.

But Della really thought so.

Ron was the most normal one among the trio. He's righteous, sometimes whiny, punished friends, impulsive, but he was not a vengeful person, he would soon put away his anger.

A happy child.

Lupin grinned and said, "I think you're like a mother, too."

Della gave him a white look. She didn't even talk that to Fred. Maybe it's due to the good conservation with Professor Lupin, and he looked very gentle.

Moreover, he's not a student, she wasn't afraid of his leaking out.

"I can't tell them." Della put orange into her mouth, "I'm not familiar with Harry. Although we often talk, he… doesn't like making friends. His friends are Hermione and Ron. I don't like Ron, he's too naive to bully Hermione. It's not malicious but a habit, he's · used to · bullying girls!" It made her always wanted to beat him from time to time.

She had no idea when could he change his bad habit of bullying girls.

Hermione would be more intractable. She's too clever to accept opinions, especially the one pointed out her mistake.

Lupin said, "you know what, my friends also had contradictions at that time, serious disagreements. I didn't approve of them, but I said nothing, I was just silence. Because they were all my friends, I didn't want any of them to be angry with me, so I kept silence."

"A thing happened in the end, something very severe, I was close to disaster. At that time I thought, if I had started to stop them earlier, would it have been better?"

Della: "Do you suggest me say it out?"

Lupin: "If you ask me, well, you can try to tell one of them what you think. It's a problem for three people though, as long as one of them changes, the remaining two will change as well. Because the trio…" He beamed, "…are friends."

Della was still hesitant, "what about they don't listen to me?" But she was conative.

Lupin: "But if you don't say it, they will never change. Maybe they won't notice it until they make a big mistake, or they won't notice it all the time."

He thought about it, smiled and said, "at that time, she was also against it and she said it out. She disapproved it all the time and would stop it when she saw it. She was a very brave, clever girl."

Della: "Hermione is the cleverest and the bravest." She shook her head, she knew herself, "I'm not as smart and courageous as she is." At least, she never wanted to be hostile to the Dark Lord.

She could be a champion with everyone, but not a fighter.

Lupin smiled and shook his head.

Della was determined to say it out.

But she didn't tell Hermione, talking to friends could be scary sometimes.

The closer friends, the scarier they got.

So she chose Harry.

Harry was often alone. If he's not with Ron, he's on his own.

And he was often alone recently.

It's like hiding from Hermione and Ron.

This made Hermione and Ron spend more time together: to find Harry.

Della found Harry easily. He was in the empty corridor on the fifth floor, stretching and looking out of the window.

The sky was overcast with rain and clouds.

She went over and said hi.

Then she also leaned on the window. The air was very cold, like ice. If took a breath, it's icy from nose to stomach.

She shivered, and said suddenly. "You know, I met Professor Lupin the days before."

Harry turned around and looked at her in doubt.

"He told me he and your parents were classmates, they were all Gryffindor."

Harry bowed his head and uttered a sound.

Della made a face, "he said that James, your father, liked pranks as much as Fred."

Now Harry turned his head, also made a face, said in unbelievable: "My father, like Fred?"

"He also said your mother was the cleverest girl in the whole school, was also the most beautiful one." Della said.

Harry turned back his head, he didn't want to talk about his parents.

"To me, the smartest girl in Hogwarts right now is Hermione," said Della with frowned, "but I can't imagine Hermione and Fred be together."

After Lupin told her that day, she always thought about it.

Harry couldn't ignore Della at all, because he began to think about it, too!

He shook his head as if tried to throw away the weird picture in his mind. "I can't imagine it."

Della nodded and went on saying, "Professor Lupin said they quarrelled every day at that time, your parents."

Harry seemed to try to prove something or retort it — in a very mild way.

"But they love each other." As if he came out something, he added, "you and Fred often quarrel, too."

Both of them looked at each other for a while and looked away together.

Della shivered. "Come on, I don't want such a big son."

Harry pushed her in a feint of anger, "hey, I don't neither!" He was amused.

Della thought it was a good time to get into the subject.

She stood up straight, ready to leave. Before leaving, she said to Harry: "Be nice to Hermione, she's a girl."